A Texas Soldier's Vow

 A Texas Soldier's Vow

The Men of Service Texas #3

Julie Benson

Reviewed by Helen

We are back in Service, Texas for the third book in this series this time Luke Sawyer is arriving in town not to meet up with his army buddies Owen and Tanner but to be there for divorced mum and vet Samantha Reardon and her daughter Mattie, he has been a pen pal to Mattie for a while now and has gotten close to Sam and Mattie even if he has not met them personally but when he gets a text message he feels that something is wrong and he arrives to help wherever he can but will he keep his heart safe, after all he is known for his one night stands and even more his stance on single mums.

Samantha is moving forward in her life after the divorce from her controlling husband, her and Mattie are loving living in Service running her vet practice with their menagerie of rescued animals out of town a bit but when her practice is broken into she is a bit worried and sends Mattie off over the Christmas period to stay with her father and she stays home to keep working but when a stranger lands on her doorstep and she realises it is Luke well how will this work out?

It is not long before things are heating up for both of them, something that neither wanted but you cannot control love, this is a lovely romance, witty with lots of smiles throughout the story, the setting is lovely as are the characters and I do recommend this one to any lover of a good romance.

My thanks to Tule Publishing for my digital copy to read and review.

4 stars

February 26, 2026 by Tule Publishing

Morgan's Road

 Morgan's Road

The Kavanaghs #3

Heather Garside

Reviewed by Helen

This is book three and the first one I have read and it was easy to read as a standalone but I do now want to read the first two in the series, this is a story told in two time lines and both were really good come along and meet Holly and Jesse and Jake and Mercy.

2015 Holly Colter is a nurse but she is not happy doing this she yearns for farming life and decides to go and live on her grandparent’s property a place she many holidays over the years and is looking forward to getting back in and helping with the cattle and the property but one thing she hadn’t expected was Jesse Kavanagh to be back on the property next door the guy she fell for all those years ago and the one she never forgot but pushed to the back of her mind.

Holly is busy helping on the property and she also discovers some things about the history of her family a murder and that Jesse’s family is also part of this history and she investigates with some old letters that have been given to her, But with a cyclone coming their way and her grandparents not there Jesses comes to stay and help but the pull is too great to ignore and again she finds herself in Jesse’s arms but she holds a secret that may change everything.

1897 Mercy Forbes is struggling on her property to care for her four children with an abusive husband and one who is not always there to help, times are hard but when she finds her husband murdered one morning in the shed things take a turn when the Sergeant Jake Morgan is there to investigate he has his suspect but the powers above him are pushing for Mercy to be pulled in but there is a growing pull between the pair will he be able to keep Mercy and her children safe and keep his job as Police Sergeant in the small town of Banana?

This is a well written story and both time lines had fabulous characters in them strong woman who stood up for themselves HEA’s abound and I will be looking forward to reading the rest in the series, I do highly recommend this one to any reader who loves a good romance.

My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.

4 stars

January 25, 2026

The Cowboy's Least Likely Bride

 The Cowboy's Least Likely Bride

Family Matters of Cowboy Point #1

Megan Crane

Reviewed by Helen

The start of a new series and we are back in Cowboy point, yes, we got to know Tennessee Lisle and Matilda Stark in the last series and these two people couldn’t be any more different from each other, but they say opposites attract right, could there be something between them?

Tennessee has led his life as head of the Lisle family after their father was lacking and then disappeared but they got on well and Tennessee is running the diner and the store life is good for him everything in order nothing out of place that is until two things happen firstly his mother drops a bombshell and then Matilda Stark arrives on his porch one snowy cold night with puppies, yes puppies.

Matilda runs her own life her way, as a vet tech her love of saving animals, all kinds is well known n the town she knows she is known as flighty but just lately she has been thinking about that crush she has had on the man known as the Cowboy Point Mayor Tennessee Lisle she knows he is so different from her but she can’t stop the way her heart feels and decides it is time to take the initiative.

This is a rollicking good romance it is witty, moving, fun and sensual as Tennessee and Matilda journey to a HEA that left me cheering them on and smiling, I loved it and am looking forward to more in this series and there are now a few new residents of Cowboy Point to get their HEA’s.

My thanks to Tule Publishing for my digital copy to read and review.

5 stars

February 19, 2026 by Tule Publishing

Outback Strangers

 Outback Strangers

The Happy Outback Hotel #1

Annie Seaton

Reviewed by Helen

A beautiful start to a new series, how will life turn out for three friends who meet and start on a journey towards the outback Jill who started her backpacking journey in the van she calls Vera and Amelia and Sophie who join her, backpackers from the UK come a long for an uplifting and moving story as they arrive in the small outback town of Garnet Creek.

They find a place to camp in the grounds of the once magnificent Royal Hotel long since left to crumble, sadly you can see how beautiful it was in its days opened over one hundred years ago and when another camper Alex and the girls are talking one night by the campfire they talk about how good it would be to restore the great hotel, for more than one reason the girls are feeling very at home in Garnet Creek they have found jobs and settling in to this town that feels like an English village in many ways.

When Alex steps up and decides that the restoration is something that he wants to do he calls in his builder son Jake to take a look and see if it is a viable option and suddenly everything is moving forward and some of the town are pulling together to support the restoration.

Amelia and Jake seem to have a connection as they start work and Jake is impressed with the way Amelia takes on the work and learning everything she can about building of course there are a few problems nothing runs smoothly all the time and the bumps cause more than money issues they cause complaints from residents who are doing their best to stop the building, but Jake and Amelia’s feelings are growing stronger but as boss and employee they must be strong and wait till everything is finished before they can act on their feelings.

This is a beautiful story about community and friendship that pull together for a future to rebuild this small town in the outback the characters that we meet are varied and wonderful and Jake and Amelia are so made for each other and I am really looking forward to the next book and see how things work out for Jill.

I did love this one it left me feeling really good and I highly recommend it.

5 stars

February 14, 2026 by ASA

Tempt Me, Cowboy

 Tempt Me, Cowboy

Coyote Creek Ranch #1

Clare Connelly

Reviewed by Helen

I loved this one from start to finish, getting to know Beth and Cole as well as the rest of the awesome characters on Coyote Creek ranch was fabulous, Clare Connelly has written an emotional and sensual story, she takes on issues that are sadly a part of life today and done it with such care, come along to Coyote Creek ranch and meet everyone.

Beth Tasker has been living a life with an abusive husband for the past three years and now she is free she needs to find herself again to become the woman she was, she finds a temporary bookkeeping position on a ranch in Arizona, this should help it is a long way from her life in New York. Could this ranch and meeting Cole Donovan be what she needs to find herself?

Cole Donovan is running the family ranch since the death of his father one year ago, but it is not easy with what he has been left, keeping it going is hard and Cole is the type of person that needs to fix everything to be there for everyone and when his new temporary bookkeeper arrives he sees the hurt she is carrying instantly and the pull towards her is strong but loving someone is not what Cole does every time he loves someone he loses them and he will not let his heart be broken again.

Beth and Cole are both loving and caring people who have been thrown curve balls in their life but can they together move forward and find the love and happiness that they both deserve? This really is a beautiful story that had me turning the pages I loved both of them and was cheering them on throughout the story, the other family members add so much to the story and I can’t wait for their stories. This one is a sensual, moving and an emotional journey to the best HEA, it left me smiling.

I do highly recommend this one, sigh worthy, thank you MS Connelly, I loved it.

My thanks to Emblaze and Netgalley for my digital copy to read and review.

5 stars

February 24, 2026 by Emblaze

The Bachelor's Winning Bid

 The Bachelor's Winning Bid

The Bloom Sisters of Montana #3

Nicole Flockton

Reviewed by Helen

We are back in one of my favourite towns, Marietta for the third Bloom sister, Sunflower’s story, Sunny has always been shy and loves her flowers better than people except of course her mother and sisters she is content growing her flowers and has just created a new rose and she couldn’t be more happy but now that both Chrissy and Tilly have found the love of their lives is there a chance for her.

When Sunny enters herself in a bachelorette auction on Valentines Day she is convinced when she gets there that it was not a good idea and when at first there are snide comments she wants to run but there is someone who bids for her a big bid but Sunny is too scared and takes off and all the way home to the flower farm,

Thorne Westbrook an architect who is just burnt out after a rough couple of years a disastrous marriage and the pressure of work, he has left New York and the big company to move to Montana to start afresh, but when he attends a bachelorette auction to help a friend he might just have changed his life when he jumps in and bids on Sunflower Bloom.

It is not long before Thorne arrives to claim his date and even though woman and love is something that he is sworn off, meeting Sunny starts to open up his heart again and as for Sunny the shy woman is soon opening up as well, a beautiful story of love and caring and joy, I loved Sunny and Thorne and I do highly recommend it to any romance reader and we are going to get another story yay.

My thanks to Tule Publishing for my digital copy to read and review.

4 stars

February 10, 2026 by Tule Publishing

Emerging Shadows

 Emerging Shadows

Townsend and Gray #3

Tanya Nellestein

Reviewed by Helen

I have been waiting a while for this one and it was worth the wait another fabulous story in this series, Ash and Chad have come a long way since Ash first packed up her life in Sydney and moved to the small Connecticut town of Sergis, they have worked well together solving cases in the small town and opening their hearts to each other life is good, or is it?

Ash is stunned when a man knocks on her door, he is her father the father she thought was dead all of these years, why would he be here now? It appears that Ash has twin brothers Marcus and Noah who are twenty two years old and Marcus is missing and her father Andrew wants her help to find him, Ash knows she will help but what she uncovers pulls her in deeper to a web of criminals will she and Marcus get out alive?

Chad is also hit a brick wall at work he is under review from the town council mainly the mayor he must defend the honest work he has done over the five years he has been police chief will he be able to come though this and still be police chief and what of Ash he can’t be there to help her, he can’t have anything happen again in his life that takes the one he loves.

What an action packed story one that had me turning the pages and I loved it, Ash and Chad are the perfect couple as their love grows danger grows for both of them how will everything work out? Ms. Nellestein has again pulled me into a fabulous story that I devoured and has me eagerly waiting for the next one, I do highly recommend this one and the series, at least I don’t have long to wait, thank you MS Nellestein, it is fabulous.

5 stars

February 4, 2026

Vows to the Boss

 Vows to the Boss

Kali Anthony

Reviewed by Helen

When Italian Tycoon Leo Zanetti needs to seal a deal that has been one of his big plans he needs a wife to do so but even with the help of his EA, Simone Taylor and match makers nothing is going the way he wanted and then what if Simone become his wife in a business deal, his paper wife, would she be up for that she is capable and there would be no attachments involved.

When Simone agrees to become her boss’s wife on paper that is all that she wants and what he is agreeing to pay her, her sister Holly needs help and this would be just the thing, after Simone left her wealthy family years ago she has become a plain-Jane someone who works hard and gets on with life, there will be no hearts involved but maybe love has other plans.

It is not long before the chemistry and pull between them is lighting up every room they are in and the bedroom seems to be a wonderful and passionate place for them both but can they control their hearts and put their pasts behind them to accept the love that is there growing stronger every day.
I did love this one another emotional and sensual story is a gorgeous setting living the high life, I loved Leo and Simone so much their caring hearts have a lot of give each other, a sigh worthy story and one that I highly recommend, don’t miss this one.

My thanks to the author for my copy to read and review.

5 Stars

January 27, 2026 by Harlequin Presents

Business-Deal Bride by Dani Collins

 Reviewed by Nas Dean

Business-Deal Bride by Dani Collins is a classic marriage-of-convenience romance packed with emotional tension and undeniable chemistry. 

Author Dani Collins delivers strong character dynamics, blending vulnerability with sharp dialogue and plenty of simmering attraction. The heroine’s strength and the hero’s gradual emotional unraveling make their journey compelling and satisfying. 

With glamorous settings, heartfelt moments, and just enough drama to keep the pages turning, this is a perfect pick for readers who love intense, passionate romance with a touch of classic Harlequin flair.

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The Last Resort

 The Last Resort

Amanda Hewitt

Reviewed by Helen

This is a brilliant debut, a romance that has so many emotions flowing through the words it made me laugh as I turned the pages and got to know Abbey and Nick, come along and get to know them.
Abbey Parker, forty two is single now, mother to a sixteen year old daughter and has come to The Maldives for a much needed break what will these two weeks bring her?

Nick Northby forty one is a widow and is on his annual holiday in The Maldives, he takes this every year with no intention of mixing with anyone, will things be different this year?

A late night swim after drinking a bottle of champagne sees Abbey going for a naked swim but when Nick staying in the room next door thinks she is in trouble he saves her but did she really need saving? The chemistry between them is immediate and then their shared personal valet seems to be pushing them together and soon these two weeks turn into a very sensual and passionate two weeks but both knew from the start that it would be a holiday fling because Nick cannot fall in love.

Abbey is back home and getting herself off to work as an EA to the CEO of a big hotel in Sydney she knew her boss had retired when she went on holidays and is wondering what to expect when she returns, what she returns to is the last thing she expected that somehow Nick would be her new boss and that the personal valet is his brother Oliver and the first meeting did not go well.

Soon Abbey is realising that there are many Nicks, Holiday Nick, Boss Nick and so many more her life is being turned upside down with pressure from her ninety four year old grandmother Iris and bossy sister Kate Abbey finds herself on a roller coaster of a journey as she finally gets Nick to open up and slowly bit by bit she learns more about him and his family but the big question is can she make Nick realise that he can fall in love? Nick has a lot to overcome from his past and maybe Abbey is the one to help.

I loved, loved this one from start to finish, I laughed and cheered them on, the emotions and the other players in this story, Iris, Oliver, Kate Evelyn make this story a must read, getting to know all of the Nicks and Abbeys, how many can there be, that make themselves known in this story was fabulous, the setting, the sensuality bought everything together. This one is a beautiful story and one that I do highly recommend huge congrats Amanda Hewitt on a fabulous debut, I look forward to many more.

My thanks to Echo Publishing for my ARC to read and review.

5 stars

February 3, 2026 by Echo Publishing