Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Review: Nailed by Opal Carew

Posted August 7, 2016 by Elizabeth in Elizabeth B, Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Nailed by Opal Carew

This is my first book by Ms. Carew and I picked it up because it sounded cute. The Billionaire who wants a woman who is resistant, he uses the carrot of helping her business to get the marriage he wants – what could go wrong, right? I will admit that I didn’t go into Nailed […]

Review: The Wedding Sisters by Jamie Brenner

Posted May 22, 2016 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review:  The Wedding Sisters by Jamie Brenner

IΒ enjoyedΒ TheΒ WeddingΒ SistersΒ moreΒ thanΒ IΒ expectedΒ to.Β ThisΒ isΒ notΒ aΒ typicalΒ romcomΒ weddingΒ story.Β ThereΒ areΒ manyΒ layersΒ toΒ thisΒ taleΒ thatΒ isΒ humorousΒ atΒ times,Β butΒ itΒ isΒ muchΒ moreΒ thanΒ that.Β BrennerΒ doesΒ aΒ wonderfulΒ jobΒ ofΒ slowlyΒ revealingΒ herΒ characters’Β personalitiesΒ andΒ complexitiesΒ toΒ weaveΒ allΒ ofΒ theirΒ storiesΒ togetherΒ intoΒ aΒ well-developedΒ storyΒ toΒ whichΒ readersΒ willΒ beΒ drawn. TheΒ biggestΒ appealΒ forΒ meΒ wereΒ theΒ charactersΒ inΒ thisΒ storyΒ (althoughΒ theΒ backdropΒ ofΒ NYCΒ drewΒ meΒ inΒ too).Β Meryl,Β motherΒ ofΒ theΒ brides,Β wasΒ theΒ oneΒ IΒ mostΒ identifiedΒ with.Β HerΒ struggleΒ toΒ keepΒ itΒ togetherΒ whileΒ planningΒ aΒ weddingΒ andΒ simultaneouslyΒ dealingΒ withΒ allΒ otherΒ aspectsΒ ofΒ herΒ worldΒ fallingΒ apartΒ evokesΒ sympathy,Β especiallyΒ beingΒ aΒ motherΒ myself.Β HerΒ daughtersΒ allΒ haveΒ distinctΒ personalitiesΒ leadingΒ toΒ aΒ battleΒ toΒ maintainΒ theirΒ individualityΒ andΒ stillΒ maintainΒ aΒ sisterlyΒ bond.Β WhenΒ allΒ threeΒ areΒ engagedΒ atΒ theΒ sameΒ timeΒ toΒ highΒ profileΒ fiancees,Β theirΒ struggleΒ forΒ individualityΒ isΒ putΒ toΒ theΒ test. MerylΒ notΒ onlyΒ hasΒ toΒ dealΒ withΒ weddingΒ planningΒ forΒ three,Β butΒ alsoΒ theΒ otherΒ complicationsΒ ofΒ life- specificallyΒ mid-life.Β InΒ theΒ midstΒ ofΒ beingΒ inΒ mother-of-the-brideΒ mode,Β MerylΒ isΒ strugglingΒ withΒ theΒ careΒ ofΒ herΒ “elderly”Β mom- whoΒ isΒ aΒ hoot,Β byΒ theΒ way- andΒ herΒ marriageΒ ofΒ thirtyΒ years.Β SheΒ hasΒ toΒ doΒ someΒ soul-searchingΒ alongΒ theΒ way,Β butΒ IΒ amΒ happyΒ toΒ sayΒ thatΒ all’sΒ wellΒ thatΒ endsΒ well! IfΒ youΒ haveΒ everΒ readΒ anyΒ ofΒ myΒ otherΒ reviews,Β youΒ knowΒ IΒ likeΒ aΒ happyΒ ending–orΒ atΒ theΒ veryΒ least,Β closure.Β IΒ wasΒ veryΒ satisfiedΒ withΒ theΒ wayΒ thisΒ bookΒ ended.Β IΒ trulyΒ feltΒ likeΒ everybodyΒ wasΒ goingΒ toΒ beΒ ok,Β andΒ IΒ wasΒ happyΒ aboutΒ that.Β IΒ hopeΒ youΒ readΒ thisΒ oneΒ andΒ comeΒ toΒ careΒ aboutΒ theseΒ characters as much as I did!

Review: Growl by Eve Langlais

Posted May 15, 2016 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review:  Growl by Eve Langlais

In Legal Wolf’s Mate by Eve Langlais, Megan has been accused of murder that she didn’t commit. Enter Gavin, a wolf shifter and lawyer extraordinaire who thinks her case will be a slam dunk, and is not prepared to find the one woman he is meant for. As expected from Eve Langlais books, this book […]

Review: Dirty by Kylie Scott

Posted April 23, 2016 by Cocktails and Books in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments
Review:  Dirty by Kylie Scott

I really enjoyed this story – it’s a fun romance that happens completely by accident. Lydia Green is devastated – on her wedding day, she receives a video of her fiancΓ©e and his best man in a compromising position.Β  Needing to escape the situation she runs in her wedding dress, over a fence, and into […]

Review: DIRTY by Kylie Scott

Posted April 19, 2016 by Cocktails and Books in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: DIRTY by Kylie Scott

DIRTY is the first book in Kylie Scott’s new Dive Bar series and since I loved her Stage Dive series, I was excited to read this one. The story begins as Lydia leaves her groom at the altar when she discovers he is more interested in his best man, than her. Β As she quickly tries […]