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Hunting for a Husband by Mindy Steele

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 πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’– /5 Hunting for a Husband by Mindy Steele, book nine in The Heart of the Amish series, is a reminder that love will find you, even if you weren’t looking or expecting to ever find it or believe you deserve it. Leah Wicky’s family moves from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in order to have more land to raise deer. Leah wants to marry, but her last boyfriend jumped the fence, causing her to question to attract and choose the right man. Joe Shetler runs Shetler Outdoors, an archery and outdoors shop, but a youthful decision has left him in a wheelchair. Chance meetings, sharing rides, and a missing Buck all lead to Leah and Joe to time spent together. All this time with Leah has Joe reevaluating his future, his reliance on the wheelchair, and the possibilities to make changes: an adaptive carriage, a surgery to repair his spine, to accept this chance of having a wife and family.   Shenanigans occur when some prize deer go missing from the Wicky’s farm. Joe helps in find...

Overruled by Lana Ferguson

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πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’– /5 Overruled by Lana Ferguson is Danica and Ezra’s story about two divorce lawyers who are friends with benefits; unexpectedly finding themselves battling each other in the courtroom. With off the charts chemistry, these opposing counsels can’t seem to keep their hands off each other outside of court. With enjoyable banter, emotional depth of past wounds, and the spice between them made this steamy romance a fun read.   #Berkley #NetGalley #Overruled 

Keeping It Real by Tracy Solheim

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  πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’– /5 Keeping It Real by Tracy Solheim, book one in the Milwaukee Mayhem hockey series is an emotional, heartwarming, healing, second chance story with a journey of found family, and forever love. There's humor, forgiveness, a bit of a mystery, locker-room antics, instant fatherhood, complex feelings, an adorable dog, all kinds of chemistry, in this swoon-worthy romance   Alek Bergeron is the goalie for the Milwaukee Mayhem hockey team. His ex-best friend, Jamie Colbert, and his wife Madison are killed in an accident, leaving eight-year-old son Finn to Alek., Sheridan Colbert, Jamie’s younger sister, has been caring for Finn and wants guardianship of Finn. Sheridan and Alek have a complicated history, she she’s been in love with him since she was a teenager, but Alek has only thought of her as Jamie’s little sister. They agree to co-parent Finn until the end of the hockey season, with Sheridan, Finn, and Hattie the dog moving from New Hampshire to Alek’s home i...

Look Before You Leap by Virginia Heath

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 πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–/5 Look Before You Leap by Virginia Heath, book two in the Miss Prentice’s ProtΓ©gΓ©es series, is an opposites attract, enemies to lovers dynamic, with Lottie and Guy being at odds from the beginning. Lottie is a farm girl turned disgraced governess protΓ©gΓ© of Miss Prentice. She can’t seem to stay in any position for very long; often because of borrowing a horse from her employer, to ride like the wind. Her wages help keep her family’s farm afloat, so she is eagerly to find another position. She is given the chance to a lady's companion to a woman, known to be notoriously difficult. Soon she learns that the lady happens to be the aunt of a man she nearly ran over while borrowing a horse in a most unladylike fashion.   The job takes her to her employer’s sister house where Lottie learns Guy is her nephew. The two both clash and come together as his aunt and mother embark on a matchmaking scheme disguised as a surprise party full of eligible debutantes. Lottie finds...

Finders Keepers by Sarah Adler

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  πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’– /5 Finders Keepers by Sarah Adler is a sweet, second chance, slow burn romance between two estranged childhood friends. Both Nina and Quentin have returned to their childhood homes after becoming single and unemployed.  Nina is a bit unsettled being around Quentin again after he broke her heart and ghosted her when they were 15. He wants to forgive and forget and finish what they starts all those years ago - to find the hidden treasure left by an eccentric billionaire tycoon nearly a century ago;  which ended their friendship all those years ago. The conflict involved a lot of misunderstandings and strange decisions on behalf of both characters, but ultimately it turned out to be really sweet and heartwarming so I didn’t mind too much. Their banter was so great and Quentin especially made me laugh a lot. The estate setting was fun and it was enjoyable reading the bits about the late owner and all of his eccentricities. This was a fun second chance romance with...

Cruel Summer by Maisey Yates

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πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’– /5   Cruel Summer, by Maisey Yates, is a wonderful, beautiful, heartwarming, forced proximity, opposites attracts, during this life changing road trip romance. It’s about finding yourself after discovering that you allowed yourself to be what everyone less expected. It’s about falling in love with yourself and choosing yourself and your happiness because you do matter. It’s about how you can develop into the best version of yourself when you’re loved completely, as you are, and as you develop into the person you have always meant to be. Sam’s comfortable life was turned upside down by one sentence from her husband of 22 years; he wanted them to have an open marriage. This led Samantha to ask that they separate for the summer. That allowed her to be on a journey of self-reflection, self-discovery and growth, as she worked through what she viewed what she wanted. Helping Logan, a friend, deliver classic cars around the country, Sam is challenged by what he called her sta...

Beneath Highland Star

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 πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’– /5 Beneath Highland Stars by Kait Nolan, book three in the Special Ops Scots series, is a wonderful, heartwarming, emotional, love, danger, and surprises while suspenseful at times. The story is rich with a steamy romance intertwined with well-crafted suspense, all set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Scottish Highlands. Add to that an endearing cast of pets and a close-knit yet evolving circle of friends, and you have an irresistible combination. Finn Patterson, and Saoirse MacGregor got off on the wrong foot when they first meet. One could argue that they gave each other grief because they were attracted to each other. Finn, along with his fellow team members and business owners, is grappling with the death of one of their own while learning that he has inherited a military dog named Ajax; a well-trained canine soldier who has saved his life on multiple occasions. When Saoirse's university best friend, Isla, fails to check in during her research expedition...