Bourbon & Proof by Victoria WilderMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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
BLURB
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?
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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, March 9, 2026
Review: Not A Side Chick - Lani Lynn Vale
Not A Side Chick by Lani Lynn ValeMy rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars
Not a
side chick by Lani Lynn Vale is book 3 in the Don’t Date Him Series. This book
focuses on the characters Eddy and Weaver and boy is it a good one. Eddy is
choosing her own path after distancing herself from her very churchy parents,
but when she sees something, she shouldn’t, she knows that she can’t keep it to
herself, enter Weaver a man with a plan to help her, but who is also fighting
his own demons.
I loved
the interaction between the two characters and when the unthinkable happens to
Eddy, Weaver just steps up and does what he must do. I’m intrigued by Weaver
and his sister’s story, and it will be interesting to see what comes of that,
especially when she isn’t seen in a great light at the moment. But Weaver and
Eddy are made for each other. Eddy is such a strong, brave and sassy character
and she has a great relationship with her sister and people that she meets,
especially Bossy, Weaver’s daughter who she just embraces straight away.
Weave is
just such a great character, strong, dependable and sweet. He has the feels for
Eddy as soon as he meets her and sees her internal beauty and strength and
stays by her side through thick and thin, no matter what he himself is going
through. He has a good group of friends who also have his back too which makes
this such a great story.
Overall,
I really enjoyed the addition to this series and can’t wait to see whose up
next!
ARC received for a
fair, honest and sometimes long review. All opinions are my own. 😊
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Review: Bourbon & Lies - Victoria Wilder
Bourbon & Lies by Victoria WilderMy rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars
Bourbon
and Lies is book one in the Bourbon Boys series by Victoria Wilder. The story
focuses on Grant Foxx and Laney Young. Grant is a former policeman working for
his family’s bourbon distillery after tragedy struck him both personally and
professionally. Known as the moody Foxx brother, he has kept to himself and
given women a wide birth, which is until Laney comes barreling into his small
town of Fiasco and turns everything he thought he felt on his head.
Laney is
running from something that has happened to her and has to leave her life
behind (not that she felt it was much of a life) and she is thrown into the
Foxx family’s orbit. Although she isn’t welcomed with open arms, the Foxx
brothers and their grandfather Griz do their best to make her feel welcome and
give her a job. From there Laney finds her feet and finds herself instantly attracted
to the grizzly Grant and she certainly goes out of her way to antagonise him.
This was
an amazing read with some great characters. I loved Laney’s new best friend,
Hadley and can’t wait to read her story. The story develops slowly with a
really intense slow burn between Laney and Grant, and you definitely get to
feel the tension and the development between the two. I also like tat we find
out a lot about both of the characters past and how that develops into them
having a future together. We do find out that underneath it all, Grant is a
teddy bear, but he will go to the ends of the earth to protect what is his.
I also love that Laney isn’t a walkover, she has had to go through so much and she is determined to be the best person she can be, but she won’t take what people say about her lying down (hence the mean girls being put in their place). Overall, this story was just super good. It has a great range of characters who we are given breadcrumbs about, so it leaves the reader wanting more as well as some really good suspense and steamy hot times between the characters. Love, love, loved it!
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Thursday, February 5, 2026
Review: Day in the Knight - Tarina Deaton
Day in the Knight by Tarina DeatonMy rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars
Day in
the Knight by Tarina Denton is the 4th book in the Leonidas Corporation
series and focuses on the characters Tinker and Abby. Christian ‘Tinker’ is a
complicated character. Having dealt with trauma in his life, he doesn’t do commitment,
but when he meets Abby, he thinks that she could be the one, that is until he
learns that she is a single mother and ghosts her, something that Abby isn’t going
to fall for, especially when she has to put her son first. That is until her
life gets a little bit complicated and the one person she can think of to help
is Tinker.
I like
that Abby doesn’t just fall back into routine with Tinker and that he actually
has to redeem himself for the way he treats her (even though it wasn’t on
purpose and there is a little bit of background to why he does what he does.)
The fact is that Tinker is a great character, he is caring and understanding
and protective of Abby and her child, even when fighting his own demons. There
is definitely a lot of chemistry between Tinker and Abby which makes them great
together and the addition of other character’s also brings the story together.
Overall, a really good read!
ARC received for a
fair, honest and sometimes long review. All opinions are my own. 😊
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Release Blitz: House of BS & Lies - Lani Lynn Vale
RELEASE BLITZ
Title:
House of BS & Lies
Series:
Don’t Date Him #1
Author:
Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Tropes:
Bad Boy Ex Con/Small Town
Alpha
Male
Release Date: January 13, 2026
What wasn’t to love about a big, burly, plaid-wearing lumberjack?
He was tall, gorgeous, and knew how to wield a chainsaw better than
Leatherface. He could fell a tree in seconds, had thighs that were as thick as
said trees, filled out a pair of Wranglers better than any cowboy ever, and
didn’t care that she could operate heavy machinery better than him.
He was everything a girl like Mable could ask for.
The caveat? He was a convicted felon that’d just escaped from prison, faked his
death, and ran from his home in Texas to the mountains of Montana.
At first, Mable didn’t know what kind of man he’d been before coming to her
small, mountain town. He led Mable into a false sense of security, made her
fall madly, deeply, and irrevocably in love with him, and then shocked her by
sharing his darkest secret.
Now, she’s left reeling, thinking life couldn’t get more complicated.
Until she finds out her stepmother knows Romeo’s secret and plans to exploit
him. To make matters worse, Romeo goes on the run to protect Mable from
himself, and she realizes that she has a dark side, too. One that’ll stop at
nothing, not even murder, to make sure that he can live free.
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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.
AUTHOR LINKS
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Lani-Lynn-Vale/author/B00IOX7R3S
BookBub:
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/lani-lynn-vale
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Review: House of BS & Lies - Lani Lynn Vale
House of BS & Lies by Lani Lynn ValeMy rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ star
The House
of BS & Lies by Lani Lynn Vale is book one in the new series: Don’t Date
Him. It tells the story of ex-con Romeo and Mable. Mable is a woman who is
struggling through her life, mainly due to how her family treats her (what they
do to her is pretty horrific), enter Romeo an ex-con who is trying to stay
under the radar. There is definitely instant attraction between the two
characters with a slow burn thrown in for good measure. Romeo and Mable are
great together; they have good banter and just seem to genuinely like each
other and Romeo has Mable’s back which is great.
A really
good start to a new series and I can’t wait to see what comes next!
ARC received for a
fair, honest and sometimes long review. All opinions are my own. 😊
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