February was a great month for reading and a great month for book buying. I found a few hidden gems at my local dollar tree and I also just received a physical arc in the mail from one of my favorite authors! So let’s dive into the books.
Physical books I picked up at my local dollar tree:
Typically my local dollar tree is a bust for finding romance novels. So imagine my surprise when I found a few books that sparked my interest and a few I read, but don’t own. Here are the books I picked up.
The Fire Between High & Lo
(The Elements Series, Book Two)
By: Brittainy Cherry
kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4bjOPft
Physical Book: https://amzn.to/4aHOa8t
Synopsis:
Logan is haunted by a darkness that should scare her, not thrill her. It should push her away, not bring her closer. And above all, it should warn her to close her heart against the crash that will inevitably shatter them both…
There once was a boy, and I loved him.
Logan Francis Silverstone and I were complete opposites. I danced, and he stood still. He was quiet, while I ran my mouth. He struggled to find a smile, and I refused to frown.
The night I saw the darkness that truly lived inside of him, I couldn’t look away.
We were broken together, yet somehow whole. We were wrong together, but always right. We were the stars that burned across the night sky, searching for a wish, praying for better tomorrows.
Until the day I lost him. He threw us away with one hasty decision―a decision that changed us forever.
There once was a boy, and I loved him. And for a few breaths, a few whispers, a few moments, I think he loved me, too.
Consistently topping BOOKTOK’s “Books That Make You Ugly Cry” lists, The Fire Between High & Lo brings the angst, the spice, and the beautifully painful longing…
Double Apex
(Frontrunners Series, Book One)
By: Josie Juniper
kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4bjPmht
Physical Book: https://amzn.to/4aGpNrJ
Synopsis:
A brilliant engineer and a cocky racecar driver pair enter a forbidden arrangement in this spicy enemies-to-lovers romance.
Phaedra Morgan is one of the best race engineers in Formula 1. She’s a math prodigy with dazzling skill, cutting wit, and no patience for matters of the heart. Of course, her job would be a lot easier if she didn’t keep butting heads with their team’s cocky and infuriatingly hot new driver.
Cosmin Ardelean is intense and committed, but as famous for his off-track romantic exploits as his on-track wizardry. Yet his devil-may-care façade conceals a haunted past. When the pair strikes up a secret—and thrillingly forbidden—“arrangement” to improve their communication and bond of trust, the heat of their attraction turns to something more …
But no secret stays hidden for long in the racing world, and soon things are spinning out of control. With everything on the line, will they be able to strip away all their defenses and go full throttle for a chance at love?
Lost In The Spanish Quarter
By: Heddi Goodrich
Amazon eBook: https://amzn.to/4r2k58i
Amazon Physical Book: https://amzn.to/46v66k4
Synopsis:
Years after leaving Naples with a broken heart, Heddi receives an email from her first love. Although she now lives in New Zealand, just the thought of the Spanish Quarter’s narrow, winding streets sparks the pain of longing. Heddi had found her place in that city built on Roman ruins and set against a sleeping volcano. A place she wants to call home despite being l’americana or the American. For Heddi’s group of university friends, Naples is either a refuge from their familial responsibilities or an entryway to a wider world. But for all of them, Naples was their real university of life: the setting of their unrestrained youth.
When Heddi first met Pietro at a party hosted by her bohemian roommates, she was inexplicably drawn to the serious geology student. Despite coming from wildly different backgrounds—Heddi, a nomadic American; Pietro, an Italian farm boy—the two fell into a liberating romance. She was searching for the roots she never had, while he tried to escape his. Yet even after the two were doomed to part ways, their story isn’t finished just yet.
Inspired by her own 10-year search for belonging in Naples, author Heddi Goodrich gives readers a passionate tale of a life caught between two worlds and a heartfelt ode to first love—of a place, of a person— where languages and cultures collide while dreams soar and crash in unexpected ways.
Broken Prince
(The Royals Series, Book Two)
By: Erin Watt
Amazon eBook: https://amzn.to/4ufAjxU
Amazon Physical Book: https://amzn.to/4cNn2Go
Synopsis:
From wharf fights and school brawls to crumbling lives inside glittery mansions, one guy tries to save himself.
These Royals will ruin you…
Reed Royal has it all—looks, status, money. The girls at his elite prep school line up to date him, the guys want to be him, but Reed never gave a damn about anyone but his family until Ella Harper walked into his life.
What started off as burning resentment and the need to make his father’s new ward suffer turned into something else entirely—keep Ella close. Keep Ella safe. But when one foolish mistake drives her out of Reed’s arms and brings chaos to the Royal household, Reed’s entire world begins to fall apart around him.
Ella doesn’t want him anymore. She says they’ll only destroy each other.
She might be right.
Secrets. Betrayal. Enemies. It’s like nothing Reed has ever dealt with before, and if he’s going to win back his princess, he’ll need to prove himself Royally worthy.
Physical Advanced Copy I received for review:
I was so surprised when I stepped out to my mailbox and found a package from Kaylee Ryan today! Funny story, I was going to start my eBook Arc for Change The Play today. But thanks to Kaylee Ryan, I’ll be starting this paperback tonight! I’m so excited!!!
Change The Play
(Nashville Rampage Series, Book Five)
By: Kaylee Ryan
Release Date: March 3rd
kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4l0AKYE
Synopsis:
NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Change the Play is a found family, forced proximity, workplace, sports romance.
Foster
I learned early how to survive on my own. Keep my head down and my past locked away.
My childhood taught me that nothing lasts and no one chooses you forever. So I built a life free from love—and pain.
Football gave me discipline. Success gave me distance. Silence kept me safe.
Then Eden walked into my house.
My new housekeeper. Someone meant to clean my messes and remain on the edges of my life.
Except she didn’t stay on the edges. She saw me—really saw me—and didn’t look away. Her laugh somehow turned my empty house into something that felt like a home.
With her, the walls I spent years building began to crack.
Loving her means risking everything. It means believing I’m worth choosing. She makes me want to stop hiding… and change the play.
Eden
I know what it’s like to grow up unwanted. To pack your life into boxes and pretend it doesn’t hurt when no one ever unpacks them for you.
Loneliness taught me independence and resilience, to build a family from the people who stay. I never expected more.
Then I met Foster.
He’s quiet and guarded, carrying the weight of a past he refuses to name.
Working for him was supposed to be simple—do my job, keep my head down, don’t cross lines.
But the more time we spend together, the more I see the man beneath the armor. The one he hides from the world.
We weren’t looking for love. Yet somewhere in the stolen moments, we chose each other.
And for the first time, I’m not just building a family—I’m finally home.
My kindleunlimited Shelf:
Corinne Michaels – All Too Well | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4pWi2lG
Corinne Michaels – Here And Now | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4qL54Zi
Corinne Michaels – Against All Odds | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4k29toj
Corinne Michaels – Come What May | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4qDKeLc
Kristen Ashley – Smoke And Steel | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/46c2wLk
Chantal Fernando – War | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4sUEtdX
Chantal Fernando – Haze | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4rboUwD
Chantal Fernando – Lore | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/3O40K8T
Chantal Fernando – Skull | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4q1TPL1
Kristen Callihan – Only On Gameday | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/3O52Ghm
Harper Sloan – Drunk On You | kindleunlimited: https://a.co/d/0743qt3K
Harper Sloan – Axel | kindleunlimited: https://a.co/d/0bgJr3ri
Adriana Locke – Play Me | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4sXuvbF
Adriana Locke – Try Me | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4tgZ24v
Kristen Callihan – Only On Gameday | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/3O52Ghm
Lorelei James – Branded As Trouble | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4bfodx2
Lorelei James – Shoulda Been A Cowboy | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/403Bcf3
Lorelei James – All Jacked Up | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4rImy9e
Lorelei James – Raising Kane | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4tZw09N
Lorelei James – Cowgirls Don’t Cry | kindleunlimited: https://amzn.to/4rFdnWS
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