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✍🏻 I adore Ozzi and Willow in Jiffy Kate’s Knock Out, the final book of their Fighting for Love series in the Smartypants Romance universe. This would be a perfect read for this weekend. ✍🏻

Knock Out, an all-new grumpy sunshine small town romance from Jiffy Kate, is now available in Kindle Unlimited!

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In the blink of an eye, Willow Bernard goes from stocking shelves at the Piggly Wiggly to kicking butt at Viking MMA.  

Willow Bernard has taken a lot of hits in her twenty-two years but always manages to come back swinging. Hoping to fly under the radar for a change, she relocates to Green Valley. Her strategy works until one fateful phone call initiates a series of events that shakes up her quiet existence. 

Tattooed adventure-seeker Ozzi Erickson goes where the wind takes him. When he blows into Green Valley for his big brother’s wedding—and to figure out his next move—he isn’t prepared for the knock-out punch coming his way. 

With Ozzi sticking around the Tennessee mountain town, his brother gives him a temporary assignment as Willow Bernard’s trainer. 

His job is to teach her how to fight. But will she have the skills required to protect her heart?

‘Knock Out’ is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #4 in the Fighting for Love series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.

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When I walk across the gym to the heavy bags, I see the long dark, sleek hair I’ve come to associate with Willow Bernard. She’s pulling it up off her neck and tying it into a high ponytail, making my fingers tingle.

Would the strands be as soft as they look?

Clearing my throat, I get her attention in the mirror and give her a nod. “Ready to kick some ass?”

Her eyes stay on mine for a long moment and I swear there’s something that passes between us. And not for the first time, I wonder if she’s thought about me as much as I’ve thought about her over the past few days.

Shit, last night when I walked her downstairs, I’d fought the instinct to ask her to call me when she got home so I’d know she made it safely. Which, again, is ridiculous.

“Can I ask you something?” she says, turning around to face me, her expression unreadable.

Nodding again, I grab a set of gloves and some tape and walk toward her. “You can ask me anything.” I mean it. Unlike her, I’d give her any information she wants.

I’m a goddamn open book.

I just wish I could say the same for her, but even her off-handed comments give me whiplash.

First, she told me yesterday at the Piggly Wiggly that she was around a lot of kids growing up. So, I assumed she’s part of a large family, like ours.

But then yesterday evening, when Gunnar asked about her family, she said it was just her and her mom, which made it sound like she’s an only child.

The mystery surrounding Willow Bernard keeps building.

“Do you really think I’m any good at this?”

Picking my head up, I realize how close we are—so close I can see that her brown eyes are flecked with green—and also how serious she is.

And she has really long, dark lashes.

“You’re really fucking good,” I mutter as I begin to wrap tape around her wrists. 

I can see the skepticism written all over her face. “You don’t believe me.”

Shaking her head slightly, she meets my gaze again. “I’ve never been good at anything.”

The thick veil that’s always shrouding Willow lifts momentarily and I see past the hard façade. Under her hard-as-nails exterior is a girl who’s unsure of herself and looking for approval, whether she wants to admit it or not.

As a trainer, it’s my job to see those types of things and look deeper than surface level, seeking out my clients’ strengths and weaknesses.Willow’s strengths are obvious. Her natural talent and drive are hard to miss. Shit, anyone could see it. Even if they didn’t know what they were looking for, they’d see her and think, this girl’s got something special.

About Jiffy Kate

Jiffy Kate is the joint pen name for Jiff Simpson and Jenny Kate Altman. They’re co-writing besties who share a brain. They also share a love of cute boys, stiff drinks, and fun times.

Together, they’ve written over twenty stories. Their first published book, Finding Focus, was released in November 2015. Since then, they’ve continued to write what they know–southern settings full of swoony heroes and strong heroines.

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✍🏻 Have you jumped into the current season of Smartypants Romance? Architecture and Artistry by Nora Everly treats you to Barrett and Sadie, an opposites attract small town romance. ✍🏻

Architecture and Artistry, an all new opposites attract small town romance from Nora Everly, is now available in Kindle Unlimited!

Read my 4 ⭐️ review HERE.

Sadie Hill has a lot going on.

New job, twin boys, deadbeat ex, and a mother from hell.

Her life is chaos and no matter how hard she holds on, every plan she makes flies straight out of her grasp.

The last thing she needs is for her devastatingly hot co-worker to become her new neighbor. A distraction like Barrett does not fit into her precarious plans for the future.

Barrett Monroe has got it going on.

His wicked ex-wife is nothing but a memory, his daughter is back home where she belongs, and he loves his job.

His control-freak ways have paid off and he can finally relax into his perfectly scheduled life—alone, just how he wants it.

The last thing he needs is an irresistible single mom and her adorable kids to move in next door. Sadie was hard enough to stay away from when she was just his co-worker.

But one night spent stranded in a snowstorm together finds these two sneaking around, sharing stolen kisses, and losing their hearts.

Will they give into the flying sparks between them?

Or drive each other crazy fighting their feelings instead?

‘Architecture and Artistry’ is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #11 in the Green Valley Library series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe

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“Hey, Barrett!” Clara shouted, wrenching me out of the storm cloud of bad memories and useless speculation I was about to get lost in.

“Barrett!” the boys shouted. “Play with us!”

I spun on my heel then checked my watch. He was early; he’d only been gone about fifteen minutes. “What’s wrong? Did something happen to you?” I asked without thinking, then froze. Damn it.

His dark eyes met mine and he grinned knowingly. “I got a cramp in my side.” He inhaled a deep sigh, his broad chest expanded on the intake, and it was all I could do not to gawk at him—muscles . . . so many muscles. He addressed the boys. “I’ll join you next time. I kinda hurt myself tonight.”

I could see his abs through his shirt, for the love of heck—but I managed to force my eyes into submission and snapped them back to his. “Oh, that’s too bad,” I breathed, at a loss for words.

“Yeah, I like to get at least thirty minutes in.” He raised his hands over his head in a stretch. I almost died at the sight of the strong corded muscles of his neck as he tipped his head back. And that jawline? It was absolute perfection, sharply defined and covered with the perfect amount of dark stubble, exactly how I liked it.

My eyes, of their own accord, drifted lower as his shirt lifted ever so slightly baring a sliver of his defined stomach. Then it became a battle between my eyeballs and my brain. I needed to avert the traitorous orbs but before I could, I caught a glimpse of the happy trail leading down to the bulgy good stuff.

I inhaled my own deep breath as I gave up and allowed my gaze to go on a journey over his hot-as-hell form. Six-foot-four inches of Barrett Monroe were taking my eyes on a trip, and I was in danger of embarrassing myself at the sight.

“Boys, bath time. Come on inside.” Clara took the ball from Flynn, tossed it to me, then led the boys inside the house.

“What—?” She couldn’t have planned Barrett’s side cramp. But she sure as heck planned the rest, leaving me out here alone with him like this. I scowled and clutched the ball to my chest instead of hurling it at her retreating back. I glanced sheepishly back at Barrett.

His grin had softened to a small smile. “I’m going to say this again, and hopefully it will come out better than that first Monday morning here in the driveway. You look different.”

“Yeah? Well, I don’t wear heels and makeup at home, Barrett. I’m a freelance hot mom and I make my own hours.” I couldn’t help but crack a defensive joke as I grumbled and adjusted my ponytail with one hand. “I don’t have time to get dolled up every time I go outside—”

“It wasn’t an insult, Sadie. You’re adorable right now, stunning in an entirely different way.” His eyes softened on mine, just like his smile had.

I found myself fighting a big dopey grin that was threatening to pop out and give my crush away. “Oh. Okay then. Well, thank you.” Unfortunately, I couldn’t control the red flush that rose over my cheeks or his knowing reaction to it.

He backed up a few steps, gesturing to the ball. “I’m feeling better. Show me what you got, stunner.”

“Stunner?” I allowed a small smile to cross my face. It was a non-flirty, totally neutral smile. Yeah, you keep telling yourself that, dummy.

His lips quirked sideways in a grin as he nodded. “Every time I get to see a different side of you, it stuns me.” He gestured to his heart and made the cutest mock-surprised face I’d ever seen in my life.

Instead of keeling over dead from being stunned myself and the resulting sudden heart palpitations, I spun the ball on my finger, let it go, then kicked it to him. He passed it back with a knee and my small smile turned huge. Barrett had skills too.

About Nora Everly

Nora Everly is a lifelong bookworm. She started reading the good stuff once she grew tall enough to sneak the romance novels off the top of her mother’s bookshelf and it has been non-stop ever since.

Once upon a time she was a substitute teacher and an educational assistant. Now she’s a writer and stay at home mom to two small humans and one fat cat.

Nora lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family and her overactive imagination.

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✍🏻 Check out the cover re-reveal for Pippa Grant’s Copper Valley Thrusters series. ✍🏻

Copper Valley Thrusters Series
Author: Pippa Grant
Genre: Romantic Comedy
THE PILOT & THE PUCK UP
He’s the biggest, baddest, most spider-fearing motherpucker on the ice…
Zeus Berger is an over-muscled, egotistical, sportsing goofball with a bigger mouth than shoe size—which is saying something—and I cannot get him out of my head.
He should be easy to forget. He’s all talk and no follow-through. But after an incredibly awkward one-night-stand gone wrong, I can’t shake him, and I don’t know if I want to.
I need to get my brain back on business, and fast. It’s hard enough being one of the toughest pilots in the flight adventure industry without the distraction of his body, his humor, and the teddy bear heart I’m starting to suspect he hides under all that bluster.
But when I realize he’s besties with the billionaire I’m trying to woo into investing in my business, I realize it can’t hurt to play nice.
Can it?
The Pilot and the Puck-Up is a standalone romantic comedy featuring a athlete whose ego won’t fit inside a hockey arena, the most badass woman to ever fly a plane, rubber chockey (don’t ask), and no cheating or cliffhangers.
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ROYALLY PUCKED
A hockey-playing prince, a most improper lady, and one accidental pregnancy…
When you’re an heir so spare that you’re more likely to be struck by lightning than to ever wear a crown, you’re allowed certain liberties.
But after taking those liberties with the wrong lady, I’ve been banished to America for a year. The world thinks it’s so I can indulge in my favorite pastime on a professional hockey rink, but really, I’m here while my father cleans up my latest mess.
My orders are clear: be an ambassador for my country, make the family proud, and stay far, far away from women.
No one ever said they had to stay away from me though.
Which is exactly how Gracie Diamonte, the world’s greatest baker, most adorable dinosaur-suit wearer, and the very model of kind innocence, sneaks past my defenses.
And my guard.
And how we end up facing a very unexpected pregnancy.
Of course I’ll do the right thing by her. All the right things.
Just as soon as I solve that pesky problem of my other royal duties.
Royally Pucked is a hilariously wrong romance between a spare heir and the lady least likely to ever wear a princess crown, complete with dirty cookies, an emotional support monkey, and lots of pucking around. This romantic comedy stands alone with no cheating or cliffhangers and ends happily with a family of…more than two.
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BEAUTY AND THE BEEFCAKE
Ares Berger is completely, totally, and in all other ways off-limits. He’s my brother’s teammate. He speaks even less than his pet monkey. (Yes, I mean monkey. That’s not a euphemism.) He’s stubborn, injured, silent, broody, and unfortunately, my new roommate.
Yes, yes, it’s lovely to have another person in the house when my ex-boyfriend starts making threats. And fine, the monkey is amusing. But my real problem with having Ares Berger living right down the hall?
He’s intriguing. And undeniably attractive. And the more time we spend together, the more I realize this silent giant has more to say than anyone gives him credit for.
And his sense of humor?
Someone catch me.
I’m falling.
I’m falling hard.
But how can I convince a man who’s never truly been seen that I’m the one who wants to not only know him, but also love him?
Beauty and the Beefcake is a vegan-friendly standalone romantic comedy featuring an athlete whose vocabulary is the only thing smaller than a hockey puck, a book smart but aimless hockey lover, a dilapidated old house that may or may not be haunted, and no cheating or cliffhangers.
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CHARMING AS PUCK
The man could charm the panties off a nun…
Nick Murphy. Hockey god. My best friend’s big brother. My friend-with-mindblowing-benefits. The best thing to happen to my nether regions since my subscription to the toy of the month club. The man I’ve been secretly in love with for years.
And total ass.
I am so done with him.
Except there’s one small problem.
Now that I’ve cut him off, his hockey game is in the toilet. He’s convinced I’m his good luck charm, and he wants me back. But only for his game.
I’ll be strong. I will. I’ll resist.
Asses don’t change their stripes.
Or do they?
This plan would be so easy if the man wasn’t Charming as Puck…
Charming as Puck is a romping fun romance between a hockey player and his sister’s best friend, complete with farm animals, epic birthday presents, and Berger Twin sightings. This romantic comedy stands alone with no cheating or cliffhangers and ends with a pucking awesome happily ever after.
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I PUCKING LOVE YOU
You know those stories where an adorably misunderstood clumsy girl needs a fake date to a wedding so she asks her brother’s best friend and they accidentally fall in love?
I wish that was the kind of life I lead, but it’s not.
I don’t need a date to a wedding. I need a date to a funeral.
Clumsy sometimes fits, but then, that’s true for all of us, right? But adorable? No. Misunderstood? Nope again. I’m just your average girl, standing in front of a funeral invitation, asking it to be a winning lottery ticket instead.
And I don’t have a brother, or a best friend with a brother available, which means I’m stuck with Tyler Jaeger.
Sure, he’s a professional hockey player who also knows advanced calculus, but let’s say we’re not compatible and leave it at that. I should know. I am a matchmaker.
Not a very good one, but that’s beside the point.
I know a mismatch when I see one.
Still, Tyler’s what I’ve got, and I am not going to this funeral solo, so he’s what I’ll take.
After all—what could go wrong at a funeral?
I Pucking Love You is a hilariously wrong romantic comedy about the world’s worst matchmaker, a hockey player with a problem he doesn’t want to talk about, and an awkward date-of-convenience that everyone would prefer to forget. It comes complete with a cat working his way through his nine lives, all the sexy times, fish and chips, and a swoony happily-ever-after.

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✍🏻 Professor Romance’s 4.5 ⭐️ Review: Lexi Ryan’s Every Chance with You, an Orchid Valley series romance ✍🏻

Overall Grade: 4.5 ⭐️

Tropes: Love triangle; second chance romance; roommates turned lovers; opposites attract

It’s been a while since I’ve dived into Lexi Ryan’s Orchid Valley series. Returning to it was like a breath of fresh hour. To be honest, I’m not a fan of love triangles, and love triangles with half-brothers can be tedious. Lexi Ryan’s Every Chance with You was compelling and deliciously dramatic. Her storytelling in this book engaged me, and it forced me to look beyond a trope that I don’t often like because, in my opinion, she wrote it well. 

The story follows Savannah “Savvy,” Alex, and Oliver. Savvy finds herself in a predicament when her brother uses her savings to place a bet on her boyfriend’s MMA fight. When the boyfriend throws the fight, Savvy finds herself the target of the people her brother owes the money to. Oliver, a student at the college where she attends, who has come to her rescue previously, saves her once again. Realizing that her boyfriend betrayed her, she knows she can no longer live with him. Oliver invites her to stay at his apartment. The only stipulation is she helps him with a project. As Oliver and Savvy live together, they fall deep into attraction, but Oliver makes it clear that he isn’t a relationship guy. When Savvy falls in love with Oliver, and tragedy strikes, Savvy and Oliver split. Eight years later, they find themselves in each other’s orbit. The problem? Savvy had a wild, $exual night with Oliver’s half-brother, Alex. When Savvy sees Oliver again, all of her feelings are still there. Will she choose Alex, or will she and Oliver find their happy ending?

The way that Lexi Ryan balances the storyline, flashing back into Oliver and Savvy’s story, while jumping forward again into her and Alex’s story allows the reader to balance their opinion about the two men. This is how Ryan undermines the typical tension of a love triangle. It’s clear that Savvy and Oliver’s connection is deeper than Savvy and Alex’s, so, when Savvy finally chooses, it’s easy to accept her choice. 

Additionally, more of the Orchid Valley characters are deftly placed in the story to provide Savvy with the support she needs as she traverses the complication of the two men. 

Lastly, I love how Lexi Ryan highlights a message about body image. Savvy’s maturity about her body and eating habits underscores the idea of balance, that working out should not overtake your life with the same message for eating. Her struggles are real, and Ryan’s messaging through Savvy’s journey easily connects with readers’ struggles. 

Lexi Ryan’s Every Chance with You surprised me. I love this series, so I hoped this story would be a solid read. I didn’t intend for it to impress me as it did. Don’t be afraid of the love triangle of this book. I think you’ll be surprised by the balance that Ryan crafts in this newest Orchid Valley story.

In love and romance,

Professor A

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✍🏻 Professor Romance’s 4.5 ⭐️ Review: Laney Hatcher’s Well Acquainted, a Smartypants Romance historical retelling ✍🏻

Overall Grade: 4.5 ⭐️

Tropes:  second chance romance; ambitious heroine; hero who falls first; past familial trauma; historical romance

To take on Penny Reid’s Knitting in the City and reimagine it into historical romance is quite the undertaking. Fresh off a successful Neanderthal Seeks Duchess release in the last Smartypants Romance season, Laney Hatcher takes on Eliza and Nicholas’s (Nico) story inspired by Reid’s popular Friends Without Benefits. I had forgotten how stubborn our heroine is in Reid’s story. Then, I remembered it in Hatcher’s book. Between her two stories, I think I prefer the first book over the second simply because Eliza is a difficult character to appreciate in Well Acquainted. She must overcome her thinking patterns and her suppositions about choices she made in her past, and she spends much of this book self-flagellating, which is difficult to read. Thankfully, Hatcher has crafted a main male character in Nicholas who is patient and tenacious in his want to love her. Most heroes in other books would have given up on her, allowing her to continue to live her carefully-constructed, routine life. Nicholas must remind her that her past choices do not need to define her present and her future. Through his love for her, he waits for her until she realizes this truth. 

Thankfully, the community of women in the Embroidery Group acts as guides for her as well. Their compassion and love for Eliza help deliver her out of her negative self-talk, and Nicholas and Eliza find their happy ending…eventually. 

Laney Hatcher has absolutely crafted a story that beautifully retells Penny Reid’s popular book in her newest book, Well Acquainted. Even when the characters can’t seem to find their way through, Hatcher gives them the space of the story to become better versions of themselves. In doing this, she challenges her readers to consider how they may be using the choices of their past to influence their now. 

In love and romance,

Professor A

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✍🏻 Professor Romance’s 5 ⭐️ Review: Catherine Cowles’s Fractured Sky, the final book of her Tattered & Torn series ✍🏻

Overall Grade: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Tropes: broken hero and heroine made whole together; past trauma; small town romance; romantic suspense

I’m not certain what Catherine Cowles’s heroines in her Tattered & Torn series did to deserve the violence meted out on them but these women are survivors. Each of the heroines in this series faces the violence of a society dominated by toxic males. Juxtaposing those males with the heroes of this series, through her storytelling, Cowles interrogates the negative impact of toxic masculinity while celebrating the power of love to overcome it. Anyone who has been reading this series has been awaiting, with bated breath, Fractured Sky, the story for her titular heroine, Shiloh. Even more, Ramsey, as Cowles’s hero, has been teased in prior stories, ramping up the anticipation for this story even more. And Catherine Cowles does not disappoint in offering it to her readers. Utilizing her signature moves, breathtaking prose, an edge-of-your-seat “who done it” using the vehicle of romance to entice, and characters who steal your breath because their personal stories tear at your heart, Fractured Sky is the perfect final bow for this rollercoaster of a series. Everything you expect of Cowles, she delivers in this book, and you leave it satiated and complete. 

Fractured Sky is an emotional, titillating romance between Shiloh and Ramsey who heal the wounds of their past by acknowledging and experiencing unconditional love for each other. The action, the infusion of ancillary characters to add more daring to the story, and the ending and bonus epilogue will absolutely bring tears of happiness to your eyes. I guarantee you will end Fractured Sky with a full heart, feeling the satisfaction of a job well done by its author. 

In love and romance,

Professor A

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✍🏻 Meghan Quinn is BACK with another romance! Check out the cover for Untying the Knot, coming November 15th. ✍🏻

“I’m not interested in continuing to leave it up to fate.”

UNTYING THE KNOT, a brand new steamy, heartfelt, and hilarious standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn, will be releasing on November 15th in all formats! Don’t miss the fantastic cover below and get ready to fall in love with this sexy romance filled with heart, heat, and humor.

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About UNTYING THE KNOT (Coming 11/15/2022):

A spin-off from the #1 Amazon bestsellers, A Not So Meet Cute and So Not Meant To Be, USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn brings you a heart-warming, yet hilarious full-length novel on what life is like after the happily ever after.

Ryot Bisley is my husband.

Yes, the former third baseman for the Chicago Bobbies and absolute heart throb of the Windy City. That Ryot Bisley.

The first time I ran into him, he was grumpy, a horrific host, and left me on his sofa with nothing but a nylon baseball flag to use as a blanket.

The second time, he reluctantly bought me dinner, stared at my chest the entire night, and still sported that permanent frown.

The third time . . . well, that was a game changer. His smile captured me, his teasing charmed me, and his touches excited me.

So when he was called up to the majors that didn’t stop us from knocking it out of the park and all the way down the aisle.

Eleven years later…I’d love to say we’re happy as ever but the man who sent me dirty text messages every day is long gone and Mr. Frowny Face is back.

He’s so focused on trying to build a life after baseball that he doesn’t see the life we’ve already created together. . .so I make the hard decision and serve him divorce papers.

Problem is…my husband refuses to accept those papers. Instead, he has a new game plan that makes untying the knot of our marriage a little tricky. And just when I thought I wanted to be traded . . . he’s slowly, tantalizingly roping me back in.

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UNTYING THE KNOT Releases November 15th!

Jason Clarke and Stella Hunter are narrating in duet this sexy romance, and they are a dream team as Ryot and Myla! Grab your earbuds and get ready for your next audiobook!

UNTYING THE KNOT will be released on November 15th in a live release on Audible!

ABOUT MEGHAN QUINN:

USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.

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✍🏻 Professor Romance’s 4 ⭐️ Review: Rebecca Jenshak’s Snowed in with The Player ✍🏻

Overall Grade: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Tropes: brother’s best friend; forced proximity; Christmas story; sports romance

Who’s ready for some fun, sweet, spicy holiday reading? Rebecca Jenshak’s Snowed in with the Player, the first book of a duo of standalones centered on twin sisters, Holly and Stella, is everything you expect from her. She gives us all the holiday feels. With a name like Holly, you must know that she will love all things Christmas…and she does. Add in the forced proximity of her with a gaggle of her brother’s football friends from Jenshak’s wildly popular Valley U, and the fun ramps up. That Teddy, Jenshak’s hero and Holly’s secret crush, is one of those football players creates the chemistry you expect from Jenshak. As they fight against their attraction and fall into it, you are reminded of why you love Jenshak’s brand of romance: an interesting story, new adult antics, and a love story with heaps of spice. If you’re looking for your first holiday/Christmas romance, jump into Snowed in with the Player.

In love and romance,

Professor A

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✍🏻 Professor Romance’s 5 ⭐️ Review: Penny Reid’s Folk Around and Find Out ✍🏻

Overall Grade: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Tropes: adversaries-to-lovers; single mom; grump/sunshine; small town romance

“You don’t have to give people things in order for them to like you. You just have to be yourself and hope their kind of weird matches your kind of weird. Like us.”

Truth: I will wait forever for a Penny Reid romance, novel, story, literary work. Period. Folk Around and Find Out, her newest offering, reminds me AGAIN how much I love her storytelling. She weaves magic. She’s thoughtful and intentional with her choices, and it pays off with books that are more than their genre or trope. Folk Around and Find Out is an ode to parenthood, namely single parents, an interrogation of the idea of first impressions, and a treatise on the capacity of a person to change when they find love in all its forms. I have 41 highlights from this story because Penny Reid writes the heck out of her books, drawing you in with her prose (although is “stupid as raisins” really a phrase?) and engaging you with the story of Hank Weller and Charlotte Mitchell, as they grow as individuals and as a couple. I’m captivated by Penny Reid, and I highly recommend ANYTHING she writes. 

Impression #1: There is nothing better than a grump who shows his softer side. Insert Hank Weller. As the owner of the Pink Pony and Beau Winston’s bestie, he’s been on the radar of many a Penny Reid fan. And she didn’t disappoint in writing his story for her readers. How do you take a grump of a strip club owner and turn him into a softie? Unassuming, messy children and a heroine who cares about his bookkeeping even when he’s been a jerk to her. I’m certain that Hank’s character journey is my favorite part of Folk Around and Find Out

Impression #2: I love how Reid plays with the idea of initial judgments and suppositions that people make about others based on the appearance of something or someone. There are misunderstandings all over this romance because, mostly, Hank makes assertions about Charlotte without having a full understanding of her situation. It causes him to make decisions that quickly shift when he faces reality. Some of my favorite parts, like laugh-out-loud moments, come when he’s confronted with his preconceived notions of things, i.e. Charlotte at a car wash, Charlotte’s kids, etc. I found myself laughing at him or sighing at his ignorance. Either way, it wrought emotions in me which is high praise for any kind of book.

Impression #3: Small towns and gossip. Reid’s interrogation of gossip in small towns as she looks at it through the lens of Hank and Charlotte’s reputations is insightful. I think, as readers, we can connect this idea to our own use of social media as unfounded or demeaning gossip is common in that medium too. Reid takes up much of her book with Hank’s want to protect Charlotte from his reputation, and honestly, it becomes the thing that ultimately humanizes him and wins the reader over. The night he takes care of Charlotte and her kids also helps, but his empathic way of protecting Charlotte from town gossip shows us his soft underbelly and connects us to him emotionally. 

Impression #4: Green Valley and its inhabitants allow me to escape. As I was reading Folk Around and Find Out, I found myself at ease, even when Hank and Charlotte’s challenges were anxiety-inducing. Penny Reid’s capacity to create a fictional space/place in her stories that allows her readers to escape is profound. She’s one of a few authors who do this brilliantly, and you want to return to this place and these people time and time again. That she’s invited other authors to craft stories and characters to connect us even more to this place is just plain brilliant. 

If you love grump/sunshine, single parent, adversaries to lovers romance, Folk Around and Find Out should be your read right now. Honestly, as much as I’ve espoused my love for Penny Reid’s Green Valley world, you don’t have to have read any of her former books to understand this one. You simply need to love the type of story where a solitary, opinionated, grump of a man finds love and redemption in the messy, sunshiney, complicated life of a woman. This book is a pure delight.

In love and romance,

Professor A

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✍🏻 Professor Romance’s 5 ⭐️ Review: Jiffy Kate’s Knock Out, the final book of their Fighting for Love series in the Smartypants Romance universe ✍🏻

Overall Grade: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Tropes: sunshine hero/grumpy heroine; sports romance; down-on-her-luck heroine; somewhat single parent

On entering Jiffy Kate’s Knock Out, I realized one thing: I had missed the Erickson clan. Since the advent of Stud Muffin, book 1 of the Fighting for Love series, I’ve been hooked on this MMA power family. It’s been a few Smartypants Romance seasons since we received a story from them, so to be gifted with Ozzi Erickson with their final book of the series was divine. 

This story is my favorite type of romance. A character has a difficult past; in this case, the heroine grows up in foster care. Her journey becomes one about learning to be vulnerable with people who can care about her. The other character is compassionate and has the sixth sense to “see” into the character with the traumatic background. Ozzi, this book’s main male character, is empathic and compassionate from almost their first meeting. The dance of Ozzi and Willow waltzes over the pages of Jiffy Kate’s story, and it steals your heart. I write that phrase quite a bit in my reviews, but it’s the reality of this book. As Willow struggles with the idea that she can be loved either by Ozzi or the Ericksons, you want to cry at the idea that she’s never felt loved unconditionally. When she takes on the task of the custodial care of her half-sister, you recognize the depth of her pain from past hurts. Ozzi, a wanderer and someone who eshews relationships, should be the worst person in her life. Instead, he helps her tap into her love stores. Willow’s journey is heartfelt, and her courage and strength, both emotional and physical, is the key draw of this book. 

It doesn’t hurt that the Erickson clan is in full force in this book. The Fighting for Love world has been one of my favorites in the Smartypants Romance universe. As the last book of this series, it’s difficult to say goodbye to these characters. I’m hoping we might revisit them again in Jiffy Kate’s next series, Fischer Falls. However, Ozzi and Willow’s story in Knock Out is the perfect roundhouse kick ending to their series of a loveable MMA family.

In love and romance,

Professor A