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.

Colorado Cowboy Rocky Mountain Riders 5; by Sara Richardso

Colorado Cowboy


Rocky Mountain Riders 5; by Sara Richardson

Oh, I fell in love with Charity, Dev, and Brodie. I was right there with their pain, fear, and hope. I know this book is Charity and Dev working on a relationship, but Brodie becomes part of it even if he is just a kid. This has real issues in it that people must work through. Sara did a get job with that.

Charity Stone is a champion barrel racer. She spends almost all her time with men, and she can hold her own with them. That is until Office Dev Jenkins comes into the picture. He treats Charity as a woman and not one of the boys and she is not sure how to handle that. One day her sister shows up and leaves her 13-year-old nephew Brodie with her and doesn’t say why. Now Charity’s life is turned upside down. Charity has always taken care of herself and never asked for help from anyone. That will not work anymore.

Dev has wanted Charity since he first meets her after she move to Topaz Falls. She has always pushed him away and he doesn’t know why, but he keeps on trying. Now that her nephew is here, she is asking for his help. He is going to use this to make his move and start a relationship with her. 

When Brodie makes some mistakes that Dev can’t overlook because of his job it puts tension between him and Charity. Dev is trying to do his job without loosing Charity. Is that even possible? Can Charity learn to trust and is Dev someone she should?

* ARC provided by NetGalley and the Publisher for an honest review.

Lydia (Brides of the Oregon Trail #2) by Cynthia Woolf

Lydia (Brides of the Oregon Trail #2)

by Cynthia Woolf

Wow this is a great book! I Loved it! This is the 2^nd book in the Brides of the Oregon Trail series but you can read this as a stand-alone book.  If you do read the 1^st book in the series, you are already in love with Lydia. If you have not you will fall in love with her very fast. She has the biggest heart and will do just about anything for others.  When I first met Max, I didn’t think he would be good enough for Lydia, I am glad I was wrong. 

Lydia Granger comes to Oregon City as a mail-order-bride. The man she is to marry does not meet her when she arrives. So, she goes to find the town sheriff. He informs her that her fiancé is dead.  When she first hears the news, she worries that the life she has always had has followed her here. That though is not the case. Her late fiancé has left her everything he had. Now she is the wealthiest person in town (not that it matters). Soon after seeing her house and some of her new fortune she meets a man that wants her to help catch the man he believes killed her fiancé. By agreeing to help him it will put her life in danger. There is also more to the reason he wants this man caught.

Detective Max Caldwell has lost a lot, his wife and time with his daughter. Max is after a killer. Both he and the killer are from Chicago. Max has followed the killer to Oregon City as it is his job. He is to find the killer that stole uncut diamonds from his victim. The vengeance for his wife’s death is just a plus and he wants Lydia’s help to do it. He has no worry or qualms about seeking her help or putting her life in danger.  That is until he starts to have feelings he has not ever had before. He learns that Lydia has the biggest heart and not just for the animals she rescues but for everyone. Now he is more than worried for Lydia and he is fully to blame.

Will it be too late for Lydia and Max?  Will he lose her before he has her? Will Lydia win his heart and get the future she has always wanted?

* ARC provided by author for an honest review.