Review: Ms Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest - Chris Grabenstein - October 2025 Oh, this one had me grinning from the first page. You know how some books just feel like summer? Like the literary equivalent of a road trip with the windows down and a cooler full of snacks? That's exactly what Chris Grabenstein has served up with Ms. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest, and I am absolutely here for it. Think The Amazing Race but make it tween fiction, Route 66, and absolutely brimming with riddles. At the heart of this romp are brothers Ben and Ethan Broderick, who couldn't be more different if they tried. Twelve-year-old Ben is the kind of kid who'd rather spend a Saturday mastering a retro arcade game than breathe fresh air, while older brother Ethan is all sports, friends, and cool. The one thing they do share? An equal and very relatable resentment of being dragged on a family road trip. (Honestly, same.) But here...

The Sweetest Game Cookie O’Gorman Publication date: September 8th 2022 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance, Sports Hopelessly in love with my best friend’s brother. That’s what it will say on my tombstone. Here lies Junior “June” Dorsey. Tomboy. Car lover. Bookworm. She suffered from a severe case of unrequited love syndrome. It’s not like I haven’t tried liking other guys. I have. It’s just none of them measure up to him. Baylor O’Brien. Beautiful. Cocky. Talented (on the field and in the bedroom—or so I’ve heard). And completely oblivious to my love for him. When Bay asks for my help, I can’t say no. He needs my PR expertise to revamp his reputation and up his chances of being scouted after one scout—the one he really wants—dismisses him as nothing more than a party-loving playboy. When he asks me to be his fake girlfriend, I accept his proposal. But how am I supposed to act like I’m in love without revealing the truth? And why is Baylor so good at pretending? O...

The Ahern Brothers Collection Claudia Y. Burgoa Publication date: December 16th 2020 Genres: Adult, Holiday, Romance Two hot & sexy billionaire brothers. Two different stories. Two unexpected happily ever afters. Enjoy this collection of steamy romances now! Stories included: Begin with Me Back to You Once Upon A Holiday PLUS bonus content. The Ahern Brothers Collection contains one duet and one full-length, standalone romance holiday. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo / Google Play — EXCERPT: “So, check this out,” I say, “at the airport, I had one of those ‘you grabbed the wrong luggage’ moments. It was an accident—not my accident though. The couple in front of me grabbed my bag . It’s okay, I get it. Everyone has a black rolling bag. Everyone.” “You don’t have it marked?” Jeannette asks, surprised. I roll my eyes. “Of course, I do, can you not interrupt? So, I’m waiting for it and I’m already searching for my ticket because for s...

The Ahern Brothers Collection Claudia Y. Burgoa Publication date: December 16th 2020 Genres: Adult, Holiday, Romance Two hot & sexy billionaire brothers. Two different stories. Two unexpected happily ever afters. Enjoy this collection of steamy romances now! Stories included: Begin with Me Back to You Once Upon A Holiday PLUS bonus content. The Ahern Brothers Collection contains one duet and one full-length, standalone romance holiday. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo / Google Play Author Bio: Claudia is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author. She lives in Colorado, working for a small IT. She has three children and manages a chaotic household of two confused dogs, and a wonderful husband who shares her love of all things geek. To survive she works continually to find purpose for the voices flitting through her head, plus she consumes high quantities of chocolate to keep the last threads of sanity intact. Website / Goo...

Review: The Runaway - Book #1 The Barrett Boys - November 2020 Michael Barrett had a family and then in a heartbeat, it was ripped away from him, years later he tried to pickpocket a woman and it turned out to be someone dangerous - the sister of a Mob Boss. Michael changed his surname to Adams and became his right-hand man. Now years later, Michael has had enough of the danger, the killing, and never knowing whether this will be his last day on earth. On a planned whim, he decides today is the day to leave and runs off with a bag of his boss's money. During the escape, he is shot but finds himself in a small diner in the middle of nowhere. At the Diner, he meets Annie - the diner was her grandfather's and then her mothers and now with both of them gone - it went to her evil stepfather. He treats Annie like Cinderella and she has been planning to save up and escape with her younger half-brother Jackson when she meets Michael. There is something about him, that draws her to him ...

Tony J.A. Huss (Bossy Brothers, #6) Publication date: May 12th 2020 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Belinda Baker and I were not made for each other . We are not soul mates, or lovers, or even frenemies. She is the one who needed to get away. What we had together wasn’t blind love, it was sick rage. We were a match made in hell, it was hate at first sight, and when she walked away from me and never looked back—it was a relief. It was bliss . So why did I travel two thousand miles so I could be near her? Why can’t I stop thinking about this girl I never want to see again? Why. Am I. Here ? And what do I have to do to make her disappear for good? Bossy Brothers: Tony features two girls falling for the wrong men and two men falling for the right girls. A family of tatted up brothers and a town filled with secrets and danger. A story of earned chances and first dates. Of coming to terms with the past and finding a way into the future. It is book six in the Bossy ...

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions .Liza Malloy will be awarding a $15 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. Bookworm Lily Mitchell vowed never to date another musician, but Dylan Parker is nothing like the stereotype. Sure, he’s mysterious and sexy, with a flashy car and serious bedroom skills, but he’s also smart, hardworking, and humble. He shares Lily’s passion for classic literature and constantly surprises her with romantic gestures. Their steamy relationship moves at whirlwind pace, and Lily has never been happier. It’s all so perfect that at first, Lily wills herself to ignore the emerging red flags. As her worries about Dylan increase, she finds friendship and comfort in his brother and bandmate, Thomas. But Lily soon discovers that as much as Thomas cares for his brother, he’s also fallen hard for her. As Dylan spirals fu...

Alonzo J.A. Huss (Bossy Brothers, #5) Publication date: January 13th 2020 Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense Read as book five in the Bossy Brothers series or as a standalone book. TARA Lonnie Derringer is a filthy-mouthed, dirty-talking, long-distance fling. (That’s been going on for two years.) I know, I know . That’s not a fling. This might be getting serious. I think about him all the time. I look forward to our quickie lunch dates and the way he whispers in my ear every night from two-thousand miles away. He’s the best boyfriend I never had. Until I find out his name isn’t Lonnie, it’s Alonzo. Until I find out he’s not some boring accountant with a dead-end job, he’s a six-foot-four, yoked-out, tatted-up fisherman who never wears a shirt! That’s right, girls. He’s been catfishing me online for two… freaking … years ! And then he becomes more than just the best boyfriend I’ve never had. He becomes my target. ALONZO Tara Tanner is the perfect long-distance gir...

Review: Claimed by a King - Book #1 The King Brothers - Lisa Lang Blakeney - December 2016 I have to admit when I first saw this book with the title Claimed by a King, I was going in blind and thought that it might be a royalty-based book. However, the King part was, in fact, the main male lead's surname. Camden King is 1/3 of the business. This is the story of how Camden King's heart softened and how he fell head over heels in love with his assistant Jade though of course, he would deny it heavily. The book starts with Jade having some time off and then opening her hotel door to Camden standing there demanding why she is having to time off. The pair then have a night of wild hot sex. The next day they return back to their normal lives but of course, the environment has shifted and despite the pair of them denying their feelings right the way through the whole novel and yes, I have to admit I did get frustrated with it myself as I was like Hurry Up and adm...