Veronica Reviews - A SCOUNDREL OF HER OWN by Stacy Reid

A Scoundrel of Her Own 

(Sinful Wallflowers #3)

by Stacy Reid

5 Stars

★★★★★

“I felt I have been waiting all my life for this moment to love you.”

For 15 years, Devlin Byrne has worked his way up from nothing to be worthy of the girl who stole his heart so many years ago when he was just a boy of 12.  Now a powerfully wealthy man, Devlin has garnered a reputation of being both faithful to those he cares for as well as ruthless to those who would cause them harm.  But regardless of his wealth and power, he is still not considered worthy of being part of the ton.  Devlin has fought too hard to achieve his heart’s desire, and he will continue to plot and wait for as long as it takes to claim his beloved Fifi.

Lady Ophelia Durby is the only child of a powerful marquess.  Her doting parents have always allowed her to choose her own path in life and encouraged her to only marry for love…so long as she brings no scandal to the family name.  But Ophelia’s heart was stolen long ago…by a boy with a heart of gold who saved her from certain death…who made her feel cherished, protected and loved just as she was…a boy who begged his Fifi to wait for him…

Stacy Reid has once again hit it out of the park in her third installment to her Sinful Wallflowers series!  This story is full of all the heartwarming sinfully romantic feelings I’ve grown to expect and enjoy from her romances!  To the moon and back I loved Devlin and Fifi’s story and highly recommend!  Wish I could give more than 5 stars!

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Veronica Reviews - KNIGHT TIME KISS by Brynn Paulin

Knight Time Kiss 

by Brynn Paulin

5 Stars 

★★★★★

“I love you…you are my very heart…”

For years Emma has dreamed of her knight, but each dream ends the same…after a kiss, she is swept away from his embrace only to wake alone in her bed.  Out of habit, Emma twists her grandmother’s ring on her finger.  Running her fingers against it, she remembers that her grandmother once told her the ring would bring her what she needed the most—what she desired in the deepest part of her heart.  And what Emma is wanting the most is to love and be loved…to no longer be alone…to have a family…

While thinking of her knight, Emma slips her grandmother’s ring on her finger and suddenly finds herself dropped in a strange location with people screaming “witch” at her.  But like in her dream, the knight that always held and made her feel safe and loved is there and prepared to defend her.  Emma is both thrilled and terrified at finding herself back in time with her beloved knight, but how will she survive the loss, if it all disappears with a kiss…

Oh, how I luvs time travel romances, and Brynn Paulin did not disappoint this reader with her smexxy romantic tale of a knight and his lady sharing a dream and falling in love.  Did not what this story to end!  Loved and highly recommend!

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Veronica Reviews - LAYLA by Colleen Hoover

Layla

by Colleen Hoover

3.5 Stars

“Perhaps what we desire can sometimes be so strong it overpowers our fate.”

Leeds is a musician and song writer stuck playing in a band that is slowly killing the muse inside him.  It’s yet another wedding they are performing, and Leeds is beginning to wish he was anywhere else but playing the same songs in front of drunken guests.  Until he sees the girl dancing like no one is watching and most certainly not to the beat of their music.  This girl…this beautiful girl with a passion for life…catches his eye…his heart…and suddenly his world is turned upside down…

Leeds and Layla embark on a whirlwind affair neither wishes to end at the end of the night.  So, what started out as a one-night stand turns into Layla moving in with Leeds where they become inseparable…until tragedy strikes these lovers down…

Can true love pass from one life to the next?  Do our souls recognize their other half?  How far are you willing to go to save the one you love?  Or to be with the one you love?  These are questions Leeds and Layla will face as they work towards overcoming a tragic event in their lives…one that will cause them to question everything they believe in…

Colleen Hoover’s LAYLA is a difficult romance to review in that if a spoiler is revealed, the mystery behind the romance is potentially ruined for the reader.  So, I will leave it to you, Dear Reader, to suspend what you believe is reality, and keep an open mind to the “what if’s” of finding your soul mate.  LAYLA is an interesting story with a bizarre love triangle I’d recommend to fans of this genre.

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Veronica Reviews - Recipe for a Homecoming by Sabrina York

Recipe for a Homecoming

Sabrina York

5 Stars

★★★★★  

“It was a beautiful thing surrendering to love…there was such peace in it.”

After surviving an abusive marriage, Veronica James is returning to her hometown to help care for her grandmother.  The comfort she finds in the familiarity of her grams bookshop as well as catching up with childhood friends is exactly what she’s needed.  So, when she bumps into her first love, Mark Stirling, she begins to wonder if she could possibly find love again…and what harm could possibly come from agreeing to test the waters by being “friends with benefits”?  But when Mark starts to want more and Roni’s past comes looking for her, these friends to lovers are going to have to decide if they are ready to put all their cards on the table and take a leap of faith or fold and walk away…

Dear Reader, Sabrina York’s romances are so heartfelt, and I’m so in love with this series!  This installment to her Stirling Ranch series shows no matter how broken one may feel, there is healing strength in being accepted unconditionally.  “Anything is possible if you just don’t give up...” 

Loved and highly recommend!

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Veronica Reviews - TEMPTING FATE by Kerrigan Byrne

 

Tempting Fate

 

(Goode Girls #4)

by

Kerrigan Byrne

★★★★★

5+ Stars

Historical Romance

“When he was near, when he touched her…she didn’t feel so hollow.  She could believe that she possessed courage.  He made her brave.”

From the first moment he sensed her presence…from the first glance into her angelic face…from the first time he saved her from harm, Gabriel Sauvageau finally knew peace.  Broken and disfigured from years of torment and torture in the fighting pits, Gabriel has only known how to bring pain and death to those who dare attack what he considers his…and Felicity Goode may not realize it, but she has most certainly been claimed…

Anxious, broken, hollow, weak…these words are on constant repeat in Felicity’s mind.  Never being as strong as her twin, she is even less so now that her twin married and is currently traveling with her husband.  Felicity knows she must continue on without her sister by her side, and after an attack on her life, she must acquire a bodyguard.  But just the thought of meeting with strangers has her anxiety elevated to the point she feels a panic attack on the rise…until she bumps into a mountain of a man…one whose very presence brings her a sense of peace.  Felicity immediately offers this beastly of a man the job…her very own avenging angel…

Love always has a way of finding broken souls and mending them together…Gabriel and Felicity’s romance is one of true acceptance…of true love…of a tale as old as time…

*SOBBING*

Dear Reader, I DID NOT WANT THIS STORY TO END! 

That being said, I wish I had read it slower…much, much slower in order to savor each delicious bit of Gabriel…but alas, I devoured Tempting Fate in one day.  If you are new to the Goode Girl series, I’d recommend reading in order to better enjoy the characters.  However, if you are a fan of the Beauty & the Beast storyline, you’ll LOVE LOVE LOVE this installment, and will most likely go back and read the other installments for more snippets of my (yes, MINE!) beloved Gabriel!  Highly recommend & wish I could give more than 5 Stars!!

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**I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book that I received via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. **

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Veronica Reviews - HIGLAND LEGEND by Kathryn LeVeque

 

Highland Legend 

(Scots & Swords #3)

by

Kathryn Le Veque

★★★★

4 Stars

Historical Romance

“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching—they are your family.”—Jim Butcher, Dresden Files

Welcome to the Ludus Caledonia, an elite training compound where worthy men may sign on years of service to become highly trained warriors.  Magnus Stewart has hidden the truth behind his royal bloodline and has fought his way to becoming the top gladiator known as “The Eagle”.  Magnus is a proud man that struggles with opening up to his fellow fighters about his past, but when he’s in need of assistance to protect the woman he loves, Magnus discovers he’s not alone in this world…the Ludus Caledonia has become his family…a clan of powerful fighters who would lay their life down to defend one of their own…

Diantha de Mora remembers Magnus from her youth.  Both being held hostage for political reasons, their younger years were filled with misery and loneliness.  While Magnus was released from his bondage, Diantha finds herself betrothed to a man that is beyond cruel.  Seeing a way to save herself, Diantha escapes and flees to the Ludus Caledonia begging Magnus to help her get back to her homeland.  An agreement between them is reached, and over the next few weeks, Magnus finds the chip on his shoulder whittled down by this beautiful woman that sees so much more in him than just a fighter…

 Is it possible for these two lost souls find a home with each other and in all places a fight club?  

Dear reader, I’ve so enjoyed Kathryn LeVeque’s Scots & Swords series, and in her third installment, we have a sweet romance between Magnus and Diantha, where true love does indeed become legendary!  

“I love ye…Ye have been mine since the beginning of time and ye’ll be mine until the end of all things...”  If you are a fan of her medieval romances, be prepared for the same epic adventure and swoon worthy hero!  Highly recommend!

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Veronica

**I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book that I received via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. **

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