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All I Want For Christmas Is You by Erika Kelly-review tour

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All I Want For Christmas Is You (Calamity Falls) by Erika Kelly-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 16, 2023

Her children are grown, her ex betrayed her in the worst way, and it’s her first Christmas alone. What better way to spend it than with the hottest man she’s ever seen? She deserves a little fun after losing everything she’s worked so hard for.

Margot Rhodes is glad to wake up in her hotel room to an empty bed. Her one and only hookup was phenomenal, but she doesn’t need to say goodbye to a man she’ll never see again. Except when she comes downstairs…she finds him in the lobby.

A snowstorm shut down the airport, and now she’s stuck with him for three days.

She needs to rebuild her life–not fall for some guy who lives two thousand miles away–so she does her best to avoid him, but the infuriating man keeps teaming up with her in the holiday events the hotel owner’s arranged to keep her guests happy.

And then, when it’s time to go their separate ways, he makes an offer she can’t refuse. It requires a move to his hometown…but what does she have to lose? She’s starting from the bottom which means the only way forward is up.

She’s got a second chance at life…is she willing to risk it all for a dirty-talking stranger?

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REVIEW: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU is the thirteenth instalment in Erika Kelly’s contemporary, adult CALAMITY FALLS erotic, romance series. This is business owner/mine owner/assayer Beau Gentry, and Margot Rhodes’ story line. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual omniscient third person perspectives (Margot and Beau) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU follows in the aftermath of the break down of both Margot and Beau’s respective marriages. Approximately eight months earlier, Margot discovered her husband of twenty-seven years was having an affair, and wanted out of their marriage. Fast forward to present day, Margot, the mother of two grown adult children, is now living and working in Merry Falls. Margot will come face to face with miner Beau Gentry, a divorced father of three adult children, and the man with whom Margot will fall in love. In the days before the Christmas holidays, Beau will be spending time in Merry Falls with his youngest daughter Jessa, time in which he will come to know the local barista, and artisan Margot Rhodes but a snowstorm is about to ruin the plans for everyone including Margot and Beau, a snowstorm that is about to push together our story line couple. Not wanting to leave Margot behind, Beau offers Margot the chance at a new life, a new life that quickly reflects what was and what will never be. What ensues is rapidly building romance and relationship between Margot and Beau, and the potential fall-out as Margot struggles with her position in Beau’s life, a position that is all too familiar for a woman who is refusing to relive a difficult time from her past.

The world building focuses on the lives, loves, marriage and divorces of our story line couple. Both single parents of adult children, Beau and Margot’s children play a significant role in each of their lives but Beau is keeping secrets, and it is these secrets that force Margot to reconsider everything going forward.

The relationship between Margot and Beau is one of immediate attraction but Margot believes she is not ready for a second chance at love. In the days leading to Christmas, Beau begins a subtle seduction of our story line heroine, a seduction that pulls Margot into the lives of Beau, his children, and a business that will quickly spiral out of control. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to an eclectic cast of secondary and supporting characters: Margot’s ex Scott, and their children Owen and Emerson: Beau’s children Lorelei, Jessa and Colt, and Colt’s son Walker.

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU is a story of second chances, of a sorts. A romantic, holiday tale of family, obligations, acceptance, forgiveness and love. The premise is captivating, entertaining and at times, heart breaking; the romance is seductive and flirtatious; the characters are dynamic, determined, lost but healing. 

 

Previous Reviews

It Was Always You
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Come Away With Me
You’re Still The One
Anywhere With You
Love Me Like you Do
Truly Madly Deeply

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Award-winning author Erika Kelly has been spinning romantic tales all her life–she just didn’t know it. Raised on the classics, she didn’t discover romantic fiction until later in life. From that moment on, she’s been devouring the genre and has found her true voice as an author. Over three decades she’s written poems, screenplays, plays, short stories, and all kinds of women’s fiction novels. Married to the love of her life and raising four children, she’s lived in two countries and seven states, but give her pen and paper, a stack of good books, and a steaming mug of vanilla chai latte and she can make her home anywhere.

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TRULY MADLY DEEPLY (Calamity Falls 12) by Erika Kelly-review tour

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TRULY MADLY DEEPLY (Calamity Falls 12) by Erika Kelly-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 15, 2023

What’s the worst thing that can happen to a single dad trying to avoid temptation? Crossing paths with the sexy runaway bride who’s looking to get as far away from her ex as possible.

When runaway bride Grace Giordano needs somewhere to regroup, groomsman Jaime Dupree offers her a guest house on his ranch. It’s no skin off his nose—she’s only in town a few days. Besides, between his daughter and his professional hockey team, he’s got his hands full. Surely, their paths won’t cross.

But when Grace gets the opportunity to run a food truck at the town’s annual music festival, she decides to stay all summer long. The singing baker’s a hit—at the festival and on the ranch.

Jaime might want to focus on his kid and his team, but the singing baker proves to be a mighty big distraction.

One he’s not sure he can resist.

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REVIEW: TRULY MADLY DEEPLY is the twelfth instalment in Erika Kelly’s contemporary, adult CALAMITY FALLS erotic, romance series. This is twenty-eight year olds, NHL team owner/rancher/single father Jaime Dupree, and baker Grace Giordano’s story line. TRULY MADLY DEEPLY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but for backstory and cohesion I recommend reading books ten and eleven where the current story line arc begins. If you have not read any of the previous instalment there may be spoilers in my review.

SOME BACKGROUND: Several months earlier, upon the sudden death of former professional hockey player and team owner Kurt Grevers, Kurt bequeathed his NHL team to four friends: Declan, Cole, Booker and Jaime but Declan and Cole were still active players, and Booker wanted nothing to do with the NHL leaving Jaime Dupree as the lone hands on owner. Jaime continues to struggle with demons from the past, demons that left him battling grief and guilt in the wake of almost losing everything and more.

Told from dual omniscient third person perspectives (Grace and Jaime) TRULY MADLY DEEPLY follows in the aftermath of the almost wedding between Grace Giordano and her long term boyfriend/fiancé Ian. Desperate to escape a marriage to a man whose secrets are dark and expensive, Grace hitches a ride with one of the groomsmen, NHL team owner Jaime Dupree. In the hopes of managing her own life and future, Grace begins working in the small town of Calamity, Wyoming. A baker and pastry chef by trade, Grace is hoping to move out from under the shadow of her big, Italian family, and starting over in Calamity may be the perfect arrangement but Grace never expected to fall in love with Jaime Dupree and his six year old daughter Kinsley, a man who is struggling with demons of his own. A friendship destroyed by childhood fun rendered Jaime a shell of his former self, unable to move beyond the guilt he has burdened for years. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Grace and Jaime, and the potential fall-out as Grace’s love for Jaime isn’t strong enough to keep the demons at bay.

Jaime Dupree continues to struggle with the guilt and grief of loss, not the loss of life, but the loss of a friendship, of a career, and the guilt of destroying the life of someone he loved. A second chance at happiness finds Jaime falling for our story line heroine but even love cannot overcome the guilt of the past. Grace Giordano, along with all of her extended family, has worked in the family bread business for as long as she can remember but Grace is hoping for something more, and an opportunity presents itself in Calamity Wyoming, an opportunity that may end before it has a chance to grow.

The relationship between Grace and Jaime begins as a run away bride scenario. Jaime is in the right place to rescue our story line heroine, a woman who has been betrayed by the man she once loved. Falling for Jaime was never in the cards, a man who refuses to cross the line between friendship and love but a man who is unable to let go of the past. Jaime never expected to find love with our story line heroine but his demons continue to control every aspect of his life, pushing our heroine to reconsider her own future. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large cast of secondary and supporting characters including Grace’s ex Ian; Jaime’s precocious six year old daughter Kinsley, as well as both of Jaime and Grace’s extended families, families, Calamity Wyoming locals, all of whom are very supporting, loving and strong.

TRULY MADLY DEEPLY is a story of family, friendships, relationships, and love; grief and guilt; loss and acceptance, forgiveness and love. The premise is emotional, heart breaking and engaging; the romance is seductive; the characters are numerous, broken, captivating and energetic.

Previous Reviews

It Was Always You
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Come Away With Me
You’re Still The One
Anywhere With You
Love Me Like you Do

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Award-winning author Erika Kelly has been spinning romantic tales all her life–she just didn’t know it. Raised on the classics, she didn’t discover romantic fiction until later in life. From that moment on, she’s been devouring the genre and has found her true voice as an author. Over three decades she’s written poems, screenplays, plays, short stories, and all kinds of women’s fiction novels. Married to the love of her life and raising four children, she’s lived in two countries and seven states, but give her pen and paper, a stack of good books, and a steaming mug of vanilla chai latte and she can make her home anywhere.

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Love Me Like You Do (Calamity Falls 10)by Erika Kelly-review tour

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Love Me Like You Do (Calamity Falls 10) by Erika Kelly-review & giveaway tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 27, 2022

How did the hottest hockey player in the NHL wind up braiding hair and hosting tea parties?

Because someone was foolish enough to name him co-guardian of their children. That’s how.

Cole Montgomery’s living his best life–until he gets a call from an attorney letting him know he’s been entrusted with the care of two little girls. He can’t imagine why anyone would think he was a good role model. He can’t even keep a plant alive.

Lingerie designer Hailey Casselton grew up with a free-spirited mother. So, when she finds out she’s the temporary co-guardian to two children, she’s determined to give them the best Christmas they’ve ever had. Unfortunately, she has to live with the jerk from high school who ruined her senior year.

But she gets a glimpse of the man behind Cole’s larger-than-life persona, and she likes what she sees. He might be used to living for himself, but he works hard to change his ways and meet the needs of these lost and scared girls. It doesn’t take long for her to enter dangerous territory–falling for a guy who’s never going to settle down.

Except…as much as Cole keeps saying he can’t wait to get his freedom back…he can’t deny these girls–and okay, even Hailey–have become the very best part of his life.

And he’s not quite sure what to do about that.

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REVIEW: LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO is the tenth instalment in Erika Kelly’s contemporary, adult CALAMITY FALLS erotic, romance series. This is twenty-eight year old, professional hockey player Cole Montgomery, and lingerie designer Hailey Casselton’s story line. LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous storylines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Cole and Hailey) LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO follows in the wake of the death of Cole and Hailey’s mutual friends Darren and Lindsey Leeson.Cole and Hailey have been named co-guardians of the couple’s three and six year old daughters but Cole is on the road for close to nine months of the year, and Hailey’s struggling to make ends meet in the lingerie business. An injury and subsequent surgery finds Cole co-parenting with our story line heroine but a scare regarding one of the children pushes Cole to walk away from the woman and the children with whom he is falling in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Cole and Hailey, and the potential fall-out as Cole struggles with demons from the past, forcing our hero to run when he should have remained behind.

Cole Montgomery and Hailey Casselton have a bit of a history. Cole was neglect by his mother, raised by a nanny, and watched from the sidelines as his father became a famous Hollywood star. Hailey Casselton’s childhood was spent on the road, never living in one place for an extended period of time. Hoping to finally set down roots, Hailey is prepared to build a family with the little girls left in her care but her relationship with Cole is about to threaten any possibility of co-parenting with the man that she loves.

The relationship between Cole and Hailey is a friends to frenemies to lovers relationship in which Hailey never saw herself as good enough for our story line hero. Hailey battles with memories from the past, as Cole struggles with heart break and fear going forward. The $ex scenes are seductive without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to three year old Evvie, and six year old Paisley; Cole’s father Trevor Montgomery, as well as Hailey’s mother, and several woman now working and residing in Calamity Fall, most of who we have met in the previous instalments.

LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO is a story of grief and loss, family and friendships, acceptance and forgiveness, relationships and love. The premise is emotional and captivating; the romance is passionate; the characters are broken, struggling, and charismatic.

Previous Reviews

It Was Always You
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Come Away With Me
You’re Still The One
Anywhere With You

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Award-winning author Erika Kelly has been spinning romantic tales all her life–she just didn’t know it. Raised on the classics, she didn’t discover romantic fiction until later in life. From that moment on, she’s been devouring the genre and has found her true voice as an author. Over three decades she’s written poems, screenplays, plays, short stories, and all kinds of women’s fiction novels. Married to the love of her life and raising four children, she’s lived in two countries and seven states, but give her pen and paper, a stack of good books, and a steaming mug of vanilla chai latte and she can make her home anywhere.

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ANYWHERE WITH YOU (Calamity Falls) by Erika Kelly-a review

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ANYWHERE WITH YOU (Calamity Falls) by Erika Kelly-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 9, 2022

He’s a rock star, and she’s his biggest fan. Dreams come true all the time—why not for her?

For ten years, Della Swanson has swooned over Van Claybourne. His lyrics are deep, sensitive, and speak to her soul. She’s positive if they met, they’d have a true connection. So, when the opportunity comes up to work in his mountain town, she grabs it.

But when six months pass, and she still hasn’t run into him, she knows it’s time to head home and put the silly fantasy to rest. She’s ready to start a new chapter in her life. On her way to the airport, she comes upon a stranded tour bus. With her bedazzled tool kit, she’s able to get the band back on the road, but just before she leaves, the manager offers her a job as a personal assistant. He won’t tell her the name of the artist, but the salary is so impressive she doesn’t hesitate to sign on.

The moment she boards the bus, Della’s stunned to find she’s working for her teen idol. Only, Van’s not what he seems. He’s got major secrets only a handful of people know—and they’re mind-blowing.

The one thing that does turn out to be true: the connection she believed they’d share is real and more powerful than anything she could have imagined.

But will it last? Della’s willing to take the wild ride in order to find out.

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REVIEW: ANYWHERE WITH YOU by Erika Kelly is a contemporary, adult, stand alone erotic, romance story line set in the author’s Calamity Falls world with characters introduced in KISS ME SLOWLY, a serial first released in newsletter format. This is temp/event planner Della Swanson, and musician/writer Van Claybourne. ANYWHERE WITH YOU can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from third person perspective ANYWHERE WITH YOU follows Della Swanson as she finds herself as the temporary PA for rock star Van Claybourne, her childhood idol but all is not as it appears to be. Three days together finds our couple revealing the truths about their past, pasts that are about to collide pushing Della out of Van Claybourne’s life, a life shrouded in secrets and lies. What ensues is the building relationship and romance between Della and Van Claybourne, and the potential fall-out as Della sees more than anyone could have ever imagined.

The relationship between Della and Van Claybourne is predicated upon a lie, of sorts. Van Claybourne is not who or what they present themselves to be, and Della is caught up in the middle of a potential storm of betrayal and trust. Della is quick to offer her assistance and help, help that is long overdue for a musician who is unable to find his own path, going forward. The $ex scenes are intimate and erotic without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There are limited secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to the members of, and support staff for Van Claybourne; Della’s father, as well as the return of Micky and Rhys Wolf (Kiss Me Slowly).

ANYWHERE WITH YOU is a story of secrets,lies, revelations and understanding. The premise is emotional and engaging;the romance is seductive and captivating;the characters are struggling, energetic and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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The Deeper I Fall (Calamity Falls 9) by Erika Kelly-Review Tour

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The Deeper I Fall (Calamity Falls 9) by Erika Kelly-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 24, 2022.

He’s a rough and rugged hockey player. She’s a posh British princess. To win an enormous inheritance, they’re forced to live together.

This is not going to go well.

When his former hockey coach passes away, Declan Cadell is shocked to learn the man left him a cattle ranch. Well, not exactly. He’s got one little hurdle to jump first. He has to win a trivia contest against the man’s estranged daughter. Oh, and there’s a caveat: he’s only in the running if he lives and works with the spoiled princess who blew off one of the greatest men he’s ever known.

As if it wasn’t hurtful enough that Seraphina Crutchley’s biological father replaced her with a bunch of sweaty hockey boys, now he’s forcing her to vie for her inheritance with one of them. Worse, the guy clearly can’t stand her because if—no, when she wins the contest—she’ll sell the land and return home to London. Why on earth would she keep a cattle ranch in Wyoming?

But Seraphina comes to learn the contest is about so much more than a ranch. It’s about learning who her father was and why he stopped asking to see her. It’s about falling in love…and finding the courage to fight for it.

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REVIEW: THE DEEPER I FALL is the ninth instalment in Erika Kelly’s contemporary, adult CALAMITY FALLS erotic romance series focusing on the men and women of Calamity Fall, Wyoming. This is hockey coach Declan Cadell, and twenty-four year old British socialite Seraphina ‘Phinny’ Crutchley’s story line. THE DEERER I FALL can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Declan and Phinny) THE DEEPER I FALL follows in the aftermath of a rejected proposal, and the sudden death of Seraphina Crutchley’s estranged American father, former professional hockey player Kurt Grevers. At the reading of the will, Seraphina will come face to face with the boys, now men, she believes stole her father from a life time of love but conditions of the will find our heroine remaining in Calamity Fall, in the hopes of ‘winning’ the ranch where she doesn’t belong, a contest that will pit Seaphina Crutchley against Declan Cadell. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Phinny and Declan, and the potential fall-out as Seraphina and Declan‘s ideas and hopes for the ranch are in total opposition to one another.

Seraphina Crutchley has not seen her father since she was six years old, and has been led to believe she was never wanted. With a chip on her shoulder, and ice in her heart, Seraphina returns to the home she can no longer remember but a home that will reveal memories of a time where she was happy and loved. Declan Cadell and his ‘former best friends’ Cole, Jaime and Booker, had always thought of Kurt as a second father. Kurt Grevers had taken the young boys in hand, teaching them about a game with would all come to love, a game that would see Kurt a successful businessman and rancher, and respected member of Calamity Falls. Declan and his friends have a past of their own, a past that continues to fester between the once tight-knit group of friends. Believing Seraphina is nothing but a gold digger and British snob, Declan and our heroine are about to be pitted against one another for ownership of Kurt Grevers legacy and love.

The relationship between Declan and Phinny begins acrimoniously as our heroine wants nothing to do with her father, the ranch and the men he loved more than his own flesh and blood but the longer Seraphina remains in Calamity Falls, the more will be revealed about the man she never knew, and the man with whom she is falling in love. Declan wants to protect his mentor’s legacy but falling for Seraphina was never meant to be. Seraphina has different plans for her late father’s ranch, a ranch that holds most of Declan’s memories from a time long ago. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Declan’s former friends now business partners: Cole Montgomery, Jaime Dupree, and Booker, as well as attorney Harrison Goodman; Seraphina’s parents Andrew and Lucinda Crutchley, Kurt’s former love interest Glori Van Patten, house manager Tina, Brodie and Rosie Bowie (Just the Way You Are 4), as well as several ranch hands and townsfolk who reaffirm everything Phinny thought to be true, was a lie. Cole Montgomery’s story is next.

THE DEEPER I FALL is a story of family and relationships, betrayal and heart break, secrets and lies, love and acceptance. The character driven premise is emotional, captivating and engaging; the romance is intimate and intoxicating; the characters are edgy, broken, animated and lost.

Previous Reviews

It Was Always You
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Come Away With Me
You’re Still The One

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

 

Award-winning author Erika Kelly has been spinning romantic tales all her life–she just didn’t know it. Raised on the classics, she didn’t discover romantic fiction until later in life. From that moment on, she’s been devouring the genre and has found her true voice as an author. Over three decades she’s written poems, screenplays, plays, short stories, and all kinds of women’s fiction novels. Married to the love of her life and raising four children, she’s lived in two countries and seven states, but give her pen and paper, a stack of good books, and a steaming mug of vanilla chai latte and she can make her home anywhere.

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You’re Still the One (Calamity Falls) by Erika Kelly-Review Tour

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You’re Still the One (Calamity Falls 9) by Erika Kelly-Review & Giveaway Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 8, 2021

motorcycle-riding hero
✔️ Sexy wedding planner with a whole lot of explaining to do
✔️Steamy, small town romance
✔️Second chance romance
✔️And lots and lots of make-up sex

When Stella Cavanaugh gets the chance to come home after a seven-year, self-imposed exile, she takes it. She was born to be a wedding planner, and she hopes creating her sister’s wedding might just earn her the redemption she’s been hoping for.

The only thing holding her back is the fear of running into Griffin James, the love of her life. Because she not only hurt her family, she destroyed their relationship. Burned it right to the ground. And she just doesn’t know if she can bear to find out he’s moved on. She sure hasn’t.

Griffin James has a roommate. The fourteen-year-old’s staying with him while his dad’s on deployment. Sounds simple, but the boy’s grandparents are looking for any excuse to pull him out of the clutches of the big, tattooed owner of a bike shop. If Griffin can just stay under their radar, everything should be fine.

But that’s just not possible when Stella bursts into their lives. Her sparkly spirit, her big, splashy ideas, and her impulsiveness always lead to disaster. He knew that…but he couldn’t resist her.

And now she’s on the run again, because…

The very things they love about each other are also what tear them apart.

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REVIEW:YOU’RE STILL THE ONE is the tenth instalment in Erika Kelly’s contemporary, adult CALAMITY FALLS erotic, romance series focusing on the people of Calamity Falls. This is twenty-five year old, wedding planner Stella Cavanaugh, and mechanic/motorcycle detailer Griffin James’ story line. YOU’RE STILL THE ONE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Stella and Griffin) YOU’RE STILL THE ONE follows the rebuilding romance and relationship between twenty-five year old, wedding planner Stella Cavanaugh, and mechanic/motorcycle detailer Griffin James. Seven years earlier Stella and Griffin’s life imploded when Stella, acting before she thought, destroyed her sister’s trust and faith, and lost the only man she would ever love. Running to places unknown, Stella would settle in New York City where she would eventually find herself working as an event planner. Fast forward to present day wherein, having not spoken to her family in close to seven years, our heroine finds herself back in Calamity Falls, where everything fell apart years before. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Griffin and Stella, and the potential fall out as Stella’s inability to think first, may have cost Griffin everything and more.

Stella’s return to Calamity Falls is about to take a turn she never saw coming. Griffin is looking after his best friend’s fourteen year old son Austin, but the young man’s grandparents are demanding more than Griffin will allow. In an effort to protect the man that she has never stopped loving, Stella surprises everyone with a ‘fake’ engagement announcement, placing herself in the direct line of fire with the man who could destroy her heart. Griffin James never stopped loving Stella Cavanaugh but betrayal came at a cost. Hoping to beg forgiveness from the woman he loved, Griffin discovered Stella had moved on, leaving everything and everyone behind in Calamity Falls.

The relationship between Stella and Griffin is a second chance romance; a fake engagement that threatens Stella’s return to her home town, and the forgiveness of the people she left behind. Stella had yet to reveal to her family that she was back in Calamity Falls, and the within minutes of arrival she had already embarked on a plan of secrets and lies that would surely scream more betrayal at the cost of their love. Griffin wanted nothing more than to forgive the woman that called to his heart but issues of trust meant Griffin struggled with what happened and why. Rekindling his relationship with our story line heroine mean changing his direction in life, a life that now involved a fourteen year old boy. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and familiar characters including Stella’s sisters Coco, Lulu and Gigi; their parents; Austin and his father Peyton, and Austin’s grandparents Judge Leonard and Mrs. Pilson, as well as several previous story line characters.

YOU’RE STILL THE ONE is a story of betrayal, secrets, lies and forgiveness; trust and acceptance; romance and love. The premise is emotional, heart warming and real; the romance is seductive ; the characters are sassy, edgy and inspiring.

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Award-winning author Erika Kelly has been spinning romantic tales all her life–she just didn’t know it. Raised on the classics, she didn’t discover romantic fiction until later in life. From that moment on, she’s been devouring the genre and has found her true voice as an author. Over three decades she’s written poems, screenplays, plays, short stories, and all kinds of women’s fiction novels. Married to the love of her life and raising four children, she’s lived in two countries and seven states, but give her pen and paper, a stack of good books, and a steaming mug of vanilla chai latte and she can make her home anywhere.

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Come Away With Me (Calamity Falls ) by Erika Kelly-Review tour

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Come Away With Me (Calamity Falls Holiday Novella ) by Erika Kelly-Review & Excerpt tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 17, 2020

Can the handsome loner win the heart of the single mom? He’s about to find out on their Vegas road trip.

Single mom Skylar James is absolutely not interested in the broody, inked artist who works in her brother’s motorcycle repair shop. She’s focused on her four-year-old son and her thriving business as an image consultant. But when he asks her to work her magic on his widowed mom, how can she say no? She’s in—even if it means a road trip with the man who can’t take a hint.

When Jinx Costello rolled into Calamity, Wyoming, he met the woman who owned him heart and soul. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to convince her about their destiny. She won’t even go on a date with him. But when he sees her in action with a client, he puts his own needs aside to ask for help with his mom.

Away from her family and business, Skylar finally lets down her guard and realizes why she’s been fighting Jinx so hard: she’s wildly attracted to him. Which makes it hard to uphold her vow not to date while her son’s little.

Jinx can’t believe the woman of his dreams is finally giving him a chance. But is she just letting loose on a Vegas road trip?
Because this is it for him. She’s it.

And now he just has to prove it to her.

••••

REVIEW: COME AWAY WITH ME by Erika Kelly is a holiday novella in the author’s contemporary, adult CALAMITY FALLS erotic, romance series. This is biker and artist Jackson ‘Jinx’ Costello, and twenty-five year old single mother and image consultant Skylar James’ story line. COME AWAY WITH ME can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Skylar and Jinx) COME AWAY WITH ME follows the building relationship and romance between biker and artist Jackson ‘Jinx’ Costello, and twenty-five year old single mother and image consultant Skylar James. Five years earlier, a then twenty year old Skylar James was stunned when she discovered she was pregnant and her boyfriend walked away without looking back. Fast forward to present day wherein, Skylar, now an image consultant, is asked to go to Vegas with biker and artist Jackson ‘Jinx’ Costello, a man who stirs something deep within our story line heroine. Jackson ‘Jinx’ Costello fell in love with Skylar James the moment they met but Skylar wanted nothing to do with Jinx Costello and would constantly rebuke his attempts at dating or lunch. With Skylar’s son at his grandparents for the Christmas Holidays, Jinx jumps at the chance to take Skylar to Vegas, in an effort to convince his widowed mother into an image make-over. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Skylar and Jinx when Skylar realizes that everything she needed and wanted had always been close at hand.

COME AWAY WITH ME is a quick read; a wonderfully spirited and energetic novella focusing on one woman’s struggle to do it all, and one man’s battle to convince said woman to take a change on love. The premise is captivating; the romance is spicy and fated.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Jinx had opened his heart to her, and it was time she did the same. “I’m ready.”
He looked confused. “For?”
“I’m done fighting my feelings for you. It was easy to push you away when it was nothing more than physical attraction. You’re gorgeous, and you’ve got a body to die for. Those things I could resist. But you’re the kindest, sweetest, most generous man I’ve ever known. And…” Tears burned.
“No, no more tears. I can’t take it.”
She shook her head. She needed to say this. “But you’re so good with my son.” She held his gaze, and emotion swelled so big and hard she couldn’t contain it. “I like you so much, Jinx, and I…” She got up on her toes, clasped a hand around his neck and drew his mouth down to hers. “I really want to kiss you.”
The first brush of lips sent sparks shooting through her. This big, hard muscled man was so gentle, his lips soft. He kissed her like she was a precious thing, like he wanted to savor this moment he’d waited so long for.
But she was too needy, too desperate for him. Licking into his mouth, she felt a shudder run through his body. When their tongues collided, the world burst into a shower of stars, and—Oh, my God—she’d never wanted anyone the way she wanted him. “You think your mom will mind if we leave without her?”
Grabbing her hand, he led her across the dance floor and whispered into his mom’s ear. She glanced to Skylar, looking concerned.
When he came back to her, she said, “What did you tell your mom?”
“I might’ve said I needed to get you to bed.”
“You what?” She nudged him. “You did not tell your mom we’re leaving to have sex.”
He grinned.
“Jinx.”
Right there on the dance floor, he cupped her chin, forcing her to look him in the eyes. “Just so we’re clear, I get that you’re away from your son, you’re in Vegas, and you want to have some fun. But I don’t want an hour with you. I don’t want one night.”
“What do you want?”
“Everything.” His desire for her made her knees buckle. “I want everything with you.”

Award-winning author Erika Kelly has been spinning romantic tales all her life–she just didn’t know it. Raised on the classics, she didn’t discover romantic fiction until later in life. From that moment on, she’s been devouring the genre and has found her true voice as an author. Over three decades she’s written poems, screenplays, plays, short stories, and all kinds of women’s fiction novels. Married to the love of her life and raising four children, she’s lived in two countries and seven states, but give her pen and paper, a stack of good books, and a steaming mug of vanilla chai latte and she can make her home anywhere.

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What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas…

The moment Beckett O’Neill retires from professional sports, he swears off schedules and commitments. His new gig has him hopping from one exotic location to the next. No strings, no responsibilities. Nothing that will tie him down.

At least not until a chance encounter with the woman who stole his heart for a night in Vegas delivers the shock of a lifetime. He’s got a five-year-old daughter, one who believes wholeheartedly she’s a fairy. What’s he supposed to do with that? It’s not like he even knows what being a good father looks like.

Life didn’t go exactly as Coco Cavanaugh planned. Her big dreams of launching a business are derailed when a one-night stand with a charming stranger results in a surprise pregnancy. As a single mom, she manages to find a happy balance raising her adorable and hilarious little girl, while mastering the art of chocolate-making. It’s a good, safe life. One she’s proud of.

When fate brings them together again, Coco remembers exactly why she fell into bed with the irresistible Beckett. But she’s not that free-spirited girl anymore. And his jet-setting lifestyle isn’t conducive to raising a child.

Is this a second chance at another one-night stand or is this the beginning of something real?

They’re everything he never wanted.
He’s everything she didn’t think they needed.

••••••••••

REVIEW: CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE is the fifth instalment in Erika Kelly’s contemporary, adult CALAMITY FALLS erotic romance series focusing on the people of Calamity Falls, Wyoming . This is chocolatier Colette ‘Coco’ Cavanaugh, and extreme sports athlete Beckett ‘Beck’ O’Neill’s story line. CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Coco and Beck) CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE follows the building relationship between twenty-seven year old, chocolatier Colette ‘Coco’ Cavanaugh, and extreme sports athlete Beckett ‘Beck’ O’Neill. Six years earlier, Coco was in Las Vegas, attending a concert for her rock star sister but a one-night stand left Coco pregnant and alone in Europe where she would work with a master chocolatier, starting our heroine on an adventure of a lifetime. Fast forward to present day, wherein Coco Cavanaugh has been asked to make the chocolate candies for an upcoming celebrity wedding at the Owl Hoot Resort and Spa but Coco never expected to come face to face with the man who had fathered her child. Enter Beckett ‘Beck’ O’Neill, the celebrity groom, and the man with whom Coco will fall in love. What ensues is the building friendship, relationship and romance between Coco and Beck, and the potential fall-out as Beck’s lifestyle and business are about to pull our hero back out of Coco and their daughter’s life.

Coco Cavanaugh never expected to ever find Posie’s father, a one-night stand wherein Coco ghosted the next morning. Never knowing Beck’s name or his business, Coco struggled to locate a man who was more of a stranger, than anything else but Coco never intended to keep Posie’s existence a secret, and with Beck’s reappearance, Coco struggles with introducing Beck to a five year old child, let alone introducing Beck as the child’s father. Beck’s lifestyle on the road did not make for a father who would remain in Posie’s life for very long.

Beck O’Neill and his business partners were doing well in the world of extreme sports and social media influencers, so much so that Beck’s girlfriend intended to make their relationship a focus of the business but Beck struggled with the idea of settling down, and in no way did Beck every want to start a family, let alone make a life-time commitment to a woman he didn’t love.

The relationship between Beck and Coco is one of immediate attraction; a palpable sexual hunger that ended with Coco’s disappearance the morning after. Six years would pass before out couple were reunited, five years of a little girl’s life that Beck would never have wanted to miss. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Coco and Beck’s daughter Posie; Coco’s parents, Tyler and Joss, her rock star sister Gigi, executive chef Lulu; as well as the Bowie brothers (Fin, Will, and Gray Bowie) who own and operate Owl Hoot Resort and Spa.

CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE is a story of family, friendship, relationships and love; a story of secrets and revelations; of heart break and acceptance. The premise is emotional and imaginative ; the romance is spicy and flirty; the characters are inspiring and sassy.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

 

Award-winning author Erika Kelly has been spinning romantic tales all her life–she just didn’t know it. Raised on the classics, she didn’t discover romantic fiction until later in life. From that moment on, she’s been devouring the genre and has found her true voice as an author. Over three decades she’s written poems, screenplays, plays, short stories, and all kinds of women’s fiction novels. Married to the love of her life and raising four children, she’s lived in two countries and seven states, but give her pen and paper, a stack of good books, and a steaming mug of vanilla chai latte and she can make her home anywhere.

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