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Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 08-16-19

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Happy Friday everyone!! I hope we’re all going to indulge in a fabulous weekend of rest, relaxation, happy stuff… annnnnnd reading!!! 😀 I know I am.

I’m celebrating my birthday weekend (yes, okay it was yesterday) but middle of the week birthdays are hard to get together, so this weekend it is! That’s okay… my earlybird birthday present (an actual bird!!) kept me company and sang me birthday songs all week, so I’m content. 😉

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

  • Crossed Lines by Lana Sky <— LIVE!!! FORBIDDEN LOVE/AGE GAP ALERT!! Laura found us this one!

Laura: I think you missed a newly released book by Lana Sky called Crossed Lines. Forbidden love/slow burn/ hate to love / age gap romance. It’s the first book I’ve read from the author and I finished it in one sitting.  You’ve helped me so much with your blog, I really hope you like it. read more

Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 08-09-19

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<— BREAKING NEWS UPDATE!!!! MARIANA ZAPATA ALERT!! HER LATEST IS LIVE!!! And I LOVE this author!!! The Best Thing <— EEEEEP!! 😀 And it’s already #2 on all of Amazon Kindle!!! HOLY. MOLY.

Plus, we found a bunch of books (new and sales and recommendations) and we’ll be adding more as we find ’em. 😀 P.S. Caroline has been on a role this week. She helped find us a ton of goodies (that she’s loving!!)

While you’re here, check out all of my Mariana Zapata reviews (she’s one of my ALL-TIME FAVS!!!): read more

Andrea Smith’s “Love Plus One” is on sale today, so she sent over an excerpt & is having a giveaway!

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BLAST FROM THE PAST + OLDER WOMAN-YOUNGER MAN ALERT!!! Love Plus One (G-Man series Book 2) is on sale today (AND available in KU!!), and to celebrate her sale, Andrea Smith is today’s newsletter sponsor, she’s sent over an excerpt and she’s giving away a few audiobooks to a few lucky commenters here!!

<— This one (and the whole series) is an oldie but much-loved goodie by many in our  book-crew!! In fact one of my best book-buds, Kandace, was crazy for these – especially “Slate”. 😀 Just check out these reactions. read more

Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 08-02-19

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<— LOOKIT WHAT’S LIVE!!!! BULLY ROMANCE ALERT!!! Rachel Van Dyken’s Summer Heat: A Bully Romance (Cruel Summer Book 1)!!! She (and her friends) used to bully him as teens…

“…now the jokes on me, because the scrawny lawn boy who I secretly loved from afar is now the director of Hollywood’s most exclusive summer camp.

And I’m on his staff.
Now it’s his turn to punish me.His turn to make me pay.
His turn to take his revenge after years of humiliation…”

Happy Friday everyone!!! 😀 Our Friday Finds list is nicely loaded, and I’ll add more as we find ’em!

Also…

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

  • Coming Up Roses by Staci Hart <— STACI HART’S LATEST IS LIVE!! SHE LOVES HER JOB BUT HATES HER BOSS’S SON… that totally forgot about their night together. GASP!! THAT JERK!!! 😉 “...I love the greenhouse, and I love Mrs. Bennet, my boss. I love creating, and I love being a florist. I don’t hate anything at all. Except for Luke Bennet. The Bennet brothers have come home to help their mom save the flower shop, and Luke is at the helm…”
  • Almost Had You (Harbour Point SEAL Series Book 2) by Rachel Robinson <— LIVE!!! RACHEL ROBINSON’S LATEST!! THE SOUTHERN BELLE & THE NAVY SEAL (and their fathers are running against each other in the election…) “…There was never a need to question my place under the sun. It glitters. It’s splendid. I am blessed.From the second Mercer Ballentine, war hero, Navy SEAL extraordinaire stepped off the airplane, my life has been nothing but one hijinks after another. Nothing will ever be the same.It’s a good thing I’m ready for a change, because that man has tilted my world upside down. He might brandish roguish cowboy charm and rippling abs, but those things are no match for the wiles of a true southern belle.I always get what I want and I don’t want to follow anybody’s rules for another second...”
  • Whatever Happens by Micalea Smeltzer <— FRIENDSHIP W/ HER NEIGHBOR ALERT!! Kathy P recommends this one!

Kathy P: I just read Micalea Smeltzer’s, Whatever Happens. It is about a high school senior who moves to a new town after her younger sister’s suicide and the friendship she develops with her next door neighbor. (Also has elements of bullying involved). Definitely recommend this read. Not sexually explicit so if you have a teenager, this would be a great book for them or you to read. read more

Vanessa Marie’s “The Suicide King” is LIVE & she’s sent over Five Facts about the book

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Whoaaaa!! That gorgeous, moody cover, and title (The Suicide King) has me so intrigued!! Vanessa Marie is this week’s newsletter sponsor and to celebrate her latest release, she sent over a “Five Facts” to give us a look behind the book.

It sounds poignant and heart wrenching. Just check out this blurb, and tell me it doesn’t give you goosebumps…

Jason King thought suicide was the only answer.
He couldn’t take it anymore.
The inner demons were winning and he was ready to surrender.
As far as he was concerned no one would care.
Everyone would be better off.
No one would notice he was gone.
Little did he know how wrong he was.
His actions had consequences.
The reach went further than he could have imagined.
Only his suffering didn’t end.
Stuck in purgatory Jason is forced to walk a new path.
One that shows him how his suicide affected all those involved.
Even the ones he never thought would care.
The ones he never knew it would reach.
In this Scrooged-like tale, Jason King will visit all of those who mourn him.
He finds out a little too late how wrong he was about everything. read more