The Trouble With Love: a best friend's brother romance with a realistic look into faith and God

The Trouble With Love is the first book in the Faith and Fortune series by Toni Shiloh. Holiday Brown has it all. A successful singing career with a platinum record and a multi-million dollar home in Manhattan that she shares with her two closest friends. Everything was looking great until her roommate’s brother came to stay. W. Emmett Brown has been a thorn in her side for a long time. He is annoying, stubborn and a know it all. He is also the most gorgeous man she has ever seen. Suddenly dynamics charge as Emmett’s sister has a stalker who is getting closer and more threatened. Holiday soon finds that Emmett’s faith isn’t as annoying as it was and he has a softer side that she had failed to notice before. As the two get closer, Holiday starts to question faith, belief and God in ways she hadn’t thought about before. Will it bring Holiday closer to God? 

The Trouble With Love is a slow burn, enemies to lovers, best friend’s brother, clean romance. It sounds like a lot, so many tropes in one story, but it works. Once I started this story, I could not put it down. One of my favorite quotes is “The trouble with love was it always smacked you in the face when you least expected it,” which is so true! I fell in love with Holiday, Emmett and her roommates, Tori and Octavia. I loved the banter and teasing between Holiday and Emmett. I loved the interactions between all the characters. The friendship and love between the women. I loved the in depth, realistic look into the struggles with belief, the questions and doubts and the honest real answers from the believers in the story. Even before I finished Holiday and Emmett’s story, I knew I would be continuing the series. I highly, highly recommend The Trouble With Love. 

The Trouble With Love is available in paperback and eBook

The Engagement Embargo: could she finally help him see she is the one?

The Engagement Embargo by Samantha Chase is the first book in the Meet Me at the Altar series. Elliot Sullivan loves being in love but after four failed engagements, his friends and family put their foot down. They demand he has no dates, no relationships or proposals for at least a year. He reluctantly agrees and asks his sister’s best friend to keep him distracted. Skylar Jennings has had a crush on him for a long time. When Elliot asks for her help, she can’t help but agree. They spent time together and nothing will come from it as he definitely doesn’t see her as she sees him. As they spend time together, Elliot realizes that sticking to the embargo is harder than he thought because he is wondering if the perfect woman had been in front of him this entire time. 

The Engagement Embargo is a sweet best friend's older brother/secret romance story. The story moves at a nice pace but I had a hard time connecting with the characters. It took a while but eventually I came to care for Skylar and Elliot. I wish there was a bit more romance, more banter, more heat. However, it was still a nice romance. It is a dual point of view between Skylar and Elliot which is unique, I think, for a romance novel. Usually readers do not get the male’s point of view. I enjoyed that Elliot had to learn the lesson that being alone doesn’t mean you are lonely . He also sees how one sided his previous relationships were, once he starts to truly hang out with Skylar. If you enjoy sweet romance stories, you will enjoy The Engagement Embargo. 

The Engagement Embargo is available in paperback, eBook and audiobook