I’m so glad I had the opportunity to read and review Sunlight with an ARC. This one really surprised me and exceeded my expectations. I loved the originality of Crossroads and this one didn’t disappoint either. I was wary of the FMC for a majority of the book but she won me over in the end. I loved the MMC even though he was flawed. I enjoyed the accidental pregnancy trope here as it hooked me into the story and I love how it all came together in the end, I even got emotional at the love confessions. For such short books, Sunlight and Crossroads really pack in the depth and originality.

RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4.75)
SPICE: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Sunlight is the second book in the Haven River Ranch series.

After reading Crossroads I knew I was going to have to read book two. And Sunlight was even better.

Sunlight occurs several years after Crossroads, so we get to meet a more mature, older Jax. He decides to intervene and help a stranger who is fighting with the grocery store owner about borrowing a shopping cart to take her groceries home. But what he doesn’t expect is to be intrigued by this stranger who won’t give him her name. But the following day he finds it out quickly, as she’s the new employee there to help run the family business while is sister-in-law is out on maternity leave. But that does nothing to remove Jax interest.

Sasha moved to Montana because it was a job she couldn’t turn down. She doesn’t expect to be there long term and it’s obvious she is hiding something. But Sasha finally gives in to have one night of fun with the handsome Jax, hoping they can forget about it the next day. But weeks later she finds herself pregnant.

I throughly enjoyed watching Sasha and Jax’s relationship build slowly, one truth and lie at a time. IYKYK. Devney did a great job give us a slow burn while also building a great foundation for them as well. I was so happy to finally get Sasha’s back story as it made everything about her personality make so much more sense. And I loved watching Jax become a respectable adult who goes after what he wants!

I really hope we get a book 3! I’m not ready for the series to end!

Thank you Valentine PR and Devney Perry for the gifted ARC!

Tropes:
🩷 Accidental Pregnancy
🩷 Forced Proximity
🩷 Workplace Romance
🩷 Small Town Romance
🩷 Cowboy Romance

Anything Devney Perry writes is a favourite. As the second book of the Haven River Ranch it was lovely to see the characters from the first book appear in this one. The way the MMC loved and fought for the FMC was so well written. They weren't all over each other and they gave each other space and time to really get to know where the relationship was going. I am not normally a fan of unexpected pregnancies in a book but it became secondary to the love that the main characters were building.
Each book in Devney's series always comes with new and interesting characters while maintaining the integrity of the series itself.
Again another great book.

4.5⭐️ Sasha was skittish like a wild horse and Jax was all kindness and patience. This book was a slow build for me with Sasha being so guarded it felt like we were taking one step forward and three steps back. But once the momentum picked up I couldn’t put it down.

I really liked the tell me a lie, tell me a secret and how the slowly deepened their connection.

After reading Crossroads I already felt a lot for Jax. This was just another beautiful chapter in Haven Ranch. I want more.

I was given and ARC of this book and all my opinions are my own.

4.5⭐️ thank you Devney Perry, Valentine PR and Netgalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

This one melts the heart. The meet cute between these two characters

Set several years the events of Crossroads (West x Indya's story), so you definitely see a more mature Jax, and learn more about his upbringing and what it was like for him. He was such a sweetheart, and he really stood up when he learnt he was going to be a dad.

Sasha, I will admit, I had mixed feelings. I understand her reasonings for wanting to keep a distance from everyone. It was meant to be temporary. She had to out herself, more especially her little brother first.

I loved the progression of Sasha though. She went from, Oh they're my eployers/ employees, he's my boss to they're my family.

I sort of resonated with Curtis x Lily... divorced, but in some ways still loved it each other. My grandparents were very similar, divorced but grandad would go round my nanas house. I asked her once why after he died. She said, couldn't live with him, couldn't love without him.

T R O P E S

🦋small town
🦋meet cute
🦋accidental pregnancy
🦋forced proximity
🦋no third act breakup
🦋slow burn
🦋he falls first
🦋cowboy
🦋found family

Loved the writing of this, how Devney wrote the small time jumps but in a subtle way. How she writes about Montana just makes me want to visit and fall in love.

Only reason for the missing half star, I wished Sasha was open with Jax. Told him about her brother, let him in and trust him.

Sunlight is book 2 in the Haven River Ranch series, and this is another solid cowboy romance from Devney. Sunlight follows Jax and Sasha, and a lot of the story centers around family, which I love.

What I liked:
- I don’t mind the unexpected pregnancy trope, and I’ve always found that Devney Perry does this trope really well. She tackles this trope in a delicate yet realistic way.
- The found family aspect in this book is the standout to me. It gave me all the feels.
- Sasha is a complex FMC, which I appreciated and seemed like the perfect match for Jax.
- And ooh boy. Jax. 😮‍💨 One of the swooniest cowboy there ever was.

Huge thanks to Valentine PR for the ARC!

I know I say this every time I read a Devney Perry book, but I seriously don’t understand how each of her books just get better and better.

I absolutely fell in love with Crossroads when I read it earlier this year and after finishing it I immediately knew I needed more from the Haven River Ranch. Mother provided with this one.

Jax is the perfect cowboy, who is funny, has the carefree swagger down and has a sexy smirk that turns any head. And Sasha at first introduction seems like an absolute riot, then you get a deeper look at her life and can only feel empathy for how hard she is trying to pull it all together.

They are a perfect couple and everything about this book was perfect. So much so that the only issue I had with it was that it wasn’t long enough!

I know that accidental pregnancy is not for everyone, but trust me when I say that Devney Perry is the absolute expert at writing it and you cannot help but love the trope when she writes it!

What you expect from this book:
* accidental pregnancy
* He’s her boss
* Forced proximity
* Small town/ ranch romance
* Cowboy romance
* Workplace romance
* No third act breakup!!!

This one fell flat for me and I’m a bit bummed about that!! I loved the first book so I was very excited for this one! I really liked Jax’s character but I could not enjoy Sasha. She was a pain in the ass for most of the book. 😩 and I never did feel the connection between the two.
Will forever and ever be a stan of Devney, just maybe not this book!

Accidental pregnancy
Workplace Romance
Cowboy Romance
He’s her boss
Small Town
Forced Proximity

4.5 ⭐️
2 🌶

I am so loving this series. I really enjoyed the first book and when I saw Jax’s story would be an accidental pregnancy, I was ecstatic. As soon as I got the email to download the ARC, I ate this book up so fast. I absolutely loved their meet-cute. I loved their banter and felt they had great chemistry. Jax steps up immediately for Sasha even though they are both terrified of becoming parents. I absolutely swooned whenever Jax called the baby “My Josephine”. Sasha was fiercely loyal to Jax and had his back with his feelings for Lily. Which I 100% agree on because that whole ordeal was really messed up. I loved the mystery bit behind Eddie and the ending was perfect for all of them. I really hope we get a book for Eddie in the future because he totally deserves it.

Book review ☀️

Devney brought us back to Haven River Ranch for Jax & Sasha’s story and I’m in love 🥺
The cowboy playboy and the new girl in town working on his ranch? SIGN ME UP.
Nothing beats the banter in Devney books and this one was no different. I especially lived for their sweet “tell me a secret” & “tell me a lie” moments 🫠
One thing you always get in a Devney book is a backstory and thank god for that because we get to learn more about Jax’s mommy issues & Sasha’s sad family trauma that explains sooo much about her.
I can’t wait for the rest of you to eat this book the heck up— you for sure will if you’re down with the accidental pregnancy trope 😉 I loved it so much 🫶🏼

Devney Perry you have done it again! Creating another masterpiece that has stole my heart!
Sunlight was everything I was hoping for when reading this perfect book. I fell in love with this series immediately after reading Crossroads. This book just made me love this series more!
Jax Haven.... This man stole my heart from the start he was absolutely perfect! Sasha was perfect as well and the 2 characters together was just everything and what made the book so perfect. It's a book I will recommend to everyone! I did not want to put this book down.

What an absolute delight this book was !!! I loved it from the core of my heart and I didn't want this book to ever finish. Sasha and Jax have my heart!!
I was really interested in Jax while reading Crossroads and here we are now. Sunlight is set seven years after Crossroads and we see a responsible Jax who is amazing and charming.
Jax and Sasha have a very cute meet but unfortunately Sasha backs out before anything goes further when she gets to know Jax full name. For months she keep him on arms length while working on his family ranch. But one night when her guard is down and things go further between them which results into a surprise pregnancy. I love this trope and througly enjoyed their progress.
Devney sure knows how to knit a story and keep you hooked ! Definitely a must read!

Sunlight by Devney Perry 💛
Haven River Ranch, Book 2
Interconnected Standalone

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Adult • Romance
ARC Review
300 pages
🗓️ October 15

💛he falls first
🤎workplace romance
💛close proximity
🤎surprise pregnancy
💛grumpy x sunshine
🤎no 3rd act pregnancy
💛small town romance

📌”Fake it until it breaks you.”

📌“Distract me. Tell me a secret.”

📌“I like Sasha.”
“So do I.”
“Keep her, all right?”
“That’s my plan.”

Let me start by saying, no shopping cart has been damaged during the making of this book.

Also, Jax and I share the same favorite time of the day. Feels important I should share.

Now… I’ve read a total of 16 books, 1 novella and 1 short story written by Devney Perry. I’m not done. I’m far from being done. But this is one of those that will forever have a place in my mind. A place I can go and reminisce about. A place I can visit when I miss Jax and Sasha something fierce.

And boy oh boy… Every time I thought the story would unfold a certain way, Jax and Sasha went the opposite direction. It was absolutely gorgeous. It was pulchritudinous [look at this fancy word I learned today 😜 means beautiful, fyi. No, don’t ask me to pronounce it… I learned it by reading]

I want to also note that the last chapters were heaven on a page. But, honestly, all of them were. There isn’t a single word, line, page I would change in this book. There’s not a single thing I wouldn’t do for these two… my dear friends. That’s how I felt while reading their story. Like they were my closest friends. My secret to keep. My lie to unravel.

Thank you so much for this ARC. 🥹

“Tell me a secret,”

This story was an emotional and at times heartbreaking. I'm always invested in any new Devney Perry book that comes out.
Sasha just wants to do her job. At first she seems a little uptight with a little bit of mystery going on in the background.
Jax Haven is one of the owners of Haven River Ranch. One night leads to a whole lot more.
Overcoming the past to find a future together is not easy but so worth it in this small town romance.

A storybook meet cute at the grocery store and a fight over a grocery cart has Jax smitten with this woman. But when Sasha shows up as the resorts new manager, Sasha puts up a tall wall.
They give each other one night, and one night only.

“Delicious, tempting, playboy Jax who was not my boss but sort of was my boss. Off-limits, destined-to-break-my-fragile-heart Jax.”
🌶️🌶️🌶️

Is it too soon to reread this series? Jax and Sasha have this chemistry right from the start with their game of tell me a lie and tell me a truth. But when Sasha realizes Jax is her new sort of boss, she puts up a wall and shuts it down immediately. She needs this job in Montana more than she needs a fling with a sexy cowboy.
After one too many glasses of champagne at the company Christmas party, they give in. One night, that’s all they get. 6 weeks later, those two pink lines show up and change everything for Sasha and Jax.
I loved seeing these two navigate Sasha’s pregnancy and fall in love with each other, the way that Jax knows he is all in is perfect, but Sasha is so scared to let him in and have her heart broken. There’s also the secrecy of the mystery man that Sasha keeps writing too standing in their way.
I definitely shed a few tears near the end of this book, it was wrapped up so perfectly for me. I wish Haven Ranch was real, because I want to go there so bad.

“It terrified me how much I wanted him again. Over and over. Mine and only mine.”

I really loved this one and finished it in one sitting!! Devney Perry is my #1 auto-buy author so I was so excited to receive an ARC of this book ahead of its release date. I had been excited to read this story since we got the tiny glimpse of Jax and Sasha at the end of Crossroads and they were everything I ever could have wanted and more! The way these two were drawn together from their very first meeting it was obvious they were meant to be and this pull leads to Sasha being pregnant after just one night together. What I loved about their story was how clear it was that they were interested in each other before the pregnancy, and did not fall for each other for the sole reason that they were about to be parents. It was also beautiful to read through Sasha trusting in Jax and his intentions more and seeing her carefully built walls come down for him. This book was very sweet and heartwarming, while still having that classic suspenseful/mystery of a backstory to be solved that Devney Perry does so well. My new favorite accidental pregnancy from Devney by far!

I absolutely loved Jax and Sasha!
Sasha's complicated relationship with her past made her a memorable interesting character.
Jax was a sweetheart and I loved their relationship with one another.
If you love small-town, accidental pregnancy romances then this is the book for you.

Thank you to Devney Perry and Valentine PR for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

4.5 Stars Devney Perry writes some of the best small town, cowboy romances and I will undoubtedly read and enjoy every single one she writes. Sunlight is the second book in the Haven River Ranch series, following Jax, the brother of West from the first book, and Sasha, the new manager of the ranch.

After a meet cute outside the grocery store, Jax Haven asks a beautiful stranger to dinner, but she declines. Jax is bewildered by her answer until he sees her again, when she's introduced as Sasha, the new manager of the ranch, which he partially owns. Over the next few months, Jax takes every opportunity to flirt with and smirk at Sasha, until the tension between them gives way to a one night stand that Sasha begs him to forget. Sasha can't risk losing her job, especially over a man. But now he's not just a man, he's the father of her baby when two lines appear on a test. Although he's fearful about the prospect of becoming a father, Jax is determined to not only make friends with Sasha, but win over her guarded heart.

I could not put this one down! The banter was top notch and I absolutely adored Jax. He gives off some golden retriever energy, while Sasha is definitely a black cat. I couldn't stop reading while trying to figure out who Sasha was writing letters to and why her past led her to build her walls so high around her heart. Like the first book in this series, Crossroads, this one is pretty low-angst and low-tension compared to Devney Perry's other books, but I think it's a nice change of pace.

Thank you Valentine PR and Devney Perry for the ARC! Sunlight releases October 15th!

Devney Perry is the QUEEN of accidental pregnancy. Once I started this one I simply could not put it down. I am so jealous of everyone who gets to read this one for the first time!

Haven River Ranch is one of my favorite fictional places. This one really tugged on my heart strings and made me tear up. I loved that once Jax decided he wanted Sasha he was ALL IN. I really felt for Sasha navigating life and was rooting for her the entire time. I loved the letters and the relationship that Sasha had with her brother. Their reunion absolutely gutted me.

I can't wait to chat about this one with all my friends who love Devney too!!

Read this if you love:
- accidental pregnancy
- forced proximity
- small town
- cowboy romance

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Valentine PR and Devney Perry for allowing me to be an early reader. All thoughts are my own.

“I’ve got you. When it comes to the baby and life and all things. I’ve got you. Do you have me?"
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Sasha Vaughn has a secret, and it’s taken her all the way to Montana. Montana is where she develops another secret: she’s got a crush on her boss, Jax Haven. and since she needs her job at Haven River Ranch, she’ll do everything possible to stay away from him.

but when their attraction is too overwhelming to ignore, she allows herself one amazing night with him. then she promptly goes back to ignoring him. she can’t ignore him forever, though, especially when she realizes their night of fun created a life that will arrive in nine short months.

Jax didn’t plan to be a dad or settle down, but the moment he met Sasha, he knew she’d be different than any one else. a baby with a stranger wasn’t on his bingo card, but he can’t wait to be the best dad. not only that, but he wants Sasha, and more than just physically.

no matter how close Jax tries to get to her, Sasha keeps her walls high. they’ve got less than a year to figure out what the next 18 will look like. can Sasha lower her walls enough to trust Jax with her secrets and heart, or will she keep him at arms length forever?
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I loved Sasha and Jax’s story. Sunlight is such a hopeful and rewarding read. I never want to leave Haven River Ranch, and I can’t wait to see what’s next.
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this and that:
♡ cowboy romance
♡ dual POV
♡ family ranch
♡ forced proximity
♡ he’s obsessed
♡ open door spice
♡ roommates
♡ small town
♡ unintentional pregnancy
♡ workplace romance
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triggers:
☞ death of loved ones
☞ drug use (mentioned)
☞ domestic violence
☞ infidelity (discussed)
☞ parental abandonment