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Review: One for the Money

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One for the Money by Skye Warren My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow!  These 2 totally have "oldest child" syndrome (even though I know that Eva isn't the oldest).  It was great to see Leo and Haley again.  I really liked Finn from the beginning!  And he had me swooning the whole damn book.... until the end.  But I have faith in my man Finn to make it up to her!  Eva is absolutely someone I can relate too (without the billions $$$).  She is always the peace keeper, secret keeper and soothing presence to everyone in her family..... I love that Finn points out to her that she takes care of everyone, but who takes care of her?  And that cliffhanger!!!  I am so ready for the next book right now!!!  I am going to have a huge book hangover from this one!   Story       🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice         🔥🔥 Swoon       😍😍😍😍😍 Angst  ...

Review: Bruised But Not Broken

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Bruised But Not Broken by Nicole Dykes My rating: 4 of 5 stars This story of Ben and Colby is one that can give people hope!  Both men are feeling broken in some way, and they seem to find a way to heal each other.  The apprehension between then were quite understandable and watching them both work through their issues could be quite inspiring.  The spicy scenes took a while to come into play, but once they did..... Colby and Ben were steaming up my kindle!  Story was great, loved the characters and I can not wait to get more from some of the other guys we met in this book. Story          🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice            🔥🔥🔥 Swoon         😍😍😍😍 Angst           💔💔💔 View all my reviews

Audio Review: In Peace Lies Havoc

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In Peace Lies Havoc by Amo Jones My rating: 4 of 5 stars 🎧AUDIO REVEIW🎧 Narrated by Maeve York & Rip Devons This book was probably the MOST confusing book for like 70% of the book!  Once all the parts of the story started to come out then I felt better.... but I was seriously questioning my sanity because I was feeling so lost.  Dove mentions a few times that their cryptic answers were annoying her.... and they were me too!  Even when you were getting King's POV..... he didn't give much away.  Even after all was revealed, there are a few things that didn't make a lot of sense to me, but other than that I rather enjoyed it,  and I will be looking forward to the books to follow.  And I thought that narration was good.  Despite my total confusion I was totally captivated by the story!   Story          🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice           🔥🔥🔥 Swoon    ...

Audio Review: Man in Love

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Man in Love by Laurelin Paige My rating: 5 of 5 stars  🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧 Narrated by Emily Roya & Jacob Morgan Holy freaking hotness!  And the twists!!!  Whew this one took me on a ride!  Scott was just as swoony as ever (maybe even more in this one because his determination was a huge turn on!).  Getting to know Kendra a bit more I really wasn't liking her.... but I feel like she redeemed herself by the end!  And I was swooning!  (and even squirming quite a bit!)  Again, the narration was FANTASTIC!  Made the book even better than I remembered! Story          🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice           🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Swoon         😍😍😍😍😍 Angst           💔💔💔💔💔 Narration     👏👏👏👏👏 View all my reviews

Audio Review: Man in Charge

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Man in Charge by Laurelin Paige My rating: 5 of 5 stars 🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧 Narrated by Emily Roya & Jacob Morgan I listened to this book, after having read it a couple years ago and it still gave me all the same feelings! Scott is NOT the typical LP Hero..... he is so freaking swoony!  He is still totally alpha, without being over the top.  And he didn't seem like he was really all that hung up on "not falling in love".  And these 2 are into some really hot stuff!  The duet narration was awesome!  And that cliffhanger!!!  GAH!  Story          🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice           🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Swoon          😍😍😍😍😍 Angst            💔💔💔💔💔 Narration      👏👏👏👏👏 View all my reviews

Review: The Rivals

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The Rivals by Vi Keeland My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well I loved Sophia and Weston!   They were the absolute cutest from their fighting to their making up.  Weston has me swooning something serious!  From the beginning I was telling myself "he loves her".  I was very into their story! Her dad was making me so angry!  The way that he was treating his daughter as if she couldn't handle herself and kept trying to insert himself or his son into what she was working on was INFURIATING to read about!  But I absolutely LOVED the way that Weston always seemed to be looking out for her, even when she didn't realize it!  Definitely a great read!  Story          🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice            🔥🔥🔥🔥 Swoon          😍😍😍😍 Angst            💔💔💔💔 Quotes:   Sophia damn Sterling has the uncanny abil...

Audio Review: Birthday Girl

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Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas My rating: 5 of 5 stars 🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧 Narrated by Jennifer Mack & Andrew Eiden While I did love this book, I was a little disappointed.  I thought I was going to love it a lot more with all they hype surrounding it.  But it was a great book.  I thought that Jordan was too good for Cole right from the beginning and I was not at all sad when they broke up..... but I will say that I did want to junk punch him pretty bad.  And then things that he was saying had me yelling at thin air around me while at work (because that is where I was listening to it).  I really felt like Jordan was super wise beyond her years and Pike just was so wrapped up in his own BS that he wasn't seeing her for real!  He wasn't seeing that while he was telling her she should live her dreams, her dreams weren't that far off from his!  She didn't want some young hot guy that she needed to wait on for him to get his...

Review: Lessons in Sin

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Lessons in Sin by Pam Godwin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Loved this story!  Tinsley and Magnus were hot from the very beginning without even meaning to be.  And when he finally decided to make it happen.... he was ALL IN!  And swoony AF!  I was super into this book... when things started to get steamy.... whew I was feeling all kinds of hot.  And then when "the conflict" happened..... it did bring a few tears to my eyes!  I was also really impressed with the maturity Tinsley showed when it was needed after she spent most of the book acting like a spoiled heiress..... and then Magnus being sneaky as he was had me all kinds of giddy!  Definitely worthy of all the :Forgive me Father, for I have sinned" stars!  Story        🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice         🔥🔥🔥🔥 Swoon       😍😍😍😍😍 Angst         💔💔💔💔 View all my rev...

Audio Review: Weekend Wife

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Weekend Wife by Erin McCarthy My rating: 4 of 5 stars 🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧 Narrated by: Laura English & Gavin McCallister Ok so this is a new to me author..... and it was a super cute story. I really liked the characters. I thought that Leah was fan-freaking-tastic! I absolutely adored her! Grant didn't have the greatest example of how a marriage is supposed to work. So he is not at all interested in committing to any woman..... until he met Leah! She was his perfect match! His parents were insane! Really his whole freaking family was! The time they spent with his family was the funniest part. So glad I am not marrying into that family. The narration was ok.... there wasn't anything really wrong with it... but there were just some parts that didn't feel like they were flowing real well.... and while reading text messages, Laura English kind of sounded robotic. Story 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice 🔥🔥🔥 Swoon 😍😍😍😍 Angst 💔💔💔 Narration 👏👏👏 ...

Audio Review: Hidden Truths

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Hidden Truths by K. Webster My rating: 4 of 5 stars 🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧 Narrated by:  Sarah Puckett & Jeffrey Holz So basically Taliah has to marry Kostos  because her dad is in debt with their family.... but there is so much more to it than that!  I am loving the story.  I like the dynamic between them.  I like how they are beginning to have feelings for each other but are still very argumentative with each other.... it makes it feel more realistic.  I can not say that I am the biggest fan of anyone in his family except for his mother who seems to have a very romantic heart.   The only thing about this is the male narrator's feminine voice.  It is quite irritating!  When he is using it he tends to make Taliah sound really whiney, and when she is angry he tends to make her sound like a petulant child instead of a pissed off woman.  And I don't get the whiney vibe from her at all.  Sometimes listeni...

Review: Always Meant to Be: A Stand-alone Forbidden Romance

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Always Meant to Be: A Stand-alone Forbidden Romance by Siobhan Davis My rating: 5 of 5 stars ✨A TOP READ OF 2022✨ I have SO many feelings regarding this book!  Vander is swoony beyond belief!  Curtis was who I wanted to junk punch the most (Kendall's husband), until the 80% mark... they I wanted to junk punch Greg (Vander's dad).  Ugh!  Those 2 men are what gibe the male gender a bad rep!  Kendall is such a strong woman!  It doesn't seem like it at first, she seems like a doormat for her husband, but then when he starts on his BS she really comes out!  And I was HERE FOR IT!  Greg was the one that really play dirty and came up with a way to make Vander and Kendall suffer...... but who will suffer the most in the long run?  I will just say that I think that Curtis 100% got what was coming to him.... and Kendall warned him what would happen if he continued the path he was on, but he didn't want to hear and and she w...

Audio Review: Forbidden Love

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Forbidden Love by Elizabeth Knox My rating: 3 of 5 stars 🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧 Narrated by Rose McMahon & Gabriel Thorne I was liking this book..... until the end!  The story of Caprice and Liam was quite interesting ... She ran away and hit to avoid an arranged marriage, and he decides to marry her, mostly for his own reasons, but also to save her from the maniac that she is supposed to marry.  I thought their story was great!  I loved how they were with each other and how they handled things together.  Problem was that there were things that happened in the book that I felt like were unresolved.  There are other books in the series (which they set up for the next one real well) but they don't seem to have much to do with Caprice and Liam, which means that the issues that they had would not be front and center so you would not know how they get resolved, if they even do.  That was a bit disappointing.  ...

Audio Review: The Casanova

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The Casanova by T.L. Swan My rating: 5 of 5 stars 🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧   Narrated by CJ Bloom & Ryan West While I was liking this book well enough.... I didn't LOVE it until closer to the end.  I totally got why Elliott was they way that he was with Kate, and why he didn't want to publicly date her.  But he really made me mad when he would get pissed at her for another man flirting with her when they were at an event together but not together!  The nerve!  The whole twist with him being obsessed with ART and a specific artist turned out to be something SUPER SWOONY!  There were some seriously funny parts in this book.  And while I didn't shed any tears, I did feel that punch to the gut a time or 2.  Definitely a book I would recommend to people.  And the narration was really good too!  No complaints on this one at all!  Story         🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice        ...

Review: One Night Puck

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One Night Puck by Jessa York My rating: 5 of 5 stars Gah!!!  I need the rest!  This "woke up married" story is hitting me in all the right places.  Try wants to stay married and Lexi is the one that keeps bringing up getting an annulment and everyone keeps getting mad at Trey for it thinking he is the one wanting to bail!  A funny thing that happen is that Lexi finds out Trey reads romance novels... and they read the same ones!  These 2 don't see eye to eye on Trey's recovery from the injuries he suffered in a game the previous season, and that is where they will have their biggest obstacle.  This book does end on a cliffhanger and I need the next book LIKE NOW!!! Story       🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice        🔥🔥🔥🔥 Swoon      😍😍😍😍 Angst        💔💔💔 View all my reviews

Review: The Encounter

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The Encounter by Cassandra Robbins My rating: 4 of 5 stars All I can say is that I NEED MORE JAX AND AVA!!!  I am terrible at reviewing novellas, but I have been waiting for Jax's story for like 3 years.... and getting this little taste was BEYOND exciting!  And I need more of them!  That is all I have to say about it for now.... although I do have to say that this novella was hot AF.  And I can not WAIT to see how much hotter Jax gets!  I also think that Ava's back story is going to be super interesting and I am HERE FOR IT ALL!!!  View all my reviews

Review: The Wrong Boy

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The Wrong Boy by Ashley Munoz My rating: 4 of 5 stars Awww... I love Tillie and Oaks!  I could have read about them for so much longer!  This novella captured my attention right from the beginning.  They Had their second chance and weren't about to let it go, even if they did have a lapse in judgement.  But I thought it was cute.  Novellas are usually tough for me to review because there usually isn't enough to get me attached to the characters to have any real feelings.  This one was better than most!   I found some of the side characters pretty amusing too... I wouldn't mind reading about them!  Story     🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice      🔥🔥🔥 Swoon     😍😍😍😍 Angst       💔💔💔 View all my reviews

Review: In Between

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In Between by Andi Jaxon My rating: 5 of 5 stars ✨A TOP READ OF 2022✨ Wow!  This book was everything I wanted for Mary and MORE! Andi took forbidden love to a whole new level in this one!  Small southern town.... interracial and homosexuality.  You could not ASK for more tension than that...... OH BUT ANDI GAVE US MORE ANYWAY!  We already know Mary's parents are jerks.... and you can figure that Dylan's dad was a jerk too.... but he was so twisted and psychotic that I can not even comfortably give details.  But let's just say the fact that he was the sheriff of the town is VERY disturbing!  Julian has THE most wonderful and understanding parents on the planet!  And I freaking LOVE them!  I want to be invited by momma Steph over to a cookout!  And the steamy scenes.... 🥵🥵🥵 *chef's kiss*  hot AF and beautiful!  This book is ABSOLUTELY on my top reads list for 2022.... there is no way that ...

Audio Review: Reign

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Reign by Siobhan Davis My rating: 5 of 5 stars 🎧AUDIO REVEIW🎧 Narrated by Ramona Master & Wen Ross Wow!  Sinner is one sick MF.  But it seems that this last act from his has finally broken Giana!  She finally leaves him.  And with his twisted demands..... the guys suggest that Lo marry one of them.... but she has to choose who she will marry!  OMG!  How is she supposed to make that kind of a choice?  Between the 5 of them, there is a lot of voyeurism happening and I AM HERE FOR IT!!!  This final installment in the story comes with A LOT of revelations!  My mind was reeling!   Over all I am a HUGE fan of this trilogy!  And I enjoyed the narration... my only complaint is that I would like to have a bit more from the men's POVs.  I just feel like their voices had more to contribute to the story than we got from them!  I am glad that the whole thing started with Harlow bein...

Review: June First

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June First by Jennifer Hartmann My rating: 5 of 5 stars ✨A TOP READ OF 2022✨ Whew!  This is the BEST slow burn book I have read!  Y'all..... this book BROKE ME!!!  WRECKED ME!!!  RIPPED OUT MY HEART AND TORE IT TO PIECES!!!  I was not prepared for all that.  I figured I might she some tears, I did NOT think I would go through a whole box of Kleenex!  I am so in love with Brandt and June!  I love their story!  My heart breaks for EVERYTHING Brandt went through.  The build up to their first time together was so good that I seriously felt the love and passion in my soul!  I had to remind myself to breathe.  These 2 had a very strong connection from the beginning!   And the years they spent together growing up only solidified that bond to unbreakable proportions!  This story has tragedy from the very beginning and there is a HEA.   But everything they go through to get to their ...