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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Race You, by Jolie Vines

 

 

Title: Race You
An Office-Based Enemies-to-Lovers Romance
Author: Jolie Vines
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 12, 2019

Blurb
Emma is fighting for her dream job … she has no idea she
could win her dream man.
In a competition for the position of a lifetime, Emma knows
she can’t beat her office enemy on skill alone. After Arnie sabotaged her first
day, the boss has avoided her like the plague. Everyone loves Arnie, even
though he’s the most annoying, lazy, hot, jerk she’s ever had the
misfortune to work with. And dream about.
Arnie thinks only one thing when he looks at Emma—more. But
with his self-imposed exile in London almost complete, he should be packing to
return to the family business in Italy. His days working alongside his secret
crush are numbered.
Forced to collaborate, Emma resists the chemistry between
her and Arnie. If she gets too close, she may as well hand him the promotion,
yet turning her back on the boss’s favourite will destroy her chances. And leave
her unemployed.
Only one of them wants to win. Both are risking more than
their careers.
This standalone contemporary romance takes in the sights of
London and the stunning Italian countryside. If you like Christina Lauren, RS
Grey, and Sally Thorne, you’ll adore this humorous, chemistry-loaded novel.
Buy this sparkling and steamy love story now.

 

 

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Excerpt
“Did you just flex your muscles?” she asked, her voice husky.
No teasing now.
“Maybe.” I totally had.
Emma’s gaze met mine. Searching. I waited for whatever she
was going to say, guessing it would be a request for a cab. What I wouldn’t
have given for the ability to stop time, to hold on for just a little while
longer in this perfect second. Wallowing, before it ended too soon and she left
me alone.
In an instant, I was so tired of being alone.
Then she muttered something that sounded like “fuck it”,
rose on her toes, and crashed her lips onto mine.
Holy hell.
Of all the ways I’d imagined kissing Emma Worthington, none
of them had been like this. It’d always been me initiating things, my hand in
her hair, my gentle pressure coaxing her into wanting me.
Emma kissed me like she was trying to win a prize in
seduction. Her fingers gripped my shirt, and I tasted the peach of her last
cocktail as her tongue slicked over my lips.
This is happening. This is happening! Wake up, you dumb
fuck!
I jerked to life and dragged her closer, sliding my hands to
her lower back, the silk of her dress cool under my touch. My heart slammed
into my ribs, then I drew a jagged breath and gave her my all.
Emma took it, boosted it, then backed me to the wall,
attacking my mouth. She hooked her leg around mine, and I could’ve died from
the pleasure. She ground against me, and my blood spiked, the world fading to
the points of connection between us. The fast movement of our lips, devouring
one another. The pressure of her fingers gliding up my neck and into my hair. I
wanted her to scratch me, bite me, but I was already dangerously close to
losing control.
We kissed one another like it was all we could do, like
London had run out of oxygen and our mouths were made of air. This was so much
better than fighting.

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Race You is an entertaining workplace/enemies-to-lovers romance. Arnie and Emma definitely get off on the wrong foot, and there are some funny twists and turns in this story as they go from workplace rivals to something much more. It’s low-angst, with witty banter and some laugh-out-loud moments.

If you are looking for a lighter read, definitely check out Race You. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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JOLIE VINES is a romance novelist who lives in the South West of England with her husband and toddler son.
From an early age, Jolie lived in a fantasy world and is never happier than when plot dreaming. Jolie loves her heroes to be one-woman guys. Whether they are a huge Highlander, a touch starved earl, a brooding pilot, or a laid back player with a crush, they will adore their loved one until the end of time.
Her favourite pastime is wrecking emotions then making up for it by giving her characters deep and meaningful happy ever afters.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Kozart, by J. Nathan

 

Title: Kozart
Author: J. Nathan
Genre: New Adult Rock Star Romance

Release Date: July 10, 2019

Blurb
Kozart
Savage is the world’s biggest rock star. 
At
twenty-five, he’s got it all.
Money.
Fame. And the adoration of fans everywhere. 
He thought
that was enough to make him forget his past. 
Enough to
transform his distrusting heart. 
Turns out
that’s not how it works…
Then he
meets a bridesmaid hiding out in a hotel bar. 
Probably
the only girl on the planet who doesn’t know who he is. 
But she
seems to be the one girl who can give him something no one else can.
Aubrey
Prescott just discovered her boyfriend cheating—at her sister’s wedding. 
Trying to
escape humiliation, she seeks refuge in a hotel bar.
While
trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces of what was supposed to be an
amazing senior year in college, a handsome stranger interrupts her
wallowing. 
A stranger
who quickly makes her forget why she’s there. 
One who,
after an unforgettable night, disappears without a second glance.
But walking
away doesn’t always mean letting someone go.
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Excerpt
I gave myself one last look and grabbed the handle on the door. I stepped
out, gasping as someone grabbed my arm and pulled me out the nearby exit
door. 
My heart raced as I pulled free, spinning around in the dark alley we’d
ended up in. 
Kozart stood in front of me, a ball cap pulled down low on his head and a
smirk on his face. 
My eyes widened. “What are you doing here?”
He dug his hands into the pockets of his torn jeans. “I was in the
neighborhood.”
I glanced around the windowless alley with its giant dumpsters and foul
odor. 
“I was in town,” he clarified. “I just wanted to grab a drink and low and
behold, here you are.”
“Said every good stalker.”
He threw his head back and laughed. The sound was just as sexy as it was
over the phone, if not more as it echoed in the alley. 
“And I’m sure I don’t need to mention the
dragging-me-out-of-the-bar-into-a-dark-alley thing,” I added. 
He chuckled, his eyes lowering to the pavement.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Kozart is a fantastic friends-to-lovers/rockstar romance. I love an ordinary girl/celeb coupling, and this one was even better because country music lover Aubrey had NO clue who the guy was when they meet at a hotel bar. Kozart helps Aubrey save face at her sister’s wedding reception — where her ex had cheated on her. But since Kozart is in the middle of a rock tour, he won’t make any promises. Their friendship starts out as text messages and late-night phone calls until one day, Kozart sweeps Aubrey off her feet, realizing that he wants more from this girl that makes him feel safe in a way that he’s never felt before.

I loved everything about this book. They both have trust issues: She literally met Kozart minutes after her ex cheated on her and doesn’t trust that he’d remain faithful to a nobody like her. And with the crap childhood that he came from, bouncing around from one foster home to the next, Kozart doesn’t trust anybody and leaves before he gets left behind. So when a situation arises between them, spurred on by his bandmates and management that eventually blows up in Kozart’s face, they approach it from vastly different point of views.
It’s bugging me how Kozart knew where to find Aubrey the night she was out with his friends. Did he have a tracker on her phone or something? And I wish we would have gotten a scene where he decided it was time to grovel and win her back. But that aside, this was a sweet and charming story with a HEA between a rock god and a country girl that left me smiling.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Author Bio
J. Nathan
is the author of new adult and sports romances with cocky heroes and sassy
heroines. When she’s not writing, she’s a total romance junkie! Add an alpha
male who’s unlikable in the beginning…even better. She loves guys in backward
hats, country music, the summertime, and her amazing family and friends.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Flutter, by Carrie Aarons

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𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 (𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞):

He can’t stand her, and best believe, the feeling is mutual.
Her life is the complete opposite of what he desires.
So, why can’t they keep their hands off each other?

Forrest Nash is a smug know-it-all. With his brains, ridiculous good looks and penchant for disobeying the laws of both the police and the dark web, Fawn Hill’s resident genius is cockier than any man Penelope Briggs has ever encountered. It doesn’t help that their six-year age difference makes him completely ineligible in her eyes. Add in the fact that he doesn’t want marriage or babies, and that should eliminate him from the dating pool forever. But it doesn’t mean she can’t sleep with him. Once. Or twice. Or ten times. Against all logic, though, Forrest seems to be sneaking into her heart at the same time he’s sneaking into her bed.

Penelope Briggs is one bossy, obnoxious woman. With three young children, a calendar full of school drop-offs and sports, and enough emotional baggage to fill an airplane, this widow is definitely not what Forrest Nash is looking for. And yet, he can’t get enough of the maddening bombshell. But as their hook-ups become a constant, so does his involvement in Penelope’s life. The things he swore he never wanted, love and kids, seem to be the only things on his mind. And when an attack from his part of the cyber world threatens her safety, he’ll have to admit his feelings for the woman he’d do anything to protect.

What started as a convenient friends-with-benefits situation is quickly growing wings. Even if both parties are trying hard to ignore the flutter.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Feel-Good Stars

Who knew that Forrest Nash was such a softie? I think he may be my favorite brother yet! Carrie Aarons nails another perfectly perfect romcom!

Penelope — best friend of Lily from Forgiven and Presley from Fleeting — is a single mom, a war widow who is struggling to keep her life together and raise her three young sons. Forrest has always been a nuisance in her life, the little brother of her pal Keaton, who had a crush on her. Everything about Forrest irritates her, but after two random hookups, Penelope decides to take him up on his bang buddies offer.

Forest has always had a crush on P, but she was forever unavailable. Being shot down over and over again by her hardened Forest, and he began to resent her. Despite the hate, P has always been the one he can’t get out of his mind, and more or less starts off their no-strings relationship just to show her what she’d been missing out.

Despite the snark and sass — and there is a lot of it between these two — Carrie Aarons does a fantastic job of letting their vulnerable sides show through. And wow, did Forrest surprise me! I love how the idea of actually being with Penelope for real sneaks up on him and kind of blows him to his knees. He may be a cocky SOB, but when he gets around P, Forest is quite a nervous geek and it is absolutely charming!

Flutter is full of all the feels. Super sweet moments where both Penelope and Forrest let down their guards, and the pure animalistic moments of their hate-fueled friends with benefits arrangement.

Little about their relationship is conventional, and their proposal and marriage is just perfectly fitting! 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: Only Ever You, by CD Reiss

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From New York Times bestselling author CD Reiss comes a story of friendship, romance, and growing into a love that was always there. Only Ever You an all new swoon-worthy standalone is available now!

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Rachel knew exactly what turning thirty would be like. She had a plan, after all. First college, then a climb up the professional ladder. Love, marriage, children. All of it was on the schedule.

The cheap Hollywood apartment wasn’t on the list. Neither were the string of heartbreaks. Or her the effect her mother’s cancer had on her career.

It’s hard to stay practical and on-point when everything takes a left turn.

Enter Sebastian, the nerd across the street. The boy she defended when he couldn’t defend himself. The best friend she promised she’d marry if life didn’t go according to plan.

Not only is he successful, confident, and gorgeous, he still has their handwritten marriage contract.

No one goes through with childhood wedding pacts.

That’s crazy.

But their families might just be crazy enough to rent a hall and set a date. All Rachel and Sebastian have to do is fall in love.

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“Plan a wedding?” he asked. “Just because it’ll make you happy?”

My first instinct was to minimize. Call it nothing. Say the plans didn’t have to be big. We could just say we were getting married in city hall in three years.

But I was committed to the pitch, and that meant no backpedaling.

“Yes. The whole thing. A hall. A band. A long white dress. A honeymoon in Paris. It’s all talk, but if we’re going to talk, we might as well talk big.”

“You really want to do this?” he whispered.

Did I? No, I didn’t. But even though it was an insane lie for an intangible result, something about it felt ambitious. As if fake dating him was fine and dandy but faking a marriage was reaching for the stars. Thinking small hadn’t gotten me anywhere. Somehow, this was going for the glory.

Leaning in to me, he breathed on my cheek. The arm he’d draped over the railing stroked my hair. His lips moved to my jaw while he caressed the back of my neck.

“Let’s do it,” I said. My brain had become completely untethered from my body. I would have said yes if he’d promised me a plate of chicken.

He kissed me, and for a second I didn’t kiss him back. I was too stunned at his gentleness. I was a feather pillow, bending under him, barely holding my shape.

I was going to regret this. He was handsome. He was a wonderful person. I wanted to kiss him. A little pucker. A little change in the angle of my head. A taste of his tongue on mine. A little groan I had no control over before we were in full make out.

Oh my God. My body was praying for more, and my mind was reminding me not to get attached because in the end he was still a guy I was attracted to, and guys I was attracted to broke my heart.

“Gross!” Tiffany said from the driveway. Not expecting to hear her so close, we yanked apart. “You’re eating her face, dweeb.”

She rolled her eyes so hard I could only see the whites.

“You came out here to criticize how I kiss my fiancée?”

I coughed.

It was on.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 Stars

Some 15+ years after Rachel and Sebastian made a marriage pact as teenagers, they both find themselves 30 and single… and pressured by their parents to make good on their deal. They haven’t seen each other in 10 years, but their parents are already making wedding plans — kind of forcing Sebastian and Rachel into the relationship.

Unfortunately, I just didn’t find there to be a lot of chemistry between them. Grown-up Rachel was nothing like the feisty teen we met in the prologue, and Sebastian just wasn’t the strong silent type I though he would be. They both seemed kind of wishy-washy to me, and I kept waiting for some big moment to change it all around that never came.

I also had some issues with the writing style. The conversations felt clunky, and I swear there were characters who just appear out of nowhere with no explanation as to how they are connected to Rachel and/or Sebastian. There were points where I wasn’t sure who was speaking, and that made it hard to create the image in my mind.

There have been several books by CD Reiss that I’ve loved, and a few, like this one, that kept me wanting more at the end. Overall, Only Ever You is a decent marriage-pact/childhood friends romance, low on the drama and an intersting twist. But it’s just not a book I loved and will come back to over and over again.

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CD Reiss is a New York Times bestseller. She still has to chop wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer is working it out with God but in the meantime, if you call and she doesn’t pick up she’s at the well hauling buckets.

Born in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her master’s degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to know, that went nowhere but it did give her a big enough ego to write novels.

She’s frequently referred to as the Shakespeare of Smut which is flattering but hasn’t ever gotten her out of chopping that cord of wood.

If you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Wrong Side Of The Tracks, by Jessica Prince

Title: Wrong Side of the Tracks
Author: Jessica Prince
Series: Hope Valley
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Gypsy Bradbury was never destined for great things. Or at least that’s what she’d convinced herself of. Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks, she had learned that hoping for more was a waste of time. Then Marco forced his way into her life and gave her a glimpse of a future brighter than any she could have imagined. But if her past taught her anything, it was that if something seemed too good to be true… it probably was.

The promise of a quiet, simple life was what drew Marco Castillo to Hope Valley. After experiencing war and death first hand, he was looking for something easy. Then he met a woman with guarded eyes and the most beautiful smile he’d ever seen. The only problem was she came with more baggage than a 747.

There is nothing easy about Gypsy, but Marco knows without a doubt that the promise of her is well worth the effort. She’s the strongest, bravest woman he’s ever met, and when the life she’s fought to build for her and her family is threatened, Marco is determined to win that battle for her. Whether Gypsy wants his help or not.

 

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“Get dressed, babe,” he ordered, tossing my bra and panties to me before slipping back into his boxer briefs.

I sat up, holding the sheet to me as I looked at him in confusion. “What? Why? I figured we’d take a little nap, then kick off round two. Neither of those things requires getting dressed.”

His cocky smirk set off the butterflies in my belly as he pulled on his jeans. “As much as I’d love a round two right now, it’ll have to wait. I’m taking you to the diner for lunch.”

I froze in the middle of re-hooking my bra and looked up at him in panic. Reading my expression loud and clear, Marco moved back to the bed. The mattress dipped under his weight as he bent toward me and gave me a chaste kiss. “If it helps, don’t think of it as a date. Think of it as a meal shared by two people who really enjoy having sex with each other.”

I tipped my head to the side incredulously. “You’re saying we’re friends with benefits?”

He seemed to give that some thought as he tugged his T-shirt over his head. “No, not friends with benefits. I’d say we’re way more than friends, wouldn’t you?”

“Well, yeah. But what does that make us?”

“Don’t worry about labeling it,” he responded, lifting the weight that had been resting on my shoulders. “For now, let’s just enjoy each other and do what feels natural, yeah?”

“Yeah.” My lips slowly spread into a smile. “Okay. I can do that.”

“Good, girasol.” With that, he stood tall, grabbing my wrist and hauling me from the bed. “And what feels natural right now is getting some food in my gut before it eats clear through to my backbone. You want a round two, I need to refuel, so move that sexy ass of yours.”

Shooting him a playful glare as I went about getting dressed, I warned, “You want a round two ever, you should probably stop being so damn bossy.”

He stepped close just as I finished zipping up my jeans. His voice was low and full of sex as he said, “Baby, you hurry up so I can eat, and I’ll bring you back here and show you the type of bossy you won’t be able to get enough of.”

Well, all right, then.

 

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I am so happy that Marco got a HEA! Ever since he was briefly the OM in Gina and Killian’s book in the Civil Corruption series, I was hoping that we hadn’t seen the last of Marco. I was thrilled when he showed up in JP’s Hope Valley series and I’ve been waiting for his and Gypsy’s story!

Poor Gypsy is the stripper with a heart of gold. She’s the guardian of her five younger siblings, doing what she can to make ends meet and keep her family together after her parents took off. She’s kept Marco at a distance, even though there’s an attraction there. When the local drug dealer infiltrates the strip club, Marco declares himself To be Gypsy’s protector at work and at home. But in Gypsy’s experience, everyone leaves, and she’s fiercely guarding her heart so what’s left of it doesn’t break when Marco leaves too.

The dude has his work cut out for him with Gypsy, but he shows her over and over again just how in he is with her and her siblings. Marco has a story himself, and it takes a while before we get to know his background. And all the crappiness that they’ve both had in their childhoods leads to this beautiful relationship where he gives her more than she ever thought she deserved and she gives him the family he’s never had.

For JP’s Civil Corruption fans, there is a nice chapter where we get to visit with the band, and the drama unfolds a bit more with drug dealer Malachi Black. (And as usual, the hero gets a chance to play hero in this story, like with the other Hope Valley books.)

Rory and Cord’s story has to be next (right?!?!) which I’ve not so patiently been waiting for. And we just met McKenna and Bruce, but I’d love to see more of their relationship in a boom.

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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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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Last Summer by Kerry Lonsdale

 

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From the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Everything series comes a new novel of love, lies, and deceit.

Lifestyle journalist Ella Skye remembers every celebrity she interviewed, every politician she charmed between the sheets, and every socialite who eyed her with envy. The chance meeting with her husband, Damien; their rapid free fall into love; and their low-key, intimate wedding are all locked in her memory. But what she can’t remember is the tragic car accident that ripped her unborn child from her. Ella can’t even recall being pregnant.

Hoping to find the memories of a lost pregnancy that’s left her husband devastated and their home empty, Ella begins delving into her past when she’s assigned an exclusive story about Nathan Donovan, a retired celebrity adventurer who seems to know more about her than she does him. To unravel the mystery of her selective memory loss, Ella follows Nathan from the snowcapped Sierra Nevada to the frozen slopes of southeast Alaska. There she discovers the people she trusts most aren’t the only ones keeping secrets from her—she’s hiding them from herself. Ella quickly learns that some truths are best left forgotten.

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 Stars

It was great… until it wasn’t.

 

Last Summer is a gripping tale of a woman with selective amnesia and the path she takes to recover her missing memories. And at the crux of it all is what happened last summer.

Ella wakes up in the hospital after a terrible car accident that caused her to miscarriage her son, with no memory of having been pregnant. There is a distance between Ella and her husband, Damien, and she can’t figure out why. He won’t tell her what led to the fight they had the night before her accident, or anything about her pregnancy. He’s devastated by the loss of their son, but Ella can’t figure out why since he didn’t want children.

When Ella gets called on assignment to take another crack at a celeb profile on adventurer Nathan, she jumps at the chance since she spent last summer with him. Why doesn’t she remember any of it? Who is Nathan to her? Why is he so familiar to her? Is Ella better off not remembering what happened last summer?

The story of these three characters was so interesting and unlike anything I’ve read before. Was Ella in love with Nathan? Did Damien know? As the story unfolded, I felt the pain of all three characters. Nathan’s grief over the death of his son and the guilt he carried. Ella for betraying her husband. Damien for losing his wife. Nathan for losing Ella a second time. I found it all fascinating.

So why three stars?? The last 15% was brutal. What was that ending? This story was completely gripping and had me enthralled…. up until the last few chapters. Then I kind of felt a bit disgusted by Ella and Damien’s actions and manipulations and the ending did not sit well with me at all.

Last Summer is definitely an entertaining read, but I can’t say that I was satisfied by the way the story wrapped up. I received an advanced copy via the publisher and NetGalley and voluntarily left a review.

 

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Sunny Shelly Reviews The Other Side by Kim Holden

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Title: The Other Side
Author: Kim Holden
Release Date: Coming Soon!
Genre: Young Adult, Coming of Age

Synopsis:

Denver, Colorado

1987

There are two sides to every story.

The surface reality that’s presented to the world.

And then there’s the other side.

The real one.

The one that matters.

Seventeen-year-old, self-proclaimed asshole, Toby Page, is alone.

No friends.

No family.

He trades maintenance work in exchange for room and board.

Every day he fights demons no one else can see.

Every day he wants to give up.

But he can’t.

Not yet.

When Alice Eliot moves in downstairs, she offers Toby some light in his dark world.

At a crossroads and barely hanging on, it’s hard to have perspective.

It’s difficult to see your own worth when you’re the villain in your story.

Luckily for Toby, Alice brings things out in him that no one else ever has.

As the two sides of Toby’s story are revealed, and the full reality comes into view, truth is gained.

Improbable alliances prove that kindness is fundamentally human.

Unlikely heroes emerge.

The question is, Will it all be enough to save him?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

The Other Side is a must-read! This is not a traditional romance, and deals with a dark subject matter: depression and suicide. But Toby’s journey is an emotional, dark one full of struggles. But the way he turned it all around is brilliant and uplifting, and it’s all at the hands of a blind woman who makes his heart beat.

This book is set up in three distinctive parts, and each section serves a purpose in propelling Toby’s story further.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About the Author:

Some of my favorite things: reading, writing, the two coolest guys on the planet (my husband and son), my bicycle (my husband built it for me), Facebook (I’m fairly certain it’s an addiction at this point), iced coffee (hazelnut), and music (LOVE Sunset Sons, the 1975, Dredg, the xx, Balance and Composure, Teenage Bottlerocket, and 30 Seconds to Mars). I also love dreaming, which brings me to my next point. I have one bit of advice for anyone reading this … follow your dreams. It’s never too late. Get started today … heck get started RIGHT NOW! I wanted to write a book 20 years ago. Instead I waited. And waited. I should’ve been writing. But I didn’t. I don’t do regrets, because the past is just that, the past. But let me tell you there’s nothing in the world like achieving something you’ve dreamt about for years and years. So, get started. Make your dreams reality.

I love to hear from other readers. Send me a message or find me on Facebook (https://facebook.com/kimholdenauthor) and tell me what’s up in your reading world.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Where Forever Ends, by K. Street

 

 

Title: Where Forever Ends
Series: Maplewood Falls #1
Author: K. Street
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 28, 2019

 

Blurb

My life is split into two parts—then and now.Then:

I was a wife.

Married to a man who was my world and the father of my child. Then, one day,
half of my heart was ripped out of my chest.

Now:

I’m a widow.

A single mom who has spent the last nine months trying like hell not to drown
in an ocean of grief.

I survive in the in-between, but surviving isn’t the same as living, and I’m
not sure what living looks like anymore.

That is, until Jase Turner, my older brother’s best friend and my former crush,
comes back into my life.

We’re two people tethered together by strands of similar sorrow.

My husband had my past.

Jase wants my future.

And maybe where forever ends is just a different beginning.

 

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  • Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Oh, my heart! Where Forever Ends was a wonderful, heartbreaking story of two people who have suffered unimaginable loss finding love and solace and comfort in one another.

The story opens several months after Saylor’s husband suddenly dies, leaving her a young widow with a small son to raise. Needing to get away from all the memories of a life cut short, she moves several hours back home and in with her older brother, Easton, and reconnects with his best friend, Jase, who she used to have a crush on.

Jase understands the pain and anger and guilt that Saylor is carrying like nobody else. He’d also suddenly lost his girlfriend. What starts out as Jase being a shoulder to cry on and a comforting sound on the phone during those nights when Saylor can’t sleep gradually turns into something more. KS did a fantastic job of describing the guilt that Saylor felt for falling in love with Jase. How could she love him if she still loves her late husband? And Jase was all in from the get-go with Saylor and her son. That man has the patience and restraint of a saint!

There are so many emotions in this book, and the grieving process is well-written. I genuinely felt all that both characters were going through as their relationship develops. Saylor being afraid of moving on, and Jase realizing for the first time that he can see himself with someone besides Candace.

Where Forever Ends is the start of something absolutely beautiful. I just wish that the epilogue had been more of a HEA than a HFN. I would have loved to have gotten a glimpse of Jase, Socks and Knox — and any other little babies?!!?? — in the future.

This was the first book I’ve read by K. Street and I am most definitely hooked on this Maplewood Falls series. I can’t wait to read Easton’s book! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Author Bio
K. Street
has been making up stories since she was old enough to talk and began writing
at the tender age of eleven. She resides in central Florida with her husband
and daughter, as well as a tiny menagerie of pets; including a dog, a cat, and
a bearded dragon. K is a foodie with an affinity for coffee, peach Moscato, and
dark chocolate. When she isn’t plotting her next story K enjoys reading,
spending time with her family and cheering on her favorite hockey team, the
Chicago Blackhawks.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Out of the Blue, by Jess Bryant

Title: Out of the blue 
Author: Jess Bryant 
Genre: Contemporary Romance 
 
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They say that its only just before you die that you truly see what’s important.

Nick Sloan can vouch for that. After being shot in the line of duty and barely pulling through, he knows that his dream job of working SWAT in the big city isn’t the dream he should be chasing. No, when he was lying in that hospital bed, it wasn’t the badge that he thought about, it was her.

Kady Shaw never thought she would see him again but then he turned up, out of the blue. The man she’d loved. The man she’d thought she would spend the rest of her life with. The man that had shattered her heart when he’d chosen a promotion over their engagement. But all of a sudden he’s back in Fate, Texas, back in their small hometown, back and swearing that he’s going to win her back as well.

Can Nick convince her that he can be trusted with her heart again? Is there anything left of Kady’s heart to give? Or is a life tied to a man that will always put himself in danger to save others too much to ask of her?
 
 
 
 
 
 


Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Out of the Blue is a sweet second-chance novella, a story easily read in a single sitting.

Years ago, Nick left Kady behind for a job and never looked back. The heartbreak nearly destroyed her. Now, after nearly being killed, Nick realizes that what he wants and needs in his life is Kady, and is back home in their small Texas town and ready to grovel for forgiveness.

I enjoyed this sweet story. Kady really makes Nick work for it, and holds out on reconciling until the end. This is an enjoyable feel-good story perfect for reading during a lazy day at the pool.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.



 
 
 
 

Jess Bryant is an avid indoorswoman. A city girl trapped in a country girl’s life, her heart resides in Dallas but her soul and roots are in small town Oklahoma. She enjoys manicures, the color pink, and her completely impractical for country life stilettos. She believes that hair color is a legitimate form of therapy, as is reading and writing romance. She started writing as a little girl but her life changed forever when she stole a book from her aunt’s Harlequin collection and she’s been creating love stories with happily ever afters ever since.

Jess holds a degree in Public Relations from the University of Oklahoma and is a lifetime supporter of her school and athletic teams. And why not? They have a ton of National Championships! She may be a girlie girl but she knows her sports stats and isn’t afraid to tell you that your school isn’t as cool as hers… or that your sports romance got it all wrong.

For more information on Jess and upcoming releases, contact her at JessBryantBooks@gmail.com or follow her on her many social media accounts for news and shenanigans.


 
 
 

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Accidental Girlfriend, by Emma Hart

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The Accidental Girlfriend, an all-new hilarious romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Emma Hart is available now!

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Top Tip: Don’t put out an online ad offering your services as a fake date. Someone will take you up on it.

And it won’t just be for one night.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how I ended up being Mason Jackson’s fake girlfriend.

He didn’t even want me to be. No—his sister was solely responsible for me being his date for his ten-year high school reunion.

Now, she’s responsible for telling his parents our relationship is real.

We have no choice. We have to act like this isn’t all a mistake, like it’s not all fake, like we’re totally, completely, utterly, head-over-heels in love with each other.

Simple, right?

Wrong.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Every time I think Emma Hart can’t possibly have a book funnier than her last, she proves me wrong! I went into Accidental Girlfriend a bit hesitantly, because I thought that another one of EH’s fake-relationship books, Four Day Fling, was damn perfect. How could this one possibly compare?

Well, it didn’t compare. The stories may be in the same general trope, but Accidental Girlfriend was pretty damn perfect itself. Lauren and Mason were lovable, and I laughed so hard out loud so many times reading the banter between these two!

You know the story: boy and girl fake date and catch feelings for one another. But neither wants a relationship, so they deny, deny, deny until one of them breaks. Sure, that sums up Lauren and Mason’s fake relationship, but this book is so worth reading for the nuances between them. And Mason’s crazy grandpa and Aunt Pru will definitely make it worth your while!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Excerpt:

“I’ve seen you eat nothing but junk. Are you one of those irritating people who can eat what they want and put on no weight?”

“Okay, first.” I held up one finger. “You look like you could walk into the cast of the Avengers, so don’t come at me with that. Also, I run. Every day. And I don’t always eat junk.”

“You run?” His eyebrows shot up.

“I don’t know if I should be insulted or not.”

“No, I just—you don’t look like a runner.”

“And you don’t look like Chris Hemsworth, but here you are on my sofa looking like a dark-haired Norse god,” I shot back. “What’s your point?”

He held up his hands, fighting another laugh, one that made his eyes shine. “Hey, I have a physical job. I rarely get to the gym, but I’m always moving.”

“Have you ever worked behind a bar? I’m not exactly running a call center back there. It never stops sometimes.”

“Do I look like I mix cocktails?”

Doing what he’d done just minutes before, I took a long, hard look at him, from head to toe.

It was a mistake.

If I were a sloth, I wouldn’t just climb him like a tree; I’d hang off him for a nap, too.

Lord, he was hot.

Focus, Lauren.

“No,” I said. “You look like the lone wolf who waits for the cocktail-drinking girls to accidentally spill their drinks on your shoes.” I glanced at the time. “Speaking of, I have to go and make those cocktails.”

Mason grinned. “You want me to come and get hit on by drunk girls?”

“As someone who has no say in your life whatsoever, I don’t care what you do.” I stood up and looked at him over my shoulder. “As your fake girlfriend, I’m a bit of a tiger, so I wouldn’t.”

“I know.” He snorted, following me to the front door with his laptop tucked under his arm. “I’ve seen you play the possessive girlfriend. If this weren’t all fake, I would have been a little turned on.”

I locked the front door and tossed my hair over my shoulder. “Please. You were totally turned on.”

He said nothing as we headed for the stairs.

“You can say something. That was a joke.” I glanced at him, heat rushing to my cheeks.

His lips pulled into a smirk, eyes flashing. “I reserve the right to not respond.”

About Emma Hart

Emma Hart is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels and has been translated into several different languages.

She is a mother, wife, lover of wine, Pink Goddess, and valiant rescuer of wild baby hedgehogs.

Emma prides herself on her realistic, snarky smut, with comebacks that would make a PMS-ing teenage girl proud.

Yes, really. She’s that sarcastic.

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