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ARC Book Review - Oathbreaker, (Gamebreakers #6), by Kat Mizera & Elise Faber

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  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the last book in the series. You can read each as a standalone as the characters are explained as who is who.  Briar is younger sister to Dash who is also best friends to Colt. Briar was always the younger sister Colt never wanted around but Colt always did. Briar never let on that she and Colt were an item. But when he disappeared she was devastated. Briar knew she was younger than Colt and Dash and his friends. Briar never wanted to be with someone who was going to disappear on her. But, once Colt left and never came back she wasn’t sure what to do. Then she had to be on her own and grown up on her own. She still had her friends and family. But she never let her heart open up for another loss.  Colt, has been presumed dead for the past few years. Now he’s come back to the town and loved ones he left behind. He was recruited to work for a secret military group. No one knew what happened to him. He was declared dead, however he has shown ba...

ARC Book Review - Stand Your Ground by Kandi Steiner

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    Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Livia is 32 years old. She has her own dental practice in the Tampa area, that works for the NHL hockey team. She is a on call dentist for them during the year whenever they need her.  She is a dominant. She doesn’t really do relationships. She has had a few  subs but isn’t with anyone right now.  Livia’s parents basically kicked her out of their house after she graduated high school. They didn’t help pay for her college or anything. She does have a younger sister who has a better relationship with her parents and is engaged. Livia is torn on if she should be in the wedding or not go at all. She wants to be there for her sister but not be by her parents, she’s torn. Carter Fabri, is 26 year old and is a younger hockey player on the NHL team. He has just competed his rookie season and is now a permanent NHL team Member. He grew up in the junior hockey league with a coach who always berated him and the other players. He’s never sure ...

ARC Book Review - The Older Brother, by Ginger Scott

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  Age Gap. Failing for the ex’s older brother romance. Grumpy / Sunshine. Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rowan Anderson is the older brother to Caleb. Rowan’s and Caleb’s father is David. Rowan has branched away from his father opening his own auto body car shop. His younger brother Caleb is still trying to get approval from their father. Caleb and Saylor just graduated high school and have 2 months before they need to leave for their separate colleges.  Saylor has always been involved with the Anderson family. Her mom Allison Kelly is actually David’s assistant but she seems to do more of Human Resources role for his company. They have been together in the business world for a long time. Saylor and Caleb broke up 3 weeks before the end of high school. Now she is t sure what they are. Caleb wants to know where she is going and who she is seeing but Saylor keeps telling him he lost getting that knowledge when they broke up.  Saylor has always had a crush on Rowan. He has alway...

ARC Book Review - The Trust We Broke, by Scarlett Cole

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  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is book #5 in the series. You can read each as a stand alone.  Grudge (Zach) - is the newly elected MC President for the Iron Outlaws, Colorado Chapter. His father was also in the Iron Outlaws, but no he is behind bars.  Lucy is a lawyer, who has come back home to help run her father’s law practice. She isn’t sure how long she will stay, but of course she runs into Grudge, her ex husband. She isn’t sure how to act towards him. She loves him, she hates him. What are they to do?  Lucy and Grudge were best friends growing up, and then it turned romantic for them. They were married young, and now that they have had 8 yrs between them since they last saw each other are those old feelings coming back to the surface?  Lucy isn’t sure who is coming after her, but she knows she needs Grudge’s and his MC’s help. The rival MC is targeting Lucy but she’s not sure why. After she does some digging into her father’s business and his files she knows...

ARC Book Review - Fear of Flames, by Aleatha Romig

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  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Michelle (Shelly) - is a mystery / crime / thriller writer. She starts off up in Maine at her dad’s house. Then she’s running for her life with a stranger who is trying to save her! What is going on! Michelle has so many questions but Fletch is a man of few words.  Fletch (Arrow) - was working with Michelle’s dad - Dennis / Denny who he couldn’t save. But he is trying to keep Michelle safe but having her wanted by 2 different states police departments is making running hard.  Michelle isn’t sure who her parents were. She knew her mom was a librarian. Her dad was in the Indiana Police force for 30 years. What does Fletch mean when he states there was more to her parents??? What does he know about them she doesn’t? Was her relationship with her parents even true? Michelle realizes that her parents had a whole other side to their lives that she was apart of. Will Fletch open up and tell her about the secret lives he and her parents lead? I did ...

ARC Book Review - Small Town Frenzy (Peachtree Pass), by S. L. Scott

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Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the 3rd book in the small town vibe series.  Griffin is a professional baseball player who has lost his way. He has been traveling the world not sticking to his small town roots. He travels down to Costa Rica and runs into a few Americans one of which he has a one night stand with.  Griffin goes back to Peactree Pass for a baseball game to help the local two high schools baseball teams. Griffin loves playing the game and helping the local community.  Cricket is a local in the small town Dover area. Cricket is the operations manager for the Armadillo baseball team. The team which Griffin is playing for. Cricket remembers her time in Costa Rica but will Griffin remember her? Cricket has grown up in a very wealthy family. Never wanting anything but love.  There is something Cricket needs to tell Griffin but will Griffin be open to the news?  Will Griffin be able to remind Cricket of their time together in Costa Rica? Or will he ...

ARC Book Review - Play Fake, (The Bradley Legacy #2), by Lisa Suzanne

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  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tropes: Best Friends Brother, Age Gap, Marriage of Convenience  Dex Bradley, is older brother to Ivy who is 11 yrs older. Ivy’s best friend is Ainsley, who is 11 yrs younger than Dex.  Dex plays professional football for a NFL team in Las Vegas, NV. Dex has just found out he has a 6 month old baby boy. What is he going to do? He goes out for a run and a female runs right into him.  Ainsley has just ran out of her TV show she was in. She is so embarrassed and the film crew is all staring at her! She leaves and starts running! She runs smack into a man, a very built muscle man. She recognizes him, Dex. Ainsley begins rambling to the man and he starts to realize he does know her, his younger sisters friend who he has met a hand full of times.  Ainsley states she has no where else to go. Now Dex realizes that she could be his new son’s nanny. He offers her the position and she excepts. Ainsley was never interested in Dex but now being in his ...

ARC Book Review - The Tycoon, by Summer Riley

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Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dolly Dixon is a young woman, who is in an apartment complex with a guy friend as her roommate. She hardly ever goes out or has one night stands but her roommate is always out and always with another woman. They are great friends, have a lot in common but never had a romantic relationship.  Sutton Douglas is about 10 years older than Dolly. They met on a dating app and have been texting back and forth for a little while. Dolly agrees to meet him for a dinner date.  Sutton and his family have a dark side of their family. They are involved in some things that keep money flowing into their bank accounts.  This is a dark romance book. I think the story could have been written better. Mainly sexual romance between Dolly and Sutton. But it could have had an actual story more than it did.  I did receive a free ARC copy of this book. I am freely leaving an honest book review. Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239231653

ARC Book Review - A Million Times, Yes, by Marni Mann

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  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Maya is a nurse at a local rehabilitation clinic. She loves being a nurse. She also takes care of her mom and her bills. Never having enough money to spoil herself or to have any extra for herself. She does run 5 miles daily. On one of her runs, she notices a guy who usually runs the same route with her about the same time also. She isn’t sure what to do with him at first. But they start talking little by little and then they go out a few times  Jordan is a retired NHL player. At 33 he’s on the young side to be retired, but his body was getting hurt and he wasn’t bouncing back from the injuries like the younger players often do. Now he is working at his family’s company heading up the sports division working on a new deal with a new sports company. He likes running in the mornings to keep up his endurance and to burn off steam.  Once he finds Maya running he needs to be around her he needs to be with her. When Maya finds out who Jordan is and who h...

ARC Book Review - Threaded Lies, by K Bromberg

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Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the second book in the Tangled Hearts series. It does pick up where book #1 leaves off. You will need to read the books in order.  Holden Knight has control of Rowan’s family business. Now he is threatening to destroy it! Will Rowan be able to stop him? Or will she just play into his hands??  Rowan and Holden have a huge connection. Neither are ready to admit to that of course. Holden thinks he can use Rowan for the business side of things. But Rowan wants to just use him.  Rowan agrees to a marriage contract with Chad. But it’s just to fulfill her grandmother’s will request of her being married to receive the huge sum of funds.  This does leave off on a cliff hanger!  I did receive a Free ARC copy of this book from Valentine PR & Literary Management . I am freely leaving an honest review. Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222616498

ARC Book Review - Spark (Remington Rescue Squad #2), by Kimberly Kincaid

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  Book Rating:  This is 4 stories in 1 lots of people and story lines to keep track of.   Tyler & Chloe are friends they've known each other since high school. She wanted it to go further, and kissed Tyler. Tyler is worried that she is his best friends little sister. Tyler does like her, but, he knows he shouldn't be doing anything with her, as she is Ryan's little sister. Chloe had wanted Tyler, but, now a few months after they  kiss they just try to ignore each other, and move on with the family outings and activities. But, working next to each other daily with the wedding prep, they always try to find ways to 'touch' each other usually by accident.  Chloe is a pastry chef. She loves cooking/baking. When she gets stressed she bakes, and bakes, and bakes. Its a good thing her best friend, works in the police station and her brother and Tyler work in the fire station. She's always dropping off goodies for both houses. Chloe had a stalker who tried to ki...

ARC Book Review - Cowboy Casual (The Calloway Ranch #1), by Holly Renee

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  Blaire Monroe left her small town in Tennessee because   her father, Senator Monroe wanted her to have an education and paid for her college at Duke University, in North Carolina. After she graduated with a degree in Marketing, she went to work for her father, Senator Monroe working with him and his campaigns. It's been 10 yrs since she left her hometown and her grandmother June. After finding out her  fiancée   Grant, has been cheating on her over the last year she leave her father and  fiancée ,  Grant, and heads back to Tennessee.  Blaire's grandmother June, owns and runs a strawberry farm. Blaire has an idea of marketing her grandmother's 'jam's' that she cans herself and sell them in town and online. Her Grandmother June, doesn't like the idea of computers, she likes the old fashioned paperwork and filing cabinets. However, Blaire knows she needs the internet and the online sales to help the farm.  Colt Cal loway is on the ranch next to whe...

ARC Book Review - Beyond the Blue Horizon, (Moonlit Ridge #4), by A.L. Jackson

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  Book Rating:   Theo  Mallin  and his crew - Kane, Otto, River, Cash, have been together since they were teenagers living together, trying to survive the streets. They broke away from the MC crew they were with and created Sovereign Sanctum a rescue type group that helps women and children leave bad situations that they may be in. Theo hasn't really been with many women, besides a one night stand. Theo runs the Sanctum hotel keeping those who they rescue close and are able to watch them until they are able to move them into their permanent new life. Almost like a witness protection / relocation program.  Piper, her grandmother and young son - Finn, are on the run. But, from what? When they get into a car accident due to the snow Theo is there to rescue them. But, Piper is very standoffish and doesn't trust Theo. She doesn't trust anyone. Piper finally agrees to let Theo help them back to a town, where they can get warm and maybe have a good night sleep. Piper w...