Special thanks to Meghan Quinn and her team for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review!
ARC Review: Royally Not Ready by Meghan Quinn
Tag: Contemporary Romance
Cover Reveal: In A Jam by Kate Canterbary
Hi, friends! I’m happy to be back with another cover reveal on the blog today for In A Jam by Kate Canterbary! Canterbary might be one of my most recent favourites so not only am I incredibly excited to get my hands on this book but I’m also keen to share this cute new cover.
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Book Review: Beauty and the Baller by Ilsa Madden-Mills
Goodreads: Beauty and the Baller (Strangers in Love #1)
Published: 29 March 2022
Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance
Panda Rating:
(4.5 pandas)
Gorgeous, talented, and brilliant, NFL quarterback Ronan Smith has the world in his hands. But after losing his career and his fiancรฉe in a car accident, he falls into a pit of grief and bad choices. When a mysterious girl shows up to his party, he feels drawn to her and makes her hisโฆfor one night.
Former beauty queen Nova Morgan is on a mission. Scantily clad as a princess from a galaxy far, far away, she sneaks into a high-profile party to capture the attention of her favorite quarterback. But her hopes crash after an awful one-night stand.
Fast-forward two years. Broke and desperate, Nova returns home to Blue Belle, Texas, where, by a cosmic twist of fate, her broody neighbor is none other than Ronan, the shiny new football coach everyone adores. But he has no idea who she is.
The booster club keeps shoving women at Ronan to keep him in town. His solution? He proposes fake dating to Nova. But things heat up for real under these Friday-night lights when he realizes sheโs the one who slipped away.
Has this jaded beauty found her forever baller, or will his past keep them apart?
Cover Reveal: Royally Not Ready by Meghan Quinn
Hi, friends! I’m back with another cover reveal on the blog today for Royally Not Ready by Meghan Quinn! You all know I love MQ’s romancesโthey’re fun, they’re a little wild sometimes, they’re sexy AF and in general, always a really good time. Even though I’m not much of a ‘royal romance’ reader, I’m definitely excited to check this one out!
Book Review: Blind Pass by Teagan Hunter
Goodreads: Blind Pass (Carolina Comets #2)
Published: 27 January 2022
Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance
Panda Rating:
(4.5 pandas)
What happens in Vegas doesnโt always stay there.
I would know. Iโm coming home with a brand-new ring on my finger.
My wife? Ryan Bell.
Weโre polar opposites.
Sheโs sunshine and happiness.
Iโm grumpy and scarredโliterally.
We could get it annulled and no one would be the wiser.
Only problem? We posted about it online, and itโs already making headlines.
I canโt afford to get that kind of attention and tank my career, and Ryan needs my help too.
We make a plan: stay married for one year, play our roles, and divorce amicably at the end. No harm, no foul.
Besides, thereโs no way the beauty is going to fall for the beastโฆ
Book Review: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Elizabeth O’Roark
Goodreads: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Devil #2)
Published: 20 January 2022
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Panda Rating:
(4.5 pandas)
When Drew Wilsonโs ex-boyfriend Joel โSixโ Bailey asks her to go on his family trip to Hawaii with him just as her life is falling apart, she decides it’s the perfect time to give him another chance.
The hitch? The Bailey family includes Sixโs rude older brother, Joshuaโa hot-nerd doctor who has hated Drew since the moment they met and once suggested sheโd steal the family silver.
Drew is determined to win the Baileys over and give this thing with Six a fair shotโฆbut Joshua is making that difficult. Not simply because he is in her way at every turn, but becauseโas one tropical adventure leads to the nextโsheโs beginning to wonder if obnoxious, odious Joshua might be the brother she actually belongs with.
ARC Review: Take the Lead by Jaqueline Snowe
Special thanks to Jaqueline Snowe for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Goodreads: Take the Lead (Central State #3)
Published: 28 June 2022
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Panda Rating:
(4 pandas)
Falling for my fake girlfriend was never part of the plan…
Daniella Laughlin might seem put together in her dance gear and captainship, but on the inside, sheโs figuring out who she is without her momโs beauty pageant influence. Constantly being critiqued and set up by her mom, she dreads going home for the holidays.
Enter her best friendโs older brother, hockey captain Gabriel Van Helsing. Dani and Gabe have been friends for two decades, and sure, sheโs harbored a secret crush on him forever, but she never acted on it because his sister wouldโve killed her. Gabeโs a player, on and off the ice, and the longest relationship heโs had is with his hockey stick. He offers to drive her home for Thanksgiving break and proposes the most bonkers ideaโthey should fake date until New Yearโs to get her mom to leave her alone.
Gabe might wear the C on the ice, but heโs always been passive. Here for a good time, never rocking the boat. But after his latest hookup wouldnโt take a hint, he uses Daniellaโs predicament for the perfect solution: if he was unavailable, people would leave him alone.
Things begin easily with their friendship, but with every touch and fake kiss, Daniella canโt hide her feelings anymore. And for Gabe, who sets deadlines for every fling heโs ever had, he struggles to fight for what he wants. When their timeline is up, Daniellaโs insecurities clash with Gabeโs inability to commit. For two people terrified to take a chance, they must risk their decade-long friendship for a shot at love.
ARC Review: Sweeter Than Honey by Joy Avery
Special thanks to Montlake for providing an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
Goodreads: Sweeter Than Honey (Honey Hill #2)
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 28 June 2022
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Panda Rating:
(3.5 pandas)
A talented baker and a small-town sheriff forced into a fake relationship decide whether to take a chance on love in this delectable romance from Joy Avery.
Baker extraordinaire Rylee Harris has a recipe for everythingโexcept love. Itโs been five years since she lost her husband, but romance is still a struggle for Rylee. In her small hamlet of Honey Hill, North Carolina, Rylee knows sheโll be the talk of the town when she finds someone new.
To ease her motherโs worries about her love life, Rylee impulsively invents a fake relationship with the only man whoโs caught her eye: the town sheriff, Canten Barnes. Itโs supposed to be a secret, but secrets donโt last long in Honey Hill. One bit of gossip leads to another, and soon the whole town thinks Rylee and Canten are an item.
As Rylee and Canten embark on a make-believe relationship to save face, they slowly realize that their feelings for each other arenโt fake at all. Can Rylee and Canten keep the charade goingโor will the townโs prized baker and respected lawman take a real chance on love?
ARC Review: The Devil You Know by Elizabeth O’Roark
Special thanks to Valentine PR for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Goodreads: The Devil You Know (Devil #3)
Publisher: Elizabeth O’Roark Books
Published: 23 June 2022
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Panda Rating:
(4.5 pandas)
Thereโs a devil on my shoulder, and every Monday morning she announces herself. Sheโs this delicious flame in my chest, a flurry of whispered suggestions in my ear. Suggestions I ignoreโฆbecause every single one of them is about Ben Tate.
BenโStealer of Clients, Evicter of Homeless Women, Nemesis. Sitting across from me every damn Monday with his lovely, smug smile and his too-perfect teeth, the living symbol of everything I hate. Itโs been my policy to avoid him, but when a case comes into the firmโone that could change his career and mineโI make an exception. It means weekends and evenings by his side. It means enduring his smirk and his smart mouth and never taking the bait.
Until the night Ben says, โBeg.โ
And that devil on my shoulder decides to make a few demands of her own.
ARC Review: Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
Special thanks to St. Martin’s Press for providing an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
Goodreads: Fake It Till You Bake It
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: 21 June 2022
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Panda Rating:
(4.5 pandas)
A reality star and a cupcake-baking football player pretend to be a couple in order to save his bakery in this sweet and sexy romance from Jamie Wesley,ย Fake It Till You Bake It.
Jada Townsend-Matthews is the most reviled woman in America after turning down a proposal on a reality dating show. When she comes home to lick her wounds, Jada finds herself working at San Diego’s newest cupcake bakery, Sugar Blitz, alongside the uptight owner and professional football player Donovan Dell.
When a reporter mistakenly believes Jada and Donovan are an item, they realize they can use the misunderstanding to their advantage to help the struggling bakery and rehabilitate Jada’s image. Faking a relationship should be simple, but sometimes love is the most unexpected ingredient.
Fake it Till You Bake Itย is a sweet confection of a novel, the perfect story to curl up with and enjoy with a cupcake on the side.
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