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Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 04-19-19

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HAPPY EASTER FRIDAY & EASTER WEEKEND!! A whole long weekend for us to indulge in books!!!

In fact, I’m reading a review copy of “Method” by Kate Stewart as we speak. Gorgeous cover, famous Hollywood actor and the normal girl… and I’m hearing SUPER-ANGSTY (rivaling “Drive“)!!!!!!!! Eeeeeeeep!!! You know I love this author and her brand of tumultuous passionate love and heartache!! YAY ME!!

Grey: Maryse, you’re going to LOVE it. Text me if you need to, lol! ❤️

Anette: I 1-click this author. She could have a bag of garbage on the cover and a book description in Swahili and I’d still buy it.

Teri: Oh my goodness that cover!!! That calls for a <3supercalifragilisticexpialidocious <3 of the highest caliber

Marion: Damn he looks like Paul Walker💕. Sounds like a good story.

Maryse: OMG THAT’S FUNNY ’cause I’m kind of imaging Paul Walker as I read it!!

As soon as this one goes on preorder or live, I will post it!! But it’s not live yet, so…

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE FOUND FOR THE WEEKEND :D !!

➔➔➔ Kindle Unlimited Membership super-bargain deal!!!! eek <— Hey guess what??!! The Kindle Unlimited Membership deal is still on!!!
  • Bad Chef (Foodie in Love Book 2) by Victoria Bright <— LIVE!!! THE CHEF & HIS SOUS CHEF & HE HAS TO SETTLE DOWN in 3 months… “...In walks Sierra Daniels, gorgeous sous chef that would make any man weak in the knees—and also my employee, making her off limits. But what my father doesn’t know won’t hurt him. We agreed on no-strings-attached fun, but we couldn’t deny the true chemistry between us. When Sierra is offered an opportunity of a lifetime, we both have to make a choice…” P.S. Book #1 Bad Vintner (Foodie in Love Book 1) is super-bargain priced today too!
  • Bunny Misfit (The Misfits Book 3) by Eve Langlais <— LIVE!!! She’s a bunny shifter… “...My name is Claire, and I am a bunny shifter who happened to be born in a pack of wolf shifters. Which, needless to say, didn’t go over well. Before the people I thought of as family made me their next dinner, I ran away, and I might have stayed away forever if my best friend hadn’t needed my help...”
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens <— ROCHELLE LOVED IT!!

Rochelle: I finished Where the Crawdad’s Sing. 5 fantastic stars. This was a profound book that has stayed with me for many days. I listened to the audio and loved the accents.

Michele G: Tasha, I have to agree with you about your love for Where the Forest Meets the Stars. That was a really special book! It’s hard to put into words…I’m on emotional overload between finishing that this weekend and reading Transcend and Epoch. My poor little heart is in overdrive….

Tasha J: I’m so happy you loved Where the Forest Meets the Stars too! Wasn’t the purple people eater the best? Lol! I would also be completely drained emotionally having read that with both Transcend and Epoch.

  • Jane Doe: A Novel by Victoria Helen Stone <— PSYCH-THRILLER SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!!! Oooooh I 4.5 STAR LOVED THIS ONE and it’s super-bargain priced right now!!! Here’s my review.

Andrea: I loved this on audio!

  • Titan: We fell in love — in the cruelest of ways. (Norfolk Series Book 3) by M.J. Fields <— LIVE!!! MILITARY MAN BROKE HER HEART ONCE… “...Not all officers are gentlemen — some are villains. Not all protectors care for your heart — some shatter it. He was all of that and more. One look at him and something inside of me woke from a three-year slumber...”
  • The One by Dani Wyatt <— LIVE!! OMG I LOVE THIS GORGEOUS COVER (and the premise!!!) P.S. It’s super-bargain priced! He realizes she’s “THE ONE” from looking at a photo… “...The woman I see looking back at me on my phone screen is also about to become my step-sister. Turns out, she has nearly as much interest in a relationship as I did before her ice blue eyes melted my frozen heart. The most challenging job of my life is to convince her we were made for each other…”
  • Biker Baby (The Kings of Mayhem MC Book 3) by by Penny Dee
  • The Clever Strumpet (When the Wallflowers were Wicked Book 6) by Merry Farmer <— LIVE!!! HISTORICAL ROMANCE!!
  • Undone (Ghost Riders MC Book 3) by Brook Wilder <— LIVE!! “…She lit my world on fire from the moment I met her. When we’re around each other, each second was hotter than the last. It was only a matter of time before we got burned. Someone has taken her, and I will get her back…”
  • Silk and Steel #2: Iron & Fire by Ariana Nash
  • Renewed (The Unexpected Series Book 2) by S.E. Roberts <— LIVE!! DEEPLY IN LOVE BUT MARITAL STRIFE… “...one misunderstanding brings their flawless marriage to a screeching halt…”
  • Until Merri: Happily Ever Alpha World by Suzanne Halliday <— Shelly & Cheryl recommend this one!

Shelly: New Blog Reader and Wow i’m loving this blog so much detail 😍def going to check some (ok most) of those books out but have to say so Happy the Until Merri by Suzanne Halliday has made the List 😍 absolutely loved it 😍

Cheryl: Love your lists ♥️ Going to check them all out. Read Until Merri by Suzanne Halliday and it was awesome.

  • Dark Room: A Society X Novel by L.P. Dover & Heidi McLaughlin <— SUPER-BARGAIN PRICED!!! “…The Dark Room is the only place you can live out your fantasies and no one will ever know it’s you.  For Parker, what started out as a business transaction has turned into an addiction.  For Mia, it’s been a chance to discover who she truly is…”

AUDIOBOOK L:D VERS!

For those going on a road trip soon, or maybe you’ve got some projects that require both hands this weekend but still allows you to “listen”… check out the free audible trial + 2 free audiobooks deal —>

  • AND! Here’s the fun-tool again! —> Find out which of YOUR Kindle books are available as audiobooks at a BARGAIN-PRICE! <— This thing is so cool (Amazon calls it “Matchmaker“)! It’s an Amazon feature, that scans all of your Kindle books and will list all of the ones you have that are also available as an audiobook at a discounted price (not normal audiobook prices). This way, you can switch back and forth, seamlessly between your ebooks and your audiobooks. VERY COOL!
  • The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides <— Nay is enjoying it and with that “Blake Crouch” endorsement I want to read it ASAP!! 😀

Nay: I’m almost halfway through the audio book of The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides and so far, so good.

Blake Crouch, one of my fave authors, said this in his review: “The Silent Patient is a swarming, paranoid nightmare of a novel with an ending that is destined to go down as one of the most shocking, mind-blowing twists in recent memory.” I’m all for that! I also love the male narrator, Jack Hawkins. He has a British accent and is amazing with female voices.

  • The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah <— Nay LOVED this one and sobbed! I read it in book form and LOVED it too!!

Nay: I finished the audio book of The Nightingale and it was FABULOUS! I was trying to tell hubs about the book when I finished it, and I couldn’t even talk because I was crying so hard! So that’s two Kristin Hannah books that have knocked my socks off (The Great Alone is the other). Anyone else have a favorite K. Hannah book I should try?

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Victoria Bright – Foodie in Love Series Reading Order

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<— OMG I LOVE THE PREMISE of this series and book #2 JUST WENT LIVE, and book #1 is super-bargain priced right now!!!! I’m a “foodie” for sure, and when  the author (today’s newsletter sponsor) approached me about her latest release, I got excited!!

Victoria: It’s my Foodie in Love series, which is a new series for me about 6 brothers having to stop their wild, playboy ways and settle down in order to inherit their respective parts of their father’s corporation.

Maryse: Oh I LOVE “Foodies”!!! Very cool. I’m so excited about this one (I’m absolutely addicted to the Food Network, it plays all day long at my house). I love the cool gourmet food trucks the most.

Victoria: OMG FINALLY! Someone gets it! I LOVE cooking shows and am absolutely obsessed with Gordon Ramsey’s Hell’s Kitchen right now and other competitive cooking shows. Each brother works in different sectors of the food and drink corporation their father created— vintner, chef, baker, bartender, caterer—except Vincent (he’s a food critic).

Maryse: I LOVE the sound of this! I’m a huge fan of Rachel Higginson’s foodie series, so this is right up my alley!

About book #1:

My father gave me three months.
Three months to hang up my bachelor ways and settle down.

My life revolves around the vineyard, partying, and beautiful women, all of which that has me in hot water with the company’s investors. After one too many scandals, my father gave my brothers and I an ultimatum—either settle down to portray the family image he built Young Enterprises on or we can forget about inheriting it.

I don’t do relationships. Not since having my heart broken in Nice 17 years ago by Eleanor, the sassy French beauty that I still can’t get over.

With Eleanor in California for a wedding, this is the perfect opportunity to rekindle an old flame that never burned out. Except she’s brought a surprise with her.

A 16-year-old daughter.

My daughter.

I have two weeks to win over Eleanor and my daughter before they return back to France. If I fail, not only will I lose my chance to inherit my father’s vineyard, but a second chance with my new family.

READING ORDER:

Reader Question – The book about the heroine that secretly likes it… rough. ;)

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Tatum is looking for this audiobook!

She asks:

I started listening to this audiobook, but have since lost it and can’t remember the name…please help.

It’s about this young girl who secretly likes rough sexual stuff and is told by her mom that she is bad. Then she meets this guy who she tells her secret to and he doesn’t think it’s bad…and they have a relationship/sex.

Do you know which book it is? It has an audiobook version so it would be a semi-popular book.

Have a guess?

Reader Question – The book with the heroine that was banned from team sports because of her antics…

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Author Brei Betzold has one for us! Ooooh I LOVE when authors send us their own reader questions (’cause they’re readers too!) and this one sounds hilarious!! I can already imagine the antics…

She asks:

Hi Maryse,

I’m in search of a book, at this point just to make sure I hadn’t imagined it because no one seems to remember it.

I *think* I read this a few years ago but I’m not positive on the timeline.

I can only really remember one scene, the h is athletic but she’s also very competitive to the point that she wasn’t allowed to play competitive sports in school because of her antics.

She’s dating H (who I think was a cop or some sort of civil servant) and he invites her to play on his softball team with his co-workers and their wives.

She plays extremely well but has a tendency of doing I win dances on the field and yelling encouragements to her team along with taunts to the other team.  Later she tells him that her entire family (I think she comes from a big family with brothers)  was banned from team sports because of their unsportsmanlike behavior.

If I’m remembering correctly it was a romcom.

Thanks

Anyone know it?

Reader Question – The book with an Irish Rugby team and the photographer…

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Yusha needs our book help! Oh Yusha… you just mentioned my favorite key words when it comes to romance books. SLOOOOOWWW BURN!! YES PLEASE!!! I gotta know which one this is, too!! 😀

She asks:

Hello!

I’ve loved/ followed your blog for sooooo long and I’m finally finally hitting the reader question because I’m trying to recall a book and it’s driving me mental! Not even 100% sure this is where I ask but here it goes!

So the book I’m pretty sure revolves around an Irish rugby team from America. The h is a photographer and she shoots the team for an editorial or a calendar! Anyways they become super good friends (with tension) and

*spoiler*

*spoiler*

*spoiler*

Her apartment sets on fire whilst he’s away for a game (and she only breaks her arm) but this helps him come to the realisation that she’s the one ! Sigh!

Such a good slow burn-y book and it was in a series with the other players getting books too!

Please any help!

Yessssssss please help!!!! We gotta know it!! Anyone?

Anya: The Hooker and the Hermit (Rubgy Book 1) by Penny Reid