Lisa Swinton - Queen of Random
Award-winning Author Who Loves to Read
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Her Mistletoe Cowboy
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Scrooge & the Girls Next Door
I'm a long time fan of Ms. Jacobson, and this story lives up to her high bar.
Lots of feels, great romance, humor, and how did I not see the grandma thing coming?!
Also, I can totally relate to the laughing issue. This is a real thing.
If you like enemies to lovers, holiday, and characters that grow, then you're ready to pick up this book. Be prepared, you won't want to put it down.
When the sunniest woman in Creekville buys the house next to the grumpiest man on the street, sparks fly . . . and not just because she keeps blowing his fuses...
Twenty-six-year-old Paige Redmond, single mom and go-getter, can’t wait to give her daughter, Evie, the Christmas of her dreams. Nothing can get in Paige’s way, not even her newly purchased fixer-upper cottage needing way more fixing than she planned.
When Paige's feelings for Henry wind up as tangled as her Christmas lights, there's suddenly more than Christmas spirit on the line. Will Henry pull the plug on their first solo Christmas? Or can Paige and Evie convince the town's biggest scrooge to open his grinchy heart to the holiday . . . and to them?
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Cowboy Billionaire Best Friend
Graham Whittaker returns to Coral Canyon a few days after Christmas—after the death of his father. He's just found out his long-time girlfriend in Seattle has been cheating on him, and while Coral Canyon isn't his first choice of where to live, it's certainly the friendliest. He takes over the energy company his dad built from the ground up and buys a high-end lodge to live in—only a mile from the home of his once-best friend, Laney McAllister.
Laney returned to her family ranch after college, but her husband left Laney and their daughter, Bailey, to work the ranch themselves, which they've been trying to do. But with her furnace on the brink of failure and the snow falling faster than ever, Laney agrees to bring Bailey up to Graham's lodge for the holidays.
They were best friends once, but Laney's always entertained feelings for him, and spending so much time with him while they make Christmas memories puts her heart in danger of getting broken again.
Can they take their friendship to the next level and build a family? Or will Laney be risking her heart only to remain in the friend zone?
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Man of My Dreams
But Cam’s got a sticky past and before Rory falls for him, she has to find out the truth. Not only does she discover it, she uncovers a scary secret he’s been hiding that proves his life is not only in danger, but that also puts her heart in jeopardy of breaking.
Thursday, October 24, 2024
The Fall of Lord Drayson
Ms. Anderson is a fabulous hitstorical romance writer.
What an fun premise to base a romance on. The evictor gets amnesia and becomes the servant to the evictee. Brilliant. The characters are well thought out and their interactions are both fiery and charming.
With more than one obstacle to overcome, cue the nosy neighbor, this book kept me interested from page one to the end.
WHEN COLIN CAVENDISH, the new earl of Drayson, informs Lucy Beresford that she and her mother need to vacate the house they've called home for the past two years, Lucy is fit to be tied. They have no money, no relations they can turn to for help, and nowhere to go. How dare the earl break the promise his father had made to the Beresfords without so much as a twinge of conscience?
Fate plays her hand when Lucy discovers the earl unconscious and injured in the middle of the road. When he awakens with no recollection of who he is, Lucy seizes the opportunity to teach the earl a much-needed lesson in humility and tells him that he is nothing more than a mere servant. Her servant, in fact. And thus begins the charming tale of a pompous lord and an impetuous young woman, caught together in a web so tangled that it begs the question: Will they ever get out?
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Kiss Me, Cowboy
Ms.McClone has crafted a story that won't disappoint.
These two MCs had a lot of issues to work out. Sometimes I wanted to shake them and tell them to have a simple conversation.
But that would've taken away the angst of the story. Things get interesting when Zack offers to help Charlie find the perfect man.
If you're a fan of the cowboy tropes, including friends to lovers, you'll enjoy this one.
It was one small kiss.
After all, a kiss is just a kiss.
Or is it?
After a passionate and empathetic kiss, dude ranch wranglers, Charlotte "Charlie" Randall and Zack Harris, are out of sorts as they pretend nothing happened. With too many demons to battle, Zack can't let Charlie get close. But it's too late, because she's fallen hat over spurs for the handsome military veteran turned cowboy. Taking a job in another state is the only way to protect her heart and finally move on.
But Zack can't let her leave, so he concocts a plan to find Charlie a boyfriend--a perfect match--to keep her in Montana. Until he realizes the only cowboy he wants her with is him. But it might be too late. Has Charlie made up her mind to put the kiss in the past and forget the cowboy who rode off with her heart?
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Forgetting the Prince
Ms. Bastian brings her solid writing once again to craft a romance that keeps you turning pages.
I really enjoyed the contrast of their worlds as the MCs came together to work for the greater good but struggled to bring their lives in alignment.
I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
She's a scientist with no time for romance, he's a prince afraid of making a mistake, do they dare follow their hearts and give each other a chance?
Jenna is content with her research and doesn’t need a man. When she’s injured while hiking and is rescued by a handsome stranger, she starts to have second thoughts. But nothing more than a few stolen kisses could come of it since he’s only in town for a short time.
Stefan is in the United States to convince a scientist to help him establish a lab that will benefit the people of Durham. The last thing he needs is any romantic entanglements. Especially after what his older brother, the crown prince of Durham, has gone through. But when he rescues Jenna from a hiking accident he wishes he could throw caution to the wind.
When he discovers Jenna is the top research assistant, he jumps at the chance to hire her to set up the lab back in Durham. The more time he spends with her, the more he wants to push all the royal protocol to the side and go after his heart. Can Jenna see past the royal duty and allow herself to fall in love, or would she be better off forgetting him completely and keeping her heart locked away where it’s safe?