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Montana Secret Santa by Debra Salonen

Posted December 2, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, Series / 2 Comments

Title: Montana Secret Santa
Series: Love At The Chocolate Shop #3
Author: Debra Salonen
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: December 1, 2016
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Ad exec Krista Martin, while feeling more Grinch than elf, still jumps at the chance to co-chair Marietta’s Secret Santa Society. Why not? Especially since brilliant, attractive, and innovative tech wunderkind Jonah Andrews has agreed to help. He’s well connected and Krista’s hoping for some advice on rebooting her career.

Jonah knows Krista has a not-so-hidden agenda, but sparring with her over cocoa at their Secret Santa meetings is the most fun he’s had since returning to his old hometown. Krista may come across as all business, but Jonah’s positive he’s glimpsed a little girl inside her who wants to believe in Santa… and in love.

Titles in the Love At The Chocolate Shop series include: Melt My Heart, Cowboy – A Thankful Heart – Montana Secret Santa – The Chocolate Cure – The Valentine Quest – Charmed by Chocolate – The Chocolate Comeback

This particular story also has a connection to Debra Salonen’s Big Sky Mavericks series which includes: Montana Cowgirl – Montana Cowboy – Montana Darling – Montana Maverick – Montana Hero – Montana Rogue – Montana Rebel

The Doctor’s Christmas Proposal by Eve Gaddy

Posted December 1, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: The Doctor’s Christmas Proposal
Series: The Gallaghers of Montana #3
Author: Eve Gaddy
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: November 17, 2016
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Betrayed by his ex-fiancée, Dr. Wyatt Gallagher turns to the one woman he can always trust – his best friend, Mia Watson. After moving away, Wyatt has realized he wants more than friendship with the beautiful artist. With that in mind, he convinces Mia to come to Marietta for the Christmas holidays. But wooing Mia is surprisingly difficult — especially given the passionate night they’ve already shared.

Though Mia Watson has loved Wyatt Gallagher for years, he’s always seen her as a friend, never a lover. Except for one unforgettable interlude when comfort turned to passion. Then Wyatt moved back to Montana, leaving Mia with an unexpected consequence of their night together–and soon, heartbreak to follow.

Faced with the fulfillment of her dreams, Mia knows she must reveal the consequences of their night together to Wyatt. But having withheld the truth for so long, will her confession destroy his trust in her, ending their friendship and any hope of a future together?

Titles in this series include: Sing Me Back Home – Love Me, Cowgirl – The Doctor’s Christmas Proposal (Links are to reviews on Keeper Bookshelf)

If Santa Were a Cowboy by Melissa Cutler

Posted December 1, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: If Santa Were A Cowboy
Series: One and Only Texas #2.5
Author: Melissa Cutler
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: October 25, 2016
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
My Rating: 3.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

This Christmas, Santa wears a Stetson.

Paul Savage loves Christmas at Briscoe Ranch Resort, when he gets to take a break from being a back country guide to play Santa in the resort’s lobby and talk to kids about toys. The last thing he expects is his high school crush to come waltzing in as his new assistant photographer, wheeling a suitcase that’s more naughty than nice.

Kelly Walker is a disaster. All she’d wanted was spice up her life by saying ‘yes’ to every opportunity, which is when the universe started pelting her with ‘no’s. So when she comes across a job listing for a holiday photographer working with the sweet, scrawny boy whose advances she’d laughed off in high school, she jumps on the chance to turn her bad Karma around by giving Paul a second chance.

Trouble is, Paul’s anything but scrawny anymore, and his cowboy swagger throws her grand plans for a loop—especially when he tempts her with a red hot proposition of his own. Kelly’s in way over her head, but as she gets swept up in the magic of Briscoe Ranch’s holiday charms—and Paul’s—could Kelly’s year of ‘no’s be leading up to the ‘yes’ of a lifetime?

Titles in this series include: The Mistletoe Effect – One Hot Summer – One More Taste – If Santa Were A Cowboy – One Wild Night (March 2017)

Love Me, Cowgirl by Eve Gaddy

Posted December 1, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Love Me, Cowgirl
Series: The 78th Copper Mountain Rodeo #4 AND The Gallaghers of Montana #2
Author: Eve Gaddy
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: September 29, 2016
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Disillusioned with love, Dr. Sean Gallagher returns to Marietta to join its expanding medical facility. Marietta’s newest, most eligible bachelor isn’t looking for long-term involvement – especially not with his brother’s much-younger former girlfriend, Honey Jordan. But short term? That’s another matter.

Escaping a toxic relationship with her father, barrel racer Honey spends as little time as possible in Marietta. Home for the 78th Annual Copper Mountain Rodeo, a brief fling with the town’s hottest new doc might be just the thing to distract her until she can leave again.

But when a riding accident strands Honey in Marietta, an affair meant to last a few nights turns into something much deeper, leaving both Sean and Honey torn between the safety of saying goodbye and the heartache of losing what they dare not admit they’ve found — one true and lasting love.

Titles in the 78th Copper Mountain Rodeo include: Catch Me, Cowboy by Jeannie Moon – Protect Me, Cowboy by Shelli Stevens – Want Me, Cowboy by Sinclair Jayne – Love Me, Cowgirl by Eve Gaddy AND in The Gallaghers of Montana series by Eve Gaddy: Sing Me Back Home – Love Me, Cowgirl – The Doctor’s Christmas Proposal (Tule Publishing often has one title in more than one series, crossovers that enhance each series)

She’s The One by Bronwyn Stuart

Posted November 30, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: She’s The One
Series:
Author: Bronwyn Stuart
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: November 5, 2016
Publisher: Escape Publishing
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

In the game of love—and TV—you play to win or you lose your heart.

Millionaire Banjo Grahams originally signed up for She’s The One drunk as a skunk and willing to do anything to bed Australia’s most beautiful women, but when he sobers up he realizes he could lose much more than his reputation if he goes through with it. Unable to back out of an ironclad contract, he makes a deal with the network boss to rig the show, picking the lucky bachelorette ahead of time and guiding the season to meet his own ends and keep the board happy.

When her father tells Eliza Peterson she isn’t going to produce She’s The One, but appear as a one of the contestants, she is livid. Competing for some guy on reality TV is no way to earn his—and the network’s—respect and show them she is capable of producing shows of her own.

But for all the planning and staging, somehow the show takes on a reality of its own, and the goals of Eliza and Banjo fall away from something neither of them expected—love.

Stand Alone Title

A Christmas Day at the Office by Matt Dunn

Posted November 30, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: A Christmas Day At The Office
Series: A Day At The Office #2
Author: Matt Dunn
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Published: October 11, 2016
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
My Rating: 3 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

One office, five lives, on the most romantic day of the year.

One Christmas party. Two merging companies. Free-flowing champagne. What could possibly go wrong?

With her new billionaire boss in town, Sophie’s determined to swap the No-Jobs she meets on Tinder for her very own Steve Jobs. But will looking like a million dollars be enough to kick-start a Fifty Shades adventure?

A ring in his pocket and dressed to kill, Calum’s planning to get down on one knee. Though if Mia doesn’t say ‘yes’, he’s not sure he’ll ever get back up.

Julie’s got a surprise for Mark—though it’s something she’s not even sure she wants. Meanwhile, Mark’s got another choice to make: the love of his life, or the opportunity of a lifetime?

With his job on the line, and the ex who broke his heart back on the scene, Nathan’s day is becoming a nightmare. But he’s about to meet the woman of his dreams.

This year’s office Christmas party should be a night to remember—but for five of Seek Software’s employees, it might be one they’d sooner forget.

Titles in this series include: A Day At The Office – A Christmas Day At The Office

Sing Me Back Home by Eve Gaddy

Posted November 30, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Sing Me Back Home
Series: The Gallaghers of Montana #1
Author: Eve Gaddy
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: September 22, 2014
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: Own Kindle Edition
Cover Description:

Dr. Jack Gallagher, one of Marietta, Montana’s most eligible bachelors, hasn’t been serious about a woman since his wife died five years ago. He’s been content to date occasionally, practice medicine and raise his teenage daughter.

Then happily divorced former fashion model, Maya Parrish, moves back to Marietta, with her own teenaged daughter in tow forcing Jack to rethink his casual dates only rule. Maya, Jack’s high school girlfriend and almost fiancee, may have broken his heart the night of their high school graduation, but the moment Jack and Maya meet again, all the sizzle and sparks, and then some, come rushing back.

Maya is ready to give love a second try. Jack isn’t sure he can take that chance again. He knows how quickly happiness can be ripped away, leaving heartbreak in its place. Can a mad, passionate affair last or will it burn itself out as quickly as it began?

Titles in this series include: Sing Me Back Home – Love Me, Cowgirl – The Doctor’s Christmas Proposal AND because Tule Publishing often has titles in more than one set of series this is also connected to The 78th Copper Mountain Rodeo and the Montana Born Homecoming series as well

Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan

Posted November 30, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Miracle On 5th Avenue
Series: From Manhattan With Love #3
Author: Sarah Morgan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: November 29, 2016
Publisher: Harlequin – HQN Books
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

It will take a Christmas miracle for two very different souls to find each other in this perfectly festive fairy tale of New York!

Hopeless romantic Eva Jordan loves everything about Christmas. She might be spending the holidays alone this year, but when she’s given an opportunity to house-sit a spectacular penthouse on Fifth Avenue, she leaps at the chance. What better place to celebrate than in snow-kissed Manhattan? What she didn’t expect was to find the penthouse still occupied by its gorgeous—and mysterious—owner.

Bestselling crime writer Lucas Blade is having the nightmare before Christmas. With a deadline and the anniversary of his wife’s death looming, he’s isolated himself in his penthouse with only his grief for company. He wants no interruptions, no decorations and he certainly doesn’t appreciate being distracted by his beautiful, bubbly new housekeeper. But when the blizzard of the century leaves Eva snowbound in his apartment, Lucas starts to open up to the magic she brings…This Christmas, is Lucas finally ready to trust that happily-ever-afters do exist?

Titles in this series include: Midnight At Tiffany’s – Sleepless In Manhattan – Sunset In Central Park – Miracle On 5th Avenue

A Sure Thing by Marie Harte

Posted November 30, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: A Sure Thing
Series: The Donnigans #1
Author: Marie Harte
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: November 1, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Meet the Donnigans
With the eldest Donnigan brothers adjusting to civilian life, their younger sister constantly in trouble, and their little brother clueless about life in general, falling in love is the last thing on anyone’s mind…

Can this Bossy Badass Marine…
The Marine Corps was everything Landon Donnigan ever wanted in life…until a bullet sent him home with a medical discharge. Teaching a self-defense class at the gym is old-hat for a marine, but when he meets sexy Ava Rosenthal, his combat skills are useless for protecting his heart.

Be her Mr. Right?
Ava can take care of herself and likes quiet, bookish men-not muscular warriors who think women need to be coddled. But Landon is more than he seems, and when they come together, the results are explosive.

Titles in this series include: A Sure Thing

Pursuing the Bear by Kerry Adrienne

Posted November 29, 2016 by Marsha in Series / 0 Comments

Title: Pursuing The Bear
Series: Shifter Wars #2
Author: Kerry Adrienne
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Shifter Romance
Published: November 28, 2016
Publisher: Carina Press
My Rating: 3 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Bear shifters exist. Professor Bria Lane has known this since she was a child. Now she’s returned to the forests of Deep Creek to prove it to the world. She has no idea how close she is to that proof in ruggedly sexy park ranger Derek Poole. Intimately close. But uncovering Derek’s wild side comes with a shattering price.

Like a magnet meeting metal, Derek is drawn to Bria. His destiny. His mate. So beautiful and so vulnerable. So dangerous, too: an encroachment of lions, vengeful and vicious, is closing in and they’re ready for war. Now is not the time to be distracted like a lovesick cub.

If Bria reveals the truth of the Deep Creek shifters to the world, she’ll bring out the worst of both sides. But Derek can’t hide his secrets from the love of his life forever. He knows they’re playing with fire—and that when passion runs this hot, this reckless, someone’s bound to get burned.

Titles in this series include: Waking The Bear – Pursuing The Bear – Taming The Lion (2017)

The Velvet Cloak of Moonlight by Christina Courtenay

Posted November 29, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 1 Comment

Title: The Velvet Cloak of Midnight
Series: Shadows From The Past #4
Author: Christina Courtenay
Genre: Romance, Paranormal
Published: October 7, 2016
Publisher: Choc Lit
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

When newly widowed Tess visits Raglan Castle, she experiences an extraordinary vision that transports her to seventeenth-century Wales and a castle on the brink of a siege.

Even when Tess leaves Raglan to return to Merrick Court, her late husband’s home, the strange dreams continue as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the past. And when the new owner of the estate arrives – New Zealander Josh Owens – the parallels become even more obvious.

But perhaps the visions aren’t just trying to tell their own story, maybe they’re also giving a warning..

Titles in this series include: The Silent Touch of Shadows – The Secret Kiss of Darkness – The Soft Whisper of Dreams – The Velvet Cloak of Midnight