Review: Wicked Games

Wicked Games by V.M. Rheault
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Two broken hearts. One small Minnesota town. Too many secrets to count.

Avery and Seth. Witnessing their devastating losses in this shared grief, romantic suspense, clutched at my heart. Despite insurmountable secrets, together, they grasp at even the most inconsequential circumstances to uncover a deadly truth.

“Meeting Avery so soon after my divorce should have made me wary, but it only makes me thankful I can still feel something after all that’s happened.”

📚 Wicked Games 🖊 by V.M. Rheault

⭐ Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

💼 Grieving Billionaire Hero

📚 Broken but determined Heroine

💔 Love After Loss

📚 Connected Pasts

💔 Small Town Romance

💼 Hidden Adversary

🧸 The Longest two days... of Seth’s life are not knowing. Not knowing where his son is...Not knowing who has kidnapped his son... Not knowing why this has happened to his family. For Avery, it is coming to understand that she’s not a broken baby machine but an independent woman who is still relevant even as she puts her life together in the face of her sister’s murder. Until she uncovers a single entry in a blog that may bring a killer out of the shadows.

🖊 V.M. Rheault drops clues like breadcrumbs, weaving a masterful romantic suspense. I’ve been an avid fan of VM’s since reading her King’s Crossing series. Wicked Games is a standalone of intricately woven events with an undercurrent of lies and half-revealed motivations. Coming together out of shared grief, it’s up to Avery and Seth to peel back alibi after alibi, discovering more than just a controversial piece of evidence that might lead them to the truth. 

⭐ A definite recommendation. Wicked Games drowned me in all the emotions. “Show me your scars, Seth, and I’ll show you mine.”

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Review: The Gentleman

The Gentleman by Rebecca Sharp
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📘 The Gentleman (The Kinkades #5)

📚 Format: ebook

🖋 Dr Rebecca Sharp

🖋 Features: Marriage of Convenience, Forced Proximity, Small Town Romance

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Daisy & Max

🌷 Golden Retriever Hero

💍 Single Mom

🌷 Small Town Romance

💍 Friends to Lovers

🌷 Best Friend's ex-fiancée

💍 Marriage of Convenience

Daisy ~ A temporary job. A temporary home. A temporary connection to the man who stayed when the boy I was going to marry fled.

💍 Golden Retriever Hero

If you love a hero with a massive heart, Max is about to become your new book fiancé. Yielding to his best friend, Todd, Max is like a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac, willing to do whatever it takes to make Daisy's dreams come true. Completely setting aside his own desire for the woman he loves, Max is determined to make the best of a no-win situation. 

🌷 Best Friend's ex-fiancée

Fighting her own inner demons, Daisy has committed herself to a loveless relationship. Her past has convinced her she isn't worthy of anything better. Doing what she thinks is the best solution, she agrees to marry Todd because she can't see what Max does when he looks at her. Despite how many times Max saves the day, he can't stop Todd from walking out on Daisy on their wedding day.

💍 Marriage of Convenience

Their story is a fantastic addition to the Kinkades series! The stakes are high when they stumble into a fake marriage to protect Daisy and her baby from Todd's wealthy parents. It leads to a very tense few months, but watching them learn to communicate with each other and discover their love together shifts these two friends to lovers and so much more.

🔮 Gigi Saves the Day (Again!)

And of course, I love Gigi! Her uncanny, otherworldly predictions add the perfect touch of magic.

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Review: Helios

Helios by Sybil Bartel
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚Review ~ Helios (Paragon Operations Book 3)

🖋Author ~ Sybil Bartel

🖋Features: Military Romance, Romantic Suspense

⭐️Rating: 5/5

Helios & Feralyn

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

☀️ Stepbrother

🏍️ Scarred Hero

☀️ Delta Force Operator

🏍️ Innocent Heroine

☀️ Soul Deep

Helios & Feralyn

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Terrorist...Traffickers...Feralyn...Ghost, Helios, Ares—I was the weak link in their chain. I was a college dropout who’d been abducted and beaten. Helios was a Tier One operator who’d been shot defending our country. We were not equal, and I would never be worthy of a man like him.

Transfixed. Enthralled. Mesmerized. I am absolutely transfixed by Helios. He is a battle-scarred pure force of nature. Even the sun bends at his will, never mind the woman who has always represented his one safe space. Unwavering and passionate, he will do anything to protect his Haven.

Like the evolution of the sun around Helios's world, secrets, lies, and connections begin to explode like a solar flare. With Feralyn caught between three Tier One brothers, only one has had her heart from the very beginning. Unapologetic, this slow burn will set their souls on fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

💘 Helios has just moved to the top of my BBF list...Sorry, Talon and Neil 💘

Review: Heartthrob for the Hacker

Heartthrob for the Hacker by Breanna Lynn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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📚Review ~ Heartthrob for the Hacker: SAFE Haven Security Book 4

🖋Author ~ Breanna Lynn 

🖋Features: Fake Dating, Unrequited Crush, Second Chance Romantic Suspense

⭐️Rating: 4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cyrus and Sydney

Sydney is less than impressed with her newest assignment. But for Katie and the vow she made, Sydney will do whatever she can to bring to life her cybersecurity dream a reality. That's more real to her than another Compass Ceremony. Finding a love match is certainly not in her plans at all! 

Six-foot-one former rockstar, Cy, finally meets a woman who could crack open his entire life's database before sitting down for breakfast. Cy quickly realizes that he can't just charm his way into her heart, even as he recites the standard lines...will you continue this search for love with me? There's a lot more to Sydney than a reality TV show.

📲 Fake Relationship

🎬 Celebrity MMC

📲 Forced Proximity

🎬 Enemies to Lovers

📲 Protective FMC

Heartthrob for the Hacker is an awesome addition to the SAFE Haven series! It is such a fun twist on the Reality dating show / Forced proximity trope. I especially enjoyed that Sydney is a computer hacker, working undercover to identify Cy's obsessive stalker. Creepy messages and a nearly fatal accident won't stop Sydney from protecting Cy. 

Between rival contestants sharpening their nails and Sydney's mission to protect Cy, this dating TV show transforms into a high-stakes series of Compass Ceremonies where anyone can be eliminated. With more than enough terabytes of sass and determination, nothing will prevent Sydney from achieving her dreams, not even sexy former boy band star Cy Darby. But just wait until you meet Cy's Grandpa -- he really has a special place in my heart!

Review: Show Me Forever

Show Me Forever by Jennifer Sucevic
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Review ~ Show Me Forever

Chicago Railers Hockey Book 3

🖋 Author ~ Jennifer Sucevic

🖋 Genre: Workplace Romance, Sports Romance, Hockey Romance

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rina & Oliver

📲 Workplace Romance

🏒 Enemies to Lovers

🏒 Protective MMC

🏒 Forbidden Romance

📲 Strong FMC

Oliver ~ Rina thinks this was a mistake. And maybe she’s right. It probably was. But I can’t remember the last time a mistake felt this right. Or this real.

Rina ~ It means handing over trust, and that’s something I’ve never been able to give freely.

Oliver ~ This isn’t about taking. It’s about giving. About holding. About finally finding something worth keeping.

Emotionally charged! is the best way I can describe how I felt reading Show Me Forever. Between Rina and Oliver, it isn't just about going through the motions and getting a glimpse into their feelings. This was about experiencing their honest, raw, real emotions right alongside them. 

Oliver's single-minded determination is so endearing. Even at his most vulnerable point, he believes with his whole heart that Rina is his forever. Trapped behind the jagged scars of abandonment, faced with that kind of perpetual pain, what reason other than love does Rina have to believe in the forever Oliver is showing her?

Review: Sealed

Sealed by Lexxi James
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Sealed: The Boys of Bishop Mountain

🖋 Authors ~ Lexxi James 

🖋 Features: Military romance, romantic suspense

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

“Destined souls don’t cross paths. They collide. Burn hot until every sharp edge is gone. Until your heart forgets where it ends… and his begins.”

Absolutely in love with the Boys of Bishop Mountain! These Alpha men are definitely worthy of the women they fall in love with. And Sealed is fantastic. Harrison and Ava's story is a whirlwind, a collision of love and trust. What started off as simple charity event and a favor to a best friend, links these two unlikely hearts together.

Harrison's a single dad who treats parenting like a dedicated tactical operation. He never expected his heart's new mission would involve his best friend's sister, Ava. Also known to every single person in the world as Princess Luna. Ava is the woman who quite unexpectedly collides into his life faster than a her agent can schedule a public appearance. One moment he's strutting his assets on the catwalk at a charity event, the next he's navigating the complexities of a celebrity movie star who wishes for the family Harrison loves with fierce, unparalleled devotion. 

Their story took me through all the aches of loving and losing, wishing for a forever that's just out of reach. The lows of picking of a shattered life, trying to put it back together without those impossible directions that come in every DIY project. And the laughter that only Harrison can inspire, parenting his three kiddos like he's planning a covert invasion of bedtime routines, while Ava becomes the unexpected special agent of his daughter's fairy tale dreams. 

Lexxi creates a beautiful bond of friendship and family that is both humorous and warm. Sometimes love isn't about finding your soulmate. It's about surviving the collision when it crashes into your life - lumberjack skills and military precision optional, but highly recommended. 🌲

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Harrison & Ava

🌲 Military Romance

🍭 Forced Proximity

🌲 Wounded Hero

🍭 Forbidden Romance

🌲 Brother's Best Friend

🍭 Had to see a lumberjack about some wood...Pretty sure I’m marrying him. 🌲

Review: Scorched Possession: an Insta-Obsession Stalker Romance

Scorched Possession: an Insta-Obsession Stalker Romance by Bridget Adrienne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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📚 Review: Scorched Possession

Scorched Legacy #3 by Bridget Adrienne

⭐️ 4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Malia and Lucien

Lucien: "I’m just a man who loves a woman more than anything in the world. And that's all I ever want to be."

🖤 Left behind by his brothers, Lucien is the next in line among five Ashwood sons to take over the family business. An ex-convict and reluctant heir, he has been given one brutal job by his unforgiving father: protect the family empire by eliminating every threat. One of those problems happens to be the pretty woman who owns the town bookstore. She's witnessed something she shouldn't have. And now his ruthless father wants her gone. 

🔥 Trigger Warnings

🖤 Stalker

🔥 Obsession 

🖤 Ex-Con MMC

🔥 Independent FMC

Malia: "I learned young that in this town, accidents happen to people who ask too many questions."

🔥 Since the tragic death of her parents, Malia has been fighting to survive. She's juggling overdue bills, an empty fridge, and the constant strain of raising her little sister in a town ruled by the Ashwoods' power and corruption. She knows nothing good can exist in a town built on lies, abuse, and fear--but she refuses to let that be their future. Malia is determined to get her little sister away from the suffocating control of the Ashwood family, to somewhere new where they can have a better life...and finally feel safe. It doesn't even matter that Lucien swears he can protect them from his father. She knows she can't trust anyone. 

To escape Charles Ashwood's wrath, they will need every ounce of their combined willpower to withstand what he's willing to unleash on anyone who dares to betray the family. Lucien's two older brothers have already disappeared...Now it's his turn to decide if he will be the obedient heir or the man who wants nothing more than to give Malia all she's ever dreamed of. 

The Ashwood brothers just keep getting hotter and hotter! To keep up with Lucien's demands will take a special kind of woman who isn't afraid to explore. Her unbreakable spirit is a perfect match for Lucien’s relentless, all-consuming obsession with her. Together, they are explosive! Their clashes are intense, edgy, and full of heat as trust, loyalty, and survival collide. Enjoy!