Heather Miller Bookophile

  Book Rating:  Lando Burlington, the eleventh duke of Oxfordshire, is back on the market as England’s most eligible bachelor. He was engaged 6 months ago, but, things ended on the eve of the wedding.  Now Lando basically works full time, no fun, no going out, just work, and being a grump. Lando's mom has been trying to get him to date other women, but, he just wants to be left alone in his misery. The estate the family lives in has been apart of their family for the past 500 years. Lando and his brothers work to take care of the family business and to take care of the family estate. Lando's sister, Clementine "Clemmie" is home for the summer and wants to spend all her time sun bathing by the pool. Clemmie and Holiday become fast friends. Clemmie wants nothing to do really with the business side, she just wants to go to school and be with her friends.  Holiday Simpson is an America on holiday in England. Her assistant booked the cottage for her for the summer. 'Ho...

  Book Rating:  This is book #2 in the series. This picks up where book #1 left off.  From the last day of classes through the summer Lauren (Laur) Bellinger and her hockey boyfriend  Lucas Donato have become closer with each other. The Wyverns hockey team didn't win the final four hockey games, but, the team played the best they've ever played together.  The hockey team is looking forward to take a month off but not Lucas. He's always wanting to be on the ice, making sure he is the best. He wants to always improve his hockey game. He's not looking forward to taking a 'break' but he knows his body needs one.  With the marketing team / PA team member graduating Lauren needs to get some new applications and new members on the marketing team. Lauren and the team are taking resumes and sifting through those who would be good candidates to interview. Lauren and team think they have settled on the top ones they believe would be great hires / additions to the team...

  Book Rating:  Lauren "Chip" Bellinger (Laur) - is a junior in college. Her brother, Nick was a year older, and should be a senior in college. However, a year ago they were both in a car crash and Nick didn't survive. Lauren was in a dark place, she didn't want to continue without her brother, her best friend. But, once she found out she got a spot on the Wyverns Hockey PR Team she is happy to help the hockey team and be a part of what her brother loved, Hockey.  Lucas Donato is the new hockey captain for the Wyverns team. He is a junior, like Lauren and like her brother Nick was when he was the captain for the team. Lucas played under Nick, and has wonderful fond memories of him. Meeting Lauren and having her on the team now is amazing. Lucas starts falling for Lauren almost right away. Lauren doesn't want to like Lucas, however, he is amazing and is nice, kind, and is an amazing hockey player. Lauren has sworn off dating since her accident. But, she wants to be...

  Book Rating:  This is a dark hockey romance novel.  Eva, has a bad heart, and has had 2 heart surgeries in her short life. Her father owes $1 Million to -  Jedediah Carter , who is one of the heartless mobsters in their town. Eva is on the curvy plus size. She doesn't like attention on herself, but, she gets to be the attention of the whole school by being with Cole and Tristan. Eva wants to maintain her 4.0 GPA, she wants to do well in school, she wants to help her father, she wants to be with Cole and Tristan. But, she is getting over taxed, she doesn't know what to do who to turn to for help. She doesn't want to do the blackmail that Jedediah is making her do. But she doesn't see a way out. Eva is a plus size woman. She often puts herself down, she doesn't feel comfortable in her own skin. Some women don't like being the 'larger' person in a relationship. It was often noted how down / hard she was on herself for being larger.  Cole  is as cold as th...

  Book Rating:  Lucky Beneventi  who is Sam and Amelia's son  lives in  Kroydon Hills surrounded by all of his family, and a small town. If Lucky or anyone does anything in town it gets back to his parents  or any of his family members. Lucky plays on the Kroydon Hills NFL team. He loves playing football. He's played his whole life, and can think of nothing better to do. Lucky and Lexie's brother Linc and his twin Loch have always been best friends. They are a year older than Lexie and always made school hard for her with the daily torture they did to her.  Lexie  Sinclair, Cooper and Cary's daughter, s has Cystic Fibrosis (CF). She has always been on her parents have always had to watch. She doesn't want to be the burden on the family. She wants to live her life. But, she knows with her lungs failing she doesn't have much of a choice at times about her family being around her so much. She just got back from Paris where she attended the Cordon Blu...

  Book Rating:    Austin Hart is a young hockey NHL star. He's 20 / 21 yrs old. He has always been a very good hockey star. He was pushed to go pro at a young age. He's always been the youngest on the team. But he loves hockey and he loves playing for the team. Austin has a lot going on in his head. He seems to put a lot of pressure on himself. His mom has married on of his former teammates and they now have a baby. Austin knows his mom has a new life and new family. He thinks he is a burden on his mom someone she has to look in on. Austin never gives his mom a chance to talk with her about her new family and how he fits into her new life / new family. His old teammate wants to be a 'dad' to him, but, also knows Austin is 20/21 yrs old he doesn't need a 'dad' as much now that he is basically an adult.  Austin has turned to drugs and alcohol to 'silence' his thoughts about being such a burden. Which of course is the wrong thing to do. He is depending ...

  Book Rating:  Max Cano grew up in and out of foster homes after his mother died. When he got to high school he thought he landed with a good family, who might want to adopt him. He was going to a private high school, and met Rainey and her friend Lana on his first day. Not long after starting the new school he got home and all his things were packed and he was off to the next place. He was heart broken. Max winds up in Las Vegas, and some how starts boxing in a local gym. The one friend he has has a place in Lake Tahoe and tells Max to crash there for the summer.  Rainey Collins grew up in a richer area in the area. She and her best friend Lulu went to the same private schools growing up. She has never wanted or needed anything her parents could never provide for her. When Max left she heart broken. She thought she caused him to be taken away some how. They were just teenagers, and her new love interest was taken away, she didn't get a good-bye or anything from him. Whe...

  Book Rating:  There are 4 Storm girls, Maitland Storm (Matty) is the oldest and they all live and work at Wildhaven Ranch. A few years ago there mom passed away, and ever since Matt works day and night trying to keep the ranch afloat with her dad, and grandparents. The sisters all work their share also, but, Matty took on the brunt of the work, usually doing 14 hr plus days.  Matty was engaged but the first sign of trouble, he took off, and Matty didn't forgive him.  Caison Galloway grew up about 1.5 hrs away up in Jackson Hole, WY. He loves to ride horses, and the ranch life. He went to Texas for college and worked on a few big ranches and brought his knowledge back home to Wyoming. Caison is working for a ranch next to Matty's and the owner wants to see about buying 1,000 acres of land from the Wildhaven Ranch. When Caison goes up to Matty he knows he has some work cut out for him. Matty isn't impressed with suits, and business deals. She's impressed with what yo...

  Book Rating:  Trope's: Rom / Com, Best Friends to lovers. Harper and Ezra have been best friends for ages. Harper is a blogger / content creator. Ezra loves his spreadsheets and computers. Harper is trying to figure out why her last few 'date's' haven't worked out. Harper wants to go on new dates with those men, and see why she let them 'go'.  Ezra has a secret he has been keeping from Harper ever since they met back in college. Ezra has a secret crush on Harper. Ezra isn't sure if he should tell Harper, and ruin their friendship. Ezra's brother is the other person he turns too when he needs help - usually with Harper issues.  Harpers family loves being around Ezra. Her dad isn't sure of him, if he just wants to be friends with Harper, or if he wants something more. Grandma Blue, she loves Harper and Ezra together. She has been trying to work somethings in the 'back' to get them together. Will Grandma Blue be able to force something tha...

  Book Rating:  Steele Sanderson has always wanted to play in the NHL. He loves hockey, it's the one thing he can always do. When Lilah doesn't make it to a home game, he can't concentrate   on the game, he keeps wondering where Lilah is at. Can he get his head in the game? Why is her missing such a distraction for him?  Lilah and Steele have always been a constant in each other's lives, since Freshman year of College. Now Steele is a NHL hockey big shot. Lilah  catches her boyfriend cheating on her one day.  She doesn't have anywhere else to go, Steele offers him a spare room at his place. Lilah doesn't want to intrude on his space. Steele doesn't want her to go anywhere else, he wants to take care of her, he wants to be the one to help her with everything she needs.  When Lilah gets her feet back under herself, will she want to stay with Steele? Will Steele want her at the apartment still? When they grow closer together, will they be able to move tha...

  Book Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Luc Chabot is the hockey goalie for  Riverside U. He is a hockey god who can get any girl(s) he wants. Luc gets in trouble with his hockey coaches and needs to clean up his image a bit. The coaches are tired of Luc getting into trouble across campus with all the girls on campus. Luc has an older sister who he and Izzy are close with.  Isabella (Izzy) - is a shy book nerd. She is going for her child psychology degree. She wants to help children who have or are going through trama and hope they can become thriving adults. Recently she was dating a hockey player West Knight for the past 2 yrs, but found out through social media he is cheating on her! He never called her or anything.  When Izzy & Luc were younger his mother died. Her mother left as she didn't want to be without her best friend. Izzy grew up with her father and 4 brother's. Izzy and Luc have always been very close friends since they were 5yrs old. They have never crossed t...