Not Guilty of Books

  THE GREAT MAPLE MISTAKE Love in Maplewood - Book Eight by Beck Grey Release Date: July 4, 2025 Review Sweet and sexy. These two tasty morsels don’t need any maple syrup to sweeten them up. This is a feel-good story, in our beloved Maplewood, which loves a good rumour and is happy to run with it, in the kindest way possible, of course. Which adds a great bit of levity as Alex and Cody get to know each other. A photographer with a passion for cooking competitions and a desire to support his community. And a hot firefighter who will melt your heart, especially when he’s rescuing kittens.  This is a great addition to the Maplewood series - one that will make you smile for days. Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis A small-town photographer who’s given up on love meets a smoking hot firefighter with a smile to melt hearts. Try as they might, some flames are impossible to resist. Alex: Maplewood is as wonderful and cliché as you’d imagine. Sure, the town gossips share ever...

  CANDY HEARTS V2 Anthology Release Date: February 4, 2025 Review In time for Valentine’s, Lee Blair and so many other amazing authors give us sweet sweet love thanks to accidental wrong numbers. I’ve only read a few to start, but you can be sure I will be devouring them all curled up on my couch with some wine and cinnamon hearts. Anna Sparrows - Silver (Fox) Linings BA Tortuga - Drunk Dialing Becca Seymour - Falling for 42 Super cute story between a tattoo artist and a basketball player on his brothers team.  I love that Kobe’s brother set them up and was super supportive of Malik’s crush on his brother. A terrific opposites attract story.  Beck Grey - Wrong Place, Right Time A touching story set in 1987 full of hope and fresh starts. Danny and Mike may have met by accident, but it was definitely meant to be. Both men share commonalities, and the biggest one is the need to start fresh somewhere new.  They have a great connection and I love their future for them and...

  COMPLETE ME Love in the Pacific Northwest - Book Six by Beck Grey Release Date: May 1, 2024 Review Two exes and a near-death experience. Turns out it’s the right time for love. Bjorn has always been intriguing. I’m always drawn to the ones who have sacrificed themselves for their loved ones and then struggle with feeling like they are being left behind. Breaks my heart, even if his display of love is at times overbearing. When he winds up in hospital and both his exes come to visit, he’s not the only one feeling things. All three have struggled to find the one, but the more time they each spend together, the more they realize the solution may be in not choosing.  It’s a unique story. A cop with PTSD and anxiety, and a fear of not being enough, an interpreter who is a touch-adverse demisexual, and a professor who craves attention.  All together they make each other whole and fill their hearts It’s as beautiful as it is hot, and there is a lot of healing along the way tha...

  CANDY HEARTS ANTHOLOGY, VOL 1 by Becca Seymour 💕Beck Grey 💕Bix Barrow 💕Chantal Mer 💕D.K. Sutton 💕Finn Dixon 💕Lee Blair 💕Linden Bell 💕Nathan Burgoine 💕Nic Starr 💕Rain Carrington 💕Riley Long 💕Stella Rainbow 💕Susan Scott Shelley 💕Toby Wise 💕Victoria Gillilan Release Date: February 1, 2024 Review Candy Hearts Anthology is a collection of Valentine’s short stories, 16 to be exact, that will make you swoon. With its proceeds going to Transgender Law Center and the National Center for Transgender Equality you can’t go wrong. Post 1 (I’ll do other posts when I get through the stories) Cupcake Crushes: Becca Seymour There are no candy hearts in this one, it’s even better…there’s questionable cupcake art! Two guys apart of the same friend group finally break through the friend zone after one not-so-accidentally matches with the other online.  It’s a really cute short story with a couple of really lovely guys that’s all about finding the bravery to take a chance.  B...