3 Stars
He’s my brother’s
best friend.
He’s also an orc.
I’m a shifter and
should be with one of my kind.
What I want is green,
fierce, and savage with everyone but me.
He’s determined to
resist.
I’m determined that
he won’t.
This was a short and
spicy romance. No world building or character development. It was a fine read
but don’t go in expecting much.
Book 1 Coveted by the
Orc
4 Stars
She was never
supposed to be mine.
Walking away was the
only acceptable decision.
It was just one
night. Two lonely souls finding solace in the one place we shouldn’t have—my
bed.
I thought once would
be enough, but leaving her is my biggest—maybe my only—regret.
Now, I’m back and
seeing the results of that night is killing me.
I’ll make it up to
her. I have to. Because I’ve never loved anyone else.
Because I’d rather
die than break her heart a second time.
But when duty calls,
I swore an oath to listen.
And I know…
There will be no
coming back this time.
This book was
interesting. On the one hand I knew who Frankie's daddy was from book one so
not surprised. Was surprised he was still alive and was sad to see how things
played out with West. I don't know if I would have been as forgiving as Briar
was towards Colt but it made for an interesting read.
Book 5 Gamebreakers
4 Stars
A haunted ranch. A
clever fox. Ghosts who won't shut up.
Claire Caldwell came
to Arizona to sell her great aunt’s ranch, lick her wounds, and escape back to
Chicago.
Then the ranch
decided it wanted a new owner.
A copper furred fox
starts leaving gifts on her doorstep. Translucent cowboys appear in the barn. A
woman who died in 1985 cooks tamales in Claire’s kitchen like she never left.
And somehow, the dead all seem to know one thing Claire does not.
She can see them.
When the most hated
man in Perdido Springs turns up dead on Claire’s property and the sheriff waves
it off as an accident, the ghosts make it clear. Someone in town is lying.
Someone is dangerous. And everyone had a reason to want the victim gone.
With a mystical fox
at her side, a house full of chatty spirits, and a too handsome veterinarian
who keeps showing up just when she needs him, Claire has to solve a murder
nobody wants solved.
Before she becomes
the next ghost haunting Whispering Saguaro Ranch.
Welcome to the
desert, where the dead do not rest and the living keep secrets.
I loved this book. It
was cute in so many ways. It was cozy paranormal romance. I figured out the
killer from the beginning but getting all the information was interesting. If
moved nicely but could have used some character development. I will be reading
more in the series.
Book 1 The Haunted
Ranch
2.5 Stars
Getting cheated on
the night before my wedding?
Fine. I just slept
with a ridiculously hot stranger.
Too bad he turned out
to be my ex-fiancé’s uncle...And my new boss.
After losing my
parents and my wolf, being forced into a political marriage was the last straw.
So, I ran.
Finding a job to make
ends meet should be easy enough, right?
Unless my boss is
Damien Blackwell—
Sharp, ruthless, my
one-night stand and my ex’s uncle.
I’m his new
assistant—faking smiles while hiding the way my body betrays me every time he’s
near.
We’re supposed to
keep things strictly professional.
Until he corners me
behind closed doors, and every line between us starts to blur.
Then—his long-lost
mate returns, with no memory of their breakup.
Perfect timing.
Except I’m already
pregnant.
With his pup.
The writing in this
book was so bad. At one point I swear Damien kills another character but than
later talks about banishing him. I went back and reread to make sure I wasn’t
confusing characters. There were also grammatical issues and it read like a
high schooler wrote it. Besides the writing issues I also didn’t like how
Damien treated Raven and she just takes it. I struggled to finish the book.
Book 1 Knocked up
& Claimed
3 Stars
Who accidentally has a one-night stand with her yoga instructor?
Yep. Me.
How did I accidentally sleep with someone, right? I know what you’re thinking. Whoops! I slipped and inadvertently inserted Tab A into Slot B.
That’s not quite how it went.
But my yoga instructor is really, really skilled with Tab A, if you know what I mean.
Slot B never had it so good.
What am I supposed to do now, as I walk into my yoga class and find the guy I ghosted this morning… there, in front of the class, perfectly aligned and grinning at me like he remembers touching all my chakras.
He's perfect. Too perfect. He's so perfect he's ruining my job.
I'm an investigative reporter, working on spec for an article for a national magazine, and my job is to find all the ways this yoga chain is corrupt.
The only thing criminal here is that I can't have him in Slot B ever again. And I would. I'd turn myself into a paper doll book if that's what it took for more of that action.
I want him. He wants me. Nothing I do will make him back off because the chemistry is off the charts.
Except for one pesky little thing:
We’re at cross-purposes.
I need my exposé to get the job of my dreams. He needs to sell his stake in the yoga chain before I expose the corrupt current owner.
That makes him my enemy. My nemesis. The guy I have to get around to get ahead.
And now we’re supposed to hate each other.
But who ever let that
get in the way of love?
I struggled so hard
with this audiobook. I don’t know if it was the narrators or the story but I
wasn’t a huge fan of this book. Both Case and Sarah irritated me and I didn’t
really care if they got their HEA. I also felt the book was so slow to get anywhere.
It might have been a better book to read then to listen too.
2 Stars
He built an empire,
but forgot to cherish his queen.
So, she found herself
by leaving him. Can he find her by following?
Because when is a kiss from his Rose not just a kiss—but a second chance?
Gray Rutherford had it all—a thriving business, a luxurious home, and a family he adored. Yet, when his wife Rose leaves him after twenty years of marriage, he's forced to face the bitter truth: he's taken her devotion for granted.
Confronted with his failings, Gray embarks on a desperate journey to reclaim the love of his life and prove that she is indispensable to him.
On the cusp of forty, Rose Rutherford stands at a life-altering crossroads. Tired of feeling invisible and undervalued in her marriage, she leaves her affluent Atlanta life for Angel Island to manage a friend's B&B as her friend faces the end of her life.
When Gray arrives,
intent on reconciliation, Rose is torn between her newfound independence and
the past she left behind.
They do nothing to
make up for being dicks to Rose. Gray claims to love Rose so much and can’t
imagine his life without her but allows his secretary to be a bitch to her. Their
kids treat her horribly because of how he treats her. Then they are shocked she
wants a divorce. She moves in to help her friend and the family still thinks she
will come running back. When she doesn’t come back they track her down and beg
for her forgiveness by saying they will change. She just forgives them the
minute they start making an effort.
Book Apart of A
Modern Vintage Romance
2 Stars
Gideon
After leaving the
military and an all-too-violent past behind, I craved nothing more than
solitude—a peaceful life carved out under open skies and green pastures. So,
when the local sheriff asks me to take in a mysterious woman, I’m far from
thrilled. I’ve spent the last five years celibate and untouched by romance,
surrounded only by honest work and the gentle souls of the animals on my ranch.
Yet with every moment I spend in Winnow’s presence, some unseen cord winds
tighter inside me, drawing me toward her. Soon enough, the urge to protect
her—truly care for her—settles deep in my bones, impossible to ignore. I’m
starting to believe I was made for this woman—and she, for me.
Winnow
After surviving a war
and a traumatic past, I was endowed with the Duchy of Cerulia—thrust into a
life I never wanted, bound by a duty I never chose. I’ve been shackled between
the urge to walk away and the aching need to give my people the peace they’ve
long been denied. It doesn’t take long for the weight of responsibility to
wither my soul. So when a rare chance for a vacation appears, I seize it—only
for everything to go horrifically awry.
Just when I think all
hope is lost, the universe rewrites my path in the most unexpected way, and I
find myself with nowhere to go but into the arms of a gruff cowboy—my
soulbound.
There were so many
tropes in this book. It was too many and made it hard to read. The SA and
torture scenes were talked about but not really addressed or resolved. I almost
DNF so many times reading this book because it didn’t make sense.
Part of Fated to the Cowboy
