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I’m giving away the first two books of The Fifty Shades Trilogy, but!!! These are copies from the first publisher… gasp!!! VERY COOL!!

December 17, 2015 By Maryse 163 Comments

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE – Dec 18th 2015!!!! My dear friend Natasha from https://natashaisabookjunkie.com has THE THIRD book from this original publisher and is donating it to this giveaway!!!

*SQUEEEEE*!! Thank you SO MUCH Natasha. 😀 Now the giveaway has officially been upgraded to the complete trilogy!!

She says:

Fifty-Shades-Freed — Natasha’s copy that she is adding to this giveaway! Now the giveaway is for the original complete trilogy!! 😀 Thank you Natasha!

“If you’re missing the third book, I’m happy to gift you my extra copy, Maryse. It’s the one that I first read and a few of my friends too so it’s not “new”, but it’s still impossibly hard to find these days.” read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book where he’s a dismissive jerk, and she’s overweight and only the two of them survive the plane crash…

December 17, 2015 By Maryse 2 Comments

GUESS THE BOOK TIME!! Lee is looking for a specific “stranded on a deserted island” book and wonders if anyone knows the title. I posted on Facebook… but no bites yet, so maybe someone here knows?

This certainly sounds like something we’d LOVE!

She asks:

“…I read it about 15-20 years ago and can’t remember what it was called, the h was on a plane with a rich hot guy who was pretty dismissive of her and a bit of a jerk, she was overweight and had an awful mother, when it crashed only the two of them survived….. read more

Tammara Webber – Contours of the Heart Series Reading Order

December 16, 2015 By Maryse 2 Comments

I can’t even believe I didn’t already have this reading order in my repertoire! Book #1 is one of my all time favorite books from back when it was indie. It had EVERYTHING I loved in a “new adult” love story. The brooding, indifferent, moody, intense guy, that comes to her rescue when she needs it badly. And their eventual friendship. A little risqué (you’ll see… 😉 ) and so fun. Plus it had quite the twist that had me gasping with glee!!! (my review)

And now it’s a whole series! 😀 read more

Latest Paranormal & Contemporary Romance Book Releases – December 15th 2015

December 15, 2015 By Maryse 221 Comments

<— BREAKING NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATES!! A few more new releases that we’ve been waiting for and some super-sales that cannot be missed!

Happily Ever After: A Day in the Life of the HEA by J.A. Huss <— Look what went live: Happily Ever After: A Day in the Life of the HEA by JA Huss. Looks like there’s trouble in paradise. 😉 YAY!
Solid: 2 1/2 (Twin Duo Book 3) by Jettie Woodruff <— remember “Suit” and “Slut”? Well here is #2.5!! Just went live today! (reading order)
The Deal (Off-Campus Book 1) by Elle Kennedy <— MY RECENT 5-STAR FAVORITE is on super-bargain sale. And I mean rock bottom!!! GET IT. (my review)
The Sinners on Tour Boxed Set by Olivia Cunning <— Fantastic rock star series that started me on my rock star indie-reading journey!!! I’m not kidding. Book #1… was my VERY FIRST contemporary romance indie-book that I read. And it’s been bundled and on super-sale right now. I must insist. P.S. It is SO FREAKING STEAMY!!!! Just sayin’ 😉 Tee hee! (my review of book #1)
Barely Breathing by Brenda Rothert <— super bargain priced! He’s angry and brooding and people think he’s mean! “My world revolves around righting the wrongs of my past. Atoning for my selfish stupidity. And it’s enough. Until I meet Viv – a woman who sees right through me. She’s not scared or intimidated. A woman like her is way too good for a man like me.”

Okay and now back to our regularly scheduled “TUESDAY NEW RELEASES” list 😀

Just a few more sleeps until Christmas!!! 10!!! 9 sleeps? Er… anyway! LOL! My sister AND my niece will be spending the entire holiday with me, and I can’t wait. Holidays aren’t always the easiest when your entire family lives in another country, but I am so blessed that they are coming here! You guys met her a couple of months when she gave us her “Saturday Reader Favorites list” (she was focused on Stephen King that day, ’cause it was close to Halloween). Remember? read more

What to Read After On the Island – “Stranded on a deserted island” romance books…

December 14, 2015 By Maryse 12 Comments

When it comes to love stories, there is nothing more fun than two people (strangers, or enemies, or maybe one of ’em being an unrequited love-secret admirer) to be thrown together and… stuck together for whatever reason.

This is a “genre” that I am SO drawn to and the ones I read, I simply can’t forget. ‘Cause while it “sounds” romantic (escaping the stresses of our fast-paced lives and living in seclusion and “peace” in a tropical paradise), truth be told, in reality? It’s a total nightmare! Especially those where “they” are stuck in some sort of a “deserted” area. Whether it be on a deserted island (plane crash or sinking boat), completely snowed in, in a bare-minimum cabin, or even stuck in an elevator, there has been some exciting, scary and especially STEAMY intensity going on. read more