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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Driving Me Crazy, by Lisa Suzanne

 

Title: Driving Me Crazy
Author: Lisa Suzanne
Genre: Contemporary Rock Star Romantic Comedy
Release Date: March 27, 2020

 

Blurb
If opposites attract, my brother’s best friend and I are perfect for
each other.
I’m a balanced, ambitious ER nurse. He’s the immature guy in a successful band
who’s basically along for this ride called life.

Everything’s going great between us until the night he makes a stupid mistake
that changes everything. When I can’t see a future with him, I end it.

But the two of us are contractually obligated to go on a road trip across the
country, and since his reality show will be filming us, we have to act like
we’re a couple.

He blasts music I can’t stand, stops at strange roadside attractions, and
chooses my least favorite restaurants. Despite all that, I still see the sides
of him that I was starting to fall in love with.

Can we find our way back to each other, or will he just keep driving me crazy?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars 

Rascal grows up! Driving Me Crazy was a little more intense to read than some of the other Vail/MFB books by Lisa Suzanne, but it ended up being a fantastically angsty road trip/second chance romance!

Will (the MFB keyboardist) and Amber (Adam’s sister) hooked up the weekend of her birthday in Vegas (which is when Adam married Brooke, so the timeline is about the same). They continued their fling when MFB went back on the road, and now that the band has a four-month break, Will invites Amber to join him on his bucket-list road trip. Since Amber recently found out some life-changing news and Maine holds the answers, that becomes their destination. And all of it, of course, will be filmed for the band’s reality show.

Except that just before they are about to leave, Will’s childish antics and no-cares attitude leads Amber to question what she’s doing with him. She doesn’t know that Will is slowly changing his ways, because he sees a future with her, and she dumps him. But as they are contractually bound to go on the trip, they have no choice but to do so. And it’s painful. Neither wants to be around the other, and a broken-hearted Will goes out of his way to be an a-hole.

As the story progresses, Amber sees how much Will can be her forever. They balance each other out; she’s a planner, he flies by the seat of his pants. But he’s genuine and thoughtful and Amber soon realizes that she’s made a huge mistake. But is it too late?

I love the journey these two take as they heal their relationship and each other’s hearts. Another great rockstar romcom from Lisa Suzanne! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Author Bio

Lisa Suzanne is a romance author who resides in Arizona with
her husband and two kids. She’s a former high school English teacher and
college composition instructor. When she’s not chasing her toddler or cuddling
her newborn, she can be found working on her latest book or watching reruns of Friends.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Number Neighbors, by Emma Hart

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What happens when your number neighbor turns out to be your hot, British, next-door neighbor?

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BLURB
Bad Idea #241: Sending a dirty text to your number neighbor.

In my defense, my friends did it too, and their neighbors took it as the joke it was.
Mine didn’t.
He responded with a dirty text of his own. Next thing I know, I have a standing texting date every night at ten-thirty.
Until I have to miss it because the stray kitten who adopted me one week ago is sick. The only person I know who can help me at this time of night is my British next-door neighbor and local vet, Isaac Cooper.
I’ll keep him overnight, he says. Here’s my number to call me in the morning, he says.
The problem?
I know that number.
Because I’ve been texting it every night for the last four days.

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My Review: 5 Stars

I always look forward to an Emma Hart book, because I know it will be full of romcom goodness. Number Neighbor was especially so, because it meant the return of Grandma Jen and the crazy pensioners!

I love the premise behind Hannah sexting with her number neighbor and him turning out to be Isaac, the hot British vet who lives next door. They both are attracted to one another, and don’t know what to make of their hot sext session. Will it translate into something equally hot in real life? Or was it only meant to be ScarJo and Nick Jonas?

These characters go on a great journey as they figure it out, and the sexy texts are so much fun in this story. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review l.

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Emma prides herself on her realistic, snarky smut, with comebacks that would make a PMS-ing teenage girl proud.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Beefcakes, by Katana Collins

 

Title: Beefcakes
Author: Katana Collins
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 24, 2020

 

Blurb
I might as well permanently add the label “Ex” to my name. I’m
an Ex-Mr. Universe. Ex-Mr. Olympus. An Ex-Hollywood Stuntman. But no one from
my small hometown cares anything about that. They only care that I’m the
ex-boyfriend to the beloved Mayor’s daughter, Elaina Dyker.
And now, ten years later, I’m back, helping my siblings run my mother’s
bakery while she takes on chemo. What should have been a routine cupcake
delivery turns into utter chaos when the bachelorette party thinks I’m a
stripper. And what’s worse? Elaina is the maid of honor.
But the meme about us sure went viral fast. My small hometown has become
positively infested with tipsy bridesmaids looking for my erotic cupcakes.
Now Hollywood’s knocking again–and this time they want me and my ex, Mr.
Beefcake, and Ms. Prude, to star in a reality show.
It could solve all my problems—except her.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I loved this book. Lainey and Neil were so snarky with one another, I was just waiting for all that pent-up anger to give way to something sizzling hot!

The whole idea behind Beefcakes cracked me up. Neil hated the physical fitness industry and how he lived his life on display as a piece of meat as a bodybuilder, but he had such a good sense of humor about the Beefcakes “business” he and his brother have. The whole thing spirals into Neil spending more time together with his ex than either one of them ever imagined.

The reconnecting of these two characters plays against Neil’s insecurities of wanting to be known as more than just a musclehead and Lainey’s reconciling the different sides of her personality. The book is funny and engaging, and these flawed characters are beautifully written.

This is a wonderfully sweet second-chance romance! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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I love coffee.
As an author and a story-teller, it is the lifeblood to which my ideas
take flight. And I believe in giving credit where credit is due. Occasionally
someone (ie – my husband) will try to secretly switch out my beloved regular
coffee for decaf. I always know the difference. ALWAYS (I’m looking at you,
SEAN).
I am incapable of achieving the perfect ponytail. I’m dyslexic. I can
never wear white without spilling on myself. And I’ve never read Pride and
Prejudice (gasp!).
When I was younger and stole my mother’s Harlequins to read beneath the
covers with a flashlight (seriously, did we ALL do this? I think we did.), I
wanted to read about the tough as nails heroine. The perfectly imperfect girl
with quirks and attitude and sass. And the anti-heroes who were anything but
“Prince Charming.” Forget the knight on a white horse… give me the bad boy on a
motorcycle.
So, now, I write those romance novels I craved to see on the shelves all
those years ago—the sassy heroines. The badass heroes. I spend my days in the
throes of my imagination and am loving every minute of it. I can travel
anywhere and become anyone I want to be. One day, I’m a mechanic in Boston and
the next, I’m a vampire stripping in Las Vegas.
Since penning my first novel back in 2012, I’m now an international
author with 15 published books, in a wide range of contemporary romance
genres–(Paranormal, New Adult, Small town, Erotic Suspense… you name it!).
After living for a decade in Brooklyn, NY, I took the plunge and moved to
beautiful (although kinda chilly) Portland, Maine. I now live full time in
‘Vacationland’ with a kind of mean cat, a mellow chihuahua, and a very NOT
mellow lab-pittie mix. Oh, yeah… there’s a husband who draws comics somewhere
in that mix, too.
I can usually be found in a coffee shop with my nose in my laptop wearing
fabulous (albeit sometimes impractical) shoes.
I love connecting with readers and fellow sassy storytellers, so feel
free to drop me an email at katana.collins@gmail.com or connect with me on
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (@katanacollins). You can find a list of my
available books over on my
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Finding Mitch, by Lynn Jaxon

Title: Finding Mitch
Author: Lynn Jaxon
Genre: Contemporary Romance; Second Chance Romance

They say if you set something free and it comes back to you, it was meant to be. For Mitch and Jayna, what happens when the one you have never been able to forget is suddenly right back in the middle of your world?

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I believed in love once…until I saw how it only caused heartache and pain. Watching my dad break after losing my mom was more than I could process. Then feeling forgotten by the girl I thought would always be there for me was too much. I let her go, erecting a wall around my heart. Being a divorce lawyer is a daily reminder that I did the right thing. Have fun, but don’t allow anyone to get too close. It was working out just fine. At least until my past found its way back to me.

Jayna
He was the love of my life, my forever. When we attended different colleges, I thought our devotion was strong enough to handle the distance, but he said we should take a break, telling me it was for my own good. It was so hard to forget him, but I finally did, and even thought I had moved on. Now, years later, I again see the man I’ve never once stopped loving, only he’s not the same. Those old feelings have come crashing back in, now all I can do is hope that I’ll one day find my Mitch.

Will the promise they once made remain true? Can Mitch and Jayna find their way back to each other and rekindle the flame they thought would never extinguish? Or has time and distance changed them both?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I absolutely adored Lynn Jaxon’s debut novel, All I Am, and didn’t even realize when I signed up to review Finding Mitch that this book is a spin-off. Mitch is Benson’s son from All I Am.

Ten years after Mitch and Jayna drifted apart, fate brings them back together again when she relocates to Dallas and ends up working in the same building as the guy who once broke her heart. After seeing his dad fall into a drunken depression following his mom’s death, Mitch has sworn off relationships and sticks to one-night stands. (I didn’t quite get why he was so anti-love, other than thinking that he’d never properly mourned his mom’s death.) But spending time with Jayna and her daughter softens the walls he’s built around his heart, and Mitch gets a glimpse of the life he, as it turns out, does want after all.

While I loved the journey Mitch takes in this book to find himself again and come back to his first love, there were some things about him that I didn’t like. Like why/how he was such a manwhore. And why he blamed Jayna for the sexual harassment she was getting from a colleague.

I also loved catching up with the rest of the family. And since Jayna and Mitch were high school sweethearts, there was an easy chemistry there with her and Benson.

Finding Mitch is a heartfelt story of redemption, second chances and finding your way back home. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

After a few minutes, regaining my composure, I walk back out into the lobby. I look up, seeing the man I’ve spent years missing, the pain so deep there aren’t words to express it. But as I look closer, it’s not the same man. This one’s face is contorted in anger, eyes seemingly dead, spewing hateful words at the poor woman in front of him. Backing behind a column, I can’t help but listen.

“What the fuck are you doing at my office? I told you, it was just one night. Don’t call me. Don’t text me. Don’t write me a letter. You got off. I got off. We’re even.”

“Why are you being so mean? I thought we had something,” she cries, wiping tears from her face.

“You knew the deal going in. I do believe my words to you were, ‘Baby, this is just a one-night rodeo.’ I’m sorry if you don’t understand English.”

“You’re such an asshole!” she says, spins on her heel, and stomps out the door.

What the hell? How can this be the same man I once thought hung the moon?

I storm around the column and look at him with disgust. “What the hell was that? I can’t believe what I just witnessed. How could you be so mean?”

Mitch smirks and shrugs. “I’m not the same man I was all those years ago, Jayna.”

“No shit.” I grab our coffee, which no longer has the appeal it did a few minutes ago, and stride to the elevator just as the doors open, Mitch following.

 

 

 

Lynn Jaxon lives with her husband and three children in Arkansas. She graduated in 1994 from the University of Central Arkansas. When she’s not writing, she is spending time with her husband, children and grandchildren, reading in a bubble bath or running with her crazy dog. Her previous works include Just As I Am and More Than Just A Name.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Catch Twenty-Two, by Marie James

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He can’t stand anything about her, but can’t keep his hands off of her.

Frankie

I wasn’t looking for him.

He found me.

With his sexy smirk and irresistible body.

I wanted nothing to do with someone like him.

Judgmental and brooding.

So full of himself.

But now, I’m stuck playing the fool.

Falling for him.

And losing it all.

If only for one night.

ZEKE

Stuffy, rich, entitled.

The kind of girl that gets what she wants.

When she wants it.

And I want nothing to do with her.

Yet, I can’t stay away.

I’m drawn to her kindness and compassion.

Her beauty.

She holds me when the pain won’t subside.

And now, if I can help it, I’m going to hold on to her…

Forever.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Catch Twenty-Two is the second book in the Westover Prep series, but it is a standalone. But if you read One-Eighty, this is Frankie’s story and starts out during the same summer that Piper and Dalton fell in love. Frankie is sent to Utah to live on her grandmother’s ranch for the summer, and that’s where she meets broody, handsome Zeke.

I love the catch twenty-two that Zeke finds himself in, and the whole reason why he hates Frankie before she even gets to the ranch. His family is financially hanging on by a thread, and everything he knows about being a 17 year old has drastically changed. Zeke is so messed up in the head, and the fact that both his parents and Frakie’s grandmother think that she’d be a perfect match for him leaves him hating her before he get to know her. But the more Zeke gets to know her, the more he finds that she is perfect for him. But she represents everything that is wrong with his life… and around and around goes the catch twenty-two that our hero has found himself in.

After seeing Zeke show up at Westover Prep at the end of One-Eighty, I was wondering how that was going to translate into Frankie’s book. And it does, so, so well. It just ramps up the angst between these two that much more as they refuse to talk to one another, but can’t seem to help the attraction between them. Once Zeke finally gets it together, he goes big to show Frankie that he is someone she can trust. From there, their relationship grows wonderfully and they both find in each other hope, a home and a future. Plus, I got to catch up with Piper and Dalton!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Rum & Notes, by Elise Faber

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My life was boring until I met him.

Painfully tedious, pathetically lonely, and I absolutely hated it.

But I was too scared to do anything about it. Too scared to change . . . at least until I met Kace.

I should have been terrified of him—scared of his size (he towered over my short, curvy self), freaked out by the fierce tats covering his arms and torso (they even crawled up his neck), and definitely frightened by the angry scowl he unleashed on anyone who dared to disrupt him (though this happened rarely, it still did happen).

Except, Kace seemed to like me—shy, boring, socially inept me. He couldn’t change the tats or the towering, but he rarely unleashed his trademark scowl on me.

Okay, so maybe it was more like he tolerated me, but regardless, Kace didn’t seem to care that I hung around the bar he worked at, putting my night owl tendencies to work as I wrote.

See, my work was the only place I explored. My safe place to write as dirty and steamy and kinky of books as I wanted.

My readers loved them—loved the hot sex, the tough alphas, the guaranteed happy endings. As thus, I made good money, only somewhat because I was a decent writer, but mostly because my imagination was very active, beyond active . . . some might even say too active.

As for me personally? I’d never experienced anything close to the types of things I wrote.

But I’d decided it was time to change that.

With scowly, sexy, terrifying Kace.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I loved Brooke! Insecure, kind of nerdy and a romance writer, she’s spent every night of the last six months at the neighborhood bar, where sexy bartender Kace inspires her to write sexy, tatted heroes.

Their conversations are always superficial, but Kace has been cataloging everything he can about Brooke. When Kace sees what is on her laptop one day and makes the connection to him, he makes his move… and refuses to back down until he makes Brooke his.

This was such a feel-good story, and I read it in a single sitting, a little more than an hour. Kace and Brooke both have hurt in their pasts, and their broken souls find each other in a lovely way. She always feels like she’s not good enough to be with a hunk like him, and he can’t believe that someone so good and pure cares enough for him to do a simple thing like bake banana bread. All the feels!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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USA Today bestselling author, Elise Faber, loves chocolate, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and hockey (the order depending on the day and how well her team — the Sharks! — are playing). She and her husband also play as much hockey as they can squeeze into their schedules, so much so that their typical date night is spent on the ice. Elise is the mom to two exuberant boys and lives in Northern California. Connect with her in her Facebook group, the Fabinators or find more information about her books at http://www.elisefaber.com.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Nobody But You, by Megan Green

 

Release Date: March 19
 
Former firefighter Mason Cooper knows how it feels to be burned, both by life and by flame.


Still, nothing could have prepared him for life’s ultimate task—single fatherhood. As the sole provider for his little girl, there’s simply no room in his carefully constructed life for distractions.

 

 



When a stray dog lands him in the office of the new local vet, Mason comes face to face with a major complication. Because the new vet in town is none other than his childhood friend, Madeline Woods, the same girl who up and left him without a trace.

 

 

 

 

Gorgeous, smart, and thoughtful—the more time Mason spends with Maddy, the more he finds himself questioning whether she’s the thing he and his daughter have been missing all along.

 

 

 

 

But being with Maddy is like playing with fire, and while a little heat might be nice, can he trust her not to burn them both?
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I haven’t read a Megan Green book since her Washington Rampage series, so I was excited to get my hands on Nobody But You. This is a wonderful story about former best friends who reconnect 12 years after high school. MG magically weaves Maddy and Mason’s insecurities together with who-they-were and the who-they-are-now.

The misunderstanding that led to the fracture in their friendship back in high school could have easily been avoided if Maddy talked to Mason about it rather than run off and literally never return to school. Two similar situations arise several months into their relationships when Maddy finds out some information about the wife who abandoned Mason, and then again when his past impacts their present. But this time around, Maddy is mature enough to confront it head-on. Her insecurities about being the nerdy fat kid are ever-present, as are Mason’s fears of being abandoned by the woman he loves.

It’s so easy for Maddy and Mason to fall back into the routine of their friendship, and I totally shipped them as a couple. They have a great rapport, the story is beautifully paced, and the characters are relatable and likable.

It all begins with Mason’s adorable daughter, Hannah, finding an abandoned, sick dog. That dog brings “Hope” to them all.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Megan lives in Northern Utah with her handsome hubby, Adam. When not writing, chances are you’ll find her curled up with her Kindle. Besides reading and writing, she loves movies, animals, chocolate, and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee.  
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Old Fashioned, by Kandi Steiner

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It’s a man’s world.

When I declared sports medicine as my major and every man narrowed their eyes, that saying proved true. It was true when my ex-husband decided I’d give up my career when our daughter was born. And again when I divorced the Chief of Police in our small town, and he made it painfully clear that I could leave him, but I would never be free.

Landing the job as the new athletic trainer for Stratford’s high school team is my chance to start over. And walking into a male-dominated sport and staff, I’m ready for the challenge.

I’m not ready for Jordan Becker.

The head coach of our championship winning team is a Herculean force of nature—as severe as he is determined. His icy blue eyes and permanent scowl drive the women in this town mad, and his quiet power and undeniable command conjure respect from every man.

When I join his team, I expect the doubt and anticipate the fight from him. And I get them both.

I don’t expect to form a friendship.

And I never expect to fall for him.

My breath catches when those cool eyes fall to my lips. My body comes alive when his is near. And as those lines begin to blur, every warning bell sounds.

My job, my reputation are on the line.

And my ex is around every corner, waiting to remind me of his power.

It’s a man’s world, and if I want to survive, I can never fall in love with Jordan Becker.

Even if he falls in love with me first.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Old-Fashioned was a great conclusion to the Becker Brothers series! Kandi Steiner outdid herself with this one.

Jordan and Sydney’s story was a bit heavier than the rest of the books in this series, simply because of who they are. Jordan is the adopted oldest brother, and although he is every bit a Becker, he always felt a little on the outside, not knowing where he came from and being one of the few mixed-race guys in town. Sydney is also mixed race, but her issues and insecurities in this book stem from her abusive marriage to the town’s crooked police chief. Everything that Sydney does is well-thought out and done with her young daughter in mind. Especially when it comes to dating Jordan. Not only do they work together as the football coach and athletic trainer, but how will her ex react to the simple fact that she’s got a boyfriend? Will he strike out again in anger?

Their relationship is kept behind closed doors for the most part, but just as Sydney is finally ready to go public, the rug is pulled out from underneath them. And when Jordan needs her most, she bailes on him and the love they share.

Then there is the through-line that spanned all four books related to the death of dad John Becker. The mystery of whether or not he was murdered is wrapped up wonderfully, and the extra twist in the story as it relates to Jordan himself was something I never saw coming! From start to finish, this book was perfect!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

About Kandi:

Kandi Steiner is a bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.

An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.” She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a diehard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.

When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys live music, traveling, anything heavy in carbs, beach days, movie marathons, craft beer and sweet wine — not necessarily in that order.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Changing Roles, by Melanie Moreland

 

CHANGING ROLES by Melanie Moreland
Release Date: March 12, 2020

 

 

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Blurb:
Lights! Camera! Clueless!

Liam Wright is Hollywood’s golden boy and at the top of the A-list.

But what he doesn’t know about life… Well, it could fill his very large Hollywood mansion. Thankfully, he’s got Shelby Carter in his world to keep him—and his house—camera-ready. Part confidante, part master chef, Shelby is his best friend and the only one who knows the real Liam.

Pampered, pretty, and often puzzled, Liam and his antics keep her on her toes, and there is never a dull moment living with him.

Until one day, Liam sees her as more…and he wants her to see him for the man he can be. The man he wants to be.

For her.

Is Liam up for the part?

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Excerpt:
I filled the sink beside her with warm water, planning on soaking her feet and then bandaging them.

“The dress,” she whispered.

I groaned. I didn’t care about the bloody dress. But I knew she did. “Take it off, then.”

“Right here?”

“Shelby, I’ve seen you in a bathing suit. I think I can handle your underwear.”

“Um—”

Chuckling, I shrugged out of my jacket and unbuttoned my shirt, yanking it off, leaving me in my undershirt. “You can put this on.” I wrapped my arm around her. “Come on, I’ll help you.” Gently, I set her on the floor, my eyes following her hand as she pulled down the hidden zipper on her dress. The deep-red gown pooled at her feet, and I swallowed when I saw what was hiding underneath the satin.

Her bathing suit, I could handle.
This, I wasn’t sure about.
Red. Lacy. Strapless.
A bustier.

 

My gaze drifted downward.

Tiny scraps of fabric tied at her hips in the same shade of red, leaving a tantalizing strip of soft flesh between the bustier and her underwear. A strip I wanted to lick.

And the underwear…tiny straps with bows that led to…

I shut my eyes as the room became far too small and far too hot. All the blood in my body was now pooled in one place.

My hard, aching cock.

Which was at that very moment trying to punch its way out of my pants to get to that red lace.

Bugger. Shit. Damn.

I gulped in air. Tried to think of anything else. Puppies. Worms. Everett in his underwear. Anything but the warm, red-lace-wearing woman in front of me.
Who was in pain and needed me to look after her.

Not lift her back onto the counter and fuck her until she screamed my name.

At least once.
Three or four times, preferably.

Her voice broke through my thoughts. “Liam?”

I blinked at her and handed her my shirt. I needed to rein myself in. “Put this on, Shelby, please.”

With downcast eyes, she did as I asked. I realized she thought I wanted her to cover up for a different reason than I needed her to cover up. I cupped her cheek. “Hey.”

Her hesitant gaze met mine. I covered her mouth with my lips, yanking her close. I pulled her hips against mine so she knew how she was affecting me. Her eyes flew open, meeting mine that were already staring at her—trying to convey a hard message.

I smiled against her lips. “Just for now, Beaker. Or your feet won’t be the only thing that’s sore.”

I set her back on the counter, keeping my eyes averted. She hissed in pain as I placed her feet in the warm water. I grimaced in understanding. “Sorry. Now, where can I find bandages?”

“My bathroom has a first aid kit. Left cupboard by the vanity.”

“Okay, stay here.”

“Where else am I gonna go?”

I hesitated. “I’m not gonna have to touch…other things to get to the kit thing, am I?”

She smirked. “Other things, Liam?”

I rubbed the back of my neck. “Um…your girl…things, Shelby?”

“No, you’re quite safe.” She winked. “Just make sure you open the left cupboard. Not the right.”

“Right.”

“No, left.”

“Bloody hell, don’t confuse me! I don’t have a lot of blood in that particular head right now!”

Her amusement followed me down the hall.
It was music to my ears.

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Oh, I loved Beaker and Oscar! This book was so cute. To the outside world, Liam is a hotshot actor, a party boy with a bit of a who-cares attitude. But behind closed doors, he’s a complete goofball who loves nothing more than watching movies with his housekeeper/best friend, Shelby. Then one day, Liam starts to look at Shelby in a different light…. is he ready to change roles and be the man she deserves?

Told mostly through Liam’s POV, this book is a great peek inside the life of a celebrity, and how Liam struggles to live a normal life. He also struggles with being a celebrity and has major panic attacks when the papparazzi surrounds him. Shelby keeps him grounded and knows her place as his best friend, even though she has feelings for him as well. Is she willing to cross that line to become something more? Will she believe that she’s good enough for him?

When a pap-induced incident nearly kills Shelby, Liam steps up in a major way, putting an end to every one of his fears as well as hers. He can change roles. He can be the loving, adoring husband she deserves. And it was wonderful.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About the Author:
NYT/WSJ/USAT bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of twenty-seven-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them.

While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip.

Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet.) She’s learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: All I Ask, by Corinne Michaels

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From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Time comes a breathtaking story about first love, second chances, and starting over.

All I Ask, a new standalone contemporary romance by New York Times bestselling author Corinne Michaels is now LIVE!

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Teagan Berkley is trying her best. A single mom raising a precocious teen, she may have given up on her dreams, but she’s accepted her life in her small beachside hometown. Now the one person who abandoned her when she needed him the most has returned, bringing back memories of what might have been.

Derek Hartz arrives in town with a teenage daughter – and he’s full of guilt over his failed marriage and the way he ended his friendship with Teagan. He’s determined to set things right with her, but first he needs to gain her trust. Something he’s not convinced he deserves.

As Teagan and Derek open up to each other-and confess their deepest secrets-it’s impossible for them to deny what’s always been between them. But just when their happily ever after is within reach, their complicated history surfaces again and threatens to keep them apart. Forever.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

All I Ask is full of everything I love about a good romance novel. It’s heartwarming, has just a touch of angst, and the perfect best friends romance. This book pulled me in from that heartbreaking prologue, and had me waiting to read chapter after chapter so I could see how Derek and Teagan’s story ended.

I love that Derek and Teagan were unlikely best friends back in high school. He was a nerd, she was a cheerleader, but they formed an unbreakable friendship when she tutored him. It wasn’t long before they started to develop feeling for each other, but since Teagan had a boyfriend, they each kind of ignored it. Eventually, being in love with each other and keeping silent is what led to the end of their friendship.

The story goes back and forth in dual POV between the past and the present, and we really see how Derek’s feelings for Tea impacted his marriage, and how torn Teagan was about whether or not she should tell Derek how she felt about him. In the end, Teagan loved him enough to let him go.

Thirteen years later, Derek and Tea are reunited when he reluctantly moves back to their small town. They are forced to face their feelings, and their teenage daughters (who are complete opposites) are instant enemies. CM wonderfully navigates this tentative reunion as they hash out their hurts and hidden feelings, come to terms with their new realities, and attempt to move forward as a couple. And when Teagan gets a once in a lifetime opportunity, it threatens to destroy everything that they’ve been working toward.

From start to finish, All I Ask was a page-turner that left me feeling happy. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Corinne Michaels is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller author. She’s an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun-loving mom of two beautiful children. Corinne is happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife.

After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness. She enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak and finding a way to heal them through their struggles. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love.

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