Always a Fake Bridesmaid (Clover Lake #1) by Carrie Ann Ryan

Blurb:

The moment Ewan McBride entered my life, my world tilted on its axis.
When we part, I promise him I owe him anything for saving my daughter’s life.
What I didn’t expect?
Being his fake date to a wedding—in two days.
It was only supposed to be a favor, but we can’t deny the attraction.
Only he lives a state away and my life is in Colorado with my daughter and the Montgomerys.
This can only be one night that feels all too real.
Yet I know walking away will be the hardest thing I ever do.

My review:

Always a Fake Bridesmaid features a single mother and a cowboy out of his comfort zone. The attraction is immediate and worth acting out of character. I adored Livvy and Ewan in this fast-paced romp. A feel good story that will leave you with a happy heart.

 

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With Love in Their Corner (The Boxers of Brook Street #1) by Sandra Sookoo

 

Blurb:

When you want something out of life, you’ll have to fight for it.

Lewis Stapleton, eighth Earl of Lethbridge is a man hovering on the edge of breaking. Between his mother pestering him about finding a bride of high social standing, maintaining his estates and title without enough funding, and worrying over his brothers, he requires an outlet. Anger and grief haven’t been dealt with since his father’s death two years prior, so he works through those emotions while in the boxing ring. His father was a prize fighter so matching his over-large footsteps is difficult, but something must give else he’ll explode.

Miss Cecilia Dawson is tired of being an object of ridicule or allegedly not good enough for anything beyond a quick tryst. With an affinity for numbers, she keeps the books for her father’s shipping company, but is desperate for a way to defend herself against the coarse and crude men she encounters in the office near the docks. The day she steps into the Stapleton Boxing Salon while disguised as a boy rapidly becomes both the best and worst day of her life.

Despite the instant attraction between them, Lewis ignores it in favor of teaching Cecilia how to box for protection. As the summer days slip by filled with an illegal fight or two as well as activities that come far too close to courtship, the attraction spills into forbidden desire that lands them both into scandal. Distracted, they never see danger coming that puts them into a corner of peril.

Only by releasing fears and working together will they come away with a prize more valuable than anything they could imagine.

 

My review:

With Love In Their Corner is an interesting Regency Romance that takes place in an unusual setting. Our heroine is a smart woman used to getting her way from a loving father. Our hero is an unhappy Earl being harassed by his mother to find a bride despite or because of the family’s tenuous financial condition. Cecilia and Lewis meet in a rather peculiar situation and the author takes us on a wonderful trip through their acquaintance. I thoroughly enjoyed their tale.

 

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Pieces of Me (The Wilder Brothers #9) by Carrie Ann Ryan

 

 

Blurb:

Gabriel Wilder.
Rock God.
Voice of an angel.
And in love with his best friend’s sister.
Resisting Briar Ashford has been one of the hardest things he’s ever done.
Until the one night he breaks his promise.
Only when tragedy strikes, forgiveness slips through his fingers.

Briar Ashford never let herself fall for her brother’s best friend.
Until the night she did.
She wanted to live in the shadows, writing the songs for the stars who shined the brightest—not finding a way to co-parent with the man who refuses to pick up his guitar again.

The world is waiting for Gabriel Wilder to rise from the ashes. Only, first, he’ll have to figure out if he’s ready to finally let himself love the one woman who never knew had a claim to his heart all along.


**Pieces of Me is a rockstar, best friend’s little sister, accidental pregnancy romance in the Wilder Brothers series featuring Gabriel and Briar. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!**

 

My review:

This story starts out with tragedy and heartbreak and ends on a high note of happiness. Gabriel and Briar will steal your heart. Another terrific story from Carrie Ann Ryan.

 

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Single Dad Hockey Star (Walker Brothers at Willow Creek Ranch 1) by Rose Luv

 

Single Dad Hockey Star (Walker Brothers at Willow Creek Ranch 1) by Rose Luv

 

Blurb:

To revive publicity for my hockey club, my manager stuck me with a sassy reporter, who has to write about me, the team captain, to try to revive my club’s fading fan base.

As pretty as she is, she is my enemy, as reporters have always made my son’s life difficult.

As a single dad, it is my job to protect him from anything and everything. Including this smart, little, nosy lady.

I am attracted to her determination and strong personality. She is very kind towards my son.

But, it is likely all a front, to get me sharing details of my life with her, so she can smear me over her magazine. Or is it?

Due to our forced proximity, I’m torn between, wanting to ask her out and knowing that the closer I get to her, the greater the risk of her articles bringing turmoil into my life.

I have to decide if I am willing to risk my public image or continue to keep her at a distance.

 

My review:

Single Dad Hockey Star tells the tale of a hockey star of a fading team who is trying to raise his son after an ugly divorce. The press dragged him through the mud and didn’t spare his young son. So when the team manager sets him up to be trailed by a pretty reporter to gin up attention for the team Logan is not thrilled. Olivia is not excited about this assignment but she is a pro and will do the job no matter how hostile Logan is.

This is a sweet closed door romance that will leave you with a smile.

 

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Blade (Shadowridge Guardians MC #10) by Pepper North

 

 

Blurb:

“Blue eyes, your secret is safe with me.”

Sapphire Jones owns a small jewelry store in town. She is instantly on alert when a tough-looking biker with way too many obvious blades decorating his leather vest reveals his tender side. And that lock of wavy hair that falls over his forehead? It takes all she has inside to keep from brushing it off the handsome man’s face.

Blade loves the feel of a well-formed piece of steel in his hand. As the MC’s weaponry expert, he enjoys combining artistry and protection. One glance at a medallion tells him to find the artist. After a consultation with the blue-eyed beauty, he's dreaming of much more.

Can he convince her to take a ride on the wild side?

 

My review:

Blade is a big biker with a heart of gold. Toddlers can see right through his tough exterior. Sapphire is an artist who makes and sells her own jewelry. When Blade meets the blue haired, tatted woman he is smitten. Theirs is a sweet and sassy love story.

 

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I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming

 

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming

 

Blurb:

A hilarious and sexy romance about a woman who gets dropped on a strange planet only to fall for not one, but two, aliens, from the author of I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf.

Dorothy Valentine is close to getting her PhD in wildlife biology when she’s attacked by a lion. On the bright side, she’s saved! On the not-so-bright side, it’s because they’re abducted by aliens. In her scramble to escape, Dory and the lion commandeer an escape pod and crash-land on an alien planet that has...dinosaurs?

Dory and her new lion bestie, Toto, are saved in the nick of time by a mysterious and sexy alien, Sol. On their new adventure, they team up with the equally hot, equally dangerous Lok, who may or may not be a war criminal. Whether it be trauma, fate, or intrigue, Dory can’t resist the attraction that’s developing in their trio....

As this ragtag group of misfits explore their new planet, Dory learns more about how and why they’ve all ended up together, battles more prehistoric creatures than she imagined (she imagined...zero), and questions if she even wants to go back home to Earth in this hilarious and steamy alien romance adventure comedy romp.

 

My review:

Laugh out loud funny. Check your brain at the door and enjoy. This is escapism at its best. I giggle-snorted my way through this fast-paced adventure.

 

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Dog Biscuits and Dead Bodies (Pupcakes and Peril Book 1) by Paige Tyler

 

 

Blurb:

Life couldn’t be better for Pupcakes Bakery owner Tassie Drake. (Well…life could always be better, but things were pretty doggone good.) Her sister was handling the mind-numbing paperwork of the bakery, and the long Maine winter was over, which meant more bakery business and more walks in the park with her Chiweenie, Baxter––when she wasn’t baking delectably cute doggy treats, that is.

However, discovering a dead body on the way to the park was not on Tassie’s to-do list. The fact he was the meanest get-off-my-lawn old man in town didn’t make it better. The fact Tassie’s best friend was being charged with the murder made it worse. And while the town’s new detective, Jack Sterling, might be very (incredibly, drop-dead––oops, bad choice of words) handsome, he had the wrong suspect.

It’s up to Tassie and Baxter to find the real killer––and there is a town full of suspects––before her friend takes the fall. But staying ahead of a cold-blooded murderer is no piece of pupcake…

Dog Biscuits and Dead Bodies is the first book in the Pupcakes and Peril cozy mystery series. If you love smart female sleuths, adorable sidekicks with four paws, and small towns full of quirky characters, you’ll adore reading about Tassie and Baxter’s adventures!

Includes recipes for homemade dog treats!

 

My review:

Dog Biscuits and Dead Bodies is the delightful first book in a new cozy mystery series. This book features two sisters who run a dog treat bakery, their friends and their adorable puppies. (okay I call all dogs no matter their age puppies) And of course there is the hunky new detective in town and his puppy. When Tassie (at the insistence of her chiweenie Baxter) finds the dead body of the town grump things get interesting. Follow as Tassie, Baxter and Detective Jack find the killer.

I had a blast reading this and look forward to the next installment.

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