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I really love books set in small towns. This one that focuses on friendship was a fresh change of pace too. There is a bit of romance but glad it focused more on the friendship.

Renee is an empty nester as her only daughter is in college. She loves to bake and is very friendly and helpful to all she meets. She also has a crush on her boss Dan- the hot, single pediatrician.

Sadie is mom to a 2 year old and has found out she's pregnant once again. She's feeling very stuck and her husband hasn't been the best help and it's feeling like he's slipping away.

Renee and Sadie start to really bond after Renee helps Sadie with a baking gone wrong.
They will help each other through the difficulties each is experiencing. They decide to help each other and go into business together-a pie shop.

Very enjoyable book and I'm so glad I had the chance to read it.

I don't know how best to review short stories. I enjoyed this read. Some of them are so short, I don't exactly know what I was supposed to get out of it. But as you get in further, you get to see some of the stories connect and come from a different perspective. Or even the same person relaying the story in a different way.
All are from the viewpoint of women and show their inner most thoughts and feelings that aren't always expressed.

I was expecting a hot cowboy romance-which it is. I wasn't expecting the suspense in this book.

100 pages in and our heroine, Aspen, has already been almost killed twice! Who wants her dead? Is it her "soon to be ex as soon as he signs the papers" husband David? Is it someone in town she has helped in her law practice? Is it the corrupt former sheriff, Case's father? The person responsible was a real shocker!

Case, the town's sheriff, is the last person who wants to have to protect Aspen. After all, she cost him not getting to raise his son for years.

Their chemistry becomes undeniable and they help each other learn to let the past go. I can't wait to read more of this town in the series!

This was a very interesting psychological thriller.
Gloria, the main character suffers from dissociative disorder. In the new year of 2019, Gloria goes through something traumatic that catapults her back to 2003 and back to her abusive ex-instead of being safe with hey fiancee Rick.
The way this book used the year of 2003 as the "after" and the 2017-19 years as the "before" was sent I have ever encountered before and I kind of liked it.
Gloria needs to figure out what is happening and what choices she needs to make in her "new" realities. She does all she can for her 2 daughters. She is actually a very strong person once she decides to leave her first husband, in each senario! I adored her 2 daughters. I like Rick in both timelines.

I adored this book by Priscilla! Give me a fake dating story any day!

Sara, a social media influencer, comes to Key West to meet her boyfriend, Ric, for a family vacation. Her Mom is cancer free and her Dad wants no stress around her. Sara who is 13 years younger than her older siblings and has never really felt that she was good enough in her family of doctors. So, what's a girl to do when said boyfriend decides not to show up?

Luis has been forced to take a week off from his work as a firefighter paramedic at the Key West airport fire station. He comes across Sara outside and as they get talking, agrees to the farce.. He will pose as her no show boyfriend to appease her family.

I loved getting to know the cultural flair from Luis. Luis is such a good guy. I'm glad that Sarah family dynamic turns out different than what she tells Luis it's always been like. His family sounds fun and crazy. The sexual tension is pretty hot between Sara and Luis.... When it becomes too hard to resist, it's sweet and beautiful. There is also other issues from both of their pasts that they need to come to terms with.

I can't wait for the next in this series!

2.5

My first by Bardugo. I like fantasy but too weird and it can get tricky for me. The only character I was invested in wasn't even hardly in the book. He was seen in flashbacks seldomly but not in the present. I was left disappointed by the outcome but also slightly intrigued. I may or may not read the next installment but I actually hope it's better than the first.
I did find it a bit interesting as to what Alex can see and do with what she sees.

The boys are back! I was so ready for this second installment with the boys we've come to know and love from Bromance.

I think Braden Mack has been my fav from the beginning. I loved getting to read his story. He always acts tough and macho, but I loved getting to see his softer side. Liv, Thea's sister, has grit and determination. I loved that she didn't back down from Mr. "I'm a celebrity chef and everyone should love me" ex-boss Royce.

I love the added characters of Rosie (she constantly made me laugh) and Hop and we can't forget Randy the Rooster!

I did miss getting to see a lot of the book they were reading to help out Mack....I liked that aspect of the first one. That aside, I loved this as much as the first.

The writing in this book is so great. I love that the "neighborhood" is the narrator! (That's what I felt anyway)
This book has one of the most despicable characters, Brad. He is not liked by most people for good reason! He does the most deplorable things and thinks the most deplorable things! But I believe signs of a well written, though not likeable, character is when I can't stop reading to see what the hell they are going to do next.
I liked Julia in the beginning, but hated how she was always being so manipulated by Brad. I was happy when she got out of that situation.
The ending had me raging and heartsick and broken. Unfortunately, these kinds of things do happen in our society.

I loved getting back into the Lucy Kincaid novels. It's one of my favorite series!

When a grave of bones is found, it is revealed to be the Albright family. Denise Alright, accused of embezzleing over 3 million dollars from her company. Thought to have fled to Mexico 3 years earlier. Mom, dad, and two kids are in the Grace. But there are no bones for Ricky, the youngest of the family. 9 years old at the time of the family disappearance.... Was he buried elsewhere or did he survive and had been in hiding for the last 3 years?
Lucy is on the case to find out if Ricky is alive and it gets even bigger. Victoria-best friend of Denise is killed the same day the bones are found.
The case had so many twists and turns and new players are constantly brought into light. It was good though a bit complicated at times.
Thanks for another great book Allison Brennan!