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Crossroads by Devney Perry
3.0
3⭐️ | 🌶🌶
This was super sweet! I picked this up as a palate cleanser after a dark romance and it was perfect for that!
West & Indy's flashback to growing up together during the summers on the ranch was so sweet and seeing them come back together after everything they'd both been through was perfection. Excited to read Jax's story!
- small town
- cowboy
- second chance
- childhood lovers
- he lives on the ranch/she's the girl who visits during the summers with her family
HIGHLIGHTS:
- “That was how it had been between us. We belonged to each other. Even when we didn’t.”
- "My girl can cry whenever the fuck she wants."
- "You're not into cowgirls?" "Not really. I'm into you."
- ”Collisions on crossroads. West and I were nothing but collisions on crossroads.”
Under Your Scars by Ariel N. Anderson
5.0
No because WTF DID I JUST READ.
Please go into this blind and please please listen to the audio instead of reading it.
Note: check your TW and know that there is no HEA in this book.
Please go into this blind and please please listen to the audio instead of reading it.
Note: check your TW and know that there is no HEA in this book.
Wyatt by Jessica Peterson
5.0
5⭐️ | 🌶️🌶️
Excuse me MA'AM THIS WAS SO HOT!!
Honestly the best friends to lovers/second chance I've ever read! (and I do not like those tropes normally)
I love Wyatt so much and cannot wait for Sawyers story!
- small town
- cowboy
- second chance/childhood best friends
- fake dating
- tattoo for her
- spicy scene with lasso🥵
HIGHLIGHTS:
- “Fall apart with me another time then?”
- "I’m tight with God, and I’ll have you saying his name often. Eventually though, I’d like you to say mine instead.”
- “Totally. Cowboys cry, too, especially when they talk about their feelings.”
- “Make one fucking sound,” he whispers. “I dare you, Sunshine. I dare you to get us caught. What do you think your daddy would do if he saw us like this? His sweet little girl being fucked hard by her real daddy and liking it.”😮💨
Cash by Jessica Peterson
4.0
4⭐️ | 🌶️🌶️
I loveddd this and I just KNOW the rest of this series is gonna be *chefs kiss*.
Cash was the grumpiest golden retriever Cowboy that dreams are made of and his love for Mollie after learning more about her childhood after divorce was just so sweet. We love a man that will go to the ends of the earth for his girl! 😭
The banter was top tier and I just love how in the end they both just wanted to take care of each other!
- small town
- cowboy
- hate to love
- fiesty fmc
- opposites attract
HIGHLIGHTS:
- "I’ve never wanted to burn anything down. But I’d burn down this whole town if it meant never seeing that look in her eyes again."🥺
- “Honey, I’d marry the shit out of you. Not because it’s the right thing to do, but because I’m in love with you.”
- “Ride fast and ride hard, then. You know how.”😛
I loveddd this and I just KNOW the rest of this series is gonna be *chefs kiss*.
Cash was the grumpiest golden retriever Cowboy that dreams are made of and his love for Mollie after learning more about her childhood after divorce was just so sweet. We love a man that will go to the ends of the earth for his girl! 😭
The banter was top tier and I just love how in the end they both just wanted to take care of each other!
- small town
- cowboy
- hate to love
- fiesty fmc
- opposites attract
HIGHLIGHTS:
- "I’ve never wanted to burn anything down. But I’d burn down this whole town if it meant never seeing that look in her eyes again."🥺
- “Honey, I’d marry the shit out of you. Not because it’s the right thing to do, but because I’m in love with you.”
- “Ride fast and ride hard, then. You know how.”😛
Under An Endless Moon by A.L. Jackson
4.5
4.5⭐️ | 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Thank you so much A.L. Jackson and Valentine PR for the arc!🖤
Wow I loved that so much!! A.L. Jackson is a new to me author and this is my first dip into the Moonlit Ridge world and I cannot wait to go back and read the first book! This is book 2 of an interconnected standalone series, so while I didnt feel like I missed out on much from book 1, this book made me excited to go back and read River and Charleigh's story.
We all know I am feralllll for a brothers best friend so I was immediately excited to dive into this and let me tell you I was hooked from chapter 1!
First off.. the TENSION😮💨😮💨 You know when nothing happens up to 50%, this is gonna be GOOD!
Otto's confliction between wanting Raven for as long as he did and staying loyal to his best friend and brotherhood had me all up in my feels! And then Raven trying to prove that she's not a little girl anymore and she doesn't need the protection of that brotherhood.. UGH! & the way the flashbacks seeing Otto be there for her through her nightmares when she was younger was so sweet and heart wrenching. The character development of these two were just incredible.
- brothers best friend
- forbidden
- motorcycle club
- romantic suspense
- age gap
HIGHLIGHTS:
- "It’s my breath that’s gone. Seeing you like this. Touching this face that has followed me into every dream. Being with the only person who could ever save me from the nightmares. The only one that ever made me feel safe. The one who made me sure I wanted to discover what it is like to be taken. Completely and fully."
- "You think I wouldn’t stand in front of every bullet for you? Take every blow for you? Suffer any consequence?"
- "I’m not breakable, Otto. And if I was, I’d want you to be the one to break me."
- "Because you were always worth it to me. Because I would always fight for you, the way you promised to fight for me."
Steal My Heart by Laura Pavlov
3.5
3.5⭐️ | 🌶️🌶️
IM SO READY FOR THIS SERIES!!
I loved this story! The tropes weren't my favorite but I loved getting a glimpse into Rosewood River and seeing some of our old Magnolia Falls friends!
I loved Henley from the jump. We love an FMC who goes after what she wants!!👏🏼
and Easton was so sweet! He really is a golden retriever trying to be a doberman.. lol! I loved his storyline and his battle with mental health and grief. We love a man in therappyyyy.
- small town
- workplace romance/she's the bosses daughter
- annoyance/love
- great banter
- grief/mental health rep
- found family
IM SO READY FOR THIS SERIES!!
I loved this story! The tropes weren't my favorite but I loved getting a glimpse into Rosewood River and seeing some of our old Magnolia Falls friends!
I loved Henley from the jump. We love an FMC who goes after what she wants!!👏🏼
and Easton was so sweet! He really is a golden retriever trying to be a doberman.. lol! I loved his storyline and his battle with mental health and grief. We love a man in therappyyyy.
- small town
- workplace romance/she's the bosses daughter
- annoyance/love
- great banter
- grief/mental health rep
- found family
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
3.0
3⭐️ | 🌶️🌶️
I really need to give this another go and i'll probably re-read before the next book comes out. I read this in between my Iron Flame re-read and Onyx storm so my mind was seriously ELSEWHERE.
Honestly I just wasnt hooked on this one. I don't know if it was just too much in-your-face romance? Or just minimal world building/plot?
It was giving me beauty and the beast vibes for like the first half of the book for me lol! Like why was Carrion just Gaston in every sense??
Onyx the Fox was probably the most interesting character for me in all of its 609 pages...sorry. (Fisher was hot though)
- Romantasy
- Fae / Witches / Vampires
- Hate to Love
- Fated Mates
- Shadow Daddy
- Forced Proximity
- Grumpy MMC
- Annoying FMC
I really need to give this another go and i'll probably re-read before the next book comes out. I read this in between my Iron Flame re-read and Onyx storm so my mind was seriously ELSEWHERE.
Honestly I just wasnt hooked on this one. I don't know if it was just too much in-your-face romance? Or just minimal world building/plot?
It was giving me beauty and the beast vibes for like the first half of the book for me lol! Like why was Carrion just Gaston in every sense??
Onyx the Fox was probably the most interesting character for me in all of its 609 pages...sorry. (Fisher was hot though)
- Romantasy
- Fae / Witches / Vampires
- Hate to Love
- Fated Mates
- Shadow Daddy
- Forced Proximity
- Grumpy MMC
- Annoying FMC
Honor by Danielle Baker
2.0
2⭐️ | 🌶️🌶️
This was not my favorite one sadly. Did I read it in one sitting, though? Hell yeah I did😂
Idk I think Xander just gave me the ick. Between him literally just wanting to get in her pants from day 1. Like how many times do you have to tell yourself, “down dog”?💀
And then… MAMA?! I just couldn’t. (I’m also not a mom, nor do I love the single mom trope - so I know this is a me problem lol!)
Overall I did enjoy this series! It’s the perfect palette cleanser series and every one of them had “FUCK IT”. Obviously ate and left zero crumbs.
- single mom
- brothers best friend & boss
- love after loss
- curvy FMC
- “fuck it”
- mental health rep
This was not my favorite one sadly. Did I read it in one sitting, though? Hell yeah I did😂
Idk I think Xander just gave me the ick. Between him literally just wanting to get in her pants from day 1. Like how many times do you have to tell yourself, “down dog”?💀
And then… MAMA?! I just couldn’t. (I’m also not a mom, nor do I love the single mom trope - so I know this is a me problem lol!)
Overall I did enjoy this series! It’s the perfect palette cleanser series and every one of them had “FUCK IT”. Obviously ate and left zero crumbs.
- single mom
- brothers best friend & boss
- love after loss
- curvy FMC
- “fuck it”
- mental health rep
Fight by Sloane St. James
3.5
3.5⭐️ | 🌶️🌶️
Only because I didn't love the tropes in this one. This is my first Sloane St. James and i'm excited to read more!
Overall, the backgrounds of these two characters were interesting and I enjoyed the storyline! The o2 mask was one for the record books...😂
- firefighter mmc/ems fmc
- workplace romance
- strangers to lovers
- insta-lust
- miscommunication
- one bed
- "fuck it"
- ptsd rep
- religious trauma rep
HIGHLIGHTS:
"Still with me?" 🥺
"Intentional choking in the back of an ambulance… That’s new." hahahaha
"Good god… this pussy was made for me. Where did you come from?” “Arkansas,”... THIS TOOK ME OUT hahahah
Only because I didn't love the tropes in this one. This is my first Sloane St. James and i'm excited to read more!
Overall, the backgrounds of these two characters were interesting and I enjoyed the storyline! The o2 mask was one for the record books...😂
- firefighter mmc/ems fmc
- workplace romance
- strangers to lovers
- insta-lust
- miscommunication
- one bed
- "fuck it"
- ptsd rep
- religious trauma rep
HIGHLIGHTS:
"Still with me?" 🥺
"Intentional choking in the back of an ambulance… That’s new." hahahaha
"Good god… this pussy was made for me. Where did you come from?” “Arkansas,”... THIS TOOK ME OUT hahahah