I stumbled upon this Facebook group for obsessed alphas and wondered why it took Facebook this long to put us together. Then I kept seeing all these books and I'll be honest, a lot of them are outside my normal genres. I love OTT, obsessed alphas, but I'm not huge on mafia or MC or anything too dark. And sadly, those were a lot of the recommendations.

 

Then this book was recommended and the review I read had me adding it to my TBR, not really thinking I'd be reading it any time soon. Until I saw that it had released, and I read the blurb again and one clicked it on KU. I picked it up read the first two pages, didn't get a great vibe, got distracted by children and left it forgotten. Fast forward a few days and I picked up my kindle, figured I would read a bit more …….. and never put it down again.

 

So initially, Alex wasn't my type of hero. He was into a lot of things I can do without, and I was expecting the typical man whore scenes from the author to prove how bad he was. Then we met Olivia. And Alex was my kind of crazy. He was so instantly all in and there was so many twists and turns and secondary characters I was as completely in as he was.

 

The only surprise bigger than how much I enjoyed this crazy, wild ride is the fact this is only the authors second book. Because you know as soon as I put this down, I went to see what I was adding to my TBR from the author. So, I guess for now I just have to keep my eyes open for the next one.

 

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I read the tropes and trigger warnings for this book and I immediately had to get my grabby little hands on it. Then as soon as it landed on my kindle I dove in. I didn’t read the blurb, I didn’t check on GR to see if this was part of a series. I just went in completely hyped to read a book that hit all of my happy places. Then page one I see the playlist and I’m thinking this book is my spirit animal. Over half of the songs I love and the other half are songs I don’t know from musicians I love so obviously this book was written just for me. Sadly it just wasn't to be. 

 

The prologue had me settling in, ready for wherever this little journey was going to take me. But then I just couldn’t connect to the author’s writing style. I found it was very much tell, and not show and I am personally then struggle to get lost in the story. It felt disjointed but then I don’t know if that was because I wasn’t getting caught up in the book and so my attention wandered and then I missed things. I feel like maybe I needed to read the first book in the series because I still have no idea what happened to Lincoln but it was like a shadow over the story at times. 

 

I really didn’t connect to the characters which I really wanted to but I just felt a whole lot of meh. The story could have been good and I really liked the premise but it felt like it was rushed. And it played out almost in point form, over days rather than weeks or months. Normally I don’t have an issue with young college kids being too mature and world aware for their age but these guys felt like toddlers putting on a batman costume and thinking they are batman. I don’t want you constantly telling me you're bad and tough. Yes your actions also kind of backed that up but there was no real proof that anything you got away with doing was anything more than dumb luck, then you claim it’s because you’re a “blackwood” and your dad is so influential but at no time did either of those things come into play except when you were telling a teenaged girl to shut up. 

 

I don’t know. I didn’t enjoy it but judging from the reviews on the first book maybe it’s a me thing. Maybe it would be different if I had read the first book and got some background on all of these brothers. Or maybe this can’t be read as a standalone and I’m an idiot for reading it as such. Either way if this is your kind of book, enjoy. 

 

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This book has been on my TBR for years and I could never bring myself to read it. I guessed the secret from the blurb, as intended, and I figured the book would be an ugly cry read. What I didn't expect was that I not only ugly cried while reading this, but I couldn't stop crying and I couldn't put it down.

 

Geez Sophie literally went through hell in every aspect of her life. There wasn't a single person who stood by her or even second guessed the story. Even the people closest and involved and for most of the book I couldn't understand why Carey was letting her drown like that. I started to hate him. Then Blake with his push and pull, I went on a whole rollercoaster twice on how I felt about him and how I wanted things to play out.

 

George was the absolute star of the show. He was the only person who actually saw Sophie and guided her towards seeing the rest of everyone's pictures. Because by the end of that story when you stand back and see the view from everyone's frames you can see what you were missing.

 

Sophie broke me with how much she was carrying. And parts of her story are parts I could completely understand, other parts I could only watch and image the pain that was inflicted. But she never once wavered from being her beautiful self. And she just took it all on with so much dignity I loved her. But I loved her even more when everything finally came to light, and she just quietly did what she needed to do for herself.

 

Now for me as a die-hard romance reader, I would have killed for an epilogue for Sophie and Carey and Blake to be all together again with everything out on the table. I also am dying to know what Angel was thinking and what was going on with her and Blake. But the way that ended was beautiful and I am going to have this book and especially Sophie living in my head rent free for years.

 

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FOREVER STARTS TONIGHT

Karla Sorensen

Release Date: September 27

 

 

Blurb:

It’s no secret that I’ve been in love with Jax Cartwright for half my life. A terrible decision, really, and not just because he’s my brother’s best friend or he’s ten years older than me.

 

Thanks to an overprotective family, he’s ignored me for years, but still, I can’t get his grumpy a** out of my head. And in a wine-fueled, post-bad date funk, I make another terrible decision: show up at his cabin to ask why he’s never given me a chance.

 

The storm that got me stuck there overnight was a total fluke, but I’m no fool. While Jax is perfectly clear about not wanting a family or love or any of the happily-ever-afters I’ve dreamed of, what’s the harm in asking for just one night? The worst thing he can say is no.

 

He doesn’t though, and I was saying yes, yes, yes a whole lot after that.

 

Best. Decision. Ever.

 

One night is enough to feel like I can move on, and we agree to let it be a secret kept safe between us.

But you know what makes it hard to keep a one-night secret about my not-so-secret crush?

 

A positive pregnancy test.

 

Oh baby, things are about to get interesting.

 

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Karla Sorensen is an Amazon top 10 bestselling author who refuses to read or write anything without a happily ever after. When she's not devouring Dramione fan fiction or avoiding the laundry, you can find her binding books, and watching football (British & American) or HGTV. With a degree in Advertising and Public Relations from Grand Valley State University, she made her living in senior healthcare prior to writing full-time. Karla lives in Michigan with her husband, two boys and a big, shaggy rescue dog named Bear.

 

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𝔹𝕌𝕃𝕃 ℝ𝕌𝕊ℍ by Maggie Rawdon is now LIVE! Don’t miss this hate to love, forced proximity, dark western romance!

 

 

 

Blurb:

Still married. 

Those words change everything. 

Now my should-be ex-husband, Ramsey Stockton, the former pro football star turned felon and hero who left this town—and me—behind years ago, is at my door offering me a deal with the devil. 

If I let him stay and play his wife again for ninety days, he’ll give me a quiet divorce and his family ranch—the one my inn is on. 

When I scoff at the idea, he offers a million-dollar bonus to help my business float through this rough patch, but only if I’m his.

Then he’ll walk away, and I can walk down the aisle with my fiancé. Or I can say no and watch everything I’ve worked so hard for fall apart. 

There’s only one answer I can afford to give him. But he knows everything about me—every hurt, every secret, and every single weakness I have, including him. 

And while Ramsey might want me, his brothers want him back in the family business. 

If there's one universal truth in this town, it's that Stockton men stop at nothing to get what they want.

 

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🖤 Divorce of Convenience

🖤 Indecent Proposal

🖤 Hate to Love

🖤 Morally Grey Hero

🖤 Former Football Player

🖤 Forced Proximity

🖤 Dark Western Romance

🖤 Small town

 

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BLINDSIDE BEAUTY

BY LEX MARTIN

Release Date: September 26th

 

Genre/Tropes: Sports Romance / Single Dad / Enemies to Lovers Vibes / Football Player/Nanny Romance / Bookworm Heroine / Close Proximity / Small Town

BLINDSIDE BEAUTY by Lex Martin is NOW LIVE!!

 

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BLURB

 

My football player ex cheated on me, so the last thing I need is to fall for another quarterback. Especially when he’s still mourning his baby mama who tragically passed away.

 

After I accidentally plow my car into Nick Silva’s bumper, I can’t blame him for not hiring me to be his daughter’s nanny, but I’m still salty about it. I need the money to go on a trip of a lifetime, one my ex didn’t want me to take.

 

The worst part is Nick just moved in next door.

 

I’m sure he associates me with my dirtbag ex—his former teammate—so I try to avoid my neighbor whenever possible.

 

But when his new babysitter gets locked out of the house, leaving Nick’s four-year-old alone inside, I attempt to rescue her by breaking in through a window.

 

Unfortunately, I have a wardrobe malfunction and end up flashing my goodies to the whole neighborhood, Nick included.

Because of my embarrassing heroics, Nick’s now convinced I’d be a great nanny. 

 

The trouble with football players is they’re very persuasive, so I agree to take the job but immediately regret it. 

 

Who needs to see a gorgeous, shirtless man jumping rope and doing push-ups in gray sweatpants? Who wants to watch a sexy, single dad snuggle his little girl and read her bedtime stories? Who enjoys working closely with a walking, talking thirst trap every single day?

 

Fine. I do. I want all of that, but I already swore I’d never date another jock after the last one stomped all over my heart, so this bookworm needs to play it safe.

 

But rumor has it Nick has a new girlfriend, which helps me maintain appropriate boundaries. 

 

Because I won’t be blindsided by another quarterback again.

 

Blindside Beauty is an angsty nanny romance featuring an adorkable, accident-prone bookworm and a struggling, grumpy single dad. If you enjoy close proximity, enemies-to-lovers vibes, opposites attract, small towns, and college football, you’ll love this steamy final addition to the USA Today bestselling series Varsity Dads.

 

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Lex Martin is the USA Today bestselling author of Varsity Dads, Texas Nights, and the Dearest series. She writes contemporary romance novels, the steamy kind she hopes readers love but her parents avoid. A former high school English teacher and freelance journalist who’s lived all over the country, she currently resides in her hometown of San Antonio with her husband, twin daughters, and their bunny. Drop her a line. She loves hearing from readers.

 

 

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Redeeming by Bella Matthews is now live!

 

From USA Today and Amazon Top 5 Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes a  Brother’s Best Friend, Surprise Pregnancy, Spicy Sports Romance. 

 

 Callen Sinclair has been the bane of my existence since I was six years old.  

 

You’d think that would have been my first red flag.  

I mean . . . you’d be wrong, but you could think it. 

 

In my defense, my brother’s best friend also happens to be the scorching-hot tight end for the Philadelphia Kings football team.  

 

He’s cocky and confident, with a sinfully sexy smile that could make a good girl do very bad things. 

Lucky for me, I’ve never been a good girl. 

 

He tried to tell me I was as off-limits as they come. 

But when one night and one birthday wish end in one big pink plus sign, all bets are off.

 

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Bella Matthews is a USA Today & Amazon Top 5 Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

 

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Bella Matthews needs to write faster. It's so exciting to stumble on an author early in their writing career until you realise it just means a whole heap of waiting. Especially when their words are like your own personal addiction and their characters, and their families feel like friends you are dying to catch up with.

 

I kind of started reading all of these books after coming across the first book in the second generation. So, I went back and read the Kings of Kroydon Hills series first not realising that there were more books of the original family members. Obviously, I read them all in a mad binge and loved every word. Now we are getting more of the second and in some cases third generation and they are even more interconnected than the first.

 

And I am here for every second of it. I'll be honest I don't even try to keep up with the family trees until I'm reading the book and a parent pops in or a cousin and it all comes rushing back. It's like a big bowl of happiness. And honestly if I paid attention to the secondary characters as much as they deserve, I would know who's next. With the exception that we get thrown a surprise every few books that makes me forget everything but the couple I'm so completely wrapped up in. 

 

In the case of Caitlin and Callen I was so invested. There was so much family drama from all sides and their own drama I couldn't put the book down. I wanted to be so mad at Callen and yet I completely understood. No matter what Sam told me to do I think I'd smile, nod and get right to it, so I couldn't hold a grudge that he complied with the Mafia king. Caitlin held a grudge perfectly and I respected her so much for it. But with the chemistry between them and having experience with pregnancy hormones I can't blame her for climbing him like a tree.

 

Towards the end I was expecting assassination attempts and explosions. Instead, we got drama and stress and heartbreak before being put back together for a beautiful epilogue. And I didn't miss the fireworks I was expecting because I was too busy loving how everything was wrapped up. But now we have to wait again. Leo better make it worth our while.

 

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From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn, comes a new undeniably funny and always spicy winter holiday, enemies-to-lovers romance, HOW MY NEIGHBOR STOLE CHRISTMAS!

 

Narrated in duet by Vanessa Edwin and JF Harding, with a full cast including Shane East, Robert Hatchet, and Emma Wilder, HOW MY NEIGHBOR STOLE CHRISTMAS releases October 15^th in all formats! Pre-order your copy of this steamy, holiday romance today!

 

About HOW MY NEIGHBOR STOLE CHRISTMAS

A new winter holiday, enemies-to-lovers romance, from the undeniably funny and always spicy, USA Today bestselling author, Meghan Quinn.

Living in a year around Christmas town has it's drawbacks. The caroling, the decorations, the insanely cheery spirit, it never disappears. It's why I like to hibernate away in my cave--I mean house--keeping a healthy distance from the holly jolly spirits.

And all was going according to plan until my nemesis, Storee Taylor, moved in next door to care for her Aunt Cindy. Without blinking, she turned my simple world into a real nightmare-before-Christmas, especially when she decided to enter the town Christmas Kringle contest - which she was determine to win.

Well guess what? Over my cold-hearted body.

There was no way I was going to let her win, not after the history we'd shared.

So despite my promise to myself of never participating in the sickening Christmas season, I entered the competition as well. That's right, I planned on beating Storee at her own game by pretending this grump’s heart grew three sizes this season.

And it was working until feelings between us started heating up.
We pretended to date.
We kissed.
And well, sparks flew from there.

Which led to one explosive night involving Christmas lights, the competition, and a ladder. Don't let me convince you who stole Christmas, I think you need to find out for yourself . . .

 

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USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.

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Rookie Mistake by Maren Moore is now live!

 

I accidentally won my brother’s rival in a Date the Player auction… and had the best night of my life.

 

Davis Guidry is Orleans University’s starting rookie pitcher.

He’s handsome, charming, and an all-around flirt.

 

After spending a hot, spontaneous night together, we can’t seem to keep our hands off each other.

But our no-strings fun comes crashing down when my overbearing brother, who happens to be Davis’s biggest rival, catches us in action.

Even that seems to only make the fire burn hotter when we’re together.

And suddenly, our secret fling starts to feel like something more than either of us bid on.

 

Are these casual hookups between us just a fun way to pass my freshman year…

Or have we made the ultimate rookie mistake and caught feelings?

 

Rookie Mistake is approximately a 32k word novella in the Orleans University world. It is a complete standalone.

This is high spice, low plot and lots of fun!

 

Tropes:

- College Baseball

- Playboy Rookie x Wild Child

- "Good Boy"

- Rival's Sister

- Secret Hookups

 

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Maren Moore is an Amazon Top 20 Best-selling sports romance author. Her books are packed full of heat and all the feels that will always come with a happily ever after. She resides in southern Louisiana with her husband, two little boys and their fur babies. When she isn't on a deadline, she's probably reading yet another Dramione fan fic, rewatching cult classic horror movies, or daydreaming about the 90's.

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