BEAUTIFULLY CRAZY by A James is AVAILABLE NOW

Blurb:

As a single mom with my hands and heart full, finding love is the last thing on my mind.

Then Everett Windward comes along.

My new neighbor is charming, handsome, and sexy—and before I know it, I have a new friend…with benefits.

Fun and filthy benefits.

There’s just one problem—He’s also my son’s teacher.

That alone should have me pumping the brakes… except it doesn’t. I’m drawn to him and to the way he makes me feel. Everett has a filthy side that has reignited something inside of me that I haven’t felt in years.

Something I thought I lost.

But there are rules…

My son can’t know.

No sleeping over.

And absolutely no feelings involved.

But as time goes on, it becomes impossible to ignore the butterflies in my stomach when I catch him looking at me, or when I watch him play ball with my son day after day.

Before I know it, he’s so intertwined in our lives, and I can no longer deny the desire to break the very rules that I put into place to begin with.

But it’s not just my feelings I have to consider.

I can see how quickly my son is becoming attached to him. See the way he yearns for that father figure in his life.

We have experienced enough hurt and loss to last a lifetime. Can I really open up our hearts, knowing the risk I’m taking?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Beautiful Crazy is the first book I’ve read by Ashley James, and this was such a cute, heartfelt small-town — with a lot of spice and a very dirty-talking MC!

After inheriting his late grandmother’s house, Everett moves from Seattle to Blossom Beach, SC. He keeps crossing paths with Gemma: at the beach, at the cafe, at his hotel, and eventually discovering that they are neighbors. Fate puts them in each other’s paths once again when Everett turns out to be her son Sutton’s new teacher. As a friendship forms between Everett and Sutton, the sizzling chemistry grows between him and Gemma.

A friends-with-benefits situationship soon develops into so much more. I thought these characters really had a great connection, and I enjoyed seeing how their relationship progressed. The story is low angst, but there are high emotional stakes with Everett’s toxic relationship with his dad and Gemma grieving her late husband. Everett was such a solid support for Gemma as she navigated how to move on with a new relationship, and stepped up for Sutton in so many ways.

I binged this audio on a Sunday, listening to Connor Crais and his smoldering baritone as I put away Christmas decorations and did laundry. Likewise, Samantha Brentmoor was also a great narrator in telling Gemma’s story (complete with her Southern accent).

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Ashley James:

Ashley James is a romance author who enjoys writing (and reading) LGBTQIA+ books. She is from Washington State—and no, not Seattle—and currently resides in South Carolina with her two kids and hairless kitties, Goose, Maverick, and Houston. Ashley is introverted and slightly (okay, majorly) awkward. She refuses to make this section sound like a tacky dating app profile, so she won’t be telling you how much she enjoys music, how she thoroughly enjoys dancing and singing in her kitchen, despite not being able to carry a tune, and she won’t be telling you about her love of toxic and broken fictional men.

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WAR by Brittanée Nicole is AVAILABLE NOW!

Blurb:

I’ve never been a good bet.

I wear my emotions on my tattoo-covered sleeve, I say all the wrong things and I revel in pissing off a certain redhead far more than I should. In other words, I’m the last person the court would choose to parent any child, let alone three of them.

Yet being their father is all I want.

So when the woman I love to hate offers to help make all my dreams come true, I jump at the chance. Marrying Ava is a convenient solution: she’s my kids favorite person and the court will absolutely approve of the woman who runs the biggest charity in Boston.

But there is nothing convenient about the way I feel when she fights with me, or when we kiss. And I’m not sure which I enjoy more.

This marriage may have a time limit but I’m beginning to think I’d like to keep my wife. She’ll probably fight me on it, but as they say, all’s fair in love and war.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Tyler Warren is a tattooed hockey god with a heart of gold. I absolutely loved the plot of this book being a single guy (a pro athlete, no less!) wanting to adopt three kids on his own. Enter the marriage pact between Tyler and Ava.

Both Tyler and Ava have a lot of emotional baggage — he always felt like he wasn’t really a fit in his father’s life, and she was literally conceived to be a donor for her sister, a la My Sister’s Keeper. Ava never wanted to have kids of her own as a result, so it was sweet seeing her become the maternal figure for Brayden, Josie and Scarlett, and how the three kids changed her mindset about being a parent.

One complaint about this book/series: So I’ve read two books in this series now (#1 and #3) and while I always love and appreciate a found family group, there were a lot of characters and I had trouble keeping tabs on who was with whom. It also took me about 1/4 of the way before I really got into this story because I felt like I was missing part of it. Yeah, he stood her up (not meaning to, but because Brayden needed help) two years earlier. But did she ever give him a chance to explain? That’s why she hated him for two years? They had a common circle of friends, so they were around each other often, but I didn’t really get why Ava hated Tyler so much. It was a case of being told, not shown, which is a pet peeve of mine.

Overall, I thought this book was very well done. As much as this was a spicy romance novel, it was also a well-thought-out family story; Brittanee Nicole did a great job handling the adoption part of the story. Tyler is totally a reformed playboy who becomes a big cinnamon roll around his wife (aka Vicious) and the kids. Ava is a feisty firecracker, and I loved the banter between the two.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Brittanée Nicole:

Brittanee is an author who lives in Rhode Island with her husband and two children. Her town is a character in itself in all of her books. 

When she is not writing she enjoys spending time outdoors by the water with her children, reading at the beach or by the pool (or really anywhere), dancing with her friends, singing Karaoke, spinning, bike riding and boating. 

Some of her favorite authors are Sophia Kinsella, Elin Hilderbrand, Liane Moriarty, Mary Higgins Clark, Meghan Quinn, Daphne Elliott, Amy Alves, Claire Kingsley, Melanie Harlow, Christina Lauren, Sally Thorne and Sarah Adams. (Clearly, she has a problem and can’t pick favorites.)

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FORBIDDEN DREAMS by Natasha Madison is AVAILABLE NOW!

Blurb:

When the single mom moves in next door, it’s your enemy’s soon-to-be ex-wife.

Lines are drawn, and I have to remember not to cross them.

Brady

For once, my life was calm.

Behind us was the threat our distillery was going to be shut down.

Now we could focus on growing our brand exactly the way I dreamed of doing it when I took it over.

Nothing was going to stop me.

Until she moved in next door.

My enemy’s wife with her seven-year-old son.

I don’t need this right now.

But everything inside me pulled me toward her.

Even offering her a job. Little did I know, again, I was starting a war.

However, I’m ready for it this time.

Harmony

It was no secret my husband had a wandering eye.

Leaving him shouldn’t have been a shock to anyone.

For Winston, it was more about failing at something that got under his skin.

Besides, he had to make his parents happy.

Which means he’s going to make my life unhappy.

When the pounding starts at my door one night, I’m ready to ignore it.

Until the stranger next door comes to our aid.

He’s everything you want in a man.

I know I shouldn’t involve anyone else in my life.

But maybe it’s time for me to see what dreams are made of.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

The second book in the Dream series, Forbidden Dream follows Brady (Autumn’s brother from Shattered Dreams) and Harmony Cartwright, who is a single mom trying to get divorced from Winston Cartwright. Yep, Winston is the stuck-up brother of Autumn’s horrible ex, who died in the car accident that took place before this series began. And he is a real piece of work…

Harmony moves next door to Brady, trying to piece her life back together and create a safe space for her son, Wyatt. But Winston and his parents do not make it easy for her. Despite his initial reaction to not get involved, Brady steps in to be Harmony’s knight in shining armor more than once. They don’t start off on the best foot, but their friendship grows when Brady reluctantly gives Harmony a job serving tables at his bar… and then things really take off.

It’s kind of a slow burn until it hits Brady all at once that he’s been waiting to have someone like Harmony in his life. When he moves them into his house to keep them safe from her ex, it strikes Brady just how much Harmony and Wyatt have made his house a home. Brady gives Harmony and Wyatt the home life they never had with Winston, and they in turn bring color to his world, as he tells her. There are some really swoony moments between these two characters, and I equally loved how he developed a sweet relationship with Wyatt. He never set out to be Wyatt’s father, but was more of a dad to that kid than Winston ever was. I loved seeing their bond grow, and how this trio becomes a family!

I also *loved* the cameos by Ryleigh (as Harmony’s lawyer), the scary uncles Max & Matthew, and Autumn’s grandfather-in-law, Charlie’s Pops, Casey Barnes! They are a scary bunch and they made me laugh!

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…

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The One by Marni Mann is now live! 

USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann brings an angsty, tortured hero, billionaire romance to the sizzling conclusion of the Spade Hotel Series.

They call me insensitive.
They call me uncaring.
I’m a raging alphahole ninety-nine percent of the time.

But no one really knows Rhett Cole at all.

Memories are my currency.
Regret is my drink of choice.

I’m not the guy who didn’t care.
I’m the guy who only cared about her.

Lainey Taylor.

My reason.
My why.
My one.
The woman I’ve been in love with since my freshman year of high school.

A love so strong that I had her name inked on my body when I was eighteen.
She was my fairy tale.
My happily ever after.

Until I ruined … everything.
Until she looked me in the face and told me she never wanted to see me again.

That’s the day my life lost all meaning.

Fifteen years later, she’s back, and my dead heart begins to beat again.

Every story has a villain.
I’ve held that title for too long.

When the truth is revealed …

Will I win back the one?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Oh, my heart!!! Marni Mann wraps up The Spade Hotel series with Rhett’s story in The One — and she broke me! Having seen pieces of this broody a-hole along the way in the other books of this series, I couldn’t wait to get to his backstory, and it was so worth the wait! The only person who seemed to bring out his soft side is his niece, so you just knew there was a good guy buried under that icy exterior. Rhett and Lainey’s story is told in a dual timeline of past and present chapters. Childhood sweethearts, they were the picture-perfect young couple…. until they weren’t. I absolutely loved getting to know high school Rhett. This book is full of heartache, but also full of healing and second chances. I don’t want to give more than that away, but Mann really ends this series with the best of the bunch! The One is a book that sticks with you after you’re done, and is definitely one that I will come back to for a re-read! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Marni

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

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Wyatt by Jessica Peterson is now live! 

Roping horses leads to riding cowboys in this sexy friends-to-lovers, fake-dating, lessons-in-seduction romance by Jessica Peterson.

Wyatt Rivers is the perfect no-strings hookup—a cowboy Casanova who rocks a Stetson, looks smokin’ hot in his Wranglers, and never rests his head on the same pillow twice.

He’s exactly what I’m looking for. If only Wyatt wasn’t also my best friend…

I’m back in my hometown of Harstville, Texas, for a few months while I wait for my dream job to start thousands of miles away. While I’m here, I hope to end an epic dry spell in the bedroom, preferably with a local cowboy. If the rumors are true, they really do ride harder and stay on longer.

Wyatt and I have been best friends since second grade, and I’ve been in love with him for almost as long. But he’s as wild and untamed as a colt that can’t be broken—not to mention, totally out of my league with his good looks and heartbreaker reputation.

Then I get to thinking: since Wyatt is such an expert, why doesn’t he teach me the ropes of how to find a hookup? He begrudgingly agrees, and a little fake flirting suddenly leads to fake dating, which leads to real kissing, which leads to real…well, everything else.

And let me just say, the rumors are absolutely true.

Now, I want so badly to be Wyatt’s last rodeo. But I’m leaving town, and even if I wasn’t, I’m not sure Wyatt would ever change his playboy ways.

I know cowboys can’t be tamed. Apparently, neither can hearts…

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Woah, baby, Sally and Wyatt bring YEARS of yearning and mutual pining to this story!

Two secret tattoos, people! Two!

I loved everything about these two characters! They have both been madly in love with each other for years, and neither one of them ever acted on their feelings, convinced that the other couldn’t possibly feel the same way. Sally never told Wyatt how she felt because she thought he was too good for her and he wouldn’t want her to stick around their small town. Wyatt never told Sally how he felt because he didn’t think he was good enough for her and knew she had bigger aspirations than their small town.

So when these best friends cross the line to so much more thanks to some fake dates and seduction lessons, it is FIRE! And this cowboy sure does know how to use his lasso, if you catch my drift.

As did Cash’s book, Wyatt’s story touches on some elements of grief, and how his parents’ deaths impacted him. I am loving the Lucky River Ranch series, and adored Wyatt and Sally. I also loved getting to spend some time with Cash and Mollie!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Jessica

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

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

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DILLON by Siobhan Davis is AVAILABLE NOW

Blurb:

A companion novel in the All of Me Series by USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Siobhan Davis.

Growing up in Ireland, I always felt like something was missing. I had an idyllic childhood, yet I was never truly happy.

After Mum explained about the adoption, I constantly questioned my existence. Despite being surrounded by love, I struggle to accept it or reciprocate.

When my bio dad shows up, trying to buy my silence, a switch flips inside me, and I let my demons run free. Nothing matters except revenge.

Then she lands in my lap—the love of my twin’s life—and it feels like fate.

Except nothing goes according to plan. I was supposed to steal her heart—she wasn’t supposed to steal mine.

After she runs back to him, I’m left heartbroken and shattered. The hits just keep on coming, and my pain turns to anger. Revenge takes center stage again, and the perfect opportunity presents itself when Simon dies.

Meeting my twin sets a devastating chain reaction in motion, and I’m drowning under the weight of my sins.

Vivien is struggling to cope in the aftermath of her crushing loss. Repairing the damage is my number one goal, because I won’t leave her to handle this alone. She can hurl hateful words at me and do her best to push me away.

But I am going nowhere.

Protecting my family is my sole priority. Vivien and Easton need me, and this time, I won’t let them down.

Note from the author: This book is recommended to readers eighteen and over due to mature content and themes. Refer to my website for a list of triggers.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I am so glad that Siobhan Davis did companion books in the All of Me series from Reeve and Dillon’s POV! Even though I’ve waited a year to get Dillon’s book, it was worth the wait!

When I first started the original duet, I was totally Team Reeve. Then I was Team Dillon. Reeve’s book gave me a lot of insight into what made that character tick, and I was so happy to get inside Dillon’s mind too! Talk about a tortured musician! He lived his entire adult life feeling less-than, second best, constantly comparing himself to Reeve as the unwanted twin. I especially loved seeing Dillon fall in love with Vivien, even though he initially set out to date her and dump her. He was just so consumed with his love for her and his heartbreak over losing her.

Much of this book is new content — we get to know Dillon as a little boy, as a teenager, during the Vivien era and Toxic Gods, and the rise of Collateral Damage. Having read the other books in this series, I really liked getting all of his background. Because SD made an artistic choice to not just rehash scenes from Dillon’s POV, some pivotal moments are missing, yet we see Dillon’s reaction to them after the fact. So there were several instances where I had to go back to the original books for a refresher because it’s been so long since I first read them and I didn’t have time for a reread before this.

But fans of the All of Me series won’t be disappointed! I especially loved the epilogue, seeing Dillon and Vivien as empty nesters in their 5os! And there is an awesome alternate-reality bonus scene if you dare to read it!

Thank you for Reeve, Vivien, and Dillon’s love triangle, Siobhan! Please do a next-generation series with the kids!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Siobhan Davis:

Siobhan Davis™ is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Top 5 bestselling romance author. Siobhan writes emotionally intense stories with swoon-worthy romance, complex characters, and tons of unexpected plot twists and turns that will have you flipping the pages beyond bedtime! She has sold over 2 million books, and her titles are translated into several languages.

Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Siobhan forged a successful corporate career in human resource management.

She lives in the Garden County of Ireland with her husband and two sons.

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