STOLEN DREAMS by Natasha Madison is AVAILABLE NOW!

Blurb:

Lilah

I was left for dead when I was eighteen.

Coming to Mustang Creek Ranch gave me something to live for.

My boss is grumpy and reclusive.

But I’m secretly in love with him, even though he’s made it known he’ll never settle down.

Even though he’s made it clear, he’ll never be mine-or anyone’s.

Emmett

I’ve kept my distance from Lilah for years. No matter how much I want her, she’s off-limits.

The only family I will ever have are the ones I fought beside in battle-the family I chose.

Until the phone rang and I found out I had an eight-year-old daughter.

Watching Lilah with my daughter makes me wonder what it would be like to do the thing I swore I never would: have a family and fall in love.

When I move her into my house to keep her safe from the dangers of her past, all bets are off.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Another great book from Natasha Madison in the Dreams series. Emmett and Lilah’s story was a wonderful secret crush, grumpy single dad romance.

I always enjoy it when a broken hero who thinks he has nothing to offer turns out to be super swoony and considerate, surprising himself… and that is exactly what happened with Emmett. Through Lilah’s bond with his daughter Lucy, both Emmett and Lucy bloomed. The progression from mutual pining to something so much deeper developed naturally, and I enjoyed seeing these characters come together.

There’s an element of suspense with Lilah’s stalker, which leads Emmett to finally get out of his own way and realize that his desire to be with her outweighs his fears that he could never be enough for her. The healing that these two broken souls find in one another was lovely.

There was one thing that left me a bit disappointed however and unsettled by the time I got to the end of the book. I felt like the reasons behind Lilah’s accident all those years ago weren’t fully explained. There were a few toss-away mentions, but the *why* of it all could have used a better explanation, in my opinion.

Overall, this did not disappoint as a grumpy single dad romance! 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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From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa comes a small-town, forced-proximity romance with a grumpy, single dad, a woman on the run, and a stalker who won’t let her go…

After witnessing a crime, I ran.
For three years, I’ve hid from everyone.
I abandoned Birchwoods Spring, my home, my plans, and the life I planned to build.
I told myself it was the only way to stay safe.

But when my grandmother falls ill, I have no choice but to come back—even if it means confronting the past I tried to escape.

The moment I step onto my land, I feel it. The unease creeping in. The prickle at the back of my neck.

Someone’s been here. Watching. Waiting.
They know I’m back.
And they want me to know it, too.
I should leave. Pack up. Disappear—again.

Then I see him.

Hopper Timberbridge, my high school crush.

He’s no longer a gangly teenager. Now, he’s gruff, guarded, and fiercely protective of the life he’s built with his daughter. He doesn’t pry, doesn’t push—just takes everything in with knowing eyes that see too much. And when the threats escalate, he offers me a place to stay, a refuge I know better than to trust.

Because whatever’s lurking in the dark?

It isn’t just watching anymore. It’s coming for me.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

After witnessing a crime three years ago, Nysa left home and has been on the run ever since. But with her grandmother ill, she heads back home… and walks right into danger. Her savior comes from the hot grumpy single dad next door, Hopper — who also happened to be the older guy she crushed on back in high school.

When mysterious things begin happening on their properties, Nysa and Hopper decide it is best to stay together (with his daughter, Maddie) and not be alone. Along with the sizzling sexual chemistry between them, there is the element of suspense woven throughout the story. Who is trying to take over the town, and why? The identity of the villains kept me guessing right up to the moment of the reveal.

I really enjoyed the slow-burn romance between Nysa and Hopper in this story. It built naturally, and I found it easy to relate to the characters, therefore rooting for them to get together. The story is narrated in duet by Connor Crais and Stephanie Nemeth-Parker, two phenomenal voice actors who always bring such charisma to whatever story they are telling.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

DAISY WHISPERS by Marie Johnston is AVAILABLE NOW

Blurb:

Alder Duke was my high school sweetheart turned husband, then he became a stranger who wanted his freedom. I gave it to him.

Fifteen years later, I’m a single mom who desperately needs a place to live. He’s a powerful CEO who needs a wife in order to get the house he grew up in, thanks to a trust his grandma left behind.

He makes a deal with me: get married to him—again—and live with him for a year. Once the house is in his name, we can divorce—again—and he’ll rent the place to me.

Just one year. No strings. No feelings. Simple.

But nothing about my ex-husband is simple. Gone is the man who wanted to stay out all night drinking with his buddies. This Alder cooks and cleans and unclogs sinks in gray sweatpants. He gets my stubborn daughter to like him. And with me? He looks at me like I’m the only woman in the world.

I can’t fall for his sweet daisy whispers. I know how it ends. This time we planned it. My life was already derailed by him once, and I barely came out intact. He’s had my heart forever, but he only gets one year.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I absolutely loved Alder and Daisy’s story in Daisy Whispers! This was a lovely second-chance romance with a twist between a divorced couple: Duke needs a wife to inherit the house his grandmother left him, and Daisy needs a new place to live ASAP with her young daughter. For a year, they’ll pretend to be married, and he’ll let Daisy rent the house after their time is up.

My favorite parts of the book were seeing Alder and Daisy fall in love with the *new* versions of one another. He knew how much he’d messed up, throwing away their marriage 15 years ago because he didn’t want to grow up. Since then, he’s spent every day making something of himself, and he never got over his wife. Daisy is hesitant to trust Alder, and rightfully so, but he wears her down little by little and shows her what their new life could be. There’s another layer for her with her ex, Jason, her daughter’s father, and her guilt over their romance and how she wasn’t as invested in it as he was. There is a lot for Daisy to unpack, and Alder puts in the work every step of the way, taking care of her, providing for her, and just showing her that he’s now a different man.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Marie Johnston:

Marie Johnston is a RITA® Finalist, and a best-selling and award-winning writer of paranormal and contemporary romance – and an avid reader of them both.

Several years ago, when kids started outnumbering adults in the house, Marie Johnston left her job as a public health microbiologist to stay at home. Settling into working part-time and shuttling kids around gave Marie the opportunity to think about what she wanted to be when she grew up. A die-hard science geek, she explored her previously thought to be non-existent creative side after much time spent making snowman crafts and coloring princesses. Having entertained thoughts of writing a book one day then subsequently deciding it would be too hard, she finally put the figurative pen to paper and began to type – and fell in love with story telling.

The Sigma Menace is the first series by Marie with Fever Claim being her first book EVER.  She is humbled by the fact that people are willing to read to her books and looks forward to keeping readers entertained for many years.

Marie lives with her husband and four kids in North Dakota where the summers are gorgeous, the winters are brutal, and spring and fall are luxuries.

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THE SINGLE DAD DILEMMA by Kat Savage is AVAILABLE NOW

Blurb:

From USA Today Bestselling Author Kat Savage, comes a brand-new spinoff series: Family of Misfits! If you fell in love with the found family in the Men of Bird’s Eye series, travel south to Nashville, where the second studio location is up and running under the ownership of a familiar face with a new crew of artists!

Ridge Jessup is many things—an award-winning tattoo artist with celebrity clientele, the manager of the Bird’s Eye Tattoo Studio Nashville location… oh, and a thirty-five-year-old single father to a rowdy little girl.

With work getting busier, convention season coming up, and his daughter booted from her third daycare this month, he’s in desperate need of summer help. Forget about having a personal life or dating—he’s just trying to survive.

Darcy Anderson is a handful of credits short of her degree and broke. The college fund her grandmother left her didn’t withstand the test of time or inflation.

When she sees an ad for a summer nannying job, it seems perfect—one kid, weekdays only, and compensation well above average. It almost seems too good to be true.

The moment Ridge lays eyes on Darcy, he really doesn’t want to give her the job. She’s hot, smart, and funny—a dangerous combination that feels disastrous—especially with the ten-year age gap between them. But of all the candidates interviewed, his daughter only likes her. It’s a real dilemma.

Despite his best efforts to keep their relationship professional, things get hot and heavy as complications continue to mount. Darcy finds herself torn—her practical brain still preparing for the perfectly planned future she envisioned for herself while her fairytale-loving heart is looking to override everything for a single dad and his little girl she doesn’t want to walk away from.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

The Single Dad Dilemma is a super sweet single dad/nanny romance. Reading Darcy and Ridge’s romance was a great way to spend a rainy weekend day.

Ridge desperately needs a new nanny thanks to his rather spirited 4-year-old daughter, Louise (aka Lou), being kicked out of every daycare in the city. Darcy needs a good-paying summer job to bank tuition money and finish up her master’s degree in early childhood education. It’s a win/win for them both — especially since Darcy and Lou hit it off right away. There’s an instant attraction between Darcy and Ridge that they try to fight off — he’s 10 years older than her, and she’s got some baggage thanks to a bad prior relationship — but they give in to their feelings one night while they are stuck together in a hotel room.

There is some drama with Darcy’s ex-boyfriend that Ridge handles relatively swiftly in a hot scene where he plays her knight in shining armour. However, I wish there was more explanation given about her past with Tyler; what seems like what should have been an important conversation happened off-page and was referenced briefly, and I felt like it deserved more to propel Darcy and Ridge forward together.

But overall, The Single Dad Dilemma was a great start to a new series. It’s a spinoff from the Men of Birds Eye series, featuring a new cast of characters working at the tattoo shop’s Nashville location, and I look forward to getting to know the other guys better!

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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700 SENSES OF SUMMER by Maggie Gates is AVAILABLE NOW

Blurb:

He’s a moth to a flame. She’s the inferno.

Aurora Whitlock hit rock bottom.

Broke, single, and mourning her career going up in smoke, she decides to kick-start her new life by renovating the bones of an old beach house hidden along the Carolina coast.

What a cliché—inheriting a fixer-upper from a deceased relative. That kind of thing only happens in books.

But beggars can’t be choosers. The Old Whitlock Place, and all its secrets, is home sweet home for the summer.

Jack Wharton didn’t expect to find a summertimer squatting in the dilapidated mansion next door.
As a career firefighter tasked with protecting Cedar Island, North Carolina, he’s seen a thing or two. But he’s never seen anything quite like her.

Painting walls and fixing floors in the middle of summer shouldn’t be that hard to handle. But the temperature isn’t the only thing that’s hot. Can Jack and Aurora’s sizzling romance stand the heat? Or will the secrets they uncover consume them?

700 Senses of Summer is a fun summer read full of witty banter, the best girl gang you’ll ever meet, mystery, and a scorching romance with a swoony happily ever after! It is book two in the Romantics series but can be read as a standalone.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

This story is a charming summer romance between sexy firefighter Jack and spicy black cat Aurora — with a hint of mystery thrown in surrounding the rundown beach house she inherited from her late great aunt.

Aurora is an author in the midst of a dry spell who decides to move to the beach house she inherited and fix it up — hoping that the renovation will also help her fix up her own life. She doesn’t take too kindly at first when her new neighbor, Jack, offers his assistance — but thankfully the guy didn’t give up because Jack was just what Aurora needed in her life and provided her a safe space to land when her life was in chaos. Aurora had no plans to stick around town for longer than the summer… but fate had something else in store for her.

I really enjoyed the banter between these two characters, and the sizzling sexual tension. They worked well together as a couple and I loved the slow build between them, first as friends as they renovated the house, then as their feelings grew. It was a delicious slow burn.

I loved the North Carolina setting; having vacationed many times on the Outer Banks, the scenery was very easy for me to imagine in my mind! There were also some breadcrumbs dropped for additional books set in the same world, which I am interested to read!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Maggie Gates:

Author Maggie Gates writes raw, relatable, romance novels packed full of heat and humor. Maggie calls North Carolina home. In her spare time she enjoys daydreaming about her characters, jamming to country music, collecting vinyl record, and eating all the barbecue and tacos she can find! Her Kindle is always within reach due to a love of small town romances that borders on obsession.

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🩷 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 🩷 

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀: 𝗔 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭) by Taylor James is now LIVE! 

𝑶𝑵𝑬-𝑪𝑳𝑰𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶𝑫𝑨𝒀! 

𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅!

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What to expect:

🍓 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧

🐎 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐌𝐂

🌼 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞

❤️‍🩹 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

🎤 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐅𝐌𝐂

🩷 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮

Blurb: 

Tinsley Jacobs is a global phenomenon. Her songs are all over the radio. Her concerts sell out within minutes. And her latest album is shattering records.

An album she wrote about the summer we shared together. 

It’s been easy to pretend those months never existed. That I didn’t wake up one morning to a note telling me if she didn’t leave now, she never would. That my heart hasn’t been broken since I decided to let her go without a fight, knowing she was destined for more than me and this town. 

But for the first time in ten years, she’s back in Berry Falls, and from the moment we run into each other, I can’t keep my distance. And neither can she.

It’s as if no time has passed as we surrender to the pull between us, spending days on the lake and nights dancing in the fields under a sky full of stars.

The history that broke me feels like it’s repeating itself. 

I know how this will end. 

But I also know what life without her is like, and even though losing her all over again will destroy me, I still want every minute of her time.

One last summer before I say goodbye for good.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Sunrise Arrows by Taylor James was an absolute delight! This is the first book I’ve read by this author, and I adored it!

Archer and Tinsley’s story gave me all the feels. I loved everything about this second-chance romance: the emotion, the history between the characters, the coming-home-again, the crossroads they faced. It was clear to me that there was still so much love between Archer and Tinsley; they just had to figure out how to make it work.

Sunrise Arrows was so well done, and I breezed through this book, falling in love with the characters, the town, the supporting players. I’m really looking forward to more from this series!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Sawyer by Jessica Peterson is now live! 

Dirty dancing leads to a chance at forever in this sizzling single parent, found family, small town romance by Jessica Peterson.

As a recently divorced single mom, I have zero interest in flirting with guys while on a rare girls’ weekend away with my sisters. I just want to have fun, celebrate my new job, and listen to live music at a honky tonk.

But when I literally stumble into the most gorgeous guy ever on the dance floor, those plans go up in smoke. Growing up on the barrel racing circuit, I’m not immune to the charms of a cowboy. But this particular one is hot as hell: Sawyer’s got a mustache, some sexy tattoos, and a very filthy mouth.

Needless to say, we end up naked in his swanky hotel room. It’s the best sex of my life. And the way Sawyer treats me like a queen? Let’s just say a girl could get addicted to that kind of adoration. 

Good thing he’ll always be just a one night stand I can look back on with a smile. I’m rebuilding our life from scratch, and I need to focus on my three-year-old daughter and the dream job I just landed.

Imagine my surprise, then, when I move to Hartsville and run into a tattooed cowboy with an endearing daughter of his own. Now Sawyer wants more than the occasional playdates between our girls. But the closer we become, the more determined this sexy single dad is to keep me forever. 

As much as I am falling for Sawyer, I’m terrified. I’ve been down this road before with my ex, and I wonder if I can trust this cowboy. Will he rope the moon for me? Or is my heart destined to be trampled all over again?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Single dad Sawyer and single mom Ava meet at an Austin honkey tonk during a rare night out with their siblings, end up having a wicked hot one night stand, and never expect to see the other one again. So of course they cross paths again three months later, shortly after Ava and her daughter have moved to town so she can work as a trainer at another ranch near Lucky River.

Ava is rebuilding her life after a divorce, and worries practically every step of the way with Sawyer that she’ll be losing her freedom if she gives in to her feelings for him. I get that her ex husband was the kind of guy who did the bare minimum — and that is evident when Ava notes over and over again how surprised she is by Sawyer’s actions, like taking care of her, cooking dinner, etc., which just drives home the point even more that Dan was a crappy partner. And Sawyer is the fixer of the family, who for some reason, has been carrying around massive guilt for over a decade that he wasn’t able to save his parents from dying in a car accident. He’s always volunteering to help everyone else, but is hesitant to ask or accept help for himself.

I thought that Sawyer and Ava balanced each other out well when it came to giving the other the exact support that they needed. But he’s ultimately looking for a white and the whole picket-fence life, and she doesn’t want to get married again. Will they be able to find a compromise? (No worries, there is a HEA!)

I adored Junie and Ella (aka Yella) and how the two little girls clicked so quickly and became besties overnight. They were so cute together, and I love the thought of them being raised as siblings.

Overall, I really enjoyed this story. I found there to be some repetition from both characters that I could have done without, but generally found Ava and Sawyer’s story to be enjoyable and easy to read… and much spicier than the previous books in this series!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Jessica

Jessica Peterson writes romance with heat, humor, and heart. Heroes with hot accents are her specialty. When she’s not writing, she can be found bellying up to a bar in the south’s best restaurants with her husband Ben, reading books with her adorable daughter Gracie, or snuggling up with her 70-pound lap dog, Martha.

A Carolina girl at heart, she fantasizes about splitting her time between Charleston and Asheville, but currently lives in Charlotte, NC.

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JUST SAY YES by LENA HENDRIX is available now!

Getting tangled up with an Olympic rugby player seems like the perfect way to forget about how my life is falling apart. Until I discover he’s my ex-boyfriend’s best friend.

Logan Brown walked into my small town with a charming grin and mischief in his eyes. He’s a world-class flirt and his confident masculinity is almost as distracting as those rugby thighs.

Given my inexperienced history, I’m no match for our undeniable chemistry. I vow to keep him at arm’s length. But with Logan, every lingering stare—every forbidden touch—awakens something inside of me I thought I had buried for good.

We both know we shouldn’t cross that line, but I have spent my entire life being a good girl, and suddenly I’m tempted to be very, very bad.

Especially when Logan tells me to just say yes.

What to expect:

Ex’s best friend

Inexperienced FMC

Olympic Rugby playing hero

Frenemies to lovers

Possessive hero

Forbidden romance

He talks you through

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

After the heaviness of JP’s redemption story, I loved the lighter tone of MJ’s story in Just Say Yes.

Logan and MJ’s story was a delicious slow burn. I loved how he kind of didn’t know what to do with himself at times, and how hesitant she was to get involved with him because of his connection to her ex. That relationship ended so badly and left her with some major baggage and just a diminished sense of self-worth. Their relationship starts off with MJ being Logan’s good luck charm during some exhibition rugby games, and it builds from a no-strings fling to a wonderful, heartfelt true romance. Logan is such a swoony hero, and was so patient and caring with MJ, both in dealing with her inexperience and her mental fragility.

CJ Bloom and Ryan Hudson were everything as the narrators for this book. The highs, the lows, the vulnerability, the spice… these two perfectly portrayed MJ and Logan.

Having read the Sullivans series first and now the Kings, I am so sad to say goodbye to these two families and all their chaos and the quirky town of Outtatowner! I hope that this is not the last we will see from this gang — please consider a next-gen series, Lena!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.