Forged in the Fire by A.L. Jackson is now live! It was a terrible idea to agree to protect my enemy’s sister… The second she stepped out of her brother’s car, I knew she was a wildfire. Spitting mad and so stunning she stole my breath. She thinks her brother made a deal with the devil, and by working for me, she’s paying off his debt. She doesn’t know the real reason she’s here. Doesn’t know the danger that surrounds her. Soon, she realizes there is something sinister lurking in the shadows. She hates me for keeping her in the dark. I want to hate her back, but with every sassy thing that fires from her mouth, she gets deeper under my skin. With each heated glance, I feel myself losing control. And when I crawl into bed with her, I combust. I know better than thinking I can keep her. My life is nothing but secrets and peril. But as outside threats begin to infiltrate, I’ll do anything to keep the oath I made to keep her safe. Even expose her to the monster that I am… Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited https://geni.us/FITFAmznOP Audiobook: https://geni.us/FITFAudio Narrated by: Connor Crais & Desiree Ketchum Deluxe Edition Paperback: https://geni.us/FITFDlxPprbck Goodreads: https://geni.us/FITFGoodreads

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I will forever love spinoff series when I get to know a minor character from an author’s previous books better! Forged In The Fire is the first book in AL Jackson’s Crimson Crows series, featuring Silas, the president of the motorcycle club/secret society. He briefly appeared in Amy’s Moonlit Ridge series (another fantastic series!), so I was very much looking forward to getting to know him better. And his story with Brinley was a doozy.

The tension between Silas and Brinley is electric right from the start. This book is slow-burn enemies-to-lovers in the very best way. When Brinley’s brother drops her off at Silas’s house, she incorrectly assumes he’s the victim in whatever went down between the men, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Through chapters told in the past and the present, we get the backstories to both characters, and then, through several twists and turns, the reader learns that these characters are connected in a way neither of them expected.

I read this book alongside listening to Desiree Ketchum and Connor Crais narrating the story. There’s a reason why those two voice actors are so prolific, because they nailed the nuances of these characters.

Amy always does a fantastic job of weaving heartbreak and suspense into her stories, so I expected nothing less from Forged in the Fire — and she delivered! I can’t wait to see what comes next with the Crimson Crows band of brothers!

I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.

Tristan Stone is off limits.

It doesn’t matter that the grumpy, single dad did nothing wrong. He’s a cowboy and his last name means I’m bound by blood to hate him. My family would never be okay with me having feelings for our enemy.

When he stops—in the pouring rain—because I have a flat tire, the last thing I expect is for him to help me.

I do my best to ignore the water sliding off his hat and how he fills out those jeans. My best, however, is not good enough. Each night I close my eyes and dream of a future we can never have. And after he defends me at the bar and we share a magical dance? It only gets worse.

I know I should forget about him, but when I find him alone one night, I offer up a no-strings attached relationship that we both promise to keep secret. Sidelong glances across property lines morph into clandestine meetings under the stars wrapped up in each other’s arms.

Never mind that our families will never approve or that he told me he can never love again, I crave him.

Soon our no feelings agreement is in tatters, and my heart belongs to that broken cowboy. Will he break it or will he defy them all and choose us instead?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I absolutely adored West of Forever! Tristan and Lark’s story is a modern-day Romeo & Juliet with a Western twist. Add to the forbidden, secret romance the fact that he is a single, widowed father and his late wife is Lark’s best friend’s sister and this book has all the makings for a real page-turner!

The attraction and sizzling chemistry between them take both Lark and Tristan by surprise, and it grows until they are sneaking out for a romantic rendezvous night after night. What starts out as a no-strings, enemies-with-benefits secret situationship soon grows into something that they both have a hard time denying. But considering the generations-long feud between their families, and the fact that Tristan is hesitant to get into a relationship again after losing his wife, love just isn’t enough to keep these two together. But don’t worry — even though there is a third-act breakup, West of Forever has a lovely HEA!

Corinne Michaels did a great job with these characters. I also loved how important it was that Lark had a well-developed relationship with Tristan’s daughter, Sadie! All of these characters were so likable, and I am really looking forward to getting to know them all through the rest of this series!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

She never wanted to be the center of attention, but she’s all he can see.

Sutton Brady never thought her past would find her a decade later, but on the first day of her dream job as the new Athletic Trainer for the Utah Knights, all her carefully made plans get derailed by the last person she ever expected to see again.

Ezra Gentry worked hard to finally land his dream spot on Utah’s first Major League Rugby team. As the inside center for the Utah Knights, he knows exactly where his attention should be at all times, until someone from his past shows up and knocks him off balance.

Rekindling an old friendship is exactly what they both need, but as they spend more time with each other, things start to burn into a more complicated tangle of emotion.

They never expected their hearts to pull them so close together, but a no fraternization policy is dangling above their heads…

Can they find a way to be together and still follow their dreams, or will their relationship coming to light ruin their futures?

Find out in this workplace romance, ex’s brother romance!

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3.5 Stars

Sutton and Ezra’s story was a great workplace, slow-burn romance, with a tad of forbidden added in since he is her ex’s brother.

Ten years ago, Sutton broke off her engagement to Ezra’s brother to attend college in another state. Now, Sutton and Ezra have rekindled their friendship after discovering they are not only neighbors, but her new job as an athletic trainer is with his pro rugby team. I really liked the slow and sweet development of their friendship, and the slow burn as they tried to fight their feelings. There was a nice connection between the characters right from the start, and Ezra is a total golden retriever boyfriend as he shoots his shot at making his secret teenage crush into something more.

I haven’t read many rugby romances, so I was very appreciative of the cheat sheet Daisy Wren included of the terms for the sport! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

PAPER RINGS by Brittanée Nicole

Blurb:

From the bestselling author of the Boston Bolts Hockey Series comes a friends-to-strangers-to-lovers hockey romance featuring the next generation of Langfields.

There are only two things I’ve ever truly wanted in my life. To be a goalie in the NHL and JJ Hanson.

In a twisted way, both dreams have come true. Rather than a spot on the roster though, I’m now the first female goalie coach in the NHL. JJ Hanson’s coach, specifically.

Not only is he one of my players—making him totally off limits—he’s also a single dad and still technically married. Oh, and thanks to my father’s meddling, he’s now my roommate, along with his cousin and her three kids, my sister and her four-year-old twins, my cousin, and JJ’s daughter, who I unfortunately adore.

Yup, I’m living with six kids under the age of five, and the only man I’ve ever loved.

There was a time when JJ was my closest friend, and for one perfect moment, he was mine. Now we don’t even talk. JJ is determined to change that, though, and when opportunity strikes and suddenly both of my dreams are within reach, I have to make a decision. Can I step out onto that ice as the first female goalie in the NHL and trust JJ with my heart?

I’ve never been one to walk away from a challenge. Maybe the only way JJ and I can move forward is to go back to the start.

Paper Rings is a friends-to-lovers, single-dad, second-chance hockey romance with dual POV and a dual timeline featuring a Brownstone like Mother Faker and many of your favorite characters from the Langfield Brothers’ family. It is the first book in the New Romantics Series and a complete standalone.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Paper Rings is the first book in Brittanee Nicole’s New Romantics series, which is a next-gen spinoff from the Bolts series. I loved Adeline and JJ’s second-chance romance, and the long history between the two characters just added so much to their reunion.

There is tension. Chemistry. Longing. Regret. And the miscommunication that has kept them apart for four years. Oh yeah, during which time, JJ married a puck bunny, had a daughter, and has been abandoned by his wife. The lack of communication between JJ and Addie kind of bugged me a bit, because so much heartache could have been avoided had they had a conversation… but I guess that would have been a different story then, wouldn’t it?

Generally, I’m not a fan of the cheating trope. And while JJ’s marriage to Tabitha was only in name at this point, I still struggled with that. Especially since Addie had made such a big issue about him being forbidden since he was a married man. But I really loved the groundwork that BN set up with the Past chapters of Addie and JJ as teenagers, so I was looking forward to the payoff of them reuniting and was willing to look past my personal ick.

Overall, this was a pretty good read, and I am looking forward to the rest of the New Romantics finding love!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Brittanée Nicole:

Brittanee is an author who lives in Rhode Island with her husband and two children. Her town is a character in itself in all of her books. 

When she is not writing she enjoys spending time outdoors by the water with her children, reading at the beach or by the pool (or really anywhere), dancing with her friends, singing Karaoke, spinning, bike riding and boating. 

Some of her favorite authors are Sophia Kinsella, Elin Hilderbrand, Liane Moriarty, Mary Higgins Clark, Meghan Quinn, Daphne Elliott, Amy Alves, Claire Kingsley, Melanie Harlow, Christina Lauren, Sally Thorne and Sarah Adams. (Clearly, she has a problem and can’t pick favorites.)

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A stolen kiss.⁣

A devastating fire.⁣

A second chance ten years in the making.⁣

⁣𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗧’𝗦 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 by USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow is 𝘈𝘝𝘈𝘐𝘓𝘈𝘉𝘓𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞 from Entangled Publishing!⁣

⁣Four friends made a promise to live one night like it was their last.
That night changed everything.

Ten years ago, Mila Ferguson fled Hart’s Landing with a devastating fire, a stolen kiss, and a shattered circle of friends in her wake. But when a crisis brings her home, Mila just wants to get in and get out, unscathed by her mother’s constant criticism and unseen by her former crush, Everett McKean.

Only…Everett is everywhere. The boy Mila once loved is now the town’s scorching hot, beloved mayor. And when he’s not serving his constituents or running the family farm, Everett is taking advantage of his second chance with Mila—the one who got away.

As Mila reconnects to her roots and opens her heart, she discovers that coming home again isn’t about where you’ve been—it’s about who you’re brave enough to become. But when old wounds threaten to open after questions emerge about what really happened the night Mila left, it’s that bravery that will finally set her free.

Sexy, heartfelt, and steeped in small-town charm, Hart’s Landing is a story of forgiveness, friendship, and finding the family who loves you no matter how far you wander.

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⁣Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Hart’s Landing kicks off a new series by Melanie Harlow, and it was a wonderful slow-burn, second-chance romance full of small-town charm, secrets, and forgiveness.

Ten years ago, Mila walked away from Hart’s Landing after a devastating fire destroyed her business. She’s back in town now to deal with a situation with her mom, and is hoping not to run into her former crush, Everett. But considering he is now the mayor, he is everywhere. Once they reconnect, it’s a lovely journey for these two as they get to know one another again. With Everett by her side, Mila also confronts her tragic past and her toxic relationship with her awful mother. (Seriously, I really disliked that woman!)

This book also nicely sets up the circle of friends, who will presumably be the focus of the future books in the Hart’s Landing series. Can’t wait to see what comes next!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

ABOUT MELANIE HARLOW

USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Melanie Harlow writes sweet, sexy, feel-good romance. She likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. If she’s not writing or reading, she’s probably at Orangetheory or watching Schitt’s Creek again. She lifts her glass to readers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.

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The Muse by Jewel E. Ann is now live! Flynn Morley has spent his life getting by with as little as possible. No girlfriend. No real home. No money to speak of. Raised in the system, he learned early not to trust people who seemed to have everything. So when he takes a job as a “muse” for a wealthy Minneapolis couple, it feels like crossing a line he never thought he would. Then he meets June. June is a bike tour guide with a quick smile, a calm confidence, and a way of making Flynn feel seen without being judged. Their connection is immediate and playful, built on shared humor, quiet moments, and a mutual longing for a simple life. As Flynn adjusts to his bizarre new job, he starts encountering something he never planned for: kindness without strings attached. It challenges everything he believes about money, power, and who gets to be comfortable in the world. And falling for June only complicates things, especially when it turns out she’s carrying secrets of her own. When June’s past surfaces, Flynn has to decide what scares him more: becoming someone he’s always sworn he’d never be or letting her see his darkest secrets. If he can’t let go of his fears, he might lose the one person who finally feels like home. Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited https://bit.ly/3MxUmGE Audible: https://bit.ly/4toxJUB Amazon Audiobook: https://bit.ly/48JaNrF Narrated by: Tim Paige & Charlotte North Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4aE7PG1

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Another great book from Jewel E. Ann! Having grown up in the foster system, auto mechanic Flynn has a lot of scars (both physical and emotional). When he’s caught taking a wealthy customer’s car for a joyride, Rupert hires him to be his wife’s “muse” and inspire her to not want to unalive herself. Odd, right? But let’d go with it. The day he’s hired as Callie’s muse, Flynn randomly meets bike tour guide June, and for a guy who’s never had a relationship, he is immediately smitten.

I loved how sweet and kind of awkward Flynn was around June. I just really loved Flynn as the H. He didn’t quite know what to do when he regularly started experiencing kindness from people (June, Callie and even Rupert), and I adored seeing him trying to figure out how to handle that. His romance with June was very much the rich girl/poor guy/opposites attract dynamic, and I thought there was a lot of growth on Flynn’s part as he began to see himself in a different light through June’s eyes. His insecurities slowly faded away and he became more confident and at ease with himself. And began to place his trust in people.

For a while, I wasn’t sure what purpose Flynn’s employment as Callie’s “muse” had until Callie and Rupert’s backstory was revealed. And once it was, I really enjoyed the addition to the storyline of Callie and Rupert’s grief and recovery. And then how Flynn became part of their family made me smile.

The Muse was emotional and angsty and kind of messy, but so, so enjoyable to read! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

SUNSHINE SEEKS ROOMMATE by Kat Savage

Blurb:

Waylon Dupree loves love. He just doesn’t want to be in it right now or anytime soon. But in ten years or so, he’s looking forward to landing a badass wife, worshipping her, and poppin’ out a couple of little Duprees.

For now, he just needs a roommate—someone dependable, who won’t be moving out in a few months because they fell in love like the last two did.

Lyric Sweeney loves dead people. Which is convenient, considering she’s a mortician. Spending her day making the recently departed look alive again has also resulted in her having more conversations with them than people who are still on this plane of existence.

So when her best friend suggests she get a new roommate, her reasons why come with undeniable receipts. But does it have to be Waylon? Does it have to be that sort of almost hookup from a year ago who also happens to be her best friend’s new man’s best friend?

To appease the worried parties, she agrees to see his place. It would have been hard to say no to the chef’s kitchen but she would have done it. But when he shows her what will be her own bathroom and tells her she can fill the sunroom with all her plants? Well, every girl has their price.

One awkward conversation later, they’ve put the past behind them and shake hands on starting fresh. There’s just one rule: No hanky panky. Neither of them were very good at following rules though. And forbidden fruit is the sweetest kind. Besides, nothing can go wrong hooking up with your roommate, right?

Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🫠 Tattoo Artist MMC

🧠 She’s a mortician

🫶🏻 ROOMIES

😅 She’s grumpy, He’s sunshine

🐈‍⬛ Black Cat x Golden Retriever

💔 NO ONE wants love

😈 Banter x100

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Sunshine Seeks Roommate is a short and sweet second-chance, reverse grumpy-sunshine roommates story between black cat mortician Lyric and golden retriever tattoo artist Waylon.

Lyric is Darcy’s former roommate from The Single Dad Dilemma. Now that Darcy is happily paired off with Ridge, she suggests that Lyric move into Waylon’s house after his latest roommate moves out. The only problem is that Lyric and Waylon shared a kiss and an amazing night of conversation about a year ago. The first thing Lyric does when she moves in is declare that there is to be no hanky-panky, which suits Waylon just fine because although he loves the idea of love, he doesn’t want a relationship… but that devolves into a roommates-with-benefits situationship before too long.

This story is fun and chaotic. Lyric is full of sass and the complete opposite of Waylon. The tension between these two was sizzling, but there was also a deep connection between them since they had both lost their mother, and that colors how they both approach relationships. I really enjoyed the everyday moments between these two characters, like shared dinners and hanging out in the sunroom, and how that bonded them. There’s a great group of supporting characters with the other misfits, so this book has great found-family vibes. And the banter between the friends was just as hilarious as the banter between Lyric and Waylon!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Kat Savage:

Kat Savage resides in Louisville, Kentucky with her three beautiful children, her hunky spouse, and two spoiled dogs. She secretly has hopes of getting chickens one day.

By day, she’s an office manager, pushing paperwork and dreaming. When she’s not at her nine-to-five, she’s writing. Or thinking about writing. Or preparing books and book stuff to procrastinate writing. Or quite possibly, designing stuff for other people’s books.

She was driven to write out of a need for distraction and self-preservation after the death of her sister in 2013. Since then, it’s snowballed into a full blown passion she can’t escape. Even on the toughest days, she wouldn’t want to.

She writes poetry packed with real, raw, and sometimes ugly truths. She won’t lie. Her goal is to make you ache, in that perfect delicious way we often secretly crave.

Shortly after putting her poetry and prose out into the world, she turned to novel writing. Savage is a natural storyteller, getting better with each book. She tries to give the characters in her novels depth, whether they’re serious or comical, she builds them in layers with the hope that you see a little of yourself in some of them.

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Hunter Calloway is a small town smokeshow and the kind of man my father warned me about.

He’s got a reputation a mile wide, a smile that could burn through any girl’s good sense, and did I mention he’s also the man my sister once loved and left behind?

He strolls through town like he owns it, tips his hat with a promise in his eyes, and slides those calloused hands across my bakery counter like they haven’t been haunting my dreams for years. He’s six feet of pure temptation wrapped in worn Wranglers, and every time I’m near him, it’s like striking a match during a drought…

Dangerous, inevitable, and exactly what I shouldn’t want.

I try to convince myself I don’t notice the way his gaze lingers, or the way he says my name as if he’s tasting it. But all my good intentions crumble to dust when we find ourselves alone under a sky full of stars with nothing but whiskey and want between us.

And it changes everything.

We promise each other we’re just having fun, yet his fingertips brush across my skin when no one’s watching, and we pretend we don’t ache for each other in a room full of people who would never understand. Every kiss stays in the dark, every desire whispered like a secret, and every touch brands me with guilt.

I know better than to fall for a cowboy like him.
I know better than to want my sister’s past.
But when his eyes find mine, I forget every reason I’ve ever had to say no.

Every touch feels like a risk and every secret like a countdown. I’m lying to everyone, falling harder for a man who never promised me anything, and wondering how much longer I can pretend I don’t care whether I’m just another notch on his well-worn belt.

Because I’m in love with Hunter Calloway regardless of the cost.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I love an always-been-you romance, and Hunter and Maggie’s story was made even better with the added angst and forbidden factor of him being her sister’s ex.

Right from the prologue, the chemistry between these characters jumped off the page, and the yearning between them was scorching hot. Maggie and Hunter try their best to hide their feelings for one another, and the slow burn between them builds to a delicious explosion. Once they finally gave in, it was a well-deserved payoff for the reader! Seriously, it took until almost the end of the book, so I was eagerly turning the pages to get there.

I enjoyed spending more time with Blaire, Colt, and Ruby, and getting to know McCoy better. There was a nice addition with the new-to-town siblings Sutton and Brody, and I am looking forward to seeing how they fit into the future Calloway Ranch books!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.