North Star

 by Karly Lane

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My first time reading this author and it certainly won't be my last. I'm lucky my library has a vast collection or I'd go broke.

This is a fabulous Australian story, even though I'm a city girl in Melbourne I do love my virtual visits to rural areas via stories.

Kate packs up her kids and heads back 'home'...where she mostly grew up during her rocky childhood. The property has been left to her and it's time for a fresh beginning.  I really enjoyed their journey, Kate learning to trust again, the teen daughter working her way through her attitude and the young boy growing more confident.

A body? Was it murder? How old is this skeleton? Is this part of her past and will their lives be forever changed?

I absolutely loved this story. Get your slippers on, make a cuppa and settle in.

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Since her divorce a year ago, Kate Thurston feels like she's lurched from one disaster to another. Her teenage daughter, Georgia, seems to have morphed into a monster overnight, and her son Liam breaks her heart with his sad brown eyes.

When Kate receives news that her grandfather has bequeathed her North Star, the vast property that has been in her family for generations, it feels like the perfect opportunity to flee the hectic pace of city life for a calmer rural existence.

As soon as she arrives at North Star, however, Kate realises she's going to need every ounce of determination to restore the rundown homestead to its former glory and fulfil her dream of turning it into a bush retreat. And as for the farm, well it's in utter disarray.

As she starts to make headway with the homestead's restoration and falls for a local bloke, Kate finally feels like life is going right for her. Then her ex-husband comes to town and triggers a series of events that will change her life forever .

In the tradition of Fleur McDonald and Rachael Treasure, with dollops of mystery and lashings of suspense, North Star will have you reading through the night.

Accidental Acquisition: Kindred Tales 35

 by Evangeline Anderson

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5 stars

I was chuckling from the beginning with this one. Working in a Uni Library I feel I need to tell our acquisitions department that the bar has been raised.
Jillian is a chef, approaching 50, her younger years spent chasing her career and her 40s with a con artist. Broke and losing everything an old friend offers her a job on the Mother Ship with the Kindred. Her trip to the alien market was an adventure and then some.
Kalis, a former prisoner and slave has been dream sharing with her, only he has a huge secret and she's going to be terrified.
I think you'll love this book, I was a fast read as I couldn't put it down. Plenty of action and heart stopping moments. Glad to say my lunch was finished when I got the ewwww part. A great romance with plenty of fun and yet danger, I loved every moment.

Jillian goes to the market to buy ingredients for soup...but winds up accidentally buying a huge Kindred warrior instead.
Kalis wants to love and protect her, but he has a dark side--he turns into a huge, green Grizzly bear.
Can Jillian get past her fear to accept his love and devotion? And can Kalis save her from her shady ex?
Read Accidental Acquisition to find out!


Milk--check. Eggs--check. Bread--check. One huge, muscular bodyguard who I now own exclusively...Wait! That wasn't on the list!

Jillian Marks is an Executive Chef at a Kindred restaurant on the Mother Ship. Every Monday she goes to the Buy-All-Sell-All Market to get exotic, hard-to-find ingredients for her menu. But this time she's made an accidental purchase--one she didn't expect. While trying to buy soup ingredients for a special VIP dinner, she mistakenly buys a bodyslave as well--a huge, muscular Kindred warrior named Kalis, whom she now owns. And did we mention there are absolutely no returns, refunds, or exchanges?

Kalis was captured and taken as a fighter in the Blood Circuit in his early twenties. Now, in his early fifties, he's used to serving a Mistress. And since he's been dreaming of Jillian for the past two years, all he wants to do is love and protect her. But he has another side--a darker side that comes to light when his new Mistress is threatened. Kalis is a B'varren Kindred who can turn, at will, into an enormous Ursus--a terrifying beast resembling a Grizzly bear.

Once Jillian sees his beast come out, she really doesn't want anything to do with her accidental purchase. But Kalis slowly wins her over, proving that he's good in the kitchen and the bedroom...not just the Blood Circuit. But in order to bond her to him, he must let her tame the beast inside him--which Jillian does *not* want to do.
It looks like a hopeless case of buyer's remorse when she gets lured down to Earth by her shady ex. Can Kalis get her out of the terrible trouble she finds herself in? And can Jillian ever accept and tame his beast?
You'll have to read Accidental Acquisition to find out!

Pause

 by Kylie Scott

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5 stars 

I got to the end and just sighed. This girl had been through so much, and so needed her happy ending, not to forget so did he.
Anna and Leif, brought together as the result of a traffic accident. While comatose her husband proved what a weak, selfish man he was. Her best friend, well she's trash too.
Slowly Anna learned to trust again, to live again and love again. Leif was in her life as a cuddly friend, then house mate followed by so much more. Their journey was a joy to read. Karma will surely get her cheating ex and ex bff. Last twist toward the end I didn't see coming.
Absolutely loved this story.

An unpauseable new romance from New York Times bestselling, Audie Award winning author Kylie Scott!

When Anna wakes up from a coma after a car crash, she discovers life has gone on without her. Her husband has been unfaithful—with her best friend—and she’s been long since replaced at work. While her old life is a distant memory, her new life feels like an empty shell. Then she meets the stranger who saved her life during the crash, and he changes everything.

Leif Larsen—tattooist, joker, and player—has his own scars thanks to the crash that put Anna in a coma. Helping her move on from her failed marriage, and create a new life, sounds like a perfect distraction. So when he needs a new roommate, he invites Anna to begin her new life with him.

Although their lives may have been put on pause, together they just might find a way to heal.

After the Climb Special Edition

 by  Kristen Ashley

This is my first Kristen Ashley book and it won't be my last. What an entertaining introduction, though it was longer than most books I read.

A second chance romance, 28 years later! I so enjoyed reading about more mature characters around my own age. These two had a history from when they were children to young adults then it all went wrong for them. Lies and betrayal destroyed their chance at happiness together.
We fast forwarded to the future and had glimpses into the past all the way through this story. Their lives, their history, their heartbreaks, broken marriages and children grown.
I will say it was a slow, detailed journey but I enjoyed the laughs, the second half picked up faster and I couldn't put it down then.
I have to see what else this author has now.

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NEW, EXTENDED VERSION!

With many new chapters, and introducing a new series character, this re-released Special Edition version of After the Climb is the book you have, but it’s also so much more!

They were the Three Amigos: Duncan Holloway, Imogen Swan and Corey Szabo. Two young boys with difficult lives at home banding together with a cool girl who didn’t mind mucking through the mud on their hikes.

They grew up to be Duncan Holloway, activist, CEO and face of the popular River Rain outdoor stores, Imogen Swan, award-winning actress and America’s sweetheart, and Corey Szabo, ruthless tech billionaire.

Rich and very famous, they would learn the devastating knowledge of how the selfish acts of one would affect all their lives.

And the lives of those they loved.

Start the River Rain series with After the Climb, the story of Duncan and Imogen navigating their way back to each other, decades after a fierce betrayal.

And introduce yourself to their families, who will have their stories told when River Rain continues.

Delivered by the Defender: Kindred Tales 34

 by Evangeline Anderson

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Is there no end to this author's crazy imagination...and I still want those 'float dots'. This Kindred is pretty much a vampire and she's a curvaceous, kinky violinist, pretty much bored with her vanilla life. It was a fantastic, action packed adventure, sizzling chemistry, and dangerous while on yet another dangerously weird planet. My fave series, I highly recommend it.

This is a Super-Plus Length Novel, almost 135,000 words long

A woman alone on a dangerous planet, where females must have male protection to survive...

A warrior intent on keeping his vow never to call a bride...

When Selena is framed for a crime she didn't commit, can Valen save her?

And will he lose his heart in the process?

The Vampire and the Violinist...
Selena Bates's ex was as boring as they come--entirely too vanilla for her adventurous tastes. Now she's getting a chance to visit a whole new planet where nobody is vanilla. On Ma'shorka Centra, all females are required to have a "Seal of Independence" prominently displayed, or a male Master who is responsible for keeping them in line. Unfortunately, Selena is single, but a girl can dream, can't she? And anyway, she's determined to have the adventure of a lifetime, playing her violin for the Emperor himself.

Valen is a Defender--the Kindred version of a lawyer. He's also a Pitch-Blood Kindred--the only kind of Blood Kindred who actually needs to drink blood. Having taken a vow never to call a bride, he is intensely irritated to find that he is sitting next to a tempting, curvy Elite on the interstellar shuttle to Ma'shorka Centra. Determined to ignore her, he gives Selena the impression that he's a world-class jerk. However, when she gets attacked at the alien spaceport and her Seal of Independence is stolen, Valen comes to her rescue. But there's one big problem--without her Seal, she needs a "Master"-- and guess who has to step up and help her out?

Valen is determined to keep his vow, no matter how tempting Selena is. But when she is framed by the vengeful Third Empress for a crime she didn't commit, only he can defend her in the crooked Ma'shorkan High Court. Will Selena have to serve her sentence of "a hundred thousand lifetimes of hard labor?" And will Valen be able to resist the tempting little Earth female?
You'll have to read...Delivered by the Defender to find out.

Her Faithful Protector: A Navy SEAL Romance (Night Storm Book 6)

 by Caitlyn O'Leary

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This book grabbed me from the very beginning, I couldn't put it down. I loved the characters Nic and Camilla, they deserved their second chance after interference from others destroyed their relationship. She's in a group that has been kidnapped and held for ransom. He's going to be one of the SEALs coming to their rescue. It had all the feels, I was afraid for them both, their action packed and yet heartwarming journey made for an exciting story. The epilogue was all that and more. What a wonderful tale of romance.

Will Nic Get His Second Chance At Love?

Navy SEAL, Nic Hale, is happy. Just ask him. As the youngest member of the team he has the world by the tail, and a date every night of the week. Leaving him wide open to the team’s ribbing. No one would ever know it’s a role he plays to try to forget the woman who stole his heart years ago.

When Night Storm is called in to rescue a busload of kidnapped university students in the Mexican jungle, a mission Nic can sink his teeth into. That is until he finds out his high school sweetheart, the love who was ripped from him, is one of the hostages and all bets are off.

Will he be able to save her before they finally have a shot at happiness?

This is the sixth book in the Night Storm Navy SEAL series. It is an Action Adventure Romance that can be read as a stand-alone.

The Rescuer (Barrett Boys Book 4)

 by Jordan Ford

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Jake and Carmen, friends who both want more but.... well she's with someone else but not happy.
We're coming to the end of the series with one book to go, I should be sad but I'm excited to see what's next for this author.
Jake, Carmen and the others are off to the wilderness to film a documentary. It all started so well until there was extreme danger and everyone ran for their lives. Murder certainly wasn't the plan nor was getting lost. I enjoyed watching Jake and Carmen's relationship develop as they were on the run. Would they be saved in time as bullets were flying.
The back story is the brothers and their loves slowly coming together, back to where they started and life was good.
The tears were both happy and sad in this story, the author did a great job in building the suspense, I was glued to my kindle.

He agreed to a trip into the wilderness for a chance to win her heart. What he didn’t count on was a chilling murder and a race for their lives.
Jake:
Carmen is the woman for me. I’ve known it for months now.
There’s only one major problem… she’s with another guy.
But he’s so wrong for her, and this trip is going to be my chance to show her that.
She invited me, that has to mean something.

All I need to do now is get her alone for a few minutes so I can tell her how I really feel.
But then a living nightmare happens—we witness a murder.
And now we’re on the run for our lives.
Carmen and I are finally alone, just the way I was hoping… but not like this.

There’s no time to tell her how I feel when all that matters is keeping her alive.
I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure she gets out of this.

My grandpa told me that there’s no greater love than to give your life to rescue someone else. I’d give my life for Carmen. All I can hope is that I won’t have to…that I’ll be smart enough, brave enough, to get us both out of this vast forest before the killers can eliminate all evidence of their crime.

The Rescuer is the fourth standalone book in a thrilling romance series. If you like intelligent sweet guys, nail-biting action and a romance that defies the odds, then you’ll love Jordan Ford’s riveting novel.