🔥 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 ↠ Lourdes’s Sentinel (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) by D.M. Earl is 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 @dmearl  4⭐’s from Sassy Redhead Book Reviews

Title: Lourdes’s Sentinel
Series: Police and Fire: Operation Alpha
Author: D.M. Earl
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: January 14, 2025


When passion ignites, will they be able to control the burning?

Firefighter Lourdes “Styx” Boyd loves her job and saving people. But when she picks up a crazy and obsessive stalker after an arson call, her life is suddenly in jeopardy. No stranger to deranged stalkers, Styx can hold her own against the enemies who threaten her. After all, her military training and expertise comes in handy quite often.

The owner of the building that’s engulfed in flames sees a familiar spark in the feisty fire fighter that he can’t ignore. Wealthy businessman Jeremiah Zeon refuses to let anything happen to her for reasons he’s afraid to recognize. Now, Jeremiah and Styx work together to keep her stalker at bay. But when the stalker sets his sights on Jeremiah too, they can’t seem to extinguish the stalker’s desire to destroy them both.

Should they ignite the fire between them again while trying to stop the arsonist from burning down everyone and everything they hold dear?







D.M. Earl is a U.S.A. Today Bestselling Author who spins stories about real life situations with characters that are authentic, genuine, and sincere. Each of her stories allow the characters to come to life with each turn of the page while they try to find their HEA through much drama and angst. D.M. finds ideas for her next story from within those around her and what she experiences in daily life. Each book has a part of her left behind in it. She lives in Northwest Indiana married to her best friend who was instrumental in the start of her writing career in 2014. When not writing D.M. loves to read, play with her seven fur-babies (yeah crazy) and ride her Harley Dyna Lowrider.

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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 out of 5

Lourdes “Styx” Boyd is a firefighter and a woman that is independent, scarred, and non-committal. When her crew is called to a fire at a prominent location in town, she finds herself in a more dangerous situation than just fighting the fire. There’s someone in the shadows waiting for her and her crew.

Jeremiah Zeon is a rich man that has multiple locations and buildings. When he opens a building in a remote town he doesn’t expect the past problems to follow him, but when his building is the center of a fire and more, he believes that the past has found him and is threatening him again, only this time there is more at stake and in danger.

One night wasn’t enough for Jeremiah with Lourdes, but he messed up when he let her walk out his door. Now they are thrown back into a situation that could help him express how he feels and what he wants from her, but there is a lot to get through before they can find their HEA.

I enjoyed this story and I’m looking forward to reading more of D.M. Earl’s books in the Police and Fire: Operation Alpha books. I love her writing and how she brings other characters and situations from her Devil’s Handmaiden’s and other books into this world. She never ceases to amaze me with her writing and characters.

NOW LIVE! Lonely Heart by A.K. Evans is available now + read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited! I gave it 4⭐’s



Title: Lonely Heart
Series: The Westwoods #4
Author: A.K. Evans
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Brother’s Best Friend/Workplace Romance
Friends to Lovers/Small Town
Release Date: January 7, 2025


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Being a Westwood isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Sure, Ivy loves her family, their business, and knowing she’s got a secure future. But there’s a downside, too.

Love.

Ivy’s convinced she’ll never have the happy ending her three older brothers have found. But she’s determined to put herself out there anyway.

Marco Kingston doesn’t have a care in the world. He loves his life, his job, and his family. He even loves his best friend’s family, the family he works for.

Despite his closeness to the Westwood family, Marco’s never considered the possibility of something more meaningful with Ivy.

But when a horrifying event leaves Ivy abandoning her search for love, Marco steps up in ways neither of them anticipated.

And Ivy starts to believe that maybe there’s hope for her, after all.






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A.K. Evans is a contemporary romance author of over forty published novels. While she enjoys writing a good romantic suspense novel, Andrea’s favorite books to write have been her extreme sports romances. That might have something to do with the fact that she, along with her husband and two sons, can’t get enough of extreme sports. 

Before becoming a writer, Andrea did a brief stint in the insurance and financial services industry and managed her husband’s performance automotive business. That love of extreme sports? She used to drive race cars! 

When Andrea isn’t writing, she can be found homeschooling her two sons, doing yoga, snowboarding, reading, or traveling with her family. She and her husband are currently taking road trips throughout the country to visit all 50 states with their boys.


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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 out of 5

I loved this story of two people who’ve known each other forever finding out they have feelings other than friendship, and brother’s best friend.

Marco has been around the Westwood family forever and feels as though they are a second family to him. When he finds Ivy in a disheveled state and scared he instantly steps in to take care of her and comfort her.

Ivy has been looking for ways to meet her “person”, but hasn’t had any luck in the situation. When she finds herself in a situation that leaves her scared and hurt, she escapes to the one place she feels safe, her families hotel. Only she gets a surprise when Marco shows up to do some work in the room she’s escaped to. This leads to Marco helping her through the night and making her feel safer.

I love the Westwoods and Lonely Heart was a great story in the series. These characters have made a way into my book world and I’ve enjoyed reading all of the books so far. I look forward to more to come.

🏍️ Gunner’s Mercy LIVE! 🏍️

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Sloane

At nineteen years old, I should be attending college and living my best life. Instead, I am stressing about overdue bills and keeping a roof over my brother’s head.

That’s when I meet the Saint’s Outlaws MC.

They own the only shop in town willing to give a woman like me a shot at being a mechanic. They are my last hope.

If only the VP wasn’t a grumpy guy who likes to make my life difficult.

He annoys me as much as he sets my soul on fire.

When secrets I didn’t even know I had come to light, I have to rely on the man who has quickly become both my savior and damnation.

Gunner

Being the VP of the Saint’s Outlaws MC is second nature to me. I’ve been taking care of my best friend and President, Smoke, since we were children so moving to Pensacola to start our own chapter was nothing new.

Not until I met her.

Sloane is everything a woman shouldn’t be. She’s sexy, charming, and knows her way under a hood better than any of the brother’s on staff.

She’s off limits though, to me and them.

Until danger comes lurking and the only way to keep her safe is to keep her by my side.

Will I survive the snarky woman with a mission or am I doomed to go down with her?

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My Review: ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 5 out of 5

I loved this first look into the SOMC Pensacola Chapter by Cala Riley. A great start to what looks to be a great world and a great chapter of the SOMC.

Gunner’s not a man that trusts women easily, or really at all. When he meets the new mechanic that was hired by Smoke, his grumpy, miserable demeanor comes out and the new mechanic is not impressed.

Sloane is young, independent, and fighting to keep her mom, brother, and herself above water and a roof over their heads. Being so young and a woman at that, she has to overcome barriers in a male dominant field to get hired as a mechanic. She has two strikes against her right off, she’s a female and young, most employers that run garages won’t see that she has the skills needed or the maturity to do the job. However, Smoke takes a chance on her and then her life takes some twists that feel out of control. Now all she can do is hold on for the ride.

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Title: Stay Toxic
Series: Semyonov Bratva #1
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Mafia Romance
Tropes: Forced Proximity/Antihero
Release Date: January 7, 2025


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There was right, there was wrong, and then there was the in-between.

The place where normal people reside, understanding that there are two sides to every coin. People that do bad things for good reasons. People that do bad things for bad reasons.

First, I knew that Shasha Semyonov was a bad man. One that did bad things for bad reasons. That didn’t mean that I was rational when it came to him.

He was toxic to my health, yet I wanted him anyway.

They say the first step to healing is admitting when you have a problem.

My problem happened to be six feet two inches tall, two hundred and twenty pounds, and bearded to perfection.

Oh, and he was also the scariest guy I knew.

Meanwhile, I was the laughingstock of the city.

The woman who was cheated on by her boyfriend with her best friend, and it was captured live while a band played in the background, perfectly accenting the humiliating video.

There was no way that Shasha Semyonov would notice me.

Right?

Wrong.

I’d definitely been noticed.






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Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.


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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5

He’s not in the market for an HEA, but fate has other ideas for Shasha Semyonov. One look and he can’t seem to pass up on the beauty he sees in the coffee shop.

Brecken is the laughing stock of the city. Her ex’s exploits caught on camera and seen by so many people was unavoidable. Now she has to tell her brothers what happened and convince them not to take matters into their own hands.

I loved Shasha’s book and I love Shasha and Brecken. LLV has a wonderful way with interconnecting her books from series to series and they are always great reads. I love her characters as well as the stories, and you usually find shenanigans throughout the books. I love the quotes/thoughts/texts at the start of each chapter and I am always up for one-clicking LLV’s books when she has a new out. Stay Toxic was a great start to a new series and a wonderful continuation with past characters. LLV has a way of working her characters into a new series with just enough to update you on the character and show the interactions between the series. I love her writing and can’t wait for the next book in the Semyonov Bratva to come out. I devoured this book in one day.

5 ⭐ Review for Jericho: Cerberus MC, Tennessee Chapter, Book 3 by Marie James

My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5

I am loving the new chapters and characters of the Cerberus MC! Jericho was a great story and I loved reading about his past and his HEA.

Jericho was burned once and now his past is coming back to haunt him and he’s not sure he’ll survive this time.

Aspen has had a rough life since she was not able to stand up to her father. Her life’s been one torment after another.

Trust is hard to come by when you’ve been hurt, deceived, lied to, and believe that your future is dark. These characters need to learn to trust again. The years have not been kind to either of them and their second chance might not be possible.

I love the characters of this series and I love that we get to have the OG chapter included in the new chapters. I love the stories and I can’t wait to read more.

Review of Ruthless Love by Selena Sanders – 4⭐’s

Ruthless Love (The Azure Ridge Series)Ruthless Love by selena sanders
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The bookstore owner and her cop husband no longer see eye to eye, but the love and desire is still there between them both.

Cain is a police officer and he and he’s loved one woman since he was a teenager. Things don’t always go the way we want them to, and Cain finds himself trying to get his wife back. He will have to prove to her that he’s a changed man and that he can be the man she loves and wants in her life.

Marissa has only loved Cain, but when she feels that she isn’t getting what she wants from their marriage, she takes drastic measures and changes herself. Now she just has to find a way to move on, but her love for Cain won’t let her.

I enjoyed this new series starter and look forward to more to come. However, I thought the ending of this was a bit scattered and a little too quickly finished. I know that the author is a great writer, but the ending of this one didn’t seem to be as complete as I am used to by her.

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5 ⭐’s for Reckless Love (Reckless Series, Book 5) by Nyssa Kathryn

My 5⭐ Review:

After two years apart, can love, trust and forgiveness be found again?

Lock and Callie have a past and it was wonderful, until it wasn’t. In this 5th book of the Reckless Series and the Walker brothers finding their HEA, the past will rear it’s ugly head, but secrets, betrayal, and danger will be revealed.

Lock and Callie had the love that they thought was unbreakable, but they learned that nothing is guaranteed and their love will bear the brunt of the danger that lurks in their lives.

I’ve loved this series of the Walker brothers and their women. The small town of Misty Peak is not always as safe as these towns people have always thought. However, the Walker brothers will instill that safety and security for those they love and their town. I loved the book, the series and all of the characters in this series. I do hope that Hamish will get his story somewhere along the way.

My Review of the New Release from Nicole Cypher – Vitaly (Las Vegas Petrov Bratva)

My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5

Wow! I think this might be my favorite of the Las Vegas Petrov Bratva.

Vitaly is not the man everyone thinks he is, but he has to prove himself before he can find his place back in Las Vegas. It will take a lot for him to win over many of the Bratva Brotherhood and those associated with them, but he’s no longer the young boy that acted impulsively and ended up going away for nine years.

I loved this story it was an emotional ride, but so worth it in the end. I only wish the end was a little different, but we shall see how things turn out in the next books to come by Nicole Cypher. I am looking forward to reading Luca’s book. It should be interesting.

☠️ 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 ➜ My Dream (Iron Fiends MC Book 6) by Winter Travers is 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 and 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 this week! I gave it 4⭐’s @wintertravers

Title: My Dream
Series: Iron Fiends MC, Book Six
Author: Winter Travers
Genre: MC Romance
Tropes: Enemies-to-Lovers; Forced Proximity; Secrets
Release Date: December 23, 2024


The cameras are rolling again… 

The Iron Fiends have one goal: find Russ and put an end to it all. But their plans are thrown off course when a bold new production assistant shows up, determined to film everything. 

Their only option? Play along. 

Seeking refuge at the clubhouse, Fallon discovers that the Iron Fiends’ protection comes with a price—pretending to be Compass’s old flame. 

Can Fallon and Compass outsmart the cameras and track down Russ before time runs out? Or has their chance already slipped away?












Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Winter Travers is a devoted wife, mother, and aunt turned author who was born and raised in Wisconsin. After a brief stint in South Carolina following her heart to chase the man who is now her hubby, they retreated back up North to the changing seasons, and to the place they now call home. Winter spends her days writing happily ever afters, and her nights being a karate mom hauling her son to practices and tournaments.. She also has an addiction to anything MC related, puppies, and baking.


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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 out of 5

The cameras are back in action, but the Iron Fiends aren’t so sure they’re ready to continue filming. They are trying to find more ways to distract the camera crew and when the new crew shows up there are pasts that will be front and center.

A new couple being created but for the cameras or is it? Compass and Fallon are pushed together more than just him being her sitter to keep an eye on her. Now their lives will be intertwined more.

I’m enjoying reading the Iron Fiends MC series and the more that come out, the more entertaining they are. I love the characters and the storylines bring more drama, entertainment, and danger with each new book. I’m excited for more of the Iron Fiends to come.

🎉 We are celebrating the 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 today for 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗩𝗼𝘄𝘀 (𝗟𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗼𝘄𝘀) 𝗯𝘆 𝗧.𝗟. 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻-𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 is 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 I gave it 5⭐️’s @LsmithT @kia_crystal

Title: Misguided Vows
Series: Lethal Vows
Authors: T.L. Smith and Kia Carrington-Russell
Genre/Tropes: Dark Mafia Romance
Release Date: December 28, 2024


We met because of a job.

We played because he made a bet.

We carried on because we couldn’t stop.

Now we’re in too deep, and the secrets of our pasts will catch up.

It’s supposed to only be a fling, but it’s started a fire.

One that we’re both in denial about.










USA Today Best Selling Author T.L. Smith loves to write her characters with flaws so beautiful and dark you can’t turn away. Her books have been translated into several languages. If you don’t catch up with her in her home state of Queensland, Australia you can usually find her travelling the world, either sitting on a beach in Bali or exploring Alcatraz in San Francisco or walking the streets of New York.



Australian Author, Kia Carrington-Russell is known for her recognizable style of kick a$$ heroines, fast-paced action, enemies to lovers and romance that dances from light to dark in multiple genres including Fantasy, Dark and Contemporary Romance.

Obsessed with all things coffee, food and travel, Kia is always seeking out her next adventure internationally. Now back in her home country of Australia, she takes her Cavoodle, Sia along morning walks on beautiful coastline beaches, building worlds in the sea breezes and contemplating which deliciously haunting story to write next.




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My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5

I loved this story. The characters were great and the story had some interesting twists and turns along the way.

This was my first read of this series, but it was easy to follow along with the story. I now need to go back and purchase the first stories in the series and read them. I loved the interaction between the characters. There were some parts that were tragic and sad. The twists were interesting and the book was hard to put down. I’m looking forward to reading more of the characters in the series and reading the series from the beginning.

The books are listed as standalone and can be read as such, but the characters and their stories are so interesting that I need to read the books that came before Misguided Vows.