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This has previously been released under the pen name Nealy Wagner but I never read before.

Sarina Bowen has quickly become a must read author for me. Whether it is in partnership with Elle Kennedy or her solo releases, I have adored everything I have read to date.

Axel and Cax's story is as sweet as it is heartbreaking. Childhood friends who become estranged, an unexpected reunion can bring things crashing down around them - or building up to amazing things.

I loved the attraction between our lovelies, it hasn't gone away after year apart. You can just feel the pull, the attraction, the spark between them, it leaps off the pages.

There is plenty of drama and tension - but nothing that seemed too OTT or ridiculous.

I felt that Axel and Cax were just adorably perfect for each other, and I was on the sidelines cheering for them both.

I love love loved that Caleb and Josh from Goodbye Paradise were a pretty big part of Hello Forever - I couldn't help but smile as they turned up!

I read Hello Forever in one day, I couldn't wait to turn each page and find out what would happen next.

Now I am impatiently waiting for what Ms Bowen brings us next.

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This is the second book in the Wallflowers series, and carries on where book one, Three Of A Kind finishes up.

Double the trouble, double the suspense and double the laughs is what CP Smith has given us with Double Trouble.

If you have read the first book, you will know doubt remember the trouble that our wallflowers, Calla, Sienna and Poppy got themselves into.

This is a romantic suspense story, so it is romancey, and it is suspsensey, but it is so much more than that.

I laughed, I cried, I screamed at my kindle. I shook my my head at the girls antics, felt for those mean dealing with them, whilst laughing at the same time.

I adore Bo and Sienna together. They have that love/hate thing going on real well.

You know things are going to be fiery between them, but whooeee those sparks!

Witty writing, beautiful friendships, fun storylines, Double Trouble kept me turning page after page to find out what shenanigans the wallflowers would get up to next.

There is some great set up for the third book in the series, and can't wait to see what happens next.

Copy received from Harlequin Australia via Netgalley for an honest review

Worth The Wait is right - I didn't realise how much I wanted this book until I got it!

What I like about the Guthrie Bros books is that we kind of get 2 stories in each one.

The main protaganists in Worth The Wait are Hogan and Violet - they have been kind of circling each other for a while with a bit of a love/hate thing going on. I adore them, Hogan in all his hotness, and Violet with all her bite and snark.

We also get the new girl in town, Brooklin, and hot cop Nathan finding their way to a HEA.

We get lots of the characters from the first book, as all their lives are so interwoven.

Sweet and sexy, with a bit of suspense thrown in for good measure, these guys sure do give us a bit of the swoon factor, and had me reading Worth The Wait in one day.

It is sad to see these characters go, but now I can't wait to see what Ms Foster brings us next.

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Who hasn't had a fantasy about a hot night with a hot fireman? Come on, don't lie, you've dreamt about sliding down a fireman's pole, haven't you?

Erik "Wolf"Grady and Olivia Jones' story is super sweet, really cute, kinda sexy.

I am not going to lie, it is not the kind of story that we haven't all read hundreds of times already, but it is still one I enjoyed.

I liked that even though they had some hurdles they needed to overcome, that there was nothing OTT dramatic. No killers, no psychos after them, just a good ol' romance.

I love love love Erik's friends/family/wolf pack from his fire station. They really do show that family is not just blood, but it is those you surround yourself with, those that have your back no matter what.

And we get some set up for the rest of the boys in the "pack" too. These boys made me laugh so much at times, I can't wait to get to their books.

If you like a good, sweet (and sometimes a little cheesy) story, than pick up a copy of Hot For The Fireman.

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I am not going to lie, I was not sure what to expect when I picked up What Happened That Night (and I did push it aside to read other books a couple of times before picking it up).

Almost everything in Lola and Bey Fitzpatrick's lives revolves in some way around "what happened that night" - not going to give away what happens though, you will have to read for yourself.

I adore Lola from the first time we meet her, and her daughter Bey is just wonderful.

This isn't a love story, it is a story of families, decisions that change lives and the consequences of those decisions down the track.

I love Lola and Bey's relationship so much. It is the kind of relationship we should all strive for with our parents/children. Unconditional love at its finest.


I am not going to lie. I disliked, and in some cases down right hated about 90% of the other characters 95% of the time. I know we weren't particularly supposed to like them, but I found them completely horrible every time they were on the page - you will get it when you read it, believe me you will!

I loved that the Irish/Englishness of this book was not toned down for the US market (not everything is about America, just saying). I loved the European feel of the story.

The story is full of emotion, I lost count of how many times I yell at my book, wanting to throw it across the room.

This was my first Sheila O'Flanagan read, but I will definitely be reading more in my future.

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I am a fan of the Swallow's Fall series by Ms Jones, so the chance to read the spin off series was a no brainer for me.

We are back in Swallow's Fall with Edie Granger and Ryan Munroe. After a failed relationship attempt a few years ago, they went their separate ways.

Now they are back in their home town and things can only be better than their parting, right?

I adore Ryan. He is all kinds of beautiful and swoony and any woman would give her left one to have him. Heck, I will take him off Edie's hands if she doesn't want him!

Now, Edie on the other hand, she frustrated me no end. I wanted to love her, I really did, but she was so wishy washy to me. Not professionally, I think she was amazing at what she does, but personality wise, nope.

I can't tell you how many times I talked to Ryan as I was reading, telling him to run run away, as fast as he could. The way she kept leading Ryan on then backing away - gah! Make up your mind woman.

But this might just be me.

I loved getting back to Swallow's Fall, catching up with characters that have come to feel like friends in the previous series, and even though The House On Jindalee Lane fell a little short for me, I will definitely be reading the other books in the series as they are released.

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Firstly, I want to find myself a hammock by a lake, take my kindle and a cup of tea and just relax after looking at this cover.

This is the second book in the Firefly series, and whilst it could be read as a standalone, there are some things that won't make much sense.

It took me a while to warm up to Mia in the first book The Cottage at Firefly Lake, however once I did I needed to know more of her story.

Newly divorced, single mum, trying to make a go at life on her own for the first time in a long time, I had a lot of respect for her.

Nick is the boy she liked as a teen, now the man she knows she shouldn't want, but can't help herself.

I love the push/pull between them, the blossoming of their "just friends' non-relationship - that everyone could see was more than just that. They bounced off each other so well. They give each other the kick in the pants they both need to restart their lives.

There is quite a bit going on in this book, however none of it seemed over the top. It is full of emotion, fun, laughs and family dramas that we can all relate to in some way.

It is winter here, and whilst I was reading this, tucked under a nice warm blanket, I was imagining myself by Firefly Lake.

Can't wait for book 3

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It has been a few years since I have read an Ella James book, and I wasn't sure what to expect with Fractured Love. I haven't read any of the other Off-Limits books but this did not affect my reading.

This is kind of like a YA and a contemp romance book thrown into one. We have Fractured Love: The Teenage Year and Fractured Love: The Grey's Anatomy edition.

Landon and Evie's story - in both time frames, is sweet and cute and a little bit heartbreaking.

The second half felt a bit insta-lovey to me -though it's really not is it, when it has been a decade lol. Not sure what it is about it but yeah.

I admire and adore both our lovelies for what they have been through - those teenage years are rough, but there was some extras thrown in for them.

What surprised me was the actions of Evie's parents - at times they were wonderful, amazing, Leave It To Beaver parents then other times - well, I don't want to say too much as I don't want to spoil things, but they were horrible IMO

You know when you read a YA book and think "I wonder what happened to them in the end?" - Fractured Love is like it is giving you the answer.

A sweet, tender, emotional read, Fractured Love has made me want to go back and read the first 2 book in the Off-Limits series