Bibliophile Chloe

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Happy Release Day & Review! The Surrender by Jodi Ellen Malpas

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September 2, 2025

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The Surrender by Jodi Ellen Malpas is now live!

He’s a tantalizing man of mystery. To solve him she could risk everything in a scorching romance by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the This Man series and The Invitation.

A pawn in a man’s callous game, Amelia Lazenby is trying to heal after being betrayed by the wealthy and scorchingly sexy Jude Harrison. Now he’s saying all the right things, whispering apologies as sincere as his kisses, and refusing to let her walk away. It’s hard for Amelia to resist a force as strong as Jude. Before long, he’s making her pulse pound, her head spin, and giving her the rapture she craves.

But once she surrenders, Amelia can’t help but fear she’s risking her heart all over again. This time, maybe even more. Jude is every bit as mysterious and possessive as she remembers. His ex-lover is back to wreak havoc on their lives. And Amelia’s own ex has returned from the past, knowing more about Jude than Amelia can imagine. As the secrets and shocking revelations keep coming, Amelia must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to stay with the man she loves and above all else…can’t resist.

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My Review...

Gahhh! This finale to the Arlington Hall series does not disappoint! Just the right amount of angst to keep the reader invested in the story.

Jude and Amelia’s chemistry is like a house on fire, and seeing the vulnerabilities of both Jude and Amelia as they navigate this new relationship kept me glued to the pages of my Kindle.

Beautiful settings, secrets, and intrigue galore is what is going to keep you reading until the end.

New Release & Review! Circle of Strangers by Minka Kent

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August 21, 2025

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The lengths neighbors will go to protect their secrets become downright frightening in a gripping novel of suspense by Minka Kent, the Edgar-nominated author of Unmissing.

Camille and Will Prescott have relocated from San Diego to Phoenix for a fresh start in a quiet gated community. After the traumas Camille’s marriage survived, it’s just the sanctuary she needs. As for her new neighbors, there’s Sozi, seemingly well intentioned if not for her invasive meddling and her desperate overtures to make a friend. And Mara and Oscar, an unstable couple around whom troubling rumors swirl.

Patiently listening to Sozi’s gossip and watching Mara and Oscar ever so closely has become something of a hobby for Camille. But while she obsesses about the cracks in everyone else’s lives, she begins to see the cracks in her own. And when a monster from her past reaches out to reconnect, it’s all Camille can do not to snap. Then one day she finds a dead body in her garage lying in a pool of blood.

Camille is about to discover what’s really going on behind the closed doors of this cozy cul-de-sac. And the worst is yet to come.

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My Review...

Holy twist! This second book in the Dangerous Strangers series picks up where Imaginary Strangers left off.

The Prescott family starts a new life in a new neighborhood. Camille believes this is just what she needs; her need to protect her family gets a bit of reprieve, or so she thinks.

This story reminds me of a more evil version of Desperate Housewives, the secrets, the drama and the mind twists are going to keep you glued to the pages.

Be sure to read this story slowly, a lot of clues and hints are throughout the pages to help you figure out the real mystery of the cul-de-sac, and when you get some of the answers, you are going to be absolutely shook! I know I was. I am praying to all the writing spirits that this is not the last book in this series; the ending is going to leave you begging for more! I tip my hat to you, Ms. Kent, for this fabulous thriller!

Happy Release Day! Spark by Lauren Rowe

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July 25, 2025

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She’s my best friend. And I secretly want her.

Ruby’s my best friend and bandmate. The sister of my good friend, too. Which makes her “triple off-limits” to me. I’d even say she’s like a sister to me, if it weren’t for the unbrotherly dreams I’ve had about her since age sixteen.

But when Ruby drunkenly kisses me at a party to piss off her ex, the spark I’ve been working hard to snuff out for years bursts into a raging pyre. And now, I can’t stop obsessing about that kiss and yearning for another one.
In fact, after The Kiss That Changed Everything, I’m now determined to do whatever it takes to make Ruby mine, even at the risk of burning my whole world down.

Spark is a complete standalone, best friends to lovers, forced proximity, rockstar romance.

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My Review...

Wowza! Welcome back to the musical world that Ms. Rowe has created!

This is the story of bandmates, best friends, and the spark of more!

This is Ruby and Kendrick’s story, and what a swoonfest it is.

Kendrick is the golden retriever hero with a dose of doberman, and I was all over that like a bad rash! This poor fella has been hiding his feelings for years! He had a front row seat to all of Ruby’s shenanigans with men, and Kendrick didn’t know what to do.

Ruby has a bad picker. She says so herself, she has been unlucky in the boyfriend department, and boy does it bite her in the backside (not in a good way…).

Hidden feelings, huge miscommunications, and bad timing abound in this stellar story.

It was fantastic seeing other characters from past stories make their appearances; it brings a well-rounded storyline to fruition. 

Totally can be read as a standalone, but do yourself a favor, after devouring this story, get your hands on all of Ms. Rowe’s books, you will be all the better for it.

Happy Release Day & Review! I Could Be Yours by Helena Hunting

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July 13, 2025

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A brand new standalone grumpy sunshine summer holiday romance.

The best man ghosted me six years ago after kissing me, and now I have to plan every wedding event under the sun with him. 

Nate Stiles is the definition of serious. Furrowed brow? Check. Rain cloud personality? Double check. 

I shouldn’t be thinking about the fact that our kiss was the best one of my life right now. I should be planning the bachelorette party of the millennium. 

I shouldn’t be wondering when Nate became such a good dancer after we got roped into salsa lessons with the happy couple. I should be mentally ticking off boxes on my bridal checklists.

I shouldn’t be wondering what it would be like if I didn’t hate Nate Stiles. I should be holding strong against a man who doesn’t believe in love. 

My name is Essie Lovelock. I am a reformed love obsessed fairytale fanatic and I’m determined to be the best maid of honor my best friend could ever have.

And I am absolutely not going to fall for the best man.

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About Helena Hunting:

NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her adorable, emotional cat, who thinks the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from emotional contemporary romance to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry.

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My Review...

I just can’t get enough of the cast of characters that Ms. Hunting creates! 

This latest story, set in the world of the Toronto Terror and Tilton U, with a touch of the Pucked series, is going to grab you in the feels!

This is the story of Essie and Nate, a brief encounter at the end of high school that left a lasting impression.

Essie is just beautiful, both inside and out. I love her love of all things pink and princessy. I love how she loves hard and sometimes too quickly, but her loyalty is fierce, and she is learning to value her self-worth as more than just a pretty face.

Nate is the broody hero with a marshmallow center; he just doesn’t know how to access that center too often. He has been hurt and scarred by “love” and wants no part of it. Until he realizes how much Essie really means to him.

The chemistry between Nate and Essie is off the charts hot, and I love that Essie embraces her inner bad girl. She is full of surprises!

I floved seeing past characters make their appearances known! It was like a lovely family reunion!

It doesn’t matter if you are a long-time fan girl or a new Ms. Hunting reader; you are going to love this latest story!

Happy Release Day & Review! Beg for Me by J.T. Geissinger

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July 1, 2025

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Beg For Me by J.T. Geissinger is now live!

It was supposed to be a fling. A beautiful mistake I’d make only once.
Fate had other plans for us.

Sophia
Carter McCord is everything I shouldn’t want. Fifteen years younger, he’s too cocky, too good-looking, and a playboy notorious for leaving broken hearts and wreckage in his wake.

To make matters worse, he’s my competition. As an executive at my company’s top rival, the young hotshot is strictly off limits both professionally and personally. I’ve got a career to protect and a teenage daughter to raise. The last thing I need is the kind of man who makes women beg.

But Carter isn’t interested in keeping it casual. The way he touches me, the way he needs me—it’s more than sex. It’s obsession.

Carter
I don’t care that she’s older. I don’t care that she’s a business rival. I don’t care what my family thinks or what people will say or that her ex wants to see me dead.

Sophia Bianco is everything I’ve ever wanted, and I’m gonna make her mine.

Even if she makes me beg for it.

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My Review...

Oh my me, the youngest McCord sibling is just wowza!

This story of the youngest McCord sibling, Carter, has all that you want in a hero. 

This story has all the swoons, heat, and laughs that I come to love from Ms. Geissinger!

This reverse age gap is just to die for. 

Carter McCord is a broken hero that I fell for hard. I admired his willingness to show his vulnerabilities to Sophia, and the way that he absolutely worshipped her was *Chef’s Kiss* perfection.

I could totally empathize with Sophia, her age, her struggles, and her strength was relatable and real. 

I floved the honesty between Carter and Sophia and I was cheering hard for them. 

I honestly couldn’t put this book down once I started and I know you won’t be able to either. Get your hands on this story, heck the whole series, you won’t be disappointed!

Happy Release Day & Review! The Invitation by Jodi Ellen Malpas

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July 1, 2025

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The Invitation by Jodi Ellen Malpas is now live!

An ambitious career woman. An enigmatic billionaire. There’s more to their affair than meets the eye in this scalding romance by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the This Man series.

Amelia Lazenby deserves a breather—from work and from the stress of a recent breakup. Courtesy of her best friends, she gets a day of pampering at a posh country spa called Arlington Hall. Instead of finding calm, she finds her pulse racing when she sees flawlessly rugged Jude Harrison. Hand on heart, she’s never laid eyes on such a stunner. And an unexpected steam room meet takes their instant attraction to a whole new level.

Amelia wasn’t looking for an intense new affair. But the passion Jude ignites is off the charts. Even if he is a little possessive. Even if his temper can be as formidable as the influence he has on her body. He becomes all the more intriguing when Amelia discovers that Jude not only owns Arlington Hall but that their meeting was no accident. It was planned. But to what end?

That’s a mystery as irresistible as Jude himself. Is he worth the risk? Or is this the man who could break her?

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My Review...

Not gonna lie, it’s been a hot minute since I had the opportunity to read Ms. Malpas, and boy am I kicking myself now!

This new series, Arlington Hall, is going to grab you and not let you go until the end! (And gahhhhh! What an ending!)

This is the introduction to the dynamic relationship between Jude and Amelia.

I had to admire the fortitude of Amelia, even when it seems like the deck is stacked against her, she perseveres. When faced with the white-hot chemistry between her and Jude, she tries hard to deny it, but essentially, the heart wants what the heart wants, and it’s telling her it’s Jude.

Oh Jude, you mystery, wrapped in an enigma. The ultimate alpha, with a touch of stalker thrown in for good measure. What has he done to ensure that Amelia is in his orbit?

The mystery slowly reveals itself through the pages, and boy, the final two chapters are going to leave you breathless! I know I am going to be waiting, not so patiently, for the next installment in what is going to be an amazing series of books!

New Release & Review! Shopping for a Highlander’s Elopement by Julia Kent

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June 11, 2025

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Title: Shopping for a Highlander’s Elopement
Series: Shopping for a Highlander #3
Author: Julia Kent
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Tropes: Sports Romance/Surprise Proposal/Grand
Gesture/Chaotic Wedding/Scottish Footballers
Release Date: June 10, 2025
 
 
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I didn’t expect to fall for a Scottish footballer so annoyingly sunny you need shades to be around him.

 

 
I didn’t expect to say yes to his heart-felt, if loopy, proposal while he lay injured on the pitch, blathering on about banana pudding and sparkly unicorns.
 
What I definitely didn’t expect?
 
For our engagement to explode into a paparazzi circus, our mothers to turn into wedding bulldozers, and for our wedding protector’s perfectly reasonable elopement plan to spiral into a roadtrip escape.
 
So here we are.
 
In Love You, Maine, a town that celebrates Valentine’s Day every single day. We’re here to get married. Quietly. No drama. In disguise.
 
Although good luck hiding a 6’5” ginger Scottish striker wearing a knee brace and a perpetual extrovert smile.
 
Instead of being subtle and blending in? Our quiet escape is vibrating heart-shaped beds, mirrors on the ceilings, secret identities, interfering mothers, and one suspiciously enthusiastic moose that humps dumpsters.
 
This was supposed to be a simple wedding. Just me and Hamish. No fuss.
 
But nothing about us has ever been simple with us.
 
Still, this is what love is, right? It’s chaos. It’s compromise. It’s crying in a wedding planner’s office, then kissing in a hot spring.
 
It’s choosing each other again and again, even when everything goes sideways.
 
No matter what comes next… this is our comeback story, in more ways than one.
 
And no – that’s not a euphemism. 🙂
 
Shopping for a Highlander’s Elopement is a romantic comedy that blends the worlds of four bestselling series by New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent:
 
– Shopping for a Billionaire

– Shopping for a Highlander

– Whatever It Takes
– Love You, Maine
 
If you love sports romance, surprise proposals, grand gestures, chaotic weddings, Scottish footballers, golden retriever/black cat energy, and characters who love too hard, mess up spectacularly, and always find their way back to each other with plenty of laughter (and lovingly-used scrunchies) along the way, then this is your book.

 

 

 

 
 
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 New York Times bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.
 
From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men’s room toilet (and he isn’t a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).
 
She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.
 
She loves to hear from her readers by email at julia@jkentauthor.com, on Twitter @jkentauthor, on Facebook at @jkentauthor, and on Instagram @jkentauthor. Visit her at http://jkentauthor.com
 
 
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My Review...

As an avid fangirl of Julia Kent and an even bigger fangirl of the Shopping series, you can bet that I was beyond excited to get my hands on the newest story set in this series!

This is the continuing story of Hamish and Amy, but know that this story can also be read as a stand-alone. Ms. Kent has the talent to bring new readers in, and this story is going to grab you and not let you go until the end.

Full of heart, heat and hilarity, this story follows Hamish and Amy on their journey to wedded bliss. But as long-time fans know, when it comes to the Jacoby family, nothing ever comes easy and not without a bit of chaos.

I found myself laughing out loud when I was reading this and I was cheering hard for Amy and Hamish to get the wedding that they wanted.

I loved how Ms. Kent brought in a touch of several of her series into this story, it was like a long-awaited family reunion with the secondary characters and places made themselves known. 

I hope that with the ending, Ms. Kent is getting ready to dazzle us with more from the McCormick and Jacoby familes in the future.

Happy Release Day & Review! Sterling Touch by L.B. Dunbar

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June 5, 2025

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Blurb:

I wasn’t supposed to love him. I wasn’t even supposed to acknowledge him. But my entire life, I’ve had heart-eyes for my oldest brother’s former best friend, Cortland Haven.

I can’t help it that boys can be stupid, and a feud broke apart a long-time friendship and divided once-close families. 

Try as I might to ignore Cort, I didn’t miss his eyes on me from across a crowded bar, twelve years ago. Oh, the way my skin tingled under his appraisal. The way my heart pattered knowing he was looking at me.

We shared more than a moment.

Now, we’re older and wiser. And with a little over a decade age gap between us, and a divide greater than that between our families, my heart still hasn’t gotten the memo.

No, that fickle organ has other plans for Cortland and me.

Especially when the silver fox is my son’s new baseball coach and I suddenly find myself assigned as his physical therapist.

I don’t just fall for the man adverse to touch, I tumble hard for him, when he should never be mine.

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My Review...

Welcome back to Sterling Falls and the Sylver family.

This is the story of the youngest Slyver sibling, Valentine. This is the story of first loves, broken dreams, and forgiveness.

Vale is doing the single mom job with love, doing the complete opposite of what she experienced in her childhood. The scars she carries from her past make her the woman she is today.

Cortland is existing, he gave up on happiness and life a long time ago. His past mistakes continue to haunt him, and when he comes into contact with Vale again, he can’t help but become like a honeybee to a flower, hovering around Vale.

A shared childhood, a disastrous past, and finding a new beginning are the hallmarks of this story. 

I admired Ms. Dunbar’s sensitivity to a subject that is rarely spoken of and seldom discussed. It shows the range and talent that Ms. Dunbar continues to show to her readers.

I love this family, I love the town of Sterling Falls, and I can’t wait to see what comes next.

Happy Release Day & Review! Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn

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June 3, 2025

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“I got what I wanted. I became buddy-buddy with my boss in an instant. But the cost will be hefty…finding a husband by tomorrow.” 

Scottie Price just started a new job, and it’s a real sausage fest. She’s the only woman on a team filled with Brads and Chads. Expecting a bachelor pad atmosphere, she is quickly corrected when she finds out everyone is happily married.

In an effort to impress her boss, Scottie mentions her nonexistent husband in a company meeting. But eagle-eyed Chad points out her lack of wedding ring. Panicked, Scottie creates a story about her unhappy marriage. Unfortunately for Scottie, her boss has a solution―a one-on-one session with the best marriage counselor in the Northeast, who happens to be her boss’s husband.

With no way out of her lie, Scottie agrees to see him. Frantic, she calls in help from her best friend who sets her up with his brother, an improv-obsessed millionaire.

Enter Wilder Wells. More than happy to take on the job, he teaches Scottie the main rule of improv: always say yes. But the rule backfires during the session when Wilder signs them up for an eight-day summer marriage camp with all of Scottie’s co-workers where she’ll have to share a cabin with her way-too-handsome fake husband.

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My Review...

This has got to be one of the hands-down best summer read I have gotten my hands on in a looong while!

I laughed, I swooned and I fell in flove with Scottie and Wilder, I actually fell hard for every character in this book. In fact, I can safely say this story is going to go in my re-read rotation (and that’s a hard rotation to get into, at least in my world).

This story of Wilder and Scottie is just amazing.

Scottie is learning that sometimes her mouth is writing checks that her mind and body can’t cash. She finds herself in a situation that really blows up her world view, and it makes her realize her worth as a person.

Wilder, oh you beautiful, filthy man. I love his take on the world, his “always say yes” attitude, and the positivity he brings into Scottie’s life.

I loved the quirks of each of the characters, even the secondary ones and could see myself fully submerged in the world that Ms. Quinn creates for her readers.

I am huge fan of Ms. Quinn’s, I thought that nothing could top my fave book of hers, “Dear Life”. Now I can say that this is going to be on the top of my favorite books by Meghan Quinn.

Happy Release Day & Review! Cup of Lies by K. Webster

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May 30, 2025

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The Crowne Conspiracy is finally exposed in Cup of Lies! Pick up K Webster’s latest release now!

 

 

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From USA Today Bestselling author K Webster comes a new dark enemies-to-lovers romance…

 

I’m trapped in a lie.

They’ve twisted my mind so that I barely recognize who I am anymore. In this new prison, I’m the devoted wife of a brilliant, deceptive man who holds the key to my carefully constructed reality. 

But something is missing and my soul aches.

As the cracks in my mind widen, fragments of a life I don’t remember claw their way to the surface. A name lingers on the edges of my thoughts and sends a shiver down my spine.

Caius.

This new life is a nightmare, but not real. The truth holds steady in my heart, showing me the way. I know Caius is searching for me. We’ll soon find our way back to each other. 

The people who did this to me think they’ve won and broken my mind forever. 

They were wrong. 

Once I find him, we’ll expose every facet of their evil empire.

Together, we will burn it all to the ground.

 

Cup of Lies is book three in The Crowne Conspiracy trilogy. This book is a dark, psychological romance that contains triggering content. This book completes the series.

 

What to Expect in Cup of Lies:

 

Enemies-to-Lovers

 

Morally Gray MMC

 

Mind Games

 

Touch Her and Die Vibes

 

Dark Family Secrets

 

Obsessive Anti-Hero

 

Forbidden Attraction

 

 

 

About the Author:

 

 

K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.

 

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My Review...

Wowza! What a finale to this mind-twisting series!

You get your answers, you get some serious comeuppance and revenge, you get it all in this story.

Caius and Romy have gone through all the pits of hell for each other, and do they get their happily ever after?

You see characters from a previous series make their presence known and even if you haven’t read it, you will get to know these characters and how much they bring to this.

This is a story you won’t be able to put down until the very end, and when you do, you will still be thinking about it after it’s done. This series will definitely get a re-read in the future from me!

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