Tuesday, 28 April 2026

πŸ’ Around and Around We Go (Vermont Trailblazers #2) πŸ’ Amy Aislin πŸ’



 


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When you’re facing The End, it’s time to rewind to the beginning.

At thirty-eight years old, Sandro Zanetti is quickly aging out of hockey. But the Trailblazers are chasing a history-making third consecutive championship this season, so until his knees fail him, he plans on giving his all to the sport.

What he doesn’t need is the documentary film crew following the team’s every move. Because the director? Is Bennett Jackson.

Former college sweetheart.
Breaker of hearts.
Still unbearably handsome.

But their relationship is also history and has been for fifteen years.

Bennett Jackson is one project away from the credits rolling on his career after his last film flopped. This behind-the-scenes look at the hottest team in the league is his last chance at redemption…and possibly his last chance at redeeming himself with the one man who’s always held his heart.

Neither of them planned for old jokes to resurface or on the inconvenient fact that their chemistry is very much alive.

But as the action heats up on and off the ice—and on and off camera—their reunion looks less like a rerun of heartbreak and more like a revival of that first chemistry.

And Sandro and Bennett may discover that some stories deserve a sequel.
 
 
    
ARC received from author for an honest review
 
It has been wonderful getting back into the Trailblazers world. 
 
Amy has a way of drawing me right into her stories, making me wish I was up in Vermont with the cast of characters.
 
I love a good second chance romance, and Bennett and Sandro give us that in spades.  Poor Sandro, not knowing for 15 years why Bennett dumped him, Bennett living with that regret for 15 years.
 
I felt all their emotions spilling out of the pages.  The hurt, the anger, the longing and the love that never completely went away.
 
I adore that Amy's series all overlap in some way, and it is always fun when familiar names pop up.
 
It is not just a second chance at romance for our lovely boys, it is career redemption and future choices facing them.
 
I really like that yes, our boys have their issues, but throughout the book, there is not great drama, no 3rd act misunderstanding to tear them apart.
 
I really do look forward to more of the Trailblazers stories in the future.  
 
 
  


              
 
  
 


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Amy’s Story

Amy’s lived with her head in the clouds since she first picked up a book as a child, and being fluent in two languages means she’s read a lot of books! She first picked up a pen on a rainy day in fourth grade when her class had to stay inside for recess. Tales of treasure hunts with her classmates eventually morphed into love stories between men, and she’s been writing ever since. She writes evenings and weekends—or whenever she isn’t at her full-time day job saving the planet at Canada’s largest environmental non-profit.

An unapologetic introvert, Amy reads too much and socializes too little, with no regrets. She loves connecting with readers. Join her Facebook Group to stay up-to-date on upcoming releases and for access to early teasers, find her on Instagram, or sign up for her infrequent newsletter here.

Friday, 24 April 2026

πŸ’§πŸŒ§ FINDING NOAH πŸ’œ Kelsey Kingsley πŸ–€

  ©  Bianca ✰ 



FINDING NOAH
Kelsey Kingsley

• 24 April 2026
• standalone
(...but... it's a Saving Rain Spin-Off!)

★★★★
4.5 Stars

From the bestselling author of Saving Rain comes a story full of anguish, trauma, salvation, and, most of all, love as one man sets out to accomplish one thing - find himself.

Are you ready for salvation?

I was born in rain.

I was raised in thunder.

I chased the lightning through tumultuous uncertainty, never knowing when the bogeyman—my father—would come to hurt my mother and me again.

For years, we lived in fear of his unpredictable wrath, until I found a hero to save us, ensuring we never had to worry about that bogeyman coming back again.

Except he was never really gone.

He still lived within me, hidden in the shadows of my mind. Lurking, waiting to strike when I least expected …

And now, in an adulthood full of happiness and love, years after he was removed from my life, I’m left to wonder …

Will I ever be free from the darkness he cast over my life?

Or will I remain trapped in the prison he created for me … forever?



Noah .... and Meg.

We start the book the day Noah was born. And then we see him growing into a happy boy with his mom and grandparents. If only his horrible dad wouldn't come home every once in a while.
But then when Noah's twelve he finally meets Soldier. The man who would become his real dad.
And life could be amazing after that. And it is... but he's still his birth father's son and he still lived through those things with his dad and one day all that might be too much to carry.
Meg.
She's the daughter of an old Kelsey Kingsley hero. She's five years older than Noah. When she first meets him as a 911 operator Noah was only 13 years old.
Now might finally be the time that he's ready to live a happy life with his dream woman... but his past won't let him go. He has to go and find out things...




Kelsey with her crying books! Ugh!
We already know much of what happened in the first part of the book from Soldier's POV in Saving Rain. But now we're with Noah. That poor boy.
But then after all the bad stuff he could finally be happy, but things are complicated. Mainly in his head and in his nightmares, but he still has to go and do something about it. Which might turn into a really dangerous trip.

It was a tiny bit too much for me. I loved reading this. We cry a lot. But the dangerous part toward the end... it was a bit much and tiny bit ridiculous too.
Also a bit much was Noah's constant use of OH MY GOD. I hated that. It sounds so weird. No kid would say that. No teenager. I wanted to hear some F-words or just other phrases. But not always the god stuff.
But still. I loved the story. I loved that we were back in River Canyon. Back with the Kinney clan.
I've read all of Kelsey's books so far and I will keep on reading them.
Can't wait to see what's next. We'll get some hints in here!

Please read the trigger warnings if you're sensitive to such things...

FINDING NOAH was a great Saving Rain spin-off. I loved seeing everyone again. Noah's story was so sad + sweet + heartbreaking + dangerous + horrible... and all the things!
 READ IT!



↓ LiNKS TO THE BOOK & AUTHOR ↓

 


Book #1 (Noah's mom + step-dad)

 



 



 


Hemingway-Rowan Book #1
 


Book #2

 


 



 



Vinnie & Andy
 


Greyson's book



Greyson's dad's book

  


Daisies & Devin
  

Holly Freakin' Hughes
  







Kelsey Kingsley is the author of fifteen novels. She lives in New York with her family and a cat named Ethel. She loves tattoos, music, makeup, and Frasier reruns. Kelsey is a Slytherin. She curses a lot, and she fucking hates cheese.