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Title: Never For Him Series: Hope Valley Author: Jessica Prince Contemporary Romance; Small Town Romance Serenity Ryan was ready for a fresh start. When the chance at a new life came knocking on her door, she was all too happy to answer. She had a new job, a new apartment, and a new outlook on life. She also had a bone deep crush on the last remaining bachelor of Alpha Omega. He was the brooding hero in every love story ever written, and she wanted nothing more than to be the heroine who healed his wounds. Hunter McCann knew better than most what it felt like to lose what’s most important. He’d lost family to tragedy, his brothers in battle, and the heart of the only woman he’d ever loved. To protect himself from ever having to experience that kind of pain again, he erected walls around his heart. Then a fiery woman with a loud mouth and a wild spirit decided to scale those walls. Hunter never wanted to love again, but something about Serenity Ryan has grabbed on and refuses to let go....

Beard in Hiding, the USA Today bestselling companion novel to the Winston Brothers and Solving for Pies series is LIVE! Penny Reid delivers a heartfelt romantic comedy about two lost souls who find love in the most unexpected way.    Propositioning the Iron Wraiths’ money man seemed like a good idea at the time… Diane Donner—recently divorced pillar of polite society—is craving danger. She’s tired of playing it safe and she knows just the sexy criminal motorcycle man to proposition for a good time. Problem is, she doesn’t actually know his name. Jason “Repo” Doe never takes risks. So when the queen of local commerce walks into his club, looking to get risky and frisky, Jason knows the smartest thing to do is save himself a headache while saving the new divorcee from her worst impulses. But then one thing leads to another, and the memory of just-one-night doesn’t feel like enough. Theirs is a story with no future, because how can a dangerous crimin...

***5 Stars*** I was all kinds of excited to get back to Del Sol, New Mexico to not only hang out with the very eclectic mix of characters that reside there but to see how certain relationships would evolve and if any new revelations would surface in certain situations and I was disappointed. I laughed out loud, rolled my eyes, swooned a bit and even got all teary and sniffly ~ which I was not expecting ~ and just enjoyed my time there and cannot wait to get back, especially with how things ended. As for Sunshine herself. I have to say that I really like the woman. She’s snarky, sweet, vulnerable and loves her family deeply. And speaking of family, Auri was awesome! She had her moments ~ some of them big ones ~ but I love how she is simply a good person who sees way more than most people understand. As for the other residents. Levi is frustratingly yummy. Quincy is hilarious. Cruz and Sybil was just as awesome as Auri and add in Zee, Poetry, Salazar, Hailey...well, there are enough uniq...

***4 Stars*** I think I was done for this weekend with reads that were going to do my head in because as much as Spencer and Joselyn fascinated me, they also gave me a huge case of whiplash.  I mean. OMG… So here’s the thing. Both Spencer and Joselyn care hard about those they call their own and have no problem jumping into the frey when necessary and I adored that about both of them. But what drove me batshitcrazy and yet fascinated me was how they were so adamant about the lines they’d drawn for themselves but kept breaking at every turn and to be very honest, I got why they did. The chemistry between them was electric and they had that “thing” that just worked for me, but lemme tell you, the push/pull was real in this one...my neck can totally attest to that. While Spencer and Sly took me on a ride, I loved catching up with Daisy, Scout & Melody (I ADORE Melody btw), JR & Jesse, Alice and Regina as well as meeting Courtney, Ollie and Tom. (I kinda wish there was more of ...

***4.5 Stars*** I must say, this author really does know how to make you want to get your hands on the next book in the series. As this is the first series/books I’ve ever read by her, I’m not sure if this is her norm, but man...that tease at the end of The Fighter had me making grabby hands at this baby and I wasn’t disappointed. I was hooked from the start and definitely experienced all the feels as I turned the pages and, yes, that ending has me needing/wanting/making grabby hands at the next book in the series. But until then...Brody and Indigo aka Indy. I adored Brody. Talk about being a good guy. Charming, a little quirky and sweet. After all he’s been through, Brody is still has this light to him that draws you in and makes you want to know more. Indigo is sweet, snarky, determined/stubborn and has walls around her a mile high, not that I blamed her. While she lives a privileged life, and knows it, she just wants to live a life outside of the spotlight and find people who cared ...

Marriage and Murder, an-all new quirky and witty cozy mystery and the second book in the Solving for Pie: Cletus and Jenn Mysteries from New York Times bestselling author Penny Reid is available now! The Devil is in the details . . . Cletus Byron Winston wishes to marry Jennifer Anne Donner-Sylvester (aka The Banana Cake Queen) posthaste! He’s spent the last year wanting nothing more than for the celebrations to be brief, libations flowing, and BYOB (bring your own blueberries). His future mother-in-law has other plans, plans his intended has been willing to indulge, much to Cletus’s chagrin. Therefore, so must he. To a point. But truth be told, he wouldn’t mind if the meddlesome matriarch disappeared, at least until the nuptials are over. On the night of Cletus and Jenn’s long-awaited engagement party, just when the surly schemer is of a mind to take matters into his own hands, a shocking event upends everyone’s best laid plans and sends the small hamlet of Green Vall...

“Inked in Lies has just nudged its way onto my top readers of 2020 list. This emotional rollercoaster is beautiful, steamy, and utterly breathtaking! Darling has brought her A-game, and delivered a story that packs a whole punch and so much more!”-- Dani René, USA Today Bestselling Author Inked in Lies, an all consuming friends to lovers romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Giana Darling, is available now! He moved in next door.  Handsome as sin, older in a way that meant forbidden.  He had tattoos on his hands and wickedness tucked in his grin.  I was a goner as a girl to a man they called Casanova for a reason.  He would never love me, at least not the way I needed him to.  I tried to move on.  But I couldn’t turn my back on him or The Fallen MC.  So when they needed me most, I offered the only thing of value I could use to help them.  My body.  And when helping them meant putting my life on the line, Nova had to decid...

Engagement and Espionage, an all-new quirky and swoon-worthy romantic comedy featuring fan favorites Jenn and Cletus Winston from New York Times bestselling author Penny Reid is available now! Jennifer Sylvester made her deal with the devil . . . and now they’re engaged! But all is not well in Green Valley. A chicken choker is on the loose, 61 dead birds most "fowl" need plucking, and no time remains for Jennifer and her devilish fiancé. Desperate to find a spare moment together, Jenn and Cletus’s attempts to reconnect are thwarted by one seemingly coincidental disaster after another. It’s not long before Cletus and Jenn see a pattern emerge and the truth becomes clear. Sabotage! Will an undercover mission unmask the culprit? Or are these love-birds totally plucked? 'Engagement and Espionage' is the first book in the Solving for Pie: Cletus and Jenn Mysteries series, is a full-length cozy mystery, and is a spin-off of Penny Reid's Winston Brothers series...