Beg, Borrow or Steal by Susie Tate
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Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: available now
Formats: Kindle Unlimited, eBook ($3)
Libby Penny is a single mom trying to get through med school while also paying the bills. Jamie Grantham is an accomplished anesthetist and the Medical Education Director, who is aghast when one of his students falls asleep during a lecture. Jamie meets Libby, and sparks fly.
Lies Jane Austen Told Me by Julie Wright
My Rating: 
Genre: Contemporary Clean Romance
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Formats: eBook ($12), Paperback ($7)
Ever since Emma read Pride and Prejudice, she’s been in love with Mr. Darcy and has regarded Jane Austen as the expert on all things romantic. So naturally when Emma falls for Blake Hampton and he invites her home to meet his parents, she is positive an engagement is in her future. After all, Blake is a single man in possession of a good fortune, and thus must be in want of a wife.
But when it turns out that what Blake actually wants is more of a hook-up than a honeymoon, Emma is hurt, betrayed, and furious. She throws herself deeper into her work as CMO of Kinetics, the fastest growing gym franchise in the nation. She loves her work, and she’s good at it, which is why she bristles when her boss brings in a consultant to help her spearhead the new facilities on the East Coast. Her frustration turns to shock when that consultant turns out to be Blake’s younger brother, Lucas.
Emma is determined not to fall for Lucas, but as she gets to know him, she realizes that Lucas is nothing like his brother. He is kind and attentive and spends his time and money caring for the less fortunate.
I obtained an advanced reading copy of Lies Jane Austen Told Me from Netgalley back in May. What captured my attention immediately with this book was its clever cover.
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Pieces of Me by Shiloh Walker
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Genre: Romantic Thriller
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Formats: Kindle Unlimited, Kindle (~$3), Paperback ($12.99)
Pieces of Me is the story of Shadow Harper, starting with her uneasy life in South Carolina several years following her divorce to her horribly abusive and 15-years-older ex-husband, Stefan. He was never convicted due to his high-powered connections, and so Shadow lives a life of fear, distrust, and isolation. She is constantly watched by a neighbor paid to report back to Stefan, and has only two friends and her sketching to keep her company.
“I ran away from him once, but he just found another way to torment me. That fear of him still haunts me, controls me.”
Making Waves by Laura Moore
My Goodreads rating: 4 of 5 stars
My actual rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Making Waves introduces us to Dakota Hale, an independent concierge business owner in the Hamptons and Max Carr, the successful business man who recently purchased the old Hale family estate and hires Dakota to help furnish it.
From the moment they meet sparks fly between Max and Dakota, but much of the latter half of the book is spent rebuilding. These two worked hard for their HEA.
To Love and to Cherish by Lauren Layne
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I’ll start with this disclaimer: I did not read the previous books in this series. I’ll continue with another disclaimer: Even though my feelings are lukewarm about this particular book, I enjoyed the supporting characters enough that I will go back and read their stories.
The Concordium of Cyliena 