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Releasing Now: The Persistence of Thornes (Wildflower #3) by Micalea Smeltzer

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The Persistence of Thornes by Micalea Smeltzer is now live! 

Hawthorne Mills is supposed to be my chance to start over with my brothers. Becoming their guardian wasn’t the plan, but I’ll do anything it takes to keep them from being put in the system. Even if it means raising two teenage boys when I’m only twenty-three.

There’s one thing I don’t expect.

Caleb Thorne.

He’s literally descended from the founding family of the town and practically royalty here.

And also my new neighbor.

Which makes him privy to every screw up I make trying to navigate being a parental figure to my younger brothers.

It should be easy enough for me to avoid him but he’s annoyingly persistent in wanting to help me. I call it pity even if he insists it’s not.

The worst part is there’s undeniable chemistry between us and the more time we spend together the harder it becomes to resist.

But nothing good in my life has ever lasted so I fully expect Caleb to be another of those temporary things.

Especially when my past demons finally catch up with me.

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5 Absolutely Incredible Stars

When I read the Wildflower Duet by Micalea Smeltzer a few years ago, I fell in love with this small town, it’s unforgettable characters, and the consuming way that this author brought every detail of this world to life. I still think about that world. I still think about those characters, their journeys, and the beautifully emotional story. I got within those pages. So to say that I was excited to come back to that world, to come back to those characters, and to see one of my favorite characters get their well deserved happy ending, is putting it mildly. My heart was ready for this book. My soul is ready for this book. I was just ready to see Caleb Thorne find the person who was meant to be with him.

And let me just tell you now, every bit of this incredible romance was perfection. Every second of this book getting to see Caleb find his match and Halle was everything. Every moment with these two solidified, how much I knew, they needed to be together in every way possible. Every page of this book had me knowing in the deepest part of my heart and soul that these two were soulmates and that they were exactly what each other needed.

Getting to experience and feel all of that over the course of this book with Halle and Caleb was truly wonderful. And honestly, it’s just scratching the surface about what I loved about their story. There were so many big things and little things and just incredible things that had me melting into a puddle of swoony goo reading their story. Those two have an irresistible connection, they have a love that is built stone by stone and brick by brick in the most thoughtful and vulnerable and heart touchingly real way, but more than that they have this magic and dynamic between them that is truly mesmerizing.

Those two are endgame. They are two halves of the same whole that were meant to find each other to complete everything. They didn’t even know they needed. Those two are soulmates. You feel it in your bones. The first moment they meet and the way that these two show up for each other, the way they fight for each other, and the connection and love they are building across this book, and the way that they show everyone around them, but most importantly, each other, that they are meant to be is absolutely beautiful. And it will touch your heart in every way possible. I promise you that.

The Persistence of Thornes has all of the best pieces that make it an incredible love story from start to finish. It’s got a single father who has the biggest heart, stepping into help his neighbor who he definitely has a crush on and wants to have so much more with. It has a strong, independent woman who has been let down so many times in her life by those she should’ve been able to trust, just trying to raise her brothers in the best way possible, while also feeling all of the things for her very handsome next-door neighbor. From the moment these to meet, it is on. Their connection, their fire, and their pull to one another. They may fight it at times, they may take it slow at others because they know the other is scared, they may question everything they think they feel and know, but through it all that fire and that pull to each other is there. It’s fierce, it’s real, it’s vulnerable, and it’s absolutely beautiful.

And you will love every second of getting to experience all of that with Caleb and Halle.

Those two are just something special. What they feel for one another is so real and right and you will just love getting to see the two of them give into all of that over the course of this book. The way they see each other, the way they completely and wholeheartedly get each other, the way that they show up for each other in the exact way that the other needs is truly incredible. It shows the honesty and realness of these characters and their connection, it shows how much they truly understand each other in a way that only they can, and it is just beautiful. It is incredibly beautiful and emotional and meaningful.

Halle and Caleb‘s characters truly stole my heart. I mean from the moment I met them in this book. I loved them with my whole heart. I had already loved Caleb from my previous experiences with his character in the rest of the series, and Holly wiggled her way in there from the very first page. Those two are just so special. There’s just something so incredible about each of them on their own, but when they’re together, it’s truly like fireworks. It’s truly like everything clicking into place in the right way at the right time and it’s incredible to experience that with them.

Caleb Thorne is a character that I have been intrigued by and that I have loved ever since I met him in the first books in the series. That man goes through a lot. And while I would not change an ounce of the story that I’ve already read with these characters, I was definitely ready for him to find his happily ever after. That man has a heart of gold. He shows up for everyone. He loves with his whole heart. And honestly, he just wanted somebody to pick him. To love him first. To choose him. And getting to see him experience that, getting to see how thoughtful he was with Halle as their relationship evolved and developed, and getting to see just how he was willing to show up for her, his family, and himself was absolutely amazing. That man is truly the best. He has the biggest heart, he is always willing to show up and put in the work, and he just loves with his whole heart. You feel that in your bones reading the story and getting to be with him as he experienced a love that he’s so truly deserved, while also giving a love that was so honest and true was beyond meaningful and just so damn beautiful.

Also… The fiery mouth on that man, I was not prepared. Caleb Thorne definitely brings the heat and do not count him out because he is ready and willing to show you that not only is he in this with Holly, but he is bound and determined to show her and everyone around them that they Are meant to be. And that everything they share together is worth it. Watching Caleb build a relationship that he did with Halle, her brothers, and everyone around them was beautiful and so hard touching. That man shining the love and adoration he has on those around him, but especially on Halle was truly everything. That man is so thoughtful, he is so endearing, and he is determined to show her that she is worthy of love and help and care, and that she can count on him. The way he shows up continually for her, for those around him, and the way that that love and adoration is reciprocated to him from Halle is wonderful. And it made my heart so beyond happy getting to see this genuinely good man experience everything that he so deserved.

Now Halle‘s character completely enamored me from the very first moment I met her. I love that girl fiercely. She is a young woman who has had the hardest lot in life. She has experienced too many things that nobody should. But she continues to show up, she continues to fight for herself and her siblings, and she continues to put in the hard work to make a better life for those around her. She herself has a heart of gold too, and she is just so genuine, determined, and hard-working. But she’s also somebody who has been let down so many times and it’s hard for her to trust others because she has trusted before and it’s broken pieces of her. I felt so much for her throughout this book and her unraveling all of those pieces of what she had been through as she tried to resonate with what she was experiencing and feeling in the present tense of this book.

That girl has been through everything, and getting to see her finally bask in the light, getting to see her except the love of someone who deserved her, and getting to see her over the course of this book realize that she deserved that goodness, that she wanted it, and more than that that she was willing to fight with her life for it was absolutely mesmerizing and emotional and beyond beautiful. Halle deserves every good thing in life and you will love getting to see someone doubt on her, getting to see people show up and fight for her, and getting to see her come into her own and realize that she is worthy and deserving of the love that is right next-door. Getting to see her fully except those things about herself and her life and her journey is incredible and so telling and vulnerable. You will love how you connect to her character, you will love just getting to watch her love and experience the trueness of that for the first time, but more than that you will just love The tenacity of her character and her heart through every page of this book.

If you can’t tell already, I loved these two with my whole heart. They were the epitome of meant to be. These characters just saw each other. They got each other. They realized what each other needed and showed up in the ways that truly mattered and in the way that changed everything for these two. Their hearts were so genuine, their connection was so real and true, and the love that grows over the course of this book is so hard thought and honest and beautiful that it completely encapsulate you in the rightness and the depth of what Halle and Caleb share together.

I really can’t say that enough.

My words honestly do not do their love story that justice it deserves. The persistence and the tenacity of these two, their connection, and the love that is eternal between them is absolute perfection, and there truly is no resisting it. These two are meant to be, and you will bask in every swoon worthy moment. You get with them as they try to figure out how they can click all of those puzzle pieces into place to get to the happily ever after that they both so truly and unequivocally deserve.

This love story and what this author gives you with her characters is truly outstanding. I can’t say it enough. I melted reading this book. I swooned. I felt the butterflies right along with these characters. I just believed in them and their love story and I truly cannot say that enough. Micalea Smeltzer put you right in the thick of it, she put your heart on the line right along with her characters, and that pulls you in fiercely. You are just able to live and breathe every ounce of this love story with these characters, you believe in them, you love them with your whole heart, you root for them with all you have, but more than that you just know that they are meant to be and getting to experience all of That as you experience, their story is truly nothing short of everything.

I probably could go on for thousands of more words with all of the things that I loved about The Persistence of Thornes by Micalea Smeltzer. This book is definitely one of my favorite reads of the year and has just brought me back to a series that is so so special to me. I love it. This author does justice to Halle and Caleb and their story and love that they build together, while also bringing you back into a world of characters that Stole my heart years ago. She also leaves a few doors and windows open for possibilities in the future and I for one cannot wait for all of that. This town, these characters, and the connection they all share is truly something special and it was the most incredible reading experience getting to be back with all of them in this very special place as yet another epically, emotional and beautiful love story comes to life.

My heart was beyond happy getting to experience what I did with Halle and Caleb and the boys, and just every other incredible character of this world. It brought back so many of those original feelings I felt reading this series from a few years ago, but it added and multiplied the love I have for this world and what this author creates within it. She truly pours her heart Into every bit of what these characters share. That shines in every interaction, in every little moment, in every big moment, and every moment where these characters show you that they are this found family of people who have seen each other through the hardest moments of their lives and yet continue to show up and love each other because they want to. Because they choose each other, they choose to live life together and show up when it matters, and they continue to love each other, even when that love is complicated…and they always will. Getting to experience that level of heart and connection with all of these characters, while also getting the most romantic and all feeling love story between Halle and Caleb truly makes this book. It makes it everything and more.

And I honestly cannot say enough good things about it.

This book is a must read for anyone who loved the Wildflower Duet, but more than that is just a must read for anyone who loves a good love story. This book is the epitome of two people finding the exact right person who will show up for them in ways that they need, that will sear their hearts to one another, but more than that that will have them believing in every possibility of what could be for that happily ever after. This book is romantic, it is heart touching, and it is absolutely beautiful.

I continue to be blown away by what this author creates with her words and characters, and this book is definitely one of my new favorite of hers. It stole my heart, it completely consumed me from start to finish, and it just reiterated the fact that the right people will find their exact right person at the exact right time that they’re meant to. And getting to experience that, getting the honesty and vulnerability with these characters, thrown in with all of the love and connection and fire they share, It’s truly everything. Everything and more.

Run yourself to this book as soon as you can, and just prepare yourself for one of the most beautiful love stories you will get to experience. I know that I will never forget what it was like to fall in love with these characters, and to experience everything they give you in this book. It is romantic, it is beautiful, it is full of feels and swoon, but more than that it is just wholeheartedly them and the truest and realist way, and I just loved every second of it. These characters completely stole my heart, and I really don’t want it back because I just love them so much. I loved every bit of this book and I know you all too. Because I completely believe it is 100% impossible to not fall in love with these characters and the beautiful love story that they give you in this book and in this entire series.

Meet Micalea

Micalea Smeltzer is a twenty-something author from Northern Virginia. She has four dogs, which is as crazy as it sounds. As a recent kidney transplant recipient she’s dedicated to raising awareness around the effects of kidney disease, dialysis, and transplant as well as educating people on living donation.When she’s not writing you can catch her with her nose buried in a book.

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Review Post: The Nanny is Off Limits by Q.B. Tyler

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Rowan Kincaid hasn’t dated in over a year.

Not since the mother of his children unexpectedly passed away, leaving him to parent their three children alone.

Exhausted, overworked, and feeling like he’s failing at every turn, he’s desperate for help.

The Help that shows up?

A gorgeous woman almost twenty years younger thank him.

She’s compassionate and charming and the kids fall for her instantly.

And despite the fact that she should be off limits, he falls for her too.

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5 Incredible Stars!

If you know me, then you know that I am a huge fan of QB Tyler, and her books. I have literally read and loved every single one. They have all been must reads for me, and she is an author who I can always count on for spice, so much heart, and a story that I will just want to devour. I experienced all of those feelings and more while reading this newest book by her. It brought me into a world of characters that I already love with my whole heart, it broke the rules in the best way, and it delivered everything I have come to love and expect from this author.

The Nanny Is Off Limits explores Rowan and Elianna’s story of forbidden romance. He’s a single dad in desperate need of some help. She’s a nanny who swooped in to save the day. They are both not supposed to cross that line with each other, but they can’t help but want everything with one another. throw in some glorious tension and build up, a connection that just won’t quit, and a serious level of fire between these two, and you were just scratching the surface of what brings them together. This book follows the two of them as they try to make sense of their feelings, as they give into temptation, and as they see what it all means and where it’ll have them ending up.

What I loved about this book, is what I’ve loved about every book from this author. It was equal parts, consuming, spicy as hell, and romantic in every way. There is such a level of connection to what Rowan and Elianna share. There is such a deeper meaning to it too. It’s not just about breaking the rules. It’s not just about it being forbidden between them. It’s so much more. Don’t get me wrong, all of those factors make the spice even spicier, and this author has such a way of giving that tension and angst and build up in a way that is glorious, but there is so much to these characters and I love how this author once again allows you to experience the true hearts of them over the course of this book.

Rowan was a character that I fell for from the start. He’s a single dad, whose kids recently lost their mother, and he’s just trying his best. He’s definitely at his wits end a bit, and he’s just trying to make sure that he’s there for his kids in a way that means everything. He’s also someone who hasn’t let him feel things in a long time, and being near his new nanny, brings up feelings he was not prepared for. What I loved about his character was getting to see him find himself again, getting to see him as a dad, and someone who cared with his whole heart, well also being someone who is willing to show up and be strong for everyone when it truly mattered. That man was the best and there is no resisting him. I promise you that. I fell for him in chapter 1, and I just fell even harder the more that I got his story, the more I saw what he felt for Elianna and the way he was a father, and just the more that I got to spend time with him. He truly is the best.

Now Elianna’s character was another one that I loved from the start. She has the biggest heart, she is so good with kids, and she is used to taking care of everyone. As an oldest daughter myself, I related so much to the strength that she had, the determination she had to make sure everyone else was okay first, and the good hearted stubbornness and tenacity she had. I think what I loved most about her character is that while she was so strong, there was also such a level of vulnerability to her. She showed that fiercely with Rowan and he was able to peel back those layers for her to be honest and to be true and to be yourself. I loved that. I also loved that she completely owned, who she was, what she wanted, And she did it with a heart that was so full of love. That woman steps in to help and has the best intentions, and I loved getting to spend time with her over the course of this book.

These two definitely have an absolutely fiery connection through every page of this book. It’s consuming. It’s all encompassing. It’s unforgettable. They are meant to be. Even when it breaks all the rules, even when they have to have the hard conversations, and even when things get a little bit complicated, they are it for each other. You feel it in your bones. And that is just one of the many things I love about how QB Tyler writes her romance books. She shows you why her characters must be together, and why they have to find their way. I felt that from the very start with these two and that feeling never waned throughout this entire book…and it was glorious.

I also have to say that the incredible side characters of this world made my heart so happy. I loved Uncle River and I’m already counting down the days till his book because I need it in my life right now. But I also just loved Margot and SJ and Isla. Those three definitely bring the humor, the life, and the banter to the story, and I loved getting to see the dynamic between those three tiny, and not so tiny, humans, with their dad and with Ellie. They bring such a lightness and such a level of fun to the story, but also so much heart with everything they’ve gone through. This author really does their journey justice in a way that feels authentic and real and true.

I truly can’t say enough how much I enjoyed this book. It delivered everything and then some. The spice was spicy, the feels were feeling, and the heart was there in every bit. I loved getting to see these characters fall for each other and experience everything that came their way as they felt Everything for one another. I loved getting to be there as they finally gave into what was right in front of their faces. I just loved them and what they shared. It was raw, it was real, it was intense and tie, and it was just them. It was them in the most wholehearted and authentic way, and I loved getting to be in every part of it.

QB Tyler throws you into the thick of it with her characters and it truly is the best. She invests you in them, she makes you get them and believe in them and love them with your whole heart, and she shows you why they must find their way. You feel that through every single turn of the page in The Nanny is Off Limits and it is truly the best. It consumes you, it reels you and fiercely, and it has you believing in everything that could be between these characters. It also has you blushing something fierce. And honestly, that’s just part of what I loved so much about this book.

If you were a fan of this author, then you will love this book. It is single dad, falling for the nanny, age gap, forbidden romance goodness. It ticks all the boxes, it delivers the spice and feels, but more than that, it delivers an incredible and fantastic love story from start to finish. Rowan and Elianna feel absolutely everything for each other in this book and you will love getting to see them explore what that means, where it’s all going to go, and what that will bring the two of them as long as they’re willing to take a chance and break the rules.

This is a must read romance that will make you blush, make you smile, and make you feel at all. And honestly, that’s just part of what I loved about it so much. This is another incredible read by this author, and I am already looking forward to the next time I get to read her words because I can never get enough of what she creates with her characters, with her stories, and with her incredible romances.

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Amazon Top 15 Bestselling author and lover of forbidden romances, tacos, coffee, and wine, Q.B. Tyler gives readers sometimes angsty, sometimes emotional but always deliciously steamy romances featuring sassy heroines and the heroes that worship them. She’s best known for writing forbidden (and sometimes taboo) romances, so if that’s your thing, you’ve come to the right place. When she’s not writing, you can usually find her on Instagram (definitely procrastinating), shopping or at brunch.

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Releasing Now: Never Been Worse by Morgan Elizabeth

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Never Been Worse by Morgan Elizabeth  is now live! 

Harper Abbott’s reputation has never been worse. The one time she tries to be spontaneous ends with her and her two best friends getting arrested for a prank gone wrong. Now, her cheating ex and his new girlfriend are on a mission to ruin her fledgling career as a fashion designer.

Wes Holden, guitarist for Altas Oaks, was pleasantly surprised to find out the charity date he was wrangled into was won by Harper, the woman he’d been quietly into for years. When he hears about the trouble she’s facing, he has the perfect solution: they should get married. His band needs a distraction in the media, and he could help her designs get more exposure.

With another leap of spontaneity, Harper agrees and is thrown into the limelight. Soon, what started as a mutually beneficial fake agreement starts to become more, and Wes finds himself working to convince her to give them a shot while Harper struggles to keep the full truth of her breakup—and its repercussions—under wraps.

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

Morgan Elizabeth has firmly cemented herself as one of my new favorite authors. I have recently binge read almost all of her entire back list and I have been blown away by what this author creates with her words. Her books are a joy to read. They are equal parts, funny and spicy and swoony and just incredible. They are romantic comedy goodness, and I have loved every single book of hers. They have all been five star reads and I have just been overjoyed getting to spend the time that I have with all of her characters, their antics, and their love stories.

Simply put, this author is one of my favorites, and I was beyond excited to read this book.

Never Been Worse had some of my all-time favorite tropes in it. But more than that, it had an incredible love story that I could not put down. This book was honest, it was vulnerable, it was funny as hell, it was spicy as all get out, and it enamored me with this couple and their connection. I mean, I was a melted puddle of goo reading this book and watching these two fall for each other, and I was here for every second of it. The way that Wes loves her with his whole heart from the very beginning, and the way that she is able to find herself and find her heart again after going through so much was perfection.

Those two were beyond meant to be. They may have come together in the most unorthodox of scenarios, but they were written in the stars. They were meant to be. They were endgame. You know that in your bones reading this book and I loved getting to be with the two of them as they realized how real it was between them. I mean, we definitely knew it was real the whole time, and it took Harper a hot second to get there herself, but getting to be with these two as they fell, as they felt it all, and as they willingly gave in to the epic of their connection and fire together was truly nothing short of everything.

I truly cannot say enough good things about this book. It truly had everything I love about a romance novel, but especially one from this author. The banter was perfection. The fire and connection between this couple and the build up to them giving into that and sharing it was chef‘s kiss. Couple that with the fact that it was a revenge story, a marriage of convenience that was so real that it would pass any lie detector test with flying colors, and the fact that these two had an undeniable level of connection… And I was smitten. I was more than smitten because I loved everything about them, everything they were sharing and building together, and the way that they continue to show up for each other in every way that mattered.

One of my favorite aspects of this book was Harper‘s character. I really connected to her, her honesty, and her vulnerability about the challenges she faces after the end of her previous relationship, after realizing she blindly put her faith and trust in the wrong people, and as she tried to figure out what was real and what was not, was everything. Her journey and her character was so real to me. I felt such connection to everything she goes through in this book and what it’s like to feel like you’re restarting your life when everybody else around you has firmly cemented theirs. The way that she wants more, the way that she realizes that she deserves more, and the way that I was able to connect to her character through this author‘s words as she fights for the life and the love that she’s always deserved was absolutely wonderful. And beautiful as all get out.

I loved that girl with my whole heart reading this book, and not only that I connect with her struggles and her journey that she goes on in this book, I was rooting like hell for her through every page. I wanted her to succeed. I believed in her. I wanted to be friends with her. She’s that fantastic and likable and real of a character that I felt all of those strong connections and feelings. And honestly, that’s just part of what I loved about her character and what I got with her throughout this book. Morgan Elizabeth truly has a knack for making her characters the people you want to be best friends with and Harper was no different. That girl is strong and resilient, and definitely knows how to dish some revenge, and I loved every second I got to spend with her.

Now not to be done, Wes Holden pretty much stole my heart from the very first moment I met him. From the very first book in this series, it was a parent that Wes had something there for Harper. But when you finally get into his head in this book, and you realize that that man has fallen hard and deep for Harper, there is no resisting him. Couple that with the fact that he is the most protective gem of a man on this planet, the fact that he would do anything for that girl, and the fact that he is willing to put in the hard work and play the long game to make her his was nothing short of perfection. That man is the best. End of.

I have loved every hero by this author, but Wes might be my new favorite. He just had such a way about him. The way that he was so honest and real at all times with how he felt about Harper, the way he showed up for her, showed up for his friends, and the way he showed up for every challenge that came their way was utterly fantastic. And I’m not going to lie, getting to spend time with a rockstar covered in tattoos, who loves with his whole heart and isn’t afraid to be so real about those feelings and fight like hell for the woman he loves was absolutely swoonworthy. It was everything and then some and that man is truly a gem with a heart of gold.

Like I said, I could not put this book down with these two. I was beyond consumed in everything they were building together, I was here for every moment of their “fake “relationship, and I was absolutely blown away by what these two give each other. What these two share is very very real, it is built straight from the heart, and it is romantic AF. There is no resisting Harper and Wes and what they share in this book. I promise you that. Every moment with them will have you rooting with everything that you have that these two will find their way and that they will give into everything they’re sharing.

I would also be remiss if I didn’t mention the fact that Jules and Ava make up the best trio with Harper and I could spend 17 more books with those three. Their antics are everything, their banter is joyous, and the way that they show up for each other and create the most solid friend group was incredible. Getting to see the two of them with their respective spouses, getting to see the found family of characters that all of these characters have created together, and getting to be there through every antic and fun filled moment and crazy revenge plot was fantastic.

And so damn fun.

This book just made me so happy. I cannot say that enough. All of this author’s books have brought out this feeling in me as I’ve read them, which is just part of the reason I love them all so much, but this one truly might just be my new favorite. It was so incredibly written, it was consuming in every way, and I just loved what I got with these characters. Revenge, fun, spice, love, and all the glorious swoon. What’s not to love?

Never Been Worse is what love stories and romantic comedies should be. This book proved that to me again and again. This book was so fun, it was so heartfelt and genuine at times, so swoony and romantic at others, and it just highlighted how incredible love can truly be. The love you find with your friends and those you chose to build your life with, the truest love you can build out of something you thought might not even be real, and the love that you find within yourself when it really matters.

This book is definitely going down as one of my favorite reads of this year, and I truly cannot say enough good things about it. This was not only the perfect conclusion to a series that I’ve loved, but it was another utterly incredible read by an author who is one of my favorites. This book Was everything I needed. My heart was so happy reading it, and I loved everything I got with these characters. Wes and Harper bring everything to the pages of this book, they deliver it so vulnerably and sincerely, and you cannot help but love them and root for them and want every good thing for them while reading their story. And honestly, that’s just part of what makes this book so incredible, so romantic, and so phenomenal to read and experience.

I highly recommend this book and every other book by this author. You will love everything about how she creates her love stories and what she infuses into her words. There is such life and color and vibrancy to what she creates that it makes such a magical reading experience that will just make you unbelievably happy. I can’t say that enough. Throw in the fact that there are some incredible Taylor Swift references, the best kind of revenge plot lines, and just so much fun and love to be had, and you will just love it all. I promise you that.

Never Been Worse is a marriage of convenience story that will have you knowing from the very first page that everything between this couple is so incredibly real, and that everything they’re building together is meant to be. You will swoon with these two, you will feel it all, you will laugh your ass off at times, but more than that you’ll believe in everything that they’re sharing together and fighting like hell for. This book is what romance novels are made of and it is perfection. I can’t say that enough!

Run yourself to this world, these incredible characters and their love stories, and all the romantic comedy goodness this author’s fantastic words have to offer. It would be wrong not to.

Meet Morgan Elizabeth

Morgan is a born and raised Jersey girl, living there with her two boys, toddler daughter, and mechanic husband. She’s addicted to iced espresso, barbecue chips, and Starburst jellybeans. She usually has headphones on, listening to some spicy audiobook or Taylor Swift. There is rarely an in between.

Writing has been her calling for as long as she can remember. There’s a framed ‘page one’ of a book she wrote at seven hanging in her childhood home to prove the point. Her entire life she’s crafted stories in her mind, begging to be released but it wasn’t until recently she finally gave them the reins.

I’m so grateful you’ve agreed to take this journey with me.

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Releasing Now: Here and Now by Corinne Michaels

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Here and Now by Corinne Michaels is now live! 

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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***** 5 ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE STARS *****

It is not a secret that I am a big fan of Corinne Michaels and her books. I have literally read every single one of them and they have all been five star reads for me. She is one of my favorite authors for a reason. I can always count on her to write an incredible romance that has the swoon, the heart, and feels, that brings the banter and incredible characters, and that will just give me one hell of a love story. Every book of hers has delivered that and more and this one was no different. In fact, it was more because everything I got with Miles and Penelope in their book was perfection.

Simply put, I loved every incredible word of this book.

I’m melted into a puddle of goo with these characters and what they shared together. I also laughed my ass off with the antics of this friend group and small town, while also simultaneously falling head over heels for the magic and love that grew and blossom between these two. Their love story is truly beautiful. It is consuming in the best way, and it is the definition of finding that right person at the exact right time you need them. It is a story of finally letting yourself feel and have all that you’ve been scared to let yourself find for all these years. It is a love story, built on truth and longing and connection that will steal your heart in every way possible.

Miles and Penelope had the most indescribable level of connection that I could not get enough of. I loved those two. I loved that he immediately was attracted to her and wanted everything with her. I also loved that she felt the same, but kept him on his toes, pushing back at every chance she got. I loved that these two were determined to hold on to what they felt. I loved that even though both of these characters had experiences in their lives that made them feel a bit of trepidation about giving into what they felt for one another and the incredible connection they shared, they both were completely honest and real and vulnerable about what they felt and shared together. When it really mattered those two were it. They were wholly real with themselves and each other, and I love getting to be in the thick of that with them.

It was everything.

Miles and Penelope were truly the best.

I loved that she was doing everything she could to protect her son and herself. I loved that while she was trying to protect her heart from all of the hurt that the world might try to bring it, that she couldn’t help but feel what she did for Miles and hope that in another life she would get to experience it all with him. I loved how honest and real she was with herself and with him. I loved that she tried to push away her feelings for Miles, but they just came back full force, even harder every time she tried to push him away. I loved that Penelope was so strong and willing to do whatever it took for her child and his safety. I loved the connection she had with this small town and her brother and every character she met. I loved just how genuinely good of a character and person she was and that shined on every page of this book. I loved that I just felt beyond connected to her while reading and that I just rooted like hell that she would allow herself to feel the love that Miles so willingly wanted to give her because she deserved everything. And then some.

I’m pretty sure Miles stole my heart from the very beginning. That man is a man of his word. He loves with his whole heart, he feels with everything he has, and even though he himself has also experienced trauma in his life, he was ready to fight for who and what he truly wanted. He was willing to put in the work and the time to show Penelope and her son that he was at and that they were meant to be a family. He was willing to do the work and face truth about his own experiences in order to have the love that he is so desperately wanted and deserved. I loved that man with my whole heart. I loved how resilient he was. I loved the banter that man could deliver. I loved how he was also just a genuinely good person with a heart ready to love and fight for those he cared for. I loved that he was willing to do whatever it took and wait out his time for Penelope and Kai because he knew that he wanted them. He wanted their love and he wanted what could be, and he was willing to do what it took and wait, however long it might be, for a chance at having the two of them. I loved that it was the little things and the big things he did that showed his true heart. I just loved him. He is truly a gem of a character and I dare you not to fall in love with him in this book.

Spoiler alert, that’s an impossible task.

Now I have to say the town of Ember Falls might just be my new happy place. These characters are the best. The banter they all bring, the dynamics at play, and the true level of friendship they all share is truly something special. I can’t say it enough. I could read their text message threads for the rest of time and die a happy girl. I could also be at their disc jockey practices for the rest of time and continue laughing until my cheeks hurt because that is just how incredible they all are.

There wasn’t a moment in this small town with all of these characters that I didn’t love and cherish. This place is truly something special and Corinne Michaels creates a world you never want to leave. She has such a way of creating that small town magic that feels real and tangible and just genuine. It makes me want my own version of Ember Falls. It makes me long for the connection these characters all share and the way they show up for each other. It honestly just wows me every time I read one of her books how she creates that magic with the town and characters that she creates, and this book just brought all of that back in the fiercest and best ways.

This book and the series and this small town create a found family of sorts that is truly something special. You feel that in your bones with this friend group, and every new journey and book and moment with them is the one that I truly can’t get enough of. Those characters know how to push each other‘s buttons, but they also know how to show up for each other and truly care. I love every moment I get with this friend group and the family they’ve created, and I truly can’t say enough how utterly fantastic it is to spend an entire book with them. It is simply the best, and this friend group definitely brings the laughs and heart to every moment they’re together.

I also have to say that one of my favorite parts of reading a book by this author is how all of her books connect in some way. They’re little things, but it makes the best reading experience. I won’t share too much about this connections because if you’ve read her books, you deserve to enjoy those moments for yourself, but trust me when I tell you that those connections and the way that it all comes together is absolute perfection. This author has been one of my favorites for quite some time, and getting glimpses of former characters and former places that have stolen my heart through her words, has truly been the best.

Here and Now was an absolutely beautiful love story. It encapsulated a romance that was full of feeling and swoon and so much heart. This book is ready to welcome you with open arms to Penelope and Miles and all that could be between them. It’s in those soft and sweet moments that these characters really shine and show up for each other. It’s where you really see how perfect they are for one another and how they will do anything to see each other through. Couple that with a level of suspense that adds that spark and such consuming feeling to what you’re reading, and you have just part of what I loved about this book.

Miles and Penelope share a connection that truly lights off the page, and getting to experience their love story as they feel what they do, as they share it all so honestly and vulnerably, and as they continue to show up for one another in every way that matters, was absolutely everything in this book. I have fallen deeper and deeper in love with this series, and this small town, and this couple just showed me again and again why I loved every part of their love story. They are magic and they are so meant to be, and you will feel that in the deepest part of your heart reading this book. I promise you that.

This is definitely going down as one of my favorite romance reads of the year, and I for one I’m already chomping at the bit for more of this series and small town. Corinne Michaels truly has a way of creating magic with her words and it is the absolute best to experience. She knows how to make her characters real, she knows how to consume you in every bit of their connection and emotions and everything they share, but more than that, she just puts you in the heart of her stories and small towns in a way that is truly everything. I have loved everyone of her books and this one might just be my new favorite. Because it delivered absolutely everything with Miles and Penelope that I could not get enough of.

Their love was beautiful, it was true and honest, and it was just completely wholly them from start to finish. Those two truly are something special and I loved every part of what they built together in this book. It is an easy, and they definitely have to face their share of hard conversations in this book to find their way, but they make it so worth it. And they show you through every turn that they are meant to be and worth fighting everything for.

This is another must read by this author, and it continues to show how thoughtful and amazing she is as a writer and storyteller. She does these characters and their story justice, and she just brings you a love story that will drown you in feels in the best way, while having you believe in everything that could be between these characters. There is magic in this small town and beauty to be had, and you will just love every second you get with these characters. Trust me when I say this is your new must read romance and that you will love every moment you get with these two in their absolutely incredible and amazing love story.

I know I did. So damn much.

I honestly can’t recommend this book, this series, or any other book by this author enough. She is an incredible writer and brings her love stories to life in the most unforgettable way. Her books have given me the most incredible reading experiences over the years, and this one was no different. It was truly the best of everything, and my heart is still with Miles and Penelope and everything they shared together. And I truly don’t think I want it back because those two and Kai just captured it so completely in this book, that it’s just theirs. And I’m completely okay with that.

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: 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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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.
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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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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.
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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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