Review: Summer Ever After

Summer Ever After by Kortney Keisel

Falling for Summer #1

Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Clean Romance, Sports Romance, Sports, Contemporary Romance, Fiction, Humor, Chick Lit, Audiobook,

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Pages: 364

Published: June 12, 2024

Falling in love is easy. Finding the right guy to spend happily ever after with... that's the hard part. 

But I have a foolproof plan. I'm taking the tropes that work in romance books and applying them to my love life.

Only one bed? Never fails.

Caring for someone when they're sick? A classic.

"Who did this to you?" Seals the deal every single time.

So long, loneliness. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

But the more I try to force romance, the more feelings naturally progress with the one man who's off limits: Walker Collins, the guy I've had a secret crush on since 7th grade, not to mention my best friend's older brother. 

Dating Walker crosses BFF lines I swore I'd never cross. Plus, he hates Sunset Harbor, and his pro golf career will take him off the island as fast as he came, sending me back to the land of singlehood, loneliness, and broken hearts. 

At the end of the day, I don't want to be the fool in my foolproof plan

Jenny's finally ready to settle down and made it her mission to use this summer to find a man using romance book tropes. Walker is her best friend's brother who's in town after an injury and slight issue with his girlfriend to recuperate. Since it's not planning to stay and he's her best friend's brother he's not on the list. But he sure seems to keep running into her while she's on her way to finding love. 

There was book tropes all around and it was such a fun read seeing how it all played out. Even the whole off limits bff brother trope was a main one. I loved watching as we came across every dating antic she was trying to pull off miserably and finding themselves in trouble a few occasions and even if this book was easy to predict this book was plenty entertaining to read anyways. Now I wanna get ahold of the next books.

Also I want to point out that I did get a hold of the audiobook and it really made the experience of reading this all the more better. The pacing was fine the actors were good and overall when it came to the audiobook portion it really enhanced my reading experience. 

Review : Marek

Marek: A Cold Fury Hockey Novel

Sawyer Bennett

Release Date: May 22, 2018

Marek Fabritis is used to delivering blows, not receiving them. But when he gets tipped off by an anonymous email about his ex-girlfriend, the news leaves him ice cold—and it’s not because Gracen Moore is getting married to a total jerk. It’s the fact that Marek has a three-year-old daughter he never knew about. Now he’s going back home, not to play knight in shining armor but to make damn sure that no man takes what’s his. For the first time, there might be something more important than hockey.

Gracen Moore has always loved Marek. That’s why she let him go, so he could pursue a career in the NHL. And that’s why she never told him about Lilly. Only now does Gracen realize that she made an unforgivable mistake. But is that any reason for Marek to crash her wedding and make an epic scene? If the spark that still smolders between them is to be trusted, maybe. Still, Gracen’s not getting her hopes up. Because she knows better than anyone that appearances aren’t always what they seem. . . . 

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After receiving a email that his ex is getting married and has a child - his child - he rushes on his way to stop the wedding. Unsure of what to do he takes his ex and the child to his house while they work things out. Both are going through problems and has bitterness to work out but they will. Thing is that the old feelings they had once had hasn't seem to gone away and the attraction seems to be simmering between the two. They really need to work out whats going to happen between the two and the child before things get even more complicated.

I had such a good time reading this, pretty much spent my whole morning reading it. I don't even regret it. I loved seeing the attraction between the two. I was very curious about Gracen's fiance and what was going to happen with that whole mess and wondering if the fiance was gonna stir up things. Then I was wondering how things would workout with Marek and his daughter Lily wondering and seeing how they interacted. Overall I thought that this book was pretty good and I really enjoyed it!

A reformed trial lawyer from North Carolina, Sawyer uses real life experience to create relatable, sexy stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From new adult to erotic contemporary romance, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone. 

Sawyer likes her Bloody Marys strong, her martinis dirty, and her heroes a combination of the two. When not bringing fictional romance to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to a very active daughter, as well as full-time servant to her adorably naughty dogs. She believes in the good of others, and that a bad day can be cured with a great work-out, cake, or even better, both. 

Sawyer also writes general and women’s fiction under the pen name S. Bennett and sweet romance under the name Juliette Poe. 

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Review : Top Shelf

Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson

(Aces Hockey #3)

Genre: Contemporary, Sport, Romance, Hockey,

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Pages: 267

Published October 18th 2016 by Loveswept

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Whether it’s a clutch goal or a cocktail, nothing beats “top shelf.” In this novel from the bestselling author of the Heller Brothers Hockey series, a fun-loving jock and an ambitious career woman mix business with pleasure.
 
Not only is Jared Rupp one of the stars of the NHL’s Chicago Aces, he’s also the owner of the Sin Bin, the after-hours hot spot where the whole team hangs out. Lately, Jared can’t take his eyes off the woman he’s hired to give the Bin a more modern feel: a sexy, sophisticated consultant who has carved out a niche updating drink menus. She’s as passionate about her career as Jared is about hockey—and yet he can’t help wondering what kind of cocktail she really wants.
 
In her line of work, Sidney Frayne is used to guys hitting on her in bars, but Jared gets her hot enough to burst into flames. When he’s wining and dining her, he’s sophisticated as hell; on the rink, he’s a testosterone-fueled powerhouse. Still, Sidney’s bitter divorce taught her to keep her emotions on ice. With her busy schedule—and Jared’s playboy reputation—she’s not sure she’s ready for a fling. Because if she lets Jared into her bed, she just may have to let him into her heart.

Sidney managed to land a job helping owner of the Sin-Bin Jared after an encounter that she gives her brutally honest opinion. Now shes there to help get things straight for Sin-Bin and bring in more cash. The element that makes things complicated though is that both of them had a spark from the moment they met and can't seem to keep the boundary of work and pleasure.

I found myself hooked to this book from the start. I loved the characters and seeing how they dealt with problems that came their way. I loved seeing Sidney in her element when she hung out with her friends. I enjoyed the banter between the main characters and their steamy scenes were pretty hott and it happens plenty of times throughout the book so if your not into that this isn't the book for you. I loved getting that big of backstory with Sidney and getting to understand some of the things that she reacted to that made her relatable and a really good character. But if you enjoy a great book, with a hockey player romance, with a good story line you'll want to pick up this book.