Holding Mia (Rockers' Legacy #1) By: Terri Anne Browning

   

     They call her the rocker's princess, some even call her the dance prodigy, but none of them knows the real Mia Armstrong.
     Now that dancing is no longer her future, she doesn't know either.
     All Mia wants is the opportunity to find out, to have some time to try being just a little normal. To discover who this new girl is.
     Mia fought for the chance to go to college on her own. Without the guards overshadowing her shot at a real college experience, drawing unwanted attention and making it impossible to learn new things about myself. 
     Mia's goal was to get her degree and start her own dance school. Barrick wasn't part of the goal, but suddenly, he was everywhere - and Mia was so damn tempted. His arms felt so good wrapped around her, making Mia feel safer than she'd ever felt in her life.
     But Barrick had more secrets than she could ever hope to uncover.
     And one just might break her completely.

     Rockers' Legacy is a spin-off on the Rocker series. And just like I couldn't put down Emmy and Nick's story, I couldn't put down their daughter's Mia story. While I figured out pretty early on what the secret was that Barrik was keeping it didn't make me enjoy Holding Mia any less. If you were a fan of the Rockers series, then you will be a fan of Rockers' Legacy.

The Nanny Rules By: Melynda Price

     Don't touch the nanny. It's one rule Brody's most certainly going to break.
     Since becoming a single father, Brody has had two things that kept him sane-his daughter Lily and playing football for the NFL. But when Brody's meddling sister hires a nanny without his knowledge, Brody's not thrilled to come home and find the woman has taken over his house. Their instant attraction is one more complication Brody doesn't need in his life.
     But Bordy's daughter love Amelia, and he will do anything for that tiny muchkin. Even if it means walking around with blue balls most of the time. Why does the nanny have to be so sweet  and drop dead goregous? She's driving him crazy. Never in his life has Brody wanted a woman more. 
     Brody just needs to make it through this season, he can do that. Hands free, of course. But then there's that moment, and Brody knows she's thinking what he's thinking and, well, yeah. Screw the rules...

     I enjoyed reading The Nanny Rules. While it wasn't a book that I couldn't put down, it was defiantly one that kept my attention. And one book that I would read again.

Cougar (Heritage Bay #3) By: M.A. Foster

 

    At eighteen, Emerson met a man. A man who turned her world upside down and made her the center of his. He claimed the two of them meeting was fate. She agreed.
     Emerson was the damsel in distress and Marcus was her white knight. She became in princess, and he was her prince charming. He gave her the fairy tale. The dream. Until fate circled around and turned Emerson's dream into a living nightmare.
     Now, at forty, Emerson's a widowed single mother left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and her broken family.

    Going into Cougar I wasn't sure exactly how I was going to take this story. Jaybird, the first book in the Heritage Bay series wasn't necessarily my favorite. But for Mackenzie, the second book in the Heritage Bay series, that book I loved and reread all the time.
      I think Cougar is somewhere is between these two books. While I didn't fully love this book it was a lot better than Jaybird. There were times when I was fully into this book and then there were times I just wanted to skip over scenes. Overall I don't think that I would want to read Cougar but I would definitely want to continue on with this series.

Broken Beats (An Illusion Series Novel) By: D Kelly

 

Darren
     Single father. Widow. Retired.
     Three things he never thought he'd be by thity, yet all his daily reality. This is not the life Darren would have chosen, but it's the hand he's been dealt.
     Darren loves his daughter. He loved Belle. He's not interested in more heartache. Relationships are a thing of the past. Until he meets her -
     She's the awakening he desperately needs, but one Darren's not sure he deserves.

Haddie
     Everything happens for a reason. Time heals all wounds. You're too young to give up on love.
     They say that, but they're wrong. Haddie's world crumbled when her fiance died. Then she met him -
     He's flawed in the same ways. Broken in the same places. Scared of the same things. He looks at Haddie like she's his salvation. And she wants to be, but an open heart means risking a broken one.

    There are few people in this series whose story I wanted to read and Darren's story was on of them. I wanted to see how his life would turn out once the love of his love was gone. Now aftter reading this book I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. While I did enjoy reading Darren's story it was no where near as good as Mel and Sawyer's story. Maybe it's because they had more books, I don't know. Either way this still was a good read and one I would read again. I just didn't love this book as much as I thought I would. 

Refrain (Rockstar #16) By: Anne Mercier

      As a child, Ethan trusted no one. Then he found his best friends. They gave him a family and saved him from a life of abuse that still has Ethan messed up.
      Then one of those best friends captured Ethan's heart. Lincoln, tough yet tender, a walking contradiction. He loves Ethan too - flaws and all. He's the mose patient man on the earth and understands Ethan's PTSD.
       What Linc doesn't understand is why their being initmate makes Ethan feel "dirty." Linc's not one of the men who abused Ethan, and he'd never hurt him. Ethan knows this. He believes it. Still, the "dirty" creeps in even though Ethan knows what they do together is anything but.
        Linc's here now and he's going to stay. It's time for Ethan to talk to someone professionally. Ethan needs to shed his unhealthy past in order to have a healthy future with the man he loves. If Ethan doesn't, he just might lose the best thing that's ever happened to him - and there's not enough therapy in the world to get Ethan though that.

      I have been waiting to read Refrain for what seems like forever now. And the main reason for that being Anne Mercier was constantly pushing back the book's release date. I understand her reasons why she had to but still. In these situations it either makes you want to read the book more, hyping it up in your head. Or it makes you not want to read the book as much as when you first heard about the book and read its synopsis.
     Now that I have finished reading Refrain I'm not really sure how I feel about it. While I did like reading Ethan and Linc's story it wasn't exactly what I expected. I kind of thought it would have some simiarites to Xander and Tera's story given that they were childhood sweethearts as well. But Refrain just took place in the present, so you didn't see any of Ethan and Linc's early years. Also, there just didn't seem to be that much going on with this story. Although I did like the relationship and dynamic between Ethan and Linc this story just wasn't what I was expecting.

The Wrong Prince Charming By: Holly Renee

     Every little girl dreams of being swept off her feet by a charming Prince. But Maddison's life was no fairy tale.
    And in this kingdom called college, the rules went out the window.
    Maddison had known golden boy, Theo Hunt, was the one for her since they were kids. Her heart was his for the taking, but she had become nothing more than the MVP of the campus king's friend-zone.
     Easton Cole was a storm Maddison couldn't have predicted. He knocked Maddison off her feet and stole her heart. But he was off limits. Not only was he Theo's frat brother, but he was the teacher's assistant in English 101 and she was acing every test.
     Maddison's heart was torn, her feeling tangled. Because as soon as she noticed Easton, Theo finally noticed her.
     Maddison was in love with two guys, as different as night and day, but she could only have one. She only hoped she didn't choose The Wrong Prince Charming.

     I didn't mind reading The Wrong Prince Charming, while it wasn't an attention grabber it did hold my interests. I think one of the reasons it wasn't completly upthere might have had a bit to do with the fact that this book seemed to be a bit rushed. And while I wouldn't count on rereading this book anytimg soon I am glad that I read it.

Mr. July (Calendar Boys #7) By: Nicole S. Goodin

     Hudson Scott. Nicknamed 'The Horror.' Champion MMA fighter... And caught up in an off-limits woman.
     Ramsey Ashton. Queasy around blood. Pink haired beauty...And crushing on her brother's best friend.
     Hudson's head has always been firmly inside the cage, until he sets eyes on the woman he's sworn not to touch. Ramsey has never been interested in the fight scene, but when she meets Hudson, she finds herself inexplicably drawn into his world.
     Hudson wants what he can't have, Ramsey wants to protect her heart. With everything up against them, will this be one fight that Hudson isn't strong enough to win?

     Mr. July was another book that started out on high note but over time I slowly began to lose interest. I don't know what it is but lately most of the books I've been reading haven't been that good.