COVER REVEAL: I WISH WE HAD FOREVER by Jessica Peterson

COVER REVEAL!!! I wish we had forever by Jessica Peterson releases April 11!!!

A scorching hot, brother’s-best-friend, bad-boy/good-girl, fake-marriage standalone romance in the small-town Harbour Village series.

Blurb

I’ve been pining for Abel Miller since we were teenagers. He’s sexy as hell, and has always played a starring role in all my fantasies. Too bad he only sees me as his best friend’s little sister.

He’s also a broody playboy who takes home a new girl every night, while I’m looking to find forever with someone. Abel and I couldn’t be more different.

But when my dad gets sick and says he just wants to see me safe, settled, and happily in love, Abel shocks me by offering to pretend to be my husband.

Now I’m living with the man of my dreams in his luxe bachelor pad as his fake wife. Plot twist: it only has one bed. Which isn’t a problem, until he accidentally walks in on me naked and I wind up bent over the couch with him on his knees between my legs.

Turns out my feelings weren’t so one-sided after all. But Abel swears he’s too much of a bad boy for the type of relationship I’m looking for, and warns me not to fall in love with him.

Can I convince him he’s always been the one for me? Or am I just headed for heartbreak by wishing we had forever?

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NEW AUDIO: STERLING BRICK by LB Dunbar

NOW LIVE!!! Sterling Brick by LB Dunbar, narrated by Stella Hunter and Patrick Zeller, is available!!!

Blurb

Love wasn’t part of the blueprint when high school sweethearts reunite in their small town. But this former military man never forgot the girl he left behind and he’s more determined than ever to rebuild their relationship brick by brick and heart by heart.

Getting locked in the men’s restroom during my mother’s funeral wasn’t exactly how I expected to run into my high school sweetheart. The one who got away. The one who broke my heart.

I could toss the busted doorknob in my hand at him, but I’d prefer to get the heck away. Because twenty years later, Knox Sylver isn’t a teenage boy anymore but a broad-shouldered, thick scruff man with eyes that still look at me like I’m the only person in the room.

As a newly divorced mother of two teenagers, it’s been a long time since anyone sees me. And Knox is definitely watching.

Unfortunately, he made choices in the past and I wasn’t one of them.

According to him, that is ancient history.

Also, according to him, it’s never too late for a second chance. He’s out to prove he’s solid and stable, having returned to our small hometown, in a better place after a career in the military. He’s a local hero as a fireman and he wants to rekindle the flame between us.

I’m the one with decisions this round.

Do I stay where memories hurt? Or do I leave my past, and Knox, behind me again?+ + +

From L.B. Dunbar comes an all-new small-town romance with a big family and the silver fox swoon one expects from her love over-40 romances.

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Blog post 03/05/24

I’m getting shit done, yay! Are you proud of me yet? I still have around… mffmmmfmmfff reviews to write, but one at a time is the right pace. We’ll get there.

I got a couple of review copies of audiobooks to keep me entertained. I have The rebel by Marni Mann, and Sterling brick by LB Dunbar. I’ll add them to my listening schedule.

Going back to my books so I keep my deadlines. Hopefully. See you!

REVIEW: Come here and kiss me by Willow Winters and M Robinson (ARC)

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Summary

Expensive.

Powerful.

And entirely f*cked up.

That sums up the pretentious – but elite – circle I grew up in. As much as I hate it, this life has its perks. If I want it, it’s mine. It’s as simple as that.

Until she showed up; she’s a tempting little vixen I’m not allowed to have.

One intense night changed it all between us, threatening to shatter everything we know.

She came up with a lie. I came up with a cover. Because the truth is…

I can’t keep my hands off her and one night would never be enough.

Review

One word: deception. I couldn’t care less about what happened to Brook and Ronan. They had little to no personality besides being rich and self important.

Girl meets man, falls in crush. Years later, they sleep together–no idea how it happened. Man is the girl’s father’s enemy. They fake a relationship. And that’s it. That’s the depth of the story. Even the mystery part is resolved off page.

Even the characters themselves are self deprecating, Brooklyn seeing herself as vapid and dependent, and Ronan admiting his mistakes. They neither change nor repent, they just accept who they are. The only evolution is Brook kind of standing up for herself in front of her father, and Ronan letting passion and love override his carefully planned future.

The sexy times weren’t even that sexy. I felt like I had read those scenes before–maybe even in one of the authors’ books. I guess humiliation and dominance aren’t my thing anymore.

There were a couple of interesting scenes, at least. Ronan losing control was one of them; it may have been the only time I felt something for the characters. Also, Mr Michael, a side character, had nice interactions with the main characters, kind of like a mentor.

It feels like both authors parodied themselves. I’m not sure I’m interested in reading the next book.

Quickie

  • Series: standalone
  • Hashtags: #billionaire romance #age gap #enemies to lovers #fake relationship
  • Triggers: emotional abuse, mention of cheating
  • Main couple: Brooklyn Chambers & Ronan Wolf
  • Hotness: 4/5
  • Romance: 2/5
  • + the passion Ronan sometimes showed
  • – poor little rich girl

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REVIEW: Dirty flirt by Mira Lyn Kelly (ARC)

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Summary

Bad Ideas are kind of my Super power

I’m Ben Boerboom, the NHL’s favorite puck boy, and Lara’s my slamming hot, former bestie. She’s also the friend who got away and my dirty, dirty accomplice from those two insane weeks that weren’t supposed to change anything… but did.

I wanted it all. Would have wrapped my forever around her finger if she’d let me. But if making bad decisions is my special skill, Lara’s is making good ones… Like prioritizing her career goals and the kind of security she didn’t have growing up.

Hard pass on that kind of heartbreak again. So cue the bunnies. Years of bunnies.

Now Lara’s back in my city. Temporarily. And thanks to a burst pipe and a miscommunication with my sister, she’s living in my spare room.

A lot has changed, but two things haven’t. Her goals and the way she sometimes believes my bad ideas are good… like crossing those lines I swore we wouldn’t cross again.

Review

It was so close to perfection! And I can’t even say what was missing exactly.

Reformed playboy with a big heart: check. Ben was mostly adorable. To the point I had a hard time understanding why he slept with all those girls for all those years. As it was his most prominent trait since we first saw him in the series, this book was dedicated to showing who he really was. The things that made him tick. Extra swoon.

Strong-minded heroine: check. At first, I was afraid Lara would be too cold. Yes, she had goals, and yes, she worked hard to reach them, but she wasn’t so intransigent that she ignored the intense connection she had with Ben. I felt though that the reason why she set those goals, and why she left Ben when they were young, was a bit too far-fetched.

This may be the best friends to lovers romance I’ve read in a long time. Lara and Ben were really friends before they were lovers. That made their interactions easy and natural. Their connection ran deep. There was some banter, some heart to heart conversations, a lot of fun. And a strong attraction. Those little touches that ignited their heart and body were the cutest.

I also loved the way their relationship evolved. Every step forward seemed logical, and probably inevitable. And happened naturally. Ben and Lara were on the same page.

Which makes the fact that their problems come from a lack of communication even more annoying. They could talk about almost anything, but not their feelings for each other? I think that’s what bothered me the most.

The hockey part of the story wasn’t really important, but there were still a few interesting bits. Like the work Ben put in to come back after his injury.

In the end my fave book by the author in a long time.

Quickie

  • Series: Slayers hockey #10 (can be read as a standalone)
  • Hashtags: #hockey romance #second chance romance #friends to lovers #roommates #reformed player
  • Triggers: N/A
  • Main couple: Lara Elliot & Benjamin Boerboom
  • Hotness: 3/5
  • Romance: 4/5
  • + the way everything felt so natural between them
  • – communication, guys, it helps!

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NEW RELEASE: WHEN I COME AROUND by Karen Grey

NOW LIVE!!! When I come around by Karen Grey is available!!!

Blurb

1999 goals: Get a life, get real… and get a room.

No one ever said I was the brightest bulb on the tree, but a near-death experience finally knocks some sense into my thick head.

Luckily, my jerk of an ex washes his hands of me, but I’m left with so many burnt bridges to re-build. Landing a job on any movie or TV show that’ll have me has to be my #1 priority. Thankfully, my life-long friends still love me enough to help.

When the one I always wished could be more than a friend shows up on my doorstep, however, all my good intentions go right out the window. Before I know it, I’ve convinced him that an out-of-town, friends-with-benefits deal will be the perfect way to get over each other.

Is it another in a long line of bad decisions, or a move that’ll turn things around? 110 percent, I hope he can handle the truth.

Fans of 90’s TV shows, from Friends to Freaks and Geeks, will love this second chance, friends-to-lovers, retro romance, where a grumpy cinnamon roll hero and a wounded bird heroine vie for a happy-ever-after despite interference from meddling found-family friends.

GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204912408-when-i-come-around

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Blog post 02/29/24: february tally

Books: 12 (8 audiobooks including one re-listen)

New authors: 1 (that’s not a lot…)

Fave subgenre: not two books alike

Total for 2024: 19 books (10 audiobooks including one re-listen), 1 new author

What to expect next month: that I keep my deadlines? Yeah, I don’t believe it either. I’ll do my best, though, and I’m gonna really try to write reviews from past read/listened to books. March should be a less busy month, so I should be able to do it.

I’m expecting books from a couple of favorite authors this month, like Kate Meader or Sara Cate.

I also signed up for Jessica Peterson’s next book, and for a secret project. And I got a code for a Lynn Raye Harris book.

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