Category: Contemporary Romance

The Greek’s Bedroom Bargain by Joanne Walsh

Posted June 24, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Infuriating, arrogant, demanding. And disturbingly sexy. Those were the first thoughts Frankie had about Greek millionaire and volunteer firefighter Nik Kontarinis, but she was not going to fall prey to his seduction plans. She was on the island of Kathos to lick her wounds and figure out her next steps, not to become another notch on Nik’s bedpost.

A villa restoration project presents the perfect opportunity for Frankie to reboot her business and her life. There is only one problem–she needs a business partner. When Nik offers her an opportunity too good to pass up, Frankie is tempted to accept. Except that Nik has set his terms and there are definitely strings attached.

Will Frankie give in to temptation and play?

Titles in the Greek Island Millionaires series include – The Greek’s Bedroom Bargain – The Russian’s Pleasure Proposition –

Her Lawman Protector by Patricia Johns

Posted June 22, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

Their relationship isn’t real…But his feelings for her are!

Detective Jack Talbott has devoted his life to ending police corruption. His latest target is Liv Hylton, the ex-wife of a dirty cop.

She’s also the woman he’s secretly loved for years. To get close to her, Jack’s going undercover as her boyfriend. But when the evidence points to Liv’s innocence and a threat to her safety, he’ll do anything to protect her. Even risk his career.

Titles in the Home to Eagle’s Rest series include – Her Lawman Protector – Falling for the Cowboy Dad – The Lawman’s Baby – Her Triplets’ Mistletoe Dad –

A Story Like Ours by Robin Huber

Posted June 22, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

In the riveting, powerful conclusion to the Love Story duet, Sam and Lucy discover that sometimes it’s not about finding love, it’s about saving it.

Even when we were kids, the connection between us was overwhelming. I knew Sam and I were soulmates, destined to be together. Breaking that love would mean breaking us. And for a little while, that happened. I lost the man who had always been my other half.

After too much heartache and too many years apart, we’ve finally found our way back to each other. But Sam’s professional boxing career is getting in the way of our happy ending. I don’t know how much longer I can watch him take another crushing punch, knowing each one knocks him closer to danger. He’s killing himself. For me. For us. And for one tiny other…

Then the blow comes. It’s not the one I thought it would be–fist in glove–but the result is the same. We’re on the verge of losing everything we fought for. Everything we sacrificed for.

We thought we paid the price. We thought we had it all.

But what if my love isn’t enough to bring Sam back to me?

Titles in the Love Story Duet include – A Love Like Yours – A Story Like Ours

The Matchmaker’s Match by Nicole Flockton

Posted June 22, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Could the best man be her best option?

The last person Meredith Turner expects to see at her best friend’s wedding rehearsal dinner is the guy she had a one night stand with. What’s worse, Lincoln Forrest is the best man and as maid of honor, her partner. To add insult to injury, she has to leave the rehearsal dinner early, and Lincoln is the one to help her with a deeply personal problem. The aftermath of that night brings big changes for them both.

Lincoln Forrest has helped his best friend meet the woman of his dreams, but recently he’s made a series of bad decisions, the biggest being leaving his career with the Army. Now the former K-9 handler is looking for a new career and trying to get his life back on track. Helping Meredith in her time of need connects her to him more than he expected. On a mission to right the wrong he created, Linc will do whatever is needed. But when the attraction that first drew them together flares to life again, will the obstacles between them be too much to overcome? Or has the matchmaker met his match?

Titles in the Man’s Best Friend series include — Blind Date Bet – Next Door Knight – The Matchmaker’s Match –

Addie’s Adventurer by Amelia C. Adams

Posted June 22, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Multi-Author Series / 0 Comments

Addie Collins runs Quinn Valley Collectibles, the souvenir shop in town, and loves coming up with unique merchandise to highlight the different goods and services in the area. She has always been interested in advertising, and this has given her a way to bring all her talents together into one spot, and she’s living her best life.

Jason Miller has his dream job too – he travels the country with a truck and trailer, writing magazine articles about the points of interest he sees along the way. He’s grown a little cynical, though, and his articles lack some of the human touches that would really make him shine.

When Addie, his ex-girlfriend, writes a letter to the editor about his latest feature, he’s assigned to visit Quinn Valley and write a new feature about what makes that area special. As it turns out, the most special thing there is Addie, but it just might be too late for them to mend the broken fences and find the pieces of themselves they lost so long ago.

Addie’s Adventurer is the 9th title in the multi-author series Quinn Valley Ranch. A list of titles in this series and links to reviews done here at Keeper Bookshelf can be found by visiting our Quinn Valley Ranch page.

Marrying My Cowboy (an anthology) by Diana Palmer & Lindsay McKenna & Kate Pearce

Posted June 21, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Modern Western Romance / 0 Comments

Take a walk down the aisle—western style—with these tales of unbridled love, from a trio of New York Times bestselling authors who know the way to a cowboy’s heart …

The Rancher’s Wedding* Diana Palmer
When a rugged Colorado rancher who’s in the red meets up with a screenwriter-turned-waitress dogged by scandal, they put their talents—and their hearts—together. But will front page news put a damper on the sparks flying between them?

Wind River Wedding * Lindsay McKenna
A sprawling family ranch in Wyoming, or a swanky Hamptons hideaway? A young couple’s future in-laws try to stake their claim on where the newlyweds will live. But these lovebirds won’t be corralled.

The Cowboy Lassoes a Bride * Kate Pearce
Between a hen night that goes terribly wrong and a missing wedding dress, a bride-to-be wonders if her plan to marry her longtime bad boy cowboy beau is doomed—and he wonders if his fiancée is avoiding the altar. Will love prevail?

Update A Christmas Temptation by Karen Booth

Posted June 17, 2019 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Somewhere behind the expensive gifts and grand gestures… was the man who had once been her whole world.

Sophie Eden refuses to sell her family’s legacy, especially not to Jake Wheeler. He and Sophie have a history—a night of passion that first left her elated, then heartbroken. Now the New York heiress wants him to stay away.

But when they’re snowed in for Christmas, they surrender to temptation. Meanwhile, a secret waits to tear them apart…

Titles in the Eden Empire series from Harlequin™ include: A Christmas Temptation – A Cinderella Seduction – A Bet with Benefits

Don’t forget A Cinderella Seduction is available July 1, 2019

*Update*: If you loved Sophie and Jake’s story in A Christmas Temptation, and the “dropped shoe” at the ending had you desperately wanting to know more then I have an update for you.

There was a large gap between stories, actual real-life timewise, so you might be happy to know that A Cinderella Seduction is out the first week of July 2019. I’m also reposting my review of the first story in the Eden Empire series as well to remind you of where we left off.

I’m really looking forward to the next story… how about you?

Title: A Christmas Temptation
Series: The Eden Empire #1
Author: Karen Booth
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: November 1, 2018
Publisher: Harlequin Desire
My Rating: 4.5 stars

A Christmas Temptation begins what looks to be a fascinating series, The Eden Empire by Karen Booth. Although, I have to admit that I was totally on Sophie’s side in this romance. Jake struck me as a very frustrating man, one who is quick to make assumptions and slow to accept facts. I wanted to reach into this story more than a few times and give him a stern talking to, plus a few deadly glares. We love who we love, there is no logic involved and for Sophie Jake was her one, no matter my opinion of him. If it’s true that we most often hurt the ones we really love – then Jake is completely smitten by Sophie since he’s hurt her time and time again. To be frank, I never warmed up to Jake, even knowing his past and his reasons for his issues. Sophie, I adored, often the underdog in the situation of trying to honor and continue her grandmother’s legacy, Sophie captured my emotions with her strength and determination.

I won’t give away spoilers, that’s not my way, but I will gladly recommend A Christmas Temptation to any reader who loves a good, solid romance, intriguing situations and a few puzzles to be worked out for the happy ending to take place. Sophie and Jake’s story introduces us to some other interesting secondary characters, some who will have their story told later in this series. With a few simple twists and turns, A Christmas Temptation has captured my curiosity and now I need to know how the entire story ends.

If you’re in the mood for a Christmas filled romance, with interesting characters, a unique situation and a few surprises in store… then you’ll want to pick up the beginning of The Eden Empire series and get lost in a unique world. I’ve already made note of the release dates for the rest of this series because I don’t want to miss a thing.

I own a Kindle edition of this story.

Available in paperback and for the Kindle

The Ultimate Surrender by Elsa Winckler

Posted June 15, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series / 0 Comments

On a sunny beach in Seychelles, she stole his heart.

Darryn Cavallo is a seasoned photographer and quite used to being surrounded by gorgeous, half-naked women without breaking a sweat but he isn’t ready for the powerful feelings fashion model Hannah Sutherland elicits the minute he sets eyes on her. He’d once made the rookie mistake of falling for a model and it had ended badly, so when another photographer implies he’s also been with Hannah, Darryn uses it as the perfect excuse to walk away.

But when they meet again, Darryn can’t ignore his instincts—Hannah is in danger. Lies and threats make targets of them both and faced with a situation of pure terror, Darryn is forced to realize he’ll do anything to protect her. And to keep her with him, always.

Titles in The Cavallo Brothers series include — An Impossible Attraction – An Irresistible Temptation – The Ultimate Surrender –

Change of Heart by Judith Keim

Posted June 14, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Emerson “Em” Jordan always wanted a Valentine’s Day wedding. But after being dumped by her boyfriend, she spends the holiday at Seashell Cottage on the Gulf Coast of Florida with Devin Gerard, a family friend who has no interest in her or any other woman and is instead concentrating on his pediatric medical practice and continuing medical missions in Costa Rica.

Em, who’s always wanted a large family, doesn’t mind his disinterest. At thirty-two, she’s decided she doesn’t need a husband to have a child or to adopt one. First, she’s going to fulfill her dream of setting up her own landscape design business in upstate New York and has promised to continue to help run her grandmother’s flower shop.

It isn’t until Em and Devin become friends that Em realizes she might want more than friendship from him. But with his work in Miami and Costa Rica and her busy life in New York, it’s out of the question until something happens that changes everything, even a couple of hearts.

A Seashell Cottage Romance

Love At The Shore by Teri Wilson

Posted June 14, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

She came to the beach to write…
But she’s getting distracted by the surfer next door.

Jenna, a single mom as well as a successful author has five weeks to deliver her next young adult novel to the publisher. This year’s summer getaway with her kids will be a working vacation.

The only problem? Lucas, the devil-may-care surfer in the beach rental next to hers. He cranks up his music at night, hosts loud volleyball matches, and allows his dog to run around at will.

Jenna often blames him for her writer’s block. But before long, she begins to see a new side of her neighbor at the shore. Maybe opposites do attract…but will that attraction fade like a sunset once summer is gone?

Forever Wild by Allyson Charles

Posted June 13, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Wild life is about to take on a whole new meaning . . .

Dax Cannon never says no to a challenge. But when he discovers a sexy stowaway in the back of his truck, he realizes Annelise Ansel might be more than he bargained for.

An artist, Lissa claims she’s leaving New Orleans for a fresh start in Michigan–which just happens to be where he’s headed with the pack of rescue dogs he’s delivering to the sanctuary he works for. But when three thugs threaten to take lovely Lissa off his hands, he realizes she’s in need of a sanctuary, too.

Once Lissa is riding shotgun with her long, lean protector, she’s wondering if fate might have something better in store for her than living her life in hiding. But when her hijinks threaten to take down the best man she’s ever had the pleasure to run away with, Lissa realizes it’s time to face her demons. Now it’s up to the two of them to fight through the danger to discover the life—and love—waiting on the other side.

Titles in the Forever Friends series include – Forever Home – Forever Found – Forever Wild –

Command and Control by Shelli Stevens

Posted June 13, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

He’s afraid of losing his grip. She’s about to untie his last knot…

Megan Asher may have a thriving legal career, looks, and self-confidence to spare, but they mean little without the love of her life. Trevor’s returned from Afghanistan a haunted man, emotionally distant and unwilling to connect—except in bed. Then even that fragile thread snaps. Brokenhearted, she is forced to call off their wedding and, after a few months of separation, try to move on.

With every aspect of his life spinning out of his once-legendary control, Trevor Wyatt convinces himself that Megan is better off—and safer—as far from him as possible…until he comes home for his brother’s wedding to discover Megan is dating. Realizing what he’s thrown away, Trevor vows to breach the fortress Megan’s built around her heart. They clash in a cataclysm of rekindled passion that unleashes the very demons he’s sought to leash.

Shaken but determined, Megan takes the ultimate risk and slips past Trevor’s defenses to hand him control in the one place she can—the bedroom. She prays her seduction will be the first step to heal her hero and their love.

Titles in the Holding Out For A Hero series include – Going Down – Command and Control – Flash Point – Love Me Knot

This title is an adult 18+ story with strong language, possible violence and strong sexual content intended for an adult audience.

Command and Control is a re-release of a title/series that was first published in 2010.

No Heartbreaker Required by JoAnn Sky

Posted June 13, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Modern Western Romance, Series / 0 Comments

When an avalanche crushes her world, Olympic hopeful Starr Taylor loses her job, her boyfriend, and worst of all, her confidence. She’s working on getting her life back together and moving forward, and it certainly won’t be with Spencer Kensington, the far-too-attractive playboy lawyer she’s forced to play nice with at their friends’ wedding. Unfortunately, Spencer’s trip to Reno gets extended unexpectedly, and Starr suddenly finds herself way too close for comfort with the man she’s quickly realizing is more than he appears.

Spencer is a tough, no-nonsense New York businessman with a no-commitment rule in the bedroom. But a few days of living with Starr, feeding goats and helping her save troubled teens, has him feeling something he can’t identify. In fact, the more Spencer gets to know the surprisingly vulnerable and tempting woman, the duller his superficial life in the city starts to seem. But everything he’s worked for is waiting for him, and as Spencer’s flight back home grows closer, he’s left wondering if the life he has is really the life he wants.

Titles in the Biggest Little Love series include – No Cowboy Required – No Heartbreaker Required –

A Secret Rose by Kirsty Ferry

Posted June 12, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

“Wherever you go, I will follow …”

Merryn Burton is excited to travel down to Cornwall to start her first big job for the London art dealers she works for. But as soon as she arrives at Pencradoc, a beautiful old mansion, she realizes this will be no ordinary commission.

Not only is Pencradoc filled with fascinating, and possibly valuable artwork, it is also owned by the Penhaligon brothers and Merryn’s instant connection with Kit Penhaligon could be another reason why her trip suddenly becomes a whole lot more interesting.

But the longer Merryn stays at Pencradoc the more obvious it is that the house has a secret, and a long-forgotten Rose might just hold the key.

Closing the Deal by Lenora Worth

Posted June 12, 2019 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Can discovering her past create her future?

Sarina Gabriel recently inherited a Victorian money-pit of a mansion. Logic dictates that she sell it, but, still grieving her grandmother’s death, she longs to keep something from her mysterious past. As she explores the house, she discovers some family secrets that just might put the historic mansion on the Hill Country map and give Sarina the roots she’s always wanted. But can she trust Drake Dunmore who promises to help her restore the mansion to its former glory, or will he break her trust and her heart?

Drake Dunmore knows a good deal in houses, and in women. He wants to buy Sarina’s historic mansion and develop the property. Confident, he sets out to charm and to persuade the beautiful new owner, Sarina, to sell it to him. A funny thing happens. He falls for Sarina and volunteers to help her restore the mansion and discover her heritage. His father and his ex-girlfriend stand in their way. Can he prove to Sarina that he has her best interests at heart?

Titles in the Brides of Blossom, Texas include – Closing the Deal –