Bad Crush on a Rockstar Kitt Henley (Soulmates, #3) Publication date: November 25th 2025 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance A spicy brother’s-best-friend romance featuring a cinnamon roll rockstar hero haunted by his past, a plucky heroine with a childhood crush, slow seduction, hometown shows, and rapidly crumbling resolve. She’s my best friend’s little sister, and she’s got a bad crush. But I’m the one who can’t stay away from her. SEAN: When I first laid eyes on Brooke Halsey, she was just a sweet, freckle-faced kid with enormous glasses and an even bigger crush on me. But there’s no denying she’s all grown up now. She’s running the merch table while my rock band’s home on tour, and even though we’ve never been more than good friends, I know she’s game. I’d totally go for it too, if I didn’t already know I’d break her heart, destroy my band, and lose Jonah—our drummer, my best friend, and her brother. He’s made it clear he does not want me messing around with his lit...

Review: The Boy With The Bookstore - Sarah Echavarre Smith - September 2022 This book had me at the words "bookshop", The Boy with The Bookshop starts with two crushes and two shy people afraid to ask the other out. We have our Bookshop owner Max who every morning orders a coffee he hates but it's grown on him, just so that he can talk to the owner Joelle. Joelle is a shy Filipino who has dedicated her life to working at the bakery and helping her family with finances. She is all about family whereas that word is not in Max's vocabulary which will later cause tension in the story. The two work as they have their own spaces, but what happens when renovations to the building block cause them both to move into one building and share the space? Can the two work together in harmony and nurture their crush or will they discover that once they get into proximity to the other and their workspaces, they become frenemies and toxic? This part of them working together reminded me...

Review: Just a Little Crush - Book #1 Just a Little Series - Tracie Puckett - September 2012 Julie Little is living with her Uncle Charlie and her cousin Matt in their small hometown. Her Uncle Charlie is also the local Sheriff/ Police Chief. Julie is living with them after her parents were murdered and now it's senior year and Julie has no idea what she wants to do after she has finished high school. This year though, the high school has implemented to get the students thinking a senior year project where they have to spend 20 hours in a job field of their choice. For some like her cousin Matt, this is easy as he loves cooking and has got himself some time working in the local restaurant but Julie, whose life stopped when her parents died has no idea. Stuck, her Uncle Charlie suggests the police station, and needing the hours she reluctantly agrees. It is here though that Julie will meet Trigger aka Lucas. A guy who will slowly worm his way into her heart starting with Book #1 ...

Cocktails & Crushes Katrina Marie Publication date: April 14th 2022 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance Out of the Ashes will be the best bar in the county. At least that’s what I promised my uncle before he passed away. With all the changes we’re making, more challenges arise. The crowd seems to get rowdier with every day that passes, and most days I feel like I can’t keep my head above water. That is until Dylan, the kid I used to babysit, walks in. He’s definitely not a kid anymore. But he might just be what I need to keep the bar running smoothly. Too bad he isn’t staying in town. Guarding my heart is the least of my problems, but I’m not sure how long I can fight my attraction. Goodreads / Amazon Author Bio: Katrina Marie lives in the Dallas area with her husband, two children, and fur baby. She is a lover of all things geeky and Gryffindor for life. Welcome to Your Life is her debut novel and she hopes you enjoy reading it as much as she enjoyed writ...

  Review: Trapped - Book #4 Bullied Series - Vera Hollins - February 2021 I have been looking forward to this particular story ever since I started reading the Bullied series as I was fascinated by the dynamics between Blake and Jessica and the story of how he came to be her bully. As she never tried to go out of her way to annoy or hassle him and they had no connection whatsoever but from her very first day, she was Blake's target, and then we read in the third book of Sarah and Hayden's story that Jessica was starting to develop romantic feelings for Blake and she hated herself for falling for her bully - so cliched as she talks about in the book. This book starts with the "welcome party" that Blake held for Jessica in the cafeteria where she first met Sarah and goes from that point. As we had already some of the scenes from Sarah's POV, a little bit was repeats from her previous three books but a stronger focus on Jessica and Blake. One day, Jessica finally s...