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Margie’s Mini Book Review – Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins

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BETRAYAL & REDEMPTION & THIS ONE IS RE-READ GOOD!! Margie is on a roll, and went back a few years remembering this one that is perfect for this trope!

Virginia: Another author who is known for fun romance reads is Kristan Higgins. I’ve read only one of her books to date and enjoyed the humor a great deal!

Margie said:

We should add an oldish favorite by Kristan Higgins’s 2022 book Out of the Clear Blue Sky to the list of funny/poignant cheating revenge books.

What Lillie does to Brad, her husband of 19+ years, after he announces he’s found real love and joy with a new (much younger and richer) woman still makes me laugh. read more

Reader Recommendations – Romance stories like Pretty in Pink but where the jerk gets the girl instead…

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Jaymei needs our book helps and OMG YESSSSSS!!!!! I totally want a list of books like this. YES YES YES!!! Not the best friend, and not the anticipated “hero” of the story either, but the jerk of the story GETS HER?? YES!!! This is TOTALLY one of my favorite tropes.

I love hating on a bad guy, and feeling all of that angst and turmoil and trauma, and then whoooooops… he becomes THE LOVE INTEREST!! GASP!!!! And it has to be hard to get, for me, you know? Like, I especially love it when it surprises me, or when something happens that changes EVERYTHING. read more

Arianna’s Book Review – Charley Davidson Series by Darynda Jones

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<— YOU GUYS… HOLY MOLY I NEED TO READ THIS ONCE & FOR ALL!!! YAY ME!!! Everyone who reads this series gets hooked HARD and loves it like crazy. It’s a true OG of the best of the best comedy paranormal romance, and I KNOW I’m missing out.

This is considered a CLASSIC best of the best in the genre, and if you haven’t read her yet, IT. IS. TIME. Let’s DO THIS!!!

Arianna emailed me and said:

Hello Maryse!

I have just recently come across your Book Blog and have immediately fell in love. I have found many books per your suggestions that have now become some of my favorites. I would love to return the favor… read more

Julia’s Mini Book Review – The Knight Trilogy (All or Nothing Series) by CC Gibbs

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NEW TO ME ALERT!! Julia enjoyed this one so much she felt compelled to email me about it!

She said:

New book to look into reading. I picked up this book by chance because I got tired of waiting for all the other series ones to come out and this book is a pretty damn good book.

It’s kind of the mesh between all the other ones I’ve read all rolled up into one and more.

The author is CC Gibbs and the first book is called Knight’s Game, the second book is called Knight’s Mistress and the last one is called Knight takes Queen. read more

Lisa M’s Mini Book Review – Kian by Tijan

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BLAST FROM OUR BOOK PAST & EVERYONE in our book crew LOVES this author BIG TIME!! I don’t know how I missed this amazing recommendation when it first came to me, but no better time than the present. If you haven’t discovered Tijan yet, now’s your chance!!

Lisa said:

Hey Maryse,

have you read Kian by Tijan yet? Put it to the top of your tbr list!! So good!! Love her style of writing!!

She hooks you right in from the very beginning and you are done for it forget about getting anything else done for the day and add a lil sleep deprivation!!! read more

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