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ARC Book Review - Chasing Smoke (The Mercer Family #2) by Piper Rayne

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  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: best friend's widow, forbidden romance, grief & healing, love after loss, friends to lovers, forbidden, small town, firefighter mmc   This is book #2 in the series. You can read the series as a standalone, as they explain who is who.    Collins is a widow of 18 months, her husband Caleb died while on duty with the fire department. She's been stuck in this routine, get up, go to work, go home. She doesn't do anything for herself. She keeps to herself now. There is no light in her life any more. She has forgotten how to live since she lost Caleb.    Ansel, was Caleb best friend since they were in mid school. They grew up together, and were also serving together at the fire station. Ansel was with him when they went into the house that killed Caleb. Ansel knows Collins is just a shell of her former self. She isn't living. Ansel talks with Collins about going out and doing things together. At first Collins isn't sure about ...

ARC Book review - Dark Horse (Blackwood Cowboys, #1) by C.R. Jane

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  Book Tropes: Dark cowboy romance, FMC on the run, Town with a serial killer problem, Dark Cowboy × Serial Killer, Obsessive & Possessive MMC, Stalking & Forced Proximity, Feisty FMC, Small Town Romantic Suspense, Found Family Sienna left Boston, and was headed for California for a new place to live, when she crashes in Blackwood, Montana. She knows no one in the town. But, everyone is very nice and kind to her. Small towns are full of gossips so, the day after she crashes her car in town the whole town knows about it and her. Sienna left Boston after her divorce. Now that she is on her own she isn't 100% sure where she should go / wind up. But, Montana wasn't on her radar. Sterling lives in Blackwood, Montana which is named the serial killer capital of the world. They seem to have a serial killer problem but Sterling and his friends can never seem to capture whoever is doing it. Sterling and his friends are with the Sheriff's department, so, some of what they do i...

ARC Book Review - The Honor Society (The Deans List Book 2), by Rachel Van Dyken

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  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  Second chance  romance,  Enemies to lovers,  Forced proximity,  One bed, A ge-gap, B est friend's brother,  Mind games and amnesia,  Morally gray The second book in this dark academia romance series picks up where The Dean's List ends the story continues with the aftermath of what happened with Charlie and Axel. Charlie is innocent. She just happens to be someone daughter who is part of the same society Axel is in. Now that her father threw her out there the society needs to protect her. But, from what exactly? How innocent in all of this is Charlie? Charlie has always dreamed of Axel, but, he seems colder now.  Axel, (Proctor) at the end of book 1, The Dean's List, we saw Axel get shot and go into the hospital. Axel is still recovering from that wound. Aexl is living two lives, in one he is reckless, in the other he wears a mask. As  Convocation approaches  Axel has 18 days to figure out who is...

ARC Book Review - The Dean's List, by Rachel Van Dyken

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Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  Dirty Birdy,  Dark Romance,  Enemies to Lovers,  ( Past ) Friends to Lovers,  Second Chance,  Slow Burn Delilah (Lilah), goes to college at  Brighton University. She thought her friend died 7 yrs ago. However, when Jude walks back into her life on the Brighton campus, what should she do? Delilah thought he died. But, he didn't! He went to prison!  Someone at the school is writing, the Dean's List, which is a ledger,  exposing strangers, and it's exposing their families of their sins. Who has made the list? Who is publishing the list?  Jude Mercer 7 yrs ago Jude's mother died. 7 yrs ago Jude went to prison. Jude thinks Delilah had betrayed him and got him sent away. But, was it her? Or was it the information she had that sent him away?  I did receive a free ARC Copy of this book. I am freely leaving a honest book review.  Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251312695

ARC Book Review - Vandal Unbound (Iron Outlaws MC: Florida #2), by Scarlett Cole

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  Book Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Tropes:  motorcycle club romance,  enforcer x single mom,  sunshine heroine / grumpy hero,  Touch them and die,  Broken MMC x hurt comfort,  Slow Burn with Explosive Chemistry,  Soft FMC / Dangerous MMC,  He falls first / he falls hardest Vandal, in the 1st book, Knox Unleashed, Vandal is taken, kidnapped. He was Tortured, beat up, & left for dead. He has screws and plates in his head. He went down a very bad path with the pills and alochol. Knox and the other MC members saw what a bad path he was going down, but, Vandal needed to pull himself out of the depression/path. After Vandal meets Daisy and Elsie, he knows he needs to get better. He is at a very low point in his life. He wants to get better for himself and for Daisy, and Elsie, so, he can have a relationship with them. He doesn't want this version of himself be the one around the girls.  Daisy, she and her 5 yr old daughter Elsie, have just mov...

ARC Book Review - Dire Kiss Academy: A Fresh Start by Sarah Bellucci

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  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Tropes:  Dark academia, a mysterious magic system, magic houses Giselle has Desire Magic. Which is a very rare form of magic. She started magic school at another school when she was younger. But, when one boy started falling for her, and being obsessed with her, she left school. Giselle didn't want anything to do with magic as her parents never expressed their interest in her knowing any magic. So, she is very behind on 'knowing' how to work magic.  Giselle finds out about Dire Kiss Academy and wants to go, but, her parents don't want her to. Giselle finds herself on the grounds outside of Dire Kiss in July a month before school is to start. But, she does run into Draven and Dax Jadeheart, she has no idea who either of them are.  Draven and Dax Jadeheart are brothers, part of the big Jadeheart family. They have always run Dire Kiss Academy. Now that Giselle is on campus and has seen something she shouldn't have that they were doing, they...

Book Review - Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux

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  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Tropes: Dark Romance, Romance, Fantasy, Dark Paranormal, Spicy Smut, Paranormal Romance, Horror, Demons Raelynn (Rae) Lawson has always done paranormal demon/ghost hunting in her small town. She has a small facebook / tik tock following on her stories that she posts. But lately it seems like someone is 'calling' to her. What or who could that be?  Leon, is a demon. How old is he? How long has he been a 'killer'? How long has he been hunting for those who control him? Now that they want him to kill Rae, can he? Should he? Just because she is one from the founding families should he leave her? They are both after a book, the Grimoire. Who has the book controls the demons listed inside of it. But, Leon doesn't want to be controlled any more. He wants his name removed and to be free.  I am freely leaving a honest book review.  Goodreads:  https://www. goodreads.com/review/show/ 8983789423