READ-2-REVIEW - PNR - DANE (Sköll Ranch Shifter, #1) by A. Samson

Love knows no boundaries. Not time, nor distance, nor even your fate as a wolf.

Dane, an all-new childhood friends to lovers, shifter paranormal romance from bestselling author Avery Samson writing as A. Samson is now available!

Dane remembers the first time he saw her. She was in his older brother’s grade school class, but he knew then she was his. He never lost sight of this truth. Even when she moved away and he grew up.

Now she’s back in town and all bets are off. He might get his mate after all if he can just protect her from the dark presence stalking her every move.

Tani is back in her small town in Oklahoma working at her old high school job. The last thing she is looking for is romance. Except, the cute boy who used to smile at her over the counter is now all grown up and he is a sight to behold.

He doesn’t need the headache that is the only thing she can offer. She’s not just pregnant with another man’s baby, but now she has yet a third man stalking her. That doesn’t seem to matter to Dane.

She’s all he ever wanted and he plans to get what he wants.

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The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . DANE (Sköll Ranch Shifter, #1) . . . My introduction to Dane was unexpected. Dane appeared to be on the shy side, but still protective. Dane was a man on a mission once he found out that Tani was back in town. Tani was back but she was not open to dating. She was holding on to a secret. A secret that she felt would turn any and all men away from her or judge her. 

Dane may have been younger than her but he was all she could dream of. He was from a good family. He was sweet and quite. He made her laugh. He was attentive. She still turned him down when he asked for a date. She never wants to see the disgust in his eyes when he learns her truth. Before any of this can happen, Tani becomes the object of a strangers attention. Things here were not as they appeared. 

What I liked most about meeting the Sköll Ranch Shifters were they were about family. They worked together, ate together, and protected together. I also enjoyed the origin story from Freja. What I did not like was that it felt like a piece of the picture was missing. The stalker was not clear why. The Dallas connection was a disappointment. But overall I did enjoy the story because of the family and each of their roles. It will be interesting to see how each get their own story. 

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READ-2-REVIEW - CONTEMPORARY - ENTICING HER LOVE (The Steeles at Silver Island) by Melissa Foster

  ENTICING HER LOVE
The Steeles at Silver Island
by Melissa Foster
Releasing August 21st 2024
World Literary Press

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Pro: Stuck sharing a bed with my hot, broody boss
Con: He’s trying to get me fired

Discovery Hour reporter Sutton Steele spends her days trying to keep her job, while her insanely hot, infuriating boss, Flynn Braden, would love nothing more than to see her gone. When their assignment goes awry and they’re stuck in a remote location with only one bed, the only thing hotter than their emotions is their explosive chemistry. Come along for the fun, sexy ride as Sutton and Flynn discover there’s a fine line between love and hate.

If you love dislike-to-love, forced proximity romances, you won’t want to miss Enticing Her Love. Loaded with heat, humor, and heart, and a happily ever after that will leave you breathless. Fall in love on the sandy shores of Silver Island, home to coffee shops, boat races, midnight rendezvous, and the sexy, sharp-witted Steeles. They have a penchant for pranks, a passion for loyalty, and a trunk full of secrets. All Steele novels may be enjoyed as standalone romances.

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The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . ENTCING HER LOVE (The Steels at Silver Island, #6) . . . For fans/repeat readers of the Love in Bloom various books from Melissa Foster, this has been a long time coming Sutton Steele and Flynn Braden. The collision course was inevitable. Now it all unfolds. Where and when it all begins was just a hoot. How it all comes to a head into forever was an on my. Sutton and Flynn are on a ride of their life. They will both find in each other more than they expected. And the Sutton and Braden's have a few more things in common than their children. 

Reasons I enjoyed this book: Family Friends Entertaining Easy-to-read Wonderful characters 

Author Info
Melissa Foster is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal & 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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READ-2-REVIEW - CONTEMPORARY SUSPENSE - BECKONING BRYANNA (Serenity Mountain, #7) by Cassie Colton

Beckoning Bryanna
Serenity Mountains, #7 
by Cassie Colton 
Release Date: August 20th 2024 
Genre: Romantic Suspense 

Gabriel "Saint" Carter’s life changes forever when he discovers he has a daughter, Miya. With the support of the Serenity Mountain family, he builds a safe and loving home for her. However, his peace on Serenity Mountain is shattered when his ex-wife Clarissa and his brother Theo appear, determined to take Miya away. Saint finds solace in Bryanna, whose strength and kindness have captivated him since day one —but she has a strict rule against dating military men.

Bryanna Hutchins, a strong, independent business owner, notices the Navy SEAL when he walks into her bakery daily. Yet she refuses to acknowledge her growing attraction to him.

Neither realizes the significance of their evening together as their lives are forever changed.

When her bakery is vandalized and shut down for weeks, Bryanna struggles with an uncertain future. Always strong and independent, Bryanna must rely on others, bringing up her fears and insecurities of the past. Will she allow Saint to break down the boundaries between them? 

Faced with a mission gone awry and a vindictive ex-wife, will Bryanna rise to the occasion? Can she overcome her fears and believe in a love worth fighting for?

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The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . .  BECKONING BRYANNA (Serenity Mountain, #7) . . . Welcome to Serenity Mountain and the friends and family that make you feel right at home and welcomed in until you make the wrong choice to cross or hurt one of their own. Bryanna and Saint are the lead couple in this contemporary suspense. There were a lot of characters to get to know and have a love hate relationship with. On the love side was Bryanna, Saint, Mia, Leo, Kassie just to name a few. On the hate side of this one was Theo. There were some complex character here with more going on in the background. 

Saint was a military man that was also a single father. He was determined to be the best father he could be to his little girl and give her more than she had. He was also interested in the local bakery owner, Bryanna. Bryanna was a smart, savvy woman that had her own reasoning behind many of the things she did. She was a strong supporter of her community and her friends on the mountain. She also love little Mia/Nugget. Watching Saint and Bryanna find a way to their first date was interesting and a little painful. This was no straight to love and intimacy. There were more things in the mix. 

There was a story behind Kassie, Saint, Mia, Leo, Katherine, and many of the other characters introduced. There was a lot going on in this one. I like the levels of interest. I liked the dynamics between the characters. I did not like that I was at time lost. At times I was confused on the various characters. I did not feel like somethings were explained. I lost a connect with Katherine and Leo's baby. That is one thing you will need to figure out by reading. I want more. Serenity Mountain felt like a home, a place to be welcomed. 

I am new to both Cassie Colton and her Serenity Mountain series. I fell in love with the sense of community in both family (natural and found) and friends. With this being said, I enjoyed getting to glimpse pieces of previous stories/couples, but I also felt like I missed out on some important aspects of the community. If I had it all to do over again I would have began the series from the beginning and then moved up to this one. I am a whole picture kind of person. I want all the story and I most certainly felt like I missed some of the story. The way that we went in between couples and characters. I was at a disadvantage. 

Reasons I enjoyed this book: Family Friends Community Tragic Unpredictable Entertaining Easy-to-read Great world building Wonderful characters Action Suspense Complexity

Cassie Colton is a best-selling and award-winning author of romantic suspense, military, and contemporary romance. Always an avid book reader and storyteller, she worked for one of the happiest places on earth. There, she found her love for making magic and happily ever afters.

The Serenity Mountain Series begins her author journey, detailing the lives of former military men and women who have lost their way and found peace on Serenity Mountain. Like in every story, her characters have to fight through adversity to find happiness ever after.

Like life, Cassie writes about character struggles that sometimes become dark before they see the light, but she always provides a happy ending. She believes everyone deserves to find happiness and love because it is the only thing worth fighting for.

She now lives in Virginia with her wonderful family and service dog, Leia. She enjoys gardening, flowers, cooking, and learning about beekeeping.

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LISTEN-2-REVIEW - CONTEMPORARY - LOVE ME (Townsend Legacy, #2) by Tiffany Patterson Narrators J. Shani Michaels & Sean Crisden

LOVE ME
Townsend Legacy, #2
by Tiffany Patterson 
Narrators J. Shani Michaels & Sean Crisden
TMP Publishing LLC
Audio Release August 9th 2024

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“...give me three months.” “Three months for what?” “To make you love me.” For years I’ve withheld my feelings for my best friend, Monique. After dating losers, she needs a man who’s docile, safe … a nice guy.

I’ve never been that.

When we were younger, I couldn’t control my temper when it came to keeping her safe. My loss of control forced the only woman I loved to move hundreds of miles away.

Over the years, I tried to accept that I wasn’t what she needed, even when she became engaged to another man, and it ripped my heart in half.

But then her fiancé turns out to be another scumbag who dumps her after a stay in the hospital due to her type 1 diabetes.

She finally returns to our hometown, desperate to find her footing in life again.

And I’m done sitting on the sidelines.

I’m a grown man now–still dangerous, but I’ve learned to manage my dark urges over the years. I can pretend to be the nice guy she needs if that means finally making her mine. That’s the side of me I don’t allow Monique to see when I tell her it’s time….time for us to be more than friends.

But Monique believes she is a burden I don’t need.

She doesn’t get it….

I offer her a deal. I’ll give her the money she needs to start the art gallery she’s always wanted. And….“...you’ll give me three months.” “Three months for what?” “To make you love me.” Then I hold my breath to see if she takes the deal with the best friend who’s also the devil in disguise…

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The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . LOVE ME (Townsend Legacy, #2) . . .  "...a deal that could get you all you want ..."

Would you make a deal with your best friend if it could get you all you ever wanted, but at the same time cost you everything you love?

Monique and Diego were best friends since childhood. Diego was Monique's protector. Then one day her world view changed and she changed all their plans. Diego's world changed. Years later and there's a chance things can be put back on the path it should have been on. Diego seizes a chance to make his world what it should have been. All it took was A screw up, some bad luck, and a move back home.

Things are different now. Diego is a grown man. And Monique still has a lot on her shoulders but this time she will have some help to carry the load.

Diego was dangerous but I felt that with the others from the family. He could have been more dangerous. I must hand it to him. He was creative with punishment.

Sean Crisden set the male voices off just right. I was in love. His range give you the voice that could wet panties.

Reasons I enjoyed this book: Family Friends Entertaining Easy-to-read Wonderful characters Great world building Romantic Page turner

Author Info

Tiffany Patterson is an Amazon bestselling author of over 40 romance titles featuring women of color. She’s passionate about writing stories with relatable heroines and the male heroes who are determined to love and cherish them, while giving her heroines the freedom to explore their sexual desires.

Tiffany writes both contemporary romance and paranormal romance novels. Whether you enjoy falling in love with billionaires or firefighters, or seek the thrill of the paranormal, you’ll find passion between the pages.

When Tiffany isn’t at her desk, she’s often outside hiking the local trails or traveling to new destinations in search of inspiration for her stories. Unsurprisingly, she enjoys nothing better than curling up with a romance book, although she also has a soft spot for watching true crime documentaries.

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READ-2-REVIEW - CONTEMPORARY - HIGH FREQUENCY (HMT 2G, #1) by Freya Barker

High Frequency
HMT 2G, #1
by Freya Barker 
Release Date: August 5th 2024 
Genre: Romantic Suspense 

When the rug is pulled from under Detective Sloane Eckhart, she leaves the Billings PD and returns to Libby, Montana.

Eight years ago she left with her pride and the promise of a future, but her heart was broken. On her return, there is no pride left, no prospects to speak of, but at least her heart is safely secured in the back seat.

Still, a bit of groveling, a kind offer of help, and a brand-new job with the sheriff’s office quickly gets her back on her feet.

High Meadow will always be home to Dan Blakely. Working with horses, being part of the HMT search and rescue team, and now building his own home right next door checks all his boxes. Only one thing is missing, but that dream walked out the door a long time ago.

Still, his life is good, steady…and perhaps a little boring.

That quickly changes when the rescue of a young, teenage girl, places the new sheriff’s detective squarely in his path. He’s not bored now, doing his best to keep her safe, even as their past holds them back while they fight for a future.

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The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . HIGH FREQUENCY (HMT 2G, #1) . . . A new generation of High Mountain Trackers (HMT) have arrived on the scene. You will not be disappoint. There was intensity, mystery, suspense, drama, sacrifice, old & new characters, and the mountains of Montana that we fell in love with in the original series. 

Dan happens to be one of those characters we meet back in the first book of the HMT. He appeared in a few others, but this time he has his own story. We are introduced to Sloane, her story and how and when it intersects with Dan's.

Freya Barker makes adult romance with adult content. We have suspense and intensity, family and friends, we even get love and more. Come see what the second generations of the HMT have to offer. 

USA Today bestselling author Freya Barker loves writing about ordinary people with extraordinary stories. With forty-plus books already published, she continues to create characters who are perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy. Recipient of the ReadFREE.ly 2019 Best Book We've Read All Year Award for "Covering Ollie, the 2015 RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for Best First Book, “Slim To None”, Finalist for the 2017 Kindle Book Award with “From Dust”, and Finalist for the 2020 Kindle Book Award with “When Hope Ends”, Freya spins story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!

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