OUR FEBRUARY REVIEWS & MARCH ANTICIPATED UPCOMING RELEASES and so much more…

THE RISING (Unlawful Men #4) by JODI ELLEN MALPAS
Interconnecting Series – Antihero, passionate, dark romance, mob,  angst, and suspense.
Available to Purchase Ebook  Paperback

‘This will be a crime of love. But for who?’

The Rising by Jodi Ellen Malpas is the fourth installment in the Unlawful Men series, and we absolutely loved everything about it. Riveting, dramatic, utterly compelling, sexy, angsty, and surprisingly full of comedy too. Reading this series has been like watching a movie unfold such is the brilliant, flawless, and seamless writing by this Author. Once again we highly recommend reading this series in order as the continuing storyline finally comes to a head in The Rising and a lot of questions are answered. But not only that, our couples go through such a minefield journey on their own as well as together which is thrilling, angsty, heart-breaking yet beautiful too.

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ONLY YOU (The Adair Family #5) by SAMANTHA YOUNG
Interconnecting Series – friends to lovers, Hollywood hero, second chance, small town romance
Available to purchase Ebook  Paperback

‘Patience wasn’t one of my virtues, but for Monroe, I’d have all the patience in the world.’

Only You by Samantha Young is the fifth and final book in the Adair Family series and what a fabulous series this has been. We haveloved every single minute spent in the Scottish Highlands with the Adairs and their loved ones. Finding romance, healing broken hearts, and soothing open wounds into scars of bravery. Love and light can be found in the darkest of places whether it’s by a healing hand, forgiveness in the heart, or opening up to a stranger. Family, loyalty, protection, compassion, understanding, and friendship runs through the pages of every single book in this wonderful series which we have a tremendous love for. Only You is an emotional friends to lovers, second chance, enemies-to-lovers romance that sees Brodan Adair and Monroe Sinclair working through eighteen years of hurt to men

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CHASING RIPTIDES (Save Me Series #6) by ALY STILES
Standalone in series – childhood friends to lovers, emotional second chance romance, music theme
Available to Purchase Ebook  Paperback

‘Today I’m still Matty Silva. Living, breathing rockstar. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.’

This is the story we’ve been waiting for! We adore Aly Stiles’s rock star romances. This lady has such knowledge and love for music, and we adore how she effortlessly infuses this passion throughout her ‘Save Me ‘Series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but we’d urge you to read Falling North (Save Me #2) before Chasing Riptides as the stories are connected, being that Matty in Riptides is the younger brother of Xander in North. They complement each other and provide so much insight into the broken and beautiful Matty Silva and their treasured bond.

The love story between the fearless girl and the lost little boy is told with sincerity, humour, and love. We were with Matty and Britt every step of the way, willing on their love story and hoping they believed that they deserved it all.

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MEET HATE LOVE by STEVIE J COLE
Standalone – RomCom, enemies to lovers romance, grumpy sunshine, workplace romance
Available to Purchase  Ebook  Paperback

‘Seemed she liked long-haired bad boys who would use a gun to get her off and make her call them Daddy? I had a lot to live up to.’

Meet Hate Love is just what we needed and quite different from what we’ve read from this Author before. It was hilarious swoony fun with a fabulous and entertaining storyline and wonderful characters we fell in love with. We honestly couldn’t stop laughing, many times out loud as we read with perma grins on our faces.

Stevie J Cole really outdid herself with Meet Hate Love, she managed to cheekily give a nod to ‘book moments’ we love but would be utterly ridiculous in -real- life and she wrote them in such a witty and clever way. She nailed the balance of heat and comedy and wrote a story and characters that had depth, personality, and a strong passionate connection.

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THE MARRIAGE ACT by JOHN MARRS
Standalone – sci-fi, suspenseful, thriller
Available to Purchase  Ebook  Hardcover  Audio

“Love is one of the last remaining things in this world that is free.”

The Marriage Act is another unnerving suspenseful novel set in the future and told from differing viewpoints, another aspect this author does so well, weaving each POV together. It’s full-on and so gripping! Once again, every narrator has a story – whether it be sad, grisly, peculiar, or uncomfortable, and every POV is a page-turner! We frantically turn each page, taking everything in whilst waiting for the pieces to fall into place sending our heads spinning and stomachs churning.

With complex characters, nail-biting suspense, and intrinsically woven storylines that lead to its unputdownable climax, John Marrs has once again delivered an entertaining yet alarmingly thrilling suspense, that leaves you pondering…could it? Would they? Scary stuff!

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF LOVER by NICOLA HAKEN
Standalone – emotional MM romance, older characters, a second chance at love, self-discovery
Available to Purchase –  Ebook  Paperback

“I love you differently to the way I’ve loved anyone else. It’s a different love, and it’s a special love. It’s a love I don’t want to live without.”

William and Laurence’s story was a forbidden yet beautifully sweet and emotional telling about love and self-discovery. As Bec, Laurie, and Will dealt with the fallout from this heart rendering tale, we were afforded a front seat to all the emotion, along with the angst, heartbreak, and longing, gosh we felt it!

Nicola Haken took a difficult subject – a happily married man discovering his sexual awareness after so many years of marriage, and made us feel so much for Laurence and William but also put ourselves in Rebecca’s shoes which caused us pain. It’s hard not to relate to her feelings whilst at the same time feeling so much sadness for William. Bec was amazing!

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WHEN SINNERS HATE (House of Skin #2) by HART DE LUNE
Series – very dark, crime family, antiheroes, unconventional romance
Available to Purchase – Ebook  Paperback

“I choose you, Abel. For everything you’ve done to me, for everything we’ve been through in these few weeks, you mean more to me than blood.”

When Sinners Hate by Hart De Lune is the second book in the very dark and disturbing series about the Cortez crime family. It’s definitely not a conventional romance series for the faint of heart, these brothers are not heroes in any way shape, or form, but we love them nonetheless, and this series satisfies that craving we have every so often of disappearing into a fictional world that is the polar opposite of sugary sweet. And we must stress that we absolutely believe that beauty and romance can still be found in the darkness. This duo of Authors writes so incredibly well together as once again this instalment was seamless and flowed in the most compelling of ways. Whilst this series is super distressing, tragic, and violent at times, we found Lexi and Abel’s book the least disturbing so far in House of Skin, but perhaps this is because we’re hardened dark romance readers! So if you are too, come walk on the dark side with us, but beware of the trigger warnings.

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