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Reader Question – The book where he’s a chef and she’s a photographer that just broke up with a celebrity…

July 27, 2022 By Maryse 2 Comments

Sawera is looking for this one! It almost made me thing of one of my favorite books ever, The Opposite of You: An Opposites Attract Novel but she’s a chef – food truck!! (not a photographer), and so is the Hero – moody hero running an awesome restaurant, and her ex is a celebrity chef. P.S. Here’s my 5-STAR review.

She asks:

Hello,

I have request. Sorry to trouble you

I’m searching for a book.

I don’t remember book name and author but I remember description “hero is chef and heroine is photographer or something related and she recently broke up with celebrity fiancé who wants go after his old first love I think and hero is opening restaurant somewhere. read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book where the Hero and heroine inherit a cabin together…

July 27, 2022 By Maryse 7 Comments

Juliana is looking for this book! Obviously a ploy to get these two together. 😉

She asks:

I want to apologize beforehand that I remember so little.

Its a book about h whose relative died and left her a cabin in a small town. When h moves to the cabin, H is there. h’s relative left half of the cabin to H.

I think h is in some kind of danger that H stubbornly stays at the cabin also to protect h.

I think h and H grew up together and the dead relative leaves them both the cabin to get them together. read more

Latest Romance Book Releases – 07-26-2022

July 26, 2022 By Maryse 1 Comment

HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!! 9:42am UPDATE!! 20 books in and a few more hours to build this list but we already have new release by some of our favorites!! Devney Perry, Elle Kennedy, Christi Caldwell and more. 😀 Keep checking back, as the list will double and triple in size.

BLURB JOLTS: Garnet Flats (Devney Perry’s latest! She loved him for so long but he chose her best friend!!) For Butter or Worse (she hates her famous co-host and quit on air!!)

Don’t forget to check out:

Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 07-25-2022 <— Yesterday’s including a new one from Ilsa Madden-Mills!!
Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-21-2022
Reader Questions <— a ton of new reader questions (some solved) but we need your help for quite a few!! 😀

Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 07-25-2022

July 25, 2022 By Maryse 1 Comment

HAPPY MONDAY!!! It’s the start of another new week, and soon the start of another new month!! I can’t believe how quickly this summer is flying by…

It’s time to build today’s amazing list, so keep check back, as it grows, and let me know if you’ve read something amazing!!

P.S. In case you missed it on Friday (I know so many went to Book Bonanza), our Friday Finds list was incredible and HUGE. 40 books and 10 audiobooks!! —> Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-21-2022 read more

Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-21-2022

July 22, 2022 By Maryse 1 Comment

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! I have found us a bunch of amazing bargain finds (including that now to the left that SO MANY loved like crazy), so it’s time to build us a nice list of reads for the weekend. 😀 Let me know if you found an amazing one.

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE FOUND FOR THE WEEKEND !!

The Wife Before: A Spellbinding Psychological Thriller with a Shocking Twist by Shanora Williams <— RECENT RELEASE PSYCH-THRILLER ALERT!! I don’t know how I missed this one!! RECENTLY MARRIED TO HER PERFECT GOLF STAR HUSBAND BUT THEN… “…Samira settles into the mansion, blissfully happy—until she discovers long-hidden journals belonging to Roland’s late wife, Melanie, who died in a tragic accident. With each dusty page, Samira comes to realize that perhaps it was no accident at all—that perhaps her perfect husband is not as perfect as she thought. Even as her trust in Roland begins to dwindle and a shadow falls over her marriage and she begins to fear for her own life, Samira is determined to uncover the truth of Melanie’s troubled last days. But even good wives should know that the truth is not always what it seems…”
The Promise: Compass Key Book 4a by Maggie Miller <— LIVE!!!
Adrift in the Embers (The Game Series Book 7) by Cara Dee <— LIVE!!!
The Lost Elemental: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance (Royals of Kingwood Academy Book 1) by Tessa Hale <— NEWLY DISCOVERED POWERS & SHE’S NOT WELCOME THERE… “...It was supposed to be simple. Graduate, get a job to keep my mom from drowning in mountains of medical debt, and maybe score a scholarship to a decent college. All of that changed in a single breath. Because it turns out I’m not human. And I just knocked out the power on an entire city block. In a split second, all of my carefully-laid plans go up in smoke. There’s no chance for college because I’m being hauled off to Kingwood Academy. They say it’s for my own protection and those around me. But I know one thing for sure… I’m not welcome here...”
Grumpy Single Dad : An Enemies to Lovers Billionaire Romance by Ashlie Silas <— LIVE!!
Bluebonnet: A Romance Anthology for Uvalde <— LIVE!! ANTHOLOGY!!
Kiss Me Forever (The Maxwell Brothers) by Layla Hagen <— LIVE!!! HER ONE NIGHT STAND ENDS UP BEING HER BOSS & THEN!!! THEY END UP STRANDED TOGETHER ON A BUSINESS TRIP! “…The next morning, I find out my hot one-night stand is my new boss. Gone is the playful, charming man from last night. Luke Maxwell is all business, acting as if our night together never happened. He’s impossible to please, but I’m determined to succeed...”
Given To Him (Club V Book 2) by SR Jones <— LIVE!!
Tech Bear: Bear Shifter Romance (B.E.A.R.S. Book 3) by Candace Ayers <— LIVE!!
Dimples: Unlocked Mates by Athena Steller <— LIVE!! M/M PARANORMAL ROMANCE!!
Island Escape (Complete Series): A Feel Good Beach Romantic Mystery by Megan Jacobs <— LIVE!! SUPER-BARGAIN SERIES BUNDLE!!
Always Enough (Meet Me in Montana Book 2) by Kelly Elliott <— INJURED BULL RIDER ALERT & CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE!! NANCY 5-STAR LOVED THIS ONE!

Nancy: …The first book in the series is NEVER ENOUGH & after finishing reading, I could not wait to read Book 2. Both books were so good I didn’t want to put either book down till I came to the end…

Misfits Like Us (Like Us Series: Billionaires & Bodyguards Book 11) by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie <— LIVE!!! HER FAMOUS DAD HATES HIM!! “…As the eldest daughter of famous parents, Luna Hale is anything but normal. She escapes most days inside the fandoms she loves and the fics she writes, and she’s accepted that real life just sucks more than fiction. But there is someone who could rival every swoony man inside her imagination. And he only lives three floors below her. Too bad he’s incredibly off-limits. Her brother’s bodyguard, eight years older (okay, sometimes, nine), and the son of meth addicts—the tattooed, shameless bodyguard is the only one her dad really hates...”
Colonial Corpses: A Paranormal Women’s Fiction Novel: (Hallowed Homes) (Haven Hollow Book 19) by J.R. Rain and H.P. Mallory <— LIVE!!
In Heat: Filthy Dirty Summer by C.M. Steele <— LIVE!!
AIMEE ENJOYED THESE TWO BOOKS!!

Aimee: I finally got to read a book! 2 actually… Both were 4* and that’s only because they are similar to ones I read before so I feel if I haven’t read a story like this before it could be higher. read more

Maryse's Book Blog

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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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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