My Book Reviews
Reader Recommendations – Books that feature abused heroines (whether she is on the run, or still with her abuser)…
Lizzette is also looking for some very specific recommendations. I have a few categories that will certainly feed her trope interest, but if you have recommendations, too, we are all ears!!
PERSONAL MARYSE NOTE: I struggle with scenes of abuse BIG TIME (though I LOVE books about women on the run or starting over AFTER abuse, so in those instances, I can handle it). I don’t mind reading about obnoxiously bossy or possessive/jealous heroes, as long as they are ALSO protective and loving. Mental or physical (of any sort) abuse just kills it for me. I tend to DNF a lot of those depending on how “in your face” and upfront it is.
Book Review – Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann
Lauren: Still Beating is also on my 2021 Best Reads!
Lynn: I have just finished reading Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann and before that I read her latest release, The Wrong Heart. They were both incredible emotional reads! If you want to experience feels and epic love stories then these two books are a must read! This is a new author to me and I am so in love with her flawless writing and storytelling.
Reader Question – Looking for more gothic erotic romance recommendations…
Sonia is looking for more books like this one! I don’t even know that I “know” gothic erotic romance. Though I think maybe one book I read many years ago (early indie days) was exactly that. About a painting… very popular author (back in our early indie days).
She’s in a mansion (I think she’s being painted?), and he is reclusive, obviously wealthy… and his dead wife haunts him. Or was it her? (internally? externally? I can’t remember 😉 OR I won’t say).
Reader Favorites – Mony’s Best of 2021 List
Ana: I can’t wait, when can we see Mony top books of 2021
I’ve included some of her fun past comments for some of her favorites below, as she was reading or recommending them 🙂
BUT FIRST!! A little look into her “slice of life” comments in 2021: