Happy Monday and happy Valentines week!!! 😀 Are you in the mood for love yet? How about love books? Like that one to the left. 😉 Melanie Harlow’s latest is LIVE + I found more that went live early. But first…
Three things:
1.) I went to the most AMAZING quaint and delightful winery this weekend. Overlooking a beautiful hill, and the vineyard behind us with all of these pretty tables set up outside, delicately lit up by beautiful fairy-light bulbs overhead. What a wonderful evening with friends!!
2.) One of my current favorite teas is Tazo’s Organic Baked Cinnamon Apple. It’s not at all sweet (you can sweeten it of course), but to me it tastes of cinnamon apple instant oatmeal in the morning (I mean it even has that blandish-oatmeal flavor – I know it’s weird but I love it), ’cause to me, it’s pure comfort. I’m hooked on this.
3.) I watched a movie yesterday called Serenity with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. It was pretty…. good… I think? It wasn’t at all what I was expecting from the trailer, but was very unique and nothing I had ever seen before, and kept me guessing. He’s a deep sea fisherman, and his ex suddenly shows up asking him to umm… take her rich and extremely abusive husband out “fishing” and then… you know. Throw him overboard. That’s as much as I’m going to say. I still have questions about certain things, so I’m going to look up explanations and spoilers, but despite being convoluted and weird, it kept me intrigued and makes sense. Kind of. I’ll never forget it, that’s for sure!! 😉
4.) Did you miss the new “favorite trope” list I posted yesterday? I’m totally into these:
LOOK WHAT JUST WENT LIVE 
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- Unbreakable: A Cloverleigh Farms Standalone by
- Reckless At Raleigh High (Raleigh Rebels Book 3) by Callie Hart
- Puck Performance: (BTU Almuni #4) (BTU Alumni) by Alley Ciz
- Beauty’s Beast: a Dark Romance (Beauty and the Rose Book 1) by Stasia Black and Lee Savino
- Married to the Earl (The Wallflower Brides Book 3) by Samantha Holt
- Maksim: A Dark Mafia Romance (Akimov Bratva) by Nicole Fox
Playing To Win (Ice Kings) by Stacey Lynn <— HER FLING IS NOW A FAMOUS HOCKEY STAR ALERT!! “…It was a three-week fling. Nothing more than a couple of college kids having some fun, but then I did the stupid thing and fell for Jude Taylor quicker than he can score a goal on the ice. And after one beautiful night together, he left for the pros before I could make my first cup of coffee. I thought I’d put him behind me. I thought I’d moved on. Then he hobbles into my physical therapy office..”- Sweet Nothings (Sweet Enough to Eat Book 3) by Tory Baker
- Wicked Saint: Dark New Adult High School Bully Romance (Sinners and Saints Book 1) by Veronica Eden
- Allegiance (The Chicago Defiance MC Series Book 8) by K E Osborn <— HE’S THE RECLUSIVE ONE… “…I’m the odd man out. This club is full of life and love, yet I’m a brother living a solitary existence…”
A Lovely Obsession (Debt of Passion Duet Book 1) by CoraLee June <— HE’S HER STALKER & SHE THINKS SHE LOVES HIM... “…My guardian angel is a devil in disguise. He hates me. He protects me. He watches me. My stalker is obsessed with keeping me safe. He calls me his prettiest debt. An assassin in the notorious Bullet gang, he uses his empire to control my life. Everything I know is a lie…”- His Last Ride (425 Madison Avenue Book 12) by Marcie Shumway
- The It Girl Eats Carbs: BBW Romance (The Curvy It Girl Book 2) by Nara Noelle
- An Unexpected Encounter by Aliyah Burke
Back to You by Kristen Granata <— HE WAS HER FIRST LOVE & SHE’S SPENT YEARS TRYING TO FORGET HIM… “…Now my life is going exactly the way I want it to. I landed a teaching job at my old elementary school. I’m happy again. Everything’s perfect. Imagine my surprise when I find out my school’s gym teacher is none other than Christopher Hastings. Cue panic attack…”- Entangled (The Three Mrs. Fosters) by Brenda Jackson, by Carmen Green, Carla Fredd
- Dragon Lords Blood Pact (Dragon Marked Series Book 2): A Dragon Shifter Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance by Rylee Winters
- Long, Tall Texans: Boone by Diana Palmer
House Rules (Uptown Book 3) by Ruby Lang <— HER EX-HUSBAND IS NOW HER NEW ROOMMATE!! “...Seventeen years ago, different dreams pulled Simon Mizrahi and Lana Kuo apart. But when Lana takes a position as a chef back in Manhattan, her apartment search puts her right in her ex-husband’s path. Music teacher Simon is also hunting for a new place to live, and when Lana proposes they be platonic roomies, well…it’s not the worst idea he’s ever heard…”
PREORDERS (going live soon!!! 😀 )
Postscript by Cecilia Ahern – SEQUEL TO PS, I LOVE YOU!! February 11th 2020- Dead to Her: A Novel by Sarah Pinborough – February 11th 2020
- Fries Before Guys (SWAT Generation 2.0 Book 2) by Lani Lynn Vale – February 11th 2020
- Sisters by Choice: A Novel (Blackberry Island Book 4) by Susan Mallery – February 11th 2020
- Weather: A novel by Jenny Offill – February 11th 2020
- Salvation in Darkness (Misplaced Halos Book 2) by Nicole Edwards – February 11th 2020
- Sweeter Than Chocolate: Valentine’s Day Anthology – February 11th 2020
- Beautiful Trouble (Dirty Hollywood Book 2) by Claire Raye – February 12th 2020
- Endgame by Aisha Tritle – February 14th 2020
Fourteeners (The Hydraulic Series Book 3) by Sarah Latchaw – February 14th 2020- The Pretending Plot (Caught Up In Love: The Swoony New Reboot of the Contemporary Romance Series Book 1) by Lauren Blakely – February 14th 2020
- Altered by Lead (Undercover Sinners Book 2) by Tate James & C.M. Stunich – February 15th 2020
- Loud Mouth (Ice Knights Book 3) by Avery Flynn – February 17th 2020
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Good morning peeps! Just wanted to drop in and say “Hi!” *waves*
My three things:
1. The weather around here is nuts! Saw a meme that said it all…the weather just went from 75 to 40 like it saw a State Trooper! (70’s on Thursday…snow flurries on Friday!)
2. I just finished In An Instant…girls, I cried off and on through that book. As a mom of a child who turns 16 tomorrow, I felt this one deeper than most. Really wished the end was a little different…
3. Coffee was great this morning…winning the lotto would be better! LOL
LOL on the State Trooper weather reference!! I saw that meme and cracked up!
I’m almost done and loving that book. I’m at 75%? 80%? I had to take a few breaks this weekendbecause it was breaking my heart so bad, and I needed to go out with friends and didn’t want to be in sad-mode.
I LOVE #3. 😉
You’re weekend sounds picturesque, Maryse!!
1. I’m spending nap time doing loads of stupid homework to keep my *cough* her (my daughter’s) grades where we had them. We *cough* she has been on honor roll all year and it’s my *cough* her first time experiencing it. We want to try to keep her there. 😉
2. I still hate science.
3. Her fever broke at 9 this morning, I hope it stays. J’s still early into this crap. Doc said fever has been sticking around a week this year and if she’s still running fever tomorrow to call and we’ll see if there’s a secondary infection.
I saw serenity too recently. Very odd, but I enjoyed it! Mostly!
1. I just got a Ninja coffee bar and I’m shocked at how much I’m enjoying making tea! I’ve become obsessed with trying hot teas so I’m going to see if I can find your oatmeal one in loose leaves. So far I’ve tried black mango, spearmint, hibiscus ginger, and lavender (not my fave but I love the rest).
2. I saw Sarah McLachlan last night and she was amazing! It was just her and her piano and a cellist. She didn’t play Fear though, and that’s my fave :/
3. I leave for Europe in 15 days and I’m so excited I can’t stand it!!
It’s late here now, but did u guys know that according to NASA, if you stand your broom up, it’ll stand itself today bc of the world’s tilt? We tried it and it was the coolest thing. Just thought I’d share. ☺️
My husband’s been trying it! I think we need a new broom!
Lol, it took me a couple tries. I said we needed a level floor, but then I got it. Stood up on the first try in another room too. I was easily entertained! 😂 My broom isn’t the prettiest either, maybe move it around?