Heather Miller Bookophile

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  Dad’s Best Friend Age Gap (45/23) Dubcon Mafia vibes D/s Vibes Praise Kink + Body Worship Daddy Kink (Yep, calling him Daddy in this one) Possessive “You’re Mine” Energy Breeding / BC Tampering / Pregnancy Power Imbalance Brat / Brat Tamer Man Obsessed He falls first and harder Degradation Overstimulation Contessa Gallo grew up wealthy. She has never wanted for anything. Now she is grown up, 23, living on her own. She has a company she is trying to get off the ground but she doesn’t want to use her dad’s money, or go to him to get funds. She goes to his best friend, Matteo Marino, as he is a wealthy businessman. What she doesn’t understand is that Matteo has been waiting on her to become an adult. Matteo is more than willing to help her fund her new business venture. Matteo Marino isn’t someone who you cross. He is a mob boss and someone who is respected and feared. But when Contessa comes to him asking to be a backer in her new company he k...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  single dad,  grumpy x sunshine,  forced proximity,  MCs in their 30s,  small town,  found family,  opposites attract,  dual POV Elliott is a   grumpy single-dad,  he  has a little girl,  Baylor, in kindergarten. They live in the small town of  Echo Lake. Elliott has two younger brothers, Ansel & Hollis. Ansel states that he is Baylor's favorite Uncle and is always around playing with her and doing things with her. Elliott is wary of Emelia. He isn't sure if she's in town to take over the small town and bull doze it to the ground or if her company will work with the towns people and building small buildings like they are stating. With Emelia living in Elliott's guest room, can he start to trust her? But with her leaving in 3 months, should he trust her / let himself become attached to her? Emelia Greene works for a business developer in Boston. They sent her to the small town o...

                                         Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  Small Town Romance,  Second Chance Romance,  Firefighter + Nurse,  Forced Proximity,  Slow Burn,  Friends to Lovers,  He Falls First,  Amnesia,  Mystery,  Cozy & Feel-Good Romance,  Soul-Deep Connection Brandon Culver is a firefighter in the small town of  Laurel Cove. He's lived here his whole life. He was in a pretty bad fire with an explosion and has wound up in the hospital with a back injury and a concussion. But it seems when his new night nurse, Autumn comes in to do rounds, he has  amnesia. He doesn't know her, and keeps calling her nurse.  Autumn   “Fall” as her sisters call her,  has lived in Laural Cove her whole life, and has known Brandon her whole life. When they were in high school together, they ignored each...

  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Book Tropes:  Thriller, murder mystery, suspense, crime.  By invitation only, nine elite guests board the luxurious  Black Orchid  for its maiden voyage through the mythic Aegean Sea. Not all of them will survive. This is a murder mystery at sea. Following numerous members who have just boarded the ship, the Black Orchid. Who is who? Who is telling the truth? Who isn't? Who is hiding a past they are running from? Who has killed before? Will they kill again?  Secrets that each member is carrying will re-surface. But are those secrets something that should be out in the open? Or will it ruin the person who is trying to hide that secret? Who has a past they are hiding from? Who has changed their name and become someone else?  Not all members are who they seem. But who will be able to figure out who is who and who will be left standing?  I did receive a free ARC Copy of this book from  Valentine PR & Management . I am ...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes: Fantasy, Romantasy,  Romance, Fantasy Romance, Adult, New Adult, Fiction, Mythology, Magic, Paranormal Romance, Touch Her and Die, Slow Burn, Magical Powers, Morally Grey MMC, Reluctant Allies to Lovers, Shadow Daddy Arden Icaros is  from the poorest of five noble bloodlines, she prefers life on the family farm with dirt under her nails over the fine dresses at court.  While she and her family are summonded to visit the King and at a ceremony, everything seems to go sideways. Arden is blamed for something. And Bishop comes to her rescue and states he will protect her. When they leave the kingdom 3 assasins have made their way into the castle to kill Arden. She can't figure out why they want to harm her. Is it because of the marking on her chest? Is she the Harbinger that the stars have fortold about?  Bishop Marius  has dedicated his life to his order. Empowered to execut...

  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Tropes:  YA High School Romance,  Sports Romance (Soccer),  Fake dating,  Rivals to lovers,  Third book in series Rowan, Frost Lake's charming soccer star. He is a senior and loves soccer, isn't sure what he wants to do in the future - college / no college. His parents own a few car dealerships, and other businesses. They are on the wealthy country club life, living a fantastic life, his parents are always traveling. Rowan doesn't have to 'try' at soccer it's just very natural to him.    Summer is a new transfer student to Frost Lake. She's been across town at the rival high school. Due to a district re-structing new law she is now going to Frost Lake. She loves playing soccer and loved her life at her previous high school. Now at Frost Lake she isn't sure how she will fit in with the new team / new school.    Summer and Rowan start talking and like hanging out with each other. Rowan's ex, Amanda is dating t...

  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Tropes:    American Football Romance,  Tasteful Spicy Scenes,  Second Chance Romance,  Mystery,  Threat,  Roma nce, Football, The One That Got Away, Family Secrets, Football Dynasty SCORED is Book 4, the dramatic conclusion to the Coopers series. This series must be read in order: INTERCEPTED → RUSHED → SACKED → SCORED. Maeve aka Vee was born into football, her father was    Reid Hubbard  who was the owner of the Coopers NFL team . Her whole life revolves around it. She loves being on the field during the games and watching the plays and seeing how the guys carry out the plays. The Coopers team is in line to go all the way - to the NFL Superbowl and to hopefully win it. Vee just wants to play one game at a time and not 'plan' the next / next / next game. She wants to stay focused on what is right in front of them.    Griffin  (Fin)  Graham   has played for years as pro QB and n...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  Extreme second chance.  Single dad.  NHL player x soccer player.  Angsty.  Family ties.  Grief. Trauma.  Secret romance.  Friends to enemies to lovers.  It’s always been you.  Back again in  Kroydon Hills. We have   Hendrix Sinclair who is a NHL Star. Who has just moved back to Kroydon Hills and now in their NHL team. He is also a widow with a 2 yr old. He doesn’t want sympathy he just wants to start living the. Next part of his life. He knew he would run into Serena but he wasn’t expecting his feelings for her to come back so fast and hard. He’s always loved Serena since they were 18. But his life took him one direction and her life took her another direction. Now that they are back in the same town will they be able to be together again? Or will both their meddling families get in the way?  Serena has been working in HR with the NHL hockey team her family owns since sh...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Liath Byrne (Rua) isn't sure what has happened. She was at a ball being chased by a man, and then when she woke up she was in a mental asylum. Everyone is calling her Rua, not her Liath. Is she Rua or Liath? Which one is she?  Dr. Bron Deargán meets with her for her therapy. He says oh this is just like Rua does it. She says don't you mean me? Twists and turns as to what is going on and why Liath is in the asylum.  Dr. Bron Deargán seems to be struggling with his feelings for Liath (Rua). It's like he wants to erase her and begin anew as Rua. Almost feels like Handmaid Tale of when they wanted the woman to be 'quiet' seen and not heard. Is that what is going on at the asylum, they are 'resetting' the young woman who are trapped inside? Breaking Beauty is a dark gothic love triangle with psychological thriller vibes that contains two morally gray anti-heros that you will hate before they make you submit to them.  I did receive a free a...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  Forbidden love,  high angst,  Protective tattoo artist hero,  Single-dad hero,  Woman escaping an abusive marriage,  He helps her reclaim her life,  Hurt/comfort,  Found family,  Small-town romance,  Mental-health representation,  Divorcée finds love Lennon is newly seperated. She just left her husand, and winds up in the RV Park August is at. Which is where her mom is at also, but her mom doesn't have space for her, so, Lennon stays with another family instead at the RV park. Her ex or soon to be ex is Jake. Who Lennon has left. Jake is also August's brother.   August is a tattoo artist, he has a 4yr old son he splits time and custody with his ex. He does live in a RV his ex's parents gave to him, and he's happy in the RV in the RV Park.  August has always felt like his older brother Jake and his mother have always conspired against him. Making him feel and think a certain w...

  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: Dark mafia romance · Sleeping Beauty retelling · Obsessive hero · Stalker · Captive heroine · Sunshine and psycho · Forced proximity · Touch her and die · Age gap · Anti-hero   Noemi Caruso works in a bookstore her mother once owned and worked in. She loves the simple life of books and customers. She is very shy and she doesn't like change/chaotic life. Her parents died when she was younger, and her aunt and uncle bring her over for dinner, and outings. There is a group of men who rent out the upper floors of the same building Noemi is in and they are part of another mob family - The Vitellis.     Rian, works for the mob, he is very tech savvy stalker and a hitman for the mob. Rian has been following The Vitellis and the men working in the crew. In doing that he has seen Noemi come and go from the same building and her bookstore. Rian has a fixation on Noemi and he's started following her and tracking her, making sure nothi...

  Book Rating:   ️ ️ ️ ️ Book Tropes: m/m romance. Tracker skills. Secret identity.  Trace Bishop works as a search and rescue expert in Montana. He loves what he does. When the Marian family called and said Wolf was missing he had to go and search for him. He is the best at finding Wolfe - as he’s found him a few times when he was younger. Now that Wolfe is 30, it’s not like his dads can state he is a runaway. Trace finds Wolfe and tracks him down. But Trace is worried about what the dads - his best friends will say if he acts on his feelings to Wolfe. With Wolfe and him having a 17 yr age gap is that more reason to vault a potential romance with him?  Wolfe Marian, he has just turned 30. He is on a quest to see what he wants out of life. What his purpose is. He sets off in a RV Van and hits to back trails with camp grounds. He finds a set of rv campers going to a few different sites across the Southwest. He falls into the group very easily. Wolfe is also hiding tha...

  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: Dark Academia, Peruvian heroine, Dark romance, Enemies to lovers, Secret Society/Brotherhood, Touch Her and Die, “You Don’t Belong Here” Energy,  Morally Gray Hero, Obsessive/Possessive MMC, Predator/Prey Vibes, Blood Oath/Ritual Initiation, "Rules don’t apply to us”, “I’ll ruin you” energy, Elite university hierarchy   Hennessy Belladonna is 20, just starting her sophomore year in college. She is half Peruvian and half Italian. Her uncle set her up with a scholarship to go to his alumni university, The Graves Academy in Connecticut.  Her uncle is the director of the international programs at the university. He was using her to get back into the good graces of the family by helping her further her education. Hennessy is use to the Amazon & the rainforest in her backyard. She's not use to East Coast Tree's and how populated & busy everything is on the East Coast side. Hennessy's father died when she was younger. She doesn...

  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: Single Dad, Fake Dating, Small Town, Brother's Best Friend   This is book #5 in the series. You can read each as a standalone. The characters from each book carry over into each other.    Markie St. James, is very competitive. She wants to win at pickle ball and most of all things she does. Markie does a lot of little jobs in the small town. She is also Mira's sister and very close with Astrid, Audrey, Gianna, Nettie and their grandmother Lolly.    Jory Plath, her brother’s best friend, a single dad, and a professional rugby player. Jorry has an active 11 yr old - Gus who will run the world one day. They are both new in the small town of Sugar Creek. Jory knows a few guys from the Rugby team. He doesn't realize those how small town gossip works.    Markie talks Jory into being her partner for the pickle ball tournament. Markie and Jory go from pickleball partners to fake dating. And the more time she spends with h...

  Book Rating:  Book Tropes:  Enemies to lovers,  Forced Marriage,  Slow Burn,  Magical System, Spicy,  Plot Twist,  One Bed,  Monsters, Touch her and Die. The Guardian (Ransom) - is always next to Zavier. Everyone says he is 2nd in command, but, Princess Odessa isn't sure.  When The Guardian & Zavier is in the realm Odessa is, they agree to kill the sea monsters that are plagueing the land. They kill 7 sea monsters. Now, for the payment he wants for killing the monsters is Odessa's hand in marriage. Not her sisters like it was arranged. The Guardian is usually close to Odessa. He usually is a few steps behind her. He doesn't know let he out of his sight much. He stays in the same room with her, but, sleeps on the floor.  Prince Zavier (Dray) - Never really speaks. But, he has spoken a few words to Princess Odessa. Zavier states he wants to marry Odessa not her sister like was arranged. The Prince never talks with Odessa let alo...