Tuesday, March 29, 2022

REVIEW: Love is Grand by Rachel Blaufeld

 



Love is Grand by Rachel Blaufeld is now live! 



With sultry beach vibes, steel-drum music playing in the background, and the smell of coconut and money all around, welcome back to Grand Cayman Island and the Grand Escape.

A true island beauty, single mom Shell needs life to give her one tiny break. Her husband took off, leaving her to work as a waitress and a coffee delivery gal. Surrounded by wealth and extravagance in paradise, she's doing her best to take care of her daughter.

On a whim, Shell takes a quick breather in front of the jewelry store at the posh Grand Escape. Knowing it will be love at first sight with everything in the window, she tortures herself anyway. What she doesn't expect is to meet the man who will soon occupy all her thoughts and dreams.

In command of every situation he's faced with, Caleb Stern is a pro at the bachelor life. He works hard, plays harder, and has no regrets about any of it. That is, until he meets a sweet and sassy single mom in the Caribbean.

Certain he can have a fun time with Shell and let her go, Cal makes secret visits to the island to see her. But falling for this island girl seems to be the one situation Cal can't control.

Both are doing their best, playing the hand they are dealt, until Shell challenges Cal to a showdown. With a spunky kindergartner leading the charge, Shell gives Cal a chance . . . but can he steal the heart of the one woman who has mesmerized him?



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CHRISTY'S REVIEW

It felt so good to be back in the Grand Caymans! I was looking forward to Love is Grand ever since I read ‘Grand Escape’ as I was intrigued by both Shell and Caleb.

Caleb is a successful attorney from NYC but he’s been to Grand a lot lately due to his brother, Adam. While Cal is visiting he meets Shell. Shell is a single mom who was born and raised o the island and though they appear to have nothing in common, they have loads of chemistry.

Their relationship seems impossible as Caleb isn’t sure he is ready for anything serious, Shell has her daughter and life on the island, and of course the fact that they don’t live near each other at all. I wasn’t sure how, or even if it would work out. But the way it did made me so happy! I also loved getting some Rylan and Adam and of course, Shell’s daughter stole the show with any scene she was in.

Love is Grand is a romance that was wonderfully scenic, had a strong single momma heroine and a hero with a lot to learn. I truly enjoyed this book! Sweet, a bit angsty, with just the right amount of steam, this is one you don’t want to skip!



Meet Rachel Blaufeld



A recent poll of her readers described Rachel as insightful, generous, articulate, and spunky. Originally a social worker, Rachel creates broken yet redeeming characters. She's been known to turn up the angst like cranking up the heat in the dead of winter.

A devout coffee drinker and doughnut eater, Rachel spends way too many hours in local coffee shops, downing the aforementioned goodies while she plots her ideas. Her tales may all come with a side of angst and naughtiness, but end as lusciously as her treats.

Rachel lives around the corner from her childhood home in Pennsylvania with her family and two beagles. Her obsessions include running, coffee, basketball, icing-filled doughnuts, antiheroes, and mighty fine epilogues.
 
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Friday, March 25, 2022

Cover Reveal: CAUTION TO THE WIND by Giana Darling

 



Giana Darling  has revealed the cover for Caution to the Wind!


Releasing: April 29, 2022

Cover Design: Najla Qamber Designs

Photographer: Lane Dorsey

Model: Josh Mario John


From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Giana Darling comes an age gap, second chance love story about a rebel soul and her best friend's dad who wants absolutely nothing to do with her...

I fell in love with my best friend's dad when I was seventeen.
He seemed like some kind of heathen god, big enough to kill a man with his bare hands, tattooed with bright, bold images, and weathered by time and a short stint in prison.
Blind to the consequences, I made a mistake that ran him out of town and ruined his life.
Now, he's back after all these years--hating me more than the day he left.
What he doesn't know is that I've been working to atone for my sins.
I've infiltrated the Vancouver Triad that killed his wife.
Always my protector, he decides it's not safe for me to be in this alone, so he resolves to get me out of the Triad and out of his hair for good. 




Pre-order your copy today!


Amazon: https://amzn.to/3IKqUWd

Amazon Worldwide: mybook.to/CautionToTheWind

Audible: Coming Soon!


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Meet Giana



Giana Darling is a USA Today and Top 40 Amazon best selling Canadian romance writer who specializes in the taboo and angsty side of love and romance. She currently lives in beautiful British Columbia where she spends time riding on the back of her man's bike, baking pies, and reading snuggled up with her cat, Persephone, and Golden Retriever puppy, Romeo. She's a lifetime athlete, playing and coaching basketball, soccer, field hockey, and softball, so she comes by her competitive spirit naturally. A born reader and self-proclaimed geek, she is enamored with mythology, history and all kinds of literature. Before becoming a romance novelist, she was a food journalist, a food blogger, a coach, a French tutor and the owner of a pie company. For the last few years she has been living all over Europe, mostly in her second home France, but she's finally settled with the Love of Her Life in her hometown on an island off of Vancouver. 

 

Connect with Giana


Website: https://gianadarling.com/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14901102.Giana_Darling

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Friday, March 18, 2022

LIVE! A False Start by Elsie Silver + Review

 


✨ NOW LIVE in Kindle Unlimited! ✨
A False Start by Elsie Silver is available TODAY!
Get your copy now! ðŸ‘‰ https://geni.us/afalsestart

🔥 Brother's Best Friend
🔥 Age Gap
🔥 Grumpy/Sunshine
🔥 Forbidden Vibes
🔥 All. The. Feels.

CHRISTY'S REVIEW


This is my favorite Elsie Silver book to date. Age gap romance, brother’s best friend, enemies to lovers. I am always here for these troupes! And I loved being back at Ruby Creek!

As soon as I finished ‘The Front Runner’, I hoped we would get a Nadia book. Nadia is Stefan Dalca’s younger sister and I was intrigued by her. Nadia has been through so much, but she overcame that and had so much growth. Griffin is the grumpiest of heroes and that is my favorite! I loved seeing him overcome his own past and obstacles and be the man Nadia needed.

Nadia and Griffin’s path wasn’t always easy but there was so much worth fighting for. Though they were an unlikely couple, they were perfect for one another.
You’re the happiest accident I’ve ever known. The very best decision I’ve ever made. My reason.


Wednesday, March 16, 2022

5 stars to FAIR CATCH by Kandi Steiner

 


As if things aren’t already tough enough as the only girl on a college football team, Coach had to go and assign Zeke Collins as my roommate.

A cocky kick returner and my brother’s best friend who should have been ripped of that title years ago, he’s as infuriating as he is undeniably sexy.

I hate him, and for good reason — reason I won’t ever let him forget.

He thinks because we grew up together that it’s his role to protect me, but all he does is get in my way, make me look weak, and piss me off more.

I tell him I can handle myself, and I’m hell-bent on getting that point across to him and the rest of the nation watching the only girl in collegiate football.

The pressure doesn’t get to me. The scrutiny? I’m ready for.

But sharing very thin walls with Zeke Collins? I wasn’t prepared for that.

And the more we’re forced together, the harder it is to distinguish that pencil-thin line between hating him… and wanting him.


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Christy's 5 Star Review: 



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“I think I kind of love it when you hate me.”

Enemies to lovers, college sports romance, brother’s best friend, forced proximity… these are a few of my favorite troupes! Put them all together and you get an epic romance book from Kandi Steiner!

Zeke and Riley have known each other since they were kids. Zeke and Riley’s brother Gavin have always been best friends, and Riley used to be friends with Zeke too. Until high school when an accident Zeke and Gavin were in changed Riley’s feelings about him. She went from liking him to hating him. And playing on the same high school team didn’t bring them closer together.

Zeke, Riley, and Gavin all go to the same college their freshman year and Riley and Zeke get a little closer than Riley wants. Riley is a kicker for their college football team and the only woman on the team. I loved this aspect of the book. I think it’s so awesome that Kandi put a female kicker on the team and I love how it shaped Riley and Zeke’s relationship.

They’re teammates, roommates, but they’re still not friends. At least, not at first. With time, Riley starts to remember all the things she used to love about Zeke. And as their friendship eventually grows, so does the other feelings they’re having. I truly felt for Zeke. He has been through so much, some of it Riley had no clue about, and he was a great man and a great hero.

Riley was so awesome. I loved how badass she was. These two had undeniable chemistry and the best back and forth banter. I had so much fun reading this book, but it also had a fair amount of angst and emotion. Also, shout out to Gavin because he was just amazing. I see Kandi is continuing this series and I hope he eventually gets a book! 



Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Shenanigans by Sarina Bowen is LIVE! + Review!

 


What I meant to do in Vegas: Let my hair down for once and celebrate winning a medal at my first women’s hockey all-stars competition.

What I actually did: Got senior prom drunk and woke up married to Brooklyn’s star winger, the great Neil Drake. 

He’s the heir to a billion dollars, and I barely survived my childhood. Our friendship is based strictly only on hockey, takeout food, and smack talk. 

And now holy matrimony. Although we both know it can’t last, especially once his evil family gets wind of our Vegas shenanigans… 

Contains: Meddling teammates, meddling parents, ugly jewelry, and a pretend-kiss that nearly sets the world on fire.



CHRISTY'S REVIEW

Another fantastic hockey book by Sarina Bowen! I love that we're getting characters from both the male and female professional hockey teams. Shenanigans features Charli and Neil Drake. And it's got a troupe I absolutely love. Wake up in Vegas... married.

Drake and Charli couldn't be more different on paper. He's the heir to literally billions of dollars and she played hockey on a scholarship before she made it to the big leagues. But even still, they click. They like each other. This is very much a friends to lovers story.

Charli is a little freaked when she wakes up married but Drake has reasons, family reasons, to stay married for a while. It was fun watching to see what they would do about the whole situation. Drake was the perfect hero. I completely adored him. Charli I really liked too. There were moments I was frustrated with her, but once I knew more about her story I could understand all the choices she made.

Shenanigans was a fun sports romance but it was so much more than that. It had a lot of emotion and depth as well. The audiobook was fantastic and I can't wait to read more in this series!

Story Rating: 4.25 stars
Narrators:Jason Clarke & Vanessa Edwin
Narration Rating: 4.5 stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance- sports
Length: 10h 27m

Friday, March 11, 2022

Cover Reveal: LOVE IS GRAND by Rachel Blaufeld

 



Rachel Blaufeld has revealed the cover for Love is Grand!



Releasing March 29, 2022

With sultry beach vibes, steel-drum music playing in the background, and the smell of coconut and money all around, welcome back to Grand Cayman Island and the Grand Escape.

A true island beauty, single mom Shell needs life to give her one tiny break. Her husband took off, leaving her to work as a waitress and a coffee delivery gal. Surrounded by wealth and extravagance in paradise, she's doing her best to take care of her daughter.

On a whim, Shell takes a quick breather in front of the jewelry store at the posh Grand Escape. Knowing it will be love at first sight with everything in the window, she tortures herself anyway. What she doesn't expect is to meet the man who will soon occupy all her thoughts and dreams.

In command of every situation he's faced with, Caleb Stern is a pro at the bachelor life. He works hard, plays harder, and has no regrets about any of it. That is, until he meets a sweet and sassy single mom in the Caribbean.

Certain he can have a fun time with Shell and let her go, Cal makes secret visits to the island to see her. But falling for this island girl seems to be the one situation Cal can't control.

Both are doing their best, playing the hand they are dealt, until Shell challenges Cal to a showdown. With a spunky kindergartner leading the charge, Shell gives Cal a chance . . . but can he steal the heart of the one woman who has mesmerized him?



Cover Designer: Okay Creations

Preorder your copy today!  
Amazon: http://mybook.to/loveisgrand
Apple Books: https://apple.co/3hfXQdN

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/36dr2jk






Meet Rachel Blaufeld



A recent poll of her readers described Rachel as insightful, generous, articulate, and spunky. Originally a social worker, Rachel creates broken yet redeeming characters. She's been known to turn up the angst like cranking up the heat in the dead of winter.

A devout coffee drinker and doughnut eater, Rachel spends way too many hours in local coffee shops, downing the aforementioned goodies while she plots her ideas. Her tales may all come with a side of angst and naughtiness, but end as lusciously as her treats.

Rachel lives around the corner from her childhood home in Pennsylvania with her family and two beagles. Her obsessions include running, coffee, basketball, icing-filled doughnuts, antiheroes, and mighty fine epilogues.
 
Connect with Rachel
Website | www.rachelblaufeld.com
Goodreads | https://bit.ly/30zXGJz
Amazon | https://amzn.to/3kOayCy
Facebook | https://bit.ly/3oB5F0O
Facebook Group | https://bit.ly/3oKcrkK
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/rachelblaufeld/
Twitter | https://twitter.com/rachelblaufeld
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

New Release: By Any Other Name by Lauren Kate

 

 

From # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about an editor, her bestselling author, and one life-changing secret. With a successful career as a romance editor, and an engagement to a man who checks off all ninety-nine boxes on her carefully curated list, Lanie's more than good. She's killing it. Then she’s given the opportunity of a lifetime: to work with world-renowned author and her biggest inspiration in love and life—the Noa Callaway. All Lanie has to do is cure Noa's writer's block and she'll get the promotion she's always dreamed of. Simple, right? But there's a reason no one has ever seen or spoken to the mysterious Noa Calloway. And that reason will rock Lanie’s world. It will call into question everything she thought she knew. When she finally tosses her ninety-nine expectations to the wind, Lanie may just discover that love By Any Other Name can still be as sweet.

Lauren Kate is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of nine novels for young adults, including Fallen, which was made into a major motion picture. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages and have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. She is also the author of The Orphan's Song, her debut adult novel. BY ANY OTHER NAME is her second adult novel. Kate lives in Los Angeles with her family.

PURCHASE LINK: https://amzn.to/3ISquxT

BBU - Coming Soon