Do you enjoy reading Holiday/Christmas books year-round, even when it is not Christmas? If so, I recommend Lauren Blakely’s Mistletoe All The Way, a holiday read that gave me the dopamine fix I craved and put me in the holiday spirit early. It’s the third installment in her Evergreen Falls series, but it can be read as an interconnected standalone with no need to read the prior books. (But as someone who has read them, you should definitely check those out too.)
Darling Daffodils Farm is the first book I’ve read by Brittanée Nicole, and if her other books are similar, I’m already excited to read more. This story made me smile, laugh, and even cry. I felt so many emotions that I couldn’t put the book down until I finished. Even now, as I write this review, I’m smiling just thinking about the characters and how much this story meant to me.
Even though it’s not my favorite from B.K. Borison, I still enjoyed it and would recommend it if you want a cozy, fun read to help you get through this heat wave. Maybe if we all read more books set in the winter months, the weather will cool down. *Crossing fingers*
The Hearts We Fumble is the final installment in Brooke O’Brien’s Braysen U series. Once again, I got a book with a great mix of sweet and spicy, packed with some of my favorite tropes. It also helps to listen to the book with narrators perfectly cast for the characters. Lee Samuels and Stefanie Kay brought Zane and Wyatt to life, and they did a fabulous job. I loved listening while following along with the ebook thanks to it being in KU.
Have you ever read a book that constantly changes your emotions while you read it? Well, that’s exactly what The Simple Wild did to me. I can’t believe it took me this long to read it, and thanks to the Romanceopoly Challenge, I made time for it and found a new author whose books I now need to read, especially if they are anything like this one. I knew from the synopsis and the prologue that this book was going to take a toll on me. I wasn’t expecting it to rip my heart out, though.
If you enjoy Small Town Romance with tense moments, mystery, suspense, and characters that are hard not to love, then check out the McBride Brother Lumberjacks Trilogy now.
The Singles Table is the final installment in Sara Desai’s Marriage Game Series, and I really enjoyed it. It was delightful, light-hearted, and funny, and I loved both characters. Zara and Jay are complete opposites, and that is clear from their first meeting while paintballing. Zara has a fun, quirky personality and works at a law firm that fits her perfectly, while Jay is grumpy, reserved, and a workaholic at his security company, which he’s trying to grow internationally. They keep ending up near each other at their friends’ weddings, and Zara makes it a point to matchmake Jay so she can prove she can do it better than the Aunties. However, both characters eventually fall for one another, though it takes one of them a while to realize the other is attracted to them. I rooted for them the whole time because they were an adorable couple, even if they initially didn’t like one another.
I found this story cute, and I enjoyed getting to know the FMC, Eileen. She’s a romance reader and loves her happily ever afters, so she was relatable. I also loved the idea of the book being about her being in one of her favorite book series and finding love there. Heck, doesn’t every book reader want to go into the pages of one of their favorite books or series and live there? I know I would, depending on the book or series. (There are some books I would not want to come to life that I’ve read.)
I was in the mood for a Baseball Romance as it’s baseball season, so I picked up Double Play, the first book in Jill Shalvis’s Pacific Heat series. Already familiar with Jill Shalvis’s writing, I knew I was going to enjoy this book because her stories are always heart-warming. Double Play immediately captured the spirit of baseball romance, putting me in the mood to attend a game this summer because it’s been a long time since I attended a baseball game. Who knows, maybe one of the baseball players will fall for a reporter, as Pace Martin did for Holly Hutchins in Double Play. =) You never know.
