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Review: All The Little Things

  Title: All The Little Things Author: Rachel Leigh Release Date: May 12 Four years ago my life was forever changed.  One kiss. One moment.  Five words.  “Enjoy all the little things.” That’s what Ryker said the night before he vanished from our lives.  
So that’s what I did. I lived each day like it was the last—embracing all life had to offer.  Now he’s back in town and staying with me as a favor to my brother.  Being alone with Ryker is dangerous.  His eyes intoxicate me.  His touch tempts me.  He doesn’t look at me like I’m a little girl anymore. And I’m ignoring the fact that he’s my brother’s best friend.  He dared me to live.  I dared him to love.  The first kiss almost killed me.  But the second one brought me back to life. Four years ago Kit's life was changed forever. Her brother's best friend uttered five words, before fanishing from their lives.  Enjoy all the little things.  Two years later, Ryk...

Review: Ruthless Rival

  Title: Ruthless Rival Series: Cruel Castaways Author: LJ Shen Release Date: May 3 From Wall Street Journal bestselling author L.J. Shen comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about the fine line between seeking revenge and finding love. When she was young, Arya Roth became best friends with her housekeeper’s son. Soon, friendship turned to young love, and when Arya dared him to kiss her, a chain reaction of disastrous events led to the boy being sent away and out of Arya’s life. Now, two decades later, Arya is an on-the-rise publicist with her beloved father as one of her biggest clients. So when her father is sued by a former employee, Arya sets out to prove that her father is not the monster he is accused of being. The only problem is the attorney who is determined to destroy her father’s good name. Christian Miller is charming, ambitious, and devilishly good looking, and Arya has no idea he is that same boy who kissed her all those years ago. Past and present collide as Arya falls...

Review: the Dark One

  Title: the Dark One Series: Vicious Lost Boys series Author: Nikki St. Crowe Release Date: April 26, 2022 I spent most of my life feeling dead inside -- until I met Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. It wasn't until Pan and Neverland that I finally felt alive.  But things are not all full of magic and sunlight on the island. There's something darker and more sinister haunting the forest. And worse, the fae queen and Captain Hook are ready to fight for control of Neverland and they will stop at nothing to get what they want. Including using the one thing Pan never thought he wanted or needed -- me. I'm a descendant of the Darling family and now I belong to him and the Lost Boys.  War is brewing -- can the Never King get his shadow back and assume his rightful throne? And if he does, where will I fit? Or will all of Neverland be in jeopardy right along with my dark, twisted heart? NOTE: The Dark One is book two in the Vicious Lost Boys series. It is a dark reimagining of Peter ...

Review: Hooked

  Title: Hooked Series: Never After novel Author: Emily McIntire Release Date: September 2021 He wants revenge, but he wants her more.  Once Upon A Time, there was a little boy.  His belly full of laughter, his life full of joy.  Until one day, something changed; stripped his innocence away. The hole inside making space for the devil to come and play.  His dreams gone forever, he grew up way too fast.  An endless night of crocodiles, and watches made of glass.  He grew into a villain, the taste of vengeance on his tongue.  Craving to make his enemies pay for the misdeeds they had done.  Instead he found a darling girl, and refused to let her go.  For what better way to make the man pay, than to steal his little shadow.  *Hooked is a full-length, complete standalone and the first in The Never After Series: A collection of fractured fairy tales where the villains get the happy ever after. This is a DARK Contemporary romance (not a lit...

Review: Good Girls Never Rise

  Title: Good Girls Never Rise Series: St. Mary's duet Author: SJ Sylvis Release Date: November 2021 Gemma: We were from two completely different worlds that couldn’t have been more opposite. Fate brought us together, and we devised a plan. I was to leave St. Mary’s Boarding School, and he was to stay. I was molded to follow the rules, and he was taught to break them. But somewhere along the way, following the rules became a choice. The lines became blurred. The good girl of St. Mary’s suddenly got a taste of rebellion, and he came in a package of wild blue eyes and hot, lingering touches. Isaiah warned me that we’d go up in flames if we veered from our plan. Except, there was no we about it. Isaiah Underwood let me fall right into the ashes. Good Girls Never Rise is book one in the St. Mary's Duet and ends on a cliffhanger. Good Girls Never Rise is intended for readers 18+ and deals with subjects that some may find triggering. First thing: this book has trigger warnings so be ...

Review: The Words

  Title: The Words Author: Ashley Jade Release Date: January 20, 2022 From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ashley Jade comes an edgy, enemies-to-lovers standalone romance about mistakes, forgiveness, and second chances. He was the talented bad boy everyone wanted. I was the irrelevant geek everyone hated. He was the sun...drawing all of us in. I was a black hole...taking up space. He was destined to be a star. I was destined to remain an insignificant no one. Until he made me believe I was special... And then he destroyed me. I never thought I'd see Phoenix Walker again after he broke my heart, but fate had other plans. One tour. Eight weeks. Forty shows. Countless opportunities to make him pay. The world thought he was a God... But I knew the truth. Phoenix was one of a kind, destined to be a star. A talented boy whom everyone wanted- including Lennon, until he broke her heart. She never thought she would see Phoenix again.  Now, four years later, after P...

Review: Her Romeo

  Title: Her Romeo Series: Mafia Rogues: the Rossi Chapter Author: Quinn Marlowe Release Date: February 22 She's my best friend from childhood. The girl I thought I loved once. And the woman who just threatened to put me in jail, courtesy of the case she's prosecuting in court. She's also now my prisoner. Sloane Brennan thought she was on top of the world. Hell, she was on top of the world. But she's also the daughter of my father's enemy, and when my father decides to kidnap her and use her as leverage against her own father, then puts me in charge of watching over her... Let's just say it puts ideas in my head. Bad, bad ideas. Ideas that I've been fantasizing about for years. After all, I'm supposed to be taking care of her while she's under the Rossi umbrella, right? And no one actually defined what that means. Right? When the plan goes awry, though, and it becomes apparent that Sloane's life is actually in danger and my feelings run a whole l...