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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Billion Dollar Date, by Bella Michaels

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“Hello, Enzo.”

With just two simple words, Chari Atwell storms back into my life.

Beautiful. Irresistible. The woman standing before me is not the girl I knew growing up.

And I’m not the same hopeful kid everyone thought was going nowhere fast.

Nowadays, I’m a hero. A celebrity. A man who isn’t content with the billions in his bank account.

Call me ambitious, if you want. I have my sights set on the rest of the world, and don’t have time for a relationship, including the one woman who still has the power to bring me to my knees.

I will not break.

I will not succumb.

Except that I’m used to getting exactly what I want, and after one chance encounter, it’s clear that what I want is Chari Atwell…

Even if she is my best friend’s little sister.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Billion Dollar Date is the debut novel by Bella Michaels — and she knocked it out of the park with this sweet story between Chari and her brother’s best friend, Enzo. Now that I know it is a pen name of a contemporary romance author, I’m dying to know who she really is!

But back to Enzo and Chari. This is pretty standard I’ve-had-a-crush-on-my-brother’s-best-friend-forever fare. Having left their small town after college, Enzo has made millions as the developer of Angel alcohol, the only libation that also has an antidote to make the drinker sober up. But when he comes back for his best friend Devon’s birthday, Enzo can’t help but notice how grown up Chari has become in the years since he’s seen her.

Despite Devon’s warnings to not hurt his sister, Enzo and Chari set off on a hot and heavy long-distance affair. They have a pretty perfect billion-dollar weekend in Switzerland where their relationship takes a pretty serious turn. Enzo warns her that he’s pretty much a workaholic, and for a while they are able to make long-distance romance work. But when Chari falls head over heels in love and wants more out of Enzo, will he fight for her or let her go?

This story had it all. Great characters, nice flow, sexy banter, likable characters and a real sense of trouble in paradise as they had to figure out how to make their relationship work. Was their love worth fighting for?

I did think that the ending was rather abrupt, and kind of anti-climactic. It left me wanting to know more about Chari and Enzo’s future, but I guess we will get glimpses of that in other books to come in this series. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Bella Michaels is the pen name of a contemporary romance author debuting her first billionaire novel this summer. When not writing historical, paranormal and contemporary romance, Bella loves dreaming up new sassy heroines and alpha heroes for readers to enjoy. Firmly Team Gryffindor, Stark and Reylo, she lives with her husband and two pre-teens in Pennsylvania.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Confessions Of A Bookaholic, by Joslyn Westbrook

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What happens when a book blogger accidentally publishes her digital diary online?

A viral shitstorm, that’s what.

No way did I want thousands of subscribers to read my confessionsβ€”yet, that’s precisely what went down last night after four too many Cosmos with my girls.

Now, Damage Control is my new middle name because my diary confessional has my roommate, Lucas Stone, written all over it.

Literally.

I’ve been in love with him foreverβ€”well, ever since I saw him sprint across campus naked during our first year of college.

And now that Lucas knows how I feel about him?

Well, things are destined to get awkward.

Because Lucas Stone, my BFFβ€”the man who sleeps only one room overβ€”just got engaged.

And his fiancΓ©e isn’t me.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

If best friends/roommates/childhood friends/secret crush is your jam, then you will be hard-pressed to find a romcom that packs more punch with all of those tropes than Confessions Of A Bookaholic. Macy and Lucas are that perfect kind of romcom couple: simmering tension, secret crushes, fantastic transition to romantic partners, and a helluva split.

There is great use of their childhood bond, the fact that they grew up next door to each other and are now roommates, and that their parents are best friends. The history between Macy and Luke went a long way in establishing how well they already know each other. Even before things turned romantic, Luke was pulling out boyfriend moves like “Buy Macy’s Monthly Snacks.” How cute!

The only thing I didn’t like was how BONE-HEADED Luke was in purposely pushing Macy away. And when his plan worked, he didn’t even TRY to win her back until he got some prompting from an outsider. I loved his grand gesture and their romantic reunion, but I seriously wanted to slap the dude upside the head for that stunt.

But besides that, Confessions of a Bookaholic was pretty perfect best friends romcom. A bit predictable, a whole lot of swoony and a satisfying ending! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Wife. Mom. Foodie. Fashion Junkie. Rom-Com Lover.

 

Author of sexy rom-coms and feel-good contemporary romance, Joslyn Westbrook’s novels feature sweep-you-off-your-feet heroes and the sassy, classy, badassy heroines who can’t seem to breath without them. When she’s not writing, Joslyn can be found binge-watching Netflix, cooking, shopping, and spending time with her husband and children at home in sunny California.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Keeping You Away, by Kennedy Fox

 

I never planned on returning to Alabama, but circumstances brought me here after years of being gone. Though Lawton Ridge is my hometown, I was hesitant to go back because of her β€”my sister’s best friend. The last time we were together, she was eighteen, and I was a broken soldier transitioning to civilian life.
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Too sweet, too innocent, too good for a guy like meβ€”I should walk away again.
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After serving five years in prison for something I didn’t do, I trust no one, but Gemma gradually breaks down my walls and exposes the pain I’ve hidden underneath. For her own sake, I should keep my distance, but it’s nearly impossible when I hear her sweet humming while I work and she slowly draws me back in. It’s a battle I didn’t train for, and one I’ll lose if I don’t keep my restraintβ€”especially since she’s engaged to another man.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

AH!!! I have been impatiently waiting for Tyler’s story since I read Liam and Maddie’s duet in the Roommates series, and Kennedy Fox did not disappoint!

Keeping You Away — like the rest of these author’s duets — ends on a cliffhanger. And I just KNEW that was how it was going to end! I need the conclusion ASAP! This story stands on its own, but it is set 5 years after Tyler gets out of prison for helping Liam and Maddie. So if you know that backstory, it helps but it is not necessary because the important parts are all defined. (But Liam and Maddie were a great duet, so go read that one if you have the chance!)

The authors do a great job of nailing all the angst both Tyler and Gemma feel with their unresolved feelings. They only dated for about 3 months years ago, but neither one of them had any closure when Tyler left town to see what else was out there, and leaving her has always been his biggest regret. But Gemma is now engaged to be married — but as soon as Tyler returns, it is clear that her fiance isn’t the one she is meant to be with.

I can’t wait to get my hands on the conclusion of this duet! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Star Bright, by Staci Hart

It’s finally here!! Star Bright, the first in Staci Hart’s brand new Bright Young Things series, is available now. Grab your copy of Star Bright from your preferred online book retailer today!

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Stella Spencer has one enemyβ€”her secrets.

The world’s obsession with the Bright Young Things is real. Every lavish party thrown by the most exclusive group in New York is a spectacle, stalked not only by the media, but by the police commissioner, who’s declared war. He’s out to ruin everyone’s good time, starting with uncovering the mysterious benefactor leading the group, thus answering the question on everyone’s lips.

Who is Cecelia Beaton?

And no one knows it’s Stella.

If society finds out the truth, her plans will unravel. And with one smoldering look from a stranger, her carefully ordered world catches fire.

Levi Hunt has one planβ€”get the story.

His future at Vagabond magazine depends on his ability to do the one thing no one can: infiltrate the Bright Young Things. If he can find out who Cecelia Beaton is, he’ll earn enough notoriety to permanently secure his career.

His dreams are at his fingertips, so long as he doesn’t blow his cover. But one night with the brightest, most brilliant young thing of all, and he knows he’ll have to make a choice.

The job he loves or the woman of his dreams.

Secrets and lies. Love and laughter. And two people with something to hide and everything to gain.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Star Bright mixes all of the glitz and glamour you think of when it comes to socialites and debutantes with the raw, emotional baggage of yearning for a place to fit in.

Levi and Stella’s story was fantastic, from start to finish. He’s a grown-up foster kid after a career-changing scoop. She’s a socialite making a family of her own choosing. When they meet at a Bright Young Things party, sparks fly and the attraction is immediate. But Levi is an outsider when it comes to the exclusive party clique and Stella is one of the core insiders, making this the ultimate opposites-attract romance.

What I really loved about Levi and Stella is that aside from their differences in social class, they just clicked so well. Everyone has the same feelings and hurts on the inside. Initially, Levi lies about the fact that he is a reporter, so Stella is understandably wary that he is trying to uncover the identity of Cecelia, the hostess of the BYT parties. And she is desperate to keep Cecelia’s identity a secret for many reasons. And when the fallout happens between them over who Cecelia really is, they both make grand gestures to make it up to the other person. But I really loved that Stella chases after Levi to make things right.

There is a fantastic circle of friends among the Bright Young Things, whom I figure will be the other characters/couples in this series. I can’t wait to see how the rest of this unfolds. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life — a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can’t forget that. She’s also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She’s been a wife, though she’s certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She’s also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she’s been drinking whiskey. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Lead Me Back, by C.D. Reiss

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A twist of fate proves wildly explosive in New York Times bestselling author CD Reiss’s smart and sexy Hollywood romance about the cost of running from your past to get to your dreams.

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Cutting all ties, Kayla Montgomery drives cross-country to Los Angeles. New start. New life. And an unexpected new job: assistant to Justin Beckett.

The Justin Beckett.

The boy band rebel with the cocky attitude and dreamy bed head who casts a spell over his fans and tests the patience of his handlers.

Now at the peak of Mount Adulthood, he has to build a clean-cut, movie star image. It’s in his contract. No partying. No attitude. No groupies.

To tie it together, he needs a normal girl.

Suddenly, Kayla’s swept up in Justin’s glamorous world, and his arms. But the most dizzying thing is Justin himself. Sweet, generous, reliable, and as eager to shed his past as Kayla is hers.

About that…

Those ties she thought she’d cut? They’ve followed her across the country with her secrets in tow, and they’re about to test Kayla’s courage, Justin’s loyalty, and a love that wasn’t part of the deal.

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Excerpt

Standing right there in bare feet, white tattoo-exposing tank, white basketball shorts with an orange stripe down the side, with his blond hair so precisely bed-headed it had to be on purpose, and a gold chain that was the icing on the cake of a look every fashion and celebrity magazine called β€œdouchecore” was Justin Beckett.

From the band Sunset Boys. That Justin.

From the cover of GQ. Twice before age twenty-two.

I considered myself too much of an adult to listen to his music, but I wasn’t dead. The Sunset Boys breakup that spring had drowned Twitter in sobs and DMZ in clicks. Justin Beckett, with his ghostly pale-blue eyes, had been the front man who’d thrown it all away for a crazy night at the Roosevelt Hotel. There had been a party at the pool. He’d beaten a bandmate bloody, gotten caught with another bandmate’s wife and a bunch of drugs in a hotel bathroom. It was impossibly salacious. Like watching a car wreck where everyone was fine except the one guy who deserved to get hurt.

The clean-cut, silky-smooth boy in the band wasn’t so silky smooth anymore. Maybe it was the rough night at the Roosevelt. Maybe it was just adulthood, but he’d transformed into a fully muscled, square-jawed man. His size and presence dazed me.

β€œWeeze,” he said to his grandmother. β€œWho is this person?”

Louise gathered the smooth stems into a bouquet and put on her glasses.

β€œYou’re such a big deal you don’t even know your own assistant?”

He shot his gaze to me.

β€œAll right.” He snapped his fingers and pointed to the door. β€œGet the hell out.”

β€œWait,” I snapped. I didn’t want to stay, but I wanted my money.

β€œI mean it. You got this far. Now get out.”

β€œYou don’t have to be so rude,” Louise said, inspecting a stem.

He grabbed my upper arm and pulled me out.

β€œDon’t touch me!”

Ignoring me, he opened the door and pushed me outside, joining me in his bare feet and closing the door behind us.

β€œHow did you find me?” he demanded, letting me go.

β€œI wasn’t looking for you!”

β€œYou one of the ones who parked on Laurel Crest?” He pointed to some street over thataway that I was supposed to know. β€œBecause you’re violating an order of protection.”

β€œNo! You stupid jackass!” With my finger pointed and an insult hurled in a decisively unfannish tone, his face softened for a moment. I almost lost my resolve and smiled.

But he was still the guy who’d gripped my arm so hard it hurt, and that guy could suck it.

β€œYou’re from what paper?” he asked.

β€œI just got a new phone, and your grandmother dialed the wrong number. She insisted it was you. And I was like, here’s a nice lady who’s not going to have a present for her boyfriend, so I went to get the flowers, which cost seventy-five dollars after I already got a hundred-and-sixty-two-dollar ticket for talking to her in the first place.”

β€œI like your accent,” he said. β€œNew York?”

β€œRound it up to eighty.” I held out my hand. β€œThe receipt’s on the kitchen counter.”

His mouth twisted, and he looked at me from shoes to hair. I wished I’d showered after the drive from Vegas.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Lead Me Back is a lighthearted contemporary romance standalone set in the same world as CD Reiss’ The Bodyguard. This is a binge worthy story about an ex-boybander needing a bit of an image cleanup and the fashion designer he falls for.

I always like the celebrity guy/normal Plain Jane trope, and Justin and Kayla’s story did not disappoint. I was hooked from the start, with their adorable meet-cute when she gets his old phone number. There are a few twists in their tale having to do with the past she’s trying to leave behind her as she makes a fresh start.

There are a few instances where we see just how different their worlds are, but Justin is a swoony hero who makes his girl realize that they are just meant to be. Justin starts off all cocky arrogance, but there is such a sweet side to him when it comes to his grandmother and Kayla. (I love books with a feisty granny, and this one was off the chart!)

I absolutely adored Justin and Kayla. This story keeps a nice pace, and the characters are so likable and relatable, I couldn’t wait to see what happened next. They have a sexy, playful banter and I was hooked on these two from the get-go.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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About CD Reiss

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

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

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

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

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Love Disregarded by Rachel Blaufeld

 

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Love Disregarded, an all-new, second chance standalone romance with all the feels from Rachel Blaufeld is available now!

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When I first met Aston Prescott, I thought I’d be able to let go of him.

I was naive.

He belonged to the private club where I worked, and despite the vast difference in our social status, I still fell for him. I thought he fell for me too, and that our love would overcome any obstacles.

But our relationship was discounted by everyone around us. Our families didn’t support us, and our friends avoided us.

So we moved on with our lives, but then everything fell apart.

The man who once abandoned me is now seeking comfort in my arms, and this time, I’m not sure if I can give in.

Because if I do, I may never be able to let him go again.

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Excerpt

β€œRemember when we first met? Christ, we were young.” I ran my hand through my hair, feeling it stick up at the ends. Cass would have sneered and told me I needed a haircut.

Bexley, who was standing right in front of me, didn’t say a word. We were facing each other, but she left enough space between us so I couldn’t touch her. My hand shook, wanting to close the divide.

β€œI was a kid then,” she said. β€œA foolish, smitten girl looking into a window of a world I knew better than to think I’d ever belong to.”

β€œNah, you did belong. Do belong. The only foolish person was me. What I mean is, you were the first person I’d ever come clean to, been honest with, you know? I’d never really told anyone about my mom before and her antics. The endless lying in bed. The pining-away bullshit. At least, I thought it was bull, but she was the one who knew what was up. I chose to believe my dad, and that’s on me.”

β€œYou can’t beat yourself up over that. Not your dad, but your mom. Each of them tried to pit you against the other.”

Bexley finally moved toward me and ran her hand down my arm. Her fingers ghosted over mine, and I grabbed hold of them before she could pull away. My grip might have been tighter than necessary, but the fear of her slipping out of my grasp attacked my heart.

β€œLook, I know he did us dirty, but back then, he held the keys to everything I wanted. Thought I wanted. Money, prestige, power. I’d been raised to think that’s what made life worth living, but I was wrong. And when he took you away from me, it was a loss like I’d never felt, a sacrifice I shouldn’t have had to make. Or you.”

A small tear formed in the corner of her eye. I waited for it to fall, but it floated on a precipiceβ€”like the current status of my life.

β€œI can’t go over all of it again. It hurt like hell then, and it still hurts now,” she said, sniffing back more tears. β€œI tried my best to move on, and that’s all I could do.”

β€œI know, but I hate that it happened. That I allowed it to happen at all. And to think I did this to you. My dad took you from me and me from you, and with the way he was, I thought you were better off. It’s no defense. Believe me.”

My heart and head pounded in synchronicity from the stress of dredging this all up. The fact I was here . . . with Bexley. It was all too much.

β€œI can’t. I said I can’t. Let’s not talk about it anymore,” she begged.

She moved back toward the couch and sat down, dropping her head in her hands. Her separation was an immediate shock to my system.

β€œI want a chance to make it right.” I knelt at her feet, my jeans cutting into the back of my knees, and I welcomed the pain. β€œLook at me. Please.”

This time, her tears fell heavy and hard. β€œWhy now? I can’t believe this. What are you doing here? Now, of all times?”

β€œYou can believe it. I’m here.” I brought a thumb to each cheek and wiped the wetness away.

β€œYou’re probably going to go to prison. Then what? We’ll have our second chance with me visiting you behind bars? Oh, that’s so romantic, Aston.”

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3.5 Stars

Is 14 years too long after the fact to recapture a lost love? Love Disregarded is an angsty second-chance romance, full of some twists as Bex and Aston try to reconnect with two marriages and four kids now between them.

The story unfolds nicely as we get chapters from the last and present, and I thought the reader really gets a sense of how Bexley didn’t fit in with Aston’s high-society lifestyle.

This blurb sucked me in, and the story was entertaining and well-executed. I just thought Aston was too pompous, and Bex should have come clean. Her keeping a secret like that is one of my pet peeves when it comes to romance tropes. I needed to see more when it came to their split β€” it happens as a throw-away line, where I would have liked to have seen more details of some of the things we are TOLD happened, but not shown. I also thought that Aston should have made his intentions known to Bex about his plans with wanting her to wait; would have saved them both much heartache! So for these reasons, this book rates a 3 for me. It was entertaining, and I love how the kids bring them together and how well the families blend. But there were some big chunks in the story that left me unsettled and wanting more.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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About Rachel

Rachel Blaufeld is a bestselling author of Romantic Suspense, New Adult, Coming-of-Age Romance, 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.

A devout coffee drinker and doughnut eater, Rachel spends way too many hours in local coffee shops, downing the aforementioned goodies while she plots her ideas. Her tales may all come with a side of angst and naughtiness, but end as lusciously as her treats.

As a side note, Blaufeld, also a long-time blogger and an advocate of woman-run anything, is fearless about sharing her opinion. She captured the ears of stay-at-home and working moms on her blog, BacknGrooveMom, chronicling her adventures in parenting tweens and running a business, often at the same time. To her, work/life/family balance is an urban legend, but she does her best.

Rachel has also blogged for The Huffington Post and Modern Mom. Most recently, her insights can be found in USA TODAY, where she shares conversations at β€œIn Bed with a Romance Author” and reading recommendations over at β€œHappy 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.

When she isn’t writing, she can be found courtside, tweeting about hoops as her son plays, or walking around the house wearing earplugs while her other son, the drummer, bangs away.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Nerdy Little Secret, by Carrie Aarons

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“From the chemistry, to the heartfelt conversations, to the fiery hot sexy times and the sweetest of feels, Carrie brings everything to the table in this fabulous college romance.”

NERDY LITTLE SECRET is now live, and this new release by Carrie Aarons is sexy, hilarious and spins the hot nerd trope on its head! You can one-click now or read it for free in Kindle Unlimited!
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I’m sleeping with the nerd.
The nice guy.
The science geek who wears periodic table t-shirts around campus.

That’s my dirty little secret, but it began long before he unknowingly transferred to the same college I attend. We met at the summer camp I was mandated to work at, and our hush-hush affair started behind the kayak cabin and in the darkened canteen long after our respective campers went to sleep.

When Mick Barrett, rockstar name a complete red herring, enrolls at Salem Walsh University, we’re both shocked the first time we bump into each other. And he’s … surprisingly cold. With goals and secrets of his own, Mick is closed off and uninterested, something I’ve never encountered from the opposite sex.

My bruised ego has no time to recover, however, when he discovers the real secret I’m keeping, one that’s even more detrimental than our steamy summer fling. Agreeing to become my tutor, and help me save my future, the glasses-wearing swimmer, with the body of an Olympian under that punny math sweatshirt, begins to grow on me. Again.

Except we both have bigger things to focus on than sneaking around. Plus, we’re not made for each other. He’s aiming to be the next doctor of our generation, while I’m just hoping to survive my Saturday morning hangover.

Too bad our bodies, and hearts, start to believe otherwise.
Which has me questioning; can my dirty little secret become a happily ever after?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Jolie is the popular girl. Mick is the sexy nerd. They both thought their summer romance had run its course when their jobs as camp counsellors ended, so they are surprised to see one another on their college campus where Mick is a junior-year transfer. Not only is Jolie keeping her friendship with Mick under wraps, but she also hasn’t told her roommates a whopper of a secret. And when her future at Salem Walsh depends on Mick tutoring her in biology, it starts to get harder for Jolie to keep her secrets. Mick, meanwhile, is under a ton of pressure to get into med school, fueled by his desire to help out his dad. He’s not looking for any distractions to keep him from his plans, but that’s exactly what happens when he and Jolie start dating.

The blow up between Jolie and Mick is the perfect culmination of both of their stresses and fears. Frustrated with himself for veering off course and away from his plans, Mick lashes out at Jolie, throwing every spoiled rich girl stereotype in her face that she’s been trying to distance herself from and change about herself. Their time apart puts a lot of things into perspective for both of them, and Carrie Aarons does a great job of exploring that growth with both characters.

Although this book started off a bit slow for me — I wasn’t as enraptured with both characters like I have been with some others in CA books — the story grew on me. Mick was by far a better character than Jolie. I adored him, his unassuming nature, his geekiness. Jolie was a little harder to like, because I did see her as a spoiled rich girl. Although, what had gotten her into trouble and how she didn’t rat out the others did give her some extra points.

Overall, Nerdy Little Secret is an enjoyable opposites-attract story, easy to read and with a satisfying HEA that made me smile. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: No Reservations, by Stephanie Rose

 

Title: No Reservations

Author: Stephanie Rose

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 10, 2020

 





Blurb

Is it too late to correct the biggest mistake of my
life?
While drowning in a mess of sorrow and grief, I lost the
only woman I ever loved. I didn’t realize what I’d done until it was too
late.Β 
Thea still owned my thoughts, my dreams, and my heart. I
never expected to see her again, much less have to work with her for almost the
entire summer.Β 
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I should’ve fought for her years ago, and after how much I
hurt her I probably don’t have the right to now.Β 
But I can’t stop until she’s mine again.Β 
No Reservations is a continuation of characters from No
Vacancy but is a total STANDALONE. If you like second chance love stories that
make you cry, overheat, and swoon with a broken but lovable wise-cracking hero,
this is the book for you!

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

No Reservations is the kind of second-chance romance story that sucks you in, jumbles you up and spits you back out. Dom and Thea’s relationship ended tragically, and instead of riding out the storm together, the circumstances tore them apart. It was heartbreaking, and affected them both.

Years later, Dom is back to make amends, but are the scars Thea bears from their relationship too much for her to be willing to let him back in? This is a lovely story. It’s heartfelt and sweet, touching and poignant. Dom doesn’t jerk Thea around; he is up front with how he feels like the end of their relationship is his biggest regret and how he wished he’d done things differently. Thea is a strong heroine, and makes him work for that second chance.

As a Jersey girl, I love that it’s set in a fictional Jersey Shore town! Reminded me of my own summers spent at the beach in a timeshare. No Reservations is a wonderful summertime romance!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Stephanie Rose is a badass New Yorker, a wife, a mother, and
lover of all things chocolate. Most days you’ll find her trying to avoid
standing on discarded LEGO or deciding which book to read next. Her debut
novel, Always You, released in 2015, and since then she’s written several
moreβ€”some of which will never see completionβ€”and has ideas for hundreds to
come.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Finding Solace, by SL Scott

 

Release Date: July 10

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He puts the Bad in bad boy.

 

I’ve done my time as undercover elite security and I’m ready for a change. Seeking redemption and a slower pace, I return to the one place I once vowed not toβ€”Solace Pointe.

 

Then, I was a hometown heroβ€”star quarterback and Delilah Noelle’s one and only.

 

Now, I’ve accrued enough sins to last two lifetimes and want to retire in peace.

 

I mistakenly forgot how rumors run rampant in a small town, and my return causes quite the ruckus. That’s to be expected. I can handle church group gossip. What I didn’t expect was for the only girl I ever loved to be single again.

 

I didn’t come back looking for trouble, but it seems to be leading me right back to Delilah.

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She puts the Sweet in sweetheart.

 

I finally freed myself from a bad marriage. Running my family farm is hard work, but it’s become my safe haven. That is until gossip travels down the grapevine that Jason Koster is back in town. If there was ever a man who held my heart in his hands, it was him.

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Then, I had stars in my eyesβ€”a beauty queen and madly in love with the man of my dreams.

 

Now, I live a peaceful life alone on the farm.

 

I should have known trouble was heading my way, especially since I’m standing here holding the door wide open for him.

 

New York Times bestselling author, S.L. Scott, weaves her emotional words with her signature heartfelt style into a second chance, small town romance that will have you falling for the bad boy.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Finding Solace is a sweet second-chance, soulmates forever kind of romance. It was a little slow going, but once the story picked up, I liked the reunion between these two broken souls.

The details surrounding Delilah and Jason’s breakup in college could have been fleshed out more, I think. And it bugged me that she just listened to the BS Jason’s “best friend” was feeding her without speaking with Jason himself. But now it’s years after their split, Jason is back in town after working in elite security and he’s pulled toward Deliah. Is he back home to take a breather or get back his true love?

Delilah’s survived an abusive marriage, but it left her horribly scarred on the inside. Jason is pretty scarred from the things that he has seen and done as a mercenary. But the love and connection is as strong as ever between them, and they love each other fiercely and help one another heal.

While I liked the story between Jason and Delilah, it didn’t pack the same punch for me that We Were Once did. I still have a book hangover from that one more than a month later. But Finding Solace is a sweet story of redemption and reconnection. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet S.L. Scott
New York Times and USA Bestselling Author, S. L. Scott, was always interested in the arts. She grew up painting, writing poetry and short stories, and wiling her days away lost in a good book and the movies.
With a degree in Journalism, she continued her love of the written word by reading American authors like Salinger and Fitzgerald. She was intrigued by their flawed characters living in picture perfect worlds, but could still debate that the worlds those characters lived in were actually the flawed ones. This dynamic of leaving the reader invested in the words, inspired Scott to start writing with emotion while interjecting an underlying passion into her own stories.
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Living in the capital of Texas with her family, Scott loves traveling and avocados, beaches, and cooking with her kids. She’s obsessed with epic romances and loves a good plot twist. She dreams of seeing one of her own books made into a movie one day as well as returning to Europe. Her favorite color is blue, but she likens it more toward the sky than the emotion. Her home is filled with the welcoming symbol of the pineapple and finds surfing a challenge though she likes to think she’s a pro.


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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Before I Die, by Nikki Ash

 

Title:Β Before I Die
Author: Nikki Ash
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 9, 2020
Blurb
Things I want to do before I die:
Go to a club
Get drunk
Kiss a stranger
Go on a mission trip
I’m drowning. Trapped beneath my mother’s expectations.
Suffocated by my religious upbringing.
My life has been full of well-crafted decisionsβ€”none of them
made by me.
On the outside I play by the rules, but on the inside… I
have dreams. A list. A tattered scrap of paper tucked away from the world, only
I know about.
Some items were easy to check off. Others, though, will
require me to take a huge leap out of my comfort zone.
One night changes everything. While at the club for my
birthday, so I could check off another item on my list, I did something I never
imagined I would have the guts to do: I got drunk and kissed a stranger.
What I wasn’t prepared for was how that one kiss would
change the course of my life, making me realize life is more than a list to be
checked off. It’s about living in the moment so you don’t miss the ones not on
the listβ€”the ones you didn’t even know you wanted.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

This cover is absolutely stunning in its simplicity. What I thought was going to be a lighthearted romance story ended up being a punch to the gut.

Nevaeh has led an incredibly sheltered life. Her mother is so strictly religious, and Navaeh is torn between wanting to be the good girl her mother expects her to be and wanting to find out who she is for herself. What does she like? What makes her tick? Enter Navaeh’s bucket wish list.

From the moment she meets club owner Ethan during a rare night out, sparks fly. When she spontaneously kisses him, it’s magic. There are so many obstacles for these two to overcome, and Nikki Ash does a great job of writing many twists and turns for them along the way.

Without giving anything away: This book was not what I expected.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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