Starting the year off strong with a book review of my favorites!
Every month I do a little wrap up of the books that I’m reading. This month I started the year off with some really great reads, including a little of each genre!
I love me a good fake dating trope. This one was so cute: easy to read , super funny and very spicy! So readers beware! (wink wink) Oh and it’s free with Kindle Unlimited.
Here’s a quick synopsis of Lottie and Huxley’s story. Hux has unintentionally lied to a very important client that he has a pregnant fiancé. As luck should have it, he LITERALLY bumps into Lottie at his time of need. Lottie has been having a tough go and decides the only way to set her life straight is by finding a rich husband. So when Hux propositions her, she accepts the deal, and finds herself in a real life Pretty Woman movie.
5 STARS
Raw and heartbreaking! A true story about abuse, mental health and self discovery. Although at times, this one was very hard to read; it was full of hope and courage.
Synopsis: When she was eleven, Emma’s mother tried to kill her.
The plan was simple: Tim, her mother’s boyfriend, would drown the kids in the river, shoot her mom in the head, then kill himself. When the plan failed, Emma’s mother was taken away, and she was forced to move into her estranged father’s house, where she would raise her two younger siblings, and endure abuse and neglect. Through sheer grit and determination, Emma would have to find a way to bloom through the torrent of drunken narcissism and degenerate strangers that dogged her childhood. But when her mother comes home, would that be possible?
Cry, Little Girl is the coming-of-age story of an innocent child being subjected to unimaginable cruelty, and yet never losing her determination to seek out a better life.
5 (heartbreaking) STARS
Absolute perfection. This one was full of heartbreak, peace, forgiveness, and hope. Gosh, that last sentence!!!! If you’re a fan of CoHo’s infamous writing that grips you and doesn’t let you go until the very end, then you need to read this immediately.
Synopsis: After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter’s life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself.
The only person who hasn’t closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to Kenna’s daughter. But if anyone were to discover how Ledger is slowly becoming an important part of Kenna’s life, both would risk losing the trust of everyone important to them.
The two form a connection despite the pressure surrounding them, but as their romance grows, so does the risk. Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing.
5 STARS
This one was an easy, light read that will take you out of a rut or after a crap week.
Synopsis: What happens when a high-heeled diva goes camping with her sister’s dog?
Avery Montgomery, fashionista and preacher’s daughter, needs a ride from Milwaukee to Los Angeles.
“Make my death quick, and please don’t tie me up. I’m claustrophobic.”
Jake Matthews, diva-hater, agrees to let her tag along on his annual but primitive trek to the West Coast.
“Okay, Princess, I’ll take you to L.A., but your crown won’t make it there in one piece.”
She’s desperate and out of options.
He’s ruthless and out of patience.
Don’t miss this sexy, hilarious, and heart-warming journey of self-discovery and raw … naked love.
5 STARS
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