Blog Tour Review: Just Kidding (SWAT Generation 2.0 #1) by Lani Lynn Vale

Book info:

Title: Just Kidding
Author:  Lani Lynn Vale
Series: SWAT Generation 2.0 #1
Genre:  Adult contemporary romance
Release Date:  January 7th, 2020
Source: E-galley from Wildfire Marketing Solutions which did not influence my opinion
My rating:  5 stars


Synopsis: 
Let’s do a calendar, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.

Well, they—i.e. Kilgore Police Department’s public relations specialists—were wrong.

Now, every time Dax Tremaine walks around a corner, the women of Kilgore, Texas can’t help calling him Mr. January.

Mr. January, can you fix my flat tire? Mr. January, can you cuff me? Mr. January, can you sign my boob?

It goes from bad to worse when even on a SWAT call, the women won’t stay away.

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It was the worst time of her life. Rowen Roberts had finally admitted to herself that the man she loved would never love her back. She was just fired from her job for violating client confidentiality, and to make matters worse, she’s held up at gunpoint in a convenience store where she only wanted some ice cream to help mask the pain.

The moment the gun is pressed to her forehead, she knows she has a decision to make. Follow the rules and maybe possibly live, or go down swinging where at least she can salvage just a little bit of her dignity.

And when Mr. January himself tells her to do what the gunman says, she’s had enough. Rowen has never really been a girl that does what she’s told. Mr. January won’t have to save her. She can dang well save herself.

 

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My Review:

I have read other books by this author and really enjoyed them, and this one was no different!  I loved so much about the main character, Rowen, so much about her was just like me!  Her attitude towards alcohol, as well as how she felt about having things on her head like hats, wigs, etc.  I loved the different headings in each chapter as well, although at one point I did have to go Google what it suggested in one of them.  Which was hilarious, even if it wasn't completely true.  Rowen and Dax were a great couple.  You felt so much for her after what she'd been through, and you totally wanted to punch both her bully as well as Dax's high school ex-girlfriend.  I loved the whole watching the scary movie together, and while I prefer to watch on a tv, I could see how a laptop might be a fun comfy and somewhat sexy experience as well!  I know that I want to read more in this series as well as maybe go back for some of the ones I haven't read from the original SWAT books!

About the Author:

Lani Lynn Vale is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, to cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple meaning over twenty) chickens. She hails from the Great State of Texas. When she's not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading.

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Review Blast: Hissy Fit (Southern Gentlemen Series #1) by Lani Lynn Vale

        

Book info:
Title:  Hissy Fit
Author:  Lani Lynn  Vale
Series:  Southern Gentlemen Series #1
Genre:  Adult contemporary sports romance
Release Date:  March 19th, 2019
Source:  E-galley from Inkslinger PR which did not influence my opinion
My rating:  5 stars

Synopsis:

He is the one that never looks her way. 

He is handsome and strong. 

He is rough around the edges and mean. 

He is everything she’s ever wanted. 

He doesn’t even know she exists. 

Her life is a joke. 

*** 

She doesn’t step on cracks in the sidewalk. 

She laughs at inappropriate times. 

She talks when she shouldn’t. 

She is clumsy and trips on air. 

She is finally on his radar. 

God help her now.    

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My Review:

I've enjoyed the books by this author that I've read before, so looked forward to this one. And I was blown away by how much I loved this book!  I wish I'd been able to get started before my spring break was over, because this is one that I would have stayed up all night just to finish in one sitting.  Raleigh was a klutz, I mean the BIGGEST klutz.  Think Bella Swan on steroids, no exposed to radioactive klutz rays.  Raleigh managed to get nose bleeds, break arms, all of the things she did to herself!  She was so bad the students were afraid her bad luck would carry over at sporting events so they'd ask her not to come unless she had to.  

And then there was Ezra.  That popular guy you all remember from school.  He wasn't a mean guy, but he was definitely oblivious to anything that wasn't directly in his line of sight until the beginning of our story when Raleigh tripped in Target and caused him to trip and drop what he was carrying, in this case, a monster size box of condoms.  Only they fell and hit her right in the face.  Raleigh had been in love with him since she first saw him when they were younger. But he'd really never noticed her before, even when she'd been right under his nose as a teenager, and now worked with him for five years at the high school.  

But this wasn't just a romantic comedy, although I laughed out loud all the way through, there were a lot of deep emotional aspects to the story as well.  One of Raleigh's first experiences as a teacher, wow, it was scary.  And then the student that she was there for, one that really needed just one person to be there, whether they knew it or not.  There were also some great points, like when she was warned about public displays of affection at school when Ezra kissed her in the hallway, yet he didn't get warned!  The bad guys in this were really bad people. Although with one of them being a high school student, the way Raleigh and even others handled it made great sense to me, with my experience as an educator myself.  

I loved everything about this book. Except one teensy, tiny thing.  A joke, that I still don't get.  One that was told at the beginning, and the brought up again in a speech by one of the students.  Maybe you can help me?  The joke was:  What is a soldier's least favorite month?  The answer the story gave was 'Allich.  I don't know what that is!!  The answer I would have thought or can find anywhere is that the month is March.  Help me! 

    

      

About the Author:

Lani Lynn Vale is a USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple also meaning over twenty) chickens. When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading. Lani is married with three children and lives in the Great State of Texas. Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | BookBub  

Cover Reveal: Lord Have Mercy by Lani Lynn Vale

     

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Title:  Lord Have Mercy 

Author:  Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Adult contemporary romance

Release Date:  April 23rd, 2019

Synopsis: 

Poor judgment: knowing better yet doing it anyway.

Flint Stone is a professional in every way. 

He’s a police officer with the K-9 unit and works at Gun Barrel High as the school resource officer. In his spare time, he’s working his heart out to create a successful gym from the ground up. 

He’s loved by every single person he ever encounters—student, faculty, and employees—Everyone but Camryn Elvis Presley. 

The only thing they have in common is their mothers’ poor excuses for names. Period. The end. 

So why is it every time she crosses his path that he has the urge to mess up her perfectly curled hair? Or unbutton a few of her prim and proper buttons? 

He knows he should stay away, yet like the high schoolers he’s around every day, he has no choice but to react first and think about the consequences later. 

Side note—bad decisions are made, leading to lapses in judgment that threaten both of their jobs. Yet when the time comes, neither one can seem to find the wherewithal to care. Why? Because being bad feels so good.  

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About the Author:

Lani Lynn Vale is a USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple also meaning over twenty) chickens. 

When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading. 

Lani is married with three children and lives in the Great State of Texas.  

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Cover Reveal: Hissy Fit by Lani Lynn Vale

       

He is the one that never looks her way. 

He is handsome and strong. 

He is rough around the edges and mean. 

He is everything she’s ever wanted. 

He doesn’t even know she exists. 

Her life is a joke. 

*** 

She doesn’t step on cracks in the sidewalk. 

She laughs at inappropriate times. 

She talks when she shouldn’t. 

She is clumsy and trips on air. 

She is finally on his radar. 

God help her now.  

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About the Author:

Lani Lynn Vale is a USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple also meaning over twenty) chickens. When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading. Lani is married with three children and lives in the Great State of Texas. Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | BookBub  

Cover Reveal: It Happens (Bear Bottom Guardians MC #6) by Lani Lynn Vale

   

Zee + Annmarie and Tan + Jubilee. 

Forever. No exceptions. 

 They were to have the picture-perfect life together. Everything was all planned out. 

Jubilee was to marry Eitan and Ezekiel was to marry Annmarie. That’s how it was always supposed to be from the moment that they met. Textbook, right? 

Wrong. 

Eitan and Annmarie die in a freak accident that never should have happened, leaving the two survivors reeling. 

Sixteen years later, Jubilee and Zee can’t even be in the same room with each other before things begin to deteriorate. Too many memories. Too much pain. Not enough forgiveness. 

They’re like hellfire and holy water, and neither one of them is willing to admit that they’re wrong. 

Then one day things change, and all of a sudden, they’re looking at each other like maybe they aren’t each other’s enemies after all.  

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 Lani Lynn Vale is a USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple also meaning over twenty) chickens. When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading. Lani is married with three children and lives in the Great State of Texas. Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | BookBub  

Cover Reveal: One Chance, Fancy (The Bear Bottom Guardians MC #5) by Lani Lynn Vale

Benson Bayou Beauregard is the president of the Bear Bottom Guardians MC, and the grandson of the Sergeant at Arms for the Dixie Wardens MC. He’s a mountain of a man and the warden of a prison, and there’s only one thing that can scare him—being told that he’s the father of a three-year-old little girl.

A three-year-old little girl that has no clue who he is. Hell, he only finds out about the little cherub when a woman from child protective services comes by and rocks his world before leaving the girl in his shocked arms.

Every single thing he thinks he knows goes up in a cloud of smoke.

To make matters worse, the woman that he’s been trying to convince to give him a chance takes one look at the little girl and tells him that he’s just not in the right place to handle both of them.

But Bayou was never one to back down from a challenge.

He can handle a three-year-old girl that acts exactly like him, and he can more than take on the fiery red-head that sets flame to his blood while he’s at it.

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Lani Lynn Vale is a USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple also meaning over twenty) chickens.

When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading.

Lani is married with three children and lives in the Great State of Texas.

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Release Blitz with Review: Listen, Pitch (There's No Crying in Baseball #3) by Lani Lynn Vale

Title: Listen Pitch

Series: There's No Crying in Baseball

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Sports Romance

Release Date: October 16, 2018  
Cover Model: Jacob Wilson  
Photographer: FuriousFotog

Rhys Rivera is the star short-stop for the Longview Lumberjacks. Many know him, even more love him. He has a pretty face, a quick smile, and an air of danger about him that everyone seems to adore.

He’s not known as the bad boy of baseball for nothing.

It all started with his father, who decided to be a criminal mob boss, then die.

Fortunately for his uncle, Rhys wants absolutely nothing to do with the family business and runs before anyone can figure out which way is up.

By the time his uncle, the successor to his father’s criminal empire, thinks to look for him, Rhys has made too big of a name for himself to be taken out quietly, and he wants to keep it that way.

Fast forward eight years, and Rhys is living life one breath at a time, just waiting for the other shoe to drop. That shoe coming in the form of a nosy neighbor who has no idea just how hot she is in her mail carrier uniform.

Her sweet little body and positive outlook on life make him want to laugh at how naïve she is when it comes to the way of the world.

The harder he tries to stay away, the weaker he seems to get, until one day he decides to put his morals on hold long enough to satisfy his cravings.

One time is all he needs—or so he tells himself.

But then two pink lines change everything, and all of a sudden, he doesn’t have just himself to worry about anymore.

My Review:

Source:  E-galley from Enticing Journey Book Promotions

My rating:  4 stars

This story reminded me more of the 2nd book in the series than the first one.  It is another favorite of mine, though.  I like that even though it was a baseball story, we also got a little bit more than just the sports romance, there was some mafia storyline thrown in as well.  I'm not really a mafia romance reader, but this one didn't go so far into that as to make it completely that type of story.  There was lots of drama and romance and steaminess.  But I also loved the funny moments.  Like when Rhys and Henley are at Rhys's sister's hospital room when she's giving birth.  That was hilarious!  Not to mention finding out about the surrogates, and then the actual pregnancy and what Henley shouted at Rhys for that one.  At first I tried to place everyone from the other stories, because I do remember, kind of, the accident that Rhys was in.  Soon enough, though, we got into where we had Furious George and also Wrigley, characters I loved in the earlier books.  I loved the detail of Henley being deaf, and how perfect and seamless it fit into the story.  I loved that Henley had her little 90s Porn fascination.  Although it seems as if maybe that would have come out later in the story for her and Rhys to enjoy or laugh about.  

I read a little excerpt at the end that is about a guy named Tyler, and he is a cop, so I kind of wonder if he is Henley's brother Tyler that we meet in this book?  I hope so, because the excerpt from that one sounds like one that is good.  I've already marked it on Goodreads.  Definitely give this series a try!  

If you want to read my review of the first two books in the series, you can click on the book covers below to take you to them.

I’m a married mother of three. My kids are all under 8, so I can assure you that they are a handful. I’ve been with my paramedic husband now for ten years, and we’ve produced three offspring that are nothing like us. I live in the greatest state in the world, Texas.

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