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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Our Song, by Lauren Runow

 
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Our Song by Lauren Runow
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Release Date: September 10, 2019
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Blurb:

After a devastating accident crushed my dreams, I ended up back in my hometown teaching kindergarten. I was trying to make the best of it. That is, until the world I had to leave behind, showed up in my classroom in the form of a five-year-old little girl. Her father living the exact life I almost had.

Adam Jacobson is known as the bad boy of rock. While he and his band tour the world, they leave a trail of mayhem. What no one knows is behind the music is a caring, straightedge man with a secret — a daughter who the world is about to discover.

When they move to my small town, their secret is blown. He needs my help to keep her out of the media, and with each exchange we grow closer. Only problem is I need to stay away from the memories he ignites, and the temptations he brings my way.

Secrets I’ve kept and thoughts of that fatal night come crashing back into my life. I have to wonder if it was more than fate that brought his little girl into my classroom.

 

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I’m a sucker for a celeb-meets-Plain Jane romance, and Our Song did not disappoint! Sarah’s hopes and dreams of becoming a singer are ripped away from her in a tragic accident. Years later, she’s back in her small, conservative, religious, hometown, and finds herself being the kindergarten teacher of her favorite rock star’s secret daughter. But will the memories of her stolen dream be too much for her?

Adam and Sarah are a great couple. I loved that he was just a regular guy, trying to do what is best for his little girl. As a product of the foster system, he just wanted to be a good dad for Cailin. But I really hated that everywhere he turns, people in town judge him, based on what they think they know of him. For a bunch of church-going Christians, they sure are Judgy Judys!

The connection that Sarah and Cailin build is genuine, as well. Sweet Cailin! I really liked that she wasn’t just a prop, but a legit part of the tale. And she was precious! This story is pretty low-angst, and most of the drama comes courtesy of Sarah’s preacher, hypocrite father. I wish she stood up to him earlier than she did.

I loved the message behind this book: you can’t judge a book by its cover! There is so much more to Adam than the rockstar that the world thinks they know, and he lifted Sarah up and helped her realize her dreams for no other reason than to see her smile. This story was perfection!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

 


About the Author:

Lauren Runow is the author of multiple Adult Contemporary Romance novels, some more dirty than others. When Lauren isn’t writing, you’ll find her listening to music, at her local CrossFit, reading, or at the baseball field with her boys. Her only vice is coffee, and she swears it makes her a better mom!

Lauren is a graduate from the Academy of Art in San Francisco and is the founder and co-owner of the community magazine she and her husband publish. She is a proud Rotarian, helps run a local non-profit kids science museum, and was awarded Woman of the Year from Congressman Garamendi. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two sons.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Lost Years, by MK Schiller

Title: Lost Years
Author: MK Schiller

Publisher: Entangled Publishing

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: September 16, 2019
Blurb
Ever had a dream so real it feels like a memory?
I’ve had those kinds of dreams since I was a kid. Each one of a
beautiful girl, who is my best friend. We grow up together on a sunny island
surrounded by water that’s as blue as her eyes. We share all our hopes and
fears until we realize we belong to each other in every way one person claim
another. She is my own personal serenity. Sweet story, eh?
Well forget about it.
The cold, harsh reality is that I’m a twenty-year-old, Manhattan-bred,
manwhore, who uses his fists to solve his problems. The only comfort I find is
inside a bottle… and the dreams. But the dreams are my illness not my cure.
Just when things look the darkest, the sun slaps me square in the jaw. I spot a
picture of a scenic island surrounded by the bluest water – my island.
If the island exists then so must the girl, right?
So I’m headed to Serenity, Texas to find my girl and make some sense
out of the chaos that is my life. Feel free to tag along, but this journey
comes with a steep warning — dreams can turn into nightmares in the blink of an
eye.
My name is Jason Flynn and this is our story.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I don’t know how to categorize the Lost Years. It’s a second chance romance, but a most unconventional one. It’s a love story that is a true testament to the idea of soul mates, your heart knowing it’s perfect match no matter the confines of space and time and distance.

This story is told fully from Jason’s POV, and it made me laugh, cry, rage and a smile. Anything I want to say about the story will give things away, but this book captivated me. There was a point where I just wanted to get to the WHY he knew Scarlett from his dreams but he was an essential stranger to her. The twist is certainly not one I saw coming, but it is unique and made this story one of a kind.

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

Excerpt
“You have
talent.”
“Are you a
fan of country music?”
“I’m a fan
of yours, Scarlett.” 
She smiled.
“That’s a little smoother.”
”I’m
learning.” “I take it country is your favorite kind of music?” I asked 
“I love all
kinds of music, but country is in my soul.” She placed a finger against her
bottom lip. “Plus, whatever comes out of this mouth just sounds country.”
I smirked.
“I bet country tastes delicious.”
She
laughed, pointing a finger at me. “You’re dangerous. You flirt like this with all
the ladies?”
I wish I
could tell her no, but she deserved an honest answer. “Yes.” I wanted to take
it back when her smile tightened. All those years of trading warm bodies to
still my constant loneliness made me sad. She was what I’d been missing all
along. “Would it make me sound more like a douche bag if I said I never meant
it like I do now?”
“There
isn’t enough honest in the world. Watch your step.”
“What? Too
forward?”
“No, I mean
stop.” She held up her arm in front of me. She took a few steps and bent down
to pick something up. “Stupid tourists,” she said, throwing a plastic bucket. Then
she lifted the creature underneath it and held it out to me.
“Did you
know he’d be under there?” I asked, staring at the tiny turtle she held in her
hands with no fear. 
“Sometimes
the kids think it’s funny to trap them. The mama’s lay their eggs here. When
the little ones hatch, they start their journey from right here until it’s time
for them to come back in a few years and lay their own eggs. 
“Let me introduce
you to a real-life sea turtle.” 
I waved at
the animal, unsure if she expected me to offer a handshake or pet its shell.
She walked over to the waves, holding it up against the moonlight, like the
scene from the Lion King. I would have laughed if I wasn’t in awe. “Have a safe
journey, little one, and a good lost year.” She set it in the water. She rinsed
her hands and stood. We watched it drift away, the waves carrying him at first
until he moved with them.
“I hope he
survives.” The breeze picked up strands of her hair. They circled her head like
a crown…not more like a halo.  
Stuffing my
hands in my pockets, I step closer to her. “Did you say lost year?”
“The first
year of the sea turtle migration is called the lost year because no one knows
what they actually do, despite all the technology we have to track them, but I have
my theories.”
“What is
your theory?”
Her eyes
grew wistful as she looked out into the turbulent waves. Was she praying? “I
think they might be searching for what’s missing. Maybe they are looking the
parents, who abandoned them, or the turtle they’re supposed to make babies
with. Even if they find what’s lost, they never make up the time they spent
searching.”
I put my
hand on the small of her back. “Maybe they’re just partying it up, having epic
sex, and drinking all the time.”
She cracked
a smile. “Yeah, maybe so, Jason.”
“My friends
call me Flynn.”
She started walking again. “I’ll let you know
when we’re friends, New York.” I winced at her statement, but I understood her
need to be guarded––her emotions probably conflicting with basic logic. I’d had
the same argument many times myself tonight.
None of
this made sense. It was like I’d lived a lifetime with her, but we’d never met.
It was
messing with my head but being on the beach with her––it was worth all the
crazy.
“I look forward to that moment.”
Author Bio
Not knowing a word of English, MK Schiller came to America
at the age of four from India. Since then, all she’s done is collect words.
After receiving the best gift ever from her parents—her very own library
card—she began reading everything she could get her greedy hands on. At
sixteen, a friend asked her to make up a story featuring the popular bad boy at
school. This wasn’t fan fiction…it was friend fiction. From that day on, she’s
known she wanted to be a writer. With the goal of making her readers both laugh
and cry, MK Schiller has penned more than a dozen books, each one filled with
misfit characters overcoming obstacles and finding true love.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Lion Heart, by Carrie Aarons

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He’s supposed to be the ruler of this kingdom.
The prince poised to take his rightful place on the pitch.
Instead, he plays the jester, shunning his legacy.
Only I am privy to his lion heart.

Kingston Phillips is the heir to England’s football dynasty. The offspring of two of the world’s greatest players, the expectations set on his shoulders could crush the universe. But the golden-haired Adonis chooses to live his life as a game; a series of nightclubs, brawls, pranks and different kit chasers parading through his sheets.

I’m the last woman he should chase, and I’ve told him so. My cheeky mouth and icy demeanor guard the secret no one can learn. But when the Casanova I’ve been avoiding becomes the bloke next door, he quickly begins to thaw the frost around my heart. Kingston shows me the ferocious, loyal, protective side of himself that no one else gets to witness.

I begin to realize that he’s just as damaged as I am.
That as much as I try to deny it, we’re the same.
And … that might just be our undoing.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Lion Heart is book 2 in Carrie Aarons’ Rogue Academy series. Kingston is a mate of Jude’s from Second Coming, but this story is a true standalone.

Wow, Kingston ended up being nothing like he comes off as in the beginning of Lion Heart. This was an absolutely fantastic enemies-to-lovers story between the partying, womanizer football star and the rigid, uptight, aloof supermodel, Poppy. But underneath her icy exterior and his playboy facade are two incredibly damaged abuse survivors, and once they realize they are more alike than either of them imagine, Kingston and Poppy heal one another as they heal themselves.

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There is such a fantastic arc in this story, and Kingston grows so much from the guy in the prologue to the guy in the end. As she stands by his side and believes that he is more than the fraud he presents to the world, he proves to be a fierce protector, a gentle soul with a loving heart. Who knew the manwhore who was always told by his parents that he was a disappointment could be so gentle and loving with a victim of sexual abuse?

Once Kingston and Poppy let down their fake fronts, they opened themselves up to a world of trust and love and acceptance that neither of them could ever have imagined.

I love the nuggets we got about Vance’s lost love, and can’t wait to see how his story unfolds!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

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Author of romance novels such as The Tenth Girl and Privileged, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the love stories of her imagination, and the athleisure dress code, much better.

 

When she isn’t writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She lives in the suburbs of New Jersey with her husband, daughter and Lab/Great Dane rescue.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Silver Brewer, by L.B. Dunbar

Title: Silver Brewer: The Silver Foxes of Blue Ridge
Author: L.B. Dunbar 
Genre: Over 40 Romance Stand alone
Release Date: September 12, 2019

Olivet Pierson needs his land. 

 

Name your price, Mr. Harrington. 

 

She has her reasons, and this muscular mountain of masculinity isn’t going to get in her way. However, her heart has a different plan after she accepts his crazy conditions: three nights up on the ridge.
George Harrington is a quiet, giant of a man.
No sale, Cricket.
He’s a war hero, a widower, and COO for the family brewing company, but his life lacks spontaneity. Then, she arrives, chirping away at him, roaming his body with those sky-blue eyes, and negotiating for something he won’t put a price on. Too bad his heart is immediately sold.
With the challenge accepted, this silver fox can no longer deny his desires for something a little different.
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Welcome to Blue Ridge where sexy silver foxes meet their match of feisty vixens.
The Harrington brothers are a spin-off from Second Chance, but don’t you worry, this over 40 romance can be enjoyed as a stand-alone.

 

 

 

PP’s Bookshelf – “Sexy. Emotional. Angsty. Real. Honest. Heartbreaking. Swoonworthy. Heartwarming.”

 

Bibliophile Chloe – “Ms. Dunbar doesn’t fail to amaze me with her writing of mature characters, still full of life, still wanting to find love and the holy hotness of the chemistry and smexy times!”


Cee Cee Houston – “L.B. Dunbar has found her niche. The over 40’s is definitely a trope she does extremely well.”

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Oh my gosh, I adored Giant and Cricket! Silver Brewer is the first in a new series, which is a spin-off off LB’s rocker series. Giant is the eldest before or Mati from Second Chance. He’s a widower, medically discharged from the service, and he’s just kind of been existing in life until the day that chipper Letty walks onto his mountain, wanting to buy the property. Suddenly, there is a spark in his life that Giant didn’t know was missing.

There is an instant connection between them, and they grow VERY close while camping on that mountaintop. Holy hotness!! While they try to make the long-distance relationship work, things get really complicated when Letty gets a baby to adopt. Is a second family something he wants? Will Letty relocate to Georgia?

There is a lot of miscommunication between them at times because neither one will say what they really feel. Which was kind of immature for a 40 and 50 year old. But I get that Letty didn’t want to ask Giant to raise a second family when he’s already done so. While that was frustrating at times, there is so much vulnerability that Giant shows with Letty that i found him totally lovable.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

“Before you try to steal my land, perhaps you should learn a thing or two about it.”

 

I stare up at him as his expression turns virile. 

 

“I know this piece of property could earn you millions.” I look beyond him, taking in the small bit of landscape I can see around his broad hips and crossed arms.
“I told you, I don’t want the money.” He scoffs. “I’m talking about dirt under your toes. Wind in your face. Stars in your eyes.” His eyes nearly dance as though he has undisclosed information he’s waiting to share with me, and strangely, I want to know his secret. And though dirt under my toes doesn’t sound pleasant, it doesn’t sound terrible either.
Still.

 

Tell me. Tell me all your wisdom and woes. I swallow with the intensity of his glare and rub a hand down the thigh of my jeans.

 

 

“Okay, so I’m not Pocahontas. How would I learn?” My voice cracks, sounding meek. Teach me, Yoda.
“From the land.” He pauses. His crossed arms bulge before me and lift with the heave of his frustrated inhale. What would those arms feel like around me?
“And your land will just teach me?” Oh God. Did my voice just drop? Did I exaggerate your land, implying something other than the greenery around us? Damn Marcus and his damnable innuendos, but if this man means I can hike his landscape, I volunteer as tribute. “How?”
“Camping.”
“What?” I stammer. My mouth falls open.
“Camping. Three nights of roughing it and then I’ll think about your proposition. You break before that and no deal.”

 

 
My proposition? Did I proposition him? Can he see the images racing through my mind? I want to do all kinds of things to him, starting with the body part closest to me. My heart races, and my sweaty palms…sweat more. My breath catches.

 

 

 

Anything whispers through my mind along with the song “Colors of the Wind.”


My eyes narrow. My heart thuds to a screeching halt.

 

This is crazy.

 

 

But I slowly rise, pressing up on my thigh as I stand. I come to my full height, which doesn’t quite match his, but with the help of the two step difference, I’m close. My gaze meets his fiery eyes. There’s one thing this man needs to learn about me. I like nothing more than to prove others wrong.
“Challenge accepted.”

 

L.B. Dunbar loves the sweeter things in life: cookies, Coca-Cola, and romance. Her reading journey began with a deep love of fairy tales and alpha males. She loves a deep belly laugh and a strong hug. Occasionally, she has the energy of a Jack Russell terrier. Accused—yes, that’s the correct word—of having an overactive imagination, to her benefit, such an imagination works well. Author of over two dozen novels, she’s created sexy rom-coms for the over 40; intrigue on an island; MMA chaos; rock star mayhem, and sweet small-town romance. In addition, she earned a title as the “myth and legend lady” for her modernizations of mythology as elda lore. Her other duties in life include mother to four children and wife to the one and only.

 

 

 


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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Forget The Stars, by Kelsey Kingsley

Title: Forget the Stars
Author: Kelsey Kingsley
Genre: Friends-to-lover/2nd Chance Romance
Release Date: August 26, 2019
Cover Design: Danny Manzella
“From August 26 to September 26, 2019, 10% of all proceeds will be donated to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.”

“There is just something about a vulnerable hero that gets me every time and Chad Wilcox was no exception. His pain becomes your pain thanks to Kelsey’s descriptive writing and the ability to invoke emotional pull. And, with a nickname like Chaddington Bear, he is everything.” – Bree, Goodreads reviewer

“I’m a big Kelsey fan, so I knew I’d love this book before knowing anything about it. What I didn’t know is how deep it would move me. I should have known though, because she always finds a way to break the mold and set a new standard of excellence.” – Katie, Goodreads reviewer

 

“This is one of those times I am thanking my lucky stars I took a chance on a new-to-me author. The writing was engaging, smart, and effortless to read. The storytelling was honest and sweetly addicting. I craved it when I wasn’t reading it, I wanted to sink into it for hours, lose time with these wonderful characters and their original, adorable, emotionally satisfying love story. I can’t say it enough: I loved it! I adored it! This is an absolute MUST read!” – Bookgasms Book Blog

 
Guitarist Chad Wilcox’s life isn’t going according to plan. 
At thirty, he never thought he’d still be unmarried and living with his parents. And with the added stress of his poor health, he’s convinced the only thing within his control is the success he’s found as a rockstar.
 
After reconnecting with his childhood best friend, Chad sets into motion a new plan to regain control over his happiness, and things start looking up. But when he finds himself diagnosed with a potentially debilitating chronic illness, he begins to wonder…
Is this as good as it’s going to get? Or is it at all possible for a guy like him to get everything he’s ever wished for?

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Wow. I’ve read one or two of Kelsey Kingsley’s books before, and they were much… fluffier… than this story. Forget The Stars is raw, emotional and gritty, as guitarist Chad deals with a chronic illness that affects his life in every single way.

Chad may look like he’s living a charmed life, but as he turns 30 years old, he realizes that he’s not quite where he wants to be in life. The tatted rocker wants to get married and have a family, but his girlfriend is quite happy with the status quo of their relationship. Do they even have a relationship any more? Do they still make one another happy?

As he’s starting to question his life choices, Chad reconnects with Molly — his childhood best friend, the daughter of his mother’s best friend, whom he hasn’t seen in about 15 years. They drifted apart when they got to high school and their relationship suffered. As they renew their friendship, suddenly Chad is questioning everything about his life, wondering what he wants, what he doesn’t want. And when the stars align for Molly, a folksy singer, to be the band’s opener on their tour, things really start to heat up and Chad realizes that all he’s ever wanted lies in the eyes of the girl he used to lie under the stars with as a kid.

In the midst of his relationship reevaluation, Chad finds out that the stomach problems that have plagued him since he was a kid is actually ulcerative colitis. How the chronic disease affects him, his bandmates, his relationship with his girlfriend and his friendship with Molly is kind of intense. When it gets to the point where he nearly dies and can no longer ignore it, Molly is right there by his side, holding his hand through it all. But will his girlfriend give him the same kind of support? What kind of dating life will Chad have with this condition? Should he go public and tell his fans, or keep it a secret?

I had my doubts about Chad and Molly because of his wretched girlfriend, but he does end things there before starting anything with Molly. And I liked how their relationship just kind of progressed organically. One day, they both woke up and realized that their feelings for the other ran way deeper than being best friends. They do address the breakdown of their teenage friendship, which I was happy to read. I didn’t think it was something that could be glossed over and have me still be invested in them as a couple. KK deals with Chad’s illness very well, from the reality of how the disease affects patients to his public outing and how he and Molly reconcile what it means for them as a couple.

Forget The Stars is a standalone, but Chad’s bandmates have been the focus of previous books. I’m definitely interested in going back to check out those, and will be looking for young Grayson’s story in the future.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

 

 

“What’s that look for?” she asked with a giggle, as she reached around to secure her bra.
 
I shook my head as a smile stretched over my lips. “Nothin’. Just …” I swallowed at the warmth crowding my heart and my lungs. “You’re my best friend.”
 
She tugged a tank top on and sighed, her exhale lingering in the air. “You’re mine.”
 
Mine. The word was simple and yet held the world. It was an agreement, it was possession. It was an invisible contract that lingered between us, and I would’ve gladly used my own blood to sign on the dotted line.
 
But instead of pricking a finger and sealing the deal, I simply nodded, as only two words left my mouth.
 
“I’m yours.”

 

 

 

Kelsey Kingsley is an author of eight, almost nine, novels. She lives in New York with her family and a cat named Ethel. She loves tattoos, music, makeup, and Frasier reruns. Kelsey is a Slytherin. She curses a lot, and she fucking hates cheese.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Intermission, by Lisa Suzanne

 

 

Title: Intermission
Series: Love Triangle Duet #2
Author: Lisa Suzanne
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: September 12, 2019

 

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I’m in love with two men.I’m torn and need to choose which man from my past I want as a permanent part
of my future. My heart leads me one way as my brain pushes me toward the other.

I want them both, but each of them holds a secret that will change everything.
Can I overcome the betrayal with a simple intermission, or am I better off
alone?

 

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AMAZON US / UK / CA / AUFree in Kindle Unlimited

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Gah! Nobody does a love triangle like Lisa Suzanne!

After a few chapters that piece together events of the last, Intermission picks up right where Interception’s cliffhanger left off. Laney is torn between her high school love and high school best friend, one a rock god and the other a football superstar. But learning that one was keeping a shocking secret sends her right into the arms of the other. And guess what? He has a secret of his own.

When Delaney takes off to spend some time alone, will Chase or Gavin be the one to win back her heart? There are so many twists and turns in this story, and I kept going back and forth about whose team I was one! I really didn’t know who would be the better guy for Laney!

At the end of the day, Laney has a decision to make — and I do hope there is a story in the works for the guy that Laney didn’t pick!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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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: All The Forbidden Things, by Lesley Jones

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When all that you want, is all that’s forbidden…

 

I’ve known him my entire life.

Before marriage.

Before fatherhood.

Before betrayal.

Now, he’s one of rock’s bad-boys trying to be good.

Trying to be the best father he can for his daughter.

He’s my brother’s best friend.

He’s my boss.

He has a wife.

Max isn’t mine to have, but I want him all the same.

And I haven’t survived all that I have to not go after what I want.

 

Her story is a tragedy, mine’s a publicity disaster.

 

Just when I needed her most, she walked back into my life, and the timing couldn’t be worse.

With a newborn baby, a divorce, an album to record, and a world tour to plan, I don’t need the distraction.

She’s off limits.

She’s my best friend’s little sister.

She’s my nanny.

Billie’s a golden drop of sexy sun on a grey autumn day, tempting me into the light and a life full of possibilities.

A life not meant for us.

 

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EXCERPT

It’s at that point I notice Billie climbing from the car. Although, if Mel hadn’t told me, I’d never have recognised the girl standing on my drive as Billie Wild.

She closes the car door and turns towards me.

Silence.

She stares down at her feet as she moves slowly along my driveway. When she reaches the front of the car, she looks up. The bluest of blue eyes meet mine, and she stops moving.

Deafening silence.

No birds singing.

No traffic sounds.

The silence is so loud it hurts my ears.

What. The. Actual. Fuck?

She takes a step towards me, and my hearing returns. The gravel crunches beneath her green biker boots, a pigeon coos, brakes screech, engines rev . . . a bomb could fucking drop, but nothing, not a single thing can divert my attention from Billie Wild as she moves towards me.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

All The Forbidden Things is full of steam and angst and a devoted single dad trying not to think dirty thoughts about his nanny. Who happens to be his best friend’s little sister.

When rock god Max finds himself single with an infant daughter to raise, Billie returns to his life like an angel. Well, returns as a nanny, at least. She’s always had a crush on him, and now he’s seeing her in a new light. But she’s got some baggage she’s lugging around to work through, and he’s trying to adjust to getting through a divorce, dealing with a wretched ex, raising a baby, dominating the rock charts… and trying not to fall for his best friend’s little sister.

There’s a lot going on between Max and Billie. Even thought I don’t think the “brother’s best friend” trope automatically makes it forbidden, there is a nice journey between Max and Billie as they try to navigate their relationship. He shows some real vulnerability with her, and that made him all the more sexy and endearing.

How could you not love sexy Stuart Reardon in all his tatted-up glory on that cover?? I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lesley was born and raised in a small working-class town in Essex, just outside of East London. She’s married with three sons and in 2006 they all moved to the other side of the world, settling on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula, about fifty kilometres outside of Melbourne, Australia.

Lesley is currently ‘a stay at home mum’, but in the past, she has worked at ‘good old Mark & Spencer’ for thirteen years and as a teacher’s assistant.As well as writing, Lesley loves to read and has been known to get through four or five books a week, when she’s not writing that is.

Her other interests are watching her boys play football… the round ball version. She’s happy to admit to being an addict of social media and owes a lot to her Facebook and Twitter family in promoting her book. Lesley is also rather partial to a glass or bottle of wine, a nicely chilled Marlborough Sav Blanc being her favourite.

Being a born and raised Essex girl, she will happily admit being a big fan of spray tans, manis, pedis, and is regularly, waxed, tinted and sculpted, although she doesn’t own a pair of white stilettos.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Remember Me, by Nelle L’Amour

 

REMEMBER ME by Nelle L’ Amour
Release Date: September 12

 

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Blurb:
“A romance for our times. Relevant and real with all the feels.”—Meredith Wild, #1 New York Times Bestseller

From USA Today bestseller Nelle L’Amour, a sizzling and suspenseful second chance romance like none other.

Skye:

It was love at first sight with Finn. The downtown bad boy with the piercing blue eyes, tattooed biceps, and museum-worthy chiseled body. But while he struggled, I was driven. An investigative reporter determined to pursue the truth to get my story. My credo: Dig deep, then dig deeper. Then one time, I dug too deep and literally dug my own grave, losing everything and everyone dear to me.

Until life gave me a second chance.

Finn:

Being a renowned artist and single dad isn’t easy. My demanding fiancée doesn’t help. No matter how much I try, she wants nothing to do with my precious five-year-old daughter.

Then she came along. The hot as sin teacher. Scarlet Callahan. She’s everything my fiancée isn’t. Warm, funny, and down-to-earth, she adores my daughter as much as my daughter adores her. I’m inexplicably attracted to her, but she keeps her distance. Like she’s hiding something. Except I’m going to uncover her secret even if it means risking everything I’ve ever wanted.

And everyone I’ve ever loved.

 

 

Excerpt:
I pull away as fast as my lips captured hers. Fuck. What the hell did I just do? I just kissed my daughter’s teacher. And what’s worse, I more than liked it. Everything about the kiss felt so delicious, so familiar. Like our mouths have known each other forever. She melted right into me, willingly, and I could tell from her sexy sounds and breathing she felt everything I did. I wanted more of her in the worst way, so badly an erection strained against my jeans as my tongue tangled with hers. I’m still hard as a rock. Make that steel.

Catching my breath, I drop my hands from her face and stare at her. She looks shell-shocked. Her porcelain skin flushed, her kissable lips still parted, her misty eyes frozen wide. Her breathing, harsh like mine, her perfect breasts quivering with each labored breath. Her eyes stay fixed on me, finally blinking. As if she’s trying to make sense of what just happened.

“I’m sorry,” I breathe out, not knowing what else to say. Shit. What came over me? But to be blatantly honest, I want my lips back on hers, her body in my arms so badly I can scream. Between my legs, my cock is throbbing. Aching for more of her.

Silently registering my two lame words, she continues to breathe hard. The rest of her is paralyzed. I’ve probably given her some kind of anxiety attack. Her glistening lips start to tremble, but words don’t form. A panic button goes off inside me.

“Are you okay?” My heart races as I anxiously await her response.

Finally, after a few seconds, she nods. And one word is whispered. “Yes.”

“Scarlet, please forgive me.”

Sliding my legs off the coffee table, I hastily fold my arms over my lap to cover up my erection.

“I didn’t mean to assault—”

She cuts me off, her face softening. “You didn’t. You kissed me. And I let you.”

At her tenderly spoken words, relief washes over me. Her words reconfirm what I felt. She wanted my lips on hers. She could have fought me off, but she didn’t. She let me deepen the kiss with my tongue, hold her face in my hands.

Despite my relief, I falter again for an excuse. “Honestly, I don’t know what got into me. It was totally impulsive.”

“Yes, it was impulsive.”

“I got carried away.”

“Me too.”

Her eyes drop to the coffee table, landing on our empty bottle of Merlot and depleted glasses. Then, they wander to my crotch. Her brows lift ever so slightly, suggesting she knows what I’m hiding. I cringe with embarrassment before she snaps her head up.

“It must have been the wine.”

“Yeah, for sure the wine.”

She quirks a half-smile. “It was really good.”

“I can open another bottle if you want more.”

Almost instantly, I regret my offer. And my double entendre. I’m asking for trouble. I’m already drunk enough with lust for this woman. What the fuck is wrong with me? I’m engaged. She works for me. With my kid!

She’s totally off limits.

Forbidden.

Fortunately, she declines my offer. The smile on her face fades and is replaced by a sober expression. Her voice grows quiet and serious, and under it, I can detect uncertainty and a hint of regret.

“Finn, I’m going to call it a night.”

I remain silent as she rises from the sofa. I study her face; she looks to be verging on tears again. Unsteady, she sucks in a breath like she needs to fortify herself.

“Finn, let’s forget this ever happened.”

And with that she stumbles away, leaving me bereft and confused.

Slouching against the couch, I throw back my head and blow out a hot breath. It does nothing to clear the fog in my head or the tension between my legs. The throb in my cock, the ache in my balls.

Let’s forget this ever happened.

Easier said than done. I can’t stop thinking about her.

As the flaming logs in the fireplace crackle, I relive that kiss, that incredible kiss, and seek the relief I crave.

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Inspired by the #MeToo movement, Remember Me is a bit of a second-chance romance, a bit of a mystery, and a very compelling read.

Investigative reporter Skye literally places her life on the line to track a story and blow the whistle on a Hollywood powerhouse. She ends up losing it all, leaving behind her husband and baby daughter. Four years later, a twist of fate places Skye back into Finn’s world, but will she be able to make him remember and realize who she is? And will she be able to figure out who tried to kill her before they strike again?

I loved the connection between these two. Even though Skye/Scarlett is completely physically different, there is a pull between her and Finn that they can’t deny. There are some twists and turns as they navigate their reunion in the wake of his breakup with his wretched fiancee, and try to trap the Hollywood producer who was behind her murder attempt. But there are plenty of sweet moments with their adorable daughter as well, and the moment where Finn realizes who Scarlett the tutor really is…. Wow! That is a scene to remember!

Having read several other books by Nelle, I loved the Easter eggs dropped along the way, mentions of characters from previous books: Blake and Jenny, Zoey, Willow, Gloria… and she tied it all together with a sexual predator who had been a secondary character in a previous book. Great job!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About the Author:
Guess what!? I was one of the co-creators and original producers of the TV series, Power Rangers. I oversaw the first one-hundred classic episodes, and I wrote/co-wrote many of them. I know…it’s hard to believe I went from kids’ shows to erotic romances, but I did. It’s a long story and if you meet me at a book signing, I’ll tell you everything.

So today, my alter-ego, Nelle L’Amour, is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Los Angeles with her Prince Charming-ish husband, twin college-bound princesses, and a bevy of royal pain-in-the-butt pets. A former executive in both the entertainment and toy industrues with a prestigious Humanitas Prize for promoting human dignity and freedom to my credit, I gave up playing with Barbies a long time ago, but I still enjoy playing with toys with my hubby. While I write in my PJs, I love to get dressed up and pretend I’m Hollywood royalty. My steamy stories feature characters that will make you laugh, cry, and swoon and stay in your heart forever. And they’re often inspired by my past life.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Hate The Game, by Holly Hall

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Title: Hate the Game

Author: Holly Hall

Genre: RomCom

Release Date: September 12, 2019

 

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My official title: Relationship Consultant. A modern-day, one-sided matchmaker. When I approach relationships like a formula, it’s simple really. If only I had the same success in my personal life.

My gorgeous neighbor turns me into a fumbling mess, and I don’t exactly match the leggy, model-types I’ve seen him with. Despite the fact that we’re total opposites, our chemistry is almost hot enough to convince me to give the dating game another try. Not to mention, it’s totally off-brand to be a relationship skeptic.

What could it hurt to practice what I preach? After all, Theo Hartley would be a fun specimen to practice with. And if things go south—which is my luck—I just have to remember what I tell my clients:

don’t hate the player…

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Hate The Game is a cute and quirky neighbor romcom with one of the most awkward meet-cutes ever! I will never look at sumo wrestlers the same way again!

“Relationship consultant” Ava is nothing like the leggy model types she sees traipsing in and out of Theo’s apartment across the hall. She’s short and curvy, socially awkward, and he’s a fitness god who literally owns a gym. But there’s a definite spark between them. And the more Ava tries to just “test out” her practices on Theo, the more she discovers that the guy she least expected to fall for may be all that she’s ever wanted.

Ava and Theo are a great pair. They have an easy rapport, and I really liked the way they were written. The dialogue never felt clunky or unnatural, and the story flows nicely. The only other Holly Hall book I’ve read is Somewhere Between Us, and that was a vastly different story. Amazing in its own right, but full of drama and angst. Hate The Game is a much more lighthearted story, and I give HH props for being able to write such wildly different, but fantastic, stories.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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AUTHOR BIO

Holly Hall drinks coffee and wine like they’re going out of style, would love to travel for a living, thinks animals are often better than humans, can count on one hand the number of things she loves more than Texas A&M football (that might be an exaggeration), and couldn’t handpick a better family than her enormous one. She is the author of five other standalone contemporary romance novels, Forever Grace, All the Pieces That You Left, Love in Smoke, Smoke and Lyrics, and Somewhere Between Us. She resides with her husband, daughter, and German shepherd in Houston, Texas.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Stay With Me, by Jessica Prince

Title: Stay With Me
Author: Jessica Prince
Series: Hope Valley
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Rory Hightower had a good life. She had a loving family, great friends, and a job she adored, running Hope Valley’s local watering hole, The Tap Room. But there was just one thing missing. Ever since she was a little girl, she knew there was one special guy out there just for her. Her dream man. And when Cord walked into her bar, she knew instantly it was him. Which made losing him all the more painful.

Cord Paulson had only ever had one person he could depend on. And that bond ran deep. But when he moved to Hope Valley and met the breathtaking bartender with the bright blue eyes and stunning smile, he felt an instant connection. He wanted Rory from the moment he laid eyes on her. But when his past came back, and his loyalties were put to the test, he made the biggest mistake of his life.

Then one night changes everything. After avoiding him for months, Rory has no choice but to lower her guard and let him back in. And Cord plans to use that to his full advantage. He’s determined to repair the damage he caused to her heart and win her back. He may have lost the love of his life once already, but there’s no way he’ll make the same mistake twice.

**The Hope Valley series is a series of interconnected, standalone, small town romances.**

 

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“I find out the love of your life saunters back in town, searching you out, and you didn’t even bother to tell me! I’ve been down this road before, Cord, and if you remember, I got my ass burned, so excuse me for not wanting to make a second trip.”

“For fuck’s sake,” he rumbled, finally taking a step back, giving him room to lift those long, strong arms so he could rake his fingers through his sexy hair in frustration. “She’s not the love of my life. Did I love her at one point? Yeah. I’ve been up front about that with you. But I’ve also been up front about the fact that those feelings in me died a long time ago. I haven’t loved her in a long fuckin’ time, Rory.” Before I could object and point out it wasn’t that long ago, he continued. “What I felt for her when she showed up wasn’t love, it was obligation. You know that too.”

“Then why didn’t you tell me she was back?” I snapped, refusing to get my hopes up.

“Because I haven’t even thought about it!” he snarled. “Christ, Rory! She showed up, made her play at Alpha Omega, and I shot her the fuck down.”

My mouth dropped open in shock. “You… what?”

“I shot her down. And I did it in a way that she couldn’t misinterpret at all, baby. And if that hadn’t been enough, the way Linc, Xander, and Rox laid into her solidified my point. After I said what I needed to say, I walked away. And yeah, it pissed me off, but once I was done feelin’ that, I put it outta my mind and never went back to it. I’ve been too consumed thinking about you for the past seven goddamn months to even give her a second thought.”

Oh god. Okay. I really liked that.

“But… if that’s the case, why haven’t you kissed me?”

His chin jerked back in surprise. “What?”

“All those times recently I thought you were going to kiss me… you were right there, and I thought any second you were going to do it. Then you pulled back and walked away from me. If you weren’t thinking about her, why’d you do that?”

“Because you said all you could give me was your friendship,” he barked, throwing his arms wide. “Fuck, Rory. What the hell did you think I was gonna do, huh? Break the trust I’ve been workin’ my ass off to build back up with you? I’ve wanted you so long I don’t know how to feel anything else, but I couldn’t risk losin’ you again. Not when I just got you back.” His fingers went through his hair again as he grunted, “Jesus, what do you want from me?”

“I—” I quickly clamped my mouth shut as his eyes swung back to me.

“Jesus. Fuck me,” he said on a low, shocked grunt. “You wanted me to kiss you?”

My cheeks flamed with humiliation, but there was no point in denying it. I’d already dug the hole this deep; might as well keep going. “I tipped my face up and closed my eyes,” I said, reminding him of what happened in my parents’ living room. “When a woman presses close, tips her face up, and closes her eyes, just a heads-up, Cord, she wants to be kissed,” I finished on a snark.

His voice came out in a whisper as he repeated, “You wanted me to kiss you.”

“I thought you were going to, so yeah,” I admitted indignantly, “I wanted it. But now I—”

And that was all I got out before he moved, wrapped his arms around me in a vice grip, and slammed his lips down on mine.

 

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I have been waiting for Cord and Rory’s story since the beginning of the Hope Valley series, and it did not disappoint! There was this electric chemistry between them in all of the other books, but Rory ignored him whenever possible. I was dying to know why! They were friends first, and as they were starting to fall for one another, Cord’s ex came back into his life and gave him an ultimatum. The second he chose Laurie over Rory, he knew he made a mistake but felt an obligation to give his relationship his all.

Two years later, Cord has kicked Laurie to the curb and is determined to work his way back into Rory’s life. She doesn’t make it easy for him. At all. He broke her trust, and Cord sets out to make it up to her. He’s wanted her since the first time he saw her, knows he made a mistake and is prepared to grovel. And like the rest of the Alpha Omega guys before him, Cord gets what he wants.

While this story doesn’t have the underlying thread of the drug dealer in town that the previous books had, it does have a sweet young orphan named Zach. Cord sees a lot of himself in Zach, having been a product of the foster system himself. When Rory decides to take Zach in and become his new foster mom, Cord is there for her every step of the way. It brings them much closer, and while it’s not an easy road with Zach, it’s a heartwarming one.

I’m not convinced that the “Laurie” Cord whispered in the prologue was actually Laurie at all. I’m sure it was actually “Rory”! I loved the journey that these two took, the twists and turns, and how they became an unconventional family with foster son Zach. They all got exactly what they needed: Zach a home, Rory the guy she prayed for, and Cord the family he never had as a child.

Well done, Jessica Prince! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Born and raised around Houston Texas, Jessica spent most of her life complaining about the heat, humidity, and all around pain in the ass weather. It was only as an adult that she quickly realized the cost of living in Houston made up for not being able to breathe when she stepped outside. That’s why God created central air, after all.

Jessica is the mother of a perfect little boy–she refuses to accept that he inherited her attitude and sarcastic nature no matter what her husband says.

In addition to being a wife and mom, she’s also a wino, a coffee addict, and an avid lover of all types of books–romances still being her all time favs. Her husband likes to claim that reading is her obsession but she just says it’s a passion…there’s a difference. Not that she’d expect a boy to understand.

Jessica has been writing since she was a little girl, but thankfully grew out of drawing her own pictures for her stories before ever publishing her first book. Because an artist she is not.

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