Rating: 4 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel World-famous rock star Laurel Riley has come to the small town of Beauville looking for some peace and a chance to regroup. He is burned out from too long on tour and hasn't felt much creative inspiration or joy in his career in a long time. He is looking forward to a few weeks out of the limelight in the new house he has built in town.

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Phil Easton has been a defensive lineman for the San Francisco Sea Lions since the expansion, and has put his heart and soul into the team. When Phil re-injures his knee and is out for most of the season, he finds himself at loose ends, and almost calls his ex-wife for help.

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Designer Phil Marchand and his best friend/business partner Calla are rising stars in the fashion industry with their label Phallacy. They've worked hard to build a brand that's garnering all the right kinds of attention, albeit from smaller stars. But their ten-year-plan says they're right on track to become a fashion mainstay.

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Jett Marian works for an espionage organization charged with helping keep the world safe. While on a job undercover, Jett meets Locke Maris, the wealthy heir to a shipping empire. Locke is handsome and incredibly appealing, but also straight and seemingly uninterested in Jett. The two part ways, only to cross paths a few times over the next several years, with Jett continuing to maintain his cover as a high-priced escort.

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Quinton Li is nurse who is very well respected at his hospital near Abbotsford in western Canada. He lives in Mission City, in his childhood home, where his widowed mother keeps the basement apartment. Both Quinton and his mom are nurses and have great reputations for patient care.

Today I am so pleased to welcome A.B. Jackson to Joyfully Jay. A.B. has come to talk to us about his release, Stolen Moments. Please join me in giving him a big welcome! A.B. has brought some questions and answers to share with us! 1. Three books - what you read last, what you’re reading now, what you’re reading next…

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Tean and Jem are happily settled into their lives together. Things aren't always easy, or perfect. Jem hates his job working at a car dealership, for example. And both men are still working through a lot of emotional issues. But they have a house together, a beloved dog, and have joined their lives.

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Mara is called the “ice princess” of cross-country skiing. She was favored to win gold at the last Olympics, but Mara underestimated her opponents, especially her teammate Kirby, and was denied gold. Now, at the current Olympics, all Mara has on her mind is the constant refrain of gold, gold, gold.

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Sixteen-year-old Lord Dorian Gray has been cowed into being Lord Kelso’s obedient, irreproachable grandson. Their identity has been subsumed under their grandfather’s rigid regime, but when Dorian locks eyes with artist Basil Hallward, they feel seen. When Basil asks to paint them, Dorian agrees, and the sittings make them feel alive.

Hi all! I hope you had a great week and Happy Valentine's Day! I am still continuing to enjoy all things Olympics and have spent many hours glued to the TV. We also had a nice family weekend. I got to spend some time with my older daughter, and my youngest joined us for an extended family birthday brunch today. We are also finally getting a little melting of the huge piles of rock hard snow around us.

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Amie Teller has spent more than two years stuck in a time loop. Every day, she wakes up and it's Monday, September 17th. Amie has no idea how the time loop happened or why -- or worse, if it will ever end. Until, one day, she wakes up and this time it is Tuesday.

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Harlan and Darío are relationship goals. They are in love and in sync and their lives are everything they want them to be. They both travel for work, but they make time for each other and know they have found the one. Harlan has been working in NY on a visa and, when the extension is denied, he has to return to England.

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Charlie is back in Firefly Valley to help his mom and because he’s currently out of a job, but he hates it. Charlie escaped this small town for a reason, and everywhere he turns, he’s reminded of why. The townsfolk are nosy, meddling, and too involved in everyone else’s life.

We have some more recent winners to announce! -$10 Amazon gift card and backlist book from Victoria Sue: Antara -Vengeance by Beck Grey: Traci -Love on the Podium book series: Kayla Thank you to everyone who stopped by the blog and entered the contests. And a big thanks to Victoria, Beck, and all the Love on the Podium authors for donating the great giveaways!

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It was supposed to be a routine procedure. Colby's wife, Amelia, had a torn rotator cuff, which meant surgery. Amelia was supposed to be in and out and home in time for dinner. Instead, Colby lost her wife. It was a fluke, something no one could have predicted.

Story Rating: 3.75 stars Audio Rating: 4 stars Narrator: J.F. Harding Length: 3 hours and 41 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Thuggiana is a collection of short stories connected to The First Quarto series by Gregory Ashe. It is necessary to have read the series and even more helpful if you have read the series recently.

Rating: 3 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Felix is a rare male witch and, based on his family's experience with covens, he has no interest in joining one. For one thing, he lost his mother to a petty coven war when he was young. For another, Felix's sister, Astrea, was cursed into a coma by another coven a few years ago and he's been paying exorbitant amounts of ransom to get her back.

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Charles loves his life as a baker in the small town of Charming, NY. He is a part of a group of local merchants who all work in the wedding business and help support one another. One day, Charles is dropping off a cake when he overhears someone talking about murdering a cop.

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Myles Parker and his adoptive son, Joshua, have moved into his late Uncle Ned’s home in rural Vermont. Instead of selling the home he inherited, Myles has decided to return to the place he adored as a child. Myles is Joshua’s biological uncle and he has raised him from birth, after Myles’ sister died not long after giving birth.

Today I am so pleased to welcome Gregory Ashe to Joyfully Jay. Gregory has come to talk to us about his release, The Same Bones. He has also brought along a great giveaway. Please join me in giving him a big welcome! Hi, everyone! I’m so excited to be back with the crew at Joyfully Jay as part of the lead-up to the Rainbow Readers Cruise—a big thank you to Jay, Rich, and Joel for this opportunity.

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Links:  Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel After a bad experience in college, Rome has sworn off dating hearing men. He feels so strongly that it caused a rift between him and his friend, Robbie, who is dating a hearing man. So Rome is beyond frustrated that he is so fiercely attracted to gym owner, Dex, who is hearing and barely knows any ASL.

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Ilys can only watch, year after year, as her teacher and father-figure, Grimm, heads out on the Veilmarch with Death as his shadow and companion. Ilys knows that, in theory, one day it will be her on the white horse, using her sword and knife to kill those Death wishes to die.

Today I am so pleased to welcome E.M. Hamill to Joyfully Jay. E.M. has come to talk to us about their latest release, Forrest House. Please join me in giving a big welcome! I am an unapologetic ‘pantser’.  Chaos is my muse.  Story cards are gathering dust on my desk; abandoned Scrivener files lurk in the dark corners of my computer’s memory and scribbled pages in spiral notebooks are shoved into boxes.

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel As part of the O’Shea mafia family, Rory is protected and no one messes with him. Well, no one should mess with him, but Shai doesn’t know that and when Shai needs rent money, he holds Rory up at gunpoint. Sure, Rory could take Shai down, but his masked assailant intrigues him and Rory can’t wait to uncover his identity and play with him a bit.

Story Rating: 3.75 stars Audio Rating: 4 stars Narrator: Sara Brodt Length: 17 hours, 17 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Ophelia is a “foundling” in Lumendei, an “orphan” raised by the Church of the Host, which worships the one true god, the First Son. She has a limp, caused by a childhood injury that never healed correctly when she was taken into Lumendei.