My Deal with the Cowboy by Lainey Winters

3 Stars

HATTIE

I’ve been second choice my entire life. To my own mother, and even to my best friend, who chose my witch of a step-sister over me a decade ago. When I left Willow Ridge, I never thought I’d return. But my mother wants me back to see her golden child get married, and I can’t help but be a little curious about the best friend I left behind…especially when he offers me a deal I can’t refuse.

CASPER

I’ve been in limbo for the last ten years after doing something that should have protected the girl I love…instead, it sent her packing, and I haven’t seen her since. But she’s back, and her family is still as horrible as ever. So, I fake being her boyfriend to give her a break. But neither of us plan for what happens next…

I wanted more with this book. Hattie’s family was just horrid but I needed more info to better understand everything. It might have been included in a previous book but I have only read this book. I did like how Casper and Hattie came together and got their HEA.

Book 5 Sterling Brothers Ranch

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Fractured Constellations by Rosa Lee

 

2.5 Stars

I wasn't supposed to fall for my stepbrothers.

When my mother married Richard Banks, I never expected cold shoulders and cruelty from his triplet sons.

Chase, calculating and ruthless.

Blade, clinical and unforgiving.

Thorn, whose smile hides venom.

Three identical faces with emerald eyes that watched me with contempt, three voices that cut deeper than any chemo ever could.

They made it their mission to break me, not knowing I was already breaking from the inside out.

They weren't supposed to find out about the cancer that's been stealing pieces of me since I was ten.

But they did—when they found me on the cancer ward. I expected pity. Instead, I got possession.

Now I live in a beautiful cage of their devotion. Their hands hold my hair when treatments make me sick. Their bodies warm mine when I can't stop shaking.

As the cancer fights to claim me and their father schemes to control us all, the four of us are breaking every rule. The hatred that bound us has transformed into something far more dangerous—a love so fierce it burns everything in its path.

They've claimed every broken piece of me and refuse to let death take what's theirs.

But I'm not sure if I'm fighting to live for them... or fighting to protect them from the pain of watching me die.

Three forbidden stepbrothers. One girl with a ticking clock. When stars collide, entire galaxies burn.

The idea was here for this book but it just didn’t work for me. It went from the guys bullying her for being there to all in and in love with her. It was like a light switch was flipped for the guys. There was no groveling at all with how they treated her once they wanted her. I was also confused by the parents.

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Three Thousand Roses by Viola Grace

4 Stars

Lexa’s life has been a fight but now an alpha from her past has offered her protection and safety with the help of two others. For her daughter’s safety, she will pay their price.

Lexa’s debut as an omega was traumatic and left her scarred. She has spent the five years since fighting to keep her adopted daughter and keep her sanity.
At the limit of her resources, there is a knock on her door and the love of her life from five years earlier is standing there and he finally asks her what happened after he left her. Her answers shake him and he leaves. There is a certain amount of peace to seeing him again and she gets on with her life.
Two weeks later, he returns with an offer of protection and safety with two other alphas of his ursa type who have agreed to form a unit for her benefit. Lexa thinks about the safety of her daughter and she agrees to meet the first of her prospective mates. His identity shocks her and his clever tongue makes her head spin.
The next prospect is terrifying, adorable, and enthusiastic. She gets lost in his arms and she agrees to his protection. Her original mate from years ago is willing to stand aside and act as guardian, but it doesn’t feel right to ignore him. Their connection feels like it was never broken and her heart aches for him.
Can she really start anew with the man from her past and two charming strangers?

I loved seeing FMC get her HEA in this book after meeting her in the last book. She had such a hard life up to this point and was so strong but when the guys come in to help it was such a cute story. I was so happy the people who were horrid got what was coming to them in the end.

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The Bribe by Devney Perry

4 Stars

Duke Evans didn’t expect to find a beautiful woman in a staring contest with a bison on his favorite hiking trail. He also didn’t expect to see her again after rescuing her from the surly beast. As the sheriff in Calamity, Montana, he’s had his fair share of surprises but none as pleasant as pulling over a shiny black car and finding his mysterious hiking companion behind the wheel.

Only she lied to Duke. She gave him a name as fake as her hair color. According to her driver’s license, her real name is Lucy Ross, the famous country music singer whose sudden disappearance has been a hot topic on the radio over the past two weeks.

He’s not sure why Lucy lied about her identity or why she’s in Calamity. And she’s not talking. Instead, she offers him a bribe to keep her secret. Duke doesn’t want her money. He wants to know why this beautiful woman is on the run. And as long as the star shines on his badge, he’s going to find out.

Loved the audiobook. The narrators did an amazing job bringing the story to life. I enjoyed the couple and how they came together. The miscommunication between them about him taking money from her to keep quiet was amusing. The big are you kidding me moment was when the BFF show up. Like dude you are totally bringing the stalker here. That part irritated me but it was fine.

Book 1 Calamity Montana

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No Reservations Part Two by Viola Grace

4 Stars

Her mates are her own with one waiting in the wings, now she needs to finish what she started and get a little revenge at the same time.

Olivia has been rescued from years of torture and is working to settle into a life with her mates, and the omega next door, and another feline alpha who wants to join their group. She is gaining confidence, friends, and now there is one thing to do…go on dates with her mates. Oh, and she had to finish a very important memoir.
Putting her pain on the page is difficult, but the reaction is beyond what she could imagine. A bidding war for her memoir spurs legal action and before long she finds herself in court. Does she have the right to tell her story with all the documentation that the Omega Centre found, or does her sleepy home town get to remain oblivious to their part in the most heinous act of aggression on an omega in the last two decades. Is honesty the best policy or should she forget about the pain?
Life continues and she finds that getting surprised by another heat is uncomfortable while she is having dinner with the in-laws and her mates can’t get her home. She is really glad that Ford has been helping her make friends because she really needs one now.

Part two was so worth it. I loved how much FMC continued to grow and change and demand the future she wanted. I loved the male omega and the guys learning how to make the woman in their lives happy. It does conclude their HEA and it was worth reading every minute of the book.

Book 2 The Omega Next Door

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

5 Stars

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.

I loved listening to this audiobook. It had so much humor in it. It was lighthearted and so cute. I loved the FMC and the lion add in the two MMC who want her and it was just a good book. I enjoyed the adventure and the challenges in the book. The aliens that kidnapped FMC were amusing in how stupid they were. I really want to know what happens with FMC’s family and how it plays out on Earth but I always want that information. Cannot wait for book 2.

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A Curse of Beasts and Magic by Jeaniene Frost

5 Stars

Raine Stone is living a nightmare. Ever since she survived the attack that killed her family, she's been hiding a terrible secret--and a Beast inside her.

It feeds on violence and chaos, but she restrains its urges by playing vigilante on the city streets. Until one night, Raine uses the Beast’s energy to heal an elderly gentleman from a seemingly random attack and discovers a new world of danger—literally.

Remington “Remy” Byrne knows the wall between a realm of deadly mythic creatures and our own world is very fragile. After all, he’s the Warden who guards the gateways between them. Raine’s Beast contains power that could tip the scales in a sinister plot against Remy’s rule—if she allies with him.

Will they be friends or foes…or will their dangerous attraction turn into something else? And can our world be saved by their explosive alliance?

I LOVED this book so much. It was an interesting new take on Beauty and the Beasts and the ending makes me want the next book to be out now.  I loved the give and take between MMC and FMC. The fact that he insists on having a fake relationship with her to protect her is so sweet. I loved how everything played out in the book.

Book 1 Beautiful and Beastly

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