𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑼𝑺𝑨 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓, 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆!

I came here seeking sanctuary. I never meant to fall for the broody single dad next door.

I’ve spent my life hiding in plain sight, burying my past beneath layers of carefully constructed lies. Moving to Sparrow Falls was supposed to be a fresh start, a place to lay low. But when I end up living next door to the single dad who just happens to be one of my brother’s best friends, everything changes.

Trace Colson sees too much and asks too many questions, and his protectiveness is as infuriating as it is alluring. 

And when danger comes calling, it’s Trace who stands between me and the darkness. 

But being close to him is its own kind of risk. Because with every heated glance and every stolen touch, Trace tempts me to open my heart, to dream of a life I’d long since given up on. The only problem? Trace has his own demons, and when they collide with mine, the fallout could destroy us both.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Chasing Shelter is another fantastic small-town romantic suspense story from Catherine Cowles! I adored grumpy single dad, small-town sheriff Trace and sunshiney Ellie, not just the relationship they developed with each other, but the unit they became with his sweet daughter, Keeley. These two characters had oodles of chemistry from the start, and the duet narration from Jason Clarke and Desiree Ketchum was a winning combo!

Ellie is the sister of Lincoln from Beautiful Exile (#4), and her story begins when she moves to Sparrow Falls after their father is arrested for his numerous crimes and she ends her engagement with her abusive fiancé. Linc wastes no time setting his sister up next door to Arden’s brother… who happens to be the town sheriff. Trace and Ellie get off to a rather rocky start when he saves her from nearly burning down her rental home, and thus Chief and Blaze are born.

This story is full of heat and heart, and has CC’s trademark element of suspense with a heroine in danger. I loved how Jason Clarke played growly Trace and sweet, vulnerable, scared Trace.

Chasing Shelter also set up the story for CC’s next series, which will begin with reclusive hacker Dex, a former colleague of Anson’s. We get to know him a bit when he helps Trace and Co. rescue Ellie, and I am intrigued!

But first… bring on Fallon and Kyler!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 (The Lighthouse Duology Book 1) by Kelsey Kingsley is now live! 

𝙊𝙣𝙚-𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙!

http://mybook.to/lighthouseduology

What to expect: 

✔️Male POV

✔️Broken/Reluctant Hero

✔️Military Romance 

✔️Coming of Age 

✔️Second Chance 

✔️Found Family 

✔️Right Person, Wrong Time

BLURB: 

 𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 #1

Every child deserves to be loved.

Every child deserves parents who love them.

Yet, for as long as I can remember, I’ve harbored an insatiable craving for that one simple thing.

Love.

I was desperate for it. Through years of mistreatment and degradation, I longed for the affection I saw others receive. And I was willing to do anything to prove myself to the people I wanted it from—including going to war.

Yet it was never enough. Nothing ever was.

Except when it came to Laura, my high school sweetheart … and I pushed her away.

Over and over again.

Because how could I possibly deserve love from her—or anyone—if my own parents couldn’t find me worthy of theirs?

Maybe I’m just not worthy of anything.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I love that Max was a side character in Spider & The Storm, and Kelsey Kingsley created this beautifully broken, tragic man who lives in a world of hurt and trauma!

All Max ever wanted was to be loved and seen by his parents. He craved that approval and affection, and he never received it. This book was brutal to read. The hits just keep coming, one after another, and I was hoping, hoping that Max would find a shred of happiness. And then he did when he reconnected with his high school love, Laura. But we know from S&TS that Max was a widower, and how that came to be is just another tragic moment in this man’s life. How many tragedies can one person go through before he breaks? I guess we are about to find out when this story concludes in the second book!

Kudos to Kelsey Kingsley for this story. It is such a haunting tale. While there are romantic aspects, I think it’s more fiction than romance. But it was gripping, and I could not put it down. (I also read it during a particularly dark emotional time in my life, so Max’s story really hit me hard.)

I have my theory about why his father hates him so much, so I am anxious to read Part 2 and see if I am correct! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

FORGOTTEN DREAMS by Natasha Madison is AVAILABLE NOW

Blurb:

Sierra

Who do you think you are?

I thought I knew until I accidentally discovered my adoring parents’ biggest secret on my twenty-fifth birthday.

I am adopted.

Part of me is missing, and I set out to find it.

Trying to figure out the past piece by piece, I bought a little fixer-upper in the small town I was given up in.

Old lies will come out. Secrets that everyone is trying to keep buried.

Who am I really?

Caleb

When I needed a clean slate, I moved to Montgavin to start my own construction firm.

Slowly, I built my crew after my success with the bakery renovation.

When the newcomer in town wants to restore her house to its former glory, I trust no one but myself.

Sierra looks lost, slowly putting her life together, with her dedicated room complete with a whiteboard.

Something calls to me to protect her and her secrets.

Someone wants her out of the town.

But now they have to get through me.

Buy Link:

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Available in KU

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Natasha Madison closes out her Dream series with Forgotten Dreams.

On the day of her 25th birthday, Sierra’s life was upended when she learned she was adopted. Needing to get away to sort through her feelings, she moves to Montgavin — where she’d been left outside the fire station, hoping to find info about her birth parents. She buys a fixer-upper, and hires local contractor Caleb to do the restoration. The sparks between them are immediate, but Sierra backs off after learning that Caleb dated her best friend, Lilah (from #4, Stolen Dreams).

Of course, the more time Caleb and Sierra spend together, the more feelings grow between them.

In the midst of this sexy and sweet slow-burn romance, Sierra gets closer to finding her birth parents — and that soon becomes a secret that someone wants to keep buried. I loved how the suspense of that storyline mixed with the sexy romance, and just how far Caleb was willing to go to protect Sierra and keep her safe.

While Forgotten Dreams wasn’t my favorite of the series, it was still an enjoyable, entertaining story. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Natasha Madison:

When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…

Connect with Natasha Madison:

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I have a hot British bodyguard in my guest room.

Could be worse, I guess. Like…bats in the attic?
Though bats don’t rip your panties and ruin you for all other men.

How did this happen?

My sister married the prince he protects, so I now have an extra room and insisted my friend stay with me when she left her husband.

Her husband is being a real a-hole about that.

Which made the bodyguard all growly and he moved in to protect us.

That sounds nice, I know.
But he’s my ex.

And when his best friend married my sister, we agreed to do the mature adult thing: avoid each other for the rest of our lives.

Now he’s sleeping down the hall, walking around looking delicious, talking with that panty-melting accent, just…taking care of me.

And giving my friend pep talks, making her little boy airplane-shaped pancakes, and making her jerk ex very sorry.

So, I really can’t be blamed for what happens in the shower—he should have been quieter if he didn’t want company—or against the wall in the kitchen.

But here’s the problem: the royals have become the family he never had growing up. He’ll never quit. And I’ve spent the past sixteen years helping my sister raise her daughter. Now’s my chance to finally go to law school—which can’t happen here in my tiny hometown.

So, we need to help my friend and nothing more.

We can’t be reckless. Not with where we take our clothes off. Not with our words. And certainly not with our hearts.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

After getting to know Ruby and Henry in Rags to Royals, I have been waiting for them to get their own story and HEA. And this was a doozy.

Henry has worked as a bodyguard to Cian and the royal family of Cara for 12 years. He and Ruby, a bartender/stripper, briefly dated while Cian was pursuing her sister, Scarlett. Recklessly Rogue picks up right where Rags to Royals left off. Now that Prince Cian and Ruby’s sister Scarlett have married, Henry figures he and Ruby can pick up where they left off since he will be with them in Ohio. Except, now that her sister is happily married and no longer needs her help in raising Mariah, Ruby finally has an opportunity to do what she wants with her life: go to law school in New Orleans. They are both still clearly so in love with each other, but how can they make a relationship work when Henry’s first priority is always going to be to the royal family?

There are a lot of ups and downs for this couple, and I loved it all. There is a lot of family drama involved on Henry’s end: the guy isn’t as confident as he appears to be, thanks to a messy childhood. I loved seeing buttoned-up Henry come undone, and all that he and Ruby had to go through to get to their ending made it that much sweeter.

Zachary Johnson and Maeve York narrate this story in duet format, and they were amazing. His accent was so swoony! Johnson and York are new-to-me narrators, but I thoroughly enjoyed listening to them bring Henry and Ruby to life! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Ruining Hattie by P. Rayne is now live! A man with no limits is the most dangerous kind of threat. When Trent Clarke caught me picking pockets at eleven, he didn’t turn me in. Instead, he took me under his wing and taught me that in this world, you take what you want and never look back. He might have shaped me, but I built my empire of the most successful string of strip clubs on the West Coast. Now that I have everything, it’s time to track down my deadbeat mother and remind her who she left behind. That is if the drugs didn’t kill her already. But I don’t find the worn-down shell of the woman I remember. Instead, she has all the things she never managed to give me—the white picket fence, a family dog, even church on Sunday mornings. The real kicker? She replaced me and raised the perfect daughter with all the care and love she never gave me. A twisted need for revenge roars to life inside me, and I aim it at my mother’s precious stepdaughter—sweet, sheltered Hattie Sinclair. At first, it’s purely about vengeance, pulling Hattie into the darkness to watch her innocence unravel piece by piece. But she becomes something more. Something dangerous. Something I can’t resist. Until she becomes my obsession. Download today or read for FREE with Kindle UnlimitedAmazon: https://books2read.com/RH Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3F6KRKo

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Stalker romances aren’t my favorite, but I was fascinated by Bastion as Arianna’s brother in His Subordinate, and I liked P. Rayne’s stalker romance His Obsession. So I wanted to give Ruining Hattie a whirl, and I am so glad that I did.

Bastion did not lead an easy life. His mother was a drug addict who often neglected him, which led him to run away from home and ultimately be taken in by Arianna’s dad, Trent. Living life as a family of con artists wasn’t easy either, but at least it was a step up from the life Bastion had with his mom. Ruining Hattie takes place a decade after His Subordinate, and Bastion has decided to look up his birth mom to see what happened to her. Much to his surprise, his mom got clean, got healthy, owns her own salon, got remarried… and has a stepdaughter whom she dotes upon.

Thus, Bastion’s revenge plot is born: get Hattie to fall in love with him, not knowing that he is her stepbrother, and ruin her life as a way to get back at Carla. But of course, he never expected to develop genuine feelings for the sweet, innocent, kindhearted ingenue. And when Bastian’s plot blows up in his face, it blows up spectacularly!

I loved the contrast between bad boy, con artist, strip club owner Bastion, and naive, sheltered, Christian good-girl Hattie. As much as this was a dark stalker romance, it was a coming-of-age story for Hattie as well. During her time with Bastion, she really blossomed and grew from a woman who was terrified of her own shadow at the start of the book. Hattie’s religious beliefs were such a huge part of who she was as a character, and I really loved how she came to realize that what she thought was morally wrong (ie, the strip club, sex and lust, etc.) wasn’t necessarily the case.

I was hooked on this opposites-attract couple, Hattie’s journey of self-discovery, Bastion’s change from charming schemer to a guy head-over-heels in love with his mark, and even the healing he was able to find in reconnecting with his mother.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Luca Asher is my brother’s ex-best friend, the best contractor in our small town of Lovers, a walking dream when he doesn’t have a shirt on—heck, with it on, too, and he was the first boy I ever loved. He just doesn’t know that last part. On the rare occasions I converse with him, I get a comeback for everything. Our banter is my favorite thing. He’s so clever and quick and, again, sexier than any man I’ve ever met. But none of that changes the fact that he betrayed my brother. My family. Me. And none of those facts would matter except for my one little problem. I had this plan to save my family’s marina, which backfired. Now, my parents have given me a deadline to prove to them it’s still worth saving. If I don’t make it, they’ll sell everything, and I’ll lose my dream to keep the place. They gave me one rule: do not hire that Asher boy. At this point, I have only one option left to make this happen. Hire Luca and beg him not to tell a single soul about it. My heart forgave him years ago, but my head knows better than to trust the enemy. And yet, in a matter of weeks, he starts to remind me of the old us, and I find myself falling for him all over again. The idea of me and Luca is … tempting. Tempting Me is a small-town, steamy, enemies to lovers romance with his ex-best friend’s sister, lots of banter, and a secret agreement. Enemies to Lovers Brothers Ex-Best Friend Small-town Spice Slow burn Banter Secretly Working Together 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒆 . . GET IT HERE ——> https://geni.us/AmazonTM

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I loved this secret relationship between Shay and her brother’s former best friend, Luca. The tension between them was off the charts as they went from enemies to working together in secret to lovers. They were just so perfectly matched, and her snarky comebacks and eye rolls practically became foreplay between them.

Shay is out of options when it comes to saving The Marina, her family’s business. Her father literally forbade her from hiring Luca’s construction company to do the job, but with no other contractors around to do the work, she hires him to do the renovations under the secret cover of night. There was a falling out between Luca and her brother, Leo, back in high school, so he is Public Enemy No. 1 as far as her family is concerned. But fixing up the restaurant and its rental cabins isn’t the only thing that happens between them at night. Little by little, they begin to form a friendship. Shay has long had a crush on Luca, and it’s not long before he’s crushing right back on her.

But how can Luca and Shay make a relationship work when her family doesn’t know about it? Is it just a summer fling while her parents and brother are out of town? When The Obstacle comes that leads to The Breakup, my heart hurt for Luca and how he always felt relegated to being the secret boyfriend.

Tempting Me is a standalone in The Asher Family series, but the timeline overlaps with Miles and Quinn’s story (Loving You), so it was great to see some of those scenes and plot points from Luca’s POV. This book had so much sweetness, not only between Luca and Shay, but the friend groups, too. In the previous books, we got to see the girls hanging out at their book club, and now we see the birth of boys’ night with Luca, his brothers, and the other guys in town.

I really enjoyed this story, and was so happy to see Luca and Shay get their HEA! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

SOMEHOW YOU KNEW by Harlow James is NOW LIVE

Blurb:

I never imagined I’d agree to an arranged marriage for over 5 million dollars.

Not to mention that the man I’d be marrying is someone I’d already met once before.

Gage Kingston waltzes into the meeting with the lawyer unaffected—cocky, tattooed, and acting like he didn’t know who I was.

But after we agree we’d be stupid to walk away from that kind of money, we embark on a six month timeline to riches despite the animosity between us.

Now I’m living with the man his aunt thought would be perfect for me while wondering if the woman was going insane before she died to think this was a good idea.

Then the first letter came.

Turns out Diane had a plan to get us to fall for each other while trying to make our marriage work.

Arguments turn to meaningful conversations.

Innocent brushes turn to lust-filled challenges.

And before I know it, we’re crossing every line we drew in the sand.

Did Diane somehow know that we were meant for each other before we figure it out for ourselves?

Or was jumping into a marriage with a man I barely knew one of the worst mistakes of my life?

Buy Link:

https://mybook.to/somehowyouknew

Available in KU

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I devoured Somehow You Knew in two days. After the tease in the previous book about Hazel and the mysterious guy who randomly drew on her, I knew I had to get into this story, and it was so good.

This story is a great slow burn, and hits all the right notes of spicy and sweet. Both Hazel and Gage have experienced parental loss, and it has affected them deeply, albeit in different ways. There is a great push-pull between these two as they fight their feelings during their marriage of convenience. And the sweet letters and “tasks” set out for them by their matchmaker Diane (her friend/his aunt) were just so cute.

On top of the slow build in their romance, Gage is keeping a pretty major secret from Hazel, and it comes to light in the worst possible way and has the potential to change everything between them. Once his truth is revealed, Gage’s reluctance to emotionally get involved with Hazel all makes sense. But when the going gets tough, Gage realizes that Hazel is everything he never allowed himself to have. And with the extended Sheppard family, he has the family surrounding him that he’s longed for.

This was the first audio I’ve listened to with Brandon Francis narrating the hero, and I thought he did a great job of playing all the nuances in Gage’s reluctance to get involved with Hazel, fighting his feelings, and the vulnerability of the character once his secret is revealed. Erin Mallon, as always, did a great job with her portrayal of Hazel! She’s a frequent narrator for a reason!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Harlow James:

Steamy Romance Author

Harlow James is a pen name I use to protect my identity as a high school teacher. Keeping those two roles in my life separate is necessary, but also fun! It’s like a live two lives, and anonymity gives me the opportunity to be bold and take risks in my stories.

I stumbled upon romance novels in 2018 when I picked up Driven by Kristy Bromberg, and I was obsessed. I had just lost my grandmother too, so reading offered me an escape from reality and a chance to grieve on my own terms.

About a year later, I got an idea for my own book and started writing. I researched self-publishing and jumped in with both feet. I had no idea what I was doing!

But now I’ve built a business and hobby that I LOVE! I have an outlet that’s just for me. When I write, I’m not a mom, a wife, or a teacher…I’m a woman who gets to tell stories that no one else can.

My books are the perfect blend of heartwarming moments, full-bellied laughs, and PLENTY of steam to melt your Kindles 😉 And there are always elements of me sprinkled in to every character and story that I write.

When I’m not writing you can find me reading or spending time in my kitchen. I love to cook and feed my family and friends. Otherwise, you can find me watching comedy specials with my husband, camping with our kids, or taking naps. I live for naps 😉

Connect with Harlow James:

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The Wildest One by Marni Mann is now live! A scorching hot, hockey, forbidden, billionaire romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann … I’m not the calm before the storm. I am the storm. And only she can tame my wild ways. Hockey is my religion. My body is my temple. My only goal in life is to win another Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Whales, so women are just a sexy distraction. Until her. The fiery redhead I see across the bar while I’m at an away game. With one look, I know I have to meet her. With one touch, I need her beneath me. With one bat of her long lashes, I want those eyes gazing up at me as she kneels before me. And with booze flowing through my veins, I do something I’ve never done. I offer her a proposition—to spend a long weekend with me. What is only supposed to be three nights of sizzling passion turns into much more, and when I leave for my next away game, I find myself wanting her in ways I’ve never felt. She’s a young heart with an old soul. My dream woman in every way. The only thing I’ve ever encountered that my family name, talent and money can’t attain. But there’s too much distance between us, and I realize that maybe we just aren’t meant to be. Until a chance meeting skates us right back together and our time is suddenly now. Except all of that changes when I learn the truth … She’s forbidden, untouchable, and off-limits. With my heart on the line, can I score the most crucial goal of my life, or will she realize that being with the wildest one isn’t worth the sacrifices she’ll have to make? Download today or read for FREE with Kindle UnlimitedAmazon: https://geni.us/TheWildestOne Audio: https://geni.us/TheWildestOneAudioNarrated by: Sean Masters & Savannah Peachwood Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4ib3r2d

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I am claiming Beck as my favorite Weston. Beck and Jolie’s story is one of the right person at the wrong time, full of sizzling chemistry, witty banter, passion, heat, heartbreak, and so much more.

Beck Weston is the team captain for the LA Whales. After a game in Boston, he meets college student Jolie Jameson at a dive bar. Despite her being is seven years younger than him and a lifelong Boston fan, Beck invites her to stay with him for the next three days and show him *her* Boston. The connection between the two is immediate, and neither one of them wants to part ways after their three days are up. But they live on opposite sides of the country, and she still has two years of college ahead of her. While they keep in touch over text messages, the next two years are full of missed moments and a miscommunication that ends their relationship before it starts.

More than two years later, Jolie and Beck cross paths again, but the timing still is not right. Even though they are now both living in the same city, their relationship has gone from a long-distance one to a forbidden one. Though they try to keep things professional, Beck can’t let Jolie walk away so easily… can he convince her that the risk will be worth the reward?

Marni Mann always does a great job of crafting her characters. I loved Beck and Jolie so much! I loved how he wasn’t afraid to put his feelings out there with her, show his vulnerable side. He never thought that he wanted to be in a committed relationship until he met Jolie, and then once he did, it seemed like the odds were stacked against them.

5/5. Definitely recommend!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

The first book in the international bestselling Maxton Hall series—now a Prime Video streaming series—in English for the first time.

They come from different worlds, and yet they are meant for each other.

Money, glamour, luxury, power—Ruby Bell couldn’t be less interested in these things if she tried. After being awarded a scholarship to one of England’s most prestigious and expensive private schools, Maxton Hall, all she wants is to keep her head down, work hard, and get accepted to Oxford. She keeps her distance from everyone, especially the arrogant, rich, and extremely handsome James Beaufort, ringleader of the school’s party boys.

When Ruby discovers a scandalous secret about the Beauforts, she is suddenly on James’s radar. It only gets worse when James is forced to work with her to plan the school’s annual gala. Yet the more time they spend together, the more they realize they share much more than they thought.

Falling for James Beaufort was never part of her plan, yet Ruby can’t help but let her feelings sweep her away. But James must make a decision for himself: will he choose what’s expected of him, or what he feels for her?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 Stars

Save Me is the first book in the Mona Kasten series that the Prime Video series Maxon Hall is based on, finally published in English. I enjoyed the show for the teenage, bully romance that it is, so I knew what to expect going into Save Me.

Obviously, the book is able to give a lot more context than what we saw on the TV show. It’s told in dual POV (although more chapters are from Ruby), and I enjoyed getting to know the inner dialogue of both Ruby and James. I still found James to be the entitled brat that he is in the TV show, but he’s reminiscent of many other TV and literary bad boys who fall for the good girl!

Again, because I’d previously watched the Maxon Hall series, I knew what to expect from Save Me, so there were few surprises. It follows the formula of the enemies-to-lovers, opposites attract, bullying trope, so it’s not reinventing the wheel, but I enjoyed reading the base text for the popular streaming series. Like the first season, it ends on a cliffhanger… what will happen next with Ruby and James?

I received an advanced copy via NetGalley and voluntarily left a review.