Kaelie's Reads

Curvy Girls Can't Date Cowboys by Kelsie Stelting The one thing my parents can’t shelter me from is my heart. I nearly died the summer of my eighth-grade year, and ever since then, my parents have done everything they could to keep me healthy. Now I’m a senior, and instead of feeling safe, I’m suffocating. When my parents take my twin sisters out of town for an audition, I have my chance to show them that I’m responsible. That I can go to college on my own and start a life outside of their organic food store and Emerson Academy. All I have to do is turn in all my assignments and have a few quiet nights at home. No problem. That is, until my video project partner decides to be a total flake. Ray may be hot and fill out a pair of Wrangler jeans like nobody’s business, but he is not ruining my chance at freedom. I go to his family’s ranch to get his help, but instead discover something else. Could everything my parents taught me be wrong? Unless I act fast, my quiet week...

Curvy Girls Can't Date Billionaires by Kelsie Stelting There are three things I hate: rich people, boys, and Kai Rush. Kai happens to be all three. He and his dad have all the money in the world from the game app they created, and what do they do with it? They buy private helicopters and flaunt their brand new Teslas. Never mind that people like my mom and I work multiple jobs just to keep our crappy apartment and pay for back medical bills because my dad ran scared and left us alone. So when my mom tells me we have a new cleaning job at the Rush’s before school, I’m peeved. When he starts texting me, I’m floored. Fit billionaires like him and plus-sized scholarship kids like me barely belong at Emerson Academy together, much less in the same message thread. How can I get him to see I'm not the catch he thinks I am? More importantly, how can I get my heart to stay on the same page?   My Review: Mood?  lighthearted Pace?   medium Plot- or character-driven? ...

Never Have I Ever Fallen for a Movie Star by Juliet Bardsley Can being from two different worlds keep them apart? Noah Wells has been the “it” movie star of teen rom-coms for the past two years — he’s successful, talented, but is ready to take on more serious roles. When his latest flick The Kissing Tower brings him to Cedar Oaks, he never intends to meet Addie, let alone fall for her. Addie Schrader claims she has no time for fun. When she’s not at school, she’s teaching dance at a local studio or serving food at her Uncle Mike’s diner. But when the famed and gorgeous Noah Wells shows up, Addie wonders if it’s time to start really living. Addie falls hard for Noah, but will that be enough to overcome his celebrity, the paparazzi, and her loyalty to her small hometown? All books in the  Never Ever Love  series are short, sweet, swoon-worthy, and can be read in any order!   My Review: Mood?  lighthearted Pace?   fast Plot- or character-driven? ...

Never Have I Ever Dated the Bad Boy by Juliet Bardsley How can the wrong guy be so right? Paige Locklear has prided herself on her perfection: first chair violinist, straight A student, well-behaved daughter of Cedar Oaks High's principal. The last thing she needs at the end of her senior year is to get distracted. Enter Liam Harwick. For his entire life, Liam's been known as Cedar Oaks' resident bad boy. Rumor has it he's been kicked out of more schools than he can count and has a penchant for all things mischief. But when he meets Paige Locklear, a different, sweeter side of Liam is exposed. But can others see past his reputation? Paige and Liam couldn't be any different; the good girl isn't supposed to fall for the bad boy. But you know what they say about opposites attracting ... This is book 3 in the  Never Ever Love  series by Juliet Bardsley. Each book in the series is short (novella-length), sweet, swoon-worthy, and can be read in any order...

Waiting on the Sidelines by Ginger Scott Nolan Lennox had things figured out. Named after a baseball legend, she enjoyed being the Tomboy, her closet filled with her brother’s hand-me-downs, cut-off jeans and soccer shorts. But when her first trip to high school results in a broken heart from the first boy to ever make her heart flutter and cruel words from an older girl she once thought a family friend, Nolan starts to question the very person she thought she was and wonders if her humble upbringing can compete with the afforded luxuries of her privileged peers. Throughout the next four years, Nolan struggles to maintain herself throughout her path of discovery, learning just how cruel teenagers can be through the pressures of underage drinking, sexuality and class. And despite how life seems to continue to work against her, she still manages to listen to her heart, falling deeper and deeper for the guy the entire town adores, even if he only sees her as a friend. Can No...

Lessons from a One-Night Stand by Piper Rayne If you're a guy like me, and you find yourself having banged your sexy new boss —the school principal — in the back of your Jeep one drunken night, here's a few takeaways based on my experience... Lesson One: always get her FULL name. Lesson Two: consider asking what she does for a living. Lesson Three: find out why she's moved to town. Get details. Details are crucial. Lesson Four: don't alter her bio in front of an auditorium of high school students unless you know she has a sense of humor for that sort of thing. Lesson Five: if you ignore Lesson Four, apologize instead of flirt when you're sent to the principal's office. Lesson Six: NEVER sleep with her again. Lesson Seven: pay attention to this one, it's the most important of them all. Don't fall for your one-night stand. Class dismissed. My Review: Mood?  lighthearted Pace?   medium Plot- or character-driven?   A mix Strong character develo...

Hound Dog by Katana Collins I live a double life… and no one in my family knows it. No, I’m not a spy or CIA or special forces or anything… but sometimes it seems like being a matchmaker is nearly as dangerous. Men and women come from all over for my business, Hound Dog, where I utilize rescue dogs as a way to help people attract and find their perfect match. Over eighty percent of my clients end up adopting the dogs I pair them with. And ninety percent of them find their “soulmate" after using my services. Too bad I don’t believe in soulmates. But fact is, that sort of cynicism won’t pay the bills. Or at least, it didn’t…until Haylee Rogers came back to town. The only girl I've ever loved. The girl I made a promise to six years ago. And the girl I ghosted. Turns out, she's the only living relative of Ol’ Lady Meryl—the delightfully crazy dog hoarder who lives in town. So when Haylee asks me to help find homes for her aunt’s dogs, I’m powerless to say no. The...