Happy Friday y’all! Having a holiday mid-week is equal parts awesome and not. I somehow managed to pick up a summer cold, but it has given me some time to catch up on some reads. The First Time at Firelight Falls by Julie Anne Long I am trying to work through my backlogged TBR and get through some review books. I picked up a while ago and finally started it. It had a super cute premise, single mom heroine, principal hero. I made it to 29% and finally DNF’ed. It wasn’t bad, but it felt like Continue Reading
Review: Getting Schooled by Emma Chase
Getting Schooled by Emma Chase Released: June 26, 2018 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I'm a big Emma Chase fan - from royals to lawyers, her books are some of my favorites. And this is where the "but" comes in. This one has a hero that is just a little too cocky for me. He is a high school teacher and football coach and when his high school sweetheart comes back home, he remembers all those feelings he had for her years ago. Callie returns to her hometown when Continue Reading
Review: Six Weeks with a Lord by Eve Pendle
Six Weeks with a Lord by Eve Pendle Historical Romance June 25, 2018 The first chapter in this book is so intense and delicious, I got very excited! But my excitement soon fled as this book loses steam and had a romance that didn't work for me. The reason the first chapter is so striking is the fact that our heroine, Grace Alnott, needs a husband desperately. She comes from trade, her father owned a very large grocer and she has a fifty thousand dollar dowry. Her father really wanted her Continue Reading
Stray Magic by Kelly Meding
Stray Magic by Kelly Meding Strays, #1 Urban Fantasy June 19, 2018 Harper Voyager Reviewed by Tori Agent Shiloh Harrison, a federal marshal in the supernatural world, is half-djinn and half human. Part of a five-man unit that keeps the different species on the straight and narrow, The story starts out on a high note though it levels quickly with Shiloh being called from her boyfriend's bed to a hostage scene. Seems like a group of vampires has taken the residents of Myrtle's Happy Continue Reading
Mandi’s Monday Musings
Untamed Cowboy by Maisey Yates (Gold Valley #2) Releases: June 19, 2018 Contemporary Romance Hello secret baby trope....just 15 years later. Bennett Dodge is Gold Valley's veterinarian, and likes everything planned out and in control in his life. His year-long relationship with a woman recently ended, because there was no passion from him. When he was sixteen, his girlfriend got pregnant, told him she lost the baby, and then moved on. Bennett was so upset that he was careless, and then that Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts: The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White and In Bed with the Beast by Tara Sivec
The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White (Angie Pallorino #3) Romantic Suspense June 12, 2018 Montlake Romance Favorite quote: We all tell lies. We all have secrets. A secret can own a person. A secret is powerful. But only to the degree that the truth threatens someone.” I’m not sure what it was about the blurb that captured my attention, but I’m so glad it did. I have not read romantic suspense in a while and I realize now that I’ve missed it. Also, I had no issues reading this Continue Reading
Mandi’s Monday Musings: Jo Goodman and Helena Hunting
A Touch of Flame by Jo Goodman Releases: June 5, 2018 Western Historical I loved this book. It's not the fastest paced, or the sexiest but it completely worked for me. Our hero is Ben Madison, who is the newly elected sheriff of Frost Falls, Colorado. Taking place in 1898, Ben is the most easy-going, never-to-get-riled hero I've read. That doesn't mean he is stupid or doesn't care, he just likes to observe and play along real nice with the folks, to keep everyone peaceful and happy. He puts Continue Reading
Sheena’s Mini Reviews
Series: The MacGregors: Highland Heirs, #7 Historical Romance Grade: A Whenever I get a hankering for a beautifully written historical romance, I look no further than Paula Quinn. She just has a knack for creating these beautiful worlds with rich characters all against the picturesque Scottish highlands, I'm always, already mid swoon as soon as I crack (click?) it open. Book 7 is about Lachlin Mackenzie, a (scarred!! swoon level +1000) widower and father to a wife and daughter who were Continue Reading
Review: Something Blue by Lena Hart
Something Blue by Lena Hart Series: Brides of Cedar Bend, #4 Contemporary Romance Released: March 31, 2018 Maroon Ash Publishing Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “You are my priority, Quinn. You always were. Even when I didn’t show it.” Tears welled in her eyes and he was taken aback by it. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d seen her cry and he didn’t think he could handle it if she did because of him. All he ever wanted was to be with her and make her Continue Reading
Review: A Rancher’s Song by Vivian Arend
A Rancher’s Song by Vivian Arend (Heart Falls #2) Contemporary Romance Released: May 15, 2018 Self Published Review by Helyce I was really excited to read Walker’s story after the teasers shared in book #1. I’d kind of imagined his story in my head because I knew that it had something to do with his music. I thought it would have been interesting to see how a guy from a ranching family, who also participated in rodeo events, would handle it if he found himself discovered and was offered Continue Reading