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Book Review – Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin by Mariana Zapata

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Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin
Gotta LOVE her crazy, crazy book titles and character names, but most of all, GOTTA LOVE her SLOW burn romances. And this one? OH GOD YES! Right up my alley for sure! Rock star bus tour + hot lead singer + this author’s brand of teasing us until we’re about to explode? YES PLEASE!!!!

And I gotta say… I pretty much loved it. A quick, easy read that was not necessarily unputdownable, but SO EASILY pick-back-uppable. Like *if* I put it down, for whatever reason, I was SO happy to get right back into it. One of those. read more

Reader Favorites – Tessa’s Top Favorite Books List:

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Since one of Tessa’s absolute favorite series in the world is having a new release on Tuesday, I thought I’d dedicate this Saturday to HER reader favorites list. Have you get to know her, her book-tastes, and why Tijan (and one of Tijan’s men) rocks her world so hard!

A little about Tessa:

  • She’s been with us since 2013. I found her very first post and it was about Tijan’s Fallen Crest Series:

“Omg. Just finished reading this and you’d love it. Mason is an awesome alpha male, and Logan is freaking nuts. It’s sweet and fun, and beyond insane if Logan laughs.  :-) Sam is ballsy and tough…” read more

Book Review – Before We Were Strangers: A Love Story by Renée Carlino

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Before We Were Strangers: A Love Story
If you are looking for sweet relief from the dark, the gritty and the more “hardcore” love stories that we love to indulge in, then this one is for you! It will heal your book-broken heart (but first, it will break it!!! Tee hee!! 😛 ), coddle your traumatized book-soul and cleanse your eyes from all that delightful defilement, by easing your into this pure, peaceful, traditional broken-hearted, second chance contemporary romance read.

Watch my video reactions while I read Renee Carlino’s “Before We Were Strangers”

Anne: You guys!!! I am in book heaven! I started Before We Were Strangers last night as soon as it arrived on my Kindle and finished it this morning and wow! WOW!! What a book! Its the best book I’ve read this year. I cried, laughed, swooned and fell in love. Matt is perfect! I am so in love with him! This is Renee’s best book to date. You all need to read it ASAP! I wish I could start it all over again. More than 5 stars for me. PERFECTION!! read more

Book catnip & blurb keywords that make us want to read it badly…

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LOL!!! Yep, this is shaping up to be a goofy Monday, indeed. It’s NEW LIST day (I post one every Monday), and recently, our fellow readers were having a “book-catnip” discussion. Certain phrases, or storylines, or keywords in blurbs that grab us and make us want to read it next. Plus… of course, certain heroes (or hero-types) make us go crazy enough that we’d roll in ’em. The books I mean. We’d roll IN the books. *snort* 😛

What a PERFECT list idea!!! So I am immortalizing the discussion. 😉 read more

Book Review – From Dust by Freya Barker

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From Dust
Recommended to me by a few of our fellow readers, upon it’s release, and when I heard that it had a “Sweet Dreams” feel, I had to jump in! Sweet Dreams is one of my all time favorite books ever. When I love a book and I want to continue that “momentum”… that feel, I’m not looking for a copy. I’m looking for more in that writing style, theme, and emotion.

Kim: Hi Maryse! I am not normally one to reach out with recommendations and I am not sure what your process is for recommendations, but I have found an author that I really feel is a bit of an undiscovered gem and I wanted to reach out to you in case you would like to check out her work. read more

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