Super Reader – Books, Reviews, & Recommendations

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 I loved Raia and Cohen in Faked and Fumbled by Gina Azzi, book one in her Knoxville Coyotes Football series; a brother’s best friend, friends to lovers story . Raia Callaway, is about to take the field to play a big soccer game when her longtime boyfriend decides to breaks up with her; destroying her concentration and resulting in her being seriously injured. Heartbroken and reeling from the betrayal and the hiccup in her career, Raia moves home to her parent’s house; needing to heal, regain her strength and rebuild her confidence.   Cohen Miller, her brother’s best friend and teammate on the Knoxville Coyotes football team, has been looking out for Raia for years. He is able to bring her back to the world of the living through positive messages and caring for her. Cohen is so patient when Raia struggles. He shows his affection for her by building her up and encouraging her; restoring her happiness. When it’s time for Raia to go on a ski trip with her friends, Raia a

💖💖💖💖 /5 The Amish Christmas Promise by Amy Lillard, is a heartwarming story about loss, healing, keeping a promise, inspiration, shunning, and forgiveness. Mattie Byler is pregnant and widowed, with two little girls and a farm to take care of. One day her late husband’s twin brother, Samuel, appears at her door; claiming that he had made a promise to his brother that he would look after his wife if anything happened to him. In Samuel’s mind, that meant he needs to marry her. Unfortunately, he has been shunned and has been living among the English. At first Mattie doesn’t want anything to do with him, but she reluctantly allows him to do work around her farm. Slowly they form a friendship, with Mattie realizing she’s falling in love with him and Samuel has fallen in love with her. Before anything more can happen, Samuel needs to confess his sins to the community and return to the church; something he’s been struggling with. I highly recommend The Amish Christmas Promise to other

  💖💖💖💖 /5 When Hattie Finds Love by Amy Lillard, book four in the Paradise Valley series, features Hattie and Christian; an older couple and have loved and lost before getting a second chance at love. Hattie, an optimistic and happy person, is bothered that fellow community member, Christian, never smiles. Hattie’s cousin, Elsie, makes a bet with her that Hattie won’t be able to make Christian happier. While getting to know Christian, Hattie finds herself facing both personal challenges and the surprises that come with falling in love.   Ms. Lillard wrote a sweet and engaging story, bringing readers to a charming small-town where love blossoms in the most unexpected ways. With a touch of humor, a dash of Southern charm, and characters you can't help but root for. Themes of family, self-discovery and the power of second chances are skillfully woven throughout. I highly recommend When Hattie Finds Love to other readers.   I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of

  💖💖💖💖 /5 A Lady's Rules for Ruin by Jennifer Haymore, book two in the The Lions and the Lilies series,  follows Frances Cherrington, who wants to avoid marriage and remain free as a spinster, plans her ruination . Frances connects with the charming Evan, an earl with secrets that could ruin him. Evan and Francis are interesting characters; well developed and layered with complicated lives and family situations. The pair has an epic swoon-worthy romance. Filled with secrets, family betrayals, difficult decisions, and wonderful journeys, their romance is positively wonderful. I highly recommend A Lady's Rules for Ruin to other readers.   I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Wright Together by K.A. Linde, book six book in the Vineyard series, is an enjoyable story featuring Whitt and Eve , a heartfelt, funny and romantic story. Eve Houston is used to things not going her way and when she is late for a job meeting she hopes it’s not too late. She thinks her life is finally turning around, between her wonderful roommates and being a real estate agent; despite barely scraping by. She is ready to be seen as a professional and get her life headed in the right direction. Whitton Wright knew the first moment he saw Eve at a wedding that he wanted a relationship with her. Except, she wasn’t looking for more than one night and Whit wasn’t interested in that; wanting more. When he gets a promotion at work he learns he is going to be dealing with an outside local realtor and is surprised when Eve walks through the door. It’s going to take a lot of convincing by Whit to convince Eve that he is serious about her and wants a relationship with her. Eve h

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 I loved Balancing Act by Emily March, book two in her Lake in the Clouds serie s; a story that was heartwarming, emotional, and beautifully weaves the story of Genevieve Prentice and her daughter Willow Eldridge. Set in the picturesque Lake in the Clouds, the story explores the complications and difficulties within family relationships and the challenges of rediscovering love after loss. Willow, a newly widowed mom with two young children, has followed her Mom to Colorado, ready to swallow her pride and come clean about her life in Nashville. The guilt she feels about her broken relationship with Genevieve is only one layer of the trauma she's struggling with. While there she meets a reclusive neighbor, Noah Tannehill, an irresistible man fighting demons of his own. He is recovering from injuries sustained as a firefighter; some are psychological and/or PTSD. Maybe this sweet town can provide the answers and healing she, her family, and Noah needs; and maybe th

💖💖💖💖 /5   Waking Up Married to the Billionaire by Michelle Douglas takes the reader on a magical visit to Switzerland at Christmas time with a castle (even if it isn’t fortified), following Ruby and Luis, and their journey toward love. Ruby and Luis enjoyed a fun week getting to know each other while they were in Las Vegas, until Ruby didn't receive the promotion she earned. Luis helped her drown her sorrows, and they are shocked when they wake up to discover they are married. After assessing the predicament they are in, they realize that maybe they can make this work to their advantage. Ruby has something to prove, and Luis's mother has been determined to see him married for reasons she won't share. So he will give his mother her wish; bring home the worse wife possible. Ruby is far from the spoiled gold-digger who has Luis wrapped around her little finger, but she successfully pulls off the role, making this a truly hilarious read. It's even funnier when Luis'

💖💖💖💖💖 /5   Vanished by Anna J. Stewart, book two in her Circle of the Red Lily series, the highly anticipated follow up to the first book, Expose, is quite intense and interwoven with that first book; not quite making it a stand alone read. This is a continuation of the Circle of Red Lily series involving Mabel and the residents of Temple House. Mabel is looking for answers to the disappearance of her twin sister, Sylvie, who vanished 8+ years ago. Sylvie is one of 60+ women who disappeared and all seem to be connected to the Red Lily secret society. Once the DA is convinced to reopen the case, Paul Flynn, a prosecutor from New York, is brought in to help with the case. This book has a little of everything. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me swoon, but most of all, I did NOT want to put it down. This was such a gripping story, one that will have you laughing one moment, and have your heart pounding the next.   It kept me intrigued and constantly guessing what was goin

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Salena and Ryan ’s story in The Whole Time by Catherine Bybee, book four in the D’Angelos series; a passionate, hopeful tale that transports you to San Diego and into the lives of both the hardworking Salena Barone, who is determined to do whatever it takes to make ends meet and live on her own, even if it means doing a side gig that not everyone would understand or approve of, and the successful bad boy Ryan Rutledge who is more than content with casual dating and never actually falling in love. Ryan and Salena are each trying to break free of their individual family drama as they find themselves intertwined more often than not. With big feelings growing and independence at the forefront, this growing romance sizzles and grows. A smoldering slow burn is the perfect description of the growing connection between Ryan and Salena. Ms. Bybee wrote an amazing story; one that is heartfelt, with a blend of tricky situations, tender moments, new beginnings, self-discover

💖💖💖💖💖 /5   A Love Like You by Kait Nolan is a sweet story a friends to lovers, forced proximity, holiday road trip small town romance: following Mick Routlege, a charming character who finds himself stuck in the friend zone with Juliette Chen, a busy nurse weighed down by family and work. Juliette is so busy that she doesn’t believe she can afford to make time for herself until Mick, her friend and neighbor, winds up with a couple of tickets to a concert of a group they both love. He persuades Juliette to accompany him, going out of his way to make sure her family and her delightful dog, Derp, are taken care of for the overnight trip. As thorough and careful as they planned for this trip, even they couldn’t anticipate what was going to happen in those North Carolina mountains. When the weather turns bad, being snowed in may finally give them the nudge they need to overcome their emotional barriers. When they get back home Juliette’s world has fallen apart and  not only does Mick

  💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Starstruck by Amy Clipston is a wonderful story following Heather Gordon and Alex Kirwan . Heather works at her family's restaurant while Alex and his younger brothers have a famous rock band, that Heather hasn't heard of but her sister is obsessed with. When the band stops at their small town restaurant, the younger brothers start a food fight. While cleaning up the mess, Heather and Alex form the beginning of a friendship. With the band on tour, they stay in touch through phone calls and texts and occasional visits; building a relationship and connection. As love begins to bloom, Heather and Alex encounter numerous obstacles: including distance, the paparazzi and negative comments in the tabloids and social media. It’s going to take much convincing by Alex before Heather is willing to see a future together. This is a clean romance about love, determination and overcoming the odds; being famous yet wanting just normal things, about trust and being enough, about

💖💖💖💖💖 /5   I loved Ireland and Emmett’s story in Runaway Love by Lea Coll, book one in The Monroe Brothers series; a grumpy/sunshine opposites attract and forced proximity story, and the perfect start to this new series.   Ireland and Emmett are opposites. Ireland works for a wedding planning company that's trying to convince Emmett and his family to allow weddings to be held on their Christmas tree farm. He doesn't like people intruding on his farm even though the family needs extra income. He agrees to allow Ireland's wedding as a trial. Learning her fiancé is cheating on her and marrying her for her money, Ireland flees, running through the trees to get to a place that gives her peace, Emmitt's waterfall. Emmett finds her and takes her to his house just as the temps drop and snow begins to fall. The storm is vicious, snowing them in for a couple days; allowing them to get to know each other as they share their past hurts. Emmett is an introvert, who has so

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Full of love, family, romance, and drama, A Merry Montgomery Christmas by Samantha Chase, book ten in The Montgomery Brothers series, has all of the entire Montgomery family under the same roof for Christmas this year, all 54 of them. William and Monica rent an enormous Blue Ridge mountain home to bring the family together from all across the country to reconnect, catch up, and celebrate the holidays. Of course this comes with drama and everyone has their own stresses and life decisions to make. With a new baby, growing pains, career questions, injuries, and some wounded pride, there’s never a dull moment with this massive extended family; only family trumps all, and gratitude and appreciation are at the heart of this holiday story. William Montgomery is still matchmaking ways, especially with the next generation growing up; which hopefully allows for a new series involving the children of beloved characters. He is determined that all of his family will get their own

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Our Forever Moment by Elena Aitken is a love story for McCormick family matriarch, Maureen; a touching story that beautifully explores a lost love as well as the possibility of a reconnecting with a soul mate; finding a true forever love. The story jumps between the current time, the recent pass, and thirty-seven years ago.   Before Maureen met her ex-husband and had her boys, she had a first love, Adam Lancaster. Maureen and Adam met at the summer solstice festival, thirty-seven years ago during a summer they both spent in Cedar Springs; spending all their time together, they fall in love. When an opportunity arises for Adam, and he takes advantage of it, leaving Maureen behind. She became a single mother when her ex was having an affair, and since has dedicated her life to them. Now that they have all found their soul mates she’s happy for them, but wonders about her lost love. With the help of her son Declan they locate Adam. After these two start corresponding, t

💖💖💖💖 /5 The Wishing Bridge by Viola Shipman is about forgiveness, overcoming fear, family strength, and finding love when you least expect it. Henri comes home for the first time in a long time for the Christmas holidays. Her family business IS Christmas and has been ever since her father realized his dream of opening a store dedicated to everything Christmas. The reason for her coming home is to save her job and try to convince her parents to sell their beloved business to a large conglomerate who will ultimately dismantle her father’s dream and everything he has worked for. Once Henri is home she starts to appreciate all of the work her dad put into the business and struggles with the decision. She reunited with her first (and only.) love who she disappointed years earlier when she turned down his proposal for a chance to make it on her own in the big city. The Wishing Bridge is a beautiful story with delicate plot twists. It’s that life-balance we all feel at one time or a

 💖💖💖💖 /5 Thanksgiving Blessing by Marta Perry , book six in her Promise Glen series , is an inspiring and heartwarming story about family, grief, love, friendship, family and faith. It is a reminder to be thankful for what you have and what you did have all tied in with a little mystery as well as an unexpected romance building between Rebecca and Nathan.   Rebecca King, a widow, is raising her twins, managing her farm, and selling produce at her roadside fruit and vegetable stand. Halloween is approaching and vandalism is occurring in the area. Nathan Mueller and his teenage brother move onto the neighboring farm that Nathan inherited from his ne’er-do-well uncle. Nathan is still grieving the pain of losing his wife and has no intention of becoming involved with the pretty widow next door, but his protective instincts kick in; despite Rebecca’s family drawing him into their circle. Rebecca, her twins, her siblings, and even her grandmother are able to bandage the wounded of

💖💖💖💖 /5 A Boy's Amish Christmas by Patricia Johns, book three in the Amish Butternut B&B series, where there is a major snowstorm, two Englishers, the nephew of one, owner Belinda, and neighbor Eli. Emaline Pipe, a travel vlogger, is staying at the B&B, exploring the town and Amish customs. Brett Rockwell and his young nephew are heading to Brett’s ranch when a fierce snowstorm makes travel dangerous. Being close to the B&B, they decide to stop for the night. Emaline and Brett come from different backgrounds: while Emaline has dreamed of being an investigative reporter, Brett prefers to avoid the press. When Emaline learns that Brett is from the famous political family of the Rockwells, she begins to see the possibility to further her future as a journalist. As they become closer friends, she is sure there are secrets that he is hiding and explores what they might be.  What she finds affects his young nephew. Friendships, surprising revelations, families reunited, a

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill by Jennifer Beckstrand, book twelve in The Matchmaker’s of Huckleberry Hill series, is sweet, humorous and heartwarming story of twin sisters who fall in love with the same man. Anna and Felty Helmuth are a hilarious, meddeling older married couple who have been blessed with matchmaking skills. In each book they have a way of bringing the right couples together, and this time they have their hands full with a difficult match for one of their grandsons. This book is about twin sisters who are complete opposites. Coblenz is beautiful, outgoing, fun, although self-centered who has snared the most handsome bachelor named Nebo “Bo” Helmut (Anna and Felty's grandson). Omi, short for Naomi and the more reserved, quiet, level headed twin has been secretly in love with Bo since 5th grade. Everything changes, gets messy and painful when Omi reluctantly agrees to pretend she’s Ruth for a buggy ride home and Bo kisses her. It will take fa

💖💖💖💖💖 /5   The Rom Con by Devon Daniels, is a hilarious yet romantic story with a How to lose a guy in 10 days vibe. I could not put this book down. A perfect rom com read with its enemies-to-overs trope, the banter, funny moments, and tender, heart-clenching moments.   Cassidy works for women’s online publishing company, Siren. The one thing the women at Siren dislike more than anything is their rival publishing company, Brawler, which focuses on content for college-aged guys; not very empowering to women. Cassidy knows two things for certain: she is sick of being a bridesmaid and she is sick of the guys she dates, taking all their life advice from their rival men's magazine. Not only do they degrade women, they are impacting her love life. When she is at her grandmother's 90 th birthday party, she only wants one present from Cassidy, to try and find love. Her grandmother knows just how she will do it too; by going back in time and treating men the way an old 1950's

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 I loved Knox and Quincy’s story in Unexpected by Amy Knupp, book four in her Henry Brothers series, is a beautiful, heartwarming story with a reminder that age is only a number and the importance of family. A few months ago after his mother’s death and his discovery of who was his father, writer Knox Breckenridge moved Dragonfly Lakes to reach out to the Henry family. When he finally confesses the true reason of being in town, some were not sure what to make of it. The next day, off to meet his writing partner at Henry’s restaurant, Knox finds a five-month baby in his car, with a note telling him he’s the father of little Juniper. Clueless about babies, a waitress at the Henry restaurant comes to his aid and accepts the job as the baby’s nanny. The temporary job would allow Quincy Yates to earn some money before she finally goes back to college to get her teaching degree. The two of them never expect romantic feelings to develop; yet the chemistry between them not only s

 💖💖💖💖 /5 Imogen Finch seems to be cursed and has long accepted she will never come first: whether it’s an elementary school sports, an art contest she was a shoo-in to win, or a friendly game of trivia at the local bar. After all her mother predicted Imogen would forever be second best; including in her relationships. It’s no surprise when all of her seventeen relationships end because the other person found someone else, someone better. Imogen has accepted her fate, not that it has stopped her from aspiring for something other than failure. When the long-lost third leg of her friend trio, Eliot Swift, finally returns home after years of vagabonding, Imogen may finally have the encouragement she needs to break her second-place curse. Eliot is convinced the curse can be broken, and proving it becomes an adventurous, crazy exploration as the two enter one ridiculous competition after another to prove it. Ms. Firkins takes this rom-com and explores the concepts of self-worth, sel

💖💖💖💖 /5 Never Wager with a Wallflower by Virginia Heath, the third and final book in t he Merriwell Sisters series, focuses on the youngest sister, Venus, as she is up against Galahad in this enemies to lovers Regency romcom. Vee teaches at a local orphanage and does what she can to avoid Galahad, her brother-in-law’s brother. Gal has spent years working toward his dream of opening a pleasure palace, and now his dreams are finally accomplished. Except, when he learns he bought the property next door to Vee’s orphanage, their paths repeatedly cross, and they must face their changing feelings for each other. Though they believe they are very different, Vee and Gal have a lot in common; which they discover the more they’re together. Both had difficult and tragic pasts, both have erected pretty strong walls, and they both have feelings for each other that they’re hesitant to act on. This helps create amazing chemistry and somewhat quarrelsome banter, as well as amazing conversation

💖💖💖💖💖 /5   The Rake and the Rose by Eva Devon, book three in the Once Upon a Wallflower series, is an enjoyable, and emotional story ; an enchanting historical that revolves around the intriguing relationship between Rose Digby and Alexander Markby, the sixth Earl of Derby. Their history is filled with unspoken love, misunderstandings, and a generous dose of secret acts of kindness. Alexander, a man who appears to be a reckless rake on the surface, hides a heart of gold and a deep affection for Rose. Rose, on the other hand, is unwavering in her judgment of him, stemming from past grievances. Rose's unyielding, stubbornness and her dedication to her causes, make her journey of personal growth all the more enjoyable. The story unfolds smoothly, with a perfect blend of misunderstandings and surprising twists, ultimately leading Alexander and Rose to their well-deserved happily ever after. Eva Devon masterfully crafted a tale of love, forgiveness, and redemption, making The Rak

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Another hilarious adventure with Mel, Angie and the rest of the gang in Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay , book fifteen in her Cupcake Bakery Mystery series. Once again the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew find themselves involved with a murder when an old friend of Angie's shows up in town to put on a Christmas Music Show. With so many possible suspects and plenty of red herrings, Mel, Joe, Angie, Tate along with Uncle Stan are going to need to work double time to save Christmas, their friend's life and possibly even their own.   I’ve read this series from the beginning, enjoying the growth of the characters and the bakery.   This story and the entire mystery series has all the elements I enjoy, interesting lovable characters, an intriguing mystery, friendship, romance, and even some humor. Ms. McKinlay did an excellent job keeping her readers on their toes as they read this story. She had me miss-guessing who the killer was, quite often. I highly recommend Su