All Posts By Tara McDonald
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Good Hands by Maggie Gates
(ARC Read) Maggie Cordelia Gates! Okay, yes, I know that’s her pen name and I’m about 99.9% sure it’s not actually her middle name, but just let me have this moment because I’m clearly unwell after finishing this book. We all already know Maggie is an auto-buy author for me, but I’m also usually a…
Make Me by Adriana Locke
(ARC Read) Adriana Locke really said “what if we weaponize yearning?” and then unleashed Hartley Adler on all of us. I consumed Make Me like a woman with zero self-control and absolutely no interest in acting responsibly once Hartley Adler showed up. There was absolutely no chance I was putting this book down once I…
The Pact by Ava Sutton
(ARC Read) You know those books that completely consume your life for a few days and then leave you emotionally stranded when they’re over? Yeah… The Pact was that book for me. Ava Sutton took one of my favorite romance setups, the “if we’re still single at thirty” pact between best friends, and somehow turned…