SAVE ME is OUT TODAY! A swoony and sexy friends to lovers, fake dating, no-strings attached contemporary romance jammed packed with sizzling HOT chemistry .
A firefighter who loves his sex dirty and his relationships brief
A shy reporter who canโt even talk about a secret sex club
A wrench into their sizzling fantasy no one saw coming
About the book…From USA Today bestselling author Stacey Kennedy comes a captivating romance set in the exclusive world of the Phoenix club, where sizzling fantasies become reality…
Reporter Hazel Rose has a new assignment: locate the masked man in the photograph taken at the Phoenix sex club and snag an interview with him. The only problem? Shy Hazel already knows all about the clubโฆ and the man in the photo. Heโs her new roommate, Kieran Black. But there’s no way Hazel would ever reveal his identity to the world, nor could she ever talk to Kieran about a secret sex club. His smile alone makes her blush. And after being beaten down by an emotionally cruel ex-boyfriend, Hazel has never really regained her self-confidence.
Kieran loves his sex dirty and his relationships brief. A child of a terrible divorce, Kieran has never seen the point in commitment. But suddenly, all his of best friends are getting married, and he’s beginning to realize how empty his life is. As Kieran and Hazel are both forced to attend wedding celebrations, he starts to learn more about his quiet roommate. When she explains her past struggles with relationships, he offers her a trade. He’ll fulfill all of her wildest sexual fantasies if she’ll help him understand how to be the type of partner a woman wants in a relationship.
Hazel knows this sizzling fantasy with Kieran isn’t supposed to last, but she quickly finds herself falling for the sweet, caring Kieran who is much better at relationships than he believes. But when life throws a wrench into their no-strings-attached arrangement, Hazel and Kieran must decide if theyโre both willing to overcome their past heartaches and find a way forwardโฆ together.
Save Me is a steamy, sexy, relationship pact/roommates romance between a dirty-talking hero who has shied away from relationships and a shy heroine who canโt help but notice how hot and sweet her alpha new roommate is.
I havenโt read any of the other books in the Phoenix series, so I knew nothing of Hazel and Kieran going into Save Me. Much of the story is centered around Hazel and Kieran being the single ones in the group, and spending time together as their friends are preparing to get married. With his friends marrying off, Kieran is realizing how lonely he really is. Hazel is a sweet, caring heroine, the type who always puts everyone else ahead of herself. Her self-confidence is shot thanks to a crappy ex, so when Kieran offers to help her explore her sexuality in exchange for her showing him what women want in a relationship, sheโs all in.
While it starts out as a pact, itโs not long before these two fall into a real relationship โ without even realizing it. Kieran likes to talk dirty in the bedroom (or at the sex club) but heโs so caring and sweet and charming when itโs just the two of them at home. But when life throws them a curveball, will Kieran ride out the feelings heโs developed for Hazel or tap out?
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
I saw him first.โฃ But it didn’t matter.โฃ Because he saw her.โฃ
A Love Letter to Whiskey: 5 Year Anniversary Edition by Kandi Steiner is now live with new content, including a BRAND NEW novella from Jamieโs POV! ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โฃโฃCelebrate five years of sweet, angsty pain with this special edition of A Love Letter to Whiskey by Kandi Steiner.โฃโฃ
โฃ Bonus Content including letters from the author, fun facts and behind the scenes, as well as a note from the audiobook narrator
โฃ Brand new special edition cover
โฃโฃI saw him first. โฃBut it didn’t matter.โฃ Because he saw her.โฃโฃ He was my best friend, and I was his. โฃWe couldn’t be together, but we couldn’t stand to be apart. โฃโฃAnd if you’re not truly lovers… but you’re so much more than friends… what exactly are you?โฃโฃ
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Kandi!
A Love Letter To Whiskey is one of my all-time favorite books, and I’m pretty sure it’s the first book of Kandi Steiner’s that I’d read. Ever since, I’ve used it as my benchmark for angst. But as much as I loved ALLTW, I felt like I needed more. Specifically, Jamie’s side.
Well, the 5th-anniversary edition of ALLTW includes a bonus novella from Jamie’s POV! I binged Love, Whiskey last night and it was everything that I could have asked for!!! I loved every bit of Jamie’s side of events. It covers the highs and lows of his relationship with B, and I loved seeing how things got so screwed up between them from his side and what happened after B’s epilogue. It was perfection!
This special edition also includes bonus content: a letter from the audiobook narrator, and two letters written by Jamie that KS had included in special newsletters. It all added to the perfection that is Jamie and B!
Only One Regret is another great addition to Natasha Madison’s Only One series. This time, we have Cooper Grant — a third-generation character within the author’s hockey series. (His grandfather is the original Cooper and his father is Matt.)
The story opens as Cooper is about to get divorced. He’s a doting dad to his adorable little girls, but feels like a failure because his marriage didn’t work out. Cooper has always had his best friend Erika by his side, and he relies on her support even more in the wake of his divorce. After a night of drinking tequila at his divorce party, Erika and Cooper cross the line and have an explosive night in bed. But when the sun rises, will they regret their actions? And when Cooper’s wife claims she wants her family back, will Erika bow out?
I really liked the chemistry between them. Because their relationship is rooted in years of friendship, everything between them is effortless and easy. And once they get going, things are really hot and heavy. Wow, Cooper is a dirty talker!
My only complaint about this book is the number of side characters involved from Cooper’s family. I have read some of NM’s books over the years but forgot the connections between many of them. The author provides a Stone family tree, which I kept flipping back to since characters weren’t ID’d as Cooper’s aunt or cousin or sister. But aside from that, Only One Regret checked off all the right boxes.
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet Natashaย Madisonย
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…
Wish Upon a Star, an all-new emotional read that gives all the feels from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jasinda Wilder is available now!
Grandma always said dying is the easy part; itโs the living thatโs hard. Iโve been fighting to live since I was seven years old, and now the doctors say Iโm gonna lose that battle soon. Iโve crossed off just about everything on my bucket listโIโve seen the Eiffel Tower and the Coliseum and Iโve been swimming in the Caribbean; Iโve lived like Iโm dying, because I am.
Thereโs just one thing left on my list: I want
to be a bride. I want to wear white and have my dad walk me down the aisle. I want a first dance and cake and a night to feel like a princessโฆand I want it with Westley Britton.
The perfect guy. Musician, actor, and every girlโs dream man. My dream man. Only, he doesnโt even know I exist.
Itโs the start of a strange, improbable fairy tale. When youโre talking about terminal leukemia, happily ever after seems impossible, but when your celebrity crush and the man of your dreams shows up out of the blue and proposes to you, it makes you feel like anything is possible. Even that hardest thing: living.
Wish Upon A Star is an emotional instalove celebrity/ordinary girl story, compounded by the fact that Jo is literally dying of leukemia. Suspend belief for a moment and jump into a world where a dying girl with literally nothing to lose posts a marriage proposal on TikTok to her celebrity crush and he then knocks on her door to accept. There is an immediate connection, marred by her bad days outnumbering her good ones, but Wes and Jo’s sweet, intense romance had me flipping page after page, hoping that these two would have more than just the here and now.
I really felt for Jo, and her desire to have just a few weeks of an ordinary life. She and Wes both knew that their relationship was insane, but it felt so right to them and that’s all that mattered at the end of the day. Wish Upon A Star is every bit a fairytale come true — but will Jo and Wes get a miracle or are they living on borrowed time?
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet Jasinda Wilder NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, WALL STREET JOURNAL and international bestselling author Jasinda Wilder is a Michigan native with a penchant for titillating tales about sexy men and strong women. Her bestselling titles include ALPHA, STRIPPED, WOUNDED, and the #1 Amazon and international bestseller FALLING INTO YOU. You can find her on her farm in Northern Michigan with her husband, author Jack Wilder, her six children and menagerie of animals.
As a prominent divorce attorney and Manhattanโs most eligible bachelor, Iโm as sought after in the courtroom as I am in the bedroom. Winning in both arenas is my specialty.
The only thing I ever lost was the nerve to tell the girl of my dreams how I felt about her. Seven years later, I might be getting the opportunity when she moves into my spare bedroom.ย
Though I used to laugh at the notion of love, her bright blue eyes, soft heart, and quick wit has me . . . feeling things.ย New emotions.
And Iโm starting to realize that if thereโs one woman who can change my confirmed bachelor ways, itโs Tealey Bell, aka my Achillesโ heel.ย
So when did it all go wrong?
For that answer, we must go back to beginning when I promised one friend a favor and fell head over feels for another.
A gentle knock on the door has me sitting up in bed. โYes?โ
โYou still up?โ Rad whispers from the other side of the door.
Not sure what heโs doing here, I push off the bed and answer it, leaning my cheek against the painted wood. โHi.โ
He smiles. โHi. The day got away from me before I could talk to you.โ
โAbout anything specifically?โ My stomach flutters with the butterflies I brought in from the beach.
His gaze drops to our feet. Everything slows when his eyes meet mine again, and he says, โIโve been thinking about you.โ
I lick my lips and swallow as my spine straightens, not wanting to be slouching during such a confession. Gripping the door, I ask, โYou have?โ
โI have, and I was thinking . . .ย wonderingย . . . Well, I havenโt exactly used words to show you what Iโm thinking. And I want to change that. Iโve held back in fear of you saying no. But Iโve been thinking about us and the possibility of more. More of us.โ He looks down briefly, and if I didnโt know Rad as well as I do, Iโd think he was nervous. But then he looks back up with no hesitation. โI want to know if youโve been thinking about me . . .ย aboutusย . . . like that as well?โ
Do I confess my sin? Tell him how Iโve started to fantasize about him? What turns him on and hoping that damn towel would drop? And that with every touch, cuddle, and smile, Iโve felt more and more attracted to him?
Or do I shut this conversation down and bury my feelings in the sand tomorrow when I go to the beach?
His eyes search mine in earnest, so I say, โI . . .โ I take a quick breath and exhale. โI have thought about you. A lot, in fact.โ I didnโt know I could shock Rad, but I managed it.ย
โReally?โย
Iโll blame the alcohol tonight for my slippery tongue and deal with the repercussions in the morning. โTerribly naughty thoughts.โ
“Even Better.”
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
Head Over Feels is a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers roommates romance with all the feels. It’s also one where the guy falls first, but he is in a fake relationship with another one of their friends, and the secrets he’s keeping from both women could destroy the best thing that’s ever happened to him.
Tealey and Rad have such a great connection. I love that they are part of this bigger group of friends and have liked each other since college but never acted on it. When she loses her apartment, he invites her to move in with him and before long, they both give in to the feelings they have. But because Rad has agreed to pose as Marlow’s fake boyfriend to help her out with her dad, and in return, he’d be making inroads to a partnership at his law firm. Because of the situation with Marlow, Tealey and Rad agree to keep their budding relationship on the DL — which that leads to all kinds of problems for the couple.
I really enjoyed this story. It had humor, heart, heat, and swoon. I liked both characters as individuals and how Tealey and Rad were together. She really did bring out something bigger in him, and helped him see that there is more to life than winning the next case and making partner. They balanced each other out nicely, and had an easygoing rapport.
This book is a spinoff of SL Scott’s Manhattan series — One of the friends in the group is Jackson St. James, the brother of Natalie from Never Got Over You. I loved the shocking news dropped between Jackson and Marlow at the end of Head Over Feels and can’t wait to see what comes next for these friends!!!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet S.L. Scott
New York Times and USA Bestselling Author, S. L. Scott, was always interested in the arts. She grew up painting, writing poetry and short stories, and wiling her days away lost in a good book and the movies.
With a degree in Journalism, she continued her love of the written word by reading American authors like Salinger and Fitzgerald.ย
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She was intrigued by their flawed characters living in picture perfect worlds, but could still debate that the worlds those characters lived in were actually the flawed ones.ย
This dynamic of leaving the reader invested in the words, inspired Scott to start writing with emotion while interjecting an underlying passion into her own stories.
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Living in the capital of Texas with her family, Scott loves traveling and avocados, beaches, and cooking with her kids. She’s obsessed with epic romances and loves a good plot twist. She dreams of seeing one of her own books made into a movie one day as well as returning to Europe. Her favorite color is blue, but she likens it more toward the sky than the emotion. Her home is filled with the welcoming symbol of the pineapple and finds surfing a challenge though she likes to think she’s a pro.
After flying through The Naked Fisherman, I could not wait to dive into The Lost Fisherman and it was everything I wanted it to be! It is a messy love triangle, full of angst and high emotions, heartbreaking truths, secrets kept with someone’s best interest in mind, and lots of love. Complicated doesn’t even begin to describe Fisher and Reese’s reunion!!
I wasn’t sure what to expect about the twist of events that reunited Fisher and Reece five years later. Based on the title alone, it was obvious that Fisher had been handed some sort of crap deal in life and was adrift, right? Well, yes. Yes, he has been handed a crap deal. But I was not expecting the plot twist to be what the plot twist was!
I hadn’t liked Reese very much while reading TNF — mostly because she was so young. But she has grown up so much in the past 5 years. She left Fisher behind because she knew she needed to find herself. And just as she did, she may have lost Fisher for good. She is stuck in an impossible situation, and even though she’s tried to move on, Fisher Mann is still the same guy who captured her heart all those years ago.
Jewel E. Ann brilliantly concluded Fisher and Reese’s story with the second book of this duet. Much like TNF, TLF is full of angst, but the love triangle involved here just amplifies it so much more. It’s a long, messy road for Fisher and Reese to get to their HEA, but they get there. And the payoff was worth all the anxiety I felt and tears I shed crying into my pillow. And that epilogue? Gah! I was hoping that JEA would sneak in a chapter from Fisher’s POV somewhere, and his epilogue was just perfect!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Jewel is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today best selling 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.
Jingle Bell Hell, an all-new awkward meets sexy rom com from New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank and USA Today bestselling author A.R. Casella is available now!
Sheโs a sexually repressed control freak. Heโs a muscular ex-con with heavier baggage than Santaโs toy bag. Theyโre everything each other never wanted.
Mary Iโm usually the first person on my block to decorate for Christmas. This year? Humbug.
My six-year-old son, Aidan, just had a meltdown after learning some hard truths from a drunk Santa impersonator, and I can no longer deny we both need help. Change is hard for Aidan, and right now heโs dealing with several big ones, including A) his father abandoning us, B) our move to Asheville, and C) the Santa snafu.
And me? Iโm a control freak, and my life is more out-of-control than a sled on ice.
Thatโs why I agree to let Aidan join Butterfly Buddies, a group that matches kids with adult mentors.
Itโs also why I agree to a mentor of my ownโterrifying, pink-haired Nicole, who wants to help me live life on the wild side. Her advice is strangely compelling, especially after I meet Aidanโs new โbuddy,โ a gorgeous tattooed hunk of a man who makes me wish there werenโt cobwebs in my…well, you know.
********* Jace
Mary OโShea is sexy as hell, but she doesnโt know it.
She also doesnโt know Iโm an ex-con, and if she finds out that I served three years in prison, extenuating circumstances wonโt matter to her.
The last thing I should do is get attached to her kid…or her, but I didnโt get in this position by making good decisions.
Jingle Bell Hell is so much fun. I loved everything about Jace and Mary. This book beautifully blended lots of fun with lots of heart.
Mary is struggling to adapt to being back in her hometown and raising her autistic son, Aidan, after her husband walked out on them. She meets Jace when he’s paired with Aidan through a program that pairs special-needs children with volunteer mentors. Jace is a few years out of prison, having made a dumb mistake when he was a kid, and volunteering with Aidan helped ease the ache he feels over losing his connection to his sister and nephew as a result.
Sparks fly immediately between Jace and Mary, even though their relationship gets off to a rocky start. They both have a ton of baggage to unpack, but they soon find that a safe place in each other. Mary is uptight and sexually repressed, having been married to a jerk of a guy, and I loved seeing how she bloomed into a confident woman when she’s with Jace. Meanwhile, Mary helps Jace discover a lot about his past and helps him build a future he never imagined he’d be able to have.
As much as I loved Jace and Mary’s connection, I also adored Jace and Aidan’s friendship. Jace is incredible with Aidan, and I adored the bond those two developed.
This book was quite unexpected, and I enjoyed it from start to finish. This is the second book in this duo’s Bad Luck Club series, but it is a standalone.
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Excerpt
Jace reaches toward my face, and my heart feels like itโs about to beat out of my chest as his fingers near the soft flesh of my cheek. When he tucks an escaped lock of hair behind my ear, I almost melt into a puddle.
โYouโre a good mom,โ he says. โAnd you were probably right. It might not be a good idea for Aidan to get too attached to me, and me to him, given that you and I are attracted to each other.โ
Shock roils through me. Itโs as if Iโve opened my eyes and found myself on a different planet, where the ground is as solid as a bounce house and left is right and right is left.
No, itโs not possible.
I gawk at him, taking in his sparkling eyes, the golden ends of his hair, and that short beard that shouldnโt look good, but oh God, it looks really goodโฆ
โDid you just sayโฆ?โ I start.
Itโs then that Aidan bursts through the door, holding something in his hand. He thrusts it out in front of him, scrunching his nose. โDid you get me this, Mom? It came in the box with my game. It was in a container, but I took it out.โ
Shock renders me mute and still, like a pillar of salt. Especially since I can feel the intense scrutiny of Jaceโs eyes. Thereโs no way Aidan knows what heโs holding, but Jace must know.
No, no, no, no, no, this canโt be happening.
The vibrator wasnโt supposed to come until tomorrow. Why would they pack it with a childrenโs board game?
A twisted sense of humor? A lack of reasonable bathroom breaks in the warehouse?
Aidan waves the bright pink vibrator around.
โThereโs a little rabbit on it. Is it some kind of toy for Christmas? The package says itโs a magic wand thatโs supposed to make people moan, but they spelled magic with a k, and it didnโt come with a spell book or anything.โ He pulls a face. โI guess I can just use it with the Harry Potter spells. It does vibrate like itโs doing magic, and it can whirl in circles too.โ
A short laugh sputters out of Jace.
My face is so red, it might as well be a fire truck. Magik wand. At least the name offers a reasonable explanation. For a six-year-old. God help me, I canโt bear to look at Jace.
I make a grab for the vibrator, but Aidan evades me.
โWhyโd you get it in pink, Mom? You know greenโs my favorite color.โ
Jace clears his throat, but nope, I still canโt look at him. Heโs not laughing anymore, but I know he probably wants to. Who wouldnโt? If he did feel some sort of passing attraction to me before this, he certainly doesnโt now.
โAidan,โ Jace says slowly, his voice husky. โThere are toys for adults too. Thatโs probably something your mom got as a treat for herself, although Iโm sure sheโll get you a Harry Potter wand for Christmas if you want one. Let her have it.โ
Aidan does, which is what I wanted, but then I have a vibrator in my hand.I think for a moment and then stuff it into my bag. The tip instantly pops out, unmistakable.
What is happening to me?
โIt must be some kind of mistake,โ I say, finally forcing myself to meet Jaceโs gaze. โI didnโt order this. I wouldnโtโฆโ
I thought Iโd see laughter there, because heโs only human, but all traces of it are gone, and now heโs looking at me like Iโm the last slice of birthday cake at an office birthday party. No, like Iโm the first.
About Denise Grover Swank
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten houses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr. immersion period. Her hobbies include witty Facebook comments (in her own mind) and dancing in her kitchen with her children. (Quite badly if you believe her offspring.) Hidden talents include the gift of justification and the ability to drink massive amounts of caffeine and still fall asleep within two minutes. Her lack of the sense of smell allows her to perform many unspeakable tasks. She has six children and hasnโt lost her sanity. Or so she leads you to believe.
A.R. CASELLA is a freelance developmental editor by day, writer by night. She lives in Asheville, NC with her husband, daughter, two dogs, and a variable number of fish. Her pastimes include chasing around her toddler, baking delicious treats, and occasional bouts of crocheting. Any Luck at All, co-written with New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank, is her first book.
I hope this email finds you well.
Your well-being and personal growth are of the utmost importance to me, as a therapist.
As such, I have decided it is in your best interest to continue individual therapy with another
practitioner.
This is due to the potential for boundaries being crossed between us.
Attached is a list of colleagues I would recommend for you.
Sincerely,
Scarlett Shepard, MS, MFT
Dear Scarlett,
Cool.
Consider our sessions terminated.
Now I can tell you how beautiful you are and how attracted I am to you.
Let’s start crossing boundaries over dinner tonight.
You’ll say it would be unethical, and I’ll point out that we’ve only had a few sessions.
You’ll cite the age difference, and I’ll tell you how hot it is that you’re six years older than me.
You’ll say you’re a mom, and I’ll remind you that I think your son is awesome.
We don’t have to discuss my former attachments to former co-stars ever again.
This is due to the fact that clearly my only personality issue is that I’m irresistible.
Yours in well-being and personal growth,
Dylan Brodie, W.M.H.T.A.T.Y.E.H. (Way More Handsome and Talented Actor Than Your Ex-
Husband)
Multicast duet-style audiobook will release not long after the kindle version. Performed by Zachary Webber and Emily Woo Zeller, featuring Teddy Hamilton, Jason Clarke, Mackenzie Cartwright, Connor Crais and Emma Wilder.
After a dreamy meet-cute that went nowhere three years ago, Dylan and Scarlett get a second chance when fate keeps throwing them together in Attachment Theory. He is a serial dater who loves being in love, and she’s a family therapist who knows that despite Dylan’s smoking-hot body and charming smile, she’s older than him, a single mom, and should stay far, far away. Of course, that’s not at all what happens!
Scarlett puts up a good fight, but in the end, she can’t resist this hunky Brodie brother.
It took me a little longer to get into Attachment Theory than it did with Funny Business (Frankie and Owen), but this slow-burn romcom was delightful in the end. Dylan and Scarlett had a great connection, and despite the age difference between them and their different places in life, I thought that they meshed well. When the big blowup happens between the two, I really thought that Dylan went above and beyond with his grand gesture to win Scarlett back and convince her that she is the only woman he envisions spending his forever with.
Scarlett’s son, Noah, was absolutely adorable, and I love what a great cat dad Dylan was with kitten Mr. Noodles! As usual, Kayley Loring works in some hilarious email exchanges and text threads amongst the characters, and I loved the cameos by some of her other couples. (In addition to Owen and Frankie, we get Nico and Shane, since Dylan played Shane’s brother on That’s So Wizard when he was a kid!)
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet Kayley Loring
Before writing steamy romantic comedy novels, Kayley Loring got a BFA in creative writing and had a fifteen-year career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles (under a different name). She mostly wrote PG-13 family comedies that studios would pay her lots of money for and then never make into movies. In 2017 she decided to move to the Pacific Northwest and write about all the fun stuff that she wasn’t allowed to write about in those PG-13 scripts. Now she’s breathing cleaner air and writing dirtier words. It’s an adjustment she’s happily getting used to.
A Moment For Us by Corinne Michaels is now LIVE! New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels returns to Willow Creek Valley in this stunning surprise baby/unrequited love romance.
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A Moment For Us is Book #3 in the Willow Creek series, and this time we get grumpy Joshua and Delia, the best friend of his little brother, Alex. Delia has been in love with Josh for as long as she can remember. And while he has feelings for Delia in return, he never acted on them earlier because of her friendship with Alex โ and something happened to him in the years while he was gone from Willow Creek that changed Josh forever.
Despite Josh’s declarations that he can’t do relationships, Delia takes whatever he gives her as a no-strings fling. But when a condom breaks and Delia accidentally gets pregnant, they have to have some serious conversations about their future plans now that they are having a baby together.
Josh has a lot of emotional baggage to unpack due to an event in his past, and I kind of hated how Delia just took whatever scraps from him that she can. She was worth so much more than that, and it took her a really long time to come to that realization and push Josh away. By then, she was already attached to him through the baby. But as she tried to convince him that his traumatic past doesn’t have to impact their future as a family, Josh and Delia are struck by a tragic event โ and instead of coming together to get through it, they drift apart.
While I think A Moment For Us should have had a trigger warning, I thought it was well-written as Josh and Delia try to come to terms with their relationship and what they really mean to one another. It’s messy and emotional, but it comes to a beautiful happily ever after.
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Whatever Tomorrow Brings is the continuation and conclusion of Will and Tori’s story from Come Back Tomorrow. I guess you could read this book on its own, but there is so much to Will and Tori’s relationship that you really should read the first book in this duet before WTB.
Will and Tori’s friendship was born over movies and raisinettes in his hospital room while he was a terminal cancer patient. Along the way, they fell in love in CBT and Will realized that a life with Tori was worth fighting for. There are no guarantees that the radical treatment will cure his cancer but Will has decided that he doesn’t want to die without trying to fight. I cried for these two in both the first book and the second, wanting them to get a happily ever after!
Much of this book is Will’s medical journey. It’s messy and highly emotional. There are some really graphic and difficult scenes to read as Will struggles, but the love that he and Tori share is inspiring. She literally holds his fractured pieces together as he fights to survive.
I wasn’t sure how their romance would translate once Will was released from the hospital, but I thought that Argent did a great job of writing the difficulties they face as a couple at home dealing with an illness. Will’s vulnerability over needing to rely on Tori to bathe him, his frustrations and fears about what happens next and how Tori supports him through that — it all felt organic. I loved the last chapter, particularly, when we finally get inside Will’s head and got his POV on their relationship.
The Embrace Tomorrow duet was a fantastic offering from a new author. I’d love to see a story for Jason and Jenny, how they fell in love while supporting their best friends!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet Amy Argent
Amy Argent is the author of theย Embrace Tomorrowย Duet:ย Come Back Tomorrowย and its sequel,ย Whatever Tomorrow Brings.ย Amy can honestly say she writes day and nightโclinical trial documents as a medical writer by day and contemporary romance as a novelist by night . . . and possibly into the wee hours of the morning.ย She has a PhD in Genetics that she agonized entirely too much over, but it did result in a fascinating day jobโthe details of which tend to creep into her fiction.
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Amy can be found in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, two teenagers, and two hedgehogs, where sheโs most likely planning her next departure from realityโdestination: Dragon Con, the closest Renaissance Faire, or the nearest book.
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Amy has always been fascinated by the many ways people cope with the human condition. Her stories explore the emotional journey we take when adversity drastically changes lifeโs course, but being an eternal optimist, sheโs found her niche in soulful stories with silver linings.ย In truth, they can always be found if one is willing to look for them.
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A forward from the authorโฃ
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