Rebel Season by Katie Bailey and Leah Brunner review

 I have to say Rebel Season by Leah Brunner and Katie Bailey may just be my favorite of the boys of loft 3B. Fisher and Lila’s story is my favorite and not just because marriage of convenience is my favorite trope but because I love watching Fisher’s growth. And learning that there’s more than meets the eye to Fisher. 

I loved Lila and the fact that she challenged Fisher’s view of life. Though I’m not an artist I found Lila easy to relate to. Especially her grief of the loss  of her mom. How hard and raw it can be some days. I’m ten years old from the loss of my own mom and there’s still some days that the grief fills fresh and new.

I still have to say that just like the first two books in the series I love the found family aspect. Those guys are just more than teammates their brothers. 

For my followers this one’s fade to black scenes have more moderate details than the previous two books. Though I have to say Katie and Leah handled the grief storyline and the dysfunctional and toxic family relationship tactfully and beautifully especially the grief storyline. Rebel Season was a great story for Fisher and Lila and a great ending to the series.

I received a copy of this book from the author as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

Could've Fooled Me by Jenny Proctor

 

One of my favorite romance troupes is marriage-of-convenience which isn't super common in contemporary romance but throw in hockey and a former Apies player as the hero I'm hooked. I also wondered what had, had happened to Carter and his twin.  Could've fooled Me answers that one.   Carter's such a sweetheart and Sarah just loves her family, though I have to say I can't believe her brother did what he did.  Though one of my micro troupes is when the heroine doesn't like hockey and ends up dating a hockey player or in Sarah's case married.  And I'm also here for the brother bond the hockey players have on and off the ice. And hockey fan me loved the reference to my real life favorite player.

I liked that this one was one of Jenny's more serious books but her trade mark humor was still there. I also found myself relating to Sarah with the mom aspect. When you and the heroine belong to the same club no wants to belong to it’s hard not to relate and love her. Carter might be a tough hockey player on the ice but he's really a cinnamon roll. My favorite hockey rom com hero tough on the ice and a cinnamon roll with her. 

I received a copy of this book from the author as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone

Sparks & Recreation by Ellie Hall review

 I’m a sucker for small romances especially with a grumpy hero. Enemies to lovers is also in my top three favorites troupes.  Winnie and Patton’s banter was chefs kiss.  Sparks & Recreation is the first firefighter rom com I’ve read and I just have to say it will not the last. I loved that not only did we get the fighting turn to friendship to romance with Winnie and Patton, we also got the friendship of Patton and his fellow firefighters as close as brothers. Though I have to admit I loved the Station Dalmatian. And I’m looking forward to future books in the series to find out more about the bakery. Cause firefighters who bake sounds swoony. 

I received a copy of this book from the author as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone

Rookie Season by Katie Bailey and Leah Brunner review

 Title: Rookie Season 

Author: Katie Bailey and Leah Brunner 

Ch: 43 plus epilogue 

Pg: 330

Series: 3b 

Genre: Rom com, Hockey Rom Com 

Rating: 5 stars 

Publisher: indie 

 

Grumpy sunshine has always been one of my favorite tropes and I love it even more when paired with hockey. Noah’s in his rookie season and is determined to not let anything distract him. Allegra or Ally is looking to start over. After watching Noah grow up a bit in the DC Eagles series 

 and meeting Ally in the Donovan family series I new that I needed to read about them as adults. I have to say I loved grumpy Noah. But even more so protective Noah. And  of course my heart broke for Ally. And just like both authors’ previous books I love that found family is so important in the one. The friendship between Fisher, Noah and Penn was like the friendship between the eagle’s teammates in the DC Eagles series.

And who can forget Harry Styles, the third who is indeed a typical cat. 

 

And while this one is the first of a new series, I would recommend reading both the DC Eagles series by Leah and  Katie’s books to get both Noah’s and Ally’s backstory as well as not be spoiled. But the book can easily be read on its own. One of my favorite scenes happened towards the end of the book and to me sums up Noah in a nutshell across two series. 

 

For those that have read Leah before this one has more language than previous books and is indeed more fade to black than earlier books. But it’s still a good read. I also recommend having tissues handy for some parts. 

I received a copy of this book from the author as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.