One Last Frog(Small Town Southern Boys 4) by Deanndra Hall-review

One Last Frog(Small Town Southern Boys 4) by Deanndra Hall-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 30, 2026

Farming eats up his time, but Kentucky widower and single dad Kyle Miller thinks he’s finally ready for dating. He signs up on a dating site designed for the rural lifestyle and expects to have to kiss some frogs, but he soon finds there aren’t many princesses!

With her abusive ex-husband finally in prison, Gina Pritchard can concentrate on running her family’s farm store and taking care of her kids. When a handsome farmer comes into the store claiming he talked to her on a dating site she’s never heard of, she knows who’s to blame. But she chases him down anyway and asks him to have a cup of coffee.

In no time, they’re thrilled to be headed straight into a happily ever after. But someone from Gina’s past is determined to keep that from happening, and they’ll use a bullet if necessary. Gina’s willing to let go just to keep them all safe. For Kyle, that’s a no. He’ll fight to keep their love, even if it’s to the death.

The Small Town Southern Boys series is a collection of independent novels, each set in a different southern state with its own flavor and designed so you can jump in anywhere. Discover a world of hunky home-town sexiness that just won’t quit and see for yourself why the temperature’s always hellahot when there’s a drawl coming from between those lips with a slow, charming smile.

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REVIEW: ONE LAST FROG is the fourth instalment in Deanndra Hall’s contemporary adult SMALL TOWN SOUTHERN BOYS erotic, romance series. This is thirty-three year old,single father and farmer Kyle Miller, and forty-two year old single mother and divorcee Gina Pritchard’s story line. ONE LAST FROG can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty-the stories are not connected.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual omniscient third person perspectives (Gina and Kyle) ONE LAST FROG follows the building romance and relationship between our story line couple. Approximately five and half years earlier, Kyle Miller lost the love of his life to cancer, and now that his daughter was getting older, he was thinking about testing the proverbial waters, again. A dating website for farmers and rural life left Kyle Miller disgruntled and disheartened but meeting divorcee Gina Pritchard gave Kyle thoughts of a future. Gina’s past refuses to let go, and when name calling and threats are made, the fall-out places everyone in the direct line of fire.

The world building focuses on love and loss, betrayal and madness, Gina had suffered at the hands of her ex but someone else is determined to make Gina pay . From Gina’s abusive past, to Kyle’s loss and raising his daughter alone, the reader is pulled into an emotional and often frustrating story of obsession and retribution in the name of family.

The relationship between Gina and Kyle begins as a match on a dating website but quickly turns into something more. There is immediate attraction and determination, Kyle having had to kiss a ‘lot of frogs’ before finding his princess and happily ever after. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters are energetic, dynamic and fun with a little big of crazy and questionable added on the side. We are introduce to Kyle’s teenage children, his large extended family, as well as Gina’s parents, and bitter mother in law.

ONE LAST FROG is a story of betrayal and vengeance, madness and obsession, love and loss, family and friendships, relationships and acceptance . The character driven premise is dramatic and edgy; the romance is seductive and captivating; the characters are desperate, determined, and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Deanndra Hall is a working author living in the far western end of the beautiful Bluegrass State with her husband of over 35 years and small menagerie of weird little dogs. When she’s not writing, she’s editing. When she’s doing neither of those two things, she’s having dinner with friends, spending time with family, kayaking, eating chocolate, drinking beer or moonshine, or looking for something that she put in the wrong place and can’t seem to find (which is pretty much everything she owns).

 

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Possessive Sinner (Empire of Sin 2) by Bella Ray-review

Possessive Sinner (Empire of Sin 2) by Bella Ray-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 16, 2026

I was never meant for this world.

Yet, I played the part.
I played the good wife. Lead a quiet life. Made safe choices.

I buried the reckless girl I used to be. Then they took my husband. And everything changed. Because the man who came for me, Gabriel D’Amato, he isn’t a savior. He’s power. Control. Violence wrapped in a tailored suit. A man who watches too closely. Knows too much. A man I don’t understand.
A man I don’t trust. Because the deeper I get pulled into his world… the more I start to wonder, if he had something to do with my husband’s death?
I should stay away.
I should run.
Instead, I make a choice.
I want revenge. And he’s the only one who can help me get it.
But Gabriel D’Amato doesn’t do favors. And the way he looks at me? That’s not protection.
That’s possession.
He sees something in me I thought I left behind. Something dangerous. Something hungry. Maybe he’s right.
Because they didn’t just kill my husband, they woke up the wrong version of me.
I’m not the kind of woman who forgives.

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REVIEW:POSSESSIVE SINNER is the second instalment in Bella Ray’s contemporary, adult EMPIRE OF SIN dark, erotic, Mafia romance series, a spin off set in the author’s Savage Kings world. This is businessman and casino owner Gabriel D’Amato, and veterinarian assistant Audra Hale’s story line. POSSESSIVE SINNER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Audra and Gabriel) POSSESSIVE SINNER follows in the wake of the murder of Audra’s husband. Several weeks earlier, Audra crossed paths with our story line hero, a man she never met but a man who became obsessed with everything Audra Hale. Upon the murder of her husband and the rescue of our story line heroine, Gabriel became guardian and protector, determined to claim Audra as his own but Audra has been marked, and the people taking aim, are familiar with Gabriel and his crime world partners.

The world building pulls the reader into the mind of a man obsessed. In an effort to protect the woman with whom Gabriel will fall in love, Audra becomes a prisoner in a gilded cage but a prisoner who is determined to avenge the death of a man she once loved. A powerful man in his own right, Gabriel has met his match when it comes to the woman he cannot live without, a woman with secrets of her own.

The relationship between Audra and Gabriel is an unbalanced power dynamic in more ways than one. Audra has been targeted but struggles to understand the how and why-Gabriel pulls Audra into his world, a world where she takes aim at the people destroying her life. The $ex scenes are erotic and provocative.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, questionable and obsessed secondary and supporting characters including the return of Las Vegas Mafia head Massimo Manetti and his wife Jenna (Merciless Sinner 1), as well as Massimo’s men Enzo, Alessio and Damiano. We are introduced to Audra’s husband Pete Hale, her mother Stacey, and Gabriel’s security guard Brick. The requisite evil has many faces.

POSSESSIVE SINNER is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, obsession and hatred, family and relationships, forgiveness and love. The character driven premise is dark, gritty and dramatic; the romance is seductive and passionate; the characters are desperate, determined, charismatic and questionable. The conflict resolution is incomplete, there is more story to come.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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It Seemed Like a Good Idea by Lauren Blakely-review tour

It Seemed Like a Good Idea (Darling Springs 1) by Lauren Blakely-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 3, 2026

I don’t need a bodyguard—I run a small-town lavender farm, for bee’s sake. But when my identical twin sister lands the movie role of a lifetime that’s being shot in my hometown I get one anyway.

And guess which broody, tattooed protector the studio sends to keep the paparazzi off my porch?

Last month’s almost one-night stand.

The guy with the wicked mouth and heated eyes who slipped out before the fun even started. But turns out the sexy jerk is excellent at rescuing me from sneaky photographers at the market. Then the coffee shop. I’m trying hard to stay mad after the third time my new bodyguard saves me.

To top it all off, he’s staying in the cottage at my farm. With me. And there’s only one bed.

Maybe if we finally give in and finish what we started, it’ll relieve the tension? But one night quickly turns into another. Then into late-night secrets and soft confessions we shouldn’t say out loud. Especially since he’s leaving and I’m staying, and there’s no way we can be more than a summer romance that ends far too soon.

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REVIEW:IT SEEMED LIKED A GOOD IDEA is the first instalment in Lauren Blakely’s contemporary, adult DARLING SPRINGS erotic,romance series. This is former US marine turned bodyguard Banks Kendrick, and lavender farmer Ripley Addison’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Banks and Ripley) IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA focuses on the building romance and forbidden relationship between our story line couple. Weeks earlier Ripley Addison was ghosted by her almost one-night stand, and in the ensuing aftermath Ripley would discover that her identical twin sister, Hollywood star Haven Addison hired a personal security guard for our story line heroine in the face of potential stalking and mistaken identity. Enter Ripley’s almost one-night stand, Apex Security co-owner Banks Kendrick, and the man with whom Ripley will fall in love. Offering up her home and lavender fields for the movie production, Ripley finds herself roommates with Banks Kendrick, and their forced proximity pushes our couple together. Determined to protect the woman with whom he is falling in love, Banks knows their time together will come to a close but our hero knows he has crossed a line when future contracts come into question.

The world building focuses on several intersecting pathways including the filming of a movie, the lavender fields and local townspeople, stars and starlets, production teams, and invasive paparazzi.

The relationship between Ripley and Banks begins as an almost one-night stand. Discovering Banks would be her person security for the foreseeable future, Ripley is determined to make his life miserable but discovers Banks is willing to accept everything and more. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic, language and text.

The secondar and supporting characters are dynamic and interesting. WE are introduce to Ripley’s sisters, actress Haven Addison, and their Grandmother Lila; actor Chris Carlisle; The Sweet Spot owner Katrina Goldstein; friends Chloe and Bridget; movie crew members Tabitha, Vega, and Banks’ business partner Dean, and local businessman Sawyer, and Monroe.

IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA is a story of family and relationships, friendships and acceptance, forgiveness and love. The slow building, character driven premise is detailed and entertaining; the romance is seductive; the characters are determined, and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

Ripley

He’s touching me in some kind of slo-mo seduction. His fingers move to my jawline, the pads grazing along my face, then coming to a stop at my chin where he holds me. Roams his thumb right under my lower lip. Breathes out hard, full of wanting.

I am done.

“Just kiss me,” I whisper, already begging.

His lips curve up in the pleased grin of a man who holds the cards. “Patience,” he says, voice deep and in charge.

“I’m not feeling very patient,” I murmur.

“Good,” he says, a lion toying with his prey.

Pounce on me.

A #1 New York Times Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s hot, sweet and sexy. She lives in California with her family and has plotted entire novels while walking her dogs. With fourteen New York Times bestsellers, her titles have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists more than eighty times, and she’s sold more than 2 million books. In October she’ll release HARD WOOD, a sexy, standalone romantic comedy. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, sign up for her newsletter! laurenblakely.com/newsletter

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