Audiobook Review: Final Shot by Rosie P. Burke

Final Shot by Rosie P. Burke
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Okay, I want to know if Bryan will be my book boyfriend for the week. He's so yummy, yummy you could just eat him up. I'm not sure what Olivia's problem is... hold on, yes I do.

Best friends from the time they met, Olivia and Bryan were bound to push boundaries. But would this boundary be something they could come back from? Olivia made up her mind ten years ago, will circumstance bring her decision to an end?

Wow, Rosie, you really brought the tension to light in this book. I loved feeling the tug and pull that these two wonderful characters brought to the page/ear... whatever; they brought it.

Another hockey romance listen that really had me going. Narrator Harlow Wilde did an astounding job nailing character voices.

I'd like to thank the author for the opportunity to listen to and review this book.

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Review: Mission by Dani Elias

Mission by Dani Elias
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Will has a dangerous job. One so dangerous that his wife realizes she can't be a part of his life because of it. At the beginning of the book, you're taken through the heartbreak that they both feel with this decision. But when the unthinkable happens, will the love they once felt for each other be enough to help him become what he once was before the mission?

This novella packs a punch y'all. It had me sitting on the edge of my seat and there was one scene in the book that was written so well I felt a little sick for Will and what he was going through, and what Katie had to do to make it right again. But... you're going to have to find that out on your own when you pick up this outstanding book.

I'd like to thank the author for the opportunity to review this EXCELLENT book. 10 stars if I could!

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Review: Coming Home by Melissa Whitney

Coming Home: (Home Series, Book Two) by Melissa Whitney
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a sweet book to follow Melissa Whitney's book Finding Home.

Nat just wants to be seen as an equal in all things. She wants to be Dr. Owen's, but all the town sees is the daughter of Dr. Owens. The one who came into the office when she was little, but would all she be is the little girl, or could she be the woman she was meant to be?

Noah, oh sweet Noah. The man who is dealing with demons of his own was still present enough to know and see Nat for who she really is, a woman first, then a doctor. But when Nat's ex starts crap with her Noah swoops in and saves the day.

Would their feelings for each other hurt the ones they loved, especially Nat's brother, who is also Noah's best friend? They decide not to chance it and that causes strain enough to tear them apart... or does it? To find out, you have to read the book.

I loved the characters in this book so much. They were real, deep, and honest. I'd like to thank the author for the opportunity to read this book.

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Review: Unthinkable by Dani Galliaro

Unthinkable by Dani Galliaro
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I loved being able to read a book that had a FMC who was more like me than anyone I've ever read before. Mara suffers from POTS, MCAS, and HEDS, which I suffer from in addition to other ailments. But to find a character so like me felt life affirming. If she can power through all the things she has to deal with, then yes... I can too.

Jack... well, I wasn't expecting him. Jack needed more from Sydney than she could have ever given him, and now he's found someone who's willing to give him what he needs and he does the same for her. (Once he pulls his head out of his butt!)

This has a great set of characters, and I love how Dani writes.

I'd like to thank the author and Happily Booked PR for the opportunity to read and review this book.

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Review: Fumbling in the Dark by Nichole Ruschelle

Fumbling in the Dark: Vegas After Dark by Nichole Ruschelle
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I wasn't 100% into this book, hence the 4 stars. There's something about the reverse grumpy/sunshine vibe that I think threw me a little here, but I didn't hate it.

Janae would rather read than going out on a blind date on Valentine's Day (who wouldn't), but her friend Sam talks her into going out with a friend of the man she's "dating" she reluctantly gives in.

Shane hates people who are late. It's a pet peeve of his. So when Janae shows up late, he knows that this blind date isn't going to work. At least until he sees her. It's love at first sight, and boy does he fall first, and fast.

This novella picks up pace with some great spicy scenes, and good character development. I look forward to seeing where Ms. Ruschelle goes from here.

I'd like to thank the author for the opportunity to read and review this book.

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Audiobook Review: Coach's Call by Rosie P. Burke

Title: Coach's Call

Author: Rosie P. Burke
 
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Publisher's Insight:
 
Coach Tommy Hark
My world revolves around two things: Hockey… and my daughter Clara. Since my “ex” left Clara with the door attendant of my apartment building five years ago, I’ve managed to make it work pulling double duty. Coach of the best professional hockey team in the league plus mom and dad. Would that be triple duty? Whatever. When my go-to babysitter has to bow out to finish her education before taking the bar, I find myself struggling to be everything to everyone for the first time ever. A chance encounter sends me the solution in the body that would have the devil praying for forgiveness.

Amy Perez
You can't go home again. Well, I mean—I could. Technically. Nothing's been said or done to banish me from my parents’ homestead in Oklahoma; I just know that’s not the place for me. The issue is, even working at Charleston’s, the preferred bar for the local pro hockey team, it’s difficult making ends meet. When my friend Bitsy shoots me some insider info on a prominent man needing a live-in sitter, it seems like all my prayers have been answered.
Can I ignore the fact he’s the most delicious man I’ve ever seen? I need this job too much to be tempted by his rock-hard abs. His shaggy hair. His calloused hands. The way he is with his daughter…

Review:

Thou shalt not lust after your nanny... or your boss. But what happens when Coach Tommy Hark needs help with his daughter during the season and hires the hotter than sin Amy Perez? Not only does he find it hard to not lust after her, she finds it hard to do the same to him. But the one thing they both agree up on is that Clara comes first, and always will. So when trouble comes knocking (quite literally)...

   

 ... what are they to do? The only thing they can think to do, fake an engagement. But how long will they be able to hold on to the fake part of the relationship before someone gets hurt? Only time will tell.

As always, Rosie is a master with making her characters endearing and loveable. Even when they don't feel loveable to themselves, she makes us root for them either way. Clara was such a lovely little 5-year-old, and I wanted to protect her with as much fierceness as her father and nanny did. 

The only thing I missed with this book in the Dropped Puck series is a little bit more of the player interaction that we got with all the other books. If that would have been in there it would have been a 10 star review for me. (If only I could give those!) 

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 I'd like to thank the author for the opportunity to listen to this book in exchange for an honest review.

Review: Icing the Enemy by Kristin Lee

Title: Icing the Enemy

Author: Kristin Lee
 
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Publisher's Insight:
 

USA Today Bestselling Author, Kristin Lee brings you a enemies to lovers hockey romance full of sass, swoon and spice.

I’m not your typical jock—no endless string of hookups or partying until dawn. I’ll wait for the real thing.

Until a chance encounter at a truck stop with a defiant, blue-eyed bombshell with a broken down car and a dog sends my heart racing. Oakley James makes my brain short-circuit and my body stand at attention.

But it doesn't take long for her to show her true colors and I find myself agreeing to marry the person I'm desperately trying to hate.

Why?

She needs her trust fund.
And I need to honor my grandmother’s dying wish and stop the gossip mag rumor mill.

But meeting a woman at a truck stop should come with a warning.

Beware, she may steal more than your truck–she may steal your heart.

Icing the Enemy is a complete standalone in the multi-author series Hockey USA

Review:

I'm in LOVE! <3 All kinds of feels over here y'all. When you've got a Golden Retreiver MMC and a spunky FMC, what's not to love?

I wanted so much for this to work out for Oakley and Corbin. From the meet cute and beyond, I was cheering them on. And what a meet cute it was. Oakley will inherit a trust fund, but there are some stipulations. She must be 21... CHECK. She must be married... (insert record scratch here)

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So what's a girl to do? Not much if she's stranded at a truck stop with a smoking car and a cuddly dog. That's when big Strong Corbin shows up and nearly sweeps her off her feet right then and there. 

From there it's a whirlwind of mistakes made again and again, and a long road to finding that forever sometimes isn't more than just an arm's reach away.

I loved this book. I would snatch Corbin away from Oakley in a heartbeat if I didn't think she'd scratch my eyes out, protecting what's hers. So, I'll just have to live vicariously through this book and the characters there. The only thing I think was missing was a final confrontation between Oakley and her sperm donor. That, I felt, needed to be done.

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