Review: Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid - June 2021 I had heard about this book and this author and it has been sitting on my to-read list for a while now and as Carrie Soto is Back was creeping closer, I figured I would read this one now. The book starts by introducing us to Nina Rivera - she is married to Brandon who is a tennis player and currently cheating on her with fellow tennis star Carrie Soto. It is the night of their annual Rivera party, that celebrities from all over and it's a who's who event. Nina isn't in the mood but this party will be the defining moment of her life and will set a ripple effect on her life. Nina is the oldest of her siblings and she has been raising them herself since she was 17 as her mother killed herself and their father - a popular musician has been an absent father. Nina's siblings include Jay, her half-brother Hudson and Kit. During the party though, the family will grow an extra couple of members as we have newcomer C...

Title: The Sydney West Series Shades of Sydney (Book 1) Breaking Down Sydney (Book 2) Piecing Together Sydney (Book 3) Author: Brittney Coon Genre: NA Contemporary Romance   ✫ SHADES OF SYDNEY ✫ One-night stands in Malibu are quick and easy. Love...not so much. Sydney West enjoys sampling summer boys, but this year, one refuses to be a one-night stand…  Twenty-one-year-old Sydney doesn’t believe in relationships. Her parents’ toxic divorce has taught her love is nothing but a sinister fairy tale. So every summer she parties, hooks up, abandons her lover before dawn, and repeats.  That is until she meets gorgeous local surfer Jason King at the beach…  When Jason fails to flirt—or even give her a second glance—she decides something must be wrong with him, and it’s safer to stay away. But when Sydney and Jason’s best friends hook up and become Malibu’s hottest couple, they are forced to spend more time together than either of the...

" Summer love can turn into happily ever after… one piece at a time. " ★★★NOW AVAILABLE★★★ PIECING TOGETHER SYDNEY  by Brittney Coon A Sydney West Novel, Book 3 ★ SYNOPSIS  ★ This year’s annual voyage to Malibu will be unlike any other...  Sydney West is no longer a party girl looking for summer boys to occupy her nights. She has found love with Jason King and agreed to marry him. With wedding plans in full swing for the July deadline, everything seems to be perfect.  Until someone from Jason’s past interrupts their summer getaway…  When Jason turns cold and distant, the party scene beckons Sydney to return to her old drink-all-night ways. Only this time the guys at the bar don’t hold her attention, but when Sydney's drink is drugged by a so-called friend—she kisses one of them. When Jason finds out, he leaves the beach house to clear his head, but a couple hours quickly turn into days.  It’s hard to have a wedding without the groom…  This...