Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee 4 ✭

Wife by Wednesday is a billionaire baby story that feels realistic and believable with characters you feel like you would meet in real life. I wasn't sure what I wanted to rate it for a review. I decided on a 4-star rating for a few reasons. I'm going to get into the reasons shortly. The reason I decided to pick up this book other than the pretty cover is that I have seen it rated so high on Amazon. At the time of this post, the book has 1653 reviews with an average of 4.3. The other reason is that I saw it listed as a Kindle Unlimited book that had Audible along with it. I haven't listened to a book in some time and I really wanted to especially with how busy I have been preparing for my friends to come to visit.

The characters are both strong willed individuals who are completely honest and up front with each other. They have an easy-going sense of humor and their relationship feels like it builds off a friendship first. They both have so many similarities and it didn't feel like it was forced writing similarities. It just felt like a normal flow because two people you would meet on the street. They make their marriage contract and come up with their plan to meet their mutual end goal and they hit some bumps along the way. Samantha and Blake feel very real when it comes to their personalities and having emotions that feel natural.

The backstory here is Samantha runs a company called Alliance which is a matchmaking company that pairs people up with similar goals. Think of it as pairing people so they won't be lonely and to enjoy a pleasant company of another people Something your business people that don't have time for much would use. Blake wants Samantha to be his temporary wife and she agrees because it so she wouldn't have to worry about the cost of her disabled sister's care. Blake is a Duke who has to marry before his 36th birthday or he does not receive his inheritance. Spoiler alert: he also has to make his wife pregnant according to his father's addendum in his will. So this marriage of convenience turns into an "oh snap, I have to make an Heir with my contract wife". Thankfully they had already begun to build their strong friendship. Their attraction can't be avoided and they are intimate and you know how it goes from here.

If you want a glimpse at a preview of the book just click below and check it out. You don't even have to leave the page.

I did use my Kindle Unlimited Subscription to borrow this book for free. As a mother of two, Kindle Unlimited is simply amazing for me. (#sellout) Regularly this book for an ebook version would cost $4.99 but a paperback copy would cost $5.99 so Kindle Unlimited feels like a steal for a pretty enjoyable read. This is the first book in the Weekday Brides Series. There are seven total books in the series and you can buy all seven for just $14.00 on Amazon in one Kindle Bundle.

Just a note

I have a busy weekend ahead of me. My best friend and her husband are coming to visit us for a couple days. I love our time together. We only get to see each other three times a year. We have been friends since 2004, and as far as our kids are concerned we are family. She's my kids' aunt and I am her four kids aunt. Thankfully, her four kids are not coming. I love her kids but my house is WAY too small for another crew of six people here with our little two bedrooms and family of four.

Family doesn't always mean blood.

The only problem is the cleaning you have to do to prepare for them to come in town. You know, washing the guest sheets, giving the bathroom an extra scrub down, the things like that. The extra corners that have that dust you have been avoiding because no one goes in that room.

There must be no dust. Lol

Needless to say, I am probably going to be a little behind on some of my blogging goals. My current goals are set to blog at least three days a week. I am trying to work up to daily reading but my one and three-year-old like to challenge that during naptime lately.

My Currently "attempting" to read books are:

1. Indecent Exposure: The Academy by Tessa Bailey - I am SUPER excited about this book because I got an ARC copy of this to read from the publisher, HarperCollins. This book is going to be released January 30th, 2018. So keep an eye out for my review in the future to see if I think you should pre-order your own copy. (Paperback Pre-order Link)
2. Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee - This I picked up because it seemed higly rated, it was a Kindle Unlimited book, and it also had audible included with the Kindle Unlimited. I really wanted to try out the audio part of it. I hadn't listened to a book in a while so I wanted to do that.
3. Serial Hottie by Kelly Oram - This I picked because I need round out with a young adult type book. I have read and reviewed a book by Kelly Oram and loved the book. This is also a Kindle Unlimited book. The book from before was Cinder & Ella which was a new telling of Cinderella. It was more current day and I really liked it. It may be why I really wanted to start a blog.

I will say that there is a good chance I may add or remove books before I actually get reviews out for all these. So keep your eye open for future posts.

**Post Edited: 7/14/17 to remove a book from my list. I am no longer interested in reading that book.**

Face Off: Emile by Alicia Hunter Pace 5 ✭

Oh SNAP! This book was great. I am a huge hockey fan myself so this is like whoa... I have totally had this dream before. I go the AHL hockey games at the arena near my house and it's only a couple miles away. So if you are into romance books and you know a decent amount about hockey this is 100% for you. If you like to read about some very flexible men, this is a must read.

Amy used to own her own business where she would organize things for people. It was just about anything and her skills were getting known by word of mouth.  It got to the point she had some high-end clientele and she received an offer to sell her business. Her boyfriend Cameron who was a failed pro football guy turned sports agent, convinced her that this would be an amazing opportunity and she made a few million. Well, maybe a couple more than a few. Cameron is a slime ball and abandons her in a town, takes her car, belongings, and her money. She is left alone with no phone and only the clothes on her back and the $85 in her wallet.

That's how Emile meets her. Emile is a goalie in the NHL for the Nashville Sound. (FYI - My personal favorite player is a goalie. He was smoking hot and I'm sad he isn't on my team anymore. It's all about those pre-game warm-up stretches) Anyways... Emile has a heart of gold and a troubled past. So he sees Amy in trouble and does everything he can to help. His past doesn't hinder him like some predictable male leads in a book. Nope, he has moved on from his past traumas and grown as a person. I love that aspect of his character. The only problem is Amy doesn't want to have Emile hand everything to her because that is how Cameron made off with her money.

I have read a couple sports romance and one of my favorite author's to read was Jaci Burton. So if you like those books this is definitely up your alley. All in all, I sat her with a goofy school girl smile at the end. This felt like the real true love between the characters, and no cheesy lines with an instant *snap* head over heels. The characters develop and you grow with the story. This is a sweet romance with hot sex.

I was lucky enough to get a free ARC type copy of this book to read and I am extremely grateful and very happy that I got the chance to read this before it was published. At the time of this review, the book is available to preorder on Amazon. Face Off: Emile has its release date set for July 24, 2017.

  

Vacation: A Butterfly Farm Day

This weekend, me, my daughter and my mother in law went to this very pretty Monarch Butterfly Farm down here in High Point, North Carolina. The farm was called All-a-Flutter, and we loved this place. It is out in the country on family owned land I believe. I mean, down south you have to appreciate the land and space that people have. Especially when you're like me and live in an old coal mining area where its tiny homes that are on top of each other with maybe a foot of space in between. 

Before I get too far, I want to start off with I TOOK ALL OF THESE PICTURES IN THIS POST. THEY ARE MINE! I am very happy to finally have a reason to get out and use my Nikon D3200 with my new camera lens, (Nikon 35mm f/1.8).

 They start off with a show that informs you and the kids there about all the phases of butterflies growth. I personally loved the little show because it involves the kids and my daughter got to go up on their "stage". Victoria was the caterpillar phase and for only being three years old she did really well. She wasn't shy at all. She went up during the show twice to participate. My "social butterfly", pun intended. 


Victoria loved getting to run around on the open land. They had tons of stuff there for the kids to do like jump rope, balls, frisbees. There was also a made slide, a football throw game, a little rock wall climb station. One of the super awesome parts was the Misting station, which was perfect for the muggy post rainy morning we had. One of the reasons they have all of these side event type things because there is a group by group basis for entry. Depending on how many people are there they can't all fit inside the butterfly habitat area. So you can in you group color/creature hand stamp.

They give you the little sugar sticks so you can feed the butterflies which are so cool. The first picture with my daughter was her holding a butterfly on a sugar stick.We had an older lady actually give Victoria hers because she caught and Victoria was sitting on a bench confused. I was focused on taking pictures of my mother in law and Victoria. Oh, and taking pictures of the butterflies. 

There are also these goats that I think do a little show I'm not sure, to be honest, but that's what my mother in law said they did. There were five of these adorable little guys. However, I am only posting my two favorite pictures. The black and white goat was fricken adorable! I loved it. It kept jumping up on the fence and getting right into my face.