A chef and a farmer get a second chance and their story was one crazy adventure. I’ve had this book sitting on my kindle for ages and I am kicking myself for taking FOREVER to finally get around to it. Grumpy Griff has to be one of my favorite heroes ever and Audrey, she is hard working and wants to prove to everyone that she can do anything.

I LOVED this book so much. Griff and Audrey met in college, hooked up a few times and that was that. Flash forward years later and she is randomly showing up on his farm. Insert grumpy Griff, the farm you can’t help but fall completely in love with and his AMAZING family.

The chemistry between Audrey and Griff was amazing from the start and only grew throughout the story. Farmer Griff has such a sweet side to him. I couldn’t get enough of them. I loved how involved they were in each other’s lives, their dreams and their goals.

Bittersweet has the perfect fall vibe to it. From the description of the farm, to the glorious apple orchard to the amazing sounding cider. I can’t wait to devour the rest of the series and get to know more about the Shipley family and the workers on the farm. This story is steamy and heartwarming and definitely a MUST READ!

I don’t even know where to start with this review. Boss Man Bridegroom has my laughing until I was crying and wanting to jump through my kindle and knock some sense into Rath.

Charlee is HILARIOUS and a girl after my own heart with her planner obsession and her organizational style. She isn’t afraid to be who she truly is. She knows that if someone truly cares about her they will accept all of her quirks and not change a single thing about her. I couldn’t get enough of her. Rath likes things a certain way. Truly the complete opposite of Charlee. I love how she bulldozes her way into his life and doesn’t take no for an answer.

These two had so much chemistry, but they had both been hurt by past relationships and neither was willing to give in and take the plunge into exploring their connection. Enter Charlee’s grandma. She was a HOOT! Seriously, can she be my grandma, too!? She loved Charlee more than anything and would literally do anything for her granddaughter. Grandma also loved Rath, which was super adorable.

The bromance between Bram and Rath is continued and I couldn’t get enough of it either. Those two are more like brothers than best friends and you can feel the love between them. Plus, their love of books and the newly formed book club. I was dying of laughter.

Boss Man Bridegroom is laugh out loud funny from the very start and a fantastic office/marriage of convenience romance. It is another MUST READ from Meghan Quinn.

This is the first book I have read by Carrie Aarons and I have several sitting on my kindle that I can’t wait to get to. Hometown Heartless is an emotional second chance romance. Everett and Kennedy are two characters you can’t help but love and two characters you want to be together and overcome their demons.

Promises were made between Kennedy and Everett, promises that Kennedy didn’t think would ever happen. Everett went off to war, a year later he was missing and pronounced dead. Now, the man she thought was forever gone is back, but there is something different about him. He isn’t the same.

Everett is broken, he is suffering. He experienced more pain and suffering than anyone could imagine. Despite that Kennedy is there for him. She had changed, too. She had see pain and loss in the time he had been gone.

Everett and Kennedy had chemistry from the start. They grew up as neighbors and friends but never anything more. Now that he is back the chemistry is still there and it is time to make good on those promises from years ago.

Hometown Heartless is a beautifully written, emotional second chance romance.

Olivia Carpenter is a PA for a best-selling author who has her running all over the place. Maverick is the cover model for the author, Rachel. Maverick is scheduled to attending some signings for Rachel’s newest release, however, there is just one little problem. He doesn’t drive, so Olivia must go on a road trip with playboy Maverick for two weeks while they attend signings. Nothing good can come out of being stuck in a car with a playboy and an overly organized beauty, right?

Maverick Kingston might not be the man I thought he was originally. Mr. Playboy might actually prove me wrong.

Olivia and Maverick started out as enemies, but the more time they spent with each other and the more they learned about each other their feelings started to shift. There is no deny the two of them felt a connection the moment they met, but neither wanted to admit that they had any sort of interest in the other. The banter between the two of them was great and I loved how caring and helpful Maverick was when he was how hard Olivia was working. I loved Olivia, even though she was organized, she also was able to let go and have a little bit of fun from time to time. Maverick, oh that man made me swoon. There is so much more to him that meets the eye, it is hard not to fall for him.

Definitely a must read for anyone who loves fun banter, some sexiness and a swoon worthy man!

Rebecca Shea is a new to me author and after reading this book I can’t wait to read more from her. Unexpectedly Yours is a great office romance that sucked me in from page one.

Gracie works hard when it comes to her career, she has been faced with a lot of struggles throughout her life and is willing to work hard to make things easier. When her best friend Jamie tells her to have some fun, that leads to a one night stand with a man named Drew who is just in town on business. She doesn’t expect to ever see him again. Drew may be a rich CEO but he doesn’t act like it. Drew is determined to get what he wants and that is Gracie. He is sweet and protective and definitely will have you swooning.

Drew and Gracie are both anti relationships for different reasons, but there is something that keeps drawing them to each other. These two had an instant connection and the more time they spent together it just continued to grow and grow.

This story is a great office romance, that is swoony, steamy and has a little drama that will make you want to slap some sense into Drew but it is a MUST READ!

Drew’s brother, Aaron, and Gracie’s best friend, Jamie, are intriguing and I truly hope they end up getting a story because I need to know more about them.

Arden is a widow at 28 and she’s lost just about everything she owns and with the help of her younger brother she moves back home to Chicago to leave in an apartment that he is renovating. Tyler is a firefighter, best friends to Jamie, who just so happens to be Arden’s brother, and has had a crush on his new neighbor since he was a teenager.

Arden is trying to find who herself when she comes back home, she doesn’t want a relationship. When she was younger she was the prom queen, had everything going for her. Tyler works hard as a firefighter, despite not having the approval of his mother, but in his spare time he helps out his best friend with apartment renovations. He was always a geek, at least that is how Arden remembers him. After a traumatic event in his childhood, Tyler is very overprotective and it shows when it comes to Arden.

From the moment they met again there was a connection between the two of them, though they both tried to avoid it, well mostly Arden. It just took one storm for them to break and from there things were explosive between Arden and Tyler.

Jamie, Mila, Tyler and Arden were “roommates” and I loved the friendship and pseudo family they built, plus Norton, Liam and Danny added some fun and lightness to the story. This is definitely a group of friends I wanted to go out with. I hope we get more of them in the future!

Firecracker is a sweet brother’s best friend romance that had a little bit of drama, a great group of friends and plenty of romance.

One-night changes everything for Phoebe. She thought she was taking a random quiz with some “friends” but those results quickly spread throughout her high school. She was humiliated, her boyfriend was disgusted by her and things forever changed. She leaves school, flees the town she grew up in and leaves her family behind. Flash forward three years and her past is mixing with her present when she runs into her ex boyfriends father and her former boss.

I felt horrible for Phoebe for what happened to her and she has had to work hard to survive on her own but she does is living and able to take care of herself. Her ex-boyfriend, Jake, was very religious, he had a chip on his shoulder and that affected all of his relationships. Arlo was always on team Phoebe, especially after what happened between her and his son, she was his former employee and knew how hard she worked even from her teen years.

These two reconnected quickly and formed an easy friendship, but the more time they spent together the more feelings began to develop. Eventually everything came to a head and from that moment on they couldn’t get enough of each other.

I was not a fan of Jake from the start, he was cold and disrespectful to Phoebe and his father. They showed him love and were there for him, but he just didn’t seem to care. However, he does slightly redeem himself and I liked him by the end. Phoebe and Arlo, despite the age gap, seemed to have a much better connection than Phoebe and Jake did. There is pretty much no drama when they confessed their relationship and I was kind of bummed about that, I wanted Jake to react a little more.

There was a slow build up to Phoebe and Arlo’s relationship but once they finally gave into their chemistry it was non stop steam. Phoebe’s use of the word Daddy did get a little excessive over times, though.

Overall, this book was enjoyable but at times felt a little too over the top. But if you’re looking for a forbidden, age gap romance with some steam this one is for you.

Knox Bentley completely stole my heart. Making You Mine is perfection from the very start and will have you swooning over Knox, Aubrey and their relationship.

Their story was fun, beautiful and nothing short of perfection. Knox is tired of just hooking up with Aubrey after events, especially after two years. Aubrey doesn’t want more, she doesn’t have the time. She is an independent woman and doesn’t need a man by her side. However, Knox is persistent and doesn’t back down easily.

The chemistry between these two was fantastic from the start and I only grew to love it as the story continued. Like the two of them, I couldn’t stay away from the story. I was addicted.

The secondary characters in this story were also fantastic and added so much to their relationship and the story. Aubrey’s family was hilarious and protective of her. Knox’s family was different but also still loveable, especially his two siblings, Paige and Landon.

Making You Mine is a swoony, sweet, steamy story that is perfection from the very start and a MUST READ!

The Cruelest Stranger completely consumed me. You never know what someone is going through, the pain, the struggles and the heartache.

He was the worlds biggest jerk. He was cruel. She was a ray of sunshine. Say the best in everything. Knew what pain and heartache felt like better than most people. Complete opposites who met on fateful evening at a bar. From that moment their lives were forever changed.

Bennett, oh how I wanted to hate this man but I felt the complete opposite for him (minus the few times I did semi hate him because was being an idiot). You know the saying don’t judge a book by its cover? That pretty much describes Bennett. There is so much more to him than what you see on the outside, what he wants people to see. Astaire knows pain, loss and heartache. She see’s the best in people. She doesn’t take no for an answer, despite when someone is judging her right back. Thinking the worst of her. She doesn’t let hat deter her from living life and being a friend.

Bennett and Astaire’s lives quickly becoming interconnected in so many unexpected ways and their undeniable chemistry continues to bubble. Despite their initial meeting and starting out as enemies, these two quickly become friends and learned to lean on each other and soon became more.

The Cruelest Stranger was an emotional story that I wasn’t expecting. It took me by surprised and consumed every inch of my soul. This story, these characters. There is so much to love about this. Love is unexpected, it will find you when you least expect it. Bennett and Astaire found each other when they needed it most, they formed the family they both always wanted.

This book is a MUST READ and one of my Top Reads of 2020.

Asher and Bailey are hands down my favorite couple when it comes the Hot Jocks series. I LOVED everything about the two of them from their friendship, relationship and the banter between the two of them.

Asher is nursing some injuries and wants to go home to visit his family, only downside is that he needs a doctor with him to travel. Enter Bailey. She has some time before she starts her residency and volunteers for the job. She gets a vacation and to spend time with her friend. Asher is the playboy image, however, there is so much more to him. He loves his family and he loves hockey. Bailey is hardworking. She loves her career and with being in med school didn’t have much time to do anything else.

Asher and Bailey had so much chemistry. It was bursting off the pages. They had so many sweet moments throughout the story but their relationship also doesn’t lack in passion. Their interactions were sweet and funny, too. I just couldn’t get enough of Asher and Bailey.

Asher’s family was a blast. From his parents, to his sisters, to his nieces but his grandmother Lollie stole the show. She is hilarious and everything you love about a grandmother.

Crossing the Line is a MUST READ and if you love friends to lovers sports romances or even just feel good romances this is one that I’d highly recommend. Kendall Ryan knocked it out of the park.