I actually did a ton of reading this week, it just wasn’t all successful! The only book I loved was Dom, which was 500 pages of unhinged delight. I tried S.J. Tilly’s writing for the first time this summer, and this series has delivered so many great reads for me that I’m going to have to check out more of her older books while I wait for the next one.
I tried L.B. Dunbar this week, who is known for her silver fox/over 40 romances. The found family vibes won me over in a big way, but the repetitive nature of the storyline had me a little frustrated by the end.
I checked out Kat Singleton’s new release, but the dynamic wasn’t working for me and her writing is still a bit rough, so I ended up leaving it unfinished.
I also posted my DNF Report (found here), with about 20 of the books I’ve DNFed for various reasons in the last few months. I’m not shy about moving on when a book isn’t working for me, and I DNFed a few this week.
If you checked out my October Release Calendar (found here), you know that there are some exciting books on the way soon! I’ll have reviews going up throughout the week.
If you missed any of this week’s reviews, I’ve got the blurb and rating for each below. There’s also a link to my new release list.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Loved it
VAL
When I was nine, I went to my first funeral. Along with accepting my father’s death, I had to accept new and awful truths I wasn’t prepared for.
When I was nineteen, I went to my mother’s funeral. We weren’t close, but with her gone, I became more alone than ever before.
Sure, I have a half-brother who runs The Alliance. And yeah, he’s given me his protection – in the form of a bodyguard and chauffer. But I don’t have anyone that really knows me. No one to really love me.
Until I meet him. The man in the airport.
And when one chance meeting turns into something hotter, something more serious, I let myself believe that maybe he’s the one. Maybe this man is the one who will finally save me from my loneliness. The one to give me the family I’ve always craved.
DOM
The mafia is in my blood. It’s what I do.
So when that blood is spilled and one funeral turns into three, drastic measures need to be taken.
And when this battle turns into a war, I’m going to need more men. More power.
I’m going to need The Alliance.
And I’ll become a member. By any means necessary.
Read the review here
Amazon: https://amzn.to/45KM3LD
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Found family win 🎧
Love wasn’t the daily special when a grumpy small-town baker delivers a baby in his bakery. Now, all he can think about is that sweet bundle and her tempting single mother.
Having a baby in a bakery gives new meaning to taking the bun out of the oven.
I’d been in Curmudgeon Bakery for one of those lemon baby-Bundt cakes I’d been craving since I found out I was pregnant.
The draw had nothing to do with the baker himself. Tall, tatted, and edgy, looking more like a biker than a man who makes baked goods. I hardly knew him other than taking a tumble in a rainstorm in front of his shop . . . and then tossing myself at him after he rescued me.
We shared a moment but it’s not what you’d think.
Months later, he delivered my baby among his cookies and cakes. Talk about a second chance encounter.
Then he whips up a plan to pretend to be my baby’s father, and everything heats up from there.
My body.
My heart.
My willingness to accept a perfect stranger’s kindness despite him telling me over and over he isn’t who I think he is.
I beg to differ.
He’s that sugary drizzle on a citrus-flavored, guilty pleasure that’s bad for the hips, but together—him, and me, and baby—we’re the perfect blend of ingredients that might do all our hearts some good.
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From L.B. Dunbar comes an all-new small-town romance with a big family and the silver fox swoon one expects from her love over-40 romances.
Read the audiobook review here
Amazon: https://amzn.to/46qyjGg
Mini Review
Camden Hunter doesn’t belong here.
I’ve spent my entire life in the small town of Sutten Mountain where everyone knows everyone and you can spot trouble from a mile away.
Camden is trouble.
He’s an arrogant, self-absorbed billionaire from the city with too much money and not enough manners.
And he just opened a fancy art gallery next door to my bakery.
So when he comes to me desperately needing a favor, I can’t help but to propose a deal: I’ll cater his grand opening and in return he has to spend a day with me as a local–to experience the beauty and talent this town has to offer.
I expected him to see a different side of Sutten. What I didn’t expect was to see a different side of him.
Now instead of wanting him to leave, I find myself hoping he’ll stay. The more I see him fall for the town, the more I start to wonder if he could ever fall for me.
There’s just one problem. Camden Hunter doesn’t belong in my world, and I don’t belong in his.
He’s a flame and I’m gasoline, and the more we play with fire, the more I find myself questioning how long we can continue to tempt our fate.
Tempt Our Fate is a steamy small-town, enemies to lovers, billionaire, age gap romance. It is the second book set in the fictional town of Sutten Mountain. It is a complete standalone.
Read the mini review here
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ERim03
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