Sweetheart Cookie O’Gorman Publication date: April 25th 2024 Genres: Romance, Young Adult Sweetheart (suh-weet-hart): Someone who is kind, friendly, and/or lovable. For reference, see Scarlett Kent. Seventeen-year-old Scarlett Kent likes the idea of love—in theory. She’s just never had time for romance. Voted Most Likely to Succeed, founder of a youth mentoring program, and an aspiring professional violinist, Scarlett has goals—and a list of “firsts” she’d like to complete before graduation. One thing that’s not on her list: Falling for Sam Bishop. Flirtatious jocks who sleep through class aren’t her type—no matter how good Sam looks in his jersey. But when her car breaks down, Sam stops to help…which leads to an unexpected offer. Sam volunteers to help Scarlett complete her list. In return, she’ll help him win back his ex. It’s a sweetheart deal that should benefit everyone. But between kissing lessons and pretend dates, Scarlett realizes Sam is the perfect fake boyfrie...

Review: Lessons in Evil - Book #1 Bridget Bishop FBI series - Melinda Woodhall - February 2022 After finishing the past three series that Melinda Woodhall has written, I was excited for a new set of characters and also to see how she would bring past characters to this series as that is what I have found her known for, crossing characters over her multiple series. In the Bridget Bishop FBI series, we first meet Bridget who is working as a psychologist after experiencing a bit of a breakdown while working as a profiler at the BAU. Bridget is an empath so her emotions get the better of her when dealing with serial killers. Meanwhile, it looks like she is needed back at the FBI as a new serial killer is using the same MO as the Shenandoah Strangler - someone who has now been executed as Bridget watched him die, he requested that she be the only one present as the two had formed a strange bond and her father Bob Bishop was the one to catch him. Another girl has gone missing and the FBI is ...

He calls himself the Gentleman Mentor. Just reading his ad makes me feel more alive than I have in years. He promises to teach me the art of seduction … and show me the most sinfully erotic pleasures. He’s going to help me become the kind of confident, sexy woman men can’t ignore. Six lessons … with the most gorgeous man … who happens to be a Dom. The only problem … now that I’ve experienced his brand of delectable domination will anyone else ever compare? She’s a client. That’s all. Or it should be. But with every lesson, she’s becoming more. The secrets I’m hiding behind the image of the Gentleman Mentor make telling her the truth—and having anything real—impossible. I’m training her for another man, and that fact guts me every time I think of it. I know she’s not mine … but part of me won’t accept that. Am I willing to risk it all to keep her? THE GENTLEMAN MENTOR is a full-length standalone novel. I take a minute to survey he...

    Review: Depth of Field - Book #2 Pippa Greene Series - Chantel Guertin - August 2014 After coming second in a photography contest and losing out to Ben Baxter - the new kid who has swooped in and overtaken her in the spot of best photographer at Spalding High , the only thing Pippa has to look forward to is despite her arch nemesis Ben being there - she has a spot at Tisch College Summer Camp where her father studied photography when he was younger. For Pippa, photography is the only thing she has left that reminds her of her connection to her father. When she gets to the camp , she is happy to discover she has an awesome roommate - the downside is that her roomie is swooning over Ben Baxter. Part of the Camp is that you are mentored and paired up with a selection of different photographers around New York from Fashion Magazines to Human Interests etc. One of the mentors is Pippa's parents best friend and she wants him, what will happen though when she pul...