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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Hot Pickle, by JJ Knight

Title: Hot Pickle
Author: JJ Knight
Genre: Standalone Romantic Comedy
Release Date: August 31, 2020
 
Blurb
He’s about to become a very big dill.
A bestfriend’s sister romcom from USA Today bestselling author JJ Knight

I’m rock hard.

No, not like that.
When that happens, you won’t need me to tell you.
I’m a competitive bodybuilder, ready for my first regional contest. And
winning requires more than just killer workouts, diet, or stage presence.
It’s all about the tan.
My training partner Franklin uses the best in the business — Camryn
Schultz. She understands the career killer of a badly placed white spot.
 
She’s also his sister.
So when the craptastic tan I’m given for my first competition requires
an emergency patch, Frank knows exactly who to call.
 
The thing is, when Camryn’s hands hit my skin, more than a few muscles
spring to life.
 
I’m about to head on stage in the tiniest Speedo imaginable and parts
of me no longer fit.
What I need to do for my friendship and my future on the circuit is to
walk away.
But when Camryn’s got her hands on my hard body, there’s no way this
Pickle is going to get anything but hot.
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Hot Pickle is a 300-page standalone romantic comedy about workout
junkies, bodybuilding gods, and the couple who sprays together, stays together.
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Excerpt
Camryn waits for me to shed my pants. I almost trip over them, anxious
and unsure. She’s getting to me. I toss them on the floor with my bag and hold
out my arms.
“Tell me the damage.”
Camryn makes a slow walk around me, tapping the end of a makeup brush
against her cheek.
“You smeared the color here when you put on your trunks. You should
always wear them for your final day tan to avoid this.” Her hand smooths
something low on my ass, and everything in my body goes warm.
My eyes blink shut, and I try to concentrate on something other than her
touch. I run through my bodybuilding poses, picturing myself on the stage.
Something bonks my nose, and I open my eyes to see Camryn standing there
again. “I have your back acceptable. You shouldn’t lose any points.”
Before I can even get in a thank you, the end of her brush pokes my
chest. “But we have to do something about these abs. You have a light patch
just below your navel in the critical area from belly button to…”
She hesitates. “Below.”
I don’t know what she was going to call it, but apparently it’s a word
she doesn’t want to use around me.
I can’t stifle my grin. “You saying my happy trail is too bright?”
She rolls her eyes. “I’m saying the lack of consistent color won’t do you
any favors with the judges.”
“Do with me what you must.”
Okay, now hold up.
I have to pause the story here.
Because this, my friend, is where Camryn gets on her knees in front of my
junk, a tube in her hand.
And things get really awkward.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Hot Pickle was so much fun! I absolutely adored Jason and Nova in Big Pickle, and Max and Camryn’s story in Hot Pickle was equally adorable, endearing, sexy and fun!

Max and Camryn have the most awkward of meetings, but there’s that spark between them from the moment they lay eyes on one another. And for as big and brawny as he is, bodybuilder Max is a sweetheart. Especially when it comes to Camryn and the romance they are trying to keep secret from her brother, his training buddy. Franklin is very much the overprotective big brother when it comes to keeping Camryn away from bodybuilders — even though their relationship seems to be somewhat distant since Max never met her when he and Franklin lived together in college or since they’ve been working out and training over the past year.

But okay. They need to keep their relationship a secret from her big brother because he has a nasty streak and can ruin Max’s success as he rises through the ranks. And that is exactly what happens once Max and Camryn are found out. What Franklin does in retaliation, however, is atrocious. It’s kind of unceremoniously dropped, however, and that bugged me. The thing that Franklin had dangling over Camryn’s head was never explained, and that was a big plot hole that I couldn’t look past. That made the difference in me ranking this 4 versus 5 stars. I loved everything else about this story but there was a huge hole regarding Camryn’s history and ultimate decision in breaking things off with Max that was not plugged up. Or even mentioned again!

I thought I’d get tired of the pickle innuendos… but nope. They are still quite funny! Hot Pickle is a standalone in this series about brothers who own franchises of a family deli, so there were a few hysterical scenes with the rest of the Pickle/Packwood bunch.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Author Bio
JJ Knight
is the USA Today bestselling author
of contemporary romance and romantic comedy. She’s never met a pickle she
didn’t want to eat.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Drive Me Wild, by Melanie Harlow

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Gruff but funny mechanic burned by love? Check.
Guy who takes in orphaned kittens? Check.
Hot as can be when he reluctantly falls head-over-heels? Check.
My new book boyfriend? All the checks.
Drive Me Wild is your summer must-read!”
— Julia Kent, New York Times bestselling author

Drive Me Wild, an all-new flirty and heartwarming, opposites-attract romance by USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow is available now!

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When Blair Beaufort literally crashes into Bellamy Creek wearing a ball gown and a tiara, I should have towed her car, said goodnight, and sent her packing.

I’m a mechanic, not a hotel manager. I’ve got enough on my plate trying to keep my shop from going under, my overbearing mother off my back, and my baseball team in contention for the league championship. I don’t have time for a former debutante with zero street smarts and a cash flow problem, even if she is crazy beautiful.

Problem is, she’s stranded in my small town, and I’m hiding a protective streak underneath my grumpy exterior that runs deep. So I offer her a place to stay and keep my hands to myself.

For exactly one night.

If only she weren’t so gorgeous. So funny. So eager to please. She’s a disaster behind the wheel, but she drives me wild without even trying–at work, at home, in the back of my truck . . . I can’t get enough of the way she makes me feel.

But I know better than to think it can last. She wants a fairy tale, and I’m no prince.

So when it comes time for her to leave, there’s nothing I can do but let her go.

No matter how much it hurts to say goodbye.

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Excerpt

Switching off the lights, I followed her out onto the sidewalk, locking the door behind us. “I need a quick shower and change of clothes. Want to come up with me?”

“Sure.”

I was following her up the stairs to my apartment, looking at her ass and wondering if she had sexual rules and how long it would take me to break them, when I realized she was still talking.

Shit, had she just asked me a question?

At the top of the stairs, she turned around and faced me. “So? Are you going to?”

I stood close. Ridiculously close. So close I could smell her—vanilla and lemon—and she could probably smell me—sweat and motor oil.

“Am I going to what?”I asked, looking at her lips.

She licked them. “Listen to me.”

“Oh. Yeah. I am.” But at that moment, I was pretty sure I was going to do something else to her too.

Suddenly she stepped back. “Good,”she said, her cheeks flushed pink. “On second thought, I think I’ll wait outside. I’m a little warm, and there’s a nice breeze.”

“Okay. I’ll be out in a few minutes.”

Nodding, she turned and descended the stairs so slowly, I wondered if she was dizzy. I watched her hand sliding along the wooden rail, thinking dirty thoughts.

On the landing, she pushed the door open and disappeared from view, but I still couldn’t breathe right.

What would she have done if I’d put my mouth on hers like I’d wanted to just now? Would she have kissed me back? Would she have welcomed my hands on her skin? Or would she have kneed me in the balls and told me to keep my filthy fingers to myself?

She wasn’t like any other girl I’d ever met, which was both the problem and the allure. I didn’t know how to read her.

But damn, I wanted her something fierce.

I took an ice cold shower, hoping it would help.

It didn’t.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Drive Me Wild was a fantastic start to a new series by Melanie Harlow. I loved her Cloverleigh Farms heroes, and I suspect I will love the Bellamy Creek boys just as much!!

Debutante Blair literally crashes into grumpy loner mechanic Griffin’s life one night. He is determined to keep himself shut off emotionally from relationships due to a broken heart in the past, but Blair turns out to be everything he never knew he wanted. She’s bubbly and cheerful, he’s grumpy and a loner. But while she crashes in his apartment and works at his shop while her vintage MG is fixed, Blair makes a major impact on Griffin’s life. And not just in the way she gives his shop a makeover.

But when Griffin starts to realize that he’s feeling more than the week-long fling they originally signed up for, he pushes Blair away. And it turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.

These characters were so much fun, and I loved the larger group of friends. Drive Me Wild is lighthearted and playful, with some really sexy “stories” that Blair and Griffin tell each other. This story is equal parts sweet and sexy, a perfect small-town romance!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About Melanie

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USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she’s not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like Schitt’s Creek, Homeland, and Fleabag. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.

Melanie is the author of the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS series, the ONE & ONLY series, AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Reality Of Everything, by Rebecca Yarros

THE REALITY OF EVERYTHING (Flight & Glory #5) by Rebecca Yarros

Release Date: August 24th

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Two years after the man she loved was killed in Afghanistan, Morgan Bartley is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. The reno on her dilapidated beach house in the Outer Banks might be just the distraction she needs to keep her debilitating anxiety attacks at bay and begin to heal her heart…if she can ignore the ridiculously handsome guy next door.

At twenty-eight, single-dad Jackson Montgomery’s life revolves around his five-year-old daughter and his job as a search-and-rescue pilot for the coast guard. He’s no stranger to saving a damsel in distress, and though his gorgeous new neighbor is clearly in distress, she’s no damsel. She’s stubborn as hell with walls a mile thick, and the dog tags hanging from her rearview mirror give him a pretty good clue as to why.

It doesn’t matter that their attraction is undeniable—she swore she’d never fall for another pilot, let alone a military man. There are some wounds time can’t heal, and some fears too consuming to conquer.

She’s a barely breathing heartbreak on the edge of recovery.

He’s a crash waiting to happen.

Together they could have it all…if they can endure the coming storm.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I read The Reality of Everything while I was vacationing on the Outer Banks, so even though some locations were made up for the story, I felt like I was immersed in Jackson and Morgan’s story.

A lot of what Morgan deals with was hard to read. It’s been two years since Morgan’s quasi-boyfriend, Will, was killed in action in Afghanistan. She’s suffering from complex grief, major anxiety and is just a broken shell of a woman when she buys a dilapidated house on the beach. The house is a quite fitting metaphor for her personal life, and as she tries to rebuild herself as she renovates it. The last thing Morgan wants is to get caught up with the sexy single dad who lives next door. Especially after she learns that Jackson is a Coast Guard search and rescue pilot. But Morgan can’t help but fall deep into like with Jackson and his sweet daughter Finley.

All along, Morgan is stuck in her past and her pseudo relationship with Will. It’s definitely a ghost that is part of her relationship with Jackson. And the guy is a saint — he is so patient and understanding as Morgan tries to move past the pain and loss of Will’s death. For a while, things between them are great until Jackson finds out that he is going to be deployed, and Morgan decides that she can’t go through that pain and fear of losing another man again. But is Morgan willing to let the love she feels for Will win out over her fear of being left behind once again? In the end, Morgan realizes that the reality is that Jackson has become her everything.

So…. what I didn’t like… This book is #5 in a series and is technically a standalone. But it’s part of a bigger series and I felt a little lost because I hadn’t read any of the other Flyboy books before. There is a lot of history between the couples and friends and who Will was to the rest of the group and I wasn’t aware of those details. I think the big blowout between Morgan and Paisley would have had a bigger impact on me had I read those other books.

But despite that, I still give this book 5 stars. Morgan’s through-line is beautiful. She comes such a far way from the woman she is at the beginning who can barely even look at Will’s old pickup truck to the woman at the end, who risks her own life in that very same truck to save Jackson’s daughter. The metaphor of the hurricane that hits the Outer Banks fits this story perfectly — not just the actual story, but Morgan’s journey as well.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About the Author:

Rebecca is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of over fifteen novels, and is always ready to bring on the emotions. She’s also the recipient of the Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence for Eyes Turned Skyward from her Flight and Glory series.

She loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for eighteen years. She’s the mother of six children, ranging from kindergarten to law school, and is currently surviving the teenage years with two of her four hockey-playing sons. When she’s not writing, you can find her at the hockey rink or sneaking in some guitar time. She lives in Colorado with her family, their stubborn English bulldog, and a feisty chinchilla. Having fostered then adopted their youngest daughter, Rebecca is passionate about helping children in the foster system through her nonprofit, One October.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: End Scene, by Elise Faber

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First came the director yelling, “Action!

Next came the actual acting.

Last came . . . the end scene.Or at least, that was what I liked to call my job as a publicist to Hollywood’s elite. If my client hit it big, I was the one who’d made that possible. And while being on call twenty-four seven meant I was chronically single, I was fine with that. I’d been in a serious relationship once and had ultimately discovered that I wasn’t cut out for commitment or being tied down or living in a small town.I needed lights and excitement, paparazzi and enough traffic that the air always smelled faintly of exhaust.

I definitely didn’t need one Aaron Weaver—my ex-boyfriend and current occupant of my former home and very, very small town in Utah—tying me down or making me feel like the world’s biggest jerk, just because I wanted my life to be something more than open fields and cow patties.

But then I had to leave L.A. and go home to my father, to my small town . . . to Aaron.

And I discovered there might be much more to him than I’d ever expected.

In fact, I discovered that I might have missed out on the best end scene of my life by letting him go at all.

 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

This second-chance romance has all the feels. Maggie and Aaron are fantastic characters, and I felt each of their pain from the get-go. When Maggie returns home to Utah when her dad falls ill, she is hoping to feel something more than the guilt she’s had for following her dreams. Not just with her dad, but her childhood sweetheart, Aaron, as well. He is so angry, still, 10 years later, that he wasn’t enough for Maggie to want to stay.

After they have a blow-out, Aaron finally opens his eyes and realizes that he’s just as much to blame for the breakup. He knew Maggie wanted more, so why did he not support her dreams? Why make her choose? Eventually he comes around, and when they are unexpectedly working together, Aaron takes the chance to start things new with Maggie.

While I’m not obsessive over this story, I did enjoy it quite a bit. Even if the ending felt rushed. I also appreciated that there was a reconciliation with Maggie and her ornery dad… even though that felt rushed and easily explained as well. But all in all, End Scene was a lighthearted, low-angst second chance romance. And I am really looking forward to Talon’s story after that epilogue!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About the Author:

USA Today bestselling author, Elise Faber, loves chocolate, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and hockey (the order depending on the day and how well her team — the Sharks! — are playing). She and her husband also play as much hockey as they can squeeze into their schedules, so much so that their typical date night is spent on the ice. Elise is the mom to two exuberant boys and lives in Northern California. Connect with her in her Facebook group, the Fabinators or find more information about her books at http://www.elisefaber.com.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Unraveling Him, by Claire Kingsley

Title: Unraveling Him

Author: Claire Kingsley

Release Date: August 20, 2020

<strong>She’s the sunshine to his storm cloud</strong>

Stoic, growly Evan Bailey has enough on his plate. A growing business, a pack of brothers who drive him crazy, a gossip-loving small town, and a rivalry that runs deeper than any family feud. Love? That’s a hard pass. He already learned the hard way that he’s better off alone.

Fiona Gallagher has a problem. Or more like ten, but who’s counting? The trouble with her car is just the cherry on top of the crap sundae, but she won’t let that get her down.

Besides, she has a plan. Evan Bailey—that brooding custom car builder who happens to hate her father—is going to help her. He just doesn’t know it yet.

The last thing Evan needs is the overly cheery Fiona crashing into his solitary life. But her offer is too compelling to ignore.

Fiona isn’t there to pick through the wreckage of Evan’s heart. If he has one, he won’t let her anywhere near it. But the tension between them is hot enough to combust. And when she starts to see the cracks in his stony façade, she realizes she’s getting more than she bargained for—a lot more—in that big surly man.

<strong>Author’s Note:</strong> <em>A grouchy, broody loner meets an adorable badass (who talks to her houseplants). It’s the grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one with some engine-revving twists. Have a fan ready—you’re in for a Kindle-melting ride.</em>

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I totally procrastinated today because I needed to read Evan and Fiona. It was worth it. I licked Evan. He is mine.

This series is meant to be read in order since there is a continuing storyline. So we got to know grumpy recluse Evan in the first two books. And when this lone wolf meets the cricket who soothes his soul, he turns into a big old softy.

Fiona was bubbly and cheerful, everything that Evan is not. But she crashed into his life and there was no turning back. He reluctantly agrees to help her fix her car, and she ends up fixing his broken heart. There is a dangerous situation that arises thanks to Fiona’s criminal dad, but Grace calls in Leo and the Miles family recluse saves the day!

I love the Bailey family. These brothers are hysterical, and I love the bond they have. Gram is a saint. And the Haven/Bailey feud and pranks continue with pranks involving goats and squirrels.

Unraveling Him is everything I wanted for Evan and Fiona! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
 

 

Claire Kingsley is an Amazon Top 10 bestselling author of sexy, heartfelt contemporary romance and romantic comedies. She writes books with sassy, quirky heroines, swoony heroes who love their women hard, panty-melting sexytimes, romantic happily ever afters, and lots of big feels.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: A Guy Walks Into My Bar, by Lauren Blakeley

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<b>Blurb:</b>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>A sexy, passionate, utterly addictive standalone MM romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely!</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Every bartender should follow one simple rule—don’t go home with the customers.</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>That’s been easy for me to stick to, until the night a cocky, confident, and sinfully charming hockey star walks into my bar. This sexy athlete is too hard to resist, especially when he makes it clear how much he wants the “sarcastic, witty, hot AF” guy behind the bar—also known as me.</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Still, I’m not keen on breaking my own rules since I know where that can lead—no place good.</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>But when that man makes his case with one bone-searing kiss on the streets of London, I throw resistance out the window.</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>What could go wrong with a hot, dirty, no-strings-attached fling before he leaves town in five days?</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Trouble is, soon our nights together lead to days, to long conversations, to getting to know each other, and to something I never expected—falling ridiculously hard for a man who’s getting on a plane to America when I live a world away.</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>My life is here. His is there. And no amount of falling or feeling will change that one big problem.</span>

<i><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Warning: contains hot hotel sex, loads of dirty talk, PDA all over London, and two sexy, witty, charming alpha heroes…</span></i>

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<b>About the Author:</b>

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

A Guy Walks Into My Bar has it all: A hot Brit, a sexy hockey player, lots of witty banter and conversation, and a no-string vacation fling that leads to something more than either character realized they wanted. This story is Lauren Blakely’s first M/M romance, and I think it was a job well done! I loved Dean and Fitz — they were such likable characters, and I really got the position both of them were coming from in not wanting to catch feelings for the other past the time that Fitz was visiting his sister in London. But somewhere along the way, they fell hard and fast for one another in those four days. But Dean owns a bar in London, and Fitz is a pro hockey player in New York. Can they make a relationship work past an expiration date?

They are both afraid to really let themselves fall for various reasons, but these two characters are so honest and true with one another, while somehow being exceptionally flirty and talking in double entendres. I loved it!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sweet, sexy and witty. She also writes red-hot, ultra-steamy romance for her Lauren Blakely After Dark line. She’d love to give you a free book today! </span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Check out her web site to grab your free read: </span><a href=”https://laurenblakely.com/one-free-book/”><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>https://laurenblakely.com/one-free-book</span></a&gt;

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Not My Romeo by Ilsa Madden-Mills

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“Rife with uproarious moments and banter that sings, this scorching contemporary will captivate Madden-Mills’s fans.” —Publishers Weekly

 

Not My Romeo, the all-new sexy and unforgettable contemporary sports romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills is available now!

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We start off with a lie on Valentine’s Day.

My blind date isn’t the studious guy I expected: he’s a drop-dead gorgeous player with sinful amber eyes. Somehow we end up at his penthouse. I blame the gin and tonic.

The next day I learn he’s Jack Hawke—bad-boy professional quarterback with a murky past. The NDA he has me sign should be a warning that he isn’t a regular person. Please. I sign it Juliet Capulet, so goodbye, famous football player with abs of steel, and good luck tracking down this small-town librarian.

But Jack keeps showing up in places I least expect him. Just when I’m sure he’s gone, he waltzes into my community theater and wins the part of Romeo to my Juliet. How’s a plain, mostly innocent girl like me supposed to resist a man like him?

Is Jack my real Romeo…or will this gorgeous football player only break my heart?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Not My Romeo is a cute kick-off to a new series by Ilsa Madden-Mills.

A Valentine’s Day blind date leads to a mistaken identity meet-cute between librarian Elena and sexy football star Jack. He’s in the midst of a scandal, and she is looking to put the fact that her ex is dating her sister. The “blind date” leads to an amazing one night stand that neither of them are able to forget after the fact. They keep running into each other — first at a hot club, then in her small Tennessee hometown church. She had no idea who he was the night they met, and Jack loved that he met a woman who saw him for him — not the millions of his contract. A one night stand leads to a two night stand, and the attraction between them is sizzling hot. And when Jack does a community service of sorts by playing Romeo to Elena’s Juliet in her community center’s production of the play, she finds that there is so much more to the sports star than she ever expected.

But Jack has some major trust issues due to his ex-girlfriend, and he seems to always be holding back a piece of himself. And when he misreads a situation and blows things out of proportion, will it be too late when he realizes that he’s holding his past history against his and Elena’s present and future?

This book was a cute, quirky romance with a lot of heart and a lot of heat. There are some rather interesting side characters — hello, Topher! — and a potbellied pig named Romeo. I am excited to see what comes next in this series!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About Ilsa Madden-Mills

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Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills is best known for her angsty new adult romances and romantic comedies.

Eight of her eleven novels have placed in the Amazon Top 10 Best-seller List: Dirty English #1; Fake Fiancée and I Dare You #2; I Bet You, Filthy English, and Very Bad Things #6; Boyfriend Bargain #8; The Last Guy, her collaboration with Tia Louise, #4.

A former high school English teacher, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.

She’s addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females. Feel free to stalk her online.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The One For Me, by Corinne Michaels

An all new and endearing friends-to-lovers story…

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Devney Maxwell has been my best friend since we were six years old, but she has no idea I’m in love with her.


Even when I’m on the road playing professional baseball, she’s my home–the only one I’ve ever known. But when I return to Sugarloaf to care for the family farm, I discover she’s trying to talk herself into a life with the wrong man … and I become desperate.

It only takes a single, perfect kiss to change everything.

I have six months to get it right with Devney–to convince her to leave this town and turn that kiss into forever.

I aim to do just that as I spend my days coaching her nephew’s baseball team, fixing up the farm, and loving her with all I have. Finally, it seems like our relationship is secure and we’ll find a way to make it work.

Then tragedy strikes … changing her life forever. She’s needed here more than ever, but as for me–there’s no way I can stay.

I know she’s the one for me, but I might have to let her go …

 

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“Don’t play that crap with me, Sean Arrowood. I know you better. You want the wife and kids. You always have. The issue that you have is that you’re stupid.”

“Stupid?”

She nods. “Yup. S-T-U-P-I-D. And dumb.”

“They mean the same thing.”

“It required the extra punctuation at the end.”

God, I love the side of her that is smart-mouthed, fearless, and relaxed. She’s only this way with me. Or at least, that’s what I’d like to think.

The last ten years have been hard on our friendship. We both went off to college, I had baseball and she was studying. We’d see each other on breaks, but after the accident that changed the trajectory of my life, I stayed in Maine, and we rarely saw each other.

However, when I had a series in New York, Devney came. If I was in Philly, she would find a way to meet me, and I flew her down to Tampa a few times.

Now, though, I’ll be around her so much more, and I know these feelings aren’t going to go away, they’ll get stronger.

Yeah, I guess I really am stupid.

“Well, I may be stupid, but at least I’m not settling.”

She sits up, slapping her hand on the couch cushion. “Settling?”

“Yeah. You may love Oliver, but he doesn’t make you crazy.”

Devney shifts back. “You’re making me crazy right now.”

“Good.”

“You’re infuriating!”

I shrug. “You love me.”

“It helps that you’re hot.” Devney quickly covers her hand over her mouth. “I did not mean it that like that.”

I grin and lean toward her. “You think I’m hot?”

“I think you’re mediocre. God knows your harem of . . . whatever you call them . . . think you are.”

For so long I’ve fought against telling her anything about how I feel. How those women are faceless and mean nothing to me. It’s always her. Always a brunette who I seek out, hoping to find just a piece of something like her that I can cling to, but I never say it.

Then I wonder, maybe this is the perfect time. Oliver is going to propose. Oliver will marry her, and I won’t have a god damn thing to say about it because I will have never told her.

Plus, she’s drunk.

Maybe she won’t remember it.

“Maybe so, but I’m not asking them. Plus, all the girls I’m attracted to look like you.”

Devney laughs while shaking her head. “Well, it has to be tough kissing your best friend, right?”

And in that moment, I know what I’m going to do. It doesn’t matter that it’s stupid or wrong. I no longer care about her boyfriend or how this moment will undoubtedly change everything between us because she will marry him when he asks. Devney won’t falter. She’ll cling to the safe, and I am not that, but I love her.

I lean closer and her eyes study my movement. With a trembling hand, I cup her face and brush my thumb against her soft skin. Everything freezes around us as I feel the warmth emanating from her. Our breaths mingle as the distance closes. “I don’t know, but I’d like to see if it’s tough to kiss you.”

I wait, giving her one last chance to push me away, but instead, her tongue moves against her pink lips, which is all the invitation I need.

I lean in, my lips touch hers, and I know my life hasn’t just changed, it’s been completely upended.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Corinne Michaels has done such a great job with the Arrowood Brothers series! And Sean and Devney’s story did not disappoint! This small town best friends romance has all the feels! This is the third brother’s book but it is a standalone in the series!

The book opens with best friends Sean and Devney sharing a drunken kiss, but they don’t immediately jump into a relationship. Namely, because she has a boyfriend, but Devney is kind of in denial that she has been in love with Sean for 20 years. For her, it’s kind of a surprise to suddenly be faced with these feelings, but Sean has always been in love with her. But because he’s married to his pro baseball career, Sean won’t do anything about acting on his feelings.

As Sean lives out the six months he’s required to on his family’s farmland, he gets a chance to make his move on his best friend. She’s not so easily convinced that she should take a chance on him. But when tragedy strikes, both Sean and Devney are forced to reconsider everything they thought was true as secrets are brought to light. When the dust settles, will she see what is right in front of her — that she is the one for Sean?

Corinne Michaels does another bang-up job with this series. Like Declan and Connor before him, Sean will steal your heart. This friends to lovers romance is wonderfully written. This couple is relatable, and likable, and the situation they are in is so understandable — they are both in love with one another, but terrified to ruin the friendship that they both treasure. Once they finally take that leap, though — it’s remarkable and magnificent.

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: Hard Fall by Sara Ney

 

Release Date: August 18

“Hard Fall”

That’s what my mom is always saying: “The bigger you are, the harder you fall.” She’s talking about love—I’ve never been in it myself, but that doesn’t stop me from secretly matchmaking for my friends. Who would suspect me, a world class athlete, of meddling in other people’s love lives? I love Love, especially when it’s not me who’s doing the falling…
“No Thanks.”

 

That’s what Hollis Westbrooke said when I asked her on a date. Well, propositioned her, actually—but it was all a big joke; one she doesn’t think is funny. My stomach is in knots since I might actually like this girl so the joke is on me. Hollis’s father is my boss—and she doesn’t date players.



The bigger they are, the harder they fall—especially when biggest player is me.


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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I am really enjoying this Trophy Boyfriends series from Sara Ney! Hard Fall is the second in the series, but can be read as a standalone. It follows baseball player Trace/Buzz and Hollis, who is the team owner’s daughter. Their meet-cute is a random run-in, but then they keep finding themselves in each other’s company over and over again. With each situation seemingly more awkward than the one before.

Of course, at first Hollis wants nothing to do with Buzz, as his reputation proceeds him. But as she gets to know him, Hollis learns that Trace, the man, is nothing like playboy Buzz. Still, Hollis is scarred from relationships past and is hesitant to let Trace in. But the more she gets to know him, the more she sees something that she likes in Trace.

The banter is snarky, sexy and witty, and Trace is a big ol’ teddy bear. When he falls, he falls hard and fast. And Hollis is the lucky lady who is on the winning side of his affections.

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 lattes, 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: Needing You Close, by Kennedy Fox

 

Needing You Close

Tyler & Gemma #2

Release Date: August 13



I never expected to see my first love again after he left me twelve years ago. Though I’ve moved on, working with Tyler is no easy task—especially when he focuses his bedroom eyes on me. Flirting with the past is like playing with fire, and considering I’m engaged, I’m bound to get burned.

 

When the man I promised to marry reveals he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing, I run to the safety of Tyler’s strong arms. As we grow closer, so do our feelings. Threats and ultimatums are made, and the revelation of the truth is enough to bring me to my knees. I’ll do whatever it takes to protect my family, even if it means shredding my heart.




Too dangerous, too unpredictable, too risky to handle alone—we need each other now more than ever.


After our world nearly collapses, there’s nothing left to do but take it back. Tyler and I team up to destroy the people who are determined to ruin our second chance at a happily ever after. Though our love is undeniable, I just hope it’s enough. We’ll fight until the end to be together—regardless of who tries to get in our way.

 



NEEDING YOU CLOSE is a slow-burn, angsty romance wrapped up in an intense love story. It’s book 2 in the Tyler & Gemma duet and must be read in order.
 
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

The conclusion to Tyler & Gemma’s story in Needing You Close was everything I wanted it to be. I knew that there were going to be some twists and turns after the cliffhanger that Pushing You Away left me on. And it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for them to get to their HEA. But the way that this story wound around with Tyler’s ex-boss Victoria and Gemma’s fiance was nothing like I was expecting it to be!

Everything about this conclusion was great. I didn’t feel like I was left hanging with any of the plot points, and the twists totally grabbed my attention and had me rushing to get to the next chapter. Well done!

And because Kennedy Fox do a bang-up job with their epilogues, I am totally hooked on finding out what will happen with Noah and Katie! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Kennedy Fox

Brooke Cumberland & Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up to write under the USA Today Bestselling 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, they decided to collaborate and have some fun creating new characters that’ll make you blush and your heart melt. 



If you enjoy romance stories with sexy, tattooed alpha males and smart, independent women, then a Kennedy Fox book is for you! 


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