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  Book Rating:  Second Chance Romance. T o the Chase is the final book in the Mile High Billionaires series by Julia Wolf   Salvatore (Sal / Tore) Gallo  is the CEO of a billion-dollar cyber security company. Sal has a form of autism, he is highly functioning. Sal has a big beautiful brain. He often times has to stop and think about what is going on right in front of him to process things. He can do a zillion things in the tech / computer world, but in real life is where he struggles at times. He doesn't like basic chit chat. He would rather get to the meat of the conversation.   Beatrice (Bea) has blue hair, and looks strikingly like Marilyn Monroe, often times has men colliding to open doors for her, or just to make small talk with her. Bea usually has several jobs,  at the beginning of the book, she is a waitress at a bar. She has a job at a catering business, which she is a owning partner with. She usually does breakfast buffets for businesses, bri...

  Book Rating:  This is the 3rd book in the series. You can read each as a stand alone. The books go over who is who. You can read them in book order also.  Everett Finnegan is the small town of  Ember Falls veterinary doctor. He treats small animals, and the large animals - cows, horses that are in the area. In high school Everett was all about baseball, he was going to make it to the major leagues, that was always his goal. In college he got injured, and seemed like once he got healed from one injuries he would get re-   injured . So, he focused more on college and worked on his vet degree and came back to Ember Falls. A few years ago his parents were in a car accident and now he helps his mom daily.  Violet lived with her grandmother in Ember Falls when she was younger. Her parents were too busy going around the world for  archeological   digs. Violet and Everett started liking each other in high school and then started dating. Violet knew Ever...

  Book Rating:  This is book #2 in the series. You can read as a standalone. You can read the books in the series.  Baylor is Christina's brother, who is married to Tagger-Baylor's best friend. Christina and Lauralee are also best friends and were thick as thieves from school age on.  Tagger left NYC and moved back to Texas to marry Christina and live on the ranch.  Baylor still lives in NYC and comes back to Texas when he takes a long weekend away from work. When Christina and Tagger got married Baylor noticed Lauralee wasn't a little girl any more. She's an adult, with curves he wants to find out where Lauralee owns the bakery in the small town. Lauralee has always had a crush on Baylor, even though he's a little older and Christina's brother. Lauralee loves her small Texas town and never saw herself leaving the bakery store her mom created years ago. Lauralee is very involved in the small town, and is also often joined by Christina. Baylor's company is ha...

  Book Rating:  Baylee, lives in Wild Heart, a small town. She runs a hair salon that her mother let her take over when she moved to Amarillo, TX. With the salon rent going up and up she's not sure how much longer she can hold onto it. Baylee had a boyfriend, who decided he wanted to be back with his ex, but, that was after she found out she was pregnant, and he of course didn't want anything to do with her. Now that she has Leo in her life, she doesn't know how she is going to afford the salon rent, house rent, the hospital birthing bill, so many bills going out and barely anything coming in to help cover anything.  She and Paige are still BFF's, every since elementary school.   Maverick has invested in some properties in the small town of Wild Heart. He left Paige in charge to decorate it and to rent it out.  Paige knew Baylee was being evicted from her house, and has the keys to one of the condo properties, and has Baylee and Leo move in as Paige knows M...

  Book Rating:  Rhys Windsor is 33 yrs old. His grandfather, the current King of Mornea just passed away, which now makes Rhys is the King. Rhys was quiet taken with Bellamy when he meets her. He invited her back to his country to continue her vacation and help her study for her upcoming exam. Rhys always calls Bellamy 'my love'. Now that Rhys is King of Mornea, what will that mean for Bellamy? Will they still have time together? Will he still give her ideas for the foundation she's now in charge of consideration?  Bellamy, is 24 yrs old. She is a nurse, but also studying for some exams that she has upcoming. When she was younger she had cancer. Bellamy is also the younger sister to  Cross and Ares - professional NHL hockey players. Bellamy is from the same small town in   Pennsylvania , as  Princess Lennon  Windsor  but, now she's in Mornea living as a Que en. Bellamy & Rhys go out with his friends one night, and wound up married the next mor...

  Book Rating:  This book does start at the end of where Book #1 -  Break Your Pucking Heart  finishes up. You do need to read the books in order.   Callan Cromwell always called Avery his Little Devil. At the end of Book #1, Callan & Avery are involved in a car wreck. Callan is in the ICU at the hospital and in a coma. The hospital staff aren't sure if he will walk again, or if he will even wake up. Will Callan be able to help the Ice Lords once he wakes up? Will he want to help Avery?  Aidric is another bully towards Avery. However, he can still see the line that they are with Avery. He doesn't want to cross that line. But, he is gentle with her also. When he tells her she is wearing his shirt in the middle of the night, he wants it back and demand her take it off. Aidric thinks he's just going to get a slap across the face, but, instead she takes the shirt off and hands it to him, exposing her breasts in the moonlight. Aidric didn't expect that ...

  Book Rating:  This is book #3 in the series. You can read each as a standalone. The characters are all   explained in each book. You can read each book in order also. Gavin “Rocket” Caldwell is a member of the rock band Bent.  He is the keyboard player for the band. He is single and always wanting to go out and party until he passes out. Now that the band has a break in the tour, they are all at home in L.A. Rocket gets a home visit from his lawyer with information about him being a dad and having a little girl. Rocket finds out who the mom is, and now agrees to a DNA test to verify he is the father before he gets custody.  Poppy is 3 yrs old. Her mom, Olivia just passed away in a car crash, and Poppy survived. Poppy has been placed with child protective custody until her relatives could be located. Poppy hasn't talked at all since the car crash. The Dr's said it's a copping mechanism. She's young and shy and not sure what to do, since they only person she rea...

  Book Rating:  Coach Jack Bradford is the oldest of the Bradford siblings. He coaches high school football. Jack was in the NFL, but, came back home to be with his family. One of Jack's siblings, Dylan, is working with the Drill Team at the high school. Dylan is also best friends with Allie. Jack and his siblings own and run a local bar / restaurant - Cooters and Shooters. Allie works a few nights a week at the bar to help with her income.  Allie, a single mom and the school librarian, has been quietly crushing on him for years. Allie's son, Austin is a senior on the football team. Jack has been working with him for a few years now to be a star quarterback. Allie has an ex who has just been released from prison. Allie is worried that he is going to come for her and Jack. The Bradford family knows about her ex, and tell her that she will be safe with all of them around. But, she can't help but wonder if he will get close to her and Austin. Jack and Allie have been fr...

  Book Rating:  Nate Stiles  works for one of the top sports equipment companies in Canada. His brother is Tristan, who plays for one of the NHL teams in Canada. Nate is Tristan's best man for the wedding to Bea in a few weeks. Bea's maid of honor happens to be Essie. The one Nate kissed 6 yrs ago and has never forgotten about her, or tried a relationship with her again. Nate has been super busy with his job, and trying to create a new ice skate for the hockey players, which Tristan and teammates will try out.  Essie Lovelock is a make up artist, usually for photoshoots, or the news channels. Essie, Nate and the friend group have all been friends since elementary school, they are all a tight knit group. She loves to plan, make spreadsheets. Be there to help with friends and family who may or may not have an upcoming event. Right now she's working on the wedding for Bea & Tristan. Essie is all about pink, and romance. She loves princesses themes and romantic theme...

  Book Rating:  Ryan is a new transfer to Aidan's NHL team. He likes that he's now around Hailey & Aidan. The 2 people he's always loved the most. He considers both of them his best friend. He & Hailey were always in the same class growing up. He likes being around her. Despite being a professional hockey player, Ryan hasn't dated a lot. He has been around women, and gone on one or two dates, but that's about it. He doesn't have a lot of experience in the women department. He's actually only ever had eyes for Hailey. He's never been sure if he should make a move, or just keep their friendship the same. He doesn't want to rock the boat. But, he sees Hailey out on a date New Years Eve, and he wants to be with her. He has to be with her, no matter what Aidan may say.  Hailey is 28 yrs old, she has some chronic illnesses that are very hard on her body, POTS and EDS. Both separately are bad but with both she has more bad days than good ones. Her d...

Book rating:    Beck Weston is a NHL hockey player for the LA hockey team. He loves hockey more than life itself. All he wants to do is skate and win the Stanley Cup one day. That is until he sees Jolie. He knows he wants her in his life. But, being in Boston, on an away game he isn't sure how that is going to work out for them.  Jolie Jameson is a sophomore in college when she first meets Beck at a dive bar in Boston. She and her friend Ginger had gone to the NHL Hockey Game to support their Boston team, however, they lost to the LA team. Who should be in the same bar looking right at Jolie? Beck Weston. She knows him due to her hockey knowledge of being around the teams and games her whole life. She can't believe he's looking at her. They have about a 7 yr age gap. Beck wants to be with Jolie for the next few days while he's in Boston, before they leave for the next away game. Jolie agrees and shows him around Boston, the city she's been in forever and the one tha...