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RELEASE BLAST – Beneath Highland Stars (Special Ops Scots #3) by Kait Nolan
Beneath Highland Stars
Special Ops Scots #3
Kait Nolan
Release Date: June 20
Blurb:
With all my best mates settled down, I’m the last single man standing. Of course, the one woman to spark my interest is the only one in Scotland who seems immune to my charm. Dr. Saoirse MacGregor is brilliant, beautiful, and decided she hated me at first sight.
When her friend goes missing on a research expedition, Saoirse turns to us at Out of Bound Scotland for help. With my military training, I’m the best tracker we’ve got, so she agrees to an uneasy alliance—as long as I take her along for the search.
But the Highlands hold dangerous secrets, and what starts as a search and rescue quickly becomes something far more treacherous. Forced to rely on each other to survive, the walls between us begin to crumble. Turns out the posh vet I’ve been clashing with for months has depths I never imagined.
I’ll do whatever it takes to protect her. But the real surprise of this enemies-to-lovers journey? She might be the one saving me.
Beneath Highland Stars is a forced proximity, enemies to lovers, woman in trouble, small town Scottish contemporary romance, featuring a retired military dog who’s gonna steal your heart.
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BLP REVIEW – Tracy
I’ve so been looking forward to this book since I finished the last instalment and while sad it’s the final Special Ops Scots story, it was a great ending to the series that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Finn and Saoirse have been kinda circling each other and though at first look they didn’t appear to even like each other, there was a definite intensity between them that spoke of something else.
You know that saying “that there’s a thin line between love and hate”, yeah, definitely felt like that could apply with this pair!!!
Finn was a great character. Your atypical friendly joker who’s actually hiding a huge heart and a few fears. Humour is his way of deflecting anyone from looking at him too closely. I adored his sense of duty, loyalty, protection and his desire to keep those important to him safe. A lot of what made him “him” made sense when you knew his back story.
Saoirse was a layered character. At first glance you understood why she perplexed Finn; the accent, her snarky attitude with him and her job seemed like a bit of a contradiction but when you found out her history she was nowhere near as complex as she appeared. Spending time with her in close quarters showed Finn what and who she really was. She was plucky as hell and when she committed to something she was all in, especially when it related to something important to her.
I loved the intrigue and storyline in this book. I must admit, being a Scot one of the topics that came up really hit home as it’s something I’ve thought a lot about lately…… that’ll a bit cryptic I know but it’ll make sense when you read the story!!
I really liked that in the main our mc’s were the central focus for most of the story and while we caught up with Finn’s teammates and their significant others (and pooches!!) we got to see the development of their relationship in some isolation. The situation they found themselves in meant that they had to trust each other and that really was the starting point of the change in each of their opinions and perceptions of the other.
I have to say I adored Ajax….. how could I not!!
I honestly love how much Kait’s love of my home country comes across in this series and the detail she adds to her stories gives me a real feeling of ‘being there’.
As I said, I’m sad this series has come to an end but I can’t wait to see what Ms Nolan has in store for us next!!!!
Meet Kait Nolan:
Kait Nolan is a USA Today best selling, RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.
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NEW RELEASE – Beyond Highland Sunrise (Special Ops Scots #2) by Kait Nolan
BEYOND HIGHLAND SUNRISE
Special Ops Scots #2
Kait Nolan
Release Date: February 7
The last thing I need while trying to make a success of my outdoor adventure company is a beautiful distraction. It takes all my focus to fight off the demons that remain from the injury that ended my career as a Royal Marine and deal with the clients that make me want to climb the nearest mountain and never come down.
But Parker Lawrence walks into our office, takes over a phone call, and changes everything. My desperate desire to keep her close has nothing to do with the fact that she’s sunshine personified—sweet, capable, and completely unfazed by my grumpitude and total lack of charm.
She’s also hiding something. I should mind my own business, but this bright Southern belle has gotten under my skin, and I want to save her every bit as much as it feels like she’s saving me.
When her secret catches up to her, I’ll do anything to keep her safe, even if those overprotective instincts risk driving away the best thing that’s ever walked into my life.
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BLP REVIEW – Tracy
I’ve been intrigued by our curmudgeon of this Special Ops Scots trio since we were introduced to him in book one.
Callum, as it turns out, has a lot of reason to be a right grumpy Scot and my heart ached for him when we discovered how closed off and reclusive (when not at their new venture) he was.
I liked him when he was a grousing bugger but I adored him when he started to come out of his shell and gain back some of who he was.
Parker was like a whirlwind hitting his life, saving him not only from causing his new business issues but also from himself. I loved how she SAW him. The little things she did quietly and unobtrusively to help make his work days easier were thoughtful and kind and showed how good a person she was. It also hinted at the fact that she understood a lot of what Callum was going through and where his head might be at. The inclusion of Parker’s own issue was interesting and well done.
For his part Callum had an instinctual need to protect Parker and look out for her. When he discovered why she had hot footed it to their tiny village in the highlands he was supportive and let her do her thing her way while always trying to make sure she was ok and doing what he could to help and comfort her. His interactions with her folks made for interesting reading, revealing what layers of himself he kept hidden away.
There was some action that was engaging and not drawn out.
I liked that the majority of the story was focused on their growing friendship and developing relationship.
I loved catching up with the girls from the Kilted Hearts series as well as Ciara from the previous book in the SOS world. I cannot wait to see the fireworks that spark in the final book in the series….. that one is gonna be fun I’m sure.
Grab this book as it’s a great read, but start with the first book in the series as it makes the experience a lot more enjoyable.
** I also read the epilogue that Kait wrote for this pair and, the gods, did it make my heart happy!!!!
Meet Kait Nolan:
Kait Nolan is a USA Today best selling, RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.
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RELEASE BLITZ – Against The Wind (Wayward Sons Novella) by Harper Jackson
AGAINST THE WIND
Wayward Sons Novella
Harper Jackson
Release Date: January 31
The last person I expect—or want—to take shelter with as a hurricane descends on Hatterwick Island is Daniel LaRue, the man who broke my heart barely three months ago.
I don’t have time for… whatever this is. My medical clinic has been targeted by thieves—hardly a month after returning to my home town. Coming back to the Outer Banks was always the plan after med school, and for a while in residency, I thought I might bring the hot Coast Guardsman with me. Right up until he accepted a new promotion without talking to me.
Turned out he was more of a situationship than anything real.
Except now he’s appeared on my doorstep, declaring he’s on the Outer Banks for me, and despite my considerable temper pointed in his direction, he insists on helping me weather the storm. Literally.
Stranded together, we have no choice but to deal with the chemistry still sizzling between us. I can’t deny that he still affects me. But as the hours tick by, I start to realize there’s more to his arrival on the island than he’s telling me—and I long ago learned that the secrets of Hatterwick Island are always dangerous.
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BLP REVIEW – Tracy
I thoroughly enjoyed this novella. My only complaint was there wasn’t enough of it!!!! 😈
ATW gave us an insight into Gabi’s time off island when she left to attend college. When we catch up with her it’s a few years later and she’s home to work at the local island clinic which was always her plan.
While she was away she met a guy who was a coastguard and for the time they were together she thought this was the real deal with a future, until the day he dropped a bomb and put his career before them! Gabi’s heart is busted and she feels they were more a situationship than a relationship.
Daniel knew he’d messed up pretty much right away – well yeah, the lack of discussion or communication on taking a new post with the gal you’ve been getting serious with was his first misstep…. but he sets about trying to fix things.
He’s the last person Gabi expects to see arrive to help the town get organized before a hurricane hits the island. To say she’s not best pleased would be an understatement.
You would think that Daniel would have leaned from his first mess up with Gabi that communication was key… hey, no!!
He’s there partly to assist hurricane prep but there’s a bigger reason and he doesn’t tell her. Will this pair ever manage to work things out? 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ I did enjoy the intrigue that story line brought to the book.
I liked that this novella filled a question I had from Sawyer & Willa’s book. We had seen Gabi and Daniel in that and I was curious about both her being back home and who he was.
HJ gave us a great epilogue extra for this pair that made me way happy as their book kinda finished in a happy for now note.
I’m looking forward to catching up with the couple and the other characters we’ve met so far as the series continues.
Meet Harper Jackson:
Harper Jackson has rescued her co-workers from a hostage situation, battled ninjas, and stopped international espionage—in her head anyway. Now that she’s no longer busy devising ways to make staff meetings more entertaining, she’s pouring that imagination into tales of breath-stealing, small-town romantic suspense. She believes that peach cobbler with ice cream is the best dessert ever and has a black belt in taekwondo to back it up. She lives in the Deep South with her husband and canine furbabies. You can explore her lighter contemporary romances at https://kaitnolan.com.
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RELEASE BLAST – When We Date (Wild Fire series) by J.H Croix
WHEN WE DARE
Wild Fire series
J.H Croix
Release Date: January 13
A brand new, swoony small town firefighter series from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix!
What could go wrong when my brother’s best friend becomes my roommate?
I’m about to find out.
When I met Hudson Fox, I drove over his crutches. Way to go, girl. My hormones think this hotshot firefighter is all that and then some.
My hormones have a terrible track record. They are cheering for Hudson, but my brain knows better. I’m a smart woman with plans and none of them involve romance.
Until I move into my new place and Hudson is my roommate. Complete with Butter, his cat.
Hudson isn’t just easy on the eyes, he’s everything I didn’t know I wanted, including a little grumpy with a protective streak bigger than Alaska. We both have our reasons for avoiding romance, but when he proposes a with benefits arrangement, I can’t even think over the sound of my hormones screaming for joy.
When my messy past catches up to me and I discover Hudson is my brother’s best friend, well, things get even messier. Hudson is keeping his own secrets. I tell myself it doesn’t matter. Until my heart wants more.
Hudson & Stella’s story is perfect for readers who love: protective firefighters, slow burn, roommates, brother’s best friend, messy secrets, chemistry on the rampage, small town shenanigans, emotional romancewith a dash of angst, oodles of swoon, and a cinnamon roll hero who will protect the woman he loves with everything he has.
*A full-length, standalone romance.
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Meet J.H. Croix:
USA Today Bestselling Author J. H. Croix lives in a small town in Maine with her husband and two spoiled dogs. She writes swoony contemporary romance with sassy women and alpha men who aren’t afraid to show some emotion. Her love for quirky small-towns and the characters that inhabit them shines through in her writing. When she’s not writing, you can find her cooking, counting the turtles in her backyard pond, and running with her dogs, which is when her best plotting happens.
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RELEASE BLITZ – Graham (Austin Fusion #2) by Samantha Lind
GRAHAM
Austin Fusion #2
Samantha Lind
Release Date: December 20
Stay away from puck bunnies – easy.
When it comes to my best friend’s little sister…
That’s far more complicated.
I’ve spent my entire career focused on what happens on the ice.
Yet now that I’m nearing retirement, the beautiful Savannah Rhodes offers me something I never realized I wanted.
A future.
Our ten-year age difference doesn’t matter.
Even the risk to my friendship with her brother can’t extinguish the inferno of need that ignites with every touch.
There isn’t anything I crave more than her.
But when our secret is revealed and life takes a painful turn…
It threatens to change everything.
She’s all I want.
I just need to convince her that I’m worth the risk.
One-click this spicy, angsty, and emotional age gap forbidden best friend’s little sister romance between a veteran hockey star who melts the ice around the heart of the younger teacher to prove to her that love will always win.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYHFKS29
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Meet Samantha Lind:
Samantha Lind is a USA TODAY Bestselling contemporary romance author. When she’s not dreaming up new stories, she can often be found with her family, traveling, reading, watching her boys on the ice, or watching her favorite professional hockey team (Go Knights Go!), and listening to country music. She can be contacted by email or found on Facebook.
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RECOMMENDED READ & REVIEW – Before Highland Sunset (Special Ops Scots #1) by Kait Nolan
Before Highland Sunset
Special Ops Scots #1
Kait Nolan
Release Date: October 4
Blurb
I should never have touched her. I didn’t know she’s my best friend’s little sister. When I found out… well… My life went off the rails, and we didn’t see each other again.
Now three years later, we’re in the same small town, and she hates my guts. But when her ex won’t take no for an answer, it’s me she improbably reaches out to for help.
Sure we can fake a relationship to keep him off her back. We’ve done it before. Except there’s nothing fake about the heat between us. Or the very real threat from my past that’s the true reason I ghosted her. Maybe she’ll finally give me the chance to explain.
I’ll do anything to protect her, even face down her brother for a second chance.
One click this woman in trouble, protector in a kilt, brother’s best friend small town romance today!
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BLP REVIEW – Tracy
I’ve been looking forward to this book since I read ‘One Fine Night, when Ciara & Alex initially met.
Ciara is still hurt that Alex ghosted her after the night they shared and promises they made the next morning. When she sees him again that hurt and heartbreak is reinforced and she is determined to avoid him as much as possible – which isn’t gonna be easy in the small village they now both call home.
Alex, for his part, didn’t ‘ghost’ the girl he still thinks about without, in his mind, good reason…. a lot of which he can’t tell Ciara given the nature of events that have happened in the past few years since they last saw each other.
Ciara is moving on from a relationship she probably shouldn’t have even started except her ex isn’t taking the hint. In a desperate attempt to get this guy to leave her alone, she spots Alex and tells her ex that they’re in a relationship. What she didn’t consider in the moment was just how small towns talk and how fast gossip spreads. This sees the pair faking a relationship until things quiet down and she knows for sure that the ex has gotten the message.
While they are ‘pretending’ they’re together things between our MCs start heating up, they grow closer and things are looking like they could be heading in the right direction, finally…. until a series of unexplained incidents take place that threatens to destroy what they’re steadily building.
Loved meeting Alex’s friends and finding out about the business they are looking to open in the village. Catching up with the gang from the Kilted Hearts series was fun. The mystery and suspense added to the story and overall it was a great read.
I’m excited about the rest of the series.
Meet Kait Nolan:
Kait Nolan is a USA Today best selling, RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.
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RELEASE BLITZ A Just a Little Chase (A Dare Crossover Novel #4) by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde
JUST A LITTLE CHASE
A Dare Crossover Novel #4
Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde
Release Date: September 19
BLURB:
She’s in need of a fake, friendly boyfriend to charm her family.
He’s the last bachelor up for auction and a grumpy, last-minute stand-in.
Neither satisfies the other’s requirements but they might just be what each of them needs.
With Lauren Connelly’s ex marrying her sister, the last thing she wants is to show up at the wedding without a date. Which means finding a fake boyfriend ASAP. The charity bachelor auction provides a solution to her problem, except the man she bids on turns out to be a gorgeous but grumpy executive who scowls more than he smiles.
Chase Gossard wants nothing to do with Lauren’s plan to make him her plus-one at a destination wedding and pretend that he’s in love. He doesn’t do relationships, fake or otherwise—but she paid a lot of money for the privilege. So why does their touching, kissing, and sharing one bed feel all too real?
Lauren is smart and witty and sexy as hell. A down to earth combination that somehow softens his hard edges, and somewhere along the way, he’s falling hard for his fake date. But when the truth comes out and it’s time to part ways, can the confirmed bachelor convince his pretend girlfriend to make things real?
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Meet Carly Phillips:
Carly Phillips is the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over eighty sexy contemporary romances featuring hot men, strong women, and emotionally compelling stories her readers have come to expect and love. She is happily married to her college sweetheart and lives in Westchester County, NY. She is the mother of two adult daughters and two crazy dogs who star on her Facebook and Instagram pages. She loves social media and is always around to interact with her readers.For more information on upcoming releases, sign up for her newsletter (below) and receive two free books!
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Erika Wilde is a Bestselling author and is best known for her super sexy Marriage Diaries series and The Players Club series, and has also co-written multiple series with Carly Phillips, her best friend and writing buddy for the past twenty years. She lives in Oregon with her husband, and when she’s not writing you can find her exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest. For more information on her upcoming releases, please sign up for her newsletter (below).
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