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I enjoyed this instalove mail order bride romance about Isaac & Helena set in Seduction Summit and seeing how their story came together. This was a nice quick read and it ties together with the Seduction Summit Lumberjacks series although they all work as standalones since they are about different couples.

Seduction Summit Lumberjacks Series
My Brooding Valentine (Hope Peak Valentine's Day): Sawyer & Hailey
Stolen by the Mountain Man (Mountain Man Mail Order Bride): Isaac & Helena
Grumpy Mountain Man: Chaz & Dakota
Wild Mountain Man: Krebs & Teagan
Chiseled Mountain Man: Sean & Bronte
Untamed Mountain Man:
Rugged Mountain Man:
Fierce Mountain Man:

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This was a really enjoyable Retelling of Aladdin with great world building and I loved the characters. I loved the relationship between Dan (Aladdin) and his brother Jasper as well as seeing how the two of them interacted with Aida (the genie). The sultan was also a nice side character. The epilogue at the end was really cute and I am glad with how things worked out for everyone. I look forward to reading more books by Sarah Beran in the future as well as more books from this multi author series.

I really enjoyed getting to read Sean & Bronte's story in this instalove romance and thought the epilogue gave a nice view into their future. I look forward to continuing this series and getting to know more of the women in the baking competition and the mountain men they end up with.

Seduction Summit Lumberjacks Series
My Brooding Valentine (Hope Peak Valentine's Day): Sawyer & Hailey
Grumpy Mountain Man: Chaz & Dakota
Wild Mountain Man: Krebs & Teagan
Chiseled Mountain Man: Sean & Bronte
Untamed Mountain Man:
Rugged Mountain Man:
Fierce Mountain Man:

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I really enjoyed this story and how it combined elements of Snow White & Rose Red with the story of Puss in Boots. This book had several great characters and I loved getting to know Rowan & her sister Eirwen as well as Prince Alexander / James / Puss. It was fun seeing how Eirwen and him interacted throughout the story as they grew closer. This book is a standalone but I liked how it was vaguely mentioned in passing as town gossip in Amphibians and Admiration: A Frog Prince Retelling tying the two stories together as part of the same world. I look forward to reading more fairy tale retellings by this author in the future.

I really enjoyed this book and Knox & Caroline's story after getting glimpses of these characters in previous book and I am happy with how things worked out for them. It was also nice getting to know Knox's younger sister Linzie as well glimpses of characters from previous books. I haven't read Caroline's sister Mira's story about her and Colt yet but am adding it as well as future books set in this town to my TBR List.

Hope Peak, Montana Books
My Mountain Man Valentine (Be My Fake Valentine): Ryder Hawke & Tessa Voss
Marrying the Mountain Man (Mountain Man Mail Order Bride): Levi Voss & Mindy Barnes
My Bad Boy Valentine (Hope Peak Valentine's Day): Knox Slater & Caroline Belle
Naughty is the New Nice (Spice and Seduction - A Steamy Romance Christmas): Colt Shepperd & Mira Belle
Rescued by the Mountain Man (Whispered Echoes - A Spicy Wounded Mountain Man): Mack & Brynn
The Mountain Man's Untamed Bride (A Mountain Man Sanctuary)

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This was a really fun Retelling Of The Princess And The Pea and I loved getting to read Cordelia & Efron's story. It was fun to have Efron come to Grimm Academy and paired with Cordelia after having briefly met him in the previous book Princess of Feathers and him and Cordelia made a really good couple. I enjoyed the conclusion of the Bellpoint Castle competition and the introduction of Audrey for the next story. I look forward to reading more books from this fun and lighthearted fairy tale series.

Series Character and Story Connections
Matilda & her fiancé Lewis's story are in Song Of Seas: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Little Mermaid (Book 13)
Astrid's story is in Princess Of Petals:  A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Beauty & the Beast  (Book 15)
Elisa & her brother Efron are featured in Princess of Feathers:  A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Wild Swans (Book 16)
Audrey's story is in The Winter Ball:  A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Book 18)

This was my first book by Amanda Thompson and I thought it was a very enjoyable Retelling of The Frog Prince. This story took a slightly different twist than some of the other variations I have read and I thought it was very well written with wonderful characters and good world building. I look forward to reading more of this authors fairy tale retellings in the future.

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This was a good Retelling of the Wild Swans and I enjoyed getting to know both Elisa & Alaric in this story and thought they made a nice couple. While I did really enjoy the story overall I had just finished reading the previous story and the two happened at the same time so some of the story did repeat a bit since the characters were friends and together and this is meant to be able to be read as a standalone as well as part of a series of interconnected stories. I am looking forward to continuing this story and seeing what happens with the other characters in this fun and lighthearted fairy tale series.

Series Character and Story Connections
Astrid's story is in Princess Of Petals: The Princess Competition (Book 15)
Cordelia's story will be in Princess Of Peas: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Princess And The Pea (Book 17)

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I really enjoyed this Retelling of Beauty and the Beast and thought it was an interesting twist on the story. Both Astrid and Conan were fun characters to get to know and I also enjoyed the friendship between Astrid, Elisa, & Cordelia. I look forward to reading more books in this fun and lighthearted series of fairy tale retellings.

Series Character and Story Connections
Elisa's story will be in Princess of Feathers (Book 16)
Matilda/Mati's story is in Song Of Seas: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Little Mermaid (Book 13)
Cordelia's story will be in Princess Of Peas: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Princess And The Pea (Book 17)