Book review: Something About September

 

Something About September: A Cozy Fall Romance

Cozy up with your pumpkin spiced latte and a slice of apple pie, because it's time to fall in love in Bramley Hollow...

A fall-inspired second-chance romance about a woman who returns home after inheriting her grandmother’s diner, only to discover the contractor she must hire was her high school crush.

Sweater weather is better together.

Rebecca Macintosh has always felt that there’s just something about September—nostalgia, crisp mornings, and possibility. But not this year. Rebecca has thirty days to return home to fix up her late grandmother’s diner or face the consequences. And the only contractor in town? Cort Adams. The man who rejected her one year ago. He’s somehow even better looking as a single dad than when he was the high school football star she once tutored. She’d been hoping to avoid him forever.

As the golden leaves start to fall, Rebecca may find that there’s more to her hometown—and to Cort—than she’d realized, and that the dreams she’s been chasing might have been the wrong ones. Could a spark kindle hot enough in the cool autumn air to call Rebecca home for good?

Book Review 

Cozy, romantic, nostalgic, and wonderfully autumnal, Something About September feels made for readers who start craving fall romance the second the calendar gets anywhere near September. It has small-town charm, family and community, second chances, a single dad, and just enough emotional depth beneath all those golden leaves.

Enjoy with the krewe.....

 

Bearing His Sins (Valor Ridge Book 4)

He’s built like a fortress… and just as locked down.

Dane “Bear” McKenna knows exactly what he’s capable of when his temper snaps, and he refuses to let it happen again. A former combat medic with a dishonorable discharge, Bear came to Valor Ridge to work and stay the hell away from anything that might set him off, relying on his dog, King, to keep him grounded.

Then his carefully controlled life explodes.

When the ex-wife who kept his son from him dies suddenly, Bear is thrust into single fatherhood. Logan is fifteen, angry, grieving, and convinced his father is the violent monster everyone warned him about. Now Bear has eight weeks to prove he’s more than his worst mistake, or he’ll lose his son forever.

She’s fueled by obsession… and she doesn’t know how to quit.

Greta Dougherty is entirely too comfortable poking the bear. The wilderness outfitter has spent fifteen years searching for her missing twin sister, and obsession has taught her one thing: fear gets you nowhere. She doesn’t do caution. She pushes. She challenges. And she refuses to be intimidated by the massive, growling man across the street who insists he wants nothing to do with her… even as he watches her like he’s desperate for a taste.

Together, they’re a disaster in the making.

Bear tells himself to stay away. Greta makes his pulse spike and his control strain in ways that terrify him. But when her search puts her in real danger, and someone starts sabotaging her expeditions, walking away isn’t an option. As threats escalate and a custody battle looms, Bear must decide what scares him more: losing control… or losing the people who are finally starting to feel like home.

Bearing His Sins is a grumpy/sunshine, single-dad romantic suspense with fast-burn chemistry, high stakes, loyal dogs, and the found family Valor Ridge is known for. Expect to be up late turning pages.

Book Review

Love Bear and Greta’s story but this is just as much Bear and Logan’s story too. Once I started reading it was hard to stop. Bear’s character is so easy to care about. He has a heart of gold. And Greta’s nicknames made me smile. Definitely recommend. While you may be able to read this book standalone, the series is top notch and I recommend all of them.

Book Review Must Love Goats

 

Must Love Goats: A Small Town Sweet Romance (Sweet Romance Bites Book 6)

Thea Lawson is forty-three, freshly divorced, and one missed deadline away from losing her publisher.

Thea rented a farmhouse in Georgia for one reason: to finish her children's picture book in peace. No distractions. No entanglements. No one telling her what she should be doing with her life.

Then a one-eared goat eats her porch cushions.

Dr. Jonah Keller, the town's veterinarian, keeps showing up in Thea's yard - apologetic, disarmingly kind, and chasing livestock that treat the property-line fence as a suggestion. He's forty-five, quietly lonely after years of being everyone's steady hand and no one's priority, and he wasn't expecting the prickly new renter next door to become the person he most wants to talk to.

As Thea gets roped into a meddling book club, a goat that follows her to the post office, and a small-town Fall Festival she somehow agreed to help plan, she starts to wonder if the life she was running from might look a lot like the life she actually wants.

A sweet, laugh-out-loud later-in-life romance about second chances, stubborn goats, and the terrifying, wonderful possibility that forty-three is just the beginning.

Book Review 

This is book six of the Sweet Romance Bites series. It’s a sweet, small town, later in life, second chance, romance. Great characters that you fall in love with. I really liked how the author built up the relationship between the two main characters. The chemistry between the two main characters can be felt on every page. The author does a great job developing realistic and relatable characters. This story is well written and will draw you into the characters emotions. You feel all their angst and love

Meet Me in Italy: A Novel

 

An Instant USA TODAY bestseller!

A sun-soaked trip to the Amalfi Coast promises a fresh start—and reveals secrets never imagined in New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak’s tender new novel.

In the wake of her debut novel’s breakout success—and a very painful public divorce—Charlotte Williams-Jackson has something to prove. With her second novel overdue, she’s scrambling to hold it together. But her focus is rocked when she discovers that her childhood wasn't as it seemed—and she has a tween half-sister who's been orphaned in Italy.

Alongside her best friend, Sloane, and Sloane’s charming brother, Julian, Charlotte ventures to the Amalfi Coast to meet her sister. She would never turn her back on family, especially since this girl doesn’t have anyone else, but between her looming deadline and her entire identity being flipped upside down, it’s a lot. Determined to rebuild her life, Charlotte must confront the relationships she’s held dear—and the loss of those she thought she had but didn't—forcing her to question everything she understood about herself and the bonds that shape a family.

More from Brenda Novak:

• The Summer that Changed Everything
• The Banned Books Club
• Tourist Season
• The Bookstore on the Beach
• The Messy Life of Jane Tanner

Book Thoughts 

I enjoyed this book so much. The importance of family and taking risks to find happiness. Charlotte Williams-Jackson is trying to make her dream come true of being an author. With one book that did well, she is trying to make her next one just as successful. But when her famous pro basketball husband announced that he wants a divorce with no explanation, she is shattered. She did everything for him, to make him happy. And another unexpected surprise causes even more pain. She finds out she has a young half sister that needs someone to become her guardian. How can she turn her back on her when she has no one else. And now Charlotte has questions about her own life. Why she had been deceived for so long. But to meet her sister and get answers , she has to go to Italy. And thus the adventure begins. Charlotte, her best friend Sloane and Sloane’s twin brother, Jules, and her little sister Lilly, all have burdens, and have certain things to overcome, which means depending on each other, if they can first learn to trust themselves

Frosted Donuts and Fatal Falls

 

Frosted Donuts and Fatal Falls (A Donut Truck Cozy Mystery Book 5)

Joyce and Brenda walk a tightrope of danger as they race to find the truth before the circus moves on and the murderer disappears!

The circus is in town and Joyce and Brenda are excited that Donuts on the Move will be one of the vendors at the event. The circus has a close-knit, fun, eclectic bunch of performers and crew, and Joyce and Brenda are looking forward to getting to know them and to watch them in action.

But when one of the performers falls to his death, Joyce and Brenda find themselves right in the middle of a murder mystery. They land up juggling a long list of suspects and clues in order to help uncover the truth. But will they drop the ball before the murderer is caught?

It is a race against time for Joyce and Brenda to find the murderer before the circus moves to its next destination.

Recipe Included: Vanilla Frosted Donuts

Book Review 

've been enjoying this story , Frost ed Donuts, from the series stories, Donut Truck, the women are busy baking donuts, and chasing crooks. The author has been able to write another great story, featuring our favorite pair of baking detectives.

The Daisy Chain Flower Shop:: Book Reviews

 

The Daisy Chain Flower Shop: A brand new Dream Harbor romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author (Book 6) 

The brand new summer romance set in Dream Harbor from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Strawberry Patch Pancake H

“Another gentle small-town romance with Hallmark movie vibes… Dream Harbor remains a cozy spot to linger” Publisher’s Weekly

"A delightful escape filled with Gilmore’s signature whimsy and coziness” Hannah Bonam-Young, New York Times bestselling author

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The greatest love is the one you never expected to find

Daisy is fed up with being unlucky in love. And since Mayor Kelly declared her beloved flower shop cursed in one of his infamous visions, business has been slow.

Dream Harbor newcomer Elliot has been adjusting to small-town life following his own relationship turmoil. And until now he’s avoided the flower shop at all costs. If the mayor is correct, he doesn’t need any more bad luck in his life.

When he finds himself walking through the door of the Daisy Chain Flower Shop, he doesn’t expect it to be a life-changing moment. But as the petals blossom in the sunlight, might the unluckiest woman in Dream Harbor finally find that love comes when you’re least expecting it?

The Daisy Chain Flower Shop is a cozy romantic mystery with a fake relationship dynamic, a small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed.

Tropes:

• Fake relationship
• Found family
• Small town
• He falls first
• Returning favorite characters

Every book in the Dream Harbor series can be read as a standalone.

Book Review 

The Daisy Chain Flower Shop is book 6 in the Dream Harbour series and once again this author has created a hallmark worthy romance "fake dating" that turns into a whirlwind of a love story! It's a read that has you feeling giddy and happy, reading it with a silly smile on your face. There's very little spice, but the spice that is there just adds to the romance unfolding!! Out of the 6 I honestly don't think I have a favourite, they all cross over perfectly.