BuckeyeAngel's Book Reviews, Travels and Other Interests

Dirty by Kylie Scott My rating: 5 of 5 stars Lydia Green is waiting to walk down the aisle when she gets an video of her fiance in a compromising position from an anonymous number. She takes off and breaks into a house nearby. When the owner of said house finds her, he’s not exactly pleased but he hears her out and decides to help her. This was a really great story. I had read the stories from this author’s previous series and had, for the most part, really enjoyed them so I was excited to get this. It didn’t disappoint. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed Lydia’s character. Her thoughts are absolutely hilarious. I also LOVED the pop up appearance from my favorite character from her previous series. I highly recommend this book. **I received a copy of this story from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review View all my reviews

The Perfect Fit by Jenna Sutton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Margo Lange is a veterinarian and has just relocated from New York to San Francisco. After no luck in finding a reasonable apartment, she takes up her uncle’s recommendation on an old Army buddy who needs a roommate. After being struck by an IUD, Zeke May’s was drastically changed. Now finally living his life again, he finds he needs a roommate. When he agrees to meeting his friend’s niece, he certainly wasn’t expecting Margo. This was sweet contemporary about building, or rebuilding in Zeke’s case, a life and going for what you want. Not much drama and a quick read. I recommend. **I received an advanced copy of this story from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review View all my reviews

Bad Potions by Michelle Fox My rating: 5 of 5 stars Marion is a witch and about to fail out of her potions class. Her teacher gives her some advice that maybe what she needs is some real love to get her potion to work. Aidan has just been banished by the Queen of the Fae. He must find an imperfect female and make her fall in love with him. What could go wrong? This was a cute and quick read. Poor Aidan can’t seem to say the right thing to anyone, which tends to lead to his getting into trouble, but for some reason, he doesn’t have that problem with Marion. Marion goes through a lot in this book, from a scared shell to someone who can really stand up for herself. It was a really great read. I highly recommend. **I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review View all my reviews

Remember Me Always by Angela Snyder My rating: 5 of 5 stars Penny has been in New York for the past 5 years, far away from her hometown in Alabama. Ever since her one true love, Colton, inexplicably broke up with her, she’s avoided like the plague. She’s decided it’s time to return and confront him, only he doesn’t remember her at all… All I can say is WOW! So I’m not too much into general contemporary romance, but this one sounded good so I thought I’d give it a try. This was definitely an emotional roller coaster and even for someone like me who doesn’t necessarily believe in soul mates, it makes you want to believe. My heart cried for both Colton and Penny. For everything Colton lost and for the heartache Penny experience once she went home. It was definitely worth the loss of sleep I experienced because I couldn’t put it down. I highly recommend. **I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review View all my reviews

Awakened by Elisabeth Naughton My rating: 5 of 5 stars Elysia is a princess on Argolia, a land ruled by the descendants of the original Argonauts. When she finds out that her parents have arranged her marriage to a councilman's son rather than a mate of her choosing, she's furious and takes off. When she goes to the portal guarded by witches, she finds they've been attacked and she's captured by the Sirens to become their newest recruit. While on a dangerous island to complete the first set of tasks, she meets Damon, toy of the Gods for the past 25 years. He doesn't remember anything before that time, but there's something explosive between the two of them that just can't be coincidence. When I started reading this book, there were two things that had me iffy about wanting to read it. 1-Having grown up on Greek Mythology, I HATE it when authors take too many liberties. 2-The obviousness of what the hero's been doing fo

Hidden Scars by A.M. Myers My rating: 4 of 5 stars Emma's last relationship left her a shell of her former self. The only life she has left consists of tending bar. Once day she decides to get a tattoo to make sure she never forgets what she went through and to move on. Then she meets Phoenix "Nix" West, the tattoo artist and nephew of her boss and family friend. As soon as Nix sees Emma, he can't stop thinking about her. He can tell she has hidden scars, but he's determined to help her through and win her heart. Unfortunately, with Nix's appearance in her life, her nightmare also resurfaces. Overall, this was a really good book. The author starts you at the beginning of Emma's road to recovery, allowing you to following through as she finds herself and makes Nix the number one wanted book boyfriend. There were flashback chapters that showed you exactly what happened to her as she tries to move on even when she didn'

Trust by P.J. Adams My rating: 5 of 5 stars Jess Taylor was raised by the the motto “Don’t trust a man that says “Trust Me””. Even with that firmly in her head, when she meets Dean Bailey on a final mission for her grandmother, all bets are off. There’s something brewing between the two of them that she just can’t help but be pulled into his dangerous life and change hers completely. This was a very fast paced suspense novel that definitely threw me for a loop at the end. The story had me so engrossed that I totally bought the love at first sight pull between the main characters, which can be a hit or miss with me. I really liked everything about Jess’s character, the way she delved into the underbelly of London that she had no idea she was linked to and just kept digging to find answers. Dean’s character was a well written gangster. Unfortunately, my mind wanted to give him an Italian American accent because of this and because of how engrossed in