Title: The Baby Arrangement

Author: Samantha Chase

Series: Life, Love & Babies

Published by: Sourcebooks Casablanca

Date published: Feb. 10, 2014

Genres: Contemporary

Book Length: 76pages

Steam Rating: Steamy

Main Characters: Derek & Kayleigh

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“All I could do was focus on how wonderful the story was and how much I didn’t want to put the book down.”~Becca

What do you do when a baby is dropped on your doorstep and you’re not sure if the father is you or your wayward brother? If you’re Derek Sloan you freak out as your perfectly organized world suddenly becomes filled with chaos. With his brother nowhere to be found and fatherhood is suddenly thrust upon him, Derek is desperate for any help he can get.

What do you do when the man you’ve been crushing on suddenly has a need and you are the only one he wants to fill it? You do a little happy dance and pinch yourself to make sure you’re not dreaming! For five years Kayleigh Mitchell has longed for her boss to notice her and now that he has, she can only hope that he’ll come to see her as more than a temporary solution to his problem, but someone that he wants around for the long haul.

This is a Valentine’s Day SHORT STORY of approximately 27,000 words

Alright, I will admit it….

The Baby Arrangement is predictable…

it is an extremely quick read…

and yep…you got me…it is a bit cheesy!

Want to know something else that it is!?!

IT IS ABSO-FREAKING-LUTELY AWESOME!!

Hehe, this story had me giggling, ooohing, aaahhhing and crying! As I read I honestly didn’t even care about any of the things I listed above! All I could do was focus on how wonderful the story was and how much I didn’t want to put the book down.

For such a short story, Samantha really did an amazing job of character and plot development. Nothing felt rushed or skimped on.

While the story line has been done a dozen times at least, it hasn’t been done quite like this. The crazy and unexpected occurrences were a welcome distraction from the slightly predictable plot line.

To put it mildly, The Baby Arrangement is short, sweet and an epic romance. I highly recommend it and cannot wait to dig into the next book in the series!!

New York Times and USA Today Bestseller/contemporary romance writer Samantha Chase released her debut novel, Jordan’s Return, in November 2011. Although she waited until she was in her 40’s to publish for the first time, writing has been a lifelong passion. Her motivation to take that step was her students: teaching creative writing to elementary age students all the way up through high school and encouraging those students to follow their writing dreams gave Samantha the confidence to take that step as well.

When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading contemporary romances, playing way too many games of Scrabble or Solitaire on Facebook and spending time with her husband of 25 years and their two sons in North Carolina.

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Don’t you just love running across a book that makes you forget you’ve read the story line before?

Title: Sunny with a Chance of True Love: The Ballad of Ugly Ross

Author: Jessie Evans

Series: Lonesome Point Texas

Published by: Self Taught Ninja

Date published: Jan. 23, 2015

Genres: Contemporary

Book Length: 135 pages

Steam Rating: Steamy

Main Characters: Ross & Elodie

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“This is one of those books that is so hard to review…not because there is anything wrong with it…but because it is sooooo perfect and I’m worried that I will accidentally ruin it for you! There are just so many wonderful little surprises throughout that will make you giggle, cringe and all out ugly cry!” ~Becca

A Lonesome Point Novella

One voice can save a life; one heart can bring you home…

Ross Dyer is ready to give up on love. The sweet, sleepy-eyed cowboy has always danced to the tune of a different drummer, but after being dumped by his latest girlfriend, he’s beginning to think he’ll spend his life dancing—and sleeping—alone. Add in the impending failure of his newly opened restaurant, due to a smear campaign being waged by his childhood nemesis, and Ross doesn’t have much reason to care if the armadillo sees his shadow on Armadillo Day. Whether Lonesome Point has six more weeks of winter or not, his life forecast is looking more foul than fair.

And then she comes home and nothing is the same again.

Fourteen years ago, Elodie Prince was a scared little girl who was neglected at home and bullied at school. In her dark world, the only light was a sweet boy everyone called Ugly Ross, who, to her, was always beautiful. When she returns to Lonesome Point to find her childhood friend has grown into a man as handsome as he is kind, she can’t help falling in love.

Elodie and Ross dive head first into Happily Ever After, but find their future threatened by a vicious blast from the past. Because some bullies never grow up, they only grow meaner, and more determined to snuff out the lights of the things that shine.

EEEK!!!

It’s time for NOT SO Ugly Ross’s story!

I have been hoping and begging for this story since I first met the horribly nicknamed Ugly Ross and of course Jessie did not disappoint in Sunny with a Chance of True Love!

I still cannot get over the fact that I read this book in one sitting…in just a few short hours! I was literally HOOKED from page one and just couldn’t put it down! I didn’t even stop to potty or eat…my youngest was napping and my oldest was at school…so I just knew that I was going to get this book read!

From page one, Ross’s story is packed full of love, sweetness and the most epic relationship I have ever read about! This may be a novella…but boy does it pack a punch!

Ross is not just your typical southern gentleman…he is also a soft hearted man that is scared to let that side of himself show. I have always cringed at his nickname…I mean whose friends actually call them Ugly Ross?? I have always hoped that someday he would stand up for himself and put an end to that horrid name…and well he definitely did!

Hearing about sweet Elodie’s childhood and how horribly her classmates treated her was tough for sure! I can’t get over how much she had to overcome! I couldn’t help but giggle at her chosen profession…hehe it’s just so gross and awesomely perfect all at the same time!

This is one of those books that is so hard to review…not because there is anything wrong with it…but because it is sooooo perfect and I’m worried that I will accidentally ruin it for you! There are just so many wonderful little surprises throughout that will make you giggle, cringe and all out ugly cry!

So let me try and sum this up quickly…

Sunny with a Chance of True Love is an epic love story that you will not want to miss! Ross and Elodie are MFEO if I’ve ever seen it!

The romance flows perfectly and the relationship, while may seem rushed on some fronts, is absolutely realistic. I HIGHLY recommend that you head on over to Amazon and get your hands on this book! 

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jessie Evans, gave up a career as an international woman of mystery to write the sexy, contemporary romances she loves to read.

She’s married to the man of her dreams, and together they’re raising a few adorable, mischievous children in a cottage in the jungle. She grew up in rural Arkansas, spending summers running wild, being chewed by chiggers, and now appreciates her home in a chigger-free part of the world even more.

When she’s not writing, Jessie enjoys playing her dulcimer (badly), sewing the worlds ugliest quilts to give to her friends, going for bike rides with her house full of boys, and drifting in and out on the waves, feeling thankful for sun, surf, and lovely people to share them with.

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How can one author manage to write so many addictively amazing books?!?!