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Releasing Now: Broken Dreams (Whitlock Family #2) by Corinne Michaels

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Broken Dreams by Corinne Michaels is now live! 

What could possibly go wrong fake dating the gorgeous single dad in a small town?

The answer, you fall for him.

It started out perfect. Grady Whitlock needed a plus one for his business meetings, and I needed a date for a wedding.

We had a plan. It was a good one.

Until it wasn’t.

I was not supposed to have feelings for him. I was not going to let my heart race when his soulful blue eyes stared into mine. No way should I have noticed his smile or the dimple on his right cheek or his strong arms when he held me close. I especially wasn’t going to melt when I saw him play with my daughter.

Most of all I was not going to sleep with him.

Nope. None of that was supposed to happen, but it does.

Now I find myself dreaming of him every night. Wishing we were really a couple because the way he kisses me doesn’t feel as if it’s pretend.

But we’ve both watched our dreams shatter, and I can’t handle another broken heart.

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5 Absolutely Perfect Stars

Corinne Michaels always writes the perfect romance. End of. I can always count on her to deliver an emotional, sweet, spicy, and unforgettable romance no matter what book of hers I am reading. I have a literally read all of her books and I have loved every single one. They are some of my all-time favorites. They are truly my happy place. They are what make me so happy, and so grateful that I am a romance reader,m because the love stories and the characters and the emotions and the heart that she so authentically creates, is truly perfect.

Broken Dreams was perfection.

It was everything that I have come to love and expect from this author times 10. It was beautiful and sweet and spicy as hell. It was a story that my heart was immediately in right from the start. It was a book built on the idea that a second chance at love after what feels like insurmountable loss can truly be possible with the right person. It was a story filled with so many incredible characters that have given me all of the feels in so many books, and I truly basked in every second with them all. It was a story of two people who feel just a little bit broken, or a lot at times, but who realize that the other might just be the key to healing after all that they’ve gone through.

This was a story of two people finding each other at the exact right time. This was a beautiful story of something that started off as pretend, but quickly became something. Oh so very real. This is a story of two people finding their way back to themselves, while falling heart first in love with one another.

Corinne Michael’s always delivers the feels. I can always count on her to drown me in them and I love it. I love that her books make me so happy. I love that her books make me feel everything. I love that her books allow me to experience everything with her characters, so authentically and so deeply. I love that her characters are so honest and real. They are complicated and flawed and real, and I love that about them. I love that I can get them and understand them. I love that I believe in them, and that I want to root for them with all that I have because they’re such good people. I love that the way that Corinne Michaels creates them and allows me to connect to them, brings out all of those feelings and emotions through every single page of her books.

Broken Dreams allowed me to experience all of that with Grady and Addison in the best way. Now I have gotten a taste of these characters through other books in this world and in other books by this author. So I was ready to see what could be for two single parents trying to find love after loss. And the thing was, they weren’t really looking for love. I mean they kind of were, at least Addison was, but they kind of weren’t because this book finds them at crossroads in their lives.

They both lost their spouses. They’re both on the precipice of very big things. They’re both trying to heal and make their way through the world of emotion and processing that happens after the loss of your spouse. They’re both trying to find their way, and in the midst of that they find each other. What starts out as something pretend for them soon becomes very real and deep and something unexpected. It’s something that keeps them on their toes. It’s something that knocks them down in the best way and shows them that the other is worth fighting for; that they are worth fighting for. It’s something that takes them so far from where they started and scares them out of their minds. It’s something that makes them want something they didn’t think was ever possible again.

All of that combined with their unforgettable connection, and their hearts that are so pulled to one another, and you’re really just scratching the surface of what made everything with Addison and Grady so phenomenal.

I just love those two. I loved how real they are with one another. I love how they get it. I loved how they get each other and their journeys and how they just always seemed to understand. Even in those really hard and complicated moments, they got it because they’re going through it together and they’ve been through it. The way that they see each other in such a real and authentic way was beautiful. It really was.

I also just have to say that the respect and love that they show for each other’s late spouses was truly so meaningful and heartfelt. Each of these characters had many moments in this book where they thought about, or talked about, or brought up their late spouse, and it was never an issue. Nor should it have been, but I just love how this author showed that both Grady and Addison understood all of these nuances with each other. They understood that it meant something to keep their memories alive. They understood that there would be moments where they would feel complicated things because of what they’ve gone through. They understood that there would be moments where the past would come up and they would have to figure it out, and wade their way through all of those feelings and emotions. They understood with each other that grief is a complicated nonlinear journey that isn’t always easy, but they were committed to being there for one another us, friends, and as more, and that was everything to get and experience.

Throw in the fact that they are two of the best parents around, with some seriously cute kids, and so much connection, and I was smitten. I loved how much these two loved their kids, how much their worlds revolves around their kids, and how committed they were to doing the best for their kids and family. I was truly just enamored with them, and every bit of build up with them was so worth it because boy do those two share some firework level heat when they are together. And the way they push each other to that edge, the way they build each other up, and the way they take you along with them as they crash over is truly unforgettable.

This book truly had it all. It had the romance. It had the fire and connection. It had two single parents finding each other and building something they didn’t think could be real, but that they soon find is so real that it could truly give them everything. It had so much emotion and feels and heart. It was woven so beautifully throughout every part of the story and the way that Corinne, Michaels brings it all to life is truly outstanding. She allows you to breathe it all in and feel it all, and practically touch it all with how real she makes it and not just amplifies everything you get with these characters.

It also had so many moments that I could have just lived in forever. Moments that made me laugh, moments that were so sweet, moments that were spicy as hell, and moments that just showed that these characters were so beyond right for each other. Grady and Addison give each other things that truly help heal them and complete them. Getting to go along with the two of them as they try to find their way and create something new out of something that was once broken was absolutely incredible. It was everything my heart needed, and this author delivered it in the best way. I truly cannot say that enough.

This book and their story and their love and getting everything with them was perfection.

I seriously love the world of this book and getting to be with these characters for 300+ pages was a treat. I also seriously loved how this book and this world are bringing so many other characters from this author’s other books together. It truly makes my heart happy to see them all, and I want every characters book in all of these worlds. I think that speaks to what this author creates with her characters that no matter how many times I’ve read her books and no matter how many more characters and towns, and stories I get, I just want more. And not only do I want more, but I want more with all of my favorite former characters from all her other books along for the ride.

Simply put, I loved Broken Dreams with my whole heart.

I loved everything that Grady and Addison shared together. I loved what they were willing to take a chance on and what that could mean for them and the family they wanted to create. I loved getting to go along with them as they pretended what they shared was fake, but as they realized that there was absolutely nothing fake about what they felt for one another. I loved the heart of this book. I loved the dynamics and the relationships, and just all of the boisterous characters that make this small town a place I always want to be a part of. I loved the moments that made me laugh until my cheeks hurt, the moments that had me blushing,m something fierce, and the moments that had me knowing that these characters needed to find a way. Throw in the fact that these characters are part of a larger family and town and world that I will literally never get enough of, and I was absolutely in love with everything I was reading.

I just loved this book, and I absolutely loved and treasured and basked in every second with Grady and Addison. Those two are kind of the best. And Corinne Michaels does the two of them justice in their story. These two show that a second chance can bring you unimaginable joy and happiness if you allow yourself to take a chance. These two show you in every way through their story that they are very real, that they are so meant to be, and that new dreams can be just as beautiful and just as fulfilling and just as magical as the ones you thought were broken so long ago. I promise that you will love getting all that you do with them, and in the end, you will just be so happy for what you were able to experience and feel with them along the way.

Trust me when I say, there is no resisting the pool of these two and what they give one another. You will treasure every bit of what you get with them and their kids and their friends and their family and this small town of amazingness. But most of all, you will just love what they are able to create and share together. Because it is truly the best, it is beyond meaningful and beautiful and heartfelt, and most of all, it is another perfect love story from Corinne Michaels.

Meet Corinne


Corinne Michaels is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of romance novels. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love, and she enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak before finding a way to heal them through their struggles.

Corinne is a former Navy wife and happily married to the man of her dreams. She began her writing career after spending months away from her husband while he was deployed–reading and writing were her escapes from the loneliness. Corinne now lives in Virginia with her husband and is the emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun-loving mom of two beautiful children.

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Review Post: White Horizons (Horizons Valley #2) by Kathryn Andrews

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“Sometimes in order to put ourselves first, we must be willing to give someone else a second chance.”

White Horizons by Kathryn Andrews is live!

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Clay Johnson

Let me tell you about life-changing moments. The catalyst for mine was standing on a street in New York City, watching the girl I was falling for jump into the arms of another man. Did she know I was there? No. At first I was shocked, then I was angry, for months. Because of this, I finally said, “No more.” No more being second place in my band, with my family, with my friends, or with the women I date. I’ve had enough, and I deserve better. I deserve to be first. The only problem is I can’t escape the girl or her bubbly personality. She’s everywhere I don’t want her to be and trying her best to work her way back into my good graces, which I refuse to allow. I made that mistake once, and I’m never going there again. Ever.

Emma White

I’ve always believed my loyalty to those I love is one of my greatest strengths. If I say I’m in, I’m in and will go down with a sinking ship. Unfortunately, over the last year, I wasn’t just sinking, I was drowning, drowning in a life I had committed to but no longer wanted. Instead, I dreamed of Clay. Clay with his arms that knew just how to hold me, his lips that instantly ignited swarms of butterflies when they touched mine, and eyes that always spoke volumes whenever they were aimed my way. The problem is, he’s made it clear he wants nothing to do with me. I don’t blame him, but I won’t be deterred. The heart wants what the heart wants, and mine wants him. I’ll do whatever it takes. He’s worth it. I’m worth it. I just need him to give me a second chance to prove it.

*****5 Absolutely Amazing Stars*****

They say good things come to those who wait, and boy is that true. I have been waiting 8 years for this book. 8 years longing for Clay & Emma. 8 years desperate wanting more of this world. I have waited for Kathryn Andrews to bring us back to this beautiful world that I have always wanted more of. I have waited and hoped that she would bring us back to this small town full of incredible and dynamic characters that I have loved and rooted for from the start. I have waited and dreamed of what Clay and Emma’s story might entail after getting a sneak peek of them in the first book in this series. I have waited and wanted this book, this story, and this world fiercely, and let me tell y’all…it was well worth the wait.

I would gladly wait another 8 years to get such an amazing story of second chances, music, longing and heart, and so much love and friendship.

Kathryn Andrews completely delivered in White Horizons. She left her heart and soul on the pages of this book and it shows with Clay and Emma and everything they so authentically give you. The music those two create, the magic that exists between them, and the beauty of the two of them and their hearts is utterly incredible and unforgettable.

Trust me when I say that they are worth the wait.

They are worth the longing and angst that exists between them as they reconnect after things went so wrong the first time they were together. They are worth every bit of heartbreak and hurt that exists for them as they try to put themselves and each other back together again. They are worth every bit of hard work and fight these two have as they realize that there is still something beyond worth fighting for between them. They are worth every bit of fire and attraction that exists between them that pulls them together like two strong as hell magnets every time they even think about one another. They are worth every hurdle and step of their second chance at being together and seeing what could be between them. They are worth all of the feelings and heart and love that is right on the surface just waiting for the chance to blossom with the two of them.

They are worth everything.

Clay and Emma are the best. Truly. They are the epitome of the beauty that exists in second chances. They show through every page of their story that they are not only worth it, but that they are so meant to be. They show the world, but more importantly each other, that they may have made mistakes with their relationship in the past, but that they are both committed to showing up for one another and fixing what went wrong because they know there is something there. They know that they can’t stop thinking about one another. They know that their love and what it could bring between them is beautiful and scary and heartfelt and just what they both might need. They know that even after a rocky start and a lot of hurdles thrown their way, they have to find a way to make it work because they are meant to be.

Simply put, Clay and Emma’s story in White Horizons is what the best second chance romances are made of. The longing, the angst, the hurt and feels, the hard fought road back to one another, the fiery connection and pull, the heart and love, coupled with the rightness of these two shows on every page how right they truly are for one another. You will feel that and believe in that through every single word of this book.

Trust me when I say that you will need it all with Clay and Emma, and the way that Kathryn Andrews brings it all to life is truly amazing. Her words give life and heart and vibrancy to every part of these two and every part of what they share. That makes this story so authentic, so compelling, and so beautiful. She just makes everything between them feel so real, so special, and so beautiful. She infuses so much heart into every second with Clay, Emma, and all of the other incredible characters of this world and it makes for one of the best books I have read this year that you feel every breath of.

Like I said at the start of this review, I have been in love with this world of characters for over 8 years. I really can’t say enough how happy it made me to be back with them all. It felt like coming home, back to a place where I truly never want to leave. There is just something special about the Horizons Valley and the people in it. This world has such great dynamic characters that I love with my whole heart. The way they’re all connected, the way they all love and live music, and the way they are all there for one another is truly the best. I can’t wait for all of the stories from this world because I need them all. As soon as humanly possible.

Kathryn Andrews truly outdid herself in White Horizons. She created and delivered an amazing, all-feeling, and unforgettable second chance love story between two characters who are so meant to be. She created a story that made me laugh, made me feel it all, made me blush, made me cry, and that made me believe in the true reconnection of two hearts and souls that complete one another.

Her words brought everything with Clay and Emma to life in a way that I know I won’t soon forget. She not only had me believing in them and their second chance at love with my whole heart, she had me knowing that those two could and would find their way no matter what. She had me knowing that the power and connection and tenacity of those two was on a whole different level, and that’s just part of what made them so special. She also had me wanting and needing those two to find their way something fierce because there was just something so inherently beautiful and right about them and their connection. From the very first page of this book I needed it all with Clay and Emma, and Kathryn Andrews delivered that in spades.

She delivered it all in White Horizons.

If you love a good love story, if you love a story with music, if you love a story with second chances, if you love a story with a ton of heart, feels, and connection, if you love a small town romance with so many unforgettable characters, and if you love a story of two people fighting like hell to find their way, you will LOVE this book. If you just love a damn good love story, you will love this book. If you love a story that makes you feel it all and believe in the power and possibilities of one more chance, then you will love this book with your whole heart.

I promise you that.

Clay and Emma will steal your heart and have you believing in the two of them and all that could be between them from page one…and it just gets better and better from there. Trust me. Those two are ready to wow you with their hearts, their vibrancy, their music, their moments, and their love in this book. They are ready to show you that this time they will find their way and that this time they will make it work, even if they have a few hurdles along the way. They are ready to show you that their connection and pull to one another cannot be fought or denied, and that they will do whatever it takes to show you and each other that this is it, that this is their moment, and that they are endgame.

You will love every second, word, and page with these two. I finished their story weeks again and I still can’t stop thinking about them and all they gave me with their story. They are just that good, that memorable, and that incredible and beautiful together. Their story was beyond worth the wait and I’m just so glad Kathryn Andrews gave us Clay and Emma. They truly were the best and I cannot wait for the next time I’m in Horizons Valley because I want everything from this world and these characters!!

This series is one of my faves for a reason, and White Horizons was the perfect addition to it. It adds another layer of love to a world that I already can’t get enough of and it gives you two characters who are ready to show you that second chances are not only real, but they’re worth believing in and rooting for. Clay and Emma leave their hearts and souls on the pages of this book as they find their way back to each other and it is beautiful and incredible and amazing.

It’s just everything. Just like the two of them.

And they were well worth the wait.

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Review Post: Written in the Ink by S.M. Broad

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Written in the Ink

SM Broad

Diem
I was seven when I met my best friend.
With his caring, hazel eyes and sandy blonde hair, he completely stole my heart.
I was thirteen when I fell in love with him.
Fifteen when he gave me my very first kiss.
And seventeen when I lost him.
Now, five years later, the boy from my past is a man standing in front of me. Only, how do I tell him about the greatest gift he ever gave me?

Hart
I was nine when I met my best friend.
With her sparkling green eyes, brown hair and kind soul, she completely stole my heart.
I was fifteen when I fell in love with her.
Seventeen when she became my everything.
And nineteen when I lost her.
Now, five years later, the girl from my past is a woman standing in front of me telling me that we share more than just memories.

****4 Fantastic Stars****

Written in the Ink by SM Broad was second chance, romance goodness. This book was angsty, it was passionate, it was emotional, it was sweet, it was spicy, and it was everything in between. There is a reason I love this trope, and this author delivered it in a fantastic way. She lays it all out on the pages of this book with Diem and Hart, and I enjoyed every single second of it.

This is the first book I’ve ever read by this author, and I just have to say that I really enjoyed her writing style. Her words made it so easy to jump right into the story. I loved that she showed these characters at so many critical points in their life in a way that really connected me to them. Her words and the way she allowed me to experience them also really added to what I got with these characters. I felt connected to them. I felt like I understood them. I felt like I was living and feeling their story with them. I felt like I understood them and more than that I felt so much care and heart for them. I think that’s a true testament to what she creates that I felt that throughout this book with both Hart and Diem and Bronx, and so many of the other fantastic characters of this world.

If you love a story that has a lot of heart, that takes place over years of time, that gives you a second chance, romance that you will feel so much of, then you’ll enjoy this book. Thrown in with some fiery connection, and some serious spice, this book shows that second chances really do exist, and that soulmates will always find their way back to one another. Hart and Diem proves that through every page of this book. They show that even the mistakes of the past and present can’t keep two people meant to be apart. They show that they are each other’s haves, and that the whole they make together is beautiful and perfect and just about everything.

I consumed this book in one sitting, and I think that’s what this author create but you just want everything with these characters. You want to see them find their way back to one another. You want to see them build a family together. You want to see them feel more of that connection and love together. You want to be in their world with these memorable friends and family members. You want Just more of everything. This author definitely invests you in it and it’s fantastic to experience.

Overall, I really loved this book. I enjoyed these characters, I lived for the journey they went on together, and I loved how this author allowed me to experience every bit and every twist. Intern, that came these characters way. I definitely hope she plans to write more from this world, because I already want so many more stories from these characters, but I also just have hopes of seeing these characters again. The family that is created between Hart and Diem and Bronx melted my heart, and it just made me so happy getting to go along with them as they found their way together. Their love story definitely put you through the ringer a bit, but trust me when I say that it’s worth it.

Those two are definitely meant to be, are written in the stars and all the ink, and the truth of that shines on every single page of this fantastic book.

If you love, emotional books, second chance romances, and stories that follow characters from childhood to adulthood with every piece in between, then you’ll love this book. If you love a good romance, you will enjoy this book. If you love a story that just allows you to get so much with characters and feel so much, then you will love this book. If you love, a love story between two characters that are perfect for one another, then you must read this book.

Trust me, when I say that Written in the Ink is a book that you need in your life this second. It is well written, it is consuming in every way, and it has a beautiful and endearing love story that will own you from start to finish. But more than that it has two characters who are willing and ready to give you everything they have during their incredible second chance at love.

And that? Well that is just the best and makes for a truly good reading experience. I got all of that and more in Written in the Ink with Hart and Diem, and I really can’t say enough how much I enjoyed every single step with those two as they found their way back to one another and back into each other’s hearts.

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Review Post: Where The Light Shines by Kathryn Andrews

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Where The Light Shines

Kathryn Andrews

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With a broken heart and a desperate need to hide from the spotlight, Chicago socialite Rylie Crest flees to a small town on the west coast of Florida to start over. Set on a winding crystal-clear river, under the tall pines and aging oaks, she buys an old abandoned home with hopes to restore it, only to find a specter of the past seems to haunt the river’s edge. Filling her days stripping wallpaper, sanding floors, and discovering the secrets her house has left behind, she fills her nights imploring the river to take her sorrows and set her free. 

But that’s the thing about hiding and secrets, whether we want them to or not, they always have a way of coming into the light.

It’s with the heat of the summer and an unexpected chance at love, Rylie must learn to let go of the past, reveal what she’s been hiding, and only then can she discover what happiness truly is.

Fans of The House on Tradd Street, Under the Tuscan Sun and Where the Crawdads Sing will fall in love with the descriptive, southern charm, laced with secrets and mystery and romance in Where the Light Shines.

*****5 Absolutely Unforgettable Stars*****

There is something truly magical about a Kathryn Andrews book. I really can’t say that enough. This author has such a way with her words and stories that you are fully enveloped with her characters. Every. Single. Time. She makes her stories so real, so tangible, so authentic in a way that is always dynamic and incredible, and this book was no different. This book had it all, and then some.

Where The Light Shines is an enrapturing story of a women’s journey to finding herself, finding who she’s always been meant to be, and finding her home and right place in the world.

This book is a beautiful journey of self discovery, of emotional growth, of life and love and everything in between. This story is one of hope and second chances. It’s a story of finding home, love, and family in the most unexpected of places. It’s a story of renovation…renovation of a beautiful historic home, but more so, renovation of one’s self. Renovation, restoration, and reinvention from the past, the way the world sees you, and what you thought your life had to be.

This story is one of a remarkable and resilient woman who is wiling to do whatever it takes to find exactly the place and person she was always meant to be.

Where The Light Shines weaves together a story of small town magic and charm, while delivering a story of love, a story of secrets and history, a story of a very special river and ghosts, a story of risks and chances, and a story of a woman’s journey to the second chance at the life she’s always dreamed and hoped for.

Kathryn Andrews has truly outdone herself with this book, these characters, and what she delivered in this story. Just when I think she can’t make me love her words more, she goes and does just that. Every word of this phenomenal book shows her true talent as a writer and storyteller. The way she so perfectly and thoughtfully weaves together all of the intricate pieces of this story is absolutely incredible.

She so truly captures and creates everything in the most unforgettable way.

She delivers it all.

Through her writing and words you get Rylie in the truest way. You get her journey, you get her heart, and you just get her. But more than that, you love her. You root for her. You believe in her and everything she’s working and fighting for. You connect to her in the most authentic and deepest way in this book, and it is truly everything. I love that girl with my whole heart, and her story in this book is one that I will never forget. The way you feel it all with her, grow and evolve with her, and the way you just live her story and journey in this book is nothing short of everything you need.

It is also through Kathryn Andrew’s magnificent writing that you get every other dynamic aspect of this story. You get the history of it all, the well thought out intricate pieces that weave together a mystery and a small town that will have you consumed from start to finish. You get the ghost story, the river and house, the “could that really be?” moments, and the magical feeling that infuses itself into every page of this author’s words. You get the small town ambiance and cast of characters that come with this place that you will want to spend the rest of your days with…trust me. (I’m already dreaming of the next time I will get back to this small town and these characters because they are truly special in every way.)

You also get the unforgettable romance and love story of it all too with Rylie and Jake. I love those two so much. They definitely get off to a memorable start, and have their fair share of bumps and hurdles along the way that they have to work their way through, but those two are worth it. In every way possible. They show you that there is something truly there between them that needs to be explored. Their connection, their spark, and the way that it illuminates off the page is phenomenal. Trust me when I say you will want to live your life in those moments with them because they are just that special, that emotional, that beautiful, and that memorable.

Simply put, I love those two and everything they gave me with my whole heart. Getting their love story in the midst of Rylie’s journey and every other fantastic piece of this story was such an amazing piece to this book. Those two are magic in every way, and you will believe in every way that they need to find their way to a happily ever after.

Kathryn Andrews leaves it all on the pages of Where The Light Shines. She delivers an amazing women’s fiction story that has it all. This book has the feels and emotion, it has the mystery and history, it has the romance, love, and connection, it has the small town, southern charm that sparkles on every page, it has SO much heart and emotion…but most of all it has a story of a woman determined to find what she’s always needed and deserved and hoped for. It has a story of her journey to finding herself, finding what could and should be, and finding the past that unlocks all the possibilities for the future.

Where The Light Shines reminded me over and over again why I love this author’s words so much. Through every turn of that page I was swept into this consuming world and story in a way that had me loving everything I was reading. This book truly has it all and more, and I’m just so glad that I had the chance to experience everything so authentically and vividly with Rylie, Jake, and every other amazing character in this story.

I will never forget this book or what it was like to experience this story.

I loved the characters. I loved what I got with them. I loved the journey of it all. I loved the love. I loved how much heart was in this story, how much life and vibrancy was in it. I loved how real and charming it all was. And most of all, I just loved how I felt so connected to it all. All of that heightened my experience as a reader and swept me up into all of the amazingness of this world and story.

Where The Light Shines is the perfect summer read that you need in your life this second. Kathryn Andrews delivers everything you need in this beautiful book. From beginning to end you will be absolutely enraptured with this story, with Rylie and her journey, and with everything this author delivers.

Trust me when I say you need this book in your life as soon as humanly possible. You need the beauty of it, the heart of it, the mystery, the river, the house, the charm of it, and the journey of it. You need everything this author so incredibly captures and creates in this book.

My heart is so full from this book and what I got with these characters along the way. I truly could not have asked for more from them or their story. I have no doubt that this book will remain one of my favorites of not just the summer, but of all time. I really cannot say enough how much I loved this book and story.

It was simply everything and more.

Kathryn Andrews continues to show me why she is one of my favorite authors of all time, and I can’t wait for the next time I get to be completely swept up in her words. (Fingers crossed it’s something related to this world because I need more!) Where The Light Shines is her at her best and I know that you will love this story fiercely, just as I did. It encapsulates every dynamic aspect in the mosh vibrant and unforgettable way, and it will have you loving and cherishing every second with these characters.

Trust me.

Read this book. Live it. Love it. Feel it. Breathe it in and take it in all its gloriousness. Be prepared to be wowed by everything it gives you to experience. And just know that it will give you it all and then some…and that, well that is just the best.

THE. ACTUAL. BEST.

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Review Post: Hats Off to Love by Kathryn Andrews

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If you ask anyone to describe the great state of Kentucky, odds are they’ll most likely answer you with “Bourbon and horses,” but if you ask Rosie May, the only thing she’ll ever respond with is “Derby hats.”

Big hats. Small hats. Elaborate hats. Simple hats. You name it, she loves them all. Every. Single. One. Because of this, she’s always known she would one day own a Derby hat store. At twenty-five, she’s back in her hometown of Louisville, and her dream has finally come true. With the season officially underway, her brand-new shop is gorgeous, the inventory is stocked, and she’s ready to go. Her only problem is William Stokes Whitlock III.

Stokes is tall, insanely handsome, heir to one of the largest thoroughbred farms, and her best friend’s brother. He’s also annoying, incredibly boring, arrogant, and for over half of her life, her sworn enemy. Only now, it seems he needs a favor. As for why, he won’t say.

For two months, she’ll be his girlfriend, and in return he’ll use his society status to help promote her new shop. Seems simple enough, right? Wrong. She thinks his timing couldn’t be worse, but the way he sees it, it’s the best. The best for who—that’s to be determined. 

How do they pretend to be in love when all they’ve ever felt is hate? Can she do this? Can they? Especially knowing it’s fake . . . or is it? 

Can Rosie set aside what she thinks she knows of the boy from her past to see the man standing in her present? With her heart at stake, she has to decide if she’s willing to go against the odds to place the biggest bet of them all . . . on love.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5 Utterly Incredible Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It is no secret that I am a huge fan of Kathryn Andrews and her books. There is just something about the way that she creates her characters and stories that gives me everything. The vibrancy and personalities of her characters, the way her words bring it all to life, the way she captures the feels and the swoon and the pure connection of her characters…it’s just the best.

And let me tell y’all, Hats Off to Love is Kathryn Andrews at her best.

It is exceptionally written and crafted, and every word and page just pulls you in more. It is fun, effervescent, and just full of life and color and more personality than you can shake a stick at! It’s charming and swoony and so dang sweet. It’s a story that has so much heart, such true connection, and a lot of heart that will pull you in fiercely to these characters. This book truly has it all, and I can’t stop smiling when I think about all that I got with these characters along the way.

Simply put, this book was absolutely fantastic from start to finish and it is a book that you need in your life this very second.

Hats Off to Love has it all.

Fake dating. Check.
Frenemies to Lovers….check check.
Best friend’s brother….check check check.
Southern charm and so much swoon….all the checks.

This book was utterly amazing. From the very first page I was consumed, I wanted and needed more, and I had to get it all with Rosie and Stokes. Those two definitely kept me on my toes, and boy was I there for every second of it. They definitely knew how to push each other to the edge, and I was there for every bit of them dancing around the world of feeling and connection they had for one another. Those two will give you it all, and I promise you that they will both make it well worth the journey they go on together.

Hats Off to Love brings you into the heart of the Kentucky Derby season and into the world of southern high society, where the gossip is strong and the hats are even bigger.

This book follows Rosie and Stokes, two people who love to hate each other and push every button possible. They’ve known each other since childhood, and have been bothering each other ever since. So when Stokes comes to Rosie with an offer for them to pretend to be together, Rosie doesn’t know what to do with him or the offer. She’s an up and coming boss babe who is ready to take on Derby season, and he’s a local well known wealthy bachelor who always says the one thing ready to annoy her. He’s her best friend’s brother, and despite him annoying the hell out of her at times, she can’t help but feel a certain pull to him. She decides to take him up on his offer of fake dating because she can’t resist the opportunity to get help with her business and despite their well known animosity, she trusts Stokes.

What ensues between them in this book is fake dating, frenemies to lovers, goodness. This book is chalk full of moments that make these two question what is really happening between them and where it’s going. What started off as something fake, something to mutually benefit them both, soon becomes way more than either of them bargained for. Which leads both Stokes and Rosie to decide what’s real, what’s fake, and what could be.

Kathryn Andrews does the most phenomenal job of bringing this book and story to life in the most vibrant and enjoyable way. From page one I was invested in this story and rooting for these characters, and the more I got with them, the more I NEEDED them to give their hearts to one another. I loved how she created such life and vibrancy with Rosie and Stokes that they felt so real to me. These characters became a part of me as I read their story. I got to know them in every way, I fell in love with them hard and fiercely, and I just became so invested in what could be for them.

The way that Kathryn Andrews pours it all into Rosie and Stokes makes this book the absolute best to read and experience. I think I smiled through every page, had my heart melt and swoon the more the story continued, and just loved these characters through it all. That is all a testament to what this author creates in this book, and it really speaks to how Kathryn Andrews creates her books and stories and characters that I felt all that I did while reading it.

This book just felt so good to read and experience. It made my heart happy, it gave me all the feels, and it gave me a love story that I will never forget. It was equal parts fun, feisty, and fantastic from beginning to end. And it also just shows you that even your wildest dreams are possible if you take a chance, if you believe in yourself and those around you, and if you just go for it heart first.

Simply put, I loved everything about Hats Off to Love by Kathryn Andrews.

This book immersed me in a heart touching romance that made me blush, made me swoon, and that made me feel it all, all while giving me one hell of a love story. This book gave me a romance of two people with a searing connection that will pull them both into something more real than they could ever imagine. This story swept me up into its magical grasp, into a world of southern charm, derby hats and fast races, business dealings, and more vibrancy than I could have ever imagined. This book delivered an exceptional story of how something fake, soon became something so very real and something that was so much more than these characters could have ever bargained for…and that more, well it was everything.

Rosie and Stokes will give you it all in this book. Trust me. They will make you work for it at times, but you will love it and you will love them. You will love how they take this lively and connection filled journey together as they embark on a fake relationship that soon becomes something very real. You will love how deep things become between them and how that makes them both question everything they’ve ever felt and known about one another. You will love the banter and the spirit filled moments that are the heart of this book. You will love how honest and real things become between them and how that leads them to something truly unexpected, yet something so utterly beautiful.

You will just love them. You will love every single moment and morsel you get with them along the way, and more than that, you will just love you get to feel and live it all as they see what could be. And I promise you, they won’t disappoint you. Not one little bit.

Kathryn Andrews has done it again in Hats Off to Love. She brings it all to this story and makes it the most enjoyable read from beginning to end. This is a love story that I know I will not soon forget. It was everything I needed and more, and it has firmly cemented itself as one of my top reads of the year, and a sure favorite from this author. This book had it all, the love, the swoon and spice, the connection and pull, some serious charm, and lots and lots of fabulous hats.

What more could you want? Absolutely nothing. Trust me.

Review Post: The Fake Holidate by Amie Knight

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🎄Office Romance

🦌Enemies-to-Lovers

🎄Forced Proximity

🦌Fake Dating

🎄All of the Holiday Vibes

About The Book

The holidays are all merry and bright… 

Until your sister decides to marry your ex—on Christmas. 

Now I’m heading home to Sugar Mountain for this nightmare of a wedding. 

To make matters worse, my work nemesis somehow convinced me to bring him as my date. 

He’s grumpy and rude—the most infuriating man on the planet. Honestly, forget decking the halls, I’d rather deck him in the face. 

It doesn’t help that he’s unbelievably handsome. But he hates me, or so I thought. 

Until one fake date changes everything. 

Even my family can’t help but fall for his charms. 

He’s blurring lines, confusing things. 

Making me want to jingle his bells. 

I don’t know what’s going to happen after this trip.

All I’m sure of is, faking nice has never felt this naughty.

MY REVIEW

*****5 Fun & Festive Stars*****

The Fake Holidate by Amie Knight had it all!

Fake dating. Check.
Office romance. Check.
Enemies to lovers. Check.
Christmas Shenanigans. Check check.
All the glorious spice and fun…check check mother effing check.

This novella was the PERFECT holiday read. It was all kinds of fun and spicy and heart meltingly good. It truly had everything I needed and more with Clover and Nick. Those two will definitely give you a run for your money, and you will love every single second of it. Those two and their antics, banter, and fiery connection will give you life and you will just bask in it. Seriously.

This holiday novella is all about Clover. You see Clover’s sister is marrying Clover’s ex, and now she has to go back home to Sugar Mountain for the big day. But she obviously can’t show up alone, right? Right. That’s where her enemy coworker shows up. Nick and Clover have been cubicle mates for a year. He is the epitome of hot, but he also likes to push every one of Clover’s buttons. But Nick is about to shock the hell out of Clover when he offers to be her fake boyfriend for her sister’s wedding. Clover reluctantly agrees and that’s when all the fun begins!

Clover and Nick have the BEST banter and connection. It’s fiery, full of so much fantastic tension, and it will have you needing those two to kiss it out already. Let’s just say those two know how to push each other’s buttons in the best way. But more than that, those two also start to feel a whole lot of things for one another over the course of this novella. And that is when the swoon and heart melting comes in…and it’s everything. Nick will have Clover questioning what’s real, what’s fake, and what is really happening between them, and that is just the start of what makes this novella so good. Trust me.

These two deliver it all in this Christmas novella that is equal parts fun, festive, and freaking fantastic!

Amie Knight brings you to the small mountain town of Sugar Mountain, with some incredible characters that you will love in an instant. And let’s just say that I will be counting down the days until I get to go back to Sugar Mountain. This world is my new happy place and I can’t wait for more!

You will love this story just as much as I did, and you will be cheering on Nick and Clover right from the start. Trust me on that. And it just keeps getting better and better the more you read with their incredible chemistry, hilarious banter, and incredibly sweet moments that will melt your heart…among other things. Those two will truly own your heart with what they give you in this story, and it’s the actual best.

The. Best.

If you are looking for the perfect holiday novella, then run yourself to The Fake Holidate by Amie Knight right this second! It’s incredibly written, it has two characters that will give you everything, and it has a story that is perfect for the holiday season. This story has the spice, the personality and spark, and more festive fun than you can shake a stick at, so run yourself to this story right this second.

Review Post: Stolen English by Natasha Boyd

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The problem with a self appointed bodyguard that you have feelings for is that they are right up close and personal every damn day, and when they look like Evan Roark, they’re impossible to ignore.

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Andrea

I didn’t think I’d live another day. It’s been almost ten years since I escaped to a life I could never imagine. And to a man I can only dream about. Evan Roark has been my beacon, he’s been the man who’s shown me that men who are strong can also be safe. After almost a decade, I’m finally ready to take back my life and remember the woman inside me, the woman who wants, who needs, who loves, who feels, who craves … only he’s made it clear I can’t crave him. But I haven’t made it this far to make a new life only to fail now. I want him to be the one to help me erase my past. And if he wants to be all up in my space being bossy and overprotective, and looking so hot, then I can’t help it if I’ll try anything possible to get him to touch me.

Evan

Nine years ago I asked my best friend, Xavier, for a favor, a way to keep Andrea safe. While I run security for him and guard his family against all threats, I can also keep her close. I keep her close, but never touch. But when she paints a target on her back by filing for divorce, I’m forced to make a choice, and it’s her I have to protect. And now she’s calling my bluff, letting me know she’s ready to finally trust another man to hold her, to touch her, to love her… It’s killing me. I want it to be me, but I can’t be both her lover and her protector. If I give in, then I won’t see the threat coming. I know what happens when I get distracted. People get hurt.

But she’s making it so … damn… difficult. 

Set against the backdrop of Southern France in and around a tiny storybook village reminiscent of Belle’s village in Beauty and The Beast, comes a story of a woman whose life was stolen by an abusive husband, and the man who’ll help her remember the woman she is inside.

My Review

*****5 Absolutely Incredible Stars*****

Natasha Boyd continues to be an author who I can count on for an epic and unforgettable and all feeling romance that I will truly treasure. I have read and loved every single one of her books. They are utterly incredible, truly breathtaking and beautiful, and they have given me some of the most epic love stories I have ever experienced. They are truly more in the best way and I really don’t have enough words to really capture what it’s like to experience one of her love stories. They are just that unforgettable and outstanding and utterly amazing to experience.

Stolen English was yet another example of why this author is one of my all-time favorites.

This book was captivating from the very first word. It was bursting with such vibrancy and personality from these characters, and that combined with the fiery connection that was ready to topple them both over in every moment, was literally everything. Combine that with the beautiful setting of this book, the phenomenal characters that make up this world and this family, and throw in just everything that Evan and Andrea were building between them, and you have the making of a perfect love story.

I loved every word of this book. I loved being back in this world with characters that I fell so hopelessly in love with when I was reading Broken French. I loved getting to see Evan and Andrea fight like hell against everything they were feeling, only to feel that glorious tension and build up and connection build and build and build to the point of no return. I loved that underneath these characters taking chances and pushing each other away and figuring out what they wanted, that you always knew it was the two of them. You knew through every word and every turn of that page that they were meant to be together. That they had to find a way to love. That they had to get that happily ever after that they both so deserved.

Feeling and needing that with every breath in my body through every word of this book is honestly just a scratching the surface of what I loved about Stolen English and everything that I got with Evan and Andrea.

Those two definitely make you work for it, but let me tell you, that work is so damn worth it. In those moments when these to push each other to the edge, when they make each other want things they don’t think are possible, when they make each other want more, you feel the truth and the vulnerability and the honesty of all of that. You feel everything with them. You feel how they’re putting their hearts on the line for the one person who truly means everything. You feel how even though they might be scared out of their minds to take that next step, they also need that next step like they need their next breath. And getting to be in the midst of that tension and build up and connection and that push in that pole as they thought to get to where they did in this book… It was truly everything.

Natasha Boyd does the most outstanding job of letting you live this book with these characters in a way that remind you why she is such a gifted and talented writer and storyteller. I felt it all in this book. I felt Evan struggle with the changes going on in his dynamic with Andrea, his struggle with his feelings towards her, his struggles with everything that comes to light in this book, and his struggle to stay away from the one person he has always wanted.

I connected deeply to Andrea‘s story of gaining her life and independence back after being on the run and living in fear for so long. This book was truly a celebration of her fight and her heart and everything she had done to put her self back together again. Getting to be with her as she did all of that and more, while also being with her as she waited her way through the ocean of feeling that she has for Evan was nothing short of perfection.

Combine all of that with how this author allows you to understand these characters deepest fears and worries and insecurities, while also showing how they basically give each other life and make each other stronger is incredible. It pulls your heart in something fierce, it invests you completely and deeply in their own individual journeys and what they are building together, and it has you desperate for every second with them. It has you ready for more. It has you eager to see how they will handle the many challenges that come their way on their road to finally being together. And boy do those to get some bumps in the road in this book, but the way that they handle them, the way that they’re in it together, and the way that they give it their all with their whole heart for the chance to be with one another is truly beautiful. And it’s emotionally breathtaking in a way that will sear you to them and everything they give you.

Natasha Boyd once again brings you back to the world of the Mediterranean, to a group of people who are practically family, and to two characters who are truly destined to be with one another. They have seen each other through some of the hardest moments of their lives, and this book explores how They take that chance at what could be. And that chance scares them out of their ever loving minds, but you will love getting to be with them as they take that leap, as they see what could be, and as they put their hearts on the line one last time when it really really matters.

Evan and Andrea truly give you at all in this book and you will love them. Point blank you will love them and their journey and what comes to be with them. You will love the push and the pull that it takes to get there, you will love how they always keep each other on their toes in the most fantastically infuriating way, you will love how everything with them means so much more. You will love that it’s also real and true between them. You will love that they know the other is the one who changes everything. You will love how even in the hardest of moments for these two, it always comes back to them and what could be and their pull to one another. Couple that with the breathtaking level of emotion and vulnerability you get with them along the way, and you have just part of what makes this book so utterly outstanding.

Stolen English was the perfect follow up to Broken French and it has me BEYOND eager to get more stories from this world. I’m going to need Natasha Boyd to keep writing in this world because it is a place I truly never want to leave. This world is full of life and vibrancy and memorable characters that on your heart fiercely and just the most amazing settings that will truly take your breath away. I am loving the world of these books and I really just want more. So please give us more Natasha Boyd, I beg of you!

I really don’t have enough words to really capture what it was like to experience and read this book. This book and the way this author gives you these characters and their love story is why I am a romance reader. This book is the a pitta me of an incredible love story with a happily ever after that will melt you into a puddle of goo on the floor. And you will love it.

You will love every single second of how these characters bear their souls to one another. You will love how they’re willing to fight like hell for one another even if it means they don’t get to be together in the end. You will love how even through the hardest of moments these characters are with one another, they see each other, they feel everything for one another, and they are willing to do everything possible for the other at a chance at that happily ever after. You will love how that connection sparks and burns and builds and builds in the most glorious way till that moment of unforgettable explosion where all bets are off. You will love how everything with Evan and Andrea feels like so much more. You will love how they love one another, how they are with one another, and how they just truly respect one another.

Simply put, you will love them, you will love their love story, and you will love every single second you get with them in Stolen English.

Natasha Boyd once again delivers an epic and all feeling romance that will make you swoon, that will make you smile until your cheeks hurt, that will have you feeling every emotion possible, and that will just have you utterly in love with her characters and their love and journey to that happily ever after. She wholeheartedly invests you and everything her characters share and go through in the story, and she will have you in every breath of her words in this book as she delivers the romance your heart and soul needs. Through her incredible writing she gives you these characters in the most honest and real way, and then a way that will have you basking in every single second you get with them. Throw in some serious fun and spice along the way and you have the makings of one hell of a love story.

And really that’s just scratching the surface of what makes this one of the best love stories and romance novels that I have read this year.

I love everything about this book and I cannot recommend it to you enough. Read this book, bask in this series, live these love stories with these characters. You will not regret it and in fact your heart will thank you for it because everything you get in this world with these characters through these stories and this author‘s words is nothing short of everything. It is what romance books should be and it continues to show again and again the talent this author has with the written word and with capturing and creating love. I’m truly so thankful that I have the chance to read books like this because they make my romance reading loving heart so beyond happy and I can’t say it enough.

Stolen English was beautiful perfection. It is a story about a woman who fights like hell for a second chance at life, and the knight in shining armor who is ready and willing to do whatever it takes to protect her, to be there for her, and to make sure every one of her dreams come true. It is a story of resiliency, heart and emotion, and so much admiration and adoration between these two. It is a story of two people who are truly destined for one another. It is a story of what happens when that leap of faith and that second chance at it all truly makes all the difference in the world. Because that chance, and that leap of faith? It can truly change the trajectory of your entire life and your love and everything if you allow yourself to have it… And Andrea and Evan are the epitome of that in this book.

They are everything, right along with their amazing love story.

So seriously, just read this book. Read it, love it, and love every single word of it. You will not regret it. Not one little bit. Read this entire series and better yet read every book by this author. You will love every single word she gives you, and you will love the epic an unforgettable love stories you get in this book, and an every other one of her books. Natasha Boyd is truly one of the best, and Stolen English just proves that again and again a million times over.

About the Author

Natasha Boyd (Writing romance as TASHA BOYD) is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, internationally bestselling, and award-winning author of contemporary romance, romantic comedy  and historical fiction.

Her historical fiction novel, The Indigo Girl, takes on the true story of young Eliza Lucas Pinckney and the indigo trade in the 1700’s. It was long listed for the Southern Book Prize and was a Southern Independent Booksellers’ Association OKRA PICK.

Her work is available in English, Italian, Turkish, German, French, Czech, Serbian, Russian and Indonesian and she lives in Atlanta with her husband, two sons, and a Yorkie named Truffle.  She drinks English Breakfast tea before 11 am, is obsessed with honey, and once played the part of Dorothy in a school production of The Wizard of Oz. 

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Review Post: A Wild Heart by Amie Knight

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A Wild Heart, an all-new single mom second chance standalone romance full of heat and emotion from USA Today bestselling author Amie Knight is available now!

I lost a huge piece of myself the day my husband was killed in action.
In the months that followed, I felt like my grief would swallow me whole.
My only solace was my daughter, whose bright light guided me through the darkest of times.

I never wanted to meet someone else.
I vowed to never fall in love again, especially with a marine.

It was supposed to be no strings attached and for a while it was.
But Weston Reeves’s grumpy soul called to my tortured one.
Maybe it was the midnight rides on his bike or the way that only I could make him smile.
He lit me up, set my body afire, and for the first time in five years made me feel alive.

Our relationship was probably the worst gamble I’d ever taken.
But my stupid, wild heart needed him, even if our love was destined to burn me to ashes.

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My Review

5 AMAZING STARS

Amie Knight continues to be one of my all-time favorite authors who consistently delivers some of the most exceptional stories that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Her books own me heart and soul. They take hold of every single one of my emotions, allow me to feel and live and experience everything with her dynamic characters, and give me unforgettable love stories along the way. Her books are truly the best, and the way that she so thoughtfully and purposefully crafts her words elevates every one of her books and characters and moments to the next level.

Simply put, Amie Knight is an author who I can always count on to create a romantic, all-feeling love story that will blow me away from start to finish. 

A Wild Heart was no different. 

In fact, this might be my new favorite of all of her books because this story…this story was PHENOMENAL. It was deeply emotional and raw. It was spicy as hell. It was captivating in a way that felt so authentic and real. It was heartfelt in a way that truly made everything mean so much more. It was layered and so well put together that it had me crying and laughing and melting and utterly consumed from page to page. From beginning to end it created a reading experience and story that I will truly never forget and will honestly treasure forever. 

A Wild Heart was everything and more. 

I loved every single second and word and paragraph and moment that I got with Emily and Weston. Those two definitely know how to show you that a second chance at love is possible, and more than that, that a second chance at love can bring you everything you didn’t even know you wanted if you keep your heart open to it. Those two definitely put you through the wringer a bit, but they also show you that they have to find their way to be together. They show you that they are two halves of a whole that needs to be put together for the rest of time. Those two have a very special way of showing you that they are meant to be. 

Emily and Weston show you and themselves throughout the events of this book that they might’ve had an unconventional start, they might both be fighting the hurt and anguish of the past, they might both be fighting against what’s building between them, and they might both be wondering what in the hell they’re doing and if it’s all worth it, but they also show you that they are beyond worth it. 

They show you that they’re both worth fighting for.

They show you that they are about to turn each other’s worlds upside down in ways they didn’t even think were possible. . 

They show you that a second chance at love can truly give you the world if you let it.

They show you that family and friendship are everything, and that those are the people who will pull you through even the darkest of days. 

They show you that the one person you never expected, the one person you never even wanted, might just be the one person who can heal you and put you back together again. 

They show you that what they feel and build and share together is nothing short of everything. 

What I loved about Emily and Weston is they had both been through so much, so they both knew what was at stake. They both knew what was happening between them was so very real. (Even when they tried to deny it to themselves and others.) They were both fighting like hell to try to heal and keep it together, all while feeling something so true and vulnerable that it scared them out of their hearts. Throughout this entire book you get to be a part of their journey together as they heal from their pasts, as they see if a future together is possible, and as they feel every bit of that fiery pull and connection to one another that they just can’t quit. (No matter how hard they might try.) 

I truly can’t get enough of this book and what I got with these dynamic and unforgettable characters. A Wild Heart is one of the best books I have read this year and will definitely be going down as one of my top reads of the year. Amie Knight wrote a book that lets her talent as an author and storyteller shine on every page, and that shows again and again that she is an author to be reckoned with. Her words truly owned every one of my emotions from start to finish, and she gave me a story that I will absolutely treasure for the rest of time. 

This book checked all the boxes for me. 

It was deeply and meaningfully emotional. It was exceptionally written and crafted in a way that felt so real, so true and honest, and in a way that seared my heart and soul to these characters. This book gave me two characters who fought like hell against what they felt, but who I also knew right from the start had to be together. This story gave me a relationship between a mother and a daughter that truly touched every part of my heart. This story gave me friends and family who were willing to do it all for those they cared about. This story gave me such fire between all of these characters and such glorious possibilities of what could be. 

A Wild Heart made me feel like I was watching and experiencing the most mesmerizing firework display that could be. It was captivating as hell. It was full of glorious color and vibrancy. It was beaming with personality and life that left a tangible spark. It left me in awe and just ready for more. From start to finish I was enamored with it all and blown away by what those fireworks delivered with these characters. 

It was truly the best. 

This book brought me back to a world that I fell in love with so long ago. It’s a world that brought me to Amie Knight and her writing, and it’s a world that I will forever be grateful for because of that. Amie Knight brings you back to the world of her Hearts Series in a way that is fresh, meaningful, and heartfelt. She finds the absolute best balance of giving you a new all-feeling love story and set of incredible characters, while also connecting into the stories and characters that have come before it that make this series what it is. The way that it all comes together equally makes it a great trip back to the most amazing world and series, while also being a phenomenal new chapter that’s a great place to start for new readers. 

I think that speaks to Amie Knight and what she creates with her stories and characters that you get all of that and more in this book. She truly leaves it all on the pages of this book and it makes for a love story that you will never want to have end. It makes for a love story that you will believe in with all that you have and that will have you knowing that that heart will get what they heart wants because there is no other possibility. 


A Wild Heart was consuming, full of fire and connection, and had more emotion and heart than you can shake a stick at. It gives you Emily and Weston in the most authentic and meaningful way from start to finish, and I am telling you that you will love it and them. All of the dynamics and relationships and emotions explored in this book will pull you fiercely to these characters, and that is everything. It’s really more than everything because this author just makes it all mean so much more, and honestly, this review is just scratching the surface of how much I love this book. 

Amie Knight brings it all to this emotionally charged story of a second chance at love that will bring these characters everything they never thought was possible again. Through every turn of this page in this book you will fall deeper and deeper in love with them, what they’re creating together, and what they do to one another. By the end of it all you will know in your heart and soul that they are the exact one the other didn’t even know they were looking for, but that they so vehemently needed. When it all comes together, you will truly be in awe of the beauty and heart you get with these two and it will own you and all of your emotions. Trust me on that. 

A Wild Heart was absolutely incredible and is a book you need in your life as soon as humanly possible. Trust. Me. Amie Knight is at her best in this book and you will love what she gives you with her words and characters. You will be in love with it all and will honestly just bask in the romance, heat, heart, and emotion of it all, while simultaneously knowing with your whole heart that Emily and Weston are two souls who will give each other (and you!) everything. 

Simply put, you need this book, these characters, and this story in your life. So just do yourself a favor and read it. Read it, live it, experience it, and love it all with Emily and Weston. You won’t regret it. I can promise you that, and in the end you will get one of the best love stories that will give you it all. And it truly doesn’t get better than that.

Excerpt

“I just came by to say that a couple of weeks ago was a mistake and it can’t happen again.” I chewed on my bottom lip.
What in the ever-loving hell was wrong with me?
His lip twitched as I heard what sounded like a snort come from his nose. Then he turned away from me and headed back into his stupid garage.
“Did you just snort at me?” I shrieked.
This time he shook his head and chuckled low, completely ignoring me, and went back to work on his bike like I wasn’t even there.
And because I was completely insane, I followed him into that garage and stood a foot from him. “Did you hear what I said? I said it was a mistake. The whole thing. The entire night.”
He nodded, not even looking up from his bike. “I heard you, babe.”
I swung back on the heels of my sneakers. “Well, good.” I turned on those same heels to get out of there like the fires of hell were licking at them.
“But that ain’t why you came all the way out here,” he said so lowly I almost didn’t hear him.
I turned, staring at him even as he continued to ignore me for tinkering with something on his bike. “Excuse me?”
“You heard me,” he said, standing up and finally looking at me. “You didn’t come over here just to tell a one-night stand the whole thing was a mistake.” He prowled toward me slowly, still cleaning his hands with that rag nonchalantly like he wasn’t coming toward me like a lion stalking its prey.
And I’d somehow managed to corner myself in the back of his garage, as far away as possible from the garage opening. Still, I raised my chin and straightened my spine. “Why the hell did I come all the way out here then?” I started walking myself backward even though I was putting on a brave face.
Tell me. Tell me why I came all the way out here and give it to me. Make me forget.
When he’d finally cornered me in the garage right next to what appeared to be the door to enter his house, he smiled like the cat that ate the canary and my skin prickled even as I felt my nipples harden beneath my shirt.
Oh, God.
He dropped the dirty rag and brought his hands up on either side of my head, caging me in against the wall. “Come on, baby.” He ran his nose down the length of mine and my breath caught. “We both know why you came here.”
I lifted my chin in pretend defiance when all I wanted to do was lick the seam of his gorgeous, supple lips.
“Hmmm, what did I come here for then?” I whispered, feeling dizzy and hot, a deep ache between my legs that I’d never felt before.
He smelled like motor oil and soap and God, it took everything in my power not to grind against his leg that was pushed between mine.
He gave me a barely there smile that never quite met his eyes. “You came here because you missed me,” he growled, moving further into my body even though I’d thought we were as close as two people would get.
My nipples rubbed against his chest and I could feel his heart beating against my own. Our breaths mingled as I trembled against him, but he was wrong. I hadn’t missed him. But I had missed this.
I gave him a smile of my own as I moved my hand between us and rubbed the hard length of him, squeezing at the base. “Oh, honey, I haven’t missed you a bit, but I have missed him.”
A low chuckle echoed throughout the garage that sent goose bumps across my skin before, suddenly, my body was turned, my front pushed crudely against the wall until I was forced to turn my face to the side to avoid hurting my nose.
I panted, my heart thundering wildly in my chest. He was right. This was what I’d come for. The feeling of floating. Being weightless. The high of his body touching mine. The way it made me forget. The way it made me feel alive.

About Amie Knight
Amie Knight has been a reader for as long as she could remember and a romance lover since she could get her hands on her momma’s books. A dedicated wife and mother with a love of music and makeup, she won’t ever be seen leaving the house without her eyebrows and eyelashes done just right. When she isn’t reading and writing, you can catch her jamming out in the car with her two kids to ’90s R&B, country, and showtunes. Amie draws inspiration from her childhood in Columbia, South Carolina, and can’t imagine living anywhere other than the South.

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Releasing Now: A Wild Heart by Amie Knight

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He lit me up, set my body afire, and for the first time in five years made me feel alive.

A Wild Heart, an all-new touching and angsty single mom second chance standalone romance in the Heart Series from USA Today bestselling author Amie Knight is live now!

I lost a huge piece of myself the day my husband was killed in action.
In the months that followed, I felt like my grief would swallow me whole.
My only solace was my daughter, whose bright light guided me through the darkest of times.

I never wanted to meet someone else.
I vowed to never fall in love again, especially with a marine.

It was supposed to be no strings attached and for a while it was.
But Weston Reeves’s grumpy soul called to my tortured one.
Maybe it was the midnight rides on his bike or the way that only I could make him smile.
He lit me up, set my body afire, and for the first time in five years made me feel alive.

Our relationship was probably the worst gamble I’d ever taken.
But my stupid, wild heart needed him, even if our love was destined to burn me to ashes.

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Review Post: The Difference Between Someday and Forever by Aly Martinez (Difference Trilogy #3)

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The world took everything from us.
And we would stop at nothing until we took it all back—forever.

The Difference Between Someday and Forever, the much anticipated and stunning conclusion to The Difference Trilogy from USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez is now live!

The world took everything from us.

As survivors of not only a plane crash, but two other impossible tragedies, we’d more than earned a life of peace. But time and time again, we were shown that fate had no intention of giving that to us.

Remi and I were soulmates. Plain and simple. Our love should have died in the depths of our darkness, but the sun still exists even when it’s not shining.

The secrets of our past threatened to destroy us at every turn, but for Remi, I would never stop fighting for our future.

The world took everything from us.
And we would stop at nothing until we took it all back—forever.

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*****5 Absolutely Amazing Stars*****

There are so many things that I want to tell you about this book and the absolutely magnificent ending that Aly Martinez crafted for Bowen and Remi. I want to tell you everything. I want to tell you how this last book, this epic and unforgettable ending, delivered it all. I want to tell you about how this book made me cry, made me laugh, made me blush, how it literally stole my breath multiple times. I want to tell you all of the things that made this book and this trilogy absolutely amazing. I want to give you every single detail and more sol that makes this story one of the best stories that I’ve ever experienced.

I want to tell you everything, but I can’t do that For a couple of reasons. One, because spoilers ain’t cool. Two, because my words will never do this authors words justice. And they deserve every bit of damn justice for what Aly Martinez creates and gives you in this book and ending. And three, this ending is one that you just need to experience for yourself.

Trust me when I say that.

I am an ending person. There is just something so utterly spectacular about a good ending. When you’ve spent a long amount of time with characters, when you’ve been able to understand every piece of them, when you fall and heart first in love with them and just traveled and experienced it all with them, you want an ending that they deserve. You crave that satisfying conclusion that delivers everything. You desperately hope and pray that the author will bring together an ending that will give you everything and more that you needed with the characters you loved from the start.

Good endings are what I live for as a reader. A good ending is what makes my reader heart happy. They are one of the many reasons why I love a good series, and I knew coming into this last book of this trilogy that I wanted the most epic and emotional and unforgettable ending for Remi and Bowen. And let me tell you, I got the most perfect ending for those characters in this book.

What Aly Martinez so beautifully and breathtakingly and thoughtfully creates in this last book with them will truly blow you away. It will eviscerate all of your heart and emotions. It will simultaneously heal every broken piece of you and them as they fight for their love. It will keep you on the edge of your seat through every twist and turn that comes their way. It will have you in all of what you get with them, what you feel with them, what you come to understand and live and take in with them. It will deliver everything you didn’t even know you needed with them. And I promise you it will also answer every single question you’ve had about their story and their journey together.

I truly could not have asked for a more fitting an epic conclusion for Remi and Bowen. Those two are soulmates. Those two are complicated and amazing and messy and wonderful characters that have owned my heart from the very first page of this series. Getting to see the two of them face every hurdle, every heartbreaking moment, and every bit of in between, has just seared them to me. They have permanently burrowed themselves so deep in my heart, so to say that I needed them to get that ending they deserved, is literally putting it too mildly.

I needed EVERYTHING for them.

I needed them to heal. I needed them to get the answers they sought. I needed them to be okay. I needed them to believe in themselves and each other. I needed them to experience more of the beautiful and absolutely mesmerizing love that they gave one another. I needed them to get the happily ever after that they had fought so damn hard for.

I don’t want to ruin anything about that ending that they so epically and magnificently give you, and I don’t want to spoil anything, but let me just say… I was not disappointed in what I got with those two at all. Not one little bit. They delivered it all and then some, and they gave me an ending that was beyond worthy of their journey and story together.

What Aly Martinez has delivered and created in this epic trilogy is something I will never forget reading.

This trilogy is a story of two characters who have a literally been put through the wringer. Two people who are soulmates, who are the endgame we all root for, but who have what feels like insurmountable challenges in front of them. They go through it all in this series. They have to fight for it. They have to put their hearts on the line. They have to be willing to feel everything and give it all for the chance and experiencing the love that they share. Their story will break your heart. But it will also give you life. It will put you back together again. It will amaze you in every way with the depth of what they share and feel. And while it might not be easy and it might not always be pretty, it is beyond worth it. And it is one of the most epic and exhilarating and all feeling romances I have ever had the pleasure of reading.

This book allows you to feel everything with Remi and Bowen. It allows you to understand their choices, their motivations, their drive, and every facet of their hearts and souls. It allows you to remember again and again why you need them to be together and find that chance at a forever live after everything they’ve been through. It shows you on every page why they are meant to be and it reminds you that the level of what they feel for one another and the emotion of it all is so beyond beautiful and breathtaking and just utterly spectacular. Getting to experience and live that and practically touch all of that with them as they fight like hell for one another and their love is absolutely everything.

It truly is.

I really don’t even have the right amount of words to accurately capture what Aly Martinez delivers in this final book. This story has kept me on the edge of my seat from the very start, it has made me cry all of the tears, and it has made me feel just about every emotion possible. There have been moments that have shattered me. Moments that have given me everything. Moments that have truly stolen my breath with what these characters go through and experience. Moments that have made me laugh my ass off and moment so full of joy and elation that you will feel the warmth and the happiness emanating from these characters and those moments. All of those moments come together in this final book to deliver the ending that these characters deserve.

I never could’ve asked for a better ending than what I got in this final book for Remi and Bowen, and the way that this author so thoughtfully and intricately brings together their story for this final chapter just reminds you again and again why they are meant to be, why they are truly soulmates, and why no matter what happens, those two will always find a way.

This book was the perfect conclusion for this absolutely mesmerizing and consuming love story, and it honestly was a shining example of why this author is one of the best authors I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. The way that she crafts her words, the way that she allows you to live and feel everything with her characters, and the way that she pushes them as characters just as much as she pushes you through every moment of her story, lets her writing and storytelling talent shine. This author immerses you in this world for a final chapter that will make you feel everything under the sun, that will show you that soulmates are definitely real, and that will show you love can truly see you through anything and give you the world, if you keep yourself open to it and fight like hell for the chance to have it.

Remi and Bowen make this ending theirs and I promise that if you have loved every book in this trilogy, you will not be disappointed in this ending. Not one little bit. This author culminates the story in a way that you will never forget and in a way that will have you feeling everything well after you reach that last page.

I finished this book days ago and I still can’t stop thinking about the ending and what I got with these characters. I still can’t stop feeling the heart and the emotion and the meaning behind what they built and shared in this entire trilogy, but especially in this last book. And I especially can’t stop loving every single thing about them.

Those two made me smile until my cheeks hurt, made me laugh so hard, shocked me to my core to the point that I literally lost my voice while reading their story because I was so taken with everything they threw my way. They made me cry so hard I hurt my sinuses, they physically hurt my heart, but they also put me back together again in a way that I will never forget. They showed me what it meant to feel everything, to love with your entire soul and being, and to fight with all you have for the chance at love and happiness and forever.

Aly Martinez so thoughtfully and magnificently crafted the perfect ending to a love story that I will never forget reading. This book captured the fire of these characters, every facet of their hearts and souls, and it emanated with one of the most epic and deep and true love stories that I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. The way that it all comes together will blow your mind and your heart away, but will also have you knowing that you’ve just read the most fitting ending to the most incredible love story…and it doesn’t get better than that.

Remi and Bowen will always own a part of my heart after what they gave me in this trilogy. They may have made me work for it, and they may have made me shed quite a few tears along the way with them, but they made it so beyond worth it. They are love and the possibilities of them and everything they give you is so beyond worth it. They are so beyond worth it.

Their love story is one of fate, heartbreak, spark, connection, every single emotion, and a hell of a lot of paperwork….and boy is it everything.

So much glorious everything that will give the world and them and their love.

In the end, getting that, feeling that, living and experiencing that, and just being in the presence of that and them and their epic, feel it in your bones and marrow of your soul, love, is the absolute best.

The. Absolute. Best.

Excerpt from The Difference Between Somebody and Someone

“Sorry, is my mood killing your buzz?” I asked.
Her blue eyes sparkled in the glow of the airplane reading light. “It really is.”
I shook my head and went back to mindlessly flipping the pages of a magazine I’d bought at the terminal back in Colorado. I’d picked it up with hopes it would be a distraction from the cyclone raging within me on our way back to Atlanta. The minute she ordered that drink, I’d known it was a lost cause.
Her hand came across the armrest and landed on my thigh. “Bowen, stop. It’s not a big deal.”
It was the truth. Compared to everything we’d been through, our house could have been swallowed by a sinkhole and it wouldn’t have been considered a big deal.
Honest to God, I was lucky to still have her at all. It had only been nine months since we’d met, but we’d lived a thousand lives in that time. Unfortunately, that also meant we’d died almost as many deaths.
Terrifying, tortuous, agony-filled deaths.
We’d also found love though—immeasurable amounts of it.
I stared down at her engagement ring. I’d cashed out a huge chunk of my savings account and still had to open a line of credit with the jewelry store to buy the three-karat princess-cut ring. The payment was roughly the same as I paid for my truck each month, but the tears in her eyes as she’d sat in her hospital bed, clutching it to her chest the day I proposed, made it all worth it.
She was worth it. Every day, every tear, every worry-filled minute shaved off my life.
I’d do it all again.
If only I weren’t so helpless to save her. I loved that woman. Whole heart. Whole soul. Bend me, break me, crack me open and she would have been there. No matter how bad it got, she was always a part of me.
I wasn’t sure anymore if she could say the same.
“Bowen,” she whispered, just as she’d done so many times before. It was a plea. One she knew I’d answer no matter the situation. No matter how mad I got. No matter how much I feared losing her again.
My gaze instinctively lifted to hers.
She smiled and the sight caused an ache in my chest. It was a lie.
God, I missed her smile.
“Baby, I’m okay.” She tilted her head to her drink. “I hate flying. That’s all this is.”
That was a lie too.
My shoulders fell and a loud breath tore from my burning lungs, but I let myself pretend, my mind going back to a time when it could have been the truth.
I thought of the nights we’d shared multiple bottles of wine and made love, laughing and moaning under the covers until the sun crept across the horizon. She’d rested peacefully in my arms. No nightmares. No crying in her sleep. No insomnia. Just even breaths, her head on my shoulder, and her body wound around mine so tightly it was like a second skin.
But that was the past.
The unreachable, insurmountable past.
The plane jerked, forcing me back to the present.
“Shit.” She moved her hand off my thigh to grasp her drink as it sloshed all over her. “Crap, crap, crap,” she chanted, using a cocktail napkin to dry the dark-red pool of tomato juice on her white pants.
For a moment, I sat there and watched her struggle. It wasn’t the most chivalrous thing to do, but I was all out of grand gestures.
She unbuckled her seat belt and lurched to her feet, her phone along with a handful of ice cubes from her lap falling to the floor. “Damn, this is going to leave a huge stain.”
The plane jerked again and she stumbled forward, crashing into the seat in front of her before I could catch her arm.
“Dammit, sit down before you get hurt.”
Ignoring me, she bent over to fish her phone from under the seat. “Hit the button for the flight attendant. I need some club soda and a lemon. STAT.”
“No, what you need is to sit down.”
I gave her arm a tug and dragged her down to the seat. Using the tip of my boot, I swept her phone toward her. Aforementioned lack of chivalry aside, I was no contortionist; leaning over to pick it up was out of the question.
She folded her upper body over my lap and blindly patted around the floor. I fought the urge to run my fingers through the back of her hair. In the beginning, it would have been a no-brainer. I’d have curled forward and suggestively whispered in her ear, “Since you’re already down there…”
She would have grinned up at me, her whole face filled with mischief as she traced a finger over my zipper, ignoring anyone who dared to watch her as she replied, “You mean down here?”
I’d have grabbed her hand and made her stop even though I was the one who had started it. She had no filter. She always took it one step too far. I’d loved that about her when we’d first met. It was fresh and exciting, a far cry from the stuffy women I’d dated in the past.
But now, she was in the past too.
We were in the past.

About Aly
Originally from Savannah, Georgia, USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez now lives in South Carolina with her four hilarious children.
Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys movies that can surprise her with a twist, charcuterie boards, and her mildly neurotic golden retriever. It should be known, however, that she hates pizza and ice cream, almost as much as writing her bio in the third person.
She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a glass of wine by her side.

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