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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Grace Note by J. Bengtsson

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Blurb:

I’m the privileged youngest child of the famous McKallister family. He’s a runaway foster kid living rough. We were never meant to meet. This is where our story begins. It’s nowhere near how it ends.

Grace

The beat. The cheers. The thrill of the unknown. I shouldn’t leave the safety of the music arena—my last name is McKallister, after all, and I’m intimately familiar with worst-case scenarios. But I’m drawn by the talent and the turmoil behind the weary eyes of the drummer on the streets. I’ve never seen anyone my age as wild and unrestrained, a lightning bolt of electricity that never hits the same spot on his bucket drums twice. He plays with such confidence, such rage. I have to know who he is and where he learned to bang out drum solos like he owns the night.

I want to help him. No, to save him. If only Rory will let me.

Rory

When I play, I’m in my element. I know how to draw a crowd and how to keep them riveted. For a small period of time every day, I’m special. Talented. Going somewhere. Little do they know I’m going back to nothing: no family, no friends, no roof over my head. When the music ends, I fade into the background like the undesirable I am. And then she shows up, so pretty and polished and pure. I don’t expect her to stay and talk. I definitely don’t expect her to sit down on the sidewalk and drum a song onto my thigh. Yet here she is—anyone’s ultimate dream girl—promising to save me.

Too bad Grace stumbled upon me a decade too late.

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Ā SUNNY SHELLY’S REVIEW: 5 Stars

The Cake series and the McKallister kids’ stories come to a brilliant end in Grace Note, featuring the youngest McKallister sibling. Grace and Rory’s story is full of heartache and heartbreak, an emotional rollercoaster that lifts you high, then drops you low and takes you back up again!

Throughout the Cake books, Rory and Grace have been on-again, off-again. Grace Note starts where Next in Line left off: Rory reappears in Grace’s life after 10 years when her brother, Quinn, asks him to be the drummer in his band, throwing her off-kilter. The story then goes back and forth between the past and the present, and we get to see all the nuances of this couple’s relationship.

Grace Note tackles some pretty heavy topics (the foster system, domestic violence, homelessness), and Jill Bengtsson handles it all beautifully. My heart broke for Rory over and over again, but despite the odds stacked against him, he keeps powering through. I loved seeing little Gracie come into her own as a woman in love, and her dedication to the guy who grabbed her heart when she was just 16 years old is fierce.

I loved this series, I loved this family, and Grace and Rory were the perfect way to wrap it all up! I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.

ABOUT J. BENGTSSON

J. (Jill) Bengtsson is the bestselling author of the Cake Series. She writes contemporary novels focused on love, humor, passion, and family. Her heroines are strong, nurturing, and quirky while her heroes are what dreams are made of – gorgeous, committed, and in need of a little saving. A native Californian, Jill’s novels are set under the glittering lights of the West Coast entertainment industry.

They are for the dreamer in all of us.

Jill resides in Ventura County, California. She’s married to the Swedish boy she met as an exchange student her junior year in college and they have three children, a golden retriever, and two ragdoll cats.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Worth the Wait by Evey Lyon

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Ford Spears, star hockey player, is ready to grab the only goal he has ever wanted; a second chance with the mother of his child…

For our son. That’s the explanation my hockey-playing ex gave as to why we needed to spend time as a family at his lake house in the small town where it all began. What I didn’t expect was to show up and discover our son is spending another week at camp, and we are all alone. Oh, and fake a relationship to fulfill his old lady’s wish, too. I realize Ford is on the mission I always feared;

Win me back.

But our past is filled with heartache and regret. It’s going to take a lot more than a few strolls down memory lane or romantic boat rides on the lake to overcome the past. And don’t get me started on the man refusing to wear a shirt around the house. He wants us to have one week together to show we could have it all, but I know that’s not a good idea. Not when I don’t know who believes in us more. Now we are both wondering if being together was always worth the wait…

Ford and Brielle bring the feels and steam in this second chance, completely swoon worthy, forced proximity story. Worth the Wait is book three in the standalone interconnected Lake Spark series. For lovers of small-town romance with a touch of sports.

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SUNNY SHELLY’S REVIEW: 5 Stars

Worth the Wait was absolutely adorable! Ford and Brielle’s story was a swoony second-chance romance ten years in the making.

Ford and Brielle were high school sweethearts when she got pregnant 10 years ago. He was on the precipice of a hockey career, and she wanted to go to law school. They were pretty much forced apart by their parents, but never stopped loving one another. Now that his hockey career is over and he’s transitioning to a coaching capacity, and Brielle is about to sit for the Bar exam, Ford essentially tricks her into spending a week at his lakeside home while their son, Connor, is at hockey camp.

For a week, Ford and Brielle live in a bubble where nothing else matters other than their reconnecting and Ford trying to convince Brielle to give their relationship a genuine chance. At first, Brielle is scared to make the leap, but Ford is one determined guy, and winning her back means more to him than any Stanley Cup.

I’ve enjoyed this series very much, and love the friendship between Ford and his neighbors. Evey Lyon set up her next series, a spinoff, nicely in the epilogue and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for Ford’s sister and his former teammate!

I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.

ABOUT EVEY LYON

Evey loves to write heartwarming feel-good romance that may just make you blush. The pages of her books are filled with swoon, wit, and steamy moments. An American from the Midwest, she now lives in Europe where she drinks way too much coffee, types away on a laptop with music on repeat, and stares at her yoga mat that she should probably use again…

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Issue With Bad Boy Roommates by Piper Rayne

 

The Issue with Bad Boy Roommates by Piper Rayne is now live!

 

I was only looking for a roommate…

I’m the town widow.

Not the only one, but the youngest by far.

My husband died one year after our wedding, casting me as the charity case in my small Alaskan town.

Since then, everyone—including my big family—try to keep me busy as if that will stop the haunting memories from resurfacing.

Do I know it’s time to move on? Of course, but that’s easier said than done.

Then Van Adler rides into town. His bad boy vibe complete with his motorcycle and tattoos causes my body to fill with need for the first time since my husband’s death.

To make matters worse, he’s the one who answered my ad for a roommate. Sharing the close quarters of our two-bedroom apartment means I have to set some ground rules like keeping his rippled abs covered. Soon we become friends, he’s making me dinners, and we’re binge-watching television shows all night.

The more our lives intertwine, the more I start to fall for him. Leaving me wondering, can you find the love of your life twice in one lifetime?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Brinley and Van’s story was absolute perfection! He’s a career Coast Guard diver with a crappy childhood who thinks he’ll never amount to anything or that he doesn’t deserve to be loved. She’s a young widow who hates being the local charity case. But Van and Brinley were destined to be together — Fate had a plan to put these two people in one another’s orbit and the road they travel together (and the growth they do on their own) was wonderful. The Issue With Bad Boy Roommates is Book 2 in the Lake Starlight series, which itself is a spinoff from the Bailey Family series. I absolutely adored seeing renowned tattoo artist Liam Kelly get all spooked when his daughter starts dating a tattooed guy who reminded him a little too much of his younger self. Narrators Connor Crais and Melissa Moran did a fantastic job in telling Van and Brinley’s story. I especially loved the duet narration. 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!

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Between Never and Forever by Brit Benson

Ā Release Date: June 23

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She was the first rule I ever broke.Ā 
She’ll be the last.

In the beginning, there was Savannah Shaw.Ā 

Teasing me with a mischievous, merciless grin by day.Ā 

Crawling through my window with tear-stained cheeks by night.

I was ordered to avoid her.

Lectured on her misdeeds.

Forbidden from seeing her.

But my need to protect her was innate, so natural I never
questioned it.
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So visceral I couldn’t fight it.
She was the first rule I ever broke, and it’s why I lost her the
first time.

Now, out of nowhere, there is Sav Loveless.

World famous front woman for The Hometown Heartless, Hollywood’s newest up-and-coming film star, and my daughter’s idol.
Her reputation for trouble precedes her, but the celebrity who sets foot in my small town is no longer a girl in need of protection.
She’s a woman who has saved herself, and this time, it’s my life that’s falling apart.

Maintaining the distance between us is imperative, but everything about her pulls at every part of me.

My need to touch her clouds my logic.

My need to have her, to own her, to love her.

She’ll be the last rule I ever break,Ā 

but this time, it will be to keep her.

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Between Never and Forever is an angsty and spicy standalone contemporary romance. It follows rockstar, single father, small town, and second chance tropes, and has a guaranteed HEA.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
Between Never and Forever is full of angsty goodness! Savannah and Levi’s story is full of heartache and heartbreak. It was a rollercoaster of emotions and missed opportunities and I loved every minute of it!

Savannah and Levi were childhood best friends; the girl from the wrong side of the tracks and the preacher’s kid. Her home life was awful and everyone around town knew it. But Levi’s life wasn’t much better behind closed doors. They found comfort and support in one another, and Levi did all he could to protect Sav when they were teens.

There’s a time jump after Sav runs away when they reconnect three years later, and it seems like it is finally their time to be together. But she is on the precipice of making it big with her band, and a major life twist is about to change everything for Levi. The bulk of the story picks up when there’s another time jump and Sav arrives in the small coastal town where Levi lives to film a movie. Once they get past their hurt feelings about the events of the past, will it finally be time for Sav and Levi to be together?

This story was amazing. Levi and Savannah were rich, rounded characters with a deep history. How they get to their HEA is not an easy journey, but I so enjoyed going along for the ride with them! Levi’s daughter, Brynn, was a hoot, and I loved how Ms. Sharon stepped in to fill a void for Levi that he was missing in his own family. Between Never and Forever is a wonderful story of missed connections, second chances, redemption, and found family.

I hope that this is the start of a series because I really liked Sav’s bandmates, and would love to see more of them!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Brit Benson

Brit Benson writes real, relatable romance novels that depict epic love. She likes outspoken, independent heroines, dirty-talking, love-struck heroes, and plots that tug on every emotion.Ā 

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.
Brit currently resides somewhere near the Blue Ridge Parkway with her husband, daughters, dogs, and an obscene number of books.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Kissing the Rival by Kaylee Ryan

Kissing the Rival by Kaylee Ryan is now live!

Charlotte 

I’m not just kissing the rival… I’m falling for him. 

Spencer Pennington has always been a shameless flirt, but when it came to being the best in our MBA program, all bets were off, and the competition was on. 

Fast-forward a few years, and all it takes is a bar at a failed wedding and my silly kiss-rating system to lock lips with the enemy. Cocky as ever, Spencer claims he’s a ten and kisses me to prove it. I kiss him back to scratch an old itch, not expecting to like it. 

Which is a huge problem, because Mr. Tall, Dark, and Tattooed from grad school is my new boss. And I want to kiss him again and again. Even if I only gave him a four.

Spencer 

Charlotte Krause could be the perfect girl, if she didn’t hate me so much. I’m unsure if it was just me or guys in general, but she had this stuck-up, all-work-no-play vibe about her in college.

Imagine my surprise when I find her at the resort bar rating kisses like it’s her job. This carefree woman is nothing like the focused girl who turned me down at freshman orientation. And every time after that. 

When I promise her I’m a ten, I see that competitive spark light in her ocean-blue eyes. There she is. She might have kissed me to prove me wrong, but I know I’m right about one thing. 

She feels the spark too. There’s just one problem. It turns out her actual job is working for me.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 Stars

Charlotte, aka Charlie, and Spencer first meet as college students, where he tries to flirt with her and she writes him off as being a jerk. He thinks she is stuck up. Flash-forward: The story then picks up ten years later, when her sister is marrying his best friend… At a bar before the wedding, Charlie is rating the kisses of other couples and Spencer challenges her to a kiss. It’s the best she’s ever had, but it is SPENCER, so Charlie says it’s so-so. Of course, Spencer wants better than that and makes it a personal challenge to up his rating.

In a twisted turn of events, after the wedding, Spencer turns out to be Charlie’s new boss. At first she’s wary, because she doesn’t like him. I honestly didn’t get *why* she hasn’t liked him all these years, because that initial interaction in college didn’t seem so bad. But Charlie has been holding on to that first impression for a decade. But Spencer has always kind of liked Charlie, so this story is a “he falls first” romance, which I always love reading. Charlie’s feelings for Spencer change on a dime, and I wish there was more buildup to that. I felt like I was told she changed her mind, wasn’t shown that she changed her mind, and that left me feeling lukewarm about Charlie in the end.

Kissing the Rival is part of a multi-author collaboration in The Kissing Games series, but each book is a standalone. The characters cross over between books as it is all part of the same universe.

Overall, this wasn’t the best Kaylee Ryan book I have read, but it was an enjoyable story.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Kaylee Ryan


New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan has been crowned the Queen of Swoon by her readers. With nearly fifty romance books under her belt, she’s known for penning happily ever afters with heart. When she’s not writing, you can find her with a book in her hand or hanging out with her family where she resides in her home state of Ohio.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: No Kiss List by M.S. Phillips

NO KISS LIST by M.S. Phillips 

Release Date: June 15th 

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šŸ’‹Forbidden Romance

šŸ’‹Brother’s Roommate

šŸ’‹Emotional Scars

šŸ’‹Forced Proximity

šŸ’‹Slow Burn

šŸ’‹Push & Pull

 šŸ’‹Dual POV

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They say you can’t escape your past, but I was hell-bent on proving them wrong. Rules weren’t a new thing to me since leaving the past and starting a new life with my adopted family. So when I’m forced to move into the frat house with my brother I’m not surprised when I’m given one rule; don’t kiss his friends. Sounds easy enough, that is until his sexy neighbor sets his sights on me. What’s a girl to do?

Trigger warnings: attempted suicide, sexual assault, and drug use! 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I was expecting a lighthearted book based on the blurb, but No Kiss List was anything but!

These are flawed characters, but so relatable. I really thought Reed was a wonderful heroine. She has been through so much, always felt like she was a burden, and she really blossomed through this story. River seemed to be exactly what she needed, and he was so patient and dedicated. They both have baggage from their pasts that they are trying to work through, but despite the heartbreak and heartache, they manage to find their soulmate in one another. (I also wanted to slap Reed’s brother, AJ, quite a few times for his meddling.)

No Kiss List has plenty of sweet moments, and lots of spicy ones, but I was not expecting the rollercoaster of emotions I felt as I was reading this story. I will definitely be coming back to reread this one!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About M.S. Phillips  

 M.S. Phillips, an indie author, resides in Ohio with her husband and fur baby. She enjoys crafting and reading in her spare time or being with her family.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Accidentally in Love by Claudia Burgoa

ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE

Claudia Burgoa

Release Date: June 12

From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa comes a new best friend’s sister, forbidden romance filled with humor and angsty at times.

It all started on a dating app and a fake name.

Instead of a hot hook-up, I end up face-to-face with Kingston St. James.

He’s one of the most striking and wealthy men in Seattle—as well as my brother’s best friend.

Logic dictates I walk away, but curiosity wins and we follow Myka’s Easy Rules for Healthy Hookups:

Rule #1: Don’t expect anything.

Rule #2: Never wish for more.

Rule #3: Don’t swoon.

Rule #4: Don’t give endearing nicknames to your hookup.

Rule #5: Don’t be possessive, your hookup doesn’t belong to you.

Confession time: I’m making up the rules as we go.

And surprise, surprise, this casual fling rapidly evolves into a friend-with-pretty-weird-benefits (and not the sexy kind).

Kingston is suddenly breaking the hookup rules. He’s all charm and affection, turning possessive and… probably hoping for more than just a fling.

We accidentally find ourselves tangled in something more than just a fling. It’s something dangerously close to love.

We might be heading into a collision where the most beautiful accident or the most disastrous end might happen.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

Accidentally In Love connects the Against All Odds: St. James Family series with Claudia Burgoa’s Luna Harbor series when Kingston St. James ends up with his little sister’s best friend. I have read the Against All Odds books, but not the Luna Harbor books, so there were some things about Myka’s backstory that didn’t line up for me. But for fans of both series, I can see where they would absolutely love Accidentally In Love.

Kingston kind of freaks out when he discovers that a dating app has matched him with his best friend’s little sister. It’s a sexy hookup that leads to a no-strings fling, as both Kingston and Myka have some issues to work through and neither one are truly in a place for a relationship. But together, they heal one another and discover that they are indeed a perfect match. There are many layers to both of these characters, and it was a fun ride to get to know them both.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Claudia is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author.

She writes alluring, thrilling stories about complicated women and the men who take their breaths away. Her books are the perfect blend of steamy and heartfelt, filled with emotional characters and explosive chemistry. Her writing takes readers to new heights, providing a variety of tears, laughs, and shocking moments that leave fans on the edge of their seats.

She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, her youngest two children, and three fluffy dogs.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: My Favorite Mistake by Jessica Prince

Title: Favorite Mistake
Author: Jessica Prince
Series: Redemption

Contemporary Romance, Small Town Romance, Romantic Suspense, Man In Uniform

He was the town’s golden boy, their all-American hero. But there was a side of him he’d only shown her.

When Lyric Jackson stopped for gas in Redemption, Tennessee, she wasn’t sure what to think of the small town nestled in the middle of the Smoky Mountains. Then she got one look at Holton Clarke, saw that charming smile, and fell instantly. One night with the man in uniform sparked an ember of hope, but things didn’t quite end how she’d expected.

All Holton Clarke ever wanted to do was protect the people he cares about. He thought he’d be able to do that better as a deputy for his hometown, but one call turned his whole world and everything he thought he knew upside down. Including what he’d hoped for his future with a certain sassy librarian.

But when danger from Lyric’s past comes calling, Holton has to put his fears and insecurities to the side in order to save the woman who has gotten under his skin, but she refuses to make it easy, or give him a second chance. Now she’s under his roof, sharing his bed, and throwing him attitude and dirty looks every chance she gets.

She might claim that nothing is ever going to happen between them, but that one night they’d shared was his favorite mistake ever, and he has every intention of repeating it for the rest of his life.

**The Redemption series is a series of interconnected, standalone, small town romances.**

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Favorite Mistake

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

After first meeting Lyric and Holt in Slow Burn, I was super excited to find out that they would be the couple in Favorite Mistake. Lyric has been crushing on the sheriff since she moved to town. They are both having a bad day when they run into each other at Bad Alibi, and their shared misery leads to a hot one-night stand. But then Holt bolts the next morning, saying that the night was a big mistake.

But Redemption is a small town, and Holt can’t exactly escape the sexy librarian who has been occupying his every thought. Lyric doesn’t give in easily and keeps Holt at arm’s length. But after a terrifying break-in at her house, Holt swoops in to be her white knight and the walls between them fall over the next few weeks as she camps out in his guest room.

Holt and Lyric have demons they are hiding because of events in their pasts, and those secrets are the last thing standing between them. I really liked the honest and open conversation they had about their pasts, and how they moved forward from that as a couple.

Like the other books in the Redemption series, there is an element of suspense — which gives Holt a chance yet again to swoop in and be Lyric’s protector and savior.

I have read a lot of Jessica Prince books, and I think that Favorite Mistake is definitely her spiciest one yet! Holt seemed so nice and sweet in Slow Burn when he took Deva out on a date; but the sheriff is a dirty talker who likes it rough!

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Born and raised around Houston Texas, Jessica spent most of her life complaining about the heat, humidity, and all around pain in the ass weather. It was only as an adult that she quickly realized the cost of living in Houston made up for not being able to breathe when she stepped outside. That’s why God created central air, after all.

Jessica is the mother of a perfect little boy–she refuses to accept that he inherited her attitude and sarcastic nature no matter what her husband says.

In addition to being a wife and mom, she’s also a wino, a coffee addict, and an avid lover of all types of books–romances still being her all time favs. Her husband likes to claim that reading is her obsession but she just says it’s a passion…there’s a difference. Not that she’d expect a boy to understand.

Jessica has been writing since she was a little girl, but thankfully grew out of drawing her own pictures for her stories before ever publishing her first book. Because an artist she is not.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Bless Your Heart by Lyra Parish

BLESS YOUR HEART BY LYRA PARISH

Release date: June 13th

Genre/Tropes: Small-Town Romance / RomCom / Enemies to Lovers Best Friend’s Older Brother / Contemporary Romance / Southern Romance

Series: Valentine Texas Series #1 – Standalone

CHECK OUT THIS NEW RELEASE!!

Bless Your Heart by Lyra Parish is NOW LIVE!

What you can expect:

enemies to lovers

best friend’s older brother (3-year age gap)

rom-com vibes

Texas small-town romance-family saga

secret pinning

sassy, plant killing heroine

dirty-talkin’ hero

guaranteed happily ever after

spicy AF scenes

complete stand alone

the first book in a feel-good series

Grab this small-town rom-com TODAY!

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Blurb:

Summer Jones only wants three things in life:

1. Keep her house plants alive.
2. Open a beautiful bed-and-breakfast.

3. Never see or speak to Beckett Valentine again.

None of those things are currently possible.

Summer Jones and Beckett Valentine are rivals and have never wanted the same things in life except for the newly for sale Horseshoe Creek Ranch. Summer thought her dreams of building a B&B would finally come true until her number one enemy decides he wants the land, too. Beckett plays dirty and refuses to give her what she wants—a common theme in their relationship—and the dream of acquiring the property turns into a living nightmare.

They might’ve been at each other’s throats since they were teens, but the stakes have never been so high. And right now, she’s more determined than ever to take down her best friend’s older brother—cowboy boots and all.

**Bless Your Heart is a small town, enemies to lovers, best friend’s older brother, contemporary southern romance with a guaranteed happily ever after. Each book in the Valentine Texas series is a stand-alone. Warning: this book contains tons of Southern sass, sarcasm, and lots of spice! Fade to black is not included.**

Sunny Shely’s Review: 4 Stars

I’ve read a bunch of Kenedy Fox books over the past few years, but Bless Your Heart is the first solo book I’ve read by Lyra Parish. And I am a fan! Beckett and Summer’s story is a great unrequited love, enemies-to-lovers, best friend’s brother romance. I really enjoyed these two characters and how competing over a property in their small ranching town of Valentine, Texas, brought them together and made them face their true feelings for one another.

Bless Your Heart is the start to a new series set in this quaint ranching town, and I loved the tease at the end for Summer’s best friend, Kinsley, and her ex. I am looking forward to more of this series!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About the Author:

Lyra Parish is a hopeless romantic who enjoys creating characters who eventually find love. She likes to write Texas small-town contemporary romance books (because she’s a 5th-generation Texan) and romantic suspense. When she isn’t immersed in fictional worlds, you can find her on Youtube chatting about her self-publishing journey or podcasting about romance books. Lyra’s a Virgo who loves coffee, the great outdoors, authentic people, and living her very best life with her hubby. You may or may not know her from when she co-wrote under the USA Today Bestselling pen name Kennedy Fox.

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Book Review

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Royally In Trouble by Meghan Quinn


The royal romp you’ve been waiting for!

ROYALLY IN TROUBLE, a brand new sexy, royal romance from USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn, is Now AVAILABLE! Full of sweltering heat, suspense, and mystery, get ready to be surprised with twists and turns alongside a perfect happily ever after. One-click your copy today!

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And don’t miss the Illustrated Hardcover? It’s NOW LIVE and has over 40 hand-drawn illustrations to bring Keller and Lilly’s love story to life! You can get your copy HERE!

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About ROYALLY IN TROUBLE:

I have two responsibilities as the new heir to the throne:

1. Get married.
2. Have babies.

Sure, becoming queen one day is part of those new responsibilities, but as long as King Theo is in charge, I don’t have to add a coronation to my list.

That’s why I find myself in the throes of wedding planning, pre-wedding classes with my broody, over-protective fiancĆ©, and counting down the days until we can finally say I do.

But with every day we grow closer to our wedding, we seem to grow apart.

Our commonalities are tested.
Our faith in each other is questioned.
And our safety is threatened.
The only thing working? The command he has over me in the bedroom.

I keep telling myself, it’ll all work out. We just need to make it to the wedding day. Except, when the day finally comes, everything falls apart.

We might have made it through the last few months together, but now I’m not sure we’re going to make it out of this alive.

https://mybook.to/RoyallyInTrouble

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

This sequel to Royally Not Ready was fantastic! I was content with the way Keller and Lily’s story ended in that book, but this sequel was everything. I am so glad I got to spend more time with these two!

Instead of a nice, sweet follow-up, Meghan Quinn ripped Keller and Lilly apart, made readers suffer and cry (oh, her characters suffered and cried, too!) before we were pieced back together again. Yet even throughout the struggles that these two go through during their royal wedding preparations, there are so many hilarious moments. Keller during the kiddie storytime was a moment to remember! And then came the traumatic twist of events, and I wanted to scream and yell and cry because I just wanted this couple to get married!

Well, there is a HEA. But it’s a long and twisty road for Keller and Lilly to get there!

I listened to this book in audio, with the sexy John Hartley and Samantha Brentmoor replacing Emma Wilder, who had scheduling conflicts and could not record this sequel. You know what, I didn’t even care that Lilly’s voice wasn’t the same. I didn’t even notice. Because I escaped into this amazing story!

I’m sad to say goodbye to this world because I really wanted Lara to get a book (but I felt satisfied enough with her personal connection by the end of RIT) and I fell in love with Lilly’s princess cousins. At least Lilly and Keller got the HEA they deserved!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Samantha Brentmoor, John Hartley, and James Joseph are narrating in duet this sexy, royal romance with a twist, and you will not want to miss their performances! ROYALLY IN TROUBLE releases in audio on June 12th! Pre-order your copy today!

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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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