HAPPY MONDAY!!! ALREADY THIS LIST is kicking off with a BANG ’cause that one to the left sounds AWESOME & is FORBIDDENY and it’s already #6 ON ALL OF AMAZON KINDLE!!!
So let’s get this list started!! 😀
THREE THINGS:
1.) I just planted a beautiful, triple Foxtail Palm in my front yard. It’s still young and only about 10′ tall (nothing like pictured there) but still fluffy and green and has a ton of growing to do, but it will be magnificent.
2.) While at the nursery, I also found these gorgeous “cone ginger” plants with a flower that is STUNNING and large lush leaves, and so I planted two of those also (well actually my boyfriend did. 😉 He does all of the hard work. After looking them up, I found out it’s more often called “Orange Torch Ginger” and I just wanna go back and buy more!!
3.) I am a huge supplement fan and my “medicine cabinet” is pretty small, so I put one of these over the back of my bathroom door (and it holds all my supplements and even all my cold and flu meds). I LOVE IT! My boyfriend installed some small magnets at the bottom to keep it from flinging around when the door is moved. Very clever way to have my stuff easily at hand but hidden, too. 🙂 We did the exact same thing in our food pantry in the kitchen (hung one inside the door) for our spices and snacks (and we buy some stuff at Costco that comes in those bulk containers, like taco spice and Himalayan salt etc). It fits all of it easily! One of the cheapest but smartest “fixes” to our house.
LOOK WHAT JUST WENT LIVE !!!
- Moody by Penelope Ward <— OHHH THAT TITLE!!! YES PLEASE!! SHE’S A MASSAGE THERAPIST & HE’S FORBIDDEN TO HER!! “…The man I now affectionately called “Moody” kept calling me to come back. It took three times before I finally gave him the massage he’d ordered. Let’s just say it was challenging to keep things professional. I was extremely attracted to Dax, and by that time, I was falling hard. Eventually, I’d find out why he’d been so aloof, the reason why he and I could never be together. Our story was supposed to end there, but it didn’t. Instead, I was left perpetually longing for a forbidden man…”
- Under (Follow Me Book 5) by Helen Hardt
- Rayne: A True Lover’s Story (True Lover’s Stories Book 3) by A.E. Via
- Her Unflinching Warrior (Omega Sky Book 2) by Caitlyn O’Leary <— NAVY SEAL!! “...She is the only woman he wants, but the one woman he knows he shouldn’t have. When Navy SEAL Gideon Smith gets a frantic call from Jada Harlow he drops everything to help her. As a software designer, Jada often dug deeper into systems and issues than most people, but she never expected to find herself immersed in this much trouble...”
- Bent Out of Shade: A Humorous Paranormal Women’s Fiction (Magic After Midlife Book 6) by Deborah Wilde
- Forbidden From Seeing My Best Friend’s Daddy: Taboo Age Gap Explicit Older Man Younger Woman Romance (Riverview Daddy’s Forbidden Fantasies Book 1) by Mary Potter
- Fake Dating Sullivan’s Dad (Tap That) by Erin McCarthy <— SHE”S IN LOVE WITH HER BEST FRIEND, SO SHE DECIDES TO FAKE-DATE HIS DAD!! “…My best friend is stubborn. And my best friend has a super hot dad. I’ve had feelings for Sullivan since he lost his wife four years ago, but he doesn’t see me that way. The plan? Fake date his dad. If he thinks Liam, who has tattoos, a beard, and the reputation of being a heck of a lover, is interested in me, maybe it will spark his own interest. Liam is totally on board— in fact, it’s his idea…”
- Honor and Command (K-9 Protection Romance Book 8) by Lexy Parker
- Between Despair and Hope (The Divine Between Series Book 2) by Jess Wisecup
- Sinful Queen: A mafia romance (Dark Mafia Sins Book 5) by Emily Bowie
- The Hive (Omega Bloodlines Book 1) by SC Morrison <— OMEGAS ARE SPOILER & CHERISHED & SHE’S ONE OF THEM! “…I never wanted to be an omega. Until them… Yes, omegas are spoiled, cherished, and protected in the lavish academy orbiting Altaira. But that isn’t what I want. I crave the freedom promised to graduating betas, not the luxurious captivity I was taught to expect. When my emergence is delayed, it feels like a rare stroke of luck. That is until my handsome handler assigns a pair of sexy-as-sin alphas to trigger my latent heat cycle…”
- Hostile Hearts: An Enemies to Lovers Billionaire Romance (Revel Rose Billionaires Book 1) by K E Osborn
- Changing The Game (The Risks We Take Duet Book 1) by Bella Matthews
- The Dragon’s Pledge (Jade Dragon Shifter Brothers Book 1) by Marie Johnston
- Why Am I Lila Jones by Samantha Caufield <— THRILLER!!! “...Lila Jones is a charming southern girl with a traumatic past full of abuse from the people closest to her. After college, she moved to get away from her hometown in Florida to open her own plastic surgical clinic in the swamplands of Louisiana. Everything is perfect: the business, the clients, the house, the husband…. and boy, do I mean the husband! When someone from her past somehow ends up on the operation table, with all the anger and rage this sweet girl is feeling from seeing this person, can Lila Jones keep the scalpel steady under pressure like she always does or can this be her last operation with the police department knocking at her door?…”
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PREORDERS (going live soon!!! 😀 )
- Blush by Helen Hardt – August 23, 2022
- Would You Rather: A Novel by Allison Ashley | Aug 23, 2022
- Reckless Hands (Chained Hearts Duet Series Book 5) by T.L. Smith | Aug 23, 2022
- Soul Taken (A Mercy Thompson Novel Book 13) by Patricia Briggs | Aug 23, 2022
- Second Chance Rival by M. Robinson | Aug 23, 2022
- Ruby Fever: A Hidden Legacy Novel by Ilona Andrews | Aug 23, 2022
- Changing The Game (The Risks We Take Duet Book 1) by Bella Matthews | Aug 24, 2022
- What Hunts Inside the Shadows (Of Flesh & Bone Series Book 2) by Harper L. Woods | Aug 30, 2022
- Mafia Vows: Standalone Fake Marriage Romance (Arranged Marriage Book 6) by L. Steele | Aug 31, 2022
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1. I love those flowers! I wish I could grow something like that here. Very little is deer resistant in this drought we’re having, and I have to landscape with *something* before a wedding we’re hosting in October. I picked out some “deer resistant” drought/cold/heat tolerant plants on fast-growing-trees.com, but they’re $$$ and I’m so worried about the dang deer.
2. It’s day 15 of our remodel with no end in sight. I can’t take it in that house anymore so I’m hiding out in the RV with the poodle. Everything is covered in dust (thanks to popcorn ceiling removal) and all my stuff is wrapped in plastic. And… because I’m calling my bedroom the covid room (even though the hubs is better), I have no desire to sleep in there until it’s scoured, so I’m “sleeping” on a roll-away in the kitchen, with Alice, who takes up most of the bed. Coincidentally, I’ve upped my wine intake. 🤣 I know it will all be worth it eventually.
3. I’m chopping my hair off tomorrow and getting bangs. Either hysteria has set in or I’m just that bored. I can’t wait!
your life sounds like mine 🙂
hopefully your craziness is temporary too!
😳 Your sleeping arrangement sound rough- as does all the home renovations. But, it’ll all be worth it in the end right? I empathize your situation! You’ll get there. 😉 Hair cut sounds fun/fresh!
Wine helps! And yes it will definitely be worth it. This place needed some TLC big time.
LOL we are fixing to start our remodel this fall…… so I may be doing the same!! My sister’s RV is in our yard and I may escape to it too!!! Covid is officially gone in this house… for now…. There’s always time for a good book!!!
It’s life saving at this point!! I highly recommend!
Midlife Magic Hunter Book 7 in the Forty Proof Series by Shannon Mayer is out today!! She released it early!!!!!
I love palm trees. Unfortunately, we lost one of ours in the winter of 2021. It was 8 years old. So many people in the Dallas area lost palms at that time.
I planted banana trees in the spring and they are so pretty and happy. They will die back in winter but will return in spring. So, no bananas will actually grow. But they look so tropical by the pool. Maryse, does your new house have a pool?
1. Tonight is the last summer sleep before school. I’m so excited/nervous for all my kiddos. This is Jasper’s first (& hoping only) year of preschool. He is SO excited!
2. I finished The Change and am still gathering my thoughts, but overall, I did enjoy it. I could see a cool series based off of it or something. There are things that I didn’t like, but I’m glad I read it and definitely gave me some supernatural elements which I’m totally in the mood for. Now I’m reading The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark.
3. I can’t think of a #3. 😂
I’m currently reading the Vicious Lost Boys book 2. Reverse harem and the first was so good! The second book is already getting good and I’m only 20% in… I like the authors take on Peter Pan, very dark….
I went to the casino over the weekend for my birthday and WON!! so I used the money to buy me and my son metal detectors to use at the local beach. We have done it in the past and love the quiet nights walking around looking for something. I guess I consider it our bonding time… my daughter and me cook together.
congrats and happy birthday!
Thank you!! 47 was lots of fun!! Especially when winning 🤣
Happy belated birthday Aimee!!! I’m so glad you won!!! And the relaxing bonding treasure hunting sounds like a perfect experience!
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