Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship by Parker Fairchild
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Always love a christmas story, and this is a happy sweet romance tale. Olivia goes on a cruise to get away from her twin sister and fiance who is Olivias ex boyfriend at christmas time, she just wants to finish her book. Then there is Jace he is in the Navy, can this be a match made for christmas.
Blood Oath by Amy McKinley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is book 2 in this series and I was not disappointed. I feel like I connected more with the characters in this book than I did w/ Max and Lil in the first. I liked the overall plot and character and story development. I’m still flabbergasted that not a single police interaction has been touched upon in all the gun play and dead bodies in the past 2 books but, hey, I’m no gangster. Maybe that’s how it works.
One thing I will say is that I almost wish the author had told Elena’s story first. Her story entwines into this one and I felt like I was missing a large piece of the story. I’m sure it’s a way to bridge into that whole situation (possibly next?) but I almost wish it had been ordered the opposite way.
All- in- all I think I’d still give this book 5/5 stars. It was well written and a nice simple and fairly quick read. It didn’t lull or get boring at any point and the characters were relatable and well written. Looking forward to reading book 3.
Red’s Peril Part 1: The Making of an MC Prez by Manda Mellett
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Having not read any of the authors books before this one really has been looking for them all!!! Red is an amazing character and to really get into who he is and his life adventures from the beginning really draws you into the book. So much happens and it keeps you wanting to read more. I love these types of books and can’t wait to read part 2! Thank you!
Caught in Midnight Shadows by Sharleen Scott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I will definitely need to read the first three to this series as I feel I am missing quite a back story but it was a fantastic book. The author did a great job at introducing the characters and using such rich description to set up the scene in the mind of the readers! Originally I chose to read this book because the synopsis caught my eye – I have family in Wyoming so I take in any story with characters from there or ranchers! – but then the mystery and thriller aspect of the book took over and made me so curious for what was going to happen next and how it was going to play out. I honestly can’t explain too much without it spoiling the story for those excited to read it but what I will say is 10/10 it hooked me and I will be finding the first three immediately to fill in the mental gaps I have. The author did a good job at trying to connect all dots in this book but I definitely encourage readers to start from book 1 for the full experience.
Unlikely to Fit by Olivia Sherwood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Unlikely to Fit, the 2nd book in the Parker Lake series is a quick romance filled with wonderful characters. Breckin has returned home to Parker, Oklahoma where her husband leaves her for the just graduated, former head cheerleader of the high school. Griff is a man who lost his love in a tragic accident. He returns home to the simplicity of Parker and his family, to include his grandmother who is quite the character. These two former acquaintances from high school days reunite and attraction rides high. These two must decide if they are willing to risk more heartache at another chance for love and a happier future.
The author wrote all characters so well, including the supporting ones who I hope we get more on in future installments of this series. Breckin and Griff are both just kind, giving and wonderful people that you root for their happiness. Griff’s grandmother is just a one-of-a-kind lady who you cannot help but to adore, quirks and all! Not only do I want more details and books on Breckin’s best friends, but I also would love a book in this series for her dad. I really enjoyed the glimpse of his character throughout this story. I will definitely be on the lookout for the next in this series.
A Sweet Christmas by Nicole Richard
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
When a complete stranger steps into Thea’s bakery she is thrown into a whirlwind romance. Ben is a smooth talking charmer and it makes you wonder if it’s too good to be true. Thea and Ben spend the time around the holidays getting closer and finding that the things that they are looking for could be right in front of them.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a sweet love story (see what I did there), but it also was a refreshing spicy book as well. The characters were relatable and liked and it left me wanting more. I did have questions while reading like wanting to know more about her brother and where that will go. Also, wanting more to the story of her friend Jules and what came of her? Why had she started acting out of character. While I could make my own conclusions, I’m curious to see if there will be more to this or another novella coming! I am left with a little hole of unanswered questions.
Even with the unanswered questions I still highly recommend this book for anyone who would like a moderately steamy Christmas love story. This is a perfect book for you! I kept flipping the pages craving more and think anyone else would be too!
Rock Me To The Top by Victoria Zak
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Rock Me to the Top a five-star read that will be like music to your ears. Gracefall can rock me any time, especially the drummer Joe, well he can definitely beat my drum. I loved how they were such good friends and how conflicted chemistry makes life. The will they wont they just adds to the whole drama. But don’t let the chemistry fool you, there is drama and upset that will knock you backwards. This is a great story and I can’t wait for more in the series.
Review by @saraoxo
Love’s Reverie by K.G. Fletcher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Love’s Reverie a five-star read that will complete your heart. This is number two in the Stardust Duet series and its best to read them in order as they tell a deep story that will suck you in like a twist in time. Phillip and Kat will keep you guessing, what will happen to them, will they get their happily ever after in the end? Only time will tell. The journey you will be taken on through this duet will captivate and compel you. This is a great duet and one that will easily make it one of the best I will read this year.
Review by @saraoxo
Love’s Refrain by K.G. Fletcher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Love’s Refrain a timeless five-star read. This is number one in the Stardust Duet series and I can’t wait to read number two, this story brings the characters alive, Kat will wow you with her voice as well as her spirit, you will be mesmerised by the romance of this story, as well as the descriptions of the people and the places, the differences between 1947 and the present will keep you reading every page. The details are well done and keep you fully enveloped in the story. Number two needs to be read now!!
Review by @saraoxo
Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship by Parker Fairchild
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What an entertaining book tor read as we head into the holiday season! Santa and Mrs. Claus help Olivia find Jace, the hero of her book. Of course, Santa and his wife, along with their friends, are not quite who they seem. They are some of th feisty seniors on the cruise. This is the most entertaining romance books I’ve read in a while. The plot is fun, humorous and cheerful. The characters are quirky, with personalities that shine like Rudolph’s nose in a fog. This is a book to cuddle up with a warm blanket, some cookies and a cup of hot chocolate. Absolutely adorable. Highly recommend. I would give it 10 stars if I could.
Blood Oath by Amy McKinley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Blood Oath a sublime five-star read. This is number two in the Mafia Elite series, and I didn’t think it was able to be better than the first, but this one blew me away. You will be captivated by Sophia and Enzo, Sophia is the main character and she is doing what she can. But what we want to do isn’t always possible, and that’s when Enzo steps in, there is violence in this story, but it is done well, and has a place. This is a great story, and I can’t wait for what we will get next.
review by @saraoxo
Twilight’s Curse by K.M. Wray
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Although this is a young adult fiction, the characters and vivid world building really suck you in. There is great character developments and a page turning plot.
Depending on your reading speed this is a novel that can be enjoyed in a day; it is face paced and as a majority of it takes place over only a couple of days, it is hard to put down.
Looking forward to the next book in the trilogy, I need to know what comes next!!!
Love’s Reverie by K.G. Fletcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book and getting an ending to Kat and Phillip’s love through time and space. It was really sweet and wasn’t quite the ending I expected. This duet was a nice set of easy to read romances that drew me in.
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Love’s Refrain by K.G. Fletcher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was an incredibly sweet story of love, music, and time travel. I really loved how the author mixed the old with the new. When Swinging on a Star was mentioned, I was overjoyed as that was a favorite song of my grandmother, and it still pops in my head randomly. Overall, I am really glad I read this book. It was a sweet, easy read.
Drummer’s Beat: Satan’s Devils MC #2 Audiobook – by Manda Mellett
4 Stars!!!!
I am once again not let down. I have read many books from this author and this is yet another one that has gotten me hooked. I was so glad to get it in audio form as I have had quite a busy week and it fit right in with my busy schedule. The author really made a great choice in narrators as they really brang the book to life.
I like how all the series can blend into one another and the characters are all realistic. I also like how the author has mixed just enough drama into the romance that it makes you not want to put the book down or stop listening to it. I find that having the narrators reading it really bring a new level to the books. I cannot wait for more books from this author as well as audio ones.
Review By @caraleeloonat
A Sweet Christmas by Nicole Richard
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A Sweet Christmas is literally and figuratively exactly what this book was. It was a sweet romance between a baker and a guy in a suit, that started over the blue eyed stare of Ben.
I thought it was cute and sweet! Honestly I was reading like this can’t be real, when’s the other shoe going to drop and he’s going to have the grovel his way back. It never happened. The way the author wrote Ben and Thea it was like out of a fairytale. Boy meets girl, girl likes boy, boy is perfection, no drama.
A Sweet Christmas romance, that gives off that let’s cozy up with a big mug of hot chocolate and enjoy our book. I didn’t read it that way but I wish I did. Hmmmm… maybe I will have to read it again and do just that!
Born to Fall by Brittany Anne
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
If you thought book one was good, this is better!
There is now hope, how is it possible?
In a time of pain and heartache, this author rips you back into this world with Julia and Derek and doesn’t disappoint.
Freedom.
This was an easy read if you have the time your done before you know it asking for more.
If I didn’t know any better I would think this world was real.
The characters become a part of you and you just want to escape into this book and hold them tight.
Derek is my favorite and he is truly a leading man.
Five stars all the way around, can’t wait for book three.
This is giving you adventure, chaos & romance with cover art that is so enticing you want to read it to find out the story.
Hang in there Julia there is more to your story and I’m here for it.
A true page turner.
Twilight’s Curse by K.M. Wray
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Twilight’s Curse is an exciting fantasy novel, suitable for teen and YA readers but also perfectly enjoyable for adults. It is the first book in the Twilight Realm trilogy, set in a world of elves, brownies and magic.
It’s a wonderful, original world with loads of cool details. I particularly like Zoe’s magic tattoos – given to her against her will, but proving too have power beyond what her parents could have guessed. And the tree houses – bigger on the inside and brimming with nature magic.
The narration is first person, switching between Nix and Zoe’s perspectives. The story jumps around in time a bit, filling in the gaps between the initial tragedy that sets off the events of the book and the present day where Nix and Zoe come into their destinies. It’s always made clear whose perspective we’re getting, and where each section fits in the timeline.
This story gets five stars from me, and I would recommend it to fantasy lovers looking for something a bit different! Plenty of magic and adventure to be found here.
Caught in Midnight Shadows by Sharleen Scott
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I wasn’t sure what I would be getting from this book and went in blind. Let me tell you that getting to know these characters was like an out of body experience. So eloquently written, and perfectly executed. This story had it all. From danger, suspense, attraction, surprise, intensity. These characters met unexpectedly, the chemistry blindsided them both. They weren’t looking for each other, but could not deny the growing need between them. Unpredictable and dramatic, they will go to any lengths to protect their own, and fight the ever present and increasing temptation. I loved not knowing what was in store at the next turn of the page. I felt the insatiable pull of this diverse and colourful cast, immersing myself in their journey and feeling so much I thought I would burst from the vivid emotions that captivated me throughout the story. Difficult to put down. Unforgettable. 5 stars.
Broken Chains by Karina Kantas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
It is a dark, dark, dark tale but sooooooo good. It is full of graphic scenes of sex and violence so don’t read if it may cause triggers. This is a riveting and compelling tale is the third book in the series by this author. OMG, this series started out with a bang and each book has continued to be the same way. This story is a dark mafia romance suspense and there is everything you could think of to make this tale an outstanding read. With danger and violence, secrets and lies, intrigue and darkness, angst and fear, intrigue, and sizzling chemistry it pops off the page and keeps your heart pumping and you don’t know whether to sit or stand as you enter the darkness to seek out the enemies.
He is waiting for his time to come to claim what’s his and the woman he loves. She has become a part of the darkness when she was betrayed. Not even their enemies will see them coming.
It was be killed or sign her life away to the Devil himself.
Reviewed by @jennadb
Twilight’s Curse by K.M. Wray
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a classic YA fantasy novel – it has the character and world building, the magic, everything. It took me a few days to get into, but it is a very good page-turning, easy read once you do. There is a bit of time-jumping, but it is important for building a backstory, and it is done in a way that makes sense, it isn’t jarring or anything. Once you get past that part, the story develops beautifully. If you enjoy fantasy books, definitely give this one a shot!
Check In by Debra Parmley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I devoured this book quickly. After a couple bad relationships, Leann Bobbin meets a new guy. He wants to show her how a woman should be treated. I found this to be a very sweet story that reminded me that we should not take less than we are worth in a relationship. I really enjoyed that their relationship started with “boundaries”. Len doesn’t want to be a stalker so decides that he will at least send a text every night to make sure she makes it home every night. Not returning that text, is what set Len into action to try to save her. I enjoyed this book very much and look forward to more from this author.
Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship by Parker Fairchild
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is so full of Christmas magic and wonder. Olivia is so lost and lonely when she steps on the Serendipity cruise and my heart breaks for all that she’s been through. When she sits on Santa’s lap and begs him for Jace the hero of the novel she’s writing, it makes my jaw drop to find out that he is an actual man and he is right there on the cruise! Somehow her heart must have known that he was out there and he was hers and she was his. Seeing how Santa and Mrs. Clause help bring them together to get to know each other and to realize that they belong together made my heart so happy. This book is full of so many laugh out loud and swoon worthy moments and Imogene and Grandpa Erwin are adorable too. I really love the way that Olivia found herself on this cruise and finally gets to step out of her twin sisters shadow and have a fairy tale life.
Jace is even better than the hero of her romance novel and even though he’s been through some rough patches in life he’s able to pen his heart, cherish her and take a chance on a once in a lifetime love! This is a book I’ll read many times over because I absolutely adored it so much!
Born to Fall by Brittany Anne
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Just when you think you know an author and what to expect, especially after just finishing the first books, BAMMM she slaps you upside the head and says pay attention.
I was not expecting to love this book so much.
I gave the first book in the series 4 stars because I felt there was something lacking in the story. Well this one definitely makes up for it.
The characters are superbly written and the story development is so good.
I really appreciate that the author elevated the story to where it is now.
Twilight’s Curse by K.M. Wray
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Seeing your mother killed and your dad sacrificed himself in front of you can really be traumatizing. Then being royalty and having to hide identity for fear of being killed can take a toll. Then it’s time to take back your kingdom back and proclaim yourself king. What an eventful story.
Born to Fight by Brittany Anne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Lately I’ve been watching a lot of apocalyptic and dystopian series on TV, so when I saw this I HAD to get it. IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
The author did an amazing job with building up the chemistry between the love interests and the action and suspenseful atmosphere that she creates is superbly developed.
The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because I felt there was something missing with the back stories of the characters and what happened.
Unlikely to Fit by Olivia Sherwood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Breckin is TRYING to move on with her life after her ex left her for a recently graduated, high school cheerleader. Unfortunately, it is very difficult for her because he is the football coach at the same high school where she is a counselor. Griff is a broken hearted man who lost the love of his life five years earlier. Both are not looking for another significant other and yet, they find themselves intrigued by each other. Can Breckin trust her heart to a man who is still mourning the loss of his first love? Can Griff move past grief to see the phenomenal woman who loves him?
This is the second installment of the series that takes place in Parker, OK. I really love this series. The female characters are strong, supportive, and not afraid to be vulnerable. I love the relationships, the witty humor, and the town! Small town living is exactly like it is described in this book!
I would recommend this book for 18 plus!
Twilight’s Curse by K.M. Wray
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Love love love this fantasy book and can’t wait for the rest of the series.
Most ya fantasy books now days seem to be all the same, but this book was by far a new lind of story.
The books has a great mixture of royalty, elves, magic, brownies, and just everything magical.
The author does an amazing job at story telling and teaching lessons within her story!
Reviewed by Autum Talamante
Check In by Debra Parmley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A romance that started from a party. This book was fast paced. An incident occurs while Leann is at work. Her protective boyfriend who is a cop helps. Happily ever after.
