Super Reader – Books, Reviews, & Recommendations

  💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Second Chance Spark by Kait Flynn, book two in the Hot Shots of Huckleberry Creek series, is a fast paced, emotional, second chance novel. Gillian and Diego once meant something to each other; then she broke both of their hearts, leaving for Chicago. Four years later she is a hard working lawyer and he is putting out fires one at a time. When Gillian makes it back to Huckleberry Creek to visit her beloved grandfather and help out at his beloved bar, she gets more than she is ever expecting. The last thing Diego expects is to see Gillian back in Huckleberry Creek; she’s the one who got away. Gillian and Diego are thrown for a loop, since the attraction and chemistry has not waned during their time apart; then her grandfather has a health crisis. Gillian takes over running the bar while her grandfather’s bar while he is recovering while also dealing with demands from her boss; working remotely. The law firm might be in Chicago and have supposedly given her vacation t...

 💖💖💖💖 /5 Here for a Good Time by Pyae Moe Thet War is an entertaining, fun, contemporary romance novel filled with relationship drama, supportive family, humor, a heartwarming, friends to lovers romance, a beautiful island setting with an unforeseen event, and a gratifying conclusion. There us action, angst, and armed gunmen taking over a luxury resort.   Poe and Zwe have been best friends since they were young children; always being together even being roommates. When Poe finds herself in the middle of a writer's block, she decides to book an all-inclusive island vacation for both of them because she feels it will help her get back into writing her second novel. Arriving on the picturesque island, they have plans to relax, explore, and have an adventure. They quickly find themselves in the middle of a hostage situation; forced to work together to survive. Poe and Zwe's relationship and friendship are put through the ringer; forcing them to see each other in different way...

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Forbidden Fling with the Princess by Amy Andrews, book two in the Royally Tempted Series, is a heartwarming royal/commoner tale about the importance of family, duty, and making decisions that affect your future.   Her Royal Highness, Princess Xiomara de la Rosa of Castilona, cousin to King Octavio of Castilona, is on a mission to find the best physician to help with the Queen’s pregnancy after being diagnosed with Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). She learns that Dr Edmund (Ed) Butler is the best OB/GYN and founded the Foetal Surgical Research Institute; thus beginning her quest to locate the vacationing doctor. She locates the handsome and s*xy doctor relaxing on a beach with a drink in his hand. Ed believes he is being pranked by one of his college buddies, seeing a beautiful woman with a bodyguard standing in front of him. It is no prank, and his life is about to change. Ed goes with Xio to help her cousin, but between magnetic attraction and sizzling ...

 💖💖💖💖💖 /5 So this is Christmas by Helen Rolfe is a wonderful, enjoyable, heartwarming story of love, loss, grief and family that goes beyond blood; a heart-warming festive read that could bring a tear to the eye.   Bea and Greta had been best friends for a lifetime; both originally from Vienna, now Bea's home was in London while Greta's was currently in Vienna. The two friends have an annual tradition of posting festive letters to each other, especially at Christmas. Bea, now in her eighties, resided in a care home with kind, compassionate, care assistant Sophie doing all she could for Bea. With her eyesight failing, Sophie wrote the latest Christmas letter with Bea dictating. The letter was finished, ready for Sophie to post, when Bea quietly passed away overnight. Sophie was shattered.   Sophie loves Christmas, especially helping Bea write her letter to Greta. Unfortunately a few days after they finish the letter Bea passes away and Sophie is devastated. S...

 💖💖💖/5 The Story That Wouldn't Die by Christina Estes, book two in the Jolene Garcia Mysteries series, is an entertaining, well-written, fast paced mystery novel that describing the life of a reporter, with a likable, intelligent female protagonist, newsroom drama, a touch of humor, an engaging mystery, suspense, twists and turns, and a satisfying conclusion.   Jolene Garcia, a television reporter in Phoenix, Arizona, is looking for the next big story to share with her community. Her bosses have her running all over town to cover click-bait stories, until a small business owner with ties to the city council dies suddenly in a crash. Jolene doesn’t believe it’s as cut and dry as a simple accident. The victim, Carlos, was asking questions to discover why the same people keep getting the contracts with city hall. While Jolene’s boss wants her to focus on other, more exciting stories, she’s determined to figure out the truth behind Carlos’ tragic death.   Jolene is an ambi...

 💖💖💖💖/5 The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols is an enjoyable cozy mystery in a small neighborhood that kept me guessing. A small row of houses that circles a courtyard, creating a small neighborhood of strangers that Mrs. B, the landlord, rents to people who she likes but have nothing in common in present-day Santa Barbara. Each of them has their own story and, yet, for the most part, they are strays Mrs. B has pulled in to living here and they all keep to themselves. Then one night a shocking discovery of a body in the bushes outside their doors, the renters must work together to discover the killer. When one of their newest tenant is arrested, a group chat is created and they begin to try to piece together what happened and prove that their new neighbor didn't do it. This is an entertaining, well-written, cozy mystery with eccentric, likable, engaging, unique, and diverse characters, relatable teenagers, humor, a touch of romance, murder, secrets, an in...

 💖💖💖💖💖/5 OMG – I loved Alia and Ramsey’s love story in Hero Ever After by Kait Nolan, book one in the Gibson Hollow series; a heartwarming, emotional, romantic, second-chance romance. A story that will grab your heart and emotions from page one to the last, and continues on through the additional epilogue.   Gibson Hollow is trying, as best they can, to recover from a catastrophic flood that devastated the town. Alia Gibson, a lawyer by profession and secretly a fantasy romance writer, cared for her many siblings after her mother’s death. Her father suffered a severe accident during the rebuilding and now is away in Nashville hospitalized for an extended period of time; so now she is caring for the town. This job is a huge weight for her to carry as she takes on every job herself when asked by her family and the residents of this town.  The weight on her shoulders is heavy. If that wasn’t enough, her best friend, Blair, signed her up to be part of a panel at a fanta...

 💖💖💖💖💖/5 Last Stop on the Winter Wonderland Express by Rebecca Raisin is a wonderful, enjoyable, cozy story of finding friendship and love while traveling abroad. This was the perfect book for an escape, full of love, second chances, great destinations and quirky people you will fall in love with.   After Aubrey is jilted on her wedding day, a few days before Christmas, her longed for luxury honeymoon must be dealt with. Feeling confused and heart-broken, she decides to take the ten day romantic train ride alone. She does not want anyone there to know she has been jilted, so she implies her ‘husband’ is gone; and the sympathy flows from those around her. She quickly discovers she is not the only one alone as there are a number of single people on the trip. This group of sad lonely hearts bond and draw close. They pitch the name of their group as The Unlucky in Love Travel Club. The book follows each of their stops on the train journey and it’s hard to not be jealous of th...

💖💖💖💖💖/5  Everything is Probably Fine by Julia London is an emotional journey of hope, forgiveness, self discovery, forgiveness, emotional healing and found family.   Lorna Lott had a traumatic and toxic upbringing: her sister is an addict, her grandma is an alcoholic and her mother was a single woman just trying to make ends meet. Lorna is bitter she’s angry and she’s self sabotaging at her sales job, where she is focused on a promotion and pay raise. She needs the money so she can buy the building she lives in; a building that was once her Nana’s house. That house was a place of magic for young Lorna, a place she visited when her parents fought, and a place she lived at after her parents’ divorce. Now the house, split into apartments, is a crumbling mess. Her neighbors mean nothing to her anyway, nobody does. It’s just Lorna and her little dog Agnes. When Lorna accidently makes a horrible error at work, her boss enforces 30 days paid leave, but there’s a twist....

                 ✨ It’s cover reveal day for REBEL BRIDE by @katemeader releasing October 21! #PreOrderHere   https://geni.us/rebel-bride   What you need to #ONECLICK this book... 🏒Hockey Romance 🩵Runaway Bride 🏒Enemies to Lovers 🩵It’s always been her 🏒Secret Relationship 🩵Banter & Spice   She’s just jilted my teammate at the altar and I’m the one who helped her escape. We never hit it off, but I’ll still keep her safe … and pray she never learns how I really feel about her. Summer I can’t marry him. I have no good reason to jilt my hockey player fiancé, except that the closer we get to the big day, the more I feel myself shrinking to a hollow shell. Two minutes after I slip into the church bathroom to calm my pre-wedding jitters, I jump out the window to make my escape … … and land on Hatch Kershaw, my fiancé’s teammate on the Chicago Rebels. This guy has always hated me for rea...

  ✨ TEASER:   ONLY FOR TONIGHT by @natashamauthor releasing September   12 th !   Grab it at your favorite book vendor as it will be exclusive to KU on release day!  #PreOrderNow Ebook   https://books2read.com/Only4TonightNM   Illustrated Standard Edition ⁦ https://a.co/d/1rbtndJ  ⁩  Model Deluxe Edition   https://a.co/d/e9IDx25   Illustrated Deluxe Edition   https://a.co/d/cNbI7C7   Why you will love this book… 🏒One Night Stand  🏒Accidental Pregnancy  🏒Hockey Romance  🏒Friends to Lovers 🏒Childhood Crush 🏒Secret Relationship When one night changes everything. Ariella The last time I saw him, I’d just turned eighteen. Six years later we’re face-to-face again. Neither of us wanted the night to end. The next morning, we made a pact. Each of us going our separate ways. Until two pink lines changed everything.   Jaxon Life was going my way. Hockey. Family. All of it. Until…I saw her. She was diffe...

💖💖💖💖💖/5  Ice Cold, Red Hot by Delancey Stewart, book one in the Coldwater Firehawks Hockey series, is an emotional, young adult story following Celeste (Cece), a grad student in psychology and Shepard (Shep), a privileged legacy hockey player for Coldwater University. Think hockey hotness meets academic beauty. Cece and Shep had a week long summer fling at the resort Cece worked at, earning money for expenses when she started grad school. When Shep learned they would be attending the same college he ghosted her and planned to ignore her. As fate would have it, they not only live in the same building, but have rooms right across from each other and he is assigned to her TA group. He adheres to his plan to snub her and pretend he doesn’t know her, until she starts dating a grad student; making him filled with jealousy.   It is going to take more than the off charts chemistry and magnetic attraction before these two lovebirds can find their way back together. They will n...

💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Clear Shot by Kat Mizera, book nine in the Lauderdale Knights series, is an emotional, heartwarming, sweet marriage of convenience hockey romance.   Hana is smart, independent and works for a startup software company when the company suddenly closes and her green card is in danger of being taken away. She would love to stay as her hockey playing brother, her niece, and her close friends are here; but getting married to stay in the US wasn’t her first idea.   Aiden enjoyed his life as a hockey player, the freedom it gave him; especially after the disaster of his first marriage. He vowed to never marry again, but when he’s hears about Hana’s situation he does not want her to leave: offering her a solution; he will marry her. Aiden truly believes he can keep his feelings out of it.   Hana and Aiden always knew they shared a connection. Sharing a bed only intensified the chemistry between them and it wasn’t long the lines blur and feelings start to ...

💖💖💖💖💖 /5 Will You Stay Another Day by Samantha Tonge is a heartbreaking story about overcoming grief and loss, how grief can affect us; not just grief from a death but also from loneliness. It is a story that teaches about finding joy in new beginnings, starting over is possible and letting go of the past is possible.   Lili lost her best Em in a boat accident. Em was not just her best friend, but her ride and die, her travel companion, her sister from another mister. Lili’s grief has devastated her, taking over her life; even as the one year anniversary of her death approaches. Lili finds that listening to texts from Em keeps her close. One day, Lili sends Em a text and when it is answered, believes that maybe Em is still alive. After going through every possibility, she decides to meet the person replying to the texts.  It is not Em who she meets, but Dylan; drinking alone while also missing someone. As it happens, Em’s mobile number was given to Harry, Dylan ’s bro...