Category: Contemporary Romance

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

His Jingle Bell Princess by Barbara Dunlop

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

Title: His Jingle Bell Princess
Series:
Author: Barbara Dunlop
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: October 4, 2016
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
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Accidentally abandoned and stranded by a raging blizzard in the picturesque town of Tucker, Maine, Crown Princess Jasmine Arcules finds herself alone and unguarded for the first time in her life.

Meanwhile, widower Sam Cutler is dreading the Christmas season. Struggling to be a good father to his nine-year-old twin daughters, he’s wracked with guilt and battling painful memories. The last thing he needs is a beautiful stranger invading his world.

Jasmine keeps her royal identity secret, so Sam treats her the way no man in her native country ever would – a country where speaking to Jasmine out of turn could result in jail time. But Jasmine has a knack for getting past Sam’s defenses, comforting his daughters, arousing his suppressed emotions, and forcing him to remember he’s a man…

Both Sam and Jasmine need each other, but can they trust in Christmas magic to bring their hearts together?

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.

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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
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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