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A Most Unfortunate Happenstance by Esther Hatch, Book Review

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  Book Summary: Will the storm that brought them together be the scandal that tears them apart? Captain John Calder has finally secured the means and standing to propose to the woman he has dreamed of since the day they met—and a house party offers the perfect opportunity to become reacquainted with her. But a violent storm on the road to Blackwell changes everything. The cold and damp strike John down with a sudden and violent return of the ague. Evelyn Blackwell, traveling to her family’s estate to secure a suitor for her disgraced cousin, is caught in the same storm and forced to take refuge alone in an abandoned shepherd's croft. The door flies open to reveal a fevered stranger who promptly collapses at her feet. She keeps vigil through thunder, darkness, and delirium, certain he may not survive. But he does survive and in the morning light, they promise to leave as strangers, hopefully never to see each other again, bound only by the secret of a shared night together. However,...
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Engaging Irene by Chalon Linton, Book Review

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 Book Summary: Can Peter win her hand and her heart? Two years ago Peter Jamison left home to train as a clergyman. Now he's returned with his ordination only to find that while some things have changed, others have his eldest brother is still not engaged to his longtime crush. Eager to see Geoffrey happily settled, Peter relies on his talent for bolstering others and proposes a brotherly the first man to the altar wins. Irene Stephens is new to Halsham. The orphaned ward of Lord and Lady Granby, she can’t seem to find her place in her new situation. Until she meets Peter Jamison, who enlists Irene's help in prodding his brother to action. He also encourages her to establish a society to assist the less fortunate. As Irene and Peter work to aid others, they are oft in one another’s company, and they soon find their pretended attraction feels all too real. Peter finally receives an offer for a vicarage in Northern England, far from the society that has a hold on Irene’s heart. W...
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Ruling Out Robyn (Men of the Isles #3), Book Review

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Book Summary: Robyn Lane is sunshine embodied. Or so her fans call her. She really has it all—loving parents, protective older brothers, unfailing optimism, and millions of subscribers on YouTube. She also has a dream job that is about to become even  dreamier . Having fallen into the unpredictable world of crowdfunding, Robyn has found her calling in life by filming herself partaking in whatever her millions of fans wish her to do, whether that be skydiving, attempting to repair a 1933 Ford Roaster, or auditioning for every singing competition in America—all without being a singer. And now? Well, now, she’s about to pack up all her belongings and live out an entire year on a dilapidated sheep farm in Snowdonia, Wales to see if she can revive the farm from the ground up. Does she know one thing about sheep or farming? Not even a lick. Is she even aware if Snowdonia is a real place? Well, she is now, thanks to Google. (It  is  real, BTW.) But she’s not concerned. She’s...
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Try For Love by Dana LeCheminant, Book Review

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  Book Summary: One season. One deal. One very inconvenient love story. International rugby star Logan Callahan doesn’t do roots or relationships. California is just a detour: answers, rugby, and then it’s back to Australia where he belongs. Nothing will get in his way. Savannah Blair can’t afford distractions. If her meal prep business is going to survive, she needs to prove to her family that defying generations of tradition wasn’t a mistake. But her oversized, opinionated cat isn’t making it easy to stay focused. And neither is the grumpy rugby player who stumbles into her life. When the cat decides Logan is his soulmate, the pair reluctantly form an alliance. Logan needs Savannah’s help to reach his birth mother. Savannah needs Logan’s connection to the rugby team’s owner to catch a big break. No feelings. No complications. Completely temporary. But the cat has other plans, and the more time Logan and Savannah spend together, the more they start to notice things only feel right...
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Blog + Review Tour, Love & Baseball, The Cinderella Plot

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Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Love & Baseball by Jaime Jo Wright (with Chloe Joanne) AND The Cinderella Plot by Pepper Basham, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours ! About the Books Title: Love and Baseball Author: Jaime Jo Wright with Chloe JoAnne Publisher: MadLit Publishing Release Date: February 10, 2026 Genre: Young Adult Romantic Comedy She needed a boyfriend. AI came to her rescue. But then her fake boyfriend showed up at school. Brielle has never wanted a boyfriend. She's happy with her book boyfriends--purely fictional, right? Easy to maintain. She's also not a huge fan of sports, except baseball. Not playing it. No. Again, books and cozy afternoons are her thing. But Brielle can get into baseball with the best of them when it comes to watching, repeating stats, and wearing her favorite jerseys. But apparently, that's not enough in life. At least according to her four nosy aunts, who all think she needs a boyfriend, people at school who are ...
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If You’ll Have Me by Esther Hatch, New Release Book Review

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Book Summary: A lady desperately seeking freedom. A prosperous younger man. An unexpected connection. “I loved everything about If You’ll Have Me—the warmth, the charm, the Austen-esque romance and circumstance. It was a joy to read.” —Amy Harmon,  New York Times  best-selling author  Anna Atwood returns to Breckenridge, where she spent one blissful summer as a young woman. This time, though, she comes to the quaint town as a penniless spinster with a single hope: to build a life free from the constraints her father’s death put on her and free from the persistent suitor Mr. Green, whose plans for marriage are Anna’s worst nightmare. When she runs into David Tate, the boy she knew from that memorable summer, she finds he has grown into a confident and striking man. As they rekindle their friendship, David offers her warmth and protection in the moment she needs it most—when Mr. Green appears in town and threatens to destroy Anna’s carefully laid pl...
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A Royal Request by Paige Edwards, Book Review

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  Book Summary: A forged signature. A splintering romance. And a stalker who won’t quit until death do they part. Rising designer Annabelle Dewhurst is stunned at the Queen’s Garden Party when Her Majesty congratulates Annabelle on her upcoming wedding, then requests an invitation. There’s only one problem—Annabelle’s charming, enigmatic boss and boyfriend, project manager Brodie Maxwell, has not proposed. Things spiral from awkward to ruinous when Annabelle returns to the Scottish job site and discovers someone has forged her signature on documents that threaten the renovation’s timeline. With no proof of her innocence, Brodie is torn between love for Annabelle and loyalty to the company. Then the flowers arrive—sent to Annabelle, flowers that aren’t from Brodie but from someone else entirely—someone whose thoughtful “gifts” escalate to dangerous threats. As Annabelle fights to salvage her career, Brodie hunts for forensic evidence to clear her name. But with a stalker lurking in ...
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