Release with Review:: Rugged Southern Charmer by Fabiola Francisco

Title: Rugged Southern Charmer

Series: Magnolia Grove

Author: Fabiola Francisco

Genre: Childhood Friends to Lovers, Small Town Romance

Release Date: April 25, 2024

Cover Design: Sarah Paige

I never imagined I’d be back in my hometown, unemployed, and feeling like a failure. Getting involved with someone at work is a huge mistake, especially when he’s a famous football player, and I’m just a therapist they can easily replace.

The silver lining is reconnecting with my best friend…even if he is hot now. I can ignore that detail, right? I hope so because Dean’s helping me fix my grandma’s old cabin so I have a place to stay, and between seeing him shirtless and working with his hands, I might just give in to temptation.

Crossing that line should be awkward, but when he kisses me on a dare, I feel like he’s sparked life into me.

My time in Magnolia Grove is temporary while I figure out my next steps, and falling for Dean is not a part of my plans.

But sometimes challenges lead us back to where we’re meant to be.

Review:

These two were a fun pair to watch reconnect and grow as individuals and friends. They are sweet and funny. They pick up and grow that friendship into something more. 

In the heart of Alabama, lies a charming little town on the river, where everyone knows your name… and your business.

Follow the intertwined lives of its beloved residents as they navigate first love, second chances, and all the unexpected surprises that their small-town holds.

Welcome to Magnolia Grove, where every neighbor has a story worth unraveling, the roots run deep, and love blossoms around every corner.

Join the Magnolia Grove Reader Group to find out more!

Fabiola Francisco writes contemporary romance, mostly small town romances with swoony book boyfriends and strong and sassy heroines. Coffee fuels her writing—actually, her entire life—and her characters dictate where their story is going. They're in charge.

Her goal is to write stories that will capture your heart and make feel a range of emotions.

She is continuously creating stories as she daydreams. She also enjoys country music, exploring the outdoors, and reading.

 

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Release with Review:: My Dearest Mackenzie by Rachel Blaufeld

Title: My Dearest Mackenzie

Author: Rachel Blaufeld

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Second Chance/Middle-Aged Romance

Release Date: April 25, 2024

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Frankie Burns, brash and bold on the outside, divorced and scarred on the inside, is determined to figure out what really happened with her Paps and his long-lost love, Rosie. Understanding why the duo didn’t find their happily-ever-after is her biggest mission. With every inch of her five-foot-two frame, she’s determined to discover why they were separated and forced to live a life without one another, convinced it will fix her own unhappiness.

Mackenzie Miller, handsome, rich, and one of New York’s most eligible bachelors, keeps everyone at an arm’s length and believes the only barometer to happiness is how wealthy and powerful he becomes. Shoving back his grandmother Milly’s wishes for him to find an everlasting love, he is successful in every other area of life. Abandoned by his mother, fairy tales are not part of Mack’s world, but running his makeup and perfume empire is paramount.

That is…until a feisty blond woman blasts into his life and won’t accept no for an answer when it comes to looking for a connection between his beloved Milly and her beloved Paps.

He doesn’t understand the severity of her search.

She needs to know the story to fill a gap in her own life.

The twist neither of them expects is falling for one another in the process…

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Review:

This was an unique story that shared such a beautiful love story. It was a nice read and as always, I enjoyed the way the author allowed us in these character's lives. 

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ROMANCE THAT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART AND MEND IT WITH THE PROMISE OF EVERLASTING LOVE.

Rachel Blaufeld writes Second Chance at Love Stories. Some of her favorite categories are Middle-Aged, Romantic Suspense, New Adult, Coming-of-Age, and Sports Romance.

A recent poll of her readers described her as insightful, generous, articulate, and spunky. Originally a social worker, Rachel creates broken yet redeeming characters. She’s been known to turn up the angst like cranking up the heat in the dead of winter.

As a side note, Blaufeld, also a long-time blogger and an advocate of woman-run anything, is fearless about sharing her opinion. To her, work/life/family balance is an urban legend, but she does her best.

Rachel has also blogged for The Huffington Post, Modern Mom, and USA TODAY, where she shared conversations at “In Bed with a Romance Author” and reading recommendations at “Happily Ever After.”

Rachel lives around the corner from her childhood home in Pennsylvania with her family and two beagles. Her obsessions include running, coffee, basketball, icing-filled doughnuts, antiheroes, and mighty fine epilogues.

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Release with Review:: Luca by LM Fox

Title: Luca

Series: The Bianchi Brothers #1

Author: LM Fox
Genre: Mafia/Crime Family Romance

Tropes: Single Mother/Found Family

Overprotective Cinnamon Roll Hero

Release Date: April 11, 2024

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LUCA

Created from darkness and light, I face each day determined not to repeat history.

My DNA is equal parts Satan and Saint.

I will not allow another woman to suffer at the hands of my family.

So why am I irrevocably drawn to her?

This strong, determined angel deserves so much more than she’s been given. The very last person she should open her heart to…

Is me.

But I can’t fight the feeling,

that no matter how risky this is,

she’s mine.

JILLIAN

My life is a fusion of sun and storm.

But I’ve learned you have to take the good with the bad.

But that doesn’t mean I have to keep inviting it in.

We’ve been through enough. The very last person I need in my life…

Is him.

But despite the secrets, the heart wants what it wants.

And it wants Luca.

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Review: 

 

This was a beautifully told story of a man that wanted it all but couldn't have it. Luca has so many demons on his side. Jillian has been through so much already in her short life with her babies, and her heart just take break again. But she allows Luca in and tear it apart. Watching them navigate their way through life and rebuild both of their hearts was a wonderful journey. 

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AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU

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Born and raised in Virginia, LM Fox currently lives in a suburb of Richmond with her husband, three kids, and a chocolate lab.

Her pastimes are traveling to new and favorite places, trying new foods, a swoony book with either a good cup of tea or coffee, margaritas on special occasions, and watching her kids participate in a variety of sports.

She has spent the majority of her adult life working in emergency medicine and her books are written in this setting. Her main characters are typically in the medical field, EMS, fire, and/or law enforcement. She enjoys writing angsty, contemporary romance starring headstrong, independent heroines you can’t help but love and the hot alpha men who fall hard for them.

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Release with REview:: The Knockout by Bella Matthews

 

The Knockout by Bella Matthews is now live! 

From USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes a hot new hockey romance between a broken ballerina and the forbidden bad boy who saves her.

We all have dirty secrets. Some are just more fun to hide than others.

Ares Wilder is a so-called bad boy. A ladies man. The teammate most likely to fight both on and off the ice. And now this devastatingly dark and handsome hockey player with a sinful smile and a filthy mouth is my twin sister’s new brother-in-law, landing him firmly in the forbidden category.

Only he doesn’t see it that way.

Resisting him should be no big deal, right?

At least that’s what I thought…

Until one night, he manages to look past the illusion I’d spent a lifetime perfecting and see the broken girl behind the pink satin pointe shoes.

We were the perfect storm I never wanted to escape.

But with secrets piling up and my world crashing down, will Ares be one more thing I destroy?

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Review:

Well again, after you figure out who is who, who is related to who, and who is married to who, its always a good story. Ares is sweet, it puts Grace's needs and wants above his own. He lets her go to pursue a dream when he would rather lock her up and keep her close. Grace is a people pleaser, a good girl, and with her family, she's never figured out who she really is. This story will take you on that journey. They may be my favorite couple right now. 

Meet Bella

Bella Matthews is a USA Today & Amazon Top 50 Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

 

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