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Scarlet Reed has returned to Polson Falls, convinced that twelve years away is long enough to shed her humiliating childhood identity as the town harlot’s daughter. With a teaching job secured and an adorable fixer-upper to call home, things in her life are finally looking up.

That is, until she finds out that Shane Beckett lives next door.

Shane Beckett, the handsome and charismatic high school star quarterback who smashed her heart. The lying, cheating player who was supposed to be long gone, living the pro football dream and fooling women into thinking he’s Prince Charming. Shane Beckett, who is as attractive as ever and flashing his dimples at her as if he has done no wrong.

Scarlet makes it abundantly clear that old wounds have not been forgotten. Neighbors they may be, but friends they most certainly are not. She won’t allow herself to fall for the single father and firefighter again, no matter how many apologies he offers, how many times he rushes to her aid, or how hard he makes her heart pound.

But as she spends more time with him, she begins to fear that maybe she’s wrong. Maybe Shane has changed.

And maybe this time she’s the one playing herself—out of a chance at true happiness.

MY REVIEW

4 Stars

➖Exes, love to hate ✔️
➖Small town romance ✔️
➖Awesome side characters ✔️
So…I was a K.A Tucker virgin before this book landed on my kindle. I think I have some of her books on my TBR, but I’ve never gotten around to reading them, which was a big mistake because K.A Tucker is da bomb! Wow, what a book. But I’m going to be honest with you, the heroine did get on my nerves for the first 30-40% of the book, but after that, I started to like her.

Our heroine, Scarlet Reed, has moved home after fifteen years. She has bought the house she always wanted and has her dream job as a teacher. Everything is looking up for her…until she sees her neighbor. The boy who broke her heart senior year, Shane Beckett, now a grown man with smug smiles and flirtatious personality. Scarlet is adamant about keeping distance between her and the boy who broke her heart, but that seems impossible when he’s always there, helping with the house, rescuing her from broken pipes and stoves that set fire.

What bugged me a bit was Scarlet’s inability to let go of the past. I mean I understand that he broke your heart, but that was so long ago, let it go woman! Oh and her jealousy when other women approached Shane after she rejected him.

Therefore I settled on four stars for this book because when she finally started to forgive Shane, I couldn’t put down this book.

If you’re looking for a steamy summer read, pick up The Player Next Door!

Sometimes going back home requires a big leap forward.

Carrie Anderson—truth seeker, storyteller, journalist-at-large—is bad at social media and great at getting herself into trouble.
When she’s fired from her dream job for an ill-advised tweet, she has no other choice but to return to the town where she grew up with her head hung low.
It’s temporary after all. She can work at her family’s bed and breakfast, fix her finances, and get back to her life and home in Los Angeles.
There’s only one not-so-little problem…the grouchy ex-NHL star making her rethink what home means.

Jake Turner—great at hockey, bad at people—is not a happy man.
Haunted by his past, all he wants is to disappear into obscurity, to get away from the scrutiny of the press he’s been under since going pro at nineteen. But when the press finds him, disappearing is no longer an option.
Worse yet, the same journalist he’s trying to avoid is making him reconsider whether being forgotten is what he really wants.

MY REVIEW

4 stars

Quirky heroine ✔️
Grouchy hero ✔️
Awesome side characters ✔️
Small town romance ✔️

P. Dangelico is one of my favorite authors. Her writing is spectacular; the words consume the reader, and it’s hard to put her books down. This book was no different, and when the cover was revealed, I knew I would love this book, just from that gorgeous cover!

Carrie Anderson has been fired from her dream job and therefore travels back home to her hometown to help her dad and nan with the family bed and breakfast. Moving home does not go as planned when she ends up on the side of the road, her car drowned in bunches of snow. After almost freezing to death, a man rescues her, however her saviour turns out to be the biggest jerk.

Jake Turner wants to be left alone. An ex-NFL superstar, now hated by the world, has escaped to Lake Placid to disappear. And then the reporter appears, Carrie Anderson. She’s everything he doesn’t need right now, or so he thinks.

I absolutely loved Jake and Carrie. They were amazing characters and their chemistry was fire; especially with Jake being such a grouch. If you’re looking to read a sweet, small-town romance with the perfect dose of steam, this one is for you.

BREAKING NEWS: The Bad Boy of Baseball, Maddox Paige, is totally and utterly whipped. Okay, that might not be the headlines in the newspaper this morning, but it’s the reality of my current situation.
It all started a month ago when I received a call from my best friend, Kinsley. She got a
new job in Chicago and needed a place to stay. I’ve known the girl since I was five, what harm would it be to have her stay at my place for a while?

Ha! Total disaster.

Now instead of going out every night with my teammates, I’m couch surfing and sketching endless photos of my best friend . . . but that’s the least of my concerns.
The disaster, you ask? I’m rapidly falling head over cleats in love with my best friend, my roommate, and my number one fan.

And she has no idea . . .

MY REVIEW

5 Stars

Meghan Quinn has never disappointed, and always delivers a book packed with steaminess and comedy.

➖ Bad boy hero, check
➖ An awesome heroine with a big heart, check
➖ Roommates, check
➖ Best-friends turned lovers, check check check

Maddox, the bad boy of baseball, and Kinsley have been best friends since they were five. And when Kinsley gets a job in Chicago, Maddox offers her his home until she gets her feet on the ground. Only he has a few ground rules:
No bringing over strangers.
No mess-making.
And NO four-legged friends.

What could possibly go wrong? With one of the hottest men in baseball and a woman to die for. Yeah, what could go wrong?

“Ahhh, Maddox.” Before I can even ask her why she brought Clyde with her, she throws her arms around me and pulls me into a hug. “Oh my God, did you make more muscles?” Make more muscles. Only Kinsley would phrase it that way.

I’m a fan of best friends to lovers romance but only if they’re done right. I hate when two people have been friends for so long and then one day, BAM, they’re in love. Meghan Quinn, however, knows just how to write friends to lovers. Nothing felt forced or uncomfortable between these characters. Their love for each other was so unique and had me turning the pages with a fucking smile on my face.

Cory just laughs, a good hearty laugh while he stares at me in disbelief.
“What?” I ask.
“Never in a million years would I have guessed that Maddox Paige, the bad boy of baseball, is a fucking softy with a heart. Nor would I have ever bet that you would come to me for girl advice.”

I loved Kinsley’s, big heart. Her love for animals and the world was amazing. The steam in this book is not what we’ve read in Meghan Quinn’s previous books. I will not spoil anything, but you’ll know when you read that one particular scene. I had to pick my jaw off the floor.

The side characters were great, especially Linc, Maddox’s friend. He had me laughing my ass off with his dialogue. I loved the friendship between all the guys and how they would give Maddox advice on how to win over Kinsley.

This book is one of Meghan Quinn’s best work. If you’re looking for steamy friends to lovers romance with great characters, this is it for you!

Jake Callahan. Prince of the popular crowd.
My mortal enemy.
Gorgeous. All the girls want him.
Quarterback. All the boys want to be his friend. He’s the most popular boy in the senior class.
And he hates me.
Or so I thought.
What I mistook for hatred turns out to be…interest. There’s that thin line, right? It makes me crazy. I can’t stand it. Attraction, chemistry, whatever it is, I also can’t resist it.
And neither can he.
Together, we make no sense. The odds are against us. His friends definitely don’t approve. I’m not a part of their crowd. Not one of the cool kids. I don’t fit in, or so they say.
But that doesn’t stop him from falling for me.

And it won’t stop me from fighting for him.

MY REVIEW

4 stars!

First of all, look at that cover! It’s gorgeous. Second, Monica is a new to me author, and when I received this book on my Kindle, I dived right in.

Quarterback. All the boys want to be his friend. He’s the most popular boy in the senior class.
And he hates me.
Or so I thought.

In this book, we get Jake Callahan and Hannah Walsh’s story. The quarterback and the smart girl. When Jake’s friends push him to go talk to the girl sitting alone in the quad, he does just that. He will ask her to wear his jersey to the next game, and who would ever turn him down? No one.
So when Hannah coldly refuses, he’s shocked and humiliated.

Hannah is a ‘nobody.’ She hangs with her two friends Sophie and Marty, and they keep it low. Never attracting any attention. One day in the quad, she kind of overhears Jake’s friends dare him to approach her, and when he does, she’s furious. Never, in three years, has Jake even said one word or looked her way, and suddenly he’s there, asking her to wear his jersey. When she turns him down, she expects life to back to normal. But their crossed has passed, and this is how their story starts.

I read this book in one sitting, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The chemistry between Jake and Hannah was off the charts. If you’re looking for a sweet enemies to lovers romance with some angst, read this book!

Synopsis: 

I should’ve never agreed to this arrangement…

Thirty days ago, my boss—Mr. Wolf of Wall Street, came to me with an offer I couldn’t refuse: Sign my name on the dotted line and pretend to be his fiancée for one month. If I agreed, he would let me out of my employment contract with a “very generous” severance package.

The rules were pretty simple: No intimate kissing, no actual sex. Just pretend to love each other for the press, even though I’ve secretly wanted to knock that sexy smirk off his face since the first day we met.

I definitely didn’t need to think twice about this. I signed my name and started counting down the seconds to when I would never have to deal with his special brand of ass-holery again.

I only made it to one minute…

We argued the entire four-hour flight to his hometown, failed to make a convincing impression with the welcoming press, and right when I was about to knock that arrogant look off his face in real life? He purposely dropped his bath towel in front of me, distracting me with his nine-inch cock to “show me who the bigger person was” in our relationship. Then he gave me his trademark smirk once again and asked if I wanted to consummate our marriage.
Tragically, this is only day one.
We still have 29 more days to go…

Review:

Cocky, douchebag boss? ✓
Fed up, sassy assistant? ✓
Sexual tension? ✓
Fake relationship? ✓ 

YES. YES. YES! 

I’m not the biggest fan of short stories. I need more than just a few pages but Whitney G. is one of the authors who can write a shortie and also manage to fit so much passion and love in it.

Emily Johnson wants out of her contract with her boss. She’s been his right hand for two years and for long now, she’s been trying everything to get out of the solid contract. She’s been going to job interviews behind his back but Nicholas always manages to ruin them.

Nicholas Wolfe needs a fiancee for a month. Someone who can help him look like a family man so he can sign the multi-million contract. After interviewing several women for the position, and failing to find someone eligible, he offers the position to Emily. Who’s better than the woman who knows literally everything about him?

Thirty days ago, my boss—Mr. Wolf of Wall Street, came to me with an offer I couldn’t refuse: Sign my name on the dotted line and pretend to be his fiancée for one month. 

I loved their relationship. Nicholas could be a bit of a douche but Emily faced him with sass and attitude. They were sexy AF together and I wanted more when I finished.