Title: The Secret Hook-Up Author: Pippa Grant Genre: Romantic ComedyTropes: Second Chance/Secret Fling/Auction Release Date: August 1, 2024 BLURB You’d think nearly dying trying to get out of a too-tight gown in a dressing room and being saved by a strong, competent man was a good thing.Not so much, though, when that strong, competent man is your ex. Your secret ex.And the reason you need a gown is because you’re part of a charity auction.The charity auction where he gets into a bidding war Continue Reading
Review: The Secret Hook-Up by Pippa Grant
The Secret Hook-Up by Pippa GrantContemporary Romance/Romantic ComedyAugust 1, 2024- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela Whenever I need a bit of a breather from angsty, darker romances I pick up a Pippa Grant romantic comedy. The Secret Hook-Up is listed as being book number six in The Copper Valley Thrusters series, but it's really just an addition into the Pippa Grant Copper Valley universe. There will be many, many, many past characters, across several of her series, who readers Continue Reading
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Passion is always worth fighting for… Jori Garrison trains dogs for Warrior Wolf Pack, which provides service animals for disabled veterans. Four years ago, she was wrongly convicted of a crime—thanks to her no-good ex- fiancé. Now she just wants to live her life in peace with her beloved dogs. No men, no complications. But it's hard to play it cool when a lethally hot male is on her tail—and the attraction is fierce, mutual, and dangerous….PRIMAL FORCELauray "Law" Batisse is a Military Continue Reading
Review: Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews
Sanctuary by Ilona AndrewsWorld of Kate Daniels #15.5Urban FantasyJuly 30, 2024- Self PublishedARC Review by Angela As a fangirl of this author duo, I usually avidly follow any serials posted on their blog, and then read it again as soon as the full, edited version hits Amazon. This being 2024, I had a lot of stuff going on with my life, and a ridiculous review schedule, so I decided to wait until it hit Amazon and read it in full. I was lucky to get an ARC copy of the novella, with Continue Reading
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his contemporary friends-to-lovers romance “is packed with countless laughs and heartfelt moments . . . oozing snark and Southern charm in every scene” (Publishers Weekly).A young widow returns to Lake Sackett, Georgia to face her past—and take another chance on love—in the third sparkling Southern Eclectic novel that “goes down as easy as honey on a deep-fried Twinkie” (Library Journal, on Sweet Tea and Sympathy).Lucy Bowman would never have guessed that her best friend, Duffy McCready (of Continue Reading
Release Blitz- King of Nothing by Aurora Rose Reynolds
Title: King of Nothing Author: Aurora Rose Reynolds Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Hurt/Comfort, Redemption, SecretBillionaire, Emotional Scars, Road Trip Release Date: July 29, 2024 BLURB I met him when my ship was sinking, and I clung to him through the storm. Little did I know he needed me as much as I needed him.The first time I saw Roman Dante King, he stuck out like an odd puzzle piece that got mixed up in the wrong box. It wasn’t his blue eyes in the dim light of the bar, the Continue Reading
Monday Morning Book News!
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Sunday Smexy Deals!
In Thoughtless, Kiera told her story. Now it's time to hear from the sexy rock star who captivated us all . . .THOUGHTFULThe only place Kellan Kyle has ever felt at home is onstage. Gripping his guitar in a darkened bar, he can forget his painful past. These days his life revolves around three things: music, his bandmates, and hot hookups. Until one woman changes everything . . .Kiera is the kind of girl Kellan has no business wanting-smart, sweet, and dating his best friend. Certain he could Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
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