I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars. Every installment in Cherry’s Elements series has been nothing short of spectacular, and The Gravity Of Us is another book I am keeping on my re-read list.

These characters, Graham and Lucy, are so opposite in every way. He is a broken shell of a man who refuses to let himself feel any kind of emotion. She is an effervescent free-spirit who feels EVERYTHING. Lucy is respectful and kind, where Graham is cantankerous and rude. But underneath that hard, cold, unfeeling mask is a hurt, heartbroken, scared man, who surprises himself when he suddenly begins to feel and laugh and (gasp!) love around Lucy. Lucy, the woman who he should never be with.

Their relationship starts out as a tenuous friendship. Well, not even that because Graham doesn’t want to be Lucy’s friend. He just needs her help. And even asking for help takes a lot out of this man. But over time, these two characters develop a bond so rich and strong and so heartfelt.

“Being around you does something strange to me, something that hasn’t happened in such a long time.”
“What happens?”
He took my hand in his then led it to his chest, and his next words came out as a whisper. “My heart begins to beat again.”

But then, their forbidden relationship is shattered to pieces before it can even begin.

“She was the one thing off-limits, and the only thing I’d ever craved.

Thankfully, this story has a HEA. The road is long and painful for Graham and Lucy, but they get their forever. Because as Graham says in one of his chapters at the end, “she was always meant to be my last word.”

It’s touching, it’s heartwarming. But it’s not just the relationship between Lucy and her Graham Cracker that touched me. It’s the relationships that Lucy has with her sisters as well, and how each of them finally find the peace that they need contributes to Graham getting back the light in his life. I was up into the wee hours of the morning to finish this story because I could not put it down. And the lack of sleep was so worth it.

 

 

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Releasing May 1, 2017

Title: The Substitute (The Bros Series #1)

Author: Xavier Neal

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Blurb: 

Nate
Being a substitute teacher is good for me.
It’s sensible.
Logical.
Abandoning my plans for a career in the film industry and a life full of fun, albeit slightly reckless, actions was the responsible thing to do.
That’s who I am now.
That’s who I’ve become.
Mr. Boring. Mr. Predictable. Mr. Anal Retentive.
At least that’s what I thought until one irresistible student breathes life back into the version of me I’ve been desperately trying to suffocate.
Being with Ainsley isn’t a want. It’s a need.
And I’m willing do anything to fulfill it.

Ainsley
I’ve spent my entire life ashamed of who I am.
Who my mother is. What she does.
Being forced to attend a private school where people endlessly whisper about it is only bearable because I know exactly what’s in my future.
I know exactly where I’m going.
I know exactly what to do to get there.
Or at least I thought I did.
One class with him and suddenly my entire world was missing one very important piece.
Being with Nate isn’t just about sex.
It’s about loving life in a way I never imagined.
The situation isn’t ideal, but I’ll do whatever it takes to be with him.

 

 

Cute, if not predictable, fake-relationship romance. Confirmed bachelor Max is tired of his well-meaning mother wanting to set him up. So imagine his surprise when he learns that the client he’s been lusting after for months, Hailey, has been telling people that she’s engaged to him. As a professional matchmaker with a losing streak of relationships behind her, Hailey felt that pretending to be engaged was the only way to safeguard her business.

So when Max proposes an engaged-but-dating relationship, he’s determined to show Hailey that she’s worth more than what she’s experienced in the last. And before long the fake engagement turns into so much more.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

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Cute, if not predictable, fake-relationship romance. Confirmed bachelor Max is tired of his well-meaning mother wanting to set him up. So imagine his surprise when he learns that the client he’s been lusting after for months, Hailey, has been telling people that she’s engaged to him. As a professional matchmaker with a losing streak of relationships behind her, Hailey felt that pretending to be engaged was the only way to safeguard her business.

So when Max proposes an engaged-but-dating relationship, he’s determined to show Hailey that she’s worth more than what she’s experienced in the last. And before long the fake engagement turns into so much more.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Extra Innings is a standalone follow-up to Rounding Third. I did read Rounding Third first, so I knew the details of Braxton’s friendship with Crosby and Ella, and the accident from their senior year of high school that is still affecting all of them two years later. However, I didn’t feel it was necessary to have read Rounding Third first, as Michelle Lynn spells out enough of what happened in Extra Innings that it all makes sense.

This was a cute second-chance romance between college baseball star Braxton and premed student Ainsley. They agree to a summer fling, but just as Brax begins to think he’d like more from Ainsley, she breaks it off and completely disappears. Why? Well, she’s been burned by another baller, and doesn’t want to let open up her heart to Brax. But when they encounter each other several months later, Brax is determined to prove to Ainsley that he’s not like the guy she encountered in the past.

I just wish that the reader would have been able to see more of their previous relationship. There’s a 7-month time jump between their first drunken encounter, and then post-breakup where they meet again. I loved the story. I loved how sweet Brax is when he lets his true self show to Ainsley. But I would have been just slightly more invested in them as a couple with even just a few chapters of their initial dating, rather than being TOLD about it after the fact.

But overall? This is a great sports romance with an awesome HEA for Brax and Ainsley and I can’t wait to see which character has his story told next! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Morrow’s Horizon, the first in an all-new series of standalones from Sierra Kummings is coming April 21st!

Morrow’s Horizon by Sierra Kummings

Cover Reveal: April 7th, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: Rene Folsom

 

Blood, and love for a special little girl, bind the five Morrow sisters in an unbreakable way. Yet the family-devoted Sara Morrow yearns for more.

And that “more” looks a lot like the irresistible Jacob Ramírez.

For years, Sara’s contented herself with toe-curling fantasies about the CFO of the bank that employs her – all the while promising herself she’d never fall for the type of passion that destroyed her parent’s marriage. But when the one and only Latin six-foot-four god accepts her offer of help and turns her fantasies into reality, she’s forced to decide if it’s worth finding out if her boss is everything she’s dreamed of, or just the manifestation of all her fears.

Jacob has his own set of fears. Right out of high school, he joined the Marines, only to come home six years later with night terrors that haunt even his days. Now, at thirty-three, rudimentary techniques keep his secret hidden.

Until a chance meeting with Sara Morrow coincides with a deception that rocks him to his core.

When Sara’s faith is tested, her sisters’ love gives her the courage to believe in someone else. When Jacob’s is tested, he has to learn how to believe in himself.

 

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About the Author:

Sierra Kummings is a writer of contemporary erotic romances. Her three loves are her family, writing, and chocolate–though not always in that order. She discovered creative writing in high school, but set her dream aside to pursue a master’s degree in professional counseling. She now puts her degree to good use strengthening characters that have been in her head since her teens. In addition to penning hot romances, she also proudly claims the title of mother to an incredible little girl who inspires her every day.

 

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This is the second book I’ve read by Cory Cyr, and I absolutely adored it. Her characters are rich and vibrant, and the story hooked me from the first page. The relationship between older woman Jensyn and younger man Lincoln was so beautifully crafted, even if it did start out with Jensyn selectively omitting the truth about who she is and what she looks like.

Jensyn was a top model before a car accident changed her life and she was horribly disfigured. Growing up in a world where appearance is EVERYTHING, Jensyn retreated to the quiet of compound in Hawaii, where she mostly lives as a recluse. Then, her therapist asks her to do a personal favor and assist his younger brother, a successful, adrenaline-junky writer who was recently blinded in an accident and needs help working on his latest manuscript since no one knows of Linc’s blindness.

He is a man who can’t see, she is a woman who doesn’t want to be seen. But they see something so special in one another, their age difference and disabilities don’t matter. The banter between the characters is witty when it needs to be, and tender when it needs to be.

The Perfect 1 reminds us all in a wonderful way that all of those clichés are true: Beauty is only skin deep and beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

 

All I Want Is You, an all-new sexy standalone from Candace Havens, is coming April 17th!!!

 

Hawke Vance will do whatever it takes to protect the family business, even if it means protecting it from his own father, a man who’s just gotten hitched in Vegas to wife number nine. Growing up seeing how much chaos wedded bliss creates, Hawke’s sworn never to fall into the matrimony trap. But to get the all-important controlling shares of the company, he does need a wife.

 

Being caught skinny dipping is not the way ballerina Amy Powell planned to start her vacation. When the hot biker who catches her turns out to be the owner of the house she’s staying in, she’s mortified. But embarrassment soon turns to confusion and a good dose of lust when Mr. Sex on a Stick offers her the money she needs to save her brother if she’ll agree to marry him and play pretend for two months.

 

Only this game of make-believe quickly starts feeling too real…

 

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Dirty Sexy Saint by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde is FREE for a limited time only!
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Are you ready to get Dirty Sexy with a Saint?

Clay Kincaid knows he’s more a sinner than a saint. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn’t do committed relationships. But he does like sex—the hotter and harder, the better. He likes it fast and filthy, which is why he refuses to even touch someone as sweet and guileless as Samantha Jamieson. Until he discovers that she likes it just as down and dirty as he does.

 

This was an absolutely stellar debut novel! Isabel Love absolutely nails it with all the feels,well-developed characters, the right amount of smut, and the right amount of insecurity/unbalance from both Monica and Max in both tropes of older woman/younger man and forbidden workplace romance.

Max is so sweet and thoughtful, and mature beyond his 25 years. While Monica is only 32, she’s lived a rough few years and is soooo buttoned-up both professionally and personally. (That scene with here dad? It’s no wonder!)

Max wants “everything” with Monica, but when they come to a make-it-or-break-it point in their relationship, will her love for Max be enough, or will she sacrifice an awesome guy for the sake of her career?

For her first time out of the gate, Love crafted an excellent tale, and I can’t wait to see what comes next from this new author in this series! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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