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courting carlyn  is a perfect summer ya contemporary. carlyn is an aspiring tennis pro, she's gunning for a position at a division i school, but her coaching has not been aggressive and at tryouts she chokes with nerves. when vaughn, one of the stars of the amateur circuit, approaches her about co-leading a youth tennis summer camp her first question is "why her?" but vaughn is desperate and offers her time with his coach and help on the court to get her ready to make the team at her dream university. when his coach offers even more tips in exchange for carlyn working to convince vaughn to turn pro, she's conflicted but ultimately accepts. there's a strict no-fraternization rule to follow, so there's no way vaughn and carlyn are going to get close. except this is a romance and of course they get close. and the way these two open up to each other and face their baggage is really sweet and tender. ultimately this is a really heartwarming read. ...

the lords of the highlands series is just going to keep going, which is amazing because i think there are so many stories to tell about these scots whose loyalties are torn up and whose cause will ultimately fail. the highland chieftain  picks up threads first hinted at in the highland guardian . lady mairi mackenzie was supposed to marry her cousin reid, but he fell in love with his ward audrey, and lady mairi was basically jilted by the man she had been promised to since birth. in the void, duncan macrae steps in to ask for her hand, but is soundly rejected. he thinks it's because mairi thinks he isn't good enough for her. but the truth is, she thinks he's only asked out of pity. she doesn't want a man to pity-marry her. she wants to be wanted. but she's been conditioned not to see it. when duncan rescues her from an attack by english soldiers, they are forced to run away. her father decides to accuse duncan of kidnapping, and in order to ...

when derryth macclaren is sent away for her own protection given the likelihood that her sister's keep is about to be held under seige by troops representing the dreaded wolf, it is exceedingly unlucky that she ends up in enemy hands. the warrior of clan kincaid  is one of those sweeping highland stories that has it all, sexy scotsmen and political intrigue and swooning. saved from assault by a commanding officer named cull. derryth fights to escape, even as everything cull does is intended to keep her safe at the army camp. she's a beautiful young woman, one whose strategic value he isn't even aware of, and cull who only memories of childhood are of being a slave and having no name, is sensitive to her plight.  sharing a tent means that the crazy sexual tension between them is pretty much off the charts. but she's an innocent, and cull isn't the type to take advantage.  and then everything goes haywire and the way these two characters co...

the wired & dangerous series continues with darkest night , with hitman/hacker jamison "jock" bosh on duty protecting fiona madden. fiona's past as a victim of human trafficking makes her a target for the men the wired & dangerous crew are trying to take down. when jock's cover is blown, fiona is at first shocked by the idea that someone would consider her worth protecting, but she's also grateful that once in her life she doesn't have to do all the worrying alone. for the first time in a decade fiona feels safe. and for the first time in a decade, she also feels something other than fear or panic when she's with a man. jock was half in love with fiona before he got the job of being her bodyguard. he knows her trauma. he's seen the tapes. but he doesn't see her as damaged or broken or as something that needs to be fixed. he sees something precious and beautiful and worth protecting. and navigating those feelings while fiona's li...

the o'connor boys drew an unlucky lot at childhood. none more than middle brother tanner, who after two years in prison for manslaughter has returned to saddler cove and set up a respectable business with his brothers selling and customizing motorcycles. as handle with care opens, emily towson's (meddling) grandmother, mimi, decides to buy a motorcycle for her 70th birthday, she correctly anticipates that this will force emily and tanner into contact with each other. emily goes to tanner's shop to yell at him. and somehow ends up sleeping with him. and when it turns out that those expiration dates on condoms do actually matter, suddenly emily is faced with dealing with an outdated morality clause in her teaching contract and raising a baby with a guy she isn't sure is all that interested in her. both emily and tanner have a lot of baggage and insecurities from their childhood. emily is always afraid of being someone's unwelcome responsibility...

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with dominate  the harris brother series ends. and the way it closes out this family's story is utter perfection. of course, gareth had to be the one to end things. he's the glue that holds the harrises together. he's the one who pulled them out of the grief and allowed them to grow and live and become all they could be. and sloan and him together are perfection. how he loves her, it's just so beautiful. he's all-in. he's all surety. he's so strong and steadfast and i love it. i love him.  i spent the entire book savoring every second i could bask in gareth. seriously he is like my number one book boyfriend. his strength and baggage and overall amazingness has me crazy in love. this is the most epic conclusion that daws could have come up with. it's the end of the series, but these characters will live on in my heart. i just love them. **dominate will publish on july 27, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of give me books/a...

warnings and wildfires  is set in the same world as the lost kings motorcycle club books, but stands alone and apart enough from the mc universe. sully is a mma gym owner and aubrey is at first a client and then an employee. she's younger than he is, but he finds he can't stop himself from taking care of her. aubrey and sully both have some baggage, sully has a nearly teenaged daughter that he'd like to see more than he does. and aubrey's dealt with some serious trauma in her past, where the people who should have taken care of her did not. but sully is there. even when he doesn't always understand what is happening, he is there for her. and being taken care of is exactly what aubrey needs, but he also lends her his strength in a way that allows her to be strong. **warnings and wildfires published on july 24, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of candi kane pr in exchange for my honest review. keep reading for more information on the book...

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in coming home ,  mallory fredrick finds herself on a forced sabbatical after a student makes threats against her online. her confidence shaken and her sense of security seriously disturbed, mallory decides to move back to seguin and live with her sister, paige for the semester. prepping for the move is a logistical nightmare as it has to come together quickly and before the holidays. when mallory calls the four guys moving company, the last thing she expects is for one of the guys to become her guy. alec o'donnell doesn't know what it is about mallory. when she first calls him in tears and later as he spends time with her, he wants to know her better. he wants to get closer. but she's leaving town and his home is in santa fe. and who starts a long distance romance based on a week's acquaintance. she's a client. he was her mover. but the heart wants what the heart wants. and mallory and alec can't stop thinking about each other. when a wrench is thrown i...