Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (Bromance Book Club #3)

 

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This one hit close to home for me. Crazy Stupid Bromance is probably my favorite book in the series so far, but I'm also counting down the days until Isn't It Bromantic? releases on July 20th.

In the span of a day, we watch Alexis's life get turned upside down when she discovers she has siblings by the father she never knew. Luckily she has Noah to confide in and help give her advice as she sorts how to proceed.

Noah has a past of his own that he's been fortunate enough to put behind him, but he's willing to do anything for the woman he secretly loves, especially if it means keeping her safe.

***So here's where we get personal:

I know who my birth father is and that I have two half-siblings through him. The problem is he never told his wife about my existence, so the fear of being rejected if I reach out to my siblings is extremely high, especially since I had my mom reach out to him over a decade ago for medical history, and he said not to contact him again. I have the Ancestry test to take, but I'm terrified of possibly breaking someone's heart when they learn the truth.***

There were a few scenes that had my heart lodged in my throat. I listened to the audio on Audible and that hit me on an even deeper level. Beefcake the cat will have you rolling in laughter and is the scene-stealer of the story. I can't recommend this book enough!

😄 Comedy

💋 Romance

SUMMARY:

Alexis Carlisle and her cat café, ToeBeans, have shot to fame after she came forward as a victim of a celebrity chef's sexual harassment. When a new customer approaches to confide in her, the last thing Alexis expects is for the woman to claim they're sisters. Unsure what to do, Alexis turns to the only man she trusts -- her best friends, Noah Logan.

Computer genius Noah left his rebellious teenage hacker past behind to become a computer security expert. Now he only uses his old skills for the right cause. But Noah's got a secret: He's madly in love with Alexis. When she asks for his help, he wonders if the timing will ever be right to confess his crush.

Noah's pals in The Bromance Book Club are more than willing to share their beloved "manuals" to help him go from bud to boyfriend. But he must decide if telling the truth is worth risking the best friendship he's ever had.

A hacktivist and a cat café owner decode the friend zone in this romantic comedy from the author of Undercover Bromance.

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The Change Up by Meghan Quinn

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Best friends to lovers perfection! The Change Up is amazing from start to finish. Nobody knows you better than your best friend, until it comes to matters of the heart...

I love watching men become super protective of their female friends, especially once they realize that they might have feelings for them, beware the alpha male.

Maddox is everything you expect from a baseball player, but the side of him that comes out when he's around Kinsley will make you fall for him instantly. We're talking book boyfriend, soft-hearted material here.

Kinsley is clueless as to the hotness that is her best friend, until she starts to develop feelings that she's afraid to pursue. She's all heart!

A feel-good, friends to lovers romance that will leave you with a smile on your face. Meghan Quinn is an author I can one-click and always be guaranteed laughter and romance.

😄 Comedy
⚾ Sports Romance

SUMMARY:

BREAKING NEWS: The Bad Boy of Baseball, Maddox Paige, is totally and utterly whipped.

Okay, that might not be the headlines in the newspaper this morning, but it's the reality of my current situation.

It all started a month ago when I received a call from my best friend, Kinsley. She got a new job in Chicago and needed a place to stay. I've known the girl since I was five, what harm would it be to have her stay at my place for a while?

Ha! Total disaster.

Now instead of going out every night with my teammates, I'm couch surfing and sketching endless photos of my best friend...but that's the least of my concerns.

The disaster, you ask? I'm rapidly falling head over cleats in love with my best friend, my roommate, and my number one fan.

And she has no idea...

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Ousted Princess by Tasha Lewis (Modern Princess Collection #6)

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This book will have your mind in a tug of war with your heart! Ousted Princess is a wonderful story that will have you second guessing who you want the main character to end up with.

Roni is the girl who took the plunge and confessed her feelings to her best friend, only to have them squashed and not returned. Just when she's starting to open her heart to someone else, her past comes back to bite her and she's torn between what's good for her and what she wants.

Sean is a character that you'll love to despise, at least until you get to know him, then you'll definitely be on #TeamSean for the long haul. He's trying to fix his past mistakes and get his best friend back into his life, but he has a lot of explaining to do.

Throw in a love triangle, second chance, and a mending heart - you'll be in for a beautiful fairy tale loosely based on the history of Pocahontas (don't rely on the Disney version).

This was a wonderful addition to the Modern Princess Collection and I hope we see a follow-up/redemption story someday with a certain character that I won't name. *Wink  wink, nudge nudge Tasha.*

 💧 Drama
💋 Romance

SUMMARY:

I was humiliated at the end of freshman year. Now all I want to do is focus on my studies and avoid my former friend and love of my life, Sean Courtright. And I was doing just fine on all accounts until my favorite professor asked me for a favor: tutor the boy who shattered my heart.
If the request had come from anyone else, I would have turned him down.

Oh boy, I should have...Being cramped in the same room each day, his familiar scent wraps around me and soon, we both slip back into old patterns. If that wasn't enough, Sean raises the stakes and offers me a bet, one I can't possibly turn down, even if it sounds way too familiar to last year's broken heart.

Will fate allow us a second chance at love? Or will it all come crashing down, for the second time?

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Southern Storm by Natasha Madison (Southern Series #3)

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You're going to need a strong seatbelt for this ride! Southern Storm is the book I've been waiting for since this series began and I was NOT disappointed.

Savannah was introduced in the first book as the home wrecker who got herself knocked up and convinced the town's golden boy to cover up her mistake.

Beau is the man who's loved her nearly all his life, but could never do anything about it since he believed his best friend was the father of her child.

When the truth comes out, it's a tangled web that runs deeper than anyone could've imagined, also revealing some disturbing truths about Beau's father.

This book was beautifully written and the story unfolded perfectly. I couldn't put it down until I knew how everything panned out and even then, I couldn't get enough.

For an author to be able to write a character that you despise SO strongly in one book, then they turn it around and open your heart to them later...that's a true achievement and a testament to their writing skills, but that's exactly what happened with Southern Storm!

 💧 Drama
💋 Romance

SUMMARY:

Buried secrets never stay hidden in the South.

Savannah
I'm the one who broke up the golden couple. The woman people still whisper about, point at, and give dirty looks to.

Did I sleep with the prom king? No. Did I sleep with the town's golden boy on vacation from college? Yes.

Did I believe that he was going to marry me? Wholeheartedly.

Did he? Not even close. He got engaged right in front of me and then his father threw two hundred dollars at me and told me to take the trash out.

So, I raised my son in a town where people love him because they think that his father is the sheriff.

It was going great, everything was working out till my lie got out.

Beau
I was getting ready to take over the mayoral office from my father, who was my hero.

Until I heard the secret he hoped would stay buried forever.

My brother has a son, not just any son but a son with the woman who was my best friend.

The woman I secretly have loved from the moment she stood up to me and broke my nose in kindergarten.

I need to protect her and in order to do that, we need to get married.

Too bad her nightmare is my dream come true.

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Blindsided by Amy Daws

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Blindsided will teach you what "Netflix and chill" really means! I was thrown for a loop with this book, as it had references that I wasn't aware of their true meaning...but now I know better, lol.

Blindsided has it all:
🗸 Friends to Lovers
🗸 Plus-sized Heroine
🗸 Sexy Brit
🗸 Sports Romance
🗸 Virgin

If you're looking for a best friends to lovers story that will make you laugh until you pee your pants, this is the book for you. Amy Daws always sets the bar high with each book she releases, but I can confidently say that Blindsided is my favorite one so far! This is the kind of story that you'll buy in paperback, so you can read it anytime.

I can't wait to listen to it in audiobook form, as I'm sure it'll bring the characters even more to life. Fair warning: Be cautious if you eat or drink while reading this story, as there's a great potential you might choke or make a mess. One of the funniest books of 2019!

😂 Comedy
⚽ Sports Romance

Summary:

What happens when an almost thirty-year-old virgin agrees to let her Scottish footballer best friend give her some lessons in seduction?

Lots of banter, awkwardness, jealousy, and heat.

Midfielder Maclay "Mac" Logan is a loud-mouthed, tattooed ginger content with focusing on football. But when an adorably-freckled seamstress comes barreling into his life, he finds Netflix-And-Bickering with her to be his new favorite pastime.

Freya Cook is used to being the invisible woman with a needle and thread, offering cheeky punchlines as she helps dress London's finest. She's plus-sized in body and spirit, and other than her friendship with Mac, talking to the opposite sex is one skill she never mastered.

However, after one innocent game of Never Have I Ever, Mac offers to play Love Coach for Freya.

What neither of them see coming are the feelings that develop when the clothes come off.

Now they're both about to learn the biggest lesson of all: Don't fall in love with your best friend.

Blindsided is a full length, contemporary romance standalone with a sports theme.

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The Best Friend Problem by Mariah Ankenman

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The Best Friend Problem is a delightful, light-hearted romance. You'll be drawn in from the first page and won't be able to put it down until the end.

Prudence has amazing friends, including a super hot firefighter male bestie. Too bad her dating history is less than stellar and filled with duds, so that's when she decides to take matters into her own hands...

I was super jealous of her relationship with Finn throughout the story, as I wish there were more guys out there like him! Pru is fiercely independent and has a plan for everything, so watching it all go up in smoke was highly entertaining.

This story is filled with romance, laughter and a touch of drama. My first read by Mariah Ankenman, but definitely not my last! (Although we really need to talk about the pregnancy cravings she created for Pru!)

 💧 Drama
👶 Pregnancy
💋 Romance

Summary:
Prudence Carlson has been lucky in life. A fulfilling wedding-planning business run with her girlfriends in Colorado, plus the best guy friend ever in her firefighter bestie Finn. All that's missing from it is a baby. Luckily, it's the twenty-first century - Pru can take matters into her own hands. She doesn't need to find true love to create the future love of her life.

Except all this talk of babies and insemination and...Pru and Finn cross a line they never expected to. Sure, one night of passion won't change their close relationship. Until Pru goes in for a fertility check-up to find...she's already pregnant.

As best friends, Pru and Finn have survived college, new jobs, and bad breakups, but can they survive crib shopping, birth classes, and late-night cravings? Especially when Finn has never considered himself even remotely Daddy material?

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One Little Lie by Whitney Barbetti

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A fake relationship that'll spark real emotions in your heart! From the flashback at the beginning that introduces you to Adam and Hollis, you'll be immediately drawn in to their journey.

Adam lives for music, but watching him step up and help provide for his younger sister after their Grandmas health declines, will have you swooning. #Claimed

Hollis just wants to help others, but right when she's about to get her inheritance and start living the life she's dreamed about, her parents make new stipulations...thanks to her lie about having a love interest.

The second best part of the story are the best friends! Tori and Navy are the perfect sidekicks for Hollis, and Keane is a dream!

One Little Lie contains a fake relationship, enemies to lovers and second chances...I'm in the ultimate trope heaven and highly suggest this to any romance lover!

 💧 Drama
💋 Romance

Summary:
Adam Olive hated me. Loathed my very existence. He had every right to, but that didn't make my life any easier the afternoon I had to rescue him on the side of the road.

But worse than rescuing a guy who hated me to his core, was the lie I told my parents.

Because I'd just told them that my long-term boyfriend was finally back in town.

My long-term boyfriend who didn't actually exist.

The one named Adam Oliver - the guy I'd crushed on all through high school.

So the real Adam had no idea that he and I were engaged in a years-long, committed, serious relationship.

And, somehow, some way, I needed to convince him to play along with my one little lie.

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Better Than Me by Kimberly Kincaid (Remington Medical #2)

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Better Than Me is like my ultimate dream episode of Grey's Anatomy! I love the chemistry between the main characters and their strong friendship with each other.

Natalie's girls nights have me cracking up and wishing I had more of my own. Her love for children, especially her patients, had me tearing up at points.

Jonah is the epitome of a dream doctor, and brought back my crush on Doug Ross from ER, lol. He's suffered heartache and doesn't want to put his heart on the line ever again.

I wasn't able to put this book down once I started and was even listening to it in the car. The development between the characters, and as individuals, happens at the perfect pace and I couldn't have asked for a better story!

😄 Comedy
💧  Drama
💋 Romance 

Summary:
Remington's most notoriously single, notoriously sexy surgeon is about to fall for the one woman he can't have...

Did I mention that she's
A) his best friend
B) immune to his panty-melting charm, and
C) sleeping on his couch for the next six weeks? 

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Marcus by Kelsie Rae (Signature Sweethearts #6)

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If you're looking for a slow burn that will have you falling in love with love, Kelsie Rae creates the perfect story for you!

The "Signature Sweethearts" series is one of my go-to reads when I just want to escape in a good happily ever romance. Even if there are times I worry about how it could possibly all turn out in the end, the journey is definitely worth the ride!

😄 Comedy
 💧  Drama
💋 Romance

Brief Summary:
Marcus has been in love with his little sister's best friend for as long as he can remember, so what could possibly go wrong with moving in with her?

Natalie has had a crush on Marcus since the first day he came to her rescue as a child, but being in such a close proximity to him has her heart racing and her head questioning what she really wants in life.

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