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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Release Blitz: Be The Full Problem - Lani Lynn Vale

RELEASE BLITZ

Title: Be The Full Problem

Series: Don’t Date Him #4

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Tropes: Secret Baby, Second Chance Romance

Grumpy/Sunshine, Small Town

Release Date: April 14, 2026

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I blame getting pregnant on my sister getting mauled by a bear.

If she hadn’t been attacked that day, I wouldn’t have come home to check on her. I wouldn’t have run into Boone Windsor at that bar. I wouldn’t have gone home with him, ready to drown my sorrows in a different, more satisfying way.

I wouldn’t have given him that second chance.

Not after he’d so badly burned the first chance.

I would’ve gone back to work half the country away, and I would’ve kept my head in the sand where Boone was involved.
But my sister did get attacked. I did give Boone a second chance.

And I almost died because of it.

After my memories are lost in an accident that almost takes both of our lives, Boone makes me fall in love with him all over again.

And since I didn’t know all the hell that awaited me, I didn’t guard my heart.

I fell, and fell, and fell until there was nowhere else to go but down.

Then, when those memories come back and I’m faced with the consequences of my actions, I didn’t falter.

I knew he was hell, yet I chose to burn with him anyway.

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AUTHOR BIO

Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.

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Monday, April 13, 2026

Review: Be The Full Problem - Be The Full Problem

Be The Full Problem by Lani Lynn Vale
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Be The Full Problem by Lani Lynn Vale is book 4 in the “Don’t Date Him’ series and focuses on Boone and Nettie and boy is it a story filled with angst and drama. If you have read previous books, you are going to have a little bit of a backstory on the two and the love/hate, push pull that they both have for each other. But when you delve into this book, you are going to get more of the backstory on how they ended up where they did and how the drama continues from there, especially when Nettie finds out that her life is going to change forever…again.

This story had all the feels and although Boone and Nettie are perfect for each other, their love seems to be challenged at every stop, especially by Boone’s psycho mother and his sister (lots of drama there!) and the drama that they bring is full on and vindictive at points. At times this book is going to make you tear up with just how sad it is and also tear up just because it is such a lovely book to read!

ARC received for a fair, honest and sometimes long review. All opinions are my own. 😊

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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Review: Cactus's Prick - J. Wine

Cactus's Prick by J. Wine
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars

Cactus’s Prick is book one of the Saint’s Outlaw MC: Tombstone AZ #1 by J. Wine and it focuses on the character Cactus and Roxy. Roxy is a no-nonsense woman who is tired of putting up with bad boys treating her like rubbish, she is no nonsense and full of attitude. But starting over has never been so difficult when she ends up in Tombstone and under the watchful eye of the Saints Outlaw and Cactus, a very prickly, arrogant man who sets his sights on Roxy, albeit reluctantly.

From there we have a push and pull kind of relationship with a lot of misunderstandings and attitude on both characters parts. Throw into it a little bit of steam and close proximity and you’ve got a good MC read.

Both characters have their own emotional issues which we see throughout the whole book, and it only seems to be when Roxy is put in danger that Cactus starts thinking properly about who she is and protecting her (especially from her douche ex).

Overall, a good start to a new series, if you like your MMC rough around the edges and your FMC sassy and strong, then this is going to be the book for you!

ARC received for a fair, honest and sometimes long review. All opinions are my own. 😊

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Review: Pretty Vicious - Lexi Davis

Pretty Vicious by Lexi Davis
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars

Pretty Vicious is a dark, twisted tumultuous rollercoaster ride of a book. For those with a weak disposition, this one isn’t for you as we follow Laurel down the rabbit hole to survive a cult like secret society and at the forefront of that Carrson, cold, abrasive and commanding and someone who has their eyes set on Laurel, a girl just trying to survive in a world that has thrown a lot of mud her way.

Laurel becomes collateral of The Order when she sees something she shouldn’t and is ‘bonded’ to Carrson, where she is thrown into his world of violence and brutality. Only to see the man beneath as secrets come to light and feelings start to grow.

Carrson was a tricky character to get to know to begin with as he was so cold, but as we get more of the backstory to how he has become that way, the more our eyes as a reader is opened to the flaws and vulnerability, he hides from everyone except from Laurel.

There are definitely some dark elements to this story, and it has a Rina Kent/Tracy Lorraine feel to it which I kind of dig. Who doesn’t like secret societies and all the mayhem they cause? It did take a little bit to get into this book, mainly because there’s a little but of a backstory regarding the Order and what happened in the past balanced out by what is happening in the present. I did enjoy the slow burn between the two characters which was spicy and often complicated. There is a cliffhanger at the end, and it is going to be interesting to see what happens next. Overall, a good start to a new series.

ARC received for a fair, honest and sometimes long review. All opinions are my own. 😊

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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Review: Bourbon & Proof - Victoria Wilder

Bourbon & Proof by Victoria Wilder
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars

Bourbon and Proof is book 3 in The Bourbon Boys series by Victoria Wilder and I think it could be my favourite book in the series! The story is all about Ace and Hadley and this push and pull that they have had forever! I love that we finally get the backstory to why Ace is reluctant to do anything with Hadley and I love how Hadley just owns who she is with a touch of vulnerability thrown in. What she goes through with her father is just deplorable and the way that Ace just steps in to help is a total ‘chef’s kiss’ moment.

This story is just so good! We have Griz being mysterious, the other Foxx brothers being delicious and the wives being sassy, throw in Ace and Hadley and this book is smoking! I love that we see their love build through both of their eyes. I love that we see tidbits of Hadley’s journal and her glimmers as well as her vulnerability when she’s not 100% sure if Ace will ever return her feelings. I love that Ace was a protector, a grump and a protector of his family even when things got hard. I love that these two characters got their story!

If you are looking for an amazing series, with some awesome writing, characters, place descriptions and some hot times, then this is the series for you! Ultimate love here!

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New Release: Not A Side Chick - Lani Lynn Vale

RELEASE BLITZ

Title: Not A Side Chick

Series: Don’t Date Him #3

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Tropes: Grumpy (Her) / Sunshine (Him)

Forced Proximity, Who Hurt You, Small Town

Release Date: March 10, 2026

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Edith “Eddy” Wheeler was having a bad day.

A no good, very bad day.

It’s understandable, really. I mean, there didn’t seem to be anything worse than walking in on your elderly parents doing things no child should ever see. Add into that their proclivities, and Eddy is disgusted and disturbed.

So of course, after seeing the atrocious things her parents—the pastor and pastor’s wife that are supposed to be holy and a teacher of faith—are into, she makes it her life goal to expose them to their masses. The cult-like following her father has will see him for the man he is—an abuser who gets a sick thrill at seeing his girls suffer.

She will no longer allow the people of Sawtooth, Montana, to think that they’re safe when they’re anything but.

That’s where Weaver Grant comes in.

A sexy lineman who climbs poles for a living, has forearms that can break a woman in mind, body, and soul, and a smile that does things deep inside of her that she refuses to acknowledge just yet.

She has a plan.

A really good one, too.

But that plan dies a thousand deaths when she’s attacked by a bear on a hike that she was using to cleanse her soul. She thought she was supposed to be afraid of men, but that rabid bear showed her a new side of herself.

She spends weeks in the hospital, and a certain hot lineman takes it upon himself to see her healthy again. He never leaves her side. He solves all her problems. And he shows her how a real man treats a woman.

But once she’s healed and her world is once again righted, will he have a reason to stay since she no longer needs saving?

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/238867925-not-a-side-chick

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ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE DON’T DATE HIM SERIES

#1 House of BS & Lies

#2 People We Avoid

COMING SOON

#4 Be The Full Problem – Releasing April 1

AUTHOR BIO

Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.

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