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

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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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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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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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Veronica Reviews - DANCING WITH DANGER by Kerrigan Byrne

 

Dancing with Danger

 

(Goode Girls Romance #3)

by

Kerrigan Byrne

★★★★

4.5 Stars

Historical Romance

“I desire you like I have no other woman.  I would take as many nights as you would offer, but I’ll settle for just one.”

Mercy Goode is a strong willed and intelligent woman and deemed overly much by would be suiters.  Beyond caring what the ton thinks of her and her opinions, Mercy does what she pleases, and currently, it’s playing amateur detective determining who murdered a friend of hers.  Having a penchant for attracting trouble, Mercy is discovered at the scene of the crime and becomes accosted and arrested by the local authorities.  But she swiftly discovers she’s not alone, and is somewhat rescued by a man whose very presence sets her soul on fire…Raphael Sauvageau…

Raphael Sauvageau has been drawn to Mercy Goode since the first day they met, and finding her being struck and injured by another has his blood raging seeking vengeance.  Although he finds himself intrigued to find her investigating the same crime, Raphael knows he must set her aside to keep his promise to his brother.  But Mercy is like no other he’s ever encountered, and he must have her…at any price…for any length of time he has left on this earth…

Mercy and Raphael are fire and ice dancing along a dangerous path to discover who killed their mutual friend…will Mercy finally find the man willing to love her just as she is…will Raphael finally find redemption in Mercy’s arms…or will fate spin the wheel denying them whatever chance they could have found loving one another…

WOWZA!  Another home run for Kerrigan Byrne!  While the third in the series, this story could be read stand alone.  However, I would recommend reading in order to better understand the characters.  Now, let’s get to the next installment to the Goode Girls, because I already know I’m going to be head over heels in love with Gabriel!!!  Give it to me now!

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Veronica

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

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