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ARC Book Review - Left Field (The Bradley Legacy Book 5) by Lisa Suza

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  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: Vacation Romance, Baseball Romance, Forced Proximity, Grumpy x Sunshine, Big Family Saga.   Archer Bradley is a professional baseball player.  After he signed a document his father coerced him into signing, he finds out that he is now on a 40 game suspension away from baseball. He decides to go down to the Bahamas to spend a month in the sun and be alone. He doesn't like being on his phone, texting, calling. He is worried about those who are out to use him for his fame or for his money. Archer is on the mend after his ex, Tatum falls for his brother Ford. He and Tatum had been on and off together for seven years. Now that she married his brother he's not sure where either relationships lie.    Millie gets an offer from a resort in the Bahamas to come down for a month to create content and help bring up the ratings on their resort. Millie is trying to be a travel influencer, and she is usually o...

ARC Book Review XOXO, Summer by S.L. Scott

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  Book Tropes: Grumpy vs Sunshine. Hockey player romance. Small Town Romance. He falls first. Daniel Sutton is a professional hockey player for a team in NYC, he also has a son,   Roman. Daniel is in the small town of Mountain Laurel Cove, to get out of the city and get back to the free summer feeling he had when he was younger. His hockey career is in termoil. He has been told to clean up his act or retiring would be in hands of others not his.  Summer Season works in the small town   Mountain Laurel Cove,  and  managing a few rental houses near her house. She is the eldest of the Season sisters-she has three younger one's. Their grandmother raised them after their parents died. Summer wants to keep her small town, small. She doesn't want the big developers coming in a tearing down the houses / building large buildings. She wants to keep things how they have been.  Daniel and Summer tried to do a 'fake' relationship. As Daniel would get Summer as his ...

ARC Book Review - Know Unleashed (Iron Outlaws MC, Florida book #1), by Scarlett Cole

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  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes: age gap, MC, small town, Forbidden love, morally grey MC president  Knox is the longest serving MC president for the Iron Outlaws one of the largest MC clubs in the country. He’s in his 40’s, he’s not ‘young’ by any standards and would rather call or video chat than text someone, he says he’s old school. His lived his the same small town in Florida his whole life. He is at odd against the local sheriff who killed his brother years ago. They both stay out of each other’s way.  Maren also grew up in the same small town as Knox. Her father is the town sheriff. However he treats Maren horribly. Her mother disappeared when she was younger and she moved into the bait shop with her grandparents who basically raised her. Now she runs the bait shop and boat tour business. Her father leaves her alone mostly. Except when he comes over to harass her and tell her how worthless she is.  Knox and Maren don’t see eye to eye at the beginning as ...

ARC Book Review - Paper Rings, by Brittanee Nicole

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  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: Second Chance Romance, Hockey, Sports Romance, Sports, Friends to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Workplace Romance, Single Dad, Teammate Romance.   This is the next generation of Langfield's in a new series.  JJ Hanson & Addie are childhood friends and teenage hockey teammates. They are both goalie's and have always been competing against each other for the #1 spot on the teams they play for.  JJ Hanson   plays for the NHL Boston Bolts Hockey Team. He was drafted when he was 18 into the NHL. He's loved playing for his home town team. He is a dad of a 4yr old,    Avery . He is currently trying to get divorced, his wife -    Tabitha won't sign the divorce papers. He never loved Tabitha . He's always loved Addie. He felt that he was obligated to married because of their daughter. He does come from a wealthy family. His mom owns a magazine.  Addie Langsfield was playing in the Woman's Hockey League, she...

ARC Book Review: Just Playing for Keeps, (Hockey Ever After #2), by Lauren Blakely

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  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: grumpy/sunshine, fake dating, obsessed hero, workplace romance, best friend’s brother, hockey romance. Lake Axelrod plays for the NHL team in San Franscisco, CA. He is a widower. His wife died a few years ago. She was on the women's professional hockey team. They were college sweethearts who got married right after graduation. Lake hasn't dated much since she passed away. But now he has a chance to 'fake' date his sister's friend, Remy.  Remy works part time in the marketing department for the Hockey team Lake plays for. Remy was just dumped by her boyfriend on the ice rinks jumbotron of all places! Oi! Could her life get any worse?!? Remy is all about planning, and scheduling and working out how to do something. She doesn't like surprises. When Lake starts talking with Remy, she isn't sure what to do. He an amazing man, 6'2" of all muscle.  Lake works out a deal with Remy that he will be her 'fake' date to her s...

ARC Book Review - Grim (Shadow Security #1), by Kat Mizera

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  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Trope: Age Gap, Forces Proximity, Found Family, Heroine in Trouble, Insta Love, Bodyguard, Military, Special Forces, MMC.  To Watch out for: Assault, kidnapping, stalking and rape.  Landon (Grim) Grimshaw, is 38, he was special forces in the military. Now that he’s a civilian he is working for his friend's security firm. They provide higher end security for celebrities, sports teams, actors/actresses. Landon was at the gas station filling up his car, when he notices a woman trying to escape from a vehicle asking for help. He knows she is drugged by the way she moving. Then a man helps her back into the vehicle making an excuse that she’s just drunk. As they were leaving, he notices the same woman asking for help. He knows he needs to do something. He follows the car and helps the woman escape. Turns out she was kidnapped 2 days ago, and no one knew she was missing!  Allora is a 28-yr old woman. She was out getting drinks and dinne...

ARC Book Review - When Sparks Fly by Monica Murphy

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  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Trope: grumpy vs sunshine. Age gap. She’s wealthy / spoiled princess.  Rachel Henderson is  twenty-two-years-old. She comes from a NY uppper east side wealthy family who summers in the Hamton's and collect homes.  Her wealthy British boyfriend just left her for a wealthy British woman. Rachel is besides herself; she doesn't know what to do, who to hang out with. She left the Hamton's due to people gossiping about her right in front of her face. She flew out to California to stay in the lake house for at least a week to get away from everyone. However, within her first few days she is relaxing in the bathtub, a mini spa retreat, and knocks over a candle, which lights the curtains on fire, now the house has smoke damage and water damage from the firefighters. Her dad is super upset with her. Now Rachel doesn't know what to do with herself.  Rachel finds herself alone in the small town after the fire, he father cuts her off financially. R...