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Releasing Now: Wildflowers and Wide Receivers by Kathryn Andrews

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Wildflower and Wide Receivers is a second-chance, contemporary sports romance about our hero who unexpectedly becomes a single guardian over his five-year-old niece and the one who got away.


When fate throws a second chance . . . catch it.
Jonah Dallmann
Over two years ago, I met a woman on New Year’s Eve, and it was the best night of my life. That
is until the next morning when it became the worst.
One voice message. One swerve over a double yellow line. One little girl, my niece, that’s now mine.
It hasn’t been easy, these things never are, but we’re trying. Now, I’m twenty-six, and determined to be
the best wide receiver on our team, while she’s seven and spends her days reading books and dancing
ballet.
Only, I haven’t just grieved the loss of my brother, but her too. My heart has ached for what could have
been, and what I had to let go. I know what I did to her was wrong, unfortunately, I never had an
opportunity to explain that at the time I thought I was right. But as the door opens and she steps in
wearing green scrubs and a long white coat, shock ripples through me and hope that I might finally get
the chance.
Sophie Black
I always wondered if this day would come, but I never expected to see him here, with her, in one of my
patient rooms. He’s even better looking than I remember and giving off single dad vibes, too, as he
cares for his adorable niece. A niece I didn’t know he had.

I was surprised when he asked if he could see me again, but I instantly declined. Fool me once, shame
on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Only now we keep running into each other, and I’m confused. Is
fate throwing us a second chance, and if so, should I catch it?

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*****5 Utterly Incredible Stars*****

It is absolutely no secret that Kathryn Andrews is one of my favorite authors of all time. I have been reading her books for over a decade now, and she has consistently delivered phenomenal romances that have stolen my heart, that have given me unforgettable and dynamic characters, and that have brought to life the most consuming love stories I’ve had the pleasure of reading. She is one of my favorite authors for a reason and every time I start to read one of her books I just fall in love with her writing and what she creates with her character so authentically. When I sit down to read a book by her, I know I’m going to feel and live and experience every breath of what she creates and that is honestly just part of what I love about her books so much.

From the very first page of Wildflowers and Wide Receivers, I was addicted. I was hooked. I was consumed. I was in it with all that I had with these characters. Jonah and Sophie stole my heart. From that very first moment, from that very first night of the two of them, I was in it with them. I was invested. I was ready to get everything with them. I was here for it all. That just shows you what this author creates from the very start that you feel that in your heart and soul from that very first page. There is just truly something right about them. Those two are soulmates. They are the definition of right person wrong time. They are two people who have an incredible night, who lose touch for the most heartbreaking reason, and who find themselves back together again with a second chance at it all.

And that second chance? It’s absolutely beautiful.

It’s authentically and so breathtakingly real and emotional. It’s romantic and spicy and utterly unforgettable. It’s special and sweet and just so so good. It’s them. It’s them in the BEST way, and I truly can’t say enough, how much I lived for every breath of their second chance together.

This book is all about what happens when the most unexpected things happen in your life. It’s about how you pick yourself up when everything feels lost and broken. It is a story about accepting what feels right and fighting for what you want and need with your whole heart. It is a story of discovery that letting go of what you thought would be will sometimes bring you to the place you were always meant to be.

This is a story full of heart, full of longing and connection, full of joy and heartache and second chances. It is a story of two people who have a deeply felt connection finding their way back to one another at the exact right time they’re meant to do it. It is a story of the beginning of a family, the beginning of a possibility, the beginning of more. It is a story that will truly touch every part of your heart, and that will have you believing in the magic of love and second chances.

Simply put, Wildflowers and Wide Receivers is an emotionally unforgettable and deeply romantic story of 2 people finding their way back to each other at the exact right time when their hearts are ready to see what could be.

Now I have to say that Jonah and Sophie stole my heart from the very start of this book. I’ve said that already and I could say it a million times over and it still wouldn’t be enough. Because when I tell you, I was so wholeheartedly invested in them, pulled into everything with them, and rooting for the two of them with all that I had, I mean that so much. I loved these two. I loved who they were as people. I loved what this book showed with them. I loved getting all of the pieces of them and who they were and who they wanted to be and everything in between. I love that. I just felt like they were so real and I just got them. This author allows you to get them and understand them in every way and it’s just very special. It allows you to feel like you’re living this book with them and that just enhances everything you get with them.

Those two are truly soulmates. They are two halves of the the same whole who were always meant to find their way back to each other. They definitely have hurdles to overcome and many a conversation to be had, but what I loved about the two of them is they were always willing to put in the work. They were always willing to show up. They were always willing to be grown ups and figure it out because they knew that there was something very special about the other. They knew that there was something very real happening between them. And even when it scared them out of their minds, even when it felt like things were stacked against them, and even when they weren’t sure what would come next, they always showed up, they were always honest, and they always felt what they did with their whole heart in the most real way.

I just loved how real everything about them and with them felt, and I really can’t say it enough. Jonah and Sophie are truly something special. I loved getting to know them and love them and experience every high and low with them. It truly felt like I was right there with Kathryn. Andrews brought it to life, and my heart cannot be more in love with what they delivered. Their story is romantic and fiery and won’t and full of life and personality, and so much heart, and I was swept up into it all in the most amazing way. I truly never wanted to leave those two because everything I got with them was incredibly beautiful, so beyond emotional and sweet and romantic, and just everything my heart needed.

I also have to say that opening up into a new series and world of characters, while also getting to revisit some very special characters from the past from this author was a delight. I am not a sports person, but I do love me a good sports romance, and this is one of the best I have read. It incorporates all the football fun, all the teammate banter and humor, and it just opens up into a world and team that I want every moment with. The guys on the team felt like my new best friends, and I am ready for every single one of them to get a book. I also loved that this story had so many connections to past characters that I fallen in love with because of this author and her words. It just felt like one big family coming together and it was everything.

I can’t say that enough.

I truly have no doubt that this series will be one of my all-time favorites. This book has already firmly cemented itself as one of my top reads of the year, and I am already chomping at the bit for more. I loved how fun this story was. I loved that there was such heart and emotion and connection to everything these characters shared. I loved that this author once again completely stole my heart with a story and a world of characters from the very first word of her book. I loved that I believed in these characters, everything they shared, and every possibility of what could be. I loved that I felt so in this story that I laughed and cried and melted and wounded and just loved every morsel and moment I got with every character in this world. it was truly unforgettable and all feeling and every other incredible thing under the sun.

It was truly the best, and the reading experience and absolute joy I got with these characters throughout this book and love story is something I will never forget.

Wildflowers and Wide Receivers is Kathryn Andrews at her best. It is an impeccably written and crafted love story that will steal your heart, that will bring you into a world you will never want to leave, and that will show you how meant to be Jonah and Sophie are. Years ago they shared a memorable night and this is their second chance at all. That second chance is woven together and the most beautiful and incredible and just absolutely, fantastic way that will have you believing in everything with the two of them. They are just so so special, and so so right for each other, and getting to see them finally find that right time together and put their hearts on the line was absolute perfection.

Just like the rest of this book.

If there is one book you read this year, it should be this one. Jonah and Sophie leave it all on the pages of this book and show you their hearts in th most authentic and beautiful way, and you will love it. You will love them. You will love the possibilities of what they create and the love that blooms and second chances. You will love every bit of spark and sweetness and swoon. You will just love them and this team and this world and a little girl who brings them back together at the exact right time. This story culminates a romance that truly feels written in the stars, and you will love every second of what you get with these two as they find their way back to one another.

Trust me.

Jonah and Sophie and Vivi are the real deal, and you will love and cherish every bit of this story with them and every other character who is ready to steal your heart in this book. I promise you that! Because I know I did. I loved this book with my whole heart, and I honestly just wish I could go back and read it again for the first time because the magic and love and spark and beauty of what you get to experience so naturally and authentically with these characters is truly everything in the best way.

Kathryn Andrews has once again delivered an incredible romance in this book that will steal your heart in every way. Her words create something that is so very special and utterly incredible because she lays it all on the line and infuses that into what she gives you with her characters. She puts so much heart into the story and gives you everything and then some. She just makes it all between Sophie & Jonah feel so real, so true, and just so them in the most dynamic and genuine way possible.

There is so much more I could tell you about why you need to read this book, but honestly, you just need to go read it. You need to read it and experience it and just fall hopelessly in love with these characters and how special they are. From the moment you meet them, you will feel that and know that and just love them. I promise. And in the end, you will just be blown away by what you get with their love story because it is truly the best and the epitome of what a love story should be.

I truly can’t say that enough.

Meet Kathryn Andrews:
Kathryn Andrews is a #1 Inspirational Romance Bestselling Author who loves stories that end with a happily ever after. She started writing at age seven and never stopped. Kathryn is known for Chasing Clouds, the Starving for Southern series, and her much loved Hale Brothers series. Her stories are sweet, southern, and fall into the genres of chi-lit, contemporary romance, sports romance, and southern fiction.
Kathryn graduated from the University of South Florida with degrees in Biology and Chemistry, and currently lives in Tampa, Florida. She spends her days as a sales director for a medical device company and her nights lost in her love of fictional characters.
When Kathryn is not crafting beautiful worlds that incorporate some of her most favorite real life
places, she can be found hanging out with her husband and two young sons, while drinking iced coffee and enjoying the sun.
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Releasing Now: Shattered Dreams by Natasha Madison

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SHATTERED DREAMS by Natasha Madison

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Montgavin Township will never be the same when one night changes the lives of six people.
The course of their lives and the trajectory of the town sets them on a collision course for disaster.

Charlie
It was supposed to be a regular day out.
Three couples celebrating the last days of summer.
When tragedy struck.
I thought I was going to marry her.
Instead, I was burying her.
I blamed the world for my pain.
I buried it all.
I became a man I didn’t even recognize.

Autumn
In a blink of an eye, everything changed.
My best friend was gone, and I was responsible for it.
I may not have been driving the truck, but I didn’t stop it.
Escaping the town was the only thing I could do to survive the guilt.
I thought I was strong enough to go back.
I was wrong.
One look from him and I knew I wasn’t welcome.
But this is my home, and I wanted to come back.
One night turned into more. But at the end of the day, I know he’ll never love me.
Besides, we all have shattered dreams.

****4 Incredible Stars****

This is the first book that I’ve read by Natasha Madison, and I know that this will not be the last. I really enjoyed this book. I am a lover of all things, angst, emotion, and consuming romance. This book had all of that and more. It was a book that I read in one sitting and felt every bit of. It was a story of loss and pain and healing. It was a story of two characters who shouldn’t work finding that they are the exact person the other needs. This book was a romance that had all of the feels, that had all of the glorious push and pull, and that showed that a happily ever after can come out of even the most heartbreaking situations.

What I loved about this book is that it hit the ground running with the feels and it never quit. Natasha Madison definitely brings a lot of emotion to this story and to what these characters go through. Charlie and Autumn both share an unimaginable level of pain over a shared circumstance and moment the trajectory of both of their lives. They have both lived with that pain and that guilt, especially Autumn, for the last eight years.

The events of this book bring Autumn back to the small town she ran away from all those years ago and forces her to face all of those who she ran away from. One of those people is Charlie who also lost everything the same night that autumn did. He has a lot of strong feelings towards Autumn, but as much as these two might “hate “each other, there are so much more that build between them in this book.

Over the course of this book you follow along with both Charlie and Autumn as they realize there is this connection and pull that brings them together. It doesn’t make sense and it shouldn’t work, yet there is something they can’t deny between each other. They feel every breath of that and the push and the pull and the angst of it all is fantastic. It truly makes for a romance that will have you on the edge of your seat, feeling every breath of what these characters share desperately trying to figure out if they’ll be able to make it work.

I lived for the back-and-forth of these characters. I lived for them, struggling to make sense of their feelings and emotions towards each other. I lived for everything they shared inthis story. They definitely make you work for it and they definitely make each other feel all of the things, but it is incredible to experience as a reader. It just makes you believe in the possibility of them and what they’re building even more. Trust me when I say they leave it all on the pages of this book and you will love it.

Now I am a huge lover, small town, romance, and this small town was a great place to me. I definitely felt a connection to this place and all of these characters, and I am definitely looking forward to what this author has planned for the rest of the series. This small town may have it secrets, and it may have gotten it wrong in the past, but the people of this town have a lot of connection and they are dynamic in their own way. I’m can’t wait to see what the rest of these books will bring to the small town and to get back with Charlie and Autumn because I just loved everything they shared in this very special place.

If you are looking for a small town romance with lots of angst, all of the emotion, and some serious feels, then run yourself to this book. These care characters definitely have a rough road ahead of them to find their way to each other, but it makes what they share even more worthwhile to get what you do with them. The two of them meant to be. Even with everything stacked against them. You will love getting to be with these characters as truth are revealed, as emotions and hearts are put on the line, and as they feel everything together. Getting what you do with Charlie and Autumn makes their story that much more incredible to read and experience.

Trust. Me.

I really enjoyed this book and jumping into a book by this author for the first time. Her writing style definitely brings the feels, brings all of the romance and spice, and will invest you in these characters. This book was enjoyable to read even when it hurt my heart, and I loved what I got with these characters because I felt it all. This book is definitely well worth the read, and I look forward to reading more by this author.

Releasing Now: All Too Well by Corinne Michaels

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All Too Well by Corinne Michaels is now live!

For as long as I can remember, Lachlan West has been my brother’s best friend and the
love of my life. Trouble is, he kissed me four years ago and then never spoke to me again.

I was doing great pretending he doesn’t exist until I was assigned to write an article
about former college athletes and I learn that the sexy single-dad is my first interview.
Determined to wow my editor with an amazing sportsball piece. (Have I mentioned I
know nothing about sports?) I head to Ember Falls, ready to face my fears—and the man I love.

The grumpy quarterback turned fireman wants nothing to do with me or my article. Yet,
somehow I persuade him to let me follow him around for a few weeks, and even if he said yes just to get rid of me, I’ll take it.

But the longer I stay in his small town, the more complicated our story gets. The boundaries we set fall to the ground—along with our clothes.

He holds me like I matter, touches me like I’m cherished and kisses me like he loves me.
We both know I have to leave Ember Falls, and he’ll never follow—I only wish I could write a different ending to our story.

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*****5 Incredible & Swoony Stars*****

There are many things I know to love and expect when I sit down to read a book by Corinne Michaels. I know to expect a book that will consume me in every way. I know to expect a couple that I will root for with my whole heart, and that will truly leave it all on the page of their story. I know to expect feels and spice and so much heart. I also know to expect a small town that I immediately want to spend every single second in.

Simply put, when I sit down to read a book by this author, I know with my whole heart that I’m about to read a new favorite book.

Every single one of her books has been a five star read for me. I have been reading her stories and words for almost 10 years at this point and I am hooked. I am hooked and I just want everything with her characters, their stories, and the magic that she infuses into every new love story she creates. I have truly loved every single book by this author, and I just have to say that All Too Well and the small town of Ember Falls is my new favorite place to be.

This book, along with Lachlan and Ainsley and Rose, completely stole my heart. I mean they stole it from the very first moment I met them. What starts off as two people just not finding the right words and the right time, soon becomes a romance that melted my heart in every way. I loved every part of this book and story. I loved the longing between these characters. I lived for the connection that was there with them and every moment. I loved getting to see how their relationship changed from those moments in the past, to the present, to all of that hope for the future of what could be for them. I also just loved the dynamic between them and getting to be in every breath of their story.

This author put me heart first into every second of their love story in All Too Well, and I was here for every single second of it. It was truly everything, and then some. It connected me to the story in these characters, it owned me from start to finish, and it just had me knowing that these two were meant to be.

And honestly, that’s just scratching the surface of what I loved about this book and every second I spent with these characters.

Corinne Michaels truly proves to me with every new book she writes and every new small town that she creates that she is one of the best authors out there. Her words have been giving me incredible and unforgettable love stories for years now and I just love it. I truly do because there’s something special about reading a book of hers. It just feels like coming home. It feels like my happy place. Her words and what she creates for them and The characters that she so thoughtfully creates and weaves together into these small towns and groups of friends and special families it’s just everything. It truly is special and magical and it makes my heart happy. I can’t say enough what it’s like to go into a book knowing you’re going to get that and then experiencing it for yourself. It’s truly everything and then some and it is just one of the many reasons I love her books so much and why I loved this book so much.

All Too Well had all of my favorite tropes that had me knowing I would love Ainsley and Lachlan’s story. Those two have been in each other’s lives forever. They are friends, but there are something so much more between them. The problem is that she is his best friend sister and there is a lot of things they have to overcome to find their way to each other. There are definitely a few missed opportunities between them and a whole lot of longing and connection, but more than that there is just a literal rightness about the two of them when they’re together. The events of this book bring them back together in a very special small town, full of amazing characters, some very special places, and a few secrets that will melt your heart.

Over the course of this book, you get to go along with them as they dance around their feelings, as they create an even deeper connection and relationship, and as they see if what’s between them could finally find a way to be. Throw in some frisbee, the cutest little girl on the planet, and two characters trying to make sense of their own childhood and how that shaped them, and you’re just scratching the surface of what you’ll get in the story.

Over the course of this book you get to enter the magical small town of Ember Falls and meet all of the incredible characters that make that town what it is. You get moments that will make you laugh with all the banter and antics, you have moments that will make you swoon with the sweetness and the rightness of what these characters all share, and you’ll get so many moments of heart and fire and everything in between with Lachlan and Ainsley. Those two are meant to be, and you feel that in your heart the very first time you meet them on that very first page and you will love getting their story and getting to fight right along with them as they see if something is possible between them.

What I loved about those two, besides the fact that they knew how to push each other‘s buttons and drive each other crazy in the best way, was the fact that they were just so real and honest. They might not have always done it with their words, but their actions, their hearts, and the way they were with each other spoke everything about what they felt and what they shared, and what they wanted to have between them.

I loved that about them. I felt so connected into these characters and to the rightness of the two of them. There was just something inherently good about what they shared together and the two of them is individuals. I loved getting to be in both of their heads over the course of this book and getting to feel the goodness of the both of them, the rightness of the two of them finding their chance together, and getting to experience the literal magic of the two of them feeling what they did for one another.

Lachlan is a single dad who was willing to do anything for his daughter. He was also a man who felt like he was always left behind. And he didn’t want to have to say goodbye to Ainsley for that and so many other reasons. That man is a good man and he loves his daughter and he loves Ainsley with his whole heart. You know that from the very first page of this book and it is everything to see that man heal himself over the course of the story as he reconciles what he’s willing to let himself have and experience when he opens his heart.

Ainsley is a spunky reporter trying to make herself proud while also showing those in charge of her that she has what it takes. She’s also a girl who’s been in love with Lachlan for as long as she can remember. This book brings her back face-to-face with him and forces her to realize what she truly feels, what she truly dreams of, and wants for herself and her heart, and it pushes her to open herself up to a second chance. That girl is pure spitfire in the best way, and getting to see her be honest with herself and others, feel what she does with her whole heart, and fight when it really matters was truly the best.

It’s safe to say that I really loved those two and I definitely loved every moment I got with him in this book. There’s just really something special about them and what they share. You will love getting to journey with them as they find their way back to each other, as they try to build something together, and as they see if they can fight and take that risk for dreams, they’ve always wanted. Couple that with the smalltown goodness this author creates, a heavy dose of heart and emotion with what these characters figure out with themselves and their families and each other, and throw in a little banter and a heavy dose of spice, and you have the perfect small town romance that will steal your heart in every way.

That is this book and that is Lachlan and Ainsley.

Corinne Michaels has once again outdone herself with what she created in this book and with this couple and with this town. I’m already counting down the moments to when I can get back with this couple and with this small town that I already want to spend all my time in. This series has been set up to be one of my new favorites and I am just chomping at the bit for all of these characters to get their stories. I need more time with all of them and I think that just speaks to what this author creates so vividly and fantastically that I felt that in every bit of this book.

If you are looking for a romance that will feel like a warm hug, that will melt your heart, and that will show you a romance that is practically written in the stars, then you will love this book. It’s got all of the best tropes with small town, brothers, best friend, single dad, a fireman and a journalist writing an article about him, and just all of the goodness that can’t even be completely or accurately described in a single book review. This book is just phenomenal. It’s romantic, it’s spicy and swoony, it’s exceptionally written, and it just feels right. This couple, these characters, this town and everyone in it feels so right, and it truly felt special to experience this story with all of them. This is a perfect opening to a world that I can’t wait to get more of and I just love it.

I love that I got the chance to read this book, that I got the chance to fall in love with these characters and their love story, and that I got the chance to experience the magic of this small town and the people within it. I have no doubt that this author will continue to be one of my favorites and will continue to wow me with what she creates because All Too Well was just the best.

It was the best and then some.

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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Releasing Now: My Favorite Boss by Melanie Moreland

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Get ready to laugh out loud in the office from New York Times bestselling author Melanie
Moreland!
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My new boss—Alexander Bane
Aptly named since he’s the bane of my existence.
Please isn’t in his vocabulary.
He grunts, growls, and demands.
If only he didn’t look so sexy when doing so.
If only his mouth weren’t so addictive when kissing mine.
He’s quickly becoming my favorite boss.
Which is wrong.
My new assistant is an unwelcomed distraction.
Snarky, witty, always smiling.
Constantly putting me in my place.
Making me second-guess my decisions.
I dislike it. Intensely.
Unless I’m kissing her.
Then Magnolia Myers becomes my favorite person.
Which I hate.
Two people working together, disliking each other.
Until they don’t.
Then the fun begins.
HR has never been so entertained.

Author’s note: For those on the lookout for a hero who’s so charming when he’s bossy that it
makes you want to follow his orders just to keep him talking.

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

If I were to make a list of all the reasons and things and moments that I absolutely loved in this book, I would need endless amounts of paper and so much ink to capture all of that. I’m quite sure in fact that if I were to actually write down everything I loved about this book that I would be doing that for quite some time because I loved absolutely EVERYTHING about this book. It was pure perfection. It was romantic comedy goodness. It was truly the best.

Grumpy sunshine romance? Check.
Boss employee dynamics? Check check.
All of the glorious banter and tension and build up? Check, check, check.
Some serious swoon, fire, and a connection that jumped off the pages of this book as bright as the fireworks on the Fourth of July? CHECK.

When I say this book had it all, I mean that with every fiber of my being. This book had everything. It was a romance that melted my heart, that made me swoon, and that just showed me how much I needed these characters to be together. But more than that, it just made me smile and laugh, and feel so damn good. I loved everything about this story and these characters. Alexander and Magnolia are truly meant for each other. They’re meant to push each other‘s buttons. They are meant to drive each other crazy. And they are sure as hell meant to share a happily ever after together. You will know that from the very first moment these to meet and you will be feeling that through every single page of this incredible book.

Trust me on that.

Melanie Moreland completely outdid herself with this book. I have been a fan of this author for a few years now and I have loved every book of hers. They have all been five star reads and she just writes a story that is truly so easy to jump right into, that allows you to feel everything, and that shows you her characters are something special. I have felt those qualities and more and every one of her books that I’ve had the pleasure of reading, but this series and the magic that she infuses into these books is on a whole different level. These stories are just so fun. They’re so romantic. They’re so Incredible. They just make me so happy to read. The moments I’ve gotten with the characters in this book and the book that came before it were absolute perfection and their ones that I still think about. I recommended My Favorite Kidnapper to everyone I could tell about because that book was everything, and I plan to recommend this book to absolutely everyone because I loved every word of it.

Every. Single. Incredible. Word.

My Favorite Boss was the perfect romantic comedy that I could have read forever. I truly never wanted this book to end. As I’m sitting here writing this review I honestly just want to go back and reread this book. Because I already miss Alexander and Magnolia. I miss their banter. I miss their connection. I miss their office antics that are sure to get them a lovely write up from HR. I miss the connection of those two. And I just miss getting to share in what those characters feel for one another. They make each other feel everything and I just loved getting to be a part of that. Their story was swoony and funny as hell and romantic and evanescent and full of such life and color and personality.

And I really just cannot say enough how much I loved every second I got with these characters. it truly made my heart happy to be in the thick of it with these two.

As I said, when I started this book review, there are so many things I could tell you about what I loved about this book. And I want to tell you literally all of them because I truly could go on and on, but in the same breath, I want to tell you none of those things because you just deserve the chance to authentically experience them for yourself. That is how special and fun and sparkling this book is. That is how unforgettable and utterly amazing what you get with Alexander and Magnolia. You deserve to experience that yourself with an open heart that is ready to feel everything with these characters.

I promise that the second you jump into this book, you will get all of that and more with Alex and Maggie. Those two are truly something special. And you will live for the moments with them in this book. You will love getting to see them push each other‘s buttons. You will love getting to feel that glorious tension and build up. You will die laughing at some of the antics that occur between these two, but more than that you will just melt and love every bit of what they share as they give in to what is inevitable. those two are truly something special and are meant to be. And their love story is one that will just enamor you and take a hold of you with all that it has because those two were meant to find each other. And you will love getting to discover that for yourself.

I promise you that.

Now let me just tell you that these characters are going to borrow themselves so deeply into your heart you will never want to say goodbye. That’s where I’m at right now. I’m missing them fiercely and already want to reread their story. Because they are just the best. First you have Alexander. He is a bit of a butt. But in the best way. He is definitely a boss who knows exactly how he likes to run his life and his office. He likes to be in control, he likes things a certain way, and he is in search of the perfect assistant. Enter Magnolia. She is the sunshine to his grumpy. She is a woman who knows who she is and loves herself for it. She is a true gem. She also knows exactly how to be the right assistant for Alexander.

Over the course of the story, you get to be right in the thick of it with these two as they work together, as they learn more about each other, and as they soon realize that they feel a hell of a lot more for each other than they bargained for. The buildup of their connection and the tenacity of their pull towards each other is truly everything to experience. Couple that with their banter and the antics that they get into, and you will love them. Fiercely. Unequivocally. And wholeheartedly.

You will just love getting to see his hard exterior become less and less every time he’s around her. You will love getting to see her shine with pride and confidence. You will love getting to see the little and big things these two do for one another. You will probably melt into a puddle of goo in the best way over how they show up for each other and what they make each other feel. You will also just love getting to experience the two of them and the magic that they are. Their relationship is dynamic, incredible, layered, real, honest, and it’s just completely them. These two keep you on your toes and steal your heart in the same breath and it’s truly everything.

Suffice to say, I loved this book. I loved the feel of it, I loved the swoon of it all, but most of all I just loved Alex and Maggie. I loved what they did each for each other, I loved what they made each other feel, and I loved getting to be a part of every up and down in their relationship as they found a way to keep each other on their toes, while falling so hopelessly and deeply for one another. Those two truly are something special and are so meant to be, and you will love getting everything you do with them in this book. They definitely leave a lasting memory, and they will make you smile and laugh your ass off and just feel all of the feels with them.

That all combined makes these two and their story one of my favorite reads of the year and ever.

My Favorite Boss by Melanie Moreland was everything I needed it to be and more. This book was fun, it was romantic, and it is a book that reminded me on every page why I love reading romance. This author put me in the heart of this story with her characters and she just made me love them. She allowed me to love and root for them fiercely, wholeheartedly, and in the most honest in real way. Getting to experience a book that makes you smile as much as this one does, that makes you laugh to the point of crying at times with what you get with these characters, and one that also gives you all of the feels and love and swoon is something you need in your life as soon as humanly possible.

So this is me saying that you need this incredible and amazing book in your life as soon as humanly possible. it is truly one of the best books I have read this year and one of my favorite books ever. This book just had everything I needed and it made me so abundantly happy to experience what I got with these characters. I just loved every bit of it and I cannot say enough good things about it! Or Alexander. Or Magnolia. Or Hedgy. Or every other incredible character and moment and experience I got while reading this book and falling so hopelessly in love with every piece of these characters.

Trust me when I say that this is a book you need in your life this second. It will make you so happy. It will give you it all. But more than that, it will give you Alex and Maggie and every bit of the two of them in a way that you will truly never get enough of. And honestly? That’s just scratching the surface of what makes this one of the best books I’ve had the pleasure of reading.

Meet Melanie Moreland:
New York Times/USA Today bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content
life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of twenty-seven-plus years and their
rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes
every moment spent with them. 
While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and
technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample.
She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds
coming home is always the best part of any trip.
Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling
over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own
helicopter (tripping over her own feet.) She’s learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones,
are all in how you tell the story.
Connect with Melanie Moreland:
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Releasing Now: Alone With You by Aly Martinez

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From the USA TODAY bestselling author of From the Embers comes a new jaw-dropping
standalone romance.
Pain trapped me in this house. Can love set me free?
Death had been chasing me my entire life. I survived the horrors of war, but it was the
aftermath that truly destroyed me.
People called me a recluse, but the only time I didn’t feel like I was suffocating was inside that
house.
For my daughter, I kept some semblance of normalcy by implementing a rigid routine. Once a
week, I forced myself to walk to the diner at the end of the block—a ritual I despised but relied
on as my last anchor to the real world.
Until the day a “Closed” sign on the door shattered my fragile existence. Worse, the new owner
was the most haunting ghost from my past.
It had been years since I’d laid eyes on Gwendolyn Pierce. She hated me—and rightly so. But
when a film crew arrived in town to dig into my past, she became my only ally.
With my secrets threatened, I leaned on Gwen, forging a connection neither of us could deny.
But with a past as dark as ours, I feared it would eclipse any hope for a future.
I always said that when Death finally came for me, I would be ready, eager, and alone.
Always alone.
But for Gwen, maybe I could face the world again as long as it meant I could be alone—with
her.

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Available in KU

5 Unforgettable Stars

Aly Martinez has been breaking my heart and putting it back together again for almost 10 years now…and I freaking love it. 

She is one of my favorite authors for a reason and she continues to prove that again and again. 

Every single one of her books has been a 5 star read for me. Her words and books and characters have made me cry, they’ve made me laugh, they’ve made me melt into a puddle of goo from all the glorious swoon they deliver. They’ve made me feel EVERYTHING. They’ve made me question and think and wonder what I would do if I was put in the same situations as they were. They’ve also made my dang mind work a million miles a second trying to figure out what is about to happen next…and spoiler alert, I can literally never guess what’s about to happen next. 

Reading a book by Aly Martinez is a truly unforgettable experience from start to finish.  

Alone With You is just another shining example of the true talent Aly Martinez has as a storyteller. 

This book was everything. This story was everything. The emotions and feels I experienced while reading this book were everything. These characters and their unforgettably and deeply felt love story were everything. The journey that I took with these characters in their shared past, present, and future, was literally everything. 

Simply put, Gwen and Truett’s love story in Alone With You is one of the best books I have ever read. 

It has been quite some time since I’ve felt as much as I did reading Alone With You by Aly Martinez. This book was truly breathtaking. There were moments I sobbed with these characters with what they had experienced, what they were feeling, and what they were going through as they fought their way back to one another. There were moments where I felt such pride in the strength and tenacity that they both shared. There were moments that truly stole my heart with the connection and love that was there between these two. There were other moments where I felt so shattered for them and clung on to hope right along with them that they would find their way back to themselves and each other. 

Aly Martinez encapsulated all of that and so much more into her words and into this love story. Through every word of this book she shows you that Gwen and Truett are truly meant to be and that there is no better match for those two than each other. You know that in your soul from the very first moment you meet them, and you will truly just be blown away by what you get with him in this book. My heart belonged to those two from the very first moments of this book and every turn of that page just solidified my belief in the two of them, my belief in the power and meaning of their story and second chance romance, and my belief that they were just meant to be. 

Alone With You Was truly everything I’ve come to love and expect from this author, but even so much more. This book was Aly Martinez on fire. It is truly her best work. It is deeply emotional and powerful. It is so exceptionally written and crafted. It had everything I have loved about her books and it amplified it a million times over. This story was just one that I truly will never forget. These characters and their journey and their second chance at a future together truly owned every single part of my heart and soul in every way possible. I thought about these characters while reading this book, I felt everything with them, I breathed it all in and lived it with them because of how exceptionally this author crafted every word of this book. It truly was the most amazing reading experience that I will never forget. and it gave me a romance that wowed in every second. 

Truett and Gwen are truly something special, and you will know and believe that and feel that in every part of yourself through every second of their story. 

I truly cannot say enough how much I loved what I got to experience with the two of them. I love those two with my whole heart, but more than that I’m just so proud of them. I’m proud of the work those two put in over the course of this story as they heal themselves, as they help heal each other, and as they see if it’s possible to find a way back together again. And I have no doubt that you will feel the same as you read and experience every breath of their story. It is truly one that is so special, so raw and breathtakingly beautiful, and one that is so layered with complexities that this author navigates in the best, most meaningful and impactful way. 

I truly am in awe of what this author created with Gwen and Truett. Their story is one that will be with me forever. It is a story of second chances, of healing, and of making light out of the darkest of days. It is a story that will consume you on every level, and it is one that will truly wow you. I promise you that. 

If there is one thing I hope you take away from this review it’s that you need to read this book. You need to read it, you need to just live and experience it with these characters, and you just need to experience the literal incredibleness that are these characters and their story together. You will feel so emotionally moved by what you get with them and you will love the twists and turns and heart pulling moments and swoon and fire and connection and just everything in between that you get from this author and these characters. This book is truly the best amount of everything and it is one of my favorite books I’ve ever read. 

Aly Martinez leaves everything on the pages of this book, pulls your heart and soul into everything with Gwen and Truett, and in the end, shows you what true love really means and what it can give you if you’re brave enough to take that first step into what comes next. 

I loved every single word and moment and second in this book. It is truly one of the best romances I’ve ever read, and I promise that the moment you start reading this book, is the moment you will start falling hopelessly in love with these characters and what they’re ready to give you. Be prepared to feel it all (and I mean everything!) with Gwen and Truett, to experience every complexity with them heart first, and to journey with them as they wade through the past, present, and future on their fight back to one another. 

These characters and their story are complex, flawed, real and vulnerable, and their second chance love story is nothing but perfection with what this author creates and gives you with them. Trust me when I say that you need these two in your life and that you will not want to see them go when you reach the end of their story. Gwen and Truett are going to burrow themselves so deep in your heart that you will have no choice but to love them and root for them and want every good thing for them…and honestly, it doesn’t get better than that. Or them. Or their book. 

So please just trust me when I say that you need to read this book as soon as humanly possible. It would be wrong not to. Truett and Gwen are ready to wow you with every piece of their breathtakingly unforgettable story, and you will just love it and them and everything they’re ready to give you. 

I promise you that. 

Meet Aly Martinez:
Originally from Savannah, Georgia, USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez now lives in
South Carolina with her four young children. 
Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, 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 super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.
Connect with Aly Martinez:
https://linktr.ee/AuthorAlyMartinez

Review Post: King of Nothing by Aurora Rose Reynolds

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I met him when my ship was sinking, and I clung to him through the storm. Little did I know he
needed me as much as I needed him.
The first time I saw Roman Dante King, he stuck out like an odd puzzle piece that got mixed up
in the wrong box. It wasn’t his blue eyes in the dim light of the bar, the tattoos that covered his
arms and hands, or even his arrogant personality. It was something else—something I couldn’t
see—that told me he didn’t belong in our small beach town on the Oregon coast.
Elora Mazie Barlow reminded me of a hummingbird zipping from one flower to another, never
stopping, never allowing anyone more than a glimpse before she was gone. Never letting
anyone in… until me. Then she gave me her smiles that were more valuable than anything I
ever owned and wrapped me in her peace without asking for anything in return.
Her tragic story sounded achingly familiar to my own.
Our connection is knotted up in loss. The journey we’re on together will eventually come to an
end. But will we be able to untangle the mess of strings that have tied us together?
Will we even want to?

Why you will love this book…
🔥Hurt/Comfort
🔥Redemption
🔥Self Discovery
🔥Different Worlds
🔥Secret Billionaire
🔥Emotional Scars
🔥Road Trip
🔥Broken FMC/MMC
🔥Alpha Hero
🔥Touch Her & Die vibes
🔥Soft but only for her!

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Available in KU

4.5 Incredible Stars

It is no secret that Aurora Rose Reynolds is one of my favorite authors. I have been a fan of hers since I read Until November almost 10 years ago. I just love her books. I love her writing style, I love the way she creates her characters, and I just love that her stories are some of my favorites of all time. She is one of my go to authors, and I can always count on her for a story that is consuming, sweet and swoony, spicy, and fantastic in every way. Her books are some of my favorites and I look forward to every new release she has because I can’t get enough of her words!

King of Nothing was an absolutely phenomenal read from start to finish. This book coupled the perfect amount of emotion, connection, sweetness, and spice and fire to make a love story that I loved every word of. This book just brought together two seemingly opposite characters who were meant to find each other. I loved getting to be in the thick of their dynamic and getting to see everything play out for them of the course of this book because it touched my heart, it made me feel all of the feels, and it just gave me a love story that I know I won’t soon forget.

Elora and Roman meets when they have both experienced loss. The two of them know what it’s like to lose somebody unexpectedly and to feel like your whole world is turned upside down. Both of them are reeling up the start of this book and they find themselves connecting in a way they weren’t prepared for. Over the course of their story together you get to see them take adventures, take risks with their hearts, and with what could be, but most of all you get to be there with them as they fall so hard for one another while putting themselves back together again.

This is a story of romance, healing, and the beautiful power of connection. It is a story of two people who are searching for ways to put themselves back together again, and they find along the way the one person who they weren’t expecting, who is ready to help them do just that. Roman and Elora help each other heal. They help each other process their feelings. They help each other figure out what they want and what they want the rest of their life to be. Through it all those two are authentic, raw and real, so abundantly incredible, and they’re just truly themselves through every page.

This author does the most amazing job of just letting you live this story with her characters. That is one of the many things that I have loved about every single one of her books, and I especially loved about this one. Getting that level of connection and feeling with her characters made everything they were experiencing feel that much more real. It just elevated what this author created in the best way and it made Elora and Roman story so memorable. My heart was completely stolen by those two and I honestly don’t want it back. They are very special and they are so meant to be, and you feel that in every bit of their connection from that very first meeting. Getting to experience that and getting to see how that connection and their relationship evolves of the course of this book is romantic, it is swoony in the best way, and it is just beautiful.

This book was the perfect read that I could not put down. I literally devoured it in one sitting because I just needed everything with these characters and I couldn’t get enough of the two of them and what they shared together. This story was consuming, I loved getting to see the adventures. These characters got into, I loved the little connections to previous characters that also stole my heart , but really I just loved everything about Elora and Roman.

I loved how honest they were. I loved how this story allowed them to peel back the layers of each other and heal and fall in love and feel everything. I loved that the story was so beautifully emotional and heart touching. I loved the meaning behind everything and just how right these characters felt. I loved that this author infused her quintessential voice and style into this book in a way that I could not get enough of. I loved that I had those moments experiencing the protectiveness of these characters and their spark and their banter, while also feeling some deeply felt emotions and moments. This author seamlessly weaves it all together in a way that is truly phenomenal and that makes this an incredible love story.

I just loved everything about this book and what I got with these characters. Their story made me smile, it melted me again and again, but more than that it just showed me that those two were meant to find each other and find a beautiful happily ever after together.

Aurora Rose Reynolds has once again proven to me that she is one of my favorite authors and will continue to be for the rest of time. I have read and loved every single one of her books, and this one was no different. It is another one that I know I will reread many times in the future and I just can’t wait to spend so many more moments with Elora and Roman because they are really something special. This author truly created a beautiful love story and romance that I could not put down, that gave me all the feels, and that showed me through every page that love and healing can bring you indescribable joy, and beauty if you allow yourself to feel it and experience it and have it.

This is another must read by this author and the perfect place to jump into her words if you are new to her. The standalone romance is well written, consuming in every way, and will definitely leave you feeling all of the feels and love. This book delivered and I for one just can’t wait for more from this author! Her books are my happy place and I love it.

Meet Aurora Rose Reynolds:
Aurora Rose Reynolds is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author
whose wildly popular series include Until, Until Him, Until Her, Underground King, Shooting Stars,
Fluke My Life and How to Catch an Alpha series.
Her writing career started in an attempt to get the outrageously alpha men who resided in her
head to leave her alone and has blossomed into an opportunity to share her stories with readers
all over the world.
Connect with Aurora Rose Reynolds:
https://linktr.ee/Auroraroser

Review Post: Forgotten Desires (Whitlock Family #4) by Corinne Michaels

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Forgotten Desires by Corinne Michaels is now live! 

He’s a billionaire in need of a wife …

And I’m his ex who can’t say no to him.

Ten years ago Carson Knight was my one great love, but he abandoned me without a trace.

Now he’s a billionaire single-dad in need of a temporary wife.

And he’s at my house on one knee with a proposal…

Marry him, so he’s more likely to win full custody of his daughter, keeping her safe from her unstable mother. In return, he’ll take care of the medical expenses for a surgery my father needs to survive.

Reluctantly, I agree to tie the knot, on one condition. Once those custody papers are signed, we go our separate ways. Because he’s even more gorgeous, charming, and sweeter than he was back then, and I don’t trust myself not to fall for my fake husband.

Especially when I hear him say “my wife.”

Or feel his hands on my skin. Taste his kiss or see the way he looks at me with those blue eyes and know that our carefully crafted rules will shatter.

Right alongside my heart.

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

It is absolutely no secret that Corinne Michaels is one of my favorite authors. She is one of my OG‘s. I can still tell you where I was and when it was that, I read her first book. That is how impactful her books have been on me over the last 10 years. I have loved and read every single one of her books. They have all been five star reads and have delivered such incredible, beautiful, emotional, and heartfelt stories that I have truly loved every single word of. So suffice to say, I am a big fan of her words and her characters and everything she creates.

The Whitlock family is something very special. This series has been a ride that I’ve never wanted to come to an end. These characters just love each other so much, they’ve been through so much in their lives together, and they always show up for each other and their family. There is just something very true and real and authentic about them and what they share as a family. Getting to be with them as they each find their true loves, as they fall for that one person who they are meant to be with, and as they all find that well deserved happily ever after has been, utterly incredible. And it has truly delivered the most amazing and beautiful love stories.

I have loved this series with my whole heart, and as much as I am not ready for it to end, I have to say that Corinne Michaels delivered the best ending possible in this final book. She left it all on the pages with Brynlee and Crew. She infused such heart and connection and fire into every word and breath of this book. She delivered a final story with this family and these characters that I will not soon forget. She let these characters have one last epic romance that truly delivered in every way. She also gave me one last book full of this family that have taken over my heart and owned every piece. These characters in this family in the small town are truly something special, and I was reminded of that through every single page of this book and this entire series.

Crew & Brynlee’s story had all of my favorite tropes. I am a sucker for a billionaire romance, and when you throw in second chance and marriage of convenience, you have me hook, line, and sinkered. This story was one that consumed me. It was one I could not put down. It was one that I devoured because I was so invested with these characters, their connection, and everything they shared together. I just loved being a part of their love story and getting to see the two of them find their way through a second chance that made all the difference. When I tell you there is something very special about the two of them and what they feel for each other, I mean it with my whole heart. Those two have an unadulterated level of love and connection, combined with such heart and selflessness, that shines on every single page of their story. It is beautiful and remarkable and authentic, and truly incredible getting to experience that firsthand in this book.

I have wanted Brynlee’s story is the very first book in this series. That girl is just something special. She has a heart of gold, she would do anything for anyone that needs it, and she just shows up every single time. She loves with her whole heart and is a person who deserves every good thing. And I have to say I just loved what this author delivered with her story. It was emotional and beautiful and heartfelt and just perfect for her. Brynlee deserved someone who would show up for her, fight for her, and someone who would pick her again and again. And Crew was the perfect person to do all of that and more for her. But what I think I loved the most about this story for her was that it just allowed her goodness to shine, and it allowed her to show her strength, her resiliency, and how big her heart truly was. Brynlee’s heart and love truly know no bounds, and it was beautiful getting to see that over the course of this book.

Now Crew might just be the swooniest and most genuinely amazing billionaire I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. That man loves with his whole heart. And he is not afraid to make things right, especially when he messed them up in the first place. He spends this entire book, not only trying to get his daughter back, but also trying to get Brynlee back. He fights for her, he shows up for her, and he takes care of her and every way possible. When I tell you, this man is ready to melt your heart, be prepared to be a puddle of goo by the end of this book because he does not mince words and he will stop at nothing to show the woman he loves that he is here for her and that he will do anything for her and their family. Plus, the way he shows up for his daughter and fights like hell to keep her safe is truly everything. That man knows who and what has his priority, and you will love him for it.

These two characters really share something special together. There is an instant level of connection between them. The fire they create is truly spectacular and will have you desperate for the fireworks that they create, but more than that the love these two share is deep and real and so true. It might happen quickly, and it might be crazy to some, but it is so them and so perfect. These two fight for each other, they get each other, and they put each other back together again. Getting to go along with them as they feel what they do, as they share and experience what they do together, and as they try to make sense of the fact that what started off as something temporary is really going to be forever, is absolutely incredible and will have you loving everything you get with these two.

Trust. Me.

I really don’t even have the right amount of words to tell you how much I loved this book. I loved how these characters just completely saw each other and got each other and every way. I loved how Brynlee and Crew took the second chance they were given and just ran with it. Their relationship and their second chance might have started off with an end date, but those two can’t help but feel what they do for each other. And those feelings, and that love and that adoration they have for each other is beautiful and authentic, and so full of emotion that will consume you in the best way. Couple that with the fact that these characters could not be more right for each other, and you will just be living for every single thing you get with them. But more than that, you will just be rooting with your entire heart that these two will find their way to create the family that they were always meant to be.

And getting to go along with them through that journey and fight and through every up and down that comes their way is beautiful and mesmerizing, and just utterly unforgettable.

Now not to be outdone, but being back with this family truly made my heart so abundantly happy. This family is a cast of characters that I will always love fiercely. I have loved each and every one of their stories and getting to see this family and their dynamics and their friendships and just everything in between. I have lived it for how this author has woven it all together and brought me into the fold of yet another incredible family and a beautiful small town that feels very very special. I just have to say there’s something special about this family. Just the way they love each other and show up for each other and the dynamics of their relationships, it has been a true treasure getting that over the course of this series. And this final bit with all of them was everything I could’ve asked for. Their love and their humor, and just the way they connect with each other is on full display in the most memorable way, and it just adds another incredible layer to this already amazing story.

And I have to say that, as sad as I am knowing that this is the last full book in this series, I also know this isn’t goodbye because all of these characters will show up in some way, shape, or form in another book because that is what Corinne Michaels continues to create with her characters. (And it’s truly the best!) It’s never truly goodbye because they all connect in some way and I just look forward to more and more time with all of them. There is truly something special about this town and this family and these characters and what they have given over the course of this series and that is a true testament to what this author has created that, I felt and got all of this. Corinne Michaels infuses such heart and emotion and realness this and series. She put it all into this series and into these characters and what they share, and it is unforgettable. These characters and this family love each other, show up for each other, and fight like hell for one another, and it has been a true pleasure getting all of their stories.

Forgotten Desires is a second chance romance that will show you that anything is possible with the right person. This book will melt your heart, it will have you feeling all of the feels, and it will show you that there is something very special with what Crew and Brynlee share together. Those two will show you that true love and a heart of gold can conquer anything, and that the one person who matters will always show up to fight for you.

I loved every single second of this romance book, and I know that you will too. This is definitely one of my top reads of the year and it definitely exemplifies the idea that if he wanted to, he would. And let me tell you, Crew wants everything with Brynlee and he is ready to show up and fight for her in every way that matters. Getting to experience what you do with these characters will melt you, will give you all of the feels and love, and will show you that these two were meant to find their way back to one another. You will just love every bit of what you get with them, and I have no doubt that you will fall head over heels and love with what these characters share, what they give you, and how they continually show up for one another in this book.

What you get with these characters in Forgotten Desires is romantic, emotional, genuine, and heartfelt in every way. There is truly something extra special about this series, this world, and what these characters deliver and give you with their whole hearts. Trust me when I say that you will not soon forget what you experience with Brynlee & Crew, the Whitlock family, and this small town of fantastic characters. This is definitely one of my favorite series for a reason, and I truly cannot have asked for a better conclusion and sendoff for them. Corrine Michaels truly delivers everything in this final book and it is beautiful and genuine and incredible in every way.

Forgotten Desires was an absolutely amazing and consuming love story that I know I will not soon forget. It brought the feels and the heart and the swoon and fire, but more than that, it brought a second chance romance of two characters that were so beyond meant to be. Two characters with hearts of gold who deserve every good thing. Brynlee and Crew’s story will give you it all and then some, and I promise you that you will love getting to see these characters, put their hearts on the line and fight for each other because it is truly everything.

Everything and then some.

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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: Gold Horizons (Horizons Valley #3) by Kathryn Andrews

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Gold Horizons, book 3 in the Horizons Valley Series by Kathryn Andrews is live!

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💛 Enemies to friends to lovers

💛City girl moves to a small town

💛 Neighbor prank wars

💛 Fake dating

💛 He falls first

💛 Grumpy/Sunshine

💛 Spicy scenes 🔥

Cora Rhodes

My new neighbor is the worst.

When they say to keep your friends close, but your enemies closer, I don’t think they meant that literally, as in next door neighbor close. However, here we are and after our horrible and unfortunate introduction, there’s only one solution . . . to declare war. It’s his side of the mountain versus mine. It doesn’t matter that my new neighbor is ridiculously handsome, because his personality is lacking. He’s rude, arrogant, and condescending, and regardless of how hard he tries, no one is going to get in my way or push me out. I need this more than anyone knows, because sometimes what people forget or choose to overlook, is not all that glitters is gold.

Briggs Warren

My new neighbor has got to go.

After purchasing Red Barn Orchard five years ago, I know a thing or two about living on the mountain. I also know that this is no place for a rich, New York City socialite who also happens to be a music superstar. If she wanted a vacation home, she should have chosen one on the lake in Horizons Valley, not here, where there’s no one around. No one except me that is. I don’t need this, I definitely don’t need her, and based on the prank she’s pulled, we’ve declared war. The problem is, I find her stunningly beautiful, witty, funny, and when she plays her cello and the music floats across the mountain, it feels like she’s speaking to my soul. Is it possible to love the thing you hate, or should I say person, because as the months pass and summer turns into fall, this game we’re playing, I’m starting to think winning might mean less about her leaving and more about something different after all.

Gold Horizons is a standalone story in the small town series, Horizons Valley. If you love city girl moves to a small town, next door neighbors, endless pranks, enemies to friends to lovers, and grumpy sunshine, then you’re going to love Briggs and Cora’s story.

5 Absolutely Incredible Stars

Gold Horizons by Kathryn Andrews is one of my favorite romance reads this year! This book had it all…and boy was I smitten with everything I got in this book. In every way possible.

Enemies to lovers? Check. 

Grumpy sunshine romance? Check. 

The most fantastic prank war between two neighbors? Check. 

Small town romance goodness with a city girl and a mountain man guy? Check, Check. 

Two amazing and incredible characters that will completely steal and melt your heart? Check, Check, Check! 

Gold Horizons is the story of two seemingly opposite people going from enemies to friends to lovers to something so much more as they realize that the one person who drives them utterly crazy, might just be the one person they’ve always needed. 

This is a story of two people connecting on such a real and honest level that will touch every part of their hearts and yours. It’s a story of two people seeing each other, and I mean really seeing each other, in the most raw and true way. This is a story of two dynamic characters peeling back each other’s layers to discover their vulnerabilities, and not only loving what they find, but basking in what they give one another. This is a story of two people pushing every button the other one has and loving every memorable, effervescent, and vibrant moment of it. This is a story of two people falling for one another in the most real, heartfelt, and true way that will melt and own your heart from start to finish. 

Suffice to say, I loved everything about Gold Horizons and what I got with Cora and Briggs. 

Those two are truly the best. And trust me when I say that those two are something very special. From the very first words of their story, I was hooked. I was hooked on them, their fiery and vibrant connection, and everything they made each other feel. I was also exponentially hooked on the way those two managed to push every button they both had, the glorious banter they shared, all while simultaneously driving each other crazy and breaking down every wall they had carefully constructed around themselves in the best way. Simply put, I was hooked on them and everything they shared. 

These two have the most memorable first meeting, and the sparks just keep flying from there with every turn of the page in this incredible book. Kathryn Andrews carefully and thoughtfully crafts their story in a way that allows you to connect with them, allows you to feel and live and experience it all with them, and in a way that just sears you to them in a way that you will be rooting for them both through it all. There is just something truly special about Brooks, Cora, and what they share together and make each other feel. It feels right. It feels beautiful. It feels like exactly what both of them need. It feels like more…and that more with them is everything. 

What I loved about Gold Horizons, and what I love about every book by Kathryn Andrews, is that she just allows you to connect so deeply and truly to Brooks and Cora and every character she creates. She just lets you see them, get them, and understand them in every way. She makes you believe in them and want every good thing for them. She invests you in them and all that could be. She allows you through her writing to connect to them in such a real and genuine way, and that makes reading their story everything to experience. It just makes everything more memorable, more beautiful, and just more enjoyable because you’re not just reading the book and seeing the characters end up where they do, you’re living the story with them and feeling every bit of their journey to one another…and it’s just the best. 

Cora Rhodes is a gem of a character. She is fierce. She is independent. She is remarkable in so many ways. She has a heart of gold and is looking for her happy place where she can truly be herself. She is a woman who is beautiful inside and out in every way. What I loved about her character was that she was just so genuinely good. I also just loved that she was easy to relate to because like many of us, she too was just trying to find her place in the world and make sense of a very complicated relationship with her family and life. She might be a well known musician, she may come from very wealthy society, but at the end of the day she is a very real person just trying to figure out who she really is, who she wants to be, and who is deserving of being in her life and her heart. I just loved her, fiercely, unequivocally, and in every way possible. She is truly the best, and getting to connect with her over the course of the story was absolutely phenomenal. 

Now Briggs Warren might have stolen my heart from the very first moment his grumpy self made a seriously memorable appearance on the pages of Gold Horizons. That man is the definition of a grumpy mountain man who has a lot of layers and a whole lot of love to give under his somewhat gruff exterior. He is determined and very very stubborn. He is also a genuinely good guy who would do anything for those he cares about and his small town that he calls home. That man may come off grumpy and a touch (aka a lot!) hard headed, but he is also fierce in his feelings and cares with his whole heart. What I loved about Briggs is that he was so dynamic and headstrong, but underneath those layers he was also so vulnerable and had experienced his own struggles. I loved getting the chance to peel back each layer, along with Cora, while reading this story. I also just loved getting to love him. That man is wonderful and I can totally understand why Cora wants to simultaneously slap him silly and climb him like a tree.

Trust me when I say that you will love Cora and Briggs and everything they so unforgettably give you in Gold Horizons. 

Those two definitely make each other, and you, work for it, but in the absolute best way. They exemplify the idea that the one who drives you the most crazy, might just be the exact person you need to heal your heart and give you everything you didn’t think was possible. Those two work hard in this book and in their journey together to trust each other and themselves, to put the past officially in the past and break away from the expectations that try to hold them down, and to find a way to open their hearts to the possibilities of what could be. They do all of this and more while sweeping you and your heart off your feet, as they push each other’s buttons, as they feel their fierce and fiery connection to one another, and as they fall oh so hard for each other. 

Gold Horizons is  truly one of the best romances I have read this year. It has it all and more. It was romantic. It was funny. It was fiery and full of so much connection. It was memorable and consuming. It was small town romance goodness with such dynamic and memorable characters. It was just a story that I could not put down, that I loved every single word of, and that I just loved reading and experiencing. 

This book was everything and more, and Kathryn Andrews once again blew me away with what she delivered with these characters and their story. 

Her writing is absolutely incredible and allows you to just fully live this story with Cora and Briggs. That writing is what has made me a fan of hers since her very first book released 10 years ago. She just has such a way with words, a way of allowing you to be in the moments she creates with her characters, and a way of enveloping you within the magic and beauty of what her characters are and what they share. Reading her words and experiencing what she so thoughtfully and beautifully weaves together in her books is something I truly look forward to and treasure. There is just something so special and memorable about what she creates and allows you to get with her stories and characters, and Gold Horizons was no different. In fact, I think this book is Kathryn Andrews at her best. This book and what she creates within it with Cora and Briggs is vibrant, effervescent, romantic, memorable, and just absolutely enjoyable in every way. 

I truly could not have asked for more than what I got within this book and with Cora and Briggs. 

Kathryn Andrews creates and delivers everything with the two of them in the most authentic and amazing way that I and my heart will not soon forget. She thoughtfully weaves together a story of enemies, friends, a very special mountain location, pranks, love, and all the possibilities that can come from taking a chance with the one person who drives you just a bit, or a lot, crazy. She does all of that and more in this phenomenal book. She leaves all the heart and emotion on the pages of this book with these characters, and I truly could not have asked for a better conclusion to my time in Horizons Valley. This place and the people who live and fall in love there are truly something special, and you will feel that in this book, and in every other book of this series. 

Trust me.

This book, this entire series, and all of these very special characters will own your heart from the very first moment you meet them, and you will love every bit of what you get with them. You journey with them, you feel and live it all with them, you root for them with your whole heart, you believe in them, and in the end, I promise you will not be disappointed with what they so beautifully give you. Not one little bit. 

Trust me when I say that this whole series, but especially this book and Cora and Briggs, will give you it all. Those two will have you believing in the magic, possibilities, and beauty of taking a chance on the one person you didn’t even know you needed and the one person who makes you feel everything. And getting that with them along with everything else in their incredible story? Well that is truly the best in every way possible. 

About The Author

Kathryn Andrews is a #1 Inspirational Romance Bestselling Author who loves stories that end with a happily ever after. She started writing at age seven and never stopped. Kathryn is known for Chasing Clouds, the Starving for Southern series, and her much loved Hale Brothers series. Her stories are sweet, southern, and fall into the genres of chi-lit, contemporary romance, sports romance, and southern fiction.

Kathryn graduated from the University of South Florida with degrees in Biology and Chemistry, and currently lives in Tampa, Florida. She spends her days as a sales director for a medical device company and her nights lost in her love of fictional characters.

When Kathryn is not crafting beautiful worlds that incorporate some of her most favorite real life places, she can be found hanging out with her husband and two young sons, while drinking iced coffee and enjoying the sun.

Releasing Now: Tempting Promises by Corinne Michaels

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What happens in the woods, doesn’t always stay in the woods …

Tempting Promises by Corinne Michaels is now live! 

What’s the worst thing you could do when you’re stranded in the woods with your rival? Sleep with him. That’s what.

Not only is Rowan Whitlock my sister’s ex, but we’re both vying for the contract that would save my family farm.

So why did it have to be Rowan who came to the rescue after I fell on a remote hiking trail? When the weather turned unexpectedly, we were forced to find shelter and ride out the storm. Only that wasn’t the only thing I ended up riding.

We promise ourselves what happens at the cabin stays at the cabin, but when we get back to Sugarloaf, it’s impossible to stay away from him. Those blue eyes captivate me, his strong body comforts me, and he makes me feel beautiful.

Which is crazy, right?

If only my stupid head would listen and stop this before my heart gets involved, but I keep going back because I’m already in too deep.

I should’ve known that the temptation wasn’t worth the risk because when it all falls apart, our promises are broken, and I’m afraid my heart will never recover.

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5 Absolutely Incredible Stars!

Let me start this review by saying that Rowan and Charlotte just might be one of my favorite couples that I have read. There is something truly special about those two. Maybe it’s their banter, maybe it’s their unadulterated, fire and connection, maybe it’s the fact that they always keep each other on their toes, or maybe it’s just the fact That those two feel so inherently right together. Maybe it’s all of that and more. In fact, I think it is all of that, and more because from the very first pages of this book, I was completely enamored by those two. And my love for them grew fiercely through every turn of that page to the point that I was not ready to leave them when this book ended.

Those two just completely stole my heart in every single way possible.

Tempting Promises was a consuming, exceptionally written, and crafted, and utterly fantastic romance book that I could not put down. This book took a hold of me with everything it had from those very first pages and I couldn’t get enough. I was completely consumed with these characters, their banter, the buildup between them, the forced proximity goodness that pushes those to right past their breaking point, and everything that came after. Coupled with the small town goodness that completely owns my heart with this world and this family, and I was smitten. I was just in love with everything I was reading and experiencing with these characters, and it was the best.

The absolute best.

Corinne Michael’s creates an outstanding connection and fire between Rowan and Charlotte. When I tell you that it is palpable and tangible, and so thick in this book, I mean it with my whole being. Those two don’t like each other, but they really do. And when they are forced in a cabin together for multiple days, they solve a lot of their problems. And create a few more at the same time. Their unadulterated connection and fire to one another finally breaks, and it makes them see each other completely differently. Things they thought they knew are no longer there. Things they weren’t prepared to feel are suddenly there, full force. But more than that these two realize that they may have had each other all wrong and that they might just be exactly what they need.

Now let me tell you, I live for a good enemies to lovers story. Especially when the banter is top-notch, and that is what Rowan and Charlotte shared in this book. Those two definitely know how to push each other‘s buttons. They’re competing farm owners, they have a path that connects them in more ways than one, but they also just don’t like each other. But they also kind of do. There is such a respect between them, and I love how that came out across the story. These two definitely push each other pass that edge, and it leads to some very spicy and fiery moments. They keep telling each other throughout this book that this time will be the last time, but the more times they have, the more they realize that there is something truly real and authentic between them. And that thing might scare the living crap out of them, but it is real, and it is there, and it is genuine and it is everything.

Charlotte and Rowan were two incredibly amazing characters.

I loved how headstrong Charlotte was, I loved how tenacious she was, and I loved that she was not afraid to call Rowan on his bullshit. I also just loved that. She had so much heart and she was just trying to find her place in the world, while saving the farm that meant everything to her and her family. She was a woman who just wanted somebody to stay and to believe in her, and I loved getting to see her fight with all of her might through every page of this book and work her ass off to find herself, her place, and her love in this world. I love that girl with my whole heart, and I just love the fact that this book brought her what it did, because no one deserves all of the happiness in the world more than she does.

Rowan was a gem and let me tell you I love that man. I love that he’s just a good man. I loved that he is also not afraid to keep Charlotte on her toes and be there for her, even when she tries to push him away. I also just love that that man is tenacious in his own way, he cares about family, and he isn’t afraid to keep fighting, or to keep showing up. He is in it for the long-haul, and even though he starts off this book, doubting he will ever have a forever or a relationship, he soon realizes that with a right person, everything can change. And when he realizes that, he commits to it with his full heart, and every ounce of passion within him, and it is epic and amazing to experience.

I also just have to say that one of my favorite things about this couple, and everything they share is that it just felt very real and grown up. They face their fair share of issues, both with themselves and each other, and they handle them in a very real way. They don’t run away from their problems, they face them head on. They make decisions that are thoughtful and are emotional, but that also feel very real. Sure they are human and they make mistakes and things are complicated, but they also aren’t afraid to own up to their part of things and aren’t afraid to make the right choice and the hard decisions, especially when the stakes are high. I loved that about them and I really respected that because even though they love to push each other‘s buttons, in the same breath I know that they are also committed to being there for one another, and handling things in the way they should be. In a way that leads either the heart, and is as tenacious as they are. That coupled with the fact that everything between Rowan and Charlotte felt so right just meant that I loved them even more fiercely with everything they gave me.

Getting to be with these two as they go from enemies to lovers to so much more was phenomenal. My heart was with these two feeling and living and experiencing every breath of what they give each other, and I just loved it. I loved how connected I felt to them, I loved how real it all felt, and I just loved how these two never stopped keeping each other on their toes, wanting each other, but also fighting like hell for each other, and for what could be. I loved and respected them both with my whole heart, and every fiber of my being, and I was so beyond invested in those two finding the happily ever after that, they both deserved. I needed them to get there, because they just deserved it. They deserved all of the happiness and love and elation and warmth and fire that comes with finding the one person who changes everything. And I lived for every opportunity in this book that brought them both closer and closer to finding that with each other.

Experiencing that with them in this book was truly everything. And more.

Those two might have been a little worried about what that future could bring them, but they were always there for one another, especially when it mattered. I think that’s one of the things I loved, and respected so much about them. They were always willing to stand up for each other and be there for each other when it counted. And even when no one was watching, they were still there for each other because they knew that is what the other needed and that that was what they had to do. And I absolutely relish in that with them.

The love that grows between these characters is built on fire and banter and pure heart. That shines through every word this author creates, and it emanates with these characters and what they share together. It is beautiful and funny and intoxicating, and just consuming in every way to experience what you get with Rowan and with Charlotte.

And I have to say that just being back in this world, with all of these characters, in this small town, and in this family, that cares so deeply for one, another, was just the perfect place to be. I could read this series forever and ever, and I would never get enough of all of these characters, and what they allow me to get and feel with them along the way. They just make everything feel like so much more. They make me feel part of their family. They make me Feel like I am right there with them and it is truly everything to experience that with them.

If you love a small town romance, that is well written, that is consuming in every single way possible, and that will show you just how thin the line between love and hate is, then you need to run yourself to this book as soon as humanly possible. If you love a romance book that will give you two very real, dynamic, and complicated characters that will steal your heart from the very first pages, then you will live and love every second of this book. if you just love a phenomenal love story that gives you characters who find their way through any obstacle together, who continuously show up at all times, and who are ready and willing to fight for themselves and each other, then you need this book in your life this very second.

Trust me.

This entire book, this entire series, and every morsel of this world makes my heart so abundantly happy. That is a true testament to the level of connection and vibrancy and life, and love that this author infuses into every character, into every moment, and into every love story. Tempting Promises was another shining example of why Corinne Michaels is one of my favorite authors. She leaves it all on the pages of her books, she connects you with her characters in every way, possible, and she just has you utterly in love with everything you get with them. The good, the bad, the complicated, the banter, the connection and fire, and all the glorious spiciness; this author puts you in the thick of it, and it is glorious. She gives you real complicated characters who can’t help but feel everything for one another, and you will love getting to be on every step of their journey to finding that happily ever after. She will have you enamored with them, and everything between them, and you will love it.

You will love it so so much. I know I did.

I am so sad to know that this series is coming to an end with the next book, but in the same breath, I just can’t wait to be back within this world. That is how much I love all of these characters, how much I love what this author creates with them, and how I truly cannot get enough of their stories of finding love. This family has had a go of it, but each book in this series heals them all a little bit more and shows them that anything is possible if you keep your heart open to all of the possibilities… And to the right person. I loved every single thing about this book, and I have no doubt that this author will bring this entire series to a close, in the most fitting way, because this family, this series, and this world has been utterly unforgettable from the start, and I have no doubt they will be through the very end.

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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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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