Review: Not the Plan - Gia De Cadenet - February 2023 After reading quite a few thrillers, I needed something a bit light-hearted and on my library holds from the Libby App was Not the Plan by Gia De Cadenet. This is one of those star-crossed political party romances. You would think that if they are on the same side then they would be friends but they are viewed as the Capulets and Montagues - a Romeo and Juliet scenario and now our two main characters Isadora and Karim are about to find themselves the stars in their own Romeo and Juliet love story. Not the Plan starts with a not-so-graceful #meetcute at the airport and then they find themselves seated next to each other on the plane. They find themselves chatting away and go their separate ways. The thing is neither of them can get the other out of their heads, imagine their surprise when they find them on opposing political sides and that if they ever were to get involved with one another - it could lead not only to them both losi...

The Perfect Wrong Nicole Snow Publication date: October 5th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a blazing forbidden romance where every wrong feels perfectly right for two star-crossed lovers… Everything that could go wrong did. The evil smile on my bestie’s face should’ve screamed bad idea. But I took her “easy” bet: Find a man before summer ends. Renounce my V-card. Enjoy life. I thought I was entitled to the same sweet ritual every girl deserves—until a force of nature blew in. His name is Chris Triton. Tattooed god. Moody ex SEAL. Zero filter. Born to drive me bonkers. We barely spoke for ten minutes before he kissed my soul out. Too fast. Too intense. Too flipping good. Then I found out we’d be sharing the same roof the very next day. Dad marrying his mom squashed our little chemistry experiment instantly. You know, the normal reaction. But Chris doesn’t do normal. Or predictable. Or sane...

Cross My Heart Kris Jayne (Lone Star Crossed Saga, #1) Publication date: October 5th 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance The star-crossed love affair starts with a lie… Real-estate mogul Carter Cross has spent his life toiling for another man’s legacy. Then, a phone call unlocks his true destiny as part of the country’s wealthiest oil dynasty. With his famously cool command, he’ll stop at nothing to seize the Cross family’s birthright. When an infamous oil baron drops dead in a most scandalous fashion, tabloid reporter Nisha Donovan gets assigned to dig up dirt on the new J.P. Star Energy executive—the filthier, the better. Neither of them counts on their undeniable attraction derailing their plans, but sometimes a star-crossed love can’t be denied. Can Carter and Nisha escape the snares of power to build a new legacy together? Cross My Heart is book one in The Lone Star Crossed Saga and has a happily ever after. The family saga unfolds with soapy dramatic fun in eac...

The Hero I Need: A Small Town Romance Nicole Snow Publication date: January 22nd 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Thriller Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hilariously intense small-town love story where two star-crossed hearts and one snarly tiger ignite a romance up-roar. He knew I was trouble the instant I showed up with a stolen Bengal tiger. But Grady McKnight didn’t flinch like a sane person—he took us in. Bruce the tiger found shelter. I met a hero grump. And Grady got a hot mess. Namely, me. Born-to-sizzle single dads and rogue zoologists don’t play nice. So freaking what if I said I’m his nanny? We needed a story when his two sweet daughters barged in. Hiding a contraband tiger isn’t easy. Neither is pretending he isn’t sending my pulse to pitter-patter heaven. Cupid, you sneaky little nugget. There’s only room for one hulking, growly, mesmerizing beast in my life. I don’t belong at warm family dinners, or in th...

Review: Bury Me - Book #3 Willow Heights Prep Academy: The Elite - Selena - July 2020 This book like quite a few others on my devices, I have had sitting there since its release date. Being on holiday, I figured I would catch up on reading a bit more with my spare time and like most time off it's gone so fast. As you will recall in this series - the Dolces and the Darlings are warring families and it seems Devlin and Crystal are in a bit of a Romeo and Juliet type relationship.  During the majority of this book, we see Royal - Crystal's twin trying to settle back into reality after his terrible kidnapping ordeal which later shocked me when we found out about the truth behind it. Crystal and Devlin fell in love, they didn't mean too but as the saying is "you can't help who you love" and sometimes like Crystal and Devlin will have to make the hard choice to choose love over family. Bury Me by Selena was a rocky ride and also I am glad that Crystal's friends ...

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions . J. A. Jackson will be awarding a $15 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. Lust and passion fueled star-crossed lovers Lacey and Kienan. Their love was packed with anguish and heartbreak from the start. Add in her brother Nicholas addiction to deceitful games. Their daily lives feel more like being on a bad scandal-ridden roller-coaster ride. Being an older brother has its perks. Nicholas thinks his sister Lacey is the perfect target for his manipulative schemes after a series of bad investments places him in a great need of money. He plots and schemes his way into getting others to do his bidding. As Nicholas let lose a series of plans, tragic forces emerge. A vengeful seducer is unleashed, as he opens up doors to the past. The past where the dead never dies. Life will never ...

Review: Of Curses and Kisses - Sandhya Menon - February 2020 One of my favorite things that I love to read is renditions of classics and fairytales and so when I saw Of Curses and Kisses and how it was a modern take on Beauty and the Beast, I just had to give it a go. This book also ticks the box of diversity in YA fiction as the main characters are Indian and British and are written by an AOC. Jaya's family is Indian Royalty - the Raos and Grey's family is British Royalty - the Emersons. Years ago when Britain invaded India, the Emersons stole a ruby from the Raos and the Raos cursed the Emersons and that one day their line would end when the last heir turned 18. Grey this year will be turning 18.  The Raos and the Emersons are like the Hatfields and the McCoys. After Jaya's sister was humiliated and the evidence pointed towards the Emersons, Jaya concocts a plan to hurt Grey by getting him to fall in love with her, and then she will break his heart and...