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Get Pucking Knotty (Knotty & Sweet Omegaverse) by Crea Reitan

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Get Pucking Knotty (Knotty & Sweet Omegaverse 4) by Crea Reitan -review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 30, 2023

Omegas are to be protected; to be kept safe. They’re not meant to work!

The world thinks that Omegas are only good for taking a knot and for their inevitable heats. They’re meant to be locked away from the world, unseen. They’re told tales about Omega’s being abducted and sold, forced to live every horror one can imagine.

With the help of my father—the lead scientist for a pharmaceutical company—I’ve managed to hide my designation since I was a small child. This has allowed me to live in the world without the prejudice, restrictions put on omegas ‘to keep them safe’, and to keep me from being hunted.

But I don’t want to be safe. Despite the danger, all I’ve ever wanted was to play hockey.

Because of the experimental drug cocktail, I’ve made it five years in the NHL. My name is known amongst hockey fans. I’m on billboards and cereal boxes. I have my own athletic brand. Not because I’m a precious omega, but because I’m an amazing athlete. Everything is going perfectly.

Until the medication suddenly stops working during the middle of a string of away games and I’m plunged into the beginnings of a heat. When my roommate walks in and finds me in my precarious situation, there’s no way he can miss my perfume filling the room.

What’s worse? We’ve already been toying with the boundaries of our friendship, hesitant to make the move to something more. The attraction between us is impossible to miss, but I have a secret. I’ve been in love with him since I was drafted to the team. The only thing that’s kept me away is the threat of him discovering my designation.

Now he knows, we’re a thousand miles from home, and I’m about to go into heat. There’s no way my team will miss me for a week or more, right?

I’m not even sure it matters. My secret’s out. One of his would-be packmates is a very angry threat to my future. If I’m exposed, I can kiss my career goodbye.

This is a polyamorous story (though it will be HEAVY mm) with content not intended for those under 18 years of age due to graphic scenes and situations

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REVIEW: Hockey Romance wasn’t usually my thing, but I’ve jumped on the wagon (or ice ?) and read a few recently, including this author’s work. So I was looking forward to an Omegaverse story with ice. What I got was really a MM story on ice (and throw in a pack in waiting!)

Don’t get me wrong it’s a great story, but when you don’t really include the characters that aren’t meant to be added until later, and just and concentrate on just two, I left a little disappointed. (But only as I know how this authors Omegaverse works, but that my opinion)

Romy is a great ice hockey player, but he hides a secret, Romy is an omega! So! I hear you say, but when an omega is ONLY suppose to stay home and be protected and cared for, Romy is courting not only Alpha’s anger (it’s in an alpha’s nature to protect an omega) but he endangers himself as omega (they have been kidnapped/sold and just used and abused by alphas!) but his father knew Romy wanted to be a hockey player from an early age, he created a “vitamin” that suppressed urges/heats/scents that come with being an omega.

Emeryk is an alpha who loves his job as a goalie for his team. Now I liked he was a goalie and not the star goal scorer (so many have them in that role) but saying that he’s at the top of his game, not many puck’s get past him. He has a pack eating for him to retire, but Emeryk won’t call them a pack as he doesn’t want to lose any of them, (he’s heard of so many packs falling apart when one or more pack members are away from the rest of the pack) he loves them all dearly and they give him different things.

So they will patiently wait for him to retire.

Emeryk and Romy have skated (no pun intended) around their attraction for one another for years. Playing on the same team and having a relationship isn’t banned, but it can get awkward if they break up or get transferred. And that’s the excuse Romy uses with Emeryk, but he knows that if he gets involved with him, Romy will be found out and kicked off the team, but worse it will put him as an omega and he will have to retire (and he wants to retire when he wants to and not when he’s told!)

But when his “vitamin” fails and Romy goes into an early heat (he usually hides away in the off season to keep his omega traits hidden) all hell breaks loose, and Emeryk is drawn into helping Romy get to a hideaway…..

A female Omega goes into heat and that’s when she can become pregnant, male omegas are rare and can’t become pregnant (well not in this Omegaverse!) but suffer intense physical drives to mate. But Romy no longer wants nameless alphas to “knot” him (alphas have an addition to an appendage that all omegas want ?) he wants HIS alpha….. And so a tricky and complicated web is woven to protect Romy. But with all secrets that eventually come out….

His pack-in-waiting have to be told (and one alpha isn’t happy!) his team and coach have to be told (not everyone is happy there either!) then the media get a hold of it….. and Romy’s worse fears come alive!!!! The pack -in-waiting include Jen (beta) an alpha restauranteur and a trio of free spirited alphas complete this story. And although we hear and interact with them, we don’t get their point of views!

This book pulls no punches with your emotions! I loved the texts at the beginning of each chapter, I have chuckled at the most inappropriate times (bus/train/work! ?) It tells a story of injustice, of people not being able to do their own thing. A story of people being victimised and vilified for wanting more that their lot in life. It’s never black and white, there are so many shades of grey in between.

What had me on the edge of my seat and reaching for the tissues was the reaction of one alpha in Emeryk’s pack. That had me in total shock (but it’s great to read, it shows that sometimes things don’t always go as you plan, and the one person you thought had your back was the biggest hypocrite going!!)

It’s a great read, it’s also got a few appearances from characters from other books (if you haven’t read those then your not really going to know, nor do you need to read them in order to read this book.)

Another highly recommend and interesting read from one of my favourite mm #whychoose #omegaverse authors.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Alpha Hunted
Knot Interested
Omegas of Chaingate/

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Reviewed by Julie ?

Crea lives in upstate New York with her dog and husband. She has been writing since grade school, when her second grade teacher had her class keep writing journals. She has a habit of creating secondary, and often time tertiary, characters that take over her stories. All of her RH relationships end up being heavily polyamorous – meaning it’s not just all the men for one woman. There’s also some M/M action going on. When she can’t fall asleep at night, she thinks up new scenes for her characters to act out. This, of course, is how most of her meant-to-be-thrown-away characters tend to end up front and center – and utterly swoon-worthy! Don’t ask her how many book boyfriends she has…

When not writing, Crea is an avid reader. Her TBR pile is several hundred books high (don’t even look at her kindle wish list or the unread books on her tablet). Sometimes, she enjoys crafting; sometimes, exploring nature; sometimes, traveling. Mostly, she enjoys putting her characters on paper and breathing life into them. Oh, and sleeping. Crea loves to sleep!

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GLORY (Devil’s Handmaidens MC:Timber-Ghost Montana 5) by DM Earl

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 7, 2023

All it takes is a little guts and Glory….

As the VP of the DHMC Timber Ghost Montana Chapter and Tink’s right hand woman, Nora ‘Glory’ Winfield is struggling to keep everything balanced. But a past that keeps her guilt-ridden and on edge, she’ll do anything to protect those she loves–and she loves the sisters in her club. Watching them fall in love and start lives of their own gives her a sense of family and belonging–feelings Glory lost long ago. But she can’t help wondering when it’s her turn for something more than just toe-curling flings and fun.

Meeting her Boo changes everything. Suddenly, she wants more, but Glory fears getting too close and letting down her guard will only bring her more heartache. However, the desire between Boo and Glory can’t be ignored. But when Glory’s past comes back with a vengeance, it’s up to her sisters and her Boo to save the woman who’s everyone else’s savior. Will they protect her or go down in a blaze of Glory?

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REVIEW: GLORY is the fifth instalment in DM Earl’s contemporary, adult DEVIL’S HANDMAIDENS MC: TIMBER-GHOST MONTANA dark, erotic, MC romance series. This is Devil’s Handmaiden’s VP thirty-seven year old,, Nora ‘Glory’ Winfield’s story line. GLORY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order as there is an ongoing premise throughout.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

The Devil’s Handmaiden’s MC: Timber-Ghost Montana is an all female MC with deep ties to the Grimm Wolves and Intruders MC.

Told from several first person perspectives including Glory GLORY follows the building but secret relationship between Glory and her ‘Boo’. Nora ‘Glory’ Winfield’s past is dark and heartbreaking. Rescued from a human trafficking ring, Glory has made a name for herself in the Devil’s Handmaiden’s MC but Glory’s past refuses to let go, taking aim at our heroine, and the people she loves. What ensues is the building relationship between Glory and ‘Boo’, and the potential fall-out as the Thunder Club Knuckle Brotherhood sets its’ sight on Glory, and the youngest members of the DHMC.

The world building focuses on Glory, her past, her present, and the future she struggles to believe. Having fallen in love with a younger man, Glory fears her past will take hold, destroying everything and everyone she loves. As the DHMC and their brother counterparts Grimm Wolves MC and Intruders MC, search for the people who have destroyed Glory’s life, a ghost from the past is about to haunt our story line heroine.

The relationship between Glory and her ‘Boo’ is one of immediate attraction but Glory wants to keep their affair a secret, a secret that doesn’t go well for the man that she loves. ‘Boo’ wants nothing more than to claim Nora ‘Glory’ Winfield, but Glory takes the first step towards their own happily ever after.The $ex scenes ere intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, familiar and determined secondary and supporting characters from all three aforementioned MCs, as well as the youngest members, survivors of a human trafficking ring using men, women and children.

GLORY is a dark, complex and gritty story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, abuse and murder, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic, raw, haunting and tragic; the romance is provocative and seductive; the characters are desperate, edgy and determined.

Heed my trigger warning-they are graphic and dark.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Tink
Shadow
Taz
Vixen

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

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D.M. Earl is a U.S.A. Today Bestselling Author who spins stories about real life situations with characters that are authentic, genuine, and sincere. Each of her stories allow the characters to come to life with each turn of the page while they try to find their HEA through much drama and angst. D.M. finds ideas for her next story from within those around her and what she experiences in daily life. Each book has a part of her left behind in it. She lives in Northwest Indiana married to her best friend who was instrumental in the start of her writing career in 2014. When not writing D.M. loves to read, play with her seven fur-babies (yeah crazy) and ride her Harley Dyna Lowrider.

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THE VOWS WE KEEP (Iron Outlaws MC 5) by S. Cole -review tour

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THE VOWS WE KEEP (Iron Outlaws MC 5) by S. Cole -review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 7, 2023

Catalina
As the daughter of a Los Reyes motorcycle club vice president and an assassin, I understand the risks of this life. Yet the club won’t tell me why my father went on a ride to New Jersey and never came home. So the Iron Outlaw I just kidnapped and tied to a chair is going to tell me instead. Except nothing I do to this man scares him. His strength and courage match my own. But this is a battle only one of us can win.

Niro
Catalina wants answers I can’t give her, but I’m intrigued by this woman. Because I buried every Los Reyes club member that day, and her father wasn’t one of them. I need to stay alive long enough for my club to find me. But the more time I spend with Catalina, the more I want to help this leather-clad assassin who challenges my view that I’m better off alone. Even if helping her keep her vows of revenge could kill us both.

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REVIEW: THE VOWS WE KEEP is the fifth instalment in S. Cole’s (Scarlett Cole) contemporary adult IRON OUTLAWS MC erotic, MC romance series. This is twenty-seven year old, club treasurer Colton ‘Niro’ Brewer and twenty-five year old, contract specialist Catalina Flores’s story line. THE VOWS WE KEEP can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Niro and Catalina) THE VOWS WE KEEP follows in the wake of the suspected murder of Catalina’s father. Catalina’s father was the vice-president of the Los Reyes MC, and Catalina suspects the Iron Outlaws MC were responsible for her father’s demise. Believing she had kidnapped King aka the Iron Outlaws President, Catalina holds Niro prisoner, struggling to get the information about her missing father. Upon the rescue by his brothers, Niro brings Catalina back to the Iron Outlaws MC, where a relationship will ensue, and a negotiation to protect the woman with whom he is falling in love. As Cat and Niro’s relationship begins to grow, the members of the Iron Outlaws MC struggle to trust the woman who is the daughter of, and assassin for the Los Reyes MC. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Cat and Niro, and the potential fall-out as Cat’s time with the Outlaws is perceived as a betrayal threatening her sense of peace going forward.

The world building focuses on the Iron Outlaws MC relationships, and their struggle with Niro, and the woman he loves. Niro has longed battled issues of mental and emotional challenges, and with it, Niro often alienates the people he loves the most. As Cat and Niro begin their dance around one another, Cat is desperate to avenge her father, a desperation that must remain in check as the MC faces a war with someone else.

The relationship between Cat and Niro begins as an abduction in which Cat is desperate to uncover the truth about what happened to her father. Niro knows Cat’s father was not one of their targeted threats but someone else would lay claim to destroying Cat’s heart. The $ex scenes are intimate and erotic.

There is another large ensemble cast of colorful and dynamic secondary and supporting characters, many of whom we have met in the previous instalments including Gwen and Clutch, Iris and Spark, Saint and Briar, King and Rae, Bates, Switch and Wrinkle, as well as the introduction of Cat’s friend Nava. The requisite evil has many faces.

THE VOWS WE KEEP is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, murder and mayhem, mistrust and acceptance, forgiveness and love. The premise is gritty, dramatic and intense; the romance is passionate; the characters are desperation and determined.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

The Sins We Hide
The Games We Play
The Lies We Tell
The Bonds We Break

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Reviewed by Sandy

The tattoo across my right hip says it all really. A Life Less Ordinary. Inked by the amazingly talented Luke Wessman at the Wooster Street Social Club (a.k.a. New York Ink). Why is it important? Well, it sums up my view on life. That we should all aspire to live a life that is less boring, less predictable. Be bold, and do something amazing. I’ve made some crazy choices. I’ve been a car maker, a consultant, and even a senior executive at a large retailer running strategy. Born in England, spent time in the U.S. and Japan, before ending up in Canada where I met my own, personal hero – all six and a half feet of him. Both of us are scorpios! Yeah, I know! Should have checked the astrological signs earlier, but somehow it works for us. We have two amazing kids, who I either could never part with or could easily be convinced to sell on e-bay.

I’ve wanted to be a writer for a really long time. Check through my office cupboards or my computer and you’ll find half written stories and character descriptions everywhere. Now I’m getting the chance to follow that dream.

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Broken Arrow (Open Road 4) by Chelle Bliss-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 5, 2023

Annie Hancock is finally following her dreams, studying for her graduate degree to become a professional artist. But when someone starts to leave threatening notes around her studio and dorm, Annie can’t help but wonder…who’s after her and why? She doesn’t know who to trust or keep herself safe.

Arrow has been grinding for years as a bounty hunter and private investigator. After setting down roots and opening his own office, his business doesn’t take off the way he’d hoped. Just when he’s about to change course, a beautiful woman is in desperate need of his services.

But what starts out as a simple assignment becomes more complicated when they’re forced into hiding. And as the threat gets closer, and the attraction becomes hotter, they’ll need to decide if what they have is real or driven by danger.

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REVIEW: Broken Arrow is book four in the Open Road series by the ever talented Chelle Bliss. While the book is a standalone, it is recommended to read in series order.

Annie is working at living her dream with her art, things are finally starting to come together. But there is a dark cloud following her. Someone is sending her threatening notes and stalking her. After the last one, she finally decided to seek some help. Too bad no one is taking it seriously. On a final last ditch effort, Annie takes a chance on one last PI, Arrow’s.

When Arrow meets Annie he sees a damsel in distress so of course he wants to help, but it’s something more. He’s drawn to her. When she tells him about her case, he is concerned and agrees to help her. Very quickly Annie’s drama takes turn after turn of crazy.

To throw off the person behind Annie’s stalking; the pair decide to fake date. And what a way this does for them.

This is a fast paced, spicy read that will tug on your heartstrings and spice up life. Arrow and Annie are cute and funny together, and their situation while unconventional, makes a really good read.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Broken Sparrow
Broken Dove
Broken Wings

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Reviewed by Sarah

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USA Today bestselling author Chelle Bliss currently lives in a small town near the Gulf of Mexico. She’s a full-time writer, time-waster extraordinaire, social media addict, and coffee fiend. She’s written over ten books and has two series available. She loves spending her free time with her boyfriend, 2 cats, and her hamster.

Before becoming a writer, Chelle taught high school history for over ten years. She holds a master’s degree in Instructional Technology and a bachelor’s in History. Although history is her first love, writing has become her dream job and she can’t imagine doing anything else.

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Among the Heather (The Highlands 2) by Samantha Young-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 5, 2023

He’s a disgraced actor. She’s the daughter of Hollywood royalty. Both are hiding in the Scottish Highlands, but despite their antagonistic attraction, they can’t seem to hide from each other…

North Hunter has worked hard to step out of the shadows of his orphaned upbringing into the limelight of Hollywood. He never imagined a dark moment from his childhood returning to destroy everything he’d built. Devastated, he finds comfort in the isolation of an exclusive members-only club in the Scottish Highlands, even if the club comes with a prickly estate manager who sets his blood on fire.

As the eldest daughter of a Hollywood legend, Aria Howard has learned the hard way that people will use her to get to her father. When her last relationship ended badly, Aria fled to Scotland. Running Ardnoch Estate provides distance from a life that has never fit comfortably. But when defamed Scottish actor North Hunter disrupts her sanctuary, Aria is on the defensive. The cocky actor is the last thing she needs, and despite their searing attraction, Aria is determined to dislike him.

But one night of drunken forced proximity with North leads Aria to share insecurities seeded by her horrible ex. When North offers to prove her ex wrong by taking Aria to his bed for a no-strings distraction, they begin an affair neither expected. However, their fiery liaison leads to a deep emotional connection that unsettles them both, and North will have to break down more than Aria’s trust issues if they’re ever to have a future together. He’ll need to protect her from a past that just doesn’t want to stay buried… or lose something far more essential to his existence than his career.

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REVIEW:AMONG THE HEATHER is the second instalment in Samantha Young’s contemporary, adult THE HIGHLANDS erotic, romance series-a spin off from the author’s ADAIR FAMILY series. This is Scottish actor North Hunter, and American Hospitality Manager for Ardnoch Castle Arielle ‘Aria’ Howard’s story line. AMONG THE HEATHER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where. You do not have to have read the Adair Family series to follow.

Told from dual first person perspectives (North and Aria) AMONG THE HEATHER follows the building but acrimonious relationship between our story line couple. For close to two years Aria Howard treated Scottish actor North Hunter as nothing more than the bane of her existence. Nobody knew why, yet it was blatantly obvious to everyone else. The arrival of Aria’s younger sister Allegra forced Ari to look deeper into her attitude and actions, firmly convincing herself that North was nothing more than a friends with benefits but both Aria and North had personal stalkers, and with it came the fear of the unknown, and threats to the significant others in their lives. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Aria and North, and the potential fall-out as both stalkers make good on their threats to our story line couple.

The world building focuses on Aria’s inability to let go of the past. As the eldest daughter to the entertainment industry parents, Aria struggled with issues of self esteem, in the face of her mother’s constant criticism, and her father’s numerous trips from home. Believing she was unworthy, Aria battled between head and heart, having suffered at the hands of her previous boyfriends. Meanwhile North Hunter’s life was destroyed as a child when he was placed in foster care upon the death of his parents. A childhood accident became an entertainment industry scandal, a scandal from which he hid in the Scottish Highlands.

The relationship between Aria and North begins acrimoniously as Aria is completely indifferent to our story line hero. Her actions are questionable; her disdain and contempt a case of mistaken belief but in doing so she hurt the man with whom she would fall in love. A heartfelt acknowledgement of love would bring our couple together but issues of trust were forever at the forefront. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

As a spin off series, the secondary and supporting characters are numerous and familiar. We are introduced to North’s best friend and writer Theo Cavendish, housekeeper at the exclusive Ardnoch Estate, Sarah McCulloch, as well as Aria’s sister Arielle, and their parents -Hollywood legend Wesley Howard, and supermodel Chiara Bellucci Howard. The requisite evil has many faces. Theo’s story is next.

AMONG THE HEATHER is a story of family and relationships, trust and understanding, power and control, betrayal and vengeance, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is emotional and impassioned; the romance is passionate and heart breaking; the characters are broken, determined and in the case of Aria Howard, at times difficult to like.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one BEYOND THE THISTLES

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Reviewed by Sandy

Samantha Young is the New York Times,  USA Today  and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of adult contemporary romances, including the On Dublin Street series and Hero, as well as the New Adult duology Into the Deep and Out of the Shallows.  Every Little Thing, the second book in her new Hart’s Boardwalk series, will be published by Berkley in March 2017. Before turning to contemporary fiction, she wrote several young adult paranormal and fantasy series, including the amazon bestselling Tale of Lunarmorte trilogy. Samantha’s debut YA contemporary novel The Impossible Vastness of Us was published by Harlequin TEEN in ebook & hardback June 2017. Play On is an adult contemporary romance and the first in a brand new series set in Scotland. Villain is a companion novella to the New York Times bestselling romance HERO.

Samantha has been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award 2012 for Best Author and Best Romance for On Dublin Street, Best Romance 2014 for Before Jamaica Lane, and Best Romance 2015 for Hero. On Dublin Street, a #1 bestseller in Germany, was the Bronze Award Winner in the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2013, Before Jamaica Lane the Gold Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2014 and Echoes of Scotland Street the Bronze Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2015.

Samantha is currently published in 30 countries and is a #1 international bestselling author.

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Where It Begins (Pucked 0.5) by Helena Hunting-review tour

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The untold story of Skye and Sidney, and the origin story where Vi and Miller are teens when their parents start dating and fall in love…

I accidentally grabbed the wrong drink at the coffee shop. On the upside, the hot guy it belonged to chased me down to kindly swap with me. On the down side, the reason I grabbed the wrong drink in the first place is because the hot guy had just caught me checking out his ass…sets.

In my defense, his rear view is rather magnificent.

In true, humiliating form, I word-vomited a bunch of horrible nonsense. Including an unnecessary explanation of the trauma I’d evaded thanks to his chasing me down. Nothing could ruin my lactose-intolerant day faster than my one true dairy.

I did not expect him to ask me out on a date after that.

I also didn’t expect the date to go well since my tendency to truth-vomit is high, and not everyone finds that quality endearing.

But apparently he does. Because he asks me out again.
And again.

Sidney Butterson (yes, it’s a weird last name) ticks all my boxes.
He’s smart, he’s funny, he’s employed and he’s ridiculously hot.
There’s one catch.

We’re both single parents. With teens.

And if our kids don’t like each other?
Well, we’re doomed.

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REVIEW:WHERE IT BEGINS is the prequel novella in Helena Hunting’s contemporary adult PUCKED erotic, romance series. This is forty-two year old single father and pro hockey scout Sidney Butterson, and thirty six year old, single mother/accountant Skye Hall’s story line. WHERE IT BEGINS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Sidney is the father of Miller’ Buck’ Butterson (Pucked Up 2), and Skye is the mother of Violet Hall (Pucked 1).

Told from four first person perspectives (Skye, Sidney, Violet and Miller) WHERE IT BEGINS focuses on the building romance and relationship between Sidney and Skye. Having met at a coffee shop, Sidney Buterson asks Skye Hall out for a date but from the outset of their growing relationship, everything goes wrong, a circus of catastrophes follows in their wake, and a team of horny teenaged hockey players adds fuel to the already raging fires. From one catastrophe to another, Sidney and Skye struggle for some time alone but Sidney’s son Miller is about to learn a hard lesson is responsibility and life.

The relationship between Skye and Sidney is one of immediate attraction but Skye struggles with Sidney’s career in hockey, having some experience with an ex she has fought hard to forget. Sidney knows Skye is the woman to claim his heart but one disaster after another constantly pushes the couple apart. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate-Skye knows what she wants, and isn’t afraid to ask.

Meanwhile, we are up close and personal with the budding relationship between soon-to-be step siblings Violet and Miller. Miller’s propensity to party, and Violet’s need to be a fixer.

WHERE IT BEGINS is a fun, humorous, and entertaining story of family and friendships, relationships and love. The premise is captivating; the characters are quirky and charismatic; the romance is provocative and impassioned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Snowbound by Freya Barker-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 4, 2023

Had she known ‘doing the right thing’ would land her jobless, homeless, and snowed in with a moody bear of a man guarding her, Bobbie Strada might’ve thought twice.

Last thing US Marshal Dag Toland needed was to get stuck protecting a witness as tempting as this one. Especially when forced to share a small mountain cabin in the middle of a snowstorm.

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REVIEW:SNOWBOUND by Freya Barker is a stand alone, contemporary, adult novella of romantic suspense focusing on US Marshall Dag Toland, and chef Roberta ‘Bobbi’ Strada.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Dag and Bobbi) SNOWBOUND focuses on the protection of our story line heroine. Bobbi Strada witnessed a murder, and the Russian Bratva are aiming to kill. In protective custody as the prime witness, Bobbi finds herself, once again, a target when someone has discovered the place she has been hiding.. On the run with US Marshall Dag Toland, Bobbi is once again, dependant upon someone else, to save her life, not only from the Russian Bratva but also from mother nature, and the outside elements.

The relationship between Bobbi and Dag is slow to develop. For two months Bobbi has been trapped with one of four US Marshalls but Dag is the reluctant team member, a man Bobbi is unable to see beyond the façade. Trapped and facing the dangers of the weather and the mob, Dag finds himself facing the very people targeting our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate.

SNOWBOUND is a fast paced, quick read of suspense and mystery. The premise is intriguing and captivating; the romance is predicated upon close proximity and desperation; the characters are determined and strong.

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Reviewed by Sandy

USA Today bestselling author Freya Barker loves writing about ordinary people with extraordinary stories.

Driven to make her books about ‘real’ people; she creates characters who are perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy, but just as deserving of romance, thrills and chills in their lives.

Recipient of the ReadFREE.ly 2019 Best Book We’ve Read All Year Award for “Covering Ollie, the 2015 RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for Best First Book, “Slim To None”, and Finalist for the 2017 Kindle Book Award with “From Dust”, Freya continues to add to her rapidly growing collection of published novels as she spins story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!

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My Darling Bride by Ilsa Madden-Mills-review

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My Darling Bride by Ilsa Madden-Mills-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 5, 2023

In a sizzling romance that sparkles with wit and depth, two wounded souls meet by chance in the desert and agree to get married, and their lives will never be the same.

On a normal day, Emmaline Darling isn’t a car thief. She’s just a simple girl who runs a bookstore and adores cats. But when she’s stranded in the desert and needs to get away from her dangerous ex-boyfriend, she picks her only option: swiping the keys to a famous football player’s Lamborghini and speeding away.

Football star Graham Harlan is in chaos. First he took a hit on the field that left him with a near-death experience, and now he’s promised his brother he’ll get married to secure the family inheritance. Trouble is he isn’t even seeing anyone.

Then a mystery woman steals his car. With his usual stubbornness, he tracks her all the way to Manhattan and gives her an ultimatum: marry me or I’ll press charges.

Her choice is obvious, only neither of them expect the sparks that ignite between them.

As the end of their arrangement looms, will Graham take a chance on love or let his darling walk away forever?

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REVIEW: MY DARLING BRIDE by Ilsa Madden Mills is a stand alone, contemporary adult, story line focusing on twenty-nine year old football star, tight end Graham Harlan, and twenty-eight year old, book store manager Emmaline ‘Emma’ Darling.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including domestic abuse and issues of CTE, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Emma and Graham) MY DARLING BRIDE follows the fake marriage/marriage of convenience between our story line couple. Emma Darling is on the run from an abusive boyfriend, a professional football player who wanted control but Emma never expected to come face to face with another professional football player at the same dive motel where she was in hiding. Enter Graham Harlan, the man with whom Emma will fall in love but all does not go according to plan when Emma’s ex tracks her down, and her only recourse is to steal Graham’s Lamborghini, an action that is met with a lifetime of consequences. Graham needs a wife to appease the contents of his grandmother’s will, and Emma is ripe for the picking. What ensues is the building but fractured relationship between Emma and Graham, and the fall-out as Graham refuses to commit to a happily ever after.

Graham Harlan is desperate to help his brother but the dysfunctional family dynamics have pushed Graham to propose a fake marriage to a woman he doesn’t know. Having suffered a possible career ending head injury, Graham is struggling with his future and his career but one thing Graham doesn’t want is to fall in love-been there, done that, has the heart break to prove it. His relationship and marriage proposal to Emma is purely a business arrangement, an arrangement for a short period of time. Emma never saw herself falling for another football player but something about Graham pulled her like a moth to a flame, a flame that was going to hurt when she got too close. Emma knew the pain of physical abuse but the emotional trauma and rejection will hurt the most.

The relationship between Emma and Graham is a business arrangement with strict rules and guidelines to which Emma must adhere. Emma believes she is falling for a man with little emotions and a broken heart, a man who is about to destroy the woman whose own heart is in need of repair. As to the relationship, I felt little to no palpable sexual attraction between our story line couple until about 80-90% of the story, and most of this is to blame on Graham’s attitude and off-putting behavior. Graham wants nothing to do with love, believing himself still in love with a ghost from the past, and in this, Emma is often left alone including her wedding night, and when Graham is needed the most. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including family and friends, exes and teammates. Both Emma and Graham come from broken and dysfunctional families; there is a history of abuse, infidelity and abandonment from all sides.

MY DARLING BRIDE is a story of power and control, desperation and determination, mistrust and miscommunication, family and friendships, forgiveness and love. The slow building premise is heart breaking ; the characters are broken and stubborn; the romance is limited and disappointing. Not my favorite Madden-Mills story-I struggled with the hero’s mindset and perspective.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills is best known for her angsty new adult romances and romantic comedies.

Fourteen of her Eighteen novels have placed in the Amazon Top 10 Best-seller List: Dirty English #1; Not My Romeo #1; The Revenge Pact #1; Dear Ava, Fake Fiancée, I Dare You, and I Promise You #2; I Hate You #5; Not My Match, I Bet You, Filthy English, and Very Bad Things #6; Boyfriend Bargain #8; The Last Guy, her collaboration with Tia Louise, #4.

A former high school English teacher, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.

She’s addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females.

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