Following my heart, one book at a time...
Unbreak My Heart
With that gorgeous cover, that promisingly heart-hurty title, and that blurb, I just knew this book was written for me (and us!!) She’s in love with her best friend’s military husband, but when her best friend dies, she helps him hold it all together while he’s deployed, including HIS children, (oh yes my friends, this one is hard-core like that!!!)
…supportive from thousands of miles away, but his homecoming brings a betrayal Kate never saw coming…
Killing The Sun: Part 1 (COMING OUT ON TUESDAY!!!)
MAFIA ROMANCE (DARK ROMANCE?) LOVERS!!! Guess what? I went ahead and taste-tested the first part of a new serial (a little over 100 pages) coming out in just a few days. Three parts in all, each one super-bargain priced, and not much of a wait between each installment.
I enjoyed it! I experienced a touch of thrill, as I “lived in” a relationship with a potentially dangerous man (via the newly opened eyes of his girlfriend). Sure, it ends on somewhat of a cliffhanger, but it doesn’t have that killer-edge that serials like to torture us with, so I’m feeling… comfortable. While it wasn’t necessarily unputdownable, and the ending didn’t make my jaw drop, I was still intrigued by where it was going. It’s a quick read for a little psycho-thrill reading break.
It’s Amy’s turn on the TBR-LIST hot seat! And she’s sweatin’ it!
(P.S. For those just tuning in, bev posted a fun “TBR LIST QUIZ” that we can answer, to help us decide what to read next, and to help us decipher why these books are still on our TBR lists, in the first place! 😉 )
Amy: Really, Bev? As if I didn’t have enough stress…*sigh* Oh well, you know I can’t resist your polls and “question lists” so I’ll be answering it. 
Y’all know I have over 2000 unread books, and obviously it’s hard to remember and list the many that could be answers to Bev’s questions…so I’ll just list the first ones that pop in my head…
The Butterfly Garden
Oh yes, you can bet that this creepy, beautiful (yes yes! In a way… beautiful), dark, subtly terrifying story pushed all my psych-thriller buttons, without a doubt. It had everything I fear, and then it had something that chilled me to the bone. I was HOOKED.
From waking up realizing you’re kidnapped, to acclimating to a new “life”, bonding with new people (because even in dire times, humans need to connect), to fearing a monster. Or two. Terrified and adjusting, hoping and praying for rescue or the chance at an escape… and then the truth is revealed.
Undone: A Novel
*Ooooof* What a book. I feel depressed right now. Having spent so many hours in this crazy mind-mess of a story, that at first, beckoned me with the promise of a forbidden psychological thrill. With the creepy-handsome main character and his angelic-looking 17 year old student and their intricate plotting (using her seductive powers and his outlandish ideas) to steal quite a fortune.
Going by some of the reviews (glowing praises by HUGE names in the industry), it promised to be a wild ride. For sure an uncomfortable one (considering a few taboo-angles it was weaving me through), but my mind was going all over the place with the possibilities, potential scenarios, and I was hoping for that big-bang ending that was sure to knock my socks off.