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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Midnight Whispers by P. Rayne

Midnight Whispers by P. Rayne is now live! 

A dark, contemporary, billionaire romance featuring anti-hero, secret society and close proximity tropes from USA Today Bestselling duo P. Rayne.

I spend my nights slinging drinks at Black Magic Bar or taking my clothes off at the local strip club. After my father passed, my stepmother gave me no other choice.

But when I break free of the chains binding me to my family estate, I find myself with nowhere to go. Until Nero Voss, the youngest of the billionaire Voss brothers, offers me a room at Midnight Manor. Now, I’m under his watchful gaze and enjoying it more than I should.

I shouldn’t give in to temptation, he is my stepsister’s ex-fiancé after all, but the pull toward him grows stronger by the day. I fight, but I’m losing the battle.

Nero is keeping secrets, though.

What he doesn’t know is that I’m keeping secrets, too.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Wow, I think Nero may be my favorite Voss brother so far! I don’t know what it was about the youngest brother and his stalker tendencies, but I loved Nero and Cinder’s romance in this Cinderella reimagining.

I really enjoyed the connection between these two, and it was evident on the page right from their initial meeting at a masquerade ball. When Nero’s relationship with Cinder’s stepsister Maude falls apart, he fixates on the mysterious dancer at the local strip club, having no clue who she actually is. Nero swoops in like a gothic knight in expensive-suit-armour to rescue Cinder on the night that she finally decides she’s had enough of her stepmother’s tormenting. Both of these characters grow a lot during the time they spend together. Cinder realizes that she’s stronger than she thinks she is as she imagines a future for herself completely free of the shackles she’d been living in. And Nero ends up softening some of his edges, imagining a future life with a woman by his side for the first time ever. However, both of them are holding on to some secrets, which just may tear apart any happily ever after for Nero and his Princess.

I thought that Midnight Whispers was a great addition to the Midnight Manor series! I am looking forward to seeing how this series comes to an end with Sid’s book!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet P. Rayne


The darker side of USA Today Bestselling Author, Piper Rayne. 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Should Have Been Me by Jessica Prince


She’s a sunny, sassy photographer.

Should Have Been Me, an all-new fake dating, small town romance from bestselling author Jessica Prince, is NOW LIVE!

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She’s a sunny, sassy photographer.

Jolie Prescott has always been in love with love. She spent most of her life walking around with hearts in her eyes and immediately jumped at the chance to start a wedding planning company with her two best friends. So when her own fiancé called off their wedding and immediately started dating someone else, it was a major blow she never saw coming. The gossip about it finally starts to die down in her small town. Then her ex announced he’s engaged again. And his new fiancée just happens to be Jolie’s worst enemy. Which makes it really inconvenient that she can’t seem to stop thinking inappropriate thoughts about that woman’s moody half-brother. 

He is the ultimate grump.

Vaughn Cavanagh never thought he’d set foot back in Pembrooke, Wyoming after moving away when he was thirteen, but when his father gets sick, he uproots his life to try to repair their frayed relationship. The only thing standing in his way is his spoiled brat half-sister, her determination to throw the ultimate wedding, and her beef with a certain wedding photographer he can’t get out of his head. 

When one impulsive act leads to Vaughn announcing he and Jolie are dating, the two have no choice but to fake their relationship to save face. But when feelings enter the picture and lines start to blur, Vaughn has to decide if he’s willing to give up his quiet, solitary life and stay in Pembrooke for a woman he never intended to fall for, or if he’s going to risk losing everything because he’s too afraid to take that leap.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

This book was so good! I love when a grumpy hero who doesn’t believe in love falls hard and fast, and that is exactly what happened with Vaughan when it came to Jolie. While he is a brilliant businessman, he is so emotionally stunted and just didn’t know how to handle the situation with his sick father or the feelings he has for Jolie. Vaughan showed so much growth over the course of this story, and I loved seeing the man he became thanks to Jolie’s influence.

I thought these two characters had a connection from the moment her cat attacked him, and the banter between Calamity Jane and City Slicker was hilarious.

I have read A LOT of Jessica Prince’s books, but not the Pembrooke series, so this quaint little town was new to me. But I loved that Jolie is Dalton’s sister from the Hope Valley series; I so enjoyed the cameos from Dalton and Charlotte! I am looking forward to Ryan and Tarryn’s books (hopefully!) in the future!

i received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Ice Cold Heart by Nikki Hall

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𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓, the second book in the Beyond the Ice series by Nikki Hall, is LIVE!

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What to Expect :

✔️College hockey 

✔️He falls first 

✔️City girl/country boy 

✔️Coach’s daughter 

✔️”Use me” 

✔️Spicy banter 

✔️Found family 

✔️Unsolicited duck pics 

✔️Golden Retriever/black cat

Blurb: 

Cole 

Hockey is my life. I play hard, and I don’t lose. The Frozen Four is at my fingertips, but my eligibility is at risk thanks to one frustrating class. Enter Avery Dalton—beautiful, independent, and utterly off limits. She’s my coach’s daughter and his choice for a tutor. Too bad she isn’t interested… Until she offers me a secret deal her dad can never find out about. She’ll help me pass, and I’ll help her forget about her ex. Friends with very specific benefits. Except for one little problem—I can’t stop trying to win her heart.

Avery

I don’t date hockey players. I don’t befriend them or kiss them in the library either. No one told Cole Mathis that. His perfect good looks and golden boy reputation are everything I should avoid after my last disastrous ex, but when he needs my help, I offer him a deal. Staying detached should be easy, but my weakness is apparently a hockey playing country boy with a wicked sense of humor and a talented mouth. As we get closer, I cling to my rules and hope he doesn’t figure out the truth—he’s the one person who could break me.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 stars

Ice Cold Heart is a quick, fun read. Cole is a total golden retriever marshmallow of a book boyfriend, and Avery is snarky black cat. She’s has some relationship trauma, and is hesitant to get involved when she begins tutoring Cole, but when they make a tutor/relationship pact, he begins to wear her down. I really liked that they had met on their own before her dad (Cole’s coach) connected them so Avery could tutor him. I felt like their relationship was built on those first interactions, and then the forbidden aspect of her being his coach’s daughter came later, so it really did put up an obstacle for them to move past.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: I Wish You Were Mine by Jessica Peterson

I Wish You Were Mine by Jessica Peterson is now live in Audio!

A smoking hot standalone romance in the small-town Harbour Village series, featuring a single dad, a nanny, and an accidental pregnancy…

I know Tuck Monroe is trouble the second I walk in to interview for the nanny position. Six-four and covered in tattoos, he’s distractingly hot. He’s also grumpy as hell. But I need to pay for school, so I take a job as his daughter’s live-in caretaker and move into the apartment above his garage.

I fall hard for Katie, his adorable four-year-old. But I never expected to fall for my new boss, who’s a decade older than I am. Turns out there’s a heart of gold beneath Tuck’s broody exterior, one I work to reveal bit by bit. Casual small talk leads to late-night conversations I can’t get enough of.

No surprise our simmering sexual tension explodes with one deep, toe-curling kiss.

He tells me I’m his good girl; I tell him I love the praise. We give ourselves one night, and one night only, to explore the fiery attraction between us.

It’s the best sex of my life. But when I wake up, Tuck is gone, and life goes back to normal. Or at least I think it does, until I start to feel nauseous. Turns out I was right: my boss is trouble. The kind that comes with one night I can’t forget and two pink lines that will change our lives forever.

I WISH YOU WERE MINE is a STANDALONE romance in the interconnected Harbour Village Series.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Tuck and Maren’s story was everything! There was so much heart and sizzle in this story, raw emotion, and real vulnerability. Both Maren and Tuck were so relatable, and I adored the relationship that they both had with his daughter, Katie, as well.

Because this is an age-gap, single dad, surprise pregnancy romance, Tuck has a lot of hangups when it came to his connection with Maren. I loved that she didn’t back down about their potential relationship and how great they could be together.

This book is part of the Harbour Village series, and it was full of summer vibes. Narrators Charlotte North and Austin Stone were fabulous, and I loved listening to them tell this story!

I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Jessica

Jessica Peterson writes romance with heat, humor, and heart. Heroes with hot accents are her specialty. When she’s not writing, she can be found bellying up to a bar in the south’s best restaurants with her husband Ben, reading books with her adorable daughter Gracie, or snuggling up with her 70-pound lap dog, Martha.

A Carolina girl at heart, she fantasizes about splitting her time between Charleston and Asheville, but currently lives in Charlotte, NC.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Forgotten Desires by Corinne Michaels

Forgotten Desires by Corinne Michaels is now live!

He’s a billionaire in need of a wife …

And I’m his ex who can’t say no to him.

Ten years ago Carson Knight was my one great love, but he abandoned me without a trace.

Now he’s a billionaire single-dad in need of a temporary wife.

And he’s at my house on one knee with a proposal…

Marry him, so he’s more likely to win full custody of his daughter, keeping her safe from her unstable mother. In return, he’ll take care of the medical expenses for a surgery my father needs to survive.

Reluctantly, I agree to tie the knot, on one condition. Once those custody papers are signed, we go our separate ways. Because he’s even more gorgeous, charming, and sweeter than he was back then, and I don’t trust myself not to fall for my fake husband.

Especially when I hear him say “my wife.”

Or feel his hands on my skin. Taste his kiss or see the way he looks at me with those blue eyes and know that our carefully crafted rules will shatter.

Right alongside my heart.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Brynlee Whitlock got her HEA and OMG I loved this book so much! The tease that Corinne Michaels left at the end of the last book (Tempting Promises) left me itching to get Bree and Crew’s story and it did not disappoint!

Ten years ago, Bryn and Carson fell in love while on spring break. But with his entire future mapped out for him, Carson ghosted her, leaving her heartbroken. So Brynlee gets quite a shock when her brother’s friend, Crew, turns out to be the same guy who ditched her all those years ago!

Presented with a chance meeting with the one that got away, Crew offers Bryn a marriage of convenience: Help him gain custody of his daughter and he will pay for her father’s surgery. It all seems simple enough, but as it turns out, they both still love each other and Crew won’t let her slip through his fingers a second time.

Crew is super swoony! Bryn puts up a good fight in trying to keep him at an emotional distance, but Crew just bulldozed them all down. (I just wish I had a chance to listen to this one in audio because I love Teddy Hamilton and want to hear him bring Carson/Crew to life!)

While I’m sad to see the Whitlock Family series come to an end, I think Corinne Michaels did it by saving the best romance for last!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Corinne


Corinne Michaels is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of romance novels. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love, and she enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak before finding a way to heal them through their struggles.

Corinne is a former Navy wife and happily married to the man of her dreams. She began her writing career after spending months away from her husband while he was deployed–reading and writing were her escapes from the loneliness. Corinne now lives in Virginia with her husband and is the emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun-loving mom of two beautiful children.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Should Have Run by Evey Lyon

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𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐧 by Evey Lyon is LIVE on Amazon and free with Kindle Unlimited!

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What to expect: Age-gap, single dad, forced proximity, insta-attraction

Blurb:

Holden is older and a single dad. And due to a favor owed from his hockey days, he’s the man I just moved in with…

The moment I walked into the office as the new interior designer for the man my dad used to coach, I knew trouble loomed. Holden is a retired hockey player who now owns a hotel. He’s also trying to balance his single-dad life. Against all better judgment, when he has a crisis with his kids, I end up moving my suitcase into his guest room due to an old favor I owe. I didn’t expect to be adding nanny to my resume, but it leads me and Holden into our own secret little world.

Where we give in, and we can’t seem to stop.

Lust takes over, and the bond between us grows stronger. Holden might be conflicted by his allegiance to his old team rules and devotion to his kids, but a glimpse of something special nearly tears him apart. Now we’re stuck at a crossroads. Because Holden is looking at me with a realization that a future for us may be too big of a jump. I see it on his face that he thinks we’re in too deep, and if he could go back in time before the lines were crossed between us, that’s probably when he should have run…

Holden and Lexi bring the feels and steam in this age-gap, forced-proximity, single-dad love story. Should Have Run is the second standalone book in the small-town Lake Spark Inn series, which is part of the Lake Spark world.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I loved this not-a-nanny, single dad, age gap, roommate romance! Lexi and Holden had oodles of chemistry right from the start, and I so enjoyed going along for the ride as these two navigated a friends-with-benefits fling that slowly turned into so much more.

Their fling seems to be going perfectly… until it doesn’t. There’s a pretty big conflict that causes Lexi and Holden to hit pause on their situationship, leading to heartbreak and a lot of big emotions that need to be dealt with.

I really enjoyed the easy banter between these two, as well as the relationships that Lexi developed with Holden’s kids, Lori and Harry. I felt that those were fully developed as well, and her living with the family (even if it was meant to be temporary) had a huge impact on his kids, who were lacking a mother figure in their daily lives.

Overall, Should Have Run is a fantastic story in the Lake Spark world and I really enjoyed it!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Pucker Next Door by Sara Ney

PUCKER NEXT DOOR

Sara Ney

Release Date: April 29

AVAILABLE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED

When a squirrel chews its way through my bedroom wall, I do the first thing any single girl like me would do: run screaming out of the house to the neighbors, begging for help.

I should mention that the house next door is full of hockey players. And when I lock eyes on rough and rugged Brodie Stockhausen—who happens to be outside brooding on the porch—I’m not exactly impressed.

But I’m desperate, in a bathrobe, and needa bit of rescuing.

Soon I’m begging for his help with more than just squirrel duty and DIY projects. I want his attention and his touch—not just his friendship!

I want what every girl wants: him lying in his bed at night, so desperate for me that he’s willing to scale two stories to sneak into my window. Hey, a girl can dream…

But Brodie has a secret; one that leaves me wanting more every time we’re together but has him pulling away…

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Lizzy and Brodie’s story was adorable! It had so much heart and humor, and I was laughing from the start when Brodie rescued Lizzy from a squirrel.

Lizzy is quirky and fun. Brodie is a little grumpy, and rather insecure about being a virgin. I love a strong, sensitive hero, and Brodie had that in spades. They are total opposites, but their slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance was so much fun.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Sara Ney:

Sara Ney is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the How to Date a Douchebag series, and is best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud New Adult romances. Among her favorite vices, she includes: iced latte’s, historical architecture and well-placed sarcasm. She lives colorfully, collects vintage books, art, loves flea markets, and fancies herself British.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: My Dearest Mackenzie by Rachel Blaufeld

Title: My Dearest Mackenzie
Author: Rachel Blaufeld
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Second Chance/Middle-Aged Romance
Release Date: April 25, 2024
BLURB
Frankie Burns, brash and bold on the outside, divorced and scarred on the inside, is determined to figure out what really happened with her Paps and his long-lost love, Rosie. Understanding why the duo didn’t find their happily-ever-after is her biggest mission. With every inch of her five-foot-two frame, she’s determined to discover why they were separated and forced to live a life without one another, convinced it will fix her own unhappiness.
Mackenzie Miller, handsome, rich, and one of New York’s most eligible bachelors, keeps everyone at an arm’s length and believes the only barometer to happiness is how wealthy and powerful he becomes. Shoving back his grandmother Milly’s wishes for him to find an everlasting love, he is successful in every other area of life. Abandoned by his mother, fairy tales are not part of Mack’s world, but running his makeup and perfume empire is paramount.
That is…until a feisty blond woman blasts into his life and won’t accept no for an answer when it comes to looking for a connection between his beloved Milly and her beloved Paps.
He doesn’t understand the severity of her search.
She needs to know the story to fill a gap in her own life.
The twist neither of them expects is falling for one another in the process…
PURCHASE LINKS
AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
My Dearest Mackenzie is a wonderful contemporary love story with an over-40 hero and 38-year-old heroine connected through a series of love letters their grandparents sent to one another during a very different time. I adored Mack and Feisty Frankie’s story, and how this loner billionaire with a complicated family history fell for a spitfire of a woman who would not take no for an answer.
Mackenzie Miller is a bona fide bachelor, married to his work running his family’s beauty empire. He was abandoned by his mom, cast aside by his father, and raised by his grandmother. Those abandonment issues run deep, and Mack never planned to settle down. Then one day, Frances Burns literally steamrolls her way into his life, determined to discover the connection between her beloved Paps, Jimmy, and Mack’s grandmother, Rosie, aka Milly.
At first, Mack wants nothing to do with Frankie and her stack of love letters, but because he finds her attractive, he indulges her mission… Mack could not predict how much of an impact Frankie would have on his life — and how much the forbidden romance between Jimmy and Rosie generations ago would end up impacting Milly’s future. I loved the journey these two characters took together, the slow burn as they fell in love. Mack didn’t show his vulnerable side to many, but he let his guard down around Frankie and he becomes a better man for it. My favorite part was how he called her Frances because no one else did, and that was just his.
My Dearest Mackenzie was a wonderful story of two very different romances, set decades apart, and I enjoyed it very much! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
AUTHOR BIO
ROMANCE THAT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART AND MEND IT WITH THE PROMISE OF EVERLASTING LOVE.
Rachel Blaufeld writes Second Chance at Love Stories. Some of her favorite categories are Middle-Aged, Romantic Suspense, New Adult, Coming-of-Age, and Sports Romance.
A recent poll of her readers described her as insightful, generous, articulate, and spunky. Originally a social worker, Rachel creates broken yet redeeming characters. She’s been known to turn up the angst like cranking up the heat in the dead of winter.
As a side note, Blaufeld, also a long-time blogger and an advocate of woman-run anything, is fearless about sharing her opinion. To her, work/life/family balance is an urban legend, but she does her best.
Rachel has also blogged for The Huffington Post, Modern Mom, and USA TODAY, where she shared conversations at “In Bed with a Romance Author” and reading recommendations at “Happily Ever After.”
Rachel lives around the corner from her childhood home in Pennsylvania with her family and two beagles. Her obsessions include running, coffee, basketball, icing-filled doughnuts, antiheroes, and mighty fine epilogues.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Mr. Wicked by Marni Mann

Mr. Wicked by Marni Mann is now live! 

An alpha billionaire dedicated to no-strings pleasure. A woman committed to changing his wicked mind. Together they ignite a steaming-hot romance by the USA Today bestselling author of Mr. Hook-up.

Grayson Tanner has had better days. Coming off the successful international launch of Hooked, the hook-up app he cofounded with his two best friends, and a night with one of the sexiest women he’s ever met, he’s now in a PR nightmare. A video of him has gone viral—a toast to the indulgence of bachelorhood. It’s a bad look for the creator of the app’s marriage arm. As memberships plummet amid a media firestorm, his PR firm has a new narrative to quell the flames: Grayson has to get married. Fast.

Hello, Jovana Winters—social media influencer and Grayson’s former one-night stand. The one-night stand he has yet to move on from mentally. Their immediate connection is undeniable. In front of the camera, they’re charismatic and passionate, and social media is calling them the It couple. But off camera, Grayson doesn’t trust women or believe in commitment.

Jovana is the opposite, a believer in love who knows what she wants. Now she’s on a mission to turn this fake marriage into the real deal, even though she’s hiding the biggest secret of them all.

But with a man like Mr. Wicked, it won’t come easy.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Mr. Wicked was SO FUN! This book follows Grayson, one of the partners of the Hooked app, and Jovana, an influencer, with whom he had a hot and combustible night. (Except Jovanna doesn’t do one-night-stands, and she’s rather ticked off to find out that’s all he wanted, despite the sizzling chemistry between them.)

A while later, Grayson ends up going viral when he’s on video talking about being the ultimate bachelor…. Which would not at all be a big deal if he wasn’t one-third partner of a dating app. The solution for the PR mess is to have Grayson “fall in love” — and Jovana ends up being his fake wife.

I love Jovanna. She was fiery, and not afraid to speak her mind. She definitely kept Grayson on his toes, and gets him to open up in a way that he never has with another woman. I have a soft spot for playboys who fall hard for the right woman, and it was a trip to see Grayson fall for her. He was so adamant that he did not want to get attached, and he tried so hard to stay aloof… but Jovanna made him feel all sorts of things, and it was wonderful seeing him come to terms with how much he hated that she made him feel all these big emotions. And then ultimately give in, of course!

Mr. Wicked is the second book in the Hooked series, and while there is crossover from other characters, it stands on its own.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Marni

USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, Marni was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts sexy, titillating stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotions. A New Englander at heart, she now lives with her husband in Sarasota, Florida. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop, working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling, boating, or devouring fabulous books. Want to get in touch?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Learn Your Lesson by Kandi Steiner

Learn Your Lesson by Kandi Steiner is now live! 

My mother only wanted me to learn one lesson growing up…

Men are trash.

Her father left her, and then my father left us. Being raised by her and my grandmother, I was surrounded by the reminder to be independent and guard my heart. 

After my one and only experience with a boy in college fell flatter than a pancake, I realized they were right — and I was content to live the life of a twenty-six-year-old cat lady.

Until Will Perry blew my quiet world to smithereens.

Starting goalie for the Tampa Bay Ospreys and the kind of hot that scrambles your brain, all I was ever supposed to be to him was his daughter’s kindergarten teacher. Then, in a twist of events, his temporary nanny.

But temporary turns to permanent, and when I move into his pool house, everything changes.

He’s impossibly grumpy and focused on only two things: hockey, and taking care of his daughter. I’m only focused on using this new income to pay back my student loans. 

But in that house, I feel his heated gaze beneath that permanent scowl, the way it lingers and warms my skin. And though I know my mother would lose her mind if she knew, my dreams have become midnight fantasies about my long-haired, muscle-lined mystery of a boss.

When the tension becomes too much, we break, and we make a deal. 

He still needs a nanny. I still need a paycheck and for my matriarchy to not disown me. But Will agrees to teach me everything I’ve always wanted to learn, and I’m all too eager to be his student.

I can do this. I’m a grown woman. I can explore my sexuality with the hottest goalie on earth and still remain one-hundred percent professional. And I can definitely do it all without catching feelings. 

I have to.

Otherwise, I’ll end up heartbroken in my mother’s arms while she shakes her head and asks me if I’ll ever learn my lesson.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Dang, Daddy P and Chloe were ON FIRE! I will not be able to look at a popsicle the same way again!

Single dad/nanny, widow, grumpy/sunshine, nanny, hockey star, love lessons — this book had it all. But Learn Your Lesson was so much more than that. This book was full of spice, sure, but it was also a rather emotional tale as both Chloe and Will fell in love and found something in the other that they never expected. I loved the double meaning behind the title — sure, Will gives Chloe lots of seggs lessons, but he learned a few lessons himself along the way as he opened up to her and let his heart get involved. Chloe really helped Will (and by extension, his daughter Ava) come to life again.

Hannah Chiclana and Max Lindsey are both narrators I have never listened to before, and I wasn’t sure how much I would like the audio for this book. But you know what? It didn’t matter one darn bit because they brought it all to the table and told Will and Chloe’s story perfectly!

Learn Your Lesson is part of Kandi Steiner’s Kings of the Ice series, but I don’t see how any other hero can be more of a king than this guy was!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Kandi


Kandi Steiner is a #1 Amazon Bestselling Author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tennessee. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.

An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. Her love for writing started at the ripe age of 10, and in 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.”

She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.

When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, planning her next adventure, or pole dancing (yes, you read that right). She enjoys live music, traveling, hiking, yoga, playing with her fur babies and soaking up the sweetness of life.

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