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REVIEW – Just a Little Hookup (Dare Crossover #1) by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde
JUST A LITTLE HOOKUP
Dare Crossover series Book 1
Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde
Release Date: March 21
Blurb:
Being a bachelor has its perks. It also has its downside. Just ask Derek Bettencourt.
Standing on stage and being auctioned off in the name of charity is awkward AF… until Derek’s business partner’s younger sister wins him for the weekend. He’s all hers to do with as she pleases and he can’t say he’s unhappy with the prospect. Especially since she saved him from an ex-fiancée determined to get her claws into him again.
Jessica Cavanaugh never intended to bid on her lifetime crush. But her spur-of-the-moment decision gives her a chance to exact a bit of playful payback, for old time’s sake. And Derek is all too happy to indulge Jessica’s whims.
What starts as a fun, flirty, game, with Derek acting as her personal handyman, quickly turns into a steamy, forbidden weekend. Lines are crossed that they never intended and emotions unravel their playful facades. Afterward, he can’t get the gorgeous, full-figured woman out of his head and he’s determined to make her his.
But how can they concentrate on a future when someone is threatened by their relationship and will do anything to come between them?
* A Dare Crossover novel featuring Derek Bettencourt from Carly Phillips’ novel, Just One Taste.
Buy Links:
Kindle https://www.carlyphillips.com/HookUpKindle
Apple https://www.carlyphillips.com/HookUpApple
Nook https://www.carlyphillips.com/HookUpNook
Kobo https://www.carlyphillips.com/HookUpKobo
Google Play https://www.carlyphillips.com/HookUpGoogplay
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Narrated by: Connor Crais and Samantha Cook
BLP REVIEW – Tracy
What a great first book in a new series from Carly & Erika.
I loved the reason behind Jess bidding on – and winning – Derek at the bachelor auction and that her intention to have him work for her started out way different from either of them intended!!!
This pair had chemistry in spades. They got on well, bantered a lot and you could see that they would work together. The more time they spent together, the more they began to see the possibilities between them.
When things started to go wrong for Jess’s business Derek was there to support her.
We had a protective older brother, a vindictive kinda psycho ex-girlfriend, that familiar family of blood and choice, a leading man who knew what he wanted and a curvy heroine who knew her own worth.
Looking forward to more in the Dare Crossover series!!!!
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 three crazy dogs who star on her Facebook and Instagram pages. She loves social media and is always around to interact with her readers. Way back in 2002, Carly’s book, The Bachelor, was chosen by Kelly Ripa and was the first romance on a nationally televised book club. Carly loves social media and interacting with her readers. For more information on upcoming releases, sign up for her newsletter (below) and receive two free books!
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Meet Erika Wilde:
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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REVIEW – Cowboy in a Kilt (Kilted Hearts #1) by Kait Nolan
COWBOY IN A KILT
Kilted Hearts #1
Kait Nolan
Release Date: January 13
A cowboy without a home
Robbed of the family ranch that should have been his legacy, Raleigh Beaumont is a man with no roots and no purpose. When a friend drags him to Vegas, he figures he’s got nothing to lose. But after a hell of a lot of whiskey and a high stakes poker game with a beautiful stranger, he finds himself the alleged owner of a barony in Scotland.
An heiress with a crumbling heritage
When her brother’s bride disappears just days before the wedding that’s meant to save their ancestral home from the mad marriage pact that’s held their family captive for generations, Kyla McKean believes they’ve been granted a reprieve. Until she finds out about the new, single—male—owner of Lochmara and knows she’s next on the chopping block or ownership of both their estates reverts to the crown.
A modern answer to a three-hundred-year-old problem.
Raleigh’s lost his land once. He’s not about to lose it again. Not even because of some lunatic pact made centuries before he was born. Kyla’s desperate to save Ardinmuir. She agrees to marry him on one condition: They wed for one year to satisfy the pact, then get a quick and quiet divorce. There’s no stipulation against it, and they’ll both get what they want.
But this displaced Texan and his fiery bride are about to find so much more than they bargained for.
Buy Link:
https://books2read.com/kiltedhearts1
BLP REVIEW – Tracy
I went into Cowboy in a Kilt both looking forward to it and not being entirely sure ….. Being a Scot, I find I’m often disappointed in books where the characters are Scottish and the writer obviously hasn’t done their homework fully and the language/dialect/words/location just don’t fit or are just plain wrong and that drives me crazy! While I know I will have to suspend some belief reading certain fiction, some things should be right… Sorry, kinda not sorry…
Kait delighted me as she has definitely paid attention to locations, words (and spelling) and while there are some of our colloquial phrases and words used she didn’t over use them when the characters were speaking.
I could picture settings, especially the drive from up north to Edinburgh… all of this, along with the story just made me love this book more! I also got the feeling that Ms Nolan might like this awesome (ok, I’m biased! 😁🏴) wee country of ours!?!
Raleigh was a great guy. Hadn’t had the happiest life since his mum passed then was, IMHO, betrayed by his dad…
Meeting a stranger at a casino with a strange proposition was just another weird turn in his world.
I don’t know how I expected him to be when he got to the village but the gods, the guy threw himself into the whole experience.
Kyla, poor Kyla. He she is thinking her brother is gonna bear the weight of the centuries old pact around their family property and that of the Lennox family, when all of a sudden things change and she’s suddenly in the spotlight.
I liked Raleigh and Kyla together. They formed a friendships that was developing into more – but there was the complication of Kyla already having a boyfriend who lived in the city. I didn’t entirely like the premise of how things would go, especially when it was obvious that feelings were more than were being admitted…
I liked the supporting cast of characters, one or two in particular and you could definitely see some future couples within the friend/family group!
An excellent first book in the Kilted Hearts series and I can’t wait for more!!!!
** Read the novella Jilting the Kilt to meet the main characters that are gonna be in the series and for a glimpse at a happy couple from one of Kait’s other series!!!
Meet Kait Nolan:
Kait Nolan is a 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, working the evil day job, 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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COVER REVEAL – The Brickwall and the Bombshell
THE BRICKWALL AND THE BOMBSHELL
Jiffy Kate
Release Date: June 15
TROPES:
⚾Baseball/sports romance
⚾fake dating
⚾forced proximity
⚾spicy 🔥
Blurb:
He needs respectability and she needs a safe place to land. It’s a win-win, right?
Mack Granger’s reputation is a PR nightmare. As his career winds down,he realizes he needs to clean up his act. One way to secure his post-MLB future is to convince the media he’s in a stable, loving relationship. When fate drops a roomie with benefits into his lap, it’s like hitting a grand slam.
Greer Bradley is tossed a curve ball via a creepy email. As her new jobcovering the New Orleans Revelers for a local station heats up, so do thestalkerish advances. A too close for comfort encounter sends her running to Mack Granger’s doorstep. He might be MLB’s biggest playboy, but if she’s being honest, he makes her feel safe… and sexed-up.
Somewhere in the midst of the crazy game called life, this fake relationship could become the most real thing either of them has ever experienced.
Meet Jiffy Kate:
Jiffy Kate is the joint pen name for Jiff Simpson and Jenny Kate Altman.
Together, they spend their evenings and weekends spinning tales and hoping one day they hit a best-sellers list.
You can connect with them and follow along with their shenanigans on social media.
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NEW RELEASE – Just Wanted You to Know (a Men of the Misfit Inn novella) by Kait Nolan
JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW
A Men of the Misfit Inn novella
Kait Nolan
Release Date: April 14
Livia Applewhite needs a change. Her awful boss has made the job she used to love a serious drag. On top of that, it seems everyone around her is paired off in romantic bliss. It’s enough to give a girl a complex. Hoping a change of scenery will give her new perspective, she sets off for a two-week trip to Tennessee to visit her favorite cousin.
It’s been more than a decade since Declan Callahan has thought about anything but being a dad. But when his extensive (and meddling) foster family wrangles him into a “chance” encounter with the first love he had to leave behind, he’s wise enough not to waste it. He’s got a long-overdue apology to make.
But as that apology opens a door long shut, Livia and Declan give in to the spell of nostalgia, basking as all those old feelings kindle anew. They’re fully grown now, with lives in different places. Will this brief encounter be enough to convince Livia to give the undeniable connection between them a real second chance?
Grab Your Copy!
Amazon: https://geni.us/JWYTKzon
Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/just-wanted-you-to-know/id6445539853?at=1001lKfI
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w?ean=2940186569015
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/just-wanted-you-to-know
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=OwmqEAAAQBAJ
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1330325
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.
Keep up with Kait Nolan and subscribe to her newsletter: https://kaitnolan.com/newsletter/
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