The Heart of Us is now available on all retailers!
What happens when you’re on the run from your psycho ex-husband and your sexy younger boss goes into hiding with you to keep you safe? You slowly remember what it’s like to fall in love and hope he feels it too.
The Heart of Us is an age gap, close proximity standalone romance.
✯✯5 Tatum & Easton Filled Stars!!!✯✯
OMG I knew that when I was reading The End of Us that I needed more Easton!!! I’m so glad we got it Bc he’s everything.
Easton owns the surf shop he works at. It’s his baby and he’s worked hard to make it the success it is today. When Tatum came in for an interview with interest in the empty second apartment above the shop Easton hired her. He was instantly attracted to her but being her boss he never crossed those lines.
Tatum ran away from her her abusive husband the first chance she got. When she ended up in Florida she was glad to see a help wanted sign that had an apartment that was looking for somebody to rent it. She’s always thought Easton was good looking and nice but he’s younger than she is and she’s still not divorced yet. Even though her and Easton flirt that’s all it’s been.
When Tatum’s ex show’s up at her job she’s forced to tell Easton about him. Easton promises to not tell him she’s here and that he’ll keep her safe when she thinks of running away again. That night they wake up to their apartments filled with smoke. The surf shop was on fire and they both know who set it.
Easton takes his gerbil and Tatum and go to his parents beach house.
Since Easton and Tatum are stuck together in such close quarter’s until her ex is caught they start getting to really know each other. They realize that they like each other more and more every day.
But, Easton knows what Tatum’s gone thru by the hands of her abusive ex so even though he can see it written all over Tatum that she wants him as much as he wants her he’s in no rush and can’t wait until she’s ready.
Tatum wants Easton more everyday. Her sister is definitely team Easton as well. She gets more comfortable with him everyday until she gives into what they both want and OMG these two were hot!
Tatum has only been with her husband since high school and she’s never been wined and dined. Easton decides to wine and dine her everyday showing her what she’s missed and what she’ll get everyday from him. Except by doing that their guards are down and Tatum’s ex shows he hasn’t been far away from them.
This was such a good book! I couldn’t put it down. I loved it when Tatum’s sister Oakley or Piper were pushing them both to make a move. I’m sure they could be bestie’s LOL.
I’m looking forward to seeing Oakley’s book Bc I wanna see her get her HEA.
Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they aren’t bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters that’ll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed!
Winning the Cowboy is now available on all retailers!
Working on the ranch and settling down is all Grayson’s ever wanted in life. When he meets the woman who could make that a reality, he learns she hates him with every fiber of her being. He knows she’s being unreasonable since their bickering is the hottest foreplay he’s ever had. Mackenzie Bishop’s an elementary school teacher and can tolerate a lot, until it comes to Grayson. He may act like he doesn’t remember what he did, but Kenzie will never forget. Not when the memory of that night still lingers in her mind years later.She denies her attraction, but she can’t hide it forever, especially when there’s no escaping him. Although she refuses to give him the time of day, they form a truce and everything changes—just not in the way he expected.
**Winning the Cowboy is a complete stand-alone and can be read without reading any of the other books or spin-off series, but if you prefer to read in order, start with Hitching the Cowboy as the characters and families do interconnect.**
✯✯5 Grayson & Kenzie Filled Stars!!!✯✯
I’ve been waiting for awhile to get Grayson and Kenzie’s story since the beginning of the Circle B Ranchstories. Every book you see these two going back and forth. But, nobody knows why Kenzie hates Grayson. Not even Grayson.
We start off with Grayson six years earlier. His than fiancé and brother had crushed his heart into a million pieces. He has a one-night stand which was interrupted. Grayson knew that he had to move.
Once he found the Circle B Ranch and the Bishop family he knew he found home. He wanted Kenzie from the instant he saw her but all she saw was red. She’s told him multiple times she hates him and isn’t afraid to show it. She’s made comment’s here and there that have Grayson confused but she refuses to tell him why she hates him. Grayson plans on wearing her down.
Kenzie is definitely a woman scorned. The fact Grayson doesn’t remember her hurts more than she’ll admit. It doesn’t matter how much her body reacts to him and their arguments Bc she won’t give in.
These two start pranking each other and OMG everyone was better than the previous one.
After Kenzie’s last one Grayson plans on getting her back even though she won’t admit she did it. Even though both them and everybody on the ranch knows she did LOL.
Grayson comes up with a compromise for Kenzie. If she bids on him at the annual auction and go with him to his parent’s house for the weekend he won’t retaliate. Kenzie reluctantly agrees if Grayson helps her at the school she teaches at for the fall festival. They shake on it and agree to try and be friends.
Kenzie can’t stand it Bc it’s proven harder to stay hating him for what he did to her all those years ago. Grayson’s hoping that she’ll finally tell him why she hates him so he can fix it and move on to the next level he knows they both want to go to anyway.
When Grayson and Kenzie get to his families house everything unfolds. The past is now in the present and Kenzie can’t runaway from it anymore.
Grayson knew he was attracted to Kenzie in a way he couldn’t understand and he can’t believe what she’s telling him. He can but he’s so mad at them both. Kenzie’s mad at herself for not telling him why she hated him earlier.
These two definitely wasted a lot of time fighting. But, it definitely wasn’t their time six years ago. They’re in the right place now mentally, physically and emotionally to do it right.
I finished this in one day Bc it was that good!!! I’m super excited to finally get into the Knox, Kane and Haleigh love triangle. Who will stay friends, who’ll be more or will they all walk away. Eek I’m ready!!!
Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they aren’t bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters that’ll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed!
The first time I meet Madison Shore, I’m greeted by her knickers. She’s upside down and trying to untangle herself from my chair at a wedding.
I get to see a whole lot more of her later that night.
The second time I meet Madison Shore is in my London office. Turns out she’s a journalist writing an article about me. To keep control of my company, I need to convince people I’m more serious about business than my playboy reputation suggests. Madison holds my future in her hands.
Now I just need to convince the woman I took to bed on Saturday night that I'm not the player everyone thinks I am.
Private Player is stand-alone novel with brand new characters that have never been seen in any previous books.
✯✯4 Nathan Filled Stars!!!✯✯
I’m such a huge Louise Bay fan. I don’t have to know anything about her books to put it on TBR list and Private Player was no different.
Madison and Nathan hate weddings but here they are. But, when they’re seated next to each other and start talking they don’t mind. One thing leads to another and they spend an amazingly hot night together with no strings attached. They go their separate way’s. Not expecting to see each other again.
Ever since Nathan’s company went public the board doesn’t like Nathan’s image to the public. ESP since he was photographed out with his friend’s wife. They want him to clean up his image.
Nathan agreed to let somebody come and follow him around and get to know the real Nathan Cove and not the playboy they’ve read about in the tabloids. When in walks Madison, Nathan knows having the woman he just slept with write an article about him NOT being a playboy could go very wrong.
Madison’s trying to get a permanent job at The Post. She’s trying to prove she’s not her mother but she’s her own journalist.
Madison Shore wasn’t expecting to walk into work to find out she’d be shadowing Nathan. ESP since one of the reason’s his reputation is where it is Bc of her mother.
Madison decides not to tell him who her mother is just yet. Instead they decide to keep their night to themselves and instead do what they have to in order to secure their own jobs.
The more time they spend together the harder it is to stay in the line’s they’ve laid out.
I really really liked Nathan! He was a man that knew what he wanted and wasn’t afraid to let you know it. The way he looked after his family and friends. He’s loyal down to his bones. Even if he got hurt it in the end. He always did what he thought was right.
As much as I liked Madison, I wanted more from her. I felt she didn’t give as much to Nathan as he did her.
I’m super excited that there’s more coming from the Cove family. I fell for Nathan’s parents and his brother’s. I’m really looking forward to seeing them.
USA Today bestselling author, Louise Bay writes sexy, contemporary romance novels – the kind she likes to read. Her books include the novels Faithful (not currently on sale as undergoing maintenance!), Hopeful, The Empire State Series, The Nights Collection, The Royals Collection, and The Gentleman Collection (these are series of stand alone books each following different characters). Louise’s most recent novel is Mr. Mayfair which is available now!
Ruined by romantic mini-series of the eighties, Louise loves all things romantic. There’s not enough of it in real life so she disappears into the fictional worlds in books and films.
Louise loves the rain, The West Wing, London, days when she doesn’t have to wear make-up, being on her own, being with friends, elephants and champagne.
A super-hot, enemies-to-lovers, billionaire romance from USA Today bestselling author Tia Louise.
Legend has it, the man you kiss at a wedding is the man you'll marry.
In my case, it's nothing but trouble.
Spencer Carrollton is a dark-haired, hazel-eyed beast.
When I collided with him at my cousin's wedding, I wasn't looking for love.
But his naughty eyes flashed, his full lips curled into a knowing smile, and I should have run.
I didn't.
I kissed him instead.
Then he gave me a job when I needed it the most.
I never get involved with clients, but Spencer Carrollton is wickedly handsome in a bespoke suit.
He's devastatingly sexy out of it.
He's possessive, demanding, and the best night I've ever had.
He's an arrogant billionaire, who thinks I'll fall at his feet, but I'm not going down that road again.
Then he pulls me out of danger and insists I move in with him until it's safe.
As the nights pass and we grow closer, I know I'm losing this fight.
Spencer Carrollton always gets what he wants.
The trouble is, he wants me.
✯✯5 Mr. Freeze & Sly Filled Stars!!!✯✯
Tia Louise continually proves over and over why I automatically read whatever she releases. I didn’t read Twist of Fate but I did read This Much Is True do I knew some of the people. I just didn’t know Spencer and Jocelyn’s interactions going into this book. I wasn’t lost with them or with the other character’s.
Spencer’s had a hard life. He only sleeps with a woman once and he’s up front about it and isn’t ashamed of it. They don’t call him Mr. Freeze for nothing. But, he can’t get Jocelyn outta his mind so he needs to get his fill of her so he can move on.
Jocelyn AKA Sly was able to walk away from Spencer the night of her cousin’s wedding Bc she was in a relationship.
Since walking in on her boyfriend cheating on her she’s done with men. Jocelyn’s taking a year break from men but that doesn’t last long. After her cousin brings her to look at a potential job and Spencer being who the job’s for they go home together.
Jocelyn knows how he only sleeps with women once and she knows she could fall for Spencer, she leave’s before he wakes the next morning.
Jocelyn’s got a lot going on at the moment. Her friend Courtney’s letting her stay with her and her frog loving son Ollie. She’s trying to get her business back to where it was before her now ex-boyfriend made her give up a lot of her clients. And, her and Courtney are trying to get a better and safer apartment Bc Courtney’s estranged husband is back and dangerous.
Jocelyn’s also working to help her cousin, Spencer and his work partner get their gala set up and ready for the night.
Spencer was furious whenever he woke up and Jocelyn was gone. Normally he wouldn’t care but Jocelyn’s done something to him. He can’t get her off his mind.
When he finds out Jocelyn’s friend Courtney’s husband is coming after them he loves them and Ollie into his house with them. When he looks at Ollie he see’s a younger him and even though he’s been named Mr. Freeze, Spencer want’s to protect Ollie.
These two want each other so bad it’s slowly killing them. Jocelyn won’t sleep with him again Bc she knows he’s got rules and she’s a relationship person. Unless they can get on the same page it’ll never workout for them.
Spencer’s Mr Freeze and Jocelyn’s as fiery hot as her hair is red. Spencer has been through a lot but Jocelyn’s the perfect woman to understand him and to love and protect him like nobody has ever done in his life.
I devoured this book and I have Twist of Fate sitting on my Kindle and the next weekend I have open I’m reading it!!
Audio coming soon! Narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Kirsten Leigh.
Meet Tia Louise
Tia Louise is the USA TODAY best-selling, award-winning author of super-hot and sexy romances. All her heroes are alphas with hearts of gold, and all her heroines are the smart, sassy ladies who love them.
Kissing the Cowboy is now available on all retailers!
After drinking a bottle of wine, Harper tells her business rival that she recently got engaged. Once the hangover wears off, Harper realizes she now needs a fake fiancé or to admit she lied. Wanting to avoid the backlash, she asks her childhood best friend for a favor.
Ethan Bishop will do anything for Harper, even if it’s crazy and means risking his heart. Pretending to be engaged to the woman he’s always loved proves to be difficult—especially when repressed feelings bubble to the surface.
It’s hard to know what’s real or fake when their private moments turn intimate. When they cross the line and fall between the sheets, the truth is undeniable.
Just as they feared, their friendship’s no longer the same. However, one thing’s certain—there’s no going back now.
**Kissing the Cowboy is a complete stand-alone and can be read without reading any of the other books or spin-off series, but if you prefer to read in order, start with Hitching the Cowboy as the characters and families do interconnect.**
✯✯4.5 Ethan Filled Stars!!!✯✯
Ever since I finished reading Bossing the CowboyI knew I needed to get my greedy hands on Harper and Ethan’s book. I knew I was going to devour it but it was better than I expected.
Ethan is Elizabeth’s brother and we knew from her book that he had feeling’s for Harper and I couldn’t wait for the secret to be let out of the bag.
Harper’s a small business owner. She makes her own lotions, soaps, candles and all that stuff and gets her milk from the goat farm that Ethan started and operates on his families farm.
Harper’s definitely made a name for herself in the business. There’s a small business owner’s group that gets together and they give advice, talk and help each other. But, don’t get fooled not everyone’s friendly and there for good. There’s one girl there that’s def not Harper’s friend or acquaintance. No, she hates Harper and isn’t afraid to let Harper know it.
Harper’s getting ready to go to another weekend conference and was already stressed about getting all caught up on her orders. But, they asked her to speak this time and she’s nervous. When her frenemie gets engaged and rubs it in Harper’s face and makes a comment doesn’t like Harper losses it.
After drinking too much alcohol Harper tell’s them she’s engaged and the first person to come to her mind is Ethan Bishop. They’ve been best friend’s their entire lives and know everything about each other.
Harper’s never told him of her feeling’s Bc if he doesn’t feel the same she’s afraid she’ll lose her best friend and she doesn’t wanna lose him. Instead she keeps her feelings to herself. She’s hoping he’ll agree to go with her this weekend as her fiancé and prays she gets through the weekend and doesn’t lose her best friend from her lies.
The time’s never been right for Ethan to tell Harper how he really feels about her. Instead he continues with them as best friend’s Bc he’d hate it if her feeling’s didn’t match his Bc he’d never wanna lose her.
When Harper tell’s him about her telling the group they were engaged he doesn’t blink or think twice about agreeing to go with her as her fiancé. They legit know everything about each other so he’s honestly not worried about somebody not believing they’re together.
Being able to walk around and hold Harper’s hand and hug and kiss her is better than Ethan could’ve dreamed about. One night they go out alone and start dancing and drinking and one thing leads to another and the finally give into what they truly desire.
The next day Ethan wakes up ready to tell Harper his true feeling’s and make this thing a real thing. Instead Harper’s freaking out and instead of letting the truth out she want’s to be friend’s type of thing.
When they go back home thing’s are definitely strained between them. If that wasn’t bad enough Grandma Bishop finds out thanks to her frenemie. When Ethan put’s his heart out there and Harper’s uncertain it could be the end of their friendship all together.
OMG I couldn’t put it down once I started reading it. Ethan’s as amazing, dreamy, hard working and hot as his dad and uncle’s that have come before him. Don’t know how she friend zoned him for so long honestly.
Harper’s the perfect match for Ethan. She’s just as hard working, hot and amazing as the ladies that have come before her.
My absolute biggest, biggest complaint about this book was with Harper’s frenemie. She was a big part of the storyline and was really a nasty person. It was obvious she was stealing Harper’s ideas and trying to take away her business. It even seemed like she was falling her relationship as well.
The entire time I was reading this I was waiting for Harper to finally stand up for herself and take her out and make her get what was coming for her. But, nope. Nothing happened. It was like forgotten about and it 1000% disappointed me. Other than that I loved this book.
I’m looking forward to Grayson and Kenzie’s book Bc OMG I was LOL to the set up of their book. I’m also looking forward to Knox and Kane’s love triangle.
Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they aren’t bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters that’ll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed!
I may have carried her out of that fire, but the truth was, Bree saved me.
From The Embers, an all-new not-to-be-missed, standalone catastrophic romance from USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez is available now!
In the aftermath of tragedy, it’s strange the things you remember. The deafening boom as the house exploded. The paralyzing fear as I searched for my wife. The blinding smoke burning my eyes as I carried her out.
But carved into my soul for the rest of my days would be the earth-shattering realization that the woman in my arms wasn’t my wife.
Bree and I were the only survivors—not that either of us were truly living after that night. As a single dad with nowhere else to go, I moved into her guest house. And somehow, through the guilt and grief, we forged an unlikely team.
It took years, but I watched the gradual return of her smile—slow and life-altering. The two of us could sit outside for hours, talking about nothing, and it filled the massive hole in my chest with new life.
I may have carried her out of that fire, but the truth was, Bree saved me.
As we healed, the secrets and lies of the past smoldered in the ashes, threatening to ignite again.
Our love was born from the embers, and together we would go up in flames.
✯✯5 Eason & Bree Filled Stars!!!✯✯
Aly Martinez I’ve been waiting forever for you to release your next book. From the Embers was 1000% worth the wait!!
Eason is married to Jessica and they have a daughter. Bree is married to Robert and they have two kid’s, a son and daughter. They’re all friend’s. Bree and Jessica have been best friend’s their whole lives. Eason and Rob have been best friend’s since college. They’ve all been thru a lot together. Eason is a singer/songwriter. Thing’s haven’t gone the way he’d hoped. He’s struggling to stay afloat and his marriage is def struggling to survive. Bree’s a stay at home mom. Rob took over as CEO of the company she created and they were happy. They all hung out and got along great. Well, most of them. Bree is Jess’s best friend so she hears everything and she thinks her best friend can do better than Eason. No matter how many time’s Rob tells her he’s the best.
One night they get a babysitter to watch the kid’s at Robert & Bree’s house while they hang out at Eason & Jessica’s house.
One minute the four of them are hanging out and the next boom the house explodes.
Eason is the only one standing after the explosion. He see’s Jessica first and pick’s her up and then he sees Bree and he promises her he’ll be back.
When they get outside Eason realizes he wasn’t carrying his wife but he was carrying Bree. Together they watch his house burn with their loves in it.
Both Bree and Eason are distraught at loosing their husband and wife as well as loosing their best friend. Other then their kid’s they’re all alone. Bree and Eason sit down and come up with an arrangement that’ll be good for their kid’s as well as themselves. Eason and his daughter move into Bree’s pool house. During the day while Bree goes back to working as the CEO of her company, Eason will watch their 3 kid’s. At nighttime Bree is on kid duty and Eason will work on his music.
For a year Bree and Eason worked together taking care of their children day and night. Thing’s definitely got better between Eason and Bree. They went from being frenemies to becoming best friend’s. With everything going on they wouldn’t of survived without each other. They both start feeling thing’s they’re not sure how to feel about it. They’re not sure if the other one is feeling the same thing’s or is it just them.
But before they can make sense is what they’re feeling thing’s get ripped apart at the seems for a second time for them. They realize that Robert and Jessica were hiding something from them. And, they def weren’t ever thinking this was something that was ever possible of happening. It def made them think twice about what they were going to do with their feeling’s about each other.
I read this book in one afternoon/evening. I’m a huge Aly Martinez fan. Ever since book one. I don’t have to ran a blurb for it to go on my TBR list.
This book was no different!! It has every emotion I had. I’m so glad Aly wrote this. She made me go from not liking Bree to liking her a lot. I always like Eason. In the beginning I knew he was a good but didn’t have it easy. I was glad he had Rob in his corner. But, man Aly has a way of making character’s go from a favorite to not one from not fav to favorite. I’m excited to read her next release.
Using my arm to block my face, I carried her lifeless body to the door. The knob seared my palm as I yanked it open, but the pain didn’t even register through the adrenaline. The sound of my feet pounding down the driveway echoed in my ears as the fire crackled behind me. Our closest neighbor was over half a mile away, but there was no way they hadn’t heard the explosion. The fire department would be there soon. Once I got Jessica safe, I’d go back for Bree. They’d find Rob. Everyone would be okay. “Eason,” she croaked in my arms. My feet were still moving as I sprinted away, but time stopped as her voice permeated my senses. It wasn’t possible. She was covered in soot, and my eyes were caked with ash and what I would later learn to be blood, but I could still make out the large flowers on her yellow— “Uh, no. It’s my dress that your wife borrowed and I had to do an entire Tom Cruise Mission Impossible thing to get it back last week.” Oh, God. I kept running until the wind changed direction, clearing the smoke. With my heart in my throat, I prayed that my still ringing ears had deceived me. I set her down and used the inside of my shirt to clear my face. “Eason,” she croaked. But once again, she wasn’t my wife. “Oh, God,” I breathed, watching as she rose on unsteady legs. Tears carved twin riverbeds through the ash on her cheeks. “What happened?” Bree asked, her green eyes focused on the blazing inferno behind me. Acrid guilt devoured me. “I…” I saved the wrong woman. I left the mother of my child in a burning building. My final broken promise to the woman I’d vowed forever to was, “I’ll be right back.” Bile crawled up my throat. “I don’t know.” I glanced back at the house, the heat of the roaring fire scorching me even from yards away. Overwhelming grief hit me as I realized there was no way I could get back through those flames. Oh, God. Jessica. In the middle of tragedy, it’s strange the things that become engrained into your memories. Years later, I wouldn’t be able to tell you how long it took the firetrucks to get there. I couldn’t tell you what time it was or what I had been wearing. But I would never be able to forget the absolute devastation on Bree’s face when she realized we were the only two standing outside the burning house. “Where’s Rob?” she rasped, her voice sounding like it had traveled over a mile of gravel before exiting her throat. “And Jessica. Where are they?” She took an urgent stride toward me. “I tried…” I doubled over into a fit of coughing. It was probably for the best. There was no way I could have finished that thought.
About Aly Martinez
Originally from Savannah, Georgia, USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez now lives in South Carolina with her husband and four young children. Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, mystery leggings, and olives. It should be known, however, that she hates pizza and ice cream, almost as much as writing her bio in the third person. She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.
