Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Adventurous Love by Lea Coll {a review}

Adventurous Love by Lea Coll is now live! Adventurous Love is an all new small town romance by author Lea Coll, set in her Mountain Haven Series. And oh if this book ever isn't appropriately titled!

Let's return to Telluride shall we?

In Adventurous Love we catch up with Henry Rigby. He is Gray's best friend, and these two are like brothers. So when Gray and Elle ask him to help out with their upcoming wedding, he naturally says yes. Enter Kelsey. She is Elle's childhood friend, and has been asked to be the Maid of Honor at the wedding. Kelsey cannot turn down the opportunity, and is excited to experience everything that Telluride has to offer during her two week stay. Shortly after arriving, Elle asks Kelsey if she'll work with Henry to make sure things go smoothly for the big day. As if Elle even needed to ask! Kelsey is looking forward to her time off from work, spending time with her friend, and exploring this community. There just happens to be some down time for Henry and Kelsey, so Henry decides to show Kelsey around and take her on some adventures. After all he is considering adding these services to the resort, so why not try it out with her?

I loved this story. I loved the forced proximity. I loved the instalove aspect. I loved the grand gesture after the big dramatic moments. And of course, I loved the happily ever after. Then there's all the adventures that Henry and Kelsey went on. SO MUCH FUN! So many memories were made, and I really think it helped our characters to bond. My favorite though might have been the snowball fight. These two are certainly competitive! Which makes reading their adventures so much more enjoyable. While reading Adventurous Love, I was a bit distracted by Piper Rigby. Every time she made an appearance (which wasn't often), or was talked about, I found myself wondering what her story was. Why is Piper the way she is? What is it that is affecting her so much that she's withdrawing from her family, and comes across as a bit standoff-ish? Yes, Kelsey nailed a few things on the head when she was explaining her viewpoint to Henry, but there's more. I can feel it. THANKFULLY Lea Coll tells me that Piper's story is next! So my answers are coming!

If you are looking for a small town, instalove story with some forced proximity, then go read Adventurous Love. I think you'll enjoy it. I know I did. It also has me curious about Telluride. Thank you for taking time to read my thoughts. I appreciate you stopping by. Happy reading.

Laura

~Kelsey~
I don't do small town, country living. The hustle and bustle of New York pumps through my veins. Still, when a dear friend invited me to stand up in her wedding, I decided to embrace all Colorado had to offer. I was expecting mountainous terrain and outdoor adventures. Instead, I found myself face to face with the ruggedly handsome Henry Rigby—a lumberjack fantasy come to life. It was supposed to be a short trip. Yet the time we spent together made New York seem farther and farther away...

~Henry~
As best man, I promised the groom I would show Kelsey a good time. I considered her one of my groomsmen responsibilities... until I saw her. Far from the high-maintenance New Yorker I expected, she was working that alluring girl next door look. Still, I had sworn off commitment and she had major trust issues. Feelings shouldn't have factored into our time together. But, the vulnerability beneath her steadfast independence called to me. And, for the first time in a long time, I found myself regretting I couldn't offer her the commitment she deserved.

Download today!

Amazon | Apple Books | Nook | Kobo

Add Adventurous Love to your Goodreads TBR!

Meet Lea Coll

Lea Coll worked as a trial attorney for over ten years. Now she stays home with her three children, plotting stories while fetching snacks and running them back and forth to activities. She enjoys the freedom of writing romance after years of legal writing.

She currently resides in Maryland with her family.

Connect with Lea

Thank you to Lea Coll, and Grey's Promotions, for providing me with an advanced copy of Adventurous Love.

Monday, October 4, 2021

King of Hearts COVER REVEAL!!

🖤🖤 𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗟 🖤🖤

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗼𝘇 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀! 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲!

Failing out of college wasn’t on my dream board.

Neither was getting knocked up.

Just the same, here I am, ready to start another year at Rake Forge University, pregnant and currently homeless.

And it looks like I’m not the only one who’s returned.

Juan Hernandez, my sister’s best friend, saunters through campus with that granite jaw and those raven strands of hair kissing his brow, his whiskey eyes searing everyone to ash.

I’ve avoided him for months, but the second he sees me, the jig is up.

The first thing he does is steal my lips in a ravishing kiss.

A punishment.

The second thing he does is rescue me from sleeping in my car.

A lesson.

Living with him will never work, not with how brash his words are, how hot his constant stare is, or how he touches me.

His fingers brand my skin as if he owns me, and on some level, I know he wants to.

What he doesn’t know is that I belong to another man…and come my twenty-first birthday, I’ll return to him whether I want to or not.

Pre-order now on AMAZON UNIVERSAL!

Add to your Goodreads TBR!

Meet Ashley Munoz

Ashley was born in Nebraska, but raised in Oregon where she lives with her four children and husband. If she's not helping her husband with DIY projects around the house, she's writing or sneaking off to a corner to read.

Connect with Ashley

October A to Z

Back in January I had these grand plans to participate in three reading challenges. I started off strong, and about midway through, it all just stopped. I stopped looking at the prompts. I stopped filling in the blanks on my blog, and honestly I deleted those pages all together. I just gave up as I was overwhelmed with everything.

Now here it is October, and I'm wanting to participate. So I figured why not just do October A to Z. Fill in each letter whether it is the title of the book, the author's first name, or the author's last name. Let's see how many letters I can complete! We all know Q, U, X, and Z are going to be the troublesome letters, but I have a good feeling.

Bookstacks and Golden Moms has a specific prompt for October, and I think I'll utilize that for a mini challenge. Looking at my calendar, this should be "easy" to fulfill since I have so many ARCs scheduled.

A book written by a new to you author

My "plan" as of right now is to update each week. That way I can visually see my progress, and know which letters are left to fulfill.

If you'd like to join in with me, please do so! You could even double up by working in the title and author, so it would knock out two letters.

Saturday, October 2, 2021

Coming Soon from VH Nicolson

Release Date: November 6

Seven years ago my soulmate got married.

To someone else.

Fraser farmer broke me. Made me incapable of loving again.

Seven years later he’s back, whispering I love you.

He’s gorgeous, magnetic, successful, an athlete at the peak of his game.

But behind his picture perfect life and family, lies a precarious path of deceit and anguish and a vicious sports agent on the warpath to destroy him.

He’s a prisoner in his own life. Held captive.

He still belongs to someone else.

Can I help set him free?

And can he be the one to uncage and heal my dying heart?

I have two options.

Fight alongside him, or have my heart broken again.

Do I even have a choice, or were we always inevitable?

------

Inevitable Ella is a standalone steamy second chance sports romance full of twists and turns. It features Ella, a feisty ice-blond bombshell dancer and Fraser, a sexy powerhouse pro golfer. It’s an intricate love story involving scandal and extortion. It’s a perfectly blended full-length romance filled with heat, emotion, and a Happy Ever After, with no cliffhanger.

Inevitable Ella is Book 2 in The Triple Trouble Series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but have cross over characters.

Pre-Order Your Copy Here!

Meet VH Nicolson

VH Nicolson is an emerging author of contemporary romance and wrote her first book during lockdown, and is now completely smitten with writing love stories with happily ever afters.

VH Nicolson was born and raised along the breathtaking coastline in North East Fife in Scotland.

For more than two decades she’s worked throughout the UK and abroad within the creative marketing and design industry, as a branding strategist and stylist, editor of a magazine and sub-editor of a newspaper.

Married to her high school crush, they have one son.

She has a weakness for buying too many quirky sparkly jumpers, eating Belgium buns, and walking the endless beaches that surround her beautiful Scottish hometown she’s now moved back to.

Connect with VH Nicolson

Hosted By

Friday, October 1, 2021

Snipe by Mary Morano {a review}

It's that time my friends. Time for yet another new hockey romance book release. You know me, I'm not complaining. I love sports romance, and will read it any chance I can. You may recall me talking about the book Open Lanes. That was the first book in the Mooseheads Hockey series by Mary Morano. I loved it. So to say I have high hopes for Snipe would be an understatement. Let's head back to the college campus in Maine, and see what happens with Justin and Becca.

Oh, if you're wondering about tropes, I have info for you on that. We have surprise pregnancy, as well as found family. Snipe is also a slow burn, so if those are your jam, well then stay tuned.

Becca is from a small religious town a few hours away from campus. Her parents are quite strict, and to say they do not approve of her choice to attend college at Monroe University would be an understatement. They'd prefer that she remain at home where they can keep an eye on her, and convince her that she needs to marry her boyfriend from high school. Becca is an independent woman though, and she's not putting up with it. All is fine in her world, until the day that Justin walks into the classroom, and sits down right next to her. Moments later they find out that they are going to be teamed up all semester, and the info they have to tell each other is a sensitive topic for Becca. These two set up a time to meet, and of course Justin is running late. He may say he likes to be on time, but right now things just are not working in his favor. Thankfully he has a little down time before the hockey season starts, and he needs to focus on his assignments. Yet there is something about Becca that is making that a bit difficult. One thing leads to another, and these two end up spending a night together after a party. Neither remembers much about what happened, but Becca's about to find out that while protection may have been used, it wasn't effective.

I am loving this series from Mary Morano! I am falling for the characters and the setting. She has hooked me in. In Snipe, I found myself angry on Becca's behalf. Not only with Justin and the BS he put her through, but also with her roommate and her parents. Heck I'm still angry with her parents. UGH. Justin is a sweetheart. This man is compassionate, friendly, outgoing, and not to mention focused. When he loves, he loves hard. How everything played out in this book was interesting to read. From their initial introduction, to the meet up in the library, to what happened at the party, and life after that party, it was all so good. I also really enjoyed how Justin's teammates, and coach, was by his side when he needed them the most. He had that support system, and that was much needed. Loved the book, loved the characters, loved the dramatic moment, all of it. Highly recommend Snipe.

Can I just tell you one nit picky thing that I didn't like? Heck it isn't even about the content of the book. Nope. It's the cover. I'm sorry, but this cover is a big miss for me. I don't know if it is the smile, the back ground, or the tattoos, it just doesn't feel right for this book. Yes, I mean Justin's nickname is Tattoo, and I'm not disliking the tattoos on the model, but they look fake. Ugh, I'm sorry. Like I said, it has nothing to do with the story, but still.

Thank you for taking time to read my thoughts on Snipe. If you are a fan of college romances that feature an athlete, then I hope that you'll give the Mooseheads Hockey series a try.

Laura

Serious relationships are NOT meant for College... At least that’s what Justin believes. As a member of the Mooseheads Hockey Team, Justin is known for three things: Hats, Parties, and giving the best advice around. As he starts his junior year of college at Monroe University, he knows it will be the best one yet. Life is going great for Justin, until Becca stumbles her way in. When she tells him she’s pregnant after a drunken one night stand that neither can fully remember, he’s left with a choice. Will he step up and be the man they need him to be, or will he run away like his own parents did?

This story is told from both Justin and Becca’s POV. It involves themed college parties, lots of different hats, and some interesting ideas for baby gifts.

The Mooseheads Hockey Series is a set of standalone hockey romance books. They can be read separately, but may be better enjoyed in order.

Purchase Snipe here!

Add Snipe to your Goodreads TBR!

Meet Mary Morano

Mary is a single mom who decided to take her own advice and follow her dreams of being an author. She's a New York Islanders Fan and can be often found driving her kids to one of their many sports activities. She enjoys reading, and watching Harry Potter, Avengers Movies, and SVU. You can find her on social media, and she would love to hear from you!

Connect with Mary Morano

Hosted by:

Thank you to Mary Morano, and Wildfire Marketing Solutions, for providing me with an advanced copy of Snipe.