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Book Review: Toxic Hearts

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  I had everything until I lost it all. One reckless night, one brutal car crash, and suddenly, my privileged, sheltered world came crumbling down. My parents gave me an get clean or lose everything. So, they sent me to a remote lake house in Missouri, where I had nothing but silence, my regrets, and the painful truth of my addiction. Just as I started to rebuild, life knocked me down again, this time with a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis. Desperate for stability, I took a job at a restaurant owned by Nick, a hardened veteran barely keeping his head above water. He was drowning in debt; I was drowning in uncertainty. Then he proposed the a marriage of convenience. For him, it was a lifeline. For me, it meant medical care I couldn't afford. It was supposed to be simple, just survival. No emotions. No messy attachments. Toxic Hearts is my story. Raw, messy, and painfully honest. Proof that even the most shattered hearts can still find a way to heal. My Review OMG. This book is a heart wre...
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Book Review: The Bodyguard Situation

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  Being a bodyguard for my billionaire cousins comes with many perks. One of my favorites is rescuing gorgeous, sassy-mouthed damsels in distress... There are a few problems with that: Harper Alexander isn't a damsel or distressed. Oh, and I can't forget to mention that she doesn't want to be rescued. Too bad she doesn't have a choice. Right now, I don't give a flying you-know-what that she escaped the city with her brand-new fiancé and plans to marry him next week...I will find her. I may have to throw her over my shoulder, kicking and screaming, but she's coming with me. She has no idea how much danger she's in. Unfortunately for her, I'm the only one who can save her. But I have a feeling, she might be the one who saves me. The Bodyguard Situation is an action-packed, grumpy/sunshine, forced-proximity, bodyguard rom-com with suspense elements. It includes tons of witty banter, touch her and eek vibes, with lots o' spicy tension. It can be read as ...
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Book Review: Hers to Keep

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  Every time she turns around, there's another confusingly hot monster in her life. Ever since Mari inherited her father's criminal empire, she's been collecting monstrous enemies and lovers in equal number. The latter is great, but the former is beginning to pose a problem. When a demon she can't remember—from a past she can't forget—arrives, smelling like smoke and sin, she can't recall whether he's friend or foe. She may not be able to figure it out without confronting the memories of the ritual that kindled the power within her she's been avoiding for so long. Even though her instincts are screaming for her to put her faith in this newcomer, odds are better than good that he's trying to steal her power and take over the city she's been struggling to keep control over—and the odds should  never  be ignored in Sin City. My Review I thoroughly enjoyed this trilogy. I am sad to have come to an end. These characters have now become part of my life...
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Book Review: My Ogre Husband

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  Maddie is one of only one hundred humans remaining, living behind the high walls of the New Eden preserve in order to protect her from the monsters that rule the world. Though Maddie longs for love, all her attempts at trial marriages have failed—leaving her wondering if she's lovable enough to find her happily ever after. Egorr the ogre wants a companion in life. When he applies for Maddie through the Human Companion program, they hit it off right away. Egorr is a gentle giant who adores Maddie's good humor, and soon, they agree to a trial marriage. But Egorr is big in more ways than one. When their first attempt at intimacy doesn't go as planned, the two must figure out how to navigate love, sex, and marriage together. Can Maddie truly open her heart when she's afraid of being hurt again? This is a super steamy, low-angst, cozy monster romance (46k words) that features a plus-sized ogre MMC, a bubbly FMC, significant size difference, unintentional sexual injury, and...
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Book Review: Mine

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  Good girl. I am good. I’m good at my job, running my company, and making a filthy amount of money. But when a tattooed, dark-haired stranger a decade younger than me whispers Good Girl in my ear—I don’t want to be good anymore. Behind closed doors, Salt shows me things I’ve never experienced. He holds me captive with his burning touch and fevered demands of submission. He brings me to my knees and makes me yearn to stay there forever, even as the clock ticks… Everyone says what we’re doing is sinful. That a woman like me shouldn’t have desires like this. They say he’s too young for me, a sadistic beast incapable of falling in love. And yet… The way he says I belong to him… The way he growls my name… Can we find a way to be together? Or will our worlds tear us apart? My Review I did enjoy this darker romance read from the author's small town, Citrus Cove series. While it may be a departure from the other series, the emotional aspect is still there. When the emotions are real, it ...
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Book Review: Raymond Chandler's Trouble Is My Business

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  The hard-boiled world of Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler’s iconic private eye, comes to vivid life in this brilliant graphic novel adaptation of the classic noir tale. In 1940s Los Angeles, a sour-faced millionaire hires Philip Marlowe, a hard-boiled, harder-drinking detective, to scare off a suspected gold digger who has got her claws into his even wealthier stepson.   Marlowe takes the case but quickly discovers that Harriett Huntress isn’t just after she’s playing a long, cold game of revenge…   Marlowe forms an alliance with George, the client's chauffeur-cum-bodyguard-cum-fixer. George is a black, Dartmouth educated veteran with a sniper’s skills and his own agenda, and the two uneasy allies find themselves on the wrong end of a brace of hired killers and an enigmatic casino boss. . . It rapidly becomes clear that Marlowe, sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong, is just asking for trouble. But that’s the thing. Trouble is his business. My Review It has bee...
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Book Review: Wanted by the Alien Warden

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  A rough and tumble alien warden, a curvy human woman who refuses to be cowed, and the temptation that turns both their worlds upside down...I've worked so hard to establish the human-Zabrian mail-order bride program. I think I've done a pretty good job, too. Until a bombshell gets The ranching outpost planet I've sent the human brides to is a penal colony. Their new alien husbands? Convicted murderers. In a panic, I rush to Zabria Prinar One to ensure the safety of the three brides. There, I come face-to-face with the arrogant (and astoundingly hot) alien warden. Warden Tenn is the most infuriatingly cocky adversary I ever could have imagined. He's a brash, swaggering male who seems to delight in bending rules... And breaking down my walls. He offers to take me into the neighbouring province to meet the other unmarried men. It's an attempt to persuade me to allow the bride program to continue. I don't trust him one bit as our rustic road trip gets underway. Es...
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