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PIKE BY T.M. FRAZIER

3/30/2020

T.M. Frazier writes fantastic anti-heroes and this is no different with Pike! Pike is the first book in the Pawn Duet series and is a spin-off of the King series!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: March 24, 2020
Genre: Anti-hero romance. Romantic Suspense.
Series: The Pawn Duet #1
Pages: 248 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

I was raised by the violent laws of the streets, spilling blood without the hindrance of useless emotions or connections.
Unfeeling. Unloved. Alone.

My life was perfect.

Until her.

While on a manhunt for a mysterious enemy, one hellbent on taking both my business and my life, I find Mickey. She's covered in mud, rambling nonsense, and clearly out of her mind.

She's also a distraction I don't need.

That is until I discover a connection between the girl and my enemy.
Mickey isn't a distraction anymore.
She's the perfect weapon.

FROM THE FIRST VERSE BY M. ROBINSON

3/24/2020

M. Robinson delivers in this angsty, forbidden, age gap romance! What a book! I am so anxious for the next one but still highly recommend reading this asap!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: March 24, 2020
Genre: Forbidden. Age Gap Romance. Musician.
Series: The Life of Debauchery duet #1
Pages: 325 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

Dear diary,
Once upon a time…

There was a girl with long golden hair who had the truest, bluest eyes that turned white when she cried.

She lived in a kingdom far, far away in a tower made of stone, but her mind was made of glass that she kept sharp as knives.

Where her memories hid behind her darkest doubts.
Her deepest thoughts.
Her diary became the only thing she could rely on.

No one saw through her looking glass.
No one cared.
No one tried.

TAKE TWO BY HEATHER M. ORGERON

3/18/2020

Another wonderful romance brought to you by Heather M. Orgeron! I absolutely adore her books and am always anxious for more releases! I recommend Take Two for all second chance romance lovers!

Rating: ★★★★.5
Release Date: March 19, 2020
Genre: Second Chance Romance
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 300 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

Who says you can’t marry the same mistake twice?

Certainly not Nya Perez...because that’s precisely what she’s done.

Liam Watts is the bane of her existence.
Her first love. Father of her child. And breaker of her heart.

Oh, he’s also her ex-husband. Well, he was, anyway...right up til this morning, when she woke up beside him in a Vegas hotel room, sheathed in satin and tulle with a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach.

If it were just between the two of them, an annulment would be the obvious solution. After all, they wouldn’t be the first to marry and divorce at the little white chapel in the span of twenty-four hours.

DARLING ROSE GOLD BY STEPHANIE WROBEL

3/14/2020

Darling Rose Gold is a ripped from the headlines thriller and I enjoyed every single minute of it. This is the authors debut novel and I am so excited to see her career take off because of it!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: March 17, 2020
Genre: Domestic Thriller. Based on a true story.
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 319 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

Mothers never forget. Daughters never forgive.

In her compulsive, sharply-drawn debut, Stephanie Wrobel peels back the layers of the most complicated of mother-daughter relationships.

For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry on, but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries, no one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold.

Turns out her mom, Patty Watts, was just a really good liar.

After serving five years in prison, Patty gets out with nowhere to go and begs her daughter to take her in. The entire community is shocked when Rose Gold says yes.

THE TRADE BY MEGHAN QUINN

3/12/2020

Corey Potter is one of those heroes that you're immediately drawn to! Meghan has written him with utter perfection and I loved his heart. You won't want to miss this one!

Can you pinpoint a time in your life where you realized you are completely and utterly screwed?

I can. I got the dreaded phone call, the one every baseball player hopes and prays never comes.

I was traded. Yeah, that phone call.

Traded from my long time team of over ten years. And not just to any team, but my childhood rivals; the Chicago Rebels.

Completely and utterly screwed, right? Wrong. The trade was the least of my concerns.

I met a girl. Natalie. Man, she's perfect.

I swore I would never get involved with anyone during the season. Too complicated. But can you believe I have zero restraint when it comes to this girl? I couldn't get her out of my head and the more I talked to her, the more I realized I needed her in my life.

So what's the problem? Why am I screwed? Because, Natalie, the girl I can't stop crushing on, yeah . . . she's married.

At least, that's what I was told . . .

THE SECOND TIME AROUND BY JESSICA PRINCE

3/10/2020

The Second Time around is an easy 5 star read for me. This book is absolutely beautiful and one of the best second chance romances I've read! I highly recommend it.

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: March 9, 2020
Genre: Second Chance Romance
Series: The Hope Valley series #7 (can stand alone)
Pages: 325 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

Tessa Day had clung to the notion of a once-in-a-lifetime love for as long as she could remember. Then one chance encounter led her to the man of her dreams. After a whirlwind romance that could only be described as something out of a fairytale, she gave her heart to her other half, only to have him throw it back like it meant nothing.

Bryce Dixon was known as the care-free funny guy with a heart of gold. But it was all a façade. For more than ten years, he’d been holding on to guilt that was slowly eating him alive. He blamed himself for things in his past, and as punishment for his sins, he walked away from the only woman he’d ever loved.

But when Tessa shows up in Hope Valley, Bryce begins to think that maybe he’s been given a second chance. However, when danger comes calling, he soon discovers he’s in for the fight of his life. Not only does he have to protect the woman who holds his heart, but

BOURBON LOVE NOTES BY SHARI J. RYAN

3/8/2020

Bourbon Love Notes is the first book in a brand new series by Shari J. Ryan. This is an emotional book, much more emotional than I anticipated and a very slow burn in terms of romance.

Rating: ★★★
Release Date: January 13, 2020
Genre: Emotional Romance
Series: The Barrel House series #1 (can stand alone)
Pages: 305 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from KU.

In a split second, life can steal a last breath ... and derail all future plans.

While flying home after a phone call that left me heartbroken, a row to myself would have been ideal. Instead, I was unknowingly sitting shoulder to shoulder with a strikingly attractive single dad and ex-Marine. I could have pretended not to notice the man, but there was something familiar about him.

It didn’t take long before I pieced together where I knew him from or why he was back in my life.

With chaos holding me hostage, I wanted to hide but couldn’t avoid Brett Pearson, our old family friend, and my teenage crush, because he kindly offered to help out with my family’s business—The Barrel House.

Handling my father’s distillery would be a distraction from my

RUNAWAY ROAD BY DEVNEY PERRY

3/5/2020

Runaway Road is the perfect start to a brand new series by Devney Perry! I am so thrilled to see what comes next in this series. I highly recommend it.

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: March 6, 2020
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: The Life series duet #2
Pages: 199 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

Londyn McCormack didn’t have a typical childhood. She ran away from home at sixteen, escaping parents more interested in drugs than their daughter. She doesn’t have loving siblings or an adorable pet. Her only family is the five other runaway kids who shared her junkyard home.

Life pulled them all in separate directions, taking her to Boston. For a short time, she thought she’d found something permanent. But after a devastating divorce, she’s running away again, this time to find a lost friend.
She’s driving across the country in her convertible. As a teenager, the rusty car was her shelter. As an adult, it’s her ride to freedom.

Except one flat tire derails her trip. Her life collides with Brooks Cohen. They walked away from the first crash. The second might destroy them both.

HOSED BY PIPPA GRANT AND LILI VALENTE

3/3/2020

Hosed is the first book in the Happy Cat series. If you enjoy romantic comedies that will have you laughing out loud then you won't want to miss this one!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Series: Happy Cat series #1 (can stand alone)
Pages: 276 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited.

The world’s sexiest firefighter is about to get a second chance with the virgin next door…

He’s bossy, arrogant, and so ridiculously hot he should come with a warning label and a pair of flame retardant coveralls.

He’s also the boy who broke my heart when we were in high school.

I want to move in next door to Ryan O’Dell the way I want to be the virgin gamer geek suddenly in charge of running my sister’s sex toy factory. Too bad both are written in my stars.

Yeah, I’m the world’s oldest virgin code-writing nerd.

And he’s the world’s hottest firefighter.

EGG DROP DEAD BY VIVIEN CHIEN

3/1/2020

Egg Drop dead is the 5th book in the Noodle Shop mystery series by Vivien Chien. This is one of my favorite culinary cozy series because it's so unique!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: February 25, 2020
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Series: The Noodle Shop Mystery series #5
Pages: 298 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

The Ho-Lee Noodle House takes its business to the next level―only to end up in hot water.

It was supposed to be a fancy, intimate dinner party by the pool. Instead, Lana Lee’s first-ever catering event turns into full-course madness when a domestic worker is found dead. Is the party’s host Donna Feng, the sweet-and-sour owner of the Asia Village shopping plaza where Ho-Lee is situated, somehow to blame? That’s what Lana―whose plate is already plenty full with running the restaurant, pleasing her often-disapproving mother, and fretting over her occasionally-serious boyfriend Detective Adam Trudeau―must find out.

Before the police arrived at the crime scene, Donna had entrusted an odd piece of evidence to Lana: a thumb drive shaped like a terra-cotta soldier. Now it’s up to Lana to lead her own investigation, digitally and in real life, into a world of secrets involving Donna’s earlier life in China, whether the victim had a dark agenda, and if the killer is still out there. . .and plans to strike again

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