Showing posts with label Contemporary Military Romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Contemporary Military Romance. Show all posts

Saturday, May 31, 2025

#BookReview ~ Owen by VH Nicolson ~ @rararesources @BoldwoodBooks ~ #BillionaireRomance #ReverseAgeGap #RunawayGroom #MilitaryRomance


Owen

Don’t play the game, change it…



About the Book:

I was born into privilege. I had it all; the house, the car, more money than I knew what to do with. But it came at a price. Duty. An arranged marriage for the sake of the family empire to a woman who couldn’t bear to look at me. As I stood at the altar, the weight of that burden became too much. So, I did the only thing I could. I ran.

To another country and unintentionally straight into the arms of another woman. Jade is strong, independent, and a single mom. And brick by broken brick she dismantles the wall I’ve built up around my heart. But where once I had everything, now I have nothing. No home, no job and no idea what the future holds. All I do know is, Jade makes me feel more alive than I’ve ever felt before.

But there is always the risk my past could catch up with me. Because the weight of my family’s expectation is likely to cause me to crash land and send my world up in flames. Can I save myself and Jade before that happens?


My Review:

Owen is the exceptional third book in The Billionaire Boys series. 

Owen is a runaway groom set to marry a woman he didn't love and who didn't love him. When he lands in Cyprus to escape the fury of not only his family but hers, Owen is just looking unwind and come to terms with his decision. What he wasn't looking for was a hot military commander and her cute-as-a-button daughter. Sparks fly as Owen's world crashes down around him.

I loved Owen and Jade's story. The author delves into so many things with this book. A billionaire with a pathetic family life, one that forces him to be something and someone he's not. A independent, female, military squadron leader, her baby, and the baby's absent father. A meet-cute that dissolves the ice around Owen's heart and brings out the man he's always been meant to be; one that's been trying to be a better man, less selfish, and more interested in others. 

Owen and Jade are fantastic characters. When I read about Owen in Jacob, the second book in the series, I was clear in my review of that story that I did not like Owen. His inability to take no for answer was a huge turnoff. He was egotistical and very much all about Owen and no one else. I also knew that his story was going to be good - and I was right. 

I was drawn into this story 100%. The characters are dynamic and three dimensional. They have feelings, emotions, imperfections, and realistic qualities. Owen is definitely an instalove story and I was down with the love-at-first-sight vibe. The author delivered a compelling romance filled with ups and downs, imperfect characters, and a love that became everything. 

I was provided with a copy of this book. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.


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Meet the Author:



Based in the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland, VH Nicolson writes spicy, swoony romance filled with heart, hope and humor. Vicki wrote her first book during lockdown, and is now completely smitten with writing love stories with happily ever afters. For more two decades Vicki has worked throughout the UK and abroad within the creative marketing and design industry, as a branding strategist and stylist, editor of a magazine and sub-editor of a newspaper. Married to her soulmate, they have one son. She has a weakness for buying too many quirky sparkly jumpers, eating Belgium buns, and walking the endless beaches that surround her beautiful Scottish hometown of St. Andrews.

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

Book Feature & #Giveaway ~ Saving Levi (Oakside Military Heroes, Book 4) by Kaci Rose @AuthorKaciRose ~ Contemporary Military Romance

 


Saving Levi

Oakside Military Heroes Book 4

by Kaci Rose

Genre: Contemporary Military Romance 

Can you find yourself in the midst of losing everything?

Levi

I could never be what my father expected of me. Content to run the family business wasn’t the life I saw for myself. I longed to serve my country, and it cost me more than my relationship with my dad. Now, as I recover from losing a limb, I smile through the pain. I pretend being alone doesn’t bother me. Make jokes to mask the anguish. But Mandy sees the truth and calls me out for self-sabotaging. That is one of the many reasons I find myself falling for her, despite her being my ex's best friend...

Mandy

I beat the odds and built a life I love. I know it can be done. Therefore, I refuse to allow my patients to think otherwise. When I see Levi masking his pain, I know it will prevent him from accepting his new truth and overcoming it. By working with him, I guide him on the road to recovery... until his estranged father shows up. Will everything we have worked for so far be shattered in a single moment or will Levi finally stand up for what he wants. And what if what he wants, isn't me?

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Don't miss the other Oakside Military Heroes!

Saving Noah

Oakside Military Heroes Book 1

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Saving Easton

Oakside Military Heroes Book 2

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Saving Teddy

Oakside Military Heroes Book 3

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Kaci runs on coffee, chocolate, and Oreos. She loves her book boyfriends with tattoos, muscles, beards, and a little dirty.

Kaci loves romance books and has been jotting down ideas since she was in high school and is now putting the ideas down on paper. She believes in satisfying, happily ever afters with a lot of steam on the way.

She was born and raised in Southwest Florida but is wholeheartedly a mountain girl. She has been reading as many books as she could get her hands on since grade school and loves to travel when she gets the chance.


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Thursday, July 1, 2021

Series Feature & #Giveaway ~ Oakside Military Heroes by Kaci Rose @AuthorKaciRose ~ Contemporary Military Romance

 

Oakside Military Heroes
by Kaci Rose

Genre: Contemporary Military Romance


Saving Noah
Oakside Military Heroes, Book 1


Can a scarred heart learn to love again?

Noah 

My unit was attacked, leaving every soldier with the option to fight our way out or die. I was one of the lucky few that made it—but not without battle scars. Half my body is scorched and blistered, the pain is unbearable. I can’t imagine anyone will want to look at me, much less be with me, after this... until I meet Lexi. She came to visit her brother and stayed when she realized I have no one. Now, all that gets me through the anguish of treatments and physical therapies is the chance to see her beautiful smile again. 


Lexi
After fighting for their country, no soldier should have to suffer the painful healing alone. Yet that’s not what brings me back to Noah day after day. He’s helping me work through the grief of losing my husband. But the day of his release is fast approaching. Our feelings for each other are undeniable. Will what’s between us last outside the hospital walls? Or will the emotional and physical scars we both carry destroy our chance at a fresh start? 


This is a Steamy, Small Town, Military Romance. No Cliffhangers. 
This is Book 1 in the Oakside Military Heroes Series. 
As always there is a satisfying Happy Ever After.
If you love steamy romances with insta love, hot love scenes, military men, and small towns, then this one is for you.

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Saving Easton
Oakside Military Heroes, Book 2



Can love free the heart of a former prisoner of war? 

Easton 
My time as a POW left emotional scars that cut far deeper than any physical ones. I can’t stand to be touched. I am plagued by horrid nightmares. I knew therapy was my only option, but I didn’t realize it was fate leading me there... until I saw Paisley. As the sister of my best friend, I’ve  had a crush on her for years. If anything can crack through the darkness rooted within me, it’s the warmth of her beauty.

Paisley 
I didn’t know Easton joined the military until the day he walked into Oakside where I work. With therapy dogs and a delicate touch, I’ve helped countless veterans. Never one this close to my heart. Easton isn’t the boy I once knew anymore. All he’s endured has made him retreat inside himself. Can I help him coax him back out into the light? Or will some part of him forever be a prisoner to his pain? 

This is a Steamy, Small Town, Military Romance. No Cliffhangers. 
This is Book 2 in the Oakside Military Heroes Series. 
As always there is a satisfying Happy Ever After.
If you love steamy romances with insta love, hot love scenes, military men, and small towns, then this one is for you.

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Saving Teddy
Oakside Military Heroes, Book 3



For his heart to heal, he must let go of his guilt... 


Teddy 
The bomb exploded... and changed my life forever. I was the only member of my unit to survive, and every day I wonder why. Why me and not them? Now that I learned a fellow soldier left me his family fortune, it’s made the guilt unbearable. I have the money to do whatever I want, except change the past. 

Mia
I was attracted to Teddy the moment our eyes met. Yet the survivor's guilt he suffers is palpable. I want to get close, but he’s determined to keep the world at arm's length. Can I help him learn to celebrate his second chance instead of blaming himself simply for surviving? 

This is a Steamy, Small Town, Military Romance. No Cliffhangers. 
This is Book 3 in the Oakside Military Heroes Series. 
As always there is a satisfying Happy Ever After.
If you love steamy romances with insta love, hot love scenes, military men, and small towns, then this one is for you.

Add to Goodreads

Purchase from Amazon * Books2Read





Kaci runs on coffee, chocolate, and Oreos. She loves her book boyfriends with tattoos, muscles, beards, and a little dirty.
Kaci loves romance books and has been jotting down ideas since she was in high school and is now putting the ideas down on paper. She believes in satisfying, happily ever afters with a lot of steam on the way.
She was born and raised in Southwest Florida but is wholeheartedly a mountain girl. She has been reading as many books as she could get her hands on since grade school and loves to travel when she gets the chance.


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Monday, March 29, 2021

Love on the Pier: Perfectly Stated Series by P. Sawyer ~ Contemporary Military Romance

 

Love on the Pier
Perfectly Stated Series
by P. Sawyer


Genre: Contemporary Military Romance


Callie
I didn’t expect to fall for the mysterious man down the beach from me. No. I was in Tybee Island for a reason. Recovery and healing. The death of my fiancée left emotional scars too deep to discuss, yet I find myself drawn to him- the man shut off from the world. When my dog gets loose and finds his way into his yard- the chance encounter sets us both on a path of healing and of love. Who thought a dog could save us both.

Logan
I haven’t set foot out of my house in six months. The trauma from what I saw in Iraq has left me scarred and emotionally drained- until I meet her. A chance encounter when her dog wanders into my yard leaves me yearning to know her, discover her secretes, and find out what left the darkness in her eyes. Maybe just maybe she can heal me in the process.
Can love overcome loss and save them both?

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P. Sawyer is a romance author that loves to read as much as she loves to write! Fascinated with bringing the "real" version of love to readers, P. strives to show how messy love can be and how happily ever afters aren't always what they seem.
P. grew up in New England and currently lives with her husband, two children and dog in CT. When she is not creating less than perfect love stories, she can be found reading or watching Hockey.






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Friday, June 19, 2020

Rise Again Warrior Series by Stacy Eaton @StacySEaton ~ #Giveaway ~ Contemporary Military Romance


Rise Again Warrior Series
by Stacy Eaton

Genre: Contemporary Military Romance


Mission: Believe 
Rise Again Warrior Series, Book 1 
  

Staff Sgt. Shane Logan is lucky to have come from a privileged family, and after losing both of his legs in the war, he now has the best prosthetics that money can buy. While he is trying to move forward with life, he struggles with the past and the way people react to him and his disability.

Dr. Lauren Falcone works tirelessly to help veterans deal with the trauma and pain of their deployments. Her unique virtual approach to therapy keeps her busy, and the assistance she provides to service members as they recover mentally helps her resolve her own anxieties.

When Shane meets Lauren at a fundraiser for his father’s organization, he wonders if there just might be a chance for him to get his dream off the ground and maybe find a normal life with someone who can look past his flaws and see the man he is inside.

Shane and Lauren are drawn to each other by their hope to make life easier for veterans, both physically and emotionally. Their goal is to build Shane’s dream organization, Rise Again Warrior, that will assist veterans to integrate more easily into society and have the opportunity to receive state-of-the-art technology and therapy.

Now, if they can only have faith in themselves, learn to deal with their own demons, and believe in each other, they might find a way to bring this dream to fruition. 

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Mission: Accept 
Rise Again Warrior Series, Book 2 


Dana Donahue might be Shane Logan’s cousin, but she’s nothing like him—she’s quite the opposite of him. Her thoughts focus on what money and people can do for her. She never approved of Shane joining the military and knows little about the world he has lived in for most of his life. All that will change when she has to ask him for a job after her father cuts her off.

Derek Stall lives on the streets by choice—not circumstance. Memories of what he did under order sometimes haunt him, other times give him the strength to move through one more day until he can finish the mission he started.

A chance meeting between Dana and Derek will lead to an unlikely friendship that might just save his life, but the drastic differences between them could be the dividing wedge that keeps them apart.

When Derek feels he has to leave Rise Again Warrior to complete his mission, he begins to realize that he could be leaving behind more than just a few friends. Could he be leaving behind the possibility of a healthy future before he finally accepts his past? 

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Mission: Repair 
Rise Again Warrior Series, Book 3 


"Ms. Eaton takes on a subject that most people overlook. The trials and turmoil that our wounded men and women face when they return home from war."

Technical Sergeant Brady Vanover has a solid career as a Civil Engineer with the United States Air Force, a loving wife of nine years, and two young children. While Brady is on deployment, the things he sees and hears begins to wear on him and take him to a place he never imagined himself being.

Once Brady returns, his troubles descend further over him, and it becomes a battle not to lose everything that he has worked so hard to achieve. With anger issues and his need to self-medicate with alcohol, Brady finds himself teetering on the edge of losing his career and his family.

With the help of the Rise Again Warrior organization, Brady will have to work hard to repair what he has damaged. 

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Stacy Eaton is a USA Today Bestselling author and began her writing career in October of 2010. Stacy took an early retirement from law enforcement after over fifteen years of service in 2016, with her last three years in investigations and crime scene investigation to write full time.

Stacy resides in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband, who works in law enforcement, and her teen daughter. She also has a son who is currently serving in the United States Navy, and two grandchildren. 

When Stacy is not writing, she enjoys photography and relaxing on the beach. 


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Monday, April 27, 2020

Book Feature & #Giveaway ~ Building Bridges (Bridges Brothers, Book 1) by Lia Fairchild ~ Contemporary Military Romance, Friends to Lovers ~ @LiaFairchild


Building Bridges 
Bridges Brothers, Book 1 
 Lia Fairchild 


Genre: Contemporary Military Romance, Friends to Lovers 


"A captivating new series packed full of emotions, and a strong family bond." NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author Kaylee Ryan.

Former soldier Logan Bridges never imagined he would go from serving his country to helping raise a house full of children after a devastating family loss.

Dealing with his rowdy siblings and cousins proves to be almost as treacherous as the battlefields he left behind. And though he’s committed to making it work, he soon finds he’s in over his head.

Until someone from Logan’s past, steps in to help.

Mollie has always been independent, but finds herself growing attached to the family, including Logan, and discovering there’s more to life than working and solitude.

Logan and Mollie quickly form a strong bond, and when attraction brings them closer, they agree getting involved wouldn’t be good for the children. But when they both struggle to keep the blurry line of friendship between them, Mollie won’t take that step unless Logan can open up and face his painful past.

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Bridges Brothers series follows four brothers as they attempt to navigate life and love after a tragic family loss. Each book can be read as a standalone but is more enjoyable to read in order. 

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Other Books in the Bridges Brothers Series:

Broken Bridges 
Bridges Brothers, Book 2 

Bridges Brothers series follows four brothers as they attempt to navigate life and love after a tragic family loss. Each book can be read as a standalone but is more enjoyable to read in order. 

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Beautiful Bridges 
Bridges Brothers, Book 3 

Coming Soon!



Bestselling author, Lia Fairchild, is both a traditionally published and independent author who writes women’s fiction, romance, and chick lit. Fans of her books praise her endearing, real characters who come to life in stories that will touch your heart. 

Fairchild is addicted to the warmth of Southern California and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a multiple-subject teaching credential. She is a wife and mother of two teenagers. 


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