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Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "The problem was that the balance of friend and unsupportive bitch was a very fine one." - Evie Evie's excited her best friend is coming home from an overseas internship. What's she's not excited for is the fact her impulsive bestie is now in love and engaged to someone! Within a very short time frame! So, a plan forms as she ventures out into the snow to meet her friend at a diner. Operation make-best-friend-see-reason is a go! Evie didn't realize that her best friend's fiancé would bring his best friend as well. Will this new person add complications to Evie's plan, or will he help her? And why does mistletoe have to be hung from every doorway?   "He kind of balances my crazy." - Stacy Evie's just trying to watch out for her best friend and make sure she's making the right decisions. She's a bit protective of her bestie and after breaking free of a very bad relationship Evie's a bit guarded. And...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "A walk through the woods and now a mysterious cabin. Classic horror movie set up." - Kar Only it isn't a horror movie set up, but I think Kar wishes it had been. . . Pretty sure the feisty human with a giant heart would have been able to make it out! Instead, Kar has just been informed that she has to be under quarantine while a pandemic is plaguing the outside world. Needing to be kept safe until a vaccine is found. Thank goodness werewolves are immune to the virus! No thank you to the fact that the one to be quarantined with her and keep Kar company is her ex-boyfriend. Will the two be able to come to a truce and at least communicate with one another? Or will Lucas continue treating her as though she has fleas? "Maybe I'm secretly the one babysitting you." - Kar This is a short and sweet novella! I really loved how it wasn't the typical cliche setup of two people with history in close proximities instantly jumping one ano...

Book Review 4.8 out of 5 stars! "Of course, I always knew I was ugly." - First line of the book! Alex has known ever since he was born that he had a deformed face. One that would cause many to steer clear of him or make rude comments about. His home soon became a prison he couldn't venture out of, not that he wanted to. Lacking any human touch of any kind Alex grew darker. Until Jessica brought some hope into his life. Only his face is stopping her from getting near him. He knows she's repulsed and she is far out of his league. But could she look past his face? He knows that she would appreciate everything he could do for her. Or will he be cursed to remain alone and untouched until the day he dies? And why is the mansion so empty of people? "Stop the world I want to get off." - Jessica I can completely relate to this line! Jessica was a great FMC and I enjoyed reading about her. Her journey throughout the book was interesting and I am very much ready for th...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "I'm taking you on a trip." - Jasper Tabitha's relationship ended on a bad note. . . After NOT getting that dreamy moment she's content with crunching numbers at her job. Until a devilishly-handsome-tornado comes whirling into her office. Jasper, her best friend, has the perfect cure for her depression and it isn't staying there! Ready to be whisked away to a tropical island? Did I mention there's close proximity? Two friends are suddenly faced with alone time together, were they ever "just" friends? Tabitha knows she's out of Jasper's league and only his friend, yet. . . "What do you say we eat desert first?" - Jasper Who doesn't want to get jerked out of the Mundane rat race and given an all-paid for vacation?! No questions asked, I would take one right now! I absolutely loved this short story! It's only forty-four pages of pure romance and fluff. I loved the relationship the two had and e...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars!   "Thank you, dear reader, for coming on this ride. Now, buckle the hell up." - Dedication for this book! "You are not your brother." Princess Chloe's had enough with the barbaric Vessel Games! Trying to put a stop to it is proving challenging as she cannot make head way. The Games are brutal and many young men loose their lives in hopes of claiming a Vessel wife. But according to many this is a "fair" way of life. A way for young men to obtain one of the very few women able to bare children. Chloe's got plans for years to come but will any of them actually work? She's thrown into a mystery to solve within her original goal of shutting the Games down. How will the princess fair as she fights for every inch of power and control she barely has a hold on? Will she be able to end the Vessel Games? Will her grand plans work or only place others in greater danger? There was "The Hunger Games" vibes all througho...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "I believe we are capable of living full lives with only one half of a soul. The whole soul might be too much and suffocate us with love." - Val Growing up as practically orphans, Valeri (Val) has sworn to protect her sister. Being the one to go to sea to fish, Val tries ignoring the singing in her head. Something has always been there singing a song, calling to her. But she needs to ignore it! Until one eventful day out at sea she cannot. Diving into the ocean after the thing luring her in. Val soon finds herself on foreign shores! Not having a way back home causes her to comply to remaining at her new "home". Now surrounded by unfamiliar faces and a new world, Val has to navigate through to hopefully return to her sister. Everyone keeps mentioning that Val is something more than just a human. Something in her bloodline is awakening. Can Val fully awaken it and control it? Is there really something in her bloodline? And why does everyo...

ARC Review 5 out of 5 stars! "You're champagne and I'm Witty's Pale Ale." - Rory Aurora Maguire's trying to grow her cupcake/wedding cake business. Having been tied into a promise she cannot break, Rory comes face to face with her ex. Not looking forward to the event at all she is luckily saved by a knight in a shiny suit. Only when it's announced that her knight is actually a real Prince, Rory nearly falls over. Hugh's the spare heir to the throne. Wishing to live a normal life and enjoy having his freedom. Only the red head with freckles draws him in like a moth to a flame. "It appeared to be the dreaded-ex-lovers-running-into-each-other scene, starring Brad, A.K.A. the douche canoe, and his new infatuation. . ." - Hugh Only Hugh's past is coming back to bite him in the rear when Rory background checks him. Will he be able to convince her of his feelings? Seeing past what the media has posted about him. Will she agree to an actual date ...

ARC Review 4 out of 5 stars! "You don't always have to resent men when they flirt with you. After all, you can look quite cute in the appropriate lighting as well." - Danny O'Hara Amber Deering has been through enough with so called "men". She's more than content being a "nun" for the rest of her life and avoiding advances of the opposite sex. But while managing a new gig for her best friend and client musician, Danny O'Hara. She is brought face to face with a man she should run the other way from. Cue Caden Lockwood. He's a rich, play-boy who doesn't mind helping women to "have a great time". Amber's not his type in the least, yet something about this petite, fiery woman is drawing him in. But can he take the leap after what he has been through as well? Neither one wishes to cross the line and yet their paths keep crossing. Regardless of the close proximity because of business. A story of angsty, slow burn love! So mu...

ARC Review 5 out of 5 stars! Set to release July 30, 2022 (Tomorrow!) "My willpower is a temperamental bitch; sometimes her restraint is iron-clad, but most times she's a floozy for food." -Lucy First of all, the content warning. Not what the warnings are about just simply the author stating that your heart will be utterly obliterated. That there will be a happy ending (there is!) but first you will experience all the feels. "See you on the other side. . ." - Nina Bloom Lucy's trying to move on with her life. Moving past a traumatic childhood along with a great loss. Being an independent woman, if you will. Only running from the past only goes so far before it catches up to you. One thing she cannot run from anymore is Marco. . . Her older brother's best friend and someone Lucy didn't want to see again. He's not making her life any easier, being a grumpy sunshine at that. But when life decides to rip the rug out from under Lucy, she's forced ...

Review 4.5 out of 5 stars! "To the chasers of dreams. . ." - Author's dedication Sayler's pursing the man responsible for her father's murder. Tracking the Hooded Nightmare down within the city of Seattle is no easy task. Sayler will stop at nothing to get her revenge. Only when she's cornered by the ruthless assassin he simply gives her a time to meet. What she finds out within the meeting will change her world along with her viewpoint of the current city. Not everyone is as they seem and the want for vengeance seems utterly silly once Sayler's thrown into the middle of things. Along with a "cruel, legendary" assassin and an inventor who wishes to travel worlds. But how does one get to other worlds? Do they exist? Or has this man simply had one to many inventions backfire on him? And why does the more the famed Hooded Nightmare talk the more it seems to contradict things? I enjoyed this read and the wild adventure Sayler went on. The author did ...

ARC Review Set to Release July, 26, 2022! 5 out of 5 stars! "The gods show kindness to those who show kindness first." - Alrick Mina von Rhine grows to hate that phrase from the day it was uttered to her. Kindness didn't work out for her or her life on the eventful day of her seventh birthday. Now years later on her twentieth birthday she's known for her dark heart. Not allowing her heart to see the light of day or kindness has earned her the nickname of The Night Queen. Being placed on the throne next to her father he presents her with a LINE of suitors. Majority being from the North who has been at war. Seeing them as barbarians and her father simply playing into the hands of the war, she defies him. Publicly humiliating every last one of them. Until she says something to one of the suitors that causes her father to show his hand. Making a snap decision the King places Mina in a situation she cannot avoid. Yet there's hope when she decides to sneak away to the N...