Wednesday, July 8, 2020

SOUTHERN CHARM by K.C. Crowne


Title:  SOUTHERN CHARM

Series:  Rainbow Canyon #5

Author:  K.C. Crowne

Publisher:  K.C. Crowne

Publish Date:  07.07.2020

Category /Genre:  Contemporary Romance

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC / errors excused

Received from:  K.C. Crowne

Goodreads link: Southern Charm

Date completed: 07.08.2020



Description from the publisher:

A little girl was dropped on my doorstep.
And, this wild cowboy became a father overnight.

I’ve seen a lot in my life.
But nothing prepared me for fatherhood.
El is just five and she has my stubborn streak.
H*ll, a man with my history isn't meant to raise another human.

Samantha is my only saving grace.
But here I am, both excited and troubled by the feelings the beauty stirs up.
Smart, caring, and hot enough to melt my cold heart.
I need to look after my baby girl and run my family ranch - not fall hard for my kids' teacher.

But when Sam's past follows her into my home,
I'm forced to fight for my family's safety and the best thing that's happened to me in a long time.
I'll protect Sam -and the secret miracle in her womb.
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This is a standalone single dad, cowboy romance and a part of my Rainbow Canyon Cowboys series. Each book can be read as a standalone. Transport yourself into the charming family ranch in Texas, as we follow five rugged cowboys in their quests to find lasting love.

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SOUTHERN CHARM is the fifth book in the Rainbow Canyon series.  Though this is the fifth in a five-part series, and I hadn’t read any of the others, I was not at all lost.  On the other hand, I want the other brothers (and their girls)!  I mean, ahem, I want their stories. 



This story is all about who you *choose* to call family – in addition to the ones that love you through your blood bond.  Chance, Samantha (Sam), and Ellie didn’t set out to be a family.  Chance didn’t know he was a father until his daughter was already five years old.  Ellie isn’t used to living on a ranch, she misses her mother and her grandparents, and now this strange man says he’s her dad.  Sam is just looking to start over after an emotionally abusive relationship that had all the signs of becoming physically abusive as well. 



What starts out as a nannying position, becomes a case of one + one + one equals one heart… one bachelor dad, plus one nanny on the run, plus one little girl struggling to figure out where she fits in equals one family.  This contemporary romance doesn’t exist without the child because she is the reason Chance and Sam were brought together.  Luckily, Sam is the practically perfect in every way type of nanny that they needed.  She is disciplined, but fun-loving, adventurous, and compassionate.  I was a nanny.  I modeled Mary Poppins, but I think Sam did it better!



Though I have been receiving Ms. Crowne’s newsletter for a couple of months, this is the first book I have had the opportunity to put on my review schedule.  I’m not letting MONTHS go by again.  I will be back with Untamed Cowboy – I already have it downloaded and ready to read.



Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.



Rainbow Canyon Cowboy Series:

1.      Untamed Cowboy

2.      Taboo Cowboy

3.      Cowboy’s Baby

4.      Her Cowboy Daddies

5.      Southern Charm

Also from Author:

·         Her Mountain Brothers

·         Her Protector

·         Knocked Up by Daddy’s Best Friend

·         Mistletoe Surprise

·         Mountain Man’s Secret Baby

·         Never Over You

·         Second Chance for the Mountain Man

Bearded Brothers Mountain Man Series:

1.      Her Mountain Daddy

2.      Beauty and the Beard

3.      Bride and the Beard

4.      Built and Bearded

5.      The Gentleman

Big Bad Daddies Series:

1.      Big Bad Daddy

2.      Big Bad Doctor

3.      Big Bad Taboo Daddy

4.      Big Bad Prince

5.      Big Bad Mountain Man

6.      Big Bad SEAL

7.      Big Bad Boss

8.      Big Bad Sugar Daddy

9.      Big Bad Mountain Brothers

Endless Daddies Series:

1.      Doctor Daddy 

2.      Taboo Daddy

3.      Royally Damaged

4.      Boss Man

5.      Knocked Up by My Brother’s Best Friend

Firemen of Manhattan Series:

1.      Big Bad Fireman's Baby

2.      Big Bad Firefighter

3.      Big Bad Fire Daddy

Mountain Men of Liberty Series:

1.      Baby for the Mountain Man 

2.      Junior for the Mountain Man

3.      Knocked Up by the Mountain Man

4.      Baby for Daddy's Best Friend

5.      Triplets for the Mountain Man

6.      Taken by the Mountain Man

7.      Mountain Man's Secret Baby

8.      Mountain Man's Accidental Surprise

Mountain Protectors Series:

1.      The Storm

Spenser Sisters Series:

1.      Men on a Mission

2.      Christmas with Four Firemen

3.      Dirty Cowboys

 














Tuesday, July 7, 2020

MATED IN FORBIDDEN by Keira Blackwood & Liza Street



Title:  MATED IN FORBIDDEN

Series:  Alphas & Alchemy:  Fierce Mates #5

Author:  Keira Blackwood & Liza Street

Publisher:  Keira Blackwood & Liza Street

Publish Date:   07.06.2020

Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC / errors excused

Received from:  Keira Blackwood

Goodreads link: Mated in Forbidden

Date completed: 07.04.2020



Description from the publisher:

What’s worse than finding out you have a doppelganger? Finding out you have a doppelbanger. And he’s impregnated half the town.

In search of a new place to live, Moira finds the perfect home only to discover that her nemesis, Caleb, has also put in an offer.

The last thing Moira wants to do is deal with him. So what if his skills in the sack are legendary? So what if she’s spent more than one night fantasizing about that crude mouth of his?

If there’s one thing Moira has--that he lacks--it’s self-control. And access to lots of batteries to fuel her fantasies.

Caleb can’t always remember who has enjoyed the delights of his prowess in the bedroom. But he’s pretty sure he’d remember if he’d bumped uglies without protection.

How is a reformed Casanova supposed to prove he’s changed and win over the woman of his dreams when everyone keeps claiming he’s their baby daddy?

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MATED IN FORBIDDEN is the fifth book in the Alphas & Alchemy:  Fierce Mates series.  The Alphas & Alchemy: Fierce Mates series combines the worlds of Keira’s Alphas and Alchemy and Liza’s Fierce Mates.  You do not need to have read either of these other two series to enjoy this new combination! 



Keira Blackwood’s comment to ARC readers was “This is an utterly ridiculous series. If you don't like your pnr with a heavy dose of silliness, pass on Forbidden. If you're still with me, the fun continues right where we left off in book 4. This is Caleb & Moira's story! :D”  I’m still here and I want the roadmap that will actually take me to Forbidden.  This is my tribe!



Caleb is such a no-neck Neanderthalic Lothario, it is no surprise to anyone when four different women claim he has them knocked up.  The problem is that they all say that it happened a week ago, they look ready to pop, and he was under the advanced aging spell at the time so it couldn’t have been him.  Add in the drama of him and Moira bidding on the same condo – and fighting their mating call – and it’s a quick, fun, story that kept me glued to my kindle for a rainy afternoon.



Keira Blackwood and Liza Street have hit another one out of the park!  The magic and mischief that happens in and around Forbidden is just the kind of escapism that I enjoy when the world is going as crazy as it is.



I know that there will be one more book.  Brody and Pearl are dancing around each other; apparently Brody is having some dream problems already.  I can’t wait to find out more about that!  I only hope that won’t be the end of our trips to Forbidden!!



Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.



Alphas & Alchemy:  Fierce Mates Series:


2.      Fated in Forbidden

3.      Bound to Forbidden

4.      Caught in Forbidden

5.      Mated in Forbidden

6.      Forever in Forbidden



Also from Keira Blackwood:

·         Hope Reclaimed (with Liza Street)

·         Orphan Entangled (with Liza Street)

·         Stolen Moments

Alphas & Alchemy: Elemental Shifters series (with Eva Knight):


2.      Wolf Warrior of Land

3.      Dragon Guardian of Water  

4.      Bear Warrior of Water

Protectors of the Pack series:

1.      Bodyguard

2.      Enemies

3.      Heir

4.      Warrior

5.      Scoundrel

Protectors Quick Bites Series (with Eva Knight):

1.      Midnight Wish

2.      I Dream of Grizzly

3.      The Ocean’s Roar

4.      To Catch a Werewolf

5.      Outfoxed

6.      Tactics and Tails

Protectors of Riverwood Series:

1.      Grizzly Bait

2.      Grizzly Mate

3.      Grizzly Fate

Protectors of Sawtooth Peaks Series:

1.      Running to the Pack

2.      Defending the Pack

3.      Uniting the Pack

4.      Howling with the Pack

5.      Revenge

Protectors Unlimited Series:

1.      Can’t Prove Shift

2.      Suave as Shift

3.      In Deep Shift

Vampires of Scarlet Harbor Series:

1.      Pierced

2.      Hunted

3.      Ruled

Spellbound Sisters Series (with Liza Street):

1.      Oracle Defiant

2.      Oracle Adored

3.      Spellcaster Hidden

Spellbound Souls Series (with Liza Street):

0.5  Dragon Forgotten

1.      Dragon Shattered

2.      Dragon Unbroken

3.      Dragon Reborn

4.      Dragon Ever After



Also from Liza Street:

Dark Pines Pride Series:

1.      Wild Homecoming

2.      Wild Atonement

3.      Wild Reunion

4.      Wild Engagement


1.      Savage Yearning

2.      Savage Loss

3.      Savage Heartache

4.      Savage Thirst

5.      Savage Bliss

5.5 Irredeemable: A Savage Redemption Prequel

6.      Savage Redemption

3.5  One Savage Night

7.      Savage Penance

Fierce Mates: Rock Creek Clan Series:

1.      The Rose King

2.      Ruthless Misfit

3.      Ruthless Outlaw

4.      Ruthless Fighter

Junkyard Shifters:

Filthy Vandal

1.      Filthy Beast  

2.      Filthy Wolf (releases 07.13.2020)

3.      Filthy Alpha (releases soon)

Sierra Pride Series:

0.5 Ava & Jude

1.      Fierce Wanderer

2.      Fierce Heartbreaker

3.      Fierce Protector

4.      Fierce Player

5.      Fierce Dancer

6.      Fierce Informer  

7.      Fierce Survivor

8.      Fierce Lover



















Sunday, July 5, 2020

HARRY POTTER COLORING BOOK by Willow Mitchell


Title:  HARRY POTTER COLORING BOOK

Author:  Willow Mitchell

Publisher:  Willow Mitchell

Publish Date:   04.27.2020

Category /Genre:  Activity Book

Recommended for:  all ages

Grammar/editing:  A – near perfect

Received from:  Willow Mitchell (as an ARC gifted copy)



Description from the publisher:

The magical world of Hogwarts has lost its magnificent colors. A very powerful wizard is needed to fight the dark power and free Harry Potter and his friends. Are you ready to take on this challenge?

Draw your wand and unleash your creativity to restore color to our favorite saga: your journey through fantastic characters, legendary magical objects and enchanted places is about to begin!

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40 iconic characters with full backgrounds.  Some are simpler than others, making this a sharable book. 



I love sitting down with my grandchildren to color, plus we love all of the books and movies, so this book is perfect for that joy.  I’m planning a movie marathon with crayons and butterbeer!



In addition to the coloring book, we picked up the companion word search puzzle book and added to our hours of enjoyment.



Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.



Also from Author:

·         Coloring Book:  Harry Potter

·         Word Search:  Harry Potter