✨New Book Alert: HATEMATES by J.D. Hollyfield is AVAILABLE NOW!

Blurb:

From J.D. Hollyfield, author of Power, comes a devilishly spicy, enemies-to-lovers romance about overcoming the past, undeniable attraction, and finding love in the untimeliest of ways. 

A best friend, a stalker, and a bodyguard walk into a bar…

Current status: Living my best life. *Flips hair* What more could a girl want?

Just kidding. 

My life has gone to shit. All the fun, late nights, and single life come to a screeching halt when I find myself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now, thanks to my overbearing best friend, I’ve adopted a guard dog to keep me safe until they find the guy who attacked me. 

Insert Tate Deveraux, my newest inconvenience. He’s brawny, not bad on the eyes, and a pain in my ass. Not only am I stuck with him until I’m out of danger, but he’s moving in with me. 

He’s become a nuisance in my life and needs to go—stalker be damned. So do the urges to strip him naked and see if the rumors about hand size hold true. I blame my crush on booze and the kiss that should have never happened. 

The simmering attraction between us is undeniable, but he’s made it clear I’m just a job.  With lines being crossed and my life at stake, I guess I’ll find out if he’s better at keeping me safe or sated. 

Buy Link:

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

This was great! The banter was witty, Tate and Mindy were well-developed characters, and it had a plot twist I didn’t expect.

After Mindy is attacked after work one night, her best friend, Fay, and her billionaire fiance, Theo, insist on hiring her a bodyguard. At first, Mindy starts out as just another protection job for Tate. And she wants nothing to do with the broody, quiet, giant who she’s being forced to be roommates with. She’s used to not having anyone in her corner and surprises even herself when she finds herself softening towards the brute. Soon, their physical attraction leads to an emotional connection, but just as Tate and Mindy hit a crossroads regarding the future of any relationship between them, the unthinkable happens and she is abducted.

I really enjoyed the progress of this story, and how it unfolded. There was a lot of emotional growth on Tate’s part, and they both became better versions of themselves when they were together as a team.

Having not previously read Power, I’m sure I would have benefitted from knowing Mindy as a side character in that story, and appreciated her friendship with Fay even more. But I don’t think not knowing that story took anything away from my enjoyment of Tate and Mindy’s romance because I adored their story.

I’ve only read one other book by JD Hollyfield before this, which I also enjoyed, so I will definitely be checking out books from her in the future!

I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet J.D. Hollyfield:

Thanks for joining me for a cocktail and some girl talk. I live the dream in my own slice of paradise where I get to enjoy colorful sunsets from my rocking chair while I’m working. I have my very own romance hero with Mr. Rose and there’s more than a few little rose buds running around. A couple aren’t so little anymore! We keep things interesting with cats and a dog and the critters that roam though the yard (fingers crossed the mountain lions stay away).

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If I Never Remember by Meagan Williamson is now live!

THEY’RE BACK FOR THE SUMMER… AND CHANGING EVERYTHING

Teddy’s life isn’t her own anymore. It’s been nine months since the accident, and she still can’t remember anything from before it. When all hope rests on the heart-shaped sketch from the six summers she spent in Bear Lake, she memorizes it. A last resort in the laundry list of failed attempts at restoring her memory. When it becomes just another reminder that she’s disappointing the people she loves, she vows to leave the small town at the end of the summer. Until her path collides with the two handsome faces from that sketch.
 
Reed is her new coworker at her summer job. He’s confident, eager to spend time with her, and hard to ignore. If it weren’t for their alluded history, she could use a friend. Miles is quiet, reluctant to open up, and pretending not to know her. Avoiding him is impossible while he’s living next door. But he’s the only one who seems to understand what she’s going through.
 
The more time she spends with them, the more Teddy begins to live her own life again. She’s starting over in the one place she thought she’d need to leave behind. Until a pivotal moment tests just how much she is willing to give up before she defines her future for good.

A coming-of-age romance with nostalgic heart, summer love, and second chances.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

If I Never Remember was a well-written and well-executed debut novel by Meagan Williamson! I found the love triangle between Miles, Teddy, and Reed to be a lovely coming-of-age story, told in both past and present chapters.

In the present, Teddy is suffering from amnesia, and cannot remember anything other than her parents. She has zero recollection of the night of her accident nine months ago, nor her life before it. She feels stifled and caged. Working at a local restaurant is her only reprieve, even though she can’t remember how she knows her coworker and the owner’s son, Reed. She also crosses paths with the mysterious Miles, who somehow seems familiar, and she feels like she is most *herself* when she’s around him.

The present chapters alternate with the past, going back four years ago when Teddy and Miles first meet as 10-year-olds and begin their summertime friendship. As the story unfolds, we go along for the ride as their friendship grows, along with their attraction to one another, over the years and Reed eventually enters the picture as the third best friend. But how does this trio go from inseparable best friends to the two guys despising one another? What caused Teddy’s accident?

I thought this book was so well done. The characters were developed nicely, and we got a solid backstory for Reed and Miles. That contributed feeling the pain each of them went through along the way. While it is a love triangle, there’s no cheating, and Teddy really does give a piece of her young heart to each boy.

As Teddy got to know Miles and Reed, she rediscovered herself. And I cheered and cried when her memories came rushing back. For me, there was really only one guy she was meant to be with, and I was very happy with the end result! I can’t wait to see what comes next for the other guy in Williamson’s next book in this series!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Meagan Williamson

Meagan lives with her husband and three children in Meridian, Idaho. After the birth of her last baby, she spent nap times writing and dreaming of sharing the kind of love stories that stay with you long after the last page. She loves celebrating holidays and country music turned way up. Connecting with people through books will always be her love language! 

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From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn, comes a new rom com series. This steamy, laugh out loud, enemies-to-lovers, fake dating standalone romance is now available in all formats! Check out the excerpt below and one-click your copy today!

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About BRIDESMAID FOR HIRE:

Sometimes the wedding of the century calls for desperate measures.

And sometimes those desperate measures are to pretend the person you hate most is actually your boyfriend.

After years of working her tail off at her event-planning business, Maggie Mitchell is ready for a vacation. With nothing on her mind but R & R, she’s enjoying the warm weather of Bora Bora when in saunters Brody McFadden, her brother’s best friend and also her sworn enemy. Thanks to years of tension between the two―kicked off by a make-out session at her brother’s wedding that ended horribly―Maggie has sworn to stay away from the man. That is, until she finds out he’s in Bora Bora for his boss’s daughter’s wedding, hoping to use the trip to win a real future at the company.

Maggie promised herself she wouldn’t even think of work on the island, but as word spreads about the “wedding of the century” taking place in the midst of her vacation, she realizes offering her services as a bridesmaid and planner could bring her business to the next level. The only catch? She needs to pose as Brody’s girlfriend to get the job…while letting him stay in her peaceful bungalow.

Tensions rise, irritation flairs, and despite years’ worth of bickering behind closed doors, Maggie can’t quite squash the sparks building between her and her new fake boyfriend, especially when she learns the real reason their first kiss was cut short. But as the wedding day draws closer and everything starts to go wrong, it just might be Brody who sends Maggie’s business crashing down―and her heart along with it.

ONE-CLICK YOUR COPY TODAY!

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Read the Excerpt Here!

“What the heck was that back there?”

She crosses her arms over her ample chest. “That was me helping you out.”

“That’s what you consider helping me out?” I ask. “You just made yourself my girlfriend in front of my boss.”

“I’m aware.”

I stare at her. “Why?”

“Uh, isn’t it obvious?”

“No,” I nearly shout.

“You know, this might not be the best place to discuss this.” She glances around. “Don’t want to start a scene.”

I place one hand on the counter behind her and lean forward so only she and I can hear. “I want to know what the heck is going on, because you just made it impossible for me to shake you this week.”

“Trust me, the last thing I want is to be attached to you. It was a tough pill to swallow.”

“Why are you even swallowing it?”

“Don’t guys like it when we swallow?” That know-it-all grin of hers crosses over her lips, the same grin that got me in trouble with her in the first place.

Let me tell you something about Maggie Mitchell. She’s a different kind of girl—oh, sorry, woman.

Unlike any woman I’ve ever met before.

She’s a combination of orderliness, confidence, and warmth. She has no problem saying what’s on her mind, barely possesses any aptitude for embarrassment—I witnessed this when she sang Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now at her brother’s rehearsal dinner. It was off-key, and sometimes she hit notes only dogs could hear. But she also has a helping heart and will go out of her way to make anyone comfortable—well, anyone besides me.

She’s unashamed.

She’s a natural conversationalist.

She has an infectious energy.

ONE-CLICK YOUR COPY TODAY!

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UK/AUS: http://www.lnk.to/bridesmaidforhire

Jason Clarke and Erin Mallon narrate in duet this steamy, enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy. BRIDESMAID FOR HIRE is now available on Audible!

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I don’t know how Meghan Quinn consistently tops herself book after book, but she did it again with Bridesmaid For Hire! Brody and Maggie’s story was enemies-to-lovers PERFECTION! Honestly, I when I started reading this book, I didn’t see how this could possibly be the same lovey-dovey couple that we met in The Reason I Married Him. (Fun fact: the epilogue in Bridesmaid For Hire takes place during Maggie and Brody’s trip to Almond Bay to visit Hattie, which I thought was brilliant.) But MQ is a romcom genius and she wrote a brilliantly funny, well-executed story about a guy harboring a secret crush for his best friend’s little sister and a girl who thinks he hates her as a result.

Listening to Jason Clarke and Erin Mallon perform this audio in duet was *chef’s kiss* — I laughed out loud so many times while listening with my earbuds that I’m pretty sure my family thought I was losing it! The tropical paradise of Bora Bora sets a romantic backdrop for this slow-burn story, and once Brody and Maggie finally confessed to their true feelings (thanks to a bit of alcohol), it was well worth the wait!

Bridesmaid For Hire is the start of a new series, and I can’t wait to see what comes next. I hope that Everly finds her guy in one of those sexy Hopper brothers! This book was not only a great tie-in to the Almond Bay series, but it incorporates the Cane Brothers as well, so I hope we see some cameos from those guys in the future!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

ABOUT MEGHAN QUINN:

USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.

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The Drawback of Single Dads by Piper Rayne is now live! 

He’s the father of my child and my best friend.

When Hudson and I met, somehow things just clicked between us. We had the same sense of humor and the same carefree attitude about our lives and goals. Neither of us wanted to lay down roots, we wanted to explore the world.

Then one night, too much alcohol and uncontrolled hormones led to the line blurring, and we fell into bed together only to discover a month later that we were more careless than we thought.

Like the upstanding guy he is, Hudson followed me back to my hometown of Lake Starlight, Alaska, where you can’t throw a penny and not hit one of my family members. We gave them the news that yes, we were having a baby but there would be no wedding. We loved each other but we weren’t in love.

Fast forward three years and we live side by side to make co-parenting our daughter easy. I’m a writer, and he’s a ski instructor. We’ve worked out all the rough edges. Life is good.

Until out of nowhere, things start to change. He has a girlfriend, we’re arguing more than ever, and it feels as if someone has come along and popped our perfect bubble. I’m not sure we’re ever going to fit back inside it now because things are developing. Things like feelings.

  Download today on Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and Kobo!

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Duet Narration by Jason Clarke & Kit Swann coming mid-May

Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3rJts3O

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I loved Palmer and Hudson’s story, and how it echoed that of her parents, Sedona and Jamison, in Rules For Dating Your Ex.

These were two characters with a great connection. Three years after their daughter’s birth, Palmer and Hudson are still committed to being the best of friends and putting Adley’s needs first. But as they each now have a new love interest in their life, feelings that have been tucked away are rising to the surface… How long will it be before one of them breaks?

When I first started reading, I was bummed that the book starts in the present-day, and we didn’t know what the backstory was to Palmer and Hudson. But then as Palmer begins writing her latest novel, we get to see how it all went down — I thought the book-within=the-book was a cool new way for Piper Rayne to tell the love story!

I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to come up with new storylines for characters within a series (and spinoff, in this case). But Piper Rayne kept it fresh and exciting, and I was rooting for Palmer and Hudson to get their HEA!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Piper Rayne

Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they’re married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they’re both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!

Connect with Piper Rayne

Website: www.PiperRayne.com

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THE LOVE YOU FIGHT FOR by Brit Benson is NOW LIVE

Blurb:

The mask she wears for the world is flawless.
But I want the mess that she hides underneath.

Samantha Harper is untouchable.

She’s the closest thing we have to royalty in my small town.
Daughter of a senator.
Richer than sin.
Classy, elegant, and
Ice cold.

She’s my polar opposite.
And unfortunately,
She’s exactly my type.

Too bad royalty doesn’t fraternize with peasants.

Until one night,
Samantha Harper finds herself at my mercy,
and the temptation to dirty up her flawless facade is too great.

When her perfect mask slips,
It’s not an ice princess I find beneath,
But a warrior in war-torn armor.
A snake in queen’s clothing.

All it takes is one night, and I’m determined.
She will never have to fight another battle alone.

***

The Love You Fight For is the third book in the Next Life world.
It has a guaranteed HEA.
While The Love You Fight For can be read as a standalone, it is recommended that you first read the Next Life duet to fully appreciate the story.

A detailed list of Content Warnings can be found on the author’s website.

Buy Link:

https://books2read.com/tlyffbritbenson

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

The Love You Fight For was a perfect complement to the Next Life duet! After getting to know Samantha a little bit during Macon and Lennon’s books, it was great to see a different side to her and really see the girl behind the mask! She is such a layered character, and I loved her romance with Chris.

Despite the polished persona she presents to the world, Sam has not had an easy go of it in life. Chris, a childhood friend, is one of the few people who really sees the good in her. (Once I got past the awkwardness of Sam and Macon’s fling back in high school, but I think I was more hung up on that than the characters were themselves!)

I loved the connection between Chris and Sam. He was such a strong, stoic presence in her life, and becomes a rock in her life. Even though Sam feels like she’s drowning, she was such a strong heroine and picked herself up, dusted herself off, and walked off into the sunset with her supportive and loving guy by her side. She just blossomed into this beautiful force of nature and I was there for it.

**UPDATE FOR AUDIO: Desiree Ketchum and Austin Stone were fantastic as Sam and Chris! I thought they perfectly captured all of the angst and longing between these two characters!**

The Love You Fight For was such a great book, and I loved catching up with Macon and Lennon, too! 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:

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