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Atlas by DJ Krimmer

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5.0

๐‘จ๐’•๐’๐’‚๐’” is book 2 in the Hel's Ink series by ๐™ณ.๐™น. ๐™บ๐š›๐š’๐š–๐š–๐šŽ๐š›, and it was ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜. Oh how my heart was happy for Atlas's story! He was the comedic friend of Fox in book 1 & it carries over to his book. Right from the start of this intense story, I was absolutely pulled in. 

Ren is the object of Atlas's affection from the start. I could feel the whirlwind of emotion instantly. It consumed Atlas. It consumed ๐™ข๐™š. The way he instantly took to protecting one of his best friends, Ren, was absolutely swoon worthy. Their chemistry was absolutely powerful & I loved every minute of it. 

I loved Ren. She is plus sized and diabetic & oh so sweet! I loved her for Atlas! The emotional struggles she went through with her weight & illness, were ones I could feel as my own. I wanted to hug her so many times! 

Atlas. Dear Atlas. He was the most boy obsessed, cinnamon roll character Iโ€™ve ever encountered & I was so in love with it! From the way he handled Andrew(I absolutely despise him!)to the way he melted for Ren, his crush on her, learning all there was to learn about her diabetesโ€ฆ..yes please! 

๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’ ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘› as Atlas was perfection. There is no other narrator that could put these emotions into it & break this listener from the rawness of feeling unwanted, the love, the happiness. ๐ด๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘Ž is ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘’'๐‘  female counterpart when it comes to amazing narrators. She brought it all out for Renโ€™s character & I loved every second. 

Once again, ๐™ณ.๐™น. ๐™บ๐š›๐š’๐š–๐š–๐šŽ๐š› has created a captivating story. She fills it with the perfect amount of spice, fun banter, marriage of charity, beautiful characters and delivers one of my favorite 2024 reads! I can not wait to listen/read to book 3 in this series! 
The Summer I First Saw You by Elizabeth O'Roark

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5.0

I absolutely adored this book. I know, I know. I have said that about all of ๐™ด๐š•๐š’๐šฃ๐šŠ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š‘ ๐™พ'๐š๐š˜๐šŠ๐š›๐š”'๐šœ books, but I ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ก๐™ฎ loved this one. It was the absolute perfect blend of angsty push & pull between two beautifully chiseled characters and a love story that will live rent free in my soul. 

Daisy. Bless her. From the start, I could see she was jealous of her Uncle Liam's best friend Harrison's LA girlfriend. Oh what fun ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต was! And the strain that she has with her mom.....well, that just added to the angst and fun, especially when she "borrows" Harrison & Audrey's beach house. But, what she finds there.....well, it was unexpected and she quickly realized the ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ aboutHarrison. 

Harrison. What a delicious man he was. From the very beginning he had me swooning. I melted many times through out this story! He was absolutely perfect with Daisy and I couldn't get enough! The way Daisy brought him back to the here and now, finding his love of surfing again, was beautiful!

๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’'๐‘  deep rumble captured the very essence of Harrison, putting all his emotions into it. I loved listening to him! ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ brought her absolute A game to Daisy's character. The flirting was perfect and blended beautifully with ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›'๐‘  voice. 

These two characters rounded out the series magnificently. I was not ready to say goodbye, but they made the end of the journey well worth the wait. Age gap, banter, flirting and characters that have become friends to me, make up this story and you do not want to miss it! 

Caged by Luna Mason

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4.5

Hold on tight, with this one! ๐™ป๐šž๐š—๐šŠ ๐™ผ๐šŠ๐šœ๐š˜๐š— has thrown us another captivating, intense ride with ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’….  This ride was absolutely wild & just as addictive as book 1! 

After falling in love with Jax and Sofia in book 1, ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’”, I absolutely couldn't wait to get my hands on Nikolai's story. He was a tortured soul in book 1 & I just knew I was going to fall hard for him in this one. I was not disappointed! And, I adored getting to revisit all the familiar faces. 

We,once again, get the intense action between Nikolai & his friends & Ivan Volokov, his father. His father caused him an intense pain, leaving him a single dad with vengeance on his mind. 

The moment he meets Mila, the woman his father sent to America to steal something from him....well, let's just say it gets pretty addicting & wild! I loved the way Mila tried so hard to fight her feelings for Nikolai as she was in his "protection" as Melissa. She truly made him fall hard for her! Let's not forget the way his daughter Elena, worked her way into Mila's heart. I melted! 

๐‘†๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  is a new to me narrator but oh how he has stolen a spot on my favorites list! He has a beautiful, deep tone that brings the characters to life in the most delicious way! ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘ฅ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ is truly a queen when it comes to her characters. Her voice flows beautifully and she does amazing at capturing all the emotions! 

๐™ป๐šž๐š—๐šŠ ๐™ผ๐šŠ๐šœ๐š˜๐š—, you brilliant mastermind, you. You have made me love Nikolai even more than Jax! His story was an epic rollercoaster ride. I loved every minute of reading/listening to this one & I can't wait to see what you have in store for us with Alexei, his flamingo(and Lara, of course!). 
Out of Control by K. Bromberg

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4.0

๐™บ. ๐™ฑ๐š›๐š˜๐š–๐š‹๐šŽ๐š›๐š is back with another amazing F1 racing romance. Let me tell you what. She has, once again, crossed the epic finish line with this one! 

๐‘ถ๐’–๐’• ๐‘ถ๐’‡ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’•๐’“๐’๐’ is masterfully chiseled and filled with amazing characters. From the start, both Oliver & Sofia stole my heart. I loved the banter between them and their chemistry was off the charts captivating. 

I loved the way Oliver built Sofia up, helping her to fulfill her dreams by encouraging her. He made me swoon so many times when he was with her! And, the way Sofia helped Oliver find his cinnamon roll side with her! 

๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘’ ๐พ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ did a beautiful job with her narrations. I could feel the emotions of Sofia so well! Her voice blended beautifully with ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘›'๐‘ . ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘ฆ always knows what to bring to the table for his listeners. He becomes the characters and truly make them pop, as he did with Oliver's character! 

This book is filled with spice, banter, forbidden romance, and beautiful characters. It's a book that I look forward to sharing with so many friends! Wonderful job, as always, ๐™บ. ๐™ฑ๐š›๐š˜๐š–๐š‹๐šŽ๐š›๐š! 

Fall With Me by Brooke Montgomery

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4.5

Y'all. Your girl here has been sleeping on ๐™ฑ๐š›๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐šŽ ๐™ผ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š›๐šข books! This is my first one and holy wow! I can see why people say if you love ๐™ด๐š•๐šœ๐š’๐šŽ ๐š‚๐š’๐š•๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›, check out ๐™ฑ๐š›๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐šŽ ๐™ผ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š›๐šข. This was powerful! 

I adored Landen. Bless him, he was a cinnamon roll when it came to Ellie! From the moment he said "fall with me", I knew he fell hard, fast and obsessively. He was very much all cowboy and so much fun and I was there for it! 

I had a bit of frustration with Ellie in the beginning, but as her story unfolded, I understood her so much more. I felt all her hesitations, her anger, her pain, her love. 

The banter between these two beautiful characters was so funny at times! I chuckled so many times through out this one! It started off as a hate banter (Ellie truly brought that on strong!), but the more they spent time together, the more their banter was coming from their flirty chemistry and then it was on! 

๐ด๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜ brought his A game with breathing life into Landen Hollis. He has a way with nailing the funny banter and he didn't miss a bit with this one! ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž ๐ป๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ once again did a fabulous job with Ellie Donovan's character. Together, these two were perfectly casted for this duo! 

While this book is filled many humorous, cowboy fun moments, it's also filled with many moments of heartache & pain, so please check the trigger warnings. It was beautifully written into the story and truly lent depth to what these characters went through. 

Beautifully done, ๐™ฑ๐š›๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐šŽ ๐™ผ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š›๐šข! Beautifully done. I am now a forever fan and can't wait to read more! 
Reckless Fall by Nyssa Kathryn

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5.0

๐‘น๐’†๐’„๐’Œ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’๐’. What can I say? I ๐’…๐’†๐’—๐’๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’… this book. ๐™ฝ๐šข๐šœ๐šœ๐šŠ ๐™บ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šข๐š›๐š— has taken us through the amazing wringer once again, with this one, bringing us to Easton & Sadie's story. 

Oh my heart, I adored Easton & his daughter Avery. They were absolutely *chef's kiss*! I loved how protective he was of Avery, and when Sadie re-entered the picture, after leaving her wedding? Lawd have mercy! I was there for it! 

The way Sadie and Avery bonded was absolutely beautiful. My mama heart melted many times for them! 

And, of course, the sizzle  amps up, the protectiveness is in overdrive and with the perfect amount of suspense thrown in, their story was a wild ride! 

๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’ & ๐ด๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ .....these two narrate thus duet magnanimously and absolutely hit the emotions spot on. Beautifully blending, their voices truly made these characters more than ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต characters.....they made them ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก. Wonderfully done! 

So, ๐™ฝ๐šข๐šœ๐šœ๐šŠ ๐™บ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐šข๐š— has once again given us a romance story that leaves me both satisfied, yet ๐™˜๐™ง๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ more. You'll get the highs and lows of a push and pull story, a protective former SEAL turned small town sheriff, and sweet little girl to melt your soul, along with an age gap romance. 

Can't wait for Jace & Elle's story from this talented author! 
Delicate Escape by Catherine Cowles

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5.0

Why did this story have to end!? I did not want it to. I wanted to stay deep inside Thea & Shep's story! Once again,๐™ฒ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐š’๐š—๐šŽ ๐™ฒ๐š˜๐š ๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ completely captivated me in her small town story of perfection! 

Shep. That man can own me anytime! The way he was with Thea.....I don't think I could have melted more! I loved that he could see how broken she was from her ex & loved it even more that he was the one that fell first & wanted to fix her. 

Sweet Thea. I adored her. I could see a lot of myself in her, wanting to escape her past. She struggled with things I used to struggle with & watching Shep build her back up.....a priceless time indeed! 

I simply couldn't get enough of the family dynamics with this one. We get to visit with Lolli again & it's always an epically hilarious time! The love & banter between all the characters just makes me swoon!

And, can we talk about the twists of suspense ๐™ฒ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐š’๐š—๐šŽ ๐™ฒ๐š˜๐š ๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ throws in? Just when I felt I knew, nope. Another twist and more fun, and bam. I had to back track to figure it out! I loved that! 

๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘›, a master of male narrators, once again does his thing and lends life to Shep. All his emotions, banter, dirty talk and tenderness with Thea came to life and I loved it. ๐ธ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘› and her smooth, beautiful voice brought our girl Thea to life in a way that made me feel like I was listening to a friend. Loved it! Together, these narrators blended their voices in dual narration and created a captivating audio! 

Friends, it's safe to say that I need you to run, not walk, to grab this one up. Quickly & easily, this book became one of my favorite ๐™ฒ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐š’๐š—๐šŽ ๐™ฒ๐š˜๐š ๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ books & I can't wait for more spicy goodness in book 3!
Reluctantly Rogue by Erin Nicolle

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4.0

Oh my heart! ๐™ด๐š›๐š’๐š— ๐™ฝ๐š’๐šŒ๐š˜๐š•๐š•๐šŽ swept me off my feet with book 1, ๐‘น๐’†๐’๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’๐’š ๐‘น๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’, and, folks, she has done it again with book 2! I am loving this series and all the beautifully chiseled characters! 

Jonah & Linnea. Two beautiful people. Two souls who stole my heart! They were just supposed to be friends. Jonah, a body guard, Linnea, engaged to Torin, Jonah's best friend. 

But, the more these two spend time together, the more they have a hard time keeping their feelings hidden. 

These two have sizzling chemistry! There is absolutely no denying it! Their feelings for each other go rogue and they can't deny that there is something between! It was a fantastic time watching them together, fighting the forbidden, and giving into something more! 

Let's talk about the narration. It's duet style, and superbly done! ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’'๐‘  deep voice is always a treat to listen to. He's my number 2 male narrator and I adored him as Jonah in this one. ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›'๐‘  voice was beautiful, and truly added to ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›'๐‘  narrations in a captivating wait! A beautiful narration duo, for sure! 

I am definitely going to be adding this one to my keeper list. These characters are masterfully chiseled, have beautiful chemistry, the spice is spicing and the banter is spot on! Grab this one up today! 
Beating Heart by Laura Pavlov

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4.0

๐™ป๐šŠ๐šž๐š›๐šŠ ๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐šŸ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ has done it again, folks! She has completely stolen my heart with Nash's story! I fell hard for the grumpy single dad back in book 1, but getting to listen to, and read his story, to feel all his emotions.....it was an epic time! 

Nash & Emerson. What can I say about this beautiful couple? I can tell you that these two have tension, these two have chemistry, these two are absolutely amazing together! 

And let's not forget Cutler! He absolutely made the story so much better than it already was! I loved the way Emerson was with him. Not only did she fall for his dad, but she absolutely fell for Cutler, and I was there for it! 

Let's talk about ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘›'๐‘  narration. Is there anything that man can't do when it comes to narrating books? I truly don't think so! He made Nash and Cutler come to life masterfully! It was like listening to a friend tell their story! And, ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘Žโ„Ž ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ is a beautiful voice to lend life to Emerson. I loved how her voice flowed freely and captivated me! Together, these narrators made this story come to life! 

Found family, small town,  banter, chemistry, and a perfect amount of spice make up this unforgettable story. Once again, ๐™ป๐šŠ๐šž๐š›๐šŠ ๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐šŸ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ has used her masterful story telling to create beautifully chiseled characters that will forever live rent free in my heart and soul! 
Center Ice by Julia Connors

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4.0

๐™น๐šž๐š•๐š’๐šŠ ๐™ฒ๐š˜๐š—๐š—๐š˜๐š›๐šœ has a forever fan in me! I adored this audiobook. From start to finish, I was pulled into this fun, whirlwind story! 

Audrey & Drew have become my new favorite book couple. I loved the banter between them. They kept me chuckling many times! The way he falls for her......I swooned and swooned ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™ over him! Their story has tension, some slow burn moments and so many emotional elements to it. I absolutely craved that and it hit just right! 

I loved the way Drew was with Audrey's son, Graham, after he learns her secret. Those two together were adorable! The bonding that they did was amazing. Drew's cinnamon roll side peeked through when it came to Graham and Audrey and I was there for it! 

๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘› is top tier when it comes to voicing characters. He can nail the emotions, the banter, and the voices epically and he did just that with these beautiful characters! I couldn't get enough! And, let's talk about one of the queens of audio: ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘– ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ก. Ma'am, you once again made me fall hard for the female character! She did an amazing job and I'm so glad she was paired with ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘ฆ for this one! 

If you love hockey, characters who steal your heart, a beautiful blend of banter and spicy scenes that will make you melt, then you must absolutely grab this one up. I can not wait for more amazingness in this series!