I really loved this second chance MM romance! Remy and Lawson definitely had a lot of chemistry and you could tell how much they cared for each other. Lawson and Remy had a relationship at one time but broke up due to the pressure of coming out, as Remy was a rising music star and had to hide his sexuality, causing them to end things and go their separate ways. Years go by, Remy gets famous, but then returns to their town and buys a house down the street from Lawson. There was a lot of heartache and angst in this book, and I just wanted them to be happy together. I love a good rockstar main character, although Remy was kind and sweet and not like your typical rockstar. I loved the mental health representation in this and I think it was handled well and written well. I love the supportive group of friends surrounding Remy and Law and I cannot WAIT for Knox's book! 

I really love the brother's best friend trope and this MM romance is just so good. Kellan and Chase have known each other since they were teenagers and Chase is best friend's with Kellan's brother, Griff. Kellan is an art teacher and Chase is a veteran and a police officer who has just returned to town. They both had a fleeting moment ten years prior and then Chase skipped town, leaving Kellan heartbroken. When Chase returns, the sparks fly again and they can't fight it anymore. I really loved their romance and the slow build. I also loved the suspense in this book! It was nice to have a mystery to solve along with the romance. I'm a big fan of all the other characters and really am looking forward to their books as well! 

I just LOVE a good childhood friends to lovers book and this one did not disappoint! Laura Pavlov's books just keep getting better and better. The relationship between King and Saylor is just so sweet but also steamy and I loved them together. She is opening a bookstore and he is helping her by building it and it's just so swoony. Neither of them really realize they love each other as more than friends until they start dating other people and the tension and jealousy is top notch. He even has a tattoo of his nickname for her?! This book is hilarious and just such a good time. I had a lot of fun reading it and it made me smile. I can't WAIT for Hayes and Emerson's book! That cliffhanger with Cutler made me want the next book so bad! 

I'm so sad that this series is over but excited that we finally got Brynlee's story! I really liked Brynn and Crew's story and everything that happened within this book. There was a LOT going on, a lot of drama and a lot of obstacles to face for both of them but fate really brought them back to each other and they could never resist, even after their only a week long fling ten years prior. I loved getting to see everyone from the Whitlock family and to see their happy endings. I love this family! This is a great single dad, marriage of convenience, small town romance. I am looking forward to the author's brand new series! 

I just feel like maybe Devney Perry is not the author for me. She's had one masterpiece in <i>Juniper Hill</i> and every book after that has been... not great. I was really hoping for more from the start of this new series, but it's the same old bland book with no chemistry. I wanted more depth, but everything is just so surface level. I feel like at the end, we don't even really know these characters besides very small details. Indya and West hardly communicated and were supposed to be these two people who had an epic romance and longed for each other for years but I felt nothing from these two.  Nothing of substance really happens over the course of almost three hundred pages so it really made for a boring read. I also don't understand how the spicy scenes can occur with literally no foreplay but okay. I like the Montana setting and she's great at crafting that, but other than this, the book wasn't great. Here's to hoping the next one is. 

Romantic suspense is my favorite genre and this book did not disappoint! If you're a fan of Catherine Cowles or Devney Perry, then this book is for you. I enjoyed this book, but the main reason I took off a star is because he bullied her back in school and he was just SO MEAN. Yes, he made up for it and he's changed and better and all that, but this aspect just made it hard for me to really root for him or even connect with him. I think this book was good though and would recommend it to others. I am looking forward to the next book in the series!

Thank you to Clio Evans and Grey's Promotions for the eARC of this book.

 

I haven't read a Julia Jarrett book but this came highly recommended and I really enjoyed it. I love a good sports romance, and I love that this featured baseball which isn't a sport you see too often in romance these days. Throw in the single parent trope and I am sold! I really loved Ronan and Willow together, and Peyton was just the cutest little girl. Ronan was a great guy and knew how to communicate in a healthy way, which we don't often see. There was a lot of talk about fate and I loved that this was an inside thing with Ronan and Willow and that they kept finding each other. They were meant to be! This book is pretty low angst, and is just a feel good and cozy read. I enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next one! 

What an amazing debut novel! I was so excited to receive an ARC of <i>Puppy Love</i> because I have been looking for a good WLW book with other queer representation. Elle Sprinkle knocked this one out of the park! 

Cam is a dog groomer that left her job at a chain and is now working for a pet resort that is much better than her last employer. Cam is bisexual, although she has not been with a woman yet and has recently broken up with a toxic ex-boyfriend. She wants to forget her toxic ex and step out of her comfort zone by hooking up with someone random. She does just that, but then realizes the next day that the person she hooked up with is her new boss! Violet is recenly divorced from her wife and is a manager at the pet resort Cam is now working at. The owner is strict about employees dating, so Cam and Violet decide to act like it never happened... until they can't anymore!

I really loved everything about this book. It's so well written, and I really liked the author's writing style. It just had a flow and structure about it that I really enjoy. I loved all of the characters and am giddy because of the representation the author included. There is a lot of LGBTQIA+ representation, as well as mental health representation. It was refreshing to read and I really felt connected. Who doesn't love a book about dogs? Anything involving animals will have my attention immediately. Also, the spice in this was just so good. It was perfect! There is a lot going on in the book, and I was glued from page one. This book is the perfect way to start Pride Month! 

Thank you so much to Elle Sprinkle for the eARC of this wonderful book! 

I'm a huge Formula 1 fan and I was really intrigued by this premise: a Formula 1 female engineer falls for a Formula 1 driver. I loved the idea of the female engineer and the STEM components of this book, but it was a huge miss for me. So much so that I can't believe this passed to be published. This reads like a fanfiction and not in a good way. Both of the main characters are unlikeable. Phaedra is described as a character you should like, because she's a female engineer and super smart and loves Formula 1. Well, she isn't. She was quite annoying throughout the book. Cosmin is described as intense and committed but he's actually a giant jerk and borderline domestic abuser. It comes across as gross and I did not like him at all. I really didn't feel the chemistry between these two either. It was way too instalove for me and lack of communication and boundary pushing made it even worse. The dialogue was horrible and it was poorly written. The one highlight for me was that the Formula 1 descriptions and aspects of the book were really good. The author really did well with these details. I'm really sad because I was really looking forward to this and thought it would be so good but it just wasn't. 

Thank you to NetGalley, Josie Juniper, and Forever for the eARC of this book. 

Wow, this was such an interesting and intriguing concept that really drew me in. However, I think the execution was missing and the book fell flat for me. Nora inherits a casket business and Garrett works for death... literally. I think the premise is so cool and I had such high hopes but it really missed for me. It was cute though, and I had an okay time but maybe just not for me. Nora was such an annoying character that I found her hard to stomach. I also already don't enjoy third person POV as it is, but this was written in third person POV present and it was very dysfunctional. I didn't care for that aspect at all and hurt my head. It was also super rushed and abrupt. Overall, I think it had potential but missed and while it may be something someone else really likes, I thought it was just okay.

Thank you to NetGalley, Lauren Evans, and Dell for the eARC of this book.