definitely, possibly, maybe

the extended lyndon family and assorted other residents of last chance, are still looking and finding love in the bride next door . matt lyndon has a playboy reputation, even if he actually started out as less than smooth with the ladies. courtney knows that matt is a player and based on her male classification system this means that he's not worth the effort. when matt and courtney are actually spending time together and she puts down her walls, there's a lot to enjoy about their relationship. the problem is that there is so much baggage that poot matt is carrying around, everyone makes these terrible assumptions about his character. it's really bad. i spent most of the book feeling sorry for matt and hoping he could escape back to d.c. away from his horrible family. and even courtney at times. because she's a super jerk to him too a lot of the itme. the only other characters worth spending any time with were arwen and rory. and maybe the hints of ryan and joni.

when ryder meets jane he is enchanted from the get-go. but then she disappears after a night of hot sex and he suspects that she stole his code. after all, she works for the enemy. when they meet again at his brother's wedding to her biological mother, he learns two things. one, she's not the villainess he's been painting her as in his thoughts. and two, she's had his baby in the year since he last saw her. his to claim  doesn't waste time getting ryder and jane back together. it's the realization that everything they've been working so hard on in their careers can put everything they hold dear in danger that has them floundering. but even as they are figuring things out they have crazy hot sex all over the place. it's super impressive especially given the fact that she has a three-month-old. but hey, these books are all about the fantasy. **his to claim will publish on april 10, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/grand

katee robert kicks off a new series set in texas, where instead of boston mobsters, in the last king   you've got texas oilmen (and women) facing off. the king family is fractured. and it all began when lydia king was cast aside by her father in favor of her brother. she's built a rival business, but she still wants morningstar. and she will do anything and everything to get it. beckett king has just lost his father. losing his family home is a cut too deep. everything about this is wrong. and he knows that lydia is somehow behind this. even worse, he knows that lydia knows that he feels more than he's willing to admit for her sexy employee samara mallick. samara has had to fight and scrap her way to the top. there were no silver spoons. she doesn't have the power and leverage that the king family name provides. her loyalty should belong to lydia. but the longer she's in the middle, the more she sees that all is not right with her boss. when the danger gets too

it happened in the highlands  is a second-chance at love story that addresses some real issues like adoption and identity and race. wynne melton and jo pennington had been engaged once, when they were young and innocent. he was going off to war and she was overwhelmed by a society that didn't quite know where to place her. he broke her heart. and he nearly died for it. and sixteen years later they meet again. this time when a patient at the mental hospital he helps manage draws images that bear her likeness. there is a mystery afoot. and it might reveal the secrets of jo's birth and her circumstances. wynne has never forgotten her. he's never forgiven himself for how he handled things. but jo doesn't want to dwell on the past. she wants to move forward. except neither of them can forget the hold they had on each other's hearts back then. it's a hold that is still evident in the present. and so they find their way back to each other. and they learn about

in kiss me back ,  fox has had his eye on lola since she started working at panic, but she's rebuffed his every move. it's not that she isn't interested. it's that she has plans and a goal and falling for a ridiculously hot bouncer isn't one of them. when fox figures out her secret, she's terrified that he's going to rat her out. or even worse, lose interest in her. but he proves her wrong at every turn. he's supportive and accepting and tries so hard to understand and learn about her wants and needs. the problem is that lola has a very specific end date for her job as a bartender and that end date coincides with her leaving the country. so what is the point of starting something up with fox when there is no future for it. the last thing she needs is someone giving her a reason to stay, not when all she has ever wanted to do is go. what fox and lola need to realize is that dreams can shift and change. and sometimes what you think you want isn'

jason stone has basically accomplished everything he ever dreamed of during his nfl career. but now he has a chance of bringing the lombardi trophy to his hometown. he's focused on the here and now. playing the game one day at a time, not thinking about what tomorrow will bring. because he's pretty sure that he's walking away after this season. when savannah's father asks her to take a special interest in stone and manage his pr appearances for the team as well as encourage him to sign another contract for a couple of years, she's conflicted. it's bad business . because she's spent one incredible night in jason's arms and she can't stay away from him. but his future plans affect her too. at least those involved with whether or not they're spending their lives together do. which takes them a long time to admit, but they are pretty much all in from the get-go. i like that when savannah admits that her father asked her to get close to him, sto

for a while, vampires were all the rage in paranormal stories, but then they weren't. they might be making a comeback, and that's a-ok by me because i always enjoy a good vampire story. the vampires in risen  aren't your normal vamps. their origin story involves three clans of vampires, with very different abilities, and different ways of treating humans. when charlie's aunt is taken by monsters, and she's left behind with one of them, she's not sure that she'll survive. but when they touch sebastian realizes there's more to charlie than meets the eye, and he's not going to dispose of her until he figures out why she seems to be the key to unlocking the memories of his past.  on a road trip of sorts, charlie learns that there is so much more happening in the shadows than she ever realized, and she learns to fight and who not to trust. as she and sebastian get closer to unlocking the secrets that connect them, the attraction that (literally)

temperance ransom has done her best to leave her bad girl roots behind. but sometimes it feels so good to be bad. the intimate, erotic moments she shares with a stranger are driving her wild. she wants to know who he is. but he lives in a dangerous world. he is secrets and sex and lust and blood. she knows the square of his jaw. the piercing blue of his eyes. the weight of his body on hers. the feel of him inside her. but she doesn’t know his name. and we don’t either for the whole of savage prince . and that mystery continues on to iron princess . we do get to see our friends from the beneath series again. particularly, rix and valentina and ariel and yve. obviously, lachlan and kiera are present here too. and it’s clear that temperance will find herself drawn further into the dark side of new orleans as the series continues. and i can’t wait to see how dark and twisty this road will get. this ends on a cliffhanger that kicks up the suspense and mystery up a level and now we

there are quite a few things i really enjoyed about the pursuit of mrs. pennyworth : one, that 's not merely a romance, it's actually a pretty good mystery (even if i figured out who the culprit was about halfway through. i still wasn't sure until the end.) two, while the characters are respectable members of society, this isn't a books about dukes and duchesses and i find that so refreshing. this all starts when charlotte pennyworth seeks mr. eliot baker for some advice on a deranged gift giver who seems to be obsessed with her. as she and eliot get close during the course of the investigation their attraction to one another builds. and soon it’s difficult to imagine life without each other. there are secrets and lies, twists and turns and these two characters are delightful throughout.   **the pursuit of mrs. pennyworth will publish on march 26, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/entangled publishing (amara) in exchange for my hones

the last tate brother continues the tangle with the de santis family, this time kidnapping youngest daughter olivia in the name of completing his mission. in  the undercover billionaire , wolf discovers that everything he’s ever been told is a lie and the mission he’s on isn’t as noble as he imagined it to be. for all the suspense and sex, these books are surprisingly cerebral. and i enjoy that we get a full sense of where the characters are emotionally, even if it’s all going on in their heads. because we are allowed to understand them. we get why they tick. and how they fall or maybe how they realize how far they’ve fallen, oh-so-long ago. **the undercover billionaire will publish on march 27, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/st. martin's press   in exchange for my honest review.

in changing the rules , assistant coach cameron gets the family he never knew he wanted when his sister's best friend comes to blanco valley to deliver his niece, who is now his charge after her mother's death. audrey has upended her life for piper, but there’s nothing she wouldn’t do for her best friend’s little girl. and if it means sticking around blanco valley during football season and making sure that piper’s bachelor uncle figured out how to become a surrogate dad, well then, that’s what she’ll do.  what she doesn’t count on is how attractive she will find him. and how he challenges her but also makes her see where she could do better. audrey and cameron make each other whole. they are better together than apart. it takes them a while to figure this out, and this is a slow burn romance for sure, but it’s sweet and emotional too. **changing the rules will publish march 27, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/grand central publishing (

the o'malley's series continues with from your heart  and focusing on player brother, kevin. when kevin crosses paths with kathy, the girl who ghosted him at his brother's engagement part he's pissed to learn that her take on how things ended is very different than his. and so he sets out on a long campaign to win her back. he goes out of his way to prove he's changed. he tells her he's in love with her. he's there for her in ways that she doesn't expect and he's fully open and honest with her. and she's kind of a jerk about it. like he may have been an idiot the first time around, but she didn't fight for him either. and she spends the majority of this book not giving him the benefit of the doubt and avoiding confrontation. plus there's an awful lot of moira and jimmy in this book and they are probably my least favotite o'malleys. i don't know i find them grating. kevin was actually a really great hero. it's too bad he

so, i love the title and the cover is so pretty... i can't even tell you...keep reading and see...

all good things come to an end. here's the epilogue where not everyone gets a happy ending.

there will be blood is an appropriate episode title to the continued ridiculousness that is riverdale . the blossom family tradition of minor incest is already continuing on. and all the twists! is that really clifford blossom? or his evil twin? or maybe just his plain old twin? given that twins run in the blossom family! hal and alice are finally, finally pulling the plug on their marriage. and i have to say i kept forgetting hal's relationship to the blossoms and the fact that he and penelope were bumping uglies and like how weird and borderline incest-y is that? like they're not related, but it's all still kind of creepy.  meanwhile, cheryl and tiffani's connection is growing apace and i kind of love it. i also loved how ms. topaz was a little bit like whoa this shit is getting crazy here.  here's my issue with the latest archie versus the lodges drama. he continues to chafe against and then side with the lodges every single time. he still is

as an expat puerto rican living in a northen state without a large community of puerto ricans, reading this series gives me some serious homesickness. in her perfect affair , we get to see more of rosa fernández and what happens when she doesn't control every aspect of her life. when she takes a risk and goes for it with jeremy taylor, her longtime crush, the last thing she expects is an unplanned pregnancy. and to make matters worse, she's also suffering from hypermesis gravidarum (a condition anyone who follows the british royal family knows is not pleasant). rosa is a huge ball of insecurities and she's constantly attributing feelings and thoughts to jeremy that aren't there. but she's not a pushover either. in fact she spends most of her time pushing jeremy away. which i'll be honest, i have no idea why this dude fought so hard for her. she was kind of miserable and controlling the whole book. i mean look, given the situation and the stuff she was dealing

i personally can't wait to get my hands on this one. check out the backup plan by jen mclaughlin. i didn't get an early copy of it but it's definitely on my tbr. keep reading for more info on the book...

if you've been following amy daws'  instagram , you'd know about this book—where the idea originated and how it came to be. and it's funny and cute and all that funny and cute is evident in the pages of  wait with me . kate is a romance writer who has found her writer's block is cured in the waiting room of her local tire depot. after bringing her friends and families' cars in for service she decides to just unobtrusively take up residence in the customer care center and enjoy the complimentary coffee and cookies for as long as she can. except for all that kate thinks she's boring old kate smith, the truth is she is the furthest thing from unobtrusive. when mechanic miles literally runs into her, he can't get her out of his mind. burned by a drama llama of an ex, miles isn't looking for a relationship. kate, partly because she's used to hiding behind her writer persona, introduces herself to him under her pseudonym, mercedes. somehow she ma

the latest atlanta skyline novel, saving hearts , focuses on goaltender brendan young, benched for being linked to a gambling website, as part of his rehabilitation he is forced to go to gambler's anonymous meetings. when he runs into erin bailey, the league's new director of ethics and advocacy, attending a meeting for a compulsive gambling problem things between them get heated. erin and brendan have a history. from college there's always been an interest, an attraction, an awareness. then one night in vegas, things between them burn. and afterward, erin wants to pretend to forget it. erin doesn't believe in relationships. but brendan is looking to make a life with someone. here's the thing, brendan does gamble, but he gambles because he's got a crazy memory and a brain that works too quickly. he's analytical and can easily calculate odds and probabilities. it's what makes him the brilliant player he is. and gambling is one way to quiet his overa

merger to marriage  is a pretty traditional category romance. the leads, mayson and holt, meet-cute in the hotel lobby of a wedding reception they are both attending. but their crazy sexual chemistry has them ditching the wedding and heading upstairs for one night of passion. two months later their paths cross at a weekend getaway with friends and family. mayson is tired and nauseated and hungry and emotional, which if you read romance novels means that she is pregnant. she tells holt who reacts poorly but then rallies. he starts pushing for marriage and mayson is not convinced that's a good idea. her parents were not a good match and she doesn't want to subject her kids to living with parents in an unhappy marriage. they talk about business arrangements and talk about passion, but they both forget to talk about love even though it's pretty obvious that they are both in it long before they are willing to accept it. there's some extra drama around their backgrounds

sierra simone goes back to the world of priest in sinner .  the bell family still grapples with their faith. and now their matriach is dying of cancer. sean, older brother of the former father bell, has taken on most of the caretaking. but he's still trying t hold true to his hedonistic lifestyle. when he meets a mysterious woman named mary he's intrigued and only the fact that he's called away to his mother's bedside tears him away from an almost kiss. what he doesn't realize until later is that mary is actually his closest friend, elijah's much younger sister, zenobia "zenny" iverson. and zenny is well on her way to entering the novitiate. sinner explores the lines between faith and the forbidden. the levels of angst for sean are many. he feels like he is corrupting an innocent. and he struggles with the amount of life he has on innocent zenny. but she is also wise beyond her years. her faith at once gives her a naïveté and a maturity to ha

this is a short fic, everything comes to a head here, and then next week we get the epilogue.

if you don't follow amy daws on instagram then you are missing out. her tires, tires, tires, series of posts is amazing. it's hilarious and sweet and it spawned a whole new series from her! Wait With Me by Amy Daws releases April 5! When romance novelist, Kate Smith, finds her long-lost writing mojo in the customer waiting area of a tire store, the complimentary coffee isn’t the only things that’s hot. But sexy mechanic, Miles Hudson, is just up for a friendly test-drive of her new book idea. At least, that was the agreement. Add to your TBR i'm so excited to share this cover with you. click for a sneak peek...

i'm 99% sure i've watched the 1977 horror movie that gives this episode it's title. riverdale  continues to balance its high school drama with noir aesthetics and southern gothic atmosphere. it's what makes this show both wonderful and terrible. since sometimes i think we lose plot and character development to the atmosphere and overall look of the show. after the bombshell revelation that the big boss in charge of lodge was hermoine, nothing more is said of the matter. and hiram is all businessy and head of the family and decides that archie should take veronica and betty and jughead away for the weekend. which, for someone who seemed super duper conservative and, like, has these latino catholic sensibilities, hiram sending his young teenage daughter off for the weekend with her boyfriend just feels completely out of character. anyway, when cheryl is excluded from this weekend away, she retaliates by outing the betty and archie kiss to jughead. this doesn'

vanessa wasn't always a good girl, but she learned her lesson young. so when her grandmother brings salvador rosas into their home as thirsty opens, she's less than pleased. sal is a former gang member, ex-con who is trying to make a new life for himself after five years in prison. sal isn't a good guy. but he's not a bad guy either. he's done bad things. made poor choices. even though some might say he never had a choice at all. making a new life for yourself in the old neighborhood isn't easy. the people who you left behind want to bring you down to their level, even as you try to rise above. vanessa has been rising above for years, but now that she's got sal in her home, in her life, the temptation is there. sal doesn't have the practice of resisting. he's known deprivation. he knows what it is to have no control. being on the outside, not having a routine, it's terrifying. how is it possible that he'll stand strong? he's been a

on paper this book has it all. the perfect location. the city girl meets southern boy/opposites attract conceit. and don't get me wrong, fully dressed  is enjoyable. it's just that for most of the book i thought maybe i was missing something? the book feels very much like the second book in a series. like we should already know the lead characters somewhat because we've gotten snippets of their stories in an earlier book. except fully dressed is the start of the series. and then poppy and brandon also have family drama and business drama and relationship drama, and they each also have an alternate name, poppy is also amber and brandon is gus and at a certain point it's almost a bit too much. i don't know. as a contemporary, opposites attract love story, fully dressed  totally works. i really liked both poppy and brandon. but part of me also wonders if this book is really where this series was meant to start. and i also wonder at some of the editorial choices

Let us know what you think of the cover for Echoes by Alice Reeds, which releases August 7, 2018! This cover reveal is brought to you by Entangled Teen.

foster boyd ( the firstborn prince )   and his twin brother (the rogue prince) inherited a cosmetics empire and millions of dollars. they also inherited a life in the spotlight. now foster wants to manipulate the situation to ensure he has full control over the family business and he decides that help from image consultant natalie stolen is exactly what he needs. except the moment he meets her it's like he forgets his plan. and i'd explain the plan but to be honest, i don't think anyone in the book ever fully got it either, because it's not very clear and never really followed through on. but that's not actually a knock on the story. the plan was stupid from the get-go and foster's brother is clearly aware of what is going on anyway, which makes the whole thing even dumber. i'm sorry i need to stop talking about this plan. the plan isn't important. because from the moment foster meets natalie it's clear that all he wants is her. and even though

when tennyson finally quits on dominic in scoring off the field  everything changes. she just figured it was time to stop putting her life on hold pining for someone who would never see her the way she wanted him to. but for dominic it's earth-shattering. it's ground shifting beneath his feet, suddenly the whole world around him is different and he can't figure out what changed. because suddenly he's seeing tennyson in ways he never did before. or ways that he managed to suppress before. and now she's dating and looking to move towns and leave him and his job behind. and it's all happening just when his contract is up for renewal and he needs to keep his head in the game. and the thing is, tenny has been dom's rock. she's his best friend. and he is hers. and on the one hand, you understand the hesitation to cross that line. when something is so good already, how could it be better right? well once the sparks fly and they get all crazy and hot and i

so in the interest of full disclosure, i must acknowledge that i'm sonya's literary agent. however, i had nothing to do with getting this book published, that was all her and entangled. and i'm just lucky i got a chance to read an early copy. it's pretty well-established on this blog that fake relationships are like romance novel catnip for me, and the firefighter's perfect plan  is the perfect blend of fake and real relationship that made this even better. josie moore has a terrible relationship with her parents, mainly because they are pretty terrible people. she's been a de facto bradford since she was a child. and in love with lincoln, her best friend casey's older brother since about the same time she became a de facto bradford. linc is the kind of guy who instinctively wants to save you. when josie admits that she needs him to pretend to be her boyfriend because she lied to her mother about it, he agrees. he knows how terrible her mother is. neverm

in phoenix fire , book one of the phoenix cycle series, we learn that ava, cade, and nick are sibling phoenixes who are stuck on a loop trying to hunt down one dark phoenix that threatens all of humanity. the problem is that other than nick, no one else quite remembers what is happening or what they are or what it is they have to fight against. there are other complications too. ava is drawn to wyatt, but he has some secrets of his own. is he working with the phoenixes or against them. everything in ava says he is trustworthy, but the memories of their shared pasts are murky and his while he seems to care for ava, it's not clear that his intentions are honorable. cade for his part can't control his powers well, events from past lives have left him weaker and at a disadvantage when trying to recoup his memories. his connection with ava's friend yuki also stretches back to other lives, and she possibly has the key to the secret that will save them all. and nick, who

so, i completely forgot that i was part of the blog tour and was supposed to wait and post my review of the big bad wolf  today. i was so excited that i had read it on time and everything. from my original review: the big bad wolf  is like  teen wolf  meets  footloose   in the best possible way. kensey's dad wants her to match up with a suitable mate. it's their pack's turn to share the fire affinity. but kensey's a high school senior, she has no interest in being any guy's mate. when she overhears her neighbor arguing with his father about the same exact thing she has a plan.[...]  this story was the perfect amount of paranormal and angsty teen romance.  keep reading for some extra book info, including where to buy...

you guys, the new roswell keeps casting people i like. will i end up watching? spoiler alert: if it gets picked up, yes, totally. part 2 follows the jump...

the latest in the dossier novellas finds piper young thrilled to be sent to rio de janiero in brazilian fantasy . except that when she gets there her host, lucas santos doesn't appear to realize that epic sex was supposed to be on the agenda. instead, he believes she is there to take his nanny's place for three weeks. piper is pissed, but when she meets young, traumatized maddie she finds that she can't say no. and the fact that lucas is supremely attractive doesn't hurt. neither of them is looking for a long-term relationship. but when they discover how compatible they are in all aspects of their lives, neither lucas or piper wants to say goodbye after three weeks. this quick, sexy read is surprisingly emotional. there is some real weight and sweetness around maddie's trauma and how it resonates with piper. **brazilian fantasy will publish on march 19, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/entangled publishing (scorched) in exchange

in a rogue of her own , miss charlotte windham finally finds a man worthy of her indomitable spirit. lucas sherbourne is wealthy but not titled. raised to be at war with the dukes of haverford, he's been much-maligned in the valley where they co-exist as unhappy neighbors, even as he's been the only person solvent enough to make sure the valley and all the people who inhabit it prosper. when lucas proposes a business arrangement of sorts, a marriage of convenience to save charlotte from matchmaking and terrible suitors, he's surprised when she rejects him. and then she kisses him. and they get caught by her aunt and uncle.and ae forced to marry anyway. lucas believes that charlotte rejected him because he isn't titled. but the truth is that charlotte is distrustful of men, especially after her dearest friend had a terrible experience and she's dedicated herself to helping women in dire straits make new lives for themselves and their illegitimate children. she

shana galen's survivor's series continues in no earls allowed , with the group's warrior, mr. neil wraxall taking center stage. when his father asks for his help retrieving the earl of st. maur's daughter from an orphanage, neil doesn't think much of the mission. he expects it to be completed in the course of an hour or two. but when he meets lady julianna, he quickly realizes that she is set on her path. she cannot leave the orphans behind, even as the orphanage itself falls to pieces around her. and neil can't leave her to struggle through setback after setback alone. he's already had to leave too many men behind him, he can't take leaving anymore. even if julianna isn't one of his men. even if they aren't at war any longer. this is the prism through which he understands life. and julianna, who can't leave anyone else behind either. who can't let go of the orphans she's given her heart and love to freely, will fight alongside

Let us know what you think of the cover for Spies, Lies, and Allies: A Love Story by Lisa Brown Roberts, which releases May 1, 2018! This cover reveal is brought to you by Entangled Teen.

nina and ewan's story concludes in forbidden stranger and after all the angst and shocking twists it's totally well worth the wait. this time they must get to know each other again, since nina's mind has been reset one time too many. her fragile condition makes it difficult for ewan. he cannot be fully honest with nina, because her mind is not ready to process their tangled past. but keeping secrets is part of the reason they are in the predicament they are in. together they must find a way forward and see if they can recapture the love and intensity that inevitably builds between them. ewan still loves nina deeply, fiercely, and everything he does is for her. and when she understands that, she does appreciate it. but she also can't help feeling betrayed. especially when she realizes that part of ewan's way of protecting her has been by tracking her every move and setting her up with watchdogs.  so much of the resolution depends on nina working through her an

as a sequel to proof of lies , lies that bind  does not disappoint. picking up the story right about where we left off, the second book opens with anastasia and her friends in london trying to find ways to escape and evade department d, while also searching for other dresden kids and finding a way to take department d down. there's plenty of suspense, but also some romance and teen angst between marcus and anastasia. because not as much world-building is required, this second book moves at a steady pace. and without giving too much away the twists and turns continue to grow, setting the stage for an epic book three to conclude the series. if you enjoyed book 1, then book 2 is a must-read. and if you enjoyed maggie hall's conspiracy of us series, this series is right up your alley. **lies that bind will publish on march 6, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/entangled publishing (entangled teen) in exchange for my honest review.

after losing her parents, the last thing in the world anastasia phoenix would want to happen is to lose her sister too. except in proof of lies  that might be the reality anastasia has to accept. but keira might not be dead. and in order to get to the bottom of what has been happening in her life, anastasia finds herself working with marcus rey, a mysterious new classmate with a bad boy attitide and a sexy spanish accent. (though part of me wishes the author had gone with the actual spanish spelling marcos, since marcus is the latin spelling.) both anastasia and marcus' parents work(ed) for the dresden corporation. and the more they explore the more sinister things appear. there's a lot of globe-trotting something that characterized anastasia and marcus' early years, but this story starts out in boston. a fact i love, because it's the city i consider home in my heart. so to hear all these familiar landmarks grounds the story in a way that allows the rest of the stor

darcy greer is off men after catching her fiancé kissing another man days before their wedding. but it's been a year and her friends think it's time. and there's this great new app that promises to rate all the single men so that women know ahead of time who's just looking for sex and who's ready for love. when bad bachelor number one, reed mcmahon ends up having to work with darcy on a fundraiser to help the library she works at, she is both attracted to and repelled by him. she's read all these awful stories about how he treats women, but she can't help thinking he's different than he's made out to be online. because he is. these bachelor reviews, the whole premise of the app is pretty terrible. from reed we learn early on that over half of the terrible reviews are fake. so it's hard to see why anyone would value this. reed and darcy have enough baggage coming into their relationship without the app thing, which made the whole thing f

book two in the play dates series picks up with strait-laced single dad mike simmons. when he first meets georgie walters in easy bake lovin' she's not at all what he expected. that he finds her attractive is a given. that he doesn't know how to act around her is also fairly obvious. he's been out of the dating game for a long time. but georgie finds him hot and charming and enjoys the fact that he's just a little bit unsure around her. their chemistry is pretty explosive. not one to sit around or waste time with innuendo when being direct garners results, she makes sure that mike knows exactly where she stands. the main issue they have is that mike knows where he stands, he just fails at communicating himself all the time. you feel pretty bad for the guy. but this delightful awkwardness really does add to his charm, and lends a realistic edge to a pretty frothy story. **easy bake lovin'  will publish on march 6, 2018. i received an advance reader copy

the big bad wolf  is like teen wolf meets footloose in the best possible way. kensey's dad wants her to match up with a suitable mate. it's their pack's turn to share the fire affinity. but kensey's a high school senior, she has no interest in being any guy's mate. when she overhears her neighbor arguing with his father about the same exact thing she has a plan.  slade mcallister is the worst possible choice for a mate. his clan's affinity is allure, which basically means they are good at manipulating people to do their bidding. and into having sex. slade does his best to avoid using his gift, but all that repression leads to an uncontrollable wolf.  kensey's plan is to present slade as her choice of mate and to request that they undergo a courting. their packs adhere to all these old school rules that are not worth recounting here, but basically both slade and kensey chafe against the restrictions they are forced to abide.  they were friends

another thursday, another story... this was inspired by the new year's episode that paired up the roswell  crew in unconventional ways.