HAPPY MONDAY AND HAPPY AUGUST EVERYONE!!Β π Already almost 30 new releases greet us today with a few by some of our favorite tried-and-true authors. YAY US!!!
P.S. AMAZON FIRST READS FOR AUGUST are up!! I chose “No One Crosses the Wolf“.
But first…
THREE THINGS:
1.) I have never been to Costco until I moved to my new city. And now it’s a weekly event. LOL!! I have some favorites from there already (of course their rotisserie chicken, so plump & juicy, their tzatziki sauce, and OMG their stuffed bell peppers in the butcher/chicken area). SO AMAZING!!
2.) Other cool things we get at Costco are frozen yummy things (taquitos and also wings are my favorite though I need to stop eating those and go back to Keto but anyway.. π ), and remember when I had that basket air fryer by Phillips for so many years, and the bottom basket was peeling after so much use? Yes… I LOVED it. Well, I finally let it go and bought this one from Oster (looks more like a toaster oven but it’s pretty incredible). It absolutely IS an air fryer and we can get a few things going at once. I haven’t tried any of R. Renee’s air-fried steaks in it yet, but oh I will!!!
3.) I’ve just started a new TV series on Netflix called Keep Breathing about a woman who survives a plane crash in Alaska, or… the Yukon Territories or something, and has to figure out how to keep surviving. OHHHH BOY it’s pretty intense and you know me and “survival/stranded” stories. This is right up my alley.
LOOK WHAT JUST WENT LIVEΒ
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- Unfinished Ex: A Second Chance Surprise Pregnancy Romance by Samantha Christy
Kismet: A Thriller by Amina Akhtar <— LIVE!! THRILLER!!! “…Sheβs not an βaim high, dream bigβ personβuntil she meets socialite wellness guru Marley Dewhurst. Marley isnβt just a visionary; sheβs a revelation. Seduced by the fever dream of finding her best self, Ronnie makes for the desert mountains of Sedona, Arizona. Healing yoga, transcendent hikes, epic juice cleansesβ¦Ronnie consumes her new bougie existence like a fine wine...”
- She’s Up to No Good: A Novel by Sara Goodman Confino
- Rodeo: Time Served MC, Book 9 (Tenillo Guardians TSMC) by Cee Bowerman
- Lesser Evil by Penelope Sky
All the Lies They Did Not Tell: The True Story of Satanic Panic in an Italian Community by Pablo Trincia and Elettra Pauletto <— TRUE STORY OF SATANIC PANIC!! “…In 1997 a six-year-old boy questioned by authorities relayed disturbing stories of abuse. The more he talked, the more people were implicated in his shocking revelations. And he was only the first child to come forward. Within a year, fifteen more children with similar tales were transferred out of the Bassa region of Italy to protected locations. Their parents were accused of belonging to a satanic sect that performed sex rituals under the aegis of beloved local priest Don Giorgio Govoni. With each childβs confession, the network of monsters grew...”
Embers on the Wind: A Novel by Lisa Williamson Rosenberg <— TRUE LIBERATION WHEN UNCOVERING THEIR HISTORY… “…Now a fashionably distressed vacation rental in the Berkshires, Whittaker House draws seekers of another kind: Black women who only appear to be free. Among them are Dominique, a single mother following her grand-mΓ¨reβs stories to Whittaker House in search of an ancestor; Michelle, Dominiqueβs lover, who has journeyed to the Berkshire Mountains to heal her own traumas; and Kaye, Michelleβs sister, a seer whose visions reveal the past and future secrets of the former safehouseβalong with her own. For each of them, true liberation can come only from uncovering their connection to history...”
- ESCORT GIRL: part 2 of 6 by Stephanie Bond
- Necessary Risk (Vanishing Ranch Book 2) by Christy Barritt
Dirty Beasts: Rev by Jasinda Wilder <— LIVE!! JASINDA WILDER’S LATEST!! A NEW LIFE BUT… “…The Guardian collects us, rehabilitates us, and gives us a new lease on lifeβ¦if we follow a few, simple rules. Once youβre in, thereβs no going back; never take a life; loyalty to the brotherhood above all. Seems simple, right? It is, until SHE stumbles into Sin…”
- Coming Home by Linda Lael Miller
- Doctor Daddy (Alpha Billionaire) by Ava Gray
- BEAUTEOUS: A Medieval Romance (Age of Honor Book 2) by Tamara Leigh
- Critical Consequences by Clair M. Poulson
Craving Charlotte: The Aces’ Sons by Nicole Jacquelyn <— LIVE!! HE’S HER NEW ROOMMATE!! “…she doesnβt have time for anything else.Β Especially not a relationship with Gus Bishop.Β Too bad heβs the most beautiful man sheβs ever seen, he looks at her like heβs starving, and heβs quickly becoming one of her best friends.Β Oh, and heβs also her new roommate…”
- Owned By The Alien Primal (Loving My Alien Warrior Book 1) by Athena Storm
- Half the Battle (Saint View Psychos Book 2) by Elle Thorpe
- Burning Love (Love Series Book 10) by Fiona Davenport
- Unlikely Cowboy (Cowboys of Dew Drop, Texas Book 3) by Debra Clopton
The Duke’s Accidental Bride by Eva Devon <— HISTORICAL ROMANCE!! “…While heβs eschewed marriage for himself, he enjoys great success with matching Londonβs most eligible ladies and gentlemen. So if Jacqueline needs a wealthy husband, heβll find her one. Love need not apply!Β Only, James is having the devil of time finding the perfect husband for the spirited female. And certainly not because heβs falling for Lady Jacqueline…”
- Damaged & Deadly: Black Creek 3 by R.A. Smyth
- Sticky Sweet: Filthy Dirty Summer by Kat Baxter
- The Road Beasts: Hawk Honorary Member: Mature Romance Over 40 by Kimberly Smith
- Villainous Kingpin: Lovers-Enemies-Lovers Forced Marriage Mafia Romance (Kingpins of the Syndicate Book 1) by Eva Winners
Of Mist and Shadow (The Mist King Book 1) by Jenna Wolfhart <— FANTASY ROMANCE!! SHE ESCAPES BUT SOMEONE FAR WORSE FINDS HER… “…When the vicious fae king catches Tessa stealing his powerful gemstones, he demands a cruel punishment. She must leave her family and friends behind and become his future human bride. Tessa has never stepped foot inside the glittering fae city until nowβno mortal is allowed. There, things are far more monstrous than she ever dreamed. King Oberon humiliates her, terrorizes her, and threatens those she loves. But when she escapes, someone far worse finds her…”
- Mother Parker by Rhys Everly
- A Fresh Start by Jaime Russell , Melissa Filla
XOXO by Kathryn R. Biel <— HER HUMILIATION GOES VIRAL & HE’S A SOCCER STAR!! “...It’s all well and good, until my surprise visit to my boyfriend doesn’t go as planned, and the video of my humiliation ends up going viral. In a surprise twist (like any good romantic comedy should have), the guy I’d handed off my phone to film my unexpected humiliation turns out to be hotter than hell British soccer player Xavier Henry...”
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- Kismet: A Thriller by Amina Akhtar
- All the Lies They Did Not Tell: The True Story of Satanic Panic in an Italian Community by Pablo Trincia and Elettra Pauletto
- Embers on the Wind: A Novel by Lisa Williamson Rosenberg
- She’s Up to No Good: A Novel by Sara Goodman Confino
- BEAUTEOUS: A Medieval Romance (Age of Honor Book 2) by Tamara Leigh
- Critical Consequences by Clair M. Poulson
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Maryse!!!!!! I am addicted to Costco. Back near the rotisserie chickens are their fresh meals. We love the street tacos, the chicken stir fry and they have this pasta with Italian sausage that is amazing. This is coming from someone who can cook. I cook almost every single night. But Costco fresh meals are a fun break for me. Ohhhhh and their meatloaf and mashed potatoes! Mmmm
I live in Texas so the meals might be different. Iβve never had a bad one there though. Their wine is good too. If you like mimosaβs, my favorite prosecco is Kirkland.
I could go on and on
OMG that ALL sounds incredible, but you just got me very excited about the meatloaf and mash!!! YES PLEASE!!!!!!
Street tacos too. I’m hooked on Mexican food (or whatever version we have here – tex-mix all YES PLEASE to that too)
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The next Ali Hazelwood comes out August 23. She wrote The Love Hypothesis that so many loved.
Yeah!!!! I need to dedicate a post to her books, so many love her like crazy!
Maryse you will love streaks in the air fryer!!!! Itβs the only way I make them now as they turn out perfect every time and I canβt screw them up like on the grillπ€£π€£π€£π€£
Perfect!!! I can’t wait to try!! I love t-bones the most and I bet that would come out amazing.
My man is a grill-lover, and loves to smoke the meats too while grilling, but sometimes, just a nice grilled steak without all the fancy rubs (just salt and pepper and a but of butter) and I’m plenty happy!