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Meghan Quinn – The Blue Line Duet Reading Order

June 30, 2018 By Maryse Leave a Comment

SOUNDS SUPER-ANGSTY-AWESOME & the duet is now complete (because book #2 is LIVE!!!!)
About book #1:

Tucked away at the base of the Rocky Mountains lived a little boy with one singular dream: leave this broken and battered home and become someone.
Be somebody’s hero.
That boy was me—Colby Brooks. Except I’m not that same little boy anymore. My dreams might still be the same, but my reality isn’t.
I’m smarter. Stronger. A man. And I learned a long damn time ago, the only way to achieve my dreams was to avoid distractions—at any cost. Focus. Resolve. Determination.
But all it took was one single night. One night and my entire life…changed. One night had me colliding head first with the biggest distraction of my life; Rory Oaks. Smart. Charming. Beautiful. Rory changed everything.
Quickly, my one-track mind started to bend. Each kiss faded decade-long dreams. And with one single incident, I fly off course. read more

Filed Under: Reading Order Guide: Tagged With: contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn, men in uniform, military romance

Archiving the June 2018 Book Releases

June 30, 2018 By Maryse Leave a Comment

JUNE 2018

Part-Time Lover by Lauren Blakely – June 1st 2018 Fight (The Brazen Bulls MC Book 6) by Susan Fanetti – June 2nd 2018 Only Him (One and Only Book 2) by Melanie Harlow – June 4th 2018 Dirty Exes (Liars, Inc. Book 1) by Rachel Van Dyken – June 4th 2018 Dangerous Control (Dark Dominance Book 3) by Annabel Joseph –  June 4th 2018 Redson (VLG Book 10) by Laurann Dohner – June 5th 2018 Unexpected Love Story (Love Series Book 2) by Natasha Madison – June 5th 2018 The Chateau: An Erotic Thriller (The Original Sinners) by Tiffany Reisz – June 5th 2018 Brief Cases (Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher – June 5th 2018 The Ever After: A Novel by Sarah Pekkanen – June 5th 2018 In Bed with the Beast (The Naughty Princess Club) by Tara Sivec – June 5th 2018 The Ex-Wife: A nail biting gripping psychological thriller by Jess Ryder – June 5th 2018

The Girl and Her Ren (Ribbon Duet Book 2) read more

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Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – June 29th 2018

June 29, 2018 By Maryse 68 Comments

UPDATE: STILL WORKING ON THIS LIST 😉 Good morning and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!! Whoa, this list is only halfway there ’cause there were SO many new releases that went live over the last 24-48 hours, let alone the reader recommendations that I still have to load in, so keep checking back…
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE FOUND FOR THE WEEKEND :D !!

  • VEN (The V Games Book 2) by K. Webster and Ker Dukey <— K. WEBSTER & KER DUKEY DARK READ ALERT!! Must be read in order… “…My future is already written: run the empire. Old Values. Old Rule. Old Money. Until her. Everything I do lacks purpose. Everything I do is empty. Women. Money. Power. It meant nothing. Until her. When the Volkov rose showed up at my home a disgraced package, hand-delivered by a Vasiliev prince, I began paving my own path. I vowed to make her bloom once more.…”
  • Everything You Want Me to Be: A Novel by Mindy Mejia <— ONE OF AMY’S FAVORITES FROM LAST YEAR SUPER-BARGAIN!!!
Amy: Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia is on sale..! It made my favorites list last year. :D …it left me satisfied that everything came to light yet on the verge of tears (the kind where you *need* to cry but just…can’t)
  • Do Not Respond by M.R. Field <— SHE VENTED ABOUT HER HOT MEAN BOSS & SENT IT TO HIM!!! “...Ignore the butterflies that flutter as he stares back at you and concentrate on his condescending tone. I wish I’d listened. I wish I’d never drank my body weight in vodka and sent him a venting email, telling him exactly what I really thought about his Lycra-wrapped package and the way he makes my body hum. The last thing I needed was to break those DNR rules and send an email to my boss. Work is about to get a lot more interesting. What have I got myself into?
  • Knowing You (The Cursed Series, Part 2) by Rebecca Donovan <— REBECCA DONOVAN ALERT!! PART TWO OF A SERIES (must be read in order)
  • Game Misconduct: A Baltimore Banners Hockey Romance (The Baltimore Banners Book 11) by Lisa B. Kamps <— HOCKEY STAR ALERT!!! “Lori Evans isn’t the same young girl she’d been all those years ago when she first met the shy goalie. She’s older now, more mature and confident, with her feet planted firmly on the ground. Or so she thinks until Corbin shows back up. He’s not the same young man she’s dreamt of all these years: a little harder, more jaded, more cynical…and more tempting than ever. And he’s just as off-limits as before, maybe even more since her uncle is now the head coach for the Baltimore Banners…”
  • Play Dirty (Jordan’s Game Book 4) by J.A. Huss <— J.A. HUSS ALERT!!
  • Chasing Him (Bishop Brothers Book 3) by Kennedy Fox
  • Anywhere With You by Christina Elle
  • Carnage (Whispers From the Bayou Book 1) by Sandra R Neeley <— A PARANORMAL BAYOU and humans don’t know they exist. Fiona gives it a BIG thumbs up!

Fiona: Carnage (Whispers from the Bayou Book 1) by a new author that I came across Sandra R Neeley. Its about all these shape shifters that live near each other in secret in the Bayou; no humans know they exist…The heroine Carolena is trying to escape a couple of brothers who think that she is their woman; she was captured by these brothers. Carnage a Gargoyle finds her & saves her from these men; he cannot speak very well but he finds Carolena very witty, attractive and wants to keep her for himself. He takes her back to his little home in the Bayou where other mythical creatures/ shape shifters live such as Vampires, Gargoyles; misfits….
Enthrall is the vampire boss of the Whispers community & is fascinated also by this human Carolena; the story is very good with so many new characters that I cant wait to read future stories about.
I have never come across this author before but really like her writing & how Carolena & Carnage develop their relationship in spite of their obvious differences; a big thumbs up…. read more

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Reader Question – The book about the girl that meets a guitarist on a plane…

June 28, 2018 By Maryse 3 Comments

Julie needs our help! Oh this one is a doozy, but enough info for us to pin it down. In fact, I have a guess for her!
She asks:

Hi Maryse – I have a reader questions, too.

I’m looking for a book that opens with the h in an airport watching a kid or two and their mom. She boards the plane and meets H, a musician who plays guitar.

*spoiler alert*
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Famous musician father of h just passed away and she’s going back to NYC (I think) to manage his bar. read more

Filed Under: Reader Questions Tagged With: celebrity romance, pregnancy, reader question, rock stars

Reader Question – The book about the daughter that doesn’t know about her father’s other family…

June 28, 2018 By Maryse Leave a Comment

Dolores is looking for this one! Ooooh it’s delightfully convoluted!! 😀

A man with a double-life? I’m intrigued!

Dear Maryse,

Today I found your blog, which is really fantastic. I came to it accidentally, looking for a novel (I forgot the title and author). Genre is crime/romance.

The story follows a man and woman for more than 30 years. They met as a very young: he was as a young man had some connection with the Mafia, and she was a dancer in Las Vegas. They have children together. read more

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