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Saturday, February 26, 2022

RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: On the Honey Side by Staci Hart



On the Honey Side by Staci Hart, a brand new grump sunshine, rom-com, is available NOW! This new release is the perfect weekend binge. Grab your copy today, available now on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited!


"On the Honey Side is as heartwarming as it is hilarious. It blends the humor of matchmaking with the heat of a slow burn for a cocktail I can't resist and will beg for time and time again. Sweet, touching, and subtly steamy, it was the perfect romantic comedy to get lost in at the end of a hectic day. An easy five-star and must read of 2022!" - bestselling author Kandi Steiner

 


No one can ever have Keaton Meyer.

Least of all me.

The brooding construction manager is a man of myth and legend, rarely seen in the wild. Once upon a time, he was the star quarterback, the smiling homecoming king, royalty in our small town. Until tragedy struck. And then he disappeared completely.

Now he’s resurfaced, and I can’t keep my eyes off him.
He’s an island surrounded by lava, bound by a desert and guarded by dragons. I don’t stand a sunshine’s chance in a hail storm.

Our siblings disagree and are out to prove it, nudging us into each other in the hopes we’ll fall. But with our town in tumult and the two of us firmly in the middle, nothing between us is easy. And when he’s faced with an impossible decision, I learn the truth of what I already knew.

No one can have Keaton Meyer.

And I have the broken heart to prove it.

 





My Review

I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review. 

I am sucker for the "I don't think I deserve love, but now I've met you and I am questioning everything" trope. And in this book we get TWO characters who subscribe to this. Sure, one feels this more than the other, but it's still wonderful. 

Daisy and Keaton are wonderful together. She's sunshine. He's grumpy. It's just...*chef's kiss*. Thanks to both of their families' meddling, Daisy and Keaton find themselves thrown into situations where it's just the two of them. They decide that being friends is probably the best thing to do. But we all know how that usually goes. 

I really do love the Blum family and all the good people of Lindenbach. And I say the "good" people for a reason. This book tackles some heavy topics and I loved the way the town came together to make things right. I just get the warm and fuzzies when when read Staci's books. It makes me want to go to these non existent places and befriend everyone.




Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: The Reunion by Meghan Quinn



Martin and Peggy Chance believe love should last a lifetime. With their fiftieth wedding anniversary on the horizon, they’ve modeled a beautiful relationship for their three grown children. But to their dismay, that lesson hasn’t quite caught on—the three siblings just can’t seem to take a chance and find love in their own lives.

There’s Ford, the eldest, devoted to his work and resistant to romance…or so he claims. Cooper, the middle child, can’t get past his divorce—until he reconnects with a feisty baker from his past. And Palmer, the baby of the family, is the free-spirited world traveler who always pictured herself with someone other than a handsome small-town family doctor.

When the Chance siblings come together to plan the ultimate anniversary party for their parents, they’ll have to navigate romantic entanglements, sibling rivalries, and the definitive end of their childhood. Whatever happens, The Reunion promises to be a fun, flirty, wild ride.





My Review

I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review.

There are a lot of moving parts in this book about the Chance family. We have the parents, Martin and Peggy. And then the siblings, Ford, Cooper and Palmer. Then each sibling has a love interest. I guess Meghan could have had separate books, but I think the story had more of an impact with it being told at once. 

For me, the main story is the Chance siblings working on their relationship. Each sibling has their own issues and throughout the book, we see just how much it has affected their relationship. There was all this built up tension between them and I knew that eventually there would be a big blow up. And when it finally did happen, I wasn't disappointed.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. It was heartfelt and funny, which is something the author always manages to put forth in her books. I do think it was weird that the prequel focused just  on Cooper. Because of that, I favored his storyline over the other two. And to be honest I found it the most interesting. 







USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.


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Thursday, February 10, 2022

RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: A Chance for Us (Willow Creek Valley #4) by Corinne Michaels





My marriage started as a lie.

But some lies are worth telling.

My father’s dying wish was to walk me down the aisle, and I’d do anything for him.

Even marry a man I don’t love.

So when my fiance jilts me only days before the ceremony, I turn to my college friend, Oliver Parkerson, and convince him to marry me.

My family hasn’t met either man, so I’m confident we can pull this off.

But the feelings, our touches, the way my heart beats for him... none of it feels pretend. The way he holds me at night and carries me through loss tells me he’s not acting either.

I didn't mean to fall for my fake husband, but real love was the one thing I couldn't predict.

Except, nothing built on lies can last—I know that better than anyone.

But the truth might tear us apart forever.








My Review

I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review. 

This is the last book in the series and I am sad to see the Parkerson family go. I've been looking forward to reading Oliver's story and while I enjoyed it, something happened at 78% that felt unnecessary. The author loves to put her characters through it and I usually go with the flow, but this time it just didn't sit right with me. Maybe it was because of why they got married to begin with....I don't know. So from that point on I was a little "meh" about the book. 

Besides that, there is a lot to like about this book. Fake marriage and forced proximity are both tropes I enjoy and I would even say it's friends to lovers as well, which I love even more. Oliver and Maren truly started their marriage as friends, which is always fun to watch unfold. He's doing her a favor, but he also feels a connection to her. And Maren feels the connection as well, which makes the whole fake marriage thing easier to pull off. Their relationship is sweet and a little sexy and I was definitely on their side. 

One thing that I absolutely LOVED about this book was the reappearance of some of my favorite Corinne Michaels' characters! I won't give anything away, but if you are a fan of her backlist, you will enjoy the cameos as much as I did. 

TW: cancer, death of a parent







Corinne Michaels is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of romance novels. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love, and she enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak before finding a way to heal them through their struggles.

Corinne is a former Navy wife and happily married to the man of her dreams. She began her writing career after spending months away from her husband while he was deployed–reading and writing were her escapes from the loneliness. Corinne now lives in Virginia with her husband and is the emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun-loving mom of two beautiful children.
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