Review: Take Two by Ava Colt

Title: Take Two

Author: Ava Colt

Publication date: October 8. 2024 

Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Summary: One night, two best friends and the threesome she’s been craving.

Introverted Anne can’t make the first move. Theo is too intimidating with his blond hair and his bespoke leather shoes, and Nathaniel is too broad with his messy man bun and his frayed T-shirts. What happens when they can no longer deny the sexual tension?

*** If you like erotic MFM romance with new adult characters, you’ll love this story. It contains multiple erotic scenes for lovers of explicit sex with a touch of romance and humor. ***



If you're looking for a full-length plot, this is not the book for you. This is a hot, steamy New Adult standalone MFM story with an HEA. No TWs apply to the spicy scenes.

Review: This is one spicy quick story. I will be checking out Ava Colts books in the future! Thank you netgalley for the opportunity to review this!

Review: The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent

Title: The Stillwater Girls

Author: Minka Kent

Publication date: April 9, 2019

Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Summary: Two sisters raised in fear are about to find out why in a chilling novel of psychological suspense from the author of The Thinnest Air.

Ignorant of civilization and cautioned against its evils, nineteen-year-old Wren and her two sisters, Sage and Evie, were raised in off-the-grid isolation in a primitive cabin in upstate New York. When the youngest grows gravely ill, their mother leaves with the child to get help from a nearby town. And they never return.

As months pass, hope vanishes. Supplies are low. Livestock are dying. A brutal winter is bearing down. Then comes the stranger. He claims to be looking for the girls’ mother, and he’s not leaving without them.

To escape, Wren and her sister must break the rule they’ve grown up with: never go beyond the forest.

Past the thicket of dread, they come upon a house on the other side of the pines. This is where Wren and Sage must confront something more chilling than the unknowable. They’ll discover what’s been hidden from them, what they’re running from, and the secrets that have left them in the dark their entire lives.

Review: This is not my normal genre. But it was a good read. Little confused on how this is listed as a thriller but past that good read all around.

Review: Seduced by the Assassin by Shayla Black

Title: Seduced by the Assassin

Author: Shayla Black

Publication date: 

Series: Forbidden Confesstions #7

Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐

Summary: What lengths will he go to in order to claim his babygirl?

I’m Ransom.
I’m thirty four…and I’m in love with a girl who’s eighteen.
Did I mention that Havana is my son’s ex-girlfriend?
Yeah, this isn’t complicated at all.
When I’m grazed by a Glock in a parking lot, she keeps me from bleeding out.
We hole up in a luxurious hideaway that’s like a fantasy.
Clear of danger and interference, I stop resisting her.
And I get the surprise of my life.
But if I don’t eliminate my enemies, we won’t see the sun rise…

Review: I really love this series. It's been a good pallet cleanser between books. Hot, heavy and quick. I listened to this one while i added all my business spending up for 2024. 😭 So the distraction was much appreciated.

Review: This is Crazy by Natasha Madison

Title: This is Crazy

Author: Natasha Madison

Publication date: June 2, 2019

Series: This is

Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Summary: Zara Stone

All my life, I've said I will never date a hockey player. I know better because I've seen and lived it all. My father is a hockey god, my brother is the captain of the most successful NHL team in the world, and my brother-in-law also plays in the league. Their lives are complicated, so I went in the opposite direction.
I fell in love with a scholar. But instead of proposing marriage, he broke up with me.
Three months later, I saw his engagement picture on Instagram. I couldn't let him get away with that. No, it didn't matter what, I was going to make that man see that I didn't need him.

Evan Richards
I was in the running to pass my point record from last year, ready to claim the number one spot in the league. On top of my game, I was riding my career high wave.
Then, Hockey's Princess, Zara Stone tweeted me. She wanted me to crash her ex's wedding.
The worst that could happen? A PR nightmare. The best? A fun night with a beautiful woman.
It started out as a game—something I'm good at. Her crazy idea twisted into something I wasn't looking for, something neither of us wanted.

When push comes to shove, one thing runs through my mind:
This is Crazy. Also, this is crazy right.

Review: I have read some really good books so far this year but this one hits really high on my list! The second i started it i couldn't put it down! There were some characters i would have loved to have read the book for and honestly I will probably read everything else she's ever written as soon as i can! Looking back on this book and after a little more research. I recommend starting with the series Something So Right. 

Review: Love Between the Lines: A Romance Anthology

Title: Love Between the Lines

Publication date: January 27, 2025

Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Summary: With six stories ranging from sweet to scorching, Love Between the Lines will have you swooning over sexy matches and kicking your feet at adorable meet-cutes.

A burly, burnt-out Cupid finally finds his soulmate—and she’s human. Two rugby teammates vie for the attention of their new athletic therapist. Co-workers at a tattoo parlour secretly pine for one another. An unexpected inheritance leads to a sweet romp with the handyman. Rival archeologists discover eternal love at the bottom of a dig site in Scotland. Getting reacquainted with small-town life leads to something unexpected: the good kind of wiener.

There’s love for everyone. Sometimes, you just need to read between the lines.

Review: As always i went in fully blind. The first story was fantastic! The second one has me begging for more. The third one has me in a hold and refusing to let me go. Fifth book has me cackling. Love The mummy.

Review: Variation by Rebecca Yarros

Title: Variation

Author: Rebecca Yarros

Publication date: November 19, 2024

Series: N/A

Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Summary: Elite ballerina Allie Rousseau is no stranger to pressure. With her mother’s eyes always watching, perfection was expected, no matter the cost. But when an injury jeopardizes all she’s sacrificed for, Allie returns to her summer home to heal and recover. But the memories she’s tried to forget rush in and threaten to take her under.

As a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Hudson Ellis knows that hesitation can mean the difference between life and death. He’s always prided himself on being in the right place at the right time, especially when it came to Allie Rousseau…until the night he left for basic. After the biggest regret of his life, the secrets he keeps mean he can never be with the one woman he wants more than his next breath.

When Hudson’s niece shows up on Allie’s doorstep, desperate to find her birth mother, Allie finds herself in an unimaginable position. Allie and Hudson’s past and present might be endlessly complicated. The thread that tied them to each other all those years ago may have unraveled, but the truth could pull them back together, or drive them apart forever.

Review: First and foremost I would just like to say do not read this while hormonal unless you are down to cry. Because it will make you. I went into this read hesitant and I came out with (so far) a top 5 read of 2025! This was everything I needed in love, character growth and I learned a few new things along the way. While I don't normally read contemporary this one will definitely encourage me to read it a bit more frequently in the future!

Review: Devil of Dublin by BB Easton

Title: Devil of Dublin

Author: BB Easton

Publication date: September 22, 2022

Series: Devil of Dublin

Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Summary: I can’t remember anymore if my grandfather’s eyes were blue or green, but I’ll never forget the way they wrinkled at the corners when he laughed at one of his own jokes. Or the way they sparkled with mischief when he told me tales about the magical creatures that dwelled in the forest behind his humble Irish sheep farm—shy fairies who liked to eat tea biscuits, cruel witches who liked to eat children, a moody lake spirit with a taste for expensive gifts.

As a child, I believed every fantastical word. But when he warned me about the mute boy who also lurked in those woods, the one the priest had declared to be the spawn of Satan himself, I refused to listen. Kellen wasn’t evil. He was kind, and beautiful, and special, and hurting. He was my friend. And with every summer I spent stolen away with him in those enchanted woods, he grew to become so much more.

But when I return to Glenshire as an adult, grieving and engaged to someone else, all those legends quickly morph into nightmares.

My grandfather had been right about everything, especially the boy.

If only I had listened.

Review: I enjoyed the story. I liked all the background and build up. But Darby is a bit delusional. I get it as a kid to live in a fantasy world but as an adult or even a teen, I'm not sure. And how was there not someone better for her to live with then a parent who lost custody. Good book but won't be in my top 5.