All Posts By Tara McDonald
What About Us by Kristen Proby
(ARC Review) Ivy and Xander are both just incredibly likeable people, and I think that’s one of the reasons I fell into their story so easily. There wasn’t a point where I had to convince myself to understand either of them. I just got them. Ivy is hilarious, sassy, and has very little control over…
Holding Ground by Piper Rayne
(ARC Read) Piper Rayne always delivers when it comes to small-town romance, and Holding Ground gave me everything I love about the trope—the meddling townspeople, the gossip that spreads faster than actual news, the family who is entirely too involved in everyone’s business, and a community that might fight change with everything they have but…
Mac Meyers Needs Me by Helena Hunting
(ARC Read) I thought Mac Meyers Needs Me was absolutely adorable. It’s such a sweet college romance, with all those awkward, innocent moments that come with falling in love when you’re still figuring out who you are and what you want. It honestly reminded me of being that age, when relationships could feel simultaneously simple…
Kicking Up Dust by Cassie Truett
(ARC Read) Please check the trigger warnings. Full stop. Kicking Up Dust is poignant, emotional, and handled with so much care, but this is absolutely a book where you need to know your own limits before going in. Apparently I decided three emotional reads in a row was a fantastic idea, because at this point…
Fearlessly Us by Samantha Brinn
(ARC Read) I am truly at a loss for words for how beautiful Fearlessly Us was. Two broken people, broken in completely different ways, coming together to build each other up and slowly let each other in. Samantha Brinn wrote their love story with so much tenderness and emotional depth that I don’t quite know…
Sweet Redemption by Bella Matthews
(ARC Read) I bawled. From start to finish. Every time I thought I had finally pulled myself together, Bella Matthews found another tender spot and ripped it wide open. Sweet Redemption is messy, painful, complicated, and so deeply emotional that there were moments I genuinely had to stop reading just to collect myself. And Chapter…
Verdict by Brittany Storm
(ARC Review) “I’m not walking away from something. I’m choosing something.” There is stubborn, and then there is Ava James and Cohen Jordan. These two were absolutely infuriating. I spent an unreasonable amount of this book wanting to reach through the pages, grab them both by the shoulders, and make them actually TALK to each…
Untroubled Heart by Emme Goode
(ARC Review) Mason Heart has me in a chokehold, and I don’t know that I’m okay. This man practically falls in love at first sight. Mason has never been in love, never wanted to settle down, and has spent years happily playing into his reputation as the unserious billionaire playboy. Then he looks into Callie…
Keep Me Close by Jennifer Sucevic
(ARC Read) There is something about a man who doesn’t need to make a big production out of taking care of the people he loves, and Knox McNichols might be one of my favorite examples of it. Knox is controlled intensity personified. He’s gorgeous, confident, observant, and seemingly unbothered by almost everything around him. But…
Clock Play by C.L. Rose
(ARC Read) I want to purchase my own Austin Baker because F*CK, this man lives to do for others. Austin is a caretaker down to his bones. He has the heart of gold, the golden retriever energy, the patience of a saint, and this innate need to make the lives of the people he loves…