It’s a Cover Reveal: Here and Now by Corinne Michaels

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Corinne Michaels has revealed the gorgeous cover for Here and Now!

Releasing: February 19, 2025

Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative

I’ve crafted my new life in Ember Falls with two simple rules: maintain superficial relationships and always be ready to run.

But when my son’s incredibly hot hockey coach Miles Anderson walks in, things get very, very complicated.

With his charming smile and our accidental dates, he’s the exact opposite of any man I’ve ever dated. That should make saying yes to being with him simple, but nothing in my life is easy.

In fact, it’s a mess.

Miles makes me smile and treats my son like his own. When we’re together, I forget about my troubles and dream of a life that I will never be able to have with him.

It’s only a matter of time until the past comes knocking and I’ll have to leave, breaking us both in the process.

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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: 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:
https://bit.ly/3xHOcfW

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.

https://geni.us/AloneWithYouAM
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!

US https://a.co/d/bBBpTI0
UK https://amzn.eu/d/ehcqYjH
CA https://a.co/d/7rpXK2x
AU https://amzn.asia/d/0TfEPjp
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

It’s a Cover Reveal: Wildflowers & Wide Receivers by Kathryn Andrews

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It’s cover reveal day for WILDFLOWERS AND WIDE RECEIVERS by Kathryn Andrews releasing November 1!

Pre Order: https://amzn.to/4bSTFiH

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?

Why you are going to love this book…
Football Player / Sports Romance
Second Chance Romance
Single Guardian
Pediatric doctor
The one who got away
Overachiever
No third act breakup
Florida: boats, sunshine, and dolphins
Goldendoodle named Molly
Previous characters appearing
Found family
Forced Proximity

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.

Connect with Kathryn Andrews:
https://linktr.ee/kandrewsauthor

It’s a Cover Reveal: Alone With You by Aly Martinez

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It’s cover reveal day for ALONE WITH YOU by Aly Martinez releasing August 22nd! 

#PreOrderHere 

https://a.co/d/4w3zIiP

What you will find inside the pages…

🔥Spicy

🔥Enemies to Lovers

🔥Second Chance

🔥Twists & Turns you love from an Aly Martinez novel!

🔥Emotionally Gripping

🔥Romantic Thriller

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.

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: 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.

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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