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Between Hello and Goodbye by Emma Scott is now live! From USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author comes a brand-new contemporary romance—an angsty, emotional love story between a grumpy firefighter who thinks he has his life figured out and a beautiful ad exec whose life is anything but.   Check out my spoiler-free review below.  You can read this book for FREE using Kindle Unlimited. Try Kindle Unlimited FREE for the first month HERE.  

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She's a city girl in Seattle. He's a firefighter in a rainforest. This is never going to work...
 
Faith Benson isn't your emergency contact, she's the party-girl friend you call for a good time. The gal-pal who loves mimosas at brunch and martinis at Happy Hour. But her carefree lifestyle threatens her job at a top Seattle ad agency. There's no one better at landing big accounts (when she shows up) but her boss demands she take a leave of absence to get her head on straight.
 
Faith heads to the remote Hawaiian island of Kauai, far away from the vices that get her in trouble. A twisted ankle on Day One requires rescuing by a man who is vice personified--a gorgeous firefighter who awakens feelings in her heart she never knew existed.
 
Asher Mackey doesn't get involved with beautiful tourists beyond taking them to bed and then watching them leave his tiny island. He's devoted his life to the safety and care of everyone around him...except himself. Until he meets Faith Benson, the city girl whose vibrant, inner beauty shines a light on the dark corners of his life, showing him how safe—but empty—it truly is.
 
Despite their best efforts to keep their distance, Faith and Asher fall hard and fast, but there's an ocean between them. Both are building their lives on opposite sides of the Pacific while their feelings for each other grow more profound and undeniable by the day.
 
Something has to give.
 
When Asher receives devastating news, he and Faith have to decide once and for all to entrust their hearts fully to the other or return to their safe—but separate—worlds. Because neither can endure much longer, living somewhere between hello and goodbye.

Between Hello and Goodbye is a contemporary romance about love, loss, and experiencing life in all its facets. It deals with sensitive topics that may be triggering for some readers.

Spoiler-free Review

Emma Scott is a USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author whose books have been translated in six languages and featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, New York Daily News and USA Today's Happy Ever After. She writes emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy emotionally-charged stories that rip your heart out and put it back together again, with diverse characters and kind-hearted heroes, you will enjoy her novels. Visit www.emmascottwrites.com

Fall of the Stars (In Love and War Duet Book 2) is LIVE.  This historical Viking romance is going on my Best of 2022 book list!  Check out my spoiler-free book review below. You must read this series in order. 

North of the Stars (In Love and War Duet Book 1)  Read my review here. You can buy it here. 

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Spoiler-free Review

Bio

Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare, and Emily Dickinson. When she is not writing, Monica is busy running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two. She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt, and turbulent stories, hoping to leave an imprint on her readers. She draws her inspiration from life. She is a bestselling author in the U.S.A., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, and the U.K.

Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals. She is slightly obsessed with cats, chucks, and lip gloss, and secretly wishes she was a ninja on the weekends.

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The Summer Proposal by Vi Keeland is LIVE! This book is the first book to go on my Best of 2022 Romance Reading List!  Check out my spoiler-free review below. 

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AUTHOR BIO

Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-six languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

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The Thorns Remain by Jennifer Hartmann and Chelley St Clair is LIVE!  You can read it for FREE on Kindle Unlimited!  Read my spoiler-free review below. This book is on my Best of 2021 list.

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VENGEANCE.

Hiding deep within the shadows of human nature, it smolders…

Simmers…

Waits.

Only, for me, it was no longer a hibernating beast.

The day I discovered the wrongs committed against me, vengeance clawed its way right through me. The beast had emerged from its lair with a burning need to destroy the man who tore my marriage apart.

And now?

Now, it was my lifeline.

My dark lover.

My. Whole. Purpose.

REVENGE.

They say it’s sweet in the end, and I believed them. I could almost taste that honey on my tongue, like a balm I needed to quell the bitterness.

But it was all a lie.

I was blindsided.

And not once did I think about who I might hurt along the way. I never considered the casualties that may fall across my path of destruction.

No…

Revenge is not sweet. Retaliation does not end in reward.

Vengeance is not justice.

The promises whispered by that beast within?

They’re all hollow.

All it ever wanted was to be set free.

In the end, I never expected things to be worse than when it all began.

I never expected the wreckage left in my wake.

I

never

expected

her.

Review:

The Thorns Remain by Jennifer Hartmann and Chelley St Clair
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“I wanted to reap vengeance so bad, I could taste it. I didn’t care about who or what stood in my way—it was all collateral damage. Nothing mattered but my lust for revenge. My hatred for Benjamin Grant.”

5- stars! Jennifer Hartmann and first-time author Chelley St. Clair’s new book, The Thorns Remain, is a soul-sucking masterpiece of love, lies, and revenge. This bitter, twisted slow-burning romance will incinerate your heart. I feel like my heart took a nose dive into a rose bush, and I'm still picking out the thorns from all the feels. I don't want to give too much away, but you need to be prepared to binge-read this unputdownable new release. I'm adding this toxic romance to my Best of 2021 list!

 All products featured on KCBR are independently selected by this blog. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission at no cost to you. This helps me buy more books. 

Here are thirty-two+ (and counting) of the best romance books of 2021. Many of these titles are New York Times, USA Today, & Amazon Best Sellers! There is something for everyone: From your 'everyday heros' to rock stars, royals, millionaires, Vikings, and even a sexy teacher or two. Find them at your favorite book retailer.  See all of my book lists on Buzzfeed. Happy reading! 

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Well Played by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

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The Invitation by Vi Keeland

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The Aristocrat by Penelope Ward

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The Ravenhood Series by Kate Stewart

Flock  (The Ravenhood Book 1)

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Exodus (The Ravenhood Book 2)

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The Finish Line (The Ravenhood Book 3)

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The Naked Fisherman & The Lost Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann

The Naked Fisherman  (Book 1)

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The Lost Fisherman  (Book 2)

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North of the Stars (In Love and War 1) by Monica James (Avail at all retailers)

Kindle: https://amzn.to/3p8qr9p

Audio: TBD

Paperback: https://amzn.to/3yGf2Ru

The Spark by Vi Keeland

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Audio: https://amzn.to/2TuxTyT

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The Crush by Penelope Ward

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When We Met & Moments in Darkness (Moments in Boston Series of Standalones) by Marni Mann

When We Met

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When Darkness Ends

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From the Embers by Aly Martinez

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Not Pretending Anymore by Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

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Reel by Kennedy Ryan

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Lessons in Sin by Pam Godwin

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Dear Mr. Brody by A.M. Johnson

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Mazzone Mafia Series by Siobhan Davis

Condemned to Love

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Forbidden to Love

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Scared to Love (12/29 release)

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The Red Door Series by Dyan Layne

Serenity (Red Door Book 1)

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Affinity (Reed Door Book 2)

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Maelstrom (Red Door Book 3)

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The Other Brother (Red Door Book 4)

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Say I'm the One (All of Me Duet 1) & Let Me Love You (All of Me Duet 2) by Siobhan Davis

Say I'm the One (All of Me Duet 1)

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Let Me Love You (All of Me Duet 2)

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Tangled Games (Dating Games Book 5) by T.K. Leigh

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The Last Piece of His Heart (Lost Boys Book 3) by Emma Scott

Kindle: https://amzn.to/3yI7cXJ

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Pieces of Us by Claudia Burgoa

Kindle: https://amzn.to/3p8OMMm

Audio: https://amzn.to/3EeA7n8

Paperback: https://amzn.to/3EaAK12

Willow Springs Series by Laura Pavlov

Frayed  (Willow Springs 1)

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Tangled (Willow Springs 2)

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Charmed (Willow Springs 3)

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Sealed (Willow Springs 4)

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Men of Summer Series by Lauren Blakely

Scoring With Him (Men of Summer Book 1)

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Winning With Him (Men of Summer 2)

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All In With Him (Men of Summer Book 3)

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The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros

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For Lucy by Jewel E. Ann

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The Wrong Heart by Jennifer Hartman

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Blood And Ash Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

From Blood and Ash (Blood And Ash Series Book 1)

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A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood And Ash Series Book 2)

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The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood And Ash Series Book 3)

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The Lawyer by Marni Mann

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Saint (Priest Book 3) by Sierra Simone

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Ripple Effect by J. Bengtsson

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Don't Kiss the Bride by Carian Cole

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The Good Lie by A.R. Torre

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Deliver Us From Evil Trilogy by Monica James

Thy Kingdom Come (Deliver Us From Evil Trilogy Book 1)

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Into  Temptation (Deliver Us From Evil Trilogy Book 2)

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Deliver Us From Evil (Deliver Us From Evil Trilogy Book 3)

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