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Rookie Move
Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen is $1.99 at most vendors and $2.99 at Barnes & Noble! This is book one in the Brooklyn Bruisers series about a hockey team. The second book, which Elyse loved, is discounted a couple bucks. Readers loved the second chance romance in this book, but found the pacing in the first half a big slow.
The first novel in a sexy new series featuring the hockey players of the Brooklyn Bruisers and the women who win their hearts—from the USA Today bestselling author of the Ivy Years series.
In high school they were the perfect couple—until the day Georgia left Leo in the cold…
Hockey player Leo Trevi has spent the last six years trying to do two things: get over the girl who broke his heart, and succeed in the NHL. But on the first day he’s called up to the newly franchised Brooklyn Bruisers, Leo gets checked on both sides, first by the team’s coach—who has a long simmering grudge, and then by the Bruisers’ sexy, icy publicist—his former girlfriend Georgia Worthington.
Saying goodbye to Leo was one of the hardest things Georgia ever had to do—and saying hello again isn’t much easier. Georgia is determined to keep their relationship strictly professional, but when a press conference microphone catches Leo declaring his feelings for her, things get really personal, really fast….
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Blurred Lines by Lauren Layne is 99c! This is a new adult romance with a friends to lovers/friends with benefits plot. I love the way Layne writes dialogue in her romances and many readers seemed to love that in Blurred Lines. However, some felt the heroine had a “not like other girls” characterization, which was a turn off. It has a 4-star rating on Goodreads.
In a novel that’s perfect for fans of Abbi Glines and Jessica Sorensen, USA Today bestselling author Lauren Layne delivers a sexy take on the timeless question: Can a guy and a girl really be “just friends”?
When Parker Blanton meets Ben Olsen during her freshman year of college, the connection is immediate—and platonic. Six years later, they’re still best friends, sharing an apartment in Portland’s trendy Northwest District as they happily settle into adult life. But when Parker’s boyfriend dumps her out of the blue, she starts to wonder about Ben’s no-strings-attached approach to dating. The trouble is, even with Ben as her wingman, Parker can’t seem to get the hang of casual sex—until she tries it with him.
The arrangement works perfectly . . . at first. The sex is mind-blowing, and their friendship remains as solid as ever, without any of the usual messy romantic entanglements. But when Parker’s ex decides he wants her back, Ben is shocked by a fierce stab of possessiveness. And when Ben starts seeing a girl from work, Parker finds herself plagued by unfamiliar jealousy. With their friendship on the rocks for the first time, Parker and Ben face an alarming truth: Maybe they can’t go back. And maybe, deep down, they never want to.
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Hail Mary by Nicola Rendell is 99c! This cover made quite a stir in our latest Cover Snark, but readers in the comments said the book is actually pretty good. However, many didn’t believe the heroine didn’t recognize the hero, given that she’s supposed to be his new physical therapist.
At a boxing gym in Chicago, Mary Monahan accidentally knocks out the most handsome man she’s ever met. After she wakes him up with a few slaps and some smelling salts, the very first thing he does is ask her out for ribs and beer. His name is Jimmy. He looks like a Gillette model. And he’s just too hunky to resist.
Jimmy “The Falcon” Falconi is mystified that Mary has absolutely no idea who he is. Mystified and refreshed. He is, after all, not your everyday NFL quarterback. He shops at Costco, has a soft spot for Pinterest, and is in the midst of an epic losing streak.
Jimmy falls for Mary fast and hard, the way he does everything—balls out and like it’s fourth and long. And he realizes he’s finally met his match. That stamina he’s so proud of? Doesn’t stand a chance against her Kegels.
But what they don’t know is she’s also his new physical therapist, recently hired by the Bears to work on his rotator cuff…and groin injury. If she can’t help him, he’ll be traded faster than they can say “offensive penetration.”
In spite of the thousands of internet memes featuring Jimmy’s face with captions like: “HEY GIRL, WANT TO TOUCH MY BALLS?” Mary finds herself falling for him and his unrelenting desire to make her his.
Until a toddler shows up at Jimmy’s door.
And throws their lives into total chaos.
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From Scratch by Rachel Goodman is 99c! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price matched at most vendors. It has a second chance romance and a baking competition! Some readers loved how funny and even touching the book could be, while others found the book sent mixed messages about a woman’s place in society. I’m always wary of giving away spoilers, so definitely consult the Goodreads reviews if you’re on the fence.
A down-home, feel-good debut Southern romance, From Scratch explores one woman’s journey back home to Dallas, Texas, where her family is cooking up a plan that doesn’t quite suit her tastes…
Thirty-year-old Lillie Turner grew up with maple syrup stuck to her skin and bacon grease splattered on her clothes, courtesy of working in the family diner. Thank goodness she escaped all that when she moved to Chicago five years ago. Now a successful strategy consultant and newly engaged to a man who complements her like biscuits and gravy, she has everything she wants.
When an urgent phone call about her father’s health pulls Lillie back to Dallas, she soon learns it was a ruse to bring her home so she can run the diner she’d rather avoid and compete in the Upper Crust, an annual baking competition, with no option to withdraw. Lillie is furious and ready to run back to Chicago, but her father’s haggard appearance makes her wonder if he’s hiding something. Things go from bad to worse when Nick, her handsome ex and the only man she ever truly loved, reappears, looking as scrumptious as ever.
Lillie’s trip home forces her to question the path she’s chosen, find her place in the family she abandoned, and wonder if the life she left behind is what she wants after all.
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Wait a minute!! Hail Mary of the epically snark worthy cover has a SECRET BABY!!!! Oh, I am going to one click that so hard it’s going hurt.
I just finished live tweeting my reading fangirl freakout of Hard Hitter by Sarina Bowen AND OMG I AM SPAZZING WITH HAPPY TO FILM MY REVIEW FOR MY CHANNEL! I hadn’t read Sarina before but holy crap on crackers, THAT WOMAN DOES CHARACTER ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL THE GOOD!
The tl;dr? I AM SLAPPING MY OWN HANDS TO KEEP FROM ONE CLICKING THIS BOOK!
So, there’s a free four-novella set on Amazon right now called “Desired by the Bear.” It has a 4.9 star average, so I’m assuming it’s not as weird as I’m hoping it is. But I guess what I’m saying is, someone please read this and review. Because bears.
https://www.amazon.com/Desired-Bear-Werebear-Shifter-Romance-ebook/dp/B01IBWGQQA/ref=zg_bs_158566011_f_64?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=PAN4TPYQCEBNF9032JVN
I love the deal out of Sarina Bowen but Rookie Move was just meh. The heroine was wishy washy and the hero was surprisingly kinda lame for a Bowen hero. He also kept talking to the h’ s boobs and calling them the tatas. Dude, no. Just no.
@Gig BWHAHAHA I LOLed IRL at your comment. Say no to tatas. Bless that.
You also made me feel a bit better. I decided not to buy the book because, tbh, I’m not a big fan of the second chance trope. I must be the only person who doesn’t have an auto-buy author because no matter how much I love a writer, if their story has one any of my anti-catnip, I don’t do it. Weird, right?
@Jacqueline, I’m also not into the second chance trope! I have literal nightmares that I’m back with my exes. Nope. There are much better fish in the sea, kthxbai.
@Kim GUUURL I FEEL YOU 1000000% ON THAT!
One day I need to make a video for my channel of all my anti-catnip No Go for my romance novels but above ALL my number 1 is 2nd chance love.
I know for a fact it’s real because my husband & I broke up when we were dating and back together so I know it happens but, like, c’mon. The odds, man. THE ODDS!!
I don’t much like second chance romances either because my favourite part of a couple’s journey (the falling in love part) has already happened before the book begins. I read two Sarina Bowens in a row last year with that trope (Rookie Move and Steadfast) and was disappointed by both of them. The reasons weren’t exactly the same but in each book the characters’ teenage relationships sounded more appealing than the second chance I was actually reading about. I was relieved by the blurb for Heavy Hitter but I ultimately didn’t find that couple’s love all that convincing, so I still felt cheated.
I may be done with Sarina Bowen. But anyone who hasn’t read her Ivy Years NA books has missed out….
Hard Hitter! Hard Hitter!
@oceanjasper See, this is making me feel 100000000% less craptastic! I always feel a bit bad towards the author when I see the “Second Chance” and immediately nope out.
Mainly cause I’m like THIS IS SO DUMB OF ME I NEED TO TRY HARDER EVERYONE LIKES THIS BOOK BY THIS AUTHOR AND I LIKE THIS AUTHOR AND WHYFOR AM I BEING A TURD?!
But to know I’m not alone in this anti-catnip preference makes me feel hella relieved, lol.
I can kinda see where you’re coming from on Hard Hitter. I mean, I did find their love believable but I think the OTP would’ve benefited from some more alone time. Thinking back, there weren’t that many scenes of just them doing the “here’s us learning about each other” shtick.
I still fangirl hella hard over that book, but maybe in my video script review of it for my YouTube channel, I might put that note in.
@Kim W Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think “because bears” is the most persuasive reason ever to read/review a book, ain’t it?
I normally stay away from reviewing novella compilations on my YouTube channel. The only exception being Stings So Sweet by Stephanie Draven, a 1920s erotica short story collection of 3 couples in the same social circle AND OMG OMG OMG OMG SOOOOOOOO GOOD!
But I’m considering this one, yo. I mean, that cover + that title? Desired by the Bear? I’M LOLING SO HARD I CAN’T EVEN.
No shade to this author, but did ANYONE run by the very suggestive bestiality undertones of that title?
@KimW, I’ll bite. Because bears! I must warn though, Shelly Laurenston set the bar pretty high for bears. It could get ugly.
@DonnaMarie “I’ll bite.” Lulz. So many lulz! Was that a pun? I’m calling it a pun! Hence, the lulz! LOL Love it!
I’ve been so burned by getting back with an ex that the reasons for the split, the absence, and the renewed relationship must be super super special.
@Michelle SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH AMEN!
Like, I can believe a werewolf falls in love with a fairy and they pop out a kid that is destined to save the planet.
I can believe a quadzillionaire is morally honest on his tax forms before sweeping the cupcake bakery owner off her (or his) feet.
Hell, I can even believe Regencyland has 293828282828811 dukes and all of them are STD free.
But two human/humanoids who dated, then didn’t, then did the love thing AGAIN?
My suspension of disbelief falls like my fat ass on a high wire.
Uck. Totes with you ladies on the 2nd chance romance. I just cringe at the first sex scene. Like, LOOK! it’s the same old peen! This even applies if the first romance was years and years ago. I don’t care. I like my peen fresh in books.
And I have a huge problem with historical books too because I can’t get over thinking about how filthy with literal dirt these people probably were. I have a similar problem with movies like the entire Star Wars genre. I call it perfect hair syndrome. Even in battle, the characters have perfectly coifed hair, eyeliner, and freshly laundered undies. Recently, I watched Taboo on TV because Tom Hardy. And I was delighted that the characters were literal filthy and the general atmosphere of the show was rather dank. Highly recommend it by the way, because Tom Hardy, even filthy, is a solid YES.
@Karen GIRL I AM SCREAM LAUGHING OVER HERE! Fresh peen? Bless your words and your brain and all the thoughts it every thunk!
There’s a reason sausage comes with an expiration date! lol
I FEEL YA ON HISTORICALS! I just pretend it’s Historyland, all of the pretty and no germs anywhere. An alternative universe where people bath daily!
Weirdly though, my only jarring moment is when hero be talking how shapely our gal’s leg is and I’m like, “Ok but that thing is covered in hair, right?”
Im not body shaming, cause hell there’s nothing wrong with body hair. There are people who choose not to shave and that’s cool. But for the moment and the scene all I can think about is the heroine’s hairy, hairy legs.
So maybe that’s my version of Perfect Hair Syndrome? Hahahaha
Thanks for the rec! I only have time tk watch romance Asian dramas, since I review them and romance novels on my YouTube channel, but if I get time that Taboo sounds like it’s screaming my name! Lol
@jacqueline <> Guurrl, I am suddenly ALL ABOUT your youtube channel!
@Karen OH BE STILL FLUFFY ASS HEART, THANK YOU!
It’s nothing but romance fangirling (for Asian dramas AND romance novels) BUT DAMMIT ROMANCE MAKES ME FEEL ALL THE THINGS SO OBVIOUSLY I NEED TO SHARE THOSE FEELINGS hahaha.
I script all my videos, so that got me playing with the idea of doing some RITA reviews on SBTB…but as you can see, my style is a bit…different? Makes me hesitant to participate.
I feel ya. Have toyed with the idea of RITA reviews myself, as my genre is contemporary romance/action romance and I feel like it is underrepresented here. However, I’m tempted just because my reviews may only contain tallies of protagonists: opening a bottle of water, making/drinking coffee, commented/thought about dude’s long tapered fingers, portion of the book he had a woody (special tally for Lori Foster/Maya Banks et al), and referred to the overall largeness of the dude and tiny-ness of the woman. Oh, also orgasming over and over again per sesh. And don’t get me started about sweat and sex. Bleurgh.
@Karen I AM LOLING SO HARD OVER YOUR WORDS, HON!
Like, you know, I don’t often think about penis in my day to day life, but put a romance in front of me and I’m contemplating on all the who-ha and dick trickle there ever was.
OMG YES! If memory serves me right I filmed a review of a Lori Foster book on my channel & OMG SO MUCH WAKEY-WAKEY PEEN!
I need to make more of an effort for contemporary romance/action romance but it doesn’t always work for me. I think it’s cause I like internal conflict and sigh often at external conflict. WHY CANT I JUST LOVE ALL THE BOOKS DAMMIT?! lol
Second chance is not my catnip, but sports romance is. I had to get Rookie Moves. I was completely annoyed by how often the team owner’s billionaire status was mentioned. That being said, I couldn’t stop reading and then had to buy Hard Hitter immediately afterwards.
I also had to buy Hail Mary after the cover snark post.
clickity click click. Book Budget? What’s a book budget?
@Chris Z “Book budget?” I’m sorry, but that isn’t a phrase I recognize. Is it in a foreign language? It sounds pretty, like a unicorn!
Ooooooh, okay that whole “LEST YE NOT FORGET MR HERO FACE IS A SUPER RICH HERO FACE” reminder would get hella old. I’ve done the sidestep a lot with billionaires since, you know, 2016 happened.
But damned if I’m not drooling like a bloodhound for the hockey team owner and his punk rock secretary’s romance. I WANT THAT TO EXIST IN MY BRAIN RIGHT NOW DAMMIT! He could own the damn planet and I’d still fork over my ovary rights and cash to it.
Dammit. Another one. You bought Hail Marry too? NOW I’M HOVERING OVER THE BUY NOW BUTTON ONCE MORE. I thought I had overcome the temptation.