Search Results for: Jennifer Probst
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Searching for Disaster by Jennifer Probst

Searching for Disaster

Searching For Disaster had a premise that I was excited for, but then everything spiraled into a disappointing into a pile of WTF and alphahole nonsense. I will put a disclaimer here – Searching For Disaster is the seventh and final part of the “Searching For” series so I’m sure there’s things I’m missing. That said, I’m not exactly tempted to go back and catch myself up. Our Hero and Heroine are Officer Liam Devine, … Continue reading Searching for Disaster by Jennifer Probst

RITA Reader Challenge Review

Searching for Mine by Jennifer Probst

Searching for Mine

This novella would have been much better if I knew less about universities. Ella is….what sort of professor? Adjunct? Assistant? Associate? Is this a tenure-track job? Where was she before this? It really, really matters to professors. Really. The reality is that if she were an adjunct she would probably be teaching a ton of classes, maybe at other colleges, too, scrambling for work to make a living. Was that what she was doing before? … Continue reading Searching for Mine by Jennifer Probst

RITA Reader Challenge Review

Searching for Mine by Jennifer Probst

Searching for Mine

Having devoured the reviews in last year’s RITA Reader Review Challenge, I was chomping at the bit to get involved this time around. What better way to discover some new authors? Hence “Searching for Mine” being my first pick, as I wasn’t familiar with Jennifer Probst before this. This book is a novella-length spin-off from Probst’s Searching for… series, which in itself is a spin-off from her earlier Marriage to a Billionaire series. …And it’s … Continue reading Searching for Mine by Jennifer Probst

RITA Reader Challenge Review

Searching for Disaster by Jennifer Probst

Searching for Disaster

As I read Searching for Disaster, my thoughts about how the review would go changed dramatically. When I started, I thought that I would like the book a lot. The Prologue was well-written and set up the story well. Isabella (Izzy) MacKenzie is prowling a bar and she chooses the man she wants. She is confident, independent and strong. She picks up her chosen man, they go to her room and talk and then Do … Continue reading Searching for Disaster by Jennifer Probst

Lightning Review

Any Time, Any Place by Jennifer Probst

Any Time, Any Place

The second book in the Billionaire Builders series is definitely going to appeal to HGTV fans and lovers of hot contemporary romances alike. When Raven Stratton moves home to open a bar/ restaurant she’s got a dual purpose in mind: run a successful business and also avenge her father. He dad died in a car accident running off with an “other woman,” and Raven has never forgiven that woman’s family for making her father out … Continue reading Any Time, Any Place by Jennifer Probst

RITA Reader Challenge Review

Searching for Beautiful by Jennifer Probst

Searching for Beautiful

Trigger warning for emotional, psychological and sexual abuse. Searching for Beautiful was my second pick for the RITA© Reader Challenge because it had a friends-to-lovers storyline with a runaway bride theme. What I should have checked into was whether the book is part of a series (it is, Book #3). It actually ties into another series as well, so there are lots of gratuitous pop-ins from the other books. The story opens up with heroine … Continue reading Searching for Beautiful by Jennifer Probst

RITA Reader Challenge Review

Searching for Beautiful by Jennifer Probst

Searching for Beautiful

My review takes a quasi-newspaper article type format, with each section being worth a point. Who/Why Genevieve, the Heroine: didn’t love her. I found Gen to be a largely ineffectual heroine in her dealings with her prick-weasel ex-fiancé (and with life just generally) ’til about halfway into the book. As often as the reader’s reminded of how educated and tough she is, and of how many people love and support her (her huge family, her … Continue reading Searching for Beautiful by Jennifer Probst

Romantic Times Rewind: May 2014 Ads and Features

Smart Podcast Trashy Books Romantic Times Rewind

It’s time for part two of our Romantic Times Rewind visit to the May 2014 issue, where we take a tour of the ads and features inside! As I said two weeks ago, I wasn’t sure what having the images inside the podcast entry would do so I’m doing a separate post for each one. PICTURES AHOY Y’ALL. You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind.  And, … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: May 2014 Ads and Features

SBTB Media Archive

Bend Toward the Sun

Bend Toward the Sun

“Heart-warming, sensual, beautifully written.” –Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis Two imperfect people. One year under the sun. A love story you won’t ever forget. Rowan McKinnon doesn’t believe in love. With a botany PhD, two best friends who embrace her social quirkiness, and some occasional no-strings sex, she has everything she needs. But she hides deep wounds from the past—from a negligent mother, and a fiancé who treated her like a pawn … Continue reading Bend Toward the Sun

The Rec League: New York Romances Outside of NYC

The Rec League - heart shaped chocolate resting on the edge of a very old book

This Rec League comes from Anne. Thanks, Anne! I have an odd request that may be too narrow for a Rec League, but I thought I would ask. I am looking for books that are set or partially set in New York State, outside of NYC/Long Island. I’m originally from Central New York and have family who live or lived throughout “upstate NY” and I enjoy books where I can visit familiar places. I have … Continue reading The Rec League: New York Romances Outside of NYC

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A Brand New Ending

A Brand New Ending

A love story will be rewritten in this heartfelt romance from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst. Ophelia Bishop was a lovestruck teenage girl when she and Kyle Kimpton chased their dreams to Hollywood. Kyle’s dreams came true. Ophelia’s did not. When Kyle chose his career over their relationship, Ophelia returned home to rural New York to run the family’s B & B—wiser, and more guarded against foolish fantasies. Now Kyle has come crashing back into … Continue reading A Brand New Ending