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ARC Book Review - Never Say Never (Battles in Love #3) by Kylie Skye

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  Book Rating:  Book Trope: Sports Romance - Pro Football Romance - Basketball Romance - Fake Dating - Black Cat - Boy Obsessed - Banter - He Falls First - Athlete x Athlete - Dual POV - ADHD Representation - Contemporary Romance - New Adult Romance   AVERY is the number 1 woman’s WNBA Draft pick. She is looking forward to being in the WNBA and starting her career. Her father and her brother play in the NBA and she's always being compared to them. She hates that they over shadow her life. Avery has always had a stance of not dating a fellow sports player, as its too hard with her schedule and the other partners schedule to connect. She is worried that she will get cheated on again if she puts herself out there.    RAWLEY made the first round draft pick. Since he was drafted later, he's lost out on a lot of endorsement deals, but, he knows his agent will be able to get him new ads and new deals. The NFL Orlando team wants him to keep a clean image on an...

ARC Book Review - Knocked Up By Number 90 (Grizzlies Hockey #3), by Elise Faber

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  Book Rating:  Book Trope: second chance romance, hockey romance, sports romance, surprise pregnancy, found family.   Leo is a star hockey player for the NHL Team The Grizzly's. He isn't into romance, relationships. He likes one and done. He like meet women at clubs / bars. He doesn't seem interested in the 'nice' girls. He and Harper met at one of the teammates baby showers she was catering. They both had a good time together and slept together. Two months later, Harper finds out she is pregnant. A short time later Leo finds her at her shop throwing up along with all the pregnancy sticks on the sink. Leo knows she hasn't been with anyone else, although he can't say the same.    Harper is a caterer and has slowly made friends with the girls from the Grizzlies guys, they’re becoming some of her closest friends. Harper grew up in a single mom household. Harper wants to keep the baby. But, she isn't sure how she can afford taking 6 weeks off from her busin...

ARC Book Review - Small Town Smoke Show (The Calloway Ranch #2), by Holly Renee

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  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Trope: Small town romance, slow burn Hunter Calloway works his family's ranch, the Calloway Ranch. He is Colt's brother who we met in Book #1,  Cowboy Casual.  We don’t get any back story on Hunter. We know he lives on his family’s ranch and works it with his brothers. He does live with one brother McCoy, and he is fixing up a house he brought but it’s been a side project for 2 yrs now.  Maggie Dawson works in the bakery - Darlin' Delights in the small town. Her sister Ella was dating Hunter. But, her high school boyfriend Dean, came back into her life, and Ella left Hunter to go back with Dean, and they moved back to Alabama to the small down they were from. Ella and Dean have just gotten engaged, and Ella is guilting Maggie to move back home so they could be close and work the wedding planning together. Maggie stayed in the small town in Tennessee, as she said this small town felt more like home more than her parents place ever had...

ARC Book Review - Stay With Me (Dangerous Obsession #1) by Nikki Sloane

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  Book Rating:  Book Tropes:  Alpha Male, Captive-Kidnapped, Insta-love-lust. Laurel Hayward has danced in ballets as long as she can remember. Now that it’s her debut night, she is so excited, but, during her performance her night gets ruined, as her debut night is ruined once the gun shots ring out. Will she be able to dance again as a professional dancer? Laurel thinks her life can go back to the same after she witnesses someone shooting at her and the crowd at her performance. Then she gets a stalker. Someone is after her but why?    Deputy U.S. Marshal Jason Dunn: handsome, & confident has been assigned to watch and protect Laurel until they are able to move her into the WTSEC Program. Laurel needs Jason to survive. But Jason is crossing the lines when it comes to Laurel, the lines are getting blurred and he's not sure which one is crossing the lines first.    When the person after Laurel kills Jason's partner the US Marsha...

ARC Book Review - Wicked Sanctuary, (The McCarthy Family) by Jane Henry

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Book Rating:   ️ ️ ️ ️ Book Trope:   Dark Irish Mafia ,  Obsessive MMC,  “Touch her and die” energy,  Forced Proximity,  Possessive + Protective + Worship Combo,  Morally Grey,  Caretaker / Aftercare King,  “Mine” But make it consistent,  Unhinged Devotion with Structure,  Praise / Affirmation heavy,  Bad Boy / Good Girl,  Beauty & the Beast Vibes,  Captor / Captive,  Grumpy / Sunshine,  He Falls First,  Age Gap,  Dual First Person POV We first meet Ashland McCarthy right after he has won a fight. He hears screaming coming from down the street and finds Bianca being manhandled by people she doesn't know, who he doesn't know. He scares them off and lets her go. Only to stalk her for the next 6 years. Ashland watches Bianca going to school, going out with her friends, being at home. He wants to be with her, but, is worried that their age difference no one would be able to welcome them with o...

ARC Book Review - The Backup Plan (Lone Star Rebels #1) by K. Bromberg

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  Book Rating:  Book Tropes:  Workplace romance,  Quarterback x Team Doctor,  Hot chemistry,  Career in jeopardy,  Genuinely good MCs,  His shower broke,  Duet Narration,  In their 30s Dr. Emery Porter has been working hard to get herself established in the sports world. She loves helping players and helping teams. Emery was married, and recently divorced. She took a job in Austin with the new NFL Football team. Not knowing what her future would hold there. But, when she realizes that Lucas is her next door neighbor can she help noticing him? When they become early morning running buddies is there anything he can't do? Lucas has been there for her more than her ex-husband ever had been. Is there something more for Emery & Lucas?  Lucas Hale built his entire life around football. Recovering from a devastating shoulder injury, the veteran quarterback signs with the Lone Star Rebels for one last chance to prove he still belong...

ARC Book Review - Set It Right (The Kelly Ranch #4), by Julia Wolf

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  Book Rating:   Book Trope: second chance romance, friends to enemies to lovers, starting over coming into her own, chemistry, connection, a little post-divorce pot stirring from the ex.   Zara Vasquez is recently divorced. She's not sure where / what she should do. She heads back to Sugar Brush, Wyoming for the summer to work on the ranch she knows all too well. She needs to get her head back on her shoulders. Zara can't believe her now ex-husband was trying to pull over deals through the company he and his brother's worked at. Zara lost herself in her marriage now she needs to find herself again.    Cormac (Maccie) Kelly lives in the small town of Sugar Brush, Wyoming. His family have always owned a large ranch in the area. They do cater to visitors every spring, summer and fall. They have a lot of families that come to the ranch to vacation, with riding the horses, and rock climbing.    Zara and Cormac h...