October 2019 Reviews

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R E V I E W ➠ This Is Love by Melissa Foster

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019by The Guide To Romance NovelsLeave a Comment

has everything money can buy, but her bodyguard is all she wants—and together they’re exactly what each other needs in this heart-racing romance by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of Call Her Mine.
Actress Remi Divine is sick of bodyguards, sick of stalkers, and sick of feeling like she is always under a microscope. But this movie star isn’t helpless by any means. She’s got a rebellious streak, and she knows how to use it. First order of business: getting rid of the overbearing bodyguards who are sticking to her like glue.
Mason Swift has made protecting others his life, and when Remi ditches his two best men, he takes over and gives it everything he has. Having grown up in the foster-care system, and as a former special operative, he knows all the tricks. Nothing gets by him, especially not gorgeous, sneaky Remi.
He thinks she’s a diva. She thinks he’s arrogant. But when sparks turn to flames and their walls come down, their true hearts are revealed, and their connection is unstoppable. And when tragedy strikes, Remi realizes that being protected isn’t the worst thing in the world—but losing Mason just might be.

RELEASE DATE: December 3, 2019

He had plenty of scars on his body. He’d proudly wear the marks of the first woman to stir something inside him that he’d never known existed.
-Mason

She tasted sweet and hot, like sunshine and whiskey, and holy fuck, he wanted to get drunk and live in the sun.
-Remi

Not my first read by author, very familiar, top 5 of my favorite author’s and yes I have read almost every single book by her!! I couldn’t wait to read this, so I read it a month or so in advance hehe 🙂 another TOP 2019 MUST READ from this author for me for this year!!

I will say that I usually do not like celebrity romance, because the actions and fame kind of tend to get in the way of the romance, this ABSOLUTELY PERFECT way to have a Celeb Romance!! It was everything you need, the star heroine, protective bodyguard…fun, romance, danger and suspense. I seriously couldn’t put it down, was up till 3am finishing this!!

Remington Aldridge is a well known, famous and amazing actress. Got into the business well before her teens and just blossomed into it. Now she is contempt at where she is in life…wrong! She not only has no privacy but is now having to have bodyguards on her 24/7 per her scary protective brother. She has every right to be worried because not too long ago some lunatic broke into her home and she is still receiving threats. When Remi attends a function and see’s the most attractive and sexy man on earth, it falls short when she looses sight of him. Only to run into him, literally a little later. When they have a rather RUDE encounter, she finds out that the rude sexy man is her now only bodyguard and the owner of the company being hired to provide the protection. What’s a girl to do? Cause mayhem, trouble and give him the slip. But not on Mason Swift’s time. It’s really sweet when he catches her.

They both try to fight against their pull to one another, hard and everything in between to the sweet…is AMAZING, the scenes, the story line, the words…gah, I couldn’t seriously put it down. I will warn you this is in a 3rd person which I am used to from the author so I enjoyed it very much. I can only read in 3rd person by MF it seem’s, she just puts it all together so well, it flows and makes you want to live through the story.

Mason Swift, a little about him because he is the ultimate BOOK BOYFRIEND bodyguard. He is tall, handsome, strong, beautiful heart, gentle but rough…JUST PERFECT! The cover also fit him so well because that is exactly how I saw him play out in my head. He has the hardest time to control himself when little temptress keeps him on his toes. He has had a rough time during his childhood, and has closed himself off for so long he isn’t even sure that anyone could climb that wall. Enter Remi, the brave, beautiful, broken and sassy woman. I really LOVE them together, they are like salt and pepper, when put together it’s the most delicious combo and separate they have their own lives but always are in need of one another.

When lines are crossed, all bet’s are off. Mason will do anything to protect Remi. After all it kind of is his job. Danger seems to be just around the corner but that doesn’t stop them two from forming a bond I’m not sure I would ever want to see disappear. It was just so beautiful, pure and so MUCH HEART! I just loved every moment of these two. And I really hope that Remi’s older brother Aiden is next!!

Rating: ★★★★★
Romance: ♡♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Type: Book #3 of Series
Recommended: ☑ HIGHLY!
⇨ H A P P Y – R E A D I N G ⇦

2019 ARCs, Angsty, Friends-To-Lovers, October 2019 Reviews, Sizzling, Slow Burn, Suspense Romance, YA Romance

R E V I E W ➠ Lie For Me by VR Baucke

November 1, 2019by The Guide To Romance NovelsLeave a Comment

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Dylan & Travis.
Goat & Freak.
Bold, headstrong, and a chameleon hiding in plain sight.
Charismatic, cocky, and single to mingle.
Together, they fall hard for the person behind the mask.
The day Dylan Jackson showed up out of the blue was the day Travis O’Brian became a ruined man.
She’s a hot piece of woman who’s easy to get a rise out of, and Trav’s innuendo-laced goading has Dylan uncharacteristically flustered.
Regardless of how irresistible Travis is, Dylan can’t allow herself to succumb to his flirtatious antics and boyish charm; she’s on borrowed time, and falling for him would cost her dearly.
Her heart and mind are continually at war; by day, aching for normality, then by night, shattering from the haunting screams she can’t escape from.
Just when Trav discovers why he’s so captivated by her, an unexpected visitor has Dylan running scared once more.
After she disappears with neither trace nor explanation, the crew reluctantly calls in an old acquaintance to help track her down.
But will Trav still want the girl behind the façade when he finds out who she really is?

RELEASE DATE: November 7, 2019

Not my first read by author and I have read Book 1 & 2 of this series. Dylan & Travis were a WOW for me, I enjoyed the other books in this series but I LOVED THIS ONE!!

Travis is the highlight of any party and always smiling and making people laugh. He is my favorite because his heart is HUGE! And he is so sexy, sweet and cocky handsome, not too much and just enough!! Dylan Jackson is a bad-ass strong and sassy woman, so she can go head to head with Travis, but together they are an explosion!! It’s only natural that Travis is intrigued with Dylan and want’s to unlock all her layers. Only if one day he wasn’t robbed of that opportunity, she is just…GONE! Now I don’t want to give out too much but will tell you that it’s an adventure and twists, turns, love, anger, passion…gah, a little bit of all!! I can’t wait to see what is next!!

Rating: ★★★★★
Romance: ♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Type: Book #3 of Series
Recommended: ☑
⇨ H A P P Y – R E A D I N G ⇦

2019 ARCs, Angsty, Friends-To-Lovers, October 2019 Reviews, Slow Burn, YA Romance

R E V I E W ➠ The Best Mistakes by Elena Monroe

October 31, 2019by The Guide To Romance NovelsLeave a Comment

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Five years. One month. And three days after the bonfire from hell.

SAINT
Post college bliss was actually hell.
I wasn’t using my degree.
I was so lonely I looked for his face in crowded places.
I didn’t have anything figured out, let alone my feelings.
I was stuck between two tall, dangerous, and handsome men – times two.
One showed me how to survive trauma, proved things aren’t what they appear, and no matter how much I didn’t fall head over heels he was always there for me.
The other taught me how live.
But I taught myself how to love.
No one was going to be able to take away my growth, my bravery, or my comfort again. Oliver or not – I was standing on my own.

SINNER
I couldn’t wait to leave Amherst, to only return a few years later as a professor at my Alma Mater.
The barn fire from hell acted like a bomb, detonating and throwing us all different directions.
Lawyer.
Pro baseball player.
Book store manager.
Artist.
Soon to be wife.
We were all struggling to find our way back to each other while juggling life, love, sex, hardship.
I’m sober, a dad, but something was missing – Layla.
She kicked started my heart when we first met in college, lighting it on fire and branding her name until she run away when things got messy. My son, Arsen, stoked the fire in her absence.
She was always mine and it was time to prove it.
Third time is a charm.

RELEASE DATE: October 31, 2019

Not my first read by author but this is kind of a weird one for me because I did it all backwards. I was not able to binge read all three books but fully read Book #3. Luckily it gives enough information for me to pick it up. I do have to say that it was a great ending to a series!! So this one is written 5 years after Book #2 and everyone was a little more grown up and had lived a little more through.

Without going into Book 1 and 2, Ollie and Layla are finally reunited. They have grown and made mistakes as individuals and when they come together, it was pretty magical. There is a lot happening from book 1 to book 3 because not only the main characters are at play, I feel like a lot of side characters too. That said this one was extra sweet because it’s mostly about the main characters.

Just a beautiful conclusion to a hard road lived, beautiful ending…I wasn’t expecting it but I am glad it ended that way. I would recommend reading from Book 1 but like I said I was kind of okay with just Book 3, gave enough information to sink you in the beautiful story.

Rating: 4.5★
Romance: ♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥
Type: Book #3 of Series
Recommended: ☑
⇨ H A P P Y – R E A D I N G ⇦

2019 ARCs, Angsty, Dark Romance, Fake Relationship, Marriage Of Convenience, October 2019 Reviews, Sizzling, Suspense Romance, Triggers

R E V I E W ➠ Love Drunk by T.L. Smith

October 30, 2019by The Guide To Romance NovelsLeave a Comment

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One month, I fell for him.
Two, I was a goner.
Three, I was a daydreamer.
But by the fourth, it was a nightmare.
Everything came in beats.
Beat one—fantasy.
Beat two—admission.
Beat three—love.
But it’s the fourth beat that completely ruined me.
Beat.
Beat.
Beat.
With a shattered heart.
He was my nightmare.

RELEASE DATE: November 5, 2019

I’m love-drunk on him, and I’m afraid I will never get sober.
-Everly

Not my first read by author, although I haven’t read a lot by this author, enough to make me want to stay if that makes sense. I do have one book of her’s that’s on my TOP 2019 MUST READ list. That said, this is a DARK ROMANCE which I do read and really love, to an extend. This unfortunately went past that extend and sadly it was A LOT of dark for me, went over that line…for me that is. Maybe this is how DARK romance is supposed to work but I got to 84% and just, it stopped for me. I don’t know how to word this without it sounding really mean because it’s not, I just…it’s not my type of Dark-ER Romance taste! I am always hones tin my review’s and so this is what you’ll always get. Good OR bad! Also that’s how this review should be looked at

This is a story revolving mainly around the heroine, it is in her POV only but the end. It’s a power, wealth and Mob related dark romance. Everly is a young woman who is pretty happy, she has her life together and might even be able to be fully free of her father and family life. So she thought. When she meets a dark man because her best friends dares her to go talk to him, things really heat up. It’s romantic in a alpha dark sense, and I enjoyed it in the beginning. But nothing is as she thinks, her life…she has been living in her own little world unaware of her family’s work. This is where I don’t know how to continue with reviewing because it does go into rather dark-ER scenes that I didn’t even know would be my triggers. I had to stop at 84% take a breath and managed to finish Book #1 but it was really hard to. This is why: the romance for me STOPPED all together, it shifted into more hate, not in the sexy alpha type just hate between the hero and heroine. That’s one trigger, the other is Forced Sex (even if the heroine mildly enjoyed it in the first place) it went too far for me, at once points the heroine was not enjoying it. This is not to be confused with Hate Sex or Angry Sex. He does put marks on her, there is blood involved and just too dark for me. Writing about it makes me cringe because it’s not my cup of tea. So those are the trigger’s for anyone who also has them. I really appreciate my ARC from the author and will continue reading her contemporary lighter books.

The TWIST in the end is what also got me, intense but there is a huge twist for sure!

Rating: 3 1/2★
Romance: ♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥
Type: Book #1 of Duo
⇨ H A P P Y – R E A D I N G ⇦

2019 ARCs, Angsty, Enemy-To-Lovers, Friends-To-Lovers, International Romance, October 2019 Reviews, Sizzling, Suspense Romance

R E V I E W ➠ The Italian by T.L. Swan

October 29, 2019by The Guide To Romance NovelsLeave a Comment

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They say there are three things you should do at least once in your life:
Dance like nobody’s watching.
Travel the world.
And fall hopelessly in love.
I aimed to do all three.
I went to Italy to find myself.
But he found me.
It was like a story book, our eyes met across a crowded room.
He asked me if I needed help reading the menu.
We ate, we laughed, we danced, and I fell.
Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan, and we parted ways.
Two years later, our eyes meet across a room again.
Only this time I was on a date with another man.
He went crazy in a jealous fit.
But the man I met then is different now.
He’s colder, harder, and officially one of the most powerful men in Italy.
Dare I say it, even more enticing.
But if you dance with the devil, you get burnt.
And the fires in Italy are scalding hot.

RELEASE DATE: October 28, 2019

He’s a player. I’m a good girl. The boundaries are set. No false pretenses.
-Olivia

Not my first by the author and I have always loved every book I’ve read, that said don’t hold it against me if I say that I just, it was hard for me to connect with this book. In the beginning it seemed fine for me, I was enjoying it and then it all just kind of shifted for me. The hero and heroine just felt off, and I had the hardest time connecting with the Heroine. To me she was a little too immature and indecisive, there were great moment I won’t lie but unfortunately I did not connect with this book fully. I’ am always honest in my review’s therefore I can’t sugar coat anything that I did not enjoy. To each it’s own. I think my main issue was the dynamic between the main characters. Again, times of great moments and then not so great.

Aside from that, this is a whirlpool romance. Australian native Olivia is on a Europe vacation by herself where she meet’s handsome, sexy, tall and dark Enrico Ferrara, who whisks her off to a beautiful romance. Only for it to burn and crash hard. Forward two years, Olivia finds herself back in Rome for a job opportunity, when she run’s into Enrico again, all kinds of feelings on both end come bubbling up. What continues next is very STEAMY I won’t lie because the sexy scenes: MY GOSH THE HOTNESS!

Enrico Ferrara fucks with his body but he kisses with his whole heart.
-Olivia

This is also a lot of suspense and mystery, after all Olivia didn’t even know who Enrico REALLY was until much later. Danger, suspense, romance, sexy steamy love and lot’s of arguing later (hehe) these two find a way to one another again. Like I said earlier, I really enjoyed the story, there were a lot of scenes and action..but just that connection for me with the characters was lacking a lot. That won’t deteriorate me from reading another book by the author, sometimes you just have hit & misses!

Rating: ★★★★
Romance: ♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Type: Standalone
Recommended: ☑ HIGHLY!
⇨ H A P P Y – R E A D I N G ⇦

2019 ARCs, Angsty, Friends-To-Lovers, October 2019 Reviews, Slow Burn

R E V I E W ➠ Stealing Her by Rachel Van Dyken

October 28, 2019by The Guide To Romance NovelsLeave a Comment

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My estranged twin brother, Julian, was always the wonder boy – and soon-to-be CEO of our ruthless father’s corporation. My mother and me? Left behind. Now, years after tearing our family apart, my father dares to ask “me” for a favor? Pretend to be Julian while he fights to survive a tragic accident. It can save the company. Nobody will be the wiser. It’ll be our secret.
I can play Dad’s favorite. I’ll do anything for Julian. And for my mother, who’ll want for nothing.
But this double life comes with a beauty of a hitch: my very real feelings for Julian’s fiancée, Isobel. Not only am I betraying Julian, I’m deceiving a woman I love. She doesn’t suspect a thing. As lies compound, lines are crossed and loyalties tested, all I can ask myself is. . .what have I done?
Because sooner or later something’s got to give. There’s no way I’m giving up Isobel. But once the truth is exposed, it might not be my choice at all.

RELEASE DATE: November 5, 2019

“She clung to me like I was hers. And I held her like she was mine.”

Not my first read by author, I have read almost every single book of her’s so I am familiar with the style. Although this new series one, blew me away. I wasn’t too sure how I would feel about another man’s woman so to say, but this worked.

This story comes with some grant twist and turns. One family with a huge secret, betrayals, lies…but the romance in this sneaks up on you. The swoon factor is pretty high still, even though some scenes got me a little worried but it all came together so well…I couldn’t put it down.

Now the story revolves around the hero Bridge and heroine Isabel…Julian is the twin brother, the bad guy if you will. In which later you do find out that, maybe he wasn’t as bad as it seemed. I really hope the author has a story of his own in the near future. There is a whole big scandal happening and the twin’s parents are high and mighty elite in the rich and famous, therefore no mistaken can be done. This is where Julian’s twin brother comes in, as the stand-in if you will. But his secret is that he is truly in love with Isabel. What happens next is a new level of deception, danger and love. The author did a fantastic job on the start of this new series, and I am looking for more DRAMA FILLED books! *Side note: I kind of, I don’t know if I fully connected with Isabela, took me hot minute. ALSO, the father: NO GO, at anything. Horrible man, sadly this is probably how things really do work in the rich world!

Rating: 4.5★
Romance: ♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Type: Book #1 of Series
Recommended: ☑ HIGHLY!
⇨ H A P P Y – R E A D I N G ⇦

2019 ARCs, Friends-To-Lovers, October 2019 Reviews, Single Dad, Sizzling, Small Town Romance, Suspense Romance, TOP 2019 MUST READ

R E V I E W ➠ Leave Me Breathless by Jodi Ellen Malpas

October 27, 2019by The Guide To Romance NovelsLeave a Comment

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Ryan Willis has spent years in the protection business, a job that requires constant vigilance and quick thinking. His only chance to truly relax is at his secluded cabin in a small town where there are never any surprises. So when Ryan returns after an assignment and encounters a beautiful stranger, he isn’t only surprised, he’s also instantly intrigued.
Hannah Bright is a breath of fresh air, and Ryan is soon completely consumed, unable to stop from falling for her. As the two grow closer, his instinct tells him something is amiss. Yet nothing could prepare him for what he discovers when he starts digging into her past.
Hannah spends her days painting, running her arts and crafts store…and hiding too many secrets. It’s why she won’t let the ruggedly handsome bodyguard get too close. But their chemistry is undeniable, and Hannah quickly finds herself caught up in a whirlwind romance with Ryan. He is peace personified, a balm to her battered soul. Yet the gorgeous, captivating man who has swept Hannah off her feet doesn’t even know who she really is. And the moment he finds out, both their lives are at risk.

RELEASE DATE: November 5, 2019

The second our tongue touch, my upside-down world starts to spin, the rain pelting down on us, the thunder rumbling, and the lightning cracking, all drowned out by the sweet feeling of acquiescence.
-Ryan

Not my first read by author and you can safely assume she is one of my top 5 author’s ever!! I have read every single of her books so far & I can’t express enough of how much THIS ONE HIT ALL THE RIGHT SPOTS! I haven’t had this much fun and excitement reading a book where I had to put it down to either laugh or place a hand over my heart because it hurts! p.s. you get a little glimpse in the life of JAKE SHARP! *you’re welcome and now let me disappoint you a little and say NO EPILOGUE! *dramatically saying NOOOOOO*

Where do I start with this? Aside from the fact that I never wanted it to end? Little story then Ryan is a partner with Jake Sharp (remember him, ooh yeah) so aside from being partners they are also best friends. We get a little of him in The Protector. So, the fact that he got a story I SCREAMED at that alone, this was very different from Jake’s story and the best on it’s own. Really HAPPY and GLAD that Ryan got his own, except I’m not crying until we get another book or an EPILOGUE to satisfy my hunger for these two!!

Story:
Ryan was getting restless, he was missing something. So he made a choice he though was best…until he rolls into town and technically runs a woman over. Yep, straight up runs her off the street (poor Hannah was on her bike) a bike she very much loved. When Hannah first spots Ryan it’s like nothing else existed, literally because she was so tongue tied and extra clumsy that she runs off. That left Ryan in a who is she? what just happened? type of state. Their first meet is epic! Their little world soon kept building, missed almost kisses later, the first kiss was breathtaking! Gah, the SWOON is almost unbearable but you get swept up in the description it will play out in your head like a movie!! I am still swooning over that. Single-Dad, Secret Agent/Bodyguard and Lumberjack sexy as sin Ryan, doesn’t know what hits him in the form of Hannah. She is nothing like anyone to him and he finds himself so easy to be with her. It’s fun, beautiful, sexy and spunky…their love may have come form the left field but with every hit it just got better and better. The LIE AND SECRET in this will drive you nuts, make you want to read faster to find out, not before you speculate every scenario possible. *Note that you will INSTANTLY fall in love with Ryan’s daughter Alex a.k.a Stinky Cabbage, for a 10 year old she is smart and well over her age, entertaining to the core, funny and super sweet! Really really fell in love with her from the start.

Truly and honestly I can say that (Jodi please don’t kill me) but I am TEAM RYAN WILLIS now (SORRY JAKE) but Ryan stole my heart. Couldn’t get enough of this story, the characters, plot everything and I hope in the future we get a little more of these two *hint hint*

TOP 2019 MUST READ!
Rating: ★★★★★ PLUS!
Romance: ♡♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Type: Standalone
Recommended: ☑ HIGHLY!
⇨ H A P P Y – R E A D I N G ⇦

2019 ARCs, October 2019 Reviews, Second Chance Romance, Sizzling, Slow Burn, Suspense Romance, Tear Jerker

R E V I E W ➠ If You Say So by Lani Lynn Vale

October 27, 2019by The Guide To Romance NovelsLeave a Comment

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Gabriel Luca Maldonado, III and Francesca Leandra Solomon were meant to be. They were so in love that everybody prayed for what they had.
Everything was glorious. They would get married, have children and live a perfect life. She would be a doctor in the emergency room once she finished her doctorate, and he would be a badass Navy SEAL and save people for a living.
But then Luca is deployed across the world, and per military regulations, Frankie isn’t allowed to follow.
They’ve overcome a lot in their short relationship, and they can overcome this, too. Two years was a piece of cake. She’d finish her schooling and wait for him. And when he finally returned home, they would marry.
But two months into Luca’s deployment, the unthinkable happens, and Frankie is left alone and heartbroken, knowing that she’ll have to face the rest of life without Luca at her side.

***

Fast forward two years, and Frankie is exactly where her fiancé’s father left her, in a pit of despair that she has no hope of ever finding her way out of.
She lives life one second at a time, depressed and alone, hoping tomorrow won’t hurt like today.
But just as she thinks that she’s getting better, one of her nightmares walks through the doors of her ER, and that nightmare has a name.
Gabriel Luca Maldonado, III. In the flesh.
Also healthy and whole, and definitely no longer missing.
Sadly, it only takes her a half a second to realize that the man that left her isn’t the same man that returned.
The old one wanted her. The new one? Well, he’s definitely not interested anymore.

RELEASE DATE: October 29, 2019

When his eyes met mine, I didn’t see the scars. I didn’t see the horror that he went through. I only saw him.

Not my first read by author and she is one of my favorites and I also have read MANY of her books already, so I know the style and what I am to expect. This one the blurb was really intriguing, then I started it and the first 40% I was reading so fast, needing to know what is happening….my heart!! An emotional and beautiful story of a lost man in every sense except when it’s near his beloved. Lot’s of twists in this one!!

Luke & Frankie are who people so madly in love. Still growing up, still trying to figure out the way of life. When Luke ships off to defend his country with his best friend in tow, Frankie has to believe that he will come back to her, safe and sound. What happens after is a world of adventure, hurt, misery and so much LOST for the both of them. I don’t want to spoil it because it really is one big TWIST! I love love loved Frankie, she was not only strong but just the brave in her and her devotion and love for Luke…gah, so sweet!! Really hits on the heart with this one!!

Rating: ★★★★★
Romance: ♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Type: Book #6 of Series
Recommended: ☑ HIGHLY!
⇨ H A P P Y – R E A D I N G ⇦

2019 ARCs, Angsty, Dark Romance, Friends-To-Lovers, October 2019 Reviews, Sizzling, Slow Burn, Tear Jerker, TOP 2019 MUST READ

R E V I E W ➠ The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan

October 27, 2019by The Guide To Romance NovelsLeave a Comment

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𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧. 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙡.

Raised to rule, bred to lead and weaned on a diet of ruthless ambition. In a world of haves and have nots, my family has it all, and I want nothing to do with it.
My path takes me far from home and paints me as the black sheep. At odds with my father, I’m determined to build my own empire. I have rules, but Lennix Hunter is the exception to every one of them. From the moment we meet, something sparks between us. But my family stole from hers and my father is the man she hates most. I lied to have her, and would do anything to keep her. Though she tries to hate me, too, the inexorable pull between us will not be denied.

RELEASE DATE: October 28, 2019

“We get whatever the fuck we want,” he says, dropping his eyes down the length of my body. “And I want you, Lennix Moon. I want the girl who chases stars.”

Not my first read by author and by all means the cover alone got me hooked then you read the blurb and realize that HELLO this is Kennedy Ryan we are talking about and you KNOW this is going to be epic! And EPIC it was, I couldn’t get enough of it.
For starters I want to say that this was FANTASTIC from the few pages already, and it only got better and better. The story line, the characters, side-characters, plot…EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS was FLAWLESS!

Part I:
Lennix & Maxim are a two souls meant to be but met in the wrong time. Not the wrong place, I believe Maxim was meant to be there that day, even if the day ended in one defeat and one loss…the loss being Lennix’s.

Part II
When their paths cross again it’s later in life and when Maximus see’s Lennix he would never forget a face like hers. After all HER is what kind of shaped his path. And it’s kind of funny how they cross path’s again, unfortunately AGAIN, right people wrong time. It’s get’s a bit sizzling here and a beautiful adventure. Until Maximus does what he told his brother Owen, no distractions. Two people ages apart in the same world wanting to change and conquer. *sigh*

Part III
Ummm Lennix is RUTHLESS!! Being in the Political world herself now MANY years later, she is set out to help the candidates win and move forward. It’s why I fell in love with her some more here, yes I think she shouldn’t have been that HARD on Maxim but honestly what he did, I’d do and think the same. When Maxim and Lennix path crosses again it’s not really fate that does it, but good old power and money. Only now they are both older, wiser and just MORE. I gotta say I’m not a big fan of Maxim here….*shameless hussy* ugh men!! But it’s a chain of events that are like a roller coaster, times your enjoy and love and times you fear and hate. However, the ending to this *which yes it’s a cliffhanger* my god I can’t wait for Book 2, this will be torture!!!!!!!!! PREPARE!

TOP 2019 MUST READ
Rating: ★★★★★
Romance: ♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Type: Book #1 of Duo
Recommended: ☑ HIGHLY!
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R E V I E W ➠ The Husband Checklist by Jasmin Miller

October 26, 2019by The Guide To Romance NovelsLeave a Comment

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There are moments when you think life is going one way and a major curveball sends you the complete opposite direction. That’s me, standing in the rain, wondering how things went so terribly wrong.
What do I need? To hide at my brother’s house to lick my wounds.
What do I get? My brother’s roommate, sexy-as-sin best friend, Carter Kennedy.
The cute, adventurous boy who was my teenage crush. The inspiring, irresistible man who will never be mine.
But then things get complicated with fun-filled days and pleasure-filled nights.
If Carter wasn’t the most commitment-phobic person I know, I could consider the cliché of dating my brother’s best friend. But he will never fit the husband checklist I made to find the man who will be my world, and I’m not willing to compromise on that.
At least, that’s the plan.

RELEASE DATE: November 7, 2019

New to me author & books. This wonderful author has been a fan of mine for a while and I am glad to have met her through the amazing Romance community. This will be my first read & I am excited!! ALSO, I now have a beautiful signed paperback of this amazing book!!

Julia get’s her heart broken and broken up with, what’s a girl to do? Of course you run to your brother’s house to lick your wounds…only to find the every so teenage crush now sexy as sin man Carter who you’d rather lick. But he is also her brother’s best friend, and she isn’t all about that clique of dating your older brother’s best friend…not to mention that Carter is a NO-COMMITTMENT type of man. Pppfff, what makes him think he is even fit for her HUSBAND CHECKLIST anyways!

But when lines get blurred and crossed…neither Julia or Carter want to get hurt of course, but things get a little rough on the edges I don’t want to say too much to give it out but I can say it’s a ride you want to be ready for. The love and feelings in this is un-real. I connected to both characters. Julia just wants to make sure everything is okay with her and her brother and everything, after the tragedy she really wasn’t sure where to go in life. And Carter, well he is a man so of course clueless but really sweet. The secret in all this, will blow you away. I really enjoyed this friends-to-lovers story!

Rating: 4.5★
Romance: ♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥
Type: Standalone
Recommended: ☑
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