Sunny Shelly’s Review: Not What I Expected, by Jewel E. Ann
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Not What I Expected, by Jewel E. Ann

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Not What I Expected by Jewel E. Ann is now live!

Are humans meant to mate for life?

After four kids and an unfortunate but fateful end to her twenty-two-year marriage, Elsie Smith meets the new guy in town.

Kael Hendricks is … a little younger, a lot sexy, and too confident for his own good. He also doesn’t believe in marriage and all that goes with it.

And …

He’s just opened a new business that threatens the livelihood of Elsie’s family’s store–just in time for the holidays.

The problem?

There’s an undeniable attraction that leads to out of control situations, a loss of inhibitions, and a lot of small town gossip.

As Elsie tries to redefine herself and convince her family she isn’t having a midlife crisis, she’s forced to answer the biggest question of all …

Can she love an enemy who will never surrender?

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Not What I Expected was not what I expected! I figured it would be a typical older woman/younger man age-gap romance, but Elsie’s journey is so much more than that!

Of course, there are plenty of “what am I doing?” moments that she has over the course of her fling with Kael — 12 years her junior and the hot new guy in town who opened a specialty shop across the town square that is threatening to put her own late husband’s business out of business. But while this story starts out as her not knowing what to make of her rival becomes so much more as Kael shows Elsie what it’s like to let go and let loose. That it’s okay to take what she wants out of life to make herself happy, versus doing what is expected of her. That age is just a number. And that taking a leap is scary, but life-changing all at the same time.

Kael and Elsie are wonderful, rich characters, and their journey together was captivating. I loved how worried Elsie was about how the folks in town would react to their being together — her daughter’s reaction was exactly how I thought it would go! And I also loved how Elsie wasn’t afraid to speak her mind. She was feisty and outspoken, told the truth about her late husband in her grief support group even when it wasn’t the polite thing to say.

Although Kael was a little too crunchy-granola, he grew on me as a hero, and I loved how falling for Elsie made him want all the things in a relationship that he never imagined he would.

Sometimes, the best things in life are not what you expected.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

Meet Jewel E. Ann


Jewel is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today best selling author a with a quirky sense of humor. When she’s not saving the planet one tree at a time, you can find her role modeling questionable behavior to her three boys, binge-watching Netflix with her husband, and writing mind-bending romance.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Bastards & Scapegoats, by CoraLee June
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Bastards & Scapegoats, by CoraLee June

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𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝!

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The first time I saw Hamilton, he was balls deep in one of the bridesmaids at my mother’s wedding.

He was lethal. Handsome. Cruel. Twisted.

I was drawn to him like fists to glass. We had an angry sort of relationship. There was nothing kind about the broken man that stole my heart and crushed it in his fist. He was all sharp edges. One touch could ruin me. One kiss could end our happy little family.

When my mother married Joseph Beauregard, son of the governor of Connecticut, I never imagined I’d fall in love with my stepfather’s younger brother. I never imagined I’d uncover the truth about his family’s bloody legacy.

Hamilton escaped with scars to his name and a ruined reputation. And now? I wanted out, too. I guess the scandal of our relationship was the least of our family’s problems.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Holy crap, what did I just read? Bastards & Scapegoats is an absolutely PERFECT title for this messed-up family drama/forbidden romance.

This is the first book I’ve read by CoraLee June, and I am now a fan! She perfectly created these characters. I loved the vulnerability that Hamilton shows around Vera. He’s so wounded and broken and hides it behind cocky arrogance. He finds a kindred soul in his new niece, Vera, another wounded heart who constantly feels as if she needs to apologize for her mere existence. On paper, everything about Vera and her stepfather’s brother being together is wrong…. but when they are together, Vera and Hamilton just have an ease, a comfortability, and all seems right in the very messed-up world they live in.

Until it isn’t.

As secrets unfold and lies unravel, Vera gets hit after hit as the truth about her new family’s deep, dark demons are exposed. Nothing is as it seems, and the few people Vera thought she could trust she learns she can’t.

Bastards & Scapegoats is part 1 of a duet, and does end on a cliffhanger. As I got to the end, I was shocked by the revelation in the second-to-last chapter! I need the conclusion to Vera and Hamilton’s story now — not February!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Coralee June is an international bestselling romance writer who enjoys engaging projects and developing real, raw, and relatable characters. She is an English major from Texas State University and has had an intense interest in literature since her youth. She currently resides with her husband and two daughters in Dallas, Texas, where she enjoys long walks through the ice-cream aisle at her local grocery store.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Best of Us, by Kennedy Fox
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Best of Us, by Kennedy Fox

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Release Date: December 1

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮‘𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬t 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝‘𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 him 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

THE BEST OF US by Kennedy Fox is now available on all retailers! A best friend’s brother, opposites attract, and snowed-in together standalone romance. 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

The Best of Us is a steamy opposites attract/enemies-to-lovers/best friend’s brother romance! It follows the story set up between Eli and Cami in The Two of Us — this time, Cami’s brother Ryan and her best friend Kendall have gone to the St. James family cabin to set it up for Eli and Cami’s honeymoon. The few days stuck together are going to be painful for Ryan and Kendall, who can’t stand each other. He thinks she’s a stuck-up pampered princess, and she thinks he is a holier-than-thou doctor with an attitude problem and a stick up his behind.

But when a record-breaking blizzard traps Ryan and Kendall together for longer than they expected, cabin fever leaves them to give in to their desires for some sex-only fun. Of course, emotions get involved, and both Ryan and Kendall begin to see the other in a different light… and realize that their hateful bickering all these years has really been to cover up a mutual attraction. Once the roads are cleared and they leave the bubble of the cabin, will Ryan and Kendall be able to make a relationship work in the real world?

I loved the heat between them. They both show a vulnerable side with one another, and Ryan and Kendall’s relationship is equally sweet and sexy. I was captivated with the story from start to finish, and read it in a day.

In The Two of Us, we got to see a bit how Ryan’s work as a healthcare worker affected him as a doctor working through the coronavirus pandemic. In The Best of Us, it is now post-pandemic and after a vaccination has been widely available. But we get to know more about Ryan and how working as an ER doctor during the pandemic *really* affected him, to the point of him suffering from PTSD over what he’d seen. I really gave the character more depth, which I appreciated.

The epilogue also sets up the next book in this series in a fantastic way!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Kennedy Fox

Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. 

 

They share a love of Hallmark movies & overpriced coffee. When they aren’t bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. 

 

One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters that’ll make you blush and your heart melt. 

 

Happily ever afters guaranteed! 

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Write Before Christmas, by Julie Hammerle
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Write Before Christmas, by Julie Hammerle

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Today we have the blog tour of Julie Hammerle’s Write Before Christmas! Check out this gorgeous new romance and be sure to get your copy today!

Title: Write Before Christmas

Author: Julie Hammerle

Genre: Holiday Romance

About Write Before Christmas:

You’ve probably heard of me.
Reclusive fantasy author turned famous when his series got developed into a mega TV hit.
Except now I’m way behind deadline, and the whole world is waiting to see what I’ll write next.
The pressure is getting to me, and I. Can’t. Write.
Cue: small town where people don’t recognize me.
Cue: my assistant insisting on a personal chef to keep me fed and nothing more.
Cue: finding the first bit of inspiration I’ve felt in months whenever she’s around…
Am I a walking cliche now, or what?
Dani Cooper seems to have her own hurdles to jump this holiday season. Newly divorced, looking for her next move. She’s the first person who’s seen me for me in way too long. And I see her, too–as way more than just an employee, a divorcee, a cook. She’s becoming my muse…
But when my Christmas deadline hits, will it spell the end of us, too?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

If you love the feel-good quality of a Hallmark Christmas movie, then Write Before Christmas is definitely a swoony story you will want to check out.

Matt is a well-known fantasy author hiding out in a small town following a scandal so he can finish his next novel before the next season of the TV show needs to start filming. Dani is a recent divorcee with a 19 year old daughter, struggling to get her life back together and gain some independence. Their paths first cross on a random walk around the neighborhood. But their worlds collide when it turns out that the reclusive author Dani just took a job housekeeping for is the cute guy Matt she’s seen — and spontaneously kissed — around the street.

The discovery of their true identities is not a dragged-out process, thankfully, so we get to see Matt and Dani without him hiding his true self from her. In fact, she becomes his muse during a time when his deadline is looming and the words aren’t coming out. She helps him come out of his shell and begin to trust people again, and he helps her gain a sense of independence and, in a roundabout way, career goals after 20+ years of being a housewife. I really loved that Matt and Dani are both over 40. They know what they want — a no-strings fling — and they don’t play games with one another. Their relationship starts out as a holiday fling, but there’s so much more simmering underneath the surface… And when Matt realizes what a mistake he’d made, his Grand Gesture to win back the girl goes hilariously wrong, but is better than anything he could have scripted himself.

Write Before Christmas is a great holiday escape! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About Julie Hammerle:

USA Today bestselling author Julie Hammerle writes young adult novels that focus on nerds, geeks, and basket cases falling in love. On the YA side, she is the author of The Sound of Us (Entangled TEEN, 2016) and the North Pole romance series (Entangled Crush, 2017). For adult romances, look for Knocked-Up Cinderella in the fall of 2018. A graduate of Butler University with degrees in secondary education and Latin with a minor in music, Julie lives in Chicago with her family and enjoys reading, cooking, and watching all the television.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Door of Bruises, by Sierra Simone
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Door of Bruises, by Sierra Simone

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DOOR OF BRUISES (Thornchapel #4) by Sierra Simone
Release Date: November 30th

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Blurb:
Twelve years ago, our fates were sealed with a kiss.

We are all, for better or worse, doomed to love each other until death do us part. My heart belongs to Proserpina and St. Sebastian—even if he no longer wants it. Even if she has left it behind to follow him.

Delphine’s fled back home, and Becket’s holy calling is in peril.

And now only Rebecca and I remain at Thornchapel to face the unknown.

The door is open. The door that shouldn’t exist; the door that people have died to close. I don’t feel like the lord of the manor…I don’t feel like a king or a wild god. I am a friend and a boyfriend and a brother—and a failure at being all of these things. But the door doesn’t care about my guilt. It only cares about the sacrifice I’ll make to close it.

As the bruising dark of Samhain approaches, so does the fate of our circle, of Thornchapel and the village and the valley beyond it. And I must don the crown, because one thing is still true, even if I must face it alone.

Here at Thornchapel, the kings must go to the door.

Here at Thornchapel, all kings must die.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

The Thornchapel series comes to a conclusion with Door of Bruises. (This book is definitely not a standalone.) It’s dark and twisted and not your conventional romance. It’s a story full of big emotions, ancient rituals, mysterious happenings, and a lot of gasp-worthy moments (and the kinky scenes that we’ve come to expect from Auden, Poe and Saint). The mystery behind the door at Thornchapel is finally revealed, and it’s heartbreaking, shocking, and surprising all at once.

Beyond the mystery of what lies behind the door, this book sees Poe, Beckett, Saint, Auden, Delphine and Rebecca need to make some decisions as to the next steps of their lives. It’s impossible to really review the happenings of Door of Bruises without getting into the nitty-gritty of the story. But this series is an epic masterpiece and Sierra Simone is a master storyteller!

As soon as I have the time, I want to binge-read this series, uninterrupted, from start to finish!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Sierra Simone is a USA Today Bestselling former librarian (who spent too much time reading romance novels at the information desk.) She lives with her husband and family in Kansas City.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Hard To Hold, by K. Bromberg
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Hard To Hold, by K. Bromberg

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Rush McKenzie is a bad boy soccer player who’s running from a scandal. Lennox Kincade is an ex-beauty queen who’s trying to revamp her reputation.

What starts as a bit of fun, ends with something they never saw coming.

Hard to Hold by K. Bromberg is now live!

New York Times bestselling author, K. Bromberg, is back with a heartfelt, standalone romance
and a new hero to steal your heart . . .
The contract with Major League Soccer was supposed to help repair my damaged reputation.

Then I discovered that I’d made a deal with the devil: the player I’m supposed to recruit is none
other than the bad boy, star Premier League footballer, Rush McKenzie.

British. Tattooed. Sexy. A man currently at the center of a huge scandal.

The goal? To convince him to stay in the States.

But what’s wrong with a little fun in the meantime? No strings. No sweet nothings. Just a way
to pass the time while we’re both struggling to prove our true selves to the world.
If someone found out our relationship was anything more than professional, it would only serve
to prove all our critics right.

***
I never should have agreed to take the fall.

But I did and I’m a man of my word.

Even if it means risking everything I’ve worked for.

The only bright side is Lennox Kincade.

Gorgeous. Defiant. Rumor-tainted. Totally off-limits.

Sharing a house with the gorgeous sports agent should have been a fun distraction from the
turmoil. Someone to help pass the time while the tensions back home die down.

But what started as nothing, ends up as something I never saw coming.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Hard To Hold is the second book in K. Bromberg’s Play Hard series about a family of female sports managers. It took me a while to really get into Lennox and Rush’s story, but once I got into the meat of the story, it was incredible. Hard to Hold tackles so many themes: sexism in the workplace, family loyalty, celebrity scandal, ruined reputations, and falling in love with someone at the wrong time.

Rush is trying to lay low after a career-threatening scandal, while Lennox is feeling unsettled in her place in the family business. They meet at a mutual friend’s house, where they are both staying and Lennox’s new job is to essentially babysit the British soccer superstar while he’s playing in the States. She brings out the sensitive side that the cocky athlete has been hiding from the world, and he grounds her wanderlust. But outside of their bubble and a fling with an expiration date, will they be able to make things work in the real world?

I loved Rush’s backstory. I love seeing a hero with that kind of vulnerability, and how when push comes to shove, Lennox is the person who stands up and fights for the guy who has always felt like that homeless and hungry teenager even though he’s become one of the most successful soccer stars.

Just because a love may be hard to hold on to doesn’t mean it’s not worth fighting for.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Kristy


New York Times Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary romance novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines and damaged heroes who we love to hate but can’t help to love.

A mom of three, she plots her novels in between school runs and soccer practices, more often than not with her laptop in tow and her mind scattered in too many different directions.

Since publishing her first book on a whim in 2013, Kristy has sold over one and a half million copies of her books across eighteen different countries and has landed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists over thirty times. Her Driven trilogy (Driven, Fueled, and Crashed) is currently being adapted for film by the streaming platform, Passionflix, with the first movie (Driven) out now.

With her imagination always in overdrive, she is currently scheming, plotting, and swooning over her latest hero. You can find out more about him or chat with Kristy on any of her social media accounts. The easiest way to stay up to date on new releases and upcoming novels is to sign up for her newsletter (http://bit.ly/254MWtI) or follow her on Bookbub (http://smarturl.it/KBrombergBB)

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Do-Over by Piper Rayne
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Do-Over by Piper Rayne

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Release Date: December 1

She was always the one.

Or so I thought.

Turns out my instincts were dead wrong.

 

Years ago I was faced with the choice between two women. Both were perfect in opposite ways. One was carefree and against commitment. The other was a woman you’d bring home to mom. 

 

I was young, naïve and stupid. I’m sure you can guess who I chose. 

 

Now, I’m older, wiser and know what the hell I want. 

 

So, when the same two women pop back into my life it’s my chance for a do-over. But they flipped the script. Just like me, they want different things now. Leaving me with one choice—convince the woman I want that she wants me too. 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Ooooh boy, this one was a doozy! From start to finish, Knox’s story was ah-may-zing. The Do-Over is all about how one decision, one choice, can change the trajectory of your life. When faced with the chance to do it all over again, would you make the same choices? This love triangle between Knox, Leilani and Kamea was a brilliant, unexpected twist on the second-chance romance trope.

I loved getting to know Knox and finding out what makes the Rooftop Crew police officer tick. We have seen him and Leilani in some of the previous books, and saw glimpses of how dysfunctional their relationship is. So I was excited to really get into the nitty gritty of it, and Piper Rayne did not disappoint with The Do-Over! When push comes to shove, will Knox be able to convince the woman he loves that he’s making the right choice?

And that ending! OMG! I need Jax and Frankie’s story ASAP! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Piper Rayne

 
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.



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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Charming Co-Worker, by Jeannine Colette & Lauren Runow
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Charming Co-Worker, by Jeannine Colette & Lauren Runow

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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨-𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 is live! You will love our sexy Sagittarius in this Holiday Romantic Comedy!

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All I want for Christmas is Branson Ford.

I’ve been starry-eyed for my handsome boss since the day I started working for him at Empire Media. Problem is, he doesn’t see me as anything more than his sweet assistant.

I need help becoming a vixen. I need someone to teach me how to be sensual, how to be desired, and how to get the man I’ve pined over for the last two years. So, I enlist the help of my co-worker.

My very sexy, very charming co-worker, Hunter Johnstone.

Hunter loves the thrill of the chase. He’s spontaneous, honest, and just the man I need for a lesson in passion. When he suggests we start a fake relationship, I think he’s crazy, but who am I to question his jealousy-inducing ways?

His little trick works—maybe too well. The line between friends and lovers is blurred, but maybe that’s because it was never really there. And just as I’m about to start seeing clearly, my Christmas wish comes true.

NAUGHTY NEIGHBOR IS LIVE!
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

The co-worker she thought she wanted turns out to not be the one she ends up falling head over heels for in this charming book by Jeannine Colette and Lauren Runow. Charming Co-Worker is the 2nd book in their zodiac series, and is an absolutely delightful holiday romance about a Sagittarius hero.

Desperate to sex herself up in order to catch her boss’ eye, Katie asks her colleague, Hunter, for some sexy lessons. Hunter is a player, but he and Katie are friends and she’s sure he’s the perfect guy to assist her with her mission. It’s not long before Katie discovers that Hunter is her perfect match. This story is swoony and sweet, set at Christmastime with lots of holiday puns, witty banter and the Christmas spirit.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Carry Me Through, by Brooke McBride
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Carry Me Through, by Brooke McBride

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Carry Me Through by Brooke McBride
 
 
Series: The Carried; Book 1
Genre: Contemporary Romance
 
Who hits on someone in the chemo room? Me, apparently. But, this was a first even for me. I don’t fall in love. I don’t pine over women. I planned on going to the grave a proud bachelor.
 
Until Lin…
 
She should have come with a warning label. She was feisty, distant and secretive. Too gorgeous by any standards. Too headstrong for my taste. Too much like me.
 
I ignored the warning signs and dove in headfirst. but despite our love, she was holding back. She had a secret that could be the end of her. And us.
 
I promised I would be there for her. Little did I know, life would hold me to that. 
 
Would the love I have for her be enough to carry me through?

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I am so glad I read this book! I can’t believe Brooke McBride is a relatively new author. Not only was this story fantastic, the characters were wonderfully developed, the story was plotted beautifully, flowed at exactly the right pace and there is not a single thing I would change about it. Carry Me Through is not your typical romance. It’s not just a story about a guy who meets a girl who is dying of cancer. It’s an amazing story about loving with all your heart, of letting go even when you want to hold on tightly, and finding the strength to be selfless when every fiber of your body is shouting to be selfish. And that special, pure, life-altering kind of love that will carry you through even the darkest of days.

Lin and Colt’s story is one that I won’t soon forget. I practically read the entire thing — 55 of the 60 chapters — during this covid Thanksgiving when I had extra time on my hands. I could not put it down. Literally, I was reading it on my Kindle app while cooking Thanksgiving dinner for my family. Carry Me Through is a remarkable story. Caitlin may not have been Colt’s forever, but he was hers for the short time they had together.

I was not prepared for how much I would love this story, how much I would sob over Lin and Colt… but I am so glad I took a chance on reading it!

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Say Hello, Kiss Goodbye, by Jacqueline Middleton
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Say Hello, Kiss Goodbye, by Jacqueline Middleton

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 From the award-winning author of UNTIL THE LAST STAR FADES,

comes a sexy story of love, second chances, gratitude, and finding beauty in the broken and the forgotten.

Will her fling become his forever?

Leia Scott has sworn off love. Fresh from a messy, public divorce from her hockey player ex, the twenty-six-year-old fashion designer temporarily trades New York for London to heal and embrace her freedom. Her vow? To protect her heart, steer clear of relationships, and say yes to flings without strings. She throws herself into designing upcycled dresses and exploring London with her sister. But Leia’s carefully curated plan encounters a flirty complication with an irresistible British accent. 

Wealthy, charming, and devastatingly attractive, Tarquin Balfour is tired of meaningless hookups and dates that go nowhere. For years, he has played the bon viveur with reckless abandon, throwing decadent parties, sleeping with a parade of women, and diving into extreme sports around the globe. But now the young property developer wants more. He craves love and commitment, to prove his kind heart matters more than the abundance of zeroes attached to his bank balance. Struggling with undiagnosed depression, Tarquin worries he’ll never find The One…until he meets his princess, a fashion designer named Leia.

Afraid of falling in love and fearful of being alone, Leia and Tarquin enter into an entanglement that threatens to hurt them both.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3.5 Stars

Say Hello, Kiss Goodbye was an enjoyable fling-to-forever romance. Leia is just visiting London when she meets Tarquin at Ikea and they form an instant connection. The chemistry between them sizzles, but she isn’t planning on staying in England and, recently divorced, isn’t looking for a relationship. Meanwhile, he’s pretty much decided that she is the one.

When Leia eventually returns to NYC, she and Tarquin do the long-distance relationship. There are a lot of ups and downs as they attempt to figure things out. She’s just looking for a Mr. Right Now, but Tarquin is sure she’s his Mrs. Right. As time goes on, Leia discovers that Mr. Right Now might be the guy for her after all. There’s also a nicely developed subplot with Tarquin’s mental health and Leia’s own depression and mental health issues, which I thought was handled delicately.

Jacquelyn Middleton is a new-to-me author, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I enjoyed the story and thought that Say Hello, Kiss Goodbye was well written, but parts of the story dragged for me. I also thought that there were a lot of secondary characters. This book is part of a series, and is an interconnected story. There were some parts where past books were referenced and I would have liked to have had more background. For fans of Jacqueline Middleton, I’m sure it’s great since there are lots of cameos from other characters, but I felt a little lost in some places.

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Meet Jacquelyn

Jacquelyn Middleton is an award-winning author of love stories for hopeful romantics–‘hopeful’ because her novels are always full of optimism and a ‘happy ever after’ is important now more than ever before. But life is messy, relationships are messy, and her books aren’t afraid to go there, too. If you enjoy character and relationship-driven stories about people dealing with the triumphs and disasters we all face, Jacquelyn’s books are for you.

In 2019, she was named BEST CANADIAN AUTHOR at the RWA’s Toronto Romance Writers ‘Northern Hearts’ Awards for UNTIL THE LAST STAR FADES. She is also the author of LONDON BELONGS TO ME, LONDON, CAN YOU WAIT? and SAY HELLO, KISS GOODBYE.

An own voices author, Jacquelyn has dealt with anxiety, panic attacks, and depression all her life, and is dedicated to depicting mental health challenges realistically and empathetically in her novels.

Jacquelyn’s books have been featured by The Hollywood Reporter, NBC News, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Daily News, USA Today, Cosmo, Redbook, and the Huffington Post.

She lives in Toronto with her British husband and Japanese Spitz dog.

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