Tome Thursday: Heartstrings

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back to the blog.

 

I know I skipped this Tuesday, but that's because it was my birthday.

 

I decided to sleep in and just laze about for the day, which, can confirm, was a GRAND idea all in all.

 

And then today it's back to the drawing board.

 

Especially since we're gearing for the release of book two in this series.

 

Kes Winters is an author I randomly stumbled on when I was looking through BookSirens, and I picked up one of her fairytale-inspired romances, but it turns out she writes COWBOY romance, too.

 

And she does it REAL good, y'all!

 

Ahem.

 

Without further ado, let's step right into this world: in Heartstrings.

 

Tome Thursday: His for Christmas

 

Hello everyone!

 

Merry Christmas!

 

I hope you've all had a wonderful time, whether with your friends and family, or alone, because the most important thing to remember during the holidays is that they are what YOU make them to be.

 

Not what the internet is trying to tell you they should be.

 

And now, with that PSA out of the way, let's dive into the last purely Christmas book review on this blog, shall we?

 

I was saving this one for last because it just hit me in all the feels, ya know?

 

Also, because Lea Rose just writes so BEAUTIFULLY (and just revealed the title for her next book set in Rosewood Falls, and I AM HERE FOR IT), and because her books always bring out all the emotions so well.

 

So without further ado, let's hop right into it.

 

Because it's time to settle down in His for Christmas.

 

Tome Thursday: Bouquets & Buckles

 

Hello everyone!

 

I hope the lead-up to the actual holidays is treating you well. I know it can be overwhelming and exhausting for a lot of people, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everyone can get at least SOME breathing room in, and not have to worry about a single thing.

 

That said, it's time to buckle up, almost literally, on this blog again.

 

We're headed back to Crimson Ridge.

 

Because, get this: there's a holiday novella for you to read on there!

 

Not a full novel, not a massive book, so if you don't have the time to invest, but still want to have some hot holiday cowboy love, this is absolutely the one for you.

 

... and am I side-eyeing the new release by Elliott Rose even as I type this? Yes, yes I am, of course. Why wouldn't I be when she writes this beautifully?

 

But without further ado, it's time to forget about all the real stuff for a while, and disappear into the cozy and the sexy.

 

All of that and more gets delivered in Bouquets & Buckles!

 

Tome Thursday: Chasing the Wild

 

Hello everyone!

 

I hope you're ready for this WILD ride tonight.

 

Yes, that pun is absolutely intended.

 

Yes, it also probably means exactly what you think it means.

 

No, I'm not going to apologize for it.

 

That said, to be quite clear: the books I'll be reviewing this month when it comes to the holiday picks do feature various amounts of smutty scenes that readers may or may not want to read through.

 

Then again, if you pick up a book which explains exactly what you're getting into in the blurb, then I don't know what to tell you about your expectations.

 

This is a safe space, where we lust after hot daddy cowboys and leave all the other details in the dust, but equally we run a full gamut of emotions and really EARN that happily ever after.

 

That's all there is to it.

 

So without further ado - Chasing the Wild!

 

Tome Thursday: Where We Burn

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back to the bookish section of the blog.

 

Looking at my choice for tonight, I'm realizing I might have left it for Christmas, because the book just so happens to take place over that holiday ... but then again, I love it SO FREAKING MUCH there's no way I would have been able to wait.

 

So instead you're getting it tonight.

 

And by 'it', I mean a believable, age gap romance, where the guy is the ex-boyfriend's father, and well, if you think it sounds complicated ...

 

It is.

 

Until it isn't.

 

So let's not mince any more words, shall we?

 

Instead, let's hop straight into Where We Burn.

 

Tome Thursday: Midnight Secret

 

Hello everyone!

 

Serenity Woods returns to the blog tonight in this book of choice, not that it's any surprise.

 

At this point, I'm only missing a handful of her works to both read and review on here, and I'm doing pretty well, I'd like to think!

 

Especially as she keeps on writing these amazing stories.

 

Tonight's is a little different in that it's an age gap romance, which I don't remember her taking a shot at before (I could be wrong, please correct me if I am!).

 

And also, there's a lot of modern day problematic included in this as well.

 

This isn't to discourage you, only to ensure you pay attention as you read and so you don't get fooled into thinking this is one thing, then emerge to find it's something else entirely.

 

I love the author. I want people to buy her books. And I want her readers to know what they're getting themselves into!

 

So without further ado, let's dive right into Midnight Secret.

 

Tome Thursday: Dance for Daddy

 

Hello everyone!

 

Something a little less conventional from me tonight.

 

Or, unconventional, rather.

 

Then again I kind of ran across this author completely by accident, I think. I don't even fully memorize how or when I pick something up in terms of books, so this one either got me through Instagram, a recommendation, or someone on Goodreads reading it from my friends and me thinking, why not.

 

See, every once in a while, I pick a book up that's more smut than plot.

 

I call it a brain reset.

 

It doesn't require more from me than sitting there leafing through it, and the plot, however little of it there is, is brief enough that it doesn't make me bend over backwards to understand anything.

 

That's exactly what happened with tonight's book of choice.

 

Without further ado: Dance for Daddy.

 

Tome Thursday: Tempt

 

Hello everyone!

 

I have a rather delectable book for you tonight.

 

LOL that came off way worse than I thought it would, but anyway. Let's move on with the show.

 

So my main focus, when reading and choosing books to review for this blog, is usually fantasy-related or maybe it's going to be sci-fi or something.

 

Every once in a while, however, I end up on the other side of the fence.

 

I like to call it my personal Dark Side, because I'm dramatic like that.

 

And this particular dark side is relatively harmless - it just has a lot of very thirsty books that don't engage the brain all that much and mostly just give you a rush of endorphins so you can then go about your day happier haha.

 

Tonight's choice is exactly one of those. I stumbled over it randomly enough - I think one of my Goodreads friends read it and it popped on my feed.

 

So I figured, why the heck not, right? Let's take a look at a book very aptly named Tempt.