Wednesday, 15 April 2026

REVIEW - Lost Song (The Wild #1) by Claire Kent

The Book
Release Date: 3 March 2026

I was nineteen when the world fell apart with news of an impending planet-altering disaster. To make the most of the time we had left, my high school boyfriend and I ran away to elope. We moved to a camper deep in the woods to escape the chaotic panic and violent struggle for food and supplies. We learned to survive on our own.

Three years later and he's long gone. But I'm still here. Living alone. Avoiding other survivors because no one can be trusted anymore.

Then an injured man drops at my feet, and I make the impulsive decision to help him. I'll tend to his wounds and wait for him to heal, but that's all I can offer. He's got his own demons--everyone who's made it this long does--and I won't let him drag me into danger.

I've done fine on my own. I can't risk everything that's kept me safe for him.

Lost Song is a post-apocalyptic romance set in the near future after a global catastrophe and includes some violent content and (secondary) character death.

My Review     4 STARS
**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

Although this is the first book in the series, it continues in a dystopian world that has already been created by the author in other series.

Some mentions of pervious characters are here, but this book mainly focuses on Kat and Micah by Kats trailer.

Kat first meets Micah as he is slumped unconscious outside her trailer where she does not get visitors.  She decides to help him, but is so used to being by herself that having Micah there upset her little world, but she soon gets used to having him there.

Kat is introduced to Micahs friends and it is here that she learns more about Micahs missing sister and she has an inkling as to where she may have gone.

Kat is used to doing things for herself and goes to get the girl, finding herself in a bit of trouble.  But her determination gets them both free to a relieved Micah.

I liked the story but found this lacking a little something.

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

REVIEW - In the Friend Zone (Mile High Stallions, #2) by Christina Hovland


The Book
Release Date: 24 April 2026

Emily Sinclair lives by the Rule of Three: work hard, stay organized, and never, under any circumstances, look at Finn Taylor as anything other than her brother’s best friend.

Finn has always been her safe harbor. The late-night phone call. The permanent plus-one. The only person who knows she’d rather temper chocolate than draft a legal brief. He is also the pro football star whose career just slammed into a brick wall of a humiliating season-ending injury.

When Finn’s confidence hits rock bottom, Emily does what she does best. She makes a plan. She will help him through rehab, and in return, he will help her transform a dusty storefront into the chocolate shop of her dreams.

Simple.

Except somewhere between physical therapy sessions and renovation dust, the lines they spent a decade drawing start to blur. Finn is not just offering tool-belt advice anymore. He is looking at her with a hunger that has nothing to do with truffles.

Breaking her overprotective brother’s one rule was supposed to be the hard part.

But as the friend zone disappears in the rearview mirror, Emily realizes the real danger is not losing her heart.

It is risking the one relationship she has never been able to live without.

Because if this goes wrong, she does not just lose a boyfriend.

She loses Finn.

My Review    5 STARS

**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

This is the first book in the series that I have read and it can totally be read as a stand alone story.

Emily and Finn have been friends since they were little, although Finn is Emily's brothers best friend and has been for years. they have grown up around each other and act more like family, already knowing the good and bad about each other.

Emily is a corporate lawyer and after winning a big case, realises that the company that she works for, is not actually the type of company she wants to work for any more. She makes a speech and leaves to follow her dreams.

Meanwhile Finn is hurt on the field and needs looking after. Emily decides as a friend to move in and help him, but along the way the find that there is more behind their friendship after all, and that the person they want standing behind them, supporting them, is each other.

There are some great friendships, a good relationship where things are actually talked out rather than ignored and some yummy sounding chocolates.

We get a glimpse at the next couple and I cannot wait. I'm even going to go and get the first book in the series. I enjoyed the world these characters came from and the relationship blossoming between the friends as they navigated their changing lives and the future they want with each other.

Monday, 13 April 2026

REVIEW - Vampires, Moonshine, and Southern Secrets by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

The Book
Release Date: 13 March 2016

From New York Times bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes a story with Southern feels, more cussing than Mamma approves of, and a vampire who thinks being hot is enough to win her heart: Vampires, Moonshine, and Southern Secrets.

HE’S FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. SHE’S NOT IMPRESSED.

My name is Masie Kicklighter, and you’re never going to believe what our local vampire is up to this time. He honestly thinks he’ll get away with it, too. 

Bless his undead heart. 

Because this is still my town, and I’m not about to hand it over to a five-hundred-year-old vampire, just because he’s hotter than our Kicklighter whiskey. 

Oh, and by the way, don’t drink the moonshine.

My Review    5 STARS
**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

This is the second book in the series and starts where the previous book left off.

As normal with this author there are lots of laugh out loud moments, plot twists you just dont see coming and a cliff hanger that has you needing the next book yesterday.

Maisie is a very strong FMC in spirit and wit. She gives as good as she gets and stands up for what she believes in.

I will certainly look forward to see how Maisie and Montgomery end up.

Sunday, 5 April 2026

REVIEW - The Secret Baby Power Play by Lili Valente

The Book
Release Date: 20 March 2026

The Book
Sleeping with my teammate's sister? Rookie mistake.
Getting her pregnant? Career-ending penalty.


They call me the Guru—the guy who never loses his cool, never breaks the code, and definitely doesn't knock up his best friend's little sister after one perfect, reckless night.

But judging by Beatrice's new baby bump, six months ago, I did just that.

Now she's back in New Orleans, gorgeous, glowing, and determined to do this solo. She doesn't need my money, my help, or my suddenly inconvenient feelings.

Too bad. Because I'm not the kind of man who skates away from the woman I haven't been able to stop thinking about since the moment she left.

So I show up. I prove I'm not just the guy who got her pregnant, but the friend who listens, the partner who's got her back, and the lover who knows exactly how to make her forget why she ever thought romance might be dead.

And if keeping us a secret protects her peace? Fine. I'll play along.

But secrets have a way of hitting the ice when you least expect it. And when ours does, I'll have to prove to her brother, my team, and the woman I'm falling for that I'm not just chasing a win.

I'm playing for forever.

My Review  5 STARS
**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

How do you get out of a reading slump? Read a book by this author and then find you struggle to put the darn thing down.

This is the story of Beatrice and Blue and boy it's a good one! Both characters get to do a little soul searching, get to grow and find that they are better off when they are together for each other in the ways that matter.

Blue already a voice of the wise is spooked by Beatrice's news, but then he did not have an easy beginning of life when he grew up and has to face many challenges already after having to leave everything behind.

Beatrice has finally gotten away from her rotten ex and is trying to not only find out who she is but to reinvent herself and learn to trust in herself again.

I love how Bea's family rally round to support her even when they are hurt from her concealment and both of their friends are so close and helpful.

We get to see more of Clover and the beginning of something growing between her and Dean from the first moment that they meet.

I loved this book and cannot wait for the next one in the series.