Addicted to Rhapsody by Selena Laurence ~ Review

Addicted to Rhapsody by Selena Laurence ~ Review

Addicted to Rhapsody by Selena Laurence

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Three reasons you should read this Rockstar Romance:

  • Addicted to Rhapsody by Selena Laurence takes a far more serious look at sex addition than many other books I’ve read and it was great to see the issue get the respect it needs.
  • The weight of guilt on both Savvy and Garrett was tangible. And their struggle to overcome it was amazing.
  • Savvy and Garret’s relationship wasn’t one of fairy tales and fantasies. It was very real, and that made it even better.

About Addicted to Rhapsody by Selena Laurence

Title: Addicted to Rhapsody
Author: Selena Laurence
Series: Rhapsody #4
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Addicted to Rhapsody by Selena Laurence

Guilt is the hardest habit to kick.
Garrett Jakes is the sexy and sex-addicted lead singer of Rhapsody. Now in recovery, he’s trying to clean up his act and atone for his mistakes. The only problem is he can’t stop the guilt he feels whenever he looks at his friend Savvy. They have history, and he’s not sure if he’s helping or hurting when he tries to become a bigger part of her life.

Savvy O’Roark is a widow and a mom at twenty-eight. She watched as her husband was murdered while trying to protect her. Now she’s struggling to keep her husband’s business and his memory alive, and Garrett wants to help. The only problem is she can’t stop the guilt she feels whenever she looks at him. Their history is one that haunts her, and she’s not sure that’s something she can ever get past.

As Savvy and Garrett struggle to overcome their demons, they must also face the one thing neither of them can ever take back. Will they learn how to honor and forgive, but also love and let go? Can something that started all wrong end up right? Or will guilt be a habit they simply can’t kick?

My Review of Addicted to Rhapsody:

Addicted to Rhapsody by Selena Laurence was a very different sort of rockstar romance. We definitely have a rockstar with Garrett, but the meat of this story is outside of the rock world, and instead takes us to Portland, where Garrett is recovering from addition.

His addiction isn’t drugs or alcohol. He’s addicted to sex, and he’s trying everything he can to beat it. He’s making amazing progress, but along the way he seems to fall more and more in love with Savvy. Savvy has a connection to the band, but she is living her own struggle, and as much as Garrett wants to help, he’s not sure he’s ever going to be good enough for her.

Savvy shares Garrett’s feelings, but for different reasons. She’s doing everything she can to keep her husband’s memory alive in his business, but it seems overwhelming and too much. And should she really be falling for someone when she’s still mourning her husband?

These two made me cry. They both had so much going on in their lives and often struggled to just make it through. But they needed to realize that working as a team made them both so much stronger. The guilt was a whole other issue, and it might just take the whole community and band to help them move on.

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Love is a Battlefield by Whitney Dineen ~ Excerpt

Love is a Battlefield by Whitney Dineen ~ Excerpt

Love is a Battlefield by Whitney Dinee

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About Love is a Battlefield by Whitney Dineen

Title: Love is a Battlefield
Author: Whitney Dineen
Series: Seven Brides for Seven Mothers #1
Genre: Romantic Comedy

Love is a Battlefield by Whitney Dineen

Who doesn’t want their mom to play Cupid?

Addison Cooper had planned on an all-expense paid vacation to the Cayman Islands to celebrate her most recent business success. Instead, she’s trekking to the outback of Oregon to help a friend of her mother’s.

Reclusive novelist Brogan Cavanaugh’s new thriller just hit the New York Times Best Seller list. To reward himself, he was planning to spend the summer at his family’s fishing cabin until his mom unexpectedly calls in a favor.

Even though moms Libby and Ruby have been best friends since they were college roommates, Addison and Brogan have barely spent time in each other’s company. And when they did, things didn’t go well.

How will they react when they start to suspect their interfering mothers are setting them up?

Find out in this deliciously funny rom-com about mothers who really do know best and the children who don’t know they need them. 

Excerpt from Love is a Battlefield by Whitney Dineen

© 2020
Whitney Dineen

Something is definitely up.

Brogan interrupts his mom, “Where are you thinking about setting up a glamping site?”

“We have those old cabins up near the fishing cabin. I thought that would be the ideal place,” she tells him.

He visibly jolts. “No one has stayed in those in years. At this point they’re probably more shack than cabin.”

“That’s why I want to do something with them now. I thought Addie could check them out and get a feel for what we’d need to do to make them worthy of the glamping title.”

She’s got to be kidding! Before I can express my shock, Brogan lets out a great big boisterous that’s-the-most-ridiculous- thing-I’ve-ever-heard-of laugh. He sounds borderline hysterical.

“What are you laughing at?” I demand.

‘I just can’t see you being interested in a project like this, that’s all.”

“I’ve decorated resorts that specialize in all kinds of different things.”

“Don’t be rude, Brogan,”  Ruby admonishes her son. “Addison is an accomplished young woman known the world over for her innovative designs.”

“I’m sure,” he says. “But she’s known for fancy five-star designs, not something like this.”

“Are you saying I can’t do it?” More than anything this gets my dander up. I am first and foremost a professional. “How about a little wager?” I ask him.

“I’m game if you are. I bet you can’t spend a week up there without running home to New York.”

I never said anything about staying up there. But instead of pointing that out, I knowingly and ill-advisedly declare, “I could do that in my sleep. In fact,” —and here’s where I totally lose my mind— “I raise your week to a month. What do you think about that?” 

 

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About Whitney Dineen

Whitney loves to laugh, play with her kids, bake, and eat french fries — not always in that order.

Whitney is a multi-award-winning author of romcoms, non-fiction humor, and middle reader fiction. Basically, she writes whatever the voices in her head tell her to. 

She lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her husband, Jimmy, where they raise children, chickens, and organic vegetables.

Gold Medal winner at the International Readers’ Favorite Awards, 2017.

Silver medal winner at the International Readers’ Favorite Awards, 2015, 2016.

Finalist RONE Awards, 2016.

Finalist at the IRFA 2016, 2017.

Finalist at the Book Excellence Awards, 2017

Finalist Top Shelf Indie Book Awards, 2017

Whitney Dineen

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Her Bad Idea by Sagan by Sagan Morrow ~ Review

Her Bad Idea by Sagan by Sagan Morrow ~ Review

Her Bad Idea by Sagan Morrow

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Three reasons you should read this Contemporary Romance:

  • Her Bad Idea by Sagan Morrow was an eye-opening story for me with an incredibly strong and outspoken female lead – and she was great.
  • I really really wish I could have actually seen Scarlett and Pete dance in real life – their chemistry is off the charts, and I know they would be amazing.
  • I learned a lot through Scarlett’s friends about the polyamorous lifestyle that was super interesting.

About Her Bad Idea by Sagan Morrow

Title: Her Bad Idea
Author: Sagan Morrow
Series: Polyamorous Passions #7
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Her Bad Idea by Sagan Morrow

Focus on the dance competition. The business opportunity. The prize money, for goodness sake. Anything except…

That smarmy attitude.

Those mocking eyes.

That chiseled jawline.

Staying focused on the task at hand might be harder than Scarlett Mitchell thought, when she’s stuck with sexy, arrogant Pete Fraser as her dance partner for the next six weeks. But she has no choice—he’s her only hope to win the big dance competition. Scarlett needs to win that prize money if she wants to save her burlesque business from bankruptcy.

…And it’s all the more complicated when she unexpectedly finds herself in a fake relationship with Pete, as an attempt to make her unrequited crush, Westley Prince, jealous…

Her Bad Idea is a forced proximity, slow burn enemies to lovers romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is Book 7 in the Polyamorous Passions series. There’s a thin line between love and hate in this dance competition romance!

My Review of Her Bad Idea:

Her Bad Idea by Sagan Morrow is the super flirty and very powerful story of Scarlett. She is determined to make her business succeed on her own. But things are going well, and she is so set on doing it herself, she doesn’t tell anyone or ask anyone for help.

When she’s set up with Pete for the dance competition, she’s pretty disappointed. She really really doesn’t like him and they rub each other the wrong way every time they meet. Unless they let loose and just dance.

When they dance, there are sparks, and the sparks are hard to ignore. Their fake relationship to build up hype for the dance competition, pushes them together outside the dance studio. And, eventually, they start to get to know each other. Then everything changes.

I think one of my favorite scenes in Her Bad Idea is Scarlett and her friends sitting down and having a really honest conversation. A conversation about business, love, life, and what Scarlett really wants from all of it. It was a powerful look into their friendship and a turning point for Scarlett.

Don’t let this downplay the serious hotness that is Scarlett and Pete. You could feel the underlying tension every time they were on the page together – and sometimes when they weren’t together. Definitely a super hot slow burn that is well worth the wait.

***I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book***

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