Our Nanny is a Vampire by Lindsey Devin and Roxie Ray

 

Blurb:

Conrad Lawrence has lost nine nannies in three years.

There was Nanny Franny McFine (four days). Marie Von Fire, who claimed she'd once worked for a duke. Mrs. Corrinna Rainer, who lasted until Billie released crickets into her suitcase. Mademoiselle Joella Frosty, who called his kids "creatively hostile" and blocked his number before she reached the end of the driveway.

So when nanny #10 walked through the door, Conrad wasn't expecting much. Then Winnie shows up.

She's calm where his house is chaos. Patient where his kids are relentless. And she sees the grief he's been quietly carrying for three years without flinching from it — because she's been carrying centuries of her own.

Winnie has survived two hundred years by never staying long enough to be found. But this house, this impossible family, and this exhausted, good-hearted father are the first things she's wanted to keep in longer than she can remember.

She should have known better. Because the past doesn't let go that easily — and hers is coming to collect.

✨ Perfect for readers who love: grumpy widower x unbothered 200-year-old nanny energy, slow-burn nanny romance, found family with a coffin parked under the trees, and exes who show up mid-domesticity like they weren't already asked to leave

 

My review:

Our Nanny is a Vampire by Lindsey Devin and Roxie Ray is a heartwarming story of a widowed father of three precocious children just trying to make it through the day. This tale is filled with laugh out loud moments and loads of love. I truly enjoyed their tale.

 

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Knife Volume 1: A Motorcycle Club Paranormal Forbidden Romance (Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club Book 15) by Candace Blevins

 Knife Volume 1: A Motorcycle Club Paranormal Forbidden Romance (Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club Book 15) by Candace Blevins

 

Blurb:

 

He was the only man she’d ever met who could make a rope cage feel like home, and she was the one woman he wasn’t capable of setting free. But fate is a sadistic bitch.

 

Tuesday has spent her life moving between worlds — pack wolf, NFL nomad kid, culinary school overachiever. She’s built a life on her own terms: a high-powered consulting career with clients she chooses, and a careful distance from complications. Falling for a member of the Rolling Thunder MC qualifies as a complication. Falling for an extinct apex predator qualifies as something considerably more dangerous, but when she meets Knife, her human side is intrigued while her inner wolf instantly wants to roll over, show her belly, and submit to whatever he might want.

 

Knife doesn’t play games, and he doesn’t do messy. He certainly wasn’t expecting a pack wolf with a culinary degree and a Maserati to walk into his butcher shop on a Friday morning and see through him enough to tell him her safeword. From the moment they negotiate their boundaries, the rules are clear: edge play inside absolute power exchange without emotional entanglements. It's supposed to be purely physical, but Tuesday surrenders and trusts him with an intensity that floors him while he explores all his kinks and a few of hers in profound extremes.

 

Behind closed doors, their chemistry is explosive, pushing past every physical and psychological boundary they've ever known, but outside their private sanctuary, reality is a minefield. Tuesday’s alpha has absolute access to her every thought, and the MC’s rules strictly forbid romantic entanglements because the club survives by keeping their secrets hidden. He can’t be involved with someone bound to an alpha, and that makes Tuesday Robinson not just forbidden, but dangerous.

 

The deeper they sink into each other, the higher the stakes become, but sometimes, the heart doesn’t care about logic, rules, or consequences.

 

 

Author’s Note: KNIFE: Volume 1 begins a scorching paranormal motorcycle club duet featuring a fiercely independent pack wolf finding absolute surrender in the darkest corners of power exchange with a biker. Perfect for readers who crave dual shifter protagonists and alpha hero / competent heroine dynamics, edge play with profound emotional depth, rope bondage, sensory deprivation, and grueling endurance play balanced by intense, loving aftercare. Set against a gritty Southern backdrop of outlaw motorcycle clubs, pack politics, and foodie passion, this is a forbidden romance, friends-with-benefits-to-lovers story about found family and the ultimate sacrifice of identity for love. Volume 1 ends on a cliffhanger, but the duet concludes with a guaranteed HEA in KNIFE: Volume 2, available August 7, 2026.

 

My review:

Knife and Tuesday are perfect for each other. It’s like they were made for each other except he’s a member of the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club and they carry secrets no one outside the club is allowed to be privy to. Tuesday is a pack wolf and would have to answer to her alpha whether she wanted to or not. Can their developing love for each other survive their divided loyalties.

This is a kinky love story that has opposites filling the missing parts of the other. I enjoyed watching them discover each other and look forward to them getting their HEA in the next book.

 

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(Mostly) Human Resources (Entity Case Files #1) by Grace Viall

 

 

Blurb:

A debut slow-burn work-nemesis romance set in a world where cryptids and monsters are a part of life . . . and someone has to do the paperwork.

Working in human resources was not what Alexys had in mind when she joined Entity, the private company that categorizes and manages the world’s cryptids. But after her dad was killed on the job as a Warden in the Appalachian Mountains, she was filled with noble ideas of carrying on his legacy . . . from the safety of a desk. Alexys dreams of climbing the corporate ladder while managing the Appalachian Wardens and sparring with Nic, the frustrating (and annoyingly attractive) Director of Research and Cataloguing.

When one of Alexys’ new Wardens goes missing after inquiring about a mysterious and highly dangerous monster, her chances of promotion disappear along with him. Determined to save her career—and to shield the Warden’s family from the trauma she experienced after losing her father on the job—she marches off into the monster-infested wilderness to find him herself.

Meanwhile, Nic, with ambitions of becoming the youngest Entity employee to discover a new monster, follows Alexys on her hunt. But the work nemeses are about to discover why the Appalachian Mountains are the last place you want to find yourself after dark. Among mountains older than bones, the jackalopes and ghouls are the least of their worries . . .

 

My review:

Smart, sassy and super (Mostly) Human Resources (Entity Case Files #1) by Grace Viall takes us into the world of Alexys Keane. Alexys works in HR managing Wardens who keep track of the monsters that go bump in the night. This tale takes us into the Appalachian Mountains and the monsters that dwell there. Alexys’ adventures will make you think and laugh. I really enjoyed watching a city girl in the mountains. I look forward to future adventures in this world.

 

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The Pilot (Alpha Cove #3) by Susan Stoker

 

 

Blurb:

Sparks fly when a former bully moves in with her former victim in New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s tantalizing third foray into Alpha Cove, a spicy military romance steeped in emotion.

Ex-fighter pilot Lincoln “Linc” Young is a survivor, masking his PTSD and nightmares behind a calm exterior. When his father’s death brings him back to Maine to help his mom, he never expects to cross paths with his former high school tormentor. But the woman who once made his life hell now stirs completely different emotions in Linc, and when he finds Harper in need, he impulsively offers her and her young son a place to stay.

Harper Bates thought she’d hit rock bottom after returning to her childhood home in Rockville, Maine. Then her father begins judging her every move—and worse, her son Kash, when they discover he’s being bullied at school. The last person she expects help from is Linc, the boy Harper herself had bullied years ago. Now a commanding presence who makes her and Kash feel safe, Linc inspires both a growing attraction…and lingering shame over her past actions.

Temporary cohabitation quickly turns into something more as Harper and Linc reveal intimate secrets that put them both on a path to healing. But they’re unaware someone else has a secret. And it’s about to impact the one person the couple can’t live without—Kash.

 

My review:

I fell in love with these characters. Linc has a big heart although you might not see it as he’s busy rehabbing his home and doesn’t interact with a lot of folks. Harper is a former mean girl now a single mother trying to get on her feet. The respect I felt for each of them made their story that much more special. I couldn’t get enough.

 

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Hunter's Blood (Cursed by Blood Saga Book 1) by Marianne Morea

 

Hunter's Blood (Cursed by Blood Saga Book 1) by Marianne Morea

 

Blurb:

Prey turned predator, she aims to even the score...
Since the brutal murder of her best friend, revenge has been a way of life for psychic, Lily Saburi. She’s a vigilante bent on striking a blow against the shadowed world of the supernatural...one bullet at a time. When mortally wounded by a diseased werewolf, Lily is rescued by a most unlikely savior. Sean Leighton, Alpha of the Brethren of Weres. Sexy and powerful, Sean is charged with destroying anything infected with the deadly virus threatening the survival of his pack. Including Lily. Forbidden passions ignite, and as Lily grapples with the truth about his veiled world, Leighton is faced with the looming reality he might have to kill the woman he’s falling in love with. Only time will tell if these enemies turned lovers are destined to be together, or if they’ll fall victim to forces bigger than them both. Sink your claws into this shifter romantic suspense and find out!

 

My review:

Hunter’s Blood is a fantastic beginning in what looks to be an interesting series. I loved the main female character. Lily is a kick butt psychic suffering survivors guilt after her BFF was killed by a rabid werewolf. The main male character is an alpha werewolf trying to lead a coalition of various shifters. I look forward to the next installment.

 

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Westward (Ashford Creek, #3) by Carrie Ann Ryan

 

 

Blurb:

Atlas Carter has it all.

One of the best careers in the NHL as a star goalie.

A family that sacrificed everything to get him where he is.

And a small town that praises him as their golden boy.

What he doesn’t have is the girl he left behind.

But when Atlas gets hurt and is forced to spend his recovery in Ashford Creek, he finally has a second chance.

Elizabeth loves her life—her small town, her family, and her job.

Only she knows she can’t love Atlas Carter.

They parted ways for a reason, and those who judge her from her town don’t need to know the truth. She knows what it feels like to have the town’s eyes on her when it comes to Atlas Carter. So when she finally gives in, she’s prepared for the heat.

At least that’s what they both tell themselves. Because the season is almost here and choices will have to be made.

Only they aren’t the only two forced to make a choice. Somebody doesn’t want Atlas to return…and small towns keep their secrets for a reason.

**Westward is right person, wrong time, hockey hero, small town romance in the Ashford Creek series featuring Atlas and Elizabeth. Each book can be listened to as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!**

 

My review:

Atlas and Lizzie will steal your heart. Childhood sweethearts Atlas and Lizzie broke apart from different dreams. He went pro in the NHL and Lizzie became a high school teacher in their hometown. Now Atlas is looking at retirement and the road not taken. These two are meant to be   but the road back is going uphill.

I really enjoyed this second chance romance.

 

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Her Cyborg Bounty Hunters (The Drift: Defiance Station Book 1) Susan Hayes

 

Her Cyborg Bounty Hunters  (The Drift: Defiance Station Book 1) Susan Hayes

 

Blurb:

She’s alone, in trouble, and needs to disappear.

Corporations call it a service contract. Tish calls it slavery with an expiry date. On the run from her new owner, she’s working off the books and keeping out of sight until it’s safe to come out of hiding.

It was a simple, straightforward plan…but when does a plan ever survive contact with reality?

They swore they were done fighting other people’s battles.

Best friends. Bounty hunters. Cyborg batch-brothers. Mace and Xaber have carved out a life for themselves since the end of the Resource Wars, but they never found a place that felt like home.

These two battle-weary veterans are about to discover that for them, home isn’t a place. It’s a person. And they will go to war again if that’s what it takes to keep her safe.

 

My review:

Love on the run. Tish is on the run from a slimy character. Mace and Xaber are cyborg batch brothers who’ve recently become freed and are who are trying to make their futures as Bounty Hunters. When they meet Tish she’s working as a freelance mechanic. They don’t know she’s on the run but it doesn’t take them long to realize that she’s the one for them.

Another exciting adventure in love.

 

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