Thank you so much to Berkley Romance for the advance copy of this!

This book will be out on July 28th.

Sarah Adler's debut will be a lifelong favorite of mine which I had revisited earlier this year and it still hit the same. Somehow we are up to book 4 already! The years have flown on by and guess what? I still love Sarah's writing. I love how she comes up with these creative romance stories that just seem fresh. And in this case, we have two characters who go on a legit wild goose chase!

I don't like comparing books but this one was so hard not to compare to my beloved MNA. I felt like there were many similarities which I loved! I love a road trip romance and even though this isn't like a true road trip but the two did spend time together bopping around trying to find a missing goose. I also feel like this had forced proximity as they were working together in the antique store. Oh and the tension! I love that we got dual perspectives because we as readers could see that they each had feelings for one another. The characters themselves do not remind me of those in MNA but just the overall vibe did. There was even a secondary story happen after every couple chapters which was similar to what was in MNA that tied into the story of the goose.

"You know what your problem is, Callahan Leitner?" "Oh, I definitely have a lot more than one, but go ahead."

Annie had first saw Cal on Antique Roadshow and was instantly attracted to him. Knowing her Uncle was business partners with him, as soon as the opportunity came to help out at their shop, she had to do it. For Cal, he only ever had been in 1 real relationship and they were together and he tried to move on but nothing worked. But Annie has been his first real attraction in a very long time and he doesn't really know what to do with it. Sarah does such a great job with banter and the push and pull of them. I just love their connection so much! Annie was this vibrant, extrovert and then Cal was this stubborn, stuck in his way and they truly were opposite attracts but yet somehow it worked for me.

At the end of the book, Sarah added a Behind the Book section which she talks about her inspiration for the book and then the research she did on the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. She talks about the importance of the females who were such an integral part of ornithology.

I thought that this was just such a fun romp of a time! This book has history, spice, banter, tension and semi angst adventure!

Mini Audiobook Review: Thank you so much to PRH Audio for the complimentary copy! #PRHAudioPartner

This book is out now!

This was one of my most anticipated reads of the summer especially with how popular Summerween has been. But sadly this was just okay! Even though I love a full cast of characters this one was just too many for me to remember. I love the concept of friends reuniting after a cabin that was going to be demolished but then things start to happen. I did like that there was a build up before the slashing began happening. We got to learn more about the cast of characters leading up to them spending the weekend at this cabin.

This was a full cast audio with narration done by: Cameron Bernard Jones, Shin-Fei Chen, Margarita Valderrama, Hunter Johns, Georgie Sadler, Austin Yang, Griffyn Bellah. All these narrators are new to me. As much as I thought I would like a full cast cool to have, it was a lot to remember. I think what would have been a cool addition to this is sound effects!

I saw another review how each character was named after iconic slashers and somehow I missed that!! The only one I picked up was Carrie but the rest just went right over my head.

Overall I enjoyed it but wasn't a favorite I read this summer.

Thank you so much to Bailey Seaborn for providing the complimentary copy!

"Do you think I'm boring for preferring vanilla?" "No, I think you're woman knows what you like. There's no need to apologize for that."

This was such a cute little bite size novella to hold us over until the next book in the series comes out. This is the start of the Clarke Family and how Helen and Bruce meet. I have read other novellas but never one this short and I didn't realize how much I enjoyed it! Even though it was under 70 pages, we got a full picture of the characters. It was just so cute how Bruce immediately clocked her at work and wanted to know more about her. Also I love how the title of the book plays on how they met - a double date but not with each other! Helen's sister and Bruce's friend end up connecting leaving them two to carry on the rest of the night. One of my favorite tropes that usually happens more in thrillers but when it happens in a 24 hr period and this one does take place over a course of a day.

I just really enjoyed this! I don't feel like you need to read the others in order to read this if anything, read this before you start the series!

Thank you so much to @BerkleyRomance for the advance copy of this! Thank you so much to @PRHAudio for the complimentary ALC! #PRHAudioPartner

This book is out on July 14th!

When the opportunity came to be a part of the book tour for this, you know I had to immediately sign up!

Rachel is an auto buy/reader for me and I immediately I was so invested since the star of this book was a former child star turned pop singer. You know how I feel about that. Ramona has been in the spotlight for most of her life after being a product since she was a child and now that she is almost 30, she is ready to be done. And what does a 26 year old celebrity do now that she is in the next stage of her life? She goes off to college!

Immediately Ramona is attracted to her professor Nick. Nick himself is in a new stage of his life, newly divorced, awaiting tenure status and then disruption comes into his classroom. Listen I am not a fan of student and teacher relationship regardless of the age, but I am making an exception for Rachel just because I love her writing and style so much. And by the end that was so far from my thoughts because I was just so invested in the characters.

Nick truly wanted to get to know Ramona the person. He even would get upset when fans would come up to her and she would plaster on this fake smile. He was so protective of her and it was just so sweet. I love their banter that started pretty early on. One of my favorite things in romance books is text dialogue and this had it. Also the spice! WHEWWW she delivered!!

I don't think this is necessarily a spoiler but I was so happy that we do not get a 3rd act break up! Rachel had me on the edge of my seat as I thought there was not one but 2 occasions where I thought it was going to happen. And even Ramona herself was like "aren't we breaking up?" and he's like "uh no we are talking it out" (I was paraphrasing the actual dialogue). I just really liked the relationship between these two! Nick was such a sweetheart and just was such a nurturer. We saw that early on when Ramona was working through her panic attack which was one of my favorite moments of theirs.

I paired my reading with the text and the audio was done by Nelson Hobbs and Ellie Gossage and Erin Spencer. I am unsure what role Erin Spencer played in the narration (maybe the minor side characters?) so her and Ellie's voice must have been so similar. There was some duet narration during the text dialogue which was nice! I really enjoyed the audio and though the two main narrators went so well together!

I recommend this if you looking for a forbidden romance, spicy, college setting, celebrity x professor!