Daaaamn, is Blue one lucky girl or what? To have not one but two men fall at her feet, and who both adore her and worship the ground she walks on?

This is a short, sweet and sexy MMF tale - that is also hot AF.

Love all three of this throuple.

ARC received via Hachette Australia for an honest review

Tiny Pieces of Us is a beautiful, heartwarming yet also heartbreaking tale of loss, love and finding "family" who aren't blood.

I felt for Vivi as she is caught between a rock and a hard place when her boss *HISS* pushes her into a story she is not keen on. Let's just say, Dan is a d1ck!

As she is taken on the journey to find the others her donor helped, I couldn't help but want to see new relationships, new friendships forged and a new "family" grow together.

I can't even imagine what all of them have gone through, and thank my lucky stars every day that I am relatively healthy.

Besides Vivi, my favourite character, who plays a very big part in the story, is Imogen, her sister. She could have so much resentment towards Vivi for ruining her childhood, yet there is none. She is all about loving her sister and the second chance she has been given, and getting her to live her best life.

You can' help but fall in love with the others are they are brought into the Palmer family fold.

If your heart doesn't ache a little whilst reading Tiny Pieces Of Us, you are a stronger person than me!

I am new to Nicky Pellegrino's books (this is only my second read) but I am looking forward to what she brings us next.

Cute, sexy hockey romance, perfect start to a series that is going to help me get through the NHL postponed season

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If you read the Love Hurts duet, you will already know Cash motherf&*king McGraw.

And like me, you probably don't like him much after those books.

Gotta say, as much as I didn't think she could do it, Ms Robinson has turned me around - well, mostly - and I am going to end up adoring the man.

His dreams have come true, and his girl Journey is all grown up. Boy, is she all grown up!

I need Cash to redeem himself for things he has said and done in the past, and, well I am still on the fence about whether Ms Robinson can really do it.

Music is life, music is his soul, but he is still a big ar$e douche for so much of this story that I wanted to climb into my Kindle and throttle him!

But this is an M Robinson story, and she does love to torture us with lots of angst before she makes thing better.

I know she will do it, but man oh man she makes it hard to love her characters sometimes.

It was great to see things from Cash's side, and was great to see bits about his family and friends that were so not expected.

I am on tenterhooks waiting for the conclusion to this duet.

Gimme gimme gimme!

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See that heart up there?  That is what Jay McLean did to my heart right from the start of Kick Push.



We met Josh and Tommy briefly in Where The Road Takes Me, and I was intrigued by them back then.



But holy crap, I don't have the words to say how much I loved this book!  Days later, I am still struggling with how to write this review.



Right from the get go, Ms McLean drew me into Josh and Tommy's world, and I never wanted to leave!








When Becca enters their lives, you can feel the walls around Josh's heart crumbling, opening himself to feeling again.

But his life, his world is Tommy - and he is just a little scene stealer!  

Becca is complex.  She is beautifully broken, and as we learn more about her, you realise just how strong she is.

The connection between Josh and Becca is instant.  It is strong.  All consuming.

Oh my goodness, all the feels.  This book is full of them.  Just when you think you have a handle on what is happening, and that Josh, Tommy and Becca are going to make something together ... BAM, Ms McLean rips your still beating heart right out of your chest again. 

I think I will have to send Ms McLean a bill for all the tissues I used during the time it took to read Kick Push!

I loved that we got to see more of Hunter and Chloe from Where The Road Takes Me - Hunter has been a part of Josh's life for so long, we just couldn't not have him there still.  











It is days since I finished reading Kick Push, but I am still thinking about it.  It was one of those books that I did not want to put down.   Going to work was torture as I simply needed to know what was happening with our lovelies - I may have snuck reading a chapter or two in at work.  It consumed me, body and soul.

I didn't think that any Jay McLean book could get better than her last - but I am happy to say that I was wrong.

Now I will have to impatiently wait to see how she can rip my heart out next time.

Kick. Push. Coast




  











 






      

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Hockey players? ☑
Best friends reconnecting? ☑
Those best friends being hot for each other? ☑ ☑ ☑

I love hockey, and I love m/m romance books. So when the two collide...

I adored Wes and Jamie's story. They are sweet and cute, and funny. But there is that underlying sexual current between them that just made me want to strip them naked and grab the popcorn and 3D glasses so I could sit and watch it all play out.

I love a friends-turned-lovers story, and to date, I have not found many m/m ones to read (there are probably plenty of them out there, but I haven't read them) , so it is always an extra treat when one comes across my kindle.

I think I liked their playful side the best. Yes, they are hot, they are sexy, they are hard for each other, but the fun and games, the bets, the joke presents - that is something you can only get with someone you truly know and care for.

My heart hurt as Wes and Jamie struggled with what the were feeling for each other, but then it soared as the story progressed.

I have to admit, I have not read any of Sarina Bowen's work to date (which I will have to rectify!) I have read Elle Kennedy's The Deal and The Mistake - and love every freaking word! I really enjoyed this collaboration, and I will definitely be reading more of both authors - writing together or separately.















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I want a Manny! I mean, I don't have any kids, but I still want a manny. Well, this manny anyways!

I was hooked on Misadventures With A Manny from go to woah. And I mean woah, Lincoln!

I liked that this wasn't the typical workaholic single dad needs a nanny - we get the flip with a workaholic single mum needing a manny!

I love the push/pull between Vera and Lincoln. I mean, there is sexual tension through the roof with this pair, and it was just a matter of time before things became more.

I mean, I wanted to push them into the bedroom so they would get it on!

Their relationship is complicated, sweet and tender. It was a lot of we couldn't, we shouldn't. We can't. But they did it was wonderful.

Vera's boys are just amazing. And Lincoln really is a kid whisperer.

I love that Vera isn't some weak woman. She is strong, she is dedicated to her family, she doesn't take her exes sh!t (and believe me, right from the start there is plenty of cow poo delivered!). She is fighter.

This book just had me smiling the whole time I was reading it (well, except when I wanted to slap her ex with my kindle).

I haven't read many of the Misadventures books, and I know I should go back and read more of them in the future.

I can't wait to see what Ms Aleo brings us next.



















Copy received from Hachette Australia for an honest review

Now, I am an athiest, so that Catholic church (or any religion) is a foreign concept to me, however over the years, the abuse of children by those in the Catholic Church (and others) has been a hot topic.

Walking Towards Thunder is an absolutely heartbreaking story. The way the police, the church, those who are supposed to support abuse victims have acted for decades is an absolute disgrace.

I am thankful for Peter Fox. Thankful that he has written this book. Thankful that he took a stand against the church and his fellow police officers. Thankful that he survived the backlash.

Because of his stand, look at where the church is in 2019.

The behaviour of those against him is abhorrent. I read this book each day in my lunch break, and every day I would go back to my desk, raging to my office mates about what I had read today. I have vented to friends as I was reading about how mad, how sad, how frustrated I was with the higher-ups.

I knew that things were bad over the years, but thank you Peter Fox for revealing just how bad things really are.

All I can say is shame, shame, shame on each and everyone of them who covered up, dismissed complaints and helped these horrible human beings get away with it - for decades.

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