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Review by Melissa"/><category term="review by Melissa 5 stars"/><category term="royal Player"/><title type='text'>Booked All Night</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2047</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-7462511566954972375</id><published>2026-03-06T10:30:00.014-05:00</published><updated>2026-03-11T00:15:51.516-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="4 Stars"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lauren Blakely"/><title type='text'>It Seemed Like a Good Idea by Lauren Blakely - ARC Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs87K3g6KNZ5SRat_gZWOyChOepKePLxZfeMF4ruuNmg1PPHCWXo-wGfHXgBglZ9nlpFBc9ce4jlj2EmLy5naofpGtyEnF1DKyY6F1G_duNMUCkoJ-RaDREnYbOIlDaRRY_JKkkgB5y4izf_LBCP_sDFRUX7jJe27pWQJ3Or9ClqBe3QqRfoVjhcr9OI/s500/it%20seemed.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;500&quot; data-original-width=&quot;394&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs87K3g6KNZ5SRat_gZWOyChOepKePLxZfeMF4ruuNmg1PPHCWXo-wGfHXgBglZ9nlpFBc9ce4jlj2EmLy5naofpGtyEnF1DKyY6F1G_duNMUCkoJ-RaDREnYbOIlDaRRY_JKkkgB5y4izf_LBCP_sDFRUX7jJe27pWQJ3Or9ClqBe3QqRfoVjhcr9OI/s320/it%20seemed.jpg&quot; width=&quot;252&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;&quot;&gt;Grumpy meets sunshine in this charming and hilarious forbidden small town romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;I really don&#39;t need a bodyguard―I run a small-town lavender farm, for bee&#39;s sake! But I&#39;m getting one anyway since my identical twin sister just booked the movie role of a lifetime and it&#39;s being shot in my hometown. And guess who my new broody, tattooed protector is? None other than the guy I had a one-night stand with last month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;he&#39;s the guy with the wicked mouth and heated eyes who ran out on me before the bang without so much as goodbye. And of course he arrives in my tiny hometown where the film is shooting right in the nick of time to save me from the paparazzi at the market. The coffee shop. The dress shop too. I&#39;m trying hard to stay mad after the third time the sexy jerk rescues me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;To top it all off, he&#39;s staying in the cottage at my farm. With me. And there&#39;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;only one bed.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Maybe just one night would relieve all this tension? But one night turns into another, and then into sharing hearts and secrets that are best locked up. Especially since he&#39;s leaving and I&#39;m staying, and there&#39;s no way we can be more than a summer romance that ends far too soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Small town, rom com, grumpy/sunshine, bodyguard, mistaken identity, forbidden romance, only one bed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbkHFOoc-JCLhiLxNM-AR5Mc-pRJDqEpetZHEvSV_onb9lx4k28FulwTd2elMY6jJuEwJo9ifWWDiHNswuNA5Vj2-UbNMJ1hja_yshejanHDeNIlMemZEdHx4efjXGGvy247H_8jRBtdwaV04kdS9mScyJMbHiBPN9QgPOvTFeU2sLdnxpYLawjHyVec/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbkHFOoc-JCLhiLxNM-AR5Mc-pRJDqEpetZHEvSV_onb9lx4k28FulwTd2elMY6jJuEwJo9ifWWDiHNswuNA5Vj2-UbNMJ1hja_yshejanHDeNIlMemZEdHx4efjXGGvy247H_8jRBtdwaV04kdS9mScyJMbHiBPN9QgPOvTFeU2sLdnxpYLawjHyVec/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why is the idea of a small town romance set on a lavender farm the most appealing thing I have heard of in a while?  Admittedly, I love Lauren Blakely titles, small town romance stories, and am a fan of lavender, so I am sure those things helped.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ripley and Banks also helped with my enjoyment of the story, as I loved both of them and really did want to see them grow as a couple.  I liked the secondary characters, and I am looking forward to getting to know them better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoy books with a lot of drama, but I also enjoy titles like this one, with people you like and want to get to know, and feel that you do get to know as you are along for a little bit of their story.  The connection between Ripley and Banks felt real, as did their reasons for both wanting to keep things professional and for being unable to do so.  The push and pull between them before they decided to be together was perfection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BZAzmWHTCZS36fFirxa7bGVsARSUxiOEYHFxiPr2hBgjy9bdDfnB4WhxVIkgyEfZDdbVaqSnzQOVPn0p2_a4lGoD4p0PsXg1SSW8BAFfZFo80JIygh66resBTd4UarF95ppdqxr1ufAOYzXG9fMZ_3f9LCzb_b1yt6yj8F7mZJ3Y6ChXkmUXgNagFJU/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BZAzmWHTCZS36fFirxa7bGVsARSUxiOEYHFxiPr2hBgjy9bdDfnB4WhxVIkgyEfZDdbVaqSnzQOVPn0p2_a4lGoD4p0PsXg1SSW8BAFfZFo80JIygh66resBTd4UarF95ppdqxr1ufAOYzXG9fMZ_3f9LCzb_b1yt6yj8F7mZJ3Y6ChXkmUXgNagFJU/s320/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Seemed-Like-Good-Darling-Springs-ebook/dp/B0DSV966RY&quot;&gt;Amazon/Kindle Unlimited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/7462511566954972375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/7462511566954972375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2026/03/it-seemed-like-good-idea-by-lauren.html' title='It Seemed Like a Good Idea by Lauren Blakely - ARC Review'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs87K3g6KNZ5SRat_gZWOyChOepKePLxZfeMF4ruuNmg1PPHCWXo-wGfHXgBglZ9nlpFBc9ce4jlj2EmLy5naofpGtyEnF1DKyY6F1G_duNMUCkoJ-RaDREnYbOIlDaRRY_JKkkgB5y4izf_LBCP_sDFRUX7jJe27pWQJ3Or9ClqBe3QqRfoVjhcr9OI/s72-c/it%20seemed.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-1301000386110409082</id><published>2026-03-01T08:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2026-03-01T18:45:35.145-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="4 Stars"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ARC Review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Catherine Cowles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Starlight Grove"/><title type='text'>Across the Vanishing Sky by Catherine Cowles - ARC Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf97acSEpDoTfoXN5i6ZleErhx5xQ3lAzAu8FNelvx896GuyVgsakntt5J-1UZl5nl54Tc4z3bMOjQbHO_4z2tzZJYVdR_sedfuB4hCKM1VaDlPx4AZd_vyfWvSr_NVR04DgrFwgX4AUrXxA4DZIi7-JkoB8dKHOvtkZp0gDChhhTOLX2AVa6VMloo5qI/s1500/ATVS%20Cover.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1500&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf97acSEpDoTfoXN5i6ZleErhx5xQ3lAzAu8FNelvx896GuyVgsakntt5J-1UZl5nl54Tc4z3bMOjQbHO_4z2tzZJYVdR_sedfuB4hCKM1VaDlPx4AZd_vyfWvSr_NVR04DgrFwgX4AUrXxA4DZIi7-JkoB8dKHOvtkZp0gDChhhTOLX2AVa6VMloo5qI/w266-h400/ATVS%20Cover.jpg&quot; width=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; He spent a lifetime trying to escape his dark past…but to save her, he’ll wade back into the shadows.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Braedyn Winslow never expected to return to Starlight Grove—the town that took everything from her. Not after her best friend, the one who’d sacrificed so much for her, vanished without a trace. But with a young son to raise and a past that won’t stay buried, Brae is back…and determined to uncover the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She just didn’t count on the brooding, reclusive mountain man living next door.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dex Archer is the stuff of local legend—silent, rugged, and surrounded by whispers of his and his brothers’ violent father. But Brae sees through the scowl and his parentage to the man beneath: fiercely loyal, unexpectedly kind…and just dangerous enough to protect her when someone starts warning her off her search.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The closer she gets to the truth, the harder it is to stay away from Dex. And as things get more perilous, Brae realizes the only person she can rely on is the one man who swore never to trust again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only someone isn’t happy that Brae has been digging, and they’ll do anything to stop her. But Dex? He’ll do anything to save her, even slip back into the dark…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGw-TWAZy7TZFqY6ASG-gVizG96wBBj8pT-2Fryb05qWWR0MgcofOAFMy_qWgpQa5SPW9YNSW3Dhk02av5XPhwrH0uE_dHE_4dGh7H-vjvsyu5vbv3-hr-ZrmgN-kPigVBtEIOF0lCpciC2rFpjcULnRwYwrxg2A6X6yS7a1-nzimZe3XBHd_D9H49aI/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGw-TWAZy7TZFqY6ASG-gVizG96wBBj8pT-2Fryb05qWWR0MgcofOAFMy_qWgpQa5SPW9YNSW3Dhk02av5XPhwrH0uE_dHE_4dGh7H-vjvsyu5vbv3-hr-ZrmgN-kPigVBtEIOF0lCpciC2rFpjcULnRwYwrxg2A6X6yS7a1-nzimZe3XBHd_D9H49aI/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;I can&#39;t lie, I love a twisty and dark romance, so I knew I was going to love Brae and Dex&#39;s story before I even started reading. Especially as I am also a fan of this author in general.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I didn&#39;t know is how engaged and invested I was going to be, or how the ending was going to feel like one surprise after another.  Just when I thought all of the things had happened, there was still more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add this in with the story about two people who really deserve to find happiness, and the people around them who were not only secondary characters but also people you come to feel an attachment to, and you have a story that tells not only a romance, but a missing person&#39;s story while also being the start of a new series and laying the groundwork for that, without losing the  focus on the main characters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one absolutely leaves you wanting the next in the series.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8Qy8kW0lJE7xFtRRhbeAZuhBac7pY2x1d269t7NVCHtMRrxbtHFZeQtZovePArLkEw04AmciHcnZ_Ewd3VUhA4WNtAq7OApQyy_cSx_kkMFkb_XeF93MHRk7HuRy9GdT0p0ib-UGgABBVdmIhH_JtbeghaNPCB9NWR745KkkRxoJ4XdwQZBkwD3HTbs/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8Qy8kW0lJE7xFtRRhbeAZuhBac7pY2x1d269t7NVCHtMRrxbtHFZeQtZovePArLkEw04AmciHcnZ_Ewd3VUhA4WNtAq7OApQyy_cSx_kkMFkb_XeF93MHRk7HuRy9GdT0p0ib-UGgABBVdmIhH_JtbeghaNPCB9NWR745KkkRxoJ4XdwQZBkwD3HTbs/s320/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bloombooks.com/9781464281327-across-the-vanishing-sky-standard-edition-tp.html&quot;&gt;Bloom Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://catherinecowles.com/&quot;&gt;Author&#39;s Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/1301000386110409082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/1301000386110409082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2026/03/across-vanishing-sky-by-catherine.html' title='Across the Vanishing Sky by Catherine Cowles - ARC Review'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf97acSEpDoTfoXN5i6ZleErhx5xQ3lAzAu8FNelvx896GuyVgsakntt5J-1UZl5nl54Tc4z3bMOjQbHO_4z2tzZJYVdR_sedfuB4hCKM1VaDlPx4AZd_vyfWvSr_NVR04DgrFwgX4AUrXxA4DZIi7-JkoB8dKHOvtkZp0gDChhhTOLX2AVa6VMloo5qI/s72-w266-h400-c/ATVS%20Cover.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-5483518397198338999</id><published>2026-02-27T08:30:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2026-03-01T19:10:16.571-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Then There Was You by S. 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Until I met him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heart-stoppingly handsome.&lt;br /&gt;Totally forbidden.&lt;br /&gt;Keats Matthews looked at me like I was something special.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was escaping his past. I wanted to escape my present. Together, we fell hard and fast and knew we had found forever. Or so we thought …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Six years later, his shoulders are broader than I remembered, his charming smile thaws my frozen heart, and it’s so tempting to run my fingers through his hair like I did years ago. But it’s the tenderness and warmth in his brown eyes that remind me of the forever we almost shared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s magic when we’re together again. Our chemistry has only magnified. Seeing him, confident and more irresistible than ever, has me falling for him all over again and hoping for a second chance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But he still believes our timing was off before. He’s wrong. It was the secret I kept hidden that was our undoing. Time hasn’t healed old wounds, and not everything hidden has come to light. When it does, we’ll stand together or fall apart. 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I volunteered to do the deed. But it isn’t long before I realize a “donation” will never be enough. I want to be a dad, but most of all, I want her.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Franky&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When confronted with the cold, hard facts of her diminishing chances to be a mom, what’s a woman of science to do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make a spreadsheet of eligible donors, of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finding a man for life is not in the cards, but one for this singular purpose? I can do that. As the daughter of a Chicago Rebels legend and an expert in the field of gastropods—more commonly known as snails and slugs—I have plenty of choices in the worlds of both hockey and academia. The selection process should be easy, especially as my methodology has already eliminated several options, including Jason Isner, childhood nemesis and recently acquired defenseman for the Rebels. I’ve always considered him arrogant, cruel, and to be honest, not the brightest bulb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m rarely wrong. But I might have been mistaken about Jason . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jason&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I surprised even myself when I offered to be Franky St. James’s baby daddy, but fatherhood has been a dream of mine forever. If I can achieve my goal without the hassle of a relationship, even better. I won’t be one of those “pump and dump” donors, though. I want the whole package: nighttime feedings, shopping for cute onesies, teaching my kid to skate. I’m in it for life, and as Franky and I travel this road together, I start to imagine what that life might look like. Not just a baby, but a family of my own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thing is, the doc has all sorts of hypotheses about jocks and relationships, and it’s going to take a lot of persuasion—sexy and otherwise—to prove her wrong. She might think the mating rituals of her beloved snails are the only “coupling” worth studying, but I’m determined to show her that when it comes to seeking a mate, this player is as driven as any species in the animal kingdom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because making a baby is just the beginning . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* She needs a sperm donor * Hockey romance * STEM heroine who studies snails * Childhood nemesis * Enemies to lovers * She watches him make his &quot;donation&quot; * Her brain turns him on * Spicy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYsg26VuHltaD5iN6Ht3IcM3kfNI5fEIeRTYO1ehR2vWJBXVl7_VmjgAxlLKXsswO2RTKfLuzQu3Q93Q9Ji31ZnRh8-Zd7Rhehjcpz-UhiBokGnFVn9Eyhnp9oRqproYC5JTTmhpq0jM_I4lYgnYf33j14nrq_RstSfFd-wS86Md0_SZMoJNTHoeIgP4/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYsg26VuHltaD5iN6Ht3IcM3kfNI5fEIeRTYO1ehR2vWJBXVl7_VmjgAxlLKXsswO2RTKfLuzQu3Q93Q9Ji31ZnRh8-Zd7Rhehjcpz-UhiBokGnFVn9Eyhnp9oRqproYC5JTTmhpq0jM_I4lYgnYf33j14nrq_RstSfFd-wS86Md0_SZMoJNTHoeIgP4/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can&#39;t lie, the idea of the heroine being a &quot;snail doctor&quot; was not my favorite job for a heroine, but it&#39;s definitely a different experience.  And I love the representation of women in STEM and how being smart is ok for a woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Franky and Jason know one another and when Jason learns that Franky wants a baby, he is all in.  And, I loved the twist that while he was good with being her baby daddy, he also wanted to be a father.  He just didn&#39;t necessarily think that it was going to work out that he was also going to be involved with Franky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also loved how much he thought that she could never be interested in him as more than a donor.  I loved how their relationship was sweet at times and how you got to fall in love with him as she did, and as she did with him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;I always enjoy this author&#39;s stories and this was another one to add to the list of books I am glad I read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAL4cunF9-YgN08d42-Vd1qtCaXiFKQ1TWUfjT0GzCtMQul748-Q3BN_ZtGJXmdrTpTvwdk1-GjF7C6smQtujDtdvbHfkl9DxBvqpMvll44gp7jONc1-PaaBIiYZ4TMCAsT7GEgt93rsqLBgVIqf970Qvrw88UMsDIAN3rBcy2MntjMaE0XOGoC2moSl4/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAL4cunF9-YgN08d42-Vd1qtCaXiFKQ1TWUfjT0GzCtMQul748-Q3BN_ZtGJXmdrTpTvwdk1-GjF7C6smQtujDtdvbHfkl9DxBvqpMvll44gp7jONc1-PaaBIiYZ4TMCAsT7GEgt93rsqLBgVIqf970Qvrw88UMsDIAN3rBcy2MntjMaE0XOGoC2moSl4/s320/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; 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One week. One slow-burn disaster waiting to happen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dean Whitaker has zero interest in weddings, fairy lights, or the perky woman currently turning his guest house into a scented-candle crime scene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He’s a divorce attorney. He thrives on prenups, logic, and not getting glitter on his suits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poppy Monroe is a wedding planner with a checklist for everything—except how to survive living next door to a hot, brooding, tightly wound lawyer—aka the groom’s brother.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They’re opposites in every way—except for the undeniable chemistry neither of them wants to talk about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their mission: survive one week of wedding chaos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her sunshine and glitter pens.&lt;br /&gt;His whiskey and restraint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Opposites attract. Then they combust.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EcgAvThopnBHeqFxnzwyPUdDaa7whGEEFIoyina-FrN25qJAK71Xe6bSrFgMVXbEOuCRSgPdOSu8lJMc94ETURIzbvsQaVcOhSClBU6JVupP2Tod3YKXtgEL1-DaLdju3dETIhxzESZR32FVmJHlfhUl85NGtvSrxFG3FmjnxxTorGdC1Z-f6iyiwJQ/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EcgAvThopnBHeqFxnzwyPUdDaa7whGEEFIoyina-FrN25qJAK71Xe6bSrFgMVXbEOuCRSgPdOSu8lJMc94ETURIzbvsQaVcOhSClBU6JVupP2Tod3YKXtgEL1-DaLdju3dETIhxzESZR32FVmJHlfhUl85NGtvSrxFG3FmjnxxTorGdC1Z-f6iyiwJQ/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;I enjoy enemies to lovers stories and Dean and Poppy&#39;s was fun.&amp;nbsp; I related to both of them; his desire to help out his brother with absolutely no desire to have wedding guests traipsing all over his lawn. And her desire to prove that she is able to make a success by being focused and working hard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;I am not sure I totally believe a wedding planner could handle a wedding of this size all on her own, but I was willing enough to believe it that it worked for me and the story.&amp;nbsp; And, as it was the basis of their story, and all of their arguments and banter, it worked even if it might have been a bit of a stretch to plausibility.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;The story ARC was strong on the way to them being together, but I do think there was too much at the end of the story.&amp;nbsp; I am not sure we needed all of the endings to know how this story was going to end.&amp;nbsp; Was it enough to ruin the story?&amp;nbsp; No.&amp;nbsp; I just am not certain it was needed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;The scene stealing star of the show was the goat, or was it two goats? 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color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgvg0dKpfa4sbWbE1LOTEy26C3QvaAshjSmMAllYd_3PwX4eo7DjVM4coh92g88owBouvbr_GJg2U455a_DrqwMGY3QF-uMVMkWbTWONgFU9fzYo5-gr8OITxBzZ9QP1sKsPMJu0RAdjMWlLI3hKS6Gd79XlWD1iqBbGPTAPn4CjRVt9TDH6ORIR7Vyg/s1500/Falling%20For%20Trouble.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1500&quot; data-original-width=&quot;910&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgvg0dKpfa4sbWbE1LOTEy26C3QvaAshjSmMAllYd_3PwX4eo7DjVM4coh92g88owBouvbr_GJg2U455a_DrqwMGY3QF-uMVMkWbTWONgFU9fzYo5-gr8OITxBzZ9QP1sKsPMJu0RAdjMWlLI3hKS6Gd79XlWD1iqBbGPTAPn4CjRVt9TDH6ORIR7Vyg/w242-h400/Falling%20For%20Trouble.jpg&quot; width=&quot;242&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-weight: 700; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Brother’s Best Friend • Forbidden Romance • Billionaire Protector • Miami Heat • A Dare Family Series Story&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;He’s the bad boy my family warned me about—and the one man I can’t have.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;I just landed the job of my dreams—planning the Miami Thunder football team’s anniversary celebration—and I can’t afford distractions. Especially not tattooed billionaire and reformed troublemaker Lucas Carras. He exudes alpha-hero intensity, but he’s been off limits for as long as I’ve known him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the kickoff party is happening at the nightclub he co-owns with my brother… and with my sibling out of town, I’m stuck working with Lucas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forced proximity ignites the desire we’ve both been pretending doesn’t exist. From bedrooms to storage rooms, the scorching tension causes us to cross every line we swore we wouldn’t. On paper, we’re complete opposites. In reality, the chemistry is undeniable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This party is everything I’ve worked for—my moment to prove myself. Until the sabotage starts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Orders vanish. Vendors back out. Someone is determined to ruin the anniversary… and my reputation along with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suddenly Lucas isn’t just a distraction. He’s my protector, my anchor, and the only man I trust to stand by my side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But when my brother finds out about us, family drama explodes. And I’m torn between being the good girl who plays by the rules... and falling for trouble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perfect for fans of Carly Phillips and high-heat sports romance, Falling for Trouble features a possessive hero, high-stakes suspense, and a guaranteed HEA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclxUqFHyOTfVK7GNdJm6NZr1ZaP4SHYEMf16PxMJ9TO1_xvwHquMfNccpegVa_rcCgEA6DDfgkUzw6vde_VmXyZ9kAUrdWG1uA1tD7F11T_YRnToRcYoQscbWyqVkBC6J2bKMs-mDwbc_d3KKLDTDano3M5ERJpV99m-nphnN5gA5CYcRp413QcdeP2Q/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclxUqFHyOTfVK7GNdJm6NZr1ZaP4SHYEMf16PxMJ9TO1_xvwHquMfNccpegVa_rcCgEA6DDfgkUzw6vde_VmXyZ9kAUrdWG1uA1tD7F11T_YRnToRcYoQscbWyqVkBC6J2bKMs-mDwbc_d3KKLDTDano3M5ERJpV99m-nphnN5gA5CYcRp413QcdeP2Q/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Why are heroes who own nightclubs so hot?  I am sure it&#39;s not just me as there are tons of titles with this setup, but I enjoy it and I was all in on this story.  I enjoy this author, I like the trope, and well, I always enjoy titles in this series (or spinoff series).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rainey and Lucas are perfect for one another, even though it takes a bit for them to decide they are more than just a fling no one can know about as he is also her brother&#39;s best friend. I did think the sabotage of the event angle was a little unnecessary, as I thought there was enough to the story without adding in the drama of something going wrong with the event, but it wasn&#39;t a big enough subplot to totally derail their story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was behind them as a couple, and I liked both of them as people, so it was easy to invest in this story.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-q76mpNl8P8ObowZ388Bs8elRcBzvrOUU2Ma4m6CrXbtKdkdt2wu9lnnrTnd3RhTmdKloLCjC621GgupbpgbU0xKFN-CA8QMG3xnJekskd5Qrkh0a3L4XpdX80Kw3C2QO32pmSW_jEzHCIVzk-7oM4UnAmTcAkoRjGdZl2vykADBI7QoC0fhhoiPHKQ/s1920/3.5%20Stars.jpg&quot; 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Blog Tour</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzN_dDBib9x3eG_4nnlIVIjQgMfQ46GRincVvPYFbsRwQa863RA3_kWbJysBekeSHTuUb9fxXSAiVIIjGTp0OyGBf3QIzoqBHI9Hcfv3NdIBU94e6Wed_qT2uHqOhBfC3jtiOs64hE1wAr1rJdZezVUZNrb98SLPdn96_46WRKCqWQkfgmxUjHsZdeh7g/s550/image002%20(1).jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;550&quot; data-original-width=&quot;357&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzN_dDBib9x3eG_4nnlIVIjQgMfQ46GRincVvPYFbsRwQa863RA3_kWbJysBekeSHTuUb9fxXSAiVIIjGTp0OyGBf3QIzoqBHI9Hcfv3NdIBU94e6Wed_qT2uHqOhBfC3jtiOs64hE1wAr1rJdZezVUZNrb98SLPdn96_46WRKCqWQkfgmxUjHsZdeh7g/w260-h400/image002%20(1).jpg&quot; width=&quot;260&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniela Guiterrez has been in love with her brother’s best friend for as long as she can remember—until he went missing a year ago during an archaeological expedition. But on a solo trip to Greece, the intrepid librarian discovers that Theo is very much alive, although judging by the criminals holding him hostage, he is not doing well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An expert in Ancient Greek archaeology, Dr. Theo Galanis has been abducted by artifact smugglers in search of a priceless gemstone—the Eye of the Minotaur. This ridiculous assignment was supposed to get Dani out of his system, not keep her tied up next to him. But when a little white lie spirals into his captors believing Theo and Dani are engaged, they must utilize her research skills and his expertise to solve the centuries’ old Minoan mystery, all while feigning a romance to keep each other alive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now with less than six days to find the jewel, underground societies, mythological beings, and pesky abductors are only half the battle. Because among the ancient ruins and temples they explore is an even bigger danger: falling in love for real.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbuPYk0bEEgVEygg-EEi0oBe5vzh8Qb5Ecu7cCKwfjNDuJRAWWzddSigq0oS2K6gjKUAdQF43TwV_o7vgOOSzSx3KFvFsKA5ZHD8pjmkiAVVs-UmL2ZwF2HBDsHdRD-6Cuj2q6SviU9aiNJR5ZWbzckH9wN5QUsD2gkLNFdtgtBTjxAbVp5rEUJDPkS8/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbuPYk0bEEgVEygg-EEi0oBe5vzh8Qb5Ecu7cCKwfjNDuJRAWWzddSigq0oS2K6gjKUAdQF43TwV_o7vgOOSzSx3KFvFsKA5ZHD8pjmkiAVVs-UmL2ZwF2HBDsHdRD-6Cuj2q6SviU9aiNJR5ZWbzckH9wN5QUsD2gkLNFdtgtBTjxAbVp5rEUJDPkS8/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;This book was a little quirky and a lot of fun.  I am not sure what I was expecting from Daniela and Theo, but I couldn&#39;t put it down and I was invested from the beginning and really wasn&#39;t sure how this was ever going to work out for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not always the biggest fan of the miscommunication trope, but this one really works as the reason they don&#39;t talk about all of the things going on is that they are running from kidnappers, and treasure seekers, and odd cults that no one even knows still exist, and pretty much everything else, so they were a little busy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once they figure things out and allow themselves to focus on one another, the way the author develops them as a couple is well done and balanced nicely with the suspense and adventure plot.  And, I loved the ending.  It was very them and perfect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgDPRKt7l4Lcj5VcVZe5VA00xMQuM3GGh16zdvSByn2MvjzU9vj7BvEBu8mECpr4FdaDXvckYYQpJs8eIgdgnqnsP2w0Z4hfS2DD809wfinhO7a80G2VfH8MLMw3tT-n2JHfVJ4AUen0P2It5jSeaVNVScN7-aaUzL9nqSBEYUcUQ_Aqi1vH7MskYya4/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgDPRKt7l4Lcj5VcVZe5VA00xMQuM3GGh16zdvSByn2MvjzU9vj7BvEBu8mECpr4FdaDXvckYYQpJs8eIgdgnqnsP2w0Z4hfS2DD809wfinhO7a80G2VfH8MLMw3tT-n2JHfVJ4AUen0P2It5jSeaVNVScN7-aaUzL9nqSBEYUcUQ_Aqi1vH7MskYya4/s320/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1 style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Lust-Crusade-Jo-Segura/dp/0593953282&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/786744829824446894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/786744829824446894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2026/01/the-lust-crusade-by-jo-segura-arc.html' title='The Lust Crusade by Jo Segura - ARC Review &amp; Blog Tour'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzN_dDBib9x3eG_4nnlIVIjQgMfQ46GRincVvPYFbsRwQa863RA3_kWbJysBekeSHTuUb9fxXSAiVIIjGTp0OyGBf3QIzoqBHI9Hcfv3NdIBU94e6Wed_qT2uHqOhBfC3jtiOs64hE1wAr1rJdZezVUZNrb98SLPdn96_46WRKCqWQkfgmxUjHsZdeh7g/s72-w260-h400-c/image002%20(1).jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-5231674426255478674</id><published>2026-01-19T11:30:00.012-05:00</published><updated>2026-01-20T00:08:39.754-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="4 Stars"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ARC Review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lauren Blakely"/><title type='text'>Just Breaking the Rules by Lauren Blakely - ARC Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoOQbi2IhRxednkS1ZtOd4KjAv-Uz4VXe2Tk7bfM6QAz8RS1wSM29klWU2a6hl_93BWI1d-qFDZMt5XsofkPnb-Uh1twxpo76RZYv9wV6nEkDMScIAI7AX9EQ-mjvrRNBg7t6jxxMx25W0a3AsRafxy5kxPBzAtiRdDrCxRLn0K8pPUTfCvVnU6PS-MZ4/s2700/Just%20Breaking.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2700&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1800&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoOQbi2IhRxednkS1ZtOd4KjAv-Uz4VXe2Tk7bfM6QAz8RS1wSM29klWU2a6hl_93BWI1d-qFDZMt5XsofkPnb-Uh1twxpo76RZYv9wV6nEkDMScIAI7AX9EQ-mjvrRNBg7t6jxxMx25W0a3AsRafxy5kxPBzAtiRdDrCxRLn0K8pPUTfCvVnU6PS-MZ4/w266-h400/Just%20Breaking.jpg&quot; width=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Everyone knows the golden rule of business: don’t bang your business partner. Especially if he’s your brother’s hot-as-sin, hockey-star best friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But when the sexy single dad athlete saves me from a cake contest catastrophe—and shows me how good he is with his hands—I blurt out the world’s worst business pitch: Want to invest in my bakery?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With no loan or backup plan, this is my last shot at proving I’m more than my past mistakes, and shockingly, he says yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We set one rule: don’t mix business with pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;Except Corbin Knight’s impossible to resist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When he’s not scoring goals, he’s staying up late with me to test tempting recipes.&lt;br /&gt;Braiding my hair before we bake like it’s foreplay.&lt;br /&gt;Giving me his jersey to wear to games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I try to keep a professional distance from the bossy, possessive and dangerously flirty hockey player, but soon we’re testing the limits of the kitchen counter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This bakery is my chance to finally get my life right, so I fight the messy feelings.&lt;br /&gt;Until one night, he shows up after closing and admits he can’t stop thinking about me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suddenly I’m ready to break every rule—no matter the cost to our dreams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And breaking the rules has never tasted so good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is Corbin and Mabel&#39;s romance. Tropes include: Brother&#39;s best friend, single dad, workplace romance, hockey, the one who got away, love letters&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUyj_FzsUCvgijo8NzDWFxqdUkeyytycMNepWlVD8NRlMN0bzRwVcKcBadN3IjLf0RL7okR5b_61H3bfdWnqCCv8mcxd48Jg6zIboKLoKDDcVV7V-xK3sXiGbqH3dvWTb4dx4iqdaWdKEObyvkkD-82TaIYcGblIdvdGpJx6gdRVQB8sb1SarMqOLlWI/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUyj_FzsUCvgijo8NzDWFxqdUkeyytycMNepWlVD8NRlMN0bzRwVcKcBadN3IjLf0RL7okR5b_61H3bfdWnqCCv8mcxd48Jg6zIboKLoKDDcVV7V-xK3sXiGbqH3dvWTb4dx4iqdaWdKEObyvkkD-82TaIYcGblIdvdGpJx6gdRVQB8sb1SarMqOLlWI/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;What is it about a hockey player who is also willing to be a nice guy? Or, in this case, a nice guy who wants to own his own bakery. I think it&#39;s that the two seem so different, but when it&#39;s done well, as in this case for Corbin and Mabel, I think it&#39;s that it makes them feel like people and not characters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add in the quirky humor and the banter that is a lot of fun, and this book is a recipe for a fun, steamy, sexy, and enjoyable read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONfVAY2-9gMupfiGwaq-bZCQtieWAOkXjIII1naC9a1zUujdvYjiW2nZuhuIH4MQ-SftryT_GpMJp-j9xe2OpQ5x_n6-3exarp94XnxnEXR8iqpnvqOPrj7_y3buarlmnXDbb6j7WKHkihMf_mhwDFgmHDi4ahxH8D63Lf6ZXN4ayeMroyqoe0WWLicw/s1920/4.5%20Stars.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONfVAY2-9gMupfiGwaq-bZCQtieWAOkXjIII1naC9a1zUujdvYjiW2nZuhuIH4MQ-SftryT_GpMJp-j9xe2OpQ5x_n6-3exarp94XnxnEXR8iqpnvqOPrj7_y3buarlmnXDbb6j7WKHkihMf_mhwDFgmHDi4ahxH8D63Lf6ZXN4ayeMroyqoe0WWLicw/s320/4.5%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Just-Breaking-Rules-Hockey-After-ebook/dp/B0F278SG2Q&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/5231674426255478674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/5231674426255478674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2026/01/just-breaking-rules-by-lauren-blakely.html' title='Just Breaking the Rules by Lauren Blakely - ARC Review'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoOQbi2IhRxednkS1ZtOd4KjAv-Uz4VXe2Tk7bfM6QAz8RS1wSM29klWU2a6hl_93BWI1d-qFDZMt5XsofkPnb-Uh1twxpo76RZYv9wV6nEkDMScIAI7AX9EQ-mjvrRNBg7t6jxxMx25W0a3AsRafxy5kxPBzAtiRdDrCxRLn0K8pPUTfCvVnU6PS-MZ4/s72-w266-h400-c/Just%20Breaking.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-6724728500437636119</id><published>2026-01-07T10:30:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2026-03-11T00:16:28.592-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="3.5 Stars"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kendall Ryan"/><title type='text'>Main Character Energy by Kendall Ryan - ARC Review &amp; Release Blitz</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgz2DV87hSKVi_Q8f3mQR5vdmloZaJfzMN3RmspDRRJwic1dYaaNK1Z56OD_Ww5ZcTzg7oT20d_Sbn2lxJ5irhlay1TQKFnOkOTUJ9LUrjZHmpd535LcY5SxmuStOq-nVjMAFwAnNIWxP2ouRC5oz34YIwOtyYli4cPd2WFKuG20u_D5ev0XIUpgssqiE/s342/238744325.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgz2DV87hSKVi_Q8f3mQR5vdmloZaJfzMN3RmspDRRJwic1dYaaNK1Z56OD_Ww5ZcTzg7oT20d_Sbn2lxJ5irhlay1TQKFnOkOTUJ9LUrjZHmpd535LcY5SxmuStOq-nVjMAFwAnNIWxP2ouRC5oz34YIwOtyYli4cPd2WFKuG20u_D5ev0XIUpgssqiE/w250-h400/238744325.jpg&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Andi Callahan prefers the quiet company of the dead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a morgue tech in a sleepy coastal town outside Boston, she lives for silence, predictability, and zero small talk.&lt;br /&gt;Living people? Too loud. Too messy. Too nosy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dead don’t interrupt her, meddle in her life, or flirt with her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cole Hartley does.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;He’s everything Andi avoids—charming, persistent, and entirely too good-looking for his own good.&lt;br /&gt;The town’s beloved firefighter-paramedic has a hero complex the size of Massachusetts and a dangerous talent for cracking Andi’s ice-cold composure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What starts as a harmless bet to make her smile turns into something neither of them saw coming.&lt;br /&gt;Now Cole’s determined to prove that life is worth the mess—and that love might be the riskiest, most rewarding thing of all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Funny, heartfelt, and impossible to put down, this opposites-attract romance asks what happens when a woman who’s made peace with solitude finally lets herself feel everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Perfect for fans of quirky slow-burns, grumpy-sunshine, spicy banter, enemies to lovers, and one very determined golden retriever in human form.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95WFiZnMXc3WZXpmqZBYLOO8KXFGPm4PIesC3-DrQ44itigL7sNIRKJgp5zKYJkZT303gpTFVplCRJL8pPsO2HPcYRof5yKinfOcdcSMVMm7t3xHJVSTxe47HU10Yc-h-qvzR4vRMz9OxdAbQfwxPAcJNGidS6nb7bzWgdhoDDtyE6w2m6QgFH7xmjLE/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95WFiZnMXc3WZXpmqZBYLOO8KXFGPm4PIesC3-DrQ44itigL7sNIRKJgp5zKYJkZT303gpTFVplCRJL8pPsO2HPcYRof5yKinfOcdcSMVMm7t3xHJVSTxe47HU10Yc-h-qvzR4vRMz9OxdAbQfwxPAcJNGidS6nb7bzWgdhoDDtyE6w2m6QgFH7xmjLE/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;This book was fun because it really was a simple, boy meets girl, slow burn. Cole and Andi see each other because their jobs put them into the same place, much to Andi&#39;s chagrin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She&#39;s been through a lot in her life, and she uses that as an excuse to push people away because it&#39;s easier than risking being hurt. Cole sees this and decides she&#39;s worth the risk. Their story is a slow burn, in that it takes time for them to be together, but also in that they take the time to get to know each other before they allow themselves to act on the attraction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The secondary characters add to this in a great way, with a bit of a parallel to what Cole and Andi are experiencing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZk_QrU_uijTUYXhDDEs0oEGDYkOBYRrU7TQuD-i4EFZqVUbNHZorvulLf4RdOgCqEvq0q6CSjjtHu-gUuGEIp9DH9ZrSz78zL-joU5Gnx7v4mk2H-YlDqt0_3kI_oRhyphenhyphena7ZH8GEJv-mUa1gq3-ZjgRJvu_Mad5HVYvm0i8adeiexxDNKYNqwD03ARRc/s1920/3.5%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZk_QrU_uijTUYXhDDEs0oEGDYkOBYRrU7TQuD-i4EFZqVUbNHZorvulLf4RdOgCqEvq0q6CSjjtHu-gUuGEIp9DH9ZrSz78zL-joU5Gnx7v4mk2H-YlDqt0_3kI_oRhyphenhyphena7ZH8GEJv-mUa1gq3-ZjgRJvu_Mad5HVYvm0i8adeiexxDNKYNqwD03ARRc/s320/3.5%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;What to Expect in Main Character Energy:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Golden Retriever Hero x Black Cat Heroine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Grumpy/Sunshine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Opposites Attract&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Small Town Romance&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Workplace Romance&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Slow Burn&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Found Family&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Meddling Friends &amp;amp; Coworkers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Past Trauma/Emotional Wounds&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f49c/72.png&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Amazon ➜ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/4pVCSlB&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;https://amzn.to/4pVCSlB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f49c/72.png&quot; /&gt; Audible ➜ &lt;a href=&quot;https://geni.us/SXvtLGx&quot;&gt;https://geni.us/SXvtLGx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f49c/72.png&quot; /&gt; Special Edition Paperback ➜ &lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/45IdeJj&quot;&gt;https://amzn.to/45IdeJj&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;About Kendall Ryan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidAxSDvOQEKKxCLZi7CPp8uDt56gQxnV0QUXYqlGOLCp7WVApv-BA7tj2XazxDGyRp7PSvKdNCp_dsfM5cigzuVuog34oHrA6-UHn3m1Zn929KQqOPMCWB1IwxELnQIUGCzDDkyZIxq8cAUSTyMZ-NgQ5sjbD9SbZUVBtHoSWRzTg98mQ0CmO2aowmBiI=w128-h200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Kendall Ryan is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of flirty, feel-good romance filled with heart, heat, and plenty of banter. An American author who has lived all over the world, her books have sold millions of copies and been translated into multiple languages in countries around the world. She writes swoony heroes, bold heroines, and stories that make you laugh, blush, and fall in love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/6724728500437636119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/6724728500437636119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2026/01/main-character-energy-by-kendall-ryan.html' title='Main Character Energy by Kendall Ryan - ARC Review &amp; Release Blitz'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgz2DV87hSKVi_Q8f3mQR5vdmloZaJfzMN3RmspDRRJwic1dYaaNK1Z56OD_Ww5ZcTzg7oT20d_Sbn2lxJ5irhlay1TQKFnOkOTUJ9LUrjZHmpd535LcY5SxmuStOq-nVjMAFwAnNIWxP2ouRC5oz34YIwOtyYli4cPd2WFKuG20u_D5ev0XIUpgssqiE/s72-w250-h400-c/238744325.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-773764495501609789</id><published>2026-01-06T10:30:00.040-05:00</published><updated>2026-01-06T10:30:00.114-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="4 Stars"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ARC Review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Louise Bay"/><title type='text'>Love Hard by Louise Bay - ARC Review &amp; Release Blitz</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowe-E_OYEghyphenhyphenZuHnnvfW6k95LXwccnJCwj-ilOnjM-QfywYWz6uKADx6lDiY_QqC-cfduX0os5QRP9eWL5EbpXw8xAqi0-pXb4aFqL-wdUqP9Fg4ivKgOMdvcdAkc_TFD5u04CowE2_qIZimf46KMZ4s-8wE_kHAXZfDBZb5m6SW-10fDWPPKLDgZK4g/s2392/lovehard_final%20(2).jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2392&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1509&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowe-E_OYEghyphenhyphenZuHnnvfW6k95LXwccnJCwj-ilOnjM-QfywYWz6uKADx6lDiY_QqC-cfduX0os5QRP9eWL5EbpXw8xAqi0-pXb4aFqL-wdUqP9Fg4ivKgOMdvcdAkc_TFD5u04CowE2_qIZimf46KMZ4s-8wE_kHAXZfDBZb5m6SW-10fDWPPKLDgZK4g/w253-h400/lovehard_final%20(2).jpg&quot; width=&quot;253&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In my world, love comes with a rulebook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marry the right girl. From the right family. With the right last name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m Jack Alden—the only son of the Alden dynasty. The kind of New York family that’s been around since ships were made of wood and fortunes were built on steel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mother’s been trying to find me a “suitable” wife for years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So naturally, I fall for a woman who couldn’t care less about any of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iris Williams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I first saw her at the New York City Ballet—crying in the stalls like the music had cracked her open. She didn’t know who I was. She wasn’t performing for anyone. She was just… real.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One night with her, and I remembered what it felt like to actually breathe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then she disappeared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Months later, I find her again—on a fruit farm in the middle of Colorado, hurling raspberries at me like she’s auditioning for a food fight. Turns out, Iris is smart, stubborn, and not remotely impressed by a billionaire with a trust fund and an overbearing mother.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She makes me laugh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She makes me think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And for the first time in my life, I want something that isn’t written in my family’s history books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But old money comes with old rules.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And loving Iris means breaking every single one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They say you can’t choose where you come from.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But you can choose who you fight for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And this time, I’m choosing her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because when it comes to Iris Williams—I don’t just love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love hard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3Tf74pJbBcUmQaCvU7Re1_JiV3-cB5br5qri5tpUF-dkO7lX8DIRwxT3sarawNAiwdZsITiCSZtTzf2q6vE7kcig7CYr3DFQKmJK3JMUKh6Pq2LmzqBzygTu3KyEadkek9E8WdnUMZQQarjNjP4SwdJvJ6X9_iWubBKFQmD8BZTtoIy-Ujuhrk6IEKo/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3Tf74pJbBcUmQaCvU7Re1_JiV3-cB5br5qri5tpUF-dkO7lX8DIRwxT3sarawNAiwdZsITiCSZtTzf2q6vE7kcig7CYr3DFQKmJK3JMUKh6Pq2LmzqBzygTu3KyEadkek9E8WdnUMZQQarjNjP4SwdJvJ6X9_iWubBKFQmD8BZTtoIy-Ujuhrk6IEKo/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Jack and Iris are from very different worlds and it&#39;s this that both draws them together and causes them to think that they won&#39;t be able to stay together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I connected with both of them, with the desire to be loyal to your family, with giving up things you want for things that you want for your family, and I loved that even though they were from very different worlds, they had the same problems and the same things pulling them away from one another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The story drew me in, and I was invested in the characters getting their happy ever after. A&lt;br /&gt;dd in their fantastic chemistry and connection and I was engaged in this one from the beginning of the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have enjoyed all of the books in this series and it&#39;s nice to see Jack get his happy ending and to see characters from the other books also having theirs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoi4LWjZwuMQbFRj8j7_1fbByfDtz-wdHbFdplcmVE-WGbGmQaPCW-dg7ZlM481LzhMJH6zZYR2rwBrJpELAWajJHWELGLbdepz-gdeyG9ED5tYt_rRDrzChDhpPDCmsrey6qOB0pxZ7elIboYyT0lvcivSlX_gqFTG3WXmPtOEL5tUAvY6c3Ty2usTRc/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; 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style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUVeGSpGwHICeSA7rBuP1YS9_vf3mhNFlaarkDfKutIbEby_05iuaukbMJc60NgqMA8E07cgtO-nMoOG0VcrPYgWB-eNhJRNj-HPWpm0lI_32c35vJB2b4W1STWMzQR9AHQ_2NptM7KFyB1tYGVr9hrpdKtB22HEs1bcidK2s5DCVyp901UPzt0bmGM4/s1500/231108722.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1500&quot; data-original-width=&quot;991&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUVeGSpGwHICeSA7rBuP1YS9_vf3mhNFlaarkDfKutIbEby_05iuaukbMJc60NgqMA8E07cgtO-nMoOG0VcrPYgWB-eNhJRNj-HPWpm0lI_32c35vJB2b4W1STWMzQR9AHQ_2NptM7KFyB1tYGVr9hrpdKtB22HEs1bcidK2s5DCVyp901UPzt0bmGM4/w264-h400/231108722.jpg&quot; width=&quot;264&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz dives into an enthralling new romantic suspense novel filled with deeply entrenched grudges, psychic dangers, and a conspiracy that threatens not only two families but also the entire paranormal community.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;The Harper and the Wells families have regarded each other with deep suspicion for four generations. The Harpers have been known to offer their psychic talents for less-than-legal purposes, and the powerful Wells clan has a reputation for playing both sides of the street. But for all the years of history and distrust between them, there is a mysterious pact binding the two. They share the responsibility for protecting a long-buried and very dangerous secret.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;Sophy Harper and Luke Wells are shocked to learn that her aunt and his uncle have been sleeping together—and now they are both missing. Not only that, but the last traces of them are at the scene of a murder soaked in negative paranormal energy. Clearly, someone is willing to kill to obtain the secret their families have been charged with protecting. Despite their mutual distrust, which, as far as Sophy is concerned extends to Luke’s hellhound of a dog, they both know that the terms of the pact must be honored.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;Their investigation uncovers a psychic trail leading to a bizarre desert art colony where nothing is as it seems. But Luke and Sophy are concealing a few secrets, too. By a strange twist of fate, a Harper and a Wells have no choice but to trust each other and the fierce attraction that is binding them as surely as the pact between the families.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35lY1SRAM1eRq1S6NeRoFu_2R0LvRSTLy9rNJkE8Xae6AYIHMpP7q7k7TJPfuthdidgruz0y4FjtVM3XqGXs9DM7lyu5TkPdypFIySekiBArTNhoHg8WMJtaJhKZ7w6tE5ehDgNvww4wbR0nsqXVXoFNmxm3InZyOpSO4wB3rgH2I5QwWtlNcBh-dkxg/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35lY1SRAM1eRq1S6NeRoFu_2R0LvRSTLy9rNJkE8Xae6AYIHMpP7q7k7TJPfuthdidgruz0y4FjtVM3XqGXs9DM7lyu5TkPdypFIySekiBArTNhoHg8WMJtaJhKZ7w6tE5ehDgNvww4wbR0nsqXVXoFNmxm3InZyOpSO4wB3rgH2I5QwWtlNcBh-dkxg/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;I always enjoy titles by this author, and at this point it feels like her books are always one of my first reads of the year and I always look forward to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sophy and Luke are supposed to be enemies due to a long standing fund between their families that no one (aside from his grandmother) even takes seriously any longer. But it adds some mostly good natured one liners between them that are amusing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love the humor and snark evident in books by this author. They always amuse me while adding to the personalities of the characters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This title can be read as a standalone as far as the characters, but as the paranormal elements have been part of hey books for quite a while, it&#39;s taken for granted that readers have some understanding. That said, what is going on is explained well enough that it should be accessible for all readers even if this is your first book by this author.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jCa_N-7L93JMvwEBE-41TTO9VAs11KemSyyaFn1xlQlTxgItENYJR-LpfGGdL-0QR8XuwRCNW6-EnN276Iychc4vktKZqyFB67U-4WaBjyu3hunJhz7R2usVZQnljNabmBW55JbjBEpR1bJFa-JF2Atf64YRkWgqo6R_plcBc1Kyz34wHO0eg-Gbp5Q/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; 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So when a mysterious illness plagues young Centarians, he jumps at the call for aid. It’s sure to absolve his guilt, and distract him from the wolf-masked mystery maiden who stole his heart at the Melusine Manor Masquerade. With his nautical experience and swordplay prowess, this voyage will be a piece of cake. His co-captain, however, is not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lycanian Princess Anya Delemond has been kept in a gilded cage her entire life. Clawing for a breath of freedom from the royal monotony, Anya finds escape leading the crew of the Lupus Star in an expedition that’s sure to quell her wanderlust once and for all, and prove her a worthy heir to the Valerian throne. Until he sinks his fangs into itThrough sharp-tongued spars and sassy wyvern rides to sojourns in spring fields and underground fights, Roderick and Anya find themselves in uncharted waters that make unexpected feelings blossom, and force them to decide:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Duty…or heart?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spar of Hearts is the second entry of the fated mates romantasy quartet, Season of Souls. Each interwoven, yet standalone story follows two souls in a different season, and the problems and passions that bring them together in a lush, post-medieval fantasy world. Forbidden love, enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, fake dating, and more abound in this heartwarming and thrilling series.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read with comfort: There’s a happily-ever-after guarantee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Details on the launch, how to support, and graphics of the ebook, paperback and hardcover available&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crowmance/spar-of-hearts-high-seas-rivals-to-lovers-fantasy-rom-com&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Connect with Katherine Crowe:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://crowmance.com/&quot;&gt;Author&#39;s Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.threads.com/@crowethatwrites&quot;&gt;Threads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/crowethatwrites/&quot; 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Release Blitz</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNpngHiVU-KwA57MIiDzPZnT0F6RaXrCcWI7m7jiLg_w1ZYN9UI-PQpgILo6gO-9zbRYl60KPLMx4EhnCENmsuju7aadXGVaxUY-PDFdOw81j5a1v-2IAqqwA-59493VwyDCDX1T49g4XFbrhICOFplUfsxWLmEpJwv7a7QDpfV3FqTUh3eHj06BEpVM/s2500/TheMysteriousOne%20AMAZON.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2500&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1667&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNpngHiVU-KwA57MIiDzPZnT0F6RaXrCcWI7m7jiLg_w1ZYN9UI-PQpgILo6gO-9zbRYl60KPLMx4EhnCENmsuju7aadXGVaxUY-PDFdOw81j5a1v-2IAqqwA-59493VwyDCDX1T49g4XFbrhICOFplUfsxWLmEpJwv7a7QDpfV3FqTUh3eHj06BEpVM/w266-h400/TheMysteriousOne%20AMAZON.jpg&quot; width=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;A spicy grumpy-sunshine, age-gap, close-proximity romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann …&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m the mysterious one. The angriest alphahole who never bends. And she’s the woman who will bring me to my knees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the executive chef and face of my family’s billion-dollar empire, time is the one luxury I don&#39;t have. With endless responsibilities and nonstop demands, I lost my passion and love for the art of cooking. What used to be my dream job is now my worst nightmare. I was ready to walk away and give up everything we’d built …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until Alivia happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was supposed to be a temporary diversion so we could satisfy each other’s desires and then never see each other again …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet I knew she was different right away. A woman who was my complete opposite, the calm to my storm. The sunshine to my darkness. With a body that left me speechless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I didn’t see was how much we both craved a break.&lt;br /&gt;Me from a career that would eventually kill me, her from an abusive home life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When two people in pain connect, an explosion erupts. That was us. All fire and longing, mixed with a genuine need to seek shelter in one another’s arms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I’m still savoring the taste of her on my lips, I see her again unexpectedly and wonder … is our connection enough to surpass the secrets between us, or were we only meant to have those two nights together?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1w2PaVZi-Lt-HRrdGkbvfTV-XPz_ChtfL_7gjFv251gMCL3gSMkE2hVhfjSmPFKUiopXwoRIKTTnp5M2tW-riu25yAG35I9QHAYfE2VrQYf9QnjbaCWrY1O7apycUABwuvzJqQd8OyQ8vb_5r4NebEeuZ-6dJuyKGPrDdc3sfJlidxLzXmL_Jb7dJJo/s3082/Combo%202024%20c.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2502&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3082&quot; height=&quot;325&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1w2PaVZi-Lt-HRrdGkbvfTV-XPz_ChtfL_7gjFv251gMCL3gSMkE2hVhfjSmPFKUiopXwoRIKTTnp5M2tW-riu25yAG35I9QHAYfE2VrQYf9QnjbaCWrY1O7apycUABwuvzJqQd8OyQ8vb_5r4NebEeuZ-6dJuyKGPrDdc3sfJlidxLzXmL_Jb7dJJo/w400-h325/Combo%202024%20c.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq40X9m4INw1igoOfs_0U67XtfORalnwepSQ-qsdO50tTyQjMFVFcmQX0rd6hxdw4jPhlfFMH2NjjJHhSzCPm6JiCf4j0sBDU_rWGMezHjz4jrw_H0h1yegKjMBeOPnuAiFXJxjklcvnsnsPOosyPo2ELPMM1iyCwAi2mNTT04V1bQ2KKqObTNuJUiY-Q/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq40X9m4INw1igoOfs_0U67XtfORalnwepSQ-qsdO50tTyQjMFVFcmQX0rd6hxdw4jPhlfFMH2NjjJHhSzCPm6JiCf4j0sBDU_rWGMezHjz4jrw_H0h1yegKjMBeOPnuAiFXJxjklcvnsnsPOosyPo2ELPMM1iyCwAi2mNTT04V1bQ2KKqObTNuJUiY-Q/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Why do I love books with a hero who is a chef?  I am sure it&#39;s not only me as it&#39;s not an uncommon profession for romance heroes, but there is just something about it that appeals to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walker and Alivia meet when he is questioning everything, when he has stopped feeling like he is in the right place, and like he is getting buried in all of the responsibility.  There was something relatable to him for me, and I think for a lot of people, the idea that what you want needs to keep evolving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alivia is the evolution of it, and she is also who shows him the way to getting back what she wanted. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are perfect for one another, and their connection is strong from the beginning, but there is also a depth to this title that makes them both appealing as people, together and apart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_PWHUoxF2Jie1rc-noM0-DfzHgndNK4HNInO8RDweAmy3mNVdbNMFS-pM6OwecceEIiZL6_4w8pwPA6oJi5HPse5zukPG1Bm2eZf_F-j8SEPUZk62hCu3VywtYKfb6Bstd4jN8NjJo-xXYXo99JD91AgFN6IEiyZ-0A-BGwENpT9U83LxWRmXdvytYY/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; 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width=&quot;194&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;I wasn’t the type of woman who indulged in one-night stands, but the irresistible Liam Powers managed to charm me right into his bed—then disappeared before sunrise. I convinced myself the night was nothing more than a reckless lapse in judgment…until he walked into my office weeks later, looking every bit as sexy and confident as I remembered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only this time, Liam wasn’t just the man who’d wrecked my self-control. He was the wealthy investor interested in saving my family’s struggling tech company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I told myself I could handle working with him. That I could ignore the spark between us and the way he looked at me. Like he still remembered every place on my body that he&#39;d touched. I warned myself not to fall for that flirtatious smile a second time. Liam Powers didn’t do relationships. And I didn’t do heartbreak.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But partnership has a way of breaking down defenses. Late-night strategy sessions turned into banter and stolen glances. A business trip together had me falling into bed with him once more. Because Vegas revealed a softer, unexpected side of him—one that made me question everything I thought I knew about love, trust, and taking risks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then came Liam&#39;s secrets. His betrayal. And his revelation about someone I loved. And I had to decide whether to walk away…or believe in the man who was fighting for us with everything he had.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because somewhere between enemies, lovers, and second chances, Liam Powers became the one thing I never expected...My future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: &amp;quot;Amazon Ember&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRt2mniT9-vdaSm4ON8dg9ssvhn749gdCuu_psCFJOauTXK3fW0z1g6nUu0KytZ04nOZ2LNJDeBRaUDosdOcw9Z4gCiFNVYasDFf1Zs4qPm2nuXjWvX2Ntrb3DXhYkQ5RF80RLwlyrUzFh1VA0iVRy7qhtIFXwHncP2J0ftf-1cJRd6MviOmzWCBBHqOw/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRt2mniT9-vdaSm4ON8dg9ssvhn749gdCuu_psCFJOauTXK3fW0z1g6nUu0KytZ04nOZ2LNJDeBRaUDosdOcw9Z4gCiFNVYasDFf1Zs4qPm2nuXjWvX2Ntrb3DXhYkQ5RF80RLwlyrUzFh1VA0iVRy7qhtIFXwHncP2J0ftf-1cJRd6MviOmzWCBBHqOw/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;There was a lot going on in this one, but I enjoyed it. Liam and Morgan meet in a club and have an instant connection, one that scare&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;s him enough that he leaves her alone in the morning.  As romance novels (and sometimes life) go, he then is the investor at her family&#39;s company.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;She is upset he is there, and even more upset to be working with him and having to have anything to do with him.  The rest of the book evolves around this relationship and following them as they work out things between them, with a little bit of additional drama (that I saw coming from a hint that was given) to test them along the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They have fantastic chemistry, so their relationship and the evolution of it makes sense and you believe that this attraction would keep them from being able to ignore one another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToE5qJ4kAK-PXzohiliQkOV7UhGqtvuy4IZMY8909k9ebTFUn96Qraiyj_UOX_rwH9t5V5ytkyrmmVA4r2qCzOC4BAgLM-NBeq50T9ZI9G8K6KaSWXUayXpaMUe9jvfqMUOWYsJam92IoEUziKlWv5UNWnhdujG7y90_q9efUMk_lSuWb-K_mw-2opx4/s1920/3.5%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3IaWzLsCw-0sQmrNKOE_KUJ4ZCecp_EHkJWcV8mM_8XTV4CIaTCCCC40S5eG_LxTwo7x7LWAXBCbtJXpDS2mEhoHLLOTfEv90hwXjci9ebjs6y8MV_o45VvdWrU1hDZRxTscBRgPABGK4dU1TcqCqlG4eXeKIXQfpnc5K-BXikXaUMShsHQZwoH66zho/s2700/unnamed%20(20).jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2700&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1800&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3IaWzLsCw-0sQmrNKOE_KUJ4ZCecp_EHkJWcV8mM_8XTV4CIaTCCCC40S5eG_LxTwo7x7LWAXBCbtJXpDS2mEhoHLLOTfEv90hwXjci9ebjs6y8MV_o45VvdWrU1hDZRxTscBRgPABGK4dU1TcqCqlG4eXeKIXQfpnc5K-BXikXaUMShsHQZwoH66zho/w266-h400/unnamed%20(20).jpg&quot; width=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;One fake date, one real kiss, and zero chance of resisting the hockey player next door.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From #1 New York Times bestselling author @laurenblakelybooks, comes the final standalone hockey romance in her Love and Hockey series, THE FLIRTING GAME! This sexy, revenge fake dating, neighbors-to-lovers, workplace hockey romance brings all the feels, spice, and heat you’ve come to expect and love from a Lauren Blakely sports romance! THE FLIRTING GAME is now available in all formats and free to read in Kindle Unlimited!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revenge was the plan. Falling for the hockey star next door wasn’t.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My new neighbor is a hot, grumpy hockey player who works out shirtless on his porch every morning. But it’s not technically spying if I just happen to be on my patio at the same time … right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine my surprise when the sexy grouch turns out to be the client who just hired me to redecorate the house he’s giving his mom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What’s a ray of sunshine like me to do? Pretend I’ve never noticed his abs while we pick out furniture—since I’d never date a client. And Ford’s made it clear this is his final season, and he wants zero distractions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which means I need to exercise some serious resistance …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To his cool blue eyes that track my every move.&lt;br /&gt;To that deep voice that makes me shiver.&lt;br /&gt;And to the mouth that shuts me up one night in our shared backyard with a scorching kiss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We agree it’s a one-time slip-up—until my cheating ex invites me to a party, and Ford insists on being my revenge date. Our fake night out turns into a very real sleepover.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the press and fans think we’re a couple, so we keep it up. One fake date at a charity gala turns into another at a hockey game, and somewhere between fabric swatches and porch picnics, I stop pretending.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But how do I convince Ford that with me, he can have both love and hockey?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tropes: Neighbors to lovers, hockey romance, workplace romance, revenge fake dating, romantic comedy. This is Ford and Skylar&#39;s romance!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzLpKQISGXlL9Aos3OjZgNiHtuieOt_DnvZNIjew4lcHRXugSJOS5NAipBaK87RfV37tiD3RK_MFq2yxh6OqUy00NnPBCOKBuzcoWKtCL8Xc0VHgPslGwvGatXBGUf7m6Vxd6N9ME0mF4avuQsdBX0C-0ryjte2xdP45ms_eREcbMVGIE_JEwK1d83TM/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzLpKQISGXlL9Aos3OjZgNiHtuieOt_DnvZNIjew4lcHRXugSJOS5NAipBaK87RfV37tiD3RK_MFq2yxh6OqUy00NnPBCOKBuzcoWKtCL8Xc0VHgPslGwvGatXBGUf7m6Vxd6N9ME0mF4avuQsdBX0C-0ryjte2xdP45ms_eREcbMVGIE_JEwK1d83TM/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have enjoyed all of the titles in this series and I am sorry to see this series end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Ford and Skylar are perfect for each other, eventually.  First, they have to get past their initial meeting. And the color yellow.  And beliefs that having a life will keep you from achieving your dreams.  The last one is the hardest of all to get past for him and I related to him and wanting to make sure he is fully focused on the things he thinks he wants, ruling out the things he can&#39;t have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As is always the case with this author, the characters in this story were wonderful and as you are reading you forget that you are reading a story about people you don&#39;t know as they start to feel like friends.  You want things to work out, and you want to see them get all of their dreams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGruacW6xvSoHLGrPN7Mg0tHQfbIz6rcnbWyMhWPZRn1l0P305jk7JSZ3fpVphkrrMuGtHRZH0dG3K-ljJbKWxmPF_SKBGZZ17SvSNViBz_c3Ovas1sXJki1LOIU3XOs-lwHpEQyDoSFjyCvFCAGnXX6y-c8As5P4Oi1wdyZJvMx2kO6T0YEdEFFpgjVU/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGruacW6xvSoHLGrPN7Mg0tHQfbIz6rcnbWyMhWPZRn1l0P305jk7JSZ3fpVphkrrMuGtHRZH0dG3K-ljJbKWxmPF_SKBGZZ17SvSNViBz_c3Ovas1sXJki1LOIU3XOs-lwHpEQyDoSFjyCvFCAGnXX6y-c8As5P4Oi1wdyZJvMx2kO6T0YEdEFFpgjVU/s320/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; 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color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiW3Yqau84_Zt31X-w3DICrguTfMLI_FSeFj5Wolqka6SoFTQqO2CgQlEj48ut2aMIE6nxDoqjpzip6kpXDwLLFc0ceR8J-wO-2ydd_HQ5Sf4lZp2KZ7igT9qOA9emneXOkTVYO1an4Rn_qYMSnEcou6Iz27JtcdZ5_IJgLJsGpam9hq9AeuYx8egf-LU/s500/237016185.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;500&quot; data-original-width=&quot;317&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiW3Yqau84_Zt31X-w3DICrguTfMLI_FSeFj5Wolqka6SoFTQqO2CgQlEj48ut2aMIE6nxDoqjpzip6kpXDwLLFc0ceR8J-wO-2ydd_HQ5Sf4lZp2KZ7igT9qOA9emneXOkTVYO1an4Rn_qYMSnEcou6Iz27JtcdZ5_IJgLJsGpam9hq9AeuYx8egf-LU/w254-h400/237016185.jpg&quot; width=&quot;254&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie Harding once swore that the only reason she’d ever return to Castleton was to plan her sister’s wedding… And here she is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;After eleven months of planning, the Christmas Eve wedding of her little sister’s dreams is only three weeks away, and professional wedding planner Sylvie is all hands-on deck from the moment she arrives home. Swept up in the magic that is Christmas in her hometown, the only thing that can possibly dampen her spirit is coming face to face with her childhood frenemy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Thomas, the Duke of Castleton.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;The man she spent her childhood feuding with thanks to an errant cricket ball is just as snarky, annoying, and gorgeous as she remembers. Despite running the village tree farm and his mother being the ringleader of all things Christmas in town, the past few years have turned him into a right little scrooge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;When a string of tragedies hit the wedding plans, Sylvie only has one person she can turn Thomas. Not that she has a choice—he has a habit of showing up exactly when she needs him to save the day, and she can’t stand it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;And when the ultimate disaster befalls the wedding just three days before the ceremony, Sylvie doesn’t see how it can go ahead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;But Thomas can.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;And it just might be his chance to prove to Sylvie how he truly feels about her—and save Christmas at the same time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHhyphenhyphenLs-B7kZ9CmMxThuZF0ChmYPtNM5BCmNNzxYyKZSVUGK2m0cur9aGR1xWjhTS81z4XC_J8IG7AvqG3rB-nRV5WVGzbkF1ZuCfJMv1Fdh-vwFvxRY2OjuJeunwA73BrXIHn9yuz9n7a6oLmx7qTaV5yMn3pszMVH9gFMDTET7I-l805lXdGU8YT9CA/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHhyphenhyphenLs-B7kZ9CmMxThuZF0ChmYPtNM5BCmNNzxYyKZSVUGK2m0cur9aGR1xWjhTS81z4XC_J8IG7AvqG3rB-nRV5WVGzbkF1ZuCfJMv1Fdh-vwFvxRY2OjuJeunwA73BrXIHn9yuz9n7a6oLmx7qTaV5yMn3pszMVH9gFMDTET7I-l805lXdGU8YT9CA/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel like I say this all the time, but holiday books aren&#39;t always my favorites.  That said, I really enjoyed this one.  I always enjoy this author&#39;s titles, but there was something about this one, and I really connected with the characters even more than I usually do with her titles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie and Thomas probably shouldn&#39;t be perfect for one another, but they are.  It just takes them a little longer to figure it out than the people around them, who all know they are perfect together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think I love how fully in support of her he was from the beginning, how he sees the issues she is dealing with and takes her side.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There&#39;s a pig (don&#39;t ask, Sylvie didn&#39;t) some family drama, and a wonderful slow burn romance that makes this one perfect for a Christmas read (or any time of the year).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFjp6xV7QFSeo_jbcHRAslX7seXADaxGuCGgyCUJcPg60amXE0BhbnVJMbz7sCLXso06zEXb0uZHXMP4YgaXNY1EoD54firZpvm99lf1BuJpd-kxrQ07iPxM2CtJpID4kSWQG7xFd9ar2nPP8ibPM1uiiVkvED1Nq84wEOcMjdd2qgmIedTz6G6Lh3mg/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; 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color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/1445065046401842445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/1445065046401842445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2025/12/the-duke-who-saved-christmas-by-emma.html' title='The Duke Who Saved Christmas by Emma Hart - ARC Review'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiW3Yqau84_Zt31X-w3DICrguTfMLI_FSeFj5Wolqka6SoFTQqO2CgQlEj48ut2aMIE6nxDoqjpzip6kpXDwLLFc0ceR8J-wO-2ydd_HQ5Sf4lZp2KZ7igT9qOA9emneXOkTVYO1an4Rn_qYMSnEcou6Iz27JtcdZ5_IJgLJsGpam9hq9AeuYx8egf-LU/s72-w254-h400-c/237016185.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-3823769135077590920</id><published>2025-11-25T10:30:00.029-05:00</published><updated>2025-12-07T11:47:58.541-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Checking it Twice by Kendall Ryan - ARC Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fake dating a hockey player for Christmas wasn’t on my bingo card.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clare Johnson’s job is handling PR for the Dallas Stampede—not getting tangled up with one of the players. But when Mitchell Drake—charming forward, fan favorite, and very off-limits—asks her to pose as his girlfriend for one week in small-town Minnesota, she reluctantly agrees. What’s the worst that could happen?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mitchell’s had six months to get over his very public broken engagement, and his family is done waiting. The last thing he needs is pitying smiles and whispered gossip. Clare is smart, sharp, and strong enough to hold her own with both fans and family—the perfect fake girlfriend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But holiday lights and snowy nights have a way of blurring the line between pretend and real. Clare fits too easily into his world—bonding with his grandma, winning at pond hockey, and looking unfairly good in his flannel. The more time they spend together, the less fake it feels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Full of small-town holiday magic, meddling relatives, and sizzling chemistry, Checking It Twice is a hockey romance about second chances and falling in love when you least expect it. Perfect for fans of fake dating, one-bed tension, forced proximity, and happily-ever-afters wrapped in Christmas lights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Because sometimes the best gifts aren’t under the tree—they’re standing right in front of you.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; clear: both; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTo7yMTOX87D3jb9rn7OcNS4738rS0-WGODQ6pqTAu1V6tHTLenf5arsSBMApFCnFrPPMrYaByr-lYLtySHdH2rMYIGrWAqgtO7m61ktU_npWfGlG09JN84a1RukZEcjTdFq49lle9cpghc4wnzv6G-BabjoLEyrdDwSRdNY_EV5IboWtI1fuVOAzNwQ/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTo7yMTOX87D3jb9rn7OcNS4738rS0-WGODQ6pqTAu1V6tHTLenf5arsSBMApFCnFrPPMrYaByr-lYLtySHdH2rMYIGrWAqgtO7m61ktU_npWfGlG09JN84a1RukZEcjTdFq49lle9cpghc4wnzv6G-BabjoLEyrdDwSRdNY_EV5IboWtI1fuVOAzNwQ/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not always the biggest fan of Christmas books as I find that they rely not on the story but on setting things in tree lots, tree lightings, and hot cocoa stands.  Were all of the holiday elements present?  Yes, they were.  But, they were not the only things in the story.  The development of the relationship between Clare and Mitchell developed in a way that worked and was enhanced by the holiday setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like fake dating stories, even though we all know how it is going to resolve, and of course this one does as well, but I love the situations fake dating puts characters into positions they really shouldn&#39;t be in and I enjoy it. Add in that I really enjoy this author and this is one of my favorite holiday books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9ZIUSd-antoC7Xrr7Wy7IMpWzMTEyLuBN4YMwRZYm-0MHhVugJT9-OV9g0DKS6VLTdtG1CPlu6TXnF8vp-WXdd4xEUZ1nw68nU7jeWkEY24Hs5gt3JkwrkEGBEwImhJZPSS0Jql047Z0CPAhr7H8QWkohukJmRLNhMJ6L14z9Xl4Sf6XGKbFZWQpaAc/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9ZIUSd-antoC7Xrr7Wy7IMpWzMTEyLuBN4YMwRZYm-0MHhVugJT9-OV9g0DKS6VLTdtG1CPlu6TXnF8vp-WXdd4xEUZ1nw68nU7jeWkEY24Hs5gt3JkwrkEGBEwImhJZPSS0Jql047Z0CPAhr7H8QWkohukJmRLNhMJ6L14z9Xl4Sf6XGKbFZWQpaAc/s320/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Checking-Twice-Holiday-Hockey-Romance-ebook/dp/B0FPGJFV1R&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/3823769135077590920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/3823769135077590920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2025/11/checking-it-twice-by-kendall-ryan-arc.html' title='Checking it Twice by Kendall Ryan - ARC Review'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCP-f-nH4x1rgVO54Y6qsWHFTD83m3_4-NhI-_-tLjMviI6Jz7ifYuAgbSsbeMojZVIEb5yTL5dlHWOTRr4DG5mPP1uQJi_LqGSnlEkF8AYaao98Lzg9gT69R5Ido6PfodkOlSDxnEnHw8LQKu0AwMoEcCXPRymFcEs-6MS5ekyKUlE-Ch96B34s-BFEw/s72-w250-h400-c/Checking%20Ryan.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-7885043698416329154</id><published>2025-11-20T10:30:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2025-11-26T18:57:56.412-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="4 Stars"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ARC Review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="K. 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Bromberg - Review &amp; Release Blitz</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrAs2wsVaSPIYBD9g2YrGwhivarp-KFdjHQOQ3F_N6J7MSNjri_CWSc94uH4t6mUgn1vWPKdiUa6Nwn5hV3ZZMDN_NVf6Kgf1qVy4szrXbMMsSrlesftCVYJSdPgthjSq9JC65BQ7qYZvtF1dQm5tVB9zzTBMU3a4VcCBRdr92shjDzze8eUlFPj6SeY/s820/UNRAVELED%20BANNER.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;312&quot; data-original-width=&quot;820&quot; height=&quot;244&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrAs2wsVaSPIYBD9g2YrGwhivarp-KFdjHQOQ3F_N6J7MSNjri_CWSc94uH4t6mUgn1vWPKdiUa6Nwn5hV3ZZMDN_NVf6Kgf1qVy4szrXbMMsSrlesftCVYJSdPgthjSq9JC65BQ7qYZvtF1dQm5tVB9zzTBMU3a4VcCBRdr92shjDzze8eUlFPj6SeY/w640-h244/UNRAVELED%20BANNER.png&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJyWzT7EjHYIPBWw9cNPS7Px2IYiMivGmVQCzc49t06BF6otdjYp6xV7PzS92DSCG_luEm7ma3gu_FdQ057Q8ZAsQw20k_bHLV1TUGj3c4cUPqOJlMqKM-m0l8taoAOWZOJWc06909t4quCQpBrx-9KMJnkNPL_JDcsJsEgtH0E0qT-osHo7_xnd4z4g/s475/243362595._SY475_.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;475&quot; data-original-width=&quot;297&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJyWzT7EjHYIPBWw9cNPS7Px2IYiMivGmVQCzc49t06BF6otdjYp6xV7PzS92DSCG_luEm7ma3gu_FdQ057Q8ZAsQw20k_bHLV1TUGj3c4cUPqOJlMqKM-m0l8taoAOWZOJWc06909t4quCQpBrx-9KMJnkNPL_JDcsJsEgtH0E0qT-osHo7_xnd4z4g/w250-h400/243362595._SY475_.jpg&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Her husband forgot how to see her.&lt;br /&gt;Her captor refuses to look away.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desires tangles with fear in New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg’s darkly seductive novella about right, wrong, and the dangerous space in between.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lily Archer came to Italy to save her marriage.&lt;br /&gt;She never expected to lose herself instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When she looks up from her lonely glass of wine, she meets eyes that see too much. Eyes that tempt her with everything it seems her husband has long since forgotten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One drink. One nod. That’s all it took to unravel everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now she’s captive to a stranger who whispers promises in the dark. Promises she should fear, yet her body betrays her by craving every sinful touch. But what terrifies her the most aren’t the restraints, it’s how her terror turns into temptation until she can no longer tell where one ends and the other begins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lily must decide if this night will destroy her or awaken something she can never bury again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWV3nB-_-pWVsLHnO185MMpUW4B-Prk1upfnmwFPWVFRMK_-SaUFkB7_cks7jXNgxcrVQpxvcOcL0u1EmC5h35YPHuzF9-dq3Ur3VnyVm3C5aIR2KSG4ueSZH7lq5Cwae6tuCu7PMSslqhGNt7wZP_x0U9H0l6atglKfzBCgp480Y0Uo4alPYSvRRDWRA/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWV3nB-_-pWVsLHnO185MMpUW4B-Prk1upfnmwFPWVFRMK_-SaUFkB7_cks7jXNgxcrVQpxvcOcL0u1EmC5h35YPHuzF9-dq3Ur3VnyVm3C5aIR2KSG4ueSZH7lq5Cwae6tuCu7PMSslqhGNt7wZP_x0U9H0l6atglKfzBCgp480Y0Uo4alPYSvRRDWRA/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed this quick, erotic story.  I liked the forbidden of it and the way the story was written.  It&#39;s hard to write this review without spoilers, so I am just going to say this one is worth reading to the end and it&#39;s one of those stories that ends in a way that you are really satisfied with the resolution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEzHUY7rfJ2tWLt_S54QHCO6hcnt1x5rTeXJLRbGDm4vBCbkWothJWUHeD26LjyOueIIGI9hPGILp9TyqolxUdYCsWl3O2skSInEOgYOHJF2vRUYEUb33ZMn5am1atJFyLRaK-BWx9Thvg-8-Q4B7k0qcECormp8Ij2BUIOqpxFConSEI0VEwMPeZ16k/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEzHUY7rfJ2tWLt_S54QHCO6hcnt1x5rTeXJLRbGDm4vBCbkWothJWUHeD26LjyOueIIGI9hPGILp9TyqolxUdYCsWl3O2skSInEOgYOHJF2vRUYEUb33ZMn5am1atJFyLRaK-BWx9Thvg-8-Q4B7k0qcECormp8Ij2BUIOqpxFConSEI0VEwMPeZ16k/s320/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ee;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ee;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ee;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ee;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxd8hfuZnWw6zTOmnYVT3MbICBMPgIjZUPtR-cXevkpo5nxxgubNTA9-u17ZO0AexHNHoicp0ncBwDKrbXUo5JMTe_wvtsCKXvZoThlOo94hYSQwcN52xOcjRQZN395YHbyHoPPIJ_RD2isqqFirjvsbMZNQPfarjzJf9Zpm4RpTegHTkaaJOyrUKkNpA/s1350/UnRaveled%20AN%202.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1350&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1080&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxd8hfuZnWw6zTOmnYVT3MbICBMPgIjZUPtR-cXevkpo5nxxgubNTA9-u17ZO0AexHNHoicp0ncBwDKrbXUo5JMTe_wvtsCKXvZoThlOo94hYSQwcN52xOcjRQZN395YHbyHoPPIJ_RD2isqqFirjvsbMZNQPfarjzJf9Zpm4RpTegHTkaaJOyrUKkNpA/s320/UnRaveled%20AN%202.jpg&quot; width=&quot;256&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://kbromberg.com/unraveled-2/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Author&#39;s Website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/7885043698416329154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/7885043698416329154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2025/11/unraveled-by-k-bromberg-arc-review.html' title='Unraveled by K. 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He doesn’t believe in losing.&lt;br /&gt;Let the games begin.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scarlett “Scottie” Calloway built her career writing books about why women don’t need men. Romance? Overrated. Soulmates? A marketing ploy. The last thing she wants is to spend a summer co-hosting a romance book club with an arrogant, insufferably handsome hockey player who thinks he knows a thing or two about love. Immediate no.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chase Remington lives for three hockey, winning, and pushing Scarlett’s buttons. He’s never met a challenge he couldn’t charm his way through—until her. The queen of anti-romance loathes him, and frankly? He’s having the time of his life getting under her skin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But when a PR stunt forces them together, their battle of wits turns into something far more dangerous—an attraction neither can afford. She swears she won’t fall. He bets she will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By summer’s end, only one will be right.&lt;br /&gt;And if there’s one thing they do have in common?&lt;br /&gt;Neither likes to lose.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;The Book Club Boyfriend is a slow burn, enemies-to-lovers sports romance featuring professional athletes, shameless flirting, and a hero who falls first—and hard. Expect banter, chemistry, and a guaranteed happily ever after.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What to Expect:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Grumpy/Sunshine Dynamic&lt;br /&gt;• Banter as Foreplay&lt;br /&gt;• Peanut Butter Bribery&lt;br /&gt;• He Falls First&lt;br /&gt;• A Wingman with Paws&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFEmiQvaZEspOmsZ_C_t39DXAOAXETp62giYl6rQarodyHcuUtvqz0gKkU7ZsZDPE43r9GdtIplqgIDTqmKLICy7YxFuELAsMB2VvTTL7EOmjswPAJHn3MrM4lc3X_xxyOe4bQu8wpi-LD4-SLdtby6XSVu3y7gUyN5RqfgOf7LJosu-zXgGKy-mEITs/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFEmiQvaZEspOmsZ_C_t39DXAOAXETp62giYl6rQarodyHcuUtvqz0gKkU7ZsZDPE43r9GdtIplqgIDTqmKLICy7YxFuELAsMB2VvTTL7EOmjswPAJHn3MrM4lc3X_xxyOe4bQu8wpi-LD4-SLdtby6XSVu3y7gUyN5RqfgOf7LJosu-zXgGKy-mEITs/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoy books where one of the characters is against love, or feels like there are more important things, but through the book not realizes that they were wrong, but that there is more than one way to look at love, and life, and what is important.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I loved Scarlett and Chase.  I loved their initial meeting, I loved that they got to know one another and it was through getting to know one another that both of them felt like there was something between them worth pursuing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was some drama, but it was balanced well and I was engaged throughout the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dIVQ1wl9KKwaUkKL1ZXAQSwUy5EjF6NwuyFri1OCVXLvqsy4erqZYCreuymd-TOKWijqpqplMof-1BtN6m8d2bZn-z7KdbwV8HRiUPkJvGVN-KrDIocWVu48STkHB4qvjnNe7Dz21jND1x38LEtvPo2Ah6hsWl87wImpUvWOC3-mkdee03NQ3JN4g7o/s1920/3.5%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; 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imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; color: #1e1915; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;650&quot; data-original-width=&quot;431&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLpjeVN8LcJEVWZwKe62JrjuvTbF8BJHMpGtGQQpgvawfKfRYfPEDpv_ZGQdt7YD2mewU6DBUSWiQMpihy0E_EEUfSl8a6zjTg0I3iJvYDT3HPWhw5ISFFBzw8wMmotlHOeJMU3s0bQ8mVHQq_NoQ8qQ2pigqBOp2wY8UFp29ErPLAReeamu5S9L2Zxo/w265-h400/Innocence%20Road.jpg&quot; width=&quot;265&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Detective Leanne Everhart swore she’d never go back to her hometown near Marfa, Texas—but she returns when her brother needs her, only to find a town in need too, still torn apart by a decades-old crime.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leanne Everhart knows women have something to fear in her artsy hometown, especially so if they’re not rich, white locals. Returning to town after her father’s death, she sees the ugliest sides of an area that draws people for its severe, untamed natural landscape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While her department faces mounting backlash over a recent wrongful conviction in the long-ago murder case of a popular local teenager—which is now unsolved—Leanne is called to a fresh crime scene at the edge of the desert. A nameless woman was found murdered, with no clues as to her identity. As Leanne digs into the crime scene evidence, she grows convinced this latest murder case is linked with the local teenager’s murder. And to multiple cold cases, all unnamed female victims, that have all been shelved by her department without leads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, with conflicted loyalties and without allies, Leanne must hunt down a serial killer, one who’s been preying on local women for two decades, growing bolder and more ruthless with every strike.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcI9frNU2t7bN1ROzhuWnSDL2z3ZZDuVb-spoQGSODE5eGSCdmwo22DIfSX59jcVV5lAC4w9ow8ishqWoE-dfeSudqJ6CZq7EyVXznBprVRUqRtnHcqgoqdU4PhzTMSZ_9znXsONBEtcD8hpZ_coST2y6KMQublYO7MgNNm_JMZKmh-Ps4L_P6eKJYxM/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcI9frNU2t7bN1ROzhuWnSDL2z3ZZDuVb-spoQGSODE5eGSCdmwo22DIfSX59jcVV5lAC4w9ow8ishqWoE-dfeSudqJ6CZq7EyVXznBprVRUqRtnHcqgoqdU4PhzTMSZ_9znXsONBEtcD8hpZ_coST2y6KMQublYO7MgNNm_JMZKmh-Ps4L_P6eKJYxM/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;If Laura Griffin writes it, I am reading it. I don’t need the blurb, or a title, or any idea what it’s about, and I am reading it. And read it I did, as I devoured this and finished it in less than 2 days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;If it wasn’t already obvious, I enjoy her writing, the way she tells a story, and I am fully invested in the story by about the second sentence of one of her books. This one was no exception. I wanted to know what was going on and how it was going to evolve pretty much immediately.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;This title felt current, but in a way that it takes things that are being talked about in the world, and makes them matter in a way that isn’t abstract, but human and real, like it was a story about the consequences of forgetting that others matter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;The romance in this title was less of a focus than in other books, but at the same time there was an element of it, but it took more of a backseat to the story. And in this one, it worked. This book had a lot to say and it says it well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;And, somehow, in the midst of all of this, I still managed to be somewhat surprised by the ending.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4EAXGdByQQedXZ7dhkoSpDN-bpIhTHCzkSy2f6-Yyl0SOqMMJ356PK_-Y6nEY-Dq50Cm6ys2UXh2qrgsHhTOloVlhy0b3MsqBk5IpOD0A8J_bY4fhzRQ2UTQlVrEjocPBTK4j5cvQfndEgJLftZ6Xl9c6dS6JYXWNbfcYN5IfEomb-knm4Hj3eJXhxU/s1920/4.5%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; 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Release Blitz</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5U0Re6mVgDbNC1KUBuK5tqds05Q51nf4ITVCxI8MnZjZMuQonI4KiNToieKpLxtyKEz_TfvGGhzJ5dt4Z_ZuQ3DK-tEx36qIh4S_ZGA1lkL4grVrd5-VCEiy9ibIwXljX84aq1RQpegE0piyG2SUVO4anUvIYkMi36A2cKLfKX-o41z2Iy8ILKOG0AR8/s475/228646199._SY475_.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;475&quot; data-original-width=&quot;313&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5U0Re6mVgDbNC1KUBuK5tqds05Q51nf4ITVCxI8MnZjZMuQonI4KiNToieKpLxtyKEz_TfvGGhzJ5dt4Z_ZuQ3DK-tEx36qIh4S_ZGA1lkL4grVrd5-VCEiy9ibIwXljX84aq1RQpegE0piyG2SUVO4anUvIYkMi36A2cKLfKX-o41z2Iy8ILKOG0AR8/w264-h400/228646199._SY475_.jpg&quot; width=&quot;264&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Fans suspect that the bad boy of hockey has a few skeletons in his closet. They have no idea he also has a sparkly bodysuit… #toepick!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When they met at figure skating camp ten years ago, Chase Merritt was a scrappy hockey player from the wrong part of town, and Zoe Carson was the up-and-coming ice princess. They fell in love faster than you can say triple toe loop, until Zoe makes a fateful error that ends up costing Chase dearly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Almost a decade later, their fortunes are reversed. Chase is the MVP of the New York Legends hockey team, while Zoe—their new skating coach—has years’ worth of personal and professional bruises. It’s hard to face him again—all six feet and two hundred pounds of muscle and swagger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And anger. Chase is in hot water with management, and refusing to work with Coach Zoe no matter how badly he needs to shore up his stride—and his image. Until a journalist digs up an old video of Zoe and Chase performing a skating program, and the internet goes wild.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Management seizes on the opportunity for a P.R. redemption, ordering Zoe and Chase to reprise their flashy routine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Skating with him again—to a love song, of course—is pure agony. But it’s also Zoe’s only chance to unpack the truth of what really happened that night ten years ago. And to at least find forgiveness, if she can’t win back his heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZKEPSmhgnmdQR3KGxmOxngMhCmjEAtf_d4tYzaN7e2bisiL6vrSTyacd9Wfmmvz51Wr3TN6rAy2ZLNGzBfllLnqnB-XWGKUuKhOWfM5zUZ9k4w-izbh8BS1oO288vapDrzX4fJzT27wCbNGsqjbXo2htl_YhQUwtXrIDzREdX_SWi8xuKJCVO3znRZM/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZKEPSmhgnmdQR3KGxmOxngMhCmjEAtf_d4tYzaN7e2bisiL6vrSTyacd9Wfmmvz51Wr3TN6rAy2ZLNGzBfllLnqnB-XWGKUuKhOWfM5zUZ9k4w-izbh8BS1oO288vapDrzX4fJzT27wCbNGsqjbXo2htl_YhQUwtXrIDzREdX_SWi8xuKJCVO3znRZM/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;I really enjoyed Chase and Zoe.  I liked getting to know them and while I am not always a fan of a book that relies on flashbacks, this one worked for me as the story was less one of a second chance and more a story of people who just took a long break in a relationship, even if they both didn&#39;t fully know this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love the little ways they tell one another that they haven&#39;t forgotten one another and that the events from 10 years ago still mattered.  Adding in the ways they interact now, and the way they both team up with each other and rake each other&#39;s side just made this fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also liked that this was a slow burn in the present, but not one in the past as you only get the high points of the past relationship and you really see the relationship built in the present.  I know that doesn&#39;t make a lot of sense, but it is what it is, just read the book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9AM9rn-6mVs-jEbpH_tJ0u8dvPh0J2gzBWCn0jx_Nd7ZBDQbZ1KUDGI2mVnHOjY97EoAWZTj5IVlwHHtveP2p6aeEO8XLRB-W7NDE4hTX-jvqts9KWLpT9mXAm9Kk5N7hEikWzrKEB_F1pyq2LBQepZdf9sQBbb3ySYtsOZEGFBGEr5fAS_UdCdM3C8/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9AM9rn-6mVs-jEbpH_tJ0u8dvPh0J2gzBWCn0jx_Nd7ZBDQbZ1KUDGI2mVnHOjY97EoAWZTj5IVlwHHtveP2p6aeEO8XLRB-W7NDE4hTX-jvqts9KWLpT9mXAm9Kk5N7hEikWzrKEB_F1pyq2LBQepZdf9sQBbb3ySYtsOZEGFBGEr5fAS_UdCdM3C8/s320/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHdfLBWCmYb0H4htzqIRuRzjSOd3a_J8w_eJw-0PvGpw0MveMpGM1cyWbxAFnopQ3Ro7L6j6jVacGA34CArYp5YIjnFfjHTGQf-_f1qnDybWNeBgGacr1MWAxhsiXoSLSn_6GQ0v0zkeyvlqPGsDUmhiFeiuQL6t0y2DdKB8ZWaZ8DlmvtdzOm0iSTAI/s1640/548003239_4148941875382775_7533011340606052632_n.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;856&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1640&quot; height=&quot;209&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHdfLBWCmYb0H4htzqIRuRzjSOd3a_J8w_eJw-0PvGpw0MveMpGM1cyWbxAFnopQ3Ro7L6j6jVacGA34CArYp5YIjnFfjHTGQf-_f1qnDybWNeBgGacr1MWAxhsiXoSLSn_6GQ0v0zkeyvlqPGsDUmhiFeiuQL6t0y2DdKB8ZWaZ8DlmvtdzOm0iSTAI/w400-h209/548003239_4148941875382775_7533011340606052632_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;Image Credit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/sarinawbowen&quot;&gt;Sarina Bowen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sarinabowen.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sarinabowen.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Sarina Bowen&#39;s Website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/8267832957117605238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/8267832957117605238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2025/11/thrown-for-loop-by-sarina-bowen-arc.html' title='Thrown For a Loop by Sarina Bowen - ARC Review &amp; Release Blitz'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5U0Re6mVgDbNC1KUBuK5tqds05Q51nf4ITVCxI8MnZjZMuQonI4KiNToieKpLxtyKEz_TfvGGhzJ5dt4Z_ZuQ3DK-tEx36qIh4S_ZGA1lkL4grVrd5-VCEiy9ibIwXljX84aq1RQpegE0piyG2SUVO4anUvIYkMi36A2cKLfKX-o41z2Iy8ILKOG0AR8/s72-w264-h400-c/228646199._SY475_.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-3135894889497737788</id><published>2025-11-01T10:30:00.070-04:00</published><updated>2025-11-08T14:21:37.028-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="3.5 Stars"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ARC Review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="LB Dunbar"/><title type='text'>Elf-Ish by L. B. Dunbar - ARC Review &amp; Release Blitz</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oNL3zAy65JbYZ75WX2WdgT9CUKQtlRSgshqOIY7-vS7iXowqJOTA4EXXQZ_XMz4-CZPSdxVJ3dOgNPZow8lV8W_z8-jxhosucnqDtXLIWENMhOMwaHOnOjyHqrKM1FP-vuQN2vC8yzBWZfFaZXk2WwQD1YisiSiFrCzdb1pQxKK_DLBcDSechqyt3EY/s1000/ElfIsh.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;625&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oNL3zAy65JbYZ75WX2WdgT9CUKQtlRSgshqOIY7-vS7iXowqJOTA4EXXQZ_XMz4-CZPSdxVJ3dOgNPZow8lV8W_z8-jxhosucnqDtXLIWENMhOMwaHOnOjyHqrKM1FP-vuQN2vC8yzBWZfFaZXk2WwQD1YisiSiFrCzdb1pQxKK_DLBcDSechqyt3EY/w250-h400/ElfIsh.jpg&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;As the CEO of a major department store, I know firsthand that Christmas joy can be bought&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;and sold just like anything else.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;That&#39;s right. When it comes to the most wonderful time of the year, I’m a grinch in a penthouse. But when a gorgeous, red-headed firefighter saves me from a heart attack with a kiss and a whispered plea, even I can’t begrudge her a simple favor - be her date at her younger brother’s holiday wedding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turns out, there’s nothing simple about it. Suddenly, I’m ice skating on frozen ponds, baking cookies with her family, kissing under mistletoes, and finding a little fa-la-la in the season. I don’t even recognize myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because she’s like the spirit of Christmas present, haunting my thoughts, sparking something in my cold heart, and making me crave things past-me would never have considered asking the big man in red for - a future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once upon a time, a scrooge like me vowed to transform. The only thing he didn’t get in the end was the girl. I’m determined that won’t happen to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s either give up my selfish ways or lose the love of a truly elf-ish woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L.B. Dunbar is back with another Holiday Hottie certain to heat the season and be your reason to fall in love this November. The fourth book among these Chicago firefighters can be read as a complete standalone, but we’re sure you’ll want to check out the rest of the department once you finish this one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMkiW1Nh_R2eRXnjDS_Xzn2dGn3rR8T1Z4icyMj6fQEQeZOwsifCnaTZdOzxAZ-AjWtjghrlkzd-VpvI5Y2KkQC3XgthJO-eefOzK_mUweREM8RPrQEeoAhDn5TLsdJ-jnPodDBa6ya9divzcWgxqMFHfdKRS7Xv4kE2hFybxxDPPJTrCKJYfcyXVs4M/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMkiW1Nh_R2eRXnjDS_Xzn2dGn3rR8T1Z4icyMj6fQEQeZOwsifCnaTZdOzxAZ-AjWtjghrlkzd-VpvI5Y2KkQC3XgthJO-eefOzK_mUweREM8RPrQEeoAhDn5TLsdJ-jnPodDBa6ya9divzcWgxqMFHfdKRS7Xv4kE2hFybxxDPPJTrCKJYfcyXVs4M/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;This book was one of those that I was enjoying but not loving at the start, but once we got farther into Jude and Angelica&#39;s story, I liked it more than I did at the beginning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jude is definitely a grump and I was not sure what I thought of him.  I didn&#39;t dislike him, but he wasn&#39;t my favorite of heroes.  He was gruff, and I get it, but it took a while for me to start to appreciate the &quot;cracks&quot; in his character.  But, once we finally really started to see them, and she did too, the story became a lot more appealing to me, as I think Jude started to like himself more and that came through for me in the story and the characters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did believe in their connection and I did enjoy the way the fake relationship of the story evolved.  It felt real and authentic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktS2z11RDUNKGHGGDpRcEihF80t9_x26TtJAWrgElOmpnu4yKkUySxDbxGapaK8AXGNnxoPyKsLnOPBR0W0DsL1pNqdP27CV-sGvXhziM3SBFxjumNHWu7F2gQ6oVDntrrWFQBHFrXCAvDKsrJbHPxebc_UrHbYfZPqplEUH20O6nlHh50v7x8zNsHQU/s1920/3.5%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktS2z11RDUNKGHGGDpRcEihF80t9_x26TtJAWrgElOmpnu4yKkUySxDbxGapaK8AXGNnxoPyKsLnOPBR0W0DsL1pNqdP27CV-sGvXhziM3SBFxjumNHWu7F2gQ6oVDntrrWFQBHFrXCAvDKsrJbHPxebc_UrHbYfZPqplEUH20O6nlHh50v7x8zNsHQU/s320/3.5%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3p0vRMYiNlG5ZIMhBazur_6ocHoKsUKc6wKoEIpo9uUJT-16o8pVFLAHf7_vlu-YE-IrBbt8KNzkpKBoWq2BgX8ofRXeiu5GO_dEWFJXt0MlrBuDF8oAmO3V1YGE0n4eXHwo7su4E1Lqxman-1NrQ6WnGp933avcsvtWkX6abNJNgQJoHXinH93AoASk/s2194/Now%20Live%20w_Tropes%20-%20ELF-ISH%20by%20LB%20Dunbar.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2194&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1755&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3p0vRMYiNlG5ZIMhBazur_6ocHoKsUKc6wKoEIpo9uUJT-16o8pVFLAHf7_vlu-YE-IrBbt8KNzkpKBoWq2BgX8ofRXeiu5GO_dEWFJXt0MlrBuDF8oAmO3V1YGE0n4eXHwo7su4E1Lqxman-1NrQ6WnGp933avcsvtWkX6abNJNgQJoHXinH93AoASk/s320/Now%20Live%20w_Tropes%20-%20ELF-ISH%20by%20LB%20Dunbar.jpg&quot; width=&quot;256&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Elf-ish-millionaire-grinch-holiday-romance-Holiday-ebook/dp/B0FHC1SSP4&quot;&gt;Amazon US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Available in KU&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Meet L.B. Dunbar:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;L.B. Dunbar loves sexy silver foxes, second chances, and small towns. If you enjoy older characters in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;your romance reads, including a hero with a little silver in his scruff and a heroine rediscovering her&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;worth, then welcome to romance for those over 40. L.B. Dunbar’s signature works include women and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;men in their prime taking another turn at love and happily ever after. She’s a USA TODAY Bestseller as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;well as #1 Bestseller on Amazon in Later in Life Romance with her Lakeside Cottage and Road Trips&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Romance series. L.B. lives in Chicago with her own sexy silver fox.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;To get all the scoop about the self-proclaimed queen of silver fox romance, join her on Facebook at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Playfair Display&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Loving L.B. or receive her monthly newsletter, Love Notes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lbdunbar.com/&quot;&gt;Connect with L.B. 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Dunbar - ARC Review &amp; Release Blitz'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oNL3zAy65JbYZ75WX2WdgT9CUKQtlRSgshqOIY7-vS7iXowqJOTA4EXXQZ_XMz4-CZPSdxVJ3dOgNPZow8lV8W_z8-jxhosucnqDtXLIWENMhOMwaHOnOjyHqrKM1FP-vuQN2vC8yzBWZfFaZXk2WwQD1YisiSiFrCzdb1pQxKK_DLBcDSechqyt3EY/s72-w250-h400-c/ElfIsh.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-9034793486941750990</id><published>2025-10-29T11:30:00.025-04:00</published><updated>2025-11-02T16:36:56.060-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Until Nalia by Aurora Rose Reynolds - ARC Review </title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAD2btiF3i_Pw8-iMiQCMH3FntYEiHytXnwy168Jg0cwvafLd1OKj7yK77hSgDMhjyiOjEIQ5dm6UWsz8HN9EYrLNIohlSXHC99o1msEdHAUOySk6safb1Orvm6-i0tAmkhQ11RGeIZu5WQA0nlmX6uuJL1n_Iqq9TrmKTd48Fsm2YBTQXwZ7Z0-dgP6g/s1500/UntilNalia.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAD2btiF3i_Pw8-iMiQCMH3FntYEiHytXnwy168Jg0cwvafLd1OKj7yK77hSgDMhjyiOjEIQ5dm6UWsz8HN9EYrLNIohlSXHC99o1msEdHAUOySk6safb1Orvm6-i0tAmkhQ11RGeIZu5WQA0nlmX6uuJL1n_Iqq9TrmKTd48Fsm2YBTQXwZ7Z0-dgP6g/w264-h400/UntilNalia.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Nalia never expected to move back to her hometown, especially not with her ten-year-old sister in tow. But when her biological mother is sent to prison, she finds herself stepping into the role of parent. Overwhelmed with her new reality, she turns to the one place she has always felt safe. Home with her family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What she doesn’t expect when she moves home is him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After getting divorced, Logan Rafe is not interested in another relationship. His world revolves around his two kids and the auto shop he built from the ground up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But then he meets Nalia Mayson. Beautiful, brave, and completely uninterested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using everything at his disposal, including their kids’ friendship, as an excuse to get closer, Logan slowly breaks down her walls. And before long, what began as an unlikely friendship becomes something deeper, something only he saw coming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But healing takes time, and Nalia will need to accept herself and her past before she can fully let herself fall in love. And the two of them, well, the two of them will need to navigate having children, a school bully, and a complex family situation if they are going to find their happily ever after.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CnWxT4WjNEMo4EnFAKAhlHq1UP2dg7E3LOFaWsB_OwuimI-urV_8GNXLNY_jRcGIQ01hjjeoqTrGZ5QsNmblDuZk-x1izN6-bgjQ3139MxJu3J0l5PrrS_ofIw9_3eyMk8HtFMPAWGZMhVIENQa9NGynDpXuM5rm4Set-2mOP6tYfIWRnswglDCZoX8/s1800/Teaser1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1800&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1440&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CnWxT4WjNEMo4EnFAKAhlHq1UP2dg7E3LOFaWsB_OwuimI-urV_8GNXLNY_jRcGIQ01hjjeoqTrGZ5QsNmblDuZk-x1izN6-bgjQ3139MxJu3J0l5PrrS_ofIw9_3eyMk8HtFMPAWGZMhVIENQa9NGynDpXuM5rm4Set-2mOP6tYfIWRnswglDCZoX8/w256-h320/Teaser1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;256&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcsDgXcUKrQWCugERxQwZdSUj2nbL73fYCJxGXdP7it4xh6XLuVcAkXOaViQuqpnOPhhDJih-aTwsA2lVbael-wKOjAiQN6Ycwydj8aUWVJWS-OSn3Pd6RHFXbr1lXl7Z1z6Dkz4LYfMGdRpTJzfngykJYcm8DHjkYvKY3L0VEBa7kiN0rY4nMUksrLE/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcsDgXcUKrQWCugERxQwZdSUj2nbL73fYCJxGXdP7it4xh6XLuVcAkXOaViQuqpnOPhhDJih-aTwsA2lVbael-wKOjAiQN6Ycwydj8aUWVJWS-OSn3Pd6RHFXbr1lXl7Z1z6Dkz4LYfMGdRpTJzfngykJYcm8DHjkYvKY3L0VEBa7kiN0rY4nMUksrLE/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;This was a slow burn, and I admit I enjoy a good slow burn, so I was all in with Nalia and Logan&#39;s story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did enjoy it. I believed in their connection, and I liked how all in he was from the beginning, but that he realized that he would need time, and for him to be willing to take his time with her. And, I love that others around them noticed that he was different with her than he was with others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of those pieces of the story really made me believe that they were perfect for one another and they were both invested in the relationship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This said, while I understand the kids and them being single parents was part of the story, and they were secondary characters, at times I felt that the subplot with the kids and the ex took over the story a bit. And, in a weird way, I was also annoyed that those stories seemed unfinished at the end, or at least like they were only resolved for now. I guess what I am saying is if you are going to develop a subplot that seems to become a major part of the story, follow through with it to the end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While this part did feel a little unsettled, it wasn&#39;t enough to make me feel like I didn&#39;t enjoy the story, or that I wasn&#39;t able to connect with the main characters, so overall this title did work for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxS2kiUwytUaqdhhp7mc2eyJo814eo7GsADCY4ubTkzTQGkII1gDqz-b3rgczcCJBc3BVz5E5aNmi-r3yyj7-AqpcX78xVpB9zG5RFvsXPPNVOnhAFn2d1KkiokGSyZcAjxgb5jARdrxry6xnln_dlJIN1m1gQadD6IdYeBl4EbAyBKTKTzgo5codKa4/s1920/3%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxS2kiUwytUaqdhhp7mc2eyJo814eo7GsADCY4ubTkzTQGkII1gDqz-b3rgczcCJBc3BVz5E5aNmi-r3yyj7-AqpcX78xVpB9zG5RFvsXPPNVOnhAFn2d1KkiokGSyZcAjxgb5jARdrxry6xnln_dlJIN1m1gQadD6IdYeBl4EbAyBKTKTzgo5codKa4/s320/3%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;Nalia never expected to move back to her hometown, especially not with her ten-year-old sister in tow. But when her biological mother is sent to prison, she finds herself stepping into the role of parent. Overwhelmed with her new reality, she turns to the one place she has always felt safe. Home with her family.  What she doesn’t expect when she moves home is him.  After getting divorced, Logan Rafe is not interested in another relationship. His world revolves around his two kids and the auto shop he built from the ground up.  But then he meets Nalia Mayson. Beautiful, brave, and completely uninterested.  Using everything at his disposal, including their kids’ friendship, as an excuse to get closer, Logan slowly breaks down her walls. And before long, what began as an unlikely friendship becomes something deeper, something only he saw coming.  But healing takes time, and Nalia will need to accept herself and her past before she can fully let herself fall in love. And the two of them, well, the two of them will need to navigate having children, a school bully, and a complex family situation if they are going to find their happily ever after.&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/9034793486941750990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/9034793486941750990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2025/10/until-nalia-by-aurora-rose-reynolds-arc.html' title='Until Nalia by Aurora Rose Reynolds - ARC Review '/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAD2btiF3i_Pw8-iMiQCMH3FntYEiHytXnwy168Jg0cwvafLd1OKj7yK77hSgDMhjyiOjEIQ5dm6UWsz8HN9EYrLNIohlSXHC99o1msEdHAUOySk6safb1Orvm6-i0tAmkhQ11RGeIZu5WQA0nlmX6uuJL1n_Iqq9TrmKTd48Fsm2YBTQXwZ7Z0-dgP6g/s72-w264-h400-c/UntilNalia.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-1667044909011546870</id><published>2025-10-28T10:30:00.045-04:00</published><updated>2025-12-07T12:57:52.966-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Little Kissmas by Lauren Blakely - ARC Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9VUQZBMQohcSV5tIn0GpksmeN8j9DYEY_O7lBeUf3e-r2gosVrjqPTyw5ApNVobhwBXDMBpoYMQDU_uZkPnwlqyu9X1UGZ4Msrg0yDfjxOCUuUIVFpSArVrxNtUptkFbFbGjS7Qw9APkkITTdHJh_9yNZkGCQ7-sWPAK1_hUXRZCstHN6f5YEUjSZgI/s2048/Kissmas.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2048&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1365&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9VUQZBMQohcSV5tIn0GpksmeN8j9DYEY_O7lBeUf3e-r2gosVrjqPTyw5ApNVobhwBXDMBpoYMQDU_uZkPnwlqyu9X1UGZ4Msrg0yDfjxOCUuUIVFpSArVrxNtUptkFbFbGjS7Qw9APkkITTdHJh_9yNZkGCQ7-sWPAK1_hUXRZCstHN6f5YEUjSZgI/w266-h400/Kissmas.jpg&quot; width=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Wanted: A fresh shot at love for the holidays. But fake dating my brother’s grumpy best friend? He’s my new client, for Santa’s sake!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;As a professional matchmaker, my biggest job this holiday season should be simple: find a date for the sexy single dad hockey player—aka my brother’s best friend—for his team’s fancy Christmas Eve gala.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Sure Rowan’s hot as a crackling fire and spicier than a gingerbread man, but he hasn’t just sworn off romance. The Christmas hater has made a bet that I can’t find him a holidate.&lt;br /&gt;What’s a matchmaker to do?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Win, of course. Even if it means fake dating the grinch myself to get him ready for the real thing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Only…these fake dates at Christmas tree farms and hot cocoa competitions in the snowy small town of Evergreen Falls start to feel a little too real as I get to know the man behind the scowl. Somewhere between kisses under the mistletoe and a snowed-in night in his cabin curled up by the fire (where the stockings aren’t the only thing hung), I realize I’m in over my elf-loving head.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;And when Rowan opens up to me at last about his painful past, I’m determined to give my brother’s best friend the holiday he deserves.&lt;br /&gt;But what if the only gift I want him to unwrap this season is… me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tropes: Holiday romance, brother’s best friend, fake dating, grumpy/sunshine, small town, Christmas competition, matchmaker romance, workplace romance&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsNe6rur9Pe192P2LYoDToEEWPjG9pYF3EeP0ZqdirPqFdvaaqguUkPKovLNoAU96pPhu97Brw5H6GVh-3r5lrw5fTvW2uBSVr6Arc9ZuTCxOCn4gFIcDF-tPKushNMar_PF4PtFHV2hyphenhyphenmGQY-p2nXbp3GDsg4LVqjR4O_5yuz_BAe3LKN-l9lpzypso/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsNe6rur9Pe192P2LYoDToEEWPjG9pYF3EeP0ZqdirPqFdvaaqguUkPKovLNoAU96pPhu97Brw5H6GVh-3r5lrw5fTvW2uBSVr6Arc9ZuTCxOCn4gFIcDF-tPKushNMar_PF4PtFHV2hyphenhyphenmGQY-p2nXbp3GDsg4LVqjR4O_5yuz_BAe3LKN-l9lpzypso/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fake romance?  Sign me up.  I absolutely love this trope and this author.  Add in that it&#39;s a forbidden romance as he is her brother&#39;s teammate and she has been hired as his matchmaker.  So, she should not be attracted to him, or dating him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plot twist:  Isla and Rowan are perfection together.  He hates Christmas for good reasons, and she loves it.  What she doesn&#39;t love is finding him a perfect match who isn&#39;t her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is definitely a slow burn, and there was a lot of time spent with the supporting characters, but not enough that I was pulled from the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUseBpVEdnevnrcC92OnElOZBW_eNamTt1XpymMUni45kMX4IhRuaDdDkPdQ4osaz6Nvp8mP383mSzizZGsaY5iC5E8hOBNIN2cy-Ga1J6BjQVEpnObPLDOphyphenhyphen6VyzrTeW85Z4YV4wWewvIDSAFBXbXgBf3NYEx5ZoV5dvLNIigTyt4tRYFmYp0jehpw/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUseBpVEdnevnrcC92OnElOZBW_eNamTt1XpymMUni45kMX4IhRuaDdDkPdQ4osaz6Nvp8mP383mSzizZGsaY5iC5E8hOBNIN2cy-Ga1J6BjQVEpnObPLDOphyphenhyphen6VyzrTeW85Z4YV4wWewvIDSAFBXbXgBf3NYEx5ZoV5dvLNIigTyt4tRYFmYp0jehpw/s320/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Merry-Little-Kissmas-Lauren-Blakely-ebook/dp/B0DPQ5X6ZC&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/1667044909011546870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/1667044909011546870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2025/10/merry-little-kissmas-by-lauren-blakely.html' title='Merry Little Kissmas by Lauren Blakely - ARC Review'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9VUQZBMQohcSV5tIn0GpksmeN8j9DYEY_O7lBeUf3e-r2gosVrjqPTyw5ApNVobhwBXDMBpoYMQDU_uZkPnwlqyu9X1UGZ4Msrg0yDfjxOCUuUIVFpSArVrxNtUptkFbFbGjS7Qw9APkkITTdHJh_9yNZkGCQ7-sWPAK1_hUXRZCstHN6f5YEUjSZgI/s72-w266-h400-c/Kissmas.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890973477955562705.post-3678520950243158783</id><published>2025-10-26T11:30:00.022-04:00</published><updated>2025-11-02T16:04:21.009-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Playing With Trouble by Erika Wilde - ARC Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OqdXP9VdGMULSilZRvpvtxn-DS06FBKQCM04PRIrDa_ilqOg6ieVt0LqyURhHP48b6c29vj85VZ1gTWiRUBTNxloCaQ7GM6ytJful7V-xiOkxB0T8CcfvF-tRAel8ihI40rwSkfju1XQDloLxDoJZ4LKk1ZOK8vFzDpAydiEtvtR9fGFEwbYvhzRDss/s500/243044799.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;500&quot; data-original-width=&quot;313&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OqdXP9VdGMULSilZRvpvtxn-DS06FBKQCM04PRIrDa_ilqOg6ieVt0LqyURhHP48b6c29vj85VZ1gTWiRUBTNxloCaQ7GM6ytJful7V-xiOkxB0T8CcfvF-tRAel8ihI40rwSkfju1XQDloLxDoJZ4LKk1ZOK8vFzDpAydiEtvtR9fGFEwbYvhzRDss/w250-h400/243044799.jpg&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;One scorching look. One sinful night. One man who ruined me for anyone else.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wasn’t looking for anything more than a night at The Players Club to forget my troubles. But then Ford Perish crashed into my life with a body made for sin and a smoldering stare that promised things no man ever dared to offer me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When trouble at work turned into a full-blown threat, Ford became more than a temptation. He became my full-time bodyguard. My living, breathing, test of control. Living under the same roof as this infuriating man was delicious torture. He invaded my space, my mind, and my body until there was no part of me he didn’t own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The danger closing in was real, but nothing terrified me more than the way Ford touched the places inside of me I swore no man would ever reach. He didn’t ask me to be perfect. He didn’t try to fix me. He wanted the real me—the troublemaker, the survivor, the woman who needed a man strong enough to break down her walls without breaking her spirit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the end, it wasn’t the threats that wrecked me—it was him. And somewhere between the danger and the desire I found the kind of love that didn’t hurt, but healed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;&quot; /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Playing with Trouble is a steamy, enemies to lovers romance featuring a possessive hero, rebellious heroine, and a collision of hearts that leave them both reeling from a love they never saw coming.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #1e1915; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXGo_x3ZA3nzbv6upAo5rhWasESgCtyffPGBu7g7C77Eq9nthyFM3T-pVChcvc0zeUbJ9A8GCV3gxKD11gN8aMzeLe5U96WmAGvcV2hmUpG3cdZqaNg3aW1q6F-DtrYpTB-k_WUAv2p17q1O99ZsD6HpmUO4Y7ThmVA8MC6-jmVslYJPFbKbm4SXFQtk/s1920/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMXGo_x3ZA3nzbv6upAo5rhWasESgCtyffPGBu7g7C77Eq9nthyFM3T-pVChcvc0zeUbJ9A8GCV3gxKD11gN8aMzeLe5U96WmAGvcV2hmUpG3cdZqaNg3aW1q6F-DtrYpTB-k_WUAv2p17q1O99ZsD6HpmUO4Y7ThmVA8MC6-jmVslYJPFbKbm4SXFQtk/s320/Review%20by%20Laura.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;To be fully honest, there was nothing about this title that made it all that unique when you really think about it, but for some reason I really, really enjoyed it. I honestly don&#39;t even know if it was the characters, although I really liked Ford, or the plot, or...I just don&#39;t know, but I enjoyed it a lot.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;Ford and Violet have chemistry. I loved their first conversation at the club, and all of their interactions were just engaging and kept me engaged in their story. I think I also really was engaged in how much Ford really wanted more, even though he knew it wasn&#39;t what Violet likely wanted. I found myself really wanting Ford to get what he wanted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;I enjoyed and recommend this title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Proxima Nova&amp;quot;, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVf5Zt3HVXK0_BpmWWif3IpkUNUKKaKDh6f4SFZ62zRdulEhgenVm_nSrXfmZzQg4VccnU_apN8I9R3RgKEkc2jHKrmuBvx4C5TRnR-fT4DMU-l_WGrLKDzao9FwFX1mj_CZJSyJlDVPSWOUhyphenhyphenPjNiEkgiQS29YucZlZerYR6qw1IrMKrAdRdWpWXL7A/s1920/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1920&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVf5Zt3HVXK0_BpmWWif3IpkUNUKKaKDh6f4SFZ62zRdulEhgenVm_nSrXfmZzQg4VccnU_apN8I9R3RgKEkc2jHKrmuBvx4C5TRnR-fT4DMU-l_WGrLKDzao9FwFX1mj_CZJSyJlDVPSWOUhyphenhyphenPjNiEkgiQS29YucZlZerYR6qw1IrMKrAdRdWpWXL7A/s320/4%20Stars.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;h1 style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;Buy This Book!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bookbub.com/books/playing-with-trouble-players-club-sinners-book-2-by-erika-wilde&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Playfair Display;&quot;&gt;BookBub&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/3678520950243158783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8890973477955562705/posts/default/3678520950243158783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.bookedallnightblog.com/2025/10/playing-with-trouble-by-erika-wilde-arc.html' title='Playing With Trouble by Erika Wilde - ARC Review'/><author><name>Booked All Night - Laura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06022195758694833073</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5eiV3oYpCEhujixLRFPWxw0H-Kv7EXkzJb_pembzYY-mRfyxN6PtCPKi-yET8ifEF2CsMQccEMTNIx7INe42RTsaVPMQDCg-0CTzhGWwoDF1ADtLERRIGSYYtqyqKQ/s220/FB+Profile+Pic+and+Favicon.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OqdXP9VdGMULSilZRvpvtxn-DS06FBKQCM04PRIrDa_ilqOg6ieVt0LqyURhHP48b6c29vj85VZ1gTWiRUBTNxloCaQ7GM6ytJful7V-xiOkxB0T8CcfvF-tRAel8ihI40rwSkfju1XQDloLxDoJZ4LKk1ZOK8vFzDpAydiEtvtR9fGFEwbYvhzRDss/s72-w250-h400-c/243044799.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry></feed>