Small Town Smokeshow by Holly Renee

Small Town Smokeshow by Holly Renee

Ever since reading Cowboy Casual, I’ve been impatiently waiting for Hunter and Maggie’s story. Their chemistry practically jumped off the page in the first book, so my expectations for Small Town Smokeshow were sky-high. Somehow, Holly Renee still managed to exceed them. Hunter and Maggie are pure fire. Not the explosive, instant-combustion kind of chemistry,…

Yours to Lose by Samantha Brinn

Yours to Lose by Samantha Brinn

What in the world was this book? I picked it up expecting to find another book boyfriend and instead found a book girlfriend in Jo Evans and a story that had me feeling every emotion imaginable. Samantha Brinn took a love-after-loss storyline, handled it with incredible care, and delivered a romance that felt hopeful, healing,…

Saving the Shortstop by Hannah Gray

Saving the Shortstop by Hannah Gray

(ARC Read) Saving the Shortstop completely blindsided me in the best possible way. “I always said if I ever got the chance to kiss you again, I’d never want to stop.” I went into this book expecting a fun college sports romance, but what I got was one of the most emotionally impactful romances I’ve…

Against the Current by Erin Hawkins

Against the Current by Erin Hawkins

(ARC Read) Against the Current was pure rom-com chaos in the best possible way, and I had such a great time with Whitney and Connor. Whitney Shields might actually be my spirit animal. She’s funny, impulsive, endlessly entertaining, and has absolutely no filter when it comes to speaking her thoughts out loud. Beneath all of…

Darling Daffodils Farm by Brittanée Nicole

Darling Daffodils Farm by Brittanée Nicole

Darling Daffodils Farm was one of those books that completely snuck up on me. I went in expecting a sweet, cozy small-town romance set on a flower farm, and somehow ended up emotionally attached to an entire community, a field full of daffodils, and one of the grumpiest men I’ve ever had the pleasure of…

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Booked on You by Lyra Parish

(ARC Review) Booked on You is the kind of romance that makes you want to pack a bag, rent a charming cottage by the water, and hope a gorgeous man is waiting next door. Scarlett arrives in Charleston desperate for a fresh start. Burned by heartbreak and struggling to write after her ex turned her…

By Tara McDonald
June 3, 2026
5 min read
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Irresistibly Us by Samantha Brinn

(ARC Read) Samantha Brinn, I need to send you an invoice for emotional damages because Irresistibly Us completely took over my life. I knew going in that Tyler and Sophie’s story was going to be special. It was one of my most anticipated releases of the year, and somehow it still exceeded every expectation I…

By Tara McDonald
June 1, 2026
6 min read
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Jace by Kelly Finley

(ARC Read) I honestly don’t know how I’m supposed to say goodbye to the Belles & Bratva series after Jace because Kelly Finley absolutely saved the best for last. This finale delivered EVERYTHING—obsession, devotion, spice, tenderness, danger, emotional healing, family loyalty, and one of the most satisfying happily ever afters I’ve read in a long…

By Tara McDonald
May 28, 2026
7 min read
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Paper Rings by Brittanée Nicole

(ARC Read) Brittanée Nicole took all the yearning, heartbreak, missed timing, and second-chance angst imaginable and somehow turned it into a story that felt painfully real and incredibly hopeful at the same time. JJ and Addie’s relationship wasn’t perfect or easy, and honestly? That’s what made it all so worth it. Their love story was…

By Tara McDonald
May 27, 2026
7 min read
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My Forever Girl by Laura Pavlov

(ARC Read) From the very first page, My Forever Girl felt like coming home. Gracie and Cutler’s journey from lifelong best friends to soulmates was beautifully written and impossible not to become emotionally invested in. There was something so achingly beautiful about watching them realize that the person they had always needed had been standing…

By Tara McDonald
May 26, 2026
5 min read
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