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📚 Sunday Surprises: 5 Books Worth Grabbing Today

July 12, 2026 By Maryse Leave a Comment

HOLY MOLY!! THREE books I absolutely loved are on sale, and Amazon’s current #2 and #3 Kindle books are extremely note-worthy, so I couldn’t resist putting together a quick little Sunday surprise list. Happy reading!

Linda: Heart Bones …my latest 5* read recommendations.

Liz: I just finished Heart Bones, it was absolute perfection. There is nothing I would change about it. I sure had my doubts when I was in the middle of it, but the beauty of it all emerged.

Amy: Halfway through Heart Bones and loving it. Typical CH goodness. read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the Hero that stayed at a Hotel on 9, had a daughter named Willow and a girlfriend from England…

July 12, 2026 By Maryse 2 Comments

Winnie needs our book help! Oh this one is short and sweet. And by that, I mean super short on the details, but hopefully sweet a quick guess response. LOL!

She asks:

Please help me find a book I deleted while reading.

Hotel named Hotel on 9,

6 yo daughter name Willow,

GF from England named Aurora.

Please help me. Thanks so much.

Winnie

Anyone have a guess?

Dottie: Manhattan Kiss by Louise Bay. I just finished this. Great book.

➔➔➔ Browse more reader questions (solved & unsolved) here. 😀 Maybe you’ll find a solved one to read or have a guess for us for one that’s still unsolved. read more

Reader Question – The historical romance book where he uses his tartan to claim the heroine on his horse…

July 11, 2026 By Maryse Leave a Comment

Sazi needs our book help! Okay I have two books that I remember precisely the Hero essentially kidnapping the heroine to claim her.

One by Kristen Ashley (The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley <— one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES!!) and one by Mary Wine (Book Review – In the Warrior’s Bed by Mary Wine <— whoooooo the steam in THAT one *fans self*).

Anyway, those are my guesses. LOL!!

She asks:

Searching for book

I’m looking for a book where the hero uses the plaid (clan tartan) to handfasting or claim the heroine as his, while she’s with him on his horse just before the enter his keep or castle. read more

Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-10-2026

July 10, 2026 By Maryse Leave a Comment

HAPPY FRIDAY FINDS DAY!! I’ve got a TON of new releases from our original indie favorites (YAY US!!!) and of course, I’ve found some book deals that are too hot to miss.

P.S. GINGER SCOTT is one of my absolute favorites and that one to the left sounds right up my alley. YES. PLEASE. BLURB JOLT ALERT!!

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➔➔ TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE FOUND TO READ FOR THE WEEKEND !!

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Latest Romance Book Releases – 07-07-2026

July 7, 2026 By Maryse Leave a Comment

HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!!! JUST LOOK AT THE HUGE LIST OF NEW BOOKS I HAVE FOR US!!

BLURB JOLTS & STANDOUTS: Someone Like Me (<— not a new release but in my sale section below and I HAD to one-click it!!), An Infinite Love Story (HOLY MOLY BLURB JOLT!! Her astronaut husband is lost in space…), Love You More: A Novel (BLURB JOLT! She’s living her perfect life & has a fiancé, and her ex reached out to her and shatters her world!!), Crash Into Me: A Novel (<— second chance romance!! And it’s the author of “THE IDEA OF YOU!!!”), Twisted Road (Torpedo Ink Book 10) (<— CHRISTINE FEEHAN’S latest & it’s a biker romance!!), Axe Marks the Spot (she hires an escort… and it ends up being someone she knows!!), Into the Fading Twilight (Starlight Grove Book 2) (<— the latest by Catherine Cowles – she survived a kidnapping). read more

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2 days ago

TODAY'S FRIDAY BOOK FINDS!!

---> Cowboys, hockey players, mafia men & a few VERY suspicious characters... 😂📚 My list is FULL of trouble today!!

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Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 10-23-2026: www.maryse.net/news/bargain-and-freebie-ebooks/friday-finds-reader-recommendations-10-23-2026.html

3 days ago

READER QUESTION ALERT!!

HAVE A GUESS? ---> Reader Question – The book where she’s mentally ill and lives with two roommates…

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4 days ago

Wareesha LOVED this book and wants more like it...

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Reader Recommendation & Request – Blood of the Fairest (Grimm Fragments Book 1) by Morgan B Lee: www.maryse.net/books/book-recommendations/reader-recommendation-request-blood-of-the-fairest-grim...

5 days ago

THE BIGGEST NEW BOOK RELEASE LIST in ages, is ready!!!

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Latest Romance Book Releases – 10-20-2026: www.maryse.net/book-releases/latest-romance-book-releases-10-20-2026.html

6 days ago

CHECK OUT WHAT JUST WENT LIVE EARLY!!!

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23 BOOKS ON TODAY'S LIST ---> Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 10-19-2026: www.maryse.net/book-releases/monday-early-bird-book-releases-10-19-2026.html

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