Not Guilty of Books

  DELICIOUS Anthology Release Date: May 27, 2025 Review I feel like a food-themed anthology was made for me! And the list of authors is *chef’s kiss* But it’s also a hefty one, so I’ll be back with more as i keep reading. A HOT DISH: ANNABETH ALBERT I love when an ‘I only do casual’ guy discovers he has, in fact, been dating and *gasp* has feelings! Especially a silver fox neighbour. Ah, the power of a thank you casserole. I’m going to have to try that technique. Mount Hope is such a great town, with some of loveliest, sexiest couples.  PIECE OF CAKE: BETH BOLDEN The Moretti’s have the unwitting power to make anyone fall in love. That’s not always the superpower it would seem. Sometimes it brings yummy pavlova, other times it’s a fruit salad being pelted at you! FEEDING THE GRUMP: JAX CALDER Oh, oblivious, grumpy farmer!  I love their neighbourly ‘food war’ they were having in between bickering. It’s absolutely adorable. DELICIOUSLY COOKIE: VAWN CASSIDY Vawn’s ‘Belong To ...

  RELEASE TOUR - Puck Love by Lane Hayes Two rivals, one secret, and a shot at forever… Length : 70,000 words Series : Elmwood Stories, #6 Prior Reading : not required Genre : contemporary, sports Tropes : Light-angst, hockey, enemies-to-lovers Trigger/Content Warnings : n/a Jake Favorite things and peeps: hockey, family, friends. Least favorite person in the entire history of the universe: Mason Trinsky. I have my reasons, but since you’re curious, Trinsky is a showboat and a loudmouth. Sure, he’s a great athlete. Good for him. I accept that we have mutual friends, and I grudgingly accept that he’ll be a coach at Elmwood Junior Camp this summer—however, I plan to keep my distance. Of course, some wise guy pairs us up for a camping expedition, and everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Guess who I’m stuck with? Trinsky Favorite things and peeps: hockey, surfing, and my kid brother Least favorite person in the entire history of the univer...

  PUCK LOVE The Elmwood Stories  - Book Six by Lane Hayes Release Date: March 21, 2025 Review Elmwood is the best of the two worlds.  Hockey and small town. And we finally get the story of Jake, Elmwoods beloved own turned NHL star. It’s his turn to find love too. With his least expected person. The one man who drives him up the wall. Mason Trinksy.  His rival. They may have different personalities, but they both share the life of fame, and not being able to be seen fully for who they truly are.  To be loved for all themselves. It’s a fun story, rivals always are, but it’s also tender and sweet. And of course, we get to see our other Elmwood favourites along the way. Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis Two rivals, one secret, and a shot at forever… Jake Favorite things and peeps: hockey, family, friends. Least favorite person in the entire history of the universe: Mason Trinsky. I have my reasons, but since you’re curious, Trinsky is a showboat and a lo...

  The Better Than Collection by Lane Hayes Where it all begins... Release Date: January 28 on wide retailers (stories are already live individually) Length: 300k (Collection), 48 pages (short) Series: Better Than Prior Reading: not required Genre: contemporary Tropes: Age-Gap, Friends-to-lovers, Opposites Attract, Bi-awakening Better Than Stories is the series that started it all! A law student who discovers he’s not as straight as he thought, a lobbyist who falls for his boss, a lawyer with a crush on a motorcycle-riding dreamboat, and the British ad man bewitched by an aspiring artist. These stories follow four DC couples through their journeys of self-discovery, friendship, hope, and happily-ever-after. If you want to be better than good, you have to take chances…on love and friendship. No playing it safe. Four complete novels and a brand new short story, featuring Curt and Jack from Better Than Friends Better Than Good Bett...

  MOODY’S GRUMPY HOLIDAY by Lane Hayes Release Date: December 12, 2024 Review A really fun and sweet holiday story with a cowboy looking for something of his own and a bookshop keeper who has lost too much in the month of December. With a great setting, small town, bookshop, cowboy, quirky and loving townsfolk, this a lighthearted story that holds depth and thoughtfulness. Moody is otherwise smiling cheery sort, until December when his mood plummets with the reminders that the season brings. It’s a known fact, one that the town folk have embraced. But then in walks a cowboy (all my dreams start that way) and Moody’s best-laid plans get turned upside down. Hudson plays Moody like a fiddle, and before they know it…well they get their happy-ever-after. Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis The geek, the cowboy, and a not-so-grumpy holiday… Moody Living in Christmas Town doesn’t make me a fan of the holidays. Quite the opposite. In fact, eleven months of the year, I’m perfectly ...

  WINNIE TAKES PARIS Love and Travel  - Book Two by Lane Hayes Release Date: November 7, 2024 Review Magnifique! Don’t have the money to travel to Paris, let Winnie and Alistair be your tour guides.  Well, Winnie, Alistair is just along for the ride like the rest of us. Winnie Takes Paris is a fun rom-com between one man who’s in need of a new direction and another who needs reminding that there’s more to life than work. Winnie is chaos and life, while Alistair is head in his work and forgets to eat kind of guy, who is way too nice to people who don’t deserve it. It was a lovely story and a grand romance. Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis The fabulous stylist, the absentminded professor, and a Parisian adventure… Winnie Someone once said, when life gets you down and you’re feeling blue, brush yourself off and go to Paris! Okay, maybe that was me. Hey, I don’t regret taking an oddball assignment to assist a British professor abroad. I could use a break from my l...