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Renée Ahdieh – The Wrath and the Dawn Series Reading Order

March 21, 2016 By Maryse Leave a Comment

Okay well… the blurb for this one makes it sound like my ultimate, intense, crazy, thrilling romance read!!!!! I don’t even know if it’s romance, either, but for SURE it’s a love story. Or an anti-love story? I dunno. I DO know that it was the “answer” to a reader question post recently. The book about the young king that keeps killing his wives, and the girl that volunteers to be his next. *gasp*!!! I hear it’s amazing!!

Carlotta: Hi Maryse! I read this book a few months ago….is fantastic! I recommend it to everybody!!! read more

Look what’s going live at midnight!! Just a few highlights before tomorrow’s BIG list…

March 21, 2016 By Maryse 41 Comments

You guys!!!! There’s a book coming out tomorrow (actually two… no… make that THREE) that I already KNOW I wanna read BADLY (COLLARED, ’cause she was kidnapped and escaped but has LOTS to overcome, and that just sounds amazing! Plus it’s by an author that I already love)… AND “All That Jazz” ’cause I read the first couple of books in that series, and I’m ALL about this one. I loved the characters, so this “spinoff” is just what I hoped for! And then of course… Ginger’s Heart (which is a modern-day retelling of Little Red Riding hood (and the good and bad guy are cousins in love with her…). YES PLEASE! 😀 read more

Book Review – Forever, Jack (Eversea #2) by Natasha Boyd

March 20, 2016 By Maryse 3 Comments

Forever, Jack (Eversea #2): A Butler Cove Novel

NOTE: For those that haven’t read book #1 yet, this book is the continuation (and conclusion) to this wonderful famous actor/normal girl love story, so don’t spoil it by reading below. Instead, take a look at my review for book #1 ➜ Eversea by Natasha Boyd.

After the ending of book #1, I couldn’t wait for the conclusion of this love “duet” series. And lucky me!! I didn’t have to, ’cause this series (including a Christmas novella) is complete. I jumped right into this one to see where it was going. Heartbreak was front and center and giving me chest pains. Imagine the dream of meeting a Hollywood heartthrob, become his friend, getting attached to him and falling head-over-heels FAST in love (who wouldn’t?) only to have that blissful bubble burst when his real life comes calling with all sorts of scandalous threats. read more

Sunday Surprises! A few early birds that are right up our romance alley!

March 20, 2016 By Maryse 50 Comments

Happy Sunday Surprise Release Day. 😉 I’m happy, that’s for freakin’ sure, ’cause these are brand spankin’ new releases that

sound right up our angsty/heartbreaky/sexy romance alley
are from authors that are tried and true
It’s Sunday and they couldn’t have surprised us at a better time. Today is perfect! Thank you, authors!! 😀

So take a look at these:

Elastic Hearts by Claire Contreras <— It’s a STANDALONE and he’s a famous L.A. lawyer, and she’s divorcing her hugely famous Hollywood star…

“In such a high profile divorce, they can’t afford any extra drama. Luckily, neither one of them has anything to hide. Unless you count the mind blowing sex they had… “

She Dims the Stars by Amber L. Johnson <— HER EX-BEST FRIEND (a guy!!) HIS ROOMMATE… and HER ALERT! From the author of one of our favorite books (Puddle Jumping <— my review), she’s just released this one, and it’s super-bargain priced right now!! The blurb sounds so intriguing and pretty much tells me nothing all at the same time. I LOVE it! LOL! The gist? Her entire life has been a lie, and she’s just discovered some secrets that would have been better left, uncovered.

“…she’ll tell you that she has no idea who she is, because her entire life is a lie. However, the older she gets the more she needs answers about who she really is.What she discovers is a tangled web of secrets better left in the dark.Some truths do more harm than good.”

Life In Reverse by Beth Michele <— Oooooh this one sounds romance-ANGSTY!!

I was minding my own business when Vance Davenport showed up.He wasn’t talking, yet somehow I heard him.

I wasn’t looking, but my eyes sought him out. read more

Reader Favorites – Jan’s 10 Books That Stayed With Her…

March 19, 2016 By Maryse 17 Comments

We have a reader that has just joined us!! YAY Jan!! And she promptly jumped in with some of her very favorite books, now, and from years gone by. From paranormal, to historical, to indie contemporary, this reader is definitely one of us!!! And I already KNOW (and can pinpoint quite a few of us here) that will wholeheartedly agree with her picks. Including me!!!!

P.S. There are a few new-to-me on here (and one, that one up there to the left, that I JUST heard about a few days ago, regarding how awesome it was, and here it is, on Jan’s list, too). MINE!!!! 😀 read more