Heart of Gold is a super sweet novella set in Amie Knight’s Heart world. Will and Ramsey are college students who have been best friends since they were 8 years old. Both of them have feelings for one another, but are afraid to admit it and ruin their friendship. When Ramsey’s roommate Asia informs her that another guy in their dorm likes her, it pretty much scares Will into losing her to someone else. (But Asia knows what she’s doing and gives Will the push he needs!)
Will suggests a fake date to prepare Ramsey to date for real. And he has every intention on making sure she knows there is no better guy for her than him.
Adorable, if not predictable. At only 8 chapters, this book is one that is easy to read in one sitting. And easy to fall in love with Ramsey and Will.
This book is loosely connected to A Steel Heart since Miranda was once Will’s babysitter when he was a kid, and there is a lovely appearance by Miranda and Holden.
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AUTHOR BIO
USA Today bestselling author Amie Knight has been a reader for as long as she can remember and a romance lover since she could get her hands on her momma’s books. She’s a dedicated wife and mother with a deep love of music, makeup, and house plants. When she isn’t reading and writing, you can catch her jamming out in the car with her two kids and husband to ’90s R&B, country, and show tunes. Amie draws inspiration from her childhood in Columbia, South Carolina, and can’t imagine living anywhere other than the South.
The Coldest Winter by Brittainy Cherry is now live!
I didn’t know he was forbidden until after our one night stand…
I met Milo Corti during his self-destructive era, and he met me at the beginning of mine. That night when we crossed paths at a college party, we only had one goal: to feel good during our hell storms.
After we parted ways, I’d planned never to see him again. That was until I showed up for my first day as a student-teacher and found him sitting right there before me. Now I was forced to cross paths with the person meant to be nothing more than a fading memory.
The more time we spent together, the more drawn I felt toward him. When his world shifted for the worst, I couldn’t help but to lean in closer.
I’d always done the right thing. For the first time ever, I wanted to do something very wrong. I wanted to fall in love with the one person who was off-limits.
The problem with falling for something forbidden? Once you began to descend, you were destined to crash and burn.
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Oh Wow. I wish I could give The Coldest Winter more than 5 stars. This book is so much more than a forbidden romance between a student-teacher and one of the pupils in her high school English class. It is a wonderful exploration of loss, grief, drowning in sadness, depression, life changes, and so much more.
Starlet meets Milo on her 21st birthday at a frat party — hours after she walked in on her boyfriend cheating on her the night she thought he was going to propose. That chance encounter, that one-night-stand, changed both of their lives forever. Starlet was… well, a shining star… for Milo. A warm beacon of light in a dark, low time of his life.
And as much as Star lifted up Milo, he had just as much of an impact on her life. Things get so rocky between them at one point, but they both grow into the people they are supposed to be because of their relationship with each other. And it’s a beautiful thing.
Don’t miss this one.
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Meet Brittainy
Amazon #1 Bestselling author, Brittainy Cherry, has been in love with words since the day she took her first breath. She graduated from Carroll University with a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Creative Writing. She loves to take part in writing screenplays, acting, and dancing—poorly of course. Coffee, chai tea, and wine are three things that she thinks every person should partake in! Brittainy lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When she’s not running a million errands and crafting stories, she’s probably playing with her adorable pets.
Baseball star Spencer Crews knows April can’t stand him, yet his proposition of temporarily living together is the biggest curveball of his career…
Making a certain kind of video with my enemy (who happens to be everyone’s favorite baseball player) was not my proudest moment, but I blame the alcohol for Spencer’s smirk three seconds before our clothes ended up on the floor for our one-night mistake. He said he deleted the video, which is why I didn’t expect the jerk to interrupt my date a few months later to break the news that we have a problem. His solution is to avoid the press by staying at his lake house to hide away and I stupidly agree.
The next thing I know, I have two tiny eyes staring at me.
Yep, I discover Spencer is a hot single dad to a cute little girl secret. And that’s not the only twist, because the small town by the lake seems to bring us closer; all of us. Spencer and my arguments fizzle out, and our looks grow longer. We talk like it matters and study one another’s bodies. It feels like we are in our own little world. And in the end, I’m not sure if it’s Spencer or me who’s trying to convince us we may just be worth the chance…
Spencer and April bring the banter and steam in this enemies to lovers, single dad, and completely swoon-worthy forced proximity story. Worth the Chance is book two in the standalone interconnected Lake Spark series. For lovers of small-town romance with a touch of sports.
Worth the Chance is a fun and feisty enemies-to-lovers story with a ton of witty banter between Spencer and Abigail. They pretty much can’t stand each other, but they have an alcohol-fueld romp the night of the baby shower for her best friend and his best friend. (Who are the couple from book 1; I didn’t read that, but did not feel like I was missing any backstory.)
A few months later, someone is threatening to leak the naughty video Abigail and Spencer accidentally made that night, and he thinks it’s best for them both if she moves in with him until things blow over. The forced vacation is not ideal, as she keeps reminding him, but Abigail begins to soften around Spencer when she sees how great he is with his daughter Hadley; a daughter that the press doesn’t know exists. It took a lot for Spencer to let Abigail into his sanctuary and be a part of Hadley’s life, and it pays off for him because Abigail and Hadley begin to develop a wonderful friendship on their own.
I thought this story progressed nicely through the different stages of Spencer and Abigail’s relationship. I felt their feelings for one another change and grow, and I loved being along for the ride as they and Hadley became a family unit.
Worth the Chance is the first book I’ve read by Evey Lyon, and I’m so glad I took the chance on it! I definitely want to check out Hudson and Piper’s story (book 1) and look forward to Ford’s story in the future!
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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…
When I first met Abigail and Tristan as side characters in Made for Me, I knew that they were going to be a couple I looked forward to. And their story in Made for Us did not disappoint!
Made for Us takes place about four years after Made For Me. Tristan has done a wonderful job raising Penelope as a single dad, and Abigail still has a special connection with the little girl she bonded with back when she was a nursing student. And they are both hopelessly, secretly in love with the other. Right after Abigail graduates from nursing school, the Cooper-Stone family is off on another family vacation… and Tristan and Penelope are invited along. Maybe it is the tropical air, maybe it was the island drinks, but on the last night of vacation, Tristan and Abigail finally give into whatever has been brewing between them.
And she freaks out.
And then freaks out some more when she discovers several weeks later that she is pregnant.
While I hate when the heroine keeps her pregnancy from the hero, I get why it happened that way in this story. When he finally puts two and two together and realizes that he is the father, it brings to the surface all of his guilt about not having been there for Penelope as a newborn. And he is rightfully angry that he is missing out on the experience yet again because Abigail neglected to tell him the truth.
But this man steps up, because of course he does, and finally these two get on the same page. There’s not really a courtship and their make-up is kinda uneventful, but it comes after one of my favorite scenes in the book, when Tristan stands up and takes his place as the father.
I am loving this series, and Made For Us was another great book for this hockey dynasty family!
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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…
He’s mine … don’t ever forget that. Milo lives in the barn, a cowboy through and through. I live in a castle, but I’m not a princess. When the only person who loves me dies, Milo’s there. As I get older, I no longer look at Milo like a big brother. I look at him like the man God made just for me. With the first glimpse of freedom from my pathetic excuse for a father, I imagine a future with Milo. I dream of the day when we won’t have to hide our feelings. But Milo has a secret. He is not free. The man I love is marrying the woman I hate.
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So much angst! If you are looking for an emotional, angsty romance between two characters that are meant to be together but are kept apart by circumstances beyond their control, then look no further than If This Is Love!
Indie and Milo’s story was tragic and full of so many twists and turns. I cried for these two, because life (well, one particular puppet master controlling this lives!) was just working against them constantly. Indie’s family is just plain cruel to her over and over again, and Milo is her saving grace every time. And she is his as well, because while he is living his life in a figurative prison and she is the only thing that keeps them going.
I read this book in a day; I could not get enough of these two. Even when he is married to her cousin, Jolene; it’s Indie that his heart beats for. That said… I felt the ending was rushed. I loved where it ultimately ended up, but the last two chapters just lost that *wow* that the rest of this book had. I wanted to see things unfold on the page that the reader instead was told happened, and that felt like a bit of a let down after how invested I was in Indie and Milo clawing their way to be together. That won’t stop me from rereading this book, but that was the difference in this being a 5-star read for me.
All. the. Angst!
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Meet Jewel E. Ann
Jewel is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author with a quirky sense of humor. When she’s not saving the planet one tree at a time, you can find her role modeling questionable behavior to her three boys, binge-watching Netflix with her husband, and writing mind-bending romance.
Over My Brother’s Dead Body, Chase Andrews by Piper Rayne is now live!
Chase Andrews. The Kingsmen’s top tight end. My brother’s friend and teammate. My new neighbor. The grumpy to my sunshine. But underneath that grumpy exterior, there’s so much more. Chase likes to pretend nothing affects him, but I’ve seen glimpses of his other side in the time we’ve spent together. And the more we get to know each other, the more I’m falling for him. Under normal circumstances, this would be great. Except my hyper-protective big brother thinks no man is good enough for me, and my ex-fiancé is trying to win me back. One charming, seemingly good man already broke my heart. Am I stupid to give a self-confessed relationship-adverse football player a chance to break it a second time?
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Oh my heart! I know that we are only three books into the Kingsmen series, but Chase and Twyla are my favorites!!! This story was wonderful!
I loved that Chase has always been attracted to Twyla over the years, but kept a respectful distance since she had a boyfriend/was engaged. Now that her engagement is off, Twyla has moved to San Francisco for a period of time to get away from the memories of her wedding that wasn’t. And she ends up cat-sitting for the guy who lives in the condo across the hall from Chase. A wonderful friendship develops between these two as they bond over *book club* and American Horror Story, and I was shipping them hard before they gave in to their lust.
That shower scene was HOT! And listening to Jason Clarke and Savannah Peachwood in duet made this book all the more sinfully delicious. I binged listening to most of this book at once because I could not press pause on those two narrators!
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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!
Sutter Mason is sick and tired of ballplayers. And pitchers? The worst!
She’s over their inflated egos. Done with their magnetic charm. And as far as she’s concerned, the broken promise the last ace left her with was her final strike in the game of love.
The problem? Her dad is the coach of the hometown minor league team. And the hot new lefty who just joined the squad? He’s her brother’s new roommate. This time around, instead of falling for the player, she’s going to use him to get what she wants—the perfect case study for her psychology thesis.
No dates. No feelings. Zero extra innings. Simply a business relationship that ends when the season is done or Jensen Hawke is pulled up for prime time.
Arizona Monsoon rookie Jensen Hawke is laser-focused—on proving he’s more than just hype, on breaking the league’s strikeout record, and on getting called up to the big leagues.
Jensen doesn’t do relationships. He doesn’t even really do friends. But his stubborn attitude is getting him in trouble on the mound. His control comes and goes. His curveball is a mess. And every time his roommate’s cute sister points out that it’s probably all in his head, he wants to scream.
But when a single conversation with her seems to up his game, Jensen decides maybe he’s got time for one relationship while he chases his dream. Just a little positive mental coaching. Nothing but two people working toward shared goals.
So what if Sutter Mason gets him more than anyone ever has. Believes in him in a way that makes him believe too. Looks at him like he’s actually special. And so what if he’s starting to feel things he swore off for good.
In baseball, sometimes all it takes is one spectacular play to change the game. And Jensen Hawke and Sutter Mason didn’t see each other coming. With love on the line, everything is riding on this next pitch. * Southpaw is a standalone, new adult, enemies-to-lovers, grumpy-sunshine baseball romance full of angst, steam and swoon.
Southpaw is a spicy enemies-to-lovers romance between a lefty pitcher with a mental block and the coach’s daughter/his roommate’s sister. Jensen needs help getting out of his own way, and Sutter needs to redo her mater’s thesis paper as a psychology student. She reluctantly convinces him to give her a week to work with him on “mental training” — when all is said and done, will he be able to score big on the field and with the girl?
I loved how Sutter was always just *there* in Jensen’s apartment because she used to live there and how her constant appearances aggravated him. “I have a key” becomes a running joke between them — and in the end, Sutter’s key opened up a lot more than just the apartment door. Jensen is a really relatable hero — I loved the vulnerability he showed. I thought that Sutter was a bit bratty and entitled at times, but I did warm up to her eventually. (It just took me a bit! HA!)
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ABOUT GINGER SCOTT
Ginger Scott is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon-bestselling author from Peoria, Arizona. She was also nominated for both the Goodreads Choice and Rita Awards. She is the author of several young and new adult romances, including recent bestsellers The Fuel Series, The Varsity Series, The Hard Count, A Boy Like You, A Girl Like Me, Cry Baby, This Is Falling and Wild Reckless.
A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. She has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for a hella long time. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.
When she’s not writing, the odds are high that she’s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork ’em, Devils).
From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes a brother’s best friend sports romance. Lakeshore U, where hockey is religion, and the players are gods. Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker?
When Aurora Hart moves in with her brother and his two teammates, it’s only supposed to be a temporary fix.
Enter Noah Holden.
Cocky. Heartbreaker. With enough game to have every girl on campus falling at his feet.
When Noah’s best friend asks him to look out for his sister, he doesn’t expect to find her so resistant to his charm.
Or find himself so interested in his new housemate.
He’s Lakeshore U’s biggest player.
She’s quirky, shy, and one hundred percent not his type.
Can Noah help Rory let go of the insecurities holding her back from embracing life?
Or will he be unable to break the ice around her heart?
Aurora is a self-conscious girl with a lot of secrets. Noah is a cocky college hockey superstar. When she first moves into the house he shares with her brother, it seems as if Rory and Noah have nothing in common, but they turn out to be exactly what the other needs.
I really enjoyed this story. Especially since Aurora didn’t want to give Noah the time of day at first and he was the one who fell first. Although they got off on the wrong foot, a genuine friendship formed between these two broken characters as they realized they shared the common bond of a traumatic childhood. They were both really good at hiding their pain and putting on a facade to the rest of the world, but found that they didn’t have to when they were around each other, and I appreciated how that genuine connection was explored by the characters — and how the reader got to go along for the ride.
Ah, but when the going gets to be too good, Noah freaks out. Especially after a chat with Rory’s brother, Austin. They were so good together, and so miserable apart — and the reunion was delicious.
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Meet L.A. Cotton
USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over forty mature young adult and new adult novels, LA COTTON is happiest writing the kind of books she loves to read: addictive stories full of teenage angst, tension, twists and turns.
Home is a small town in the middle of England where she currently juggles being a full-time writer with being a mother/referee to two little people. In her spare time (and when she’s not camped out in front of the laptop) you’ll most likely find LA immersed in a book, escaping the chaos that is life.
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Tarryn King has always been a thorn in Connor Jacobs’ side. Ever since the moment his disabled little sister became best friends with the snooty brat, Connor was left with no other purpose than to be the grumpy big brother, wishing for their falling out.
And he learned to live with that—until the day he gave her the shirt off his back … and discovered it’s possible to be jealous of an inanimate object.
For two decades, that embedded thorn has been the object of his desires. But that’s a secret he’ll never tell. She’ll always see him as her BFF’s mean older brother.
Besides, she isn’t just his sister’s best friend anymore. She’s THE Tarryn King. And what could a famous actress who has everything see in him? A single dad who collects garbage for a living.
But when her very attractive—and very available—costar enters the picture, Connor knows he has to make his move … or live with regret forever.
When I read The Girl in the Front Row, I really, really hoped that Kelsey Kingsley would write Tarryn and Connor’s story. Sibling’s best friend stories are one of my favorites, and everything about Tarryn and Connor’s story checked off all the boxes for me.
This book starts off as enemies-to-lovers, but what is really simmering underneath is hate fueled by years of unrequited love. It’s obvious to Connor’s teen daughter, Sammy, that they are head over heels for one another way before it’s obvious to Connor and Tarryn.
The Hero in Her Story is a beautiful slow burn, friends-to-lovers, celebrity/average Joe romance. KK really took the time to develop the friendship between Connor and Tarryn as they shifted from antagonizing one another to becoming so much more.
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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.
Six summers. Six chances. One week spent pretending.
Ever since her younger sister’s engagement was announced, Harper Williams has been dreading the wedding. What should be a joyous, sun-drenched affair is sure to be filled with plenty of awkward moments, thanks to Harper’s strained relationship with her only sibling. Awkwardness enhanced by the wedding’s location—a lake in Maine swimming with painful memories of their late father.
Running into Drew Halifax—her childhood crush who grew up to be the golden boy of hockey—is a surprise. Not nearly as shocking as his offer to be her plus-one is, though.
She expects him to back out. He shows up. She’s looking for a distraction from the past. He’s killing time until his season starts and he can chase the championship. She’s guarded yet outgoing. He’s easygoing yet focused.
They hardly know each other. Until one week of sharing secrets, pretending to be in love, and sleeping in the same bed changes everything. Feelings that were supposed to be fake start to feel very real.
Problem is, neither of them are looking for a relationship. At most, they’re meant to be a summer fling. Definitely not a happy ever after.
But when it comes to falling? You have no control. Once you start, it’s impossible to stop. And sometimes…it takes six summers.
Drew and Harper knew each other growing up, and unbeknownst to each other, were crushing on one another hard back. The summer of her sister’s wedding, they embark on a no-strings fake relationship… but of course, feelings get involved and two people who didn’t want a commitment find themselves in a very real relationship and they aren’t sure what to do about it.
This book was cute, and a quick read. But I wish there was more backstory, especially considering the title. It took six summers for Drew and Harper to fall in love, but we barely got to see their relationship evolve over those years. I felt a bit let down by that because I thought the concept was great when I first read the title. I think I would have been shipping Harper and Drew more had I seen that progress of their relationship rather than the rush of that last summer.
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ABOUT C.W. FARNSWORTH
C.W. Farnsworth is the author of numerous adult and young adult romance novels featuring sports, strong female leads, and happy endings.
Charlotte lives in Rhode Island and when she isn’t writing spends her free time reading, at the beach, or snuggling with her Australian Shepard.