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Dream A Little Dream Of Me by Cobie Daniels

Posted June 11, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Series:
Author: Cobie Daniels
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: May 9, 2016
Publisher:
My Rating: 3 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

It’s 1995, and though raised in a conservative home, by a controlling mother; Kelsey Chapman has graduated from high school, met the love of her life and is about to embark on a summer adventure in York, England. Although she leaves a waiting Jason Bauer behind, she will spend the summer with Gareth Blythe who falls in love with Kelsey and tries to convince her, he’s the one she should marry.

Gareth has no way of knowing he is about to set into motion a chain of events that will revisit him in 2015. Kelsey Chapman has a wonderful life ahead of her but it will be filled with life altering decisions, adventure, love, heartache and second chances. Except she doesn’t know it yet.

Read on for my thoughts on Dream A Little Dream Of Me. No true spoilers, promise.

How To Wrangle A Cowboy by Joanne Kennedy

Posted June 8, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: How Tow Wrangle A Cowboy
Series: Cowboys of Decker Ranch #3
Author: Joanne Kennedy
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Cowboy Romance
Published: February 2, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 2 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Lindsey Ward is shocked when her grandfather leaves his ranch to her, complete with a ranch foreman who’s difficult and annoyingly attractive. Lindsey thinks she has no choice but to sell the ranch, but Shane Lockhart is determined to change her mind…

Shane is determined that working and living at the Ward ranch is the only way to raise his young son properly. In order to stay at the ranch he calls home, Shane will have to warm the heart of the most stubborn, appealing woman he’s ever met – opening up his own heart in the process

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To Catch A Lady by Pamela Labud

Posted June 8, 2016 by Marsha in Series / 0 Comments

Title: To Catch A Lady
Series: Hunt Club #1
Author: Pamela Labud
Genre: Regency Romance, Historical Romance
Published: January 19, 2016
Publisher: Random House Publishing – Loveswept
My Rating: 2.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Ashton Blakely, the Duke of Summerton, cannot stop his aunt from meddling in his affairs. So rather than let her select a most disagreeable mate, Ashton decides to fire the first volley by holding a ball as a scheme to bag the ideal wife: a deferential girl eager to produce and raise an heir, leaving Ashton to his beloved hunting lodge and titled friends. But when Ashton falls for the one woman who isn’t willing to play his game, all his plans scatter like buckshot. Suddenly, the chase is on!

Caroline Hawkins has no interest in marriage. In fact, she has devoted her life to defending women from the indignities visited upon them by their husbands. She only chaperones her beautiful younger sister to Summerton’s ball in the hopes of saving her family from bankruptcy. She certainly doesn’t expect to catch the Duke’s eye . . . nor is she prepared for the heat that rises every time she thinks of his powerful build or his dark, tantalizing gaze. Caroline can run, but she cannot hide—for Ashton has already captured her heart.

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Sweet Resolve by Jill Sanders

Posted June 8, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Sweet Resolve
Series: Lucky #2
Author: Jill Sanders
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: June 7, 2016
Publisher: Montlake Romance
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Amy Walker is steps away from her perfect job. The day she makes partner at her real estate firm will be the happiest of her life, second only to the day in junior high when her tormentor, Logan Miller, finally moved away. But fate has a warped sense of humor, because Logan is back. In her town, in her office, gunning for the same promotion. Worse, the man is sinfully hot. But that won’t keep Amy from exacting the revenge he richly deserves…

Logan had reasons for acting wild in his youth, but he still regrets the way he treated Amy. Especially once he’s sharing an office with the smart, self-controlled beauty. For one thing, she’s got a wicked sense of payback. For another, he’s realized there’s something he wants much more than a promotion. And that’s to melt the ice he helped form around her heart all those years ago and to prove that loving thine enemy can be the ultimate happy ending.

Read on for my thoughts on Sweet Resolve. No true spoilers, promise.

Love On Lavender Island by Lauren Christopher

Posted June 8, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Love on Lavender Island
Series: Lavender Island #2
Author: Lauren Christopher
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: July 7, 2016
Publisher: Montlake Romance
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

What’s worse than Paige Grant getting stuck in a window while breaking into her late grandmother’s Lavender Island ranch? Being discovered—and saved—by next-door neighbor Adam Mason. The Grants and Masons haven’t exactly been friendly in recent decades, despite Paige’s teenage crush on handsome, standoffish Adam. But the down-on-her-luck actress now needs more than saving: she wants to use part of Adam’s property to pull off a dramatic wedding for her idol, screen legend Dorothy Silver, in exchange for a movie role that could make her dreams come true.

Adam has been struggling with emotional and financial burdens inherited from the recent death of his father. Yet he reluctantly agrees to help Paige prepare the ranch for the wedding. As they continue to spend time together, sparks fly. But Paige is troubled by a secret that could ruin any hopes they have for a future together. When fire destroys the land that holds the key to both their dreams—and the secrets they carry make tensions run even hotter—can love rise from the ashes on Lavender Island?

Read on for my thoughts on Love On Lavender Island. No true spoilers, promise.

Fan The Flames by Katie Ruggle

Posted June 7, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Fan The Flames
Series: Search and Rescue #2
Author: Katie Ruggle
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance, MC Romance
Published: June 7, 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

In the remote Rocky Mountains, lives depend on the Search & Rescue brotherhood. But in a place this far off the map, trust is hard to come by and secrets can be murder…

As a Motorcycle Club member and firefighter, Ian Walsh is used to riding the line between the good guys and the bad. He may owe the Club his life, but his heart rests with his fire station brothers…and with the girl he’s loved since they were kids, Rory Sorenson. Ian would do anything for Rory. He’d die for her. Kill for her. Defend her to his last breath-and he may just have to.

Every con in the Rockies knows Rory is the go-to girl for less-than-legal firearms, and for the past few years, she’s managed to keep the peace between dangerous factions by remaining strictly neutral. But when she defends herself against a brutal attack, Rory finds herself catapulted into the center of a Motorcycle Club war-with only Ian standing between her and a threat greater than either of them could have imagined.

Read on for my thoughts on Fan The Flames. No true spoilers, promise.

Going All The Way by Cynthia Cooke

Posted June 5, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Going All The Way
Series: Kiss The Bride
Author: Cynthia Cooke
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: February 8, 2016
Publisher: Entangled Publishing (Loveswept)
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

After a failed marriage and quitting her high-pressure job, Carrie Steinhem is ready for uncomplicated fun. Love? Not what she’s looking for. She’d rather crash a wedding with her friends and find a hot hookup. The bride’s father is onto her, though. But just as her night out veers toward public embarrassment, a sizzling stranger sweeps in and claims Carrie as his date.

Potential hookup? Check. If she doesn’t get cold feet first.

Ryan Burton is on the fast track to a promotion…assuming he can avoid distractions and nail this new account. Except the woman he rescued at a friend’s wedding ends up not only being his new neighbor—she’s his client’s ex-wife. And his client has every intention of winning her back.

Carrie and Ryan would love to leave complicated alone, but when two people share a duplex and irresistible chemistry, temptation—and love—is right around the corner.

Read on for my thoughts on Going All The Way. No true spoilers, promise.

View To A Kill by Lisa Hughey

Posted June 4, 2016 by Marsha in Series / 0 Comments

Title: View To A Kill
Series: The Nostradamus Prophecies #1
Author: Lisa Hughey
Genre: Paranormal
Published: January 18, 2016
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Every night Mari Johnson’s dead brother visits in her dreams. The CIA tells her his death was a suicide, but she refuses to believe it. There’s no way he’d leave her again. But if she can’t trust the shadow organization that her brother worked with for answers, then she’ll turn to turn to his surprisingly sexy partner instead…the man who was with him when he died.

Every night Nik Stanley relives the night he watched his best friend die. In vain, he battles the guilt that haunts him. As a member of Project Specter, a program that uses people with paranormal talents for intelligence gathering, he can’t shake the feeling that he should have known that something was wrong.

But when Mari and Nik join forces, the pair are thrown a little too close together, and their digging only draws the attention of powerful enemies that would do anything to keep their secrets hidden.

Read on for my thoughts on View To A Kill. No true spoilers, promise.

Tempted by Jess Michaels

Posted June 4, 2016 by Marsha in Series / 0 Comments

Title: Tempted
Series: The Wicked Woodleys #3
Author: Jess Michaels
Genre: Regency Romance, Historical Romance
Published: January 12, 2016
Publisher: The Passionate Pen
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

The youngest son of the Woodley clan, Gabriel has been obsessed with bringing his missing twin sister home since she disappeared over two years ago. His drive has forced him to block out all else, including any feelings he may have for the beautiful Juliet Gray. But when she is brought to London by Gabriel’s mother, avoiding the desire she inspires becomes impossible.

Juliet never wanted to come to London in the first place, especially since she knows she won’t be able to avoid Gabriel, who has been both confusing and drawing her from the moment they met. But to give her father a chance at happiness, she’ll stay in town. When Gabriel asks for her help in finding his sister, explosive secrets will be spilled and long suppressed longings will overflow. But will their search bring them love or expose them to a danger that could destroy all they’ve built?

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His Darling Bride by Anna DeStefano

Posted June 3, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: His Darling Bride
Series: Echoes of the Heart #3
Author: Anna DeStefano
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: April 26, 2016
Publisher: Montlake Romance
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Bethany Darling doesn’t kiss men at first sight…until she falls into the arms of a handsome cowboy bartender.

A mysterious stranger, Mike helps scare off Bethany’s obnoxious ex-boyfriend. Mike’s touch feels like coming home. But Bethany’s so not interested. Between stalled-out dreams of becoming a painter, troubles reconnecting with her sprawling foster family, and the happy chaos of her sister’s upcoming wedding, Bethany’s already in over her head. But each time she and Mike stumble across each other in small-town Chandlerville…sparks fly.

A famous photographer hiding under a Stetson, Mike Taylor recognizes Bethany as a kindred artistic spirit. Together they rekindle her passion for painting—and she inspires him in unexpected, undeniable ways. Then when Mike’s own past threatens to tear apart his present, Bethany becomes his safe place to turn.

Can these two wandering souls finally trust their hearts? Or will they run from the forever love they never expected to find?

Read on for my thoughts on His Darling Bride. No true spoilers, promise.

Return to Jacaranda Avenue by Kerrie Paterson

Posted June 3, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 2 Comments

Title: Return To Jacaranda Avenue
Series:
Author: Kerrie Paterson
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: May 1, 2016
Publisher: Escape Publishing – Harlequin Australia
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Twenty-five years ago, Polly and Matt were in love—but their relationship came to a traumatic end following the death of her best friend.

Now Polly Chappell has moved back to her home town to open a patisserie and care for her elderly parents, and the last person she wants to see is Matt Enright. Until she actually sees him, that is…

Their attraction turns out to be stronger than ever, but both have their reasons to resist rekindling their romance—until someone attempts to run Polly out of town with escalating threats and vandalism, and Matt’s protective instincts surface.

Will the secret she keeps bring them together—or get them killed?

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