Sweet Home Cowboy AnthologyMarch 29, 2022, by HQN Books Summary: Four half sisters create the family they’ve always dreamed of in this enchanting quartet from bestselling authors Maisey Yates, Nicole Helm, Jackie Ashenden, and Caitlin Crews. The Hathaway sisters might have grown up apart, but when they agree to move to Jasper Creek, Oregon, to revitalize their grandfather’s farm, it seems a straightforward decision. Until they meet their neighborhood cowboys… Sweet-natured Teddy has Continue Reading
Review: Cowboy SEAL Homecoming by Nicole Helm
Cowboy SEAL Homecoming by Nicole Helm (Navy SEAL Cowboys #1) Released: January 2, 2018 Contemporary Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by Mandi A new series from Nicole Helm featuring Navy SEALs turned cowboys! I was a little unsure how this was all going to play out, but I actually really liked the set-up. Three guys who all served together overseas as SEALs, who all got injured in an explosion, come back to the states together to a ranch that Alex has inherited. Well, he inherited half a Continue Reading
Review: Mess With Me by Nicole Helm
Mess With Me by Nicole Helm (A Mile High Romance #2) Released: August 29, 2017 Contemporary Romance Zebra Reviewed by Mandi This author has written some really cute romances but ...and it's a big but. I don't like this series. I didn't like book one, but I decided to give this one a try because I enjoy her voice so much - and I didn't like this book either. What I don't like about this book (and series in general) is the overall tone. It's just not a fun read. I like darker books with Continue Reading
Review: Need You Now by Nicole Helm
Need You Now (A Mile High Romance #1) Released: May 30, 2017 Contemporary Romance Zebra Reviewed by Mandi I've really enjoyed Nicole Helm books in the past - she writes really fun contemporary romances, sometimes featuring farmers (score!) and they make me smile. So I'm sorry to say Need You Now did not give me the smilies. I usually love a grumpy hero but Brandon was just so...depressing...it was hard to root for him. Brandon grew up in Gracely, Colorado and his family owned a mine Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: Mile High Series by Nicole Helm
I'm a big fan of Nicole Helm's books - when I heard she was doing a new series with Kensington, featuring bearded brothers and their best friend who run an outdoors adventure company I got very excited! I'm happy to share the covers of the first two books with you today! They are verra smexy!! Gracely, Colorado, was once a booming mining town. No one knows that better than Brandon Evans. His father s company kept the town thriving for years until Brandon threatened to expose his Continue Reading
Review: All I Want by Nicole Helm
All I Want by Nicole Helm Released: September 1, 2016 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi First I have to mention that the heroine is a goat farmer! I have three miniature goats who bring me joy and this made me so happy. She also has a goat tattoo – do I need one? Meg is not only a goat farmer, but she also makes goat soap which she sells at farmers markets. As a young adult she got heavily involved in drugs, but now she is eight years sober and grateful to have her Continue Reading
Review: Outlaw Cowboy by Nicole Helm
Outlaw Cowboy by Nicole Helm (Big Sky Cowboys #2) Released: May 3, 2016 Contemporary Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by Mandi Caleb Shaw is on a good and steady path these days. After his father was paralyzed in an accident, Caleb stopped drinking. He stopped all of his negative, hurtful behavior and his main focus at the moment is getting his family ranch out of the red. With his sister recently married and moving out and a new sister showing up out of the blue, his life has been a little Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Wes Stone. Back from Afghanistan with some nerve injuries. Recluse. Lives in a cabin. Bearded. Wears flannel. Blushes and stutters when he gets nervous. Hates people, loves dogs and has a sheep with a limp. Makes organic dog treats. (do we love him yet??) Heroine: Cara Pruitt. Helps her sister at her farmer's market stand. Isn't driven to have a big career. Flirts a lot and likes to think dirty things. This causes a certain someone to blush and stutter. On Wes being a Continue Reading
Review: Rebel Cowboy by Nicole Helm
Rebel Cowboy by Nicole Helm (Big Sky Cowboys #1) Released: January 5, 2016 Contemporary Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "Are you going to Pretty Woman rancher me?" Mel Shaw loves her Montana ranch - she just doesn't love her current circumstances. The ranch needs a lot of work, and her brother and father are not helpful. Her brother drinks too much and has a host of other problems. Her father fell off his horse a few years ago, and is now paralyzed from the Continue Reading
Feature and Giveaway: All I Have by Nicole Helm
Mia Pruitt wishes Dell Wainwright would keep his shirt on. The Naked Farmer lures customers by stripping to his perfectly worn jeans while he and Mia sell vegetables from competing stands at the farmer’s market. It’s time for a showdown, and they’re each in it to win. Yet when both farms end up in jeopardy, Mia and Dell suddenly find themselves on the same team. If their rivalry was hot, their attraction is steaming, but they can’t seem to agree on a plan. If they could only learn to grow Continue Reading