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THE TRADE by Meghan Quinn

Release Date: March 12th

Genre: Contemporary Romance

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Blurb:

Can you pinpoint a time in your life where you realized you are completely and utterly screwed?

I can. I got the dreaded phone call, the one every baseball player hopes and prays never comes.

I was traded. Yeah, that phone call.

Traded from my long time team of over ten years. And not just to any team, but my childhood rivals; the Chicago Rebels.

Completely and utterly screwed, right? Wrong. The trade was the least of my concerns.

I met a girl. Natalie. Man, she’s perfect.

I swore I would never get involved with anyone during the season. Too complicated. But can you believe I have zero restraint when it comes to this girl? I couldn’t get her out of my head and the more I talked to her, the more I realized I needed her in my life.

So what’s the problem? Why am I screwed? Because, Natalie, the girl I can’t stop crushing on, yeah . . . she’s married.

At least, that’s what I was told . . .

CORY

I’m fucked.

I’m sure you hear that all the time, so the term has lost its impact.

I ran out of sugar for my cookie batter . . . I’m fucked.

Forgot my phone in my car . . . I’m fucked.

Saw my neighbor’s old-man balls . . . I’m fucked for life.

I can guarantee you right now, this is nothing compared to old-man balls and cookies.

This is way worse.

This defines the term, I’m fucked.

What is it you ask?

It happened after one of the worst baseball seasons of my life. Traded halfway through the season to the team I’d hated my entire life, I was drowning in the constant media attention, persecuting me for the pass off for my multi-million-dollar contract.

“We want to win,” the Rebels said. “We can do that with Cory Potter wearing black and red.” And just like that, the team I’ve been playing for my entire professional career up and traded me to unload my hefty salary to develop new up-and-comers from the farm system.

The Rebels.

I’m a fucking Chicago Rebel. Words I never thought I’d say, especially growing up as a Chicago Bobcats fan, the rival team to the Rebels. Not just rival, but enemies. The teams themselves don’t get along, the fans hate each other, and Chicago is divided for a good portion of the year when the stadium lights are on.

But here I am, my name attached to the biggest trade in sports history.

A ballsy move.

An upset to Baltimore.

A baseball anomaly: All-American turned Rebel.

I’ve heard it all, I’ve seen it all, and no matter what’s splashed across the headlines, it doesn’t deviate from the fact that my long-time team decided to part ways with me midseason.

Mid-fucking-season.

After fourteen years, I packed up everything and moved back to Chicago.

But even that’s not why I’m fucked; it’s just the start of it.

The beginning of the end.

Dramatic? Maybe.

But if you were in my shoes, you’d be thinking the same thing.

After not even coming close to getting into the playoffs, the season ended, I was booed off the field because that’s how Rebels fans are—you don’t perform, they hate you—and I sequestered myself to my practically empty and cold apartment.

After a week of binge-eating deep-dish pizza and watching every prison documentary on Netflix, my sister finally dragged me out of my apartment, forcing me to attend a Bobbies playoff game with her so we could cheer on my brother-in-law. Her husband.

Seeing a Rebels player cheering on a Bobbies player plastered all over the news went over just as well as a grandma telling her grandson her favorite pastime is cock-tickling.

Not well.

But still . . . not the reason I’m fucked.

This is beyond worse than that.

During that game, I got the talk. Not the birds and bees, but the talk from a concerned sister about my lack of social life.

You really should get out more.

I know some single moms who are really nice.

Maybe a dating app might be fun. Girls would be ecstatic to match with the one and only Cory Potter.

I don’t want you dying alone.

That last one was a real kicker.

Dying alone. I’m fucking thirty-five and she has me with one toe in my grave.

The way I see it is, if you don’t meet your girl in college or high school, you’re sure as shit not going to meet her while playing professional baseball. Not when the schedule is obscenely busy and long, and not when you’re known for one thing in your city: making a shitload of money for playing a sport.

It’s almost impossible to find genuine relationships when you have this level of fame.

So I’ve resolved to waiting until after I retire to fall in love.

That doesn’t mean I’ve been celibate, I’m a man after all—a man with a shitload of adrenaline pumping through him on a daily basis. I’ve had my fair share of one-night stands with women, and a few on a solid repeat with zero expectations. Every woman I’ve bedded I’ve treated with respect, and I’ve been honest with them, because if anything, I’m a genuinely nice guy who doesn’t ever want to make someone feel bad.

Ask anyone who knows me, I’m the nice guy, the dependable guy, the leader with a heart.

I don’t screw women over, ever.

Are you thinking one of those one-night stands turned into an “accident”? Is that the reason I’m fucked? Got a girl I don’t know pregnant?

Nope, not that either.

But the conversation I had with Milly pushed me to a new way of thinking.

I don’t want you dying alone.

She made me fucking paranoid.

Was I really going to die alone?

Were my good years behind me and now I’m old meat on the market?

Should I be trying to find love in the midst of the craziness of my life?

Milly made me think, which then made me open up to the idea of finding someone, of looking at women differently, of allowing the relationship part of my brain to turn on.

So instead of ignoring every woman that has relationship potential I’d possibly look for, I turned off my blinders and started looking for them.

But I didn’t come close to meeting anyone that remotely fit the box of someone I’d consider going out on a date with. That was until I attended a certain charity event.

I saw her from across the room. Her smile was what caught my eye, then it was the way she laughed and held on to her brother’s hand, her brother who had cerebral palsy.

It was the way she’d lean into him, hold him, as if he was the most wonderful human she’d ever met.

The fact that she was absolutely breathtaking with piercing blue eyes had nothing to do with it.

It was her infectious laughter.

Her kind heart.

Her dedication to her family.

In a matter of seconds, I wanted to know her, wanted to find out her name, wanted to be in her orbit. Wanted to be a recipient of her warmth and affection.

I watched her from across the room, how she interacted with every person who came up to her, and when I was finally granted the opportunity to introduce myself, my breath caught in my throat when our hands connected. I felt my heart slam against the cage in my chest. And I knew, in that moment, with our hands mid shake, my life would never be the same.

Her name is Natalie.

Sister to my new teammate Jason Orson and his twin brother Joseph.

Director of Jason’s foundation, The Lineup.

And the reason why I’m utterly fucked.

Because while I started to grow attached to this magnetic and beautiful woman, when I told my sister about her, she informed me there was a ring on Natalie’s finger.

A ring that didn’t belong to me.

Hope plummeted in the matter of seconds as I felt the color from my besotted face drain into a puddle of remorse.

She was married.

She is fucking married.

See? Totally fucked.

I’ve been crushing so hard, because even a month later, I still think about her. I can still hear her laugh, see her smile, feel her hand in mine.

I want her.

Fucking bad.

They say time will heal all wounds, well for me, the more time passes, the more my wound is exposed and tormented.

Cory Potter is crushing on a married woman . . .

That is why I am completely and utterly . . . fucked.

About the Author:

USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.

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My Review…

I just love the world that Ms. Quinn has created with this series!

This is the story of baseball legend Cory Potter and Natalie Myers.

This story hit all sorts of soft spots for me, in a good way! This story gave me all the feels!

Natalie is a gal after my own heart.  She is going through a bad time in her life and dealing with the after-effects of a craptacular divorce.  Her world is shaken and her self-esteem has taken a huge blow.  So when Cory Potter comes into her world, she doesn’t trust her feelings or her intuition when it comes to him.

Cory, oh my me! This hero is incredible! I love his vulnerability, his humbleness and the way that he embraces his feelings.  He takes his protective instincts to almost dangerous levels and even though he puts up an amazing front, the stresses of his famousness is staggering.

I said it before and I will say it again, I love this world. The secondary characters (each of them with a story of their own) are phenomenal and the interaction of all the characters is full of heart and laughs.

The chemistry and smexy tension between Cory and Natalie are some of the steamiest and swoonest scenes I have ever read!!  Absolutely brilliant, you are definitely going to need a fan and a cool beverage to calm down when you are reading this fabulous story by Meghan Quinn!

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FOOL ME TWICE by Carrie Aarons
Release Date: March 12th

 

 

 

 

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Blurb:
When my best friend died of cancer just before her eighteenth birthday, she left her coveted bucket list to me.

The things she already crossed off? Skinny dipping, going to Paris, completing the local hot wing challenge, road tripping to the ocean, and sending out a message in a bottle.

So, it falls on me to finish it for her, to honor her memory. In the next year, it’s my mission to:

1. Dye my hair
2. Have sex
3. Camp out in a tent
4. Go bungee jumping
5. Get revenge on Lincoln Kolb

Most are doable, some terrify me, and then there is the last item on the list. When the raven-haired football god dumped my best friend during senior year of high school, she was devastated. The jerk with charm for days found out she was sick, and betrayed her in the worst way possible.

But he doesn’t know me, I went to school a town over. Now, to fulfill my promise, I’m the newest freshman on the campus where he is the big man. If there is one thing, aside from cheap beer, that a jock can’t pass up, it’s a shiny new girl.

So when I catch his eye, play hard to get, and then fall into his bed, I know my scheme is working to perfection. But what Lincoln can’t see coming is the beatdown I have planned for his ice-cold heart.

Unfortunately, what I never saw coming was the one he had planned for mine.

 

 

 

About the Author:
Author of romance novels such as The Tenth Girl and Privileged, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the love stories of her imagination, and the athleisure dress code, much better.

When she isn’t writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She’s a Jersey girl living in Texas with her husband, daughter and furry son.

 

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My Review…

This is a story of how far do you go for revenge.  When does it become more than what it is worth?

This is the story of Henley and Lincoln.  And what a sweet, steamy story it is.

I could empathize with Henley.  I appreciated her love for her best friend.  I admired her strength in moving forward. I was torn when she was struggling with her feelings for Lincoln and a promise made to her childhood friend.

Lincoln, woo wee, this boy! He was arrogance personified! He was swagger and smoothness all rolled into one.  I wasn’t a fan at first but reading more into the story and seeing his backstory changed my way of thinking.

The chemistry and dialogue between Henley and Lincoln was funny and swoony and oh so smexy!

I loved the flow of this story and how Ms. Aarons was able to bring the reader full circle with the relationship between Henley and Lincoln.

This is a quick read that I couldn’t put down until the very end!!

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Cross-Checking by Evie Graham

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Choices. 

 

My life has been defined by a series of choices—some made by me, some made by those I loved.

One of the hardest choices was ten years ago, when I left Coraline Campbell and Lilac Harbor in the rearview mirror to play hockey and provide for my father. Now, I’m back. Back in the small town I grew up in, breathing in the same air of the last person who made me feel whole. Chasing that feeling. 

Coraline has made her own choices. She’s not the same girl I fell in love with, and she has her own secrets to hide. When her final choice brings me to my knees, I have my own decision to make. 

Will I let the anger and betrayal consume me, or will I fight for the only thing in my life that makes sense? Can we have a second chance?

 

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My Review…

Wow, just wow!! What an amazing debut novel by author Evie Graham.

This heartfelt and heartbreaking story is the first in, what I am absolutely sure to be, a phenomenal series Lilac Harbor.

This is the story of Camden and Coraline. This is a story of a lifelong friendship and choices made.  This is a story of how decisions, made with the best intentions, have an impact that can be brutal. This is a story about the power of friendship and love.  This is a story reminded me of…“You Can’t Go Home Again”

I was so impressed by the depth of this story.  I am always wary of reading debut novels by new authors.  Some have the tendency to pander to the audience they are writing for.  Trying to shove too much into a story and causes it to be overwhelming.

Not so for this story, Ms. Graham gives the reader a story that flows beautifully, that has flashbacks that are needed.  This story is full of heart, heat, and hope. This is a beautiful story of redemption and forgiveness.

Thank you, Ms. Graham, for writing this story, thank you for creating the world of Lilac Harbor and I cannot wait to see what comes next for you! I see a bright future for you!

 

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My Review…

I absolutely loved this whimsical, steamy romance! It kept me guessing until the very end! Was it magic and fantasy or was it the true magic of love?

This is the story Ginnie and Mr. Wish and what a wild ride it is.

Ginnie has been burned by a horrible relationship and she is just trying to piece her life back together doing what she loves.  While searching for glass she comes across a bottle that intrigues her.  I admired this character’s tenacity to find out the true man behind Mr. Wish and her giving nature that really was the catalyst to finding out who Mr. Wish is.

Mr. Wish, this hero was truly a magic man.  His story is going to rock your world and really make you believe in the power of the human spirit.  There are times you are going to hate him, but he is such a redeeming character.

Ms. Pamfiloff has a magic to her words that is just amazing.  I fell under the spell of this story hard and was sad to see it end.

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Down and Dirty

By Kendall Ryan

Release Day: March 10, 2020

 

About the Book

 

Your favorite hot jocks are back with an all new stand-alone novel. 

Whoops.

Last night in Vegas is a blur. There were drunken shenanigans … And now I’m waking up naked wrapped around Landon freaking Covington, my incredibly hot younger guy friend, with a wedding ring on my finger and a marriage certificate on the table next to me. 

Like I said, whoops. I’m thirty. I should know better, but what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? 

Well, apparently not. 

Because I’ve married the last alpha-male virgin on the planet. Yep, virgin. And my stubborn, oddly traditional new husband doesn’t want a divorce. He wants me. 

If you like sexy, confident men who know how to handle a stick (on and off the ice), and smart women who are strong enough to keep all those big egos in check, this series of athlete romances is perfect for you!

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About Kendall Ryan

 

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than three dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold over 3 million books and her books have been translated into several languages in countries around the world.

Her books have also appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists more than 70 times. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, and InTouch Magazine.

 

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My Review…

Hot Jocks

Ooooh! Landon’s story is finally here!! I have been waiting, not so patiently, for his story and what a story it is!

Aubree and Landon get along like a house on fire!  Their chemistry is white-hot and when they find themselves in Vegas, well what happens in Vegas doesn’t necessarily stays in Vegas!

First off, I love the older woman, younger man dynamic! Love knows no boundaries! I admired how Landon made Aubree feel confident in the fact that she was older than him and why it didn’t matter.

I also loved Landon’s innocence, I liked that he was saving himself for just the right woman.

This was a story I could not put down till the end. There is a bit of angst that kept me turning pages until the happy end!

I can’t wait to read what comes next from this world and team that Ms. Ryan has created!

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HIS LITTLE BARMAID (The Princes of Hollywood, Book 3) by Taylor Holloway
Release Date: March 5th

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Blurb:
Derek Prince is a quadruple threat.
He can sing, dance, act, and charm the panties off me without breaking a sweat.
And now that I’m in his new movie, shaking my sequined-covered butt right in front of him, these panties are going nowhere but down.

Instead of serving cocktails in a karaoke joint, this broke little barmaid is finally moving up in the world.

I’ve been cast in Derek’s new movie, but there’s a massive catch.
His jealous costar wants him for herself.
In exchange for a shot at my dream, I promised her I’d stay away from him.

But Derek’s relentless pursuit of me is creating all sorts of new dreams.
Steamy ones.

One look from him and I’m breathless.
One dance with him and I’m tempted.
One night with him and I’ll be lost.

After always wanting to be part of his world, he wants to be a part of mine.

I want to say yes, but the stakes are sky high.
My dream, this movie, and his career could be on the line.
Oh, and my heart.
That too…

‘The Little Barmaid’ is a sweet and sexy romcom featuring a cocky movie star hero and a stubborn, sassy heroine on a crazy road to happily ever after. It stands alone with no cheating, cliffhangers, or nonsense.

 

 

 

 

About the Author:
Taylor Holloway is a Contemporary Romance author living in Austin, Texas with her husband and spoiled Maine Coon cat. She works in a cubicle when she isn’t crafting amazing, romantic escapes for herself and her readers, and she dreams about having the freedom to travel the world.

She loves everything about her hometown except the scorching summer heat, and enjoys running, biking, cooking, shopping, and going to music festivals. Right now, Taylor’s either on a patio somewhere gossiping with friends and drinking margaritas, or in a bathtub with a good book and a nice glass of wine.

 

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My Review…

Princes of Hollywood

I am so loving this series by Ms. Holloway.  Each story has a different Prince brother meeting his “princess”.

This is a fun twist on “The Little Mermaid” set in Hollywood.

This is Derek and Ariel’s story and what an angsty, heartfelt story it is.

Derek Prince is part of the legendary family of Hollywood royalty.  He is a triple threat, he acts, sings and dances.  The world is his oyster and when he finds Ariel (a fabulous meet-cute by the way) he has found his pearl.

Ariel is trying hard to find her place in the Hollywood machine.  When an opportunity comes to work with some A-list actors, including Derek, she wants to jump at the opportunity, but at what cost to her?

I enjoy the writing style that Ms. Holloway has.  Her characters are bold and upfront. Our heroine is no shrinking violet and she is not clueless on what is going on in her world.  But she also has a vulnerability that is beautiful.

This world that Ms. Halloway has created in this series is fantastic!! I am looking forward to the next book in this series!