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[Release Blitz + Review] Not a Gentleman by Lani Lynn Vale

noreply@blogger.com (Renee Entress's Blog) — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0400

TITLE: Not a Gentleman

SERIES: Don't Date Him #7

AUTHOR: Lani Lynn Vale

GENRE: Romantic Suspense

TROPES: Marriage of Convenience

Grumpy (Her) / Sunshine (Him), Enemies to Lovers

RELEASE DATE: July 14, 2026

BLURB.

Gentry found Sage on the worst day of her life.

He saves her from a fate worse than hell, and in return, she ruins his life.

Not on purpose, though.

No, the men who think to rule her life don’t like that she has a champion on her side and realize the best way to get back at her is to go through him.

They find a really great way to do it, too.

They frame him for a crime he didn’t intentionally commit and sentence him to spend thirteen years in prison. As an added bonus, they take his child—the one thing that matters most to him— just to remind him that they hold all the power.

But Sage will never let them have any power over her.

That’s why, the day before he’s sentenced to prison, Sage offers the only protection she can think to give him. Her hand in marriage.

For seven years, Sage fights to get her husband-in-name-only free.

Just when she thinks she’s close, she gets the news. Her husband has died in a prison riot, leaving her free to marry another.

That’s when she decides to run.

And where does her running take her? Right into the arms of a man who was supposed to be dead.

ADD TO GOODREADS

PURCHASE LINKS.

AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU

B&N / KOBO / APPLE BOOKS

UNIVERSAL

ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE

DON'T DATE HIM SERIES.

AMAZON

US / UK / CA / AU

B&N / KOBO / APPLE BOOKS

COMING SOON.

Releasing August 4

AMAZON

US / UK / CA / AU

B&N / KOBO / APPLE BOOKS

UNIVERSAL

OUR REVIEWS.

5 Stars from Renee!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I was pulled right into this story. The story has pain, twists & turns, secrets, and heartbreak.

If you have not read the below I would recommend reading those books(s) first.

House of BS & Lies (Don't Date Him #1)

People We Avoid (Don't Date Him #2)

Not A Side Chick (Don't Date Him #3)

Be The Full Problem (Don't Date Him, #4)

Forget That Guy (Don't Date Him, #5)

This is Sage and Gentry’s story. He made sure when he got out and in a new place he brought her to him. Even after all he lost by marrying her he needs her safe. But in bringing her to him did he cause her more harm? After all, people know they are married but not together. Can he convince her to give him a chance for a future together before he loses her to the past danger they thought was in the past?

I highly recommend this book.

♡♡

5 Stars from Brianna!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lani Lynn Vale has a brand new book out in her swoony Don't Date Him series and y'all. This was crazy good. Not A Gentleman gives us Sage and Gentry’s story, and this is not one you want to miss. Packed to the brims with heart, heat, and allllll of the feels.. this beauty hooked me Grim the very start and didn't let go until the pages quit turning.

I can definitely recommend this author and series y'all.

AUTHOR BIO.

LANI LYNN VALE is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.

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[Release Blitz + Review] Falling for You by Natasha Madison

noreply@blogger.com (Renee Entress's Blog) — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0400

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for FALLING FOR YOU by Natasha Madison!

Why you need to ONE-CLICK this book…

🌼Small Town

🌸Opposites Attract

🌼Blue Collar Hero

🌸One Night Stand

🌼Accidental Pregnancy

🌸First Responder

🌼Sworn Off Relationships

🌸Black Cat x Golden Retriever

ABOUT THE BOOK.

USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Natasha Madison turns up the heat when a night of passion brings together a man who was never looking for love and a woman who thinks she doesn’t deserve it.

Theo Williams loved and lost once and isn’t interested in doing it again. He has his family and friends, and plenty of women passing through his new hometown who are happy with a no-strings-attached night of passion. Working as a partner at his cousin’s construction company, he’s perfectly content with his life—until he meets Collins Henderson, the one-night stand who will change his world forever.

Collins grew up on the wrong side of her small hometown. Thanks to her parents’ shady schemes, every local knows a Henderson cannot be trusted. She works hard as a paramedic, putting in every extra hour she can to save for a better life. But every time she starts to get ahead, her parents show up to pull her back down. Having one night of passion with a man she doesn’t know is not something she’d normally do, but there was just something about him … And two months later, she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant.

When she runs into the mysterious stranger again, she has to tell him, not because she needs or wants anything from him, just so he knows. But now he’s showing up at her house, cooking her meals, stocking her refrigerator, and doing everything he can for her. Collins has always taken care of herself. She wasn’t looking for a relationship, but she can’t deny the chemistry between them.

She knows it’s only a matter of time before he learns who she is and changes his mind. She can’t let herself fall for this guy, but every day he’s getting harder to resist …

AVAILABLE NOW.

Grab it in KU, paperback & audio!

https://www.natashamadisonauthor.com/falling-for-you

MY REVIEW.

4.5 Stars from Tiffany!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

First Time Author for Me.

This is the first Natasha Madison book I’ve read, and I have to say I really enjoyed it. While Theo was a bit too good to be true, he was the perfect counterpart to Collins. This is a cute surprise pregnancy/opposites-attract romance.

Theo and Collins have a meet-cute when she gets a flat tire, which quickly spirals into a meet-and-sleep-together situation because that's just how Theo rolls. After a past heartbreak, he’s decided that no-strings-attached is the way to go.

I liked both of these characters right away, even with all the baggage they carried from their pasts. Collins had a tough upbringing and is fiercely self-sufficient because of it. She’s a paramedic who lives on her own and isn’t looking for a relationship. Because her parents caused so much trouble in the small town where she still lives, Collins has become somewhat of a pariah and mostly keeps to herself. Theo is staying in town to help with his cousin’s construction business. He’s the complete opposite of Collins friendly, outgoing, and the talk of the town, if you will.

While you can completely see where this story is heading, it felt like some things were either skipped over or needed to be fleshed out a bit more. There was more drama happening in the background than within the relationship itself. First, there was the situation with Sierra at the beginning. What in the world was that? It was never revealed who, what, or why. Then there’s Theo’s past. It’s never really explained why everything happened the way it did if he was such a nice guy.

The book is well written, and I might even consider it a cliffhanger with so many unanswered questions. I’m also not a huge fan of repeating lines from the previous chapter at the start of the next one. That said, I’m all in for book two so I can find out what in the heck happens with Theo, Collins, and all the surrounding drama.

MEET NATASHA MADISON.

When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…

Connect with Natasha Madison:

https://linktr.ee/natashamauthor

[Release Blitz + Review] Paralyze by JJ Asher

noreply@blogger.com (Renee Entress's Blog) — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0400

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for PARALYZE by JJ Asher!

Why you need to ONE-CLICK this book…

🔥Forbidden

🔥Brother's Best Friend

🔥Age Gap (21/34)

🔥Forced Proximity

🔥Opposites Attract

🔥Grumpy/Sunshine

🔥Bi-Awakening

🔥Hurt/Comfort

ABOUT THE BOOK.

This is everything I’ve ever wanted, exactly what I’ve spent the last thirteen years denying myself of, and it’s happening in a filthy alley with the kid I swore I’d never touch.

Carey—twenty-one, flirtatious and sun-kissed, chasing a place that feels like home. His latest bright idea? Fly halfway across the world to a town he hardly remembers, to crash for the holidays with his estranged older brother who he's scarcely seen in the past sixteen years. Only to arrive on his doorstep to find that brother AWOL and the entire contents of his apartment strewn across the front lawn.

Tek—thirty-four, exhausted, and barely holding it together.

Deserted by his best friend and business partner, he's left to carry the weight of a tattoo shop in the aftermath of an affair that sent staff numbers from four to one in the space of a single afternoon. He keeps his world small, and his hookups controlled on purpose. Then Carey walks in like a damn storm, making Tek question everything he ever knew about himself. Including why he can't stop thinking about the golden tan of another man's stomach.

Tek turns Carey away but desperation rewards his persistence with a job offer, and boundaries start to blur. Tek knows better. He's spent the last decade with the world at arms length with iron clad rules that he breaks for no one, especially not the sunshine-smiling younger brother of his runaway best friend. But the more Tek resists, the more Carey leans in, and the line between right and wrong starts to look too appealing not to cross.

Abandonment may have brought them together, but loneliness is what keeps them close. And the one thing Tek swore he'd never reach for again might just give him the extra strength he's always needed.

AVAILABLE NOW.

Grab it in Kindle Unlimited!

https://mybook.to/paralyze

MY REVIEW.

3 Stars from Tiffany!

⭐️⭐️⭐️

Slow Burn Is Putting It Mildly

In this second book of the A New Paradigm series, we get up close and personal with Tek and Carey, two men carrying a ton of emotional baggage while trying to move forward in life, possibly together. This is an age-gap romance that also leans into an opposites-attract, grumpy/sunshine dynamic.

Tek is the older and much grumpier of the two. He runs a tattoo shop with Carey's flaky brother, who has recently taken off (at 33, mind you) after discovering his girlfriend was cheating on him with one of the other tattoo artists...who also quit. Tek is left trying to keep the shop afloat while fielding constant calls from his parents about his "missing" nineteen-year-old brother and reliving a tragic accident from his past. To say this man is struggling would be an understatement.

Carey has plenty of daddy issues, so it wasn't surprising that he found himself drawn to Tek. At twenty-one, he's traveled the world trying to "find himself" before ending up back in his hometown, seemingly expecting his brother to take care of him. With his brother suddenly gone, Carey once again finds himself on his own.

Unfortunately, these two never really clicked for me. Their chemistry felt more combative than compelling, and the constant bickering started to wear on me. I found myself skimming through some of their interactions, hoping for a stronger emotional connection that never quite developed.

Overall, this was a difficult book for me to fully connect with. The storylines became increasingly convoluted as the book progressed, and I never felt invested in either the characters or their relationship. That said, the writing itself is solid, and I appreciated the epilogue, which nicely wrapped up where everyone ended up. While Paralyze wasn't my cup of tea, it works well as a standalone despite being part of a series, and I can certainly see it appealing to readers who enjoy emotionally messy characters and slower-burn romances.

MEET JJ ASHER.

I'm a professional procrastinator masquerading as an adult.

I write what I love to read, and can often be found scrolling through a spicy MM manhwa.

I'm a mental health advocate and an ally who communicates in k-pop memes.

Connect with JJ Asher:

https://www.instagram.com/jj_asher_writes/