Thank you to Skye Warren and the team at Valentine PR for the advance reader copy of Hiding Places. I really enjoyed it when I binge-read the Rochester trilogy, so when I saw Skye was bringing out this spin-off novel in this form, I picked it up. I had started reading it on Radish but never finished. Emily Rochester rebuilds her life after being on the run. Her husband is gone. Her daughter is safe. The nightmare is behind her… except someone is watching. Mateo Garza is everything she doesn’t want. Wealthy. Famous. Gorgeous. He’s also the only man she trusts. HIDING PLACES is a spin-off full-length novel with Emily and…
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Amelia Wilde’s Extortion ARC Review
Thank you to Amelia Wilde and the team at Dangerous Press for the advance reader copy of Extortion, the second book in the Controlling Interests series. I am super intrigued by the next instalment in Will and Bristol’s love story, I loved how it began and the tropes Amelia chose to play with. I cannot wait to see what comes next. I am a Dangerous Press review team member, but I remain honest and genuine in my reviews. Will Leblanc takes risks in his private equity firm and in the underground boxing ring, but nowhere else. Definitely not in love. Which is why he had to walk away. Except Bristol Anderson…
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Fiona Cole’s Falter ARC Review
Thank you to Fiona Cole and her team for the advance reader copy of Falter, the next book in the Voyeur world and the continuation of Olivia and Kent’s story. I cannot even explain how excited I get whenever Fiona announces we are returning to the Voyeur world. It means so much to me and is one of my favourite contemporary romance worlds to inhabit. When he said his vows, he told me how much he loved my determination and strength. If I wanted it, I got it. Except now all I want is to have his baby. And for the first time ever, no matter how much I want it,…
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K. Webster’s The Teacher of Nothing ARC Review
Thank you to K. Webster and her team at Indie Sage PR for the advance reader copy of The Teacher of Nothing. Talk about a book stacked with taboo tropes! This book is way more emotional and sweet than I was expecting. Showing that you should never judge a book by its tropes. From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster comes a new steamy age-gap, student-teacher forbidden romance! He’s a grumpy teacher with a chip on his shoulder. She’s his much, much younger student who’s completely off-limits. Love broke me when I was a teen.My dad not only slept with my girlfriend, but he knocked her up and made her my…
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Karina Halle’s Blood Orange ARC Review
Thank you to Karina Halle and the team at Social Butterfly PR for the advance reader copy of Blood Orange. After introducing the character in her previous The Dark Eyes Duet I have been very excited to read Karina’s take on Dracula. Once there was a man who fell deeply in love with a woman he could never have. When their affair was uncovered she was brutally murdered in front of him, and he discovered he was cursed, doomed to live forever as a vampire. Over the centuries, he found his love again, and lost her again, until he was so broken he gave up on love entirely, sinking into the…
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Devney Perry’s A Little Too Wild ARC Review
Thank you to Devney Perry and her team for the advance reader copy of A Little Too Wild, the final instalment in the Madigan Mountain series. I am so excited about Devney’s Madigan Mountain story. It’s her take on a sports romance, with a one-night stand that could turn into something more. I am a member of Devney Perry’s review team, but I stand by my reviews remaining honest and true. “From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Devney Perry comes a small town, sports romance. Crew Madigan is a snowboarding legend. He’s gorgeous, rich, famous and every woman’s dream. Well, except mine. I’ll take a nerdy guy with a clumsy streak who…
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Lauren Blakely’s Two a Day ARC Review
Thank you to Lauren Blakely and her team for the advance reader copy of Two a Day. Another sports romance from Lauren, this time we are in LA rather than San Fran. This book just missed the mark for me. I am a Lauren Blakely review team member, but I remain honest and genuine in my reviews. What I should do as the new quarterback in Los Angeles: Win games.What I shouldn’t do: Try to win over the sexy, sassy, fiery woman who works in the VP suite for the team.I don’t always follow the good guy rules though, especially when I want to take her home. Then up against the…
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Eve Dangerfield’s Velvet Cruelty ARC Review
Thank you to Eve Dangerfield and the team at Dangerous Press for the advance reader copy of Velvet Cruelty Dangerous Press has had its share of fairy tale retellings and now they are tackling snow white with a why choose romance! I am a Dangerous Press review team member, but I remain honest and genuine in my reviews. Once upon a time I was promised to a powerful man. I’m Harlow Constantine, and I know my duty. But on my wedding day, I’m stolen by four men. Men who loathe my fiancé. They’re going to use me to fulfill their vendetta. One of them only wants my body. One of them wants…
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Elle Kennedy’s Bad Girl Reputation ARC Review
Thank you to Elle Kennedy, St. Martin’s Griffin, and NetGalley for the advance reader copy of Bad Girl Reputation, the second story in the Avalon Bay series. I was excited to be selected for this ARC via NetGalley as who in Romancelandia doesn’t know of Elle Kennedy. I have read her for years, more frequently as an author of hockey romance. So, I was excited to see her take on a small town contemporary romance. “When former bad girl Genevieve West returns home for her mother’s funeral, she’s prepared to keep her distance from her ex-boyfriend, Evan Hartley. Their history is rife with turbulence. And passion. A heck of a lot…
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Willa Nash’s The Brawl ARC Review
Thank you to Willa Nash and her entire team for the advance reader copy of The Brawl, the fifth Calamity Montana book. I am excited to be finally getting Larke’s story. You’ll remember Larke as Kerrigan’s sister (The Brazen). I am interested to see her fall for a stranger who seems to fall in love with Calamity just as we readers did. I am a member of Willa Nash’s review team, but I stand by my reviews remaining honest and true. “On Ronan Thatcher’s first week in Montana, he spots the most beautiful woman in the world. Love at first sight? Nah. He doesn’t believe in love. But he wouldn’t mind…
