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!

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.

Review: Scorched Sin

Scorched Sin by Bridget Adrienne
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📚 Review: Scorched Sin

🔥 Scorched Legacy #1 by Bridget Adrienne

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Scorched Legacy is Next Level spicy and CNC roleplay. Violet and Rowan do not disappoint. Like their family rivalry, they clash and come together in a scorched-earth, ruthless love. I enjoyed the Untamed Rangers, but Rowan raises the temp! Nothing and no one is going to keep this anti-hero from his queen. 

🖤 Family Rivals

🔥 Betrayals

🖤 Possessive MMC

🔥 Defiant FMC

🖤 Obsessions

🔥 Forbidden Desires

It was never supposed to be more than a crush. Ashwoods and Dravens are two dynasties bred for war. Our fathers built empires on rivalry, on territory disputes and power plays. One wrong move...Scorched Sin is a forbidden, enemies-to-lovers romance full of brutal desire, family betrayal, and obsession that can’t be buried.