Life’s a Witch by Andra Skylar

2 Stars

What is it that they say? Life's a witch and then you die.

Stealing a magical object wasn’t my smartest move. Scored me imprisonment at the Guild of Guardians. Home to magical criminals and murderers.

The only way to pay off my sentence? Appeal the conviction or hunt vampires with a team of four dangerous men, and hope I don’t die trying.

One little problem. I’m a comic book nerd, a chemistry witch, not a warrior. I can barely hit a target with a knife, and my alphahole captain busts my lady balls. My team think I’m weak, a liability, and want me to fail.

I won’t let them break me, and I’m not sticking around long enough to explore the chemistry exploding between us.

Life's A Witch features plenty of action, four swoon-worthy men, and a heroine determined to end up on top. Tropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, touch her and d!e, fated mates, forbidden romance, cinnamon rolls, golden retriever, and neurodivergent characters tropes.

Spin off series but listed as book one. You need to read that series to get this one which I found out by being confused throughout this book. There’s so much going on that we need the backstory. There is also no movement in the story by the end of the book. Besides the no movement the author also pushed how nerdy FMC was and it got old really quickly. I am skipping the rest of the series.

Book 1 Her Guardians

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Hero She Needs by Anna Hackett

 

4 Stars

The last thing he expects to catch in his river is a billionaire heiress.

Loner Boone Hendrix left the military with ghosts that haunt him. He lives with his dog Atlas on a farm in Vermont. Alone. Just the way he likes it. Until he rescues a half-drowned, beautiful brunette from his river.

Gemma Newhouse is the daughter of the richest man in America, and from the abrasions on her wrists and her drugged state, she’s on the run from someone dangerous. She’s nothing like Boone expected—sweet, smart, and likes baking—and she ignites a fierce need inside him.

Being a member of a covert Ghost Ops team taught him deadly skills, and he’ll use them all to keep her safe.

Gemma can’t remember the last twenty-four hours. All she knows is that someone abducted her. Someone dangerous. Her only goal is survival and she’s used to taking care of herself. She’s a constant disappointment to her driven, successful parents. She doesn’t want a brilliant career, all she wants is to bake and make people smile.

Finding herself in Boone’s strong arms wasn’t on her plan. Nor was his rugged face, hard body, and gold-brown eyes. She sees how much he’s cut himself off from life, how he believes he’s broken.

Thrust together, she realizes this quiet hero will do anything to protect her. Despite the danger around them, they can’t resist their growing attraction, but her captors are hunting her…

And Boone is the only thing standing in their way.

This one took me a minute to get into but once I did, I blew through the book. I loved how strong Gemma was and how she melded with Boone. Boone is a troubled man who doesn’t think he deserves anything. Gemma gets under his skin and stays there. If you’ve liked any or all of her other books you will like this one.

Book 1 Unbroken Heroes

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Team Players by Stephanie Brothers

2 Stars

I’ve always been told I’m a team player…now my eleven foster brothers want to put me to the test.

When I inherit a home from my long-estranged father, it’s a dream come true. Pregnant and alone at nineteen, it’s just the break I need.

Except, when I get the keys, I find out the house comes with a whole lot more than I bargained for…eleven huge football-playing foster brothers who are about to become my housemates.

They’re the team my father devoted his life to training. If they can just stay fit, they’ll be going pro before they know it. Gorgeous and ripped, they fill the house with their massive bodies and booming laughs. I think they must be players, both on and off the field, and I hate them for stealing my father’s love.

But first impressions can sometimes be very wrong.

They treat me like I’m a queen and look at me with eyes that tell me they want to fill me with their own version of team spirit. I can’t imagine why one sane man would want a knocked-up cheerleader with so much baggage, let alone eleven. But the longer we spend together, the more I fall for my foster brother dream team.

They want to stay together to make a home filled with love for me and my child. Eleven men want to be my second chance. Except people like me don’t deserve second chances, and if they can’t see that, I’m going to have to make them.

Two stars is generous with this book. The writing was amateurish. There is no flow in the book. The chapters are choppy. Plot wise there are so many questions left unanswered. Like why did dad not connect with his daughter at any point. It was very unbelievable. If you are looking for a poorly written sex story, try this one but there are better books out there.

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Heat and Deceit by Rory Miles

4 Stars

Everything I am is a lie.

To the world, I’m Carmine the beta barista, not Nova the omega who’s being hunted by her old pack.

I live my life by one rule: Blend in and be forgotten.

Then I meet my three rich bosses. For some reason they take an interest in me and it’s impossible to avoid them since we work together.

To make matters worse, they’re searching for the perfect omega to protect and cherish.

They’re everything I could ever wish for. Just as I’m finally letting my guard down, my old pack comes sniffing around and threatens to destroy everything I’ve built with these men.

When they find out I’m not who they think I am, will they still protect me or will they give me back to the pack who destroyed me?

So so happy to see Nova get her HEA and her forever pack. She is in a previous book, but you don’t need to read it to read this one. She has growth and change to get to her HEA. Loved the alphas with how much they wanted her, even as a beta and knowing she has secrets. Worth reading this one.

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Falls Like Rain by Reese Rivers

3.5 Stars

When she left, they fell apart. Now she's back and it's her turn to Fall.

I married my three best friends when I was ten, ran from them and everything I knew at eighteen to save one of them and now I’m back at twenty-eight with no idea of who I am as a woman or what I want my future to look like. All I really know is, if I’m going to Fall, it’s going to be for ME

She was our everything, our future, but she ran away, broke us and left us in pieces for ten long years. Now she’s back and no matter how hard she tries to keep her distance and her secrets from us, we’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth and then make her fall just as hard as we did.

This was such a good premise and I wanted to love it but the guys were fucking stupid. Rain leaves when she and the guy’s are threatened. She does it for them but they never question why she left, just judged her. When she comes back after her dad dies and the guys are dicks to her until they find out the truth. She makes her life better and chooses herself over everyone else. Which she’s never done before. The guys do end up groveling a bit and it was good. I just wanted a bit more.

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Molly and the minotaur by Bea Gallow

2.5 Stars

Love is the key to unlocking the magic in Minos Falls!

For most of her life, Molly Durand was told to stop believing in fairytales, and when she arrives in Minos Falls, North Carolina, she finally does. With no boyfriend, no job, and no place to live, a mysterious town in the mountains is the last place she wants to start over. So, when she’s offered her dream job managing the town’s bookstore, she accepts. Until she discovers her new boss, Leo Angelos, is a Minotaur.

Leo Angelos has been waiting for his mate to arrive for fifteen years. Not because she’s destined to be the love of his life, but because she’s the key to breaking the curse plaguing his town. He just wasn’t expecting his mate to be his newest employee.

But when monsters from Molly’s past step out of the town’s shadows, they jeopardize not only the end of the town’s curse but also her happily ever after with Leo.

I wanted more world building and character development. I wanted more information on everything which led to me feeling like something was lacking. It was insta love between Leo and Molly which was meh. I am undecided about reading the next book.

Book 1 Magic in Minos Falls

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Forbidden Freshman by Katy Archer

3 Stars

He lost a bet, now it's no girls for a month… until he meets a sassy freshman who just might be the girl of his dreams...

What can I say? I got cocky. One drunken bet and now I've gotta go girl-free for a whole frickin' month.

A bet's a bet, though, and now I have to man-up and take it… but it's gonna be impossible after last night. Ever since I saved that sassy, little freshman from a carload of sleaze bags, she's been under my skin. It's not just the fact she's a hottie. It's more about the fact that she didn't bat her eyelashes or flirt with me. If anything, she insulted me to my face and told me she could take care of herself.

And now I'm hooked. I couldn't get enough of that tomboy trash talk and now I want to know everything about her… including the secret I'm sure she's hiding. But I need to steer clear, right? I can't go falling for some girl and reneging on this bet. The consequences could get me kicked off the team… but there's something so addictive about this girl.

I have to have her. I have to make her mine.

This was fine but it too to long to get anywhere. I am all for the slow build up to the book but at some point you have to move the plot along and this book took it’s sweet time. I loved the concept that Ethan had to give up woman because he lost a bet just to find his forever in Mikayla. The biggest issues they had could have been resolved with a conversation but that would have been too easy. Overall it was fine just not my favorite book.

Book 1 Nolan U Hockey

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