🎸  𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚁𝚎𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗  🎸
 
🄰🅁🄲 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆

4.5/5 ⭐️ 
1.5/5 🌶️

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Oh my sweet baby Nolan. My heart hurt for him and his struggles. The mental health rep was done so beautifully. I really loved how it wasn't just oh, you're getting help now, that's the end of that, live happily ever after but it highlighted the struggles still even with getting help and the ups and downs associated with it. 

Benji, my sweet Sunshine Benji. He was perfect for Nolan. He knew what he needed and stuck by his side through the hard times and struggles. These two were perfect for each other in every way. 

I'm sad to be saying goodbye to Clay Springs for the time being. I have loved these characters but Benji and Nolan stole the show, my favorite couple and the perfect ending to the series, for now at least. 

𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤 / 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥
🎸 Rockstar vs Escort
🎸 Mental Health Rep
🎸 Hurt/Comfort
🎸 Found Family
🎸 Golden Retriever vs Black Cat 

#TheLongRefrain #MayaJean #SweetSouthernSeries #MMRomance #Rockstar #mentalhealthrep #hurtcomfort #foundfamily #bookstagram #newrelease #booksbooksbooks #books #booklover #instagood #booknerd #bookworm #bookreview #romance #kindleunlimited 

💚  𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝙰𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚈𝚘𝚞  💚
𝚋𝚢 @samanthabrinnauthor
 
🄰🅁🄲 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆

4.75/5 ⭐️ 
2.5/5 🌶️

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OH MY!!!! I think this one is my absolute fave of the series. The emotions this thing put me through, I was not prepared for it. And that twist, the gasp I gusped, totally unprepared!!!!

I LOVE LOVE LOOOOVVVEEEEE Gabe. He is top tier book boyfriend material. You can tell me no different. 

One thing I love about this series is the way all these woman are so strong and fierce and have no issues with it. Molly was such a breath of fresh air. 

These two were absolute perfection! I'm sad to see this series end but really excited to see what's in the future for Samantha's books.

𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤 / 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥
💚 Second Chance 
💚 Billionaire 
💚 Fake Engagement 
💚 Forced Proximity 
💚 Cinna-Retriever 
💚 Found Family 

🏒  𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢  🏒
𝚋𝚢 @creareitan
 
🄰🅁🄲 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆

4.25/5 ⭐️ 
1/5 🌶️

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Etna and Keno were the absolute cutest!

These two are the definition of soulmates. They started out as platonic soulmates that trusted enough on each other to get married and to trust that their love would grow into something more than just as friends.  

While it is a little unconventional on the reason why they got married also I understand why they did it as well. They had such a beautiful connection. They had the kind of connection that will last a lifetime and other could only hope for with their best friend. 

Watching them go through the awkward phases was hilarious at times. Watching them fall in love with each other and then realizing they may have been oblivious and in love with each the whole time was a journey. I was going through the emotions right along with them. 

This was such low angst and I really enjoyed all the side characters as well. Such a good series. 

𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤 / 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥
🏒 Hockey Romance
🏒 Best Friends to Lovers
🏒 First Times
🏒 Slow Burn
🏒 Teammates
🏒 Marriage of Circumstance
🏒 Double Queer Awakening 

#CreaReitan #FinalBreakaway #ForPucksSakeSeries #MMRomance #Hockey #BestFriendsToLovers #FirstTimes #SlowBurn #Banter #TeammatesToLovers #MarriageOfCircumstance #bookstagram #newrelease #booksbooksbooks #books #booklover #instagood #booknerd #bookworm #bookreview #romance #kindleunlimited

❤️  𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗  ❤️
𝚋𝚢 @jaggercoleauthor
 
🄰🅁🄲 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆

5/5 ⭐️ 
3.5/5 🌶️

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Another absolute masterpiece. Jagger just knows how to write a gripping Mafia romance. The plot, the secret society, the suspense, the chemistry.. everything just executed perfectly. 

To start off, I LOVE how we are back in this world and that we get A LOT of the couples from previous series. We also get some new characters and I am highly interested in a few of them. I really wonder where they will come in to play in the series, I have a few guesses so far so I can't wait to see if I'm right. 

I know Carmine has made appearances in some previous books and I'll be honest, he didn't cross my radar but holy cow, this man is unhinged in the best of ways and I am an absolute sucker for him now. 

Lyra and Carmine were so intense but I loved that about them. They matched each other perfectly. Carmine is seen as they dark force but Lyra see's the real him and loves him all the same. These two are perfect for each other. I love the way that Carmine would burn the world down for her (I mean the man literally burnt a part of the world down for her) and never hesitated to protect her. 

The suspense had me on my toes the entire time, never a dull moment in the book for me. Also the twist and turns and then the the massive truth bomb that exploded at the end, I was NOT expecting that. Jaw Dropped

I'm so excited to see where this series is headed, after this first book, I'm already in a chokehold!!

𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤 / 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥
❤️ Band of Brothers
❤️ Boy Obsessed
❤️ Enemies to Lovers
❤️ Forced Marriage
❤️ Forced Proximity
❤️ Grumpy x Sunshine
❤️ Jealous/Possessive MMC 
❤️ Mafia
❤️ Masked Men
❤️ Opposites Attract
❤️ Secret Society

#DanceofDeception #JaggerCole #DarkRomance #RomanticSuspense #MafiaRomance #BoyObsessed #EnemiestoLovers #ForcedMarriage #ForcedProximity #Grumpy/Sunshine #JealousPossessive #Mafia #MaskedMen #OppositesAttract#SecretSociety #Suspense #bookstagram #newrelease #booksbooksbooks #books #booklover #insta

🩵 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚎 🩵
𝚋𝚢  @rileyhartwrites and @devonmccormack
 
🄰🅁🄲 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆

4.25/5 ⭐️ 
2/5 🌶️

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This was such a fun, low angst read. 

Taylor and Brenner were the cutest. They had such a fun friendship. They were each other besties and the others biggest cheerleader. I enjoyed watching them explore their feelings. They had great communication and their relationship only grew stronger as time went on. Their chemistry, wooo 😮‍💨 these two were hot 

I loved how loving and accepting their parents were. They weren't worried about anything but the boys happiness and I love that they had such a great support system. 

Loved all the side characters, the frat boys, the previous couples, Mila, they all added to the story in a great way. 

I have loved all these couples and I'm so excited we get more in this world with a new series. 

𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤 / 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥
🩵soon-to-be stepbrothers
🩵mm romance
🩵bi-awakening 
🩵friends to lovers 
🩵low angst 
🩵no strings attached hookups 
🩵sexy dares 
🩵secret relationship 

#thestepdare #rileyhart #devonmccormack #friendstolovers #mmromance #StepBrothers #biawakening #SecretRelationship #bookstagram #books #booklover #instagood #booknerd #bookworm #bookreview #romance #kindleunlimited

Cute, light, fun book

Low angst, watching these two fall in love was sweet. 

🍁🌺  𝙱𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎  🌺🍁
𝚋𝚢 @nicoledauthor
 
🄰🅁🄲 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆

4.25/5 ⭐️ 
1/5 🌶️

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Archie and Cane meet one night and have a unforgettable time. Cane ends up leaving before morning and Archie, the notorious playboy can not get this man off his mind. Weeks later he finds himself face to face with his hookup on a new landscaping job. 

I was shooketh when Cane's secret was revealed, I was NOT expecting that at all. I was thinking the plot was going to go in a different direction but I was sooo happy when it didn't. Nicole usually gives us low drama and this delivered just that, thankfully. 

These two had a connection they couldn't deny. While certain things prevented them from being able to explore their feelings and pull in the beginning, things worked out the way that it was supposed to.

These two were just the cutest and I loved seeing all the past couples. Also we get a new series coming soon with Langley's Construction so I'm hoping we get to see more of all these couples. 

𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤 / 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥
🌺Second Chance
🍁One Night Stand
🌺Friends to Lovers
🍁Small Town
🌺Forced Proximity

 3.5 ⭐

Ummmm I don't even know where to start. This was a first read from this author and I'm not sure how I felt with the overall book. 

When I think a Mafia romance, I think tension, I think explosive, I think build up of passion and chemistry, for me personally, this lacked greatly with that. There was something that was just missing for me. I can't say exactly what it is, maybe just the mixture of a little here and a little there but the overall book missed the mark for me. 

Throughout the book and especially from like the middle on, the repetitiveness was quite jarring and annoying for me. Also I understand a slow burn but the pacing was just way off and too slow for me, maybe it was because of everything else but I was a bit bored. 

I looooooveeee a good spicy book, I love when a book has more spice then plot at times, but what I can't get behind is when the spice is thrown in randomly and at bad times for either the character and/or the plot. That's where I felt this book landed, the spice was nice but it was just not in the right moments I felt like. 

Overall I think the bad outweighed the good for my overall enjoyment of the book but I know that some will absolutely love this book and I love that for y'all.

🖤Mafia Romance
🖤One Sided Enemies to Lovers
🖤Obsessed MMC
🖤Slow Burn
🖤Arranged Marriage
🖤Age Gap Romance
🖤Forced Proximity 

🏒  𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚁𝚞𝚒𝚗  🏒
𝚋𝚢 @authorsmassery
 
🄰🅁🄲 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆

4.75/5 ⭐️ 
3/5 🌶️

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This was a short quick read but boy did it pack a punch!! That ending, jaw dropped 😳

In true Sara fashion, this was dark, this was delicious, the MMC was absolutely unhinged, this was a wild ride, this was chaos, this was such a great introduction to Camden and Harper. 

These two had intense chemistry and the pull between them was crazy. The obsession was intense right off the bat. They each gave as good as they got. 

This book was a tease. It gave us informationbut not enough, it gives you so much passion but leaves you wanting so much more.

I can't wait to get more of these two in Ruined God. 

𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤 / 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥
🏒 Hockey Romance
🏒 Bully Romance
🏒 Dark Romance
🏒 Brother’s Best Friend
🏒 Forced Proximity
🏒 Sta!ker

#IntoRuin #SMassery #HockeyRomance #BullyRomance #DarkRomance #forcedproximity #BrothersBestFriend #bookstagram #newrelease #booksbooksbooks #books #booklover #instagood #booknerd #bookworm #bookreview #romance #kindleunlimited

 3.5 ⭐
I wanted to wrap up Armi in a big ol hug. He deserved all the love he got.
Hayden was a go getter. He knew what he wanted, went after it and had no regrets. I love how protective he was of Armi.

I will say this was just meh for me, it took awhile for me to find a connection with the main characters and the side characters were mainly all garbage. 

🏈 MM Romance
💻 Boss x employee
🏈 Hurt/comfort
💻 Opposites Attract
🏈 One night stand