Jesse Clarkson has always held two things close to his heart -- hockey and his stepsister Belle.

Except the friendship that blossomed between the two over the last fifteen years has grown into more, and so does the protectiveness he feels for the woman who suffers from chronic migraines and who's been his number one fan for over a decade.

To the world, Belle is part of the family who rarely misses his games. 

But to Jesse, she's his whole world. 

And the two must fight the potential backlash of admitting their true feelings or risk losing each other for good.

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Meet B. Celeste

B. Celeste is a new adult and contemporary romance author that gives voices to raw, realistic characters with emotional storylines that tug on the heartstrings.

She was born and raised in upstate New York where she still resides with her four-legged feline sidekick, Oliver “Ollie” Queen. Her love for reading and writing began at an early age and only grew stronger after getting a BA in English and an MFA in English & creative writing. When she’s not writing, she’s working out, binge-watching reality game shows, and spending time with her friends and family.

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Well, welcome back to Purgatory Falls, please fasten your seatbelts we are in for a bit of a bumpy ride. First, I need to confess I don't really remember Bristol or Anson. I don't think that matters. This book is an awesome standalone with some characters I know and love popping in with opinions and I loved it.

Bristol and Anson were great characters and I loved them together. I enjoyed the book, but I personally feel a little ripped off. I expected and honestly was looking forward to some drama and angst. This is a younger sibling falling for their deceased sisters ex, who is raising their child. She also happens to be best friends with his sister.

So, I was expecting there to be a whole thing with the child and family members. And I thought it was set up for exactly that. Then it swerved another way, there was drama I wasn't anticipating. Cool, I thought we were going to steer into that. Instead, out of all these juicy little nuggets we could have run with Bristol finds issue with the one thing I was like who even cares about that.

Then we hit the epilogue without any of the things I want a resolution (or fireworks) for, and it was just cute fluff. Excuse me ma'am where is the rest of the book? I was expecting some drama with the truck and a MC club. A certain someone's mother having an actual cow or some angst over the child being eww gross my step mum can't be my aunty. Nope just a sweet little honeymoon present, which I loved but still. 

Guess I have to wait to see what is coming next from this author and hope she ruins me a little then.

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I came across an ALC of this on netgalley and got instantly invested and then I signed up thinking I probably wouldn't be accepted. Then I got offered a review copy and had a massive dilemma. Do I try to read book 1 first, in the very limited time I had or do I just listen to this one and circle back later. But I know me, so I picked up book 1 and loved it and I am so glad I did.

I honestly think you could easily and happily read this as a standalone, but I loved getting that little bit of history between Silas and Vesper through the eyes of their friends. Plus, book 1 was a pretty good read on its own.

So, the history between Silas and Vesper was still pretty current in this book and I loved it. Vesper was such a realistic, easy to relate to character and I loved how determined she was to fix her own mistakes and not jump into new ones. But even more I loved how fiercely Silas loved her and how he fought to win her over while also being so considerate of her needs and pace.

He never pushed her even when you could almost physically feel how badly he wanted to throw her over his shoulder and lock her in a castle. He just laid himself bare and let his actions show his sincerity. And I couldn't get enough of them.

The audio was really easy to get lost in. The narrators were awesome and I am so glad I requested it. I can't wait to see our other Rogues family members get their stories. All through the book I kept hoping for a different character to get their book next and honestly, I'm going to forget and be happy regardless. 

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Forever Offsides by J. Saman is now live!

I had no clue that the gorgeous man I spent a seriously hot night with was my ex-boyfriend's dad. Or the new coach of my brothers' professional football team.

I didn't discover that until months later when I showed up on the field as the team's orthopedic surgeon and literally ran into him.

Unfortunately, that makes us a penalty neither of us can afford to take. Not when one touch could destroy everything.

It's his first shot at being a head coach, and he's working on repairing things with his son. I'm still a resident trying to prove myself, and the last thing I want is something messy getting in my way or anything to do with my ex.

But that doesn't stop the fire in his eyes or the way he tracks me around the field when he doesn't think I notice. Or how our stolen moments leave me breathless and full of butterflies.

We both know it's wrong. Forbidden.

And for a while, we play by the rules.

Until one night the mounting tension between us becomes too much to bear and his control shatters.

But how far can this love go when we're destined to be forever offsides?

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I hate when I screw myself over and only have myself to blame. New Maya Hughes book? Sign me up. Did I think to read the blurb first, or idk check if it's the first in a freaking trilogy? Seriously, how do I do this to myself? I can't wait for 2 more books? And early 2027? That's like next year. As in not able to start right now. But I'm so invested.

Lilah is such an amazing character. Her strength and determination make me feel like the biggest slacker. And I got her desperation to be accepted by her family so much I had to take a moment. I literally couldn't fault her for a second. She fell hard and fast and let it carry her but she never changed her goals or stopped being practical and so sweet. Gah I love her.

Mason can eat a bag of dicks. Sorry, not sorry. Don't get me wrong, I am 99% sure Maya is going to make me love him by the end of the trilogy. Assuming the wait doesn't kill me. But once we got an idea of what happened to their first beautiful summer I knew he was going to continue to be a stupid boy. And on top of that he was a coward. Ok, look I've sat back and thought about it and maybe that's a little harsh. I get it. He's young and he's in a really tough position but geez kid use your freaking words ffs.

Look, I know he had reasons. And a few of them were valid, very mature reasons for the things he did. He just kept screwing it up with his lack of using his big boy words and his spine being made of silly string. I also hate that the last little bit of cliff for us to dangle from is so not the 30 seconds to download the next book, I would have liked it to be. But for now I guess we will continue waiting. I hate waiting

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