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ARC Book Review - Stealing Hearts, by Lex Martin

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  Book Rating:  Rhett Walker, was Danny's best friend growing up, they always had Paige chasing after them when they were young, Rhett and Danny never thought anything of her more than just a little sister. Once Danny passed away he and Paige lost touch, mainly due to Paige not picking up her phone when he called. But, he didn't try hard to keep in touch like he should have. Rhett's ranch is in trouble. He needs a loan from the bank, but, he needs to be married to be considered 'stable' in the eyes of the bank. Who can he marry for a short few months?  Paige just graduated college, and living with her she over hears him telling his friends she isn't wife material, his parents wouldn't except her. She has no other option than to go back to her small hometown to see if she can live with her step mother. She had dreams of being a big time cheer / tumbling coach but, with her newly sprained ankle she can't do that until she's healed. Hopefully going back...

ARC Book Review - Shooting Star by Michelle Mankin

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  Book Rating:  Peace Jinkins is very introverted and very shy. She first meets Bo when she is 13. She is nothing like her father, who is in the band Tempest. Bo's father is also in the same band. Peace loves to read and write in her journals. Her twin, Harmony loves the spotlight. Peace always feels that she's an outsider in her family as she's not like her movie star mom, or her rock star dad. They don't understand her, they judge her for reading so much and retreating into her books into her world. Peace is very fragile. She needs reassuring that you like her, that she's doing good. She has been bullied every year every day in school but Harmony never picks up on that? Even in college she gets bullied by a boy who thinks she's just easy prey. She won't do anything to stick up for herself.  Robert ‘Bo’ Jackson is 14 yrs old, he's been in and out of several schools already. Now his rock star dad wants him out and is sending him to a military school for ...

ARC Book Review - Undeniably Married, (Boston's Irresistible Billionaires #4) by J. Saman

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  Book Rating:  Mason Reyes, is a quarterback on the Boston NFL team. His dad is the coach of the team. Mason does have some hearing loss in his ears. He knows sign language and also has hearing ads. Most of the time he never needs to use sign language, but, other times when he isn't as comfortable he does use it.  Sorel, is a doctor at a local hospital where most of her family also work. She was about to be married but she finds text messages between the alm ost   fiancée   and the side piece, who have been hooking up behind her back! Sorel gets out of town and head's to Las Vegas with Mason. Of course nothing good comes from going to Vegas when you are upset like that.  Mason and Sorel have known each other a little while through the family. Mason has had a huge crush on her since he met her. Instalove he calls it. Sorel and Mason make it back from Vegas and she moves in with Mason. Just to keep up appearances of course. But Sorel can'...

ARC Book Review - Weak Side (Bexley U), by S.J. Sylvis

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  Book Rating :  Claire Bryant is a junior. She is a dance major, ballet.  She is also working at the local schools hang out The Bex, hamburgers/fries/drinks cafe as a waitress, earning her wages and paying for her college classes, as she only received a partial scholarship, so she has to work hard to earn the rest. She is practicing non stop trying to be the best so she can get the lead int spring recital so she can get a full scholarship for her senior year and hopefully not need to work as hard at her waitressing job.  Claire has been in dorm housing since she was a freshman. Now, in her junior year, the housing department got her name mixed up - last name, first name, and assigned her to the boys dorm. NOW, she's in a dorm with mostly athletes. She went to the housing office and was told nothing they can do to fix it. Now, she's in a dorm room with a hockey player and his puck bunnies that show up all the time!  Theo Brooks, is a ice hockey college star...

ARC Book Review - Faking Ties (The Sentinels #1), by Alexis Gorgun

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  Book Rating :  This is very much a Taylor / Travis Romance story.  Hunter Holt plays professional NFL football. It's the only thing he's ever wanted to do, and the only thing his dad let him focus on.    Elodie Smith works at a local coffee shop earning tips and money for her and her mom's cancer treatment.  Elodie is tall - about 6 ft, and has an amazing singing voice. She went to a karaoke night with a friend, and that video went viral on social media. Elodie gets a message from a very popular singer,  Stella Wilde who wants to meet.  Elodie isn't sure about meeting at first, but they do. They look exactly the same, Stella thinks she found her doppelganger.   Stella needs to take time off from singing / traveling / performing, and needs Elodie to step in and play 'her' for a few months while she has surgery and then her recovery time. Elodie isn't sure at first, but then Stella says how much she will pay her and Elodie agrees s...

ARC Book Review - Filthy Savage (Savage Kings #3), by Lilian Harris

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  Book Rating  This book has a lot of trigger's. Many not mentioned in the beginning / forward section of the book.  Fionn Quinn is an enforcer with an Irish Mob. Once Fionn see's Amara he is instantly taken with her. He can see she is younger, but doesn't want to press anything since her and the boyfriend just broke up. He invites her as a guest to his brother's wedding that is just in a few hours. He also gets new wedding dress clothes, shoes and jewlery for her to wear.  Amara, 19 was on vacation with her then boyfriend, Xander, who was threatening her and scaring her when she meets Fionn.  Fionn scares off the boyfriend, Xander and now Amara is in this fancy hotel and foreign country with no money and no way to get back home. Fionn has her things placed into a new suite, which was larger than her basic room she was in.  After the wedding Amara tells Fionn to leave her alone as she knows whatever is between them is not going anywhere, so, why even start ...

ARC Book Review - Broken Hearts, by Chelle Bliss

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  Book Rating:  Lacey is 30 yrs old, works as an event planner at a very nice company.  She needed some new security members who had hired Eagle and his friend to help. They've been working together for a few years now, but have never crossed the line with each other, just always giving each other sexy looks. Lacey has had her heart broken more than she wants to count. But, now, the father of the bride shows up, Dylan and it's one of her ex's of course. One that never mentioned he had a k id, and was a widower.  Dylan pushes and pushes Lacey during the weekend to get back together with him, but Lacey is stronger than she looks, and pushes back.   Eagle, is a little older, in his 50's, is a member of the Disciples MC. Although the Club isn't the same as it was years ago, Eagle is still around. He likes working the security gig. He watches Lacey from afar and has always wanted her, but hasn't ever pushed it beyond the boss / employee relationsh...

ARC Book Review - The Darkness We Hide, by Brynn Ford

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  Book Rating:   ️ ️ Dark Romance, Fantasy Romance,  dystopian romance .  Gemma has bubble gum pink hair, she's just murdered three men, and has been sentenced to be banished to the Lawless Land,  a place for criminals to live out their days in the Mojave desert. Oz lives in Lawless Land, but he was once a US Citizen, who knew Gemma when she was also in college. Oz is one of the top commander's in Lawless Land. Once Oz spots Gemma and her pink he has to have her. He knows she won't survive with the other groups in Lawless land, they want her because she's famous for her killings. But, Oz wants her because he has forgotten what it's like to have someone.  This does end on a cliffhanger more for book 2.  I did receive this book as a free ARC book. I am freely leaving an honest review. 

ARC Book Review - Visions of Darkness (Darkness, #1) by A.L. Jackson

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  Book Rating:  This is the first fantasy romance from A.L. Jackson who usually writes contemporary romances, MC romances, and small town romances. Aria Rialta belongs to two worlds, the human world, and the  world of Faydor when she goes to sleep. Aria has been in both worlds for most of her life. She goes to sleep, but she is always fighting in a war in Faydor and she has a connection with Pax, who she's never met in real life, but they have connected through the Faydor world.  Sometimes Aria wakes up with scratches, bruises, or cuts that she can't complain about or tell her parents how she got them. Her parents sent her away once already to a youth center for a few days. Aria can't tell her family about the Faydor world, they won't believe her anyways.  Now that Aria is turning 18 in a few days she is worried that they are going to commit her to an adult facility and she'll never get out.  Pax has been part of Aria's Faydor world. She has never been...

ARC Book Review - The Final Exam, (Tanglewood University #3), by Skye Warren

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  Boo k Rating:  This is book #3 in the series, you will need to read the other 2 in order as this book #3 picks up where #2 left off.  Anne is very distraught.  She doesn't know what to do or where to turn.  Anne isn't sure who to trust at the school either.  It seems that the  Shakespeare Society is back and seems even more deadlier than before.  Anne has out her 'book' she and Professor Stratford were working on.  Professor Thorne wants to have Anne and her collaborate on it making it seems like she is doing a huge favor to Anne. Professor Thorne is going over Macbeth with Anne's class. Part of the class is divided on Macbeth, they seem to either love it or hate it.  Professor William Stratford, will he make an appearance again after what happened in the last book with the Shakespeare Society. I did receive a free ARC book copy of this book. I am freely leaving an honest review.  Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.co...