Just One Spark (Just One... #1) by Jenna Bayley-Burke

I couldn't really get into this story, the main characters just didn't seem to really have that spark. Hannah spends her time being all hot-and-cold and complaining about how Mason only likes her for her body but the moment he tries to have a conversation with her she just runs and compares him to a guy that lied to her and had her as the other woman.

Mason was a like a super romantic because he has his parents perfect love at first sight story. So of course he comes across as a bit pushy because he feels he's found the one.

Like it's a semi-short read that resolves quickly, so, I'd say check it out, maybe you can find the spark I felt just wasn't there.

Rating 3 out of 5 
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Must Love Wieners (A Rescue Dog Romance #1) by Casey Griffin

Main Guy: Aiden Caldwell

Main Girl: Piper Summers

This was so total romcom. You have all these crazy, crazy misunderstandings. Like honestly I have no idea how Piper got through life; Aiden of course is the rich hero, so he doesn't really have struggles.

Aiden is trying to be this super anonymous, benevolent guy, so it kind of gets a little strange when things really hectic. Towards the end everything gets resolved in a super nice and tidy bow and they can get their happily ever after.

My total favorite scene was when piper makes huge major discovery and she's running out of Aiden’s offices and she's dressed in her Supergirl costume so that was like so so awesome. Here she was like “oh my God I just saw you talking about the thing the cops are looking into” and here she dressed as Supergirl catching the bad guy in the act, how kick ass is that.

This story with a little bit of everything, especially a lot of super adorable doggies is a nice relaxing weekend read enjoy.

Rating 4 out of 5

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His Australian Heiress by Margaret Way

Main Guy: Brendon
Main Girl: Charlotte 

How I got through this one is beyond me.

I hated the characters and found them sooooo boring and so martyr-ish that I was hoping a piano would fall on them and liven things up.

And her family; ugh, like seriously you’re loaded you don't need this, they’re aholes, just hit delete and be rid of them.

Now, as I’m a sucker for friends to lovers, I have to give props for that.

Rating 2 out of 5
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The Bachelor Auction (The Bachelors of Arizona #1) by Rachel Van Dyken

Main Guy: Brock Wellington
Main Girl: Jane 

This story was a total Cinderella meets Prince Charming with the exception that the evil step-sisters and step-mother are just two extremely bitchy and annoying sisters.

As you read you will spend half your time shouting “Jane honey, you’re their sister, not their slave. Tell Bitch-1 and Bitch-2 you are totally done with them.” 

A major kill for this story was how weak the female lead was, coupled with a guy so riddled with issues over mommy and daddy that he spends his time teetering between sweetheart and jackass it became blah.

What did save the story was the sweet romantic ending two matchmaking old timers. Brock’s brothers were also somewhat entertaining characters, I will totally be reading their books and hopefully in those books the female leads don’t let their sisters use them like old dishrag.
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Rating 3 out of 5 
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Christmas at the Castle by Melissa McClone

Katrina is BFF’s with Prince Gil’s little sister. Prince Gil and his mother are so anti-Katrina because all they think is “she's a bad influence”. 

They don't think she's good enough because they think that she's like some sort of Golddigger. Especially Gil’s mom, towards the end she kind of makes up for it, but in the middle she's a major B. 

So, as a Gil gets to know Katrina he realizes that she's actually a really good person and she always has her BF’s best interest at heart. She's always trying to do what's best for her friend and not for herself or for anyone else. It was super adorable to see how both of these characters come together; they go from kind of friends to “I love you”. This book was like major hearts.


Rating 4 out of 5 
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Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan (Billionaire's Club: Texas #1-4) by Mandy Baxter

Collects the first 3 book published and gives us a story for the 4th brother 

Rating for the Collection 4 out of 5 
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Main Guy: Noah Christensen
Main Girl: Naomi Davis

Compared to the other three stories, these two characters were just so blah.

I get that Noah was left off to the end as he’s the younger brother, but seeing as how I felt this story didn't measure up to the others, it should have maybe come in the middle of the series as to not weaken the ending.

The chemistry between the two main characters Noah and Naomi felt non-existent and the over drama-kill with the mobsters was just a little too much.

Rating 3 out of 5 
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Drawn to Her (Southern Heat #1) by Jenna Harte

Main Girl: Lexie McKenna

Main Guy: Drake Carmichael

Mean Old Man That Later Changes: Oliver Carmichael

I really liked this story, the way both characters come together with a little help from an old man that went from being Mr. Scrooge to Mr. Rogers.

This was a story about second chances at love, life and family. You’ll be rooting for Drake to learn there is more to life than money and you will absolutely love Lexie and her attitude.

Rating 5 out of 5

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Found: One Secret Baby by Nancy Holland

Main Girl: Rosalie Walker

Main Guy: Morgan Danby

Rosalie is a real sweetheart; she takes in her friend’s baby and wants so badly to protect the baby from his murderous father. Everything is going great until the father’s family comes into the picture and they want to take baby Joey.

Morgan has been sent to find and recover his step-brother’s baby. Just one or maybe more than one problem. He didn’t expect to actually find a baby or fall in love.

I loved the dynamic between the two characters because while women are often written as becoming all tongue tied and basically dumb when they see a good looking guy, Rosalie kicked butt. She wasn’t intimidated by Morgan and she went toe to toe with him.

We do get some crazy other characters come in and they make the drama all the more fun. The final scene was a bit mild, I felt it could have ended on a higher note, but it was still nice.

Rating 4 out of 5

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Happy Ever After in Christmas by Debbie Mason

Main Girl: Jill Flaherty

Main Guy: Sawyer Anderson

Annoying Girl w/Crush on Main Guy: Brandi

The story was well written, I simply did not like the main guy. I really think Sawyer comes across as a jerk and it detracted from the “love” we as a reader are supposed to see between these two characters.

I liked that Jill went out and tried to date other men after Sawyer rejected her, but it annoyed the hell out of me that they would go to the bar/restaurant owned by Sawyer.

Even towards the end I couldn’t really like Sawyer; and then his friendship with Brandi, who was supposed to be like Jill’s competition, just made him even less likable. Sawyer is supposed to come across as this really nice guy trying to help out a single mom from an abused relationship, but all it did was come across as like he was unintentionally stringing two women along.

Rating 2 out of 5

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Her Alaskan Hero by Rebecca Thomas

Main Girl: Sabrina Tate

Main Guy: Zak Forrester

Politician’s daughter gets left at alter and flees to the final frontier, Alaska!

Hard working Alaskan lodge owner doesn’t know what to do with his latest guest.

This opposites attract story will have you swooning and kind of wanting to take a trip to Alaska.

Rating 4 out of 5

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It Took A Rumor by Carter Ashby

Main Girl: Ivy Turner (enemy’s daughter / keeper of one too many secrets)

Main Guy: Jake Deathridge (in love with the enemy’s daughter)

Jake’s Brothers: Boone (adulterer) / Dallas (traitor) / Cody (gay)

Town Gossip: Myra Tidwell (mega-gossip/mega-bitch)

This story was absolutely hilarious with so many twist and turns.

In her town where one wrong move and it will be shared with the whole town thanks to mega-gossip/mega-bitch Myra Tidwell, Ivy Turner ends up at the center of the biggest mess of all. She’s keeping everyone’s secrets and rumors are flying as to what they can be. 

Every Deathridge brother has a secret and poor Ivy is caught in the middle. As she navigates disaster after disaster you have a love story filled with enough drama to keep you hooked.

Rating 5 out of 5

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Now That It's You by Tawna Fenske

Main Girl: Meg Delaney
Main Guy: Kyle Midland
Douchey Ex: Matt Midland

I could not get over the fact Meg was such a pushover. She takes all this crap from her cheating ex-fiancé’s mother and for some unknown reason she feels bad because he died.

I was able to overlook Meg getting together with Matt’s brother Kyle, but when she even gave money from her hard work to go to his new fiancé, I was like NO!

The only thing I liked about this book was the way Matt died. That Viagra was his killer was hilarious.

Rating 2 out of 5 
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Married By Contract by Noelle Adams

Main Girl: Jenn

Main Guy: Nick

This is a really short read about two people that married out of convenience but as time went by they found they really did love each other and wanted to make it work.

Both Jenn and Nick have a lot of baggage, but they are able to find that with a little love they can get over anything.

Rating 4 out of 5 

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Totally, Sweetly Irrevocably (Sweet Love #2) by Kira Archer

Main Girl: Gina Silvano

Main Guy: Rick Boyd

This was such a funny opposites attract story. You have a super free spirit and the most super anal straight and narrow cop ever.

Gina’s antics are hilarious and Rick really does grow on you once he stops being so Mr. Straight and Narrow and does the crazier “I love you” gesture.

These two were perfect together.

Rating 4 out of 5 

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The Family Man by Kelly Eadon

Main Girl: Beth Beverly

Main Guy: Griffin Hall

HDaughter: May

Could Griffin Hall be any more perfect?

Griffin gave up his music career to be a father; and even through all the ups and downs and craziness, the one person that commands all of his attention and dedication is his lovely daughter May.

Enter Beth Beverly, she likes Griffin, Griffin likes Beth.

As Beth and Griffin navigate a relationship, Beth comes to find what she really wants to do in life and Griffin learns that with the help of friends and family, he can be a great father, a musician and a good boyfriend.

The story was sweet, the characters were likable and they faced realistic problems of what it means to date a single parent.

Rating 5 out of 5 

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Putting Out Old Flames (Pineville #1) by Allyson Charles

Main Girl: Jane Willoughby

Main Guy: Chance McGovern

This was a good story, my only problem with it was the way our leading lady, Jane Willoughby was portrayed.

Jane and Chance McGovern were high school sweetheart, before Chance very callously broke her heart.

The story begins 10 years later and in those 10 years Chance has been fire chief, had a son, been married and in the process of divorce, while Jane is portrayed as having spent those 10 years so hung up on Chance that she has not had a real, solid relationship since.

Now Jane and Chance see each other again and Jane is all “OMG I never stopped loving him and now he’s back in town”, while Chance is all “I know I messed up, I was a young stupid kid, but she’s always been the one”.

I liked that they both got a second chance, but I would have loved to see that in those 10 years Jane had an actual life.

Rating 3 out of 5 

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One Size Fits All by Stephanie Haefner

Main Girl: Penny

Main Guy: Theodore “Thor”

I liked how Penny was moving on her from cheating, douchebag ex-husband. I loved how she tells him to take a hike when he finds out his skank was also cheating on him, he’s not the baby daddy and realizes he messed up and wants Penny back.

I loved what a great guy Thor was. As far as hero material goes he hits all the right boxes.

My issues with this book stemmed more from Penny’s so called friends and employers. Yes, they redeem themselves at the end, but honestly I would not continue to be friends with them.

Bad friends aside, the romance between Penny and Theo was a fun read.

Rating 3 out of 5 

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Sweet Resolve (Lucky #2) by Jill Sanders

Oh my god this story was amazing.

Logan used to torment Amy when they were kids, then much to Amy’s joy he moved away. 

Many years later Amy is loving her job and life, but who should walk into her place of employment? If you guessed Logan, then you got that right. 

At first Amy wants revenge, especially after Logan doesn’t recognize her; it’s finally her chance to get even.

Revenge quickly turns to love, because Logan is no longer the pain in the butt kid he used to be. He’s become the guy that will accept Amy’s revenge in good stride and is actually sorry for what a jerk he was.

Both characters played off each other really well and really made the story enjoyable. Logan was an absolute delight, he really wins you over.

Rating 4 out of 5 
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The Trouble with Temptation (The McKays #2) by Shiloh Walker

I had a love/hate relationship with this one.

It’s a good story, but you just had so much going on that at time you just got pulled away from the main characters of this story. 

The main characters in this story are Hannah Parker and Brannon McKay, but so much of the story was spent on other characters that sometime I felt they got left behind.

The whole murderer angle really does get you hooked, so I will definitely be coming back for book three.

Rating 3.5 out of 5 
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Innkeeper's Daughter by Dormaine G.

This one ended the same way I thought it would and I can honestly say I didn’t like the characters.

Rating 1 out of 5 

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