Release Day for Perfect Risk by CA Harms

 

It's finally here! I can't wait to dive into my copy after work today. This is going to be such a great motivator. 

Perfect Risk, Mason Creek Book One, by CA Harms is LIVE!

One-Click today: http://mybook.to/PerfectRiskBUY

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Mason Creek, Montana is my home. It always has been and truth is, there is no place like it. 

I can hide away in a big city, pretend as if I’m not drowning. I can ignore the sadness inside my heart that is begging for a change. But if I’m being honest, my sense of belonging has disappeared. I thought I wanted the big city life, the fast track and all the glamorous things. Turns out, there’s nowhere I’d rather be than home.

Coming back to help run my mom’s business gave me the perfect escape. 

But there is one problem. 

An unresolved past has a way of haunting anyone. Things can sure get complicated when the man that broke your heart all those years ago is now your new landlord. 

It may get a little messy, I may regret my decision to stay…

But then again, this might just be the Perfect Risk.

One-Click: http://mybook.to/PerfectRiskBUY

Goodreads: http://bit.ly/PerfectRiskTBR

MASON CREEK SERIES 

12 Books by 12 Bestselling Authors, all tied together by one fictional small town.

Welcome to Mason Creek, Montana.

Pre-Order them today: http://mybook.to/MasonCreekSeriesBuy

Add them to your TBR on Goodreads: http://bit.ly/MasonCreekSeriesTBR

ARC Review: Flipcup by Kim Hartfield

Title: Flipcup 
Series: Vinos & Veritas #7 
Author: Kim Hartfield
Publisher: Hearts Eye Press 
Release Date: April 5, 2021 

Could swearing off men lead Chelsea to the perfect woman?

After being rejected one too many times, Chelsea makes a bold vow: No more men. Her friends doubt a boy-crazy party girl can handle not dating for a year, but that only makes Chelsea more determined.

Tara has made a vow, too. After growing up in foster care and suppressing herself to please others, she's going to live her truth. When she sees a beautiful woman, she'll make her attraction known.

Chelsea appreciates Tara's flirtatious compliments, not to mention her androgynous beauty. There's a loophole in Chelsea's vow, and it's more tempting every day...

The first FF installment in the V&V series and I did enjoy it but not as much as I was hoping to. The overall story was good and got me into it but where part of my big issue lies is with the one main character.

Chelsea is where most of my problems with this title was. She did grow as a person throughout the story but I couldn't get past some of it; it was said that she would be self absorbed and she was and the way she treated Tara at times made me frustrated on her behalf. Tara on the other hand I loved and wanted to see more for her and to live her life. During the climax things were said and I just felt that the resolution was just way to simple and neatly wrapped for what occurred. The side characters were a great supporting cast and important to Chelsea growing as an individual which were major points to what I enjoyed. My only other big issue with the story is how it was all wrapped up. It was progressing nicely and then it just sort of ended out of nowhere on me. I felt that there should have been more and not just end of book. 

Overall I'm giving Flipcup: 

3/5 Stars

ARC Review: Hideaway by Rachel Lacey

Title: Hideaway

Series: Vinos and Veritas #8
Author: Rachel Lacey 
Publisher: Heart Eyes Press
Release Date: April 5, 2021

One woman’s hiding place is another woman’s home.

After becoming an inadvertent viral sensation—and losing her job and her girlfriend as a result— Phoebe Shaw retreats to Vermont. Renovating her late grandmother’s cabin into a vacation rental seems like the perfect way to lie low for a while. But the last person she expects to encounter on the property is the woman whose kiss was her teenage sexual awakening . . . and whom she’s never quite forgotten.

Taylor Donovan has been hiking on the trails behind the Shaw family’s cabin her whole life. As children, Taylor and Phoebe were best friends before sharing a secret summer romance when they were sixteen, which left Taylor brokenhearted when Phoebe fled at the end of the summer. Now the property has become Taylor’s home away from home, and she wants nothing more than to convince the Shaws to sell it to her. But Phoebe’s return puts a crimp in those plans--and brings back old feelings she thought she’d overcome.

Of all the things Phoebe regrets, leaving Taylor is at the top of the list, but Taylor is determined to protect her heart. Yet the pull between them is stronger than ever. This time around, will love stay hidden . . . or finally see the light of day?

Second chance romance and cute dogs, I was so excited for this but it fell flat for me. I've said it before but this one I truly believe was just not the right time for me to read it.  The story was very well written and put together, I just couldn't find myself enjoying it. 

Phoebe and Taylor I enjoyed. I was rooting for Taylor from the start and the work that she does with the dogs and wanted her to be happy. I could tell that Phoebe was what made her happy and that was great. I was actually more interested in the dogs that were part of the story than seeing their relationship progress because in the past they were already so in love and I knew that they would overcome the past and be together again which made so sense. 

What I did love though was how low angst it was, how sweet and how much heart went into it. All of which is why I know this one was one me and I will be giving this one a second chance.  Rachel Lacey did such a wonderful job crafting such a beautiful story and I do encourage others to go read this book because it is such a great FF. 

3/5 Stars

 

Pre-Order Tour: Perfect Risk by CA Harms

 

Today I have the pleasure of being part of the pre-order tour for the first book in a brand new multi author romance series! I'm so excited for this entire series and I've pre-ordered every one of them. 

The blurb! The cover! Small town charm! Seriously there isn't anything I would want to change about the fact we are just a week away from a brand new series. Well maybe if the release date was today that is. 

As it isn't you have a week to get your pre-order to join the journey of small town folks from Mason Creek while they fall in love. 

Perfect Risk, Mason Creek Book One, by CA Harms releases April 8th!

Pre-Order today: http://mybook.to/PerfectRiskBUY

Add it to your TBR on Goodreads: http://bit.ly/PerfectRiskTBR

Mason Creek, Montana is my home. It always has been and truth is, there is no place like it. 

I can hide away in a big city, pretend as if I’m not drowning. I can ignore the sadness inside my heart that is begging for a change. But if I’m being honest, my sense of belonging has disappeared. I thought I wanted the big city life, the fast track and all the glamorous things. Turns out, there’s nowhere I’d rather be than home.

Coming back to help run my mom’s business gave me the perfect escape. 

But there is one problem. 

An unresolved past has a way of haunting anyone. Things can sure get complicated when the man that broke your heart all those years ago is now your new landlord. 

It may get a little messy, I may regret my decision to stay…

But then again, this might just be the Perfect Risk.

Pre-Order: http://mybook.to/PerfectRiskBUY

Goodreads: http://bit.ly/PerfectRiskTBR

MASON CREEK SERIES 

12 Books by 12 Bestselling Authors, all tied together by one fictional small town.

Welcome to Mason Creek, Montana.

Pre-Order them today: http://mybook.to/MasonCreekSeriesBuy

Add them to your TBR on Goodreads: http://bit.ly/MasonCreekSeriesTBR

ARC Review: Booklover by J.E. Birk

Title: Booklover

Series: Vinos & Veritas #6

Author: J.E. Birk
Publisher: Heart Eyes Press
Release Date: March 29, 2021

Two guys meet over a stack of romance novels. Soon they're turning pages late into the night...

Jamie Morin’s college GPA drops every time a cow breaks through a fence, but he’s determined to get his degree and keep his parents’ Vermont dairy farm afloat. He’d rather be reading than milking, but he can’t let his family down…not the way his brother did. So the last thing he needs is distraction in the form of an irresistible bookseller with a mysterious backstory.

Briar Nord has a lifetime of experience proving that happily-ever-afters only happen in his favorite books. But his luck might be changing. He’s got a great job at a bookstore, and he lives in a city that puts maple syrup on everything. But Briar knows not to trust anything or anyone. And that includes a gorgeous farm boy with soulful eyes and too many obligations.

When Jamie joins Briar’s romance novel book club, they both feel an instant connection. Soon they’re turning pages long into the night. But Briar’s past was bound to catch up with him. Sometimes, though, it takes two heroes to write a new ending . . .

I'm going to try to remain as spoiler free as possible but there was so much epic stuff at work here. 2 men bonding over romance novels in a book club!? Sign me up.  

Jamie is super sweet and adorable, which made it easy to love him and how much he does for everybody. Briar on the other hand is adjusting to his new life, so when the two of them meet for the first time, the sparks fly. The growth between the two of them starts off kind of slow because Jamie's obligation to his family farm seems to get in the way. With both of them they agree they can't do more than be an occasional hookup between Briar and his trust issues and Jamie with the farm and college and work. Love always finds a way to sneak up on them. 

With that being said the issues that both of them brought us to the climax which I was actually upset over. Thankfully because of their love for each other and romance novels they worked everything out in the most adorable scene ever. The ending also made me squeal with how cute it was. The spicy scenes were just that. Spicy and somehow freaking adorable with what they pulled off. This was easily one of my favorites so far of the series and I will for sure read it again. 

5/5 Stars