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The Maple Ridge Series - Leanne August

This series is a wonderful series, wish such cute romances. A must read, especially if your a fan of Elsie silver and Lyla Sage, very similar vibes 🥰

0.5- Come back to me- Prequel

A short novella prequel , about a girl who wants to renovate a cabin, and a boy who wants to help her, and their whirlwind summer together.

4/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

1 - Best Part of Me

A story a girl who runs from her wedding, and a childhood friend who takes her away with him, to help her get through her choice to leave her wedding, she goes with him on a trip for his job, and they connect and get to know each other in so many different ways, is it casual? Serious? Are they ready for commitment? Who knows! Read and find out

5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

P.S. he calls her sunshine 😍😍

2 - Stuck with Me

Two strangers, fighting for a cabin they both have ownership of, snowed in, not fans of each other at all, will they be forced to get along, or will they hide out till the snow melts? We shall see

5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3 - Where you left me

2nd chance, she left him, and then she comes back, will they forgive each other, and try to come back together? Hmm who knows.

4/4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

All interconnected, spicy romances with some heavy topics! Check trigger warnings! Go follow me on Instagram and follow LeAnne August to find out what comes next 🥰

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The Dreamland Billionaire Series

By: Lauren Asher

This series was such a fun time, love, romance, tears, laughter, all the feels 😍😍😍

#1 The Fine Print-

My 3rd fave of the three, still great, Love Rowan & Zhara 😍 Rowan’s grumpy pining and obsession with Zhara, watching him learn to express himself, was just wonderful to watch 4/5 stars

#2 Terms and conditions-

Declan Kane is in my top 5 book boyfriends, his emotional unavailability was interesting, and to watch him become emotionally available for Iris was beautiful. I loved him and Iris and watching their relationship growth. My number 2 fave

5/5 stars

#3 Final Offer -

Cal and Lana and their second chance romance, 😍 watching Cal Struggle to love himself, was heartbreaking I did shed tears, I also love Cami and Cals relationship, it was super cute.

5/5 stars

Book ranking

#1- Final Offer

#2- Terms & Conditions

Kane Men ranking

#1 Declan Kane

#2 Rowan Kane

#3 Callahan Kane

Overall I had a great time reading this series, and I will be picking up another Lauren Asher book ❤️😍

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The Brown Sisters Series! This was such a fun time! I absolutely loved this family! I love Talia Hibbert writing! She writes such good spicy scenes! And has such great representation!

My rating

Eve Brown - 4/5 stars

Dani Brown- 3/5 stars

Chloe Brown- 3/5 stars

Eve was my favorite, her story was the one I resonated with the most, failure, and trying to find your way! Eve and Jacob were so cute loved their dislike to friendship to love 😍 it was so addicting!

Dani was a close second, watching Dani try and deal with the emotional block with commitment and relationship and Zafir with his kindness and patience was wonderful!

Chloe maybe be my least favorite, but her and Reds story was still so fun to read, Red helping her find her place again with her chronic illness, and helping her accept herself was just beautiful and their relationship was just one you should strive for 😍😍

Check out the Brown Sisters Series you won’t be disappointed 😍🥰🥵

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Without a trace - Danielle Steel

A man who hates his life, with a wife who just wants his money, an accident that gives him an out. What will he choose?

2/5 stars

I wasn’t a fan of this, the story wasn’t super interesting and I didn’t care about any of the characters, it was just an irritating story. 👌🤷🏼‍♀️

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Check & Mate - Ali Hazelwood

Mallory, used to love chess, Nolan Number 1 chess player in the world, Mallory is forced to take a job playing chess for a living for a year, to help support her mom and little sisters, and the rest, well you’ll have to read and find out.

This book was pleasantly surprising, I had such a fun time reading it! Nolan and Mallory were great! And I have never been so interested in chess on my life another great Ali Hazelwood book! She never disappoints

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Friends Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing - Matthew Perry

For as long as I can remember I have been a fan of friends, and I have always loved The Character Chandler! And Matthew Perry as an actor! And getting to read his Memoir was such an interesting experience, getting to see beyond the actor, one I loved so much, and seeing all of his struggles, just made him that much more real! Sometimes we forget that Celebrities are People too, I can’t really rate this book or critic it, it’s someone’s life. How can you really critic or rate that! 5 stars for putting his life out there, and talking all about his failures, and struggles! R.I.P Matthew Perry one of the only people to make me laugh no matter how I felt, Friends saved me in so many ways, I wish it would have saved you ❤️

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Disclaimer- None the fan art is mine, all found on Pinterest. Edit is mine, but that is all! Credit to the artists! 👍👌

Pushing The Limits- Katie Mcgarry

I highly enjoy Katie mcgarry books, especially listening to them! I enjoyed Echo and Noah’s story very much!

Echo has been struggling the remember a traumatic memory for a couple of years, and her brain fights so hard not to let her, Noah is struggling with trying to get custody of his brothers, years after his parents death, they come together to help each other, and get closer then they ever thought they would

Noah and Echo were such interesting characters and their growth as individuals and together was so satisfying, I loved this story and recommend you read it, it is a first in a series. So check it out!

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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If he had been with me - Laura Nowlin

The story of Autumn and Finn, two long time friends, who drift apart during high school, and slowly find their way back to each other, but did they wait to long? Is it too late? 🤔

I had to take a few days before I wrote about this book, I buddy read this with my friend, and it was such an addictive read, the writing style wasn’t my favorite seemed choppy sometimes, Autumn was a quirky and irritating character, that you couldn’t help but love, I think before I finished I would have given a 3 stars, but afterwards, I decided it was a 4 for sure! I am still thinking about this book two days later, it Destroyed me, Finn was my favorite part of this book! 4/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ it made me sob

Will I be reading if only I had told her? I’ll let you know 😂

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Second book of the year!

Brothers Hawthorne- Jennifer Lynn Barnes

This is the 4th in the Inheritance Games series! It focuses primarily on Grayson & Jameson and their adventures after The Final Gambit!

I had a great time with this series, sad for it to be over! I crave the next book! I will be counting down the days until July 30th!

Avery & Jameson are the best Duo

But Grayson Hawthorne is my favorite ❤️

I urge you to pick this series up! It’s filled with so much! You name it! And this series has it! So many twists and turns and adventures and riddles, love and drama! ❤️❤️❤️ 5/5 definitely Recommend

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Stuck with me - Leanne August

Available on KU and paperback on Amazon! 📚❤️

This book was addicting and I just need more of Nico and Rosie! I need more Leanne August

Nico and Rosie aren’t the biggest fans of each other, they hate each other actually, but the sexual tension is giving that hatred a run for its money, what could make it better/worse? Getting snowed in at a secluded cabin of course! This book was so much fun, I urge you to read it! And the other two in this series as well! All on KU and available in paperback as Well! Run! You won’t regret it!

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In 2023 I quickly fell in love with the Maple Ridge Series and Leanne’s writing a characters, every book leaves me craving more! And Stuck with me was no different! Thank you so much @authorleanneaugust for allowing me to read an ARC of your wonderful book! I am so grateful! And had such a great time reading it! Great way to start off my year!

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Another NetGalley E-ARC review!

Someone You Loved- Robin Constantine

Release Day- June 27th 2023

This book was so well written, following Sarah and Jake, while they figure out their grief and also what their grief means when it comes to their relationship is beautiful and this author did such a good job, the build up from friends to more, and the struggle was just articulated wonderfully! Definitely worth the read! Check it out!

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I was approved for this book on NetGalley, and dived right in, and just could not put it down!

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Review : Come Back to me by Leanne August

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️4/5 Stars

This book was addicting, I couldn’t put it down, and when I was done I needed more. I need more Leanne August! This book will tug on your heart strings, make you wanna cry, but also make your heart happy, you will fall in love with Leo just like Giana did! highly recommend! Loved this book!

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I got the chance to read an E-ARC of Katherine Centers new book!

I highly enjoyed this book! It was entertaining, sweet, cute! And also has a lot going on which I loved! Sadie’s character went through a lot during this book, and I loved being in the head of someone going through face blindness, it was interesting, the ending I didn’t expect, but also did ya know? Anyway total 5/5 loved it, and love Katherine Center!

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Finished this series! And I absolutely loved it! 😍😍😍 look out for reviews on here, and goodreads! ☺️

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Currently reading this series! I’m on ‘After Ever Happy’ I will be posting a full review of the series when I’m done! 👌🥰

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Layla

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This book had me hooked from the first page, the first sentence, and all the way to the very last page. I read this in less then 48 hours, I could not put it down, it was exciting, suspenseful, shocking, heart wrenching, heartwarming and just all around an amazing read! Leeds and Layla are some of my favorite fictional characters! The way Leeds instantly falls for Layla just makes me go AWWEE!!. I love their relationship, I was rooting for them the whole time! Just go read this, you will not regret it. I don’t think I have loved an author as much as I love Colleen hoover! She is the first author I have been so excited about it in a long time. I can’t wait to read more! Another 5 star read! Go pick this book up! You will not be disappointed!

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It Ends With Us

Spoilerish! Proceed with caution

Heartbreaking, emotional, it’s just such a heavy book, it made me cry, made my heart heavy.

When I first started this book, I was rooting for lily and ryle I really did fall in love with their connection, relationship, and passion involved in their relationship. It all quickly went away with one sentence. One scene, my heart broke just like Lily’s. And I loved this fictional character so much I also wanted to believe he wouldn’t do it again. And I was sadly disappointed. My heart hurt for 90% of this book, and I cried pretty much not stop through the last few chapters. This book was packed with so much emotion. In the end I knew lily made the right choice, but showing the raw emotion that Ryle felt and how much he was trying to do better, made her decision hurt all to much, even though he inevitably would do it again, I just rooted for them through most of the book, rooted for Ryle to be better, do better, but he did the best thing and let Lily go. I didn’t really fall in love with Atlas, he was an amazing character and a great friend to Lily, they didn’t really show much of a present romantic connection, I did love their relationship when they were young, which made me slowly fall for their relationship. I enjoyed that lily was happy and made the best choice for her and her daughter. And got a good guy in the end, overall this book took me through the emotional ringer. And left me sobbing and heartbroken. For lily for Ryle, for their relationship, also happy for lily and atlas and their happy ending. 5 outta 5 stars for sure, no question no doubt in my mind. I will definitely be reading more Colleen hoover books!