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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Edge of Happiness by Kristin Turnage
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Edge of Happiness by Kristin Turnage

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Title: The Edge of Happiness
Series: Edge #1
Author: Kristin Turnage
Genre: Slow Burn Small Town Romance

Release Date: February 5, 2021

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Cassie Davis is the girl you’d look over in a crowd. She isn’t the life of the party, she’s the DD. The responsible one, the reliable one, the one you can count on. That’s who she is. 
When her best friend dies a tragic death on her watch, her life starts to fall apart. The guilt and shame take their toll. Therapists aren’t helping and her dad’s out of options. That’s until her estranged Uncle calls out of the blue, giving her dad the idea of sending her to his small NC hometown for the summer.
Her goal is to fix herself, to find her happiness somewhere amidst the chaos. But, she’s not ready for the smooth talking, gorgeous guy that gets injected into her life. Staying away from him would be best, but when he speaks to her, she feels her hope inside come alive. When he touches her, her world that’s full of chaos and confusion, freezes.
Ryan’s someone that’s never struggled in the looks department. His wounds are deep and he’s not looking for someone to mend them. After his long-time girlfriend cheated on him and ended up pregnant, Ryan doesn’t want to get tied down ever again. He wants to live out his life, working on his family’s farm, and that’s it.
Parties and unattached sex are his new norm, trying to find happiness wherever he can. That’s until her eyes make him feel stupid things in his chest. Ryan doesn’t want to give himself to anyone again, but when she smiles, his world lights up.
When they’re both on the edge of happiness, will they risk it all for each other?
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I let them fade away into the background as my eyes travel around, shamelessly looking around for him. I breathe a sigh of relief when my eyes find him sitting at another table talking to his friends. I wasn’t expecting to meet a guy like him on my first day here. I wasn’t expecting anyone like him at all. 
My body goes from ice cold to super-hot in a split second, like a rollercoaster. He is relaxing and having an in-depth conversation with whoever is sitting in front of him. His eyes look around in a break in the conversation, taking in his surroundings. He looks over my way and then back. Then he stops and his eyes slide back to mine. I can’t breathe. His stare is holding me in my place. I can’t even think. I just stare back at him like a dazed animal. Slowly his mouth begins to move again, carrying on the conversation like he wasn’t trapped in a staring contest with me. Never taking his eyes off of me, never blinking. His stare is controlled and also purposeful. My body heat rises so high, I know my cheeks are flaming red at this point.
I watch as the person across from him speaks, but he still hasn’t taken his eyes off me. I need to look away, but I can’t. Wait… Am I flirting? Yes. No. Maybe? I try to swallow the rock in my throat.
Then his lips pull up into a grin that brings a shiver over my body. It’s not a flirty smile, it’s pleasant, welcoming, and it has my head spinning.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 Stars

I have such mixed feelings about this story. I glossed over grammatical errors and some cringy dialog like Ryan calling Cassie “Girl” — no, just no. But I couldn’t look past plot points like Ryan kissing Cassie hours after he fooled around with Whitney while thinking of Cassie. That’s effed up, dude. And the whole group just forgot that Cassie was in the house when they headed to the lake? Even Ryan, who had literally just left her to shower in his bathroom after that previously mentioned kiss? WTF? He tells her he’d take her virginity whenever she wants, but then pushes her away. He sleeps with his crazy ex who broke his heart because he doesn’t feel like he deserves to be with Cassie? It’s not cheating since he dumped Cassie first, but it just felt icky. Ryan runs so hot and cold, I got whiplash trying to keep up with his mood swings.

But there is much that I liked about Cassie and Ryan as characters, both dealing with scars and battling demons, and finding solace in the other. So I’m torn between not liking this book because of the rotten behavior and ignoring all of that because there really are some sweet moments.

This story is a slow burn friends to lovers romance, but while I felt the deep friendship that formed between Cassie and Ryan, I never felt that pull to ship them as a couple. Especially with his whoring around.

I think there is a lot of potential here with this new author, and I’m curious to see what she brings to the table in the rest of this series. We shall see…

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Kristin Turnage is an indie author that lives close to the beach in Florida with her husband, two daughters, and two cats. She has been writing for eight years and has been chasing her dream of becoming a published author for a long time. The Edge of Happiness from The Edge Series is her first published work and has turned her dream into a reality. She is excited that you are all taking this journey alongside of her.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: In Between Forever, by Mika Jolie

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Release Date: February 4

What happens when happily ever after isn’t? 

For Keely and Blake Alexander, the vows were easy, the love unconditional, and the promise eternal. But when life comes crashing forth, bringing a hard, cold slap of reality in their fairytale, Keely and Blake question everything they ever wanted. 
As their carefree, happy marriage begins to crumble, they’re faced with a truth they never saw coming. 

 

Suddenly, battling from opposing sides, they find themselves struggling with until death do us part.

With a promise of forever, can they find a way to make it work all the times in between? 

 
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

In Between Forever was a really interesting look at a marriage in peril… Keely and Blake love each other fiercely, but infertility issues are driving a huge wedge between them. I thought Mika Jolie did a great job of exploring not just how Keely feels broken by the fact that they can’t conceive, but also how Blake feels like he is fighting the battle alone due to his wife’s depression.

There is a lot more to this story besides the fact that they are trying unsuccessfully to have a child. There is some family drama and health issues — and how, or if, Blake and Keely will be able to come out on the other side of it is just as much of this couple’s journey as is having a child.

I haven’t read any of the other Martha’s Way books, so there were some details about the backstory that I wasn’t fully aware of. I thought MJ did a good job at explaining that without me feeling lost. This group of friends is tight — a family by choice, even though some of them are related — and it was nice to see all of that support.

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Mika Jolie lives in New Jersey with her Happy Chaos—her husband and their energizer bunnies. She’s a lover of words, wonder, an old-fashioned, and the whimsical delights of everyday living. When she’s not writing swoon-worthy, sexy relatable romance, you can find her on a hiking adventure, beachin’ it at the Jersey shore, apple, blueberry picking, or whatever her three men can conjure up.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Straight Up, by Charity Farrell

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𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐔𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄! 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐱 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬!

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Lincoln:

I went from a penthouse to sleeping in a prison cell.

From the VP of a million-dollar empire to a felon.

All for a crime I didn’t commit.

Now that I’m free, I vow to stay out of trouble.

The only problem? She’s trouble wrapped in a bow.

Cassidy:

My type? Bad boys.

Until my bad boy boyfriend got me arrested.

I’ve moved to a new town and sworn off relationships.

Until I meet him … my Prince Charming … fresh out of prison.

Trouble and bad boys never felt so good … until it all falls apart.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Straight Up is another great addition to Charity Farrell’s Twisted Fox series, and bridges the gap with her Blue Beech series since Cassidy is the youngest sister of Sierra, Kyle, etc.

In Straight Up, we get to know Archer’s brother, Lincoln, better and learn how going to prison protecting his dad affected him. He’s trying to make an honest living working at his brother’s bar, and is keeping his nose clean. Then a spitfire named a Cassidy starts waitressing at Twisted Fox. No matter how much he tries to stay away from her, Linc is drawn to her magnetic personality, her sense of humor and kind heart.

Fresh off an arrest of her own when her boyfriend made her take the fall for his drug run, Cassidy is on a break from guys. So getting involved with Lincoln is the last thing she sets out to do. But there is a sizzle underneath their easy friendship, and despite her best efforts, Cass is falling fast.

You would think that Lincoln’s past would be the problem that comes between them. But it’s her past that does. Cassidy puts him in a really awkward position, and I understood both sides when she lashed out. I was glad to see that the resolution came quickly and wasn’t dragged on, because I loved these two together and wanted them to move past it!

Straight Up is a great friends to lovers romance. Cassidy and Lincoln have sizzling chemistry, a great friendship and really come to depend on one another. I was shipping them from the start!

We also catch up with the other couples, see Cohen and Jamie have their baby, and get a GREAT tease for Grace’s story!

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Charity resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. She grew up riding her bicycle to the town’s public library, and reading anything she could get her hands on. When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, spending time with her family, or caving into her online shopping addiction.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Thorns and Forgiveness by Coralee June
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Thorns and Forgiveness by Coralee June

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The Duet is complete!
Thornes and Forgiveness, the all-new intense and fiercely emotional second book in the Twisted Legacy Duet from bestselling author CoraLee June is available now!

Determined to save my mother from her disastrous marriage, I sold my pride for a second chance with Hamilton Beauregard. I ached for him, but my heart refused to forgive.

Hamilton broke me. He betrayed me.
He made me fall in love with a lie.

While trying to figure out my feelings, we all had to navigate my mother’s toxic sham of a marriage and her husband’s deteriorating façade. My stepfather was dangerous. Deadly. During a tragic moment of weakness, his evil bloomed to life, and someone died.

Hamilton is the only way I’ll survive.

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“You want a goodbye, Hamilton?” I asked as the pain in my chest cracked and all the disappointment flowed out with a vengeance. What even was the truth anymore? Did he care about me? Did he think I wasn’t worth the effort?

He clenched his teeth, the move making his defined jaw harden into a sharp line. “I want a goodbye, Petal.” My heart cracked. I felt cheap. Used. I was done. Done with all of it. Done with the Beauregards. Done with the blackmail. Done with my mother’s guilt. My insecurities. I was done with him. Hamilton then choked out words that softened the blow. “I want you to live your life, Petal. I want you to be happy without me.”

I wrapped my legs around his middle and rolled us both over. Pressing him into the mattress, I shrugged out of my sleep tank and clawed at the soft fabric of his shirt. He quickly tore it from his body while kicking his boots off to the ground. “Fuck you, Hamilton,” I whispered before scraping my teeth along his chest. I savored him. I fought with him. My fingers undid the button to his pants, and he slid them down.

“Love you too, Petal,” he said in a reverent tone, his voice so soft that I almost didn’t hear it. It was the most tender sound. “I bet you’re drenched. You still want me. Even when I hurt you, your pussy aches for me.”

Shame filled me. This was some sick kink for Hamilton. He liked knowing he could still have my body after destroying my heart. I raged.

I groaned. “I want your cock. I want your goodbye. I want to get off so I can kick you out of my apartment and out of my life.”

We undressed like each scrap of fabric between us was a weapon. He bucked, I pressed him into the mattress. I lined up my sex with his and watched his lips part as I slowly slid down and began riding him. With him fully inside me, he groaned low and slow. I bent over to whisper in his ear. “Enjoy it while you can, because I’m done.”

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

The Twisted Legacy Duet is complete, and it was fantastic! Thorns and Forgiveness is crazy, it’s twisted, it’s emotional, it’s intense. Much like Vera, I equally loved and hated Hamilton at times! Thorns and Forgiveness is not a standalone; it is the page-turning conclusion to Bastards and Scapegoats, which needs to be read first.

While I felt that B&S was very much Vera’s story, we get a lot more of Hamilton’s side in T&F. The dude is messed up! Broken, vulnerable, and messed up! What started out as a revenge plot to expose his corrupted dad and brother turned into something so much more when he fell for Vera along the way. He is miserable without her, but can’t be WITH her in order to protect her. Of course, that doesn’t last very long, and Vera and Hamilton work together to bring down his wicked family.

There are so many twists and turns in this book. And my heart broke for Hamilton. All that he went through at the hands of his dad and brother, and how desperate he was for a place where he felt like he fit in. The Beauregard family is seriously messed up, and it’s a wonder that Hamilton had a shred of decency in there!

If you read B&S, then you know what you want out of T&F. And I felt like I got the conclusion I was looking for when it came to Vera and Hamilton’s love story. It’s sexy and spicy, full of lust and love, and an incredible thread of these stubborn soulmates being perfect for each other.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About CoraLee
Coralee June is an international bestselling romance writer who enjoys engaging projects and developing real, raw, and relatable characters. She is an English major from Texas State University and has had an intense interest in literature since her youth.
She currently resides with her husband and two daughters in Dallas, Texas, where she enjoys long walks through the ice-cream aisle at her local grocery store.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Laces, by Tempi Lark
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Laces, by Tempi Lark

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 Release Date: January 31
Welcome to Hawthorne Asylum.
Welcome to hell. 
This place isn’t run by the doctors who make you talk or the orderlies who force you to swallow your pills.
It belongs to them, to the Infamous Four. 
Tabloids, talk shows, documentaries—their faces have been plastered everywhere. Not because of their impressive rap sheets, but because of how they look. 
And when I arrive, they take notice. Especially their king: Lincoln “Laces” Caster. 
He’s dark and disturbed. 
He’s controlling and possessive.
Exactly the kind of boy I should stay away from if I want to clear my name and get out of here. 
*LACES is not intended for readers under seventeen. This book does have RH elements, strong language/cursing, and triggering scenes (that might not be suitable for everybody). Laces is a slow burn that builds toward intimate scenes as the series progresses. This is book one in the Boys of Hawthorne Asylum series.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Hmm… This book was an interesting ride. Gambrielle has been committed to an insane asylum for young adults after being accused of murdering her sister. Really, it was her powerful DA stepfather who did it, and he had Gambrielle locked up to keep his deed from being exposed. Her one goal while at Hawthorne is to get a weekend pass so she can look for more evidence and clear her name while honoring her sister’s memory. Along the way, she meets the crew who run Hawthorne — not the medical staff, but the super-hot patients. And their leader, Laces.

There’s an immediate connection between Laces and Gambrielle, and he’s not sure what to make of it since she’s feisty and not like the submissive girls he’s usually attracted to. I liked seeing this alpha come a little unhinged around this girl who has completely captivated him. And not unhinged mentally, but emotionally!

Tempi Lark is a new-to-me author, and I thought that Laces was very well-written, even if there were some holes in the story. Laces is short — only about 20 chapters, which I read was not the author’s original intent. But her plans for the book had to change due to the pandemic. That explains why I felt like I didn’t get to know Laces very well. There is so much I want to know about him and his backstory that just wasn’t explored. Hopefully the author will delve into that in the second book. I was also not expecting a cliffhanger ending. Way to dangle a carrot for the continuation of this story!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Tempi Lark

TempiLark is a USA Today Bestselling author of New Adult and Young Adult Romance. 

 
She lives in Tennessee with her husband & son. 
 
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Don’t Kiss The Bride by Carian Cole
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Don’t Kiss The Bride by Carian Cole

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Don’t Kiss the Bride by Carian Cole is now live!

I guess you could say I was a damsel in distress, and he was my knight in shining armor.

But more accurately, I was a girl with a lot of bad luck, and he was a guy with a lot of muscles and tattoos.

Jude “Lucky” Lucketti wasn’t just a sexy, brooding construction worker. He was my own personal hero who seemed to be in all the right places at the right times. Like when my car broke down and I needed a ride home, and when I face planted on the sidewalk right in front of him and had to be taken to the emergency room.

Those weren’t exactly my best moments, but they were his.

We became friends, and it didn’t matter that he was sixteen years older than me. We had a lot in common—like our love of old rock music and vintage fast cars, and our aversion to relationships.

When he approached me with a crazy idea to help me out, I couldn’t say no.

The arrangement was supposed to be temporary. A marriage on paper and nothing else.

It should’ve been easy, but it wasn’t.

Because here I am, eighteen years-old, still in high school, and married to a man I was never supposed to fall in love with.

We had just one rule—no kissing the bride.

But we broke that rule, and it sealed our fate forever.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I signed up to read this book without knowing the title or what it was about. Risky, yes. But I was so captivated by the last (and only other) Carian Cole book I read that it was a chance I was willing to take. And Don’t Kiss The Bride was spectacular! Like Aunt Suzy, I was totally shipping Lucky and Sparkles!

This age-gap romance could have been creepy. Jude is 34, Skylar is 18. But he doesn’t come across as creepy at all, just wanting to do something to help out a young girl who reminded him of his sister. I found this emotional rollercoaster of a romance to be so well written, so captivating, so engaging. My heart broke for Skylar and the horrid condition she was living in. And Jude… he was a sweetheart underneath all of that ink and hair!

Despite their difference in age and stages in life, Sparkles and Lucky just clicked. They made each other better, and things were better for these two abandoned souls when they were together. It was hardly an easy ride for them, but I cried happy tears by the time I got to the end!

And the cameo appearance by Asher and the love advice he gave to Jude was awesome to read!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Carian

Carian Cole has a passion for the bad boys, those covered in tattoos, sexy smirks, ripped jeans, fast cars, motorcycles, and of course, the sweet girls who try to tame them and win their hearts.

Born and raised a Jersey girl, Carian now resides in beautiful New Hampshire with her husband and their multitude of furry pets. She spends most of her time writing, reading, and vacuuming.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Hit or Miss, by Everly Ashton
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Hit or Miss, by Everly Ashton

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Release Date: February 1

What’s one way to make a lasting impression on a man? Shoot him.

 
When I accidentally send a bullet flying through a handsome stranger I’m mortified. When I find out he’s a doctor who treats children with life-threatening heart problems? I’m determined to make it up to him.
 
Playing nursemaid to Dr. Oliver Kinkaid is easier said than done. At least while having to pretend I’m not attracted to him. He’s a decade older than me, supremely sexy and has his life together. What’s not to swoon over?
 
Especially since I’m scraping by as a teacher, sharing an apartment with two friends and an exciting Friday night means binge-watching Dateline episodes with a bag of potato chips. Not much to swoon over here. 
 
Until I find a hidden letter in our century old apartment that predicts I’ll meet my soul mate and live happily ever after.
 
Things start to develop between Oliver and me. Our mutual attraction grows to combustible levels and I can’t help but wonder if the letter was right—is he my perfect match?
 
Then I find out Oliver’s secret and I want to put another bullet through him.
Hit or Miss is a lighthearted, heartwarming and steamy romantic comedy with a happy ending and a cast of hilarious characters that will have you laughing out loud until the last page. No cheating. Buy or borrow this book for free with Kindle Unlimited!
 
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

This book is absolutely adorable! Jemma and Ollie’s meet-cute is one for the books (ha ha ha), the story that unfolds between them after she accidentally shoots him (yep!) is absolutely adorable.

Oliver and Jemma’s connection is instant, and the chemistry between them is sizzling. And they are funny! When Jemma put out into the universe that she wanted to meet her soulmate, I doubt she expected it would be a pediatric cardiologist that she accidentally shoots at a gun range! As she takes care of him during his recovery, there is a slow burn romance that develops. They are clearly drawn to each other, but are both hesitant to act on it. And the payoff is so well worth the wait!

As a debut author, Everly Ashton knocked this one out of the park. The pacing was just right, the characters are likable and well-rounded, and the plot was captivating. Jemma’s group of girlfriends and Ollie’s best friend, Nick, are quite entertaining, and I can’t wait to see what EA does next in this series!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Everly Ashton
Everly Ashton is a USA Today Bestselling Author who wanted to try something a little different under a new name. She loves brooding heroes, spunky heroines, and happily ever afters. You can usually find her with a Kindle in one hand and a cup of caffeine in the other. And because she’s using a pseudonym she can’t tell you much more than that. 😉
 
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Decidedly With Luck, by Stina Lindenblatt
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Decidedly With Luck, by Stina Lindenblatt

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Release Date: January 28

 

 

Masquerade ball rule #1: what happens at the ball doesn’t always stay at the ball.

 

Oops. 

 

A chance encounter with a masked stranger at a charity ball led to an incredible kiss and a night of hot sex. The kiss was my goal for that night, a baby step forward after my husband’s death a year ago. The hot sex? Not so much.
 

 

You know what else hadn’t been my goal? 

 

To be knocked up by a man whose identity is a mystery to me. 

 

So now I’m preparing for my impending motherhood and planning a fundraiser to provide books for foster kids. 

 

The latter is where hot hockey player Logan Mathews comes in…

 

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The last time I saw Kiera Ashdown was the night of the Jingle Balls masquerade ball. She’d wanted her first time with a man after her husband’s death to be with a stranger. 

 

After my NHL team trades me to San Francisco, where my daughter and ex-wife live, I’m determined to be a better father and not repeat past mistakes. My hockey career and my daughter come first. 

 

The last thing I expect to discover is that Kiera is my seven-year-old daughter’s teacher. The last thing I expect to learn is that she’s pregnant with my dead best friend’s child. 

 

And the last thing I want to admit is that I was the one who made love to Kiera—several times—the night of the ball.

 

Because if she ever found out that I’d lied to her, I could lose her friendship. I could lose so much more…

 

 
Decidedly with Luck is a standalone romance. All the books in the series can be read in any order.
 
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Okay, so widow Keira decides at a masquerade ball to have a one-night stand as the first step in getting over her late husband. And she has no clue that her masked stranger is actually said dead husband’s best friend from college, ‘cuz they were both wearing masks, she hadn’t seen him in years, and his grandmother calls him by his middle name. When she finds out she’s pregnant three months later, Keira also finds out that her dead husband’s best friend’s daughter is one of her students. And Keira and Landon start a friends with benefits fling, even though they have liked each other since college, but neither ‘fesses up.

Okay… I was skeptical about how this would play out, but it worked. I really enjoyed this story. I loved how Logan and Keira reconnected and rebuilt their friendship, how he was there for her as a support system during her pregnancy, and how they dealt with both her late husbands and his friendly relationship with his ex-wife. I hated that Keira lied to her in-laws about the paternity, but it all worked out in the end. I thought these characters had great chemistry, and the details of the story were different than other accidental baby books I’ve read in the past.

This is the first book I’ve read by Stina Lindenblatt, and I definitely will be keeping an eye out for more books from her! Decidedly With Luck is part of her Decidedly With series, but is a true standalone. There are appearances by other couples who are friends with Logan and Keira, and those storylines are referenced enough for context without taking away from the H/h here.

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Meet Stina Lindenblatt

 

 

Born in Brighton England, USA Today bestselling author Stina Lindenblatt has lived in a number of countries, including England, the US, Finland, and Canada. 

 

This would explain her mixed up accent. 

 

She has a kinesiology degree and a MSc in sports biological sciences. 

 

In addition to writing fiction, she loves photography, and currently lives in Calgary, Canada, with her husband and three kids. 

 

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Indulgence, by KA Berg
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Indulgence, by KA Berg

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Release Date: January 29
 

Something was missing. Deep down, I wasn’t satisfied.

 
It all started with dinner and a blindfold. We led each other down a path we didn’t know if we’d be able to return from. We saw a side of each other we’d never seen before. 
What’s more . . . we liked it. 
 
Indulging in our sexuality was the best thing we’d done for our marriage, for ourselves. 
 
Until it wasn’t.
 
Some lines couldn’t be uncrossed. Some things couldn’t be undone. 
 
What happened when you’ve indulged too much? 
 
How could you ever fix it?
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Indulgence was a great look inside a marriage in peril, and how the choices made in the spur of the moment have long-lasting ripple effects. Even though this book was a sexfest (which I honestly expected based on the description), I thought it was really well-written. When the crap hits the fan, I was able to sympathize with both Matteo and Natalie as they grapple with what went down in their sexual exploration and how they can — could they even? — come back from that.

In a nutshell, Natalie and Matteo are college sweethearts, married for 14 years with 12 year old twins. Natalie is bored with their vanilla sex life, and they embark on a journey of kinky exploration. A bit of BDSM, a lot of mixing things up in the bedroom, a M/F/M threesome, and even joining a sex club. But lines are crossed when they venture into a F/M/F threesome, Matt has sex with the other girl, but doesn’t use a condom. The ramifications of that forgotten protection has huge ramifications for Matteo and Natalie when she freaks out and temporarily moves out of their home, leaving Matteo floundering and angry and without his partner to work through things with.

I found their search for intimacy really interesting, and I liked how KA Berg wrote the story. I actually liked both characters quite a bit, and I enjoyed the push and pull in the last third of the book following the threesome. Every time Matt tried to talk things out with Natalie, she shut him out. I loved that sit-down with her friends where they told her that she was basically being a bitch with a capital B. And then when Natalie finally came around, he was angry that she had shut him out for so long and then he shut her out. Emotions are high, tensions are high, and I was anxiously waiting for Natalie and Matteo to put their relationship back to rights.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet K.A. Berg

 

By day, Kimberly is a teacher who also happens to have four beautiful, insane children who keep her in running a million different direction on a daily basis. 

 

At night, she tries to get all the steamy stories in her head down on paper or computer screen so she can eventually share them with her wonderful readers, but more often than not, falls asleep in the process because sleep is life. 
 
She’s a Jersey girl at heart and that is where she currently calls home with her husband and children.
 
When not writing or being a taxi driver for her kids or napping, she can be found curled up with a good book or watching her beloved New York Jets or drinking coffee. 
 
Lover all things romance, including a little M/M action as well as the dark and twisted, she enjoys video chats with her best friends and always loves to hear from her fans on social media.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Hate Me, by Ashley Jade
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Hate Me, by Ashley Jade

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HATE ME by Ashley Jade
Release Date: January 28th

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Blurb:
I’m the whispers in the dark you can’t ignore.
The bully you can’t run away from.

I’m the tormentor who makes your life a living hell.

The villain you love to hate.

I’m the vicious stepbrother sleeping in the next room.

The one who knows all your secrets.

And I’ll stop at nothing to make you pay.

WARNING: This book is recommended for mature readers due to graphic language, sexual content, and dark elements. It is NOT a safe read.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I absolutely devoured this book and loved every minute of it. It’s dark. It’s not hearts and rainbows. It’s messy. Knox is a grade-A bastard. There are rumors that he killed his mom and spent a year in a mental institution. He’s mean to everyone. The kids at Black Mountain Academy fear him. And he makes stepsister Aspen’s life absolutely miserable.

And then we get to the good stuff.

There are SO many twists and turns in this story. Part of it, I figured out pretty quickly, but there were other twists that I didn’t see coming. And I kept waiting and waiting to find out WHY Knox hated Aspen so much. Like, even once they crossed from enemies to lovers, it still wasn’t clear WHY he had such hatred for her.

And then it came. Holy crap on a cracker. I was not expecting that explanation.

There is a lot of sizzle between Knox and Aspen. And once he finally lets his guard down, there is a fierce protector underneath all of those grunts and a-hole behavior. And I loved finally getting to see that, and the journey that Knox and Aspen go on to get there.

Hate Me is dark to read, but it really packs a powerful punch. It’s set in the Black Mountain Academy series, which are stories by different authors that are set at the same prestigious private high school. Aspen is kinda friends with Brie from Not My Hero, so it was nice to see how happy Brie and Colton are now.

Don’t read too many reviews. Go in blind. It will make Hate Me so much better in the end. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About the Author:
Ashley Jade loves to tackle different genres and tropes within romance. Her first loves are New Adult Romance and Romantic Suspense, but she also writes everything in between including: contemporary romance, erotica, and dark romance.

Her characters are flawed and complex, and chances are you will hate them before you fall head over heels in love with them.

She’s a die-hard lover of oxford commas, em dashes, music, coffee, and anything thought provoking…except for math.

Books make her heart beat faster and writing makes her soul come alive. She’s always read books growing up and scribbled stories in her journal, and after having a strange dream one night; she decided to just go for it and publish her first series.

It was the best decision she ever made.

If she’s not paying off student loan debt, working, or writing a novel—you can usually find her listening to music, hanging out with her readers online, and pondering the meaning of life.

Check out her amazon page and Facebook page for future novels.
She recently became hip and joined Twitter, so you can find her there, too.
She loves connecting with her readers—they make her world go round’.

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Website: https://ashleyjadeauthor.com/
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