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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The Way I Hate Him by Meghan Quinn

From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn, comes a new age-gap standalone romantic comedy featuring a new cast of characters that will immediately have you hooked. This steamy, enemies-to-lovers small town romance delivers the perfect happily ever after every romance lover craves. One-click your copy of THE WAY I HATE HIM today!

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About THE WAY I HATE HIM:

Why am I holding a box of stolen memorabilia in my arms? It’s called . . . revenge.

After failing my last semester of grad school, I decided to come back to my hometown and wallow in my boyfriend’s sympathetic arms. Instead, he proceeded to dump me . . . for being boring!

Now, I’m not typically a spiteful person, but there’s only so much I can take. Hence why I’m holding the box of his most cherished possessions…stolen possessions no less!

The plan? To give the box back to its rightful owner and rat my ex out. How’s that for being boring?

But plans never go the way you want them, because instead of dropping off the box with a note, I’m pinned with the crime by the true owner of the box himself.

Hayes Farrow is grumpy, arrogant, and stupidly hot in a way that makes it hard to even look him in the eye. Not to mention he’s my brother’s nemesis so I fully intended to stay far far away from the gorgeous jerk.

But to add insult to the injury that has become my life as of late, Hayes gives me two options: turn me into the police and press full charges . . . or work it off. How could I possibly work for someone I can’t stand? Easy, I don’t look good in orange.

But working for Hayes isn’t as horrible as I thought it would be. The way I hate him begins to turn into something else – something I never thought I’d feel. But the way my brother reacts when he finds out I’m working for his enemy? He’d prefer me in prison orange.

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Vanessa Edwin and Teddy Hamilton narrate in duet and are a dream team in THE WAY I HATE HIM! They are sublime in these roles and bring Hattie and Hayes to life! Pop in your earbuds and give it a listen today!

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

This. Story. Was. Amazing. I laughed. I cried. I snorted out loud. And I re-listened to parts of the audio book over and over because Hayes and Hattie were awesome.

There is so much angst and tension between Hattie and Hayes. Not just sexual tension, either. They both know she shouldn’t be working for him because of his longtime feud with her brother. Their relationship was messy and tangled, and I loved every minute of it. I also loved the messy, tangled relationships between Hattie and her siblings Ryland and Aubree, and the estrangement between former best friends Ryland and Hayes. Meghan Quinn wove it all together beautifully in a hot small-town age-gap story with a beautifully broken, insecure, grumpy hero. And that is kind of my kryptonite lately.

My heart broke for Hayes. All he’d been through as a child, how lonely he actually was when, from all outward appearances, it seemed he had everything he could want. I was hooked on these characters from the very beginning.

Chapters 19 and 20? Holeee Moley. I thought the scene in Put Me In Detention was hot, but listening to Teddy Hamilton and Vanessa Edwin create that fire as Hayes and Hattie blew that other scene out of the water.

There are so many awesome Easter eggs hidden in this story that reference other MQ books too, which I loved!

I am so excited that Almond Bay will be a new series, because I don’t want to say goodbye to Hayes and Hattie yet, so I hope we get to see lots more of them in the future stories set in this quirky town!

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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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Glimmers of You by Catherine Cowles

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Fall for Grae and Caden in their fake dating, brother’s best friend, small-town romance from USA Today Bestselling Author, Catherine Cowles!

He hadn’t always just been my brother’s best friend. There was a time when he was mine, too. Until he disappeared from our small town when I needed him the most.

Now, Caden’s back. With his cocky smirk and infuriating nicknames. And I’m struggling to ignore his presence.

When my ex refuses to leave me alone, Caden steps in, suggesting that it will get my ex and Caden’s calculating father off both our backs if we just pretend to be madly in love.

There’s just one problem… Nothing I feel for Caden Shaw is fake—even when I thought I hated him. And there’s no denying how the touch of his lips sparks a flame I’ll never be able to extinguish.

As those pretend moments start to turn oh so real, someone’s watching. They’re not happy about Caden’s new role in my life. And they’ll do anything to rip me away from him—even burn us all to the ground…

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Ah, Caden and Grae’s story was lovely! He has always been her older brother’s best friend, but Caden and Grae had a special bond and friendship all of their own as well — until a scary turn of events one day sent Caden running and he abandoned their friendship.

Despite her hurt feelings, Grae has carried a torch for him all these years since, and it’s been hard for her to see him around town once he returned after years of working for his family’s businesses across the country and overseas. Caden has been trying to keep his distance from Grae — because being around her is too painful for him as well. But when his father pressures him to find a girlfriend to save face and secure a business deal at the same time that Grae’s ex is giving her problems, Caden proposes they pretend to date. Naturally, with all of the history between them, it is hard to keep clear lines. Especially when Caden begins showing Grae the glimmers of the relationship they had in the past. Caden is a damaged guy afraid to let anyone get too close to him, but Grae may just be the woman who can break down his walls!

This story has all the elements that I love from Catherine Cowles: Likeable characters, an intriguing storyline, heart and heat, and a bit of suspense. I saw Twist #1 coming, but not Twist #2! Well done! Narrators Joe Arden and Erin Mallon did a fantastic job as Caden and his Gigi!

Now, I will patiently wait for Roan’s story….

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

About Catherine Cowles

Writer of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she’s not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: The One I Want by Siobhan Davis

He knew what he wanted, and he wanted me.

The One I Want, an all-new emotional, angst-filled new adult stand-alone romance from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Siobhan Davis is available now!!!

We thought we were forever, but fate had other plans… 

I never intended to fall in love.  

This girl had goals and guys were an unwelcome distraction. 

Until I met Garrick, my sophomore year of college, and he blasted through the walls I kept around my heart, tearing them down. 

He knew what he wanted, and he wanted me

Falling hard and fast, I experienced the rollercoaster highs and lows of first love. 

Until life threw us a curveball, and everything flipped overnight. 

Stuck in a limbo state, I was falling apart while trying to be strong for my boyfriend. 

Then he entered my life. The hot, slightly older guy who looked like a cross between a tatted biker and a billionaire businessman.  

Beck understood me, and our situation, in a way no one else could. 

As a friend, he held me together and helped to piece back the shredded fragments of my heart. 

I didn’t mean to fall in love with him—it just happened. 

No one understands, least of all me. 

Now my heart is split in two, and I don’t know what to do. 

Is my first love my one true love? Or do I belong with the man who brought me to life? 

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“Can I get you anything else?” I ask, my eyes darting to the door. It’s crazy busy and I need to get back. I also wouldn’t mind putting some distance between the two of us. His presence is magnetic, and it concerns me that I’ve noticed. 

Little beads of sweat cling to his brow before he swipes them away with the back of his hand. His disarming smile is firmly in place as he stalks toward me. “Just your company.” He moves in closer, and his breath tickles my face when he speaks. “What’s your name, and do you go to school here too?” Curiosity lights up his handsome face as his inquisitive gaze probes mine. 

“Why do you want to know?” I step sideways to create some distance between us. 

“I’m just making conversation.”

There’s a weird tension in the air. A crackling charge ripping across the space separating our bodies, and I don’t like feeling some freaky connection between us. “Well, I’m working, and they need me outside, so I should go.”

“It’s too quiet in here, and I don’t like hanging around by myself.” His earnest eyes are shielding nothing, and I know it isn’t a lie or a ruse to trap me into spending time with him. “Not when I’m pumped full of adrenaline. Normally, my friends would be here, but they all had shit to do tonight.” His eyes soften. “You’d be doing me a big favor if you kept me company.” He flops down on the couch, still maintaining eye contact with me. He pats the space beside him. “I only have a short break, and I promise I won’t bite.”He flashes me another ovary-clenching smile. “I’m betting you haven’t taken a break all night. Rest your feet and take a breather.”

A break does sound nice, and he’s right. I wasn’t able to take my usual ten minutes earlier because it was too busy. Suddenly, my feet feel heavy, and my legs ache like they might go out from under me. 

Garrick hops up and grabs two chilled bottles of water from the mini refrigerator as I lower my tired butt onto the couch. Fridays are always nightmarish because I have classes until lunch, then I work my shift at Butterfly Flowers, and run back to the apartment I share off-campus with my friend Ellen to grab something to eat and a quick shower before showing up for my shift at the bar. I usually sleep in late on Saturday morning, too exhausted to get up early. 

“You look like you need this as much as me,” he says, handing me a water.

 “Thanks, and I do. It’s hot out there tonight.”

“It’s a veritable sauna, ”he agrees. “If it’s like this every Friday night, I might start showing up in nothing but shorts.”

“That would be one way of keeping your fans loyal,” I tease as I uncap the bottle. 

“I’m here for the music, not the girls.” He flashes me a flirty look, that seems to contradict his statement, before gulping back his drink. 

“Said no rock star ever,” I deadpan, fighting a grin. “I’m not a rock star nor do I have any desire to be.”

“How come? You must know you’re good, and isn’t it what most musicians dream of?”

He shrugs before draining his second bottle of water and tossing the empty in the trash can. “Not me. Music is a hobby. It’s a release. A way to indulge my creative side. It will never be anything more.”

“It seems a shame to waste such natural talent, but I admire you for knowing what you want and sticking to your resolve.”

“I still don’t know your name.” He twists around on the couch. His knee brushes against my jean-clad leg as he leans in closer, giving me his undivided attention. 

It’s unnerving, but I still can’t force myself to get up and leave. 

“And you didn’t tell me if you go to UO too,” he adds, looking at me like I’m the most fascinating person in the world. 

“I’m Stevie, and yes, I go to school here. I’m studying floral management and just about to finish my sophomore year.”

“Same here.” 

My eyes pop wide. I’m pretty sure there are no guys in any of my classes. Floral management is not really a guy thing. 

He chuckles. “I meant I’m a sophomore. I’m majoring in family enterprise.”

“Oh, cool. Does your family have a business?”

He nods as his tongue darts out wetting his lips. “My dad is CEO of Allen Lumber and Allen Wineries. I’ll be joining the business when I graduate.”

His tone is very matter-of-fact, and it doesn’t seem like he’s bragging. Wouldn’t matter if he was. I’m hard to impress, and I can’t think of any guy who has ever managed to do it. “I know Allen Wineries. The country club I used to work at back home buys their wine. So, you’re from Seattle too?”

“Born and bred.”

“What part?”

“Dad lives in North Bend, and Mom lives in Medina. I used to split my time between both homes.” Air trickles out of his mouth as he drags one hand through his messy dark hair. 

Something akin to desire pools low in my belly, but I ignore it. 

“What about you? Where do you call home?” he asks.

 “Ravenna. I live with my mom, and my nana is close by too.”

“No dad?”

“I never knew him.” I’m not about to get into it with a guy who is a virtual stranger even if he seems like an okay guy and the conversation is flowing easily. 

“This feels a little like fate.” His eyes sparkle with excitement. 

“What does?”

“Us meeting like this.”

I resist the urge to roll my eyes. “It’s coincidence. Not fate. And it’s not like there aren’t a ton of people attending Oregon from Seattle.”

“True, but I’m sticking to my convictions. You call it coincidence. I’m calling it fate.” He attempts to dazzle me with that flirty smile again, and it almost works. Angling his body closer, he stares at my mouth like he wants to kiss me.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Siobhan Davis knows how to write angsty, emotional tales that will keep you up late at night!

While parts of this book dragged on — it’s long at over 700 pages and 80-something chapters — I get the author’s need to dedicate as much time to the development of Stevie and Garrick’s relationship as she does to Stevie and Beck’s relationship. In a way, this book is two in one, without the cliffhanger of a duet.

My heart broke for all three of these characters. Stevie, Garrick and Beck are all in an impossible situation. And I was reading into the wee hours of the morning once I got to that last 25% because I could not put it down.

The second epilogue? Brilliant. The bonus scene between the guys? Phenomenal.

The One I Want is a masterpiece. Emotionally, messy love triangles aren’t for everyone, and not my typical read, but I have loved everything else I’ve read from Davis and I’m so glad I took the chance on this book!

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Rumor Has It by Kat Savage

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From USA Today Bestselling Author Kat Savage comes Rumor Has It, a small-town, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy, full of laugh-out-loud moments and enough steam to get the wrinkles out of your shirt.

ELLIE
I’ve been friends with Theo Jameson since he defended my honor in third grade. He’s my bro, my bestie, my knight in shining flannel.But after an unpleasant night at the local bar, I’m experiencing feelings I don’t even understand. Not to mention, everyone in town seems to be whispering about it.What they’re saying isn’t true, but I find myself wishing it was. I keep daydreaming about him. about us.

THEO
The moment I rescued Ellie Hayes from uncertain danger in elementary school, I knew my life would never be the same. She’s my best friend, my confidant, my hero.She’s not one to make trouble but that all changed at our favorite watering hole. I’ve never seen her that mad and maybe it’s just me, but it was hot.Now I got friends asking me how long we’ve been secretly going out and everytime I deny it, I wish I didn’t have to.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I was a big fan of Kat Savage’s Men of Birds Eye series, so I was excited to dive into a new series. And Rumor Has It did not disappoint. It’s a fast-paced best friends-to-lovers story about a quirky, curvy heroine and her best guy friend, who has kinda always been in love with her. After things go sideways one night out at the local bar, Ellie starts looking at Theo differently.

This book was a refreshing story as Theo and Ellie cross over from being friends who love each other to being *in* love with one another.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Letters From The Heart by S.L. Sterling

Title: Letters from the Heart
Series: Willow Valley #3
Author: S.L. Sterling
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Small Town/Widower/Military
Release Date: July 26, 2023
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Peggy
After the death of my husband, I drowned myself in flowers, a bittersweet memory of the good times we’d shared. I’d had the good fortune to fall in love with a man who wasn’t great with words but understood the language of flowers. There had been flowers for every occasion, which culminated into the biggest flower delivery of all, my own shop in the small town of Willow Valley, Peggy’s Petals. So I spent all my time and energy building my small flower shop.
Eight years later, my friends are trying to encourage me to move on, but how does a person do that and leave behind the guilt they hold? Instead, I tried something safer. My best friend, Trinity, suggested I join the Army pen pal program. It seemed the safest way to test out the waters with someone new, and the best part, we’d never meet, or so I thought.
Ethan
I’d now been widowed longer than I’d been married and thanks to countless deployments, I knew the men under my command better than I knew my own daughter. As I neared retirement, I wanted to change that. I started talking to my daughter. She explained that she had been doing some volunteer work for a non – profit. She was starting a pen pal program for military men and women and she wanted me to get involved.
Apparently, all I needed to do was write a pen pal provided by the non-profit. So, I signed up, and began exchanging letters. This went on for a few months. The more I knew about her, the more I wanted to know. Then kismet played its hand. Melinda, my daughter, and Peggy, my pen pal lived in the same small town.
As I prepared for retirement, I finally knew where I wanted to settle down. The military had given me an amazing life, now I wanted the job of being a family man, which meant being with my family. I planned to move to Willow Valley, build a relationship with my daughter, and if I had my way, build one with Peggy too.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3.5 Stars
Letters From The Heart is a sweet, but highly emotional, story about navigating grief, moving on without the person you thought you would spend forever with, and finding love again after loss.

Peggy and Ethan first “meet” through a military pen pal program, which gives them a strong friendship and a lot of time to get to know one another without any pressure. After he retires, he moves closer to his daughter, and he and Peggy get to know each other in real life. While there are already feelings there once they meet in person, Ethan and Peggy still struggle with having lost their respective spouses.

This is a relatively short book and a good story. There were times that I thought Peggy was just way too much and I just wish she would have moved on already. But overall, I enjoyed it. This book could easily be a Hallmark movie.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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USA Today Bestselling Author S.L. Sterling was born and raised in southern Ontario. She now lives in Northern Ontario Canada and is married to her best friend and soul mate and their two dogs.
An avid reader all her life, S.L. Sterling dreamt of becoming an author. She decided to give writing a try after one of her favorite authors launched a course on how to write your novel. This course gave her the push she needed to put pen to paper and her debut novel “It Was Always You” was born.
When S.L. Sterling isn’t writing or plotting her next novel she can be found curled up with a cup of coffee, blanket and the newest romance novel from one of her favorite authors.
In her spare time, she enjoys camping, hiking, sunny destinations, spending quality time with family and friends and of course reading.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Mine to Take by Natasha Madison

MINE TO TAKE

Natasha Madison

Release Date: July 24

FREE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED

From Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a stand-alone small-town, second-chance sports romance.

When two worlds crossover. From the This Is Series and The Southern Series.

Things are supposed to go smoothly on your wedding day.
Aren’t they?

Sofia Barnes
I’ve always loved to play dress-up.
Creating fake weddings was my childhood pastime.
Now it is my dream come true.

I’ve finally been handed my first client.
But nothing could prepare me for who greeted me when I walked in.

He was my first kiss, my first everything, including my first and only heartbreak.
Now I have to plan his wedding.

Matthew Petrov
My family is filled with hockey royalty.
From my grandfather to my uncle to my father.
Now it is my turn to work my way up the leaderboard.
I had everything that I’ve ever wanted in my life.
Or so I thought.
Nothing could prepare me for coming face-to-face with Sofia.
I knew her inside and out.
She knew my inner secrets.
Two years ago, I let her go, and now she’s planning my wedding to someone else.
They say time heals old wounds. They lied.
Maybe she was just mine to take.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars


Matthew and Sofia’s second chance at love in Mine to Take was perfection! Natasha Madison seamlessly combines two of her literary worlds (Southern Heat and her popular hockey series) in this next-generation crossover novel.

I felt every ounce of the angst and betrayal and hurt and regret between Matthew and Sofia from the moment he walked into that meeting. How would either of them survive Sofia planning his wedding to another woman? Well, they wouldn’t, since they are both still hopelessly in love with each other. Thankfully, it never comes to that because Matthew wisens up, calls the wedding off, and sets out on a mission to win Sofia back. With some hilarious support from Uncle Matt and Uncle Max!

This story checked all the right boxes, and combined everything I love about Natasha’s hockey world with the small-town feel of the Southern books. And NM really blew me away with that tease at the end for Dimitri and Addison’s story, coming next!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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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: You or Someone Like You by Winter Renshaw

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From Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author Winter Renshaw comes a fast-paced, emotional romance about what happens when the wrong twin falls for the right man.

Being an identical twin has its perks, but when my sister asked me to sub in for a date with Roman Bellisario, I wasn’t exactly thrilled. Sure, he’s sinfully handsome and successful, but he also got me fired from my dream job three years ago.

This time, my sister’s promotion is riding on this date, so I have to say yes. And as it turns out, we’re strangely perfect for each other. I sell art. He collects it. We’re both obsessed with the same obscure, mysterious artist that most people don’t even know exists.

Roman is guarded, though, and I can understand why. He’s a widowed single dad. But as one date leads to another, he starts to let me in, and I can’t help but fall for him.

The problem is Roman still thinks I’m my sister. Is our twin swap going to be the best thing that ever happened to me and Roman—or the lie that tears us apart?

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

You or Someone Like You was a delight! I thought Sloane and Roman were great characters, very relatable and likable, and I thought that the relationship between them was well-paced. The whole lying-about-being-her-twin-sister thing aside, of course!

I was hooked on this pairing from the start, their dud of a first date. As their “hanging out” evolved and they got to know one another better, I enjoyed seeing their growing connection. I totally felt Sloane’s guilt in letting Roman continue to believe that she was Margeaux, and I loved seeing Roman coming out of his grief and letting himself develop feelings for someone else besides his late wife.

While Sloane and Roman are both keeping a secret from the other (and I figured out his rather quickly), her lies were much bigger than his. She just knew it was all going to blow up in her face, and boy, does it ever. But the breakup is not dragged out, and once Roman gets past his initial hurt over Sloane/Margeaux’s behavior, he makes a Grand Gesture to win Sloane back that was positively perfect.

I received a complimentary copy from NetGalley and voluntarily left a review.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author Winter Renshaw is a bona fide daydream believer. She lives somewhere in the middle of the USA and can rarely be seen without her notebook and laptop. When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing. And when she’s not thinking about writing, she’s living the American dream with her husband, three kids, the laziest puggle this side of the Mississippi, and a busy pug pup that officially owes her three pairs of shoes, one lamp cord, and an office chair.

Winter also writes psychological suspense under her Minka Kent pseudonym. Her debut, THE MEMORY WATCHER, hit #9 in the Kindle store, and her follow-up, THE THINNEST AIR, hit #1 in the Kindle store and spent five weeks as a Washington Post bestseller. Over the years, her work has been mentioned by The New York Post and People Magazine, as well as optioned for film and television.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Saving Rain by Kelsey Kingsley

SAVING RAIN by Kelsey Kingsley is LIVE!!! Don’t miss this gritty, emotional story about love and redemption! 

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From the author of Warrior Blue comes an emotional, gritty story about redemption, love, and an antihero with a desperation to achieve his lifelong dream – to be a good man.

Are you ready for redemption?

My name is Soldier, but I was never meant to be a hero.

From the moment I was born, I was looked at as a beacon of hope, a guiding light—a savior. But that type of pressure can drive a man to desperation, to do things he shouldn’t, and in my case, that’s exactly what happened.

All I ever wanted to be was a good person, someone my grandparents could be proud of, but for a long time, I couldn’t find the strength to be proud of myself.

I paid the price.

I did my time.

Yet … somehow, I got lucky.

I was given a second chance to do better, to be the man I always believed I could be. And after finding the love I never knew I deserved, I’m starting to wonder if there’s still room for me to be a hero after all …

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Soldier Mason’s story in Saving Rain is a phenomenal, heartbreaking, inspirational tale of survival, redemption, forgiveness — and an anti-hero finding love in a world where he thought he wasn’t meant to be happy.

Told completely from Soldier’s POV, this story unfolds in Before chapters and After chapters. Soldier has been dealt one crappy hand after another in his life, and at the crux of everything he has ever done was protecting his drug-addict mom. One stupid decision alters his life forever, leaving Soldier to spend a decade in jail. After he’s released, he is given a second chance at life thanks to Harry, one of the prison guards who took a liking to Soldier, knowing that he wasn’t at all the bad guy he claimed to be but rather a kid who got caught up in a bad situation. Soldier is able to turn his life around thanks to Harry’s help, and that’s when he meets his inquisitive young neighbor, Noah, and falls for Noah’s pretty mom, Ray — or Rain. As it turns out, these characters are connected in more ways than they know.

This poignant story wasn’t a light and upbeat one by any stretch, but it was positively magical. Both Ray and Soldier are survivors, and my heart broke for both of them — where they’d come from, what they’d been though, and the obstacles they faced to be together. Ray was a balm to Soldier’s tortured soul, and for Ray and Noah, he got to do what he does best: protecting.

As this book is set in River Canyon, there are some great cameos by some of the Kinney family members from previous Kelsey Kingsley books, and I loved those Easter eggs!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

ABOUT KELSEY KINGSLEY 

   Kelsey Kingsley is a romance author living in New York with her husband, son, and a cat named Ethel, who once upon a time wanted to write horror novels but quickly learned she wasn’t scary enough. She loves music, tattoos, makeup, and Edgar Allan Poe. Kelsey is a Slytherin, a hater of cheese, and a fluent speaker of curse words.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Bittersweet by Carrie Aarons

Bittersweet by Carrie Aarons is now live!

The last place Cassandra Mauer ever thought she’d step foot again was Hope Crest, Pennsylvania. But once the world famous actress gets the call that her estranged father has passed, and his only living relative will need to settle his estate, she finds herself back in the small town that sent her running once upon a time.
 
Little do her dilapidated childhood home and her father’s affairs know, Cassandra was in need of a project exactly like this to distract from the glamorous life she no longer wants or recognizes. That is, until she bumps into the man whose family is considered Main Street royalty.
 
Patrick Ashton is the boy next door, a Hope Crest celebrity, and one of the heirs to the most famous restaurants on the East Coast. He has no problem reminding her just how much the town hated her old man … and in turn her for sharing his last name. But when he realizes she’s going to sell the land their two families have fought over for decades, Patrick might have to change his tune.
 
As he begins scheming to charm the woman the entire country wants to be or be with, she can’t deny the spark of chemistry between them still exists after all these years. The one that simmered in the shared woods behind their homes where no one else could see.
 
And when the danger that sent her fleeing as a teenager returns to seek revenge, she finds Patrick genuinely in her corner, despite his family’s objections. In the place she swore never to return, she might have just found the love and life she was searching for.
 
Except old wounds and unsettled scores might not let her keep it.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Well done, Carrie! Bittersweet is the start of a great new series by Carrie Aarons. It’s a small-town, enemies-to-lovers, hate-to-love, celebrity, hometown hero, neighbor romance with a dash of suspense thrown into the mix for good measure.

Cassandra is a famous actress at a crossroads in her life when her estranged father passes away and she is left to settle his affairs in the small Pennsylvania town where everyone hated him and, by proxy, hates her. Falling for her neighbor Patrick, Hope Crest royalty, was not part of the plan. They get off on the wrong foot, but it’s not long before they fall into a friendship of sorts. They each had a secret crush on the other when they were teenagers, so it was a sweet payoff when they finally get together.

Of course, there are bumps in the road — his dad wants her family’s land, danger from Cassandra’s past reappears in the present — but Cassandra and Patrick fight it together in this swoony, sexy and sweet small-town romance!

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Meet Carrie Aarons


Author of romance novels such as Fool Me Twice and Love at First Fight, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the love stories of her imagination, and the athleisure dress code, much better.

When she isn’t writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She lives in the suburbs of New Jersey with her husband, two children and ninety-pound rescue pup.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Meet Your Match by Kandi Steiner

 

Meet Your Match by Kandi Steiner is now live! 

 

One Month with Vince Tanev: Tampa’s Hotshot Rookie

Twenty-four-seven access on and off the ice.

The headline says it all, and my bosses are over the moon when the opportunity of a lifetime lands in my lap. Of course, they aren’t aware that I’ve already met Vince Cool at an all-star gala — and that we were at each other’s throats the entire time.

It doesn’t matter that he’s the kind of hot that shows God has favorites — messy brown hair, heated hazel eyes, the smirk of a rockstar, and a scar over his eyebrow that makes every woman particularly feral.

He’s a rich, cocky playboy — a brand I’m all too familiar with, and one I’m determined to never be around again.

But after my coverage of the gala stirs up buzz, the team’s General Manager and my CEO strike a deal. To help fill the arena at home games, I’ll get up close and personal with Tampa’s new shiny toy. Whether he’s at practice, playing in a game, partying, or drinking coffee half-naked in his condo — I’ll be there for all of it.

Vince gets under my skin like no one else. It isn’t long before that paper-thin line between hate and lust blurs, and being around him every waking minute of the day leaves no chance to escape his devilish stare.

The air crackles between us. The tension is hot enough to melt my inhibitions.

But I know the way this story ends. I’ve lived it once before.

As much as I work to guard my heart, my body is a traitor — and if this man puts his hands on me, I know I’ll submit to desire.

I thought one month with Vince Tanev was a game I could win easily.

But I might have just met my match.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Anyone have a hose? I need to cool off after reading Vince and Maven in Meet Your Match!

I love a sexy hockey romance, and Vince and Maven had sizzling chemistry. Plus, it’s a he-falls-first story! Vince and Maven come from different worlds, and their first meeting is not quite a meet-cute. So there is tons of tension between them when she is assigned to cover the hot new rookie for a month. Kandi Steiner wrote a delicious story between these two, complete with witty banter, oodles of chemistry, angst, and loads of spice.

This was a fantastic start to a series, and I can’t wait to see Vince’s teammates in action in future books!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

Meet Kandi


Kandi Steiner is an Amazon Top 5 bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.

An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.”

She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.

When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, planning her next adventure, or pole dancing (yes, you read that right). She enjoys live music, traveling, playing with her fur babies and soaking up the sweetness of life.

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