Thank you to Helena Hunting and her team for the advance reader copy of I Could Be Yours. I adored I Could Be Yours! Helena has written a book that feels like a celebration of the world she has built in both the Toronto Terror and Tilton U series. While also writing the perfect entry into her work, and all the wonderful banter, swoon, and hijinks that come with it. This is a standout summer read, a perfect story of the grumpy best man falling for the sunshine maid of honour. I am a Helena Hunting review team member, but I remain honest and genuine in my reviews. The best man…
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Sarina Bowen’s The Last Guy on Earth ARC Review
Thank you to Sarina Bowen and her team for the advance reader copy of The Last Guy on Earth, the third interconnected standalone in the Hockey Guys series. I always adore Sarina Bowen’s MM storytelling and the other books in this series have all been great reads. One cold December day, two men are blindsided by a hockey trade; one is the most decorated goalie in the league, while the other one is the youngest coach in the majors. Jethro Hale is the last player Coach Clay Powers wants to see on his roster, but the G.M. pulls a fast one. And it’s not like he can even explain why. Nobody…
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Corinne Michaels’ All Too Well ARC Review
Thank you to Corinne and the team at Valentine PR for the advance reader copy of All Too Well, the first interconnected standalone in the Ember Falls series. There is nothing like starting a new small-town romance series from Corinne Michaels, with a hot firefighter and even hotter chemistry. Lighter on the emotional baggage than season Corinne readers will be used to and a great place for those who have yet to fall for one of her books. For as long as I can remember, Lachlan West has been my brother’s best friend and the love of my life. Trouble is, he kissed me four years ago and then never spoke…
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Jay Crownover’s Wayward Son ARC Review
Thank you to Jay Crownover and her team for the advance reader copy of Wayward Son, the fourth and final story in The Forever Marked series. It is bittersweet to be saying a final goodbye (again) to the Marked Men/Saints of Denver/Forever Marked world. I read Rule nearly eight years ago now and it was a book I read very early on in my romance discovery era so I am forever grateful for it being one of the books that made me the reader I am today. So I have adored these second-generation stories, rich with nuance for both old and new characters alike. I am a Jay Crownover review team…
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Katee Robert’s Midnight Ruin ARC Review
Thank you to Katee Robert, Sourcebooks Casablanca, and Raincoast for the advance reader copy of Midnight Ruin, the sixth book in the Dark Olympus series. I am nothing if not consistent, and I consistently love Katee Robert’s throuple novels so damn much. Midnight Ruin is phenomenal, I’ve read it twice through before writing this review. If you have not started this series yet I beg you to start with Neon Gods and let yourself be taken away on this rollercoaster of fast-paced political intrigue and toe-curlingly good romance. I am a Katee Robert review team member, but I remain honest and genuine in my reviews. Eurydice Dimitriou has always been the…
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Sophie Lark’s Bloody Heart Review
Thank you to Sophie Lark, Bloom, Raincoast, and NetGalley for the copy of Bloody Heart, the fourth story in the Brutal Birthright series. I have been loving this series so much and this next instalment sure throws readers for a loop, with so many things I was not expecting. When you get a second chance, you don’t wait for a third… Simone Solomon lives in a gilded cage. She’s been raised to wealth, privilege, and above all, obedience. Hiding in the back of a limousine, dreading another tedious gala, Simone is abducted by a mafioso who intended to steal a car, not a girl. Dante Gallo looks like a beast and…
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Karina Halle’s Hollow ARC Review
Thank you to Karina Halle and her team for the advance reader copy of Hollow, book one of a duet with the conclusion Legend coming on October 30th. It is part of the A Gothic Shade of Romance series, which will be made up of various horror and gothic romance retellings. Hollow is a retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Karina never misses! I knew this retelling was in good hands because I knew she could definitely deliver something equally spooky and steamy. If you are looking for a smutty read this spooky season look no further. I am a Karina Halle review team member, but I remain honest and…
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Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone’s Snow Place Like LA ARC Review
Thank you to Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone, and the team at Avon for the advance reader copy of Snow Place Like LA, a Christmas Notch in July Novella. I adored A Merry Little Meet Cute and was excited to see Julie and Sierra gifting us this sweet treat of a novella. Luca was a fan favourite and I was so excited to see where his fling with Angel could go. Fans of this series will love this story, as it is a great check-in on beloved characters and a tease of what is to come. I am a Sierra Simone review team member but remain honest and genuine in my reviews.…
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Sarina Bowen’s Good as Gold ARC Review
Thank you to Sarina Bowen and her team for the advance reader copy of Good as Gold, the first book in the Giltmaker series. I adore travelling to small-town Vermont with the Giltmakers, Shipleys, and Rossis, and could do so forever. This was a fun friends-to-lovers, getting the girl who got away romance. I liked the characters but had a few issues with the pacing that kept this from a five-star. A swoony, heart-wrenching small-town romance from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller Sarina Bowen! Leila: What I meant to do: quietly divorce my lout of a husband and then have a child all on my own. What happens instead:…
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Lauren Blakely’s My So-Called Sex Life ARC Review
Thank you to Lauren Blakely and her team for the advance reader copy of My So-Called Sex Life, the first book in the Dating Games series. Romance novel fanatics will swoon over Lauren Blakely’s ode to romance writers and fans alike. Hazel and Axel are celebrated romance writers, who went from writing a popular series together to dissolving their working relationship. An author tour in Europe, with only one bed on the train’s sleeper car is the push these characters need to reckon with their feelings. Ultimately, Hazel and Axel’s journey is a love letter to romancelandia and I adored it. I am a Lauren Blakley review team member, but my…
