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Archives for June 2020

Book Review – The Player Next Door: A Novel by K.A. Tucker

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The Player Next Door: A Novel

FANTASTIC!!!! Though I knew it would be. It’s K.A. Tucker and she’s always a sure thing or me (and for quite a few of us in our book crew).

Harper: I just finished The Player Next door. …I absolutely loved it. It’s one of those books that you read with a smile on your face and where the characters communicate as they should at their age. It reminds me of the Simple Wild. It will be on my list of favorites books of 2020.

Maryse: I’m TOTALLY into “The Player Next door” (37% in and OMG I just highlighted the WHOLE chapter it was so good and intense!!!!) read more

Latest Romance Book Releases – 06-30-2020

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WEDNESDAY BREAKING NEWS UPDATE!! SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT! You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley <— recently released and gave me a HUGE BLURB JOLT has just gone ON SUPER-SALE. I just one-clicked it so hard and I’m about to start it right now. 😀 YAY ME!!!

She’s got the perfect life and husband, but she keeps dreaming about a stranger… and by chance she sees him one day… and he’s been dreaming about her TOO!!!! GASP!!!! 😮

“…Mia Graydon’s life looks picket-fence perfect; she has the house, her loving husband, and dreams of starting a family. But she has other dreams too—unexplained, recurring ones starring the same man. Still, she doesn’t think much of it, until a relocation to small-town Pennsylvania brings her face to face with the stranger she has been dreaming about for years. read more

Sacrifice of Darkness by Alexandra Ivy is LIVE and we’re having a giveaway!

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GUARDIANS OF ETERNITY FANS, REJOICE!!! Sacrifice of Darkness: A Guardians of Eternity Novella IS LIVE and it can be read as a standalone (though so many LOVE the entire series!!) 😀

And to celebrate this release, Alexandra Ivy (as well as her publisher, 1,001 Dark Nights Press) are sponsoring today’s newsletter! We have a fun tidbit about Alexandra (below) that made my heart melt!! I linked up a few of her images so you can see for yourself. 😛 Oh and… we’re also having a giveaway! read more

Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 06-29-2020

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HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE!! The start of a new week and I can’t even believe July is already almost here. Let’s hope July settles down and be’s nice and quiet. 😉 Hehe. I said be’s. 😏

19 new releases today and 10 of ’em are based on the HUGELY popular “Cocky Heroes” series by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward! They can each be read as stanadlones since each one is written by a different author. 😀

“Three Things”:

1.) I watched You Should Have Left this weekend and was pretty good!! An expensive rental, mind you – YIKES!! (but I told myself that had it been out at the theater I would have wanted to see it at as a date-night at the movie theater costs so… I reasoned it that way). 😉 I love Kevin Bacon, and this one has a definite message, although it could get confusing at times – who was seeing what… if anything – was it a dream? Was it real? But that was the purpose. Discombobulating, not too scary, but definitely creepy!! What’s it about? A couple and their little girl needing a break from their hectic lives rent a secluded house in Wales for a few weeks. And while he suffers from a past stress, jealous thoughts, and nightmares, it all seems to amplify, here. Oh boy!! Was it worth the price for me? No, not really, but I still enjoyed it overall. read more

Audiobook Review – The Decision by Kevin Hart

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The Decision: Overcoming Today’s BS for Tomorrow’s Success <— There is no better title than that one!!! 😀 This is the first audiobook that I’ve ever preordered and it was everything I was hoping for. Absolutely PERFECT. I LOVE Kevin Hart’s motivation and inspiring outlook on life, and this will be one I will listen to, time and time again.

So some of you know, I’m a motivational audiobook junkie (I start my day off every morning listening to them). They’re a bit hard to review, ’cause I can’t easily quote my favorite parts or even highlight them to get my point across as to why they are must-reads (or listens). But some of them are so easy to relay, because the message hits home, and it sticks. This is one of those and it’s at the top of my favorites list in this genre. read more