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Moments for You (Wilder Brothers 7)by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 22, 2024

A wedding dress is meant to be worn only once.
When a stranger finds herself in need of a miracle at the last minute, I do the unthinkable: I offer mine to her.
The same one I wore down the aisle for my late husband.
Now I’m invited to the wedding and finding myself wondering why I shut myself away from the world for so long.
I’m only meant to be at the Wilder Retreat for a single day except I go home with not only a job offer, but the promise of something more.
Ridge Wilder is hiding secrets of his own. And the undeniable chemistry between us burns before we even contemplate taking that first step.
Only I’ve already had my happy ever after. I never planned on finding another.
And Ridge is even far more broken than I am—with a past that might come back to haunt us both.

•••••

REVIEW:Moments For You is the next installment in the Wilder Brothers series by the ever radiant Carrie Ann Ryan. MFY is the seventh book in the series, and as always, I recommend reading a series in order to get the most out of it, but if you so choose the book can be read as a standalone.

Oh the feels with this one!

Aurora is a widow, one stuck in a limbo of her own making. On the anniversary day of her lost husband, she is mindlessly scrolling Insta, and sees a post from a desperate bride in need of a wedding gown. Aurora takes this as her long awaited sign that it is finally time to move on with her life and start living again. So she allows the new bride to wear her dress, this singular act brings more into her life than she could ever know. It brings her Ridge Wilder.

Ridge and his brothers are cousins of the original Wilder brothers, and so they bought the land across from their retreat to start their own business. Little does the rest of the family know the heartbreaking pain that Ridge is in. -No spoilers- He thinks he hides it so well behind his gruff exterior and surly attitude, but when he meets Aurora he finds himself drawn to her by their familiar pain. Between the two Wilder businesses, most know of Aurora’s loss, and give her the space she wants, but when she donates her dress, they start to think that maybe she is ready to move past it and start living again.

Ridge and Aurora’s story was so emotionally moving. I loved how they supported each other through everything, it was so moving how they bonded over their pain, but even more so that that is how they really start to get to know one another. As the story progresses, the characters evolve more and more, but Aurora is truly my favorite. She starts living again, really living and doing things that she loves again. Overall, I am pleased with the book and can’t wait to see what the other Wilder Brother-Cousin have coming for them.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
One Way Back to Me
Always the One For Me
The Path To You
Coming Home For Us
Stay Here With Me
Finding the Road to Us

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Finding the Road To Us (Wilder Brothers 6) by Carrie Ann Ryan-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 11, 2023

I was ready to say, ‘I do’, then my fiancé left me at the altar.
Broken and embarrassed, Trace and Elliot helped me run away—ditching my wedding dress in the process.

When I come back to the Wilder Retreat to show the world I’m no longer hurting, I know I must ignore my traitorous needs when it comes to these two men.

Because my body wants them both.
And my soul craves them just as much.

I know I can’t choose, and part of me asks why I should.
Only when we decide to take that chance and share everything, the danger from our pasts refuses to let our choice stand.

With one kiss, one dance into temptation, we could lose everything.
Including our lives.

••••

REVIEW:Finding The Road to Us is the sixth and final installment of the Wilder Family series by Carrie Ann Ryan. Like always, I recommend reading the series in order to get the most out of it, and in the current book storyline, I think it’s important to know what had previously happened. This is a MMF spicy romance with a grumpy, ex-military alpha hero.

There’s a little more drama to this book compared to the others, but Trace, Elliot and Sidney’s romance is more than just the two of them. The last we see of Trace and Elliot, they are literally dangling off a cliff. They survive their situation and then meet Sidney.

Sidney is the missing piece to Trace and Elliot’s relationship and one I definitely didn’t see coming. Sidney was easy to like, and even more so when the guys came into the picture. I really like that she is the black sheep of her family, and even with all the BS they put her through, she managed to keep who she is at heart.

Overall the storyline is fast paced, entertaining and engaging, the spicy bits are good and the character development of Trace and Elliott really make it.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
One Way Back to Me
Always the One For Me
The Path To You
Coming Home For Us
Stay Here With Me

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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Best Friend Temptation (Montgomery Ink Legacy) by Carrie Ann Ryan

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 30, 2023

I fell for my best friend long before I knew what that meant. Only I know he’ll never love me back.

He’s stuck in his head and his past demons and can’t see what is right in front of him.

But when Greer loses her home and needs a place to stay, both Noah and I know the only place she belongs is with us—in every way possible.

Now I’m falling for both of my roommates and trying to keep the people I protect safe.

Only someone is coming for them, and I can’t stop the inevitable fall.

I just have to hope that we made the right choices and that one day soon Noah and Greer will finally see who we can be.

Before we lose it all…or I finally walk away for good.

••••

REVIEW:Best Friend Temptation is the fourth installment in the Montgomery Ink Legacy series. Ashley always, I recommend reading the series in order, but the majority of CAR’s books can be read as a standalone. Think of this book as a best friends fall in love meets why choose sweet romance. If you’re a reader into that, well this is gonna be right up your alley!

Noah and Ford are best friends and roommates, but are completely in love with one another, but they’re men, and can’t see what’s in front of them. Neither can understand that they want one another, not until her.

Greer is the newbie in town, after opening her bakery in town she is on top of the world. That is until her house burns down and she is left with nothing but ashes. Noah and Ford are friends of hers and when she calls them for help afterwords, she is beyond grateful. Then they offer her their spare bedroom, and then things take a twist. Greer thinks Noah and Ford and together, and they are , but they just can’t seem to get that figured out. They want to be together, but Noah keeps pulling back. When the tension finally breaks between the three of them, they finally give into their desire and WOW!

CAR never disappoints with her books and this is no different. I love this series, the Montgomery’s are a family that sticks together. Noah, Ford and Greer are a fun, intriguing, faced passed and real. I can’t wait to see what comes next next.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Bittersweet Promises
At First Meet
Happily Ever Never 2.5
Longtime Crush

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 14, 2023

The world thinks I only write songs about my ex-boyfriends.

They study each lyric to point a finger at which man broke my heart—even if I’ve never met him.

Only the man I refuse to write about is the one who is so tangled in my mind that I know I can never be with him.

I had one night with East Wilder, and I know that’s all there will ever be.

He broke my heart without even trying.

Yet now I can’t seem to write a single verse and I need a place to hide while I figure out who I am. The Wilder Retreat will have to be my refuge as the Wilders prepare for my best friend’s wedding.

And when I’m there, I refuse to fall for East again.

Even if the dark shadows in his eyes draw me in. And the dangers of his past might be the one thing that forces us to finally give in.

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REVIEW:We are back with the Wilders! Stay Here With Me is the fifth installment in the Wilder Brothers series by Carrie Ann Ryan and this book is the story of the Grumpy East and Lark the song bird. For new readers, I do recommend reading the Wilder series in order, you can read SWM as a standalone, but the characters are much more rounded when you do.

East is the grumpy handyman of Wilder Events, it’s what he is known for. He is struggling and quiet, but always there when people need him. Lark on the other hand is free spirited, she loves her music, but she is for her new album, the inspiration just isn’t there. Lark is famous for her music, her songs on her relationships to be more specific, she has always used the same person as a muse for her music, but now things have changed. Now there is East.

When East and Lark spend one heck of a night together, filled with passion, the music she has struggled to find sparks to light. Too bad she promised East that he wouldn’t end up a song for the masses. The song is everything, and one of the best she has ever made, but when it gets released…well lets just say that East is not pleased.

There were parts of this book that I liked more than others, but the plot is good and the characters are always enjoyable to read. East is so broken, his trust is hard to win, Lark is good for him, but with his PTSD everyday is a struggle. This book is intense, the journey of these two us a turbulent adventure, but one readers will surely love.

 

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
One Way Back to Me
Always the One For Me
The Path To You
Coming Home For Us

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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LONG TIME CRUSH
Montgomery Ink: Legacy 3
by Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 3, 2023

When my best friend and I fell for the same guy in middle school, I stepped back.
I’d always expected to dance at their wedding.
Not sit in the back pew of her funeral.
I left town for my own reasons, but now that I’m back, it’s clear Sebastian Montgomery isn’t the same man I left.
He’s hard. Broken.
And a single father to an adorable little girl.
When it turns out he’s my new neighbor, I can’t stay away.
But I know I’m playing with fire and the heat between us burns enough to scorch.
I thought I was over my crush.
But now it might crush me.

•••••

REVIEW:Longtime Crush is the third installment of the Montgomery Ink Legacy series by the ever lovely Carrie Ann Ryan. With the majority of her books, this one can also be read as a standalone, but I always recommend reading a series in order.The Montgomery series is filled with family, love, and emotional trauma that are sure to make readers enjoy the series even more.

Sebastian and Raven have a long past filled with moments of joy tainted by pain. Through all of this, they come out on the other side with a truly new love and understanding of each other. After Sebastian lost the love of his life the same day their daughter was born, he lost apart of himself with her. Even with the loss of the future we always thought he would have, tries to live for his family, his daughter, find joy in his work and let go of the past.

Raven is back home in the town she grew up in, a town where she made the best of friends, but also the palace where she lost so much. When she meets Sebastian again, old feelings rush to the surface yet again, putting her right back in the place she was when she left. But Sebastian has never had the feelings for her that she has had for him, the crush of a young girl and then the love of a woman. Sebastian will always only love Marley, their long ago friend, and the mother to Sebastian’s young daughter.

This second chance, small town romance is filled with heart wrenching, moving moments that will have readers reaching for a hanky, loving found family moments and best of all spicy bits that are sure to keep you up at night. CAR is a writing wizard who reaches into the soul of readers and pulls out what we want to read the most. The Montgomerys are a joy to read and I can’t wait to see what comes next.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Bittersweet Promises
At First Meet
Happily Ever Never

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Reviewed by Sarah

 

 

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 10, 2023

I made plans. I followed the path. I fell in love.

Then the world took her away from me.

I swore to never love again, and I’ve done all I could to keep that vow.

But life finds a way and I can’t stop this burning attraction with my best friend.

Maddie stood by me when my world shattered.

She deserves more than a broken man who promised to never love again.

Only I swear she feels the same way about me. And I have no idea what to do about it.

Now she might leave the Wilders and I can’t tell her to stay—even if it means shattering the one piece of me I have left.

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REVIEW:Coming Home for Us is the fourth installment in the Wilder Brothers series by Carrie Ann Ryan. This series is home to the ex-military Wilder brothers and the women they fall for. As always, I recommend reading a series in order to get the best experience of the story, but C.A.R does provide enough goodness if you chose to read as a standalone.

Maddie and Elijah are the couple for this adventure, and of course we get a nice visit from the previous three pairs from the first few books. Maddie is a wholesome, good girl who is looking to find herself, and she does that at the Wilders Vineyard. Maddie and Elijah’s romance is a bit like a best friend/coworker romance, she falls for him, but he doesn’t see her as anything but a friend, falls for another women, breaking Maddie’s heart in the process, tragedy strikes, grief and pain ensue and then finally light and love shine again.

When Maddie has to make a hard choice to stay or go, she is conflicted and unsure. She loves the life and the family and friends she has built at the vineyard, but seeing Elijah and not being able to be with him, is so painful. Is a change worth it? When Elijah loses the women he thought he would spend his life with, he’s a hot mess, let’s be honest. Understandably. Slowly he starts to see the light again, and Maddie, but she’s not the same as she was before. Or so Elijah thinks. After years, even with Elijah determined to never go through that pain again and swearing off love, Maddie happens. When he starts seeing her in a more womanly way, he starts to think that maybe being happy isn’t as scary as he thought it would be.

Maddie and Elijah were so loveable! The rest of the Wilder family was rooting for them so much, all wanting two of their favorite people to be happy together. I really liked that we got a full story with Maddie and Elijah, even with all the pain he had to go through with Joy, to finally get his HEA was so amazing. This series is a keeper for sure, I can’t wait to see what comes next in the series. I hope that Lark will get a story!!

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
One Way Back to Me
Always the One For Me
The Path To You

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Reviewed by Sarah

 

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date

I love falling in love.
Only I’m the worst at it.

My friends call me a serial first dater and I can’t blame them.
All I want is a happy ever after, yet all I find are happy ever nevers.

This is my last chance. After this set up with my friend’s tattoo artist, I’m done.
No more dating. No more chances.

If I don’t fall in love with Leo Johnson, I’ll give up on dating.
Even if it shatters my dreams in the process.

•••••

REVIEW:We’re headed back to the Montgomery Ink Legacy, May is finally going to get her happy ever after. HEN is a fast paced, novella, that can be read as a standalone, however I do always recommend reading a series in order.

May is searching for her forever love, but no matter what she does it always ends up a disappointment. She has gone on more dates than any of her friends, and she has finally had enough. When she meets Leo, their constant kismet gives May the little hope she needs to try one final time. With Leo.

May and Leo’s relationship is quick to spark when they are together, as a tattoo artist Leo is brash and a little edgy, making him all the more interesting to May. They have this chemistry, when they are together, they are fabulous to read, they play off of one another so well. Leo is known as a playboy though, May doesn’t want to want him the way she does. She wants her happily ever after, and that can’t possibly be with a one and done man…can it?

As the pair spend more time together, they can’t deny the spark anymore, it doesn’t matter that Leo is a playboy, or that he has been warned not to hurt May, some things just can’t be helped, and love is one of them.

May is the heart of the Montgomery Ink Legacy series, she has been an awesome supporting character in all of the other books, so finally seeing her get her happily ever after was so amazing. And Leo, well Leo is a hot, tatted, muscle man, what’s not to love there.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Bittersweet Promises
At First Meet

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 27, 2023

I fell in love with the wrong man and learned the hard way to ask for help.

I don’t plan on falling again and have no intention of trying.

But when I get invited to a high-powered CEO retreat, I know I can’t say no.

And I can’t go alone.

When my frenemy, Nick, invites himself as my escort, I should walk away.

But there’s no stopping the connection we’ve both ignored for far too long.

Only Nick’s past is far darker than he lets the world know, and the shell he encased himself in is stronger than my own. And when the pain from my past comes back with a force, I’m afraid that walking away will be the only choice—even if it breaks us both.

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REVIEW:At First Meet is the second installment of the Montgomery Ink Legacy series by Carrie Ann Ryan. As always, I recommend reading a series in order, however the majority of C.A.R books can be read as standalone.

The book kicks off with Lake, she is still learning about herself and what it means to be out of a crappy relationship. Lake is a Montgomery, it’s in her blood to fight for what she wants, but her last relationship lasted far longer than it should have and left her with more that just a few emotional booboos. When she learns that her hard work and struggles have finally payed off and she has won a fancy award, Lake is so proud of herself.

But why does it still feel like something is missing?

Nick has been involved with the Montgomery’s for what has felt like his entire life. His relationship with his own family has never been the best, and has left him with his own form of MUFD (messed up family drama). The Montgomery’s are family, even the ones that rub him the wrong way like Lake.

These two were just a hoot to read. The bickering, the stupid comments, it was like watching two teenagers learn that they really “like, like” one another, and in a way it was. Lake and Nick both know what emotional damage can do to a person, and while they may not be each other’s favorite person, they don’t want to hurt one another either. When they finally open up to one another, and see what they have been missing. Well lets just say it was like a lightbulb moment for poor Nick.

As always with a C.A.R story there is love, laughter and family, everything you expect to find in a Montgomery book. Let’s see who’s next in the never ending line that is Montgomery!

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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