Kaelie's Reads

209 Wedding Lane by Lucy Darling I was a child groom. It’s not how it sounds. I was a willing groom to a sweet girl who said she was dying. Her final wish was to get married, and I was all too happy to grant it. So right there in that hospital, two kids got hitched. It was the best day of my young life. . . Until I couldn’t find her. Until she was gone. It broke my heart. She took the pieces with her. I got older, but I never forgot about the little girl with the innocent smile and face of an angel. I had no idea when I took her hand that day, she would guide me down a path to greatness. Then I found her. She was alive and in Cherry Falls. I knew I had to have her, to keep her safe, and make her mine. I just have to convince my wife to do me the honor of becoming my bride once again. I got married when I was a kid, when I didn’t know what love really meant. But now I do, and I’m never going to let it go.   My Review: Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%. My rating: 1 of 5 star...

Unbroken Promises by Nikki Ash **This is an emotional and angsty Friends-to-Lovers romance** When we were kids, we made all kinds of promises. We promised to always be best friends, to always put each other first, and that no matter what, no one would come between us. Little did we know that life had its own plans. We grew up and reality set in. We realized that not all love lasts forever, and some promises are meant to be broken. It’s ironic that the promises we made as kids, the ones we thought would hold us together, might just be the very thing that could tear us apart. My Review: Mood?  lighthearted tense sad emotional Pace?   medium Plot- or character-driven?   A mix Strong character development?    Yes   Loveable characters?   Yes Diverse cast of characters?   N/a Flaws of characters a main focus?   Yes My rating: 5 of 5 stars a very good love story It Start off with them as a group of three friends. Then th...

  ✯✯ Pre-Order NOW! ✯✯ Only Sometimes by Felicia Blaedel   #PreOrder → https://amzn.to/3CDW0LN Blurb: Disagreeing from the first time they meet, Noah and Niko know exactly how to push each other's buttons while they fight the intense pull between them. But when they’re forced to work together, they might realise that their connection runs deeper than frustration and lust. Niko is driven and ambitious, even when it's misconceived as cold and measured. Her latest project is her great-grandmother's nature organisation. Niko is determined to see it thrive again and hopefully understand herself and her broken family better in the process. Getting a handle on her inconvenient feelings is a must too. Noah has made a promise to set things right and honour his eccentric grandfather's hard work. Even when that means taking on an active role in a small nature organisation, while hiding his true identity. He is busy enough as it is with university, work, and late nights of writing...

Mason by Tijan Mason Kade is not known to be nice. He is ruthless, manipulative, and unforgiving. Most will say that he is a jerk and he is to those that cross him or cross his loved ones. However, he does not want to be who he is. He does not enjoy hurting others, but there is no limit to the lengths he will go to protect himself and his brother. This is the story of how he came to be and this is why so many love Mason Kade. This is a story of a destroyed family and the effects it had on a son. My Review : Mood?  lighthearted Pace?   Medium Plot- or character-driven?  A mix Strong character development?  Yes Loveable characters?  Yes Diverse cast of characters?  N/A Flaws of characters a main focus?  Yes My rating: 5 of 5 stars The prologue Book Is there a game of cherry before you start the whole series. This book gives you the story of the Kades before Sam moved in.

Love Notes by Staci Hart Bestselling author Staci Hart brings you another installment of the Austen Series, inspired by the works of Jane Austen, with a heartfelt contemporary retelling of  Sense and Sensibility. When Annie Daschle arrives in New York City, the only thing she can control is her list. Not her father’s death or the loss of her home. Not the hole in her heart or the defective valve that’s dictated so much of her life. But she can put pen to paper to make a list of all the ways she can live out loud, just like her dad would have wanted. See the city from the top of the Empire State Building: Check. Eat hot dogs on the steps of The Met: Check. Get a job at Wasted Words: Check. What wasn’t on her list: Greg Brandon. And just when she thinks she’s figured out where to put him, everything changes. In the span of a few staggering heartbeats, she finds herself her caught in the middle of something she can’t find her way out of, with no clear answers and no rule...

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a world marred by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. Clinging to each other in their Loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lenny dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own—a couple of acres and a few pigs, chickens, and rabbits back in Hill Country where land is cheap. But after they come to work on a ranch in the fer- tile Salinas Valley of California, their hopes, like "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men," begin to go awry. Of Mice and Men also represents an experiment in form, as Steinbeck described his work, "a kind of playable novel, written in novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands." A rarity in American letters, it achieved remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films. Steinbeck's tale of c...

The Legacy by Elle Kennedy Four stories. Four couples. Three years of real life after graduation… A wedding. A proposal. An elopement. And a surprise pregnancy. Can you guess which couple is which? Come for the drama, stay for the laughs! Catch up with your favorite Off-Campus characters as they navigate the changes that come with growing up and discover that big decisions can have big consequences…and big rewards My Review: Mood?  lighthearted Pace?   medium Plot- or character-driven?   A mix Strong character development?    Yes   Loveable characters?   Yes Diverse cast of characters?   N/a Flaws of characters a main focus?   Yes My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the 5th and final book in the off-campus series this book shows have some form of a happy happily ever after for all four couples from the off-campus series including. Garrett and Hannah from the deal book one, John Logan in Grace from the mistake book two, Dean and Alli...