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Jennifer’s review of The Sounds of Secrets by Whitney Barbetti

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Author: Whitney Barbetti

Genre: Contemporary romance

Stars: 5🛍🛍🛍🛍🛍

Where do I even begin? The Sounds of Secrets deserves ALL the stars that can be given in my opinion. Everything about this book is beautiful, from the cover to what’s inside. This is an amazing story of angst, secrets and love. Whitney Barbetti is an amazing storyteller. This book is real and heartbreaking. I absolutely loved it and wish with all my heart I could read it again for the first time. amazingly beautiful read and one of my favorites of this year!
**received an advanced copy**

Jennifer’s review of I Knocked Him Out by Jessica Frances

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received_1645942628771341Title: I Knocked Him Out

Author: Jessica Frances

Genre: Contemporary romance

Stars: 5🛍🛍🛍🛍🛍

I absolutely loved this book! It was so well written and had a fantastic storyline. The characters were very relatable and fun. I loved the suspense of the stalker. Suspense always makes a story a story so much better for me! Sasha and Declan were fantastic characters. This story had me laughing, kept me guessing and just all around loving every minute of this book. This was my first Jessica Frances book. I had no clue there was a part one but I’m super excited to check it out!
**received an advanced copy**

Jennifer’s review of Rescued by Lyz Kelley

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Title: Rescued

Author: Lyz Kelley

Genre: Contemporary romance, suspense, second-chance romance

Stars: 5🛍🛍🛍🛍🛍

This is the sixth book in the Elkridge series. It’s also my absolute favorite. This is a beautiful second chance love story. The characters are, as always amazingly real and the story is extremely well written. FINALLY! I know who the killer is! Yay! I laughed a bit, teared up (keep tissues handy!) and fell in love while reading this book. I love this town and these people so much. Lyz Kelley has a way of writing that makes me feel like I’m part of the story and the town. I am so excited to see what she writes after this! I definitely recommend this entire series to EVERYONE!

Jennifer’s review of Mended by JL Drake

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Title: Mended

Author: JL Drake

Genre: romance, contemporary, dark

Stars: 4🛍🛍🛍🛍

I loved this series so so much. Cole and Savannah were wonderful characters. I am sad to see their story end. I loved how all of the books were able to keep me on the edge of my seat. These books were definitely page turners! Beautifully written and with well fleshed characters I absolutely feel this series is a must read!

Jennifer’s review of What The Heart Takes by Kelli McCracken

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received_1645942628771341Title: What The Heart Takes

Author: Kelli McCracken

Genre: romance, paranormal romance

Stars: 4🛍🛍🛍🛍

What The Heart Takes is book 3 in the Soulmate series. These should be read in order so everything makes sense. This book is beautifully written and takes you on an emotional journey. Absolutely wonderful story!

**received an advanced copy for an honest review**

Jennifer’s review of The Scars Between Us by MK Schiller

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Title: The Scars Between Us

Author: MK Schiller
Genre: Contemporary romance
Stars: 5🛍🛍🛍🛍🛍
I saw this book was up for review and almost passed it by. The title got me and I had to take a closer look. It is a beautifully written story. Once I started I couldn’t put it down. The characters are relatable, likable and real. The characters had me invested in what I was reading. I laughed, had my heart broken and fell in love with them. This is such a beautiful story and I’m so thankful I had a chance to read this book!
**received an advanced copy for an honest review**

Jennifer’s review of Exposed by Lyz Kelley

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Title: Exposed

Author: Lyz Kelley

Genre: Contemporary romance

Stars: 5🛍🛍🛍🛍🛍

Exposed is the 5th book in the Elkridge series and is a fast easy read. It can be a read as a standalone (but is better as a series). This is a very sweet romance that took me on a bit of an emotional ride. The story is well written and flows very well. I love the characters and love that I have already met them in the previous stories. I am always surprised while reading Lyz Kelley. She somehow always makes the characters and scenes she writes come alive in my mind. I can always see clearly in my head the scenes she paints. The characters always feel like real life people. The emotions I feel while reading the characters feel real. She is a fantastic writer. As always with this series, bring a tissue or two while you are reading and be prepared to fall in love.

Jennifer’s review of Watch Over by Amy Reece

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Title: Watch Over

Author: Amy Reece
Genre: Contemporary romance, romantic suspense
Stars: 4 🛍🛍🛍🛍
This is my first book by Amy Reece. She wrote a fantastic story!  The characters had depth and personality that made them more real and the story was well written. I thought Melanie and Finn meeting through the cat was cute and funny. The story itself mostly kept me on the edge of my chair with the twists and turns. Overall it was a great read and I am excited for the next book!
**received an advanced copy for an honest review**

Jennifer’s review of Run by Jennifer Vester

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Title: Run (Lakefield Book 1)

Author: Jennifer Vester

Genre: romance, contemporary romance, romantic suspense
Stars: 5🛍🛍🛍🛍🛍
I really enjoyed this book. Liv was finally living her life with her best friend Julia after a horrible and traumatic college relationship. She makes a stop to eat dinner and sees Aiden sitting in a business meeting at the table across from her. The attraction is instant for both. Of course Liv decides to run from it. Aiden chases her down to return her forgotten phone. And so the hilarious and suspenseful story starts.  Liv and Aiden were perfect. They were absolutely perfect for each other. Aiden is take charge and in control of every aspect of his life. Liv is a book worm, foul mothed, crazy quirky lady. She was always pushing his limits and the banter back and forth is hilarious. I had quite a few laugh out loud moments. The very real danger Liv was in from her stalker had me turning pages to see what would happen next. The story was very well written and the side characters were amazing and so funny at time. I finished this story very quickly. I couldn’t put it down  (even while at work)! Definitely 5 stars and I can’t wait to start on Julia’s book!

Jennifer’s review of Orphaned by Lyz Kelley

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Title: Orphaned

Author: Lyz Kelley

Genre: Contemporary romance

Stars:  5 🛍🛍🛍🛍🛍

I love this book! I think I say it about every book in this series. Each one gets better and better. I love Jenna and Grant. They are amazing people. These are two people I would love to have around and as friends in real life. Their story is beautiful and emotional. (have some tissues handy) This author creates such a real world and characters. I’m excited to see the stories she comes up with in the future. I 100% recommend this book and this whole series for everyone!