Romancing the Readers

8/1/17 The Playboy Prince and the Nanny by Donna Alward 8/1/17 Wolf's Mate by Celia Kyle 8/2/17 Leave the Night On by Laura Trentham 8/7/17 Stone Cold Fox by Evangeline Anderson 8/8/17 The Lost Vampire by Kate Baxter 8/11/17 Don't Call Me Sweetheart by Codi Gary 8/15/17 Blade by Alexandra Ivy & Laura Wright 8/17/17 Ready to Run by Lauren Layne 8/21/17 Irresistible You by Kate Meader 8/23/17 The Chesapeake Bride by Mariah Stewart 8/24/17 The Other Girl by Erica Spindler 8/28/17 Need You Now by Emma Douglas 8/29/17 Before the Dawn by Cynthia Eden 8/30/17 Maybe I do by Nicole McLaughlin 8/3/17 Remember When 8/10/17 Clearing Off the Bookshelves 8/17/17 Cover Talk 8/24/17 Reading Challenge 2017 8/30/17 Joint Review: New Leash on Love by Debbie Burns

Welcome back to Book Club Thursday!  Today do we are doing our group review A New Leash on Love Rescue Me #1 Debbie Burns 7/4/17 Sourcebooks Casablanca Pages: 247 Format Read: eBook Source: Purchased   When Craig Williams draws the short straw and has to take his daughter’s adorable new puppy to a shelter after the holidays, it’s just another painful episode in the fall-out of a miserable divorce. He needs to pick up the pieces of his life, and, after a fiery confrontation with Megan Anderson, the young woman running the shelter, he wants to put the whole episode behind him. However, when he keeps finding new ways to reconnect with her, he realizes Megan’s compassionate and caring nature just might be the perfect salve for his broken heart. Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Kobo Website  |  Facebook  |  @_debbieburns Today we are doing our group review. I love when we do those. It's fun for us to read the same book and then chec

MAYBE I DO   Whiskey & Weddings #1 by Nicole McLaughlin Published by St. Martin’s Paperbacks Publication Date: August 29, 2017 ISBNs: Print – 9781250139986;  EBook – 9781250139993 Price: $7.99 Pages: 300 Format Read: eARC Source: Publisher via NetGalley “Nicole McLaughlin is a wonderfully fresh voice in contemporary romance—sweet, sexy, and immensely satisfying.”—Lauren Layne, New York Times bestselling author She doesn’t believe in fairy tales. He’s married to his job. Maybe whiskey is the secret ingredient that will bring them together—and give true love a shot? Wedding photographer Charlotte Linley loves her work—even though she hates weddings. Sure, she still holds a grudge after being left at the altar by her high-school sweetheart. But today Charlotte is just happy to have complete control over her career, which is flourishing. Especially since she joined forces with one of the three gorgeous owners of The Stag, a boutique distillery

Before the Dawn Killer Instinct #2 Cynthia Eden July 25th HQN Books Pages: 384 Format Read: eARC Source: Publisher via NetGalley Ex-SEAL Tucker Frost knows that the world is full of evil. He saw it in the face of his own brother, Jason Frost, a cold, methodical, sadistic killer. A killer Tucker put down with his own hands in order to save Jason's final victim--Dawn Alexander, the only girl who got away from the infamous "Iceman." It's Tucker's up close and personal experience with evil that's made him perfect for Samantha Dark's experimental profiling division in the FBI. And when women start turning up murdered with the same MO used by the Iceman, Tucker is sent back to Louisiana to investigate. Seven years have passed since the night that Tucker faced down his brother...and since he last saw Dawn, his one-time lover. But as Tucker and Dawn grapple with a desire that never died, they must also face the shared shadow from t

Thief's Mark Sharpe & Donovan #7 Carla Neggers Mira Books 8/29/17 As a young boy, Oliver York witnessed the murder of his wealthy parents in their London apartment. The killers kidnapped him and held him in an isolated Scottish ruin, but he escaped, thwarting their plans for ransom. Now, after thirty years on the run, one of the two men Oliver identified as his tormentors may have surfaced. Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan are enjoying the final day of their Irish honeymoon when a break-in at the home of Emma's grandfather, private art detective Wendell Sharpe, points to Oliver. The Sharpes have a complicated relationship with the likable, reclusive Englishman, an expert in Celtic mythology and international art thief who taunted Wendell for years. Emma and Colin postpone meetings in London with their elite FBI team and head straight to Oliver. But when they arrive at York's country home, a man is dead and Oliver has vanished. As the danger mounts, new ques

Need You Now Cloud Bay #1 Emma Douglas August 29th St. Martin's Paperback Pages: 304 Format Read: eARC Source: Publisher via NetGalley Welcome to the small island town of Cloud Bay, where it's never the wrong time to find a love that's oh-so-right. . . Caleb White knows what he wants out of life--and being a star tennis player is not it. After speaking to the press about his plans to retire, Caleb decides that a trip to quaint, beautiful Cloud Bay for its legendary music festival is exactly what he needs. There will be time to figure out what to do with his life without a racket in his hand soon enough. Until then, Caleb is content to be stuck on an island with CloudFest's gorgeous director Faith Harper. . . The daughter of a famous rock star, Faith knows all about fame, fortune, and hot flings that aren't meant to last longer than a few good songs. Gorgeous, built Caleb is a temptation she can't resist, but she's not prepared fo

The Art of the Staycation A Guest Post From Author Rhenna Morgan Well, here we are. Smack dab in the middle of summer’s most torturous temperatures. (Torturous for those of us who live in the South, anyway.)   Normally this time of year, I’m eagerly packing for, or have just returned from, my usual check-your-brain-at-the-door beach vacation. You know—the all-inclusive kind with swim-up bars and palapas a stone’s throw from the ocean’s edge. Unfortunately, this summer threw me one too many curveballs and put a kink in my Mexican paradise plans. So, this year I’m improvising and leveraging this beautiful little thing I’ve honed to a fine art over many Christmas seasons… Now, at Christmas, my staycation consists of at least seven days spanning from Christmas Eve to the day after New Year’s, and the only productive items allowed on my schedule during that time are: Baking sweets. Putting up the Christmas decorations. Taking back any Chri