Category: Contemporary Romance

Her Christmas Cowboy by Katherine Garbera

Posted December 9, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Her Christmas Cowboy
Series: The Scott Brothers of Montana #5
Author: Katherine Garbera
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: November 1, 2016
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
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There’s no place like Marietta, Montana for the holidays, and retired Marine Lane Scott has finally, reluctantly, returned home…

…only to run into a sweet and sexy woman from his past, Felicity Danvers, who is running away from her Christmas loving momma.

Lane can’t resist playing the hero and sweeping Felicity out of town. He vows he’ll do everything he can to make this holiday special for her. And as Christmas approaches, they discover that their love can conquer and overcome any obstacle—but can they both trust that it’s not just Christmas magic bringing them together?

Titles in this series include: A Cowboy For Christmas – Her Summer Cowboy – The Cowboy’s Reluctant Bride – Cowboy It’s Cold Outside – Her Christmas Cowboy

A Second Christmas Wish by Kathryn Freeman

Posted December 9, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance / 2 Comments

Title: A Second Christmas Wish
Series:
Author: Kathryn Freeman
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: November 1, 2016
Publisher: Choc Lit
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
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Do you believe in Father Christmas?

For Melissa, Christmas has always been overrated. From her cold, distant parents to her manipulative ex-husband, Lawrence, she’s never experienced the warmth and contentment of the festive season with a big, happy family sitting around the table.

And Melissa has learned to live with it, but it breaks her heart that her seven-year-old son, William, has had to live with it too. Whilst most little boys wait with excitement for the big day, William finds it difficult to believe that Father Christmas even exists.

But then Daniel McCormick comes into their lives. And with his help, Melissa and William might just be able to find their festive spirit, and finally have a Christmas where all of their wishes come true.

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When Snowflakes Fall by Tara Wyatt

Posted December 8, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: When Snowflakes Fall
Series: The Graysons #1
Author: Tara Wyatt
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: October 25, 2016
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
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When Dr. Christie Harmon up and moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming to escape a vicious scandal, she expected a quiet, lonely Christmas on-call as a pediatrician at the local hospital. But when she’s treating a little boy with a bump on the head, she doesn’t expect his dad to be so distractingly handsome…or single.

In the wake of his ex-wife’s abandonment five years ago, Luke Grayson has been focused on raising his son Ethan. The scars from the split run deep, and Luke hasn’t trusted another woman to come into their lives. But there’s something about the sweet—and sexy—Christie that has him wondering if something’s been missing.

Can new love help lonely hearts find a way? After all, Christmas is a time for magic.

Titles in this series include: When Snowflakes Fall – Like Fresh Fallen Snow

A Royal Christmas Princess by Scarlet Wilson

Posted December 8, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: A Royal Christmas Princess
Series:
Author: Scarlet Wilson
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: October 11, 2016
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
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After a tough year losing her mom and bills mounting, Holly Yates is in for a lonely Christmas. But when she hears a news report that the small principality of Coronia is looking for their lost princess, she recognizes her baby photo on the news and is astounded. Felix – the could-be Prince – is delighted to find her and whips her off to a snow-covered Coronia to meet her real-life ailing father where he persuades her to fall in love with the people and the place.

Holly is so shell shocked by everything that she agrees – as long as they keep her identity secret until she makes up her mind. But can a shy girl from Baltimore really become a fairy tale princess?

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A Cowboy’s Christmas Eve by R. C. Ryan

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

Title: A Cowboy’s Christmas Eve
Series: Mallorys of Montana #2.5
Author: R. C. Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: December 6, 2016
Publisher: Forever (Grand Central Publishing)
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
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Colin Malloy enjoys spending Christmas with his family at the Malloy ranch. But this holiday, what he really wants to do is to get closer to the alluring Dr. Anita Cross. So when a blizzard conspires to keep her from joining the Malloy family’s festivities, neither snow, sleet, nor spun-out cars will prevent Colin from reaching her side.

As the new doctor in town, Anita is wholeheartedly devoted to her patients. So when a little boy needs her on this snowy night, she doesn’t hesitate to care for him and send him home in time to spend Christmas with his family. An evening with a certain sexy cowboy will have to wait-or so she thinks. When a breathless Colin Malloy shows up at her clinic, Anita finds her cold, lonely night quickly heating up. And no crisis or well-meaning relative will stop them from making this a Christmas to remember . . .

Titles in this series include: Matt – Luke – A Cowboy’s Christmas Eve – Reed

A Christmas Kiss by Susan Hatler

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

Title: A Christmas Kiss
Series: Kissed By The Bay #5
Author: Susan Hatler
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: November 28, 2016
Publisher: Hatco Publishing
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: NetGalley
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Harper Avery is a jaded divorce attorney who loves helping her clients move on to better things. After all, they’ve struggled enough being in an unhappy marriage. When one client’s soon-to-be ex-husband suddenly says he wants a second chance with his wife, Harper’s dubious, certain that her client is just going to get hurt again.

Despite his career as a divorce attorney, Gabriel Hart still believes that love can work miracles. Sure, there are no guarantees, but he totally supports his client’s efforts to reconcile with his wife—even if it means Gabriel has to go head-to-head with Harper to keep her from ruining the couple’s chances.

With the holidays approaching, husband and wife set out to see if they can work through their issues, while Harper decides to spend the long Christmas weekend at her friend’s cabin in Lake Tahoe. Only when she gets there, someone is already occupying her last-minute rental—Gabriel Hart. Both refuse to give up their holiday retreat. Will their adversarial working relationship make for a stressful weekend? Or will the magic of Christmas sprinkle them with a love that can beat the odds?

Titles in this series include: Every Little Kiss – The Perfect Kiss – Just One Kiss – The Sweetest Kiss – A Christmas Kiss – All About That Kiss

Christmas Angels by Viola Shipman

Posted December 7, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Christmas Angels
Series:
Author: Viola Shipman
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: October 25, 2016
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
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Kate, a single woman in her 30s, works as a designer/decorator for a large interior landscaping company bedecking and bedazzling St. Louis for the holidays. Her work keeps her from spending the holidays with her family and masks the loneliness and pain after a nasty breakup just before Christmas.

Known as “The Christmas Angel” for providing holiday beauty to the city’s offices, homes, and malls, Kate’s world changes when she decorates the home of a widowed single dad. Both soon realize that life (and love) must go on somehow and that perhaps Christmas (and guardian) angels are all around, if we only choose to see them.

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Christmas with an Angel by Debbie Mason

Posted December 7, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Christmas With An Angel
Series: Harmony Harbor #1..5
Author: Debbie Mason
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: December 6, 2016
Publisher: Forever (Grand Central Publishing(
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
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It’s been eight long years since Michael Gallagher has laid eyes on Shay Angel, back when he was a boy from the most prominent family in town and she was a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. But he hadn’t cared about their differences – until one bad decision landed her in jail.

That was years ago and now he’s back in Harmony Harbor for the holidays. So when Shay goes missing, Michael is intent on finding her – and finding out if their sizzling attraction is still there. But he’s now a district attorney, and it looks like Shay is once again on the wrong side of the law.

Titles in this series include: Mistletoe Cottage – Christmas with an Angel – Starlight Bridge (2017) – Primrose Lane (2017)

Hooked by Brenda Rothert

Posted December 6, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Hooked
Series:
Author: Brenda Rothert
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance
Published: December 6, 2016
Publisher: Random House Publishing – Loveswept
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
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Miranda: Even though I’m broke, putting myself through college, and working two jobs, I’m trying to make the best of it. Meanwhile, Jake Birch, hockey’s hottest bad boy, lives in a luxury hotel in downtown Chicago—and still complains about every little thing in his penthouse. But after I tell him off, instead of getting me fired, Jake requests me as his personal housekeeper. Then he starts flirting with me. Only I’m not flirting back . . . at least, I’m trying not to. Did I mention that he’s hockey’s hottest bad boy?

Jake: I’ve met the best woman at the worst possible time. Miranda is the fire to my ice—a sexy, charmingly candid spark who breaks down my walls and reminds me what it’s like to feel again. But I’m being forced to date my team owner’s daughter to keep my job, so I can’t be caught with Miranda. Still, we’re getting closer—until Miranda finds out about my “girlfriend.” And that’s not the only secret I’ve been keeping. But Miranda’s the one I want . . . even if she doesn’t believe me.

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The 12 Dares of Christmas by Leigh W. Stuart

Posted December 6, 2016 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: The 12 Dares of Christmas
Series:
Author: Leigh W. Stuart
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: December 6, 2016
Publisher: City Owl Press
My Rating: 3 stars
Source: NetGalley
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Lauren Hall has one wish for Christmas this year—raise money to build a new, no-kill animal shelter for the town of Sycamore Cove. And she is prepared to do anything to make it happen. Even dare a man she just met to perform a strip tease for the local knitting society.

Gabe Nicholson has one wish too—obtain the job of a lifetime to launch his career. Only his wishes get snowballed when his best friend’s little sister hands him a pair of stripper pants and a bottle of eggnog-flavored body oil.

It’s all sugar plums and mistletoe until a scandal caused by Lauren’s fundraiser threatens to ruin it all. With Gabe’s work opportunities disappearing before his eyes and Lauren’s fundraising efforts tanking, their game of dares stands to burn them both. Unless it ignites a spark of Christmas magic.

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Oklahoma Christmas Blues by Maggie Shayne

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

Title: Oklahoma Christmas Blues
Series: The McIntyre Men #0.5 (prequel)
Author: Maggie Shayne
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: November 10, 2016
Publisher: Thunderfoot Publishing
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Source: Own Kindle Edition
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Darryl is on a quest for peace. His chance at fatherhood was taken from him long ago, and an IED in Iraq ensured he’d never get another. In Big Falls, the McIntyre brothers hire him to keep an eye on their beautiful cousin Sophie in case her criminal ex shows up. He doesn’t expect to fall head over heels.

Sophie McIntyre’s life was blown apart by a drug dealing ex who cost her her job and nearly her medical license. She comes to Big Falls because she has nowhere else to go. And the minute she gets there, things start to get better.

Is it because of that letter to Santa her Aunt Vidalia convinced her to write?

Within days she meets a beautiful man with a deeply wounded soul. And oddly, she finds herself giving him the same advice the town Santa gave to her—try believing again, and if it’s too much to believe, then just try hoping.

Love, magic, and miracles ensue.

Because this is Big Falls, Oklahoma. Miracles are an everyday occurrence around here. Especially at Christmastime.

Titles in this series include: Oklahoma Christmas Blues – Oklahoma Moonshine – Oklahoma Starshine