Clara Hill wants to be left alone.
Sitting on her porch watching everyone else’s lives go by is way more fun than dealing with her own problems.

Now that her secret high school sweetheart is her next door neighbor, she’s not so sure anymore.
Being back in Green Valley was hard enough without having her first love right there within touching distance.
Especially when he’s so stubbornly determined to flash his unforgettable smile at her every chance he gets and reminding her of when she thought she’d found her happily ever after.

A football scholarship, his dream girl, and a future so bright he couldn’t wait to get started.
But, like everything else in his life, it all came toppling down.
Now he’s content to raise his kids, teach English, and coach football at Green Valley High.
He has no time for things like romance, and dating, and starting over…
He’s fine being alone.
Who needs love?

But when he catches a glimpse of his new neighbor his quiet little world turns upside down, lighting a fire that makes him determined to reclaim all he thought was gone forever.

After all these years, can he convince Clara to give him another shot?
Or will their love story stay hidden in their past?

‘Passing Notes’ is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #1 in the Teachers’ Lounge series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.

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You need emergency cheese, and old friends.

My therapist is going to make so much more money off me now…

The shadows in my heart were gone. I’d let everything go to shine in the sun.

My Review:

This was a fun and sassy read that I enjoyed from beginning to end, much as I have every Nora Everly book I’ve been lucky enough to pick up. Her writing is giggle-snort worthy, well- textured, and peppered with amusing snark, heart-squeezes, sizzling steamy bits, and clever wit. This volume was an excellent entry to kick off a new series, I will want every installment that follows.

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Nora Everly is a lifelong bookworm. She started reading the good stuff once she grew tall enough to sneak the romance novels off the top of her mother’s bookshelf and it has been non-stop ever since.

Once upon a time, she was a substitute teacher and an educational assistant. Now she’s a writer and stay-at-home mom to two small humans and one fat cat.

Nora lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family and her overactive imagination.

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Matilda is the friend I know with one hundred percent certainty would help me bury a dead body— but she is also the friend who would critique me on bungling up the murder and buying the wrong kind of shovel.

…the thought of sweating through my dress finally forces me into taking off my coat. Surprisingly, there is no spontaneous sex riot at the sight of me in a formfitting outfit. I relax a little, reasoning to myself that the dress is a bigger deal to me than it is to anyone else.

It probably isn’t a good sign, having one’s sort-of therapist gape in open-mouthed surprise. Considering all the things psychologists likely hear on a daily basis, it has to be something pretty shocking to get a reaction like that. Dr. Sandra recovers quickly, but still, the gape has happened… her voice calm and professional, though I notice she is blinking more than usual.

I feel like in the last hour, I’ve gone from never having had sugar to eating an entire birthday cake by myself. It feels almost surreal, like it couldn’t have actually happened to me.

My Review:

I reveled in this cleverly amusing tale, it was expertly paced, well-polished, keenly insightful, and packed with sparkling wit and sly humor. Could it truly be the author’s first novel? If so, she has hit a home run during her first time at bat. I am eagerly awaiting her next missive.

New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, Emma Hart, has written more than seventy romance novels in the last decade. She loves writing snarky, swoony romcoms with a side of chaos, occasionally venturing into romantic mysteries. Which are exactly the same as her romcoms, just with a dead body or two. That’s the reason for her questionable Internet history—at least that’s the story she’s sticking to it.

She lives on a smallholding in North Wales with her husband and their two children, a clowder of very fluffy cats, one giant German Shepherd, and an undisclosed number of chickens and ducks. Don’t ask her to count them. She will not, thank you very much.

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The hot baseball player I’m forced to stay with for my best friend’s wedding is off limits.

Remy Winfield has more muscles than manners, and he’s on a mission to get me into bed by way of the filthiest mouth I’ve ever wanted to kiss. He doesn’t care about my long time crush or my certainty that we’re finally about to happen.

Remy’s sure I’ll break first and kiss him, and he’ll tease me to the limit to make sure I do. I might be a Lady, but I can still play his dirty little game. It’s perfectly safe, totally harmless.

Until I fall for him.

Suddenly, Mr. Long-Time Crush doesn’t matter at all.

And my best friend can never know.

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I can’t imagine how she got you so mixed up, even though it’s one of her special skills. But she makes a strawberry pie that’ll make you see Jesus, so we try not to give her too hard a time.

I don’t know if you know this, but you have gotten hotter in the last year. I don’t know what kind of virgin blood you’ve got stocked to bathe in, but it’s working.

And if Henry made a move on her before then, I just might have to kill him and tell God he died.

Cass blinked so many times, I wondered if she was swearing me out in Morse code.

Take care of each other so I can retire my hit list, okay?

No one should be here for this. Tell Jesus to put on his earmuffs, okay?

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This steamy tale provides a new definition for the word sensual, I needed to turn on all the fans on high and seek libation as I seemed to stay in a constant state of dehydration during perusal… even my Kindle was sweating. The engaging storylines were highly amusing, easily consumable, and delightfully entertaining while populated with a variety of unique, authentic and endearing personalities. I laughed aloud several times and couldn’t keep the smirk off my face when I dared to read a few bits in public.

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I jumped back, my mind flooding with the sort of rage that leaves a permanent burn mark.

Vile bastard had dimples. It felt like God was playing a joke. Dimples were for giggling babies and cute boys with good hearts. On him they were more like a weapon meant to deceive.

I knew the major composers, just like I knew that banjo music hurt my ears. Like listening to a cat suck lemons.

I was too busy staring at the elaborate murals on the ceiling. They reminded me of something you might see in ancient Rome, with clouds and angels and ripped men in cloth diapers.

Charlie was nuttier than a squirrel turd.

My Review:

This was an amusing and lively read that was just plain fun and kept me chuckling and smirking with glee. I don’t often read paranormal anything but I’m glad I picked this one up. The storylines brought interesting and unique twists to vampire lore with humor, wit, and a bit of steam tossed in as a bonus. I’m looking forward to more Maisie Kicklighter adventures and am highly curious as to what this clever scribbler has in store for her.

MIMI JEAN PAMFILOFF is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling romance author with over a million books sold worldwide. Although she obtained her MBA and worked for more than fifteen years in the corporate world, she believes that it’s never too late to come out of the romance closet and follow your dream. Mimi lives with her Latin Lover hubby, two pirates-in-training (their boys), and the rat terrier duo, Snowflake and Mini Me, in Arizona. She hopes to make you laugh when you need it most and continues to pray daily that leather pants will make a big comeback for men.

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Can a secret crush . . .

Jo Walsh has loved Cameron Mitchell for as long as she can remember. Whether front and center in her life or on the periphery, the tall, brooding artist has made his presence seductively and irresistibly known. But whenever they start to get close, Cam pulls away. Jo’s tired of keeping her feelings in a box Cam is afraid to open. If he wants her, he’ll have to prove it. And if he doesn’t, Jo will need to know the real reason why . . .

. . . become the love of a lifetime?

How do you walk away from your soul mate? Cam wishes he knew. No matter how far he runs from Jo, he can’t resist looking back at the silver eyes that seem to see right through him. But as well as Jo thinks she understands Cam, the dark truth about his past is something she shouldn’t have to handle. Cam’s sure that setting Jo free is the right thing to do. Too bad his heart has other ideas . . .

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In their two-member club, sarcasm was like the secret handshake.

The last fifteen years or so had taught her that hope was a sneaky bitch who sidled up to you, ingratiated her way into your good graces, only to shove a knife in your back when you least expected it.

His outside might be pretty, but his inside already knew what ugly was all about.

He walked toward his bike like the devil had a warrant for his arrest.

His knee bounced like Mexican jumping beans had hatched in his pants.

My Review:

This one surprised me, I didn’t think I would be able to fully appreciate the main character of Cam as he started off rather toxic and obnoxious. Silly me, I should have known better, but this author is a wily minx who played me like a piano and conjured some gasp-producing sensual scenes as hot as a lava flow. Her writing style is smartly paced, clever, compelling, wittily amusing, and hits all the feels. I am her newest groupie and will gladly buy whatever she’s selling.

Because of Her
(Jack & Jill #6)
by Jewel E. Ann