Not So Blue Christmas by Bonnie Edwards

Not-So-Blue Christmas by Bonnie Edwards

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Kirk and Miranda have both lost their significant others. Kirk decided to set sail on his boat and just get away for a while. Day after Day a dog comes and visits him but won't let him get too close. One day the dogs owner penetrates Kirk's hard shell enough to get him engaging with the human race again. Kirk and Miranda develop a friendship that leads to second chances at love. The 2nd book in the series involves her daughter and his son. A good, quick read and look at second chance love.



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Christmas Sparks and Kisses by Suzie Grace

Christmas Sparks and Kisses: A Billionaire Romance Box Set by Suzie Grace

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Christmas Sparks and Kisses includes three short holiday related stories. First up is Home for Christmas and it features Dylan and Olivia (and young Mason). A single dad/nanny romance, Olivia finds herself dealing with a cheating boyfriend, although crushing on her employer. Snow storm and some awesome chemistry leads to a better Christmas than either of the imagined.

A Gift for Santa is an older brother best friend scenario. Hannah and Tristan secretly like each other but neither thinks the other could possibly reciprocate those feelings. After a secret santa gift mixup at the office leads to a revelation about feelings, they realize they have more in common than they thought.

Fake Christmas Boyfriend is a hot boss sexy assistant setup. Tyler and Emily find themselves in a fake boyfriend situation after Emily has had enough teasing from her family. Tyler agrees to accompany her home to her family holiday celebration without telling her about his true feelings. After sitting through a meal of farces, Tyler can’t take it anymore and lays his true feelings out on the table. Will Emily take a chance at love?

A great quick holiday themed read from the author that I received without expectation for review. Any and all opinions expressed are my own. 4 solid stars.






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His Package by Penelope Bloom

His Package by Penelope Bloom

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Ahhh Lilith; snarky, sarcastic, brooding Lilith. I’ve been waiting and hoping for her story to come along and His Package is a great peek into the warped mind of Lilith.

Lilith has been a secondary character in a few other recent books by the author set in this new style of writing. His Banana, Her Cherry, His Treat are the first three in the Objects of Attraction series. Lilith is a dark, quick witted character that just stood out on the pages of the previous works she appeared in. She would need one heck of a story to hold a candle to her personality and she got it.

Liam is hiding out from his psycho step sister who has run his name into the mud solely because he wouldn’t sleep with her. Yea eww. He rents an apartment right across the hall from Lilith and one day she gets his package. He isn’t normally attracted to someone like Lilith but she intrigues him. Slowly they get to know each other and after telling her about his crazy family she helps him take down the threat.

Lilith didn’t want his package but ended up with it anyway. She finds, in him, someone that can keep up with her quirkiness and doesn’t cower from her bluntness. He is the whole package. A great 4 ½ star read for Lilith’s book. The only thing stopping me from giving 5 was I felt her revenge was a little too tame for how I pictured her style. Hoping this series continues I’m loving the theme.




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Trails of Love by Melissa Foster

Trails of Love by Melissa Foster

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Graham and Morgyn are wandering souls who meet at a weekend long concert in the hills. They quickly realize they also have a circle of friends who know each other pulling their worlds a little closer.

Trails of Love is a fall quick story with no real angst in the storyline. Both come from big families and have their own agendas in life to forward their successes. They fit together pretty well and have little rearranging of life and/or goals to make a relationship work.

Story reads well and pretty seamlessly, but one issue and had me grating my teeth was Morgyn's nickname of "Cracker" for Graham. It just didn't work for me at all and I groaned everytime I read it. That being said, the rest of the story was well written, not a knock me off my seat story but sweet and romantic. I received an advance copy without expectation for review, any and all opinions expressed are my own. This continuation of the Bradens and Mongomerys series is well worth the read.



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Off Limits by Jules Barnard

Off Limits by Jules Barnard

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Cali and Jaeger knew each other years ago but lost touch. Jaeger was friends with her older brother Tyler. When she ends up working at a casino in Tahoe to save for law school she runs into him again. Thinking he’d make a great date for her friend Gen, she starts matchmaking. Slowing realizing she is still attracted to him from long ago. Staying committed to her dying relationship she heads back to school to find out where she stands with her BF. He dumps her on the spot. She finally feels free to pursue Jaeger and wherever that leads her.

A wild ride of jealous exes, harassing executives, fake babies, restraining orders and overdoses left me more than a little confused and overwhelmed. This first read by this author had me all over the place. There were multiple characters mentioned, secondary characters that had minimal plot points but figured heavily into main plots. I just felt like this story, while having incredible potential, jumped around too much to keep it all straight. Being written in 1st person is not a favorite of mine but even that wasn’t my biggest complaint with this read. Also having names you want to pronounce one way but then it’s given another way messes with my head. Unfortunately I can only give a 3 star and that is only because I saw the potential with the storyline.






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Goaltending by Jami Davenport

Goaltending by Jami Davenport

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Brick is a playboy goalie for the Seattle Sockeyes and only has 2 things on his mind, women and blocking shots on goal. Having grown up shuttled between 2 parents he quickly realized he needs to shut it all down and run on autopilot. He doesn’t need anything or anyone steady in his life, he’d just let them down. Ding Dong a doorbell one morning changes all he has ever thought or known about himself.

Amelia loves kids, she helps out at her sister in law’s day care, well technically her SIL owns it but Amelia does all the work. She is fairly convinced her dear SIL is cheating on her brother but lacking any solid evidence she just keeps her eyes open. Trying to figure out how to make some extra cash becomes a whole lot easier when a very sexy, albeit chauvinistic, man needs a live in nanny for 2 weeks.

Brick, Ameila and Macy fall very quickly into family mode though Brick still doubts he could be a decent father to his surprise daughter. It takes everything Amelia has to keep this sinking ship afloat. Can she finally convince Brick he has what it takes to take care of them both?

This was my first read by this author and overall it was pretty good. There were some times I felt the story fluffed a little but aside from Brick’s teenager hormone driven speeches sometimes, it flowed well. I will definitely check out the rest of the books in the Game On in Seattle series.




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The Last One by Tawdra Kandle

The Last One by Tawdra Kandle

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Meghan is Jude (from The Posse)’s daughter, she goes to school in Savannah and one night her friend Laura tells her about a town close by that has a place to dance. Meghan and Laura set out to party with Laura as DD, Meghan can let it all go. Enter Sam. He finds them pulled on the side of the road with a broken belt. He sees Meghan in the passenger seat passed out but helps Laura get the car to the local garage for repairs. He arranges for a shop car to get them back to Savannah and out of his life. When he lifts Meghan to move her to the new car she wakes briefly enough to whisper “It’s you.”

What the hell that means Sam doesn’t want to know. He is just glad he won’t have to lay eyes on this temptress again anytime soon. But we all know how fate loves to screw with us. Meghan ends up teaching art to the community for the summer and needing a place to live while in Burton, his sister offers a room on their farm. All bets are off that Sam can actually survive the summer with her under the same roof.

A big emphasis was placed on their age difference (about 7 years) but for me it was null. I go to know Meghan in The Posse and she never came across as young to me (except for one temper tantrum maybe haha). Sam is just what she needed and she was just was Sam needed. Initially agreeing on a no strings attached summer, they quickly realize they both are in it way more than being non committal. They mesh together well and once Sam, as a true guy, got his head out of his ahem, they realize how great team they can actually be.

One of my go to authors this series starts off strong. I recently purchased the box set 1-4 so I will make quick work of those as well. Very solid 4 star read for this new series set in Burton GA.




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King's Rule by Jackie Ashenden

King's Rule by Jackie Ashenden

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Poppy and Xander are step siblings with an attraction problem, a big big problem. Neither of them know the other feels the way they do but one dark erotic turn has them finding out rather quickly.

Xander and Poppy suffered years of misunderstanding and miscommunication but both ultimately suffer from a general sense of just being needed or wanted. Neither felt they received much in the way of a sense of family growing up. Xander feels a great responsibility toward Poppy growing up without a father, but was he actually to blame?

Xander and Poppy are both in a place of needing each other but absolutely hating the fact that they do. Can they work together, get along and fight their attraction?

Once again Jackie Ashenden writes a great story full of content, passion, feelings with a side of erotic pleasure. I received an advance copy without expectation for review, any and all opinion expressed are my own.



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One Tough Cowboy by Lora Leigh

One Tough Cowboy by Lora Leigh

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Samantha and Hunter knew each back in the day but it has been more than 10 years since they’ve seen each other. When she returns home after her aunt’s mysterious death to do her own investigation she find Hunter is just as yummy now as then. When he warns her off the investigation she finds the order hard to comply with. Being a Detroit cop now to his hometown sheriff she doesn’t bend as easily as she may once have. She knows her Aunt is one of a few mysterious deaths that she needs to figure out.

Hunter has a lot of eyes on him so he wants to do everything by the book. He knew Samantha coming home would be a problem for him and his investigation but he didn’t think it would be his attraction to her causing the issues. Working together to solve these cases has his imagination on overdrive, but does she feel the same way about him?

This was my first read by these authors and though it read ok it wasn’t a grab my attention kind of read. It had good bones, for sure, but wasn’t executed well in my opinion. The storyline dragged at times and I found myself skimming pages pretty often. It was erotic with tons of sex and encounters with little to no storyline dictation (not that sex needs that but usually it has a rhyme or reason within the story). A 3 ½ star read for me that I received from Netgalley without expectation for review. Any and all opinions expressed are my own.




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Your Wildest Dreams by Tawdra Kandle

Your Wildest Dreams by Tawdra Kandle

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Zelda and Eli have a history that no one but the two of them know. He was her first and she was his too many to count. Fast forward to college years and each of them has become a different version of themselves so even they don’t recognize themselves anymore. Living in a new normal, the two of them work on building a true and honest friendship that can sustain them during their school years. In a tight knit group, they work hard at keeping prying eyes and ears out of their business, but realize they are drawn to each other. But can Zelda keep the voices telling her to run, run fast and far away, quiet to reap the benefits of being in Eli’s circle?

Once again Tawdra weaves a perfect mix of main and secondary characters to enjoy. This is book 5 in the Keeping Score series of which I have the first 4 books sitting unread on my TBR shelf (don’t judge me it is a huge shelf). From what I understand, the previous books are written in the same time frame but from the other group member points of view (ie Quinn and Leo etc). While I will admit I thought this would be totally confusing, I found the storyline of Zelda and Eli to flow along well with patches here and there of the others and their goings-on, but never interfering or making me feel like I was missing a part of the story. I am now motivated to go back and read the first 4 books in the series just to see those storylines play out.

A wonderful 4 star read that I received in advance without expectation for review. Any and all opinions expressed are my own. Definitely grab Zelda and Eli’s story but first pick up the other 4 books so you can follow along with the circle of friends as they experience life, and all her struggles.



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Playing for Keeps by Jill Shalvis

Playing for Keeps by Jill Shalvis

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Sadie is just fine on her own, mostly. She has put herself on a self imposed “no suit” lifestyle and so far it is working out well. Until one rainy night when a 3 legged dog and a suit made their way straight into her heart.

Caleb was once the wimpy kid, suffering from multiple allergies and born early, he’s been the underdog for most of his life. Now a successful adult, he takes care of others as much as he can feeling like he owes them for their sacrifices with him having such a difficult childhood.

Caleb and Sadie are so similar yet so different. She also suffered a difficult childhood but not for the same reasons as he did. He can see right though her lies and walls and it bothers the hell out of her. Can a seemingly innocent beginning between them lead to more then they could have ever imagined?

Each not willing to budge an inch with their relationship progression and both ready to bolt at the slightest hiccup, this is both a match made in heaven and their worst nightmare. Coming to grips with their pasts and being able to lean on each other during the hard times has them both feeling more then they could possibly understand.

I enjoyed this look at 2 truly messed up people. I mean that in the very best way, they are horribly screwed up, life has them so turned around and upside down they don’t know which way is up anymore. Putting these 2 people together could have been a disaster but it was like peas and carrots. They could relate to one another better than any outsider could have ever dreamed. Getting to a deep rooted honestly that, frankly, more couples could benefit from. Ms. Shalvis rarely disappoints me with a read, and this was no exception. 5 stars for this newest entry in the Heartbreak Bay series, I received an advance copy without expectation for review. Any and all opinions expressed are my own. Make room on the shelf for this keeper.



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Finding My Girl/Loving Talia by Melissa Foster

Finding My Girl / Loving Talia by Melissa Foster

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Finding my girl/Loving Talia is a companion piece to the earlier novel Love Like Ours (Sugar Lake #3) featuring Talia and Derek. If you’ve read Love Like Ours you are familiar with the sketchbook Derek makes for Talia and this novella is representative of the drawings spoken of in the book. The drawings are very representative of the story and storyline features, while extremely short it gives a great glimpse into the story told in the novel. I received an advance copy without expectation for review, any and all opinions expressed are my own. 3.5 stars



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I'll Always Love You by Ella Quinn

I'll Always Love You by Ella Quinn

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Lucinda is having her coming out season and bringing her mother to the city with her, albeit begrudgingly as her sponsor, brings both happiness and stresses. Her Brother and Sister in Law lend help where they can but ultimately it is up to Lucinda to navigate this new normal. When her mother declares her having chosen Lucinda’s husband that was enough to motivate Lucinda to master her own destiny.

Gerald is a friend of Rothwell, Lucinda’s brother, and when asked to keep his eye out for Lucinda agrees without hesitation. He doesn’t quite expect to find himself attracted to Lucinda in the process. When Lucinda lets him in on her plan to find a better match for her intended he isn’t sure how to feel. He finds himself more taken by Lucinda day after day but can’t see a way to find out if the attraction is reciprocated.

Gerald and Lucinda work together to bring couples together who were meant for each other to begin with. Together they make a great working team in each area of life special to themselves. This was the first novel I’ve read by Ms Quinn. I love historical pieces and this one does not disappoint. It flowed well and I loved all the historical references, as well as the explanations of historical situations at the end of the book. I received an advance copy from Netgalley without expectation for review. Any and all opinions expressed for this 4 solid star read are my own.




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Chasing Eva by Camellia Hart

Chasing Eva by Camellia Hart

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Eva and Clive met long ago at one of the parties their fathers held around the holidays. Their fathers had been friends and business associates for quite some time and at one party Eva and Clive had their first kiss. Fast-forward many years later to a chance meeting in the elevator of their mutual building. Now thrown together as someone is trying to manipulate her company, she relies on Clive to help her navigate this new normal.

Chasing Eva is a romantic suspense read continuing in the next 2 books in the series Loving Eva and Killing Eva. This was a first read for this author and overall I enjoyed her writing style. I felt though a little confused as to how Eva didn’t remember kissing Clive (not the most common name) all those years ago. And if Clive knew so much about Eva through the years, didn’t know she was running her fathers company and just a few floors down from his office.

So that aside, this story was an interesting read for me. I haven’t been reading too much in the romantic suspense genre lately (though at one time it was a mainstay) and this one I would classify as more romantic than suspenseful. It gives a good baseline for where Clive and Eva have grown since that first kiss, and how they can come together now and try a relationship. Eva has some self-doubts after seeing some of the women Clive has dated, but in the end he shows her that he has eyes for only her.

This new to me author gets 4 stars for this introduction to her series. I am almost through with Loving Eva and then on to Killing Eva to see how this triology ends. All opinions expressed are my own, no review expectation was given.



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Eggnog Makes Her Easy by Erin Nicholas

Eggnog Makes Her Easy by Erin Nicholas

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This novella, in the Boys of the Big Easy series, is about Lindsey and her military husband Matt. Lindsey has been holding down the home front with their 2 sons while Matt is away serving the country. It is getting close to Christmas and the support group she attends is having their Christmas party complete with a Santa for the kids, and one for the adults. Lindsey knows her one wish from Santa for Christmas, Matt home with the family safe and sound. As a military spouse, she knows time together is never guaranteed.

Another wonderful read just as I’ve come to expect from Ms. Nicholas. All our favorite past and hopefully current characters are represented well. Having read a few books from this series already, this was like icing on the cake. This series has such wonderful potential and I can’t wait for Caleb and Lexi’s story, next up in the series lineup.

I will literally never look at eggnog the same way again. I received an advance copy of this 4 ½ stars for this read without expectation for review. Any and all opinions expressed are my own. Off to buy me some eggnog ;)




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