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  Book Tropes:  grumpy x sunshine, workplace romance, forced proximity, injured hero, protective man, slow burn, he falls first, she’s off-limits Scout Nash and Silas met 8 years ago when they were both going to the University of Washington. Now they are both on the same NHL team. Scout is a 'team mom', gopher, finder of lost things. What she really wants to do is teach yoga, and be able to help the guys with PT using her kinesiology degree. But, working for the team lets her keep busy during the day and nights also. Juliet wants Scout to write up a mobility plan on how she would be able to help the team with yoga and stretching. This would give Scout a bigger role to play with the Havoc team for sure, something she can be proud of and not something her ex husband can doubt her for.  Silas 'Ice Man' Huxley is on the Seattle Havoc NHL team. His brother, Jet & Hunter are also on the team.  They are known as "Brother's Grimm." We met Hunter Huxley in ...

  Book Rating:  Savage is 37, he was once an Army Ranger. Now he works the intel/security for the Hurricane Heat Club. Savage wants to help Claire and her daughter. He doesn't expect anything in return. Savage is offering her safety and Claire isn't sure what he wants in return. She doesn't want to be used like her ex was doing to her. She wants her life back that she had once upon a time. Savage is like a gentle giant, hard and tough on the outside and soft on the inside. He seems gruff at first towards Claire, but, he is just in turmoil with himself. He never wanted a family, but, now here he is being faced with one that he needs to help.  Savage (Ethan Everett) rescued Claire from a rival biker gang the Hellfire's. Claire is now in the Hurricane Heats clubhouse.  Claire is a single mother to a 6 month old baby girl, Aurora. Claire worked in a law office 2 years ago, and ever since she was with her ex, Anthony she hasn't work, hasn't had much contact other tha...

  Book Rating:    Book Tropes: Dark Mafia, age gap,  Dad’s best friend, former ballerina, bodyguard romance, grumpy x sunshine, and forbidden love. This book is the final book in the Beneath The Blaze series, but it can be read as a standalone.   Lily   runs an art gallery. Five years ago she was on stage performing as a ballerina. However, someone broke into her changing room, and tried to attack her. Ever since she's not been able to perform ballet that she loves so much. Ever since the attack she's looked over her shoulder, she is nervous all the time. Lily has panic attacks, she can't ever seem to be 'calm'. Her friends know she has remained scared, and they've tried to keep her safe, keep her company, but, she needs to heal on the inside - her head / mentally also. She was saved by someone who stopped the attack and got her home safely, but she has no memory of who that was.  Lily's father is in the Russian mafia. He's been in an out of her life g...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is a shorter novella length book.  Kitty Valentine is a best selling writer. But her last book didn’t make the best sellers list. Her agent and publisher want her to change her soft loving romance stories to change to harder romance. S** sells is what her agent and publisher tell her. That’s not what she writes. Her best friend tells her that also. Soft romance isn’t what’s ‘in’. She needs to find a different romance trope and write to that new trope.  Kitty knows the owner - Blake of the publishing house is going to be a key note speaker in a few days and she snags a ticket to go hear him. When Blake ends his talk Kitty tries to talk with him but someone pushes her to the ground instead. But, that seems to work in her favor and now Blake has his attention drawn to Kitty. Blake takes care of Kitty the rest of the day during the conference. They also have a few dates. But, as a billionaire CEO he is very busy running his different companie...

Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Odette Chambers is a wedding planner. But, lately her wedding planning has taken a hit. One wedding the flower bouquet the bride to be carried turns out she was allergic to those and wound up having an allergic reaction. Not Odette's fault, the florists fault really. The last wedding, the reception caught fire, due to the chaffing dishes and the burners catching something on fire, which was something the   caterer    did, and wasn't Odette's fault. But, she is still being blamed. She is hoping that with Izzy's wedding nothing bad will happen, and everything will go smoothly. Although working with Noah the grump may put the wedding in  j eopardy   if he doesn't figure out how to get happy.  Noah Stevens is a former NHL hockey player, now he runs a local cidery in their home town. Noah is 12 yrs older than his little sister, Izzy and her best friend Odette. He was already playing professional hockey when they were in high school. Odette ...

  Book Trope: Rocker bad boy, slow burn,  Dean Ross is the  guitarist  for  Devil’s Halo rock band. They are currently traveling the US for the tour. He's always been a womanizer, never having more than just a hook up at every city. But, when he meets Sadie and is around her on the bus, and throughout the tour, he can't seem to stay away from her. Dean was hurt when he was younger, and stay away from anything that involves feelings now. But with Sadie he can't stay away. Dean is worried about what Sadie may / may not print about the band in the magazine. He doesn't want her to show them in a bad light.  Dean isn’t cold and unfeeling. He’s wounded. He doesn’t avoid feelings because he doesn’t have them. He avoids them because he has too many. Sadie Brooks is a photojournalist, who was sent by  Amped Music assigned to shadow the band for two unfiltered months. Her job? Capture the soul of Devil’s Halo. She has feelings towards Dean, but knows she needs t...

  Tropes: Enemies-to-Lovers, Family Saga, Forbidden, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Rival Families, Secret Relationship.  Rome Pierce is Formula One’s golden boy and he also drives for the rival team, his father's team. Rome has recently left his father's team. He doesn't want to be on the cheating side any longer. He and his father had a horrible relationship in the racing world. Rome went to Mr. Vanstone to see about racing for him, which he was open to and accepted Rome to come race on his team. Rome is a fantastic driver, he doesn't need someone calling the shots for him through the headphones, but, when they come from Tessa he wants to listen, her voice calms him. He looks forward to hearing her during the races.  Tessa Vanstone is the Princess of Vanstone Racing. She is a racing engineer. Now that her father has stepped down from the Helm he wants Tessa to take over, her 3 brother's are involved with the team also. Now that Rome is on her team, she isn't ...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Trope: best friend’s older brother, enemies to lovers.  Jameson (Jamie) Murphy plays for a NFL team in Philadelphia, PA. He has known Ashton for forever with being his younger brother Finn's best friend, they were always together growing up in Kroydon Hills. Jamie, Finn and Ryker live together now in Kroydon Hills.  Ashton (Ace) Carmichael is best friends with Finn, who is Jamie's younger brother. Ashton's mom is a train wreck, she's in jail, for another DUI. Her father is the NFL Line Coach for the Philadelphia Kings - Jamie's team. Ashton now lives in Chicago, and is a professional ballerina. Now it seems Ashton will be uprooting her life and moving to Philadelphia. Ashton and Jamie have had feelings for each other since high school. But never acted on anything towards each other. Now that they are adults and meeting again they seem to have a hate / like for each other. Ashton is sooooo angry with Jamie for something when they were t...

  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: Dark Romance,  Forbidden, opposites attract/ bad boy / spoiled American Princess, Steamy, Slow Burn.  I haven’t read any of the Crowne Point series yet, but this book definitely directing me to read the other books in the series.  Gemma Crowne - America’s Princess. Her life has never been her own. Her life has been pre-planned for her since she was born. Gemma comes from upper New York wealth. She needs for nothing. She wants for everything. She has no true friends, all the girls who still surround her will sell her out in a minute if given the chance. Gemma never knows who to trust. Her mother is trying to set her up with a wealthy many to marry. But most of the 'suitor's' know about Gemma and her link to the Four Horsemen, and many of those who come around her never stay alive for long.   Gemma Quote: I f Grim is your reaper, then you're his fucking reckoning. He knows you're going to kill him, and he refuses to let you g...

  Book Rating:  Book Tropes:  single mom,  fake marriage,  grumpy x sunshine,  second chance romance,  small town,  and  secret society. This is book #5 in the series, you don't have to read the previous books in the series to enjoy this you'll see previous characters.  We do have dueling points of view with Daisy and Cash. And dueling flashbacks from their teenage years.  Daisy Adair and her sister Hadley, were in the foster care system while they were growing up. They were placed with a woman who lived a few houses down from Cash and his family when they were teenagers. Daisy and Cash were fast friends, at the time. Daisy found herself in a pickle. Her husband has been laundering money it looks like and she wants to get her and their 3 kids to safety. Daisy had found the area she thought Cash was located in. So, she sets her sights on traveling to where he is and hopes he can keep her and the kids safe.  Cash Cunningham has b...

  Book Rating:  The final book in Rise of The De Langes an interconnected standalone mafia romance Louis De Lange is trying to figure out who killed his brother. But, to do so, we must marry into the family who is his enemy. Louis had dated Tempest's twin sister,  Raven Alfero  who he drugged and got information out of. Louis has his sights set on Tempest. He knows he needs to marry into the Alfero family.  Tempest  Alfero is all bottled up rage and hate it seems. Tempest rivals her father Dante Alfero and his men. Tempest knows she needs to marry Louis in order to gain access into the Syndicate. But, will marrying this man be the end of her? Will it be the end of her family? Tempest knows Louis was with her sister, and knows he drugged her to get information out of her. But, what secrets does Louis know?  Tempest works with Cassian to get drugs, that she needs to drug her now husband, to build up his tolerance so he can survive whatever the Syndicate ...

  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Trope: Arranged marriage. Enemies to lovers.  Dark Irish Mafia Romance.  Bully.  Neurodivergent Hero/Heroine.  Dual First Person POV Cavin McCart hy always thought Erin was a stuck up snobby girl in school. She would always tattle to the teachers / principal who was the main ring leader getting him in trouble at school and at home. Cain just spent the past 6 months in jail / prison, and he knows he doesn't want to ever go back, he wants to get on the straight and narrow, but, isn't sure how. He needs to change his ways from 'fighting' to 'talking' and resolving things through talking instead of fighting. Now that they are both grown, Cavin is seeing her in a different light. He sees how special she is. Cavin knows she has 'ticks' and knows certains things set her into stress mode.  Both Cavin and Erin are from Mafia families.  Now both families need each other and have proposed Cavin and Erin get married so the families wi...

  Book Rating:  Book Trope: Young College love. Second chance romance. Sports Romance.  Family legacy drama.  Slow burn. Cliffhanger.  Griffin (Fin) Graham - 36, is considered ‘old’ in the NFL world he is in. Fin left the University of Kentucky after he and Vee had been dating. Once he was at the new college he found out she was The NFL Coopers heiress. Fin was upset that Vee never told him who her family was. But, when she was a student at University of Kentucky Vee never told anyone who her family was. Fin and Vee haven't been in contact in over 15 years, but, he's always known she was the one who got away. He's always had relationships, but, nothing has ever lasted. He's never wanted anyone like how he wants Vee.  Maeve  (Vee) Cooper went to University of Kentucky for college where she met Fin the year she interned on the football team.  Now 15 yrs later he’s on her dad’s football team for temporary position for a year. Her Dad and family have ...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hunter is a young baseball player who just graduated college. He is starting out with the Triple A team in Sweetwater Springs. He sets his sights on Renleigh. He notices she never gives ball players a second glance. Hunter is hoping he will be able to open her heart. Hunter is full of himself, he always thinks he is the best out on the field, but for a pitcher you need to be that way.  Sweetwater Springs is home to a triple A baseball ball team. A lot of ball players come through town for 1 season or for many seasons. You never know when you may get called up to the big leagues. Renleigh has never given any of the ball players a second glance as she knows there small town is just a stopping point and no one will last long.  Renleigh has been in Sweetwater Springs her whole life. Her father was a college baseball coach for most of her life. Her parents divorced when she and her sister were teenagers. Renleigh has been bitter with her ...