Thursday, April 20, 2023

Book review: DR. PERFECT, by Louise Bay

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


The Doctors series #2

Zach & Ellie

Super sweet!  Ellie has recently come out of a ten-year relation and is still smarting from all of her bad choices.  She dropped out of University, worked hard all this time managing her boyfriend’s car racing career, and now that he cheated on her, she’s homeless and career-less.  She has nothing to add to her CV and so had to take a job as office assistant to Dr. Zachary Cove.  

When Dr. Cove arrives, she notices there are a ton of missing things.  As in no laptop, no stationery, no business cards, no patients and no healthcare recognition providers.  The days go by and all he does is spend the day in the office tinkering on his laptop. 


Zach doesn’t like being a doctor.  Studying medicine came easy to him but what he really wants is to write.  So he spends the day writing a novel and avoiding his assistant’s questions.  


What I loved about this book is that both Ellie and Zach are sweethearts.  Both are dealing with life choices and how they’re not happy with what they’ve done so far.  Ellie is also dealing with self esteem issues, since she suppressed her wishes to comply with her ex’s whims.  Now she’s trying to put herself first.  Likewise, Zach is trying to establish his career but agonizes that he will disappoint his parents who are legends in the medical world.


I loved all the fun times with Zach’s family, his lovely parents, the banter between brothers.  We have a new Cove, cousin Vincent, who seems to be a workaholic and attached to the family.  There’s a funny part when grumpy father Cove grumbled about having a new sixth son, like having five sons wasn’t enough, until Vincent produced a case of his favorite wine.  Then father Cove crowed about his new favorite son!


The author wrote such a cute and sweet book about life choices, how love is about making the other one happy and support each other’s passions.  Ellie is mad about cooking and supports Zach’s writing.  Likewise, Zach and the family all rave about Ellie’s cooking and push her to pursue her career goals.  It’s lovely and inspiring and a happy story.



Purchase link


https://amzn.to/3URnkBc



About the author


USA Today bestselling author, Louise Bay writes sexy, contemporary romance novels – the kind she likes to read. Her books include the novels Faithful (not currently on sale as undergoing maintenance!), HopefulThe Empire State SeriesThe Nights CollectionThe Royals Collection, and The Gentleman Collection (these are series of stand alone books each following different characters). 

 

Ruined by romantic mini-series of the eighties, Louise loves all things romantic. There’s not enough of it in real life so she disappears into the fictional worlds in books and films.

 

Louise loves the rain, The West Wing, London, days when she doesn’t have to wear make-up, being on her own, being with friends, elephants and champagne.

 

She loves to hear from readers so get in touch!

 

Connect with Louise Bay:

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Book review: SNEAK ATTACk, by Stacey Lynn

Nashville Steel #1

Cole & Eden


This book had so many of my favorite tropes that it was a delight to read beginning to end!  Second chance, sports romance, single dad, love triangle where two women vie for the hot guy.  I was in romance heaven!


Seven years ago, something tragic happened and it scared Eden away from Marysville, away from Cole.  She moved with her parents to Florida and actually disappeared from social media.  Cole, devastated because he lost the girl he loved, went to Vanderbilt U as their football team quarterback.  One drunken night, a woman tricked him, and he ended up with a son.


When Eden came back to Marysville to take care of the woman who befriended and defended her all this time, she was scared to face Cole and the town.  And agonized when she saw his son Jasper for the first time.  But what she didn’t plan for was all the healing and growing up she would be doing, and finding the love that had evaded her all those years ago.


I loved this book!  Initially I found Eden a tad stubborn, holding on to her fears, not living but merely surviving, but Marley, the woman who she came to take care of, was a wise old woman, and she helped her heal better than anyone else.  Cole’s attentions and his focused effort at a second chance also helped.  I loved all the friends, the doggy day care with all the effervescent puppies, little Jasper with his pure heart full of love, crazy Selma and her penchant for trapping the man she can never have and never will.  I loved reading the antics and how Cole was so direct and firm in his love for Eden.


Truly yummy, lots of fun, delightful and emotional, a total win of a second chance romance story!



Purchase links


https://amzn.to/3Ne0HoT


 

About the author


Stacey Lynn likes her coffee with a dash of sugar, her heroes with a side of bossy, and her wine a deep shade of red.


The author of over thirty romance novels, many of which have been best-selling titles on Amazon, AppleBooks, and Barnes & Noble, she loves being able to turn her vivid imagination into a career that brings entertainment and joy to her readers. Focused on sports romance and emotional, small-town romance, she also loves stretching herself in different genres.


Born in Texas and raised in the Midwest, she now makes her home in North Carolina and loves all things Southern. Together with her ultimate tall, dark, and handsome hero, she has four children. Her life is a chaotic mess that fights with her Type-A, list-making, neurotically organized preferences and she wouldn’t have it any other way.


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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Book review: PARENTMOON, by L.B. Dunbar

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Super cute, love the basis for the story!  Jo’s son Michael was marrying Dallas’ daughter Keli.  They met on the day the young couple announced their engagement, have had short exchanges through Zoom during the planning of the wedding, and three days before the wedding, everything went to hell!  The wedding was off, the young ones were not telling and Michael asked his mother to go to his honeymoon in his place.

Jo was planning to take a short vacation to Arizona to get over the wedding rush and blues, and now Michael is heading to Arizona while she was heading to Belize! And on her first night on the enchanting resort, Dallas appears, ready to share her condo and her vacation.  Now they’re enjoying a parentmoon!  Love that concept!


Initially Jo wasn’t impressed by Dallas.  Found him too cocky, too much of a ladies man.  Immediately she didn’t trust him. Coming from a failed marriage and a cheating husband, her walls were very high and very thick and she wasn’t trusting this gorgeous man who attracted the looks of every female around.  


Except he was enchanting, generous, attentive, called her “darlin’” in that super sexy drawl, and he dedicated himself to give her all the attentions, all the orgasms, all the good times that even her husband never gave her.  Who can resist?


Fun and enchanting and full of good times and some reluctance from the gun-shy Jo, it was a sexy romp of a good story.  Loved that the characters this time are in their forties, so they know who they are, where they are in their life, what they don’t want and don’t like.  There was no debate except the “will she” or “will he” and that was all the fun in this fun book!



Purchase links


Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3DtnzeL

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3snubos

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/3Suy0mn

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/3gCc63s

Free in Kindle Unlimited

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/Goodreads_Parentmoon



About the author


L.B. Dunbar loves sexy silver foxes, second chances, and small towns. If you enjoy older characters in your romance reads, including a hero with a little silver in his scruff and a heroine rediscovering her worth, then welcome to romance for those over 40. L.B. Dunbar’s signature works include women and men in their prime taking another turn at love and happily ever. She’s a USA TODAY Bestselling Author, as well as an Amazon Top 10 Later in Life Romance with her Lakeside Cottage and Road Trips & Romance series. L.B. lives in Chicago with her own sexy silver fox.

 

To get all the scoop about the self-proclaimed queen of silver fox romance, join her on Facebook at Loving L.B. or receive her monthly newsletter, Love Notes.

 

Author links

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Book review: JUST ONE FLING, by Carly Phillips


The Kingstons #8: The Dirty Dares offshoot

Harrison Dare & Winter Capwell

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

At last, Harrison Dare!  I was dying to read this story and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out!  Hollywood’s sexiest playboy meets intelligent and beautiful journalist Winter Capwell, who interviewed him during one summer when she did a feature on the Dare brothers.  They had a short fling that ended when her interviews ended.  They met later again, on a Halloween party, had a little bonus night and then they’re done.  Except, they can’t stop thinking about the other.

And as if that wasn’t enough, Winter meets up with Nikki and Derek Bettencourt and shares astonishing news.  And as if that wasn’t enough turmoil, she finds herself pregnant with Harrison’s baby!


It’s a lot of news and a lot of family interaction.  It’s super cute to find two sisters in love with two Dare brothers.  For Winter, it’s a huge change in status, an orphan who never had a family, now she’s surrounded by a huge and loud family.  No wonder she had a panic attack!


It was a lovely love story and a lovely family story.  The Dares are a huge bunch, the Bettencourts are smaller in comparison but they have a ton of issues that also explode in this story.  The Kingstons are always present because they are close friends and are connected by Nick and Aurora’s marriage.  It’s a great mixup and I love everyone!


Hugely entertaining, spiced with a little suspense, completely drenched in love, steamy moments, family love and a cute little Havanese dog called Panda, to whom everyone caters to.  Someone special appears a lot in this story, Zach, the last remaining bachelor in the Dare family and I can’t wait to read his story!



Purchase links


Kindle: https://www.carlyphillips.com/JOFKindle

Apple: https://www.carlyphillips.com/JOFApple

Nook: https://www.carlyphillips.com/JOFNook

Google Play: https://www.carlyphillips.com/JOFGoogle

Kobo: https://www.carlyphillips.com/JOFKobo

Amz Print: https://www.carlyphillips.com/JOFAmzprint

BN Print: https://www.carlyphillips.com/JOWBNPrint

 

Goodreads Link:

https://bit.ly/3ImNtDN



About the author 


NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller, Carly Phillips gives her readers Alphalicious heroes to swoon for and romance to set your heart on fire. She married her college sweetheart and lives in Purchase, NY along with her three crazy dogs: two wheaten terriers and a mutant Havanese, who are featured on her Facebook and Instagram. The author of 50 romance novels, she has raised two incredible daughters who put up with having a mom as a full time writer. Carly’s book, The Bachelor, was chosen by Kelly Ripa as a romance club pick and was the first romance on a nationally televised bookclub. Carly loves social media and interacting with her readers. Want to keep up with Carly? Sign up for her newsletter (below) and receive TWO FREE books at www.carlyphillips.com.

 

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Sunday, April 9, 2023

Book review: UNTIL I GET YOU, by Claire Contreras

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sports romance, first and second chance at love, a stalker, what a mix!  I loved the story and loved the characters.  I love it when you have this hockey star in college, all the woman drop like flies at his feet, then he meets this girl dressed in baggy clothes, looks at him in disdain and wham! He falls!

My pulse was going through the roof with the suspense of Lyla’s stalker but I also enjoyed the sarcastic banter between Lach and Lyla.  She was like the walking dead, no feelings, just surviving, and when she met Lach, she started having feelings.  It was a difficult balance, maneuvering her developing romance with Lachlan and hiding from her stalker.


The story has two parts. In the first Lyla and Lach meet and fall in love, and they’re separated by dramatic events.  In the second part, Lach finds Lyla and plans revenge but what he finds out shatters his heart.  Then they both go for revenge.


The plot was fantastic and the characters wonderful.  I had palpitations from the suspense!  The story is a little blabby and it would flow much better without so many repeated explanations, but the suspense and the romance were on point and it was a lovely read. 



Purchase links


Amazon Ebook: https://geni.us/UIGYAM

Amazon Paperback: https://mybook.to/UntilIGetYouPB

B&N Paperback:http://bit.ly/3zj2vER


Audible: http://bit.ly/3Koc1g4

 Narrated by: Joe Arden & Kasha Kensington


Add to Goodreads: http://bit.ly/40YRmEZ


Free in Kindle Unlimited


 

About the author


Claire Contreras is a New York Times Best Selling Author who traded her psychology degree to write fiction. Don't worry, she still uses her knowledge on every single one of her characters.


She's a breast cancer survivor (x2), who was born in the Dominican Republic, raised in Florida, and currently resides in Charlotte, NC with her husband, two adorable boys, and French bulldog.


Her books range from romantic suspense to contemporary romance and are currently translated in over fifteen languages. When she's not writing, she's usually lost in a book.


Connect with Claire


Website: http://www.clairecontrerasbooks.com/

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Book review: BOSS OF THE YEAR, by Nicole French

Belmont Billionaires Marie & Lucas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Delicious! I saw a very strong influence from the movie Sabrina, this author wrote a magi...