SYNOPSIS

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Emily March comes the second book in the Eternity Springs: The McBrides of Texas trilogy, TUCKER (St. Martin’s Paperbacks, February 25, 2020, $7.99). Two business owners come head-to-head in a feud with tulle and grit in this passionate story. This tale shows that even when life changes from the stress of a military career to working next to a wedding planner, love always finds a way to begin, even if it was never thought possible.

Meet Gillian Thacker. Her business: Bliss Bridal Salon. Her passion: Weddings. Her own wedding: It’s complicated. Life isn’t turning out like she’d planned. The last thing she wants is for a real-life hero to ride to her rescue, but an unexpected event puts her entire future in Redemption, Texas, at risk. So what’s a broken-hearted bridal expert to do? Maybe a new set of survival skills is exactly what she needs…

Tucker McBride has been proud to call himself a U.S. Army Ranger. But now that his days of service are over, he’s decided to put his expertise to use by founding a wilderness skills training school. He sets up shop in Redemption, next to Bliss Bridal, and so begins life: Part Two. Marriage has been pretty low on his agenda, but as soon as he meets Gillian, Tucker can’t help but contemplate the ultimate challenge: Convincing the reluctant bride to take his hand and leap into the adventure of a lifetime . . . until death do them part.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 Stars

While I enjoyed this sweet romance, I wasn’t blown away by it. I really adored Tucker — he was a great, romantic hero — but I felt that Gillian was kind of a stick in the mud. This is a spin-off of another Emily March series, but I had not read any of those books and didn’t feel like I was missing out on backstory. If anything, there were an abundance of secondary characters, whom I’m guessing are from those other books.

Tucker and Gillian literally meet at the side of the road as he’s returning to Redemption (Ha!) and she’s stormed off after a fight with her fiance. Tucker is immediately smitten. and even though there is a ton of chemistry between them, Gillian is spoken for. She’s unhappy in her relationship, but she’s spoken for. Their paths cross again when he opens up his survival-training shop next to her bridal salon. When her relationship implodes, Tucker decides that he’s the one she’s supposed to be with, and goes all-out in convincing Gillian to give him a chance. The guy who never imagined himself settling down now wants exactly that.

Like I said, this was an okay book. I thought that their relationship stalled at points and felt too rushed at others. Gillian was too often a damsel in distress for my taste, and I didn’t really like her all that much as a heroine. She also doesn’t break up with her fiance until nearly halfway through the book, so I had a hard time shipping her and Tucker as the couple I was supposed to be rooting for when she was still (even unhappily) attached.

I received an advanced copy via the publisher and NetGalley and voluntarily left a review.

AUTHOR BIO

Emily March is the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels, including the critically acclaimed Eternity Springs series. Publishers Weekly calls March a “master of delightful banter,” and her heartwarming, emotionally charged stories have been named to Best of the Year lists by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Romance Writers of America.

A graduate of Texas A&M University, Emily is an avid fan of Aggie sports and her recipe for jalapeño relish has made her a tailgating legend.

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Except for me.

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I still remember the boy I grew up with. The one who went out of his way to make my life a living hell. I did my best to avoid him at all costs.

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Imagine my surprise when our parents announced they had eloped, then left me to live with my new stepbrother. Alone.

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Now, no matter what I do, there’s no escaping him. He’s always there, tempting me, provoking me. Every moment of every day. The more we’re around each other, the more the heat between us begins to rise.

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If he thinks he can hurt me again, he’s dead wrong.

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I won’t let him be the one to destroy me, even if it breaks my heart.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

How much did I enjoy Brix? I read it in a single day. The story flows so well, I loved the tension between Ivy and Brix, and the arc of his character as he goes from hating her to falling head over heels for her despite the bet he makes with his buddy to break her heart.

The forbidden aspect of their relationship is kind of a non-issue as they are both grown 20somethings when their parents marry. But there is a lot of history between Brix and Ivy, going back to high school. And when we finally get to the reason why Brix hated Ivy back in high school (and how much of a mess his personal life is with his mom), it really adds so much depth to his character.

Brix is full of sexy sizzle and swoony moments plus a little heartbreak and a fantastic grand gesture. Escape in Brix and Ivy’s romance!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brooke O’Brien is the author of the Heart’s Compass series and the Tattered Heart duet. Her upcoming release, BRIX, a stepbrother/bully romance, is set to release on February 28th, 2020.

Growing up Brooke always had a love of writing; she started out writing poetry when she was young and began journaling her thoughts as she grew older. Diving headfirst into a good book has always been therapeutic for her. Now her two passions have collided.

Brooke believes you can cure any bad day with chocolate or by going on a long drive with the windows down and the music turned up! She’s found that’s when her characters talk to her the most! If she’s not reading or writing, you’ll probably find her spending time with her family and friends, watching Hawkeye football or NBA basketball, going to the movies, or collecting signed paperbacks.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

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Author Bio

Ace Gray is a best selling author, self-proclaimed
troublemaker and connoisseur of both the good life and fairy tales. After a
life-long love affair with both  books, she undertook writing the novel she
wanted to read. Ten books later, she’s gotten to live in the world of
billionaires, twisted murders, and sweet small towns. She’s made her heart
race both with suspense and serious swoon and wouldn’t trade one minute, one
word of it. 

When she’s not writing, she owns a taco truck in a ski town
in Colorado even though she can’t cook a lick (that’s all her husband). She
loves paddle boarding, snowboarding, camping, basically anything
outside… and hosting dinner parties (though she’s only in it for the drinks).
Oh, and of course, writing more words.

Ace is the author of Strictly Business, Bad For Business,
Family Business, Twisted Fate, Twisted Death, A Twisted Love Story, Twisted
Secrets, Of Smoke & Cinnamon: A Christmas Story, Pretty Young Things, All
The Letters I’ll Never Send You and All The Letters I’ve Ever Read. These
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Their forbidden, frowned-upon romance is complicated by the court battle between Cam and his older brother, Xander, over guardianship of their father, who is suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s. Dad wants a DNA and wants Cam to help him get it; Xander, who has Al’s medical power of attorney, is against it. The battle over Al’s want to die with dignity tears the family apart more than they already are, and the tragedy of Al’s disease rips them even further to shreds as his bad days outnumber the good.

This was a fantastic follow-up to The Last Letter. Great And Precious Things is an poignant, emotional family drama. Despite the rather abrupt ending (I would have liked something set further in the future, but it is what it is!), this book is one that had me reading and crying into the wee hours of the morning because I could not stop turning the next page.

I received an advanced copy via the publisher and NetGalley and voluntarily left a review.

I’m a hopeless romantic and adore all things chocolate, coffee and paleo. No, seriously, I need to have a caffeine IV put in. I’ve adored reading all my life, and writing naturally evolved from my love of late nights and promises of one more page.

“Hold on with both hands because you’re about to experience the ride of a lifetime. All the stars for this masterpiece.”

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The Life You Stole, the compelling and stunning conclusion to the binge worthy Life Duet from Jewel E. Ann, is available now!

Sex.

Lies.

Revenge.

On the heels of a devastating loss, Evelyn fights to put her life back together.

Only … part of her husband belongs to another woman, and the devil owns her soul.

“If you tell her the lie, I will tell her the truth.”

When her best friend goes to great lengths to protect Evelyn from destruction and devastation, mistakes are made, lines are crossed, and all trust is shattered.

“We weren’t unbreakable.

I just needed to believe we weren’t unrepairable.”

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Excerpt

I jumped, shutting my computer, and glanced up at Graham paused at the threshold to my room, loosening his red tie. He always looked handsome in a suit and that red tie I gave him for his birthday. I didn’t expect to see him. My assistant said he was at the Governor’s Mansion. I rarely stayed there, but he used it as an occasional “getaway.” Probably from me. So when she told me he was there, I made the assumption (actually hoped) he’d decided to stay the night and get some work done.

“It’s not even seven.” I tucked my bare feet beneath me, still wearing my navy skirt suit and silk scarf—my long hair in loose curls down my back and around my shoulders just like Graham liked it.

He took calculated steps toward me, completely untying his tie, letting it drop to the floor before working the buttons to his starchy white shirt. I tried to forget my internet search, not that it mattered because I couldn’t hide anything from my husband. He elicited a warring of emotions from me. An icy tingle slithered along my spine, making every muscle rigid, while the warmth in my heart fed on the way my pulse reacted to his proximity, the way it always had done. That never changed. It was how I knew we weren’t broken.

“Did you miss me?” He smirked, shrugging off his shirt, revealing his defined torso—abs for days beneath a thin smattering of dark hair on his chest.

I was the envy of so many women. Every day I reminded myself of that.

“Nice scarf.” He knelt in front of the chair.

I returned a nervous smile, hoping the man before me was the man I loved. Graham untied the scarf, sliding it from my neck as slowly as he’d slid off his tie just seconds earlier. The scarf floated to the floor. Gentle fingers swept my hair off my shoulders, exposing my neck.

With the same feather’s touch, he traced the bruises. “It’s nothing …” His lips replaced his fingers, kissing my neck. “You’re fine. Right?”

I wanted to believe him. Could denial become truth if we just believed hard enough?

“I’m fine,” I murmured, closing my eyes.

“Want me to show you how much I missed you?” he whispered next to my ear.

Was he asking me for permission? Governor Graham demanded me. Pre-marriage, pre-Governor Graham asked … begged me to surrender to him.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 Stars

Wow. I am torn about The Life You Stole. It picks up right where The Life That Mattered left off, and it is definitely full of more twists and turns for Ronin, Evelyn, Lila and Graham. It’s definitely more psychological than the first book of this duet, and secrets and lies run rampant amongst these four friends.

But I didn’t love it. There is so much cheating that goes on on Ronin’s part, both emotionally and physically, and I couldn’t find a way to be okay with it. Maybe if he groveled a bit and confessed to it? But it just made him very unlikable in my eyes, and I couldn’t get behind him as the hero of this story in the way that he was intended.

The story itself is brilliantly twisted, and Jewel E. Ann masterfully created a tangled, tangled web. But R’s behavior just bugged me so much that I had a hard time getting behind this book the way that I would have liked to.

Sadly, this wasn’t a great conclusion for me. It’s well written, but the story itself was not my jam. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About Jewel

Jewel is a free-spirited romance junkie with a quirky sense of humor.

With 10 years of flossing lectures under her belt, she took early retirement from her dental hygiene career to stay home with her three awesome boys and manage the family business.

After her best friend of nearly 30 years suggested a few books from the Contemporary Romance genre, Jewel was hooked. Devouring two and three books a week but still craving more, she decided to practice sustainable reading, AKA writing.

When she’s not donning her cape and saving the planet one tree at a time, she enjoys yoga with friends, good food with family, rock climbing with her kids, watching How I Met Your Mother reruns, and of course…heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, panty-scorching novels.

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Release Date: February 20, 2020

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Genre: Contemporary Romance

Trope: Roommates, friends to lovers, age-gap

Synopsis

Dean’s new roommate may be the one one-night stand he never forgot, but there’s no stopping now…

If opposites attract, Paris and Dean are fated to repel each other. Both are fiercely independent. Both have sworn off falling in love. One night together could be—should be—just that. One night. One fantastic night. It shouldn’t summon a desire that Dean can’t ignore. Especially since Paris is happy to forget all about it. Their mutual connections bond them closer than anyone realizes…until three months later when Paris and Dean meet again. As roommates.

With his best friend and her little sister under one roof, will sparks fly—or will they burn over two people with too much in common?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

No Stopping Now is a standalone follow-up to Michelle Morgan’s No Turning Back, and is the story of Cara’s little sister, Paris, and Jack’s roommate, Dean.

Paris and Dean have a scorching one-night stand after meeting at a bar. (They never crossed paths despite their common connection in Cara and Jackson.) But she’d called herself “Pare” and he gave her his brother’s name. Still, Dean hasn’t been able to get her off of his mind, even months later. Now that Jack’s moved out, Dean could use a new roommate, and Paris is desperate to move out of her mother’s house. Dean takes Jack’s word for it that Cara’s sister isn’t crazypants, and his mind is blown when he arrives home one day to discover that his new roommate is his former fling.

There’s a lot of great chemistry between Paris and Dean, but the story lags at points. No Stopping Now is a decent story, but I didn’t find it so fantastic that I’ll be running back to reread it in the future.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Michelle Morgan lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband and two sons. She is a 2018 RITA Finalist Editor for the romance novella, “In His Arms” by Jules Dixon, and has edited more than 100 novels since 2013.

Nothing ignites Michelle’s passion for editing like working on her own fiction. She published After Henry, her first novel, in 2014. Alongside Jeremy Morgan–fellow writer, IT genius, and Michelle’s real-life hero–she spent the next four years growing their two small businesses and starting a family. The muse took a back seat but never left. As of June 2018, Michelle has been writing again–a lot! She’s excited to release her romantic fiction, “Work in Progress” and “No Turning Back,” in the summer and fall of 2019.

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With her past firmly behind her where it belongs, Juliette has made a career out of turning her scars into art. She uses her skills to help others cover the evidence of their pain, too.

But some scars are too deep, too painful for anyone to hide completely.

Juliette has everything she could ever need–great parents, her dream job, the best friend a girl could ask for, and a new body to warm her bed whenever she wants. With her focus firmly on the here and now, she never expects a kiss from a stranger to throw a bomb in the middle of her carefully constructed life.

Every wound leaves a scar.

Every scar tells a story.

Her story left her beautifully scarred.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Oh my goodness, this book is fantastic. I’m not even going to tag it with all of my shelves that it should be on, because you need to go into this book blind. It’s not easy to read — but the ending is so, so wonderful, and the connection between Mills and Lee is amazing, and the kind of thing that makes you believe in fate and some kind of greater power.

Mills had a horrific childhood, suffered extreme abuse at the hands of her foster family, and 20 years later still remains guarded and has a wall of armor up around herself. She was adopted by great people, and she found her calling as a tattoo artist. She’s also found great joy in donating her services to people who want to cover up their scars with body art, helping them turn something shameful into something to wear with pride. In her personal life, Mills doesn’t do repeats, doesn’t do relationships. But that all gets blown apart after one kiss with a stranger she meets at a bar.
There’s an instant connection between Mills and Lee, and they both feel it deep down in their bones. Why they feel that connection — well, I was in tears by that point of the book. Mills is a tough nut to crack, but Lee doesn’t give up and their relationship ends up healing the internal scars and wounds that they are both carrying. Mills is so much stronger than she gives herself credit for. She is a warrior, a survivor, and Lee is the soldier fighting along side of her in more ways than she ever imagined.

Read this book. Don’t read too much into the reviews. Just read this book. You won’t be sorry.

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Paralegal by day, romance genius by night! When she’s not tending to her furry children and her handsome husband, H.P. DAVENPORT is seamlessly carving beautiful stories from her mind in her comfy PJs in New Jersey.

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HATE YOU (NOT) by Ella James
Release Date: February 12th

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Blurb:
I didn’t know I was that person. You know—the one who gets the kids. But that’s what the will said. June Lawler: Legal Guardian.

My niece and nephew are 6 and 9, and all they’ve ever known is San Francisco. I arrive the day after the wreck, pack up my sister’s mansion, and fly them back to Georgia.

The small-town farm where their mom and I grew up isn’t what it once was, but it’s home. That’s all they really need.

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I was courting an investor when it happened. Tromped all up and down the Himalayas, and he didn’t even buy in. It was a week before I found out what I’d lost. My little brother meant the world to me. Now even his kids are gone.

Spirited away to Heat Springs, Georgia—population 298.

They’re living on a farm that’s half a breath from bank foreclosure with a 26-year-old who didn’t finish high school. Nowhereville is not the place for little Mastersons. But I’ll get them back. It’s the money she must want, and I’ve got lots of that.

“June Bug” Lawler is poorer than that red dirt she comes from. I can make her dreams come true—and do one last thing for my brother.

I hate him.

She makes me crazy.

He thinks he can buy me off! I’ve never met a man so arrogant.

There’s no woman anywhere more stubborn.

I wish I had never met him.

But that’s not the story.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Another entertaining book from Ella James. Hate You (Not) is a slow burn, enemies to lovers romance. When her sister and brother-in-law are tragically killed in an accident, farmgirl June finds herself the guardian of her young niece and nephew. She moves the kids from their ritzy home in San Francisco to the sticks of Georgia — and their wealthy uncle, Burke, soon comes knocking on the door wanting the kids back.

As he spends time with June and the kids, Burke can see how the lifestyle June can provide for them may not come with all the belles and whistles that his financial status can afford them, but is a much more solid and loving foundation. He relents in his quest to gain custody of the kids, and along the way finds himself falling for June. And despite her initial insistence that Burke was Satan, June falls for him right back.

This book didn’t give me all the feels that some of Ella’s other books did, however. I felt like I turned the page and suddenly Burke had changed his career with no build-up or explanation, had developed feelings for June but was trying to keep his distance from her, and she had fallen for him. There is one hot night in the swimming pool that is more or less hate-sex, but I didn’t feel like I saw them falling for one another. And that’s what made all the difference for me in how highly I rated this book.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About the Author:
Ella James is the USA Today and Amazon Top 10 bestselling author of twenty teen and adult love stories. She’s an angst-a-holic who loves exploring difficult situations and the emotions of the people caught up in them. Also, smut. But always, always romance.

Ella is an Alabama native who makes her home near Boulder, Colorado, with her writer husband, three young children, and hyperactive dog. When she’s not writing, she can be found hiking the foothills, taking nature photos for her Instagram account, and swilling vanilla cream soda.

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Never Date a Doctor
Melanie A. Smith
Publication date: February 25th 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

From best-selling author Melanie A. Smith comes the first book in a new series of steamy contemporary medical romance standalone novels about life lessons that break all the rules.

What’s the first rule of nurse’s club? That’s right: Never date a doctor. Which Sasha Suvorin has no intention of doing anyway, since she’s a nurse at Rutherford Hospital by day and working on her master’s degree by night. Who has time for dating, much less dating someone you work with? Bad idea much?

That is, until the sexy British Dr. Caleb Thompson starts at her hospital. It also doesn’t help that he’s exactly her type with his dark hair, blue eyes, and rockin’ bod. Or that he’s not your typical arrogant and bossy surgeon. But Sasha isn’t so easily convinced, and she soon discovers Dr. Hottie has a past that puts a stop to whatever she might have been feeling before anything ever starts between them.

Unfortunately, working together means facing temptation. Every. Single. Day. Is Sasha strong enough to resist what might just be the perfect man? And if she gives in, will Cal’s past stay in the past? Sasha may be used to playing it safe, but life has a way of teaching its lessons … one way or another.

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EXCERPT

“It’s rare for me. This,” he gestures between us, “is rare.”

I swallow hard, the proximity to him reminding me of how true that is. How he affects me in ways I can’t control or explain. “It is,” I agree softly.

He runs a hand through his hair, tucking his lip into his mouth and a wave of desire tingles through me.

“Are you going to kiss me or what?” I tease. “Because if you keep doing that thing with your —” I’m cut off by his mouth descending hungrily onto mine. His hands slides up my thigh, pulling me into him as his lips tease at mine, his tongue sliding across my lip. I open to him, moving my hands into his hair as the kiss intensifies.

I needn’t have worried about it being bad. Sparks shoot through me as our tongues meld, as his hands grip and massage at my thighs and backside. I pull myself into him without thought, needing more. The world melts away for the second time since I first saw him, and all I know is the feel of his mouth on mine, the sexy texture of his rough beard on my face, the pounding of my heart.

When he ends the kiss, he leans his forehead to mine, and we’re both breathing heavily.

“Bloody hell,” he says on a sigh. “That was so much better than I’d ever imagined.”

Unable to respond, I slide a hand down to rest on his chest, where I can feel his heart pounding every bit as hard as mine. His hand finds my chin, and he leans back, tilting my face up to look into his.

“Ever since that first day when I thought you knew me, it left me with the sense that I knew you too,” he says, his eyes searching mine. “You feel … I can’t even explain it …”

“Familiar,” I whisper.

His eyes close for a moment and he nods. “Yes,” he agrees.

Author Bio:

Melanie A. Smith is the best-selling author of The Safeguarded Heart Series and other contemporary romance fiction. Originally from upstate New York, she spent most of her childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to Los Angeles for college. After that, she spent almost fifteen years in the Seattle Area, and now lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas with her family.

A voracious reader and lifelong writer, Melanie’s writing began at a young age with short stories and poetry. Having completed a bachelor of science in electrical engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master’s in business administration at the University of Washington, her writing abilities were mainly utilized for technical documents as a lead engineer for the Boeing Company, where she worked for ten years.

After shifting careers to domestic engineering and property management in 2015, she eventually found a balance where she was able to return to writing fiction.

Melanie is also a Mensan and enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, and driving with the windows down and the stereo cranked up loud.

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