Review: A Five Letter Word for Love - Amy James - December 2024 As someone who still starts her morning with a hot cuppa and a cheeky round of Wordle (yes, even when the cat’s meowing and the toast is burning), I was instantly charmed by Amy James’ A Five Letter Word for Love. Add in the setting—Prince Edward Island, the very soil that gave us Anne of Green Gables—and I was sold before page one. This story felt like a warm cardigan on a chilly day. Emily, our heroine, is stuck in a job she doesn’t love—receptionist at a local auto shop—while dreaming of museum halls and curated exhibits. It reminded me so much of the TV show Shifting Gears with Kat Dennings, where Riley returns home and finds herself working in her dad’s garage, unsure of what she truly wants. Emily’s journey mirrors that same heart-tugging question: what if your dream isn’t out there, but right here? The spark in this tale comes from an unexpected place—Wordle. Emily and John, a quiet mechanic with a knack for puzz...

Marrying the Mechanic: A Small-Town Clean Romance Shanna Hatfield (Summer Creek, #7) Publication date: October 24th 2024 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance A heartwarming journey of love, growth, and the bonds that tie hearts together even when life leads down unexpected paths. Mechanic Jace Easton grapples with the sudden changes happening around him. His younger sister, Tassie, has always relied on him, but now she’s off traipsing around the globe with the prince of her dreams. As Tassie prepares to step into her future, Jace is confronted with the harsh truth that she has matured, and so has her best friend, Deena. The deepening attraction he feels for Deena—a pull that becomes increasingly difficult to ignore—leaves him further unsettled and struggling to accept his new reality. Deena Durant may earn her living welding farm equipment, but her true passion lies in crafting metal sculptures. Alongside her artistic dreams, she clings to the hope that Jace might eventuall...

Review: Some Call it Temptation - Book #2 Sweet Dreams Series - Sarah Peis - November 2020   I was in the mood for something sweet to read, a step away from the thrillers and mysteries that have been dominating my reading list this year so far. I enjoyed the first book in this series as it had a few laughs and the writing was easy to read, so I remembered that I had the rest of the series and moved on to Book 2. Some Call it Temptation introduces us to Willa's friend Stella. The book starts as a grumpy/sunshine read as Stella is Ms. Sunshine and Mason is Mr. Grumpy. In the first few chapters, you can see the hate towards Stella pouring off Mason. Things start to change though, when Mason discovers Stella's secret about her mother and her family. I have to admit, this next bit frustrated the hell out of me as yes Stella's mum blackmailed her to do her bidding. But if Stella had just talked to Mason and her friends about what was happening, they would have come up with a s...

Review: Some Call it Love - Book #1 Sweet Dreams - Sarah Peis - November 2020 In a way, this book reminded me a bit of a fun Beauty and the Beast romantic comedy tale. Willa's father is a gambler and now he has gambled away too much money and owes a couple of loan sharks. One of them Jameson Drake has come to collect and since Willa's dad doesn't have the money, he has come to Willa to collect. Now she has 24 hours to come up with the money or else. Since she hasn't got that much cash lying around, she now will become indebted to Jameson Drake. He has a way for her to pay her dad's debt by being a receptionist/office manager at the Mechanics he owns. Now Willa is trying to juggle her two jobs and college classes to pay her dad’s debt. What will happen though when she starts to fall for Jameson Drake? Is she suffering from a case of Stockholm Syndrome or are the feelings both mutual? However, just when things are starting to look up for Willa - another set of loan sh...

Upon returning to his hometown, Dean Hughes makes a deal with his best friend Stella Archer. However the more time they spend together the more the lines between friendship and romance blur, will they risk their friendship to take a chance on love? Fall for this hard-working hottie in Speeding Hearts by Claire Wilder, a Friends to Lovers Romance, the next book in the Blue Collar Romance Series. Read Now! STELLA Stella Archer has never been afraid of a challenge.She was the first woman mechanic in her hometown. She runs her own garage.And when her best friend and fellow mechanic Dean announces he's moving back to his hometown, instead of being devastated, she jumps at the chance to work part-time at his uncle’s dirt track—and finally fulfill her dream of racing cars.But with plenty of time to train with her best friend, for the first time in my life, Stella's scared. Scared that racing isn’t really what she wants. Scared that Dean is. DEAN Dean Hughes knows he can handle mo...