THE GEEK AND THE GHOST
The Protectors #2
Cambria Hebert
Release Date: July 10
Blurb:
I’m about thirty seconds from a toe tag and my own freezer at the mortuary when he materializes from the shadows and fights like hell to keep me breathing.
I had no idea homeless disasters like me got guardian angels—or that guardian angels punch people and smoke—but suddenly, there he is: a hero dressed all in black who ghosts me so hard I consider calling a medium.
But that would be a waste of money I don’t have.
I thought I’d never see him again, but just as I’m about to eat a bullet, he appears, using his body to protect mine. I might have swooned—okay, fine, I do but only on the inside—if it weren’t for the fact he thinks bleeding is an adequate apology for implying I’m a prostitute and running off with my heart.
Spoiler alert: It’s not.
Now the man with a PhD in vanishing, a tattoo that totally offends me, and eyes with their own force of gravity is suddenly stuck to me like glue and being wildly inconvenient about it.
And he won’t stop calling me a pipgeek. What even is that?
He insists I trust him, but I can’t trust anyone, not even my own body. Unfortunately, when the resident drug lord calls in that favor I foolishly owe, things go from bad to catastrophic with alarming enthusiasm.
On the upside, having a villain with a hero complex for a stalker means staying alive will be easy.
But not getting hurt again is a whole other story.
My Review
Buy Link:
Available in KU
Meet Cambria Hebert:
Cambria Hebert is a bestselling novelist of more than fifty titles. She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair.
Besides writing, Cambria loves a pumpkin spice latte, staying up late, sleeping in, and watching K drama until her eyes won’t stay open. She considers math human torture and has an irrational fear of chickens (yes, chickens). You can often find her running on the treadmill (she’d rather be eating a donut), painting her toenails (because she bites her fingernails), or walking her chihuahuas (the real bosses of the house).
Cambria has written in many genres, including new adult, sports romance, male/male romance, sci-fi, thriller, suspense, contemporary romance, and young adult. Many of her titles have been translated into foreign languages and have been the recipients of multiple awards.
Connect with Cambria Hebert:
https://www.instagram.com/cambriahebert/
It feels almost sacrilegious to admit that I liked Ghost and Rett's story more than Haz and Kieran's. And honestly, I only picked it up to get more of them. But this series is just getting better and better and I'm hoping we are getting a certain uncle's book next. Please!?!
Rett was so so sweet and just everything good in the world. He had been given such a rough ride and he still treated everyone with such compassion and appreciated the smallest things. I loved him instantly but I love that he has a Ghost to shield him from all the bad parts and give him nothing but happiness.
Ghost was everything I could ask for in a book boyfriend except I am on the wrong team for him. But I can appreciate him for Rett. His sense of humour was wicked and I laughed out loud so many times at his inner thoughts as much as his outside comments. Plus the way he loved Rett was beautiful. Oh and the fact he just jumped right in on being a plant dad to the extreme. And throw in a breeding kink on top and I was gone.
The two of them together were just beautiful and sweet and jealous and possessive and protective and hilarious and just everything. The storyline was fun and kept me turning the pages dying to know what was going to happen next, or what insane thing was going to be said. The timeline picks up right at the end of the last book but this could absolutely be read as a standalone. But we did get lots of Haz and Kieran, with them all being besties and that book was also awesome so I highly suggest reading it first.
Now I'm off to check out Prince to see if we got any sneak peeks of Rett. And because I am obviously a fan of this author and I can't wait for the next book.
My Kind of Guy
Hockey Guys #4
Sarina Bowen
March 24th 2026
He’s a backup goalie with a broken game. The only thing he needs more than a win is the hot, grumpy bartender who pours his weekly beer.
Becker James is having a spectacularly bad season. Once a top draft pick, he’s now riding the bench in the minors, one failed save away from being cut. The highlight of his week? A lonely hour on a barstool at Sportsballs, Denver’s queerest watering hole—and Forest, the bartender with flannel sleeves, a gruff voice, and a beard that stars in Beck’s dreams.
Opportunity strikes when Forest’s LGBTQ hockey team—the Stickhandlers—loses their goalie last-minute. Beck makes Forest an offer: he’ll help them beat the most hated team in the beer league, but he wants something in return—one night together.
Cue the record scratch, because Seth Forrester doesn’t do hookups. After his last one went horribly wrong, he swore off men for good. He’s definitely not falling for the awkward hottie who just stammered through an indecent proposal.
But Beck is prepared to press his case, no matter how awkward it gets. And one beer league game turns into something messier, sweeter, and so much harder to walk away from…
My Review
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Every time I pick up a Sarina Bowen novel I’m reminded why most of her books are 5 star reads for me. I know I love her writing and her books but then I’m five pages in going “oh that’s right I love, love her.” And I can’t put the book down. And it seriously doesn't matter if it's a MF or MM couple, I am equally as obsessed.
As for this one, Beck and Forest were just both so amazing and beautiful and just everything. I couldn’t get enough of Beck. He was so young and insecure while also being sweet and mature and brave. He was so quirky and hilarious and from the beginning I loved him and wanted all his dreams to come true.
Forest was just as easy to love but he was so guarded, for good reason. But those reasons didn't make me want to scream at him any less for not diving on Beck and just letting himself be loved by him. Luckily he had an amazing group of friends to help him dislodge his head and see what he was holding himself back from.
The book was perfect and I loved seeing all the original cougars couples and singles. And meeting a few new ice cats, who hopefully appear in future books. Please tell me that there are future books. And OMG I’m going to be seeing this amazingly talented author next week in Perth where I can word vomit all over her like Beck.
THE HAZARD AND THE HITMAN
Cambria Hebert
Release Date: March 13
Blurb:
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and being in the hospital with stitches in my head and no way out makes me pretty desperate. So I log in to a dating app, searching for a guy willing to pretend to be my boyfriend so I can bust out of this overpriced nightmare.
But what do I get?
Accused of being a prostitute. Talk about a waste of phone minutes.
With plan A a no-go, I move on to plan B. Escape. Except, on my way to freedom, I’m nearly pummeled by a man wearing all black and with the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen.
When he pretends to be my boyfriend, I’m shook. And even more shook when I discover this is the rude guy from the app.
Turns out he’s not only rude but bossy, irritable, and he keeps calling me a walking hazard. I go along with the lie anyway, thinking I can ditch him as soon as I’m free.
Except that doesn’t happen.
I end up back at his place, eating soup and trying hard not to catch feelings.
Then my apartment is broken into, and I’m running for my life, confused, injured, and with nowhere else to go. Kieran vows to keep me safe, something he seems more than capable of…
Which is kinda odd for a real estate agent, right?
As the threat to my life intensifies, I start to wonder if I’ll make it to my next birthday and, more importantly, if trusting Kieran is the deadliest hazard of all.
My Review
Buy Link:
Available in KU
Meet Cambria Hebert:
Cambria Hebert is a bestselling novelist of more than fifty titles. She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair.
Besides writing, Cambria loves a pumpkin spice latte, staying up late, sleeping in, and watching K drama until her eyes won’t stay open. She considers math human torture and has an irrational fear of chickens (yes, chickens). You can often find her running on the treadmill (she’d rather be eating a donut), painting her toenails (because she bites her fingernails), or walking her chihuahuas (the real bosses of the house).
Cambria has written in many genres, including new adult, sports romance, male/male romance, sci-fi, thriller, suspense, contemporary romance, and young adult. Many of her titles have been translated into foreign languages and have been the recipients of multiple awards.
Connect with Cambria Hebert:
https://www.instagram.com/cambriahebert/
MM romance isn’t something I generally seek out. I don’t dislike it, or actively avoid it, it’s just not my go to. So, normally I only read it if it’s part of a series or if it’s by an author I love. Unless something jumps out and grabs me, which was completely the case with this one. I saw the tropes and was hooked, then realised it was MM and didn’t care.
And when I first picked it up, I couldn't remember exactly why I signed up to review it, I just remembered that I really wanted to read it. So, I dove in with no idea what to expect and I didn't want to put it down. The characters were awesome, the story was so engrossing, and I felt all the feels.
Poor Haz had been through it all and yet he was so upbeat and happy and just rolled with the punches. And the punches just kept right on coming. And then he would say something and I would literally be laughing out loud, taken completely by surprise.
But maybe my sympathy should have been saved for Kieran. He had this perfect, orderly life and was completely blindsided by Haz, who was chaos personified. But God, Kieran was the perfect boyfriend, and he loved Haz so hard it gave me the warm fuzzies, even when he was trying to be scary and intimidating.
The whole book was fun and so easy to get lost in and I am praying that Ghost and Rett get a book soon because Ghost has absolutely got a story I want to hear.
TOMMASO
The furniture district is my personal hell. I don’t know my ass from an ottoman. But when a hot designer comes to my rescue, I realize my problems are bigger than the house I’m trying to furnish.
A scorching kiss over fabric samples makes me question all my choices. But is it too late to change my entire life to get more of them?
CARTER
I need this gig, but my cocky new client leaves out a couple crucial details:
He doesn’t mention that he's a famous hockey player. And he doesn’t own up to the way he’s always trying to undress me with his dark, broody eyes.
The man throws out more mixed signals than a broken traffic light. I've never been more sexually frustrated in my entire life. I need to back away before I do something stupid, like lose my heart.
Oops. Too late.
Sarina
Bowen is just one of those authors that you know what you are going to get, and
you know you're going to love it. Not in a predictable way, in an amazing
writing, awesome characters and a story I won't want to put down. The only
drawback is being busy as hell and trying to figure out how you can read this
book without interruption or the house burning down around me.
Luckily
for me it's school holidays here and the kids are off enjoying the break and I
could hide away and get lost with Tommaso and Carter. And wow was I swept away
with these guys. From the first page I was so invested in everything that was
going on for each of them. It was such a completely different thing for each of
them and they both dealt with their issues in their own ways, but I wanted to
swoop in and make it all better.
I
couldn't get enough of them together. And normally Tommaso being all conflicted
and on the fence, I would be screaming for Carter to run but I just couldn't.
Because seeing why Tommaso was working so hard to fight himself made me want to
grab my pitchfork. Luckily Carter was able to see through the layers and have
the patience to hold out for him to deal with it in his own way.
Carter
had such golden retriever energy despite having so much against him. Having the
book in dual point of view made my love for both of these guys so much
stronger. I personally would have loved a little vengeance and hellfire to rain
down on the people that had upset them, but I guess I can live with the happy
floaty feeling I had when I put the book down.
This
is the first book by this author I've read and I kind of have mixed feelings. I
liked the story but the writing felt kind of off. It was like someone was
telling me the story as an onlooker and it caused a disconnect between me and
the characters.
I
was told and not shown and it kept dragging me from the story. Also I think the
emotions between the characters could have been shown more. I understand that
the author was going for a confused, denial kind of vibe but some affection or
a more detailed insight into some tender moments would have been nice.
The
story was a short introductory novella but a few more pages of them actually
together might have been nice just to close it out. But all of that said I
liked the story and the characters had a lot of potential. I'm adding the next
book to my TBR and hopefully being a full length book I'll get everything I
want from it.
A new male / male hockey romance from 24-time USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen!
My name is Hudson Newgate, but my teammates call me New Guy.
That was my nickname in Chicago, too. And Vancouver. That’s what happens when you keep getting traded. Brooklyn is my last chance, especially after my poor performance last season.
But I can make this work. The new guy knows to keep his head down and shoot the puck. The new guy puts the game first.
What he doesn’t do is hook up with the other new guy—a hot athletic trainer who lives in my building. Gavin needs this job with my team. He’s a single dad with responsibilities.
We can’t be a couple. My arrogant agent–who’s also my father–will lose his mind if I’m dating a dude. And my team needs me to score goals, not whip up a media circus.
Too bad Gavin and I are terrible at resisting each other…
MY REVIEW
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Sarina Bowen is the
twenty-time USA Today bestselling author of three dozen books, including: the True North series,
and Brooklyn Hockey. She's
the co-author of Him/Us and
the WAGs series with
Elle Kennedy. She's the author of The Ivy Years series,
and more!
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