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Welcome to the Blog Tour for Chasing Kensie by Drew Taylor, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! About the Book Title: Chasing Kensie Author: Drew Taylor Publisher: Taylor Made Publishing Release Date: December 23, 2025 Genre: Contemporary Romance She moved to Alaska for a fresh start. He made her the object of his wry affection. Kensington Smith, a high school English teacher fueled by coffee and plaid, looks for the good in people…. Read More
I can hardly believe how fast 2025 went! It was a good year for me, but I am looking forward to seeing what good happens in 2026 as well. I managed to read 60 books last year. In order of date read, here are ten of the best books I read.
Title: The Voice We Find by Nicole Deese Pages: 416 Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (Apr. 15, 2025) Genre: contemporary fiction, romance, Christian fiction Summary Two voices. One story. A chance to rewrite their future. Sophie Wilder returns home to California with nothing more than a failed Broadway career and a geriatric cat. Stuck working at the family winery with her egotistical brother and desperate for a way to revive her acting dreams,… Read More
Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for Some Like it Scot by Pepper Basham hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! About the Book Title: Some Like it Scot Author: Pepper Basham Publisher: Thomas Nelson Release Date: April 8, 2025 Genre: Christian Contemporary Romance She lives her life on the fly. His heart is double-knotted to home. Can two different souls create a life together? Popular travel writer and podcaster Katie Campbell roams… Read More
Title: The Restless Wrangler (Colter Sons #5) by Karen Baney Pages: 219 Publisher: Desert Life Media (Mar. 8, 2023) Genre: Christian, romance, historical Summary Compelling love story full of heartache and redemption set in Ash Fork, Arizona Territory in 1893-1894. Preston Colter felt like he was the forgotten son. Years of drinking and drifting finally catch up to him. When a near-death experience recharts the course of his life, he finds himself… Read More
Title: Daughter of Ruins by Yvette Manessis Corporon Pages: 400 Publisher: Harper Muse (oct. 8, 2024) Genre: historical fiction Summary A motherless daughter. An Italian prostitute. A mail-order bride. Are these women brave enough to change their fates? Demitra’s mother died in America in the 1930s when Demitra was three years old. Her father took her home to the Greek island of Cephalonia, where she endures a lonely childhood and dreams her… Read More
Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for Beyond Ivy Walls by Rachel Fordham hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! About the Book Title: Beyond Ivy Walls Author: Rachel Fordham Publisher: Thomas Nelson Release Date: August 14, 2024 Genre: Historical Romance Reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast, a recluse and a young woman discover that the scars of life are no match against an act of love. Iowa, 1903. All of Monticello believes… Read More
Title: Our Kept Hearts by Tennille Marie Pages: 354 Genre: historical fiction, coming-of-age Publisher: Purple Iris Printing LLC (Nov. 2, 2023) Summary A heart-warming coming-of-age debut novel where sisters learn that even motherless daughters must grow up and become women one day. Arkansas, 1953. Nine-year-old Hazel McKay knows little girls need a mother. So, when her mother decides to leave her and her little sister, Ruthie, without any reason except she wants… Read More
Title: The Nice Guy by Abi Sabina Pages: 327 Genre: romance, contemporary Publisher: self-published (Apr. 20th, 2023) Summary Here’s my advice: Never fall for your boss when he is a walking red flag. After finding out that my boyfriend cheated on me, I packed my bags and moved to Sunshine Falls. My uncle’s ready to retire, and he has always dreamed of me taking over his partnership at the animal clinic in… Read More
Title: Meet Hate by Abi Sabina Pages: 269 Genres: romance, contemporary Publisher: self-published (Jan. 19th, 2023) Summary If there’s one thing I’m sure of, it’s that I’ll do anything to prevent some suit from walking onto my family farm and buying it from us. Hayes may think he can show up at our home, fling a contract in my face, and I’ll drop to my knees and thank him for saving the… Read More
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