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On the 22nd Day of Bookmas

My true love reviewed

Brothers Freed seriesBea Paige

Avalance of Desire

Storm of Seduction

Dawn of Love

Note this novel series contains polyamorous, reverse harem, menage, and multiple partner themes so if you are not interested in reading these themes this isn’t the series for you. If you do then read on.

Avalance of Desire introduces Lousia to the Freed brothers (though they aren’t brothers through the blood) in Alpe d’Huez in the French Alps when she takes a job as a hostess for the resort. She gets the chance at the job when an ex-husband of her alcoholic mother helps her get the job. It seems a great chance to get out of England and away from her mother for the holidays and the pay is nice when you consider all she has to do is prepare two meals a day, get the shopping, and clean up after the three bachelors in residence in the chalet. She never expects the sparks between all three of them and the problem of her mother will fallow her all the way to France.

Storm of Seduction the brothers search for Lousia when she leaves them in France with no word after they poured out their hearts to her. Little do they know that she went back to bury her mother and now the sins of the mother have fallen on the daughter and she needs the brothers more than they could ever guess.

Dawn of Love will kill you when one of the brothers gets a head injury on vacation that disrupts his memory of Lousia and their life together. Lousia not only fears that she will have to leave the men she loves but the trouble that has been following her isn’t done with her. But sometimes a kick to the head helps.

On the 21st Day of Bookmas

My true love reviewed

Alabama Summer series J. Daniels

Where I Belong

All I Want

When I Fall

Where We Belong

What I Need

So Much More

All We Want

Say I’m Yours

I found this book series with the 3rd book When I Fall of course it fits my track record when it comes to series. With the series being episodic I wanted to know about the couples featured and their stories. I have only read the first three books in this series and will have to add the others to my TBR list for 2021.

Where I Belong has the second chance romance trope. The two main characters knew each other when they were children and he was a little s$%^&t to her. They accidentally run into each other when she decides to pick up a stranger to be her first lover, not recognizing him as her best friend’s older brother. When she shows up at her best friend’s for a summer holiday break and runs into her one-night stand and old nemesis the sparks fly. His son is a cutie. When she makes him a knight it is the cutest scene ever.

All I Want follows the best friend from the 1st book and her older brother’s cop buddy. They have been having a happy go lucky relationship until she is late one month and when she beats around the issue to find out how he feels about being a father she doesn’t get the answers she wants and breaks things off with him without telling him why. He desperately wants to know why she ended a perfect relationship.

When I Fall is so much better when read in order. I love when the bachelor falls. This main character went to high school with the female lead from All I Want and they have been best friends ever since. His ex-fiance comes back to town the one person who hurt him more than anyone can ever know. He meets a woman at a local bar who wants to help him when his ex tries to put him on the spot. He finds out what it means to love someone so much that you would let them go if it will make them happy.

Reading

Watching Ms. Fisher Mysteries

Listening to The Hobbit

Something that made me smile

My Reading Challenge Being that the book I am listening to right now will be the last book I read this year here is my year in books for 2020.

On the 20th day of Bookmas

my true love reviewed

Dragons of PreorErin Tate & Celia Kyle

This book series is related to The Ujal series and that reading Dashing Through the Stars would be helpful. Well, you can guess if you have read a few of these. I haven’t read The Ujal series or Dashing Through the Stars no I started with the 2nd book and then went and found as many as I could find on my library application. I am not usually a fan of Sci/fi romance, I can only assume that this came up in my reading list because I do occasionally read paranormal/shifter romance and have a few dragon shifter romance novels in my favorites list. I was surprised that I liked so many of these. The series uses the special mate trope that is common in paranormal/shifter romance novels. How can we not love the thought that there is someone out there destined to be ours forever?

Dashing Through the Stars (novella)

Jerek

Taulan

Kozav

Rendan

Zadri

Hatched

Ivoth (didn’t finish)

Brukr (didn’t read yet)

A Baby for Chashan (didn’t read yet)

Argan (didn’t finish)

Vende (didn’t read yet)

Whelon (didn’t read yet)

If you like this trope I would recommend this surprising series and I will be adding The Ujal series to my TBR for 2021.

On the 18th Day of Bookmas

My true love reviewed

Ashes and Embers seriesCarian Cole

Storm

Vandal

Lukas

Talon

Loving Storm

Asher

I admit I read Storm, and Lukas last year but this year I thought I would work my way through the whole series and I am so glad that I did. This series holds my favorite book that I read this year, keep reading to learn which one it is. This series follows a group of brothers and cousins in the famous Valentine family. Their fathers were musicians in the ’60s and ’70s. When their grandfather died their grandmother who is one of the best characters ever went looking for her two grandsons she learned about at the funeral (Lukas and Vandal). You will want to hug all these men and give them all the love. Storm, Talon, and Asher are brothers, they have a younger brother and I hope that the author will be writing his story because I am so looking forward to him falling, it’s going to be so good.

Storm finds Evelyn after she wrecks her car in a blizzard on a lonely road when he is on his way to his cabin to find peace and quiet with his dog. Of course, mishaps occur. Evelyn is currently in a long-term relationship and Storm hasn’t been in a relationship since he was 19. All I will say is snowglobes.

Vandal was the hardest novel to read in the series but the twist at the end was so unexpected. Vandal is troubled and often her male characters are hard-edged troubled men who desperately need love and compassion. It kills you when you find out what happens and how much he needs someone to see him.

Lukas falls for an older woman who has recently found that her husband has been cheating on her for a year. Struggling to be a single parent and deal with her attraction to a younger man would be a struggle anyone can understand. Lukas has a heart of gold and is often the 2nd person people in the family go to when they need help. He co-owns a tattoo shop with his half-brother Vandal and occasionally plays music with the band (Ashes and Embers). The twist in this book will kill you and strangely so believable that it could happen in real life.

Talon is another hard novel in this series. Their mother who is a famous romance novelist is working with some psychologist on what makes a good marriage. Talon is looking for a relationship because the same groupies aren’t doing it for him and he sees how Storm and Evelyn are. He takes a chance and joins the project. After several meetings and psychological tests, he is matched with a person the group believes will be their right match. Asia works hard but can’t seem to find success and pull herself out of poverty she decided to join the project because she wants to mean something to someone, is desperate to be loved. Too bad Talon has a ticking clock of a health issue that will put a strain on his life and his new marriage.

Loving Storm is my comfort novel. I will go back to this book, again and again, to feel good. This book picks up with Strom and Evelyn after Storm proposed. It includes their wedding and moving into a new house and surprise a new baby. I love the epilogue and seeing their oldest daughter all grown up and Strom being a father.

Asher well here we are my favorite book this year. I will endeavor as an author to do what this book did to me. Reading this book I had a visceral body reaction. I felt the knife of emotion enter my heart. I cried so much. Asher has been a thread through all of these novels and always alone. Other characters have eluded him loving or hanging onto a ghost. You learn in this novel who he is hanging onto and how devastating it has been to him. It killed me and is my 5-star read.