Happy Tuesday NEW RELEASE DAY!!! 75+ books on today’s list and I’ll continue adding as we find more (so let me know if I missed any). 😀
Blurb jolts? Oh yes… like that one there to the left (Love on Lexington Avenue – he’s her bad-tempered contractor 😉 tee hee!!!) My Big Fat Fake Wedding (comedy romance, and she has to marry her best friend’s brother), Met Her Match (he’s her new neighbor, but everyone in town gossips about her), this super-dark sounding one Twisted Fates by Kitty Thomas (the Queen of dark kidnap reads – eeeeeep!! Seriously!!), Stalk Her (that title says it all! MC Prez becomes obsessed with her…), Elevator Pitch (elevators start plummeting to the ground with people in ’em!!! GASP!!!), The Stranger Inside (psych thriller with a vigilante that just might be killing the killers…) and Hated You Then (M. Robinson’s latest… they hate each other now)… Oh and… P.S. Today’s bargain section is exceptionally exciting!!
While you’re here, if you missed these, check out:
- Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 09-16-2019 <— yesterdays!!!
- Exclusive Excerpt of Freya Barker’s Hit&Run + a signed book giveaway! <— OPEN to International!!
- Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations List <— In case you missed it, this list was HUGE!!
AUDIOBOOK LVERS!
For those going on a road trip soon, or maybe you’ve got some projects that require both hands this weekend but still allows you to “listen”… check out the free audible trial + 2 free audiobooks deal
- AND! Here’s the fun-tool again! —> Find out which of YOUR Kindle books are available as audiobooks at a BARGAIN-PRICE! <— This thing is so cool (Amazon calls it “Matchmaker“)! It’s an Amazon feature, that scans all of your Kindle books and will list all of the ones you have that are also available as an audiobook at a discounted price (not normal audiobook prices). This way, you can switch back and forth, seamlessly between your ebooks and your audiobooks. VERY COOL!
- ➔➔ Audible now has a “Romance” package membership (30 day free trial)– this one is SO cool, and worth it (unlimited listening for all of the audiobooks in the program, and there are tons)!!
- and…
- Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
- The Lies We Tell by Debra Webb
- The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger
- Christmas Every Day by Beth Moran
- Love on Lexington Avenue: The Central Park Pact by Lauren Layne
- The Stalking: Krewe of Hunters, Book 29 by Heather Graham
- Frost and Flame by Gena Showalter
- Met Her Match: Summerhouse, Book 4 by Jude Deveraux
- A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
- The Lie: Kings of Linwood Academy, Book 2 by Callie Rose
- Ruthless by Lisa Jackson
- Save Your Breath: Morgan Dane, Book 6 by Melinda Leigh
- False Start: False, Book 3 by Meli Raine
READER RECOMMENDATIONS & BARGAIN FINDS:
- Smut: A Standalone Romantic Comedy by Karina Halle <— KARINA HALLE SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!! They hate each other… “…Being in the same creative writing class, he’s the last person I wanted to speak to, let alone be paired up with for my final assignment. But here comes the kicker…not only did our project end up getting us both As but we found out we work well together. Really well together. I hate him and he hates me and yet we churn out gold...”
- The Dry: A Novel by <— SUPER-SALE THRILLER W/ TONS OF AMAZING REVIEWS!!! “…A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper…”
- The Unlucky Ones by Stacey Marie Brown <— SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!! Robyn & Nancy found us this one!!
Robyn: Just dropped in to let you know that The Unlucky Ones by Stacey Marie Brown is free only today. It looks good too!
- C.A. Harms Starter Set <— SUPER-BARGAIN BOOK BUNDLE!!! “…A collection of standalone romances by bestselling author CA Harms…”
- Obligation: Tell Me Series Book 1 and 2 (Tell me Volume Set) by Charlotte Byrd <— SERIES BUNDLE!!
- Eagle Eye Security: Complete 5-Part Series by Camilla Blake <— SERIES BUNDLE SUPER-BARGAIN!!
- Vita Nostra: A Novel <— PSYCH-THRILLER SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT AND OMG BLURB JOLT!! “…Sasha Samokhina has been accepted to the Institute of Special Technologies. Or, more precisely, she’s been chosen. Situated in a tiny village, she finds the students are bizarre, and the curriculum even more so. The books are impossible to read, the lessons obscure to the point of maddening, and the work refuses memorization. Using terror and coercion to keep the students in line, the school does not punish them for their transgressions and failures; instead, it is their families that pay a terrible price. Yet despite her fear, Sasha undergoes changes that defy the dictates of matter and time; experiences which are nothing she has ever dreamed of . . . and suddenly all she could ever want…“
- Castle of Water: A Novel by Dane Huckelbridge <— STRANDED/CASTAWAY STORY OF SURVIVAL SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!! Nay found this one for us and I just ONE-CLICKED IT SO HARD!!!
Nay: I’m listening to a book that was rec’d to me by one of our GR/FB friends, and it’s SO good! It’s a stranded/castaway book, but it’s not your typical stranded contemporary romance story. It’s more about how they survive and how their needs/feelings/outlook on life change and evolve in the process.
It’s called Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge, and I think Kristin Hannah describes it best–it’s a “unique, inventive exploration of love, loss, and survival.” I’m loving the audio book, which is in the Audible Escape program. The kindle edition is also on sale right now…
Maryse: Oooooh that’s totally my thing!!!! I LOVE survival stories like that (romance is a plus but not necessary). I love how they have to figure out to live in the elements, how they have to heal & struggle over illness…. all of it. IN BOOKS!!! Only on books. LOL! 😛
PARANORMAL/FANTASY/SCI-FI/DYSTOPIAN NEW RELEASES:
- The Truth About Cinder by Alta Hensley <— The evil lies little girls are told… “There are hushed whispers about a wicked and decadent place known as the Palace of Lazar. A prince with insatiable tastes and the women who cater to it all. Feasts of pleasure, lust, and forbidden acts… all submitting to the sensual allure of the Harem. But behind its bejeweled façade of luxury and pleasure lies a haunting and evil truth. A dark and perverse world that only the strong can survive. A truth Cinder is about to learn when her fairytale dreams become twisted into a macabre masquerade of dancing vices...”
- The Stalking (Krewe of Hunters Book 29) by Heather Graham
- Bride of Fire (The Warrior Daughters of Rivenloch Book 1) by Glynnis Campbell
- The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox
- Sword of Mist (Stones of Amaria Book 1) by Tara Brown <— TARA BROWN’S LATEST IS LIVE!!! “...The dead may not speak, but they remember. Even when the living forget. The day my brother didn’t return from the sea, everything changed. A sacrifice made. A soul taken.A stone returned. A heart broken. What was once legend comes again. And a dark force thought to be nothing more than whispers on the wind, claims its rightful place as ruler of all the lands. But as the darkness rises, the light must fight back. This is where my story begins...”
- Samhain Secrets (Pagan Pleasures Book 4) by Lilliana Rose
- Changing Spots (Cat Shifters Book 5) by Severine Wolfe
- Time Limits (Marc McKnight Adventures Book 1) by Kimberly M Megahee
- Secret of Fate: Descendants of the Gods 2 by Tamar Sloan <— DUET CONCLUSION ALERT!! “…The unforgettable second half of a Descendants of the Gods duology, Secret of Fate is the epic conclusion to a love story that will stay with you long after the last page. *Please note, cannot be read as a standalone. Daughter of Kronos is where this love story begins.*…”
- A Demon’s Gifts: Vice College For Young Demons: Year Two by Marie Mistry <— REVERSE HAREM ALERT!!
- Cursed: A Paranormal Shifter Romance Novel (Crescent City Wolves Series Book 2) by Bella Night
- Glitter Lust (Sigil Fire Book 3) by Erzabet Bishop
- Wolf’s Mate (Nocturne Wolves MC Book 2) by Jewel West
- Frost and Flame (Gods of War) by Gena Showalter <— GENA SHOWALTER ALERT!! HE’S THE MOST FEARED IMMORTAL WARRIOR… “…Then he meets irresistible Nola Lee. He hates the power she wields over him, but she alone can rain vengeance upon his wife’s killer. Unaware of her destiny to rule as queen of beasts, Nola battles illness, addiction and vulnerability. With Bane, however, she experiences pleasure for the first time, and only wants more. But being with him comes with a terrible price...”
- Death in the Night: A Reverse Harem Urban Fantasy (Legacy Book 3) by Allyson Lindt
- Hunted: A fae fantasy romance (Fae Magic Book 1) by Jessica Aspen
- Promise of Darkness (Dark Court Rising Book 1) by Bec McMaster
- The Mercenary: An Enemies to Lovers Medieval Romance (Order of the Broken Blade Book 2) by Cecelia Mecca
CONTEMPORARY NEW RELEASES:
- Love on Lexington Avenue (The Central Park Pact Book 2) by Lauren Layne <— HE’S HER BAD-TEMPERED CONTRACTOR… “…Determined to rid her home of anything that reminds her of her cheating husband, Claire sets out to redesign her boring, beige Upper East Side brownstone and make it something all her own. But what starts out as a simple renovation becomes a lot more complicated when she meets her bad-tempered contractor Scott Turner…”
- Joy Ride (Powertools: Hot Rides Book 4) by Jayne Rylon
- Before We Fall (Stone Lake Book 3) by Jordan Marie
- SEAL at Sunrise (Silver SEALs Book 12) by Caitlyn O’Leary
- Knight (Endgame Book 4) by Riley Ashby
- Twisted Fates (Pleasure House Book 5) by Kitty Thomas <— KITTY THOMAS DARK READ ALERT!!!! One of my favorite QUEENS of dark reads, my friends and this blurb made me go eeeeeep!!! “…When Lindsay Smith brought her to the house, it was to train and sell her. They both knew it. She’d agreed to this arrangement. She wanted to belong to someone. But Lindsay wanted her to be his. Three days into her stay at the pleasure house, Shannon Foster’s life is forever destroyed by a sociopathic monster. Lindsay saved her life that day, but the scars bind her to the house without a future. Now, eight years later, Lindsay saves her once again, only this time he’s playing for keeps...”
- The Heart Of A Bad Boy by Nikki Brown
- One Woman (Naked Trilogy Book 2) by Lisa Renee Jones <— LISA RENEE JONES ALERT!! These need to be read in order!! “…One Woman begins where One Man ended, with Emma one step from death and Jax the only man who can save her…”
- Stalk Her by Jennika Snow <— JENNIKA SNOW’S LATEST!! HE’S THE MC PREZ & RULES WITH AN IRON FIST… “...then she came into my life—this sweet, fresh, and pretty young thing working at one of the bars the MC owned. I should’ve stayed away, should’ve kept my distance, because she was a liability and a distraction I sure as hell didn’t need. Yet all it took was that one encounter, that one moment for her to cross my path, and I was completely obsessed with her. I found myself doing anything and everything to get information on her, to find out who she was, where she lived… why she was so far away from home. So I followed...”
- Fighting Fate by Anastasia Austin
- Lust Business by Anna Kataeva
- The Stranger Inside: A Novel by Lisa Unger <— VIGILANTE PSYCH-THRILLER ALERT!! Omg I love vigilante stories!! She escaped a kidnapping when she was young but her friends did not… “...Now Rain is living the perfect suburban life, her dark childhood buried deep. She spends her days as a stay-at-home mom, having put aside her career as a hard-hitting journalist to care for her infant daughter. But when another brutal murderer who escaped justice is found dead, Rain is unexpectedly drawn into the case. Eerie similarities to the murder of her friends’ abductor force Rain to revisit memories she’s worked hard to leave behind. Is there a vigilante at work?…”
- The Lies We Tell (The Undertaker’s Daughter) by Debra Webb
- Make It Up To You by Lucy Keeling
- Moonshot Desire: a Friends to Lovers Romance (Defying Expectations Book 2) by McKenna Rogue
- Shattered (The Clans Book 7) by Elizabeth Knox & Iris Sweetwater
- Elevator Pitch: A Novel by Linwood Barclay <— BLURB JOLT THRILLER ALERT!!! ELEVATORS ARE PLUNGING TO THE GROUND!!! GAH I’m not a fan of elevators anyway, and this blurb just FREAKED. ME. OUT!!! “…It all begins on a Monday, when four people board an elevator in a Manhattan office tower. Each presses a button for their floor, but the elevator proceeds, non-stop, to the top. Once there, it stops for a few seconds, and then plummets. Right to the bottom of the shaft. It appears to be a horrific, random tragedy. But then, on Tuesday, it happens again, in a different Manhattan skyscraper. And when Wednesday brings yet another high-rise catastrophe, one of the most vertical cities in the world—and the nation’s capital of media, finance, and entertainment—is plunged into chaos. Clearly, this is anything but random…”
- Flame (Men of Inked: Heatwave Book 1) by Chelle Bliss <— CHELLE BLISS ALERT!! HER FAMILY’S TATTOO STUDIO & THE BIKER SHE DIDN’T EXPECT TO SEE AGAIN… “…Pike Moore is a bossy biker with a cocky attitude and an even bigger ego. He came to Inked to start over. New town. New job. New roots. None of that included coming face-to-face with the hot chick who spent a week in his bed before she vanished without a trace...”
- Cowboy Meets His Match (Montana Skies Series Book 4) by Ivy James
- Falling for the British Soldier: A Second Chance Military Romance (The Homecoming Series Book 1) by Ashley Leigh
- The Way You Want Me (The Way You Love Me Book 1) by courtney cashmere
- The Story of Us by Logan Meredith <— M/M ROMANCE AGE GAP/PORN STAR ALERT!! “...There is nothing special about Kyle McMillan. The forty-year-old construction manager for a high-end home builder is pursuing a lifelong goal of obtaining a college degree when his average, uneventful life literally collides with Lucas Cass. When Lucas opens the door for a spontaneous sexual encounter, Kyle walks through it. Soon, the hottest, most instinctive thing Kyle has ever done turns upside-down. Lucas isn’t only out of Kyle’s league and seventeen years younger, but he’s also a gay porn star...”
- Sparks (Something in Common Book 2) by Talia Carmichael <— M/M ROMANCE ALERT!!
- The Secrets We Keep by Rick R. Reed <— M/M ROMANCE ALERT!!
- Invincible (Elite Doms of Washington Book 6) by Elizabeth SaFleur <— M/M ROMANCE ALERT!!
- Hated You Then (Love Hurts Duet Book 1) by M. Robinson <— M. ROBINSON ALERT!!! ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS… “…Things were simple. We had an understanding. Bully. Fight. Hate. It’s what we did. Mind. Body. Soul. It’s how we loved. I thought nothing would ever change that, until everything did...”
- Remembering You by Juliana Stevens
- Heart of the Storm (Triple Diamond Book 4) by Gemma Snow
- Alphas Confess All <— ANTHOLOGY ALERT!! “…These heroes, created by ten of romance’s leading stars, are ready to step out of their shadows and confess all…to you. The wickedness of their world. The midnights of their fantasies. The forbidden fruit of their needs...”
- My Big Fat Fake Wedding by Lauren Landish <— LAUREN LANDISH FAKE MARRIAGE TO HER BEST FRIEND’S BROTHER ALERT!! She wants to make her grandfather’s dream come true… “…I can grant that wish…
I just have to fake being head over heels in love with Ross Andrews, my best friend’s big brother whom I embarrassingly crushed on all through high school. Handsome. Knockout sexy. Arrogant jerk extraordinaire. Our childish pranks and tit-for-tat battles were legendary. Then I grew up. Not that he ever noticed...” - Undercover (London Phoenix Book 2) by Rebecca Crowley
- Pitchfork in the Road (The Devilish Divas Series, Book 5) by M.J. Schiller
- Lucas (The K9 Files Book 5) by Dale Mayer
- Christmas Every Day: The perfect uplifting festive read for Christmas 2019 by Beth Moran
- The Royal Arrangement by Jeana E. Mann <— HE NEEDS TO MARRY TO TAKE THE THRONE… “…To claim the throne, I’ve got to find a wife in twenty-four hours or be forced to marry the woman who cheated on me. A chance encounter with the daughter of my sworn enemy changes everything. The first time I saw her, she was chained to a dungeon wall. The second time I saw her, I took her to my bed. The third time, I proposed marriage…”
- Dark Justice by Angela Smith
- The Billionaire’s Secret (Billionaire Duet Book 2) by Nana Malone <— DUET CONCLUSION ALERT!!
- Tainted Love by Tabatha Drake
- A Place in Her Heart (Holmes Crossing Book 6) by Carolyne Aarsen
- Her WIld Coast Rescue: A Small Town Medical Romance (Storm Harbor Book 3) by Dakota Davies
- Met Her Match by Jude Deveraux <— SHE’S WHO THEY GOSSIP ABOUT & HE’S ENGAGED & OFF-LIMITS… “...When she returns home from a short trip to find a handsome stranger living in her house, she smells a rat. Someone is trying to fix her up, and she has to admit that Nate Taggert is just her type. However, Nate is engaged to the daughter of the mayor and strictly off-limits. Nate and Terri form an unlikely friendship while he throws himself into life at the lake. As Nate starts to hear rumors about Terri he’s confused...”
- WANDERLOST: The Marvelous Misadventures of Ms Ava White by Traci Highland
- Taking A Risk (A Family Affair Book 3) by Jen Talty
- Missing Her More by Karen McQuestion
- 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle Twenty <— ANTHOLOGY ALERT!!! “...From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Rebecca Zanetti, Kristen Ashley, Larissa Ione, and Laura Kaye. Four Dark Tales. Four Sensual Stories. Four Page Turners...”
1001 Dark Nights: Bundle Twenty-One <— ANTHOLOGY ALERT!!! “…From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Joanna Wylde, Jennifer Probst, Elisabeth Naughton, and Carrie Ann Ryan. Four Dark Tales. Four Sensual Stories. Four Page Turners...” - 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle Twenty-Two <— ANTHOLOGY ALERT!!! “…From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Rachel Van Dyken, Lexi Blake, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and J. Kenner. Four Dark Tales. Four Sensual Stories. Four Page Turners...”
- 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle Twenty-Three <— ANTHOLOGY ALERT!!! “...From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Lorelei James, Kylie Scott, Donna Grant, and Kristen Proby. Four Dark Tales. Four Sensual Stories. Four Page Turners…“
- 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle Twenty-Four <— ANTHOLOGY ALERT!!! “…From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Heather Graham, K. Bromberg, Kendall Ryan, and Gena Showalter. Four Dark Tales. Four Sensual Stories. Four Page Turners…”
- Wylde Fire by Sarah Robinson <— FAKE MARRIAGE & HIS WHISKEY BRAND... “...A party wrapped up in one tiny woman, Holly is tattooed, tempting, and exactly the event planner Sam needs to liven up his brand—and his life. He can give her what she needs, too. All it will take is a ring on her finger. Falling in real love with his fake wife was not part of the plan...”
- Rescuing Darcie: Delta Force Guardians by Jennifer Becker <— SHE’S HAD TO MOVE ON FROM HIS DISAPPEARANCE & THEN SHE MEETS SOMEONE NEW… “…Just as Darcie and Daniel start building a relationship they are dealt a devastating blow that could tear them apart. Darcie is shell shocked to discover the man she loved and lost years ago and assumed dead is in fact very much alive. Things are far from perfect from their first reunion. The man she knew is long gone…”
- False Start (False #3) byMeli Raine <— TRILOGY CONCLUSION ALERT!!! “...Read the stunning conclusion to USA Today bestselling author Meli Raine’s False series, told from both Lily and Duff’s points of view...”
- Her Champions: A high school bully romance (Bad Boys of Jameson High Book 3) by Taylor Blaine
- Cruel Games: A Bully Romance: (Ridgeside High Book 3) by K.J. Thomas
PREORDERS (going live soon!!! 😀 )
- Park Avenue Player by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward – September 23rd 2019
- Closer: A Stage Dive Novella by Kylie Scott – September 24th 2019
Reveal (Wicked Ways Book 2) by K. Bromberg – September 24th 2019 - Archangel’s War (A Guild Hunter Novel Book 12) by Nalini Singh – September 24th 2019
- Dragon Unleashed (The Fallen Empire Book 2) by Grace Draven – September 24th 2019
- Ruined With You (Stark Security Book 3) by J. Kenner – September 24th 2019
- Misadventures in Blue by Sierra Simone – September 24th 2019
- Fallen (Deep Ops Book 2) by Rebecca Zanetti – September 24th 2019
- It’s a Christmas Thing by Janet Dailey – September 24th 2019
- Spirit of the Season by Fern Michaels – September 24th 2019
- When the Marquess Was Mine: The Wagers of Sin by Caroline Linden – September 24th 2019
- Wrapped Up in You: A Heartbreaker Bay Novel by Jill Shalvis – September 24th 2019
- The World That We Knew: A Novel by Alice Hoffman – September 24th 2019
- No Judgments: A Novel by Meg Cabot – September 24th 2019
- Wayward Son: A novel by Rainbow Rowell – September 24th 2019
- Immortal Born: An Argeneau Novel by Lynsay Sands – September 24th 2019
- All the Way (Hot Jocks Book 2) by Kendall Rya – September 24th 2019
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😮 It’s after 10 and no one is here?!! Well good morning! I’ve just sat down for a minute before I jump back to it. We put together our IKEA armoires over the weekend and now we’re transferring clothes. I have so much sorting to do this week! No reading for me, except this lovely blog! 😜
I love to sort, so that just sounds like fun, to me. 😉 😛
It’s fun when it’s done, overwhelming a bit now. Lol
OH!! And, such a busy weekend, I forgot to tell you guys….my Mom brought her laptop over to see if it was a driver problem with my printer. They installed the disc, plugged, unplugged, manually cleaned cartridges, yada, yada and then I found a package of new ink…😒😒 Tried it, turns out it works like a dream. But, not my fault bc the stupid thing SAID full ink! Full full full. On the printer AND on the computer. So, it’s still that cursed voodoo. It likes playing with me, I swear it. 🤦♀️
That’s great that it’s working, though!
LOL!!! So glad when it’s an easy fix and you don’t have to buy another. 🙂 YAY for new ink!!!!
Ohhhhhh Tashaaaaaa!!!
Look what I made for you. 😉
https://www.maryse.net/books/book-recommendations/reader-recommendations-our-favorite-cozy-mysteries.html
*tosses glitter*
Holy cow…the beginning of this school year has been absolutely nuts. And toss in a book edit and I’ve been a busy bunny.
*Frantic waving* hi everyone, I miss you!
I had an ARC of Met Her Match, I really liked it. I hadn’t read a Jude Deveraux book since I was a teenager pinching books off from my mom’s bookshelf. But there was a reason I read them then…and the same reason still applies!
What’s everyone reading right now??
I’m finishing up Crossed Lines (probably review it tonight) then I think I want to try “The Silent Wife”.
Though maybe I want something along the lines of Devney Perry’s stories…
Looking forward to your review, Maryse! I had zero time to read this weekend so I’m still at around 30%. When I finish, I’m going to start Mia Sheridan’s new one, Where the Blame Lies, (and I must confess that I squirreled and kind of started it when I was using my Bowflex last night, but with a 14-minute work out, I didn’t get very far😁)
I read and enjoyed P Dangelico’s new one, You Can Have Manhattan. I also read LJ Shen’s Scandalous (I know, everyone else read it ages ago LOL). He’s kinda a douche, but somehow I just had to keep on reading LOL.
Now I’m reading Neal Stephenson’s recent one, Fall, or Dodge In Hell. It’s kinda a sci-fi thriller. Not a romance, for a change, but I love his books. Always challenging and fascinating and full of amazing ideas.
Wow… that is some list of new releases. There really is not enough time in the day to read. I need to work on that. Loved my ARC of Flame by Chelle Bliss. Some books I have ordered for a rainy day read and I got my name in for that paperback giveaway by Freya Barker’s new release Hit & Run. I loved Rosie & Jake.
YAY!!! I love knowing that!!! I hear Rosie is in her 40s in the book?
Good morning! Happy Tuesday!
What a list! I’m definitely going to read the Lisa Unger thriller!
I’m listening to a book that was rec’d to me by one of our GR/FB friends, and it’s SO good! It’s a stranded/castaway book, but it’s not your typical stranded contemporary romance story. It’s more about how they survive and how their needs/feelings/outlook on life change and evolve in the process.
It’s called Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge, and I think Kristin Hannah describes it best–it’s a “unique, inventive exploration of love, loss, and survival.” I’m loving the audio book, which is in the Audible Escape program. The kindle edition is also on sale right now for $1.99.
Oooooh that’s totally my thing!!!! I LOVE survival stories like that (romance is a plus but not necessary). I love how they have to figure out to live in the elements, how they have to heal & struggle over illness…. all of it.
IN BOOKS!!! Only on books. LOL!
Well, I finished it. I simply couldn’t stop listening. Such a wonderful book. Definitely a 5-star read for me. As I said before, I just loved the writing!
Hoping someone can help figure out what book this is; so many people are searching and it’s just not turning up.
**hopefully this is okay. Someone in a reading group suggested I comment on the most recent blog post here for help because you helped her find a book she’d been looking a few years for.** 🙂
Amazon book – She loses her virginity to her brother’s best friend, and he rejects her. She joins the military as a nurse after losing her baby. Enemy to lovers; Second Chance Romance; released 2018-2019 I think
She is in love with her brother’s best friend. He was at a bar tipsy, called her to pick him up. Something he did often. She picked him up and he started things at his place. She loses her virginity to him. He yells at her when he wakes up. She leaves crying. She ends up pregnant from that night with him. He decides to marry his on and off again girlfriend.
He and his wife were at dinner. His wife was nasty to her. So she called her out on going to a town over to get abortions in front of everyone at the diner. After that, they did not speak.
She was walking and two boys were racing cars home. One hit her, causing her to lose the baby while she was pregnant. About 7-8 months if I am not mistaken. She buried her baby, naming the girl Charlotte on her gravesite. The same day she leaves for Australia (enlists in the military as a nurse), he sees her at the gravesite – finding out he lost his daughter and wife on the same day. Later in the book, you find out he only married the girl because she had a brain tumor – he was manipulated.
After being injured badly (has hearing aids, muscles seize, and a bum leg that gives out.) in the same attack she believed to kill her best friend, she comes home.
She sets up her own place to live and finds a job at a clinic by jumping in while they were extremely busy. They hired her at the end of the day. When she deices to visit her family for her homecoming, she calls her mother speaking to her while walking into the house surprising the family.
At the house is her mother, father, the four boys and him. He notices her hearing aids and calls her out on it in front of her family – Italian family. She learns he has four children and their mother, his second wife, Gabby who is no longer alive. Again, later in the book, you learn his second wife manipulated him into marriage as well.
Working at the clinic one day, a man comes in sick. No one wants to help him believing he is mafia and looking to score drugs. She helps him, doing tests and giving him antibiotics.
Later the guy came back and she makes a house call to save a girl. While she examined the girl, the family speaks Italian, which she understands.
She follows the guy to the rest of the family where the main guy is there. When asked how he knows her he tells everyone she is Charlotte’s mom. (Her baby that died.) That is when she finds out that his kids are related through the mother to the family.
Somewhere near this point, he starts pursuing her now.
**I’m not the OP, but I can send any questions or book suggestions her way**
Thank you! 🖤
Wow! Quite a bit of good detail…wish I knew what it was so I could read it!
I’ll post it this Thursday and *fingers crossed* we get a bite!!!! 😀
Thank you so much! 🙂🙌🏻
Wow that’s some storyline!
Still no luck tracking the book down. There’s been a few people who have said they’ve read it, but no one can remember title. 😩
Found. The OP
originally thought she read it on kindle. However, this is the link for Wattpad. It is free to read.
“Mary’s Story” by imastupididyut on Wattpad https://my.w.tt/QvXB443Kz0
Good morning. Yesterday a new niece was born. (great-niece?)
Aww, congrats Aunty!! What’s her name?
Aww…congratulations!
Congrats, Tessa! ❤️️Give us deets!
Her name is Carolyn, named after my mom. 🙂 I was hoping she’d be born on the 14th, my mom’s birthday, but the baby had her own ideas. lol
SWEEEEEEET!!!!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Carolyn is my stepmom’s name too- pretty!
Ahhhhhh I LOVE nieces!! What’s her name?
Carolyn. 😀
Aww, that’s lovely. Congrats. That’s my sister’s name too – pretty good name 😉 A work colleague just had a baby too and she called it Maisie which I think is cute.
My two reads for this week’s releases that I really enjoyed were both about fake relationships. First up was Fake Date by Monica Murphy. It’s the second in her Dating series and my favorite in this series so far! I also read Wylde Fire by Sarah Robinson. Holy Hotness! It was a fun and toasty little read. I wanted her to delve a little deeper into some things but it didn’t ruin the story for me…I just wanted more. It’s the start of a series and it looks like there will be at least two more coming out next year.
There are so many other fun books on this weeks list! I just tossed at least 4 or 5 more onto my TBR stack…I mean mountain!
I finished Where the Blame Lies last night. It was definitely ite!y different than a few of the other books i read (more thrillerish if that is a word. Not a light read. I would definitely recommend reading it. Needed something a little lighter after that an read CowSex by Lesley Jones. I LOVED it and the main woman character (Gracie). If you don’t like swearing in the boom, than don’t read this one but that is all part of her character. This was my first book by Lesley Jones so excited to find a new author to me!
Okay, so I tried a new reverse harem series, which two books are out, Vice College For Young Demons by Marie Mistry. The last time was this good that was pure PNR was the Curse of the Gods series. 5 star LOVED it. It’s longer than most, but it’s so thorough, the characters, secondary, prime, and even some third are so well thought and individual. The world is intriguing and the intrigue and plot, *grins* SO GOOD.