Heather Miller Bookophile

  Book Rating:  Book Tropes:  Small Town/Dark Romance,  Cowboy x City Girl,  Insta love /lust,  Single Dad,  Marriage of Convenience,  Mafia,  Morally Grey MMC Luna Jackson, has always been told what to do her whole life. Her parents own the largest fashion houses in New York, and they have always told her what to do. Study, business in college, so she can one day be the CEO of the company. Be the online fashion influencer, for brands with clothing, makeup, travel, be the pretty face and the hot body to sell their products. Her best friend Violet was moving out to Arizona to take over her sick uncles catering company. Luna went with her to get away from her family and her obligations her parents were putting her in. This is the first time she's out on her own. She doesn't want to be the face of the fashion house any more. She wants to become a photographer an artist. But, will her parents let her walk away from the brands? From the deals and ...

  Book Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Trope:  young love, hockey romance Maverick Murphy, has played for the LA NHL hockey team for a few years now. He is a local celebrity and a huge hockey star on the team. He always remembers the times growing up when his family would spend summers with Dove’s family on their peach tree farm. Now that she needs help he opens his house to her so she has a place to live while she’s in town. Growing up Maverick always wanted Dove as a girlfriend but knew his family’s friendship with each other was more important.  Dove - has lived in the small town her whole life. Her family has owned and ran a peach farm. Something has happened with the peach trees, and now that she in college, she needs to find out what is happening and if she can stop it. A fungus has infected the soil of the trees and she has a invitation to go to a Cal Teach for a semester to see if she can work with the professors and see if there is something she can do to help the ...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes: Grumpy vs Sunshine, 2nd Chance romance.  Chloe (Clover) &  Callum started dating when they were in college and married at 21. They’ve been together for 13 / 14 years. But the last 3 years Chloe has been over in England on an internship. Chloe has always tried to fit into what her parents wanted her to be. Then she was doing classes the university wanted her to do. She doesn’t know what she wants to do. Callum has always wanted to be in the NHL. He has been going to college and playing on the university team to get a spot on a NHL team. He knows what his future is. Callum has always been good to Chloe in giving her positive vibes and thoughts. He’s always tried to get her to see herself in a positive light, but she just never has been able to give herself any props.  Chloe moved back to the US and has an interview at a paper. She knows Callum is still in Seattle and she’s hoping they can talk and get back from being s...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  Romance, Second Chance Romance, Contemporary Romance, Workplace Romance,  Slow Burn, Reality TV Set Up.   If you are a fan of the reality TV Show - Below Deck this will be a fantastic read for you.  T his book is set up like you are on the reality TV Show, with cast / director commentary at the begining of the new chapter, almost like a behind the scene. They are on a large yacht  Ember is the chief stew (steward) on the yacht, and she's in charge. She's been on yachts for the past few years loving how every day is a new adventure.  Finn is the executive chef. He makes all the dishes in the kitchen for those on board and for the staff. He seems to be very talented with his dishes he comes up with.   One of the crew members,   Gisella  is also dating Finn and rooming with Ember! They can tell there is some heated air that needs to be cleared for sure!    Finn and Ember had dated a few y...

  Book Rating:  Book Tr ope:  Billionaire Romance,  Single Dad,  Nurse FMC,  Ex Football Player,  One Night Stand,  Man Obsessed,  Close Proximity,  Reformed Playboy This is the 2nd book in the series.  Gavin Worthington is a retired NFL Player, and an executive at Worthington Enterprises, he has a  seven-year-old son, Ben. Gavin is Jordan's brother from book #1,  A Million Times Yes.  Gavin has been a billionaire playboy bachelor for years. He doesn't have relationships. He usually will do one night stands or one date stands, and move on to the next woman who comes into his life.  We met Emily Wren in book #1,  A Million Times Yes , she is  Maya's best friend. They both work with Gavin & Jordan's grandmother Bettie, in the nursing home. Emily is 31, works at a rehab  center and also is on call at nights for a  concierge Dr office for pediatric patients. One night Emily is called to s...

  Book Rating:    Book Trope:  Football Romance,  Marriage of Convenience,  Spicy Lessons,  Man Obsessed,  He Falls First and HARD,  Virgin FMC, A SL  Back to our favorite small town, Kroydon Hills. We have  Ryker Beneventi. He plays professional football. He lost his hearing in a accident when he was younger. It wasn't just his parents who learned sign language, it was the entire family and extended family all learned so he would be included in everything. He does wear hearing aids that have really helped him when he can't read lips or misses the signing.     We met Delaney towards the end of book #3, Sweet Surrender. Delaney is 24 and Ashton's older sister. Delaney works the local bar and small store. She has an apartment over the small store. Delaney is very skiddish. She had a rough childhood / teenage years. Delaney doesn't drink, or do drugs, and she's also a virgin. She has been around guys but never been with ...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Trope:  Family drama.  Long lost love. Re-united second chance love.   Alaric is a physiological and loves what he does. He is stretched way too thin. He is always working, always on call. His family owns and operates a winery in town. His grandmother - Evie, is a bit of a headache for everyone in the family. Evie often calls on Alaric to vent to him. Alaric just wants to work. When Liz comes back into his life he wants to be with her but dealing with his family the hospital is often to draining on him.  Evie thinks everyone in town is out to get her. She thinks people are poisoning the water to the vines and she is always blaming and judging her family.  Liz, has been in Vancouver but recently moved to Paradise to be closer to her brother and his family. She works in hospital administration. She deals with the CEO / and board members weekly if not daily. She’s always looking to see what could be improved at the hospital....

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Trope: he falls first. Grumpy vs sunshine. Age gap.  Grey Brooks - is 44, the high school shop and baseball coach. He also coaches the teacher softball team during the evenings. Grey has lived in the small town his whole life often spending his younger years living with his grandmother. His parents were addicts and he never knew day to day if they would be sober or not. He learned how to check for body pulses when he was 5 years old. So, he just spent time with his grandmother and ultimately moving in with her.  Grey has never really had a long term relationship with. He’s dated on and off. But never had anyone stick around. His school teaching schedule and coaching schedule can be a bit much and he was never sure he could give someone the time they would need during baseball season.  Molly is 24, and an elementary school librarian. She just moved to the small town and loves it. Her house is a money pit. She has tried to learn how to...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes: second chance romance. Young love.  Keats Matthews is going to college, he also works as a bus boy at catering events. He was taking a break away from the crowd when Sosie asks him for a cigarette. They start talking and like what each other was saying. Then she disappeared. When Keats walked back into the millionaires house he sees her being greeted by her father who is making her birthday announcement. Sosie is used to being thrust into the spot light thanks to her father. She does her part of smiling and nodding but she is about to break. Keats got a little glimpse of her true self while they were talking.  Keats and Sosie have a beginning of what could lead to a beautiful romance. But, her father gets in the way and threatens to take everything from Keats that he has. Her father threatens her and makes her feel small and unloved. She wants Keats to have a future and she doesn’t want to be the one to threaten anything he may have in t...

  Book Rating:  Book Tropes:  Single dad/Sheriff,  Child’s teacher,  Neighbors,  Grumpy/ Sunshine,  Close proximity,  Small town vibes. This is book #3 in the Blossom Peak series. You can read each as a standalone as the characters are explained as who is who.  Rhonan Hart is the single dad next door to where  Vienna just moved in , in Blossom Peak. His daughter Ellis and a student of Vienna's.  Rhonan is  Lainey's  older brother and best friends with her   fiancée     - Fletcher. Rhonan is a Deputy Sheriff, he loves helping others and protecting his small town he's always been a part of.    Vienna is a new   substitute   teacher, filling in for the regular Kindergarten teacher who is out on maternity leave. Vienna has a degree in early childhood education but never was able to put it to use before. Vienna has secrets she isn't ready to open up and share her story. She se...

  Book Rating Book Tropes:  Billionaire Romance,  Friends to Lovers,  Age Gap,  Surprise Baby, Single Dad,  Roommates to Lovers,  Forced Proximity Jude Kensington is the playboy of Pembroke Hills Country Club, and a billionaire bachelor. Jude's best guy friend is Cal who is newly engaged to Lucy, who is Charlotte's best girl friend. Jude is a notorious flirt, who always flirts with Charlotte.  Charlotte has been working as a bar cart girl at Pembroke Hills Country Club for the past year. She moved from Arizona after falling in love with Martha's Vineyard area. She loves the people and the atmosphere of the area and the golf course. Charlotte and Jude met last year and became fast friends. The place Charlotte has been renting wants to have someone else come in and pay the full rental fee for the summer time and now Charlotte is needing a new place to live.  Jude recently got a knock on his door. A lady he dated last summer has a 4 month old ba...

  B ook Rating:  Book Tropes:  Rockstar Romance,  Drummer,  Opposites attract,  Slow burn,  Friends to lovers,  Close proximity,  Found family.  Michael (Mikey) Sarris, is the lead drummer of Devil’s Halo. Mikey is also Dean's brother, the guitarist for the band. Now that Dean and Sadie are together, Mikey isn't sure where he belongs. Mikey always seems to be doing something to keep his hands / mind busy. When he gets to thinking too much he spirals, and then over thinks, and over worries about things that aren't in his control. When he meets Quinn in New York she quiets his chaos. A calm comes over him when they meet and are together.  Quinn Brooks is sister, who we met in book #2, Devil's Riff, she is Sadie  sister, who is the photo journalist who has been with the band the past few months while they've been on tour. Quinn met Sadie and the band in New York when they did the show there. Quinn and Mikey had some heated moments...

  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Tropes:  Young college love. Second chance romance. Sports Romance.  Family legacy drama.  Family secrets.  This is book #2 in the series. You do need to read Intercepted (book 1), as Rushed (book 2) picks up where Intercepted (book 1) left off.  Griffin (Fin) Graham - 36 was the back up quarterback, but after the main quarterback was injured he was moved into the starting quarterback position. He is older and a lot of the younger players do look up to him to see how he is handling the pressure. Fin is there for Vee more than her family has been. Fin wants Vee to lean on him more. They both have been trying to keep their relationship on the down low.  Maeve  (Vee) Cooper - at the end of Intercepted (book 1) she just found out her father passed away in a car crash. Now, she is the new President of The NFL Coopers Football team. Her dad was in the middle of revising his will, but, he never finished the will / signed a ...

  Book Rating:    We meet most of the same characters from Book 1, Bad Bishop. I recommend reading book 1, Bad Bishop as the characters, history are explained. Book 2, picks up where Bad Bishop leaves off.      Book Tropes:  Enemies to Lovers, Second Chance, Morally grey hero,  Obsessed , Stalker, Slow Burn.  Tierney Callaghan & Achilles  met when they were teenagers and they were mostly together dating in secret through their high school days. Tierney and  Tiernan Callaghan  are twins. They were taken as babies and raised in a Russian work camp. They both have  trauma   from that experience. Both were raised as killers and can fight with the best of them. Tierney doesn't need the bodyguards Achilles makes guard her, she's her own bodyguard. When Tierney goes on dates, or hooks up with other guys, that's the last time they are alive. Achilles usually ends their lives after they have touched her. Achilles Ferrante,...