Carter Bachelors & Babies Book 3; by Cynthia Woolf

Carter

Bachelors & Babies Book 3; by Cynthia Woolf

Men are so stubborn and Cater is no different. Good thing Samantha is patient.

We first meet Carter when someone is riding away from his house and he finds a baby at his door. He is totally baffled and the note with the baby has him scratching his head. The note says the baby is his, but he has not been with a woman since he lost his wife 2 years ago. Not sure what else to do he goes to town to get what he will need for the baby (not that he knows what that is). While at the store he meets a woman named Samantha that clams to be his mail order bride, he never wrote or asked for one.  She shows him the letters, while she helps with the baby. An idea forms in his head. He will marry her, and she can take care of the baby. 

Samantha is running from an engagement that she doesn’t want to what she thinks is a man that she has been writing with as his mail order bride. When she gets there, he does offer marriage but tells her he will never love her. He also wants her to care for a baby that he says isn’t his but was left at his door. She agrees and hopes he past is behind her.

Now they will learn about each other and see where this marriage will go. Will Cater ever love Samantha? Can she live in a marriage that has no love?

* I received a free advance review copy of this book and am voluntarily providing my honest review.

Eliza Brides of the Oregon Trail 4; by Cynthia Woolf

Eliza

Brides of the Oregon Trail 4; by Cynthia Woolf

I enjoyed reading Eliza. It is another book in the Brides of Oregon Trail series and we see the journey through another’s eyes. This time we get Eliza and Hank. I will say you don’t have to read any of the other books in this series to read this one and know everything going on.

Eliza Tanner is moving to Oregon to start a new life. She has joined a wagon train of Mail Order Brides; she however is not one of the brides. She is running from her current life, and all she wants is leave her past behind but that is something that never happens easy. By running she is keeping her past a secret from all, and remember secrets are never good. On the journey she finds an abandoned baby and decides to keep it as she does not think she will ever have a family of her own. Then the trouble starts.

Hank Barringer is man/guard otherwise known as an outrider on the Mail Order Bride Trail. He is there to help keep everyone safe. He does this took keep his mind off losing his wife and son. He doesn’t want to go through that again. Then he meets Eliza and all his plans go out the window. He has never met a woman like her and the more time he spends with her the more he likes her and thinks about her. However, she has not told him about her past. A past that is coming for her.

Now Eliza’s secrets and past are coming out and it may destroy the new life she is working on if it doesn’t kill her or her friends first. Eliza needs a hero a man that can save her, know the truth about her past yet still love her. The question is will Hank be that man or will she have to start over again?

* I received a free advance review copy of this book and am voluntarily providing my honest review.

A Highlander Walks into A Bar Highland, Georgia 1; by Laura Trentham

A Highlander Walks into A Bar

Highland, Georgia 1; by Laura Trentham

So, when I read this title, I thought I HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK! I found this book very cute. There is lots of trust issues and secrets. As Izzy and Alasdair get to know each other and open up to each other you can’t help but route for them.

Isabel “Izzy” Buchanan lives at home with her mom. They plan Highlander games for their small town every year. Their plans should start as soon as her mom gets home from her trip to Scotland. But see her mom brought home a surprise. He is a real highlander. Izzy doesn’t know what to do with him and just wants everything to go back to normal now. But then the highlander’s nephew shows up looking for his uncle.


Alasdair Blackmoor has been sent to bring his Uncle back from the crazy American that must be after something more. Alasdair does not trust the American women and starts to do some digging into their background. However, the more time he spends with Izzy the more he likes her.  So, he decides to help with the highlander games too. But his digging has set motions moving and events start to happen. Can he correct them before Izzy finds out?

* ARC provided by netgallery for an honest review.

Hot SEAL, Alaskan Nights (SEALs in Paradise) by Cynthia D'Alba

Hot SEAL, Alaskan Nights (SEALs in Paradise)

by Cynthia D'Alba

I enjoyed Hot SEAL, Alaskan Nights and think you would too. So if you are looking for a new romance book with an awesome hero then this is a book for you!


Navy SEAL Levi Van der Hayden team is on break. He goes home to Homer, AK for what he calls the three Rs…rest, relaxation and recovery. On the teams last mission Levi was shot. His wound is in his butt and thigh.  


Bailey Brown is in Alaska to recover herself. She has a controlling ex in Texas that put her in the hospital once. She is staying with her maternal grandma and working in the clinic in town.


When Levi meets Bailey there are sparks right away, but he is a SEAL and her life is in Texas. As they get to know each other better they start to fall for each other. Then Levi learns of Baileys ex and that he is now in town after her. Levi’s protective side is coming out and he will even put his own life on the line for Bailey. Will they survive this together?

* ARC provided by author for an honest review.

Christmas In His Arms by Cynthia D'Alba

Christmas In His Arms

by Cynthia D'Alba

Cynthia has done it again. I loved it! I so would love to hear more about Mae and Michael. I really, really didn’t want it to end.


Opal Mae McCool or Mae to her friends and family is a high polished lawyer. She was raised with any and everything she could want. When she is standing at the alter to be married and her fiancé looks at her and says he can’t go through with the wedding and it is because he loves another woman. You would think this would be the end of her world, but no. She takes him outside to talk in private and then goes back in to tell everyone to go home. She is not crushed so what does that say about the future she thought she had? Her best friend KatiLyn takes her to lunch one day thinking she is going to cheer her up. Nope, she sees the one man that she has never forgot Michael Rockland.


Michael Rockland is a mechanic and know by his friends and family as Rock. He has always been middle class. When he was in high school Mae helped tutor him so he could graduate.  That lead to them dating. Then because he thought he had nothing to offer her when she went to college, he left her. He said it was for her own good.


Now 10 years have gone by and here they are face to face but leave with just a conversation. However, fate has other ideas. When Mae goes to Montana for what should be a quick business trip and gets snowed in at the airport with nowhere to go the last person, she thought she would see is Rock. Rock goes to pick up his parents from the airport only to find it closed and Mae standing there looking lost. The only thing he can do is take her back to his place. While snowed in together the time lost seams to drift away. Then the snow melts and real life comes back.  Now the question is do they stay together or stay apart?

* ARC provided by author for an honest review.

Kingdom of Exiles The Beast Charmer 1; by Maxym Martineau

Kingdom of Exiles


The Beast Charmer 1; by Maxym Martineau


When I read that this book is like the Fantastic Beasts meets Assassin's Creed, I knew I just had to read it. Then I started the book and was like I’m not sure what this is what I wanted. I pushed on as I don’t give up. It was a good thing I did as I started to enjoy it. The more I read the more I liked it. When it ended I wanted more. 


This book has a beast charmer named Leena Ednfrell. She is an exile from her lands and does what she needs to survive. However, what she does is sell beasts on the black market and if she is caught, she could be killed. She knows her life is in danger and is always looking over her shoulder. What she didn’t expect is a bounty to be placed on her head.


Now meet Noc the leader of the brotherhood of assassins. He is not happy when the assassin sent to kill Leena returns with her. Now she wants to negotiate with him. He listens to what she has to say and thinks he can turn it to benefit him and his group. 


Next comes the time together and the feels start. Both Leena and Noc are keeping secrets and both think they will make it out of this unharmed. Neither one sees what the future holds. 

Exiled beast charmer Leena Edenfrell is in deep trouble. Empty pockets forced her to sell her beloved magical beasts on the black market—an offense punishable by death—and now there's a price on her head. With the realm's most talented murderer-for-hire nipping at her heels, Leena makes him an offer he can't refuse: powerful mythical creatures in exchange for her life.

If only it were that simple. Unbeknownst to Leena, the undying ones are bound by magic to complete their contracts, and Noc cannot risk his brotherhood of assassins...not even to save the woman he can no longer live without.Exiled beast charmer Leena Edenfrell is in deep trouble. Empty pockets forced her to sell her beloved magical beasts on the black market—an offense punishable by death—and now there's a price on her head. With the realm's most talented murderer-for-hire nipping at her heels, Leena makes him an offer he can't refuse: powerful mythical creatures in exchange for her life.

If only it were that simple. Unbeknownst to Leena, the undying ones are bound by magic to complete their contracts, and Noc cannot risk his brotherhood of assassins...not even to save the woman he can no longer live without.Exiled beast charmer Leena Edenfrell is in deep trouble. Empty pockets forced her to sell her beloved magical beasts on the black market—an offense punishable by death—and now there's a price on her head. With the realm's most talented murderer-for-hire nipping at her heels, Leena makes him an offer he can't refuse: powerful mythical creatures in exchange for her life.

If only it were that simple. Unbeknownst to Leena, the undying ones are bound by magic to complete their contracts, and Noc cannot risk his brotherhood of assassins...not even to save the woman he can no longer live without.Exiled beast charmer Leena Edenfrell is in deep trouble. Empty pockets forced her to sell her beloved magical beasts on the black market—an offense punishable by death—and now there's a price on her head. With the realm's most talented murderer-for-hire nipping at her heels, Leena makes him an offer he can't refuse: powerful mythical creatures in exchange for her life.

If only it were that simple. Unbeknownst to Leena, the undying ones are bound by magic to complete their contracts, and Noc cannot risk his brotherhood of assassins...not even to save the woman he can no longer live without.* ARC provided through NetGalley and publisher for an honest review.

Bella Brides of the Oregon Trail 3; by Cynthia Woolf

Bella

Brides of the Oregon Trail 3; by Cynthia Woolf

Let me start by saying I really wanted to hit Bella upside the head. This is a good book and I did enjoy it, but Bella just drove me crazy. I know trust is earned but sometimes you just need to have some in someone.  

Bella Devereaux was a thief before she became a mail order bride. But before she was a thief, she had a dream of opening a restaurant. See her parents had died and she did what she needed to in order to survive. She didn’t keep everything she stole either. She pasted it on to others in need also. When she did her last job, she was going to lay low and let the police forget about her and then start over. Now she just needed a place to lay low. So, she signed up to be a mail order bride and moved from New Orleans to Oregon. Not knowing she was being followed by Jack Pasquin a very evil man. Jack wanted her stash.

Marshal Robert McCauley has decided that a mail order bride is the way to fins a wife seeing as he doesn’t have to do much to get one. Then Bella arrives and now he is sure this is what he wanted. He doesn’t have to lose Bella, but she is keeping him at arm’s length. He also thinks she is hiding something from him (yes, she is). He is hoping in time she will trust him and open up to him about her secret.

Now that trouble has found Bella and she knows it is for her, she needs to choose to keep her secret or tell her husband Robert about it. As the time passes, they do fall in love, but they both are scared to tell the other. When everything comes to light both Robert and Bella must make chooses. Will Robert choose his duty? Will Bella Choose her restaurant? Will they choose each other?  Might someone die?

* I received a free advance review copy of this book and am voluntarily providing my honest review.