I honestly don’t know how I feel about this book. I really wanted to like it but there were times where I just about gave up on reading it. It was like a mixture of BDSM and a super sweet romance story.
I did enjoy the growth of both characters, especially Blake, throughout the story. What Jazz experienced with her ex was terrible, I really didn’t like him at all. Jazz’s personality was also another high point of the story for me. She was feisty, she was sassy and she just seemed so bright and vibrant.
So many times throughout the book I just wanted to slap Blake silly though. He just needed to admit it to himself that he loved Jazz and that it was something that he was capable of.
Overall, I did enjoy the story but it definitely isn’t something that I can see myself reading over and over again.

I absolutely love friends to lovers stories and this one did not disappoint, but I haven’t found a book by C.A. Harms that I didn’t love.
I loved everything about Dawson and Reed. From their friendship to their sexual tension to just their overall chemistry. I just couldn’t get enough of these two! I was rooting for these two from the beginning. I just wanted Dawson to tell Reed how he felt, I felt at times I was just talking to myself wishing it would happen.
With two best friends who have grown to love each other each other over the years but are just two afraid to take the plunge this story is just perfect and when they finally take the plunge. OH it just makes me want to swoon.
For anyone who loves friends to lovers romances or anyone who just loves swoon worthy romance stories this is definitely one that I would highly recommend.

Kyler is a forbidden romance between about a man falling for his best friends girlfriend, while ex-girlfriend.
I love Kyler. He is seriously everything that Beau isn’t and so perfect for Ashlynn. Yes, I feel like he should have stood up more and claimed her when he first saw her instead of giving douche Beau a chance. I love how patient he was after Beau had betrayed Ashlynn. He knew she needed some time but also made himself available so he wouldn’t lose her forever.
This story was so heart-warming and not something that I would classify as a traditional forbidden romance. Not only were Kyler and Ashlynn fantastic characters but the secondary characters were as well. I hope that we see more of Harley and Quinton in the future! I’d love to see what happens in their future.
Another fantastic book by C.A. Harms and another one that I would highly recommend to anyone.

Jackson (Jax) and Allison (Allie) are high school and college sweethearts. Allison drops out of college and moves away to California for an internship, but ends up getting her big break. In the meantime, her relationship with Jax can’t withstand the distance and comes to an end.

Flash forward 10 years, Allie’s career is being destroyed by a scandal and she escapes the hustle and bustle of Hollywood and returns home to Ohio. She didn’t expect to open the door of her parents’ home and find her ex, Jax, opening the front door. Will being around each other stir up old feelings?

This is a perfectly sweet and sexy second chance romance. Allie and Jax were each other’s first for everything and you could feel the unresolved feelings between the two. I absolutely adored Jackson, he never got over Allison and now that she was back he didn’t want to let her go, even if it meant risking his own happiness. Allison took some warming up for me. She almost came across as selfish, that she only cared about her career at the start of the book, but then I warmed up to her about half way through the story.

This is a definite read for anyone who is a fan of second chance romances or loves the perfect mix of sweet and sexy.

I Hate You, I Love You is a classic romance tale of two people who walk the fine line between hate and love.

Sebastian Blake is a novelist and a professor at a small arts college in Vermont. Naomi Price is poet and a professor at the same small arts college. The two have been at each other since day one. The banter back and forth between Naomi and Sebastian was great. You could feel the tension between the two and their chemistry was off the charts!

The book made me laugh, it made me swoon but it also broke my heart a little. The things that both Sebastian and Naomi had experienced in their pasts. You really feel their pain.

Overall, I did enjoy this story and who doesn’t love a little enemy to lovers’ story!

How can you not fall in love with two characters who love Marvel and Disney?! Cassidy is a Marvel super fan who loves numbers. Jon is the new doctor and has a love for Disney. The meet at an office Halloween party. Cassidy came dressed as Buttercup and Jon as Westley. They instant chemistry between the two was perfect.

I absolutely loved this story. It was such a different story, I don’t think I have ever read a romance book that revolved around Halloween. I loved the kind of different take on Cinderella, where Cassidy was searching for her flounder tattoo that her mystery man had. Cassidy and Jon were so adorkably cute and perfect for one another.

This is definitely a must read for anyone who loves Holiday romances, fun characters and some steaminess! I look forward to more stories from Sandra Marie and spending all my holidays with her characters!

Lauren Blakely never disappoints and The Real Deal is another hot story from her!!

April is in need of a boyfriend for hire to keep her family off her back at a family reunion, in comes the sexy Theo to be just that for her. Only once they meet there is an instant connection (and it is HOT!) and maybe pretending to be a couple isn't the best idea.

April probably has one of the coolest jobs, she is a body painter. Her family doesn't understand what she does for a career and thinks she should easily be able to move back to her home town in Connecticut, but April doesn't want that. Theo understands this and will do anything he can to help her, to keep her happy and to protect her even though he has been through some tough stuff himself. His parents died when he was young and that left him and his older brother, Heath, to move with in with their aunt and eventually just go off on their own and trying to find a way to have a better life for themselves.

This is a beautifully written story, the growth in both the characters is fantastic and the chemistry between April and Theo is on fire. I found myself laughing at times and I found myself crying at times.

5 "Real Deal" Stars for this story!

**ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**