He’s my brother’s best friend. He was my first real crush. He’s the NHL MVP and local sweetheart.
And he’s back in town.
I won’t lie and say that I’m not happy to see Levi Buck back around Crooked Creek. Despite the frenzy that follows him around town, it’s good to see his face. The gentle, painfully sexy man I once knew.
I was just a teen when he left, and he took a part of me—and my biggest secret—with him.
But now he’s back, and so is the reminder of the night that changed everything.
I lied to him once, and when he realizes that what he saw was real, he’ll stop at nothing to bring me justice.
But justice comes at a price.
A price I’m not willing to pay.
Levi
I replay that night in my head over and over again. Not even playing in the NHL could erase the guilt I felt. I couldn’t stay in town and relive it. So when I got drafted to play across the country, I ran as fast as I could.
But I left Lo behind.
When I took off, she was still a teenager. But now, with my professional career coming to an end, I’m back in town. And Lo is all grown up. From the looks of her life, she grew up faster than she should have had to.
And I’m the only one who knows why.
When I realize what I always suspected to be true all those years before, I lose my mind. I see red. I’m willing to risk it all. I’m ready to kill for it.
But revenge might cost her everything.
And it might cost me the one thing I suddenly can’t live without: her.
Caroline's Review
🌟🌟🌟1/2
3.5 stars - I really loved this author's Meade Lake series, so I was hoping for something similar in this small-town romance.
"We have a heavy history. I don't want to become part of that heavy history. I want to be part of her future."
Overall, I thought it was a good read. I enjoyed the close-knit family background of the Calways, and the way they all rallied around each other. There was so much heat between Lola Calway and Levi Buck, even if it felt like they went from zero to sixty after four years of not seeing each other. I loved the way Levi made Lola feel sexy, beautiful and desired. I didn't love the 'Daddy' thing though...I loved the way Levi adored little Harper and the way he wanted to protect them both.
"I'm gonna make you mine, Lola Calway. And you're gonna stay that way."
While this story was about Lola and Levi's lifelong connection turning into a forever love, I felt it lacked a little something. The thing in Lola's past was dealt with very easily, all things considered. However, I enjoyed how easily the Calways accepted Levi as Lola's guy. He'd always been part of their family, now he was part of it in a different way. This was an easy, sexy read, but the Meade Lake books are still my favourites.
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T.D. Colbert is a romance and women's fiction author. When she's not chasing her kids or hanging with her husband, she's probably under her favorite blanket, either writing a book, or reading one. She lives in Maryland, where she was born and raised. For more information, visit tdcolbert.com.
One of the Donner boys. Troublemakers. That was the reputation that followed Chase his whole life. Until he grew up and realized he could do better. Be better. But that choice cost him. His freedom, his family, his chance at love. By making amends, he found a different path. A new set of friends. A new family. Life was good. He thought he'd finally found everything he needed. Then she answered his ad. Now the roommate he needs is the woman he wants. Desperately. How long can he keep his feelings under the radar? Or is Hannah Gallagher the one to help him break free of his past once and for all?
Caroline's Review 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
A fabulous addition to this amazing series!!
"My wet dream was sitting across from me, her sexy calves on display. She wanted to live in this house. With me."
Chase Donner and Hannah Gallagher were a match made in heaven. The two of them absolutely completed each other and melted my heart. They were sweet, amusing, and so darn romantic! They were both somewhat haunted by their pasts, but the trust that built quickly between them had them leaning on each for strength, support and understanding. Chase made me swoon with his sensitivity, and Hannah was so lovely and adorable. It was wonderful to see the found-family gang again, and gladdened my heart so much to see them rallying around the lovebirds. I also loved the little side story about Hannah's mother and Dom. Gah! Loved this story so much.
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New York Times/USA Today bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of thirty-plus years and their rescue cat, Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them.
While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys traveling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip. Melanie loves stories, especially paired with a good wine, and enjoys skydiving (free falling over a fleck of dust) extreme snowboarding (falling down stairs) and piloting her own helicopter (tripping over her own feet.) She's learned happily ever afters, even bumpy ones, are all in how you tell the story.
You get Knot so Lucky even when you think you hit the jackpot.
Knot So Lucky, forced proximity, high spice, romantic comedy standalone in the A Holidate “ish” Series from #1 Amazon and USA Today bestselling author Trilina Pucci is available now!
Me: Ask me what happens in Vegas…
Samantha: What happens in Vegas?
Me: Let me tell you.
What happens is that you get “make out with strangers and pee in a parking lot” drunk.
TIE THE KNOT WITH A GUY YOU JUST MET.
Then *allegedly* participate in depraved group activities with him and his friends in the honeymoon suite of a five-star hotel.
But that’s not even the worst part.
Because after an epic walk of shame, you find out he’s some insanely famous bad-boy quarterback who’s in the midst of cleaning up his act.
So now, you have to pretend to like him… sober…until you can skip town with an annulment and a shirt that reads, “I’d hit that.”
Except for bam—tiny hiccup, his personality cancels out his hot AF face.
And let’s not mention how you definitely took a trip to pound town with his friends.
So, yeah. That’s what happens in Vegas.
You get Knot so Lucky even when you think you hit the jackpot.
Caroline's Review 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
What a hot little number!
"That wild card was the most seductive experience of my life."
Eleanor is in Vegas with her bestie to blow off some steam. Crew is in Vegas with his football team besties. He needs to keep his reputation clean as he's in negotiations with another football team. However, one look at Eleanor and he's done for. She challenges him in the best of ways and has him doing things that he really should think about! Otherwise, they might just find themselves trapped
Eleanor and Crew were funny, sexy AF 🔥🔥🔥, and just plain fun! I loved how they challenged each other. I adored their private thoughts. Crew was cocky, blatant and a horndog for Eleanor. I loved her chutzpah! A fab, steamy read!
She’s yelling. My older sister, Samantha, is actually yelling at me.
I don’t think she’s done that since we were kids.
Admittedly, I just texted her that I got piss drunk in Las Vegas and married a total stranger. So, yeah, this sudden call and her head-splitting tone aren’t exactly a shocker. But still, I didn’t anticipate how mad she’d be.
Because it’s loud, mad. Her voice is slicing my brain open. She’s too loud for the delicate balance I’m barely holding on to. That balance between wanting to puke my guts up or just giving up and finding a bench to sleep this hangover off, hobo-style.
I pull my cell away from my ear as I navigate through people with fanny packs and cheap tropical shirts. All of them milling about in the middle of the busy casino floor like forgotten Sims players.
“Excuse me,” I breathe to some random dude holding a three-foot-tall drink before—Oh. My. God.
My eyes blink quickly, my mouth falling open as I try to ignore the glance I just got of myself in the reflective side of the slot machine.
“Excuse what?” my sister rants, thinking I’m talking to her. “Excuse you for making the single stupidest decision of your life?”
“Give me a break. Marrying some rando you just fucked is like a rite of passage in Vegas. There are movies made about it. I’m not the first, and I won’t be the last. But holy shit…Sami. If you could see what I see right now—”
I can’t even finish my sentence because I’m chuckling. Jesus Christ. I look like a clown who’s been fucked three ways from Sunday. My shoulder meets my ear, sandwiching my phone and also freeing my hand so I can lick the pad of my finger and attempt to rub the black spread of mascara from underneath my eyes.
“Listen to me. I’m a mess—I’ve been walking through this whole-ass casino in a white bodycon button-front dress short enough to show off my liver. And most of the buttons in the middle are missing. Don’t ask. I’m having to hold it closed, otherwise, my entire stomach will show—I’m a poster child for that Katy Perry song ‘Waking Up in Vegas.’”
She doesn’t let me finish, cutting me off.
“Be serious, Eleanor. For the love of god, why are you making jokes?”
I roll my eyes as last night’s faux red bottom heels click a bit faster on the shiny floors.
“Sami, stop overreacting. It’s not that serious because—”
She still doesn’t shut the fuck up.
“How did this happen? Please tell me this wasn’t your idea.” Her voice switches to panic. “Wait, were you drugged? Oh my god.”
“Are you crazy?” I laugh.
“Are you?” she huffs. “You married some guy you just met in Las Vegas. What do you expect me to think?”
“Not that I’m involved in some secret scheme to drug girls into marriage. Because we all know guys are just desperate to get to the altar. Stop watching those crime shows, weirdo.”
I can’t help but laugh because she’s about to go from lecture to holy shit, from big sister to a co-conspirator, in about two seconds when I say what’s sitting on the tip of my tongue.
“Whatever,” she breathes.
So I hit her with the real tea.
“Plus, it’ll be fine because he’s not just some guy, Sami…He’s Crew Matthews—the quarterback for the fucking Las Vegas Raiders.”
This bomb is particularly hilarious for two reasons: one, our father is a die-hard 49ers fan, so my pussy committed treason last night, and two, my sister is in a poly relationship, and one of her boyfriends is a Hall of Fame quarterback.
“I mean, what are the chances? This is wild, right?” I add, grinning ear to ear over the ridiculousness of the whole situation.
I hold my breath, waiting for her to explode. I can already picture her face. Shock and awe plastered all over it.
The silence feels like forever.
But then her voice thunders over the line, louder than all the slot machines I’m surrounded by.
“Shut the fuck up. Lies. Holy fuck. Dad’s going to kill you. You’ll need to change your name to Julia Roberts because your ass is sleeping with the enemy.”
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One Month with Vince Tanev: Tampa’s Hotshot Rookie
Twenty-four-seven access on and off the ice.
The headline says it all, and my bosses are over the moon when the opportunity of a lifetime lands in my lap. Of course, they aren’t aware that I’ve already met Vince Cool at an all-star gala — and that we were at each other’s throats the entire time.
It doesn’t matter that he’s the kind of hot that shows God has favorites — messy brown hair, heated hazel eyes, the smirk of a rockstar, and a scar over his eyebrow that makes every woman particularly feral.
He’s a rich, cocky playboy — a brand I’m all too familiar with, and one I’m determined to never be around again.
But after my coverage of the gala stirs up buzz, the team’s General Manager and my CEO strike a deal. To help fill the arena at home games, I’ll get up close and personal with Tampa’s new shiny toy. Whether he’s at practice, playing in a game, partying, or drinking coffee half-naked in his condo — I’ll be there for all of it.
Vince gets under my skin like no one else. It isn’t long before that paper-thin line between hate and lust blurs, and being around him every waking minute of the day leaves no chance to escape his devilish stare.
The air crackles between us. The tension is hot enough to melt my inhibitions.
But I know the way this story ends. I’ve lived it once before.
As much as I work to guard my heart, my body is a traitor — and if this man puts his hands on me, I know I’ll submit to desire.
I thought one month with Vince Tanev was a game I could win easily.
But I might have just met my match.
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Kandi Steiner is an Amazon Top 5 bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.
An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.”
She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.
When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, planning her next adventure, or pole dancing (yes, you read that right). She enjoys live music, traveling, playing with her fur babies and soaking up the sweetness of life.
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You get Knot so Lucky even when you think you hit the jackpot.
Knot So Lucky, forced proximity, high spice, romantic comedy standalone in the A Holidate “ish” Series from #1 Amazon and USA Today bestselling author Trilina Pucci is available now!
Me: Ask me what happens in Vegas…
Samantha: What happens in Vegas?
Me: Let me tell you.
What happens is that you get “make out with strangers and pee in a parking lot” drunk.
TIE THE KNOT WITH A GUY YOU JUST MET.
Then *allegedly* participate in depraved group activities with him and his friends in the honeymoon suite of a five-star hotel.
But that’s not even the worst part.
Because after an epic walk of shame, you find out he’s some insanely famous bad-boy quarterback who’s in the midst of cleaning up his act.
So now, you have to pretend to like him… sober…until you can skip town with an annulment and a shirt that reads, “I’d hit that.”
Except for bam—tiny hiccup, his personality cancels out his hot AF face.
And let’s not mention how you definitely took a trip to pound town with his friends.
So, yeah. That’s what happens in Vegas.
You get Knot so Lucky even when you think you hit the jackpot.
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