Well, once again another book that I really liked but life got away from me this past year. Her Piper BelliI received this book for an honest review:
Well, once again another book that I really liked but life got away from me this past year. Her Piper Bellinger goes out one night and without going into details she ends up in jail after the house she used for an impromptu party gets trashed. This time though she stays in jail. When she finally makes it home she is told by her step farther that she is being shipped off to Washington, to a town she never heard of, and to a bar that her father owned. Her sister decides to go with her. Once there she runs into captain Brenden who you think is grumpy but becomes more when the two girls begin to change the bar, into a better place. Anything would be better actually. What really gets him is that she does not leave. Instead, she actually makes friends with the locals and also finds out history about her family and she also finds their grandmother which actually only adds to this wonderful story. I really liked all of the characters and overall just a wonderful book. My regret is this review is late and that I was not able to read her second book which is about the sister, but really takes the time to read this wonderful story. I received this book from Netgally.com I gave it 5 stars. ...more
An interesting story that has a florist being protected by a bodyguard. Victor Hollingsworth does not want I received this book for an honest review:
An interesting story that has a florist being protected by a bodyguard. Victor Hollingsworth does not want a bodyguard but her brother assigns one anyway. Ty Chambers can’t wait for this assignment to be over and to move to the next one. His problem is that now he is becoming attracted to her yet he only thinks it is just super vocal. When the two of them start friends only and only until he leaves for his next assignment neither expects to fall for the other one. Well, we know she will it just takes longer for him to admit it. A story with some action there were some nice moments. Overall not bad. I received this book from Netgally.com I gave it 4 stars. ...more
I really wanted to like this book more especially after I downloaded it. Once I began the story though I foI received this book for an honest review:
I really wanted to like this book more especially after I downloaded it. Once I began the story though I found myself getting caught up with the negativity part of Toni. I suppose I understood it really at the beginning or wanted to her reasoning behind her idea of men and the way they looked and her thinking that Cooper was just a contractor, and Summer was more because he was in a suite. Yet Cooper thought she was still beautiful even after getting splashed with water and having a bad morning. The whole number thing thinking she was talking to Summer instead of Cooper was nice and added to the story but again every time there was something good she would have negativity about Cooper behind it even after she found out what type of person Summer she still was not willing to give Copper a chance. She was even rude to the man who owned the place the two of them stayed at for business before she finally started to turn everything around. The moments of the rom-com did not make up for the character's negativity throughout the book. ...more
Brody was told he needed to change his fishing trips, so he added a book club. Disaster now he is working toI received this arc for an honest review.
Brody was told he needed to change his fishing trips, so he added a book club. Disaster now he is working to save his boat and services, the yelp reviews are bad. Enter Rachel his best friend's younger sister who he has worked on staying away from since he saw her a while back and realized he was attracted to the beauty. She comes to him with a plan to help him since she is taking over her mothers' seeking business while she recovers from an injury. It is not until his boat is out in the middle of the lake and while watching he realizes is selling sex toys. Being upset at first he calms down and realizes that the woman are able to open up and share more while being out on the lake than being at someone's home. A whole new business has arrived. Also, he and Rachel start exploring their feelings for each other as he comes clean about being attracted to her for years but ignoring her when she came home, making her think he did not like her. This part of the story really adds to the book. Overall everything about this book really makes for a very good book. Very much worth the read and has wonderful characters. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. ...more
Gabe and his brothers own an outdoor business in Oregon. Unaware that his mother who really is the person thI received this arc for an honest review.
Gabe and his brothers own an outdoor business in Oregon. Unaware that his mother who really is the person that owns the business has hired a person from New York to look at their company and provide them with a way of making them more personable. Especially to women and or couples since their town has changed. Enter Lucy who’s mother lives in Rush Creek Oregon and is happy to see her daughter. Gabe is happy to see her and the feelings that have stirred up in him he thought he put away years ago. He is not happy to hear the things that she is talking about. After a heart-to-heart talk with his mother. He also still needs to deal with the loss of his father and of the girl who he thought he loved. With Lucy it is different. She does everything that he does even though she looks good doing it. People in town including his brothers and sister like which makes it even more difficult for him not to like her. On top of that everything she put into place actually is working and their business has turned around. So why after they each expressed their love for one another did she go back to New York and he stayed? You will have to read this very good story to find out. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. ...more
A really wonderful story that has a local chef who owns her own food truck Sara Kelly agreeing to do the meal for her niece's quinceañera. She has livA really wonderful story that has a local chef who owns her own food truck Sara Kelly agreeing to do the meal for her niece's quinceañera. She has lived in the neighborhood her whole life and she is looking forward to doing this for her family. The grandmother is helping and teaching her the recipes of their Cuban family which really adds to this story. Everything changes when celebrity chief Tony Sanchez comes home from New York taking time from his restaurant up there and he is asked by his family to do the meal for his niece’s as well. This gets the attention of a magazine because of Tony’s sister and now the two people that had dated at one time are now competing. Also, they get to work out issues from the past and some issues are still at the surface. There is a lot going on in this story inside each family also with the magazine the event for one has issues, dresses get looking too close, you get the idea. At one time these two families were very close now they are very distant. See if they can work everything out or not. A very good story with wonderful characters and really a true family or families. ...more
A good story that will keep you entertained. Ronan a former Army Ranger rescued Cinobia when she was younger. Now as she is looking at taking over herA good story that will keep you entertained. Ronan a former Army Ranger rescued Cinobia when she was younger. Now as she is looking at taking over her country new problems have arisen and she reaches out to him. Ronan who now owns his own security firm does not what to go to meet her because he does not what to be back in the country where he is looked at as a Royal, He does agree after some time, and then the attraction between the two of them really collides. It is here where the story really takes off and you get the twists and turns plus their back and forth with each other, a good story. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. ...more
I really liked this book. First, you have Addy finding her boyfriend of four years having sex with his secreI received this arc for an honest review.
I really liked this book. First, you have Addy finding her boyfriend of four years having sex with his secretary. So she does the most normal thing, packs up and leaves the East Coast to the West coast. San Diego is where she lands and gets a job as a nurse. One morning she is on the beach watching the surfers and notices one out of all of them who seems to just glide over the water. She is later surprised when Josh is walking towards her and then begins to have a conversation with her. She continues to be shocked as a young man as he would want to spend time with her. Josh has people around him who he thinks is his friend, maybe some began that way but now most see him as a meal ticket. Either through his modeling or some of the endorsements, he does. One is his so-called best friend Frank and a girl that just hangs around. Frank continues to call her Mrs. Robinson once they do begin to date and it takes Jake a long time to finally wake up to what she had been telling him. There is also one moment where Josh is confused because her old boyfriend has shown up suddenly. Each has some issues to deal with and there are some tense moments when you think that this won’t work. Read this story though and see what happens. A really good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. ...more
Alejandro has returned home but not by choice, no the award-winning photographer is hurt so he is recoveringI received this arc for an honest review.
Alejandro has returned home but not by choice, no the award-winning photographer is hurt so he is recovering. His mother is very happy to have him instead of traveling the World, his father not so much. Anamaria was planning on going with Alejandro when he was leaving so many years ago, but instead, she stayed in her Miami neighborhood. She is now a firefighter and paramedic, also works as a trainer which her and his mother used as a reason to put them back together or they hope. Anamaria thought she had gotten over her feelings for him only now to have him back is stirring them back up again. He is still hurt that she did not leave with him but she could not leave when her father just had a heart attack. Can they work anything out? Can he and his father make some kind of peace? Read this wonderful story of family and food, love, and just life as this author weaves a wonderful story together. I received this book from Netglley.com I gave it 5 stars. ...more
I have read this author's other books but for some reason, I really did not care for this story. One Gian felI received this arc for an honest review.
I have read this author's other books but for some reason, I really did not care for this story. One Gian felt he had the right to go and tell people who were adopted that they had a whole nother family like it was his right. Being adopted this is so wrong on just so many levels and also adopting children as well. This really set me off, but then after he initiates a meeting with Teagan who did not know who he was, he tells his brother he wonders if she is after his money? Gian throughout this story was just wrong on so many levels even when talking to his parents or the people who raised him as one of their own, I just did not like his character and it stayed with me throughout the book. Maybe others won’t see it that way. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 2 stars. ...more
This is a story about two people that made a pact in college that if neither is married at thirty they wouldI received this arc for an honest review.
This is a story about two people that made a pact in college that if neither is married at thirty they would. Hannah is having her thirtieth birthday with some friends but nothing from her boyfriend. Her day actually sucks, including her knee which she injured and she has not been able to get it looked at because she does not have the proper insurance. Later that night Will shows up at her door and surprises her with a proposal. She tells him she needs time. Later that night not being able to sleep she calls her boyfriend who actually showed up late and gave her two tickets to a concert for a band that Will actually got her to like in college, her boyfriend does not like said band so she thinks of Will. After calling and talking to her boyfriend and realizing that he does not see marriage in their future she tells Will yes. So, now you would think of a simple story from here on out, no/ must sell it to family and friends. Their friends from college and her parents are saying it is about time. His family has doubts and why so fast. They each get what they promised she begins to get help for her knee, and Will looks to making it to the board at the family company. That is until a weekend in the Hamptons and Hannah finds out that the finance to Will’s brother and the person who has been doing her physical therapy was at one time Will’s girlfriend, big story behind that, so Hannah leaves. Later Will leaves the family business for another job, Hannah is working in Boston which Will’s father had something to do about that, everything is just a big mess. It is not until she interviews the lead singer of the band that she and Will like that she can begin to think straight and maybe get her life back on track. See what happens, a very good story with some twists and turns with good characters. I received his book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. ...more
Althea has left New York to travel home to the small town in Georgia to visit her GrandMother, she has also arrived before the celebration of the smalAlthea has left New York to travel home to the small town in Georgia to visit her GrandMother, she has also arrived before the celebration of the small college that was started by her family but that she feels no ties to. Everyone in town remembers her parents and talks about her grandmother who has prepared the food for so many years and how this will probably be her last and what will happen to the school? She feels torn because her life in New York, at least work life is good, for she is going to be made partner which she feels is what she has wanted the entire time she has been at the frim. Looking for her grandmother in the school's kitchen she finds a white man cooking and her grandmother sitting and laughing at things he is telling her. These are strange to Althea for normally her grandmother is cooking and she feels that jealous of this man who she later finds out that her grandmother has shared some of her family recipes with. When talking to Jack later she thinks that his project of writing about southern recipes is actually stealing old family recipes from this white socialite which causes many disagreements between them and her and her grandmother. You will have to read this book to see who it all works out and the ending is very good. There is also a case where she works for free for a woman and her sweet tea which is the reason for the title. A very good book with many different topics. I for one liked how the grandmother wanted to pass on her recipes especially with her granddaughter and wish others would instead of holding onto them. A very good story with wonderful characters. ...more
A very funny story that is the opposite of the fake boyfriend. Here Blair, a librarian, is looking to hire a man for a fake boyfriend but she wants h A very funny story that is the opposite of the fake boyfriend. Here Blair, a librarian, is looking to hire a man for a fake boyfriend but she wants him to be the worst boyfriend he could possibly be. Myles agrees even though at first he was hoping to be her boyfriend. Once they begin to find out about each other they find that there is an attraction but he does not do anything about it because of the agreement. Blair at the beginning is also a little worried because he is younger than herself, though to Myles it is a non-issue. When they leave Myles's truck and walk to the front of her parent's house he goes full-on bad boyfriend. Starting with having her carry her own bags and going in before her, then telling her he wants a sandwich as he is walking up the stairs. It just goes on from there with many funny moments and some heartfelt ones as well. You will have to read this good book to see if her plan is accomplished and what happens at the end. A very good book with really good characters. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. ...more
I really liked this story, the characters were funny at times and also serious. The story has Ginny, a fortI received this ARC for an honest review.
I really liked this story, the characters were funny at times and also serious. The story has Ginny, a forty-year-old woman arriving at a wedding shower not wanting to go in but noticing a naked guy dressing in the parking lot. Getting her attention right away she goes towards him and once he finishes dressing they introduce themselves, she helps with his tie and yet they each find the other attractive. Though Josh is working the event he continues to look for Ginny and when they are free he finds her to dance. When he finds out about her ex they agree to one stand in order for her to wipe away her ex. Weeks later though she finds herself pregnant after telling Josh and saying no to his proposal the story still has many fine moments between the two of them with her learning to cook from him and going to yoga which she never thought she would do. Though he is still in love with her after the third proposal and yet another rejection, he leaves once again. She, of course, being older than his twenty-five years feels like he would be giving up his dream and she wants him to go, not realizing that maybe she and the baby are his dreams now. This book will keep you going from page to page once you start it and with all of the characters in the book you have enough to like and dislike as you go along. A very good story about life and very much worth the read. ...more
A story that begins with two young high school sweethearts with big plans for their future together. BeforeI received this ARC for an honest review.
A story that begins with two young high school sweethearts with big plans for their future together. Before it is to happen Clare’s mother sends her to Paris with a friend for her graduation present. While there she receives a call from a friend back home in Wyoming and then a picture with a girl arm and arm with Zac, her boyfriend. Calling and calling his phone while leaving messages she never heard back from him. She finds out that he has left for New Orleans their plan before she left without her, now wondering what to do her mother comes up with a plan, and with her friend who wants to break into modeling she uses Clare’s mother contacts to do just that. Twelve years have passed and she is a high-profile publicist for the rich and famous in San Francisco. He is an artcutech , each successful in their own fields. She comes home because she finds out about her father's cancer and takes over the fundraiser auction that her family holds every year. This year though instead of her father she is the family member. During the auction for her, the bidding gets higher and higher and before her father can get someone to raise the bid she is sold to none other than Zac. Zac feels like she dumped him because his family did not have the money like her family and that was the reason she stayed in Paris. So when she comes to work at his ranch her first day is bad, though she does the work. He is a little mean to someone who is supposed to have been in love with her at one time. She does get back at him a few days later when he wants his weight room painted which I thought was a good touch. It goes like this for a while until the moment comes when she finds out what happened that day so many years ago. What really hurts her though was the people who were involved that changed her life, now you have to read this wonderful story to find out what happens. A good book with good characters and a good story worth the read. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. ...more
This book opens with Emma returning home to the small town which she grew up in, and going back to working I received this ARC for an honest review.
This book opens with Emma returning home to the small town which she grew up in, and going back to working with her mother at their barbeque restaurant. She feels like a failure for having to return home but also having to deal with Ben Cates, who since kindergarten have been at each other each thing done to the other one may have started out as simple as pulling a chair out from when she was going to sit down, but by the end of high school it was way worse. Even before that. The story goes through all of that, doing so with a local barbecue competition that also happens to be filmed by some students from the college. There is also a chief from a cooking show just to add to the story. The main story is not just about barbecue and the old way of all-night cooking with a pit versus the new gas grills. It is also about Emma coming to terms with the death of her father, why Ben always hated her, or that is how she felt, and the two of them needing to grow up as well. With a wonderful cast of characters from Jeremiah the pitmaster and trying to help Emma with words of wisdom that she does not get right away, to Shero Ben’s sister who is the voice in Ben’s ear that he is not living just doing barbecue and nothing else not willing to take a chance. A wonderful story and very much worth the read. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com ...more
I really enjoyed this story and the characters. Michelle and Gabe both kept the story going but her family aI received this ARC for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this story and the characters. Michelle and Gabe both kept the story going but her family at the beginning really moved everything along. The story moves back and forth from the present to the past but does so that it does not take away from the story or the characters at all. Michelle wants to deal with the past and why Gabe left so fast and for the most part has stayed away from the Bronx. Gabe left New for U.C.L.A. and stayed in California now with a partner who owns a gym. The last time he was home for his sister’s wedding he got into an argument with his father, one of the good ones where everyone stops to hear what is going on. Now he is back and staying right next door to the father he does not want to see. That is another part of this story that makes it funny, his wanting to hide from his father but when he does run into his father it is not where you want to meet your parents. This book has many moments like that and is an overall very good story and very much worth the read. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreveiws.com...more
Here is a story where you are rooting for the two lead characters. They have been friends since he moved into her family's apartment building. Stayed Here is a story where you are rooting for the two lead characters. They have been friends since he moved into her family's apartment building. Stayed that way until he left for the army thinking that her tears were just a crush since he was a few years older. Returning to the Bronx he becomes a police officer and now Cade and Maritizia are partners while still friends. As the story opens, Cade has broken up with his long-time girlfriend and after spending time with Maritizia he realizes he has made a mistake after all of these years in not following his heart and expressing himself to her about his feelings. Thinking that it would ruin all that they have as friends and what her family has done for him and her mother. Instead, he now gets to watch her be with her boyfriend who she really does not want to be with anymore. The story moves along and you wonder how she ended up with the guy that she is with, especially when he gives her a birthday gift that he really wanted and not anything she would enjoy. Everything though comes to a head when he leaves her in Jamaica while they still have over a week on their vacation. Now is the time for Cade to make his move. Read this very good story and see what happens to the two friends. Good book with good characters. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com ...more
Waiting for this book to finally come out and after reading it I have gotten so far behind on reviews it is Was given this doc for an honest review.
Waiting for this book to finally come out and after reading it I have gotten so far behind on reviews it is a shame. I really liked the story of Lucian, the oldest brother. Here you get his back story and the side of him working with the mob. You also see his inner workings as well. While this is going on you are also given the story of how Olivia came into his life, how he wants to be with her and though she thinks it is because of their age difference at first. It really is about her father being an investor in one of his companies. This goes on for years until she is the interior decorator for a new nightclub he is opening and she also needs help from an ex she dated for just a short time. That man who works for the mob is now stalking her and Lucian must decide now what to do. He chooses her even if it means losing a mentor and starting a war. I found this to be everything I was looking for and more. A very good story with many good characters which I wanted to know more about, maybe later? Very much worth the read. I received this from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com ...more
A very interesting story and one that turned out to be much better than I was expecting from the title. I re Was given this doc for an honest review.
A very interesting story and one that turned out to be much better than I was expecting from the title. I received this book mainly because of the title which interested me. Bailey the main character is working for a magazine and she herself is going after an interview with the top male porn star. Though she can be naive at times and at other times she is strong and fearless, which I can understand. She lands the interview which surprises her and her boss. Yet she wants to do a bang-up job this being her first real big shot. Elijah the porn star is taken by her and of course, after a while, they start to date. This turns into many different problems for she is also a virgin but now going in person seeing them actually making a porn movie is not for her. Yet the author gives what it would be for her not to be in that world. That really is what makes this story the difference between the two people and if they can finally come together even towards the end when she is betrayed by her editor when she trunks in her interview. Overall a good book with good characters. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreveiws.com ...more