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Lessons in Sin by Pam Godwin is now live! There's no absolution for the things I've done. But I found a way to control my impulses. I became a priest. As Father Magnus Falke, I suppress my cravings. As the headteacher of a Catholic boarding school, I'm never tempted by a student. Until Tinsley Constantine. The bratty princess challenges my rules and awakens my dark nature. With each punishment I lash upon her, I want more. In my classroom, private rectory, and bent over my altar, I want all of her. One touch risks everything I stand for. My faith. My redemption. And even my life. As if that could stop me. I need her pain, and her heart, and she needs my lessons in sin. ***5 ‘Team Tinsley’ Stars*** This book surprised me, in a good way (obviously), because it gave me all the dark and sensual moments that I’ve come to expect from this author, but it also gave me two characters I felt like I truly knew inside and out and got too see grow and become just who they were always me

    DARK QUEEN by Ker Dukey Release Date: June 28th Genre/Trope: Mafia Romance   Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55238932-dark-queen               ***4 Stars*** I’m always excited when I’m able to get my hands on this author’s words, so I was excited to get my hands on Dark Queen, especially after reading the blurb, and while I did enjoy the story, I also felt like there were some things that I needed more of in the end. I really liked Alyssa. While she finds herself at a disadvantage in the world that she has entered, she doesn’t shy away from it, instead she starts to come into her own. Luca is broody and arrogant, e is a true “the only way is my way” kind of guy, which does work for him, but it also leaves him blind to some things that are right in front of his nose. Their journey was an interesting one. There was a lot of push/pull going on...at least on one side of the coin, but there was also a strange, but intriguing power play going on where the ba

Title: Knocked Up: A Secret Baby Romance Collection Authors:  Nicole Blanchard, Kaylee Ryan, and K Webster. Nikki Ash, Lacey Black, Jacob Chance, Kelsey Clayton, J.D. Hollyfield, Rebecca Jenshak, CoraLee June, Heidi McLaughlin, Lauren Runow, Micalea Smeltzer, Jenika Snow, Marley Valentine, and Misty Walker   Genre: A Secret Baby Romance Collection Release Date: June 15, 2021 What happens when you’re left with more than just the memories of an incredible night together? Settle in and get your fill of sixteen NEW secret baby stories where hidden secrets are revealed and couples that were once separated are reunited. Each story guarantees cuteness, sexiness, lots of love, and of course a HEA. ***5 Stars*** This was a  great anthology filled with almost every secret baby scenario you could think of that could possibly think of as well as a couple of surprise ones, even for me.  As for the authors and their stories. I’ve actually read at least one thing by the majority of the contribut

Release Date: June 22 Willette Archer has a secret—though some would argue how well kept it actually is. As right-hand woman and best friend to the owner of Bird’s Eye Tattoo Studio, her job has become her whole life. So, she occupies her days with shop decisions to avoid her disappointing dating life. Of course, that might also have something to do with her two-decade old infatuation with her aforementioned best friend’s older brother. Derek Tanner is at a loss—with basically everything. His apartment lease is up, most of his belongings are somewhere in storage, and the good doctor has been pulling extra shifts at the hospital due to lack of staff. So, yeah. His life is chaos. Thanks to these wonderful circumstances, dating is nowhere on his radar.  When his little brother suggests he stay in Willette’s spare room for the time being, he’s both grateful and hesitant. Sure, he grew up with Will too, but they’ve never been as close—let alone in close quarters.  It doesn’t take very long

Good Intentions, the all-new, emotional and tempting romance and the conclusion to the Intentions Duet from USA Today bestselling author Ella Frank is available now! Gabriel Romero made me hungry for things I’d never wanted, and starved of the things I didn’t think I’d ever need. Until now… Until him… I was never the man who believed in love, romance, or happily ever afters. I was married to my work, and happy to be that way. Until one night, not too long ago, when an audacious young man lied his way into my life and showed me what I’d been missing. Bold and sexy, with a face that could melt through the iciest of exteriors, Gabriel Romero is the one factor I never saw coming. There are so many reasons we shouldn’t work—my age, his, our career goals in life—and yet we are drawn together by a passion for music, and each other, that neither of us can deny. I’ve always been the one to think things through, to follow my head instead of my heart. But if I don’t open

***4.5 Stars*** To say I was all kinds of excited to jump back into the Jock Row is no lie.  I love this world. But finding out I was about a rugger?  Done. Just. Done. Because rugby is my fav sport (as are rugby men) and well, they are something of a different breed. So, I dove in and boy did this one take me on a ride I wasn’t all that prepared for. I still loved and adored the majority of it, but man, there were some parts…lemme just say the eyes hurt from all the rolling But as for Ash and Georgie. Overall, I really did adore these two. Ashley is basically blunt and to the point and his humor is all kinds of dry Brit goodness. He’s determined, stubborn and is focused on his goals. Georgia is sweet, sassy and just an all around good person. When she is focused, she definitely gets things done, but when things slide into a gray area...well, all bets are off. Their journey was definitely an interesting one. Their first collision was definitely not a meet-cute, but everything that foll

  Title: Wallflower Author: Jessica Prince Series: Redemption Release Date: July 12 Contemporary Romance; Small Town Romance; Unrequited Love She’d spent her entire life as a wallflower, hiding from the rest of the world.   Willow Thorne had gotten really good at blending in with the wallpaper. The shy, quiet little mouse was more comfortable spending her days in her protective little bubble. Then she met a big, burly mechanic who looked really good on a motorcycle and made her feel things she’d never felt before. Gavin “Stone” Hendrix didn’t do commitment, and love was completely out of the question. After spending the first half of his life taking care of everyone else, he was done being the responsible one. Then he met a shy, nervous brunette who knocked him off his feet and made him question everything he thought he believed. Willow brought out his protective instincts. Stone made her want to step out of her shell.  No one in a million years expected the hard-as-stone biker to fall