Not Guilty of Books

  ONLY ONE BED Love on the Ice Series by Keira Andrews Release Date: December 2, 2021 Review Such a great holiday romance.  It’s got all the things I love. Best friends, a little life angst, great friends, and love and support. Sam and Etienne are wonderful guys, and I love a bit of pining coupled with the other discovering feelings. Set at Christmas in a beautiful Canadian mountain ski resort, where Etienne is experiencing struggles in his skating career. Sam comes to bring him some emotional support. While sharing a bed! Something about the holidays and a single bed helps confessions and feelings to bloom! I definitely recommend the audiobook.  Greg Boudreaux is delightful. Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis Will friends become lovers this Christmas? Sam People joke that Etienne and I are boyfriends, but whatever. Sure, I think about him all the time—he's my best friend. If I've missed him way more than I expected when he left to train with a new skating coach...

  BETWEEN THE BLUE LINES by ML Goodlow Release Date: April 7, 2026 Review This was a good first book, and I enjoyed the world that the author created. The connection between the two men was tentative. Tristan has been burned in the past, so he is reluctant to make friends, let alone have a romantic partner. But Austin is patient but persistent. This is a point of tension that threatens their relationship but it’s resolved well. I’m intrigued enough to read the next book, and to see more of the team. Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis Austin Axman is the golden boy of the Forest River Evergreens. As Captain, he’s the ‘fixer’—the man who keeps the peace and ensures the locker room stays a sanctuary. But when the team signs Tristan Reece, the league’s most elite and most enigmatic goalie, Austin’s diplomatic skills meet an ice-cold wall. Tristan is a man of silence, shadows, and a predatory grace that makes Austin’s protective instincts flare in ways he can’t explain. Trista...

  CASH HOOPER SAVES A LIFE Goose Run - Book Four by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey Release Date: June 9, 2026 Review In many ways, this book and its series is a classic small town, quirky characters series, but there’s a neat twist with unexpected pairings. It contains bits of dark reality between the silliness of goose attacks and coffee obsessions. Cash is a kind, gentle man, who has experienced far too much harsh reality for his age, with only his twin to face life with, until they arrived in Goose Run. Now they’ve expanded their circle to include an equally lovely group of found family. Those who don’t try to force him to be someone he’s not. His meeting with Mason is fraught with tension. Mason, a Vet, who is in town covering his uncle's practice while on Vacation, is taking a break from the harsh pressure of a big city Vet Clinic. He’s stressed and questioning his life choices. Somehow, they build a friendship and connection, and when it comes, their romance feels like a collec...

  TASTE Feed and Feast - Book Two by EM Lindsey Release Date: June 12, 2026 Review Taste is even better than the first. Cielo’s story will tug at your heart. The sweet guy has been treated terribly by his own government. Forced into servitude, then beaten for following orders. And his punishment continues. But under Dante’s care you can be sure he will thrive, find a found family, and experience comfort and joy. But it will take time, and Dante must be patient. Which is difficult with the pull he feels to Cielo. I love the emotion to this one, not just the world EM and Cora have created.  Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis When portals from another world split open the sky, humanity braces for war… only to discover the monsters from Erethar aren’t here to conquer. They need something from humans. Something oddly specific in order to survive. And I’ve spent the last few years working at my little shop and doing my part to help humanity by donating what the monsters cr...