I have always enjoyed movies, tv shows and books set in space or somehow revolving around space as an idea. One of my current favorite tv shows is Apple TV’s For All Mankind. I highly recommend it! So when I saw this book by Samantha Young coming out, I really wanted to try it. I have enjoyed a few of her other books in the past so combine a theme I like with an author I like? Seems like a win!
A Cosmic Kind of Love by Samantha Young
Hallie is a successful event planner. She is working on an engagement party for Charlotte and her fiancé, Matthias, two people in love with very different tastes. Hallie isn’t worried. She asks the two to send her some ideas of their ideas for the party to see how she can combine them. In the process of looking through Charlotte’s files, Hallie discovers personal videos to Charlotte from a past boyfriend, Christopher Ortiz, a NASA astronaut. She ends up watching them all but feeling very guilty and knowing she invaded both Christopher and Charlotte’s personal life. So, Hallie starts sending videos of her own to Christopher, the first one apologizing.
Christopher isn’t pleased when the first video from Hallie shows up. But soon he is involved in watching the videos she sends to the NASA account. These two have not met yet but they are connecting on a deep level.
A Cosmic Kind of Love is a really sweet romance. It is slightly soured by the very heavy parental issues both Hallie and Chris are dealing with. It just got to be a lot that weighed them down and at times, the storyline also. That aside, I really enjoyed seeing these two fall in love in a modern epistolatory style. These are not letters obviously but I think it’s a fun twist on that idea. Samantha Young has a really likeable writing style that resonates with me. My time reading A Cosmic Kind of Love flew by and I can’t say that happens a lot when I read anymore sadly.
A Cosmic Kind of Love proved to be a fun love story with some heavy elements along the way. Mostly I kept reading for Hallie and Chris. I was rooting for these two to fall in love!
Thank you to Valentine PR and the publisher for an advanced reading copy of this book.
A Cosmic Kind of Love by Samantha Young is now live!
Space is the last thing an event planner and an astronaut need in this charming new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young.
When event planner Hallie Goodman receives party-inspiration material from the bride of her latest wedding project, the last thing she expects to find in the files are digital videos from Darcy’s ex-boyfriend. Hallie knows it’s wrong to keep watching these personal videos, but this guy is cute, funny, and an astronaut on the International Space Station to boot. She’s only human. And it’s not long until she starts sending e-mails and video diaries to his discontinued NASA address. Since they’re bouncing back, there’s no way anyone will ever be able to see them…right?
Christopher Ortiz is readjusting to life on earth and being constantly in the shadow of his deceased older brother. When a friend from NASA’s IT department forwards him the e-mails and video messages Hallie has sent, he can’t help but notice how much her sense of humor and pink hair make his heart race.
Separated by screens, Hallie and Chris are falling in love with each other, one transmission at a time. But can they make their star-crossed romance work when they each learn the other’s baggage?
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Samantha Young is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She’s been nominated for several Goodreads Choice Awards. Samantha writes adult contemporary and paranormal romance, YA urban fantasy and YA contemporary fiction and is currently published in 31 countries. She resides in Scotland.
It was supposed to be a weekend of holiday cheer. Just me and my twin sister, watching Christmas movies and baking cookies. My brother was absolutely not supposed to show up with half the football team. Including Teddy. My brother’s best friend and my secret crush. I’m the shy sister. The one with her nose stuck in a book and quoting every word of Elf, not the one getting attention from guys like Teddy. He’s cool and smart and so handsome I could die. The only thing that could make things worse is if I got snowed in with him. Alone.
Sneaking Around with the Player
It was supposed to be a quick conversation with a cute boy at the airport while I dodged my ex and his new girlfriend. We weren’t supposed to trade numbers. He wasn’t supposed to be a football player. And I definitely wasn’t supposed to fall for him since he’s attending a college a thousand miles away. I saw past his jersey. And he saw past my last name. Now it’s semester break, and by some Christmas miracle, he’s going to be close. So close. I want to meet him again, but there’s just one problem. My older brother can’t, under any circumstances, find out I’m dating his rival.
Rebecca Jenshak is a USA Today bestselling author of new adult and sports romance. She writes sexy, feel-good stories with lots of swoon-worthy moments.
Rebecca lives in Arizona. When she isn’t writing, you can find her cheering on local sports teams, hanging out with friends and family, or curled up with a good book.
Annika Martin’s Billionaires series is truly one of my current favorite series to read and re-read. To say I was thrilled about the publication of Butt-Dialing the Billionaire would be an understatement!
Jada has been a minor character in the previous books, one of the friend group who supports the main female character. It’s now her turn to shine. Jade takes her job at SportGoCo very seriously as head designer. Unfortunately, it seems like someone wants the company to fail. Her boss, Bert, is doing everything in his power to make sure sales tank. Then he has the audacity to hire one of the most lazy men Jada has ever met. Jack Smith is insolent and doesn’t seem to care about his job at all. It’s one more sign in Jada’s mind that something is going wrong at the company.
“Jack Smith” is not just any lazy employee. He is actually the billionaire owner of the company and he is determined to figure out who mocked him on a company-wide call. Jaxon doesn’t have a lot of positives in his life. His parents just died but he isn’t mourning. They were not good people. His racing career is over because of a fight. Now, basically for giggles, he is going to find out who mocked him and fire this person. He knows it isn’t Jada though. She is too stodgy and by the book to ever break a rule.
Jada is in fact the person who mocked Jack on the phone call. He was supposed to have already hung up! SportyGoCo used to be a super fun place to work. She was just trying to bring a little joy back to her fellow coworkers, people she considers family. She definitely didn’t expect to meet Jack. She is not impressed…at first. As Jada shows Jack every day, theirs really is a family and a company worth saving. Even hard-hearted Jack is starting to see that. But with his disguise still firmly in place, how will he tell Jada the truth about his initial intentions without losing her permanently?
Annika Martin always makes me laugh. Her new book is both strong in laughs and heart. It was really nice to see more of Jada and what drives her. She is passionate about clothing work. I really enjoyed seeing her in action with her coworkers as they worked with different zippers for their Unicorn Wonderbag. It was very frustrating to see Bert step in and ruin things so often!
I loved the chemistry between Jada and Jack. He thinks she is a boring rule-follower. He soon discovers that Jada is passionate about her work and the people she works with. She is earnest about showing him the good things in the company even if he is unwilling to appreciate them. But soon even Jack is caught up in trying to help SportyGoCo succeed, not realizing just how deeply the rot extends to its potential failure.
Jack begins as somewhat of a stereotypical bad boy rebel who did everything to annoy his parents. They were not nice people as you’ll see when you read. He wanted to cause them annoyance and well, he succeeded. But with them gone, now he just wants to sell off the company. Unfortunately, it isn’t as easy as it seems to do that. And then he meets Jada who he connects with. Theirs is a very sexy and very fun relationship. I wanted to see them happy together even though I knew some heartbreak had to be coming.
Butt-Dialing the Billionaire reads very easily as a stand-alone title, but I have a feeling once you read this you’ll want to read more of the series if you haven’t yet. With her signature humor and sexy love scenes, Annika Martin has another delicious romance romp on her hands that will please readers from beginning to end.
Butt-dialing the Billionaire by Annika Martin is now live!
It was just some silly fun. A goofy imitation of the faceless mega-billionaire who owns our faceless international mega-corporation.
And yes, there was laughter. Possibly a few hoots and screams.
How was I to know that Dave from accounting had sat on the speakerphone, butt-dialing said mega-billionaire? Or that he’d listen to me make fun of him for ten straight minutes.
Ummm…he could’ve announced himself!
They say he’s a notorious rake. A paparazzi-punching scoundrel. An international jet-set bad boy.
And now I hear he’s determined to track down the jokester. Me.
Eep!
But we’re tight like family in this office—no way will my co-workers rat me out, in spite of the pressure from the top. Plus, who brings the cookies? Moi!
Things die down after a few months, and I’m pretty sure I’m safe.
Thank goodness, because I have my hands full with our lazy, arrogant new office gopher. He has the worst work ethic I’ve ever seen—how did he even get hired? He doesn’t know how to work a vending machine, and he’s baffled when we send around a card to be signed for somebody’s birthday. It’s as if he’s never set foot in a place of business in his life.
But little by little, we’re drawing closer. He’s funny. Sexy. Wicked. Still, he’s all wrong for me. I like respectable men with a work ethic.
Also, I can’t shake the feeling that he’s hiding something…
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Annika Martin is a NYT bestselling author who loves reading fun, steamy books, doing yoga, taking pictures of my cats, rocking out to 90’s music, taking long baths, consuming See’s chocolate suckers, mooning over heroes’ hands, and helping animals. She can be found hanging out in Minneapolis coffee shops with her awesome writer husband and tending her crazy bee-friendly garden. She has also written as RITA award-winning author Carolyn Crane.
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