Release with Review:: Wrong Side by HJ Bellus

 

Wrong Side: An Enemies-to-Lovers Sports Romance by HJ Bellus is available now!

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Everyone knows the Bad Boys of Penwood University dominate campus life with their power to make or break anyone they want. Sadie Alexander never thought she’d end up on their radar. All she wanted was to escape her childhood, and Penwood was her ticket to a new life. But Theo Hudson, the number one Bad Boy and all-star football player, makes it clear he has his sights set on her.

She’d heard the stories, knew the warnings, yet Theo makes it impossible for her to run the other way. The harder she fights to keep her distance, the more determined he becomes to have her. But Sadie isn’t willing to risk everything she has worked so hard to achieve for a guy with a reputation.

The deeper Theo manages to slip into her life, the tighter Sadie gets wrapped up in the unraveling secrets around her.

In the end, Sadie is forced to answer one question…was he worth it?

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Review:

I loved Theo and Sadie together. A girl who is hanging on by a thread in life, she can't stand her mother and has no relationship with her siblings. A guy from the wrong side on the football team. Everyone knows him, she is trying to stay hidden. These two were amazing together and Theo was there every step of the way with Sadie. It was a really good read and I can't wait for more.

AUTHOR BIO:

HJ Bellus is a small town girl who loves the art of storytelling. When not making readers laugh or cry, she's a part-time livestock wrangler that can be found in the middle of Idaho, shot gunning a beer while listening to some Miranda Lambert on her Beats and rocking out in her boots.

 

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I Like to Write:: Odd Man Out

I think I have felt like the odd man out since about 8 years old. I always felt like i didn't belong. I always felt like something was always off. I never gelled with the family. I always sat back and watched how they could be laughing and joking but I was just never included. Sometimes I just didn't want to be but others I think it was more of I thought of things differently. This made me different, and it seems in this family, different is bad. You cannot think for yourself, you cannot think opposite, and you cannot decide how to live. It always just seemed off. 

Now almost 40 that odd man feeling is greater than it ever has been. I am living a life I never thought I would be worthy of having. I have a wonderful husband and sour patch kids. I have a few friends that have really let me lean on them lately. I recently visited with family and it felt so off. Like no one wanted me there. The sad thing is that this is normal, I visit and I talk because that is what is expected of me, whats sad is everything that comes out of my mouth is carried to someone else. Everything that is said is analyzed to make me the bad person. Everything is twisted so I am this horrible person. And now I think I am just done. I hate to say it but you really need to look out for yourself and your family. 

I have one more visit that is obligated, a quick visit and then I can wash my hands of them and the feelings I have held in since I was 14. When I felt like I had to more the adult than the kid. When I had to make sure everyone got home, and then up for school. When I knew that whatever I did for the family, it would never be good enough. At least then when I open my mouth, I know it wont be passed on to the next person or made fun of because I think or live differently. At least then I can live with some peace. At least then I can move on and stop worrying that I will never be good enough. 

Its horrible to be surrounded by people who have no clue your struggles, who don't care about your struggles, and who think you have zero struggles. I am tired of them having some kind of hold over my thoughts. I am just tired of the feeling that I need their approval. I don't and I am tired of asking for it silently only to be ridiculed for being me. I am good enough. Just not to them.  

Release with Review:: Rule Breaker by Stacey Lynn

 

Rule Breaker by Stacey Lynn is now live!

 

Spending the night in jail isn’t exactly how I planned to spend Christmas, but I’ve had worse holidays…

Now that I’m out, it’s time to accept my real punishment. Coaching ten-year-old terrors on the ice, in my non-existent free time. My Coach thinks it’d be good for me. Remind me where I came from. He should know I’ve tried every day of my life for the last ten years to forget.

The youth hockey league is a hell I didn’t plan on and the worst penalty possible…

Until the day a sweet, single mom cracks a joke about her kid, and then all bets are off.

I’m the best defenseman in professional hockey, but I didn’t see her coming… now what in the hell do I do? I’m not equipped for a relationship. I’m definitely not ready to have a kid depending on me, but I can’t deny she makes me feel things— want things I never imagined I could have.

I should save us both the trouble and stay far away from her. But rules were made to be broken, and I was never good at following them anyway.

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Review:

Dominick and Holly are absolutely amazing together. They are the couple that should have never been. They meet at unexpected times in their lives. Dominick is being served community service by the hockey team, Holly is finding her new normal with her new divorce. This shell of a man who for the last 15 years has lost himself but one look into Holly's eyes and something shifts. Their story kept me on edge until the last word. They are compassionate, funny, and have lots of heart.

 

Meet Stacey

Stacey Lynn likes her coffee with a dash of sugar, her heroes with a side of bossy, and her wine a deep shade of red.

The author of over thirty romance novels, many of which have been best-selling titles on Amazon, AppleBooks, and Barnes & Noble, she loves being able to turn her vivid imagination into a career that brings entertainment and joy to her readers. Focused on sports romance and emotional, small-town romance, she also loves stretching herself in different genres.

Born in Texas and raised in the Midwest, she now makes her home in North Carolina and loves all things Southern. Together with her ultimate tall, dark, and handsome hero, she has four children. Her life is a chaotic mess that fights with her Type-A, list-making, neurotically organized preferences and she wouldn't have it any other way.

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Release:: Harley by Marie James

 Release Date: May 5

They say misery loves company, but after losing the love of my life all I wanted was to be completely alone.

Having a young daughter made that impossible.

I couldn’t curl into myself.

I couldn’t spend hours in the dark living in regret.

I couldn’t end it all no matter how many times that thought crossed my mind.

Regretfully, I couldn’t go through life on my own.

I needed help, and although my teammates were there to lend a helping hand, I still needed more than they could offer.

Alyssa Dansby suffered more than any woman ever should.

She came to the Cerberus clubhouse to heal, working in the clubhouse’s nursery.

She was a godsend for my daughter Aria.

She was trouble for me.

I shouldn’t be thinking about the woman caring for my child so soon after my wife’s death.

We were both looking for our new normal.

I never imagined mine would include her.

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Review:

I cried. Marie made me cry. This one broke my heart. Ali has been hiding in her parents house after she was kidnapped and not anything like the woman she once was. Harley is grieving the love of his life. Trapped together in the clubhouse, they keep running into each other and it just isn't ending well for anyone. Harley doesn't like and doesn't want to accept that his body is reacting to a woman that isn't his wife. Ali has fallen in love with his daughter and is just trying to keep the peace. She just feels like she is damned if she does and she's damned if she doesn't. She doesn't know what to do to make Harley like her. Harley keeps tripping over his own feet. His grief consuming him. These two have a ton to work through and it takes most of the book, I didn't think they were going to make it. I didn't know if Marie was going to give us that happy ending, but this man, he really stole my heart. It was a beautiful story wonderfully told. Cannot wait for more.

Meet Marie James

Let's see...where to begin...

I'm inching up on the BIG 4-0. The gray hairs are doubling what seems like daily, and the wrinkles and laugh lines are more pronounced than ever.

I have an amazing husband (Married just over 15 years.)

We have two boys we're doing our best to raise as respectful gentleman.

I have a master's degree in criminal justice which I used to work as a juvenile probation office until deciding to write full-time in June of 2019. So that means there's usually always some criminal/law element to my novels.

If I'm not writing; I'm reading.

My favorite genres recently are bully/reverse harem and enemies to lovers. Maybe I'm reliving my traumatic teen years through the girls who actually end up with the boys. (Not that I would change my history since it's gotten me exactly where I need to be!)

I love coffee. I miss carbs. Music is LIFE. I try not to be too serious.

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Release with Review:: SPRING'S SECOND CHANCE by J. Sterling

Release Date: May 1

What happens when you call off your engagement, but go on the honeymoon alone anyway? You're going to love this fun and flirty story about finding romance when you least expect it.

I was engaged to my high school boyfriend, about to get married and live a life I no longer wanted. I only had one option: to call off the wedding. When my ex insisted that I go on our planned honeymoon (alone) anyway, I wasn't about to say no.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I'd meet someone there. I wasn't looking for love, but it sure seemed to be looking for me- in the shape of a six-foot tall, tanned, professional surfer named Diego. Our time together was filled with passion unlike anything I'd known back in my small town.

I went to the North Shore one kind of woman... but I came back completely changed.

Now what am I going to do about it?

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Review:

Spring and Diego are cute together and exactly what I needed after a few heavier reads. This was a quick and light read about a woman who wasn't feeling herself and needed to find herself. A quick trip to Hawaii and I believe our girl might have found her heart and soul. 

Meet J. Sterling

Hi there and welcome to my website! I'm so glad you're here. :) A little about me... I'm a New York Times and USA Today best selling author whose goal is to write stories that you can get lost in. I want you to end my books with a smile on your face and a happy heart. If you can forget about the real world while you're reading and fall in love with my characters, then I've done my job. A lot of what I write has real life aspects in it, but that's what makes the stories so relateable- the fact that they could happen to anyone... and have! 

I live in California with my only son, Blake. If you can't find me sitting behind a computer screen, then there's a good chance I'm sitting in the bleachers of a baseball stadium watching him play. I love traveling to new places, meeting my readers and living life with the Real Jack Carter. ♡

 

I know you have a million books to choose from and I am humbled, grateful and thankful each time you choose to read one of mine, or tell someone else to read them. Thank you for being the best readers on the planet! I appreciate you. 

 

xox J. Sterling

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I Like to Write:: A Family Divided

It's been a year and the family still isn't right. The divide to bigger than ever. Thanksgiving and Christmas were off, missing a few key members, and my mother didn't even blink at NOT having an Easter dinner. This holiday is always a little sadder because it was my grandmothers favorite but it always has been done to kinda remember her also. Easter was always a little bit of a big deal going to moms. It has been weird. I still think what happened was wrong. It was handled wrong, words were said that can never be taken back. Now a person who I believe fabricated for own self gain and now it cannot be corrected. But who is suffering because of this family tension, my children. There has always been an unspoken favorite within but at least my children were welcome and visited often. Now it feels wrong, like just because the one family is no longer visiting that no one should visit. My mother is bending over backwards to even be able to see her grandchildren. And I still have a sister who believes that this family has done nothing for her so she doesn't need us. My mother all along has been right beside her: groceries, childcare, a practically new living room suit, and maybe I am not seeing something but there is a lot of angry coming from my sister for some reason....almost like a build up that finally reached the surface. 

I don't believe we were ever the closest but we were still in each other's lives. Now we are going months without communicating because it's easier to ignore than deal. Because right now it's still raw. I still have lots I would love to say but feel like it would make it worse, I still have a lot to confront but what good would it do. Who suffers the children, because grandparents are important. And one day these kids will be older and their grandparents will be gone and they will have zero memories. As one now almost 40 that looks back and only has memories until about age 12 with her own grandmother I wish I had more. However that situation was nearly the same, a grandmother with a favorite that really didn't try to communicate with more of her grandchildren. Didn't take the time to get to know us as individuals and now there is no relationship. And the grandmother that adored us all, we lost so early that she never got to enjoy these kids we now have. I never thought I would see a manipulation in a relationship so strong that it would distance a family to live in a bubble. What happens when you don't allow anyone within that bubble and then when that bubble explodes, there is no one there waiting anymore. I have always heard of those mentally abusive relationships but I didn't think I had witnessed one, but in reality I have watched it grow for nearly 20 years. I just didn't see it. 

The pain on my mother's face when she speaks about having to go a further distance just to get some leeway to see her grandkids, to spend time with daughter, it just breaks me. It's not lack of trying, but a lack of forgiveness and a lack of loyalty. How long until she stops trying and just gives up? How long until none of us are involved any longer because the person dealing out this mental abuse cuts that cord also. I am lectured too much about my stubborn or mean ways but in all honesty it's really the other way around and it's finally being seen. The person that has played the victim all these years are finally being seen as the attacker. The bully. The one that has created issues but was always coddled. Responsibility was never taken and always put blame on others. That is who we are dealing with. That is why that bridge will remain broken, unable to be crossed. It's sad. 

Our time of togetherness is gone. We are a family divided, something I never thought would happen. I always thought we would fight and make up, but I believe that everything that has happened over the past year will never heal. I will always feel uncomfortable around that family, always watch my words, and always make sure I never do or say anything that this manipulator can use against me to make me lose them forever like my mom has. Because they visit and they text but we all know its not the same and we all know eventually it will stop. 

And one day she will be gone, and all these trivial issues will come to head again I am sure.  

 

Release:: A Chance Encounter by Nikki Ash

Title: A Chance Encounter 

Author: Nikki Ash

Genre: Single Mom, Surprise Pregnancy, Contemporary Romance

Release Date: April 21, 2022 

★★★★★ My Girlfriends Nook Korner - “Easton Blackwood is my new Book Boyfriend. I devoured this book, it was that good.”

★★★★★ Kay Daniels Romance - “Wonderful, perfect, and contains the best book boyfriend ever!!”

★★★★★ Sexy Book Divas - “​​Top Read of the year!”

★★★★★ PP’s Bookshelf - “A Chance Encounter by Nikki Ash is a perfect mix of angsty emotions, fierce chemistry and sweet feels. This single mom, surprise pregnancy and rockstar romance seriously made me feel every single feel.”

Sophia

When I was eighteen, I fell in love, but he didn’t love me back. The day he found out about my pregnancy, I found out about his fiancée.

He warned if I ever told anyone, he would destroy me. So I kept the pregnancy a secret and disappeared.

Being scorned has left me jaded, but it’s also made me stronger. All my love and attention is focused on raising my daughter.

There isn’t room in our lives, or in my heart, for anyone else... until a chance encounter with Easton Blackwood changes everything.

Easton

Music has always been my one true love, but when a stunningly beautiful woman saves me from a killer bee, it just might be love at first sight.

One minute she’s slapping me with her flip-flop and the next we’re naked in my bed. With every kiss, every touch, I have no doubt Sophia could be the one, until she dashes from my bed without a trace.

After weeks of our time together replaying in my mind, she appears back in my life, with a confession that sends my world into a tailspin.

She thinks the bomb she’s dropped will send me running, but she’s wrong. The last guy might have done that, but I’ll fight for her, for our love, for our family. And I’ll stop at nothing to protect what’s mine.

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