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Mergers & Acquisitions

My rating: 3 of 5 stars 2.5 rounded up to 3 stars I generally don't like rating a book lower than two stars unless it's problematic or incomprehensible because I know from personal experience the time and effort (and tears and screaming and hair-pulling) it takes to write a book and [...]

Hit the Brakes (Food Truck Warriors, #2)

My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed Tate and Chase's story, book two in the Food Truck Warriors series. This second-chance, fake-relationship, bi-awakening romance was sweet and angsty enough to keep me invested in the MCs budding relationship. I appreciated the author's handling of mental health issues and therapy, real [...]

Where There’s a Kilt, There’s a Way

My rating: 5 of 5 stars Where There's a Kilt is such a delightful read. The ghosts are back, along with other supernatural figures. I had so much fun reading about Ainsley and Joachim's shenanigans in Sweden. Ainsley is the same self-absorbed, clueless, scatterbrained character, and Joachim is a great companion [...]

Learned Reactions (Higher Education, #2)

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Learned Reactions, the second book in Ellis' Higher Education series, is a sweet best friends-to-lovers story that hits all the feels. There is no doubt Carlton and Deion belong together from the instant the reader is introduced to them. Family is a major theme in [...]

Puppuccino

My rating: 5 of 5 stars The pups steal the show in the second installment of the Bold Brew series! I love how Temple incorporates the dogs' personalities into the love story between the two MCs. The pets add an extra adorableness to this story and *almost* make me want to [...]

Let’s Go Out

  My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you've read Let's Connect, you'll recognize Robin in Let's Go Out as Dan's almost love interest. In Book 2 of the Let's Connect series, the reader gets to know Robin and his challenges. His agoraphobia is so well written that I felt I [...]

Keeping Casey

My rating: 3 of 5 stars Amy Aislin is a new-to-me author, and I appreciate the opportunity the author provided to read an advance copy and review. Keeping Casey is hockey-heavy and, while knowing the ins and outs of the sport isn't necessary, I feel like I would have gotten more [...]

Best Laid Plans

My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was intrigued by Charlie from his initial appearance in book one of the Garnet Run series. I wanted his backstory, his journey from typical high school student to parenting of his younger brother to the adult he was at present. I wasn't disappointed. Parrish [...]

Wonderstruck

My rating: 5 of 5 stars I enjoyed the heck out of Wonderstruck,. I'm sad to say goodbye to Ace and Teddy but it was a lovely send off. Therin is a master at setting a scene so that the reader is immersed in a different time period. Her attention to [...]

The Beautiful Things Shoppe

My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Beautiful Things Shoppe was a better story than the first book in this series, The Hideaway Inn. The main characters were more likeable and a better fit as a couple. There are a few tropes in this story: enemies to lovers, opposites attract, forced [...]