Tag: Mr. Accidental Hero

Bookish Travels: September 2026 Destinations

I saw this meme on It’s All About Books and decided to do it once a month. Many thanks to Yvonne for posting this initially!!

This post is exactly what it says: the places I travel to in books each month.

Enjoy my travels, and please let me know if you have read these books or visited these destinations.

Countries I visited the most

  • United States
  • England
  • Scotland

States/Provinces/Counties I visited the most:

  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Yorkshire

Cities I visited the most:

  • Sapphire Falls
  • Denver
  • Silverlake
  • Harrogate
  • London

United States

Haiti

England

Scotland

September 2026 Wrap-Up

Personal Highlights from this month:

  • For the week of August 31st through September 5th:
    • Miss R is having a better week this week. She made up with both friends, is somewhat used to the 5:30 wake-up time, and is used to her new schedule.
    • Mr. Z got sick. He has the college crud (sore throat/cough). But other than that, he is doing well. His grades are good (aside from a few missing homework assignments); he likes his work, and he is getting along well with his roommate.
    • I am sick of this heat. We’re in the middle of a heat wave, and with the humidity we’re having, it is unbearable out (98 feels like 105-110). Miss R was supposed to have a sleepover at her barn this weekend, but the owner moved it to October… because of the heat. She also said that she canceled lessons (heat is not good for the horses either). I can’t wait for cooler weather.
    • Mr. Z came home from the weekend. He needed a break from school, and it was a long weekend, so we went and got him.
  • For the week of September 6th through September 12th:
    • We dropped Mr. Z back at his dorm, only for him to realize that he had left his backpack here. So we made the hour-long trip back down, grabbed his backpack, and went back up.
    • Miss R went to a fair with a friend on Monday. She had a blast, but towards the end, she fell and cut her leg. She also got motion sickness after a ride and puked beside it.
    • I got a call from Miss R’s ELA teacher. He praised her, said she was a good student, and told me that he thinks she could score a 4 or a 5 on the EOG (end-of-grade testing). He also confirmed that she was in honors ELA.
    • We ended the week not great. I am not going to get into it, but something happened at school, and I had to take Miss R home because she became hysterical. Thankfully, the teachers, guidance counselors, and principal were wonderful!!
  • For the week of September 13th through September 19th:
    • Miss R had an orthodontist appointment. She is one more appointment away from getting a bite plate installed, and I believe she will have to start wearing elastics. She is thrilled (sarcasm).
    • Mr. Z got his first-ever paycheck from his dining hall job. He was thrilled… lol.
    • I tried halal for the first time, and I loved it!!
    • I got a phone call for Miss R’s CTE/Advisory teacher, and she is doing great in that class. I am a little confused as to why the teachers are calling me to give updates (my other two went through the same school, and I never got a phone call). But hey, as long as they’re good phone calls, I’ll take it!!
    • Miss R went to the first school dance of the year. She had a blast.
  • For the week of September 20th through September 26th:
    • BK’s birthday is this week. We (Miss R, Mr. Z, Miss B, Miss J, and I) got him an ice coffee maker. I also picked up pizza stones that go in the oven (he broke his at the beginning of the year).
    • I ended up taking Miss R to urgent care on Thursday. She had fallen getting off a carnival ride and hurt her knee a couple of weeks back. Fast forward to this week, and it is still hurting her. Long story short (and a 3-hour visit), she has a partially torn tendon. She has to wear a brace for a week, do no exercise, and she has to take the elevator at school. She is not thrilled about this.

I will be starting October’s monthly posts on Sunday, September 27th.

Books I Read:

  • Sapphire Falls series by Erin Nicholas: I am continuing this series from August and have 6 left to read. I won’t be finishing the series because some books are either not available on Kindle/Kindle Unlimited or are only available in paperback/Audible. So, I will check back from time to time and grab them when I can.
  • Jet City Matchmaker series by Gina Robinson: I am only reading one book in the series (the first) and have put the rest on the “series I need to finish” shelf on Goodreads (on The StoryGraph, I just don’t log them). Hopefully, they will go on KU or become free at some point.
  • Silverlake Shifters series by Anastasia Wilde: The first book in this series has been on my TBR for about 6-7 years. So, yes, I am happy to be reading it. I am also happy that the other two books in the series were on KU, so I can knock them out.
  • Hidden Hills Shifters series by Vella Day: I have read quite a few books by Vella Day and have enjoyed them all. So, I was a little disappointed when I went on Goodreads and saw that the rest of this series was buy-only (in this economy, I have to watch what I spend, and $3.99 a book is expensive). So, I will be waiting for the rest of the series to either go on KU or go free.
  • The Trust Fund Duet series by Skye Warren: Like Vella Day, I have read quite a few books by Skye Warren. And like the Hidden Hills Shifters series, I am only reading the first book in this series. I’m waiting for the rest of the series to either go on KU or become free.
  • The Other by Marilyn Peake: Finally, a book that is not in a series!! I was so happy when I saw there were zero books attached to it….lmao.
  • The Matchmaking for Wallflowers series by Bianca Blythe: I am only reading 3 of the 6 books. For some reason, half the books are on KU and the others you have to buy. There must be a reason for doing it that way, and I do plan to go back and check whether the books ever return to KU (or, even better, become free). I am also hoping not to carry this series over to October (keeping my fingers crossed that I don’t).

Monthly Playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2g9eMUPJhk11yBw6mD5jsH?si=791236bdfc114d9e&pt=e5d609312f62dcb6906f9b5790da0b2d

Featured Song of the Month

Romanceopoly 2026—Romantic Arts—September

Prompts I finished in September

Love Story Lecture Hall: Read a contemporary romance with a unique meet-cute or mistaken identity

WWW Wednesday: September 16th, 2026

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

Here is what I am reading, what I recently finished, and what I plan to read from Thursday to Wednesday.

Let me know if you have read or plan to read any of these books!!

I just want to jump on and say that I got next to no reading done last week. My 12-year-old had school issues (not caused by her). She also had a situation come up with one of her best friends, and we spent the weekend focusing on her mental health (I won’t go into detail right now, but it wasn’t good, and my daughter was directly affected). So, this post will be almost a repeat of last week.

What I am currently reading:

A Fugitive Mate…
Emma Wilkes is on the run from her ex-boyfriend—with a stolen laptop containing evidence of his crimes. When she meets a hot guy in a truck stop bar, she pretends to be his date, hoping to throw her ex’s hit squad off her trail.

A Desperate Alpha…
Alpha wolf Jace Monroe has only weeks to find a true mate and bond with her, or he’ll lose his pack and his territory. To him, the stranger coming on to him is just a delectably curvy distraction from his troubles. But to his wolf, she’s the one.

One Wild Night
So when Emma steals Jace’s motorcycle and vanishes from his motel room in the middle of the night, Jace vows to track her down and find out who she really is—a conniving con woman, or the mate he’s been waiting for all his life.

But can he find her—and persuade her to trust him—before time runs out for both of them?

Silverlake Shifters
Smokin’ hot shifter men with hearts of gold; the strong, passionate women who love them; secrets, lies and danger; naughty, steamy love scenes—and happily ever afters.

Content warning: This book contains naughty language and steamy love scenes, and is intended for adults only.

What I recently finished reading:

You don’t need a cape to be a hero.

One beautiful trend-spotting consultant.
One hot Seattle multimillionaire looking for his soul mate.
They meet first by accident. But when their matchmaker pairs them up, falling in love is anything but accidental.

Jeremy Marino is the kind of guy who runs towards the sound of gunfire, leaping in to help anyone in trouble. His friends call him the accidental hero. He always seems to be at the right place at the right time to save a life.

Crystal Pruitt is the kind of woman who instinctively jumps in to help people in trouble. Her friends call her the accidental heroine. But a cool-hunter like her can’t afford any publicity.

When they meet working to save a trucker from his burning beer truck, the chemistry between them is off the charts. Until Crystal disappears into the gathering crowd, leaving Jeremy wondering if he’ll ever be able to find her again. Was their attraction real or just the heat of the moment?

MR. ACCIDENTAL HERO is book 1 of the Jet City Matchmaker series. This is a standalone novel.

What I plan on reading Thursday through Sunday:

Silverlake Second Rafe Connors is spiraling out, taking crazy risks and starting bar fights just to keep his wolf sane. One rainy night he goes too far, and a posse of drunk, pissed-off townies runs him off the road, crashing his motorcycle into a ravine. Left for dead, Rafe is rescued by a mysterious white wolf shifter, who tends his wounds and then disappears.Terin Whitney has no memory of her childhood, or the trauma that stole her past. Ever since her human protector died, she’s survived on her own. She can’t forget the breathtaking man she saved, but all her instincts tell her she needs to stay out of sight, or the danger she escaped in the past will find her in the present.When Rafe runs into a group of poachers hunting Terin, he knows he has to find her first. But his wild, mysterious, gentle-seeming lone wolf has a yard full of pit traps and a cache of weapons under her floor—and no intention of leaving her isolated cabin to rely on strangers for protection. Not even if one of them is Rafe.Rafe will do whatever it takes to win Terin’s trust—and her love. But when the hunters come after her with a vengeance, Terin will have to find the courage to listen to her heart, or risk losing everything.Silverlake Shifters,—Hot wild shifter men with hearts of gold; the strong, passionate women who love them; secrets, lies and danger—and happily ever afters.

A Dangerous Secret…
As a half-breed wolf shifter, Sophia has spent her whole life convincing her pack that her tiger side doesn’t exist. Only her adopted father, Nash Jenkins, knows the truth: that it’s a dangerous, out-of-control monster—a ticking time bomb that he plans to use to destroy the Silverlake wolf pack from the inside.

A Deal Breaker…
Whether it’s stopping a war or cutting a business deal, Jesse Travis is the Silverlake pack’s go-to negotiator. Negotiating a mating contract between his pack’s Enforcer and the daughter of the powerful Nashville alpha looks like a slam dunk—until Jesse and his wolf fall for Sophia like a ton of bricks.

A Deadly Threat…
No man has ever made Sophia feel the way Jesse does. But if she tells him the truth and turns against her father, Nash will out her as a rogue tiger and give her to the Shifter Council to be put down. So when unexpected danger drives Sophia’s wild side to the surface, Jesse has to tame her tiger and convince her to become the woman he knows she can be—or die trying.

Silverlake Shifters
Smokin’ hot shifter men with hearts of gold; the strong, passionate women who love them; secrets, lies and danger; naughty, steamy love scenes—and happily ever afters.

Content warning: This book contains naughty language and steamy love scenes, and is intended for adults only.

This book was in the box set, SPRING SHIFTERS IN LOVE
Contains explicit hot sex

Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected.

Cheyenne Snow has been given an ultimatum by her pack’s Alpha—who unfortunately is her father. Find a shifter husband in the next four months when he retires, or she’ll be forced to marry the unsavory Chuck Lord. Understanding that the odds of her meeting the deadline are slim, Chey decides to go out with a bang and find a human diversion.

When Dr. Storm Durant comes to Hidden Hills, North Carolina, to take over the practice of a retiring physician, he never excepts to be immediately drawn to the incredibly smart, sensual, and sassy Cheyenne Snow. He can’t even explain the intense attraction, but he willingly participates when she seduces him.

The euphoria is cut dramatically short when Storm finds out that the woman he’s falling for is not only a shifter but is just using him to bide her time until she marries.

Chey knows what she wants, and Storm can give her what she needs, but will it be forever or just a spring fling?

Two billionaires determined to claim her.
And a war fought on the most dangerous battlefield–the heart.

My story starts with a plunge into the cold water of Manhattan’s harbor. A strong hand hauls me back onto the deck of the luxury yacht. Christopher was supposed to be my enemy.

Instead he protects me with fierce determination. That should have been my happily ever after, but then Sutton appeared–ruthless and seductive. He doesn’t care that my heart belongs to someone else, because he’s determined to win. No matter the cost.

It’s an impossible choice, but I can’t have them both.

WWW Wednesday: September 9th, 2026

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

Here is what I am reading, what I recently finished, and what I plan to read from Thursday to Wednesday.

Let me know if you have read or plan to read any of these books!!

What I am currently reading:

You don’t need a cape to be a hero.

One beautiful trend-spotting consultant.
One hot Seattle multimillionaire looking for his soul mate.
They meet first by accident. But when their matchmaker pairs them up, falling in love is anything but accidental.

Jeremy Marino is the kind of guy who runs towards the sound of gunfire, leaping in to help anyone in trouble. His friends call him the accidental hero. He always seems to be at the right place at the right time to save a life.

Crystal Pruitt is the kind of woman who instinctively jumps in to help people in trouble. Her friends call her the accidental heroine. But a cool-hunter like her can’t afford any publicity.

When they meet working to save a trucker from his burning beer truck, the chemistry between them is off the charts. Until Crystal disappears into the gathering crowd, leaving Jeremy wondering if he’ll ever be able to find her again. Was their attraction real or just the heat of the moment?

MR. ACCIDENTAL HERO is book 1 of the Jet City Matchmaker series. This is a standalone novel.

What I recently finished reading:

Bryan Murray always knew that he wanted to come home to Sapphire Falls and settle down with Tessa Sheridan. After all, Tessa’s sweet and kind and beautiful and planning to live in Sapphire Falls forever. Best of all, she’s loved him since kindergarten. She’s the perfect forever girl for him. He just didn’t expect it to all happen quite like this. But a not-so-little tumble down a mountain while biking has turned his life upside down and landed him back at home.

A longtime coach to high level athletes, Bryan knows all about facing obstacles head-on and turning challenges into opportunities. So, things aren’t going exactly the way he planned them– at least Tessa is the same girl who’s just been waiting for him to come home.

Tessa has been saving herself for Bryan in every way. She’s even been saving her pennies so she could move to Colorado to train with him for the marathon trophies she’s got her heart set on–a new passion she’s discovered all because of Bryan. But now he’s messed everything up. Not only is he bartending instead of coaching, but he’s decided to go from a hot, sexy playboy type to sweet romantic boyfriend material. And worst of all, he’s doing it all in Sapphire Falls.

What’s a girl gotta do to get away from her hometown and have an adventure or two? Now that marathon training and hot sex against the shower wall are out of the question with Bryan, Tess has to come up with a new plan to make her dreams, and fantasies, come true. All while being romanced by the only man who’s ever had her heart.

What I plan on reading Thursday through Sunday:

A Fugitive Mate…
Emma Wilkes is on the run from her ex-boyfriend—with a stolen laptop containing evidence of his crimes. When she meets a hot guy in a truck stop bar, she pretends to be his date, hoping to throw her ex’s hit squad off her trail.

A Desperate Alpha…
Alpha wolf Jace Monroe has only weeks to find a true mate and bond with her, or he’ll lose his pack and his territory. To him, the stranger coming on to him is just a delectably curvy distraction from his troubles. But to his wolf, she’s the one.

One Wild Night
So when Emma steals Jace’s motorcycle and vanishes from his motel room in the middle of the night, Jace vows to track her down and find out who she really is—a conniving con woman, or the mate he’s been waiting for all his life.

But can he find her—and persuade her to trust him—before time runs out for both of them?

Silverlake Shifters
Smokin’ hot shifter men with hearts of gold; the strong, passionate women who love them; secrets, lies and danger; naughty, steamy love scenes—and happily ever afters.

Content warning: This book contains naughty language and steamy love scenes, and is intended for adults only.

Silverlake Second

Rafe Connors is spiraling out, taking crazy risks and starting bar fights just to keep his wolf sane. One rainy night he goes too far, and a posse of drunk, pissed-off townies runs him off the road, crashing his motorcycle into a ravine. Left for dead, Rafe is rescued by a mysterious white wolf shifter, who tends his wounds and then disappears.

Terin Whitney has no memory of her childhood, or the trauma that stole her past. Ever since her human protector died, she’s survived on her own. She can’t forget the breathtaking man she saved, but all her instincts tell her she needs to stay out of sight, or the danger she escaped in the past will find her in the present.

When Rafe runs into a group of poachers hunting Terin, he knows he has to find her first. But his wild, mysterious, gentle-seeming lone wolf has a yard full of pit traps and a cache of weapons under her floor—and no intention of leaving her isolated cabin to rely on strangers for protection. Not even if one of them is Rafe.

Rafe will do whatever it takes to win Terin’s trust—and her love. But when the hunters come after her with a vengeance, Terin will have to find the courage to listen to her heart, or risk losing everything.

Silverlake Shifters,—Hot wild shifter men with hearts of gold; the strong, passionate women who love them; secrets, lies and danger—and happily ever afters.

A Dangerous Secret…
As a half-breed wolf shifter, Sophia has spent her whole life convincing her pack that her tiger side doesn’t exist. Only her adopted father, Nash Jenkins, knows the truth: that it’s a dangerous, out-of-control monster—a ticking time bomb that he plans to use to destroy the Silverlake wolf pack from the inside.

A Deal Breaker…
Whether it’s stopping a war or cutting a business deal, Jesse Travis is the Silverlake pack’s go-to negotiator. Negotiating a mating contract between his pack’s Enforcer and the daughter of the powerful Nashville alpha looks like a slam dunk—until Jesse and his wolf fall for Sophia like a ton of bricks.

A Deadly Threat…
No man has ever made Sophia feel the way Jesse does. But if she tells him the truth and turns against her father, Nash will out her as a rogue tiger and give her to the Shifter Council to be put down. So when unexpected danger drives Sophia’s wild side to the surface, Jesse has to tame her tiger and convince her to become the woman he knows she can be—or die trying.

Silverlake Shifters
Smokin’ hot shifter men with hearts of gold; the strong, passionate women who love them; secrets, lies and danger; naughty, steamy love scenes—and happily ever afters.

Content warning: This book contains naughty language and steamy love scenes, and is intended for adults only.

This book was in the box set, SPRING SHIFTERS IN LOVE
Contains explicit hot sex

Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected.

Cheyenne Snow has been given an ultimatum by her pack’s Alpha—who unfortunately is her father. Find a shifter husband in the next four months when he retires, or she’ll be forced to marry the unsavory Chuck Lord. Understanding that the odds of her meeting the deadline are slim, Chey decides to go out with a bang and find a human diversion.

When Dr. Storm Durant comes to Hidden Hills, North Carolina, to take over the practice of a retiring physician, he never excepts to be immediately drawn to the incredibly smart, sensual, and sassy Cheyenne Snow. He can’t even explain the intense attraction, but he willingly participates when she seduces him.

The euphoria is cut dramatically short when Storm finds out that the woman he’s falling for is not only a shifter but is just using him to bide her time until she marries.

Chey knows what she wants, and Storm can give her what she needs, but will it be forever or just a spring fling?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?—September 7th 2026

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet and share what you have been reading and what you are about to read this week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit, comment, and add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and was then hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at The Book Date.

What I am Reading Now

Bryan Murray always knew that he wanted to come home to Sapphire Falls and settle down with Tessa Sheridan. After all, Tessa’s sweet and kind and beautiful and planning to live in Sapphire Falls forever. Best of all, she’s loved him since kindergarten. She’s the perfect forever girl for him. He just didn’t expect it to all happen quite like this. But a not-so-little tumble down a mountain while biking has turned his life upside down and landed him back at home.

A longtime coach to high level athletes, Bryan knows all about facing obstacles head-on and turning challenges into opportunities. So, things aren’t going exactly the way he planned them– at least Tessa is the same girl who’s just been waiting for him to come home.

Tessa has been saving herself for Bryan in every way. She’s even been saving her pennies so she could move to Colorado to train with him for the marathon trophies she’s got her heart set on–a new passion she’s discovered all because of Bryan. But now he’s messed everything up. Not only is he bartending instead of coaching, but he’s decided to go from a hot, sexy playboy type to sweet romantic boyfriend material. And worst of all, he’s doing it all in Sapphire Falls.

What’s a girl gotta do to get away from her hometown and have an adventure or two? Now that marathon training and hot sex against the shower wall are out of the question with Bryan, Tess has to come up with a new plan to make her dreams, and fantasies, come true. All while being romanced by the only man who’s ever had her heart.

What I plan to read Tuesday and Wednesday:

You don’t need a cape to be a hero.

One beautiful trend-spotting consultant.
One hot Seattle multimillionaire looking for his soul mate.
They meet first by accident. But when their matchmaker pairs them up, falling in love is anything but accidental.

Jeremy Marino is the kind of guy who runs towards the sound of gunfire, leaping in to help anyone in trouble. His friends call him the accidental hero. He always seems to be at the right place at the right time to save a life.

Crystal Pruitt is the kind of woman who instinctively jumps in to help people in trouble. Her friends call her the accidental heroine. But a cool-hunter like her can’t afford any publicity.

When they meet working to save a trucker from his burning beer truck, the chemistry between them is off the charts. Until Crystal disappears into the gathering crowd, leaving Jeremy wondering if he’ll ever be able to find her again. Was their attraction real or just the heat of the moment?

MR. ACCIDENTAL HERO is book 1 of the Jet City Matchmaker series. This is a standalone novel.

A Fugitive Mate…
Emma Wilkes is on the run from her ex-boyfriend—with a stolen laptop containing evidence of his crimes. When she meets a hot guy in a truck stop bar, she pretends to be his date, hoping to throw her ex’s hit squad off her trail.

A Desperate Alpha…
Alpha wolf Jace Monroe has only weeks to find a true mate and bond with her, or he’ll lose his pack and his territory. To him, the stranger coming on to him is just a delectably curvy distraction from his troubles. But to his wolf, she’s the one.

One Wild Night
So when Emma steals Jace’s motorcycle and vanishes from his motel room in the middle of the night, Jace vows to track her down and find out who she really is—a conniving con woman, or the mate he’s been waiting for all his life.

But can he find her—and persuade her to trust him—before time runs out for both of them?

Silverlake Shifters
Smokin’ hot shifter men with hearts of gold; the strong, passionate women who love them; secrets, lies and danger; naughty, steamy love scenes—and happily ever afters.

Content warning: This book contains naughty language and steamy love scenes, and is intended for adults only.