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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Caribbean Crush by R.S. Grey

Caribbean Crush by R.S. Grey is now live!

Set sail with USA Today bestselling author R.S. Grey in this sizzling romance between old rivals who reunite on a cruise ship, only to discover that they want much more than just another competition.

Casey Hughes is a struggling travel journalist desperate for a big break when she lands the assignment of a lifetime: hop on board Aurelia for its maiden voyage through paradise. While she’ll bask in the luxury cruise ship’s fine dining and complimentary spa treatments, her real mission is to snag an exclusive interview with Phillip Woodmont.

Casey and the elusive shipping heir have history. Once, they were nothing short of brutal enemies. Though the former brace-faced teen is now a suited-up CEO with devastating good looks, he makes it clear to Casey that he has no interest in forgetting their past.

The volatile grudge between them is as explosive as ever. More than once Casey is tempted to toss Phillip overboard, but for her work, she’ll have to swallow her pride. If it’s an apology he’s after, she’ll serve it up on a silver platter. If he wants her to walk the plank, she’ll salute with an aye, aye, Captain.

Casey can’t let him provoke her. She needs this interview. So if Phillip wants to play dirty, Casey will just have to play dirtier.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars
Having been on several cruise ships, I was transported there immediately while reading Caribbean Crush!

Travel journalist Casey sets out on the Auriela’s maiden voyage with the mission of interviewing the reclusive shipping heir and CEO owner of the ship. Small problem: they were bitter rivals as teenagers. Casey and Phillip’s story is everything you’d expect from rivals/enemies-to-lovers: witty banter, lots of tension, and a deep-rooted dislike of one another. All set in a tropical paradise! The push and pull between these characters is addicting as they navigate their changing feelings for each other and their messy history.

Summer may be over, but Caribbean Crush is a delightful holiday escape! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.


Meet R.S. Grey


R.S. Grey is the USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels, including seven #1 bestselling romantic comedies. She lives in Texas with her husband, two daughters, and dog.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Should Have Been by Evey Lyon

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗻, a small town, second chance romance by Evey Lyon is LIVE on AMAZON! Don’t miss the final book in the The Lake Spark Inn Series! 

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Blurb:

Nash didn’t plan on living with his brother’s widow. Or that he may finally get his chance to win me back.

I ended up with the wrong brother. Now, he has passed away, leaving me a widow with a baby. But then his brother Nash walks back into our small town and my life. My disdain for the former hockey player is apparent, yet still, he moves in to care for my son and me, claiming it was his estranged brother’s dying wish. But having Nash close stirs memories of when we may have had a chance. In truth, he always lingered in my thoughts. And it takes one kiss to cause turmoil.

Because nothing appears as it seems.

The relationship that develops is inevitable; we have a past, after all. But the dilemmas we reveal may tear us apart. Even with guilt for moving on, a fire between us feels near eternal. And the trail we create in the fallout of our romance makes me realize that Nash and I? We’re something long ago that always should have been…

Nash and Summer will send you on a no-cheating rollercoaster in a forced proximity, single mom and a second-chance romance with a twist. Should Have Been is the third and final standalone book in the Lake Spark Inn series, part of the Lake Spark world.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Should Have Been wraps up the Lake Spark Inn series with Nash and Summer’s story. It’s complicated and messy, but at the end, it is a heartfelt second-chance romance.

As teenagers, Summer, and brothers Zac and Nash, were best friends. Zac was always ill, having battled cancer for most of his life. And while Summer loved Zac as a best friend, she was *in love* with Nash, and he her. But their relationship took a turn when Nash broke Summer’s heart, eventually leading her to marry Zac and give birth to their son, Bo. Now it’s years later, and Zac’s final wish was that Nash come back to Lake Spark and live with Summer and Bo for six weeks….

There are so many emotions in this story. Heartbreak, grief, resentment, guilt, and so much love. It takes a while for Summer and Nash to get to a place where they can even be in the same room without sniping at one another — he can’t get past the fact that she married his brother, and she is still so hurt by their breakup years ago. Things aren’t always as they seem, however, and once they hammer out their issues of the past, Summer and Nash fall into an easy relationship…

But it’s a secret one. How will the town react to her moving on so quickly? How will Nash’s parents respond? There is a lot to be navigated before they can get to their HEA, but in the end, it always Should Have Been Summer and Nash.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Lost In You by Brenda Rothert

 

LOST IN YOU 

by Brenda Rothert 

Release Date: June 25th

I’ve got one job: protect the younger sister of my best friend and team captain. Then our private plane crashes in southern Alaska, and we’re the lone survivors.

The two of us are the unlikeliest of partners when we find ourselves stranded in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness. My hockey playing skills are of no use here, where the bitter cold is my new opponent. And Trinity Lorenzo? She’s about as warm as a block of ice. I get it, she’s fleeing an abusive boyfriend and she and I are strangers. But I always keep my word, and I promised Dalton I’d keep his prickly sister safe. If we want to live, the two of us will have to find a way to get along and work together.

Our ordeal draws Trinity and me closer, and fighting the pull between us becomes harder than anything we face while hoping for rescue. Whether we make it out or not, I need her. More than water or shelter—more than anything. Dalton will never forgive me if I cross the line with her, but surviving means something different now. Surviving means making her mine.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 Stars

I liked the first 3/4 of Lost In You, but the last 1/4 felt really rushed to get to the ending.

Following a plane crash, Lincoln and Trinity, his best friend’s little sister, spend several months together in an isolated cabin in the wilderness of Alaska, As they struggle to survive, they naturally grow closer. And there’s eventually no denying the attraction between them.

For the most part, Lost In You was entertaining and held my interest. The storyline is straight-forward, without any speedbumps or plot twists. However, after the rescue, everything seemed so rushed.

Meanwhile, Lincoln has.. a certain hangup… when it comes to relationships.  This comes back into play once they decide to make a go of things in the real world and he lays out his promises for the future. But his whole Grand Gesture to win her back felt kind of icky — he made a lot of assumptions and what was supposed to be a sweet gesture was a major move that affected both of them, but he never discussed it with her ahead of time. And she was fine what that??!

Overall, Lost In You was entertaining, but it wasn’t my favorite. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

ABOUT BRENDA
ROTHERT

A former print journalist, Brenda Rothert has written more than fifty romance novels. From hot hockey romance to steamy romantic suspense, Brenda creates fresh characters in every story she tells. Her print and e-books have been translated into German, Italian and Portuguese, and her audiobooks have been translated into German.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Stay Real by Kaylee Ryan

Title: Stay Real
Series: Kincaid Brothers #8
Author: Kaylee Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Small Town/Fake Dating/Blue Collar
Release Date: August 27, 2024
BLURB
Courtney
Maybe blurting out my imaginary relationship status to my nagging mother wasn’t the best idea.
Declaring that I’m dating my boss’s brother-in-law, well, that was just wishful thinking and a lot of panic.
To my embarrassment, they both overhead me. But Merrick not only offers to be my plus one, he agrees to fake date me for the next couple of months leading up to my sister’s wedding.
The more time we spend together, the harder it becomes to deny that every look, every touch, is making him more a part of my life than I’m prepared for.
The pain of thinking about walking away from him when it’s time doesn’t feel pretend. It feels real… too real.
Merrick
Courtney’s sister is tying the knot, and her mom is relentless about her finding a date and settling down. In a moment of panic, she claims she’s dating me.
To save her from the awkward situation and ease the pressure, I suggest we fake a relationship until the wedding. I figure we can hang out, show up to the wedding, and go our separate ways.
But as we start spending more time together and meeting each other’s families, the lines between real and pretend blur.
What was supposed to be a simple agreement starts to feel genuine. I’m unsure when it happened, but this relationship is suddenly the real deal, and I don’t want it to end. I want us to stay real.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
After nine books, the Kincaid Brothers series comes to a wonderful end with Merrick and Courtney’s fake relationship romance in Stay Real!

The relationship between Merrick and Courtney starts out as a farce when she claims he is her boyfriend to get her overbearing mom off her back about not having a date for her sister’s wedding. But as they spend time together in their fake relationship, they fall into such an easy stride and it’s all too real.

Long before their three-month deadline, both develop strong feelings for the other. Merrick is a swoony book boyfriend, and I adored how he pampered Courtney.

To tie up the series, KR gives readers a peek into the future with a bonus epilogue from the POV of Blakely, the oldest niece. Set 10 years in the future when she is now a college student, we see where the 9 brothers and cousin Ramsey are with their 24 kids. I loved that! And Blake is primed for a book of her own! I can’t wait!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan has been crowned the Queen of Swoon by her readers. With nearly fifty romance books under her belt, she’s known for penning happily ever afters with heart. When she’s not writing, you can find her with a book in her hand or hanging out with her family where she resides in her home state of Ohio.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Bitter Rival by Emery Rose Andrews

🌼 ℍ𝕆𝕋 ℕ𝔼𝕎 ℝ𝔼𝕃𝔼𝔸𝕊𝔼 🌼

𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 (Sutton Ridge) by Emery Rose Andrews is now LIVE! Don’t miss this all new slow burn, enemies to lovers romance!

About BITTER RIVAL:

🌼Enemies to Lovers

🌼Forced Proximity

🌼Who Hurt You

🌼Slow Burn

🌼Grumpy X Sunshine

🌼All the Banter and Steam

BLURB

Spending the summer on a vineyard sounds idyllic. But my California dream comes with strings attached—forced proximity with the insufferable Beckett Heyward.

He loathes me and okay, I get it, but it’s not my fault his father bequeathed me half of the Sutton Ridge estate.

Not that we actually own it yet. First, we have to meet the conditions—to live and work on the vineyard for three consecutive months. Together.

God help me. I don’t know how I’ll survive three minutes under the scrutiny of his piercing blue gaze let alone three months.

What do I care if my childhood crush has broad shoulders and sculpted abs now?

His roguish good looks and dimpled smile leave me cold. What smile? All he ever does is scowl and brood and march around, barking out orders.

Oh, I know what he’s up to, but good luck trying to cut me out of the inheritance.

Granted, he was his father’s only son, and sure, I’m only the stepdaughter. But I’m not the evil villain in this fairy tale.

I’m just the girl tasked with the impossible—to convince my bitter rival to keep the vineyard.

And to not, under any circumstances, fall in love with Beckett Heyward.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Bitter Rival is a great new start to a new series by Emery Rose Andrews. There is a lot of push and pull between Beckett and Daisy in this enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine, coworkers story. While the story overall is pretty low-angst, they are complicated characters with emotional baggage, and they both go through quite a transformation.

Beckett and Daisy are given joint ownership of a winery after his dad dies. Technically, they are former stepsiblings, but it’s been quite some time since they’ve seen one another. She’s always felt at home at the winery, and he wants nothing to do with her, his estranged father, or the vineyard. I loved the setting of Sutton Ridge, and the banter between these two characters kept me hooked on the story.

Emery Rose Andrews did a wonderful job of crafting a slow burn, opposites attract story between a heroine who is the sunniest of bright flowers and the surliest of grumpy heroes. I enjoyed Bitter Rival so much, and I can’t wait to see what comes next in the Sutton Ridge series!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Cash by Jessica Peterson

Cash by Jessica Peterson is now live!

Butting heads leads to knocking boots in this wildly sexy enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine, small town cowboy romance by Jessica Peterson.

My dad and I have been estranged for years. But as his only living relative, it’s no surprise I inherit his massive cattle ranch when he dies. Something that is a surprise? The stipulation in his will, which requires me to live on the ranch and actively manage it for a year before I can access my inheritance money.

I haven’t stepped foot in Hartsville, Texas, population one thousand, since my parents split when I was six. Now a city girl through and through, I never imagined having to move back to cowboy country. But I need the money to invest in my company, and a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.

There’s just one giant roadblock to my plan: the ranch’s foreman, grumpy cowboy Cash Rivers. I don’t care how good he looks in his Wranglers and chaps. He’s rude, he’s growly, and he wants me gone. I’d fire him in a heartbeat, but I need this cowboy to teach me the ropes of running a ranch.

We’re enemies from the get-go. But turns out, Cash is really good at this ranch thing. He’s got strong hands, an intelligent mind, and let’s just say everything really is bigger in Texas. Working alongside him leads to conversations beneath the stars. Throw in some cheek-to-cheek dancing at the local dive bar, and it all feels so right that I start to fall in love with life on the ranch. And maybe with him, too.

But my stay in Hartsville is only temporary. And you know what they say about cowboys: they may break horses, but they also break hearts. If only Cash hadn’t already lassoed mine…

CASH is the first standalone book in the brand new steamy, interconnected Lucky River Ranch Series!

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Cash by Jessica Peterson is a great start to a new series. I knew it was going to be a grumpy/sunshine, enemies-to-lovers cowboy romance, but it also touched upon family drama, grief, loss, and healing.

After Mollie’s estranged father dies, she is expecting to get an inheritance of cash that she can turn around and place into her boot business. Instead, she inherits the entire ranch, and a stipulation in her father’s will requires her to live there for a year. Meanwhile, ranch foreman Cash was under the impression that the ranch would be left to him. Mollie’s dad had been a surrogate father to him after his own parents passed away, and he couldn’t understand how she could have been so cold towards a parent that loved her so much. So not getting the ranch (which he was hoping could help him restore his own family’s neighboring property) was a real stick in his craw.

There is nothing but distrust and dislike between Cash and Mollie at first. Yet as Mollie learns the ways of ranch life, she falls in love with the land, and eventually even with moody Cash. This slow-burn romance was lovely. These characters are wonderfully written, and I loved seeing how their feelings toward each other changed along the way!

I can’t wait to see the other Rivers brothers find their soulmates! I am going to keep Cash on my re-read list!

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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Website: https://www.jessicapeterson.com/

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Delicate Escape by Catherine Cowles

🩷 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 🩷

𝙂𝒆𝙩 𝙧𝒆𝙖𝒅𝙮 𝙩𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝙤𝒓 𝑺𝙝𝒆𝙥 𝙖𝒏𝙙 𝙏𝒉𝙚𝒂’𝒔 𝒔𝙩𝒐𝙧𝒚 𝒊𝙣 𝙩𝒉𝙞𝒔 𝒓𝙤𝒐𝙢𝒎𝙖𝒕𝙚𝒔 𝒕𝙤 𝙡𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙧𝒔, 𝙜𝒐𝙡𝒅𝙚𝒏 𝒓𝙚𝒕𝙧𝒊𝙚𝒗𝙚𝒓 𝒙 𝒃𝙡𝒂𝙘𝒌 𝒄𝙖𝒕, 𝙨𝒎𝙖𝒍𝙡 𝙩𝒐𝙬𝒏 𝒓𝙤𝒎𝙖𝒏𝙘𝒆, 𝙛𝒓𝙤𝒎 𝑼𝙎𝑨 𝑻𝙤𝒅𝙖𝒚 𝑩𝙚𝒔𝙩𝒔𝙚𝒍𝙡𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝑨𝙪𝒕𝙝𝒐𝙧, 𝑪𝙖𝒕𝙝𝒆𝙧𝒊𝙣𝒆 𝑪𝙤𝒘𝙡𝒆𝙨!

𝖳𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗌 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖨 𝖻𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖺 𝖻𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖺.

𝖲𝗁𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖢𝗈𝗅𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗇-𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝖻𝗒 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗒 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋—𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍.

𝖮𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗇’𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌—𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇, 𝗁𝖾’𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗆𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝖿 𝗂𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗂𝗍.

𝖭𝗈𝗐, 𝖲𝗁𝖾𝗉 𝗂𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾; 𝗁𝖾’𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍. 𝖲𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒, 𝗁𝖾’𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾: 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗋𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗀𝖺𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁.

𝖮𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌. 𝖨𝗍’𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗒 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗆𝖾 𝖨’𝗆 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗁𝖾’𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗇. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇’𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗅.

𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽’𝗏𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖨 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒—𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖺 𝗀𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗆𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗆𝖾, 𝗁𝖾’𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝖿 𝗂𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽…

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I loved this beautiful story between Shep and Thea! Catherine Cowles always does a lovely job of penning a heroine in danger and Delicate Escape is right up there as one of the best!

After getting to know Thea the tiniest bit in Fragile Sanctuary, I couldn’t wait for her story. And her romance with Shep was EVERYTHING. I loved the connection between the two, and especially how patient he was with gaining her trust. After all that Thea had been through with her ex — and that is A LOT — the walls she had built around herself were sky-high. Slowly but surely, Shep gained her trust, and in return, she got the extended family, found family, that she desperately needed in Sparrow Falls. I also really liked how Thea seemed to give Shep a purpose. He was swimming in guilt after what happened to Rhodes in Fragile Sanctuary, and helping Thorne fix the plumbing issue at her house gave him some much-needed relief of that guilt. Watching them fall in love was magical!

This book is sweet and swoony, with the perfect amount of suspense mixed in. Narrators Teddy Hamilton and Erin Mallon were *chef’s kiss* with the audio. Teddy is my favorite male narrator, and I absolutely loved how he said “Thorn” throughout this book!

We also get to know the rest of the siblings a little bit more in this book, and catch up plenty with Rhodes and Anson. And Lolli is back with her diamond art in the most hilarious of ways! I can’t wait for the next book 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: Center Ice by Julia Connors

📣 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙄𝙘𝙚 by Julia Connors is NOW AVAILABLE IN AUDIO with Teddy Hamilton & Andi Arndt narrating!

TROPES:

🏒 Hockey player

🏒 Single mom

🏒 Secret baby

🏒 Second chance

🏒 He falls first, and hard

BLURB:

I’ve always been a wild card – the first to start a fight on the ice, and the life of the party off it – but appearances can be deceiving.

Being traded to the Boston Rebels could not have come at a better time. With serious family obligations to fulfill and a contract renewal with a new hockey team on the line, I have no time for anything else. I return to Boston knowing I need to buckle down and focus on what really matters.

But the first night I’m back in town, I come face to face with Audrey, my college calculus tutor. We had a brief fling right before I was drafted into the NHL. Now, her five year old son is standing by her side, and I don’t need a tutor to do that kind of math.

Audrey insists she doesn’t want me involved in Graham’s life unless I can commit to being a dad. With everything else going on, this is the worst possible timing.

But every minute I spend with Graham and Audrey feels exactly right, and I’m left questioning everything I thought I wanted.

Because now my goals are shifting, and getting what I really want might come at the expense of the game I’ve given my entire life to.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3.5 Stars

Center Ice was a cute second-chance, secret baby romance from a new-to-me author.

Five years ago, before Drew got drafted to the NHL and moved away, he had a fling with his college math tutor, Audrey. Now he’s back in town… and discovers that he has a young son. While this story was enjoyable, albeit predictable, I felt like there was more smut than substance. I wanted to see more between Drew, Audrey and Graham than I did. I felt I was *told* more than I was *shown* — and this book had a great premise and a lot of promise, so I was a bit disappointed.

But… I listened to this on audio, so I got to hear my fave, Teddy Hamilton, along with Andi Arndt. And I will listen to Teddy read anything.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Falling Like Stars by Emma Scott

Falling Like Stars by Emma Scott is now live! 

From USA Today and the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Full Tilt comes an emotional romance…

She kept her heart guarded and locked away…until she gave it to the world’s biggest movie star.

In the dazzling world of Hollywood where fame and glamour reign supreme, award-winning megastar Zachary Butler longs for something more than red carpet events and paparazzi flashes. As he navigates fame and tries to extricate himself from his celebrity ex-fiancée, he discovers an unexpected spark with Rowan Walsh, a production assistant on his latest project.

Rowan, haunted by a devastating moment in her past, shields her heart behind walls of guilt, letting no one in. But Zachary’s genuine affection and desire for a meaningful life begin to chip away at her defenses. As their connection deepens, Rowan must battle the self-destructive patterns that have held her back from embracing her passions and finding true love, while Zachary must reveal his own hidden scars–wounds he’s borne in silence for years–if he hopes to heal.

Can Zachary and Rowan confront their pasts to build a future together, or will the storms of scandal, tangled relationships, and the scrutiny of stardom ruin their hopes for a perfect Hollywood ending?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

t’s been a while since Emma Scott gave us a new book, and she delivered a great one with Rowan and Zach’s second chance-ish story! I loved the connection between these two, especially that she didn’t care he is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. They just got each other right from the start, because their brokenness called out to each other.

Rowan has been drowning in grief and guilt for a decade. Yet somehow, Zach gets through those walls. Yet their first few encounters are missed opportunities, as she needs to deal with the trauma she’s carrying around from a defining moment in her life. Zach has his own baggage to deal with — boy, does he have trauma! I loved, loved, loved, seeing the vulnerability in his character! He’s been suffering in silence for years, carrying around invisible scars, and that impacts his ability to leave his past behind and move forward with Rowan.

Both of these broken characters put in a lot of work to get to a healthy place. They make each other happy, they complement each other wonderfully, and I loved reading their journey to that hard-won HEA!

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Emma Scott is a USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author whose books have been translated in six languages and featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, New York Daily News and USA Today’s Happy Ever After. She writes emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy emotionally-charged stories that rip your heart out and put it back together again, with diverse characters and kind-hearted heroes, you will enjoy her novels. 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Reluctantly Rogue by Erin Nicolle

🎧New audiobook alert! 🎧
📚RELUCTANTLY ROGUE by Erin Nicolle
🎤Narrated by Jason Clarke & Melissa Moran

The gorgeous, brilliant woman I have dirty dreams about every damned night?
She’s my best friend’s fiancée.
She’s supposed to be queen someday.
She’s off-limits.

But I can’t walk away.
I’m supposed to protect her.
Maybe even be her friend.

I should not be lusting after her.
And I absolutely cannot fall in love with her.

But I can’t forget that one spontaneous, stolen kiss. I can’t stop taking care of her. I can’t stop wanting her secrets. I can’t get over her smiles, her laughter, her happiness. I can’t get over her.

So, while my head knows she can’t be mine, my heart doesn’t care.
And if it comes down to choosing between her or… everything…I won’t have to think twice.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I loved Jonah and Linnea’s story! Does it get any more forbidden than the crown prince’s bodyguard/best friend secretly being in love with his charge’s fiancee?

I really liked that Linnea and Jonah developed a solid friendship during their late-night kitchen talks. The chemistry between them was sizzling, and even though they each felt a strong attraction from the moment she (literally!) first walked in on him, they became great friends and tried to stave off acting on their feelings.

During a trip to the US — during which Jonah was accompanying Linnea while she went out on dates with Torin-approved guys in order to get out of the marriage contract their grandparents had put in place decades ago — everything changes between them. The “lessons” Jonah gives Linnea so that she knows how to flirt and date were HOT. And I loved that he seemed tortured by what he was doing, not knowing that she really wanted to be with him as much as he wanted to be with her!

Jason Clarke and Melissa Moran did a delicious job with this audio. Done in duet style, the story effortlessly flows back and forth between both narrators. I got a chill every time Jason’s Jonah called Linnea “Dutchess” — Wowza!

The timeline of Reluctantly Rogue overlaps with Reluctantly Royal — Torin’s relationship with Abigail plays into the end of this book, as part of the plan for Jonah and Linnea to be together. Having previously read Reluctantly Royal, I knew what was coming ahead, but it was great to see how it all weaves together. And then the King drops that other piece of the pact on all of them at the royal wedding… I can’t wait to see what comes next!

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