Tag: contemporary

Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon

Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon

Blurb: Don’t trust lust at first sight. One woman chooses reality over fantasy in this friends-to-lovers romance, a steamy standalone by “an author to keep your eye on” (Katee Robert). Jacqueline: As an adult woman–and the vice president of a marketing firm–I shouldn’t be waiting by my office window to ogle the mystery man who jogs by […]

Cross Check by Kelly Jamieson

Cross Check by Kelly Jamieson

Blurb: A party girl and a clean-cut college hockey player discover that they’re not so different in this sexy, soulful Bayard Hockey novel from the bestselling author of Shut Out and the Heller Brothers series. Ella Verran has three goals this semester: get off academic probation, repair her relationship with her friend Skylar, and take some responsibility […]

Shut Out by Kelly Jamieson

Shut Out by Kelly Jamieson

3.5 stars — Do you ever finish a book and just have no idea how to rate it?  I’m a gut feeling rater, and this one left me a bit jumbled.  There were a lot of things about this book that I absolutely LOVED!!!  But at the same time, it took me like HOURS to […]

Posted July 12, 2017 by lenoreo in Reviews / 0 Comments
Trust by Kylie Scott

Trust by Kylie Scott

Blurb: Being young is all about the experiences: the first time you skip school, the first time you fall in love…the first time someone holds a gun to your head. After being held hostage during a robbery at the local convenience store, seventeen-year-old Edie finds her attitude about life shattered. Unwilling to put up with […]

The Perfectly Imperfect Match by Kendra C. Highley

The Perfectly Imperfect Match by Kendra C. Highley

Blurb: Pitcher Dylan Dennings has his future all mapped out: make the minors straight out of high school, work his way up the farm system, and get called up to the majors by the time he’s twenty-three. The Plan has been his sole focus for years, and if making his dreams come true means instituting […]

Pounding Skin by L.A. Witt

Pounding Skin by L.A. Witt

3.5 stars — I finished this one last night, but was just so freaking tired I just sort of stream of consciousnessed out some thoughts before going to bed.  Now I need to figure out what I wrote and make it make sense.  All of which I really didn’t need to include in this review, but […]

Posted July 4, 2017 by lenoreo in NetGalley ARCs, Reviews / 0 Comments
Goodbye Paradise by Sarina Bowen

Goodbye Paradise by Sarina Bowen

5 stars — OMG guys, I don’t even know what to say except this was so my kind of book.  Like you know how you have those specific kinds of things that just shoot a book over the top for you?  Well this book had them all.  I have an unhealthy fascination with books about […]

Posted June 29, 2017 by lenoreo in Reviews / 0 Comments
Home by Melissa Pearl

Home by Melissa Pearl

3.75 stars — While these books are all standalone, you do get something a bit extra when you read them all.  And I actually skipped over 2-4 the first time around, so after reading True Love and Rather Be, I was hella interested in finally reading Josh and Rachel’s story.  And it’s funny, b/c while […]

Posted June 28, 2017 by lenoreo in Reviews / 0 Comments
Everything by Melissa Pearl

Everything by Melissa Pearl

4 stars — Ah, another sweet sweet love story!!  I loved how this one turned out, and the hea we got!! I wasn’t sure how I was going to like Jody’s story, b/c Jody herself gave me some reservations, particularly in Bulletproof.  And while she was still a bit of a drama queen for me, […]

Posted June 27, 2017 by lenoreo in Reviews / 0 Comments