READ-2-REVIEW - WRAPPED UP IN YOU (Heartbreaker Bay, #8) by Jill Shalvis

Wrapped Up in You

Heartbreaker Bay, #8

by Jill Shalvis

Avon Books 

September 24th 2019

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It’s love. Trust me.

After a lifetime on the move, Ivy Snow is an expert in all things temporary—schools, friends, and way too many Mr. Wrongs. Now that she owns a successful taco truck in San Francisco and an apartment to call home, Ivy’s reinvented life is on solid ground. And she’s guarded against anything that can rock it. Like the realities of a past she’s worked hard to cover up. And especially Kel O’Donnell. Too hot not to set off alarms, he screams temporary. If only his whispers weren’t so delightfully naughty and irresistible.

Kel, an Idaho sheriff and ranch owner, is on vacay, but Ivy’s a spicy reason to give his short-terms plans a second thought. Best of all, she’s a tonic for his untrusting heart, burned once and still in repair. But when Ivy’s past intrudes on a perfect romance, Kel fears that everything she’s told him has been a perfect lie. Now, if only Ivy’s willing to share, Kel will fight for a true love story.

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The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . WRAPPED UP IN YOU (Hearbreaker Bay, #8) . . . You have romance. You have people with a real life carved out in stone. You have people with a past that wants to take everything good that brings light and happiness. You have a group of friends that are the ride-or-die kind that will have you back and your front and even cover you side, if you let them. Ivy came around about a year ago and meet a group of friends and family that would do any and everything for each other. Kel just came to town for a visit and to take his mind of things happening back home but he too is still family. The spark that sizzles between the two when they meet for the first time on a cold morning over tacos was clear and almost as heated as that taco Kel bite in to.

We may have two people that have had or felt abandoned, used, lied to at some point and time in their past. These are heavy bags to carry from place to place throughout ones life. Its also a heavy burden to carry and expect or even just want someone else to help you out,if only to help ease the burden. These are some of the same things that clouds judgement and dilute trust. Kel and Ivy find that the past never stays hidden and when you are not wanting it. It comes back and changes the course of your world once again. Just when you feel as if things are beginning to lookup even just for a little while. 

Jill Shalvis had done something that I have not seen from an author before. She opened the book with an apology. For what? I will let you find that out on you own, but I for one appreciate it. Things like what she sad does bug me and take my focus off the story I am working to enjoy. I appreciate her for this. Thank you. And I for one am happy that you made this change. 

There are an awesome group of friends and family located in the Heartbreaker Bay series. These friends all find love and family in different ways but there's no mistaken that these people are that in deed, family.

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis writes warm, funny, sexy contemporary romances and women’s fiction. An Amazon, BN & iBooks bestseller, she’s also a two-time RITA winner and has more than 10 million copies of her books sold worldwide.

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READ-2-REVIEW - BAYSIDE ROMANCE (Bayside Summers, #5) by Melissa Foster

Bayside Romance

Bayside Summers, #5

by Melissa Foster

Releasing September 18th 2019

World Literary Press

The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . .  BAYSIDE ROMANCE (Bayside Summers, #5) . . . You are lured in by the chance to fall in love again with a different couple in Bayside. The beaches and the setting of a small-town within a Cape Cod community is where you will find friends and some familiarity. The best part of all the reads are that you find old friends from previous reads. You also get the chance to make new friends. 

Gavin had his chance a the once in a lifetime connection but he wakes to find her gone. Harper did the one things she never does. She jumps feet first in to a one night stand that spurs her to do another first. She leaves her number and hopes for the best. Sad to say she gets disappointed. Their one night encounter weighs on both of them until that chance second meeting. Things get the chance to change to something more or less. It all in how you see things. Watching it all unfold was what you come to expected and anticipate from Melissa Foster. Fun. Flirty. Some sass. Friendships. Courtships. Misunderstanding. Reconciliation. 

I would not quite call it a second chance, but more of a second chance to make a first chance at love and more. Gavin and Harper both have things holding them back at the same time pushing them forward to each other. When life pushes hard its the way the two of them handle it that shows you the way they will move forward. 

Melissa Foster has this way about giving a story substance, friendship, a sense of family, love, respect, and bonding. While still providing strength, courage, and protectiveness into both of the lead characters. She always find a way to let you catch up with those from the past while creating a future for and current side character or a new one all together. Love reading her romances. 

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Gavin is about to find out that Harper really does exist—and she’s going to knock his socks off! Find out for yourself in Bayside Romance!

When screenwriter Harper Garner got a shot at the big-time in LA, she celebrated her brave cross-country move with her first and only one-night stand—connecting so deeply with the sexy, brilliant man, she broke the number-one rule of one-night stands and left her phone number. Not hearing from him was only the first in a long line of hope-shattering, confidence-busting blows. Ten months later, Harper is done with men and done with LA. She pulls up her big-girl panties and heads home to Cape Cod to start over.

On the surface, interior designer Gavin Wheeler has it all: a successful business, a loving family, and a close-knit group of friends. But Gavin once endured a heartbreak so painful, he was sure he’d never feel anything for a woman again. A chance encounter at a music festival with a gorgeous, down-to-earth blonde proved him wrong, but when morning came, the woman who made him crave more was gone.

A serendipitous evening reunites Harper with her devastatingly delicious one-night stand, and the connection is just as intense as she remembered. Harper’s life is too unsettled for a relationship, but Gavin is determined to help her find her way, especially if it leads straight to his heart. Moonlight conversations lead to steamy kisses, and as romance blooms, it stirs a love too real to deny. But when Gavin’s past collides with the life they’re building, it has the power to ruin everything.

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Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.

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LISTEN-2-REVIEW - Friendship on Fire (Love in Bloom: The Bradens, #3) by Melissa Foster Narrator: B.J. Harrison

FRIENDSHIP ON FIRE 

(Love In Bloom: The Bradens,#3)

by Melissa Foster 

Narrator B.J. Harrison

February 2nd 2015

Listening Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

You met Josh and Riley in Destined for Love (The Bradens, Book Two). Follow these two young lovers to New York and see what fate has in store for them.

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FRIENDSHIP ON FIRE is a steamy contemporary romance with alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're flawed, funny, passionate, and very relatable for readers who enjoy adult romance, contemporary romance, and women's fiction.

Small-town overachiever Riley Banks has finally scored her big break—working in Manhattan as a fashion design assistant for her childhood crush, Josh Braden. She enters her new job hoping to make a name for herself and—just maybe—explore the romance that slipped through her fingers way back when.

Josh Braden has models at his beck and call, a staff that never says never, and an elegant clothing line for the holiday season. When he hires Riley Banks he expects her to learn the business from the ground up. But the girl next door turns out to be much more than he remembered.

Josh and Riley’s friendship heats up. Every steamy kiss, and every erotic caress stirs a love they cannot deny. But when Riley designs a wedding gown that would cause even the most jaded fashion editors to swoon, Riley's mentor accuses her of stealing the design.

Facing indisputable proof and the mistrust of her lover, Riley is not sure she can take the heat of life in the fast lane of the fashion industry—and Josh is forced to choose between the woman he loves and the career he adores.


The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . FRIENDSHIP ON FIRE (Love in Bloom: The Bradens, #3) . . . Bradens romance number three was not what you think but really was. Josh and Riley makes you fall in love and then some. You want to see them succeed. 
  
Its hard to put this in to words and not give away the story. Josh and Riley are from the same small town in CO. They went to the same school and know many of the same people, but to call them friends before this past season would be straining the truth just a bit. While in town earlier in the year Riley and Josh got to know each other a bit more than they had in their passing in the past. They formed a friendship.

On to the big city where back stabbing and sabotaging are a way of life for those in the industry of fashion. Riley finds that sometime dreams can and do come true, but at what price. She has been a die hard lover of fashion and designing from early on in her life. She wants nothing more than to make a name for herself and be a success at what she loves. The golden ticket was Josh. He was not a part of the bargain of living in the city and realizing her dream.

Josh was in a world that he hid himself from. He was there but not really there. He held himself back in many aspect but in others he was open like a book. He worked hard to form a business and contact that would launch his lines and boost his career further. Living in the city was what he wanted. He knew what he was and what he was not. He also knew what he was looking for in a woman and what he would not tolerate in a partner. All he could every want was right there before his eyes. It just took him a little longer to realize that he could have it all. But as you know all things come with a price. The price of having his career and the woman of his dreams was jealousy and lies.

Watching Josh and Riley find their way in to a relationship both professional and personal was an added bonous. There was something more about watching this Braden fall in love and discovery just what he would and would not do to maintain his love.

MF brings us some characters that we already liked a lot and just morphed in to love and then a character or two that you just want nothing to do with. This will always be a part of writing a success. You can't love every character you read but reading the differences in them makes for a story that you will remember. I loved Josh and Riley.

BJ Harrison came back to narrate this third book in the series. It was pleasant and consistent with previous narration of the Braden characters. I loved Braden senior and the richness of the voice BJ provides for him. It has a touch of wisdom behind the tones and pitch of the voice. The Braden brothers have strength in their voices also.

Overall    4 out of 5 stars
Performance    3 out of 5 stars
Story    5 out of 5 stars

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Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.

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LISTEN-2-REVIEW - Destined for Love (Love in Bloom: The Bradens, #2) by Melissa Foster Narrator: B.J. Harrison

Destined for Love Audiobook

(Love In Bloom: The Bradens,#2)

by Melissa Foster 

Narrator B.J. Harrison

January 8th 2015

Listening Length: 8 hours

You met Rex Braden in Lovers at Heart, Book One of the The Bradens (Love in Bloom Series). Jade Johnson is about to turn his comfortable rancher's life upside down. Don't miss this powerful love story.

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DESTINED FOR LOVE is a hot contemporary romance with alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're flawed, funny, passionate, and very relatable for readers who enjoy adult romance, contemporary romance, and women's fiction.

Rex Braden is wealthy, hard working, and fiercely loyal. Sweat at his brow, he works the family ranch by day, then kicks back at night with part time lovers who require nothing more than his physical presence a few times each week. But that was before. Before Jade Johnson, the daughter of the man his father has been feuding with for over forty years, moves back into town.

After ditching a horrific relationship—and her veterinary practice in the process—Jade Johnson returns to the safety of her small hometown and finally finds her footing. That is...until her horse is injured and Rex Braden comes to her rescue. The last thing she needs is a bull-headed, too-handsome-for-his-own-good Braden complicating her life.

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Despite the angry family history, sparks fly between Rex and Jade, and attitudes follow. Fifteen years of stifled, forbidden love stirs a surge of passion too strong for either to deny—and the rebel in each of them rears its powerful head. Loyalties are tested, and relationships are strained. Rex and Jade are about to find out if true love really can conquer all.



The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . DESTINED FOR LOVE (Love in Bloom: The Bradens, #2) . . .  Rex and Jade are back and scorching looks up and down go so much further when not in the presences of other Braden's. I highly recommend reading/listening to Lovers at Heart, Reimagined before jumping in feet first with Rex and Jade's story. You will go in to Destined for Love with more than you eyes open. 

I got answers to questions from the first in the Braden series. I wanted to know what bothered Rex so much that he was so bottled tight. I found a man that had so much put on his shoulders as a child, a teen, and then the life as an adult. He lived the code: Family first, Family honor, Family love, Family.

Jade had loved Rex for years. It was a forbidden love broken by family boundaries. Rex and Jade both wanted the other but saw no real way to achieve that and not disappoint their families.

There was a strong center of family, pride loyalty, friendship, love, destiny. And we can't forget Hope.

This single narrator did the job of making the characters come to life, but there was something missing. I think it has to do with the fact that it was a male bring female characters to life and they all seemed to run together. It was good that during most of the audio it was only Jade we had to deal with until it was time for Savannah and Jade's mom.


You got more of the Braden's clan and a feud that will melt your heart . . . 

Overall    4 out of 5 stars
Performance    3 out of 5 stars
Story    4 out of 5 stars

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Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.

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