Tag: Single Mother/Father

The Christmas List | Maren Moore

Posted 01/17/2025 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

The Christmas List | Maren MooreThe Christmas List by Maren Moore
Star Rating: 4 Stars
Spice Level: 4 Flames
Series: Strawberry Hollow #3
Also in this series: The Mistletoe Bet, A Festive Feud
Published by Independent Publisher on 11/25/2024
Genres: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Holiday Romance, Romantic Comedy
Format: Kindle (230 Pages)
Source: Purchased
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I love Christmas.

So much so that in my smalltown I'm known as The Queen of Christmas.

And no one knows holiday festivities quite like Strawberry Hollow.

Only this Christmas season delivers an unexpected twist in the form of Wyatt Owens.

The handsome single father of my new student...

Who just so happens to also be my first love.

The one who broke my heart all those years ago.

I haven't seen Wyatt since he left our hometown behind, but a piece of me has always been his.

And all those old feelings come rushing back the moment we see each other again.

Only now the boy I once loved is a charming, delicious and intoxicating man.

One I'm not sure I can resist.

Especially when neither of us can deny his daughter Lucy's holiday wish- for the three of us to compete together as a team in Strawberry Hollow's Annual Christmas List tradition.

At first, he's determined to win every festive challenge on the list but the more things we check off, the more it seems like he wants to win me instead.

Soon things are heating up between us, and suddenly I find myself at risk of falling...for my ex.

But I'm not sure I could survive the heartbreak of losing him again.

Is this just a holiday fling?

Or is this the second chance I've always secretly hoped for?



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Those Two Words | Ronnie Mathews

Posted 09/30/2024 by Hilarye in ARC Review, Book Reviews / 0 Comments
Those Two Words | Ronnie Mathews
Star Rating: 5 Stars
Spice Level: 4 Flames
All-Time Favorite
Series: Sutton Bay #1
Published by Independent Publisher on 08/22/2024
Format: DRC (363 Pages)
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This book was TOO. GOOD. Now, I’m sure you’re wondering, ‘Hilarye, is that even possible?’ Oh yes, my friend, it is. This book is meeting your soulmate and feeling seen for the first time good. It’s slipping into a pair of jeans that makes your ass look fantastic and taking a sip of a perfectly made iced coffee good. It’s drinking wine, eating cheese, and laughing until you cry with your best friend good. And it’s even (wait for it) snuggling a pile of kittens good. Yup, kittens—this book is THAT good.  The story begins with Patrick and Johanna, childhood best friends who […]

Lips Like Sugar | Jess K. Hardy

Posted 04/22/2024 by Hilarye in ARC Review, Book Reviews / 0 Comments
Lips Like Sugar | Jess K. Hardy
Star Rating: 4 Stars
Spice Level: 4 Flames
Series: Bluebird Basin #2
Published by Pinkity Publishing on 03/28/2024
Format: DRC (364 Pages)
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Jess K. Hardy has done something miraculous. She made me love Cole Sanderson more than I already loved Matthew Madigan. I was sure it couldn’t be done, but alas, here we are. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I want to live in Red Falls. It has small-town energy, beautiful scenery, a delicious bakery, a fantastic bar named Jimmy O’Callaghan’s Irish Public House (with a jukebox), and insanely hot 50-some-odd-year-old rockstars. What’s not to love?  Cole Sanderson is the epitome of the ‘golden retriever’ MMC, and I’m pretty sure my heart grew three sizes while reading […]