Thursday, March 31, 2022

MESSING WITH THE BODYGUARD


Messing With The Bodyguard
: Maid In Miami Book 4

When an ex-Marine takes the job to protect his best friend’s little sister…what will happen when he discovers that he’s the one who’s most vulnerable?


Aubrey:  Yes, I’m on the cautious side, always protective of my friends and myself. So when I start seeing my ex’s car creeping around my neighborhood and office at weird hours, I get a little freaked out. A word to my older brother is all it takes for him to come up with the perfect solution. His lifelong best friend just got out of the Marines and, as a military guard dog trainer, he is skilled at personal protection. The only problem? Elijah Matthews is my absolute all time biggest crush. Now, he and his dog, Thunder, are living in my apartment. And both of them are draped all over my white sofa, begging for kisses, and stealing my attention. After ten years in the military, I’m pretty sure Eli can guard my body. The only question is, who’s going to protect my heart?


Eli: I have no idea what I’m going to do with my life after leaving the military, so when my buddy tells me his little sister might have a stalker, I jump at the chance to be her bodyguard in exchange for a place to crash. But nothing about Aubrey Shepard is like I remember. She’s not the shy, nerdy, skinny kid who always had her face in a book. Now, she’s gorgeous, brilliant, runs her own business, and slays a spreadsheet like the boss she is. After a lifetime of being left behind, I have built some serious walls and swore the only creature I’d ever love is a wimpy pitbull who cries in a storm. But Aubrey is taking those walls down brick by brick and if I’m not careful, she’s going to end up climbing right into my heart and never going away. Could she possibly be the one person who doesn’t leave me?

Messing With The Bodyguard is a laugh-out-loud rom com with a swoony closed-door romance and a heaping dose of sizzling chemistry. There is no cheating and no cliffhangers and this can be read as a standalone.


Maid In Miami Series:


When five best friends graduate from business school, it’s time for these girls to take on the world. As dazzling, eccentric, and spirited as the city where they all grew up, these dynamos head home to Miami with big plans to launch a high-end housekeeping company. Offering a mix of beauty, brains, and business savvy, it doesn’t take long for Maid in Miami to attract the most elite clients in the glamorous city. That means they are now the maids for billionaires, rock stars, athletes, and South Florida’s most charming bachelors. It turns out, a girl can clean, tidy, and make a place sparkle…until a heartthrob sweeps her off her feet. Then, things can get really messy.


Don’t miss Maid In Miami…unforgettable romantic comedies that will have you laughing, swooning, cheering, and mopping up some happy tears.


The Series:

Book 1: Messing With The Billionaire

Book 2: Messing With The Bad Boy

Book 3: Messing With The Bartender

Book 4: Messing With The Bodyguard

Book 5: Messing With The Ballplayer


Release Date: March 25, 2022

Main in Miami Series #4

Romantic Comedy/Sweet Contemporary Romance

Palm Island Publishing

Review copy provided by publisher


Liza’s Review:


I really enjoyed Messing With the Bodyguard. Aubrey has always been to stay more in the background of the friend group, so I was excited for her to get her happily ever after. Her hero being her older brother’s best friend only made this book even more like catnip to me.


Eli and Aubrey were pretty much polar opposites, but that worked for me. Eli has been training dogs while in the Marines, and he even adopted Thunder, the pitbull who couldn’t pass the tests to be a military dog. Thunder was every bit as important a character as any of the friends or Aubrey and Eli. Especially since Aubrey is a complete and total neat freak who would never have a dog when Eli offers to be her bodyguard. Having someone who didn’t have any stray dust in her house suddenly have a shedding dog and her middle school crush living with her had me laughing out loud at times.


I loved that Eli, who had abandonment issues thanks to his horrible parents, finally feels like he can not only trust someone as more than a friend, but fall in love as well. With each day they spend more time together as Eli protects Aubrey from her crazy ex, I fell harder and harder for them as a couple.


Breezie Bennett has an amazing voice and continues to give her readers funny and romantic stories they will love. I loved seeing each of the friends find their happily ever after over the course of this series, and can’t wait to read Messing with the Ballplayer when it is released.


Rating: 4 Stars (B)

Sunday, March 13, 2022

CHILD OF MINE AUDIOBOOK REVIEW


Single mom Isabella York was a celebrity before she had her first kiss, her first date, or her first sip of alcohol. Playing the bad girl—both on and off the set—made up for lost time, but the consequences were life-changing. Back home in Boston, with her “checkered past” behind her, all she wants is to raise her little girl far from the spotlight. After all, revealing her secrets could mean losing everything.


For her, and her daughter.


It’s not that Henry Smith hates kids—they don’t like him. Meanwhile, he’s stuck producing children’s TV, so he’s doing the best he can to be less of a grouch. Not everyone gets a second chance to chase his dream, and if he plays his cards right at this new gig, he can move on to making television that will change the world, not just entertain a bunch of brats.


Even better, he just might be able to talk the woman he never thought he’d see again into greenlighting a do-over.


In this sexy, heartwarming, Secret Baby, 80’s throwback romcom, a Sunshine-Grumpy pair has to face the past before they can find their future… together. 


Audiobook Release Date: March 11, 2022

Home Cooked Books

Boston Classics #4

Nostalgia Romance

Narrated by: Erin Mallon and Tom Taylorson

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

Listening Speed: 1.3x


Child of Mine is one of the books I've been waiting for since the very first book in the Boston Classics series. Single mom Bella is such a strong character, and I love how much she loves her daughter and keeps her needs front and center at all times. I always wondered about Lilah's father, and we finally get all the answers in Child of Mine. I really feel like each of the books in the series build upon each other, so readers will understand the character dynamics a bit better if they have read all the books in the series. However, you can read Child of Mine as a stand-alone story as well.


I've enjoyed each of the books in the Boston Classics series, and Child of Mine was another winner. I felt like much like in You Spin Me, there were parts of their history that were darker than in other books in the series, but I think that is one of the reasons I've adored the last 2 books in the series so much. I There is so much growth in the characters in the 7 years they have been apart. They also had to really work to figure out the new dynamics of their relationship. I loved that Henry and Bella's chemistry was every bit is strong 7 years later. 


I loved once again revisiting the 80's, as I grew up in the 70's, and 80's the "historical" mentions of passing notes, cell phones not being the norm, and tv shows you had to watch when originally aired, or you never got to see them again were all part of my childhood and high school years. Honestly each mention brought back lots of happy memories.


Karen Grey did an amazing job with the secret baby/second chance romance in Child of Mine. Both troupes can be hit of miss, but Ms. Grey took the ball and ran with it and gave her readers a funny, sexy, and endearing story. I’ve actually listened the audiobooks for each of the other books in this series, and can’t wait to re-read Child of Mine once the audiobook is released. 



Updated to add audiobook review.
 


I felt that both Erin Mallon and Tom Taylorson did a really great job with Child of Mine. I felt like they did great job distinguishing the voices of all the different characters. I was never pulled out of the story with the narrator’s transitions, and I really felt like Erin and Tom helped totally bring this story to life. 



Rating: 5 Stars (A)

Performance Rating: 5 Stars (A)

Review copy provided by publisher 


CHILD OF MINE is now in audio: https://adbl.co/3tu80Nt