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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Runaway Love by Melanie Harlow

Runaway Love by Melanie Harlow is now live!

Yes, I’m a single dad who needs a nanny for the summer.

But hire the stranded runaway bride who shows up on my doorstep in a wedding gown with no references, no skills, and no experience?

No one is that desperate.

Except within twenty-four hours, down-on-her-luck Veronica Sutton manages to charm my kids, my family, and half the population of Cherry Tree Harbor into believing she’s perfect for the job.

And for me.

It’s not that I can’t see the appeal-those baby blue eyes? The endless legs? That mouth made for trouble? But I’ve got enough on my plate, raising two kids on my own and keeping the family business alive. I don’t have the time or the inclination to fall for an outspoken city girl.

So I should have kept my hands to myself.

Holding her in my arms was a big mistake. Even worse? Spending the night together. She ignites a possessive fire in me that I’m finding hard to snuff out.


But the most unforgivable? Growing attached to the sound of her laugh, the scent of her skin, and the way her body wraps around mine in the dark.

At the end of the summer, she’ll be gone.
And if I’m not careful, she might run away with my heart.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Melanie Harlow kicks off a fantastic new series with Runaway Love and I am here for it! I fell in love with Veronica and Austin right away and I devoured this book. It was hard not to fall in love with plucky, outgoing Veronica and grumpy, overworked single dad Austin.

On her would-be wedding day, Veronica finds out that her fiance is shagging his assistant, which leads this former Rockette to put on a show-stopping performance before she walks out of the chapel with her head held high. But that also leaves her broke and homeless, with only the clothes she had in her hotel room. As luck would have it, she wanders into a diner and ends up with a job interview to be a nanny for the summer. Although the first meeting with her potential new boss, Austin, does not go well at all, he begrudgingly gives Veronica the job to care for his twins, Owen and Adelaide. The sexual tension is electric between them right from the start, but Austin and Veronica always stop after a few kisses. Until the twins are visiting their mom for a week and Austin and Veronica decide to have a week-long fling. Well, you can guess how that goes!

I loved Veronica’s strength and bravery. Even when she had lost everything, she found a silver lining. And poor Austin. He’d lived his life trying to make everyone in his family happy at his own expense for so long that he was afraid to reach for what he wanted to make him happy. Both in business and in his relationship with Veronica.

This story was absolutely charming. I loved Austin and Veronica, I loved the twins, I loved Cherry Tree Harbor and all of the eclectic residents we got to meet. I loved Austin’s Big Grovel, the reconciliation, and the happily ever after. I can’t wait to see what comes next in this series!

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Meet Melanie


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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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Echoes of You by Catherine Cowles

💜ECHOES OF YOU IS LIVE💜

Fall for Nash and Maddie in their friends-to-lovers, only one bed, small town romance from USA Today Bestselling Author, Catherine Cowles!

Nash Hartley has always been my everything: Protector. Partner in crime. Best friend. The person who was there for me in my darkest hour.

But my heart wanted so much more. So, when I knew for certain Nash didn’t feel the same about me, I tried to move on. What a mistake that turned out to be.

Now, I’m back in our small town, desperate to escape my living nightmare, and the only person I want to see is him.

As secrets are revealed, and Nash finds out what happened to me, he’ll do anything to keep me safe.

But there are those who will do anything to stop him, and this time neither of us may make out alive…

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Maddie and Nash’s story was amazing! This slow-burn best friends romance is full of heart, longing, and loyalty, with Catherine Cowles’ signature suspense threaded through. Best friends-to-more is one of my favorite tropes, especially when the author really relays the history between the characters. Cowles always does a fantastic job with her character development, and I *got* all of it between Nash and Maddie.

Growing up, Maddie and Nash were like two peas in a pod, but as they got older, Maddie wanted more from their relationship and didn’t think Nash was interested in the same. So she left town, and that decision altered her life forever. Now, with nowhere else to go after leaving her abusive ex, she is back in Cedar Ridge and reestablishing her relationship with Nash. Needless to say, Nash is not happy to hear that Maddie’s ex hurt her, and he goes into full-blown protector mode. Especially since Nash has been keeping a secret about their past.

I loved these two so much, and Jason Clarke and Erin Mallon did such a wonderful job with the narration of this story. I can’t wait to see what comes next in this series!

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About Catherine Cowles

Writer of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she’s not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Summer We Fell by Elizabeth O’Roark

The Summer We Fell by Elizabeth O’Roark is now live!

An Angsty, Second-Chance Forbidden Romance

He was my boyfriend’s best friend—and the bane of my existence. I wanted to hate Luke Taylor. I did hate him. I just never hated him enough.

Now, a decade later, tragedy has brought us back to the place where it all happened—my best times, and my worst.

Our lives have changed, but that pull between us is just as strong as ever.

Only this time, it’s more dangerous too.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3.5 Stars

I have mixed feelings about The Summer We Fell. It’s a super angsty story, told in the past and present, about a forbidden love between Juliet and Luke.

I do love angst, and this book was full of it. I felt that immediate connection between Juliet and Luke, and how tortured they were by not being able to be together. When he begged her to leave Danny… oh, my heart! Plus, I will listen to anything Teddy Hamilton reads, and this duet narration with Samantha Brentmoor was top-notch!

However, there were a few things that didn’t mesh for me.

Each chapter alternates between the present and the past, so it was hard at times to keep the two timelines linear in my mind and not forget where things in the story had left off. Also, I really wanted Juliet to grow a backbone. She just let everyone walk all over her, because she didn’t think she deserved better, and it grew frustrating.

Most of all, I wanted to read MORE of Luke and Juliet as a couple. After all that angst, a decade of yearning, all the lies, everything that kept them apart… I wanted a bigger payoff when they finally got together.

Would I recommend this book? Yes. Do I want to read more from about supporting characters? Also, yes. So that’s a win.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Bachelor by Marni Mann

Haven’t written the book yet lol

The Bachelor by Marni Mann is now live!

A scorching hot, forbidden, friends-to-lovers romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann …

Camden Dalton is notorious for three things: his command of the courtroom, his moves in the bedroom, and being the ultimate bachelor, never ever taking a woman home twice.

One drunken night, when Camden and I are accidentally left alone, we make a deal.

My proposition to him: if I don’t lose my virginity within the next year, he promises to take it.

But I don’t just want to do it.

I want to get filthy, dirty, rocked.

And I want to learn how to give as good as I get.

His rebuttal: four lessons on how to be an unforgettable lover. If I can make it through those without catching feelings, then we’ll move on to the fifth and final lesson, where all my naughtiest dreams will come true.

There’s only one problem.

Camden’s twin sister is my BFF.

And he’s forbidden to ever date any of her friends.


We just pray his sister won’t find out because what we’re doing is a whole lot more than dating.



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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Wow, Camden and Oaklyn’s story was scorching hot! The Bachelor was definitely the spiciest of the bunch in the Dalton Family series! But underneath all of the smexy lessons that Camden gives his sister Hannah’s best friend is a lovely romance between a playboy bachelor and the girl he didn’t even realize he’d been in love with since he was 12.

Hannah basically forbade her twin from ever dating any of her friends, so when Oaklyn propositions him to give her love lessons and take her V-card, it’s very much on the down low, since neither of them wants to let Hannah know what’s happening between them. While Camden agrees to teach Oaklyn a thing or two, he also plans to never let things go all the way between them. However, the joke is on him because the more time Camden spends with Oaklyn, the more he craves to be around her. When Camden and Oaklyn decided to make their relationship legit, how will Hannah react?

This story is super sexy, super spicy, but also very sweet. I have a soft spot for a story where a playboy meets the girl who makes him fall to his knees, and that’s exactly what Marni Mann delivered with The Bachelor!

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Meet Marni

USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, Marni was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts unique stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotions. A New Englander at heart, she now lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her husband and their yellow Lab. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop, working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling, or devouring fabulous books.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Seductress by Jessica Prince

Title: Seductress
Series: Whiskey Dolls
Author: Jessica Prince

Contemporary Romance; Small Town Romance; Brother’s Best Friend

I knew my best friend’s little sister was off limits, I just couldn’t help myself.

When a tragic accident caused Ford Grimes to trade the fast pace of the city for the refuge that came with being a small-town firefighter, the last thing he wanted was romance. Then he met the seductive manager of the local pizzeria and found himself questioning all the rules he’d put into place for his new life.

Hardin Shields may as well have had a neon sign strapped to her that said do not touch in big, glowing letters. The single mother had enough on her plate. With a family restaurant to run and an ex who was making her life difficult, the last thing she needed was for her unrequited crush on her older brother’s best friend to take a turn into . . . something.

When the chemistry becomes too hot to ignore, they decide to keep things light and fun, but when danger comes lurking, threatening Hardin, Ford has to decide if he’s strong enough to let go of the pain of the past in order to protect the woman who’s coming to mean too much, or let her go.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Another great addition to the Whiskey Dolls series from Jessica Prince! I loved Hardin when we met her and Hazel in Stunner (Asher and Owen’s book) and I was so excited that she was getting her own book — with Owen’s best friend, Ford!

My heart really went out to Ford in this book. He is SUCH a tortured hero! Little pieces of his past are dropped here and there, adding to the mystery of why he came to town seeking a fresh start. Because of his past, he is incredibly reluctant to get involved with Hardin. Simply because she’s a single mom. Yet he can’t help but keep his distance from her and they embark on a no-strings, day-by-day fling.

But emotions are messy and complicated, and they soon take over Ford. And when he thinks he may have lost Hardin for good, he’s forced to take a good look at his past and how he wants to spend his future.

I loved how Hardin and Ford’s friendship bloomed into more, I loved how he was with adorable little Hazel, and I loved his friendship with Owen. Seductress is a feel-good story that will keep you enraptured from the first page to the last!

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Born and raised around Houston Texas, Jessica spent most of her life complaining about the heat, humidity, and all around pain in the ass weather. It was only as an adult that she quickly realized the cost of living in Houston made up for not being able to breathe when she stepped outside. That’s why God created central air, after all.

Jessica is the mother of a perfect little boy–she refuses to accept that he inherited her attitude and sarcastic nature no matter what her husband says.

In addition to being a wife and mom, she’s also a wino, a coffee addict, and an avid lover of all types of books–romances still being her all time favs. Her husband likes to claim that reading is her obsession but she just says it’s a passion…there’s a difference. Not that she’d expect a boy to understand.

Jessica has been writing since she was a little girl, but thankfully grew out of drawing her own pictures for her stories before ever publishing her first book. Because an artist she is not.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Like You Know by Kaydence Snow

💙 ℕ𝔼𝕎 ℝ𝔼𝕃𝔼𝔸𝕊𝔼 💙

𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝!

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There are exactly three people in this whole world who know my secrets, my vulnerabilities, my pain. But then Jet Collins walks into my life and turns everything upside down.

Suddenly, I find myself keeping things from those closest to me. Even more shockingly, I’m sharing those very same secrets with someone I hardly know.

Jet’s charming and confident and everyone at school immediately wants to be his friend, but I’m the one person he can’t seem to stay away from. It’s irritating that I actually want to confide in him.

Yet every time I let myself get a little closer, he pulls away.

Boy trouble is the last thing I need. With a dangerous cult in town, my friends and I have already been in serious danger too many times to count, and things seem to be escalating again.

As the threat of BestLyf looms closer and my friends and I find ourselves in danger yet again, I can’t help wondering if Jet is dangerous too. Or is he just dangerous to my heart?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Like You Know is the 4th and final installment in the Devilbend Dynasty series. It could be a standalone, but I think for context and best enjoyment as far as the mystery of the BestLyf organization that runs throughout the series, it is better to start from Book 1. Especially since the mastermind behind BestLyf gets their comeuppance in Like You Know.

It wasn’t my favorite of the bunch, but I did enjoy Jet and Amaya’s story. Sometimes, I thought Amaya was a spoiled brat, but she grew on me and my feelings changed as her vulnerabilities came through. I figured out the plot twist early on in the book, but I still enjoyed the push and pull, slow burn that developed between Amaya and Jet. He totally balanced her out.

However, the ending was a bit rushed, and I thought that the criminal aspect of the cult was tied up too swiftly and neatly. Still, an enjoyable story.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Makes The Heart Grow Fouler by Carrie Aarons

Makes the Heart Grow Fouler by Carrie Aarons is live!

Never meet your hero, because they’ll probably turn out to be a villain.

That thought didn’t even cross my mind when the magazine I work for assigned me to do a feature article on Dane, the greatest country singer of our generation. You know, the kind of celebrity who doesn’t require a last name because they’re that prolific.

Along with being one of my favorite artists, the notoriously private man has never given an interview in his twenty-year career, so this piece could make mine. Unfortunately, from the minute I step foot on his massive Texas compound, Dane is determined to break it.

Between his icy stares, lewd gestures, and mocking comments, the one-week timetable to ask him my questions comes and goes with zero answers. But for some reason, he won’t pull out of the article. And when he insists I move into his guest house in order to observe him since he refuses to sit down one-on-one, I have no choice but to suck it up for my job.

After the year I’ve had, and the outside world I no longer want any part of, the seclusion is almost welcome. That is, if it didn’t include a sexy recluse who seems hellbent on messing with me. Working with someone I despise wouldn’t be so hard if it meant going home at the end of the day.

From his checkered past, to the rumors about his love life, to the fact that he vanished from the music scene five years ago, to the teenage daughter he’s raised as a single father her entire life … there is so much to unpack in order to learn the truth about the man buried beneath the ink covering his skin.

But the real danger comes when Dane drops the curtain completely, allowing me to see every side of him. Because it makes me want to show him every damaged part of myself.

Except two such opposite, but equally broken, people can never find a happily ever after. Especially since a villain has no heart. So what do I do when the fallen hero I can’t have wants to give me his?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Fantastic!

I was so excited when Carrie Aarons revealed that Dane was going to be her next hero, because I was intrigued after meeting him in Say You Love Me Again. Then I started reading MTHGF, and I gotta admit… I hated him those first few chapters! He was such a jerk! But as he fell for Margot, I fell for Dane and loved getting to know the vulnerable man underneath that grouchy exterior.

I really don’t want to say much about this book, because I think the blurb itself speaks volumes. It was unexpected in so many ways, and I loved the journey that Margot and Dane go on from the first page to the last.

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Author of romance novels such as Fool Me Twice and Love at First Fight, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the love stories of her imagination, and the athleisure dress code, much better.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Tristan by Samantha Lind

TRISTAN

Samantha Lind

Release Date: April 17

I was a forever-bachelor kind of guy.

I never planned on settling down.

I never wanted a family of my own.

Until a phone call came, the one woman I’d secretly loved my entire life needed my help.

I went from bars and hook-ups to late nights on the couch.

When her daughter is born, I find myself captivated by both of them, and falling deeper in love.

What happened to my forever-bachelor life, and is that the life I want?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

While somewhat predictable, Tristan was a super cute best friend’s sister/roommate/fake marriage romance. It’s low drama, zero angst, and full of steam and sweetness as playboy Tristan falls for his best friend’s little sister while giving Kendra a place to recover after she’s had a domestic violence (off-page) situation with her ex.

Both Tristan and Kendra have always had feelings for each other, but neither of them ever acted on them. Once she’s living as his roommate, it’s not long before they give in to those temptations. They start out as a friends-with-benefits fling since their relationship has an expiration date, but it’s clear they both want more.

I enjoyed the arc of Tristan’s character. The guy we meet 0n Page 1 who gets a phone call that Kendra has been hurt is not the same guy who steps up to be a dad to another man’s child at the end of this book. It’s sweet, it’s moving, and maybe not being able to have Kendra is the reason why Tristan never settled down before he had a chance with her.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Samantha Lind is a USA TODAY Bestselling contemporary romance author. When she’s not dreaming up new stories, she can often be found with her family, traveling, reading, watching her boys on the ice, or watching her favorite professional hockey team (Go Knights Go!), and listening to country music. She can be contacted by email or found on Facebook.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Parentmoon by L.B. Dunbar

💛 NEW RELEASE 💛

PARENTMOON, by USA Today bestselling author LB Dunbar, is Available Now! This is a sexy silver fox standalone with one bed, shower shenanigans, and a romantic atmosphere that’s a little too tempting for this single mom in need of a vacation.

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What to expect:

✔️Sexy single dad

✔️One bed

✔️Holiday getaway

✔️Opposites attract

BLURB:

When the divorced mother of the groom goes head-to-head with the single father of the bride, they might be the next couple experiencing a heart-to-heart.

When my son asked me to take his ticket for the honeymoon that didn’t happen, I balked. What would I do on a ten-day vacation in Belize?

More importantly, what caused my son and the love of his life to call off their wedding?

I didn’t have an answer, and he wasn’t sharing

So, I’d traded places with him.

Over a week of sunshine and me-time was on the docket until he arrived.

Dallas Cole had silver in his beard, eyes the color of an ocean, and the most annoying drawl. And by annoying, I mean, thigh-clenching, heart-hammering, make me want to kiss him swagger.

Only, that’s something I would never do, because he’s the single father of the bride for the wedding that never was, and now, he’s encroaching on my parentmoon.

One house. One bed. Not happening.

So what if he calls me darlin’ in that swoony voice. Not going there despite his smirky grin amongst the gray on his jaw. Not going to think about the fact he saw me naked . . . by accident.

Nope.

The former father of the bride will only be going head-to-head with this protective mother of the groom, not lips to lips, or any other body part. And definitely not heart to heart.

Tropes: sexy silver fox; later-in-life; genXromance; one-bed; forced proximity; holiday destination; single dad; single mom; he falls first

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SUNNY SHELLY’S REVIEW: 5 Stars

This book was so fun! The mother of the groom and the father of the bride spend what would have been their kids’ honeymoon together in Belize. I loved the premise of this story, and LB Dunbar did a great job of telling Dallas and Jo’s story!

I binged Parentmoon in a single reading while tucked in bed late at night and I just could not put it down. I loved seeing Jo loosen up and just go with the flow when she was with Dallas. And I had to know: What led to Michael and Keli calling off the wedding?

When Dallas finally showed his vulnerable side, I’m not gonna lie; it made me tear up. What happens next was an epic reunion. Dallas slayed all of Jo’s dragons, fought off the iguanas, crumbled her walls… and she melted his heart in return and brought him back to life.

I can’t recommend Parentmoon enough! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 ABOUT L.B. DUNBAR:

L.B. Dunbar loves sexy silver foxes, second chances, and small towns. If you enjoy older characters in your romance reads, including a hero with a little silver in his scruff and a heroine rediscovering her worth, then welcome to romance for those over 40. L.B. Dunbar’s signature works include women and men in their prime taking another turn at love and happily ever. She’s a USA TODAY Bestselling Author, as well as an Amazon Top 10 Later in Life Romance with her Lakeside Cottage and Road Trips & Romance series. L.B. lives in Chicago with her own sexy silver fox.

To get all the scoop about the self-proclaimed queen of silver fox romance, join her on Facebook at Loving L.B. or receive her monthly newsletter, Love Notes.

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Book Review

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Heart of Gold by Amie Knight

Title: Heart of Gold
A Heart Series Spin-Off Novella
Author: Amie Knight
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Lifelong Friends to Lovers College Romance
Release Date: April 14, 2023
BLURB
I was eight the first time I saw her.
Ramsay Katherine Walker.
She was the prettiest girl I’d ever seen.
But eight-year-old Ramsay had nothing on grown-up Ramsay.
And now that we were in college, I was finding it harder and harder to hide my feelings.
But how do you tell your best friend in the world that you’re in love with them?
If you’re me, you don’t.
But with college guys pawing at my girl, I know I can’t wait any longer.
I can only hope she feels the same way.
PURCHASE LINKS
AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
Free in Kindle Unlimited
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
Heart of Gold is a super sweet novella set in Amie Knight’s Heart world. Will and Ramsey are college students who have been best friends since they were 8 years old. Both of them have feelings for one another, but are afraid to admit it and ruin their friendship. When Ramsey’s roommate Asia informs her that another guy in their dorm likes her, it pretty much scares Will into losing her to someone else. (But Asia knows what she’s doing and gives Will the push he needs!)

Will suggests a fake date to prepare Ramsey to date for real. And he has every intention on making sure she knows there is no better guy for her than him.

Adorable, if not predictable. At only 8 chapters, this book is one that is easy to read in one sitting. And easy to fall in love with Ramsey and Will.

This book is loosely connected to A Steel Heart since Miranda was once Will’s babysitter when he was a kid, and there is a lovely appearance by Miranda and Holden.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

AUTHOR BIO
USA Today bestselling author Amie Knight has been a reader for as long as she can remember and a romance lover since she could get her hands on her momma’s books. She’s a dedicated wife and mother with a deep love of music, makeup, and house plants. When she isn’t reading and writing, you can catch her jamming out in the car with her two kids and husband to ’90s R&B, country, and show tunes. Amie draws inspiration from her childhood in Columbia, South Carolina, and can’t imagine living anywhere other than the South.