He's So Shy by Linda Cajio
Genres: Contemporary Romance
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
In this charming tale, a love for the ages leaps off the silver screen, as a famous movie star emerges from his shell—once and for all.
When Penelope Marsh last laid eyes on the gorgeous man standing before her, Richard Creighton had been a skinny nerd with glasses. Now he’s one of the most popular actors in the world. The only reason he’s back in New Jersey is to play the lead in a period piece directed by Penelope’s cousin. But Penelope’s too old for a schoolgirl crush—especially when the crush in question is a sexy Hollywood hunk.
Still sometimes shocked to be the object of a pretty woman’s desire, Richard is most comfortable with the cameras rolling, hiding behind the mask of his carefully crafted characters. Penelope’s presence on the set brings back memories of his painfully shy childhood—and yet he’s powerfully drawn to the willowy schoolteacher with the long legs and vivid blue eyes. Most celebrity romances must weather promiscuous starlets and invasive paparazzi, but Richard faces a different challenge altogether: proving that he’s come into his own since he was a kid—not to Penelope, but to himself.
Resisting Her by Kendall Ryan
Genres: New Adult, Erotic, Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: Apr 15, 2013
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
Agent Cole Fletcher lives for his job at the FBI, and he’s more than ready for his next assignment—raiding a cult compound and putting their leader behind bars. But he isn’t prepared for Savannah and her knock you on your ass good looks. At nineteen, she’s too old for foster care and too damaged to live on her own. With nowhere else to go, and against his better judgment Cole takes her in.
But helping her out won’t be easy. He comforts her through screaming nightmares and escaping the lingering fears of her past, but that’s the easy part. Her preference to sleep cuddled up next to his warm body, and her desire to please him in every way makes her harder and harder to resist.
Waiting on Forever by Ashley Wilcox
Series: The Forever #2
Genres: New Adult, Contemporary Romance, Sports
Publication Date: Apr 8, 2013
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
College.
Parties, sororities and getting drunk.
Oh, yeah. And learning.
This may be true for most college students, but not for Leah Bennett.
College life for her includes studying, working, and excelling in
school. When it comes to the social ladder, Leah is at the bottom.
Popular girls, hot guys and star athletes are of no importance to her,
except for one.
Matthew Jacobs.
Matt is the starting
wide receiver at SUNY Cortland, the most wanted guy on campus and Leah’s
best friend. Although Leah’s feelings toward Matt run deeper than just
a friendship, it is something she would never let be seen because the
odds of someone like Matthew Jacobs going for someone like Leah Bennett
are slim to none.
When Matt starts showing an interest in Leah
that goes beyond friendship, she is dumbfounded and doesn’t believe it
is possible – until one weekend that changes everything.
Will Matt and Leah’s popularity status get in the way of having a chance at a real relationship?
Or does status mean nothing when it comes to true love?
Lady Vivian Defies a Duke by Samantha Grace'
Series: Beau Monde #4
Genres: Historical Romance
Publication Date: May 7, 2013
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥
Lady Vivian Worth knows
perfectly well how to behave like a lady. But observing proper manners
when no one is around to impress is just plain silly. When Luke Forest,
the newly named Duke of Foxhaven, arrives early to visit his
bride-to-be, he catches Vivian acting most unladylike—in her chemise.
Though amused by her unconventional ways, Luke hadn't planned on
marrying such a sprightly and opinionated lady. He'll just have to find
her another husband. But can he stand to see the vivacious woman in the
arms of someone else?
Curves & Courage by Christin Lovell
Series: Future Alphas #2
Genres: Paranormal Romance, Young Adult
Publication Date: Apr 10, 2013
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥
Sophie’s father ripped
her from the only family she’d known at the tender age of twelve. Nearly
five years later, he’s a shell of a man and she’s a ghost of a
werewolf, battered and broken.
Until she meets her mate.
Dominick is everything Sophie needs and wants. He awakens her spirit; he turns her world upside down with his charm.
Until he discovers her secret.
Dom is ready to fight for his curvy mate, but Sophie isn’t ready to let him.
Until her past and present collide in an unforgettable battle.
Red Flags by C.C. Brown
Series: Red Flags #1
Genres: New Adult, Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: Dec 2, 2012
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
Cara Pinkston, a 21 year
old San Diego native, wants nothing more than to complete her final
semester of college quietly and peacefully. A normally focused and
reserved student, she becomes flustered after meeting her incredibly
good-looking and wealthy classmate, Jason Bradley.
Jason wants Cara,
and pursues her aggressively. A reluctant Cara gives in to him and is
thrust into a fast paced, emotionally charged, roller coaster
relationship. She has to decide if the flutters she feels are blissful
butterflies or warning signs. Will Cara follow her lustful heart, or
will she pay attention to the Red Flags?
Fix You (Second Chances #1) by Mari Carr
Series: Second Chances
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Adult, Erotic
Publication Date: Dec 11, 2012
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
What if love can’t heal all wounds?
Second Chances, Book 1
After
too many years of secretly loving her best friend, Zoey realizes she’s
been shortchanging herself. It’s time to take action. This New Year’s
Eve heralds the year she’s going to tell Rob the truth. Even if he is on
the road, reaching for musical stardom with his band.
Her plan
is derailed when she discovers a lump in her breast—and it’s not
“nothing to worry about”. How can she ask Rob to take a chance on love
when her future is so uncertain?
Rob has spent his entire life
chasing his dream, but the moment he hears Zoey’s voice on the phone, he
realizes he’s been running the wrong race. Zoey never sounds like she’s
been crying. Ever. Without a second thought, he books a flight for
home, determined to give her everything she needs. A shoulder to cry on,
a hand to hold…and nights of intensely emotional, passionate sex.
His
biggest challenge, though, is convincing his best friend that he’s in
it for the long haul. Because he finally knows what he wants, and it’s
not fame and fortune. It’s her—and her love.
Product Warnings
This
book runs the emotional gamut between scorching-hot passion and the
pain and fear associated with cancer. Keep a box of tissues next to your
glass of ice water.
Penthouse Suite by Sandra Chastain
Genres: Contemporary Romance
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥
A tight-laced
businessman learns to listen to his heart—not just his head—when a
free-spirited beauty turns his orderly life upside down.
Sporting only a towel and a startled grimace, hotel owner Max Sorenson
isn’t sure what to make of the cheerful, freckle-faced woman who somehow
manages to make plumbers coveralls look so unbelievably sexy. Even with
a wrench in her hand, it takes him a while to understand that she’s the
hotel’s new handyman. Mostly because he can’t take his eyes off those
perfect, kissable lips.
Kate Weston came prepared to fix a
leak, not start a fire, but Max does funny things to her body. A woman
devoted to carefree adventure, she believes in living—and loving—without
strings. Max has enough reasons not to get close, his private demons
see to that. But what starts as spontaneous combustion quickly begins to
feel like much more. Desire proves opposites attract. But will love
find a way to keep them together?
Norma Jean by Amanda Heath
Genres: New Adult, Contemporary Romance
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥
The night Chance Duncan
drunkenly kissed me on his couch, I vowed my revenge. I finally had
something over his head, something that would bring him to his knees. It
only served him right. He bullied me for years and turned me into this
messed up person I am now.
Though I didn’t know at the time he
wasn’t that mean little boy anymore. He was almost a man and easily
stole my breath away. I just wanted to make him fall in love with, then
break his heart into a million pieces. Just the way mine was. Instead he
put the pieces back together and I started to feel whole again.
Good
things never last. He did what I was supposed to do. Broke my already
fragile heart all over again. Betrayed and alone I fled my home town and
started a new life where I wasn’t in the shadow of what I did.
Now
he is back and trying to worm his way into my heart, again. Though he
will never know it will always belong to him. He hurt me and I want
nothing to do with him. Life has other plans. Doesn’t it always?
He
doesn’t know though. Doesn’t know what I’m hiding or who I’m hiding
from. I never thought I would see Chance again and I’m afraid that he’ll
get hurt getting mixed up in my mess. Though he is right in the middle
of it, without even knowing it. I have to find a way for us to get out,
before somebody dies.
My name is Norma Jean and this isn’t a fairytale.
He's So Shy by Linda Cajio 
