Book Review: Anchored Hearts by Priscilla Oliveras

ARC claimed for free with BookishFirst points Ten years after he took off to pursue his successful photography career, leaving her behind, Anamaria Navarro's high school sweetheart is back in Key West, convalescing after a pretty nasty spill over a waterfall. Not only does Alejandro Miranda have to face her, he has to confront his…

ByMichelleApril 22, 20210Comments

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Quick Hit Book Review: Second Chance on Cypress Lane by Reese Ryan

Review copy provided by the publisher If you're a fan of small town, slow burn, second chance romance, pick up Second Chance on Cypress Lane. Dakota is back on the Outer Banks after her TV news career is torched by scandal. She's picking up the pieces and trying to keep the reason for her…

ByMichelleDecember 29, 20200Comments

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To Make You Feel My Love by Maggie Wells | Book Review

ARC provided by the author for review Glamour, Glitz, and Grit Make To Make You Feel My Love A Perfect Beach Read Maggie Wells' To Make You Feel My Love sent me down a YouTube rabbit hole listening to covers of To Make You Feel My Love. It's one of those songs, that for…

ByMichelleMay 14, 20200Comments

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Mermaid Inn by Jenny Holiday | Book Review

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley It's true that Jenny Holiday's latest has a very G-rated contemporary fic cover. Mermaid Inn rolls along in PG/PG-13 territory for a good while, but this second chance, friends-to-lovers romance eventually takes a hard left into R territory, and I couldn't be happier. Eve returns to her…

ByMichelleJanuary 28, 20200Comments

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FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen | Book Review

ARC provided by the author's publicist for review FIREWORKS Is the Sweet and Sizzling Sixth Installment in Sarina Bowen's True North series They say you can’t go home again. In FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen, Skylar Copeland left Colebury, Vermont 12 years ago and never looked back. But after an on-air gaffe at her TV job,…

ByMichelleNovember 13, 20180Comments

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RETURNING TO EDEN by Katy Ames | 5-Star Review

ARC provided by the author If You Haven't Ready Katy Ames Before, Returning to Eden is a Damn Good Place to Start RETURNING TO EDEN, Katy Ames’ latest, started as a “Choose Your Own Romance” for her Instagram followers. She introduced us to Eden, Jude and Noah and week by week, we’d check in…

ByMichelleSeptember 28, 20180Comments

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THE GOOD LUCK CHARM by Helena Hunting | 4-star Review

The Good Luck Charm is everything: hot, sweet, sour and totally satisfying. A relatable, sexy, romance that transcends age. In The Good Luck Charm, Helena Hunting builds on her trademark hilarity and heat and steps up with a second-chance romance that is much more than a rekindling of an old attraction. It's also about…

ByMichelleAugust 7, 20180Comments

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THE ONES WHO GOT AWAY by Roni Loren | 4 Star Review

Copy provided by the publisher Sourcebooks Casa via Bookish First It's never been casual to write fiction touched by gun violence and school shootings, but given the current state of affairs in the United States, it's particularly tense. In The Ones Who Got Away, Roni Loren manages to do it with sensitivity, focusing on the…

ByMichelleJanuary 19, 20180Comments

Book Review: Anchored Hearts by Priscilla Oliveras

Quick Hit Book Review: Second Chance on Cypress Lane by Reese Ryan

To Make You Feel My Love by Maggie Wells | Book Review

Mermaid Inn by Jenny Holiday | Book Review

FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen | Book Review

RETURNING TO EDEN by Katy Ames | 5-Star Review

THE GOOD LUCK CHARM by Helena Hunting | 4-star Review

THE ONES WHO GOT AWAY by Roni Loren | 4 Star Review

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