Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 10-02-2023

HAPPY MONDAY & HAPPY OCTOBER!!! Halloween has officially started (even the neighbor across the street has his Halloween lights out). 🙂 And what a Monday it is. Tons of new releases, and a productive reading weekend for me. 😀 Take a look!

THREE THINGS:

1.) Amazon First Reads for October went LIVE yesterday!! —> We can choose 2 for Amazon First Reads – October 2023 – and guess what I chose?

2.) I wrote a review. Actually 2 reviews and more to come. 🙂

• Book Review – A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing and
• Book Review – The Pram (Creature Feature collection) by Joe Hill

3.) I’m reading Pen Pal by J.T. Geissinger and LOVING IT!!!! I’m nowhere near her crazy jaw dropping  twist yet (and I don’t know what it is so sshhhhhhhh… 🤫), and already enjoying it, that’s just good her writing is. YAY ME!!!

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE FOUND FOR THE WEEKEND  !!

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1. Woke Up Like This: A Novel by Amy Lea <— TEEN ENEMIES THAT WAKE UP IN BED TOGETHER AT THE AGE OF 30!!! “...Planning the perfect prom is one last “to do” on ultra-organized Charlotte Wu’s high school bucket list. So far, so good, if not for a decorating accident that sends Charlotte crash-landing off a ladder, face-first into her obnoxiously ripped archnemesis J. T. Renner. Worse? When Charlotte wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar bed at thirty years old, with her bearded fiancé, Renner, by her side. Either they’ve lost their minds or they’ve been drop-kicked into adulthood, forever trapped in the thirty-year-old bodies of their future selves...”
2. A Single Breath of Air by Jo Draxler
3. Secrets of Love & Danger by Mae Mulick
4. Devoted: A Dark Mafia Romance (Beneath The Mask Series Book 3) by Luna Mason <— CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE! “...The wild child, the spoilt mafia princess. No one understood my pain, so I hid behind the mask. That was until Luca Russo stole me from my life, only to put me back together again. I gave him my heart, and he let me go—back into the arms of my abuser. This time, I don’t have anyone to protect me. Or so I thought…”
5. The Lone Wolf: Rejected Mate Second Chance Romance by Diana M. Johnston
6. Forbidden (Blood Ties Book 7) by A.K. Rose
7. Live Ink by Clare London
8. Enemy Daddy Next Door: An Age Gap Single Dad Romance (The Solace Sisters) by Callie Stevens <— SINGLE OLDER DAD! “...He’s 43 years old, sexy as hell, and determined to sleep his way through the entire city whenever he’s not taking care of his four-year-old daughter. Not exactly boyfriend material for an inexperienced 24-year-old who writes children’s books for a living. And yet I can’t help it… His irresistible charm, his flowing locks of hair, and the way he adoringly cares for his daughter just makes my heart melt…”
9. I Can’t Let You Go Darling: Love’s Lasting Legacy, Love’s Timeless Tale, Journey to Forever, The Love That Never Let Go by Leonard Frances Wilbert
10. FINDING LOVE & REDEMPTION: From Work Colleagues To Lovers by JOHANNES R. LOCKWOOD
11. My Brutal Beast: A Dark Monster Romance, Beauty & The Beast Retelling by Melissa Cummins <— HE SAVED HER! “...I’ve been captured by a monster…and I just might let him keep me. One night out, one innocent conversation, and now I’m lying on the ground fighting for my life. No one realizes I’m missing. No one’s coming to save me. Until a brutal winged beast eviscerates my attackers, saving me in a spray of blood. In one night I go from my mundane, unfulfilling life, to living in a castle with a monster who vows to claim me as his own. I know I should resist him his forbidden embrace…”
12. Unique Love Story Gift Sets : Captivating Love Story Kimirica Collection by Sharique Anwar
13. One night with the boss: One night stand becomes the love of my life. by Lauren Reed
14. These Still Black Waters (Jess Lambert Book 1) by Christina McDonald <— THEY ARE FORCED TO CONFRONT A HORRIBLE TRUTH! “…After a violent home invasion, Neve Maguire returns with her daughter to Black Lake, her childhood summer home, hoping for a fresh start. But when the body of a woman is found floating among the reeds in the lake behind her house, she fears she has made a horrible mistake. Neve is hiding secrets, though. Detective Jess Lambert can tell. Recently back after her own personal tragedy, Jess knows what it’s like to live with skeletons in your closet, and she’s sure Neve has a few of her own...”
15. Real Life and Other Disasters: A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy by Merren Tait
16. Monsters in Love: Aloha Nui Loa: A Monster Romance Charity Anthology by Evangeline Priest
17. The Witch’s Lens: A Novel (The Order of the Seven Stars Book 1) by Luanne G. Smith <— WORLD WAR I & SHE WAS BORN A WITCH! “…With her husband off fighting at World War I’s eastern front, Petra Kurková embraces her fleeting freedom, roaming the city at night with her camera. A born witch, she’s discovered that she can capture the souls of the dead on film. Her supernatural skills don’t go unnoticed by the enigmatic Josef Svoboda. He’s recruiting a team of sorcerers to infiltrate the front lines, where the bloodshed of combat has resurrected foul creatures. Petra’s unique abilities will be needed against the most dangerous enemies of all—those ever present, undead, and unseen...”
18. Unexpected Encounters by Irene Pugh
19. Christmas at Black Cherry Retreat: A heart-warming festive romance about new beginnings by Angela Britnell
20. Penelope in Retrograde: A Novel by Brooke Abrams <— SHE NEEDS HELP FOR HER BOOKSTORE! “…when her new business venture—a romance bookstore—is at risk of closing before its doors have opened, she’s forced to ask for help from the one place she never expected. Home. Penny’s prepared for the usual Thanksgiving lineup: her perfect sister, meddling nana, matchmaking mother, and workaholic father. The guest she didn’t anticipate? Her ex-husband, Smith. After an awkward rideshare with Smith leaves Penny questioning why the romance in her life exists only in her novels...”
21. A Night at the Tropicana: A Short Story by Chanel Cleeton
22. Alpha Of Blood: A Rejected Mate Shifter Romance by Valerie D Garrett
23. Just Stay Away by Tony Wirt <— CREEPY CHILD THAT BEFRIENDS HIS DAUGHTER!! “…Craig Finnigan is determined to finish his book this summer, but being an aspiring writer while wrangling his seven-year-old daughter is not easy. So when Alice makes fast friends with a neighborhood boy, Levi, Craig is happy she has a distraction from her constant visits to his home office. But that happiness soon turns to misgivings as Levi’s behavior evolves from that of a shy, odd boy into something far more disturbing. Strange noises in the middle of the night and things disappearing from their home could be explained away—maybe it’s the water heater, or maybe Craig simply misplaced his flash drive. Craig can’t explain his paranoia, but he feels sure Levi is behind it...”
24. A Dare and a Prayer (The Cousins O’Connor Book 3) by Julie Lessman
25. Falling for the Enemy’s daughter by Trinity Stevens
26. The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir by Minda Honey <— A BLACK WOMAN COMING OF AGE MEMOIR “...Thousands of miles away from her family and friends in the new era of smartphones and online dating, Minda navigates the treacherous waters of early adulthood and love: confounding relationships, steamy hookups, meet-cutes, chillingly narrow escapes, and the realization that nothing plays out quite like the rom-coms she’d bet her heart on as a teenager. She was frustrated, heartbroken, resentful—and free. Kinda. From California to Colorado to her hometown in Kentucky, Minda sets out to relaunch her life outside all that defined her adolescence. In an unflinching memoir, Minda casts her gimlet eye on her past relationships and the complicated dynamics of consent culture, gender, sexuality, race, and class...”
27. A Christmas Miracle in the Little Irish Village: A heart-warming and utterly addictive small town Christmas romance by Michelle Vernal
28. Deadlands: A Novel by Victoria Miluch <— POST APOCALYPTIC & HER FATHER WARNED HER AGAINST THIS WORLD… “…Only the most hardened survivalists can endure living in the scorched deadlands of the former state of Arizona. Among them is nineteen-year-old Georgia Reno, who lives in an isolated desert settlement with her father and younger brother. Roads don’t exist here; visitors are more dark fairy tale than reality. But when two mysterious strangers arrive on their land, Georgia begins to question her sheltered existence. Soon, her tentative curiosity blooms into a fledgling desire to leave the settlement, even if it means venturing into a world her father has only ever warned against…”
29. HOLIDAY GIRL: part 4 of 6 by Stephanie Bond
30. Rethinking His Bodyguard: A Small Town Second Chance Romance by Karly Stratford
31. Fortune: A Novel by Ellen Won Steil <— DNA LOTTERY WINNINGS!!! “...In this explosive novel about a decades-old mystery, shocking revelations of the past and the secrets of three women will be spilled when a small Midwest town announces a DNA lottery. One drop of blood for a chance at a multimillion-dollar windfall. Is it a philanthropic gesture from a billionaire widow? Some suspect a darker motive behind the DNA lottery—one tied to the eighteen-year-old mystery of an infant’s unidentified remains that mars the history of idyllic Rosemary Hills, Iowa. Right after the blood lottery is announced, three local women fall under suspicion of knowing something about that night, and their carefully kept secrets threaten to spill out too...”
32. Tell Me What You Want: A Brother’s Best Friend Romance by Lucia Franco
33. Silent Secrets by S.D. Floyd

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1. The Witch’s Lens: A Novel (The Order of the Seven Stars Book 1) by Luanne G. Smith
2. These Still Black Waters (Jess Lambert Book 1) by Christina McDonald
3. Woke Up Like This: A Novel by Amy Lea
4. Penelope in Retrograde: A Novel by Brooke Abrams
5. Just Stay Away by Tony Wirt
6. A Night at the Tropicana: A Short Story by Chanel Cleeton
7. The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir by Minda Honey
8. Deadlands: A Novel by Victoria Miluch
9. Fortune: A Novel by Ellen Won Steil
10. A Christmas Miracle in the Little Irish Village: A heart-warming and utterly addictive small town Christmas romance by Michelle Vernal

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11. Searching for Finley (Eagle Point Search & Rescue Book 5) by Susan Stoker | Oct 3, 2023
12. Dark Memory (A Carpathian Novel Book 37) by Christine Feehan | Oct 3, 2023
13. Second Act: A Novel by Danielle Steel | Oct 3, 2023
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15. Stolen Faith (Trinity Masters: Crossroads Contempt Book 2) by Mari Carr & Lila Dubois | Oct 3, 2023
16. Salems Song: A Witchy Paranormal Romance (The Curse of the Blood Moon Book 3)by Kristen Proby | Oct 3, 2023
17. The Best Laid Plans (The Best Men Book 1) by Karla Sorensen | Oct 3, 2023
18. Wildfire: A Novel (The Maple Hills Series) by Hannah Grace | Oct 3, 2023
19. Fire & Rain: Sweetshade, Book 2 by Delphia Baisden | Oct 3, 2023
20. Lust & Destruction (Sins of the Father Book 2) by Jade Marshall & Lila Fox | Oct 3, 2023
21. Captive Desires by Willow Winters | Oct 3, 2023
22. Fakers with Benefits (Crimson Club Book 2) by Willow Dixon | Oct 4, 2023
23. Flirting With The CEO: A Grumpy-Sunshine Romance (The Whitley Brothers) by Layla Hagen | Oct 4, 2023
24. A Not So Fictional Fall: A Marriage of Convenience Romcom by Savannah Scott | Oct 5, 2023
25. The Moon and Back by Ginger Scott | Oct 5, 2023
26. Clueless Puckboy (Puckboys Book 5) by Eden Finley & Saxon James | Oct 5, 2023
27. Bad Boys Don’t Die by BB Easton | Oct 5, 2023
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30. Glacier’s Thaw: A Poseidon’s Warriors MC novel by Darlene Tallman | Oct 7, 2023
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