The Best of 2019 : Kimberly's Top 10 Contemporary and Historical Romances of the Year

The New Year is just around the corner and we're sharing our favorite books of 2019! Did any of Kimberly's favorite reads make your list?!

Top Ten Contemporary Romances 


1.

Fix Her Up
(Hot & Hammered #1)
by Tessa Bailey 
ebook, 400 pages
Published June 11th 2019 by Avon
ISBN0062872842

Georgette Castle’s family runs the best home renovation business in town, but she picked balloons instead of blueprints and they haven’t taken her seriously since. Frankly, she’s over it. Georgie loves planning children’s birthday parties and making people laugh, just not at her own expense. She’s determined to fix herself up into a Woman of the World... whatever that means.

Phase one: new framework for her business (a website from this decade, perhaps?)
Phase two: a gut-reno on her wardrobe (fyi, leggings are pants.)
Phase three: updates to her exterior (do people still wax?)
Phase four: put herself on the market (and stop crushing on Travis Ford!)

Living her best life means facing the truth: Georgie hasn’t been on a date since, well, ever. Nobody’s asking the town clown out for a night of hot sex, that’s for sure. Maybe if people think she’s having a steamy love affair, they’ll acknowledge she’s not just the “little sister” who paints faces for a living. And who better to help demolish that image than the resident sports star and tabloid favorite?

Travis Ford was major league baseball’s hottest rookie when an injury ended his career. Now he’s flipping houses to keep busy and trying to forget his glory days. But he can’t even cross the street without someone recapping his greatest hits. Or making a joke about his… bat. And then there's Georgie, his best friend’s sister, who is not a kid anymore. When she proposes a wild scheme—that they pretend to date, to shock her family and help him land a new job—he agrees. What’s the harm? It’s not like it’s real. But the girl Travis used to tease is now a funny, full-of-life woman and there’s nothing fake about how much he wants her...

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Read an #Excerpt from Love By Chance: Based On the Hallmark Channel Original Movie by Kacy Cross + #Giveaway

Love By Chance: Based On the Hallmark Channel Original Movie
by Kacy Cross
Kindle Edition
Published December 26th 2019 by Hallmark Publishing
ASINB07VJ9JYPK

She thinks meeting him must’ve been fate.
It wasn’t.

Claire, a pastry chef struggling to make her restaurant succeed, is too busy to pursue romance. That doesn’t stop her loving but meddling mother, Helen, from setting her up on dates. Even after Helen promises to stop her matchmaking efforts, she can’t help herself. She convinces Eric, a pediatrician, to meet Claire at a gallery event.


Eric and Claire feel an immediate connection, and their meeting becomes a magical first date. But the longer Eric and Claire see each other, the less comfortable Eric feels about hiding the fact that Claire’s mom set them up. Meanwhile, Claire loves to talk about how she trusts Eric, and how they met by chance. How will she react to the truth?

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🍷🍷.5 #Review of Wrapped Up in You by Jill Shalvis

 

Title:  Wrapped Up in You
Series:  Heartbreaker Bay #8
Author: Jill Shalvis
Format: Paperback/eBook, 387 pages
Publication: Sept. 24, 2019 by Avon
ASIN:     B07H4Z9Q8M   
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N
Source: Edelweiss
Reviewer: Kimberly
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Wine Glasses

It’s love. Trust me.

After a lifetime on the move, Ivy Snow is an expert in all things temporary—schools, friends, and way too many Mr. Wrongs. Now that she owns a successful taco truck in San Francisco and an apartment to call home, Ivy’s reinvented life is on solid ground. And she’s guarded against anything that can rock it. Like the realities of a past she’s worked hard to cover up. And especially Kel O’Donnell. Too hot not to set off alarms, he screams temporary. If only his whispers weren’t so delightfully naughty and irresistible.

Kel, an Idaho sheriff and ranch owner, is on vacay, but Ivy’s a spicy reason to give his short-terms plans a second thought. Best of all, she’s a tonic for his untrusting heart, burned once and still in repair. But when Ivy’s past intrudes on a perfect romance, Kel fears that everything she’s told him has been a perfect lie. Now, if only Ivy’s willing to share, Kel will fight for a true love story.

Kimberly's Thoughts:
Ivy has been on her own since she was sixteen but lately, she wants to put some roots down. She's slowly starting to warm up to her group of friends and the new guy Kel, is catching her eye.
Kel is on leave from his job as a sheriff after being betrayed by one of his cops. When his cousin introduces him to Ivy, he's instantly attracted to her and her spicy tacos.
Ivy and Kel have family drama and they're both scared to open up but they just can't stay away from each other.

12 Days of Christmas #Giveaway : Day 12 Gift Card to Book Retailer of Choice!

To celebrate the holidays and you, our fabulous readers, we're hosting a 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Every day until Christmas you can find a new giveaway just for you, so check back daily! Happy Holidays! 🎄🎅🎁

Day 12: We've reached the end of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways, we hope that we were able to give our readers some holiday cheer! On this last day, we are giving away a $10 gift card of your choice to either Amazon (digital), Barnes and Noble (digital), or Books-a-Million (physical). All of us here are Reading Between the Wines Book Club wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Happy #BookBirthday to Trouble After Dark by Marie Force

Trouble After Dark
(Gansett Island #19)
by Marie Force
Kindle Edition
Published December 24th 2019 by HTJB, Inc.
ASINB07YYRKZLY

The last place in the world he wants to be is on Gansett Island…
Deacon Taylor stepped up for a friend and got himself thrown in jail, and when he’s given a choice of felony charges or leaving town with his police chief brother Blaine, he chooses the latter, consigning himself to a summer under his annoying older brother’s supervision.

Julia Lawry used the last of her resources to come to Gansett for her sister Katie’s wedding and has no idea how she’s going to get back to Texas to clean up the mess she left behind. Another relationship has ended in dramatic fashion, and she’s put herself on a “dick diet,” swearing off men who use and discard her.

When Deacon talks Julia into taking off with him during her sister’s wedding, neither of them can know how that wild ride on his motorcycle will be the start of the most important journey either of them will ever take.

Another summer on Gansett Island is heating up, and love is in the air!

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12 Days of Christmas #Giveaway : Day 11 Johanna Lindsey

To celebrate the holidays and you, our fabulous readers, we're hosting a 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Every day until Christmas you can find a new giveaway just for you, so check back daily! Happy Holidays! 🎄🎅🎁

Day 11: I was so saddened to wake up this morning to the news of Johanna Lindsey's passing. Her books were among one of the first historical romances that I read as a teenager. My favorite tale of hers will forever be Angel. To celebrate the life and talent of Johanna Lindsey, today we're giving away a single title of hers via Amazon Kindle valued at $7.99 or below. There are so many wonderful books to choose from!

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