Dear Friends,A heartwarming story is the hallmark of a special Valentine’s Day. Savor the magic with three joyful, sweet contemporary and inspirational romances in my exclusive boxed set, Valentine Hearts. Cozy up under a quilt with your favorite ebook reader, your favorite hot beverage, and lose yourself in this wonderful romantic holiday. I Love You MoreA billionaire and a single mother have … You More
A billionaire and a single mother have more in common than they know.
1-800-CUPID
A house flipper looking for quick profit. A survivor with a dream. Can two broken hearts find a place to call home?
A Valentine To Cherish (Inspirational)
Valentine’s Day is all about love. And God has a special plan for a small-town woman and a road-weary singer.
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1-800-CUPID is a sweet romance with well written characters. Teddy was sooo romantic. Candee was a real sweetheart and who cannot love Beagles – especially pups?! I could not put it down!
A Valentine to Cherish is a wonderful Hallmark style romance. Ms. Riviera writes compassionately about people who struggle with issues from their pasts. Joseph, Scarlett and other characters are well written, vibrant personalities. The children in this story are awesome. With God’s help can these two grow into love? You do not want to miss this book!
This is a heartwarming contemporary romance collection.. for Valentine’s Day or any other time.. I enjoyed it.. It is super sweet and has very nice characters..
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is about A Valentine to Cherish. It is another clean, sweet, short read and great story by this author! I stayed up way too late finishing it because I couldn’t put it down. Joseph is an international Christian artist and songwriter who is lonely and burned out on traveling constantly. Scarlett is a big hearted, giving woman with self confidence issues and is a homebody. They’re drawn to each other from the first time they meet but they both have a lot to work through. My favorite part is when he sang to her at the concert, it was so romantic!
Recommended Collection of Josie Riviera’s
heartfelt, inspirational and sweet stories.
Below find my reviews for each one:
I Love You More
This story is power packed with life’s choices,
regrets, loss, grieving, family issues such as
divorce, cancer, international adoption, fear
to love again, being overprotective, miss
judgement, personal growth, friendship plus
love all wrapped up in a beautifully, well
scripted novella.
The characters are vivid, colorful, well defined
and interesting. The main characters have an
undeniable chemistry between them.
Anastasia Markow is a cancer survivor with
an internationally adopted daughter by the
name of Soo-Min. She is a single mother
whose ex-husband has remarried a very
young woman. She feels the woman is not
capable of caring for her daughter. She is
traveling to Charleston, SC to meet with a
lawyer to seek sole custody of Soo-Min.
Luciano Donati, a high school crush of
Anastasia and brother of her best friend
lost his wife to cancer. He is an
entrepreneur who lives in a beautiful
house in romantic Charleston.
This is where her best friend arranged for
her to stay.
A hurricane ravishes the coast destroying
Luciano home while he and Anastasia are
Inside. He takes hold of her and they both
flee. His intentions are only to keep her
safe but things just get more and more
complicated from that time until the end.
This couple needs to come to grips with
their past to move into a future together.
Will there be a chance for them? Will they
be able to find forgiveness, healing and love?
Will they be able to overcome what they face?
This is a eye opener that makes you evaluate
priorities in life. This novella is an engaging
story, entertaining and you will connect with
the characters plus there is romance.
A Highly Recommended Read!!
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1-800-CUPID
1-800-CUPID is a sweet, heartwarming read that will
appeal to all. So get ready for a wonderful story.
Candee Contando is a North Carolina real estate broker.
She has placed a bid on a dilapidated old Victorian
house. Her dream is to renovate the home to make an
after school place for disadvantaged children.
Teddy Winchester is an investor who lives in Miami. He
is in the area to find a cheap property to renovate and
resell. When he sees the old Victorian house, he decides
he wants to buy it, tear it down and build low cost
housing on the property.
Both have secrets in their backgrounds that make them
fear to love again. They both need to come to grips
with their past enable to move forward.
Their interactions move from distrust to caring to love.
Vivid description and captivating writing make this a
must read book!!
A Kindle Unlimited Read
A Valentine To Cherish
The story takes place in Cherish, South
Carolina. It takes us into a small town
world where Strangers are accepted as
family, everyone knows each other plus
help one another.
Scarlett Evans faces emotional weight
problems plus has family issues. She just
lost her boyfriend so is more self conscious.
She has a great personality, loves to laugh
and takes part in the Big Sister Program.
Joseph Slater arrives in town at the
invitation of friends. He is an upcoming
Christian song composer and singer. He has
a problem…..his songwriting is stalled.
He is always on the road appearing in places
around the world. This is just a stop over in
Cherish.
Then he meets Scarlett. Will she change his
life? Will he change hers?
A sweet romance with imaginative dialogue
plus intriguing characters.
Can be read at anytime!!
A Kindle Unlimited Read.
This was a sweet Valentine’s romance. Teddy and Candee were both hurt in the past; Teddy by an abusive father and Candee growing up in foster care and by her emotionally abusive ex. They were both interested in the same falling down house, but because Candee was his realtor she couldn’t tell him about it. Teddy’s nephew Joseph was cute and so was mama beagle and her puppies. I didn’t like that Teddy was dating someone else even if it was casual and long distance. He should have ended it when he started developing feelings for Candee.
I’ve read and loved each book in this boxed set and highly recommend all of them! Excellent sweet romances.
Valentine Hearts by Josie Riviera
I Love You More by Josie Riviera
Starts out with reviews and praise for the other works by the author.
Anastasia is going to spend some time with her friend Jaclyn and arrive as Jaclyn’s brother Luciano shows up as he works nearby when he’s not in other countries selling his company product.
She just needs a bit of time to file for custody but she is also a cancer survivor and has found a spot that is causing her problems.
Like hearing about the international adoption and how her daughter is the love of her whole life.
Love the different locations and descriptions of how they live-the surrounding and also at the same time so glad to hear of parks and being outside.
Love Vermont in the winter with all the snow and ice scultures. The lawyer doesn’t go quite as planned and with her having time to really think things through she makes a decision about the whole thing.
Story is also following Luciano and what his agenda is-quite fascinating, the endeavor.
They are able to spend time with one another and know each other so well even though they’ve not spent any time together since they were little kids.
Love precious gift she is able to give him. Special recipe is attached, yum!
Other works by the author and about the author are included at the end.
Excerpt from Oh Danny Boy is included at the end. Great read, can’t wait to read more.
I received this review copy from the author and this is my honest opinion.
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1-800-Cupid by Josie Riviera
First time reading this author and loved all the details. Love learning about different locations in the book, felt as if I was there also!
Story starts out with Candee (works at the local hardware store) and she lives with her sister, Desiree (works at country club) and she’s into real estate. She bids on the mansion at the end of the street and noone has lived in it for many years.
She hopes no one else wants to buy it-it’s in Roses, NC. Story also follows Teddy and his friend (Rob) in FL and they are into helping his nephew who needs medical surgeries. Teddy meets her and expects a woman over 50 as the real estate business has been operating for over 30 years.
Candee shows other places in the area to Teddy and he shows an interest in her mansion-she thinks it’s hers already. She plans to redo the place for disadvantaged children.
He and his friend hope to flip a house for a living. She is heavily into beagle dogs and volunteers also at no kill shelter. Misunderstanding and you wonder if they will ever be together again…
Lots of surprises in this book and like how they change plans and just go with things.
Love ending did NOT see that coming. Recipe at the end-another surprise!
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end. Can’t wait to read more from this author.
Received this review copy from the author and this is my honest opinion.
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A Valentine to Cherish by Josie Riviera
This story starts with Scarlett=love this name for this book because of all the red tones.
She’s changing after her bethothed leaves to head back to his families home to take over for his ailing father. She is going to change, be more quiet, loss weight and lot of other things.
Love that she’s a mentor for a young girl and they are able to spend time together because of Scarlett’s job at the animal store. Love how the author finds all these cool jobs for the characters in this town.
They listen to a song played by a man in the park and go to the bookstore where they plan to purchase Valentine party tickets. After talking to the author and writer of the songs he will buy them the tickets and they talk a bit, getting to know one another.
She doesn’t want to get her hopes up to only be let down because he moves on with his singing tour. Joseph is the man who wants her heart and the way she is-he doesn’t want her to change a thing.
They get to spend quality time together and they discuss their past lives. Love how religion plays a big part in this book and she uses religion to help her get over her fears of not being good enough and uses it when she also wants food she knows she shouldn’t be eating.
You wonder if they will ever really get together as he plans on traveling and she just wants to stay in Cherish….
Heart shaped meatloaf recipe included. Note from the author and about the author are inlcuded at the end.
Excerpt from a Christmas to Cherish is also included. Other works by the author are highlighted at the end. Can’t wait to read more from this author-so very descriptive and detailed-you can picture the scenes as if you are there.
I received this review copy from the author and this is my honest opinion.
All three books in this set are wonderful. The characters face issues brought on by childhood distresses and adult tragedies. Whether dealing with abandonment issues, self-image issues, or life in general, the characters grow together in love and unity. Watching a couple fall in love and deal with the difficulties they face is heartwarming. To me, these books are a mix of Hallmark movies and the old Harlequin Presents books I read as a teenager. Those books started me on my journey of loving romance novels, and this set does not disappoint.