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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 truely t...

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

  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

  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...

ARC Book Review - Promise (Men of Inked Sinners #6), by Chelle Bliss

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amelia Gallo, from the Chicago Gallo family. Goes to Las Vegas with her cousin and friend for a girls weekend in Las Vegas. What happens in. Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. The few days they are there are spent in a drunken hazy and a hangover hazy. Her friends meet 3 guys who are there for a guys weekend. She meets with Reed Anderson who is a cowboy from South Dakota.  Reed has a great time with his friends and with Amelia and her fiends while they are in Las Vegas. But after they go back home Reed is still thinking of Amelia. He texts her and they have a few video and phone calls also. Reed wants to see Amelia and get to know her more. But it’s Amelia who is stopping things.  Amelia doesn’t like the attention Reed gives her. But she wants the attention Reed gives her. When he shows up at her bakery one day she isn’t sure what to do. Hug him? Yell at him? Ignore him? What will her family say? What will her parents think of him? Can they be m...

ARC Book Review - Tempting Tessa, by Havoc Wilde

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  Dad’s Best Friend Age Gap (45/23) Dubcon Mafia vibes D/s Vibes Praise Kink + Body Worship Daddy Kink (Yep, calling him Daddy in this one) Possessive “You’re Mine” Energy Breeding / BC Tampering / Pregnancy Power Imbalance Brat / Brat Tamer Man Obsessed He falls first and harder Degradation Overstimulation Contessa Gallo grew up wealthy. She has never wanted for anything. Now she is grown up, 23, living on her own. She has a company she is trying to get off the ground but she doesn’t want to use her dad’s money, or go to him to get funds. She goes to his best friend, Matteo Marino, as he is a wealthy businessman. What she doesn’t understand is that Matteo has been waiting on her to become an adult. Matteo is more than willing to help her fund her new business venture. Matteo Marino isn’t someone who you cross. He is a mob boss and someone who is respected and feared. But when Contessa comes to him asking to be a backer in her new company he k...

ARC Book Review - Holding Ground (The Mercer Family #1) by Piper Rayne

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  single dad,  grumpy x sunshine,  forced proximity,  MCs in their 30s,  small town,  found family,  opposites attract,  dual POV Elliott is a   grumpy single-dad,  he  has a little girl,  Baylor, in kindergarten. They live in the small town of  Echo Lake. Elliott has two younger brothers, Ansel & Hollis. Ansel states that he is Baylor's favorite Uncle and is always around playing with her and doing things with her. Elliott is wary of Emelia. He isn't sure if she's in town to take over the small town and bull doze it to the ground or if her company will work with the towns people and building small buildings like they are stating. With Emelia living in Elliott's guest room, can he start to trust her? But with her leaving in 3 months, should he trust her / let himself become attached to her? Emelia Greene works for a business developer in Boston. They sent her to the small town o...

ARC Book Review, Yours Truly, Fall (The Season Sisters #2), by SL Scott

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                                         Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  Small Town Romance,  Second Chance Romance,  Firefighter + Nurse,  Forced Proximity,  Slow Burn,  Friends to Lovers,  He Falls First,  Amnesia,  Mystery,  Cozy & Feel-Good Romance,  Soul-Deep Connection Brandon Culver is a firefighter in the small town of  Laurel Cove. He's lived here his whole life. He was in a pretty bad fire with an explosion and has wound up in the hospital with a back injury and a concussion. But it seems when his new night nurse, Autumn comes in to do rounds, he has  amnesia. He doesn't know her, and keeps calling her nurse.  Autumn   “Fall” as her sisters call her,  has lived in Laural Cove her whole life, and has known Brandon her whole life. When they were in high school together, they ignored each...