Colt by Jessica Peterson is now live!

She isn’t supposed to care about a ranch.
She definitely isn’t supposed to fall for the foreman.
And his six-year-old son is absolutely, definitely not supposed to capture her heart.

Lainey Brown is not ranch material. She’s a city girl who landed on the legendary Wallace Ranch to give the place a fresh coat of branding—and get her career back on track. She’s got no interest in cowboys, cattle, or the infuriatingly gorgeous foreman who clearly wants her gone.

Colton Wallace has spent every day since losing his wife building something worth leaving his son: a spotless reputation, a thriving operation, and a life with no room for complications. The last thing he needs is a firecracker from Austin with a sketchbook full of big ideas and a smile that makes him forget every reason he swore off wanting things he can’t keep.

But somewhere between their very first fight and a Texas night sky that stretches on forever, something shifts. Lainey stops counting the days until she can leave. And Colt stops pretending he wants her to.

The ranch has always been the Wallace legacy. But Colt is starting to wonder if the best thing that’s ever happened to it—and to him—just walked in wearing city shoes.

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Narrated by: Vanessa Edwin & Aiden Snow

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

The first book in the new Double U Ranch series, Colt is a spin-off from Jessica Peterson’s Lucky River Ranch Series, as Colt is friends with Ryder Rivers and his sister, Billie, is the heroine in Ryder’s story. This book delivers the same heart and heat as the LRR books, wrapped up with a snazzy enemies-to-lovers bow.

I loved how Colt and Lainey just pressed each other’s buttons right from the jump. They totally got off on the wrong foot when Lainey arrived at the Wallace Ranch to rebrand the business, an expense Cole didn’t think was necessary. That set the stage for the best kind of tension between these opposite characters, and Lainey’s sunshine personality was the perfect foil to the grumpy single dad. It took a while for Lainey to get Cole to see what she was trying to do for the ranch was of value, but once that cowboy let loose…. wow. Giddy up.

Besides the romance between Cole and Lainey, I loved the dynamic between the Wallace siblings and their parents. That really held a mirror up to the misogyny within Lainey’s own family, and I was so happy for her that she found a place at the Wallace family table. The relationship she developed with Cole’s son, Dean, was adorable and the little boy was quite the scene-stealer.

Colt takes place at the same time as Ryder and Billie’s secret romance, so there is an overlap when Colt finds out that his little sister and his best friend have been sneaking around. I loved seeing how that played out from Colt’s POV.

There was a connection between these characters right from the first time they met, and that carried through to the end of the book. I am really looking forward to the rest of this series!

I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.

Sparks fly as the leaves fall this autumn…From the superstar romance author of the Boston Bolts hockey series comes a spicy and swoony friends-to-lovers fake-dating delight. . . This gorgeous first edition trade paperback features colored stenciled edges.

These old flames are ready to catch fire.

For Penny Darling, love is best enjoyed between the pages of a book. After a very public failed engagement, she’d rather cozy up by the fire with a book boyfriend than a real one any day. And as the owner of Bonfire & Bliss Bookstore, she has her pick.

Then Jake “Monty” Montgomery returns home. Her high school best friend, now a struggling author with inked forearms and wicked green eyes. And he needs her help.

His proposal is simple: She’ll teach him to write the perfect book boyfriend and he’ll pose as her real boyfriend, keeping Hope Harbor’s busybodies—and their obsession with Penny’s love life—at bay.

But when their lessons begin, the line between fiction and reality grows dangerously thin. As pretend kisses in the apple orchard turn into searing ones beneath the autumn moon, Penny begins to wonder if Monty could really love her, or if she’s destined for another broken heart.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Sure, it’s August, but I am in fall mode now, thanks to the cute, cozy, fall setting of Bonfire & Bliss Bookstore! This is the second book in Brittanee Nicole’s Hope Harbor series, and it has all the cozy feelings of a Hallmark movie.

Monty and Penny were best friends in high school, but reconnected shortly before he moved back home to regroup and hopefully find inspiration to bust through his writer’s block. Even though he writes thrillers, Penny thought Monty’s last book was lacking emotion between the hero and heroine, so they agree to a fake relationship while he’s in town so he can get some romance lessons from her and she gets the town’s old ladies to leave her alone about dating again after a broken engagement.

I adored these characters and their journey. Both Penny and Monty have been in love with one another since they were teens. The build-up in the present day as each “pretend” moment ratcheted up the tension between them led to the best kind of payoff.

This story was absolutely adorable and I can’t wait for more from this series! I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.

DEVIL by Sierra Simone 

Release Date: August 11th 

Genre / Tropes: Dark romance (content notes on my website!)⁣ / Older FMC/younger MMC⁣ / Second chance⁣⁣ / Dub-con⁣ ⁣& free use / Groveling (on a cross)⁣ ⁣ / if you don’t think there’s more happening on that cross, then you don’t know me very well by now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ / Also I gave the devil a kitten⁣ / Also he loves making waffles⁣

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I have nothing left.

One moment of weakness seven years ago, and I lost my job, my art, and my only friend. Now I’m working nights at a gas station to scrape together a living and a way to care for my sister, and I’m completely alone.

And then I see him on the front page of the newspaper, my former college student and the man who ruined my life seven years ago.

Ryan Bell.

So I carve a statue of the devil and I give the devil Bell’s face. I leave it for the world to see.

I shouldn’t have done it. I should have known he’d use the statue to hunt me, find me, offer a deal that demands my soul. He wants one year of me—all of me—and then he’ll make my problems go away.

How can I refuse? When it’s my only chance of salvation? How can I refuse even when I know Ryan Bell will leave me with a broken heart—again?

But it’s my own fault…I should have stayed hidden, I shouldn’t have revealed how the memory of him haunts me still. I was the one who spoke of the devil, after all.

I can’t be surprised that he appeared.

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(This is the fourth full-length standalone in the Priest Collection, featuring Father Bell’s youngest brother, Ryan Bell. You do not have to read Priest, Sinner, or Saint to read Devil.)

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I have been a fan of Sierra Simone’s Priest series for years, having started with the OG forbidden romance that was Tyler and Poppy. I have enjoyed reading all the Bell brothers’ stories, and Ryan’s book really took things to an entirely different level! I am not typically a fan of stalker romances, but as a fan of this series, I wasn’t going to miss closing it out by not reading about Ryan and Birdie.

Devil is such a fitting name for Ry. This book is definitely darker than the others in this series, and Ryan is borderline psychotic in his obsession with Birdie. Once I just accepted the fact that he was definitely more twisted than his brothers and that everything he did with Birdie was out of some twisted sense of love (because otherwise, WTH, dude?), I quite enjoyed this story. Ryan Bell really was the worst and best thing to ever happen to Birdie.

Birdie was so broken. She fought for everything in her life, and after she lost it all (no thanks to Ry), she was at rock bottom. So when presented with the chance to make things up for her, Ryan really went all out to do so. I don’t want to give anything away, but the guy had A PLAN. He may have gone about it the wrong way, but it leads to quite a spectacular grovel after the Third Act Breakup.

The juxtaposition of Ryan’s devilish behavior with the religious concepts good, sweet, Catholic Birdie tries to abide by were delicious. This story is not a breezy, fluffy one. But the fact that Sierra Simone was able to take all that and turn Ryan into someone that I was rooting for to get the girl by the end of the story? Well, that’s why she’s a master.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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They’re just friends.

At least, that’s what she thinks. Him? He has other plans.

Bennett Brinkman is San Francisco baseball’s golden boy―focused, disciplined, and very bad at ignoring the one woman he shouldn’t want. Falling for his sister’s best friend was inevitable, even though she’s always seen him as safe, familiar, and firmly off-limits.

Bower knows exactly why wanting Bennett is a terrible idea. She’s fiercely loyal to her best friend and well aware that crossing this particular line could blow everything up. But when she moves into Bennett’s apartment building, that “just friends” boundary begins to blur in the most tempting ways.

The banter comes fast.

The sparks come faster.

And pretending it’s “no big deal” is getting ridiculous.

As feelings get messier and attraction turns undeniable, Bennett and Bower must decide if risking their family ties is worth chasing the love that’s been in front of them all along.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I have been waiting for Bower and Bennett to get together ever since I first met them in the Almond Bay series! Bennett is Gabby’s brother from The Path to Loving Him, and Bower is her best friend. Meghan Quinn set up the unrequited love between Bower and Bennett a year and a half ago, and Just For The Plot was an epic slow burn!

Bennett has had a crush on his older sister’s best friend from the moment he met her when he was a scrawny 16-year-old. Now he’s in his mid-20s and a hulking pro baseball player….. and his crush on Bower has only grown over the years as their own friendship deepened. When she moves to San Francisco and gets an apartment in his building, Bennett jumps at the opportunity to make his move on Bower.

Of course, that doesn’t go smoothly, especially when Bennett sets Bower up with another athlete to make himself look better and it backfires spectacularly. Even after Bower gives in to the chemistry between them, the battle isn’t over for Bennett because he has to fight against her guilty conscience. Bower agonizes over betraying Gabby, and it was heartbreaking to see both characters go through that!

The audiobook of Just For the Plot is a full cast duet narration led by Teddy Hamilton and Samantha Brentmoor, who were phenomenal in delivering every nuanced emotion of Bennett and Bower’s story. The other characters are voiced by Connor Crais (presenting a surprise POV chapter from Graydon!), J. F. Harding, Emma Wilder, Stella Hunter, and Jason Clarke.

Some of the story overlaps with Just for the Cameras, but Just for the Plot is a standalone. Although I totally recommend Just for the Cameras as well! I loved the cameos from Gabby and Ryland, and the tie-in to MQ’s Bridesmaids for Hire series. The last man standing in the Bay Area Players series is OC — a character who has been around in the MQ universe for quite a while — and I really can’t wait for him to get his HEA!!!! And I wouldn’t mind seeing Cougar as the MMC in a book someday!

Another outstanding romcom from Meghan Quinn! I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.

EVERY SINGLE SECOND by S.J. Chaynie

Blurb:

Every Single Second is a small town, single mom, second chance romance.

It only took one summer for Parker Stillwater to steal my heart. Then like the cocky cowboy he was, he never gave it back. Even when he left me in the dust, licking my wounds as I watched him live out our dream from afar. The one where I wasn’t just the small town girl who politely smiled and never made a fuss. The one where he wasn’t just some useless kid who wanted to be a champion. What we had was real. Until he ruined it.

But now, the infamous bull rider is back in Mayson Ridge, still handsome as ever, and wearing a tempting smile that still makes my heart skip a beat. But when I find out that he’s back after an injury, and I’m the one in charge of his rehab, my guard is stronger than ever. I’m not the same girl he fooled years ago. He may be the only man I’ve ever loved, but I still had my pride. And the last thing I was giving Parker Stillwater was another chance to break me.

But the more time we’re forced to spend together, and the more he reveals about the truth of the day he left, the harder it becomes to push him away. He’s here for more than just a second chance. But just when we think we can begin to create a new future, life throws us another curveball.

When the past comes knocking, I’m terrified that one of our hearts, if not both, will have to break again.

Every Single Second is book three in the Every Single Series. It can be read as a standalone. No cheating, and a guaranteed HEA.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Every Single Second is the first book I’ve read by S.J. Chaynie, and I was pulled in from the very start!

Seven years after Parker left Laiken to chase his dreams of being a pro bull rider and broke her heart, he’s back in town to recover after a devastating injury. With Laiken as his physical therapist. Laiken rebuilt her life out of the ashes of her heartbreak and is dedicated to raising her son, Trace. She has no interest in welcoming Parker back into her life, but he is determined to fix the biggest mistake of his life.

The reunion between these two characters is a rollercoaster of emotions, and even after Laiken reluctantly agrees to let Parker back into her life, long-buried secrets threaten to tear them apart once again. Laiken and Parker had been young when they first dated, and their immaturity led to miscommunication between them. I enjoyed watching Laiken and Parker navigate the new chapter they were trying to create, and Parker was earnest in his pursuit to make things up to her by proving himself in little ways.

Every Single Second hit all the right notes for a swoony, emotional, second-chance romance! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet S.J. Chaynie:

S.J. Chaynie is a small-town Texas girl who has found a love for writing. She enjoys writing romance, with a sprinkle of suspense, and a little humor. If she is not busy writing her newest ideas, she is spending time with her husband and two beautiful daughters. She believes a good book and a lot of laughs is the best medicine. She brings suspense, love, angst, and sometimes the occasional heartbreak to her stories. Always a HEA, but every character and story she holds close to her heart and hopes they touch yours as well.

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The Irresistible One by Marni Mann is now live!

A naughty enemies-to-lovers, single dad, billionaire romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann …

I’m the irresistible one. The man who always gets what he wants. Too bad the only woman I want is the one I can’t have.

Dating apps can’t touch the dark and uninhibited desires I keep hidden. For the kind of kink I crave, I go to Lush—a playground where fantasies become reality.
That’s where I meet her.
The breathtaking blonde in the crimson dress who steals the air from my lungs, becoming an instant fixation after just one night.
Daring.
Uninhibited.
Captivating.
One taste will never be enough.
And when we meet again, it’s the worst possible scenario …
The sexy bombshell who ruined me for anyone else is now the one person who is completely out of my reach.
Off-limits.
Untouchable.
Forbidden.
The absolute enemy of everything I stand for.
But when scorching chemistry, razor-sharp banter, and an undeniable attraction collide, staying away from her is no longer an option.

What happens when the woman I can’t have becomes the only one I can’t resist?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Sophie and Colson’s story starts off with quite the bang in the prologue of The Irresistible One, and it just exploded from there! I really wasn’t expecting single dad Colson to be a member of a sex club, but his no-names-exchanged threesome was the best set-up to a delicious enemies-to-lovers romance that was compounded when they had to play nice around their preschooler daughters, who are best friends.

After their night together, Sophie and Colson go from never having seen each other before to seeing one another EVERYWHERE. The banter between the characters was fantastic, and I loved how witty and sharp Sophie was. All that hate builds up to incredible sexual tension and in the end, Sophie and Colson eventually realize that they are perfectly suited for one another.

I will be checking out the audio of The Irresistible One because I need to hear Teddy Hamilton growl as Colson. “I love to hate you too, Sophie.”

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

IF ONLY YOU KNEW by Stefanie Castro has a new cover and new content!

Blurb:

Shane promised Becca forever, and all she got was heartbreak upon high school graduation.

There was no tomorrow without Shane Philips by Becca’s side. That was until Shane abruptly breaks up with Becca, leaving her alone to face a future without the one person she had grown to love. Learning to maneuver through life after being Shane’s girlfriend since they were fourteen, Becca never imagined an existence that didn’t include them being together.

The pain Becca was left with goes beyond anything she ever expected. Much like life tends to do, time passes and each of them grows into the adults they are today. They live independent lives for twenty-five years before Shane ends up on her doorstep unexpectedly, wanting to rekindle a love that he chose to walk away from. But can Becca truly let go of her anger and embrace what’s right in front of her all these years later? Most of all, can she forgive Shane for walking away?

This is a second-chance love story between two forty-something soulmates who lived entire lives apart only to find a chance to begin again. But when Shane finds out everything he missed, can their love last? If only he knew…

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I read If Only You Knew when it first came out in 2023 as Stefanie Castro’s debut novel, and it still hits just as hard three years later!

If Only You Knew is an emotional second-chance romance that hits all the right marks in telling Shane and Rebecca’s reunion, 25 years after they split up the night of their high school graduation. They both have lived a lot of life in the years they were apart, and through a series of then-and-now chapters, we get the full range of their story: how they came together, what tore them apart, and how they navigate their reunion and a second chance at happiness.

I did feel that the situation with Shane’s mother was just kind of dropped — I would have liked to have gotten some kind of closure there. While Shane does confront her on her horrendous behavior, I wanted to see what kind of resolution Shane and Rebecca come to together in dealing with her after the fact. Aside from that, I really enjoyed Shane and Rebecca’s journey.

I became a fan of Stefanie Castro’s when I first read this book years ago, and have read all of her books since then!

I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Stefanie Castro:

Prior to becoming an author, Stefanie had written for years on blogging platforms. She is a registered nurse with years of experience working with families starting their journey into the parenting world. She started writing as a way to connect with families. After releasing her first memoir in May 2023, she felt a pull towards writing romance. Her love of the genre is something she is highly invested in as a reviewer and cheerleader for authors all around. Stefanie debuts her romance this fall with If Only You Knew. She is shining a light on romance characters that are in their forties, something she feels is not easy to find in the genre. Stefanie resides in Southern California, with her husband, two kids, and their Cavalier King Charles dog.

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NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series set in a small town, surrounding four sisters. Trying Not to Love You is a small-town, second-chance, first-love, ex-military romance.

Ellison
Copeland James was my first love, my first heartbreak, my first everything.

Then he left without explanation, and never came back.

My sisters and our closest friends helped me pick up the pieces, but my heart hasn’t been whole since the day he walked out of Magnolia Ridge.

I’ve learned to live with what could have been… until his mother’s illness brings him back to our small town. He’s older, harder, and more magnetic than I remember.

He’s a man now. The man I learned to live without. And yet, he’s back, stirring everything I thought I’d buried, making my world feel unsteady.

Because loving him nearly destroyed me… and now, I’m still trying not to love him.

Copeland

I left Magnolia Ridge with nothing but a duffel bag and a decision.

I told myself joining the Marines was the right choice. That loving her meant protecting her, and this was the way to do it.

I was wrong.

Now I’m back, years later, and she’s just as breathtaking as the day I left. All these years, I imagined she’d have moved on, married someone else, but she’s still single, and in my heart, she’s still mine.

But Ellison doesn’t see me the way I see her, not anymore. All I find in her eyes is the wound I left behind. The one that never healed.

I didn’t fight for us back then, but I’ve learned. Now I’m ready for battle, fighting for what we could be while she tries not to love me.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Trying Not to Love You is the first book in a small-town series from Kaylee Ryan centered around the Moran sisters. And the author really starts out with a bang with Copeland and Ellison’s second-chance romance.

Once upon a time, Ellison thought Copeland would be her forever. Then he upped and left, joined the Marines, without a word. What really happened was much more complicated than that, because Copeland felt like he had no choice other than to leave without a word to protect her. Miscommunication is at the center of what went wrong, and this couple’s struggle to reconnect when Copeland returns to town to care for his ill mother.

It takes a while for these two to finally get on the same page, and the hurt and heartbreak just build up in the meantime. In the end, it’s a hard-fought reunion, and I really liked the journey that Copelamd and Ellison went on.

This story was also a lovely introduction to the world of Magnolia Ridge. Having recently finished KR’s Nashville Rampage football series, I was excited to dive into a small-town romance from this author, and it was every bit as sweet and heartfelt as I expected it to be!

I’m really looking forward to seeing Ellison’s sisters find their happily ever afters! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

FALLING FOR YOU by Natasha Madison is AVAILABLE NOW!

Blurb:

USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Natasha Madison turns up the heat when a night of passion brings together a man who was never looking for love and a woman who thinks she doesn’t deserve it.

Theo Williams loved and lost once and isn’t interested in doing it again. He has his family and friends, and plenty of women passing through his new hometown who are happy with a no-strings-attached night of passion. Working as a partner at his cousin’s construction company, he’s perfectly content with his life—until he meets Collins Henderson, the one-night stand who will change his world forever.

Collins grew up on the wrong side of her small hometown. Thanks to her parents’ shady schemes, every local knows a Henderson cannot be trusted. She works hard as a paramedic, putting in every extra hour she can to save for a better life. But every time she starts to get ahead, her parents show up to pull her back down. Having one night of passion with a man she doesn’t know is not something she’d normally do, but there was just something about him … And two months later, she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant.

When she runs into the mysterious stranger again, she has to tell him, not because she needs or wants anything from him, just so he knows. But now he’s showing up at her house, cooking her meals, stocking her refrigerator, and doing everything he can for her. Collins has always taken care of herself. She wasn’t looking for a relationship, but she can’t deny the chemistry between them.

She knows it’s only a matter of time before he learns who she is and changes his mind. She can’t let herself fall for this guy, but every day he’s getting harder to resist …

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Natasha Madison brings us back to Montgavin (where the Dreams series was set) with an all-new series.

Falling For You puts Theo (who is the cousin of Caleb from Forgotten Dreams) together with Collins after a one-night stand between two strangers results in a surprise pregnancy. Collins never expected to see Theo again, but when their paths cross while she’s a paramedic on the scene of an accident, she decides to tell him about the baby. And even though Theo never planned on getting into another relationship again, he is all in on taking care of his babymama.

I loved these two. Collins has some major issues because of her crappy parents, and everything in life has been a battle. Theo is such a golden retriever, and through all of his little gestures, Collins discovers that not everyone in life will disappoint her. Meanwhile, Theo discovers that being in a committed relationship again isn’t as bad as he thought. There was great chemistry between these two characters, and I loved seeing how they grew together and eventually became a couple.

I am definitely putting this audio on my TBR because Teddy Hamilton and Samantha Brentmoor are two of my favorites and now I really want to listen to them as Theo and Collins!

I am really looking forward to the rest of the Falling For series! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Natasha Madison:

When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…

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IT’S ABOUT TIME by Harlow James is AVAILABLE NOW

Blurb:

Pretending to be engaged to my enemy might not be my brightest idea.

But it is definitely necessary.

On the brink of the biggest car show of my career, I start to panic because it’s the first time I have to see my ex since our break-up.

Spoiler alert: it wasn’t clean or amicable.

Then when Elliot Thorne’s ex-fiancé shows back up in town, I devise a plan for both of us to get what we want: a buffer from our exes with a dash of revenge.

The problem is Elliot takes his role to protect me too seriously.

He brings me food while I’m working to make sure I eat. He even silences the self-doubt I feel on a day-to-day basis.

And before I know it, he has me on my knees in my garage, and on my back on the hood of my car.

The hate I’ve harbored toward him melts away as fast as my panties, and I soon realize we have more in common than I thought.

Then he tells me a secret that makes me reevaluate our entire relationship.

Now I’m left to consider if something fake could be real…

And that maybe it’s about time I admit that Elliot isn’t my enemy after all.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I have been waiting for Elliot and Dilynne’s book since the very first time they snarked at each other in Blossom Peak Book 1 and It’s About Time was everything I hoped it would be!

I absolutely loved getting to know Elliot on a deeper level, and seeing just how much Tori leaving him at the altar messed him up. The book opens on Elliot’s ill-fated wedding day, when Dilynne was the friend elected to babysit him, and the first few chapters cover that first year as he tries to mend his broken heart, with Dilynne, of all people, there for him every step of the way.

The banter between these two characters was fantastic! I laughed out loud so many times. Dilynne was the last person Elliot wanted to bring him out of his funk, but they turned out to be a perfect match on so many levels. I loved the fact that he had a secret crush on her back in high school, so there was a bit of history between these two — and that made this book’s title absolutely perfect!

When Elliot’s ex ends up working at his family’s law firm, and Dilynne is facing seeing her ex again at a car show, she proposes a fake engagement between them. As expected, that leads to a delicious slow burn, and they finally got to the root of their antagonistic relationship that has colored every interaction between them since they were teenagers.

I have really loved this series, but I think It’s About Time was my favorite of the bunch. So much about these characters made me smile, and they both grew as people as a result of their relationship. I did an immersive read with the audio and ebook, and narrators James Cassidy and Mollie Stark were wonderful to listen to.

It’s been a great ride with the Blackjack Brotherhood, and I am sad to see this series come to an end, but I’m looking forward to what Harlow James gives us next!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Harlow James:

Steamy Romance Author

Harlow James is a pen name I use to protect my identity as a high school teacher. Keeping those two roles in my life separate is necessary, but also fun! It’s like a live two lives, and anonymity gives me the opportunity to be bold and take risks in my stories.

I stumbled upon romance novels in 2018 when I picked up Driven by Kristy Bromberg, and I was obsessed. I had just lost my grandmother too, so reading offered me an escape from reality and a chance to grieve on my own terms.

About a year later, I got an idea for my own book and started writing. I researched self-publishing and jumped in with both feet. I had no idea what I was doing!

But now I’ve built a business and hobby that I LOVE! I have an outlet that’s just for me. When I write, I’m not a mom, a wife, or a teacher…I’m a woman who gets to tell stories that no one else can.

My books are the perfect blend of heartwarming moments, full-bellied laughs, and PLENTY of steam to melt your Kindles 😉 And there are always elements of me sprinkled in to every character and story that I write.

When I’m not writing you can find me reading or spending time in my kitchen. I love to cook and feed my family and friends. Otherwise, you can find me watching comedy specials with my husband, camping with our kids, or taking naps. I live for naps 😉

Connect with Harlow James:

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