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Never For Him (Hope Valley 12) by Jessica Prince-review tour

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?Never For Him (Hope Valley 12) by Jessica Prince-review tour?

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 12, 2022

Serenity Ryan was ready for a fresh start. When the chance at a new life came knocking on her door, she was all too happy to answer. She had a new job, a new apartment, and a new outlook on life. She also had a bone deep crush on the last remaining bachelor of Alpha Omega. He was the brooding hero in every love story ever written, and she wanted nothing more than to be the heroine who healed his wounds.

Hunter McCann knew better than most what it felt like to lose what’s most important. He’d lost family to tragedy, his brothers in battle, and the heart of the only woman he’d ever loved. To protect himself from ever having to experience that kind of pain again, he erected walls around his heart. Then a fiery woman with a loud mouth and a wild spirit decided to scale those walls.

Hunter never wanted to love again, but something about Serenity Ryan has grabbed on and refuses to let go. When danger comes to Hope Valley and threatens her safety, Hunter is determined to protect the woman he’s falling for. Because this is one loss he knows he can’t come back from.

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? REVIEW ?: The Hope Valley series has been one of the best, most emotional series I have ever had the pleasure to read. Never For Him is the final installment in this series, and I’m not ready for it to end.

Hunter is the last of the Alpha Omega Team to find his special someone. Only, he’s not looking. Or he thought he wasn’t. Serenity with all her fiery passion and wildness has a way about her that Hunter can’t seem to resist. The walls around his heart he has spent years tending to are all but crumbling when she’s around. He has a traumatic past, one that still haunts him to this day, and one he never wants to experience again.

Serenity is strong, independent , capable and well aware that she doesn’t need a man. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t want one. The right one. The one to build a life with. After leaving her family business, all Serenity wants is a normal life. A job, friends and happiness.

When Serenity and Hunter are together you can feel the chemistry, the heat and all the tension. There are moments in this that will bring you to tears, and others that will make you wish you could slap a person through a book. All the drama, all the heat, all the emotions. When Hunter finally starts to drop the walls he has spent so long building, you really start to see his heart of gold. But can he truly let go of his past?

I freaking loved this book. The author’s note before the book is a must read!! Hunter and Serenity are made for one another and I just want more. So much more. Knowing that this is the last book in the Hope Valley Series is such a blow. These characters have come to mean so much to so many readers, myself included. All we can do now is hope to see them again, even if it’s in a spin off.

 

Previous Reviews

Waiting or Forever
Playing for Keeps
When You Least Expect It

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Born and raised around Houston Texas, Jessica spent most of her life complaining about the heat, humidity, and all around pain in the ass weather. It was only as an adult that she quickly realized the cost of living in Houston made up for not being able to breathe when she stepped outside. That’s why God created central air, after all.

Jessica is the mother of a perfect little boy–she refuses to accept that he inherited her attitude and sarcastic nature no matter what her husband says.

In addition to being a wife and mom, she’s also a wino, a coffee addict, and an avid lover of all types of books–romances still being her all time favs. Her husband likes to claim that reading is her obsession but she just says it’s a passion…there’s a difference. Not that she’d expect a boy to understand.

Jessica has been writing since she was a little girl, but thankfully grew out of drawing her own pictures for her stories before ever publishing her first book. Because an artist she is not.

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The Path to You (Wilder Brothers) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

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The Path to You (Wilder Brothers 3) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

Title: The Path to You
Series: The Wilder Brothers #3
Author: Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: December 5, 2022

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December

The moment I saw Bethany Cole, I knew she was not only out of my league, but in a whole different world.
Only I didn’t realize I’d met her before.
An explosion stole part of my past, including the first time I’d seen her pretty face.
Now she’s an A-list celebrity.
And I’m just a Wilder.

But when her boyfriend cheats on her, Bethany needs a safe place to hide from the paparazzi.
The Wilder’s Retreat seems like the perfect escape.
Only every time we see each other it’s hard to remember we come from two different worlds.
And that the danger that follows her is only the beginning.

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REVIEW: The Path to You is the third installment in C.A.R’s Wilder Brother series. I have yet to meet a Wilder that I don’t like, so getting my hands on this baby was a happy surprise. TPRY has all the feels of a second chance romance, but the fiery meet-cute of a first love too.

Everett Wilder’s life hasn’t been the same since his last tour overseas. Not only did it leave him with scars, but he still doesn’t remember chunks of his past. Just before his life was literally turned on its head, he met Bethany, an up and coming celebrity. Their tryst was short, but left them both hopeful for more. Then his accident. He forgets their time together.

Fast forward and Bethany is a hot shot, mega celebrity running from her ex, a scandal, the crazy paparazzi and now the possibility of a stalker. She needs a safe place to relax while things calm down. Where else would she land than the Wilder Resort with none other than Everett Wilder himself. The one man she has never had a stronger connection with, but also the one that never came back for her. The kicker? He says he doesn’t remember their time together.

As the story unfolds and we piece together all that has happened, Bethany and Everett rekindle their spark for one another. While that happens, the danger that Bethany was hiding from gets closer, and finally catches up to her.

The drama in this book is FIRE! C.A.R doesn’t disappoint. Drama, spiciness, mystery, military family, The Path to You has it all. There is a holy moly moment in this book, and ohhhhh it is so good! I can’t wait to read what comes next. Five stars!

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
One Way Back to Me
Always the One For Me

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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My Bratva Christmas (XXXmas) by Mika Lane-review tour

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My Bratva Christmas (XXXmas) by Mika Lane-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 1, 2022

This Christmas, bullets will fly and my heart will be on the line.
As a party planner, I watch the rich and powerful glitterati of New York enjoy the fruits of my back-breaking labor.
Caviar? Check. Champagne? Check. Flowers imported from the far corners of the earth?
Check.
And when it’s all done, I go home.
Alone.
If I’m lucky, with leftover food from the caterer.
But a Christmas Eve party shootout changes everything.
Three handsome men with guns kill everyone…
Except me.
One minute, I’m a hard-working party planner. The next, I’m a prisoner.
These men claim I’m in danger. And the only way to protect me is by abduction.
So, I end up kidnapped by the terrifying, dangerous Bratva, New York’s powerful crime syndicate.
And yet, just beneath the surface of my fear is a blazing, unsettling attraction.
When I wake on Christmas morning at their hideout, everything changes.
These violent killers have a soft side.
Lavishing me with attention and gifts.
Until, all I want for Christmas is—them.

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REVIEW: I know what I’m adding to my Christmas this year. Three over the top Bratva alpha’s. Mika Lane’s latest release is most definitely an early Christmas present for her readers. My Bratva Christmas is a reverse harem romance filled with spicy scenes, funny comments and all the hot alpha’s you possibly need to keep warm at night.

When Lily’s simple job at an art gallery lands her in the arms of three of the hottest men she has ever seen, she isn’t sure if her luck has changed or if it’s run out. What do they want from her? They say they want to protect her, but the look in their eyes is anything but protection, it’s more carnal. More primal. Will Lily, the party planner give in to the three men or is her fate already sealed?

Artem, Grisha and Valentin are Bratva brothers and they have finally found their one. Lily. Put into a not so great situation, the mafia brothers must not only protect her, but also convince her that she is theirs. To protect her though, they must kidnap her, to keep her from something much more dangerous. Now and forever. But can they make the relationship work?

Oh. My. Christmas!

Mika Lane has done it again. Bratva Christmas is just the thing to get you into the heat of the holidays! I always look forward to this author’s books, and this one sure didn’t disappoint! This quick read is nothing but fun and enjoyable, to my fellow readers who love a good spicy read, you will love this book.

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Writing has been a passion of mine since, well, forever (my first book was “The Day I Ate the Milkyway,” a true fourth-grade masterpiece). These days, steamy romance, both dark and funny, gives purpose to my days and nights as I create worlds and characters who defy the imagination. I live in magical Northern California with my own handsome alpha dude, sometimes known as Mr. Mika Lane, and an evil cat named Bill. These two males also defy my imagination from time to time.

A lover of shiny things, I’ve been known to try to new recipes on unsuspecting friends, find hiding places so I can read undisturbed, and spend my last dollar on a plane ticket somewhere.

I have several titles for you to choose from including perennially favorite Billionaire and Reverse Harem stories. And have you see my Player Series about male escorts who make the ladies of Hollywood curl their toes and forget their names? Hottttt…. And my brand new anti-hero/mafia books are coming out in audio as I write this.

Exciting news: in June 2020, I will be publishing with Vi Keeland’s and Penelope Ward’s Cocky Hero Club as one of their contributing authors. Stay tuned for more on this or follow my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mikalaneauthor. And, as if that’s not cool enough, I am also writing in K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heros world. Look for that later in the year.

I’ll always promise you a hot, sexy romp with kick-ass but imperfect heroines, and some version of a modern-day happily ever after.

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The Sweet Spot by Adriana Locke-Review and Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 29, 2022

She wants forever. He plays it day by day. They’re both wishing for the best in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s charming and sexy hopefully-ever-after romance.

Single mom Palmer Clark will not be sidelined by the new man in town. Sure, the honey-tongued baseball legend is gorgeous, loves puppies, and has charmed his way into the community’s heart, but Palmer craves stability. Nothing about Cole says forever. So why is he so hard to resist?

Cole is swinging through town to visit his parents when he meets the kind of down-to-earth distraction he’s been looking for since retiring from the majors. True, his long-term relationship score is zero. But even though raising his average with Palmer seems impossible, it’s worth a shot.

As promising as the summer nights are, fate turns small-town dreams upside down, and some lessons are learned the hard way. But having faith in love and choosing hope over fear might get Palmer and Cole to the sweet spot they’re looking for.

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REVIEW: The Sweet Spot is a standalone, small town, single mom romance. This author is known for her great story lines and memorable character, but this one fell a little flat for me.

The story line is good, Palmer and her son Ethan are close, their relationship really shows in the novel. However the chemistry between Cole and Palmer just wasn’t there for me. There were parts of the story that were better than others, but in many parts it felt forced and rushed. I wanted so much to like this more than I did, it has some of my most favorite genres, and as a long time fan of the author I was surprised.

The secondary characters were awesome, I loved seeing them and their interaction with Cole, Palmer and Ethan, it added such warmth to the story. The ending however felt rushed, and was unnecessarily obvious. The Sweet Spot is a faced paced read, not the best by this author, but also a pleasant read.

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Reviewed by Sarah

USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys dreamed up by other authors, she decided to create her own. She is the author of Tumble, the first novel in her Dogwood Lane series; the Exception series; the Gibson Brothers series; and the Landry Family series.

She resides in the Midwest with her husband, her sons, two dogs, two cats, and a bird. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather’s nice, and there’s always a piece of candy in her pocket. Besides cinnamon gummy bears, boxing, and random quotes, her next favorite thing is chatting with readers. She’d love to hear from you! Look for her at www.adrianalocke.com.

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Flawed (Billion Heirs 2) by Vanessa Vale & Helen Hardt-review

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Flawed (The Billion Heirs 2) by Vanessa Vale & Helen Hardt-Review Tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 15,2022

The bad boy brother. The by-the-books detective. A random meeting that will change their lives.

Miles Bridger would rather be home in New York than stuck on a Montana ranch with his newfound half brothers, thanks to his deadbeat dad’s will. Miles now works with bulls and hay bales instead of custom bikes. He keeps his sense of humor about the whole thing…until a dead body surfaces on the ranch and he and his brothers are thrown headfirst into a murder investigation.

Sadie Hopkins plays by the rules in her job as detective, so she’s only too happy to turn a little naughty during a bachelorette party dare. Heat flares between Sadie and the gorgeous blond man she approaches, but when a high-profile case crosses her desk the next day, she’s in for a surprise. The man from the bar is none other than Miles Bridger…and he’s a murder suspect.

Despite this revelation, Miles and Sadie’s chemistry sizzles. But the flawed Miles doesn’t do relationships, and Sadie’s past crashes into the present with a surprising discovery that could spell danger for both of them.

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REVIEW:When these two authors get together, it is always a fabulous time! Flawed is the second installment in The Billion Heirs Trilogy and surrounds three newly found brothers, Miles, Austin and Chance. As always, I recommend reading a series in order to get the best out of it, but Flawed can be read as a standalone.

This book gave all the feels of a small town romance, but with underlying tones of bad boy with a heart of gold romance, but maybe that was just me.

Miles’ life has been turned on its axis. One moment he is living his best life doing what he loves in the hustle and bustle of New York, to rural no man’s land of Montana herding bull and shovelling poo. Thanks to his “never gave a crap” sperm donor, Miles now finds himself with three new step brothers and his life going in a completely different direction than he thought.

In an attempt to clear his head, Miles hops on his latest motorcycle and takes a ride. This leads him to a meet cute with a woman he can’t seem to help not talking to. One thing leads to another, and she ends up on the back of his bike. When morning comes, Miles still can’t get the woman out of his mind, even if she left his bed. Miles returns to what has become his life, only to find that a body has been found on their property. And who is the one to investigate this?

The girl from the bar. She’s a cop, she’s here in his home. What does he do?

This book totally has it all, mystery, excitement, spicy bits and sarcasm too. Sadie and Miles light up the pages with their chemistry and the family drama is no laughing matter either. Two of the three brothers have found love on the ranch. Only Chance is left, and boy oh boy, I can’t wait for his story!!

Click HERE for Sarah’s review of book one SCARRED

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Reviewed by Sarah

 

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#1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Helen Hardt’s passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn’t stopped since. In addition to being an award-winning author of romantic fiction, she’s a mother, an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers.

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Who doesn’t love the romance of the old West? USA Today Bestselling author Vanessa Vale takes the sensual appeal of rugged cowboys a step further with her bestselling books set in the Montana Territory. They are much more than just sexy historical westerns. They’re deliciously naughty reads that sometimes push the boundaries of fantasy. It’s pure escapism with quite a few very hot, very alpha cowboys. When she’s not writing, Vanessa savors the insanity of raising two boys, is figuring out how many meals she can make with a pressure cooker, and teaches a pretty mean karate class. She considers herself to be remarkably normal, exceedingly introverted and fairly vanilla, which does not explain her steamy stories and her fascination with cowboys, preferably more than one at a time. She lives in the Wild Wild West where there’s an endless source of ‘research’ material.

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Bond of Passion(Demonica 21)by Larissa Ione-Review & Excerpt Tour

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Bond of Passion (Demonica 21/ 1001 Dark Nights) by Larissa Ione-Review & Excerpt Tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 1, 2022

He was an assassin. She was his lover.
And his victim.
Now, years later, she’s back from the dead and looking for vengeance.

Thanks to an unexpected and fortuitous disaster, Tavin’s contract with the underworld’s Assassin Guild was broken decades early. But instead of freedom, he’s suffocated by guilt and regret. In many ways, he’s more trapped than he was before. In an attempt to numb his pain, he works at Underworld General Hospital, saving people instead of killing them. But nothing can diminish the memory of assassinating the female he loved…not even the knowledge that he’d done it to spare her an even worse fate.

Deja remembers all of her dozens of former lives, and she knows that she only found love in one of them…until her lover murdered her. As a soul locked inside the nightmarish boundaries of demon hell, she stewed in hatred until a single, fateful event gave her one more shot at life.
And at revenge.

Now another specter from the past is threatening them both. Can two damaged people overcome their history to save not only themselves, but a second chance at love?

**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you’ll enjoy each one as much as we do.**

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REVIEW: The Demonica series is back with a bang! For those that haven’t read this series, Bond of Passion isn’t a bad place to start. While it may be a novella with 1001 Dark Nights, it can be read as a standalone and it’s a perfect way to dip your toes into the Demonica Universe.

This little novella has it all, spicy hot scenes, drama and vengeance, giggles left and right, you name it, it’s got it. I loved how I got to revisit characters from previous books, and saw a little of what they have been doing. It was a treat to read.

Tavin is in the sh*t. He was hired years ago to off a princess, but what does he do? He goes and falls in love with her. Too bad his contract can’t be changed. Now that said princess is reborn in the form of deadly Deja, and she is back with revenge in her eyes. But what happens when that same love from another lifetime is rekindled in the current one? Can Tavin win his lady love and will Deja let go of the pain she feels?

Read it to find out!

All I can say is that I love this series, and I can’t wait to see more from it!

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Reviewed by Sarah 

 

 

 

 

“Hey.” Lore jabbed him in the ribs with his elbow. “You’re being eye-fucked. Check your two o’clock.”
Tavin glanced over at the buffet table, where two of the hospital’s cafeteria workers were volunteering. Evi, a curvy brunette lion shifter in a scarlet bikini, gave him a sultry smile and a flirty wave. Next to her, Churla, a fangy, pointy-eared succubus who looked too much like a Neethul for comfort, flicked her forked tongue at him in a way that made it clear what she wanted to use it for.
He nodded in acknowledgment but didn’t offer any encouragement. He’d hooked up with Evi a couple of times, but he wasn’t in the mood right now. As for Churla? Yeah, no. Her platinum hair and pale, iridescent skin reminded him of someone he didn’t deserve to think about.
Tavin turned back to his friend. “It still freaks me out to see Tier-Five demons working at UG.”
“That’s kind of the assassin calling the executioner a killer, isn’t it?” At Tavin’s reluctant shrug, Lore continued. “Why are you working there, anyway? You used to kill people for a living.”
“So did you,” Tavin pointed out. “But now you’re working in the same hospital I am.”
“Yeah, but I work in the morgue. The people I have to deal with are mostly dead.”
Tavin grinned. “Only mostly dead? Not all the way dead?”
“What?”
“The Princess Bride?” Tavin prompted. “It’s a reference. Your dead people are only mostly dead?” When Lore stared at him as if he’d lost his mind, he shook his head. “The movie is a classic, man. Watch it sometime.”
“You sound like Wraith,” Lore said flatly. “Always talking about movies. And you didn’t answer the question. After the Horsemen destroyed the slave and assassin bonds, you were free. You could have done anything. Why did you decide to save lives?”
Tavin watched a hellhound block one of the kids from going into the water. When he tried to run around the hound, the big beast picked up the boy by the seat of his swim trunks and plopped him down near a group of adults. Damn. They were great babysitters.
When Tavin looked back at Lore, he saw the guy was waiting for an answer. “I decided to save lives because I have red in my ledger.”
“For real? You keep a ledger?”
“Dude, seriously? The Avengers? Black Widow? Watch a movie someday.”
“I have a kid. I don’t have time for movies that aren’t animated.”

 

Air Force veteran Larissa Ione traded in a career in meteorology to pursue her passion of writing. She has since published dozens of books, hit several bestseller lists, including the New York Times and USA Today, and has been nominated for a RITA award. She now spends her days in pajamas with her computer, strong coffee, and supernatural worlds. She believes in celebrating everything, and would never be caught without a bottle of Champagne chilling in the fridge…just in case. She currently lives in Wisconsin with her retired U.S. Coast Guard husband, her son, a rescue cat named Vegas, and her very own hellhounds, a King Shepherd named Hexe and a Belgian Malinois named Duvel.

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Fractured Sky (Tattered & Torn 5)by Catherine Cowles-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 25, 2022

Shiloh

Damaged. Broken. Destroyed. I’ve heard it all. A single moment of trusting the wrong person shattered my life into pieces, and my family has never looked at me the same. It’s impossible to convince them that I’m anything more than the broken girl they rescued all those years ago.

Until I meet him.

Ramsey’s surly demeanor and menacing scowl scare most of the world away. But not me. Not when I’ve seen his gentle hands soothe an abused colt or comfort a terrified mare.

And when I finally get up the courage to strike out on my own, Ramsey’s there. Roommates felt like such a safe proposition until Ramsey’s lingering touches and wicked smile light a fire in me I don’t think will ever be extinguished. And he feels it, too…

But just as my new life begins to take root, an evil from my past emerges from the shadows, casting a darkness on my newfound freedom. And this time, they won’t settle for pieces of me. They want everything…

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REVIEW: Best read of the year!! Fractured Sky is the fifth installment in the Tattered & Torn series by Catherine Cowles. The book can be read as a standalone, but the series is amazing so I definitely recommend reading the whole thing.

My heart goes out to Shiloh, she has to be the most damaged and broken character in the entirety of the series. The family was changed because of her and they still treat her differently now. She is so cut off from the world, only feeling like herself with her horse and with Ramsey. Ramsey reminds me of an ogre, he doesn’t like people or interacting with them, but Shiloh is different. Their connection is so profound and special. Ramsey helps to heal horses from untold horrors, I think this is some part as to why they are the way they are with each other.

Shiloh and Ramsey have by far one of the best slow burn stories I have ever read. I loved this entire series and I’m so sad to see it’s ending. There is not a single thing I would change about this book, Ramsey and Shiloh’s story was just perfect. Cowles did a great job with tying up all the loose ends. Fractured Sky has all the feels, there is no way you will finish this book with a dry eye. Congrats on finishing one of the best series ever!

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Review by Sarah

“Live with you?” she squeaked. “We’ve only ever spoken twice.”
            My world tilted sideways at that truth. I didn’t let people I didn’t truly know onto my property, let alone invite them to live there. But I kept right on talking. “I’ve got a guest cabin.”
            I’d let one other person live there—a friend of someone I’d known from prison. It was a favor I’d only done for the brother who’d watched my back in that hellhole. But Boden had moved out months ago into some fancy lodge with his fiancée, Laiken. The guest cabin was just sitting empty.
                        I saw Shiloh turn the idea over in her mind. “I don’t want to make you do that. I know you don’t like people on your property.”
            I hated it. But Shiloh wasn’t people. She was something else altogether. The truth was, she’d become a touchstone over the last several years. And I had a burning urge to help. To protect. Maybe because I knew how it felt to believe there was no way out. Maybe because I saw those wings of hers that had been so badly clipped. The offer might’ve been reckless, but I couldn’t find it in me to care.

Writer of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she’s not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.

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Bittersweet Promises by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

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Bittersweet Promises (Montgomery Ink: Legacy 1) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 24, 2022

Leif Montgomery fell hard for Brooke Alder in Paris when they were young, and he thought their fling was just an early taste of what life had in store for him.

But life had other plans, and he didn’t find that kind of love—or see Brooke’s face—for years.

Until he visits his cousin’s house and sees who’s moved in next door.

They’ve both changed: she’s a struggling single mom, he’s running from a past he’s trying to hide while opening up a new tattoo shop. Yet the moment he sees her again, he knows she’s the one for him.

And with one look, Brooke knows that she can’t fight the desire that pulled them together before, despite the skeletons in both their closets.

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REVIEW:I think I’m going to have to start charging C.A.R for therapy with the amount of emotions this author gives me with her books. Bittersweet Promises is the first in the Montgomery Ink Legacy series, the second generation of the original Ink series. The book can be read as a standalone and as a first installment in the series, no previous read is really needed.

Leif and Brooke fell hard for one another when they were younger, they thought they would be together forever, but due to something that they had no control over, they were separated. Life continues and then on random day, they meet again,

Leif was just visiting his cousin, but when he saw who the new neighbor was, his heart all but stopped. It may have been years, but he would never forget her face. Life was about to get even more complicated. Brooke is looking for a new start, she’s not the same person she was all those years ago. Seeing Leif was like a bunch to the gut, nothing could have prepared her for seeing him again or the emotions he still stirred in her.

Brooke and Leif have both been through so much when they were apart, neither of them are the same person they were, they each have wounds and a past that they haven’t let go of. Brooke is having a hard time with her son, and trusting people isn’t something that comes easy to her. Leif however, works his way back into her heart where he has truly never left. Trusting him with not only herself but with her son comes easier to her than she expected. Leif on the other hand, has his past knocking down his door, he is stressed over his new tattoo shop and his growing love for Brooke and her son make him even more protective than he normally would be. Can these two sweethearts find it in themselves to let go of their past and grasp onto their blooming future?

C.A.R never fails to deliver a good story. Brooke and Leif and their second chance romance is sweet, spicy, funny and so very memorable. I loved the second generation and mentions of older characters, it was a really good start to the legacy series. Who’s next?

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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