🔖 RELEASE BLITZ 🔖 The Way We Score by Tia Louise {REVIEW}

The Way We Score by Tia Louise

Release Date: January 16, 2025

Series: The Bradford Boys #3

Pages: 360

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

We promised our love was forever. A decade later, two little blue lines might settle the score.

You've heard of those kids who peak in high school?
Meet my love life.
Garrett Bradford was mine from the moment we saw each other in ninth grade.
Even then, he was a six-foot-four mountain of muscles with bright blue eyes, a wide grin, and a way with his hands.
He was the high school football star, and I was the dance team captain.
We were the storybook cliché... until we weren't.

Now he's the most famous offensive lineman in the league, and I'm a buttoned-up, ultra-professional lawyer.
My dancing days are over, and my carefully controlled life is a mess.
Infertility killed my marriage, or that's what I told myself. Infertility and a cheating ex.
And my inability to get over Garrett Bradford.

One reckless night at his little sister's wedding is only supposed to be a reunion, a trip down memory lane to a time when life was happier.
Six weeks later, I'm staring at a positive pregnancy test wondering, How did this happen?

I figure I'm on my own until Garrett overhauls his life, moves back to our small town, and shows up every day to massage my feet, hold my hair when I barf, and go with me to all my doctor's appointments.

Our situation has an end date, just like it did so many years ago.
Unless this little score changes the game and gives us the second chance I thought we'd lost. 

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My Review:

Louise delivers a heartwarming second-chance story in The Way We Score. As the third book in The Bradford Boys Series, this small-town sports romance will leave you wanting for more!

They thought that their love was going to last forever, but for Garrett Bradford and Olivia Bankston, their lives completely change the minute they get accepted into different colleges. While Liv’s dream is to become a professional dancer, Garrett’s is to be a pro football player. Neither of them expected to be pulled apart after having known each other since they were kids. But Garrett is set on to follow his future, not realizing that he would not see Liv again for many years. A decision that completely devastated Liv and one that made her afraid of trusting completely. She will not let herself get hurt again, even if it means having to see him again ten years later. It would take a decade to bring them together, with her as a professional lawyer and him as a famous offensive lineman for the New Jersey Pirates. It would take one night to cross the line of no return to bring into question their potential future together. Giving Garrett the chance to prove that he is a changed man before it’s too late.

I loved reading The Way We Score, to see how the characters grow overtime as they navigate the second chance that they have been given. It’s evident that Garrett truly cares about Liv, he goes above-and-beyond to be for her when she needs him the most. He is willing to do anything for her and adding a baby to the mix is what gets him in an overprotective mode. Although Liv’s previous relationship failed, making her believe that she was at fault, there is a part of her that was scared to give Garrett that second chance. Yet, he has always been it for her even after many years apart. Now they have to lean on each other for the next phase in their lives. All in all, I would highly recommend checking out the book. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series. :)

***I received an advanced copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.***

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Meet Tia Louise 

Tia Louise is the USA TODAY best-selling, award-winning author of super-hot and sexy romances. All her heroes are alphas with hearts of gold, and all her heroines are the smart, sassy ladies who love them.

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🔖 REVIEW BLITZ 🔖 The Proposal Play by Lauren Blakely

The Proposal Play by Lauren Blakely

Release Date: January 8, 2025

Series: Love and Hockey #3

Pages: 528

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Sports

My plan when I win a date in Vegas with my brother’s hockey star best friend? Poker and go to sleep early. Instead, I wake up with a ring on my finger and the sexy athlete naked in my bed.

But Asher’s my best friend too so we’ll get this annulled and laugh about this secret for years to come.

Trouble is our wedding pics went viral overnight.

Now everyone thinks we’re a real couple. We race back home, where I’ve just landed the big art commission of my dreams and he’s launching a sports charity so we need to look like we meant to tie the knot.

Easy enough. We’ll claim we’ve been secretly in love, while staying in separate rooms for the rest of the hockey season.

The last thing either one of us wants is to ruin a decade-long friendship by falling into bed again.

But I experience a new side of my husband at home. He cooks for me, encourages me…and buys me so many toys.

And, it’s more fun to share your toys with a friend.

We’re just enjoying temporary marital benefits.

Except, the more times he calls me his wife, the more I start to wonder if Asher was ever pretending?

And if my heart is ready to take the biggest risk of all.

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My Review:

As the third book in the Love and Hockey Series, Blaklely delivers a steamy and swoon worthy romance in The Proposal. This friends-to-lovers story will leave you wanting for more, highly recommend it!

For Asher Callahan and Maeve Harley, having been friends for a decade they’ve seen each other go through ups and downs. She is his lucky charm and Asher doesn’t take their friendship for granted. While Asher’s career as a professional hockey player for the Sea Dogs of San Francisco takes off, Harley is still trying to find her footing as an artist. Maeve thinks that no one is going to want to marry a broke artist who’s bad at romance, so Asher makes her a proposition, that if she is ever in need of a husband he’ll marry her. She accepts, not realizing that they would end up just that in order to save Asher’s reputation. Now they have to pretend in front of the whole world that they love each other. But with close proximity, they start to see each other in different light and Asher wants to keep her as his for good. He just needs to convince her that they might just be it for one another.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Proposal, Blakely is such a great storyteller/writer, her stories are always well-developed and full of emotions. We have two characters who have been through similar circumstances, neither thinks that love is in the cards for them. Until they are put in a situation where they have to pretend to be in love with each other that everything changes between them. Asher starts to realize that he might have loved her all this time and wants to be the man she wants. But making the wrong move can jeopardize their friendship as well, one that she is so set on keeping safe. Filled with sweet moments and a little dog in the mix, I would highly recommend checking out this book as well as any other by the author. You will not regret it. :)

***I received an advanced copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.***

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It’s a soulful, lingering kiss that thrums deep in my bones. She’s soft in my arms, her breath gusting across her lips. A whimper crosses them too, and it sounds like a plea for more.

I want to swallow all her sounds, let them lead me on into the night.

Because they are not platonic.

They are not friendly.

They are unbearably sexy and needy.

Maeve Hartley tastes incredible, and this kiss rattles through my entire body, touching every damn corner of me. I don’t let go. As I kiss her more deeply, I’m struck with a cold, new clarity. It wasn’t merely affection I felt all along. It wasn’t simply lust either. It’s a whole lot more than basic attraction.

I’m wildly, annoyingly obsessed with my best friend.

Otherwise known as…my wife.

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A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s cute but spicy. Lauren likes dogs, cake, and show tunes and is the vegetarian at your dinner party.

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🔖 REVIEW BLITZ 🔖 The Big Skate by Elise Faber

The Big Skate by Elise Faber

Release Date: December 26, 2024

Series: Sierra Hockey Book #3

Pages: 261

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Sports

I’ve sworn off love…until her.
The only problem? She can’t stand me.

Gorgeous, single mom Ivy wants absolutely nothing to do with me.

She thinks I’m a player—and maybe I am.

She thinks I don’t take anything seriously—and maybe I don’t.

She thinks I can never make her happy—but I’ve never been more focused on anything else. Not ever. Not even on hockey, and I live and breathe the sport.

She doesn’t understand that she’s become my reason for existing—

That if there’s any game in my life I’m willing to do anything to win…

It’s claiming her heart as mine. 

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My Review:

In Faber’s third book in the Sierra Hockey Series, she delivers a steamy and swoon worthy sports romance in The Big Skate.

As the strength coach for the NHL team, the Serra, Ivy Pierce is not only good at her job but she is also surrounded by extremely good looking men. That doesn’t mean that she wants to be in a relationship, on the contrary, Ivy wants doesn’t want to expose her daughter to a man that will ultimately walk away. So she is taken aback when one particular player keeps getting on her nerves, with his banter and handsome self. Knox Addler should be off-limits, he is hockey player who is used to getting what he wants. Yet, he seems to be having eyes for Ivy and that scares her. They both have a lot in common, which gives them the chance to lean on each other when they need it the most. All while developing feelings that she is not ready to give into, only to give Knox more reasons to prove that they are meant to be together.

I throughly enjoyed reading The Big Stake, we have two characters who have been hurt in the past, leading them to avoid any type of commitment. That’s until Knox starts to get closer to Ivy and her daughter, Evie, that he begins to see a future with them. Though he quickly realizes that it breaking Ivy’s barriers won’t be easy, but he is willing to do anything in order to deserve their trust and love. As a single mom, Ivy has done a great job raising and protecting her daughter from any harm. Yet, when Knox comes into the picture she is not sure how Evie is going to react. She soon sees Knox stepping up for them and her feelings for him start to blossom. I absolutely loved seeing Knox connect with Evie, he becomes her protector and has her back. Told in dual POV, this steamy romance will leave you wanting for more. I would highly recommend checking this book, will definitely be reading more from the author in the future. :)

***I received an advanced copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.***

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Meet Elise Faber:

USA TODAY bestselling author, Elise Faber, loves chocolate, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and hockey (the order depending on the day and how well her team—the Sharks!—are playing). She and her husband also play as much hockey as they can squeeze into their schedules, so much so that their typical date night is spent on the ice. Elise changes her hair color more often than some people change their socks, loves sparkly things, and is the mom to two exuberant boys. She lives in Northern California.

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