New Release + Review: Pause by Kylie Scott

Pause, an all new emotional friends-to-lovers standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott is available now!

An unpauseable new romance from New York Times bestselling, Audie Award winning author Kylie Scott!

When Anna wakes up from a coma after a car crash, she discovers life has gone on without her. Her husband has been unfaithful—with her best friend—and she’s been long since replaced at work. While her old life is a distant memory, her new life feels like an empty shell. Then she meets the stranger who saved her life during the crash, and he changes everything.

Leif Larsen—tattooist, joker, and player—has his own scars thanks to the crash that put Anna in a coma. Helping her move on from her failed marriage, and create a new life, sounds like a perfect distraction. So when he needs a new roommate, he invites Anna to begin her new life with him.

Although their lives may have been put on pause, together they just might find a way to heal.

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This was an opposites-attract story with a twist. 

The story starts when Anna wakes up from being in a coma after a horrific car accident. She soon realizes that what she had prior is now gone. 

Leif is the man that saved her that night and she visits him only to realize he did more than just rescue her from that car. 

It was a slow burn, angsty story that had me feeling all sorts of things. I couldn't help but empathize for Anna. What she had been through, her development, everything about her - even her reservations - made me love her. Leif - can he BE a better book boyfriend? Seriously- he was patient, he knew what Anna needed, he did everything for her benefit. Then there were those characters that made me want to throat punch them. It's been a while since I've had characters make me feel stabby, but this story gave them to me. 

It's a shorter story and yet it didn't feel rushed at all.  It gave me ALL the feels that a full length novel would give me.

About Kylie Scott

Kylie is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She was voted Australian Romance Writer of the year, 2013, 2014 & 2018, by the Australian Romance Writer’s Association and her books have been translated into eleven different languages. She is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films. Based in Queensland, Australia with her two children and husband, she reads, writes and never dithers around on the internet.

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New Release + Review: Reckless by Adriana Locke

Reckless, an all-new sexy and playful standalone romance in the Mason Family series from USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke is available now!

“How did you get in here?”

That’s not what you want to hear when you’re staring into the sea-green eyes of the hottest man you’ve ever seen. Yet I suppose it’s a fair question, considering I’m an uninvited stranger standing in Boone Mason’s kitchen.

If you think that’s bad—just wait. It gets worse.

This charming and wealthy playboy, who can’t pay his bills on time or find his way to the grocery store (but we all have flaws, right?), is sweet. Confident. Playful. He’s almost perfect. And, to make matters worse …

He’s smitten with me.

I know what you’re thinking. You’re rolling your eyes. You’re assuming this is some opposites attract situation—or that maybe we can be friends who turn into something more.

How can this be a bad thing?

Well, it’s simple. I’m not the kind of girl you fall in love with. Just to be sure, the universe reminds me of that in an unforgettable, in-your-face kind of way.

I might have broken into Boone’s house, but I won’t let him break my heart. I won’t break his either. There’s too much on the line to be that reckless.

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Oh my goodness! Be prepared to swoon over this one!

I want to gush about so much but to do so would possibly spoil one of the major surprises in this book. 

Adriana Locke did an amazing job with Boone's story! It's sweet, it's funny,  and it gets emotional at times. 

Oh! I want to be Siggy in 10 - 15 years. I love her and her ability to handle all her boys.

I really enjoyed this one and I can't wait to see what's in store with the next Mason sibling.

About Adriana Locke

USA Today, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own.

She resides in the Midwest with her husband, four sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket.

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New Release + Review: One Little Dare by Whitney Barbetti

Release Date: July 29

Truth or dare? I always choose a dare. And no matter the dare, I always follow through.

Even if it means walking down a busy street in my bathrobe and hair curlers.

Or recreating that iconic When Harry Met Sally deli scene while on a crowded subway. 

Or hitting on a handsome stranger in a bar.

And then … marrying that stranger. While in Vegas.

But the one thing I’m not supposed to do is fall in love with this man.

That wasn’t part of the dare.

Only my heart never got that memo.

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 1/2

What a beautiful, emotional story! While the blurb led me to believe this would be a fun, laugh-out-loud read, it was so much more! I can't tell you how happy that I  was so wrong!

Cover Reveal: Mrs. Who?! by D. Kelly

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Everly -

If my life were a reality TV show, it’d be called Murphy’s Law. Tripping over my feet and sticking my foot in my mouth are art forms I’ve perfected. Relationships? I should win an award for picking cheaters. Every. Single. Time. Ever get drunk in Vegas and marry a stranger only to get knocked up the same night? I’m a walking, talking cliché. After asking for a divorce, I fled and ignored my husband for months. Not my finest moment but now that he’s here, I can’t help but want more. Until he drops a bomb of his own.

Eddie -

A fun night in Vegas before going on location to shoot my next film – what could go wrong? When I met a charming damsel in distress who had no clue I was famous, I felt like I won the lottery. Everly is beautiful, relatable, and funny – albeit a bit clumsy. We had a good time, drank, and then got hitched. I remember it all, but I’m not sure she remembers anything. She’s avoided me for months but that stops now. Not even a baby will change my mind. Everly is my wife, and I’m determined to win her heart.

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New Release + Review: Hard Pass by Sara Ney

Release Date: June 16

“Hard Pass.”

That’s what the last girl I slept with said when she got her first sober glimpse of me. She laughed, walked out of my penthouse—and I never saw her again. It doesn’t matter that I’m a rich, professional athlete; what mattered was my face. 

Beauty might only be skin deep for some—but I know better.

“Pay Up.” 

That’s what the last girl I spoke to said over the phone when I made her an offer she couldn’t refuse. Desperate to sell a set of rare baseball cards, she’s clever and entertaining. I’m instantly smitten, but nowhere ready to reveal myself. Thank god she has no idea who I am—or what I look like. 

I’m a professional athlete--how hard can playing the love game be?

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Usually I'm a fan of the bad boy or the guy that somehow works on the girl's self esteem. This, however, is NOT how the story goes in Hard Pass.

New Release + Review: Faked by Karla Sorensen

Title: FakedAuthor: Karla Sorensen

Genre: Sports Romance

Release Date: June 16, 2020

Every action has a consequence, and Claire Ward knows it. And yet, even knowing that her decision to swap places with her identical twin sister, Lia, for a night could be disastrous, she still does it.

Why? 

Because it will give her an evening with the man she’s been crushing on for years, Lia’s best friend, Finn. 

Miss Straight A Student has thought through all the angles, and knows the risk is worth it. And everything would have been fine, if Finn had been the one to show up at her door. 

But it wasn’t. 

Bauer Davis— Finn’s half brother and his exact opposite in just about every definable category is the one waiting for her instead. A professional snowboarder, Bauer is covered in ink, full of attitude, and has a chip on his shoulder the size of Mt. Olympus. The kind of bad boy that Claire has never been attracted to before. 

Now the good girl is with the wrong brother for a night, and when the consequence is that they have to pretend to be together for an event, it’s nothing she could have predicted. But maybe, just maybe, what makes Bauer so bad, is exactly what Claire needs.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This was sooo good! 

In this strangers-to-lovers romance (they knew of each other but had never met), Claire swaps identities with her twin sister, Lia, for a night. She believes she's going out with her crush, Lia's best friend, Finn, only to have his brother, Bauer, show up at her door instead. 

New Release + Review: Her Greatest Mistake by Eve L. Mitchell

Release Date: June 13

I knew the moment I saw Aiden that he was the kind of man who would break a woman’s heart. With his looks, he could grace the cover of any book or magazine. 

Even as I got to know him, his hard no-nonsense attitude was alluring. He was as captivating as he was intense, and having his attention was as intoxicating as it was overwhelming. My pulse raced and my stomach fluttered when I was near him.

Yes, Aiden would break a woman’s heart. If she let him. 

Maybe, even if she didn’t.

I didn’t mean to let him break mine. I didn’t mean to let him get so far under my skin that he got into my heart.

One moment of passion—that’s all it was. I was reckless. I was stupid. 

I didn’t know.

He ripped my heart out without even breaking a sweat. 

He said he could explain. I don’t want to hear his lies. 

I was stupid that night, but I can’t be again. I can’t let him close enough to make the same mistake twice.

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This was such a complicated love story! Be prepared to be unprepared for the story this author delivers!

New Release + Review: Heart Thief by Ker Dukey

Title: Heart Thief

Series: Sinister Fairy Tales Collection

Author: Ker Dukey

Genre: Dark Fairy Tale Retelling

Release Date: June 8, 2020

Monsters come in many forms.

Some want shiny new toys to play with—others want blood.

Mona Walters dreams of adventure, of a world beyond the shoreline she’s confined to. She yearns for vibrancy in her dull, mundane existence, but succumbs to the bleakness.

Until the necklace her sister wore the night she was brutally murdered shows up on her door wrapped in a neat bow, fueling her to run away and seek out the person responsible for stealing her sister’s life.

Mona wished for more—for color in her gray world.

What she didn’t realize was just how much more she would get.

And that the world outside her own was soaked in red—blood red.

The world she dreamed of is made of nightmares.

A rich, influential world of two brothers—and once they have her in their sights, they plan to keep her there.

Her father kept her secluded for a reason.

Be careful what you wish for.

There's a thief out there, and he's coming for Mona's heart.

Cold burrows into my marrow. My self-preservation to seek out warmth has my feet inching toward a roaring fire in a grand room lavished with furniture and rugs. This place is huge, like nothing I’ve ever seen before. We live a minimal life with only the true essentials. Everything else is considered an indulgence, and that’s sinful. Apparently. 

A graze scorching with pain to my knee makes me wince, the torn material of my dress rubbing against the broken skin. “Hello?” I call out, inching closer and closer to the roaring orange glow of the fire. Shadows dance down the walls as footfalls sound just outside the room I was deposited inside by the man who said he was security. 

“Look what the tide washed in,” a deep rumble booms across the room. 

My hand wraps around my waist to ease the nerves. 

“This is private property. Do you want to tell me what it is you’re doing docking here?” The voice steps into the light, stealing my breath. 

He looks like a man from the stories Clara used to tell me at night when I couldn’t sleep. Dark probing eyes seek me out, making a quiver of excitement and fear ripple through my body. Powerful arms fold across a broad chest covered in clothes I’m not used to: formal wear, a suit. 

He has a confidence about him that commands the space he’s dominating with his size. He’s taller than me by a comfortable foot and a half. As he edges closer, the urge to run away sends a rush of energy to my legs. “Do you speak?” He narrows his dark orbs on me, bringing a hand up to loosen a tie around his neck. 

Moving toward a table set out with bottles full of liquids, he asks, “Drink?”

The dryness of my throat aches. A longing to quench a thirst I hadn’t realized I had has me nodding and pushing a meek, “Yes, please,” past my lips. 

The quirk of his lips doesn’t go unnoticed as he pours amber liquid into two glasses and hands me one. His fingers brush mine as I accept the offering, sending a spark over my skin. My eyes fixate on the contents of the glass. There are two mouthfuls at most. Maybe he can’t spare more. I smile a thank you and lift the glass, taking a sip. 

A harsh burn explodes over my tongue, making me gag. “Oh God, what is that?” I choke out, holding the glass out to give it back to him. A harsh laugh barks from his lips, making my stomach dip. 

“You’re one of them, aren’t you?” He steps toward me, closing in around me like a predator would prey. I shuffle back, bumping my hip against a couch. 

“One of who?” I frown. 

“Cult Island.” He scoffs, snatching the glass from me and throwing the contents into the fire. It hisses and snaps, flames jumping out in retaliation. “I should have guessed by what you’re wearing.” He smirks, his eyes lazily roaming down my body, making a blush bloom on my cheeks.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Ker Dukey is one of the queens of sinister writing and she's done it again with Heart Thief. She has tackled a retelling of Moana and did a great job of making it a dark, addictive read!