Review: Scorched Surrender

Scorched Surrender by Bridget Adrienne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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📚 Review: Scorched Surrender

Scorched Legacy #2 by Bridget Adrienne

⭐️ 4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cleo and Ramsey

"Because I'm tired of lying. I've spent my whole life playing games, doing whatever it took to survive in my family. And I'm good at it. Too good. But with you… I don't want to do that with you."

🔥 Trigger Warnings

🖤 Secrets

🔥 Betrayal

🖤 Possessive MMC

🔥 Ambitious FMC

Rough and disturbing, Ramsey Ashwood is the unwanted spare in the Ashwood dynasty. In a town the Ashwoods own outright, there’s nothing they haven’t influenced, tainted, or taken just because they can. Now that their golden son has vanished with the love of his life, Ramsey is being dragged into the family’s dirtiest enterprises—forced into a role he never wanted by a father who’s always seen him as barely useful, certainly not fit to wear the Ashwood crown.

Cleo is determined to write the story that will make her famous. Well at least get her a job. To do it, she’s willing to scheme, fabricate the truth a little bit, and dig until she uncovers the secrets the Ashwoods are hiding behind big business board meetings—a truth darker than the town whispers ever hinted. Getting close to Ramsey Ashwood is supposed to be just a job, a means to an end, a way to expose his family’s corrupt empire. Falling for him was never part of the plan.

Drawn to the dangerous man behind the Ashwood name, Cleo finds herself entangled in a web of secrets, lies, and illicit deals. Ramsey is her best source and her worst mistake—an insidious temptation that pulls her deeper into his world even as her exposé threatens to destroy him.

Get ready to plunge into the deep end. There’s no life preserver here—only a ruthless family, a town built on their power, and a consuming attraction that might drown them both.   

Review: Pretty Prey

Pretty Prey by A. Zavarelli
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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📚 Review ~ Pretty Prey

Empire of Kings

🖋 Author ~ A. Zavarelli

🖋 Genre: Mafia Romance, Dark Romance, Billionaires & Millionaires Romance, Series

⭐️ Rating: 4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Romeo and Gabriella

💀 Protective Hero

💖 Obsessed Stalker

💀 Don't Touch Her

💖 Friends to Enemies

💀 Enemies to Lovers

💖  Neuro-Divergent 

💀 Trigger Warnings

💀 “Senza di te, la mia vita non ha senso.” Without you, my life has no meaning. 💖

Romeo's life takes a sharp turn after his injury, transforming him into a brooding hero caught between vulnerability and fierce protection. I was intrigued by the duality that Romeo experiences after a serious injury. He is so determined to shield his loved ones that he becomes the master of emotional hide-and-seek, pushing away the very woman who makes his heart race faster than the adrenaline he craves like his next prey.

Gabriella is a neurodivergent sweetheart trapped in a family not worthy of her love where she's forced to navigate life like a tightrope walker. Abandoned by her childhood crush and contracted to a fiancé who's about as useful as rain boots in h3ll...which is exactly where Romeo plans to send anyone who hurts the ones he has vowed to protect, Gabriella finds herself unwittingly starring in a high-stakes game of predator and prey just like the scary movies she adores with masks and all. But Gabriella isn't a helpless damsel in distress, but the sassy woman who's discovering she's the perfect Pretty Prey.

Pretty Prey is a great addition to the Empire of Kings series. 

Review: Queen of Blades

Queen of Blades by Victoria Jayne
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Queen of Blades (Dixie Mafia #1)

🖋 Author ~ Victoria Jayne

🖋 Features: Mafia Romance, Short Story

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Harper & Paul

💎 Enemies to Lovers

♠ Protective Hero

💎  Insta-Heat

♠ Mafia Romance

💎 Strong Woman

♠ Jealous Ex

She didn’t back down and would never surrender.

WOW! I absolutely loved Harper! She’s an incredible FMC. She reinvents herself, bravely striking out on her own to escape her 1%er biker family. Not interested in being someone’s old lady, Harper gets as far away from the Rough Riders MC as she can—until a favor for her father finally pulls her back home… and straight into Dwight “Diesel” Delaluz’s waiting arms.

Luckily for Harper, she’s got brains, determination, an iron will… steel in her hand—and Ice Pick Paulie—at her side. Even after twelve years apart, Harper and Paul are still insta-hot for each other, and their chemistry absolutely burns off the page.

Review: Wish

Wish by Chelle Bliss
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚Review~ Wish (Men of Inked Sinners Book 3)

🖋Author~ Chelle Bliss

🖋Genre: Men of Inked Sinners, Alpha Male Romance, Contemporary Romance

⭐️Rating 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Zoey and Hunter 

💍 SINGLE GIRL DAD

🍕 FOUND FAMILY

💍 FORCED PROXIMITY

🍕 FRIENDS TO LOVERS

💍 SLOW BURN

🍺 TATTOO ARTIST X BAR OWNER

💍 The wish that finally came true

And if anyone has earned her wish upon a star, it's definitely Zoey Gallo!

Zoey's been through so much trauma. Getting her power and her life back, Zoey is finally moving in the right direction. With her family surrounding her, she's in a safe place. Running the Hook & Hustle with her cousin, she's happiest there or enjoying a quiet night at home, looking forward to the upcoming holiday festivities and all the sparkling decorations. She's not interested in complications or bad decisions.

The only decision Hunter is interested in making has him relocating to Chicago to be closer to his daughter. The move lands him right in the middle of Gallo territory. Taking a chair at Inked, Hunter is their newest tat artist and Zoey's new neighbor.  

If you're looking for a loud, loving, crazy, always-has-your-back family, the Gallos are one in a million! They are the best found family. I absolutely love the close knit family ties Chelle creates with the Gallos, their extended family, and friends. I'll be next in line to get adopted into this bantering, fun-loving, and sometimes snarky family. 

Review: Getting the Grinder

Getting the Grinder by Brenda Rothert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚Getting the Grinder: Love on the Line #3

🖋Author ~ Brenda Rothert  

🖋Features: Sports Romance, Hockey Romance

⭐️Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mara & Leo

🏒 Pro Hockey Romance

👜 Enemies to Lovers

🏒 Fake Dating

👜 Found Family

🏒 Mental Health Rep

👜 Opposites Attract

What happens when Leo unexpectedly walks in on the woman he finds attractive after she's just gotten out of the shower? Caught off guard, Leo just stares. Embarrassed, Mara freaks, lashing out with sharp retorts. An epic battle of insults begins.

Distracting a fellow team mate from the constant attempts to set up a blind date, Leo panicks and latches on to the best excuse possible...his current nemesis. As an attorney, Mara is no stranger to adversarial relationships...or negotiations. But maybe there's a way that both Leo and Mara can get what they want.

Get ready for a wildly antagonistic, fun fake dating relationship with Mara and Leo!

Review: Fling of Hearts

Fling of Hearts by Victoria Jayne
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 PREQUEL: Fling of Hearts (Dixie Mafia)

🖋 Author ~ Victoria Jayne

🖋 Features: Mafia Romance, Short Story, Novella

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Harper & Paul

💎 Enemies to Lovers

♠ Protective Hero

💎  Insta-Heat

♠ Mafia Romance

💎 Strong Woman

♠ Jealous Ex

💎 Never bet against the house ♠

Fling of Hearts is a perfect into to Victoria's new series: Dixie Mafia. This drops right into the complicated life of Harper, daughter of the president of an outlaw biker club. She's got club drama with a st@lker-ex-boyfriend, siblings she feels responsible for, and dreams of getting out from under her father's iron rules. Harper wants more than what club life has to other - being someone's old lady.

There's no denying the insta-heat between Paul and Harper. Every criminal family odd and outlaw tradition is stacked against them. What's in the cards for this pair? A biker princess and a mafia son? I can't wait to read what happens next. I'm betting on them!

Review: Face Off: The Raptors Series Book Four

Face Off: The Raptors Series Book Four by Caroline Easton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Face Off: The Raptors Series #4

🖋 Author ~ Caroline Easton 

🖋 Features: Sports Romance, Hockey Romance, Contemporary Romance

⭐️ Rating: 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Chloe & Ollie

📖 Enemies to lovers

🏒 Protective hero

📖  Slow burn

🏒 Hockey romance

📖  OW drama

🏒 Secret relationship

📖  Reputation vs Reality

🏒 Forbidden

📖 “Maybe people can be more than their worst mistake.” 🏒

Life is messy... 

That's the best way I can describe Chloe and Ollie's story. Their slowburn love is a journey of discovery, forgiveness, and strength. I loved the way that even though Chloe isn't welcomed by the team as their new sports writer, Ollie is at least somewhat reluctant to give her a second chance. After all, Chloe's not the only one who will need a second chance at redemption by the end of the season.

The stunt that Chloe orchestrated was supposed to put her in the spotlight, increase her popularity, show her dad that she wasn't some visible no-talent writer. It backfired and caused a baashlash of drama Chloe faces head-on when she takes that first step into the team's locker room to write her first story. She knew it would be hard, even uncomfortable. She expected the hard looks, the harsh whispers. She didn't expect Ollie to step up and have her back.

I enjoyed Face Off and these two characters. Life is messy. I loved the way Ollie's quiet confidence supported Chloe as she struggled to get out from behind one of the biggest mistakes of her professional life. When Ollie needs it most, Chloe proves herself stronger than she thought as she keeps showing up every day, helping through rehabbing a serious injury. The Raptors Series is about an incredible group of people and teammates that come together, fracture, and heal to come out on the otherside even better than before. 

🏒  Hockey is all I’ve got. Without it, I’m just Ollie. And I don’t know who that is.

📖  Ollie Taylor sees me, not just the headlines, not just the mistakes, but the person underneath.