Way back when I was introduced to Kylie Scott by one of my first GoodReads book friends. In the form of a dystopian zombie novella. Then obviously I started the stage dive series and read a few of her other books here and there.

So when I saw the blurb for this I wanted to check it out. And then it landed on my kindle and I wasn't sure if I was in the right mood to read it. But I woke up this morning and figured I would dip my toe in. And then I didn't put it down because this book kept me on my toes.

Dean and Astrid hardly had a standard meet cute but it was unique and something to tell the grand kids. The whole story felt kind of how I imagined the apocalypse would go. And the characters were so realistic and easy to relate to. I genuinely enjoyed reading this. 

Everything about the story just flowed so naturally. Even the relationship progression felt perfect. My only complaint was that it's ended and I wasn't ready to say goodbye yet.

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Blurb

👑 An accidental marriage, forbidden, billionaire romance From USA Today and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Bella Matthews.

In my defense, I never planned on marrying my husband. 

 

But after one wild night and one too many cocktails, I wake up tangled in silk sheets, with a diamond ring on my finger, a sinfully sexy prince next to me in bed, and palace guards banging on the door with devastating news. 

 

The king is dead. 

 

And apparently, my accidental husband is next in line for the throne. 

 

Now I’m stuck navigating crowns, cameras, and a man I barely know but somehow can’t keep my hands off—all while figuring out what to do with this mistake of a marriage. 

 

But Rhys Windsor doesn’t look at me like a mistake. He looks at me like I’m his only truth. 

 

They say a little white lie never hurt anyone . . . but this little lie could destroy a dynasty. 

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Bella Matthews is a USA Today & Amazon Top 5 Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

 

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Damn. Now that's how you end a series. Since the first book by this author, I've been obsessed and every time I think the current book is my favourite. Honestly the writing is just awesome and the characters I can genuinely see having posters of them on my walls, they feel that real to me.

Rhys and Bellamy started off with such a bang and the chemistry just kept getting hotter. Everything about their relationship was so sweet and beautiful and natural. Despite the fact I completely can't relate to the position they were in I felt like I was living it with them. I was that invested in them.

From memory this book was a bit of an unplanned add on to the series and I couldn't be happier. The only thing I will say is that we really need Atticus to get his own book. Although that said regardless of who the next book is about I'll be grabbing it at the first available opportunity. 

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This is another one of those moments where I completely hate my brain along with a few random strangers. I fell into the alphaletes series by fluke and loved it. As I put down each book, I added the next one to KU and then took my sweet time getting to it only to want to kick myself for it. Then I was trying to pick what to read next and I made the epic mistake of reading reviews.

 

Now my first question is why the F do people feel the need to write a “review” about a book they haven't read. Or give their opinions on things that they are assuming happened. Because honestly, I had this sour taste in my mouth picking this up assuming that those reviews were genuine reviews of the book. And I almost removed it from my kindle and skipped to the next one. To those people, FU.

 

Because this book was nothing but awesome. And the whole story had literally nothing to do with the ex-wife, his man wh0re ways, or Scarlett ever being second best to anyone. They just had bad timing and realistic circumstances that got in their way. And that goes for both of them. Scarlett wasn't sitting around pining for him, watching him screw his wife. She was living her life and having a great friendship with the guy she has been friends ONLY with since they were 7.

 

Ok rant over. The book was great. I loved catching up with the alphaletes. Trevor redeemed himself hugely and so freaking hotly I actually had to take a moment to cool down. Slater was an epic hero who loved Scarlet so completely it was sweet and also oh so hot. The dirty talk was on point. 

 

The twist at around the 70% mark was huge and took me on a journey I absolutely didn't for a second even suspect. I struggled to put it down. The ending was cute, but I wanted more (I'm greedy AF) but now I get to read Trevor's book and I just know we are going to get a lot of future alphaletes and their beautiful wives and possibly more children so I'm off to grab it on KU and hopefully read it sooner than later.

 

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So, I saw some tropes and read that it was an introductory novella for a new series, and I thought it sounded awesome. And in I dive only to get so invested and have it end. Unfinished and with me dying to get the rest of the story. 

 

Because Camden was exactly the slightly unhinged, morally grey, alpha hole I needed to read right now. And even though I wanted to slap Harper more often than not I actually ended up liking her. And I can't blame her for the way she reacted to Camden.

 

But honestly, I couldn't put this down and when I hit the end of it, I immediately ran off to see when the next book is out because I absolutely can't handle any waiting between my books. And I don't have an answer, and I really need to see what's going to happen next.

 

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Sarina Bowen is an author that I never check the blurb for. And I can honestly say that the way she writes I am absolutely thrilled regardless of if it's a hockey romance, the female hockey franchise, a MM romance or any of the amazing other tropes and themes she's written. Because her writing is so good I honestly think she could make me invested in dirt.

 

This book started off with a very upset Jethro and an equally unhappy Clay for different reasons and the same cause. And I completely sympathised with them both. Then we got to see their history and I was even more understanding of their animosity. 

 

But geez these two guys brought the chemistry. And they completely defined the whole forbidden romance. Normally that adds to the steam and excitement but in this case it just added to the angst and made my heart hurt for them. Because they had so many things to work out. And then Jethro just went and made it all look like it was easy, and I fell even more for him.

 

Seeing Newgate get his happily ever after was just the cherry on top. And the news clipping at the end of the book just tipped me over into grinning like an idiot. I can't wait to see what's next from this team. And if MM is your thing you are going to love every word of this book. And if it isn't read any other book from this amazing author and then maybe try dip your toe in because I swear, she does it like few others can.

 

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Every time a new Until book comes out, I can't wait to get my grabby hands on it. Since I first picked up Until November, I have been obsessed with the entire Mayson family, and I am absolutely dreading the end of this amazing family. Aurora Rose Reynolds has been an automatic one click author since that first book.

 

Bax was everything that we can expect from a Mayson man. His past is less than desirable, but from the second he lays eyes on Olivia the “boom” hits and he is the perfect over the top, possessive alpha. And of course, for Olivia that means nothing but trouble without her even realising. 

 

Of course we got a beautiful, caring, sweet, strong woman who has absolutely no idea of all that is about to befall her. The good and the bad, but I was there for every word of it and I didn't want to leave for a second. And now I go back to impatiently waiting for the next one.

 

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From USA Today and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes a Single Mom, Marriage Of Convenience, Hockey Romance.

 

You’d think a romance author would know better than to fall for her fake husband. It’s the oldest trope in the book . . . literally. But it turns out writing it and living it are two very different things.

 

The plan was enticing—marry hockey’s hottest player so I could receive my inheritance and give my daughters the life they deserve. I’m already a single mom at twenty-five—how hard could it be?

 

Well . . . the answer is harder than you think because Leo Sinclair is so much more than I bargained for. Six foot, four inches of toned muscle and golden skin wrapped around the most perfectly chiseled jaw and dangerously charming smile. I knew he’d be hard to resist . . . but it’s not just his looks that weaken my resolve.

 

It’s the way he wins over my daughters with ease.

The way he sees through my defenses and quiets my fears.

The way he says “my wife” like he means it.

 

Suddenly, this arrangement doesn’t feel so fake. And I’m no longer sure which of us is playing pretend.

 

But when love wasn’t part of the deal, will saying “I do” turn out to be his biggest regret—or mine?

 

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Bella Matthews is a USA Today & Amazon Top 5 Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

 

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I am so obsessed with Bella Matthews books it's bordering on a problem. The minute I could I stuck off to read a chapter or two before bed. Cue the book hitting me in the face around the 50% mark because I can't bring myself to put it down. Then I'm having to adult all day before I finally get to finish it. And now I'm miserable because I've finished it and have to wait for the next one.

 

I really love the whole marriage of convenience trope, and a single parent is just icing. Add in the fact this is part of a large sporting family dynamic and I really couldn't ask for more. There are so many amazing secondary characters and the very much loved first generation I really am in my happy place every time I pick one of these books up.

 

Addie and Leo were sizzling hot. And although their relationship progressed quickly it felt really natural and organic. The way Leo instantly took to Izzy and Lennox and loved them like his own had my ovaries exploding every time he loved on them. Then we got the whole growly, possessive “my wife” and sign me up for one please.

 

The book had all the spice, sweetness, romance and drama that I want to stay wrapped up in all things Kroydon Hills. So, I guess I'll just go back to not so patiently waiting for the next one.

 

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Picking up this book was 110% a no brainer. I can't get enough of Sarina Bowen, but to get a true north novella is just the cherry on top. I will admit to a little bit of disappointment when I realised that the of the 3 stories in this edition only 1 was new. But I got over it as soon as I picked it up because omg we get more true north.

 

This is the first time in years that I've read a story in third person, and I thought I might struggle with that. But by the second page I was too busy asking what are you going to do next Damien? And being completely smitten by both him and Nicolette.

 

The passing of years had me a little impatient and I can completely see why this book is called crossroads with the number of times these guys paths crossed. I was dying for each meeting to be the time all that insane chemistry came to a head. And then it would pass, and I'd deflate a little. I literally felt like I was holding my breath for half the book, and I didn't want to put it down. Luckily it was a novella.

 

When they finally got on the same pages it was sweet and cute and so perfect. Followed by hot as hell. My only complaint is that it was a novella, and I want so much more. More of his family, more of them together, more of her family falling off a cliff and a certain someone being hit by a bus. But that's always how I feel when I put down a Sarina Bowen novel so now, I just have to wait for her next book. 

 

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This book was exactly what I needed. While also being exactly what I wasn’t expecting when I picked it up. The first book in the series was set in college and I assumed this one would be too. But once I picked it up, I didn’t care at all that it wasn’t set in college because I was so busy falling for these characters and waiting for the drama bombs to start dropping. 

 

From the first page I was in and needing to know exactly what had happened to get Vi to that point. Then we jump to the first chapter and Declan was beyond perfect, and an idiot, at the same time, but in all the right ways and for all the right reasons and I just couldn’t get enough of him. Their relationship happened so organically and realistically and just smoothly but with so many little strings left dangling that I couldn’t put it down. I had so many theories of how things were going to be revealed and what was going to be the fallout of each revelation.

 

We got the perfect amount of the OG characters and a great introduction to some new characters. But I was so busy obsessing over Vi and Declan and how perfectly they handled everything involving Tucker. I had all the feels while reading this, but the main one was just pure swoon over Declan. I am off to add the next one to my kindle. Toodles

 

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SHATTERED DREAMS

Natasha Madison

Release Date: October 18

 

 

 

Blurb:

Charlie

It was supposed to be a regular day out. 

Three couples celebrating the last days of summer.

When tragedy struck.

I thought I was going to marry her.

Instead, I was burying her.

I blamed the world for my pain.

I buried it all.

I became a man I didn’t even recognize.

Autumn

In a blink of an eye, everything changed.

My best friend was gone, and I was responsible for it.

I may not have been driving the truck, but I didn’t stop it.

Escaping the town was the only thing I could do to survive the guilt.

I thought I was strong enough to go back.

I was wrong.

One look from him and I knew I wasn’t welcome.

But this is my home, and I wanted to come back.

One night turned into more. But at the end of the day, I know he’ll never love me.

Besides, we all have shattered dreams.

 

Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

💕Small Town

🖤Enemies to Lovers

🏘️​​Return to Hometown

❤️‍🩹Hurt/Comfort

💕Angsty

🐎Cowboy

🖤Forbidden

💔Grieving Lover

🔥Shared Pasts

❤️‍🩹Healing After Trauma

💕Sworn Off Relationships

💔Broken MMC/FMC

 

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Meet Natasha Madison:

When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…

 

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I put off reading this because after I read the blurb, I knew I was going to feel all the feels and I seriously don't have time to cry randomly. Then I woke up feeling lazy and thought I'd read a little bit before I got up. And now it's the afternoon and I've just put it down.

 

Yeah I felt all the feels and I cried and I got mad and I hated people, only to fall hard for them later. And when I realised that Charlie was a Barnes, I nearly lost my mind. I am obsessed with Natasha Madison's large families and how beautifully interwoven all their stories are. So, whenever they pop up it's like a little Easter egg I can't help but savour.

 

From the start my heart broke for Autumn. And seeing Charlie take out his pain on her I wanted to watch him burn. But damn once he got his head out of his arse he gave great grovel and amazing boyfriend. And I loved that Autumn fought so hard to turn everything around, even if she never should have had to. 

 

The whole book had me flipping pages like a fiend and I couldn't stand having to put it down to adult. There were a few things I would have liked different, but that's just me. I want vengeance to be bloody and painful. I also would kill for an epilogue of the future but again I'm just greedy. I can't wait for Brady’s book next. And fingers crossed we will see more of these guys in the future in that anyway so win win win.

 

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I stumbled upon this Facebook group for obsessed alphas and wondered why it took Facebook this long to put us together. Then I kept seeing all these books and I'll be honest, a lot of them are outside my normal genres. I love OTT, obsessed alphas, but I'm not huge on mafia or MC or anything too dark. And sadly, those were a lot of the recommendations.

 

Then this book was recommended and the review I read had me adding it to my TBR, not really thinking I'd be reading it any time soon. Until I saw that it had released, and I read the blurb again and one clicked it on KU. I picked it up read the first two pages, didn't get a great vibe, got distracted by children and left it forgotten. Fast forward a few days and I picked up my kindle, figured I would read a bit more …….. and never put it down again.

 

So initially, Alex wasn't my type of hero. He was into a lot of things I can do without, and I was expecting the typical man whore scenes from the author to prove how bad he was. Then we met Olivia. And Alex was my kind of crazy. He was so instantly all in and there was so many twists and turns and secondary characters I was as completely in as he was.

 

The only surprise bigger than how much I enjoyed this crazy, wild ride is the fact this is only the authors second book. Because you know as soon as I put this down, I went to see what I was adding to my TBR from the author. So, I guess for now I just have to keep my eyes open for the next one.

 

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BLINDSIDE BEAUTY

BY LEX MARTIN

Release Date: September 26th

 

Genre/Tropes: Sports Romance / Single Dad / Enemies to Lovers Vibes / Football Player/Nanny Romance / Bookworm Heroine / Close Proximity / Small Town

BLINDSIDE BEAUTY by Lex Martin is NOW LIVE!!

 

Make sure to grab this all-new single dad/nanny, enemies to lovers, small town football romance TODAY!!

 

BLURB

 

My football player ex cheated on me, so the last thing I need is to fall for another quarterback. Especially when he’s still mourning his baby mama who tragically passed away.

 

After I accidentally plow my car into Nick Silva’s bumper, I can’t blame him for not hiring me to be his daughter’s nanny, but I’m still salty about it. I need the money to go on a trip of a lifetime, one my ex didn’t want me to take.

 

The worst part is Nick just moved in next door.

 

I’m sure he associates me with my dirtbag ex—his former teammate—so I try to avoid my neighbor whenever possible.

 

But when his new babysitter gets locked out of the house, leaving Nick’s four-year-old alone inside, I attempt to rescue her by breaking in through a window.

 

Unfortunately, I have a wardrobe malfunction and end up flashing my goodies to the whole neighborhood, Nick included.

Because of my embarrassing heroics, Nick’s now convinced I’d be a great nanny. 

 

The trouble with football players is they’re very persuasive, so I agree to take the job but immediately regret it. 

 

Who needs to see a gorgeous, shirtless man jumping rope and doing push-ups in gray sweatpants? Who wants to watch a sexy, single dad snuggle his little girl and read her bedtime stories? Who enjoys working closely with a walking, talking thirst trap every single day?

 

Fine. I do. I want all of that, but I already swore I’d never date another jock after the last one stomped all over my heart, so this bookworm needs to play it safe.

 

But rumor has it Nick has a new girlfriend, which helps me maintain appropriate boundaries. 

 

Because I won’t be blindsided by another quarterback again.

 

Blindside Beauty is an angsty nanny romance featuring an adorkable, accident-prone bookworm and a struggling, grumpy single dad. If you enjoy close proximity, enemies-to-lovers vibes, opposites attract, small towns, and college football, you’ll love this steamy final addition to the USA Today bestselling series Varsity Dads.

 

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Lex Martin is the USA Today bestselling author of Varsity Dads, Texas Nights, and the Dearest series. She writes contemporary romance novels, the steamy kind she hopes readers love but her parents avoid. A former high school English teacher and freelance journalist who’s lived all over the country, she currently resides in her hometown of San Antonio with her husband, twin daughters, and their bunny. Drop her a line. She loves hearing from readers.

 

 

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