2 Peppers – StephieReads69 https://stephiereads69.com Spice up your reading. Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:10:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://stephiereads69.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-Instagram-Profile-1-32x32.png 2 Peppers – StephieReads69 https://stephiereads69.com 32 32 Hartley by Frankie Love https://stephiereads69.com/2023/12/23/hartley-by-frankie-love/ https://stephiereads69.com/2023/12/23/hartley-by-frankie-love/#respond Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:05:08 +0000 https://stephiereads69.com/?p=1091

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐
Spicy: 🌢🌢
Kink: 🚫
Suspense: 🚫
Lesson: When you’re out of options, become a mail order bride and everything will work out.
Main Thought: It was cute and exactly what I would expect for the tropes. However, it was not as spicy as most of her books.


Hattie has lost everything and decides that her only option is to become a mail order bride. Hartley’s mother has a plan to save the town, but all of her sons need to be married so she decides to get all of them a mail order bride. Hartley doesn’t like the idea, but also doesn’t want to disappoint his mother. After he picks up his bride-to-be, he brings her home and makes her cry. That’s when he realizes he wants to make her happy. Will Hartley be able to change to make Hattie happy? Will Hattie regret the decision to move to Snow Valley?

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Unworthy by Susie Tate https://stephiereads69.com/2023/07/19/unworthy-by-susie-tate/ https://stephiereads69.com/2023/07/19/unworthy-by-susie-tate/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:30:00 +0000 https://stephiereads69.com/?p=1030

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐
Spicy: 🌢🌢
Kink: 🚫
Suspense: 🚫
Lesson: Hospitals seem to be the best place to get emotional and make changes in your relationship, but it might take multiple trips to the hospital.
Main Thought: It wasn’t what I was expecting. It was okay, but the drama between them did seem to drag at times.


Yaz’s brother’s best friend is Heath. She has had a crush on him since she was little and when she was younger he was sweet to her. As she got older, he would pick on her, make him of her, and put her down. Heath started trying to keep his distance when he found himself attracted to Yaz. Then one day Heath drove her home and they realized they were both attracted to each other. However, Heath kept saying the wrong things and therefore created more distance between them. Heath has never been turned down by a woman before and doesn’t know how to deal with it. When Heath needs support in his personal life, Yaz doesn’t allow him to be alone and makes him accept help. Will Heath change his mind about Yaz? Will Yaz be able to forgive Heath for his mistakes?

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Right by Jana Aston https://stephiereads69.com/2023/07/07/right-by-jana-aston/ https://stephiereads69.com/2023/07/07/right-by-jana-aston/#respond Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:30:00 +0000 https://stephiereads69.com/?p=1004

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spicy: 🌢🌢
Kink: β›“
Suspense: 🚫
Lesson: The best way to get a guy’s attention is to make copies of his house key without his knowledge.
Main Thought: After reading Wrong, I wanted to read this for Everly’s story. Everly is definitely entertaining since you never know what she is going to do next. The beginning was back and forth between the present and when she was growing up, but it wasn’t difficult to follow.


Everly has had a crush on Finn since she was six years old. She is constantly scheming to try to get him to notice her as more than his best friend’s younger sister. However, her schemes rarely go according to her plan and the Thanksgiving scheme ends with her in the car with Finn’s brother, Sawyer, heading back to Philadelphia. While Everly thinks Finn is the perfect man for her, Sawyer is convinced that he is the perfect man for her. Will Sawyer be able to win her heart? Will Everly ever give up on Finn?

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Two Straights Too Many by Romeo Alexander https://stephiereads69.com/2023/06/11/two-straights-too-many-by-romeo-alexander/ https://stephiereads69.com/2023/06/11/two-straights-too-many-by-romeo-alexander/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:30:00 +0000 https://stephiereads69.com/?p=840

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spicy: 🌢🌢
Kink: 🚫
Suspense: 🚫
Lesson: When you want to avoid a date, just say that you are already in a relationship with her best friend.
Main Thought: It was a cute story. The beginning was funny, but halfway through it became predictable, but still good.

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Elias and Cade are best friends and work at the same station. Cade’s mother wants him to settle down and keeps trying to set him up with a woman from the city council. The woman approaches Cade at an event and asks him when he’s available. Cade panics and tells her he’s dating Elias. Elias then confirms this information. They think that everything is in the clear until they are at the firehouse and get called into the chief’s office. How far will they be pushed? Can they keep the fake relationship going?

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The Baby Proposition by Kim Loraine https://stephiereads69.com/2023/06/09/the-baby-proposition-by-kim-loraine/ https://stephiereads69.com/2023/06/09/the-baby-proposition-by-kim-loraine/#respond Sat, 10 Jun 2023 00:30:00 +0000 https://stephiereads69.com/?p=625

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐
Spicy: 🌢🌢
Kink: 🚫
Suspense: 🚫
Lesson: If one of your clients offers to help you become pregnant, you should mix business with pleasure.
Main Thought: It’s very predictable.

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Clara is the town vet and Maverick is part owner of a ranch. The ladies in town are trying to play matchmaker and find them each a match. To avoid the setups, Clara and Maverick decide to be each other’s dates to the upcoming weddings in town. As they spend more time together, their friendship grows. Clara tells Maverick that she is planning to find a sperm donor and have a child. Maverick realizes that he does not want Clara to have another man’s child. What happens when they decide to explore this new path together?

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Saving Noah by Kaci Rose https://stephiereads69.com/2023/05/28/saving-noah-by-kaci-rose/ https://stephiereads69.com/2023/05/28/saving-noah-by-kaci-rose/#respond Mon, 29 May 2023 00:30:00 +0000 https://stephiereads69.com/?p=821

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spicy: 🌢🌢
Kink: 🚫
Suspense: 🚫
Lesson: Make sure that you run your own business and can work remotely so that you can take months off to sit next to a man and wait for him to recover.
Main Thought: OMG! I loved this book. I cried the entire time I read the book, but I couldn’t put it down and finished it in one day.


Lexi and her sister-in-law, Becky, fly to Germany to visit her brother after an accident. Lexi watched Noah’s fiancΓ© leave him and needed to step in to help him. Lexi gave Noah a reason to fight and keep living. Lexi stayed with Noah every day during his recovery to support him since he didn’t have anyone there for him. Lexi was still healing from the loss of her husband and didn’t have anything to inspire her until Noah’s situation gave her an idea. Will Lexi ever be able to move past losing her husband? Will Noah be able to give Lexi what she needs?

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Her Ruthless Protector by Caitlyn O’Leary https://stephiereads69.com/2023/05/26/her-ruthless-protector-by-caitlyn-oleary/ https://stephiereads69.com/2023/05/26/her-ruthless-protector-by-caitlyn-oleary/#respond Sat, 27 May 2023 00:30:00 +0000 https://stephiereads69.com/?p=814

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spicy: 🌢🌢
Kink: 🚫
Suspense: πŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž
Lesson: Put yourself in potential dangerous situations so a SEAL will refuse to leave you because he wants to keep you safe.
Main Thought: While you kind of knew what was going to happen, you didn’t know how or when so you wanted to keep reading.


Kane is on a mission in Oman. A.J. is one of the executive producers of Eurovision Song Contest. Kane’s team is trying to prevent an attack on one of four major events. Kane is assigned to work the Eurovision Song Contest and meets A.J. However, as they uncover new information, Kane gets moved around. Will the team be able to prevent the attack? Will Kane protect A.J.?

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Seal Daddy by Sofia T. Summers https://stephiereads69.com/2023/05/21/seal-daddy-by-sofia-t-summers/ https://stephiereads69.com/2023/05/21/seal-daddy-by-sofia-t-summers/#respond Mon, 22 May 2023 00:30:00 +0000 https://stephiereads69.com/?p=601

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spicy: 🌢🌢
Kink: 🚫
Suspense: 🚫
Lesson: If you hide the truth from the father of your child, once he finds out he won’t be annoyed and he’ll immediately want to help you.
Main Thought: I enjoyed it. It was predictable and a feel good book.


Nicole’s mother passed away. Jason was Nicole’s father’s best friend and comforted Nicole during the weeks after her mother’s death. The final night before Nicole goes back to school, they were having some drinks before one thing led to another. Two years later Jason retires from the Navy and moves back. Nicole knows that she has to avoid Jason so that he doesn’t see her daughter. However, once Jason heard that Nicole has a daughter and the father isn’t involved, he has questions and wants answers. How can Jason be a father to his daughter while keeping the secret from his best friend, Nicole’s father? Can Nicole and Jason figure out how to co-parent?

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Offside by Kelly Jamieson https://stephiereads69.com/2023/05/17/offside-by-kelly-jamieson/ https://stephiereads69.com/2023/05/17/offside-by-kelly-jamieson/#respond Thu, 18 May 2023 00:30:00 +0000 https://stephiereads69.com/?p=707

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐
Spicy: 🌢🌢
Kink: 🚫
Suspense: 🚫
Lesson: Just make sure that your father owns a hockey team so that he can get you a job and reintroduce you to the man you loved years ago.
Main Thought: I’m personally not a fan of second chance books where they pretend they no longer want to be together. It was also predictable with minimal drama.


Matt is recovering for an injury and is doing work with the team’s foundation. Honey is the team owner’s daughter and was just hired to work for the foundation. While everyone knows about Honey’s wild past, no one knows that Matt was part of it, except her father. At work, they don’t make it easy for Honey and she knows they are only doing her father a favor, but she is determined to prove herself anyway. Matt sees her in her first meeting and is immediately interested again and wants to spend time with her. Honey wants to keep her distance, but can’t resist him. Will Honey’s father approve of the relationship? Will Honey’s past be a problem for their future?

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Jeremiah by Stasia Black https://stephiereads69.com/2023/04/28/jeremiah-by-stasia-black/ https://stephiereads69.com/2023/04/28/jeremiah-by-stasia-black/#respond Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:30:00 +0000 https://stephiereads69.com/?p=679

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐
Spicy: 🌶🌶
Kink: ⛓⛓
Suspense: 🔎
Lesson: If you’re stuck in a car, there’s only one good way to pass the time.
Main Thought: It was better than Reece, but I feel like the story is still unfinished.

Warning: kidnapping

The book picks up at the end of Reece. Ruth is planning Charlie and Reece’s wedding. Ruth and Charlie moved to Austin while Reece and Jeremiah worked on rebuilding the house on the ranch. Ruth needs to run errands, but her car breaks down so Jeremiah helps her. However, when a storm comes in they get stuck in the car overnight. There’s only one way for them to kill time and get out their frustrations. How will things change when they go back tomorrow? Will they ever be able to let their guard down?

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