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

  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

  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

ARC Book Review - One Night with Number Nineteen (Grizzlies Hockey #4), by Elise Faber

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  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Tropes:  Emotional hockey romance,  A one-night encounter that becomes so much more,  Single-mom romance,  Healing and learning to trust again,  Chemistry & emotion,  Finding your way to an HEA,  Hockey romance,  Single mom,  He falls first,  One Night Stand,  Forced Proximity,  Found Family Sawyer Hill is a player on the  Grizzlies hockey team. He takes care of his aging mother, who also lives in the town he does - to be closer to him during the season and off season. The problem is she calls him for every little thing. He feels like he has to take care of all her requests. She depends on him way to much. Sawyer has his commitment to his team, to his charity work, and to Lainey. He has way to much going on he is going to burn himself out. Everyone thinks of Sawyer as a player, but, he only has eyes for Lainey. He wants to be with her and protect her, and he loves being around her son...

ARC Book Review - Let's Be Real: A Fake Dating Romance (The Wells Brothers #2) by Julia Wolf

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  B ook Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Tropes:  Fake Dating,  Friends with Benefits,  Slow Burn,  Emotional Damage,  He Falls First,  Protective / Loyal Hero,  Mental Health Representation Samantha is 33 yrs old. She works with Adrian at his adult club, running the business.  Samantha and Adrian have been besties since they were kids and always the platonic kind.  Samantha always had a crush on his older brother Nathan (Nate). Even though he was a few years older, Samantha never thought he knew she even existed when she and Adrian where younger. Now that they are all adults in their 30's, she is wondering if the line of friendship between them may get crossed and if they can survive it.  Nate  Wells is Adrian's older brother. He's always known Samantha as she was always at their house when they were growing up. Now that Adrian and Samantha are adults and business partners,  Nate   isn't sure if their relationship is truly th...

ARC Book Review - The Truths We Find: Love Uncovered Series by Donna Bollen

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  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐  Book Tropes:   second chance romance,   Employee x Boss,  Betrayal & Redemption,  Secrets x Break Up to Save Her,  Curvy Girl Rep & Female Empowerment,  Found Family, Forced Proximity, Slow Burn, Workplace Romance.  DANI, works in San Diego, CA, as a news broadcaster producer. She was up for a promotion, but they gave it to someone outside the company, who happens to be her ex - Gavin.  Dani has been dating Sam, her childhood best friend for the past 9 yrs. Sam is in the Marines and he was recently deployed. He knew 3 months ago he was leaving but only told Dani the weekend before he was leaving, giving her a 3 day notice that he was leaving for the next 8 months. Dani and Sam are living together and are dating, but, they aren't really 'in love' with each other. Well, Dani isn't for sure, she's with him, but, she knows she should be with someone else.  GAVIN, when he interviewed for the positio...

ARC Book Review - Taking Sides (Moonshot Hockey #3), by Rebecca Jenshak

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  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Tropes: Sports Romance, Hockey, Sports Romance, Hockey Romance Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Friends To Lovers   Conrad Shepard is Moonshot Hockey's star defenseman. When it comes to talking with the ladies, he totally shuts down. He can't seem to find his voice, his thoughts just run out. When he's out on the ice his a fantastic player, but, just when he gets to talking with the ladies he can't do it. Conrad loves helping the local community area with the hockey teams and being involved with the community. When Conrad sees Coach Whitney he knows he wants to date her but, at the same time he can't talk with her.    Coach Whitney is the JV coach for a high school hockey team. She loves being on the ice with the boys and coaching them. Her brother, Victor is also a NHL player, who is a shark, and very deadly on the ice. Victor plays dirty, and other players don't like that about it. Whitney meets Conrad and anoth...