Sunny Shelly’s Review: Of Heartbreak & Harmony by Brit Benson
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Of Heartbreak & Harmony by Brit Benson

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OF HEARTBREAK AND HARMONY by Brit Benson is NOW LIVE

Blurb:

He burned me once.

This time, I won’t be the one consumed by the flames.

Torren King is rock-and-roll’s broodiest bachelor.

Mysterious, moody, and coveted by nearly everyone.

But to me, he’s just the sad boy who set fire to my heart,

then reduced me to ashes in the desert.

For four sweltering nights, I burned for him,

and he conquered my heart one whispered lyric at a time.

But on the fifth night, he shattered me in the way only a flawless rock god can:

irreparably, and with devastating finesse.

Four years later, the last place I expect to be is sitting before him,

reading through a contact with a pen poised in my fingertips.

A favor for a favor, he says.

A US tour and a fake relationship in exchange for the answer to all my problems.

I hate him. I hate that I need him.

And what I hate the most?

He doesn’t remember me. At all.

But despite the burning chemistry between us,

the rapidly blurring lines and the suffocating attraction,
he’s still the rock star who ruined me,

and I refuse to let myself forget.

***

Of Heartbreak and Harmony is the second standalone in The Hometown Heartless series. It has a guaranteed HEA. It is not necessary to read Between Never and Forever before reading Of Heartbreak and Harmony.

Buy Link:

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Available in KU

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Brit Benson delivers another spectacularly angsty story in Of Heartbreak and Harmony, the second book in the Hometown Heartless series!

There’s an instant attraction between Torren and Callie when they first meet, and they spend a wild few days together. But then he pulls the rug out from underneath her, and everything comes crumbling down. Years later, Torren and Callie reconnect when he needs a favor. Specifically, a fake girlfriend. With little options at the time, Callie has no choice but to accept his proposition. Even though being so close with the guy who broke her heart on a tour bus is the last thing she wants.

BB wrote a story so full of angst and heartbreak. It is a delicious slow burn, and I loved seeing Torren unravel as the layers of this broody hero got peeled back. Because she was burned by Torren years ago, Callie enters their arrangement with nothing but hate for him… and I loved seeing her fall in love once again with the guy who broke her heart.

Torren is one of Savannah’s bandmates (Between Never and Forever). While this book goes back and forth between Callie and Torren’s past and present, the “present” timeline is set after BNAF. It is a standalone, but for the full experience, I would recommend reading BNAF first.

UPDATED FOR AUDIO: Stella Hunter and Stephen Dexter did a great job capturing the nuances of Callie and Torren. I read this book when it first came out, and these two narrators helped me fall in love with Torren and Callie all over again.

I can’t wait to read the rest of this series! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Brit Benson:

Brit Benson writes real, relatable romance. She likes outspoken, independent heroines, dirty talking, love-struck heroes, and plots that get you right in the feels.

Brit would almost always rather be reading or writing. When she’s not dreaming up her next swoony book boyfriend and fierce book bestie, she’s getting lost in someone else’s fictional world. When she’s not doing that, she’s probably marathoning a Netflix series or wandering aimlessly up and down the aisles in Homegoods, sniffing candles and touching things she’ll never buy.

Connect with Brit Benson:https://britbensonbooks.myflodesk.com/stayintheknow

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Pretty Heartache by Brittany Taylor
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Pretty Heartache by Brittany Taylor

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PRETTY HEARTACHE by Brittany Taylor is AVAILABLE NOW!

Blurb:

Micah Harding has always been known to cause heartache.

He didn’t know it, but he broke my heart the summer I turned eleven.

Humiliated and embarrassed, I didn’t speak to him again after he claimed to have rescued me.

Now, ten years later, I find myself on his doorstep, heartbroken yet again.

Only this time, I’m an unemployed model, running from the life I’ve tried so hard to create, about to be thrust back into the one I escaped.

Although he’s the same billionaire I knew all those years ago, Micah’s changed.

I see the pain he holds in his blue-gray eyes, desperate to forget his reality and the secrets he holds within them.

My childhood feelings for him were kept under lock and key—they had to be—but now that we’re older and living together, the feelings I once had for him are no longer reduced to a meaningless crush. They’re real. And the more time we spend together, the more difficult they are to dismiss.

But as temptation consumes us, we realize our pasts aren’t the only facts we’re running from.

I’m twenty-one.

He’s thirty-three.

And my older brother’s best friend.

I never believed there was beauty in heartache… until I fell for him.

Buy Link:

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Damaged is drawn to damaged, and in Pretty Heartache, Micah and Addy heal each other’s broken pieces.

This book seemed a little darker than the other books in the Harding Brothers series, and it was just as good as the other two. Micah and Addy have both had a really rough go of it in life. She was abused by her father and neglected/ignored by her mother. After getting out of her parent’s clutches, she’s made a name for herself as a model in Los Angeles, but an incident puts her in danger and sends her running back home where her older brother’s best friend takes her in. Meanwhile, Micah has always felt like the odd man out with his brothers, since he was the product of an affair between their dad and a stripper. He was always made to feel a little less-than by their late dad, and that continues to mess with his mind even after his father’s death. Micah spent some time in prison, and the reasons around that, decisions he made and the truth of what really went down, continue to haunt him as he’s trying to rebuild his life.

There are so many secrets surrounding both Addy and Micah. It takes them a while to get to a place where they feel comfortable removing the masks they present to the world. And once they reveal their authentic selves to the other, a beautiful love develops. They just *see* each other in ways that nobody else does.

It’s an intense and heartbreaking story, but Addy and Micah get a great HEA in the end that makes it all worth it!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Brittany Taylor:

Brittany is a New Adult, Contemporary romance author best known for writing steamy, heart-clenching love stories, pulling out all the feels. The more angst, the better.

Brittany’s book collection and reading addiction began at an early age. It wasn’t long before she found herself wanting to be the one writing stories instead of reading them.

Though she was born in California, Brittany grew up in many places throughout the world. She spent most of her childhood living in England, Virginia, and Texas where she eventually met her husband. After her husband joined the Navy, they moved to Connecticut where they lived for fourteen years.

She currently resides in Maine with her husband, two sons, two cats, and one dog.

She is a self-proclaimed Outlander fanatic and Starbucks addict.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: If This Were A Movie by Morgan Elizabeth
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: If This Were A Movie by Morgan Elizabeth

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If This Was a Movie by Morgan Elizabeth is now live! 

A new holiday romantic comedy from best-selling author of Tis the Season for Revenge!

A year ago, Jules stumbled upon the man of her dreams in a bar on Christmas. After a lifetime of watching romantic comedies, she was sure she had found her soulmate. That is, until she finds out he has an entire family, and blocked him. 

A year later, she’s having the worst day she possibly could, leaving her stuck on the sidewalk outside her place in a ballet costume, watching firefighters condemn her house because of a water main break when a little girl grabs her hand and tells her she’s her Christmas wish. 

When Nate’s daughter tells Santa all she wants for Christmas is for her dad to marry the real-life version of her favorite doll, he dreads having to tell her the truth. When they run into the spitting image of the doll, ballerina costume and all minutes later, he’s floored to find that it’s his dream woman who disappeared from his life last Christmas. 

Nate’s meddling sisters offer his in-law suite and his contracting skills to Jules in exchange for watching his daughter, and he jumps on the opportunity. Now, he has just a few weeks to use Christmas magic to make her realize they are meant to be.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

If This Were a Movie is the kind of romcom that you know would make a great cable Christmas movie!

When Jules had an amazing one night stand with sexy Nate, she thought she found The One. He checked off all her boxes and was pretty darn perfect. But then she finds out that he has a family (or so she thinks) and blocks him. Fast forward a year, and Jules crosses paths with Nate on the worst day of her life. And their second meet-cute is absolutely adorable: his little girl, Sophie, has decided that Jules is the real-life ballerina her dad is meant to marry. And Nate is shocked to see the one who got away.

Conveniently, Nate needs a nanny, Jules needs a job, Nate has a guest cottage, and Jules needs a new place to live. With Jules back in his life again, Nate sets out to prove to her that they are meant to be.

This is the first book I’ve read by Morgan Elizabeth, so I didn’t know what to expect. And it was so cute! It has all the feel-good moments, some spice, and a heartwarming relationship between Jules and Sophie.

If This Was A Movie needs to become a movie!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Morgan Elizabeth


Morgan is a born and raised Jersey girl, living there with her two boys, toddler daughter, and mechanic husband. She’s addicted to iced espresso, barbecue chips, and Starburst jellybeans. She usually has headphones on, listening to some spicy audiobook or Taylor Swift. There is rarely an in between.
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Writing has been her calling for as long as she can remember. There’s a framed ‘page one’ of a book she wrote at seven hanging in her childhood home to prove the point. Her entire life she’s crafted stories in her mind, begging to be released but it wasn’t until recently she finally gave them the reigns.

I’m so grateful you’ve agreed to take this journey with me.

Connect with Morgan Elizabeth

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Tangled Up With You by Jessica Prince
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Tangled Up With You by Jessica Prince

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My mother always gave the best advice. I just wish she had advised me to stay away from bull riders.

One in particular.

Connor Bennett is a walking red flag I could see coming from miles away, but I was a sucker for his rakish smile, his irresistible charm, and that world class behind always wrapped in a tight pair of Wranglers.

I told myself I’d learned my lesson when I woke up and discovered he ghosted me, leaving a note behind on the pillow where his head should have been. Unfortunately, that wasn’t true.

High emotions and too much booze during a mutual friend’s wedding lands me back in his bed, but this time I make sure I’m not the one left high and dry once the sun comes up.

Even though I can’t stop thinking about him, I convince myself I’ve worked him out of my system. However, two pink lines a few weeks later make it impossible to pretend he doesn’t exist.

We make an agreement. We’ll co-parent once the baby is born, but nothing more.

There certainly won’t be any more hanky panky.

But it turns out Connor has other ideas and wants to share more than just custody with me.

I’m trying so hard not to fall for that charm a second time, but my hormones are going crazy and he’s doing and saying all the right things.

Despite all reason, I find myself wanting to get tangled up with him all over again. I just don’t know if I should trust the bull rider not to trample all over my heart.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I remember Ivy as a sassy little preschooler in Hayden and Micah’s book (Love To Hate You from the Hope Valley series), so I was happy to see her all grown up and still a bit of a wild child! (Connor, meanwhile, is the son of one of the Cloverleaf couples; I have not read that series from Jessica Prince’s back catalog, so I didn’t have that connection going into this book that I had with Ivy.)

We got to see the beginning of Ivy and Connor’s friendship in The Little Things, as he is friends with Zach and occasionally worked on the ranch when he was in between bull riding stints. Tangled Up With You picks up after Ivy and Connor spent a wild night together — and then he freaked out and took off without a goodbye, leaving her humiliated and brokenhearted.

Once they got over their issues, I thought that Connor and Ivy balanced each other out well. At first, I didn’t like Connor all that much for ghosting Ivy. Ah, but he was burned by his ex and his mentor, and the boy has intimacy issues. When he returns to town for Zach and Rae’s wedding, Ivy consumes all of his thoughts and eventually he realizes what he let go and sets out to win her back.

Overall, I really enjoyed Tangled Up With You. I wish there would have been more of Connor and Ivy together as a couple. So much of the book is the push and pull between them, him trying to make things up to her, and her keeping him at a distance because he’d already broken her heart once before. I felt like their actually being together was rushed, and I didn’t get to enjoy that payoff.

I was super excited to hear from JP that Blythe will be getting a book and Tanner Fine will be coming back to town!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Shattered Dreams by Natasha Madison
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Shattered Dreams by Natasha Madison

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SHATTERED DREAMS by Natasha Madison is NOW LIVE!

Blurb:

Charlie

It was supposed to be a regular day out.

Three couples celebrating the last days of summer.

When tragedy struck.

I thought I was going to marry her.

Instead, I was burying her.

I blamed the world for my pain.

I buried it all.

I became a man I didn’t even recognize.

Autumn

In a blink of an eye, everything changed.

My best friend was gone, and I was responsible for it.

I may not have been driving the truck, but I didn’t stop it.

Escaping the town was the only thing I could do to survive the guilt.

I thought I was strong enough to go back.

I was wrong.

One look from him and I knew I wasn’t welcome.

But this is my home, and I wanted to come back.

One night turned into more. But at the end of the day, I know he’ll never love me.

Besides, we all have shattered dreams.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Yay! Another new spinoff series from Natasha Madison and Shattered Dreams started off STRONG! Get the tissues ready because this book is TOUGH but has the most wonderful HEA once

Charlie is the son of Quinn and Willow from the Southern series and the grandson of the magnificent Casey Barnes. As the book begins, Charlie, Autumn and their friends are in a horrible car accident that ends in two fatalities: Charlie’s girlfriend Jennifer (also Autumn’s best friend) and Autumn’s boyfriend Waylon, who was driving. For several reasons, Autumn took the brunt of blame for the accident, and ended up leaving town to get away from it all.

Eight years later, Charlie is a shell of his former self. Consumed by grief, he has never moved on and still visits Jennifer’s grave almost daily. Autumn isn’t doing much better, and when she comes back home to help with her family’s bar, she quickly learns that Charlie — and most of the town — still blames her for the accident.

Shattered Dreams is an emotional, heartbreaking story of grief, loss, and recovery. Once Charlie learns all that Autumn went through and realizes that she was an easy target for his grief, it’s like a switch is flipped and he is ALL IN when it comes to trying to make things up to her.

There are so many emotional moments in this story, each one better than the last. Shattered Dreams is definitely going to be on my re-read list! I can’t wait for the rest of this series!

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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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Shuttered Hearts by Erin Graves
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Shuttered Hearts by Erin Graves

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SHUTTERED HEARTS by Erin Graves is NOW LIVE!

Blurb:

One phone call changes everything.

Returning to Ashford Falls was never part of the plan for Quinn Marks. It reminded her too much of her mother and a past she was desperately trying to keep there. But sometimes plans have to change. Quinn knew the chances of receiving that phone call from her brother about their father were high, but she hadn’t been ready for it. She also hadn’t been ready to meet Declan Day, her new co-worker and, apparently, her brother’s best friend.

Running from a messy situation of his own, Declan hadn’t been sure he would stay in Ashford Falls when he first arrived, but it’s been five years, and he’s still here. He didn’t know how he made it all that time, not once meeting his best friend’s sister, but something about Quinn Marks calls to him. Making him feel things he never thought he’d feel again.

Both had their reasons for steering clear of romantic relationships: Declan with his failed marriage and Quinn with her mother’s example of why nothing was permanent. As they struggle with their feelings and confront the past, will Declan and Quinn realize that it might be worth opening their shuttered hearts to face an uncertain future together?

Shuttered Hearts is a return to hometown, brother’s best friend, found family, emotional contemporary romance set in a fictional small town. This is the first book in the Love in Ashford Falls series, each book in this series can be read as a standalone. Happily ever after, guaranteed!

Buy Link:

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I’m pretty sure that Shuttered Hearts is the debut novel from Erin Graves, and it was a great read! This emotional story deals with love, loss, trauma, coming home again, and finding oneself again.

I thought that Declan and Quinn had such a great connection. Not only that, but he was such an integral part of her family, who adopted him as one of their own after he had a rift with his own parents. It’s been a few years since Declan got divorced, and he’s still kind of raw and hesitant to get involved with another woman. The last person he expects to fall for his his best friend’s little sister, who is only planning to be in town for a limited time. But these two just *got* one another from their first meeting, and it was a joy to see them blossom and open up to one another as they spent more time together.

Quinn is carrying a lot of baggage. She’s got trauma from her mom’s abandonment, as well as trauma from an attack. Both of those incidents had a huge impact on her, and she questions herself at times… especially when it comes to whether or not she can be the partner that Declan deserves. But these two were so open with their feelings and made it a point to communicate with one another even when the going got rough. I really appreciated that mature approach to their relationship.

Shuttered Hearts is beautifully written. Don’t miss the bonus epilogue, because it was so worth it to get a glimpse into Max’s life, eight years in the future! I am looking forward to more books from Graves!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Erin Graves:

Born and raised in Maryland, Erin Graves lives with her husband and two cats in a small town in Pennsylvania. She rediscovered her love of writing after finding some old stories she wrote in high school and decided to give the author thing a try. She still works full-time in corporate America and isn’t sure that will ever change, but she’s open to the idea of making writing a full-time thing. She won’t call it a job because it doesn’t feel like one … yet.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: From Here to Eternity by AL Jackson
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: From Here to Eternity by AL Jackson

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🖤 From Here to Eternity by A.L. Jackson is Live Now 🖤

▪️ Single dad⁠
▪️ Morally gray hero ⁠
▪️ Heroine on the run⁠
▪️ Secret society ⁠
▪️ Ex-MC hero ⁠
▪️ Touch her and ☠️⁠
• Romantic Suspense
• No Cheating
• No Third Act Breakup
• HEA

Available on Amazon and Free with Kindle Unlimited

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I should have known everything was going to change when she walked into my tattoo shop…

Timid as hell and gorgeous to the extreme. I knew better than even thinking about touching a woman like that.

My life is dangerous.

My calling wicked.

Willing to cross any line to protect the innocent.

I thought I’d never see her again until my little boy tumbled and busted his lip, and I found her working at the doctor’s office.

The woman who’d taken possession of my thoughts.

When it becomes clear she’s in trouble, I offer up a deal.

Twenty questions to earn her trust.

Too bad trusting me is the last thing she should do.

With one kiss, I’m addicted. With one night, we’re falling into a passion greater than either of us has ever known.

The voices in my head warn I can never keep her. She can’t know the secret life I lead.

Only she’s keeping a secret, too.

And I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if it means losing everything…

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I know I can always count on AL Jackson to deliver a heartfelt story with twists and turns, and that is exactly what we got with River and Charleigh in From Her to Eternity! This was a great start to the new Moonlit Ridge series!

The story is told in dual POV through past and present chapters. I really got a sense of who River and Charliegh were thanks to the dual timeline. I loved River as a morally gray character. He was utterly devoted to his son Nolan and sister. He tried to stay away from Charleigh because he thought he wasn’t good enough for her, but fate has a funny way of brining people together, and they couldn’t ignore the connection between them after being placed in each other’s paths a second time.

Both characters have troubled backgrounds and are trying their best to move forward. They really do balance each other out as they become each other’s rocks and lift one another up. River is so dang sexy, especially when he’s in protector mode trying to save Charleigh from the trouble that’s followed her to town.

The captivating twists and turns in this story are exactly what I’ve come to love in Amy’s books. I have finished the ebook but am still listening to the audio and loving how Austin Stone and Andi Arndt bring these characters to life.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Mr. Heartbreaker by Piper Rayne
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Mr. Heartbreaker by Piper Rayne

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MR. HEARTBREAKER by Piper Rayneis now available in ebook, audio, paperback and hardcover!

BLURB:

I made a deal with my brother a long time ago to never date his teammates.

Technically, Rowan Landry, the hot as hell center for the Chicago Falcons, is no longer my brother’s teammate. Or his best friend. Their college days are long behind them, and they barely talk now.

Also, I’m not dating him—we’re just sleeping together. There’s a difference.

Except there’s not a lot of sleeping going on, and neither one of us wants to stop what we’re doing.

It’s all fun and games until my brother is traded to the Falcons, because Rowan doesn’t know I’m the new goalie’s little sister. Oops.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

From The Den to The Nest!

I was so excited to dive into Piper Rayne’s new series, The Nest. Set in the same Chicago apartment building where some of the Grizzlies lived before finding love (aka The Den), the building has been renamed The Nest as it now is home to a trio of hockey players for The Falcons. Mr. Heartbreaker was a great kickoff to this new series!

I loved the connection between Kyleigh/Leigh and Rowan right from the start. Neither of them are looking for anything serious when they begin a benefits-only relationship, but the more time they spend between the sheets, the more time they want to spend with one another outside of the bedroom. It’s not long before their boundaries begin to blur and they become more important to each other than just someone to let off steam with. But neither of them are brave enough to tell the other that their feelings are changing.

Except that Leigh is hiding her true identity from Rowan: Her brother is his former college pal and new teammate. When blow up in the most spectacular way once Kyleigh’s lies catch up to her, will this couple be over before they have a real start?

I simultaneously read this book while listening to the audio, and the full cast narration was spectacular. Sean Masters and Erin Mallon lead the charge as Rowan and Kyle, with additional narration by Troy Duran, Teddy Hamilton, JF Harding, Connor Crais, and CJ Bloom. I am really looking forward to getting to know the rest of this group, especially if Tweetie gets his own story!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: How My Neighor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: How My Neighor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn

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From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn, comes a new undeniably funny and always spicy winter holiday, enemies-to-lovers romance. HOW MY NEIGHBOR STOLE CHRISTMAS is now available in all formats! Check out the excerpt below and one-click your copy of this steamy, hilarious romance today!

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About HOW MY NEIGHBOR STOLE CHRISTMAS:

A new winter holiday, enemies-to-lovers romance, from the undeniably funny and always spicy, USA Today bestselling author, Meghan Quinn.

Living in a year around Christmas town has it’s drawbacks. The caroling, the decorations, the insanely cheery spirit, it never disappears. It’s why I like to hibernate away in my cave–I mean house–keeping a healthy distance from the holly jolly spirits.

And all was going according to plan until my nemesis, Storee Taylor, moved in next door to care for her Aunt Cindy. Without blinking, she turned my simple world into a real nightmare-before-Christmas, especially when she decided to enter the town Christmas Kringle contest – which she was determine to win.

Well guess what? Over my cold-hearted body.

There was no way I was going to let her win, not after the history we’d shared.

So despite my promise to myself of never participating in the sickening Christmas season, I entered the competition as well. That’s right, I planned on beating Storee at her own game by pretending this grump’s heart grew three sizes this season.

And it was working until feelings between us started heating up.
We pretended to date.
We kissed.
And well, sparks flew from there.

Which led to one explosive night involving Christmas lights, the competition, and a ladder. Don’t let me convince you who stole Christmas, I think you need to find out for yourself . . .

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

5 Candy Canes for Meghan Quinn’s hilarious, heartfelt new holiday romcom inspired by The Grinch!

From the prologue to the epilogue, How My Neighbor Stole Christmas was absolute perfection! I really don’t know how Meghan Quinn continues to surprise me with her romcoms, but this is one of the best. And I’ve read just about everything she’s published. And I often say that *this* book may be one of her best yet, only for her to outdo herself with the next one! Well, I think Meghan has outdone herself…

My heart broke for Cole, and how lonely he’s been since his parents died. Storee has also been feeling lonely and isolated, and they really do bring each other back to life over the course of this book. It starts with a spark of healthy competition during the Kringle Christmas contest, and as they spend time fake dating (so the townspeople think they are getting along), they pick up the friendship that was cast aside a decade ago. I really liked how the worst night of Cole’s life coincided with a night that Storee was completely humiliated.

And then there is the reverse-fake-dating (I didn’t even know that was a micro-trope!) where Storee and Cole begin to really fall in love. The spice level is high in How My Neighbor Stole Christmas… and I will never be able to look at a candy cane the same way again.

Listening to this book on audio was seriously an elevated experience! It was narrated by a full cast, with JF Harding and Vanessa Edwin perfectly playing Cole and Storee’s rivalry, fighting feelings, and falling in love. Robert Hatchet was hilarious as Cole’s best friend and sidekick, Max, with Emma Wilder bringing snarky sister Taran to life. But I really think Shane East steals the show as The Narrator. The way his British accent wraps around those Dr. Seuss-style rhymes… I seriously could have listened to him tell this entire story!

You’d have to be a real Grinch to not fall in love with Storee and Cole in How My Neighbor Stole Christmas! I received an advance copy via NetGalley and Bloom Books and voluntarily left a review.

Narrated in duet by Vanessa Edwin and JF Harding, with a full cast including Shane East, Robert Hatchet, and Emma Wilder, HOW MY NEIGHBOR STOLE CHRISTMAS is now available on Audible! 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Just Between Us by Lena Hendrix
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Just Between Us by Lena Hendrix

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Just Between Us by Lena Hendrix is NOW LIVE!

Royal King is pure mischief wrapped in a cocky smirk and a heated stare.

Five minutes in his small town and I knew he was going to be nothing but trouble. He’s an arrogant, tattooed playboy with a secret, and I’m the woman tasked with quietly cleaning up his family’s mess.

I never dreamed he could be the mysterious stranger behind my hidden, late-night messages.

It doesn’t matter what he says or how hard he tries to get under my skin. I won’t break. Not for him. Not for anyone. But when our secrets are exposed, all bets are off.

He knows the rules—just a little fun exploration. Nothing more. But one lesson leads to another . . . and another . . . and soon I realize that he’s set out to break every rule I’ve ever put into place.

I refuse to find myself melting under his gaze or swooning at the way he makes the noise around us quieter.

I can handle men like him.

Everything will be fine as long as we can keep this just between us.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Wow! I was intrigued by Royal King from the first time he showed up in the Sullivan family series… and Lena Hendrix did not disappoint with the dirty-talking, tattooed, golden retriever Dom we got to know in Just Between Us!

Royal and his black cat, Veda, were so well matched. I have to say, I was not expecting *that* kind of meet-cute. And I giggled once the “favor” he’d requested of Lark Sullivan came out. She is icy and sassy, and he is just so kind-hearted and sweet, in complete opposition to the tattooed bad boy persona he presents. Veda arrives in Outtatowner to assist JP in investigating their dad, Russell. Unbeknownst to either Royal or Veda, they already *know* each other thanks to a certain OnlyFans-style app. When their virtual relationship collides with their real lives, it can potentially cause real issues for them both. But instead, it leads to a wonderful relationship where Royal gives by-the-rules Veda some spicy lessons in learning how to relax and enjoy living in the moment.

As strong and focused as Veda is, she has some insecurities about herself. And Royal has some insecurities himself stemming from his mother abandoning him and his siblings. As they get to know each other, Royal and Veda help one another break down the walls they’ve erected around their hearts and give each other a safe space to be vulnerable. The banter between these characters is witty and fun, but there are also plenty of sweet moments between Royal and Veda that I just adored.

The mystery surrounding Russel King and what happened to the kids’ mother comes to light in this book as well, in a very shocking manner. I’m looking forward to seeing what the fallout is from that! After that tease at the end, I can’t wait for JP’s book!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.