Romance

Wanting the Winger (Love on the Line, #2) by Brenda Rothert

This is book 2 in the Love on the Line series but can be read as a standalone. This time NHL winger Bash finds love with Lainey, the little sister of his childhood best friend. She’s moving to Cleveland to work on a 4 month research project and he offers her his home to live in while she’s there. Lainey had a huge crush on Bash when she was younger (he’s 4 years older than her). When she was 17 and he was 21 and already in the NHL she asked him to take her to her prom. He naturally said no and her heart broke. Now Lainey is engaged to marry Shane, a worthless POS not worthy of her. Bash has no trouble reminding Lainey every chance he gets that he’s not worthy of her. He thinks he’s being a good friend. Until he can’t deny he’s actually got feelings for her. Now, just to make her believe his feelings are real.

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June 29, 2025 0

Make the Play (Nashville Rampage, #1) by Kaylee Ryan

This is a sweet sports romance between Corie and her brother Landry’s best friend Knox. Landry and Knox are professional football players and have several fellow players in their small friendship group. When Corie returns home from college, she and her best friend Sloane are welcomed into the group.

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June 22, 2025 0

The Bad Boy Rule (Hellcats Hockey #1) by Maren Moore

Saint is the hockey bad boy of Orleans campus. He hits ’em and quits ’em, never kissing, cuddling, spending the night, or sleeping with the same girl twice. His life is hard and complicated and his sole focus is protecting his mother and making it to the NHL to give them both a better life. So the last thing he needs is a privileged do-gooder ice skater barging into his life and making him constantly think about what’s underneath that cute skirt.

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June 16, 2025 0

Never Been Shipped by Alicia Thompson

This is a sweet friends to lovers romance focusing on Micah and John. They meet in high school and as teenagers form a band with other friends that takes off in popularity. They release an album and tour the world, until the band breaks up just before they turn 20 years old. Ten years later the band is recruited to reunite for one more performance on a tv-show themed cruise. John misses Micah and performing with the band. They were best friends growing up and he’s secretly been in love with her since he was 12. Micah dreads getting back with the band and facing the mistakes and heartache that forced her to break from the band in the first place. But, she misses John and wants to connect with him again.

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June 10, 2025 0

Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros

I know I’m late to the party on this book, and I get why it is so popular. Is it perfect? No. But it’s a fun, crazy ride. Books that involve a deadly training academy are my jam. They always have plenty of insane challenges, found family bonding, and of course, the obligatory off-the-chain crazy villain(s). This book has it all – plus dragons!

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June 8, 2025 2

Bourbon Sunset (Bourbon Canyon #7) by Walker Rose

This is the last book in the Bourbon Canyon series but the first one I’ve read. The book can be read as a stand alone, although there were definitely a lot of family members so I got a bit lost when they all got together. But, that is a minor thing and didn’t detract from the story. It was enough to know they were all family, and their family had each other’s backs.

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June 3, 2025 0

Feather and Famine: The Withering Saga – Book 1 by Mariah L. Rosewood

This is such a good first book in a new fantasy trilogy. The Elf kingdom of Ittora is suffering from a years-long famine they believe was caused by a Fey curse. Ayse is the daughter of an apothecary that stumbles upon a magical birch tree in the woods that regenerates itself that she believes may be the key to breaking the famine. It’s outside a log cabin where Aiden, a grumpy mysterious stranger has taken up residence. They are both haunted by their past and desperate to figure out a way to stop the famine. Prince Seok pushes his mother the Queen to declare war on the Fey hoping to force them to stop the famine. He uncovers something amiss with the rations and works to figure out if there is a conspiracy to hoard rations.

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May 28, 2025 0

The Love Haters by Katherine Center

It hurts my heart to give this rating to a Katherine Center book. Normally I love them. Sadly, this one missed the mark for me. The writing is still good and the characters were pretty well formed, I just didn’t really like either of them or care about the plot.

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May 28, 2025 0

Story of My Life (Story Lake, #1) by Lucy Score

This book is an absolute delight!! Hazel is a successful romance writer that’s just suffered a really bad breakup. Since then, she’s been wallowing in depression and is suffering writer’s block. Although I’m not an author, I can so relate to how stuck Hazel is, and her bestie Zoey is the kind of friend every floundering woman needs to kick her butt and get her moving. Desperate for inspiration, Hazel impulse-buys a historic home online and flees Manhattan to tiny Story Lake, PA. Upon her dramatic arrival―involving an incident with a bald eagle―she discovers the charm of her new home may have been slightly exaggerated. Especially when she runs into perpetual grump Campbell. He’s a bit too grumpy for me, but he was redeemed the further the story went along.

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