Thank you to Corinne Michaels and the team at Valentine PR for the advance reader copy of Keep This Promise, the third story in the Rose Canyon series. I adore the Rose Canyon series so much. Help Me Remember was one of my top books of 2022. This story was teased a bit in Melanie Harlow’s Tempt and so I have been very excited to get my hands on it. I am about to lose everything. My home. My name. My future. My husband was involved in something that could cost us our lives, and on his deathbed, he demands my daughter and I flee Britain. I had no idea…
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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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Sarina Bowen’s A Little Too Late ARC Review
Thank you to Sarina Bowen and her team for the advance reader copy of A Little Too Late, an instalment in the Madigan Mountain series. I am so excited to be whisked away to Madigan Mountain with Sarina Bowen and the other gals whose books succeed this one. I am a sucker for a good second-chance romance. New from twenty-time USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen! How to behave when the guy who broke your heart two thousand miles away turns up in your office: One: Don’t drop your lucky coffee cup in shock, even though it’s been ten years. Two: Don’t get defensive when he asks how you ended up working…
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Lauren Blakely’s The Boyfriend Comeback ARC Review
Thank you to Lauren Blakely and her team for the advance reader copy of The Boyfriend Comeback, the first book in The Boyfriend Zone series. Two men, rival football teams, and a pre-season fling that stumbles into something more. Sign me the heck up! I am a member of Lauren Blakely’s review team, but I stand by my reviews remaining honest and true. “A sexy, emotionally-charged, rivals-to-lovers, second chance sports romance… Some men are just off-limits. Like, say, the other pro quarterback in the same city.When I first hear the news that my preseason fling has been traded to my cross-town rival, I tell myself it’ll be no big deal.Just like…
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Devney Perry’s Garnet Flats ARC Review
Thank you to Devney Perry and her team for the advance reader copy of Garnet Flats, the third book in The Edens series. I love the Edens family and am so excited for Talia’s story. I am a sucker for a good second-chance romance. I am a member of Devney Perry’s review team, but I stand by my reviews remaining honest and genuine. “Talia Eden loved Foster Madden for one year, two months and eleven days. It was on day 438 that her love died. The day he chose to marry her best friend. The day she vowed never to think of Foster again. Until years later when he has the…
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Lauren Blakley’s Here Comes My Man ARC Review
Thank you to Lauren Blakely and her team for the advance reader copy of Here Comes My Man, the second story in the Hopelessly Bromantic duet. It is finally time for the second part of Jude and TJ’s story! I am a member of Lauren Blakley’s review team, but I stand by my reviews remaining honest and true. A red-hot, enemies-to-lovers, fake boyfriend, second chance romance, and the conclusion to the Hopelessly Bromantic Duet! Let me just say this — fake dating the cocky movie star was not my idea. Especially since he’s my former roomie and, gulp, my secret ex. But my agent tells me I have no choice since I’m ridiculously…
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Lauren Blakely’s A Wild Card Kiss ARC Review
Thank you to Lauren Blakley and her team for the advance reader copy of A Wild Card Kiss, the first story in the Happy Endings series. The premise is super-duper intriguing, so Lauren has me hooked! I am a member of Lauren Blakely’s review team, but I stand by my reviews remaining honest and true. “A sexy standalone romance between a single dad athlete and the woman who got away! Things that suck on my wedding day — walking in on my groom kissing another woman twenty minutes before the ceremony. Things that suck worse? The woman he’s kissing is my mom. I head straight for the bowling alley bar down…
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Jay Crownover’s Prodigal Son ARC Review
Thank you to Jay Crownover and her team for the advance reader copy of Prodigal Son, the second story in the Forever Marked series. The spin-off series to Jay’s bestselling Marked Men. I very much enjoyed the first foray into the next generation of Marked Men. If you have not read Fortunate Son, I highly recommend it. “When she was a little girl, Remy Archer fell in love with Hyde Fuller at first sight. In fact, he was the only thing she could see for a very long time. For Remy, it never mattered to her that Hyde was always too serious and always seemed so sad. To her, he was…
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Alexa Gregory’s Footnote ARC Review
Thank you to Alexa Gregory, Sarina Bowen, Jenn Gaffney and the rest of the World of True North team for the advance reader copy of Footnote, the ninth story in the Busy Bean series. Read all my World of True North reviews here. “A moving second-chance romance where hope can turn history into a footnote. Sasha Covey needs a rewrite. Or a really big eraser. Her past doesn’t belong in the life she’s trying to rebuild. Her future—and her recovery—depend on a fresh start. Moving to Colebury seems like the perfect test until Penley Brooks waltzes into the Busy Bean. The handsome veterinarian is just as charming as when she fell for him a decade…
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Ana Ashley’s Stronghold ARC Review
Thank you to Ana Ashley, Sarina Bowen, Jenn Gaffney and the rest of the World of True North team for the advance reader copy of Stronghold, the fourteenth story in the Vino and Veritas series. Stronghold kicks off the final batch of Vino & Veritas books. Read all of my World of True North reviews here. Check out the Goodreads synopsis… “A second chance at love? Or a second chance to ruin everything? When Skyler spots the new bartender at Vino and Veritas, his body responds before the guy even turns around. But when he does, it takes only a heartbeat for recognition to set in and for sparks to fly. Judson’s been gone for ten…
