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Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 09-04-2020

September 4, 2020 By Maryse 12 Comments

Happy Friday and happy long Labor Day weekend!! 😀 A bunch of new books just went LIVE and we found a bunch of awesome sales, too! Plus… reader recommendations.

Today’s “Blast From Our Book Past” highlights:

3 years ago yesterday, I 5-STAR LOVED (and chuckled through) this celebrity second chance romance!! Book Review – Ghosted by J.M. Darhower
5 years ago yesterday, I was creeped out by this psych-thriller! Book Review – Creep by Jennifer Hillier
6 years ago today, this one gave me (and Amy) a heartache when she overheard him… Book Review – Room 212 by Kate Stewart
8 years ago yesterday, I was hunting for what to read “after Fifty” and this one titillated me nicely! An eerie mystery when she inherits an abandoned storage unit. Book Review – If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones
8 years ago today, I 4.5 star fell in love HARD all over again! Book Review – On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

Make sure to check out today’s newsletter sponsor (this is book # 2!!) ➔ Jennifer L. Armentrout’s “A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire” is LIVE & we’ve got fun stuff & we’re having a giveaway!

Nicole: I was introduced to Jennifer L Armentrout by JR Ward. Have devoured her books ever since. read more

Jennifer L. Armentrout’s “A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire” is LIVE & we’ve got fun stuff & we’re having a giveaway!

September 4, 2020 By Maryse 12 Comments

<— FANTASY ROMANCE FANS, REJOICE!!!! A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire: A Blood and Ash Novel IS LIVE (this is book #2 in the series and these must be read in order so make sure to check out the: From Blood and Ash Series Reading Order).

“It doesn’t matter what you think I should be called. Prince. Casteel. The Dark One. Bastard. Call me whatever you like as long as you know it will be my voice that will be the last sound you hear.”

Jennifer L. Armentrout is today’s newsletter sponsor and her publisher (The Blue Box Press) is having a giveaway (plus I’ve compiled all SORTS of fun stuff – below – that she’s posting about this book)!!! read more

Reader Question… Solved! The historical book about the widow wife that gets a job as a traveling librarian…

September 3, 2020 By Maryse 9 Comments

Maggie needs our book help!! Oh boy!!! I sort of know this one, because I READ a book just like this story a few months ago and loved it! And it was a historical romance. It was wonderful!!

However right around that time I believe there were TWO other books that have recently released and had a similar storyline. So I will add all of them to the guesses and hopefully one of them will be right. 😉

She asks:

Book about a widow wife – riding on horse back 1800’s to borrow books in remote areas the USA (America’s outback) LOL. read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the couple getting a divorce and a baby and another couple…

September 3, 2020 By Maryse 1 Comment

Kelsey needs our book help! OMG I THINK I KNOW THIS ONE and it’s one of my very favorite duets ever!!

She asks:

I need help finding a book! I read it awhile ago and now can’t find it! I’ve seen you do these posts on Facebook and was hoping you could help. I would greatly appreciate it!

It’s a book about two couples. One is getting divorced and her husband’s company has hit it big and he’s trying to give her the money but she won’t take it.

Then they are contacted by an FBI agent. read more

Here’s a Blast From Our Book Past – 09-02-20

September 2, 2020 By Maryse 4 Comments

Oh yes, 😋 today’s “Blast From Our Book Past” list is short but OH SO SWEET!!!! Two books, and 1 series that I 5-STARRED with my whole heart, and still stand by them with my whole heart (they hit me so hard that I still remember how I felt when I read them).

HOLY MOLY MUST READS!!!!!!!

Remember these? If you don’t, lucky you because it means you get to read them for the first time!!! 😀

4 YEARS AGO TODAY, I read a book that was completely out of my norm and I LOST MY MIND over it. One of the best books I have EVER read in my life.
Thrilling, terrifying, SO CLEVER and often hilarious (due to being in the main character’s head ). UNPUTTDOWNABLE!!! And of course, I loved the movie, but I read this first and it was SO much better. P.S. I crushed hard on this character, too. Big time. And maybe even the author (’cause HOLY MOLY can he write & in essence, he was the genius behind his main character!!!). My 5-STAR Book Review of The Martian by Andy Weir
7 YEARS AGO TODAY, I 5-STAR LOVED this one!! This book left me reeling, but in a good way. This one’s a stunner. It’s devastating, brilliant, and clever! Book Review – The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
10 YEARS AGO TODAY… I (and many of us) lost my mind over this series and crushed HARD on a hero (or sort of… anti-hero) named “Terrible”. I have Terrible Fever – My Review of the Downside Ghosts Series by Stacia Kane

Sherry: Oh Terrible ….. sigh

Maryse: Right? HOLY MOLY ADDICTION!

Melanie: Can’t believe it’s been 10 years! I absolutely loved this series. Must be time for a reread! I haven’t read a hero like Terrible in a long time. read more