Knot Going Anywhere by Alisha Williams

3 Stars

After years of putting it off, I find myself ready for a pack. I’m not much of a social person, books and writing being my whole life, so meeting a pack organically is out of the question. So, when my best friend finds an ad for a Valentine's Day speed dating event, I take the leap and sign up. I only had hopes for at least a date for the holidays, but I end up leaving with a lot more. Holden, Benji and Grant are everything I was hoping for in a pack. Things happen fast, but they feel right because we’re meant to be. But, their older brother Phoenix is not very happy about the Omega his brothers bring home. He says he doesn’t want an Omega, and that his brothers can have me. Only thing is, I’m his scent match too. But you see, I have a little secret I’m not ready to tell my new pack about. I’m a world famous author with only a select few who knows the real identity of the person behind the pen name. Phoenix wants to make a deal with Marie Day, to make one of her books into a motion picture. That's not going to happen until he can pull his head out of his ass and give in to the want for me he clearly has. Because I’m a stubborn omega with nothing but time and I’m not going anywhere.

I liked this one but the drama with Nix went on way too long. You have to wait until the very end to find out what happened to lead to all the drama. It was a good read but wasn’t great.

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Dance Butterfly Dance by Reese Rivers

3 Stars

Savy St. James is a sad lonely girl with too many secrets to count. She hides away in her oversized frumpy clothes and thick glasses wishing she was brave enough to be seen without her mask.

One small favor backfires and forces her into a fake date deal by the school’s hot shot quarterback. Him and his three best friends treat her like a pet to play with and are careless with her until she’s had enough and breaks the deal. But when her secrets are revealed and her masks are stripped away, they will all burn for it.

Tate Valor thinks this nerdy girl is the perfect choice to use as his shield keeping all the groupies and gold diggers off his back. Savy’s a built in tutor to help him drag his marks back up so he doesn’t get benched. He never expected the make out show he forces her to put on in public to affect him more than it does her.

Jude Dixon is the wild child, f**k boy of the team. His crazy antics that match his white blond hair, multiple piercings and slightly psycho personality couldn’t be any different from the shy little doll Tate’s brought into his orbit. He’s the first to see the treasure that she is and stakes his claim when he falls hard and fast for her even when she doesn’t want to be claimed.

Beckett James had his shot at going pro blown right along with his knee. With football no longer a choice, he’s lost and depressed. Savy’s sweet heart and peach smelling hair has more than his interest stirring. He wants to peel back the masks she hides under and see the real her.

Asher James doesn’t give a sh*t about the bookworm his friends are obsessing over. He only has one obsession, the Butterfly that dances in the cage for him. It doesn’t matter that she’s never spoken to him in two years. He wants her and only her…until Savy starts getting under his skin and he sees that maybe he’s been the one in the cage all along.

Pretty solid read. I loved Savy and how she tells the guys off repeatedly. She is incredibly strong even though she’s wealthy she doesn’t act like it. The guys each have vastly different personalities. Some of them are more interesting then other ones. The telling off continues throughout the book and she ends up walking away from them. Which was the end of this story to be continued into book 2.

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Bonds Eternal by Yve Vale

3.5 Stars

A Realm War. Fragile mate bonds. And a powerful Elven mage intent on eliminating humans.

The Elven King and the Unseelie Mage plan to take everything from my mates and me. The futures of both realms are at stake, and it is up to us to stop the destruction. But our mate bonds are damaged. As we face impossible challenges, I don’t know who I can trust, not even my mates. Caught in the middle of the fray, I will do anything to safeguard the realms and thwart the war. But that also means my mates have to protect me at all costs. Emerging magical powers, a ragtag group of allies, and our desperate hope for a future will have to be enough to thwart the most powerful elves ever known to Fae.

 

This book wraps up the series nicely. It was interesting to see how it all plays out. I liked the characters for the most part. There was a bit too much whining from FMC and one of the guys was too headstrong for his own good. With the four books combined and cut down as all of them dragged at times. It was still a good story but it just needed something.

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Wolf’s Pack by Auryn Hadley

3 Stars

Corner a wolf and she will always fight back.

I finally did it. I took that last step and it was everything I wanted. My relationship with my five mates has never been better. They've embraced not only me as a part of their lives, but also my daughter, and this feels like the family I always dreamed of.

I don't mean just myself and my mates, but the entire pack. They call me "Alpha." No, I'm not the Alpha, but I'm learning how to step up. I got this. I'd better, since Wolf's Run has thrown open our doors to more than just wolves, but it seems like my version of winging it is working for all of us.

But not all shifters have packs.

That doesn't mean they don't want them. These new neighbors might not be wolves, but everyone wants a community they can count on. The trick will be making sure ours doesn't fall apart in the chaos.

Or get taken from us.

Between the antics of these teenagers, the insanity of so many changes happening at once, and the enemies my mates and I have already made, things are out of control. I feel like I'm chasing my tail. Thankfully, I've learned a few new tricks.

Once, I was just the nice lady next door.

Now, this is my pack, and I've become a real bitch.

〜

Elena has come into her own but strife has to happen for the HEA. I like how it all played out. You see growth in everyone to get to the end. Definitely worth reading the series just for the uniqueness.

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Pack Choice by Hannah Haze

3 Stars

Everyone around me seems to be landing their dream pack.

Not me.

I'm destined for a life of stress baking with only cats and books for company.

Why?

No pack wants to date the little sister of the notorious Stormgate brothers.

Especially when that sister is an omega with a smart mouth and a scent that's - now how did the last alpha describe it? - spicy.

Yep, no pack wants a mouthy, spicy, little Stormgate.

In fact, the only alphas I seem capable of attracting are self-proclaimed lone wolves.

My grumpy boss … the city’s notorious motorcar-champion … and the man assigned to keep me safe.

All three alphas may be hot, available and chasing me. But all three are not prepared to share.

They don't want a pack.

Which is fine.

Just dandy.

Ay okay.

Because I most definitely do not want them.

~

I struggled with Molly as a characters. She was just mean and not a cute mean but mean mean. I liked the guys and could understand them not wanting to be a pack and share. After book 1 and 2 this was just a let down but still love the series.

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Wolf’s Call by Auryn Hadley

3 Stars

You don't have to be a wolf to show your claws, but it helps.

My five boyfriends - yes, five - are being much too patient with me. That's pissing a few people off. It seems that when living with a pack of wolves, there are certain expectations for the alpha's mate - and I suck at this. A few months ago, I had no idea shifters even existed!

I just wanted a safe home, and this is it, although it's not at all what I imagined. When an ex-girlfriend decides to make my life a living hell, pack rules say that if I want to keep my place, I need to win my own fights. That's not easy when she's young, fit, beautiful, and a wolf. I'm not.

But with the help of a few friends, a little medical advice, and a whole lot of pent up sexual frustration, one thing is going very, very well. Five boyfriends really are better than one. I just have to balance them with my child and these new pack responsibilities.

Because, this was my second chance. I'd intended to learn how to be strong, but I was thinking more about having my own opinions and less about dominance challenges! I should be focusing on the bully picking on my daughter at school. The pack's children are being singled out by some kid, and that is a problem - but this woman will not leave me alone!

So if I want to be strong, I need to stop letting others push me around.

It's time for the claws to come out.

~

Elena and her 5 men are trying to figure life out all while dealing with the pack wanting things to be normal. The pacing in this one is better than the first book. It moves at a much faster pace. Questions are answered but more pop up but it also ends in a cliffhanger ending. Interested in seeing how it ends.

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Knot Forever by Evelyn Flood

4 Stars

Nova is desperate for a pack of her own.

Not for any old pack though – Nova wants a pack of alphas that will protect, cherish, and care for her the way she needs. All she wants is to be loved.

But thanks to her nightmare ex-boyfriend, every pack in town thinks she’s bad news.

When a charity auction lands her in the lap of the Kings, Nova isn’t convinced, but she’ll give it her best shot. This is her last chance, or she’ll be mated to her ex-boyfriend’s pack whether she likes it or not.

Asher, Marcus, and Seth are well-known for their ruthless ways, and they’re determined to keep Nova at bay for the 30 days they have to spend together. No omega could possibly meet their needs, so what's the point in trying?

But even three strong-willed alphas can’t stand up to an omega who knows what she wants.

It's time for these Kings to meet their queen.

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Nova is just an omega looking for her forever pack, but people are working against her who should be protecting her. I love the struggle and the guys who help her even though it’s for selfish reasons. It was well paced and had good character development. Give it a shot.

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Wolf’s Bane by Auryn Hadley

3 Stars

The things that go bump in the night are supposed to be headboards, not monsters.

Leaving my husband was hard. Trying to face the world alone with my teenage daughter is the sort of thing nightmares are made of, but I caught a break. My best friend just hired me for a great job. It's not anything special, simply managing the leasing office of this very fancy and highly exclusive neighborhood, yet the perks mean I get my second chance.

Speaking of perks, my rent-free house is right beside not just one handsome man, but five! Each one is hotter than the last, and all of them seem interested in me. Maybe I can't remember the last date I was on, but if I want to master being a strong woman, then this is a good place to start. It's just dating, right?

Normal life stuff.

Not so much.

Everyone around us has these strange golden eyes. Then there are the questions no one will answer. And who cares if there's a lot of wildlife running around at night? I do, especially when a wolf keeps sneaking into my backyard. I have a kid to worry about. Things have got to change before someone gets bitten!

Normal is going out the window, and fast. My neighbors say I don't belong here, and they don't mean because I'm Hispanic. Never mind that I just heard a man growl. Now they're talking about fated somethings, and I'm pretty sure they mean me.

I feel like I'm going crazy! Because when I said I wanted to learn how to be strong, this wasn't what I meant at all. Still, when it comes to taking care of my little girl, I will definitely learn how to be the biggest bitch on the block

I just hope that doesn't become literal.

I adored this weird book. This one treats lycanthropy as a STD. If you share fluids with someone who is a lycanthropy you will become a shifter. Which is different and interesting take on shifters. The book was a little slow moving but it was still a good read. Elena is trying her best to support herself and her 14-year-old daughter. She ends up with so much attention she doesn’t know what to do with herself. It does end on a cliff, but all books are out.

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Knot Their Reality by Miranda May

3 Stars

Two years ago, I thought I’d found the one thing I’d been missing—a pack. Except they didn’t want me.

Now, it’s time to leave them in the past where they belong and find my pack with the help of Heated.

As the second season’s omega, I have twenty alpha and beta suitors vying for a spot in my pack. We have eight weeks to get to know one another, to unpack each other’s baggage, and to see if we can be one another’s forever.

Except, there are surprises being thrown at me left and right—leaving me completely off balance. I’m sure it’ll make great television, but can I make it through this? I want to—no, I need—to make this work. One thing they’ll learn about me is that I don’t give up.

I will find my pack, but I’m quickly realizing that leaving the past behind isn’t as simple as I once thought it would be.

I liked most of this story but there were too many men and not enough with any of them. There were also too many to keep track of who was who and it was a struggle to connect with any of them. I did enjoy the overall story and who she ended up with. It just came across as too many characters.

Book 2 Heated

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Your Trainer Said Hi by Indie Sparks

3 Stars

Sure, in retrospect, going into business with some guy I’d only been dating for six months sounds impulsive.

Okay, it was impulsive, but it was a good opportunity, and Heath put in as much money as I did. We were equal partners. Until he made an unauthorized withdrawal.

It’s not like he absconded to another country with the money. No, he sunk every dime into a foolproof investment. In my defense, I was vulnerable when we met, and Heath was only supposed to be my rebound guy. I never dreamed I’d have to financially rebound from him.

So now, while he’s busy hawking snake oil, trying to grow his downline, I’m out here just trying to maintain my sanity, stay on top of my game for my sales job, and keep our juice bar afloat.

But there’s always time for vengeance. Heath stole my money; I’ll take his beloved personal trainer. It’s a start.

Wick puts my body through the wringer, in the gym and out, but he’s so not my type. His storm-cloud eyes might see right through me, and his filthy mouth definitely takes my mind off my troubles for a while, but there is not a more arrogant man in the world. Like I said, so not my type. So, why do I keep seeing him?

I loved book one and was hoping this one would be just as good. Nadine just frustrated me. She kept making stupid mistakes and never really learned from them. She’s all in with guys who suck but the one that is good for her she’s all nope with him. They do end up together, but it takes way too long and too much drama to get there. The writing style was the same as book one so if you liked that one you will probably enjoy this one too. I struggled with the characters this time.

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Knot My Reality by Miranda May

3 Stars

I have everything that I could possibly want—money, power, and success. The only thing I’m missing is the one thing that every omega needs: a pack.

My best friend and co-founder, Tessa, and I have made our company a success by creating apps for fellow omegas. Knotted allows omegas to find alphas for one-time assistance with their heat, and Mated allows omegas to search for their forever packs in a safe environment. But now it’s time to expand our brand with Heated—an experimental reality television show that will follow an omega who is closing in on their heat as they try to choose amongst suitors who want to be a part of their pack. Because who wouldn’t want to have their struggle to find a pack televised for the masses to see?

Deciding to kill two birds with one stone by launching my career to the next level while also getting my friends and family off my back—I will be the first omega on Heated.

With only eight weeks until my heat, I didn’t realize how overwhelming it would be to be constantly surrounded by twenty hot, willing men who are all vying for my attention while also trying to run the show from behind the scenes. I can't seem to allow the people I hired to do their jobs—after all, I’m the only one I can trust besides Tessa, right? Because if this fails, it’s all on me.

Can this control freak omega learn to let go and find her pack? Or will Heated prove to be Bree’s first and greatest failure?

This was an interesting why choose omegaverse. I was pleasantly surprised by the twist of her looking for love on a game show for her heat. I loved watching Bree get her HEA with her men even though she shouldn’t have ended up with them. Definitely worth reading.

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Violet Flames by Kitt Lynn

3 Stars

There’s a belief among the patients at Havenfield that broken omegas end up with broken packs. After all, no alpha wants a traumatized omega as a mate….that is, unless they’re refused at a “proper” institution. Then they settle for us. But I’m not looking to settle. At twenty-eight years old, I’m happy to live out the rest of my days without an alpha telling me what to do. Even if that means I won’t live much longer—omegas my age simply don’t survive very long without a pack to tend to them. But I’m okay with that. I’ll die clinging to the last memories of the love of my life, and whatever is left of my pride. But my doctors have other plans. Forced to live with a pack I don’t know to nurse their sick omega back to health, I’ve decided I’m done doing as I'm told. Eager submission was never my strong suit.

I wanted more of a connection between the pack and Violet. It never gelt like they truly wanted her for her. It always felt like they needed her for Brin, and it was all about Brin. They never really addressed her history and just expected her to do what they wanted. I did enjoy the read and I loved Violet. I just wished for some additional info in the story. If you’ve enjoyed other stories by Kitt Lynn, you will like this one.

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Omega Lesson by Roxy Collins

3 Stars

Alphas don't have heats. Except when I "switch" to omega at an all-male alpha academy.

Alphas are taught to take what they want. Or at least that’s the motto of the elite alpha academy where I work. My probation is around the corner and the headmaster has already warned me I don’t fit in. But I need this job to prove to my family and my ex that I’m more than just my past mistakes.

Falling for my student is a dangerous complication. But Mattie is a burst of sunshine in my dreary life. He’s gorgeous, devoted, and he wants me. Just one smile from my beautiful beta and I want to be the best alpha I can be.

Until his older brother catches us in the act and I’m triggered into a switch. My hidden omega nature takes over, hungry for the pack I never had.

Which is how I end up spending a mind-blowing heat with Mattie’s brother and his friends. They’re the rich and powerful Lyalls, and from the outside it looks like they have the world at their feet. But they’re struggling with their own past mistakes, and I have enough on my plate trying to work out how to be an omega.

But as things at the academy spiral downhill, I find myself drawn to this group of mismatched men. Each of them is unique, opening me up to new experiences, and speaking to a different part of my soul.

We want each other. We need each other. But learning how to be a pack is going to be the hardest lesson of our lives.

 

This was an interesting read. I felt it should have been made clearer that FMC and Mattie’s ages were as it was a bit of an ick. I wanted more revenge for FMC with what her ex and her family did. They did her dirty and basically got off scot free. The rest of the group with her were amazing but it was a lot to track. Overall, I enjoyed most of it.

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More Than I can Bear by Sam Hall

3 Stars

Reading the novella, Poke The Bear, is essential to understanding the storyline.

The hottest footballer in town is searching for the girl that got away. Me. We had one amazing night together, but when I woke up I knew I needed to get back to my boring life. But he refuses to take no for an answer. The whole city is looking for the girl with the custom painted Converse. But I’ve got other problems. The guy who keeps coming into my cafe, who’s as grumpy as he is hot. Or the quiet guy who lurks in the corner, then leaves drawings for me to find. I was the girl that everyone ignored, but each one of these guys are going to shove me into the spotlight. And I’m not sure if any of us are going to survive that scrutiny.

 

It was an ok read but I felt it was way too long. The stuff with Adam was overplayed and it frustrated me. I also didn’t feel the connection between Freya, Kaine, and Adam. River did get to know her and there was a connection. The other two were just kind of we’re fated so we are together. It was just fine.

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Poke the Bear by Sam Hall

3 Stars

I’ve always been invisible. People just look at me and then away. Or worse, their eyes glaze over. Everyone but him. Adam Farrelly is the top football player in the state. Every girl in the club is dying to catch his eye. But all he seems to see is me. He offers me everything I’ve ever wanted and for just one night, I’m going to say yes. After I can go back to my boring life. But apparently that is more than Adam can bear…

 

This is a nice intro to some characters but in no way is it a complete story. It feels like a prolog to a story and not even a short story. I am interested in seeing how Freya, Adam, River, and Kaine get their HEA in the next book.

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Big Witch Energy by Molly Harper

4 Stars

The lost love that’s always haunted her is about to make an unexpected return....

Caroline Wilton has no time for romance. She’s too busy running her family’s bar to even think about dating. She’s also one of Starfall Point’s resident witches, responsible for keeping the local ghost population in check.

But even the most magical of witches can use a shoulder to lean on, which is what happens when Ben Hoult, the handsome doctor she never quite got over, walks back into her life. Ben is a single dad now, and as he and Caroline reconnect, they discover that they both have a knack for helping and protecting the people near and dear to them.

Soon they’re working together to unravel a centuries-old murder, and Caroline has to face the wrath of angry ghosts...and the uncertainty of opening her heart back up to love. She’s not sure which one is worse. All she knows is that keeping her heart safe will take every ounce of magic she’s got.

I love it when Molly Harper comes out with a new audiobook. Her narrators are always fabulous and make the book that much better. This one was no different. They brought the characters to life and made me want to make time for me to listen. The story was also engaging. It picks up where the first left off but with the focus on Caroline and Ben. This is a second chance at love for them. Ben teens are adorable, and they made me laugh so many times in this book. Caroline has a backbone and isn’t willing to put up with much. I really really want her brothers to get their asses handed to them because of how they were in this book. Beyond that the story progressed and I am dying to find out who the big bad guy is.

Book 2 Starfall Point

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𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐤𝐲–𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫.

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C*ck Down the Block by Amy Award

4 Stars

Always the nerdy girl, never the girlfriend~ Until her cocky best friend and his *ahem* rooster take charge.

Look, I've had it bad for the girl with all the curves next door forever. She turned me down in high school and since I'm not a total douchecanoe, I lusted after her all by myself in my shower, and we stayed just friends for years. Now she's the adorkable librarian next door and I'm the star quarterback of the best pro football team in the league. So when she asks me to be her fake date to her all-girls school reunion I am totally down to show her off to the mean girls who bullied her back then so they can see just how incredible she is.

I'll be the best boyfriend they've ever seen. The best fake boyfriend that is.

Until I find out from her slightly-stalkery classmates that she still has her v-card. I don't see how that is even possible. Not with how sexy and sweet she is. Could it be because she knows she belongs with me?

 

Chris and Trixie were amazing. On the one hand Trixie was very strong woman but when she’s confronted by mean girls from high school, she reverts to how she was then. Chris was a sweetheart who never wanted to push her for more because he loved her so much that he would rather have her only as a friend even though he wanted more. The title made me laugh and that humor is also throughout the book. Plus, some super smexy time between them. When they finally realized they are all in with each other it was the best. Can’t wait to pick up book two.

Book 1 Cocky Kingmans

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รαѵαɠε ƭεɱρƭαƭเσɳ by Poppy Jacobson

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✨Blurb✨

𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

Cam work is my dirty little secret. After my mother deserted me with no way to pay my tuition, I had nowhere else to turn.

But maybe I should have checked to make sure my stepfather's cabin wasn't already booked for the week.

They blackmail me, humiliate me, and tease me. They take away my ability to say no, until I can’t stop saying yes.

It’s wrong. It’s taboo. It threatens everything I’ve worked for. And I can't get enough of them.

But when their enemies threaten the private oasis we’ve created for ourselves, I have to decide. Should I fight for my freedom? Or do I admit that being owned by them feels better than freedom ever could?

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Never Fall for the Bride’s Father by Julia Kent

3 Stars

Power outages. Runaway brides. Collapsed wedding cakes. Tainted caviar. Handsy grooms. And the always classic: jealous MILs who wear white. No wedding catastrophe can faze Katie Gallagher, because when you plan for the worst, you deliver the best.

The best wedding ever.

Her company, Wedding Protectors, Inc., promises happily ever afters. Guaranteed. Whatever it takes. But always-prepared Katie? She’s steering clear of her own HEA. Years of dating older, wealthy, alpha businessmen who treat her like an ornament has left a bad taste in her mouth.

And some bruises on her ego. Love is her job. Not her destiny. So when she falls for silver fox and self-made millionaire Patrick Cooper, she breaks a rule so taboo, it doesn’t technically exist: Never fall for the bride’s father.

Enter Patrick, a widowed art dealer with salt-and-pepper charm. He can't resist trying to share an Uber with the captivating, enticingly stubborn blonde. Their encounter? Classic enemies-to-lovers. Sparks fly, but not the good kind... at first.

Starting off on the wrong foot left a terrible impression, but when a series of coincidences pushes them together, the more time they spend with each other, the more the lines blur.

Chance favors the risk-takers, so when he takes a leap of faith and gets a passionate kiss that rocks his world, Katie opens closed doors in his heart.

Can he really have a new soulmate — Or is this just a May-December fling?

 

I loved how the books started with the conflict between Katie and Patrick. Patrick was a major dick and stole her uber. He tries to make it up to her but it’s too little to late for Katie. They eventually find out who the other is which leads to Patrick really trying to make it up to her. It was a fine book after this conflict, but I felt it missed the mark for a really good book. I never felt like there was a big connection between them as there is such a jump in the timeline. You don’t see them spending a ton of time together and that led me to feel like it was mostly lust and not love. The first book could get away with this style as they were a second chance at love with a past. Katie and Patrick don’t have that and needed more screen time to get that connection. Still love Julia Kent and will look forward to her next one.

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Glass by Evelyn Flood

4 Stars

Hope is a delicate thing. Like glass. So delicate that once it shatters, it will never be the same again.

Vilified.

Despised.

Ruined.

Anastasia Cooper is the most hated woman in Sorelle. To avoid the modern slavery charges leveled against her by her scheming stepsister, she opts for a quiet life under house arrest to escape the frenzy of the media.

But she wasn’t banking on them. The Tate brothers.

Feared by all, everyone knows that Christopher, Silas and Rafael Tate are the real power behind the throne of Sorelle. And they’ve been looking for Stasi for a very long time.

Determined to make Stasi’s life as difficult as possible, Kit, Silas and Rafe take every opportunity to remind her how far she’s fallen. But Stasi has her own plans, and she’s not about to let the men who stole her heart once before and smashed it into pieces ruin the only thing she has left.

Hope.

But as truths come to light, the Tate brothers begin to realize that they might not have the full story.

And they won’t let Stasi slip through their fingers again.

 

This would have been 5 stars review except I don’t think Stasi actually had smexy time with all of her men. I still loved the book and felt it was a nice balance of bullying and groveling to make up for the bullying. I loved how it all played out with Stasi and the guys. I can’t wait for the next book to see what else the author does.

Book 2 Forbidden Fairytales

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Chaos Tempted by Yve Vale

3 Stars

I finally win my freedom. But will the cost ruin us?

Preventing a realm war isn’t as simple as we had hoped.

Our enemies are closer to their victory than we wanted to believe.

The threats against my life have not abated.

In fact, I’m in more danger now that I’ve chosen to stay with the three elves, and Prince Eldrin has named me the human ambassador to afford me more protection. But my elevated status has the opposite effect.

In response, Eldrin gathers allies to stop his father’s intent to ignite a war. We must prevent the chaos from destroying everything we know.

With my newfound bonds comes a strange magic, and I foresee that Princess Twyla is destined to betray her father, the mortal king.

Are we strong enough to prevent the disasters we face?

 

This book continues where the last book left off. Movement in the relationship between Wyn and her men. More info is revealed about the different plots to start a war and it ends on a cliff again. I don’t feel like there was enough movement in the story and this felt more like a bridge book and maybe should have been combined with the last one but it was still good. I’m curious to see where the next book takes us.

Book 3 Fae Hearted

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His Human Widow by Michelle Mills

3 Stars

I married a dead war hero.

His name was Fire Lieutenant Byric Sandstone—an extremely wealthy Hyrrokin landowner, with a complicated estate.

Obviously, I’m not really his widow. It’s a technicality, on paper so I could bypass immigration and perform my duties. Everyone but the lawyer who forged the signature thinks I’m really Byric’s chosen bound, but my real job is to care for his elderly grandmother and his three-headed wulver. I love my cushy life on Tarvos.

One night, the front door to the mansion bursts open. A disheveled, wild-eyed, and monstrous Lieutenant Sandstone returns home, having escaped from his prison cell behind enemy lines.

Wait, my husband isn’t dead?

“Who the hell are you?” he rasps.

“Your bound,” I whimper from underneath the sheets.

Oh no. How is this going to work out?

 

Quick and spicy alien romance. Nothing super special about this book but it was a fun read. Needed some world building and character development to flesh out the stories BUT this could be lacking because I started in book 10 and not 1. It was an insta love situation. The story itself was interesting and unique. If you like alien romances this probably will work for you.

Book 10 Monsters Love Curvy Girls

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