Category: Uncategorized

Uncategorized

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Piece Of My Heart, by Nicole Jacquelyn

sunnyshellyreadsLeave a comment
67619117_10157379992307298_1764195238882050048_n.jpg
From the author of Unbreak My Heart comes a heart-wrenching story about a young married couple’s struggle to find their way back to each other after an unbearable loss threatens to tear them apart. Nicole Jacquelyn delivers a novel that will break your heart…in all the best ways.
Alex Evans is cool. Collected. Charismatic as hell. But when he meets Sarai Levy, all that chill goes right out the door. An Israeli graduate student, Sarai’s far too busy with school to date. But she gives Alex a chance anyway, and after a few whirlwind months, they’re getting married. They’ve heard all the reasons why it’s too soon, but Alex and Sarai are madly in love and determined to make it work . . . until a devastating tragedy strikes and their perfect world comes crashing down.
Sarai, who always has a plan, suddenly has no blueprint for handling a staggering loss. As she pulls away from Alex and withdraws from her life, he’s struggling to be the man she needs. Their relationship is fraying at the seams, and if Alex and Sarai don’t find a way to trust each other with their most painful truths, their heartache could shatter their fairytale romance.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Piece Of My Heart is a drama-filled romance that will make you cry, but make you smile at the end. It’s love at first sight for Alex, but Sarai makes him work for it, and things don’t come easy for them.

They love each other immensely, but the relationship puts Sarai at odds with her aunt and uncle (who raised her) since Alex is not Jewish. A tragic event puts another wedge in their relationship as regret, blame and depression takes hold. Ultimately, Alex and Sarai are able to work their way back to one another, but it’s a long and winding road.

Unbreak My Heart (Fostering Live #1) is one of my favorite books, a story that I reread often. I haven’t read the others in this series yet, but the bar was set pretty high for Alex and Sarai. While I didn’t absolutely love it the way that I did Unbreak, it is still a fantastic story with rich characters, real-life situations and the hard work it takes to make a marriage work. And I loved getting to catch up with the other family members.

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

BUY NOW

Sunny Shelly’s Review: It’s Not Over, by Kaylee Ryan & Lacey Black
Uncategorized

Sunny Shelly’s Review: It’s Not Over, by Kaylee Ryan & Lacey Black

sunnyshellyreadsLeave a comment

 

Title: It’s Not Over
Authors: Kaylee Ryan & Lacey Black
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 23, 2019

 

Blurb
GwenLately, life definitely isn’t how I envisioned it. I had it all. The house, the
job, the husband. Until one day, I didn’t. I don’t know when exactly things
started to change between us, only that it did, and in a big way. So much so, I
found myself standing before a judge and signing off on the end of my marriage.
To the only man, I’ve ever loved.

Now, he’s back, fighting, and ready to prove to me that we made a mistake, that
our love is worth giving this another chance. I’m not sure if he’s right, but I
know what my heart wants, and it wants him. My ex-husband.
Harrison

Why is it that you don’t know the depths of your mistakes until you’ve already
made them? I knew signing those papers was a bad idea, but I thought that’s
what she wanted. The minute we stepped foot out of that courtroom, it hit me.
She’s no longer mine.

That’s when I also realized, that I would do anything to change the past. I
have so many regrets. Not her. I could never regret her, but how we ended. We
never should have ended. I’m in for the battle of my life to convince her to
give us another shot. I have a plan, one that will prove to her that, it’s not
over.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

It’s Not Over is a wonderful second-chance romance featuring a divorced couple. Harrison and Gwen’s marriage ended not because they stopped loving each other or because one of them cheated, but because they stopped communicating and making each other a priority.

Divorce was the last thing that Harrison wanted, but he’s do anything for Winnie… even granting her the divorce he doesn’t want. The feelings still run deep between them, and they commemorate the end of their marriage by sleeping together.

After the fact, Harrison vows to win his wife back. When he finds out that Winnie was in a car accident — and she’s pregnant — he has even more reason to put his wife and child above all else in his life.

There is a nice arc as they date again, learn to put one another first again. Harrison is absolutely devoted to Winnie and the baby, and it’s so sweet. There is a bit of drama at the hands of a flirty coworker, and a smidge of mystery. I really love the love/hate between her sister Gaby and his best friend Chase, and hope that there is a story coming for them!!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Purchase Links
AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
Only available at the following retailers 
for a VERY limited time

B&N / KOBO / APPLE BOOKS
Kaylee Ryan
Kaylee Ryan is a
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author.  When she’s not spinning
tales of happily ever after, she’s reading or spending time with family.
Born and raised an Ohio girl, Kaylee resides in Cincinnati with her husband and
their son.
WEBSITE

FACEBOOK

INSTAGRAM

GOODREADS

Lacey Black

Lacey Black is a Midwestern girl with a passion for reading and writing.
She carries her e-reader with her everywhere she goes so she never misses an
opportunity to read a few pages. Always looking for a happily ever after, Lacey
is passionate about contemporary romance novels and enjoys it further when you
mix in a little suspense. She resides in a small town in Illinois with her
husband, two children, and a chocolate lab. Lacey loves shooting guns and
should only consume one mixed drink because she’s a lightweight.
WEBSITE
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM
TWITTER

 

Uncategorized

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Operation Bailey Wedding, by Piper Rayne

sunnyshellyreadsLeave a comment

 

No one could have guessed a
marriage could sprout from a one-night stand, but Holly Radcliffe and Austin
Bailey appear to be written in the stars. From the backseat of Austin’s Jeep to
the altar they come. The town of Lake Starlight along with the Bailey’s are
prepping for the event of the year, but as usual things never go smoothly with
these nine siblings and let’s not forget Grandma Dori! This is a novella in the Bailey series!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AVAILABLE NOW
 
AMAZON | AMAZON AU | AMAZON UK 
| AMAZON CA | APPLE | B&N | KOBO
 
 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

This novella is a perfect hold-over in the Bailey Siblings series until the next full-length book is released.

It’s set in the days leading up to Austin and Holly’s wedding, but I love the multiple POVs we get with the different characters. The story is short and sweet — I read it in a single sitting — but it’s full of all the heart and humor and zany antics that I’ve come to love from Piper Rayne’s Bailey siblings!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

 

 
 
Piper
Rayne, or Piper and Rayne, whichever you prefer because we’re not one author,
we’re two. Yep, you get two USA Today Bestselling authors for the price of one.
Our goal is to bring you romance stories that have “Heartwarming Humor
With a Side of Sizzle” (okay…you caught us, that’s our tagline). A
little about us… We both have kindle’s full of one-clickable books. We’re
both married to husbands who drive us to drink. We’re both chauffeurs to our
kids. Most of all, we love hot heroes and quirky heroines that make us laugh,
and we hope you do, too.

 

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Making Up, by Helena Hunting
Uncategorized

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Making Up, by Helena Hunting

sunnyshellyreadsLeave a comment

MU - BT banner

“I LOVED both Cosy and Griffin! This story was ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!”- Kendall Ryan, New York Times bestselling author

Making Up an all-new laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting is available now!

Making Up_ebook

Cosy Felton is great at her job—she knows just how to handle the awkwardness that comes with working at an adult toy store. So when the hottest guy she’s ever seen walks into the shop looking completely overwhelmed, she’s more than happy to turn on the charm and help him purchase all of the items on his list.

Griffin Mills is using his business trip in Las Vegas as a chance to escape the broken pieces of his life in New York City. The last thing he wants is to be put in charge of buying gag gifts for his friend’s bachelor party. Despite being totally out of his element, and mortified by the whole experience, Griffin is pleasantly surprised when he finds himself attracted to the sales girl that helped him.

As skeptical as Cosy may be of Griffin’s motivations, there’s something about him that intrigues her. But sometimes what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas and when real life gets in the way, all bets are off. Filled with hilariously awkward situations and enough sexual chemistry to power Sin City, Making Up is the next standalone in the Shacking Up world.

MU - AN

Download your copy today!

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2GEt63s

AppleBooks:https://apple.co/2Xay1UJ

Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/MakingUp

Nook: http://bit.ly/2IPLTvV

Kobo: http://bit.ly/2ZIrFcH

Google Play: http://bit.ly/2GFTD0b

Amazon Print: https://amzn.to/2xNImqw

Add to GoodReads: http://bit.ly/MakingUpHH

MAKING UP TEASER NINE AN.jpg

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4Stars

Try to not adore Griffin and Cosy when you read Making Up! They are so cute together and their meet-cute in the sex toy shop where Cosy works is hysterical!

Griffin is all kinds of awkward around Cosy, which is not at all how I expected him to be considering who he is: heir to the Mills Hotel dynasty. If you’ve read some of the previous books in this series, we have met him before. But Making Up reads as a true standalone, and his story with Cosy is self-contained. Cosy, meanwhile, is a great combination of sweetness and sass. Together, they are absolute magic and I connected immediately with them as a couple, rooting for the college student and wealthy hotel exec to make things work.

The 11-year age difference between them does come into play a few times through the course of their relationship, and it’s interesting to see that Cosy is the one who makes the more mature deisions. Especially when there is some OW drama that occurs, thanks to Griffin’s ex-fiancee, Imogen. (Oh my goodness, what a bee that woman is!)

We get some appearances from Bane and Lex, the other Milles brothers from some previous Shacking Up books, and spend some time with cousin Lincoln. (I can’t wait for his story!) Overall, Making Up is an an absolute delight! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Excerpt:

We’re a couple of minutes away from my apartment, which also means we’re almost at the end of our date. End-of-date protocol often means a goodnight kiss.

And I’ve eaten onions. Lots of them. What the hell was I thinking? I feel around in my shorts pocket, hoping I have a random stick of gum. I find a tiny square packet and pull it out, along with an old tissue. I shove that back in my pocket and sigh with relief as I carefully open the Listerine Pocketpak. There’s one strip left. I pop it in my mouth, wishing I had water since my mouth is dry and I’m suddenly super nervous.

Griffin pulls up in front of my apartment building. I swallow a bunch of times, trying to get the strip to dissolve on my tongue and glance out the tinted window, seeing it from his perspective. I don’t live in a bad part of town, but I sure as hell wouldn’t leave this car sitting out here for any length of time unless I wanted it keyed or stripped down.

Griffin shifts into park and turns to me, one hand resting on the back of my seat near the headrest. “I had a great time, Cosy.”

“Me too, thanks for dinner.” I tried to fork over my share, but he was quick on the credit card draw.

“It was my pleasure.” He leans in the tiniest bit, a nonverbal cue that he’s going in for a kiss.

I mirror the movement, giving him the go ahead. My stomach flutters in anticipation. I exhale slowly through my nose. Even though the Listerine strip should be doing its job to mask the onions, I don’t want to ruin the moment by breathing that in his face.

His fingertips skim my jaw, and I close my eyes. And then his lips brush my cheek. I wait for them to move a couple of inches to the right, but after what feels like a lot of seconds—and is probably only a few—I crack a lid.

Griffin is still close, a wry smile on his lips and a smolder in his eyes.

“Seriously, that’s it? A kiss on the cheek?”

His smile widens, making his eyes crinkle at the corners. He’s nothing like the guys I usually end up on dates with. College boys don’t take things slow. If I were out with one of the guys from school, I’d be sitting in a beat-up Civic with some stupid music playing, and he’d be all over me with his tongue halfway down my throat, copping a feel.

“I thought all the onions you ate were the equivalent to garlic for vampires.” Griffin fingers my hair near my shoulder. I’d really like him to finger something else. Wait. I mean I’d like to feel his hands on me. Not in my pants. Okay, maybe I’d like them in my pants, but not after date number one.

“I wasn’t thinking, and I really like onions. A lot. In hindsight, it’s not a great date food. I feel kinda dumb. And I guess at first I wasn’t so sure about you. How was I supposed to know you’d actually be kind of normalish?”

“Normalish?”

“Well, you drink club soda on purpose, so you can’t be all there.” I tap his temple.

Griffin circles my wrist with his fingers and drops his head, lips brushing over my knuckle. “We can’t all be perfect, now, can we?”

“I suppose not, and perfect is boring.”

“That it is.” He hums against my skin, and I feel it through my entire body. “I would like to try that kiss again, if you’re still interested.”

About Helena

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of PUCKED, Helena Hunting lives on the outskirts of Toronto with her incredibly tolerant family and two moderately intolerant cats. She’s writes contemporary romance ranging from new adult angst to romantic sports comedy.

Connect with Helena

Instagram: http://instagram.com/helenahunting Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenaHunting
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/Zt1xm5
Facebook Fan group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/385795934890523/
Website: http://www.helenahunting.com/

Never miss an update! Subscribe to Helena’s mailing list:
http://bit.ly/2MlRKq6

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Thirty-Five and Single, by Terri E. Laine
Uncategorized

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Thirty-Five and Single, by Terri E. Laine

sunnyshellyreadsLeave a comment

 

 

Title: Thirty-five and Single
Author: Terri E. Laine
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 18, 2019

 

Blurb
USA Today Bestselling Author, Terri E. Laine, brings a
new standalone, Thirty-five and Single. What can go wrong when you’re getting divorced from your high school
sweetheart, it’s your thirty-fifth birthday and you have too much to
drink?

Throw in the gorgeous neighbor who comes to the rescue when you can’t seem to
open your apartment door after all the alcohol and end up taking a drunken slip
and slid across the floor.

Then you look up into his gorgeous face and forget all the reasons why it’s a
bad idea to hook-up with said twenty-something neighbor. In fact, it’s a
fan-freaking-tastic idea.

Now let the games begin because this is Olivia’s life: – interfering sisters,
the ex, co-workers… and Joel, her way too sexy, too young, but oh so hot
neighbor.

Wanting to explore single life, Olivia fights her growing connection with Joel.
Only he’s is determined to prove to her that age is just a number and she’s is
his number one.

 

Purchase Links

$1.99 for release day ONLY!

AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU

B&N / KOBO

Available at Apple Books soon

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars
Thirty-five and Single was a delightful surprise. I didn’t know what to expect from Joel, but he turned out to be so much more than a hot, tattoo’d younger guy living down the hall from Olivia. There is more to him than meets the eye, and he ended up being mature beyond his years.

I really enjoyed this story and easily read it in a day. But there were so many other subplots going on, it kind of gave me whiplash. I don’t know if TEL is setting the stage for other stories, but between all of Liv’s sisters and Joel’s two brothers, plus Liv’s ex-husband who is the cousin of her brother-in-law, there were so many other characters competing for my attention. Some of the essence between Olivia and Joel got lost in the shuffle, I felt. I would have liked to have seen the drama and baggage between Olivia and her ex, Corey, hammered out more.

Still, this was a heartfelt story about a woman in her thirties picking up the pieces after her marriage implodes with the last man she ever expected to find her HEA with. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Author Bio

Terri E.
Laine, USA Today bestselling author, left a lucrative career as a CPA to pursue
her love for writing. Outside of her roles as a wife and mother of three, she’s
always been a dreamer and as such became an avid reader at a young age.Many years later, she got a crazy idea to write a novel and set out to try to
publish it. With over a dozen titles published under various pen names, the
rest is history. Her journey has been a blessing, and a dream realized. She
looks forward to many more memories to come.

You can find more about her books at

www.terrielaine.com.

Author Links

 

 

Giveaway
a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Whatever Happens, by Micalea Smeltzer
Uncategorized

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Whatever Happens, by Micalea Smeltzer

sunnyshellyreadsLeave a comment

 

Title: Whatever Happens
Author: Micalea Smeltzer
Genre: Young Adult Romance

Release Date: July 19, 2019

Blurb

Violet Page is having a rough time. This former popular girl
is lost. Her parents uproot everything after her younger sister’s suicide,
moving states away to escape the lingering pain of loss. She doesn’t fit in
anywhere, but finds herself strangely drawn to the boy she watches view the
world through a telescope.
Finnley Crawford isn’t your typical boy next door. Being
autistic has always set him apart from kids his age. None of them quite knows
how to approach him or interact, leaving him only one friend in the form of his
support dog. His lack of friendships lead him to a unique love of space and
aspirations of one day reaching the stars. For in the stars, he sees a peace
and beauty he can’t find on Earth.
The more time these two seemingly opposite teenagers spend
together, the more they learn it isn’t what’s on the outside that counts. So much
can be found on the inside if you only care to look.
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
Whatever Happens is an absolutely superb, heartbreaking, powerful, emotional, magnificent story! I’m generally not a fan of the high school stories when it comes to YA fiction, but something about this blurb drew me in. I’ve never read anything my Micalea Smeltzer before, but Finn and Violet’s story absolutely blew me away!

Violet is struggling to find a new normal in the wake of her younger autistic sister’s suicide when her family relocates from Texas to Maine. The bullying that led to her sister’s death has Violet rethinking everything about her old life and how self-absorbed she was as a popular cheerleader. Now a self-imposed loner, Violet strikes up a tentative friendship with Finn, the boy next door.

Finn leads a life of solitude. Labeled by his classmates as weird and strange, he keeps to himself with just his service dog and the stars as company. Little by little, Violet works her way into his life, and the autistic teenager opens himself up to having a friend. Where nobody else ever gave Finn a second thought, Violet sees him for who he is on the inside: a magnificent, wonderful, funny and sweet human being.

It’s not long before they fall in love, but insecurities on both their parts leads to a heartbreaking break up. Finn’s fear of never being enough, and Violet’s anger toward both Finn and her sister over not being worth sticking around for keep these teenagers apart while at the same time they are thrust together as the leads in the school’s production of Beauty & The Beast. So fitting.

Despite their differences, Violet and Finn balance each other out wonderfully. She sees who he is deep down into his soul, and she gives him a strength to be brave in a way he never imagined would be possible. This story may be a clean, sweet romance, but it is so emotionally deep.

I am so glad that I took a chance on this book, because it was positively fantastic. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Purchase Links
$2.99 for release week ONLY!!
AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
Free in Kindle Unlimited
Author Bio
Hi.
I’m Micalea. Ma-call-e-uh. Weird name, I know. My mom must’ve known I was going
to be odd even in the womb. I’ve written a lot of books. Like a lot. Don’t ask
me how many, I don’t remember at this point. I have an unhealthy addiction to
Diet Coke but I can’t seem to break the habit. I listen to way too much music
and hedgehogs have taken over my life. Crazy is the word that
best sums up my life, but it’s the good kind of crazy and I wouldn’t change it
for anything.
Author Links

 

Uncategorized

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Carpool, by Noelle Adams

sunnyshellyreadsLeave a comment

 

 

Title: Carpool

Series: Milford College #1

Author: Noelle Adams
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 17, 2019

 

Blurb
The last thing I want is to share a forty-five
minute commute with the most obnoxious (and attractive) man I know. But I can’t
afford a new transmission right now, so I’m stuck with Marcus for at least a
month.
He promises to be good, but Marcus Greene is
never good. And I’m not sure how long I can resist him.
Carpool is the first book in the Milford College
series, novellas about the faculty and staff of a small liberal arts college.
Purchase Links
99c for a limited time!!
AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
B&N / KOBO / APPLE BOOKS
GOOGLE PLAY
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 Stars
I have mixed feelings about Carpool. It’s supposed to be a bad boy/good girl novella, but I didn’t think that Marcus was all that bad of a guy. And for a “good girl,” Jennifer sure was a Judgey McJudgerson.

Poor Marcus has a rep around town as a bad boy rebel, probably because he’s a brooding dark kind of guy. I found him to be rather sweet and quite a gentleman. Jennifer, on the other hand, was brash, quick to judge and take the townsfolks’ opinions as gospel when it came to him. As they carpool to work together while her car is in the shop, a nice friendship forms between the two of them that eventually leads to them both falling in love.

Second Best by Noelle Adams is a book I’ve re-read over and over again. I honestly questioned whether Carpool was written by the same author. The prose is clunky and full of extraneous actions that sometimes seemed like they were written in just to meet a word count.

Overall, the guts to this story were good, and there was a nice arc to the enemies-to-lovers aspect of Marcus and Jennifer’s relationship. I would have liked to have seen some chapters from his POV to get inside his head.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

Excerpt

I nod and
open the passenger door, reaching down to grab the strap of my purse.
I blink
when he gets out too.
“What are
you doing?” I ask, my voice sharp because I’m confused.
“I’m
walking you to the door. Do you have a problem with that?”
“But why?”
“Why not?”
I don’t
have an answer to the question. And since he didn’t give me an answer, I feel
like I don’t have to give one to him either.
But I’m
shuddering with something like excitement as we reach the front stoop of my
grandmother’s house. I stop and stare up at him.
He’s gazing
down at me with that same deep, warm expression I saw in him earlier.
Right
before he kissed me.
“Why are
you doing this, Marcus?” My voice breaks slightly because I’m pulsing with
everything I’m feeling.
“I’m just
standing at your door.”
“You know
what I’m talking about.”
He nods,
his mouth relaxing slightly. “I’m doing it because I want to kiss you again,
and I think you want that too.”
I lick my
lips. He sees it. His expression heats up.
It thrills
me so much I quickly get my tongue back into my mouth and swallow hard. “I
don’t know, Marcus. I don’t usually do things… just for fun.”
“I know you
don’t. But I keep telling you that you’re allowed. Kissing me would be fun for
you. And for me. It doesn’t have to mean anything more. It doesn’t have to
change anything important about your world. So why shouldn’t we do it again?”
“Because…
because I think it would… If we do it again, we’re going to do more than kiss.”
He chuckles
softly and reaches up to brush some hair back from my face. “Yes. We probably
will.”
“And you
think that can be just for fun? No… no… pressure or complications?” I can’t
believe I’m even considering no-strings-attached sex, but that’s exactly what
I’m doing.
That’s what
Marcus is offering.
And I want
it so much.
“Yes. I
think so. If that’s what you want.”
“That’s all
it could be between us. For obvious reasons.”
He gives a
slight nod. “Yes.”
This
confirms a tiny, lingering question I’d never even acknowledged. And it makes
things so much safer.
Safe enough
for me to let myself be tempted for real.
After all,
sex with Marcus is going to be good. I know it for sure. And if I can enjoy
it—have some fun—in a way that both of us agree will lead to nothing disruptive
to my life, why the hell shouldn’t I?
Why can’t I
be like everyone else and just let go now and then?
It doesn’t
have to threaten the security of my world.
I really
think I could let go with Marcus and still be safe.
He confirms
this by saying in a more serious tone, “I’m here for anything you want,
Jennifer. Anything. Just name it. But if it’s not what you want, all you
have to do is tell me, and I’ll never make a move on you again.”
I gulp. “I…
do want it.”
“Yeah?” He
tilts his head down.
“Yeah.”
“So you
want to try to have a little fun and see what happens?”
Somehow
I’ve made up my mind. I’ve decided. Everything inside me wants to do this, so
I’m going to do it after all. “Yeah. That’s what I want.”
His eyes smolder
in a way that makes my heart clench.
And other
parts of me clench as well.
“So I can
kiss you again?”
I nod.
“Please do.”

 

Author Bio

Noelle
handwrote her first romance novel in a spiral-bound notebook when she was
twelve, and she hasn’t stopped writing since. She has lived in eight different
states and currently resides in Virginia, where she reads any book she can get
her hands on and offers tribute to a very spoiled cocker spaniel.
She loves
travel, art, history, and ice cream. After spending far too many years of her
life in graduate school, she has decided to reorient her priorities and focus
on writing contemporary romances.
Author Links

 

Uncategorized

Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Wrong Prince Charming, by Holly Renee

sunnyshellyreadsLeave a comment

Release Date: July 15, 2019

Cover Design: Artist Regina Wamba

Photography: Perrywinkle Photography

Synopsis

Every little girl dreams of being swept off her feet by a charming Prince.

But my life was no fairy tale.

And in this kingdom called college, the rules went out the window.

I’d known golden boy, Theo Hunt, was the one for me since we were kids. My heart was his for the taking, but I had become nothing more than the MVP of the campus king’s friend-zone.

Easton Cole was a storm I couldn’t have predicted. He knocked me off my feet and stole my heart. But he was off limits. Not only was he was Theo’s frat brother, but he was the teacher’s assistant in English 101 and I was acing every test.

My heart was torn, my feelings tangled.

Because as soon as I noticed Easton, Theo finally noticed me.

I was in love with two guys, as different as night and day, but I could only have one.

I only hoped I didn’t choose The Wrong Prince Charming.

Goodreads

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

This was a entertaining YA novel. For a while, I honestly didn’t know whether I should be rooting for Theo (the best friend whom Maddie has been in love with for years) or hot TA Easton.

Maddie follows her childhood best friend Theo to college because it’s what has forever been expected of her. She wanted to go to Columbia and major in photojournalism, but she has never told anyone that. She has literally an awkward run-in with one of Theo’s frat brothers before the semester begins, and of course, Easton turns out to be the TA in her English class. They shouldn’t be together bc if his position, but Easton and Maddie can’t stay away from one another.

Naturally… It takes Easton showing an interest in Maddie before Theo makes a move. One of the guys turns out to be a mega jerk, but it prompts Maddie to take control over her future and do what she wants for once in her life.

I really liked Maddie. She showed a lot of growth over the course of the story, and learned how to stand up for herself. Not just with her parents (gawd, her mom was awful), but with Theo and Easton as well.

The story ends on a charming HFN (they are still in college!) with the promise of a HEA for Maddie and her Prince Charming.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Purchase Links

Amazon Universal: https://geni.us/4CYHkEL

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2RADxtX

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2LmP9zw

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2ZPaNjO

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2XzwLKb

Giveaway

$25 Amazon Gift Card

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

 

Direct Link: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/b1257f8d503/?

About the Author

Holly Renee is a best-selling author of sexy, contemporary romance, a Harry Potter fanatic, a body positive babe, and a boy mom.

When she’s not writing, you can find her reading all the books, taking long strolls down the aisles of Ulta, or hanging out with her two favorite boys.

Connect with Holly

Newsletter Sign Up: http://bit.ly/2xdLYDu

Facebook Author Page: http://bit.ly/2jIvs9h

Facebook Reader Group: http://bit.ly/2xhfndO

Goodreads Author Page: http://bit.ly/2hhnlMm

Twitter: http://bit.ly/2yd8w4d

Instagram: http://bit.ly/2xkEMEP

Amazon Author Page: http://amzn.to/2xuCjIq

BookBub Author Page: http://bit.ly/2xl48CL

 

Uncategorized

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Cupid’s Anonymous, by Lila Monroe

sunnyshellyreadsLeave a comment

 

Title: Cupids Anonymous
Author: Lila Monroe
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: July 16, 2019
Blurb
Fall
in love with the sizzling new romantic comedy – perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Christina Lauren!Rule #1 Don’t get hit by your own arrow.

I’m a
professional Cyrano – minus the honking great nose. Need a love note, raunchy
sext, or apology letter so epic that your other half will forget you hesitated
a beat too long when you asked, ‘does this make me look fat?’? I’ve got you
covered. But when my most frequent client, the annoyingly charming (or is that
charmingly annoying?) Dylan Griffin comes to me with an unconventional new job,
I discover that three little words can add up to one BIG complication…
Because
Dylan doesn’t want help seducing another swimsuit model (for once in his life).
He wants my help winning over his high-school crush (aka, his one true love) –
and he’s prepared to make it worth my while. Throw in a summer Catskills trip
that’s equal parts ‘Dirty Dancing’ and dirty-talking, and this Cupid is soon
out of her depth – and head over heels with the last man I expected. But can I
find the right words when it comes to my own heart? Or will this happily ever
end in disaster? 
Find out in
the sparkling new romantic comedy from Lila Monroe!

 

 

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Cupid’s Anonymous is a low-angst lighthearted read, a modern twist on the Cyrano story. Dylan has used Poppy’s services numerous times in his romantic endeavors. And now that he’s run into high school crush, he ups her payment to help him get Jasmine to date him. A former geek, Dylan is now a successful hotelier, but he still becomes the bumbling idiot around Jasmine.

But the more time he spends with Poppy trying to impress Jasmine, the more he realizes that he can really be himself around Poppy. There are some twists and turns in Dylan and Poppy’s relationship with both Jasmine as well as Poppy’s ex, but the drama is relatively low and the outcome is a cute Grand Gesture.

Dylan and Poppy have great chemistry, and this story is full of laugh out loud moments. The skunk!?! OMG, I was dying.

I would have liked to have gotten more about Dylan’s background. Why was he so afraid of being in a committed relationship? I felt like I would have been more invested if I’d known why.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Purchase Links
AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
B&N / KOBO / APPLE BOOKS
GOOGLE PLAY / AUDIO
Author Bio
Combining her love of writing, sex and well-fitted suits, Lila Monroe wrote The Billionaire Bargain. Lila enjoys writing, as it gives her a flexible schedule to spend time with her kids and a wonderful excuse to avoid them. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, who strips out of his well-fitted suits nightly.
Author Links

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Just Love, by Prescott Lane
Uncategorized

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Just Love, by Prescott Lane

sunnyshellyreadsLeave a comment

Just Love - BT banner.jpg

Just Love by Prescott Lane

Release Date: July 9, 2019

Just Love Cover.jpeg

Just Love, an all-new standalone contemporary romance by Prescott Lane.

There’s two sides to every love story. The how you fell in love, and the how you fell apart.

This is ours.

The cardinal rule of friendship is you don’t mess with your friend’s sister.

That goes double when she’s his little sister.

It was just supposed to be fun.

She wasn’t supposed to end up being the love of my life.

And I definitely wasn’t supposed to break her heart.

Ainsley is a wedding dress designer. That should’ve been a warning that she’s a hopeless romantic. That should’ve clued me in that she believes love conquers all.

But there are some things that love can’t fix. I’m one of them.

She thinks love is the answer.

But love is the reason I let her go.

A stand-alone, contemporary romance.

Just Love - AN.jpg

Download your copy today!

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Qw5z99

Amazon Worldwide: mybook.to/JustLovePL

AppleBooks: https://apple.co/2Qwf8VT

Nook: http://bit.ly/2I9T2Vr

Kobo: https://apple.co/2Qwf8VT

Add to Goodreads: http://bit.ly/32aobkG

Blog Tour Teaser.jpg

Excerpt:

I knew the kind of guy Rhett was. I knew serious wasn’t his thing. I knew using the word love usually sent him running for the hills. I knew it, and I did it anyway.

But he wasn’t that guy with me. He and I were different. I know he loved me.

I’ve loved that man since I was fifteen years old. How could I not? Forget the abs, the tan skin, those pale, sexy blue eyes. Forget the fact that his voice sends shivers down my spine. The first time we kissed, I felt my whole world shatter and fall into place at the same time.

I tried to pretend to be “that” girl. The kind that can kiss a guy just for fun, screw a man and not imagine a life with him. I tried. I failed. The hopeless romantic in me wasn’t having it.

My heart should’ve known better — but my heart was no match for Rhett Bennett.

When Rhett and I fell apart, I broke up with social media. I have to say, that breakup was a lot easier. No hashtags, no emojis, no memes to post. Some people use social media as their therapist. I’ve seen people post play-by-plays of their divorce, or explain every detail of their latest illness or drama. I probably could’ve attracted a lot more followers if I chronicled the demise of our relationship. It’s the stuff of soap operas.

But instead, I broke it off with Facebook, banned Instagram, and boycotted Twitter.

Today, Facebook and I are having one last romp. Relationship status update: Single.

That’s it. That one little change. I have to start somewhere. Skye’s right about that.

The one part of being single I have embraced is the diet. The single woman diet consists of basically any breakfast food for dinner, coffee, and alcohol. I’ve gotten so good at it, I no longer need a grocery cart when I shop. Quick tip, don’t get a cart at the grocery store, only buy what you can hold. It’s good for the budget and the waistline. Unfortunately, that rule doesn’t work so well at clothing stores.

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

To say that I loved this book isn’t saying enough. I devoured it. I was consumed by it. It broke my heart and then pieced it back together again. Just Love is anything than just a second-chance, best friend’s sister romance. It is a love story full of heart, loss, anger, grief, compassion, soul-searching and desperation. I sobbed. And yet somehow, it all comes back together again with a wonderful HEA that made my heart soar and cry happy tears.

Prescott Lane does a marvelous job of telling Ainsley and Rhett’s story, perfectly weaving chapters from the start of their secret relationship 18 months ago to present day, where they were engaged to be married and now not speaking at all. I kept tearing through chapters, waiting for the big blow-up that left Rhett so angry he pushed the love of his life away. And when I was on the precipice of finding out, I JUST KNEW what the next page was going to tell me. I did not see the twist coming, but it so perfectly explained so much about this couple’s split and the aftermath once they fell apart.

My only complaint is that I would have liked to have seen Rhett’s POV in finally reaching out to Ainsley. His desperation and regret was so clear as he found himself unable to dial the last number to call her. Then in Ainsley’s POV, he finally does. Why? What pushed him to finally make the call after a year?

That aside, this story is damn perfect. It is full of heartache and grief, but undeniable, everlasting, unconditional love. Rhett just had to be able to love himself once again and let Ainsley love him back.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About Prescott:

Prescott Lane is the Amazon best-selling author of Stripped Raw. She’s got seven other books under her belt including: First Position, Perfectly Broken, Quiet Angel, Wrapped in Lace, Layers of Her, The Reason for Me, and The Sex Bucket List. She is originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, and holds a degree in sociology and a MSW from Tulane University. She married her college sweetheart, and they currently live in New Orleans with their two children and two crazy dogs. Prescott started writing at the age of five, and sold her first story about a talking turtle to her father for a quarter. She later turned to writing romance novels because there aren’t enough happily ever afters in real life.

 

Connect with Prescott:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrescottLane1
Twitter: www.twitter.com/prescottlane1
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2lfhlrh
Instagram: instagram.com/prescottlane1
http://www.authorprescottlane.com