Review: Melt My Heart by Marie Tuhart

Release date 1/20/16

I received a free ARC copy of Melt My Heart in exchange for an honest review.

Veterinarian Lexi Mallory wants to submit to the sexy new Dom from the club, but trauma from her past keeps getting in the way.

It's a good thing Gabriel Huntington has a special way with difficult subs and sees the gorgeous Lexi as a delicious challenge.

Relinquishing control is an issue for Lexi, but when Gabriel brings an injured puppy to her clinic, she takes control to save the puppies life. Gabriel is happy to stand back and watch her work. The mutual respect is just what Lexi needs to let Gabriel  take their relationship to the next level. Will it be enough?

 Can Lexi lower her barriers and allow Gabriel's touch to melt her heart?

From beginning to end, I was invested in the characters and their struggles.  The puppy was an unexpected, adorable addition that added interesting insight to both characters.  I highly recommend Melt My Heart.  It’s a wonderfully romantic Valentine read worth five stars!

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Review: Sweet Kiss by Judy Ann Davis

I love small towns, hence why I was immediately drawn into Sweet Kiss. The characters are ones you might expect to see in your own home town, at the coffee shop & bakery where Kate works. Her little shop was described in such detail that I could envision it perfectly in my mind, and it had my mouth salivating for the baked goods! Two sweethearts, who still carry the flame of their youthful romance must overcome misunderstandings, gossip and family drama to find love. A heartwarming story to get you in the mood for Valentine's Day, and an opportunity to reminisce about your own youthful memories as you share in Kate and Tappe's walk down memory lane. 

 

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Making the ordinary extraordinary and laughing all the way.

 

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Release Date - January 6, 2016

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Review: For Keeps A Candy Hearts Romance

FOR KEEPS (A Candy Hearts Romance) By Veronica Lynch

Reviewed by Peggy Jaeger

5 stars

Decisions, decisions. How does a girl decide between being with the greatest guy she’s ever known and a job that fulfills her in every way? For Meghan Muldoon it’s no easy choice.

Or is it?

In 1986, women’ s defining roles in law enforcement and victims counseling services were in their infancy. Meghan Muldoon is a trailblazer. As the Director of Crime Victim Services in upstate New York, she works hand in hand with the police, one member of law enforcement in particular, Keenan Rossi. They keep their relationship a secret, separating their personal from their professional lives, but it’s a hard fought battle. Rossi wants to take their relationship public and have everyone know Meghan belongs to him. Meghan’s not sure she wants to belong to any man. Her work is soul-satisfying and important, and she doesn’t want to have to make compromises or sacrifices between job and love life.

But Rossi is a determined man and he loves Meghan – the lifelong, happily ever after kind; the FOR KEEPS kind.

When an incident at work with her boss brings the question full force again, Meghan knows where she wants to be. With Rossi. For ever. For Keeps.

 

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Veronica Lynch’s FOR KEEPS is a wonderful addition to the Candy Hearts Romance series. Keenan Rossi is that rare kind of hero: alpha with a sensitive side, and I am so happy Meghan decided to stick with him FOR KEEPS.

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Review: Be Mine

Beth waits tables at a local diner.  Since childhood she had a crush on her best friend’s big brother who left town to join the military.  Now he’s back and at their first encounter she trips and dumps a hot plate of lasagna in his lap.

After running into each other, on the street, at the gym, and at her friends home, Mark asks her out.  He is sure that he is the man for her but experience has taught Beth not all men can be trusted. Can Mark convince her to be his for Valentine’s Day and forever?

This was a cute, quick read.  I enjoyed the story, laughed at the characters mishaps and sighed at the satisfying ending.  A great Valentine’s Day story! 

Release date January 11, 2016
Review Tena Stetler
Five stars

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Review: Me + You - A Candy Hearts Romance

Me + You By Brenda Gayle

Teacher Lori Tait has always wanted a family. At 40 her biologically clock is ticking with no man in sight that measures up to her standards. All the good ones are taken. So she devotes herself to her students. One little girl, Grace, in particular has a brilliant and artistic mind but is unable to comprehend math.  Against her mother’s wishes Lori is asked by Grace’s dad to tutor the girl in math.  

Mark Wilder’s fling resulted in his daughter, Grace. Mark did the right thing, married the mother, a free spirit, only to divorce a short time later.   He loves his daughter, but being from a family of boys, has a tough time connecting with his little girl.  

When Lori discovers Grace’s problem, Mark’s world is thrown into turmoil; he’s the last person who can help his daughter. He pushes everyone away, confirming Lori’s thoughts about men. Grace has other ideas and puts her plan into action to create a Valentine Surprise.

I enjoyed reading this book.  It’s well written with characters that tug at your heart strings.  I highly recommend Me + You and fun flirty Valentine’s Day read.  5 stars

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Tena Stetler

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Charm Me release date 1-6-16
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Review: For Keeps - A Candy Hearts Romance

Review: For Keeps by Veronica Lynch:

What a fun, quick read about two successful people who are devoted to their jobs, and each other. Their demanding jobs put a strain upon the time they have for each other but when they're together, they make the most of it. I enjoyed the personalities of the characters. Meg is a strong, independent woman who won't compromise her values, and Kee is the sexy alpha male who doesn't make her. The author does a suburb job of drawing you into the characters with seamless, expressive writing. 

I received an ARC of this book for an honest review.

 Maureen Bonatch

Making the ordinary extraordinary and laughing all the way.

 

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Review: Say Yes - A Candy Hearts Romance

Say Yes, by Katie O'Sullivan

I was given an ARC of this book for an honest review.  5 stars

Darby Malone left the big city behind to open up an art gallery in her small home town. She has renovations planned after Valentine’s day.  Because she has trouble saying no, she ends up hosting a children’s Valentine party in her gallery.  As she is cleaning up the last remnants of the blue goo from the party, Ben a well-known Cape Cod artist walks into her gallery.  He wants Darby to host a showing of his new paintings that are not even close to the breezy shore paintings he’s known for.  The death of his wife four years ago has changed him, thusly his paintings.

Darby has sworn off artists, nothing good can come of dating an artist, in her opinion. Yet, there is something about Ben. He stirs feelings in her that have been dormant for too long.  Against her better judgement, she agrees to take a look at his recent paintings.  They are not what she expects. 

This was a great read.  I enjoyed the characters interactions. Both were strong individuals but learned the art of compromise. 

Ms. O’Sullivan’s Valentine’s Day romance wraps up nicely and the main issues come to a satisfying resolution.  If you’re looking for an entertaining, feel-good read, you need to check out this book. 

 

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Review: For Keeps - A Candy Hearts Romance

For Keeps by Veroncia Lynch Available  Feb 10^th

Meghan Muldoon is a victim’s advocate struggling to balance her high stress job and relationship with Keenan Rossie, a cop with his own set of stressors.  Her on call schedule clashes with his more often than not. He wants to make the relationship permanent, she not so much.  She loves her job, but her boss is a demanding prick.  We’ve all known those. Huh? Timing is everything but a series of complications on Valentine’s Day make Meghan rethink her position. 

Any hoo, the book is a fun entertaining read.  I highly recommend it.  4.5 stars

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Tena Stetler

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Author of A Demon's Witch release 9-25-15

Charm Me release date 1-6-16
and A Witch's Journey late 2016

from The Wild Rose Press

 

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"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, WOW what a ride!"

 

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Review: Got Love? A Candy Hearts Romance

GOT LOVE (A CANDY HEARTS ROMANCE) by Angela Hayes

Reviewed by Peggy Jaeger

5 stars!

Banshees and Fairies and Cupid, OH MY!

GOT LOVE ( A Candy Hearts Romance) by Angela Hayes is a patchwork of fantasy characters who are as real as you or me!  

Flora Hawthorne is a fairy and, as her name implies, a florist. With Valentine’s Day imminently approaching, she’s up to her sprite shoulders in preparations for the day of love and in no frame of mind to deal with her own love life. Not that she’s got a love life. Her two best friends, elf Runa Gilchrist and banshee Fia O’Malley have something to say about that. When a real live Cupid comes to town, they think he and Fiona would be a perfect match.

Centuries-old Cupid, Tharin Terize, is looking to find a place he can set his arrow down and call home.  When he meets the lovely Flora, for the first time, Cupid’s proverbial arrow actually fires at him! Getting Flora on board to be his forever will take some doing, but he’s not Venus’s son for nothing. When he takes aim, watch out, because he won’t let fiery fairy Flora out of his sights.

GOT LOVE was an enjoyable, charming read. What better tale to tell on Valentine’s Day, then the minion of love himself?  I thoroughly recommend you add GOT LOVE to your Valentine’s Day reading list. You won’t regret it…and just maybe Cupid will aim an arrow your way.

 

 

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Review: Chill Out - A Candy Hearts Romance

Chill Out by Jana Richards.

Renata Cabral hides at her friends lakeside cabin for the weekend. She arrives exhausted and falls asleep on the couch.  When she awakes, there’s a man in the cabin stocking the cupboards with food. 

Enter Noah Brownlee, who worked with Doctor’s Without Borders and has his own reasons for hiding out.  He has permission to use the cabin and arrives in the middle of a snowstorm with his big goofy dog, Spike.

The blizzard makes it impossible for either to leave the cabin. The last thing either expects is the attraction the feel for each together.  Will Valentine Magic and candy hearts bring them together?  I’m not telling, you’ll need to read the book to find out.

What I will say is I’m a sucker for a big lovable dog and a Valentine’s Day Romance.  This was a fun, flirty story that I enjoyed a lot.  This story sucked me in and kept me rooting for the characters until the story’s satisfying end.

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Tena Stetler

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Author of A Demon's Witch release 9-25-15

Charm Me release date 1-6-16
and A Witch's Journey late 2016

from The Wild Rose Press

 

Remember the Magic for Happily Ever After!

 

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, WOW what a ride!"
 

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Review: 3 Wishes - A Candy Hearts Romance

3 Wishes by Peggy Jaeger

I was given an ARC of this book for an honest review.  5 stars

Chloe San Vantentino is a chocolatier in her own candy shop. Valentine’s Day is her favorite day of the year and it’s also her birthday. Years ago she made a list of the perfect man, he would have one blue eye and one green eye (like her), care about people and it would be love at first sight. Chloe pulls out this list every year on her birthday.  Despite the matching making efforts of her huge Italian family, Chole is now the big 30 with this dream man nowhere in sight. Until….

This year Chloe’s birthday celebration with her family is interrupted and she winds up spending it in an unlikely location.  Will she ever meet the man of her dreams?  What about the three wishes?  To answer these questions, you are going to want to read the book.

3 Wishes is a quick, enjoyable read.  The characters are engaging and entertaining. I found myself rooting for Chloe and the cast of characters from the very beginning. A great Valentine read that comes to a satisfying resolution.   I highly recommend this book.   

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Release date 2-8-16

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Review: ASK ME (A Candy Hearts Romance) by Laura Strickland

Reviewed by Peggy Jaeger

5 stars!

ASK ME, by Laura Strickland, asks one very important question: do opposites really attract, and the answer is a resounding “Yes!”

History professor Leo Rankin and tattoo artist Geraldine “Gerry” Webb are as different from one another as chalk is from cheese. When they both find themselves alone on Valentine’s day, they venture to their local library to attend the BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK event, billed as a way for people to vault out of their literary ruts and discover new genres and authors.  What Leo and Gerry discover is an attraction to one another that neither makes sense nor seems plausible. Along with the book (wrapped so the title is unknown, hence the BLIND part of the program), they are given a bag of candy Sweethearts, which seem to hold only one message on the embossed candies: ASK ME. So, when faced with that question and the undeniable attraction between them, Gerry “asks” Leo if he’d like to come home with her and not be relegated to spending Valentine’s Night alone. His affirmative answer surprises them both.

Opposites in every way, Leo and Gerry at the same time seem made for one another and doomed. Persistence, though, runs through Leo Rankin like his life’s blood and when he wants something, his tenacity knows no end. And he wants Gerry Webb.

Getting her to admit she wants him just as much is a task he is up for.

ASK ME was a delightful, romantic read and I highly recommend you add it to your Valentine’s reading list. Hopeful romanticism is a genre everyone can enjoy reading, no matter if you’re a staid professor or a carefree artist.

 

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Review: Real Love A Candy Hearts Romance

Real Love, by Charlotte Copper
I was given an ARC of this book for an honest review.  4 stars

Monda is an alien on her way to her new mate and master when her space ship crashes. From a young age she was trained by Mistress Teevac in the ways to pleasure a male and to hone her empathic abilities.  Choice of a mate was never an option for her. 

Lieutenant Patrick Lancaster and his team rescue Monda’s ship and occupants.  The attraction between the two is immediate.  But neither is willing or able to act on it. Monda is promised to another at an unknown destination. Lancaster sees only a beautiful, exotic woman, not an alien, but is unsure of her feelings for him.

After interesting twist and turns, Monda wonders if there is a future for her with the Lieutenant.   
The story was a quick enjoyable read.  The characters are engaging, the outcome satisfying.  But for me, Ms. Copper left a few unanswered questions, so I gave her four stars. If you enjoy a sci-fy-ish (if there is such a word) romance, you will enjoy Real Love.

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Release date 1-18-16
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Review: Sweet Kiss - A Candy Heart Romance

Sweet Kiss, by Judy Ann Davis

5 Stars

Kate Clark opens a coffee shop that is soon the center of activity for students and the local community.  She intended to buy out her sister’s share of the Florida home they inherited.  But her sister, Violet, wants to turn the house for a profit to stabilize her financial situation.

Kate’s old high school flame, Tappe Vanderberg, returns to Little Heron Shores after selling his lucrative internet business. He plans to settle down and purchase a marina, which is a long-time dream of his.

After Kate loses her diamond ring down the sink, a twist of fate has Tappe coming to her rescue, but being male gets the wrong idea about the ring. Go figure.

Several situations had me laughing out loud, including the efforts of daft Eva May Poole, post mistress, who is looking to make Tappe husband number three. But it seems that Tappe has eyes only for Kate.

This was a cute story and I found myself invested in the characters endeavors from the beginning.  I enjoyed the humor and character’s antics in an effort to get their way.  The romance wraps up nicely and the loose ends are tied up in a satisfying outcome.  I liked this book and bet you will too.        

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Release Date - January 6, 2016

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Review: CHARM ME (A Candy Hearts Romance)

CHARM ME (A Candy Hearts Romance) by Tena Stetler
Review by Peggy Jaeger

Guard dog to keep her protected? Check

Yoga to keep her balanced, calm, and centered? Check

Pistol permit and gun to keep her safe? Check

Ruggedly handsome weapons instructed to unbalance her life? Check, Check!

Summer Riley’s life is going along just fine, thank you. Running a yoga studio and teaching the ways of life balance, serenity, and physical strength occupy her days and nights. With her ever present Chow, Piper, at her side, she lives her life quietly and without revealing any of her deep hidden secrets from other people.

When Summer decides to purchase a gun for protection – owning your own business and working late can always pose a safety problem – her well balanced life is thrown completely off kilter when she meets the gun shop’s owner Devlin Sawyer. In addition to his wicked good looks and charming manner, there’s a little something more about him that pulls her in. She can’t for the life of her figure out what it is, but she knows for the first time in a lifetime of worry, she’s willing to come clean about a past that’s not as balanced and serene as she’d like to admit.

For his own part, former Navy Seal Devlin has his own secret he’s finally able to share with a woman who has totally charmed him.

 

CHARM ME is part of the Wild Rose Press’s Candy Hearts Romance Series for 2016 and I must say, Tena Stetler charmed me with her story. I love a good tale about lovers who have secrets that may threaten their relationship fulfilling its Happily Ever After promise. Dylan and Summer’s secrets are doozies! I can thoroughly recommend this story to anyone looking for a good tale to tell.

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Review: TWEET ME (A Candy Hearts Romance) by Desiree Holt

TWEET ME (A Candy Hearts Romance) by Desiree Holt
Reviewed by Peggy Jaeger
5 stars

Avery Kurtz is a smart and tech-savvy wedding planner. She runs her life and her business through her Twitter feed and is very happy doing this, thank you very much. Her busy career leaves her no time to read and answer emails or scroll through voice mail.  You could say she’s married to her Twitter account. When her best friend Janice tells her she’s moving her wedding up to Valentine’s day- which is just 3 weeks away – Avery goes into mental hyperdrive. There’s a ton of stuff to decide from table linen colors to cake choice to wine pairings to invitations. And the kicker? The best friend is leaving for a week long work obligation TOMORROW.

Avery quickly goes from hyperdrive to stalled. Who is going to make all these decisions? It’s Janice’s wedding, not Avery’s. Not to worry her bestie tells her. Another friend, Attorney Tanner Voss has agreed to help out. Since he’s the best friend of Janice’s fiancé, she can trust him to make wise choices. The only problem with his “helpful hand “ is that Avery can’t stand him. He’s a player, a flirt, and a charmer and he’s set his sights on her in the past. There’s no way the two can work together and not combust.

But, Avery realizes in order to give her friend the wedding of her dreams, she’ll have to bite the proverbial bullet and work with the last man she wants to be around. Because for all his player ways and smoothing talking habits, and for as much as she complains about them, Tanner Voss has an undeniably sexy side to him. A side Avery secretly wants to explore.

Sexy, seductive, and sultry, TWEET ME is no sweet little romance, and boy am I glad it isn’t! From the moment I met the hero and heroine I was invested in them getting together for their own happily ever after ending.  Erotic dreams about one another and accidental touches that shoot from soft to scorching in a nano-second, this was one fun book to read and I highly recommend you add it to your Valentine’s Day reading list.

 

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Review: SECRET ADMIRER ( A Candy Hearts Romance) By Ally Hayes

 SECRET ADMIRER ( A Candy Hearts Romance) By Ally Hayes
Review by: Peggy Jaeger
5 stars!

            A fresh start in a new town and at a new job are just what almost-30 Andi needs. And flirting with the hot guy she sees in her new favorite coffee shop each morning is a welcome bonus. If she could only discover what his name is without seeming too aggressively flirty.

            Combined with the new job are new office friends, and when Andi takes the plunge to meet an even wider circle of  “friends of new-friends,” she discovers a texting soul mate in a guy named Garret, who sounds almost too good to be true. Through a series of missed how-do-you-do-meetings and family obligations, they are prevented from a face-to-face encounter, but the texting relationship grows more intense with each new missive they send.

            Coffee shop guy looks better every time Andi sees him, and when she finally discovers his name, she starts to devise a way to get to know him over more than just their morning caffeine shot.

            Andi now knows the name of one hot guy, but not the other, and both are making her girly parts go zing! What’s a girl to do?

            SECRET ADMIRER is a quick, cute and thoroughly enjoyable, satisfying read. Ally Hayes has that rare ability to draw you straight into the lives of her characters as a reader, and right into Andi’s life and dating dilemmas.  I highly recommend you add SECRET ADMIRER to your Valentine day reading list.

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