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Reader Favorites – Trisha’s 2016 Top 10 List

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Trisha is from our Facebook crew, and she made a joke one day when she asked if I’d posted HER 2016 list yet. It appeared she was still waiting. I PANICKED!!! I thought? What? OMG!!!! I don’t see it in my lineup?!!! I searched my emails. I searched my tweets. I searched my Facebook messages. I even searched the blog comments. Where was this list??

So I sucked it up and asked her where she had sent me her list, and to please resend it. There must have been a boo boo. LOL!!! And guess what? This one’s a jokester. She was kidding. She hadn’t sent it to me yet, but HERE it is now!!!! :D!!!!!

YAY!! Now we all have a new book friend!!! 😀

So here’s what her 2016 favorites were:

“It’s so hard to pick favorites but I’ll try. I’ve gone through my kindle and iPad and picked them and they’re in no order.”

1. A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole <— Omg this book!!!!! It was absolutely beautiful. It’s one of those books that stays with you, I can’t praise it enough.

2. Everything for Her by Alexa Riley <— If you haven’t read her books I totally recommend them. They’re dirty and have insta love and are great to read in between heavier novels. Always hot with a happy ever after, this is her first full length novel.

3. It Ends with Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover <— I have to give it out to CoHo, she always delivers those emotional books that tug on your heart strings with a side of spicy. Definitely one of my instant download authors.

4. Midnight Lily by Mia Sheridan <—Definitely wasn’t an ending I was suspecting, completely blindsided me, which is hard to do with romance novels. It was great.

5. Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward <— Ok I’m going to group these two authors bc they have so many incredible books together and separate. Must reads this year are “RoomHate,” “Bossman,” “Stuck-Up Suit,” and “Playboy Pilot.” I promise you you’ll love them. Pick any one, you won’t be disappointed.

6. Hooker or Jax (A Bastard Novel) by J.L. Perry <— Her books are so steamy.

7. Rm w/a Vu by A.D Ryan

8. Undecided by Julianna Keyes

9. Moonshot by Alessandra Torre <— I just love her books about independent females finding love. Her female protagonists are always entertaining and enjoyable to read.

10. Filthy English by Ilsa Madden Mills <— Dirty English is the first one but they don’t have to be read together but I recommend it.

Ok those were my top ten from 2016, I can’t wait for what 2017 brings me. ❤❤

             

Author & Book News Roundup – Sunday January 15th 2017

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 <— RIGHT OFF THE BAT!!! VI KEELAND BIG NEWS ALERT!! We’re kicking off this Sunday with book-style, ’cause Egomaniac is LIVE right now (what a cover!!!). It sounds so fun.

Teresa: Gonna be good !! Can’t wait to read this 🙂

I bet it will be too, Teresa. I’ve read so much by this this author and just love her! Okay so… she was scammed out of her office rental (which was really HIS office, but he was out of town and had no idea what was happening…), so he allows her to use HIS office space for her business as long as she helps him with his calls, too. But…

The two of us were complete opposites. Drew was a bitter, angry, gorgeous-as-all-hell, destroyer of relationships. And my job was to help people save their marriages.

The only thing the two of us had in common was the space we were sharing.

Eeeeep! I love “roommate books” and “office romance” books and this one seems to mix the best of both worlds. Plus it sounds like he’s a divorce lawyer? Or some kind of private investigator? And she sounds like a couples therapist so… yep. I’m already imagining all sorts of scenarios!!! 😀

Alessandra Torre‘s latest is going live at midnight!!!!! Love in Lingerie <— And speaking of office romance books, this one was a bit of everything we love from this author, in full on office-crush mode! Super slow burn, super steamy, fun (and funny!), but with some romance angst (but not TOO angsty) that has us connecting. And so… in case you missed it yesterday, I wrote a review!

My ➜ Book Review – Love in Lingerie by Alessandra Torre

Finding Kyle <— Sawyer Bennet JUST RELEASED THIS ONE!!! RECLUSIVE NEIGHBOR ALERT & IT JUST WENT LIVE! “Kyle Sommerville is in hiding and doesn’t want to be found by anyone. Certainly not by his quirky, free-spirited neighbor who’s managed to push her way past the walls he’s built around him. But Jane Cresson’s indomitable will and insatiable curiosity about her reclusive neighbor makes it impossible for Kyle to stay immersed in his dark world…”

Amanda Hocking has a new book out! She was one of the original indies that became a HUGE hit in our book world, and while I haven’t heard much from her for awhile, this one was JUST released this month! Freeks: A Novel <— and WHAT A GORGEOUS COVER!!! She was also featured in an interview about the book (On the Barnes & Noble blog), explaining some of the scarier stuff while writing this book, and how her writing process has definitely changed. Very introspective and honest. Writing used to be her escape, but now it’s become so much more in her life… with lots of added pressure. Here’s a tiny snippet from the interview where she says:

“The good news is that I do think asking these questions has made me a better writer and made my books better. I challenge myself more, and ironically, I think I’ve started taking more risks with my writing. The bad news is that it has made the writing process less fun than it used to be. Writing a book used to be a solitary activity, and in a lot of ways it still is, but now I have a thousand little voices sitting on my shoulder, judging every word I write.”

Jodi Ellen Malpas has a new book announcement!! “The Forbidden” is not up for preorder yet, but it’s expected to go live in August 2017! I searched the comments of this post to get more details, and she does indicate it WILL be a standalone, and the blurb is coming soon.

Kristen Ashley will be signing at “Turn the Page Book Store Cafe” on February 4th, and she posted THIS (with extra detail, by the book store, so you can go prepared). She says:

The folks at Turn The Page Bookstore Cafe kindly offered some information to my post yesterday about my appearance at their awesome store with romance greats Nora Roberts, Laura Griffin, Lori Foster, Kristan Higgins, Patty Taylor and Suzi Weinert. We’ll all be at their store February 4.

Have a read so if you’re going, you’ll go prepared!

Karina Halle AND her husband wrote a book together!! Rocked Up <— is already up for preorder and I totally get a kick out of that cover, and title (fun play on words, considering he’s a rock star… surprise pregnancy??) I like those! She’s been in love with a rock star that hasn’t ever noticed her before (her dad is the CEO of the record company). And now she’s auditioning for his band. “…Remember when I said that Brad never used to notice little ol’ me? Well, Brad’s noticing me now. In a way that’s going to get us both in trouble. My name is Lael Ramsey and we all know how this will turn out.”

PLUS!!!!! She also announced an upcoming book release by her husband, alone!! It’s called “Sex, Love and Rock n’ Roll” (what AN AMAZING cover!!! Seriously WOW!!!) and it will be going live next week (no preorder yet) but she says:

“THIS book – Sex, Love and Rock n’ Roll – is 100% him. It is a romance. But it’s different. The male POV is abrasive. He’s not for everyone. There is a lot of sex and raw scenes that people may be uncomfortable with. If you’ve read Choke or any Chuck Palahniuk novels, it’s a similar vibe, but with Scott’s own style (he’s a musician and his lyricism inspires me!)”

Caroline Kepnes NEWS!!!! Okay so y’all know I loved her creepy stalker er… “love story” You: A Novel AND the sequel “Hidden Bodies: A Novel” and guess what? You is going to be a Lifetime movie!! Or will it be a show? I’m not quite sure yet, on the details, but Entertainment Weekly announces it here. Funny thing… how they “innocently” blurbed it, makes a few of us think some viewers are going to be in for a surprise. *snort* Mara White puts it best when she posted about it (and that blurb) on her Facebook. Look!! YIKES!!!! Look what they say:

“You is a 21st-century love story about an obsessive, yet brilliant twentysomething who uses the hyper-connectivity of today’s technology to make the woman of his dreams fall in love with him.”

Okay.. P.S. Here are my reviews of both books (in case you missed ’em): Book Review – You by Caroline Kepnes and Book Review – Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

Anne Rice was interviewed in this article (titled: “Anne Rice Reveals Why She Brought the Vampire Lestat to the Realms of Atlantis”). The entire article is fascinating, especially because she also divulges why she came back to her “vampire world” after so many years (here’s just a snippet about what she has to say on that subject):

“…they were really associated in my mind with pain, more than anything else. Pain and despair. And I had run out of what to say any more with them.

But what didn’t die for me—and never does die—is this sense of Lestat as real. And this enormous desire to get back to his world, and to be with him, and to approach the world through him. Finally after eight years, I was missing him badly and the stories were coming to mind, new ideas, new things. I wanted to get back to him…”

Nicole Williams just posted the paperback cover reveal for her awesome-sounding book, Hate Story, and honestly? I LOVE this new one much better. It has a darker feel, and seems more appropriate for this angsty sounding romance (a fake-marriage arrangement but “…the more she gets to know this soon-to-be-husband of hers, the more she discovers just how very much she truly, madly, and deeply . . . hates him. This isn’t a love story. This is the other kind.”). OH YEAHHHH! That sounds great! But the other cover was a little more… “cute and cocky” looking. You can see them both on Amazon as the paperback has the new version, and the ebook has the original cover. Which one do you like better? Which one would have attracted you more to the story? She says:

“I’ve always wanted to do this, and after six years of publishing, I finally did. I had two separate covers created for HATE STORY, one for the ebook, and one for the paperback. The paperback just went live, so . . . TA-DA! What do you think?”

A.L. Jackson has a new bad-boy rock star book coming out January 23rd!!! It’s called “Stay” and sounds like it will be signature A.L. Jackson romance angst! “…Willow Langston found me at my lowest. Literally. Facedown in a puddle of my own blood. I owe her my life and I have three months to repay that debt...” While there’s no preorder yet, you can see the full blurb, and the trailer here.

Julie Richman just recently posted the super-sexy cover reveal for her upcoming book, “The Do-Over”.  It’s a standalone second-chance romance. There’s no preorder yet, but at least you can feast your eyes for a bit. Tee hee!!! 😛 P.S. It will be out January 26th 2017 and

L.P. Dover has a new book releasing early February called Trigger: A Circle of Justice Novel. Strangely enough, you can order the paperback right now though? It seems so. Cool title, gorgeous cover, and it kind of sounds dark. And it’s a standalone!

C.D. Reiss announced her new book and cover reveal for Bombshell (Hollywood A-List Book 1) (going live May 1st). About a Hollywood heartthrob that discovers he’s got a 5 year old love child. Oops. 😉 And so he gets a nanny. “Cara DuMont isn’t exactly thrilled when she gets assigned to be the nanny for the latest box-office king. She has one rule: no celebrity fathers…”

About the book, she says:

“I’m so pleased to announce Montlake books will publish my next standalone contemporary romance!”

Kendall Ryan also announces a steamy new novel coming out in March!! The Play Mate (Roommates Book 2) is up for preorder, and each book can be read as a standalone (even if this is the second in the series). Friends to lovers… and it’s his best friend’s little sister. And here’s just a bit from the blurb:

She’s crushed on Smith forever. Surely tricking her way into his bed will force him to see her in a new, adult way.

Except that when Evie’s plan leads to disaster, she and Smith must decide—ignore the attraction sizzling between them, or become play mates and risk it all.

And a few super-bargain finds to squee about!

  • Black Swan Affair by K.L. Kreig <— ANGSTY ROMANCE, it was a big hit and it’s super-bargain priced today.
  • Call Me Daddy by Jade West <— JUST WENT LIVE & it’s super-bargain priced! “I didn’t expect to spend my eighteenth birthday stranded in the pouring rain with no way to make it home. I didn’t expect to be rescued from the worst night of my life by the most amazing man I’d ever seen...”
  • Offensive Rebound: Holding Court by M.J. Fields <— JUST WENT LIVE!!! BASKETBALL STAR ALERT! “I inherited the Bad News Bears of the NBA. When I discovered the star center, my ex fiancé, cheating on me, all I want is to jump ship before the whole thing sinks. But with revenge on my mind, I exact a plan. Take down the dirty player and save my father’s dream. Suddenly twelve minutes is too little time, and a season is not long enough…“
  

Book Review – Love in Lingerie by Alessandra Torre

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Love in Lingerie
This was pure sweet and spicy contemporary romance a la signature “Alessandra Torre” (because… you know. There’s always a *slight* twist). 😉 And I say “slight”, because this isn’t one of her thriller jaw-droppers, BUT it was sweet and romantically angsty, nonetheless.

It kept me reading, had me connected, and I read with a silly grin on my face the entire time. Easy, breezy and fun. Nothing too serious and detrimental, but eye-opening, and enlightening in its own… erotic way.

I went in blind. Didn’t even glance at the blurb, because I know I love this author’s writing, her voice… her storytelling. In fact, I STILL haven’t read the blurb, but I have a feeling if I had, I may not have been as excited ’cause this one was sure a tamer version of what I’m used to by this author.

Featuring a more common, but much-loved romance trope (the millionaire, dominant boss, and his new sexy-yet-smart employee), I might have shied away from this, opting for a more dramatic sounding read. But in the grand scheme of things? This one rounded out wonderfully, with the humor, the dialogue, the internal thought processes, and the incredible slow burn. The budding friendship, the building trust, and the brilliant partnership gave this one that complete feel,

I’m just now learning to leap when he offers his hand. Because that’s how he is. He doesn’t ask you to risk, unless he is taking that journey alongside you. If I fail, he fails.

…as both main characters tried to keep their distance from each other, and continued on living their own personal lives, while… pining. 😉

Despite my slight aversion to these more… “gentle-on-me” romance themes, this one reminded me why a good ol’ contemporary romance love story can still hit the spot! I was not only invested in these characters, but I was also invested in their plight. In what they were setting out to accomplish. And I was stressing,

We are behind schedule, not just for today, but for this month. I shot for twenty-two new pieces, and I’m kicking myself in the ass for it. Something that seemed possible two months ago turned difficult one month ago, and now appears to be pretty-f**king-impossible. I glance back at the model and fight the urge to scream at her to hurry up.

…and cheering along with them all!

“They doubled their last order. They loved your designs.”

Marks Lingerie is on its way back.

So what’s it about?

Now… right off the bat, I have to admit to y’all that I couldn’t remember their names for this review. I know them as “Him” and “Her” (LOL!!! That’s how each chapter starts to let us know what POV we’re in). So it took me awhile to track down their names. Not even the blurb could help me with that! GAH!!!

Okay, so:

Trey Marks may have come from the “wrong side of the tracks” but with his street smarts and… whatever else, he is now a… umm… “self-made” millionaire (there are rumors of “things”), but anyway. 😉 He’s started a highly respected, recognized, high-end fashion lingerie company, that is now… failing.

So he brings in Kate. She’s been successful at a sort of “White House Black Market” type fashion company for years, and she’s ready for a change. She knows the ropes, she has ideas, and she can cut his extra expenses in half! And while the sexual tension between them is undeniable, she’s got her life and plans in motion (a loving boyfriend to boot!), and messing with this known “playboy” is not a part of her vision. Although those “visions” sure do intrude at times. 😉

Soon we will get married, and I will have his babies, and we will live out the rest of our lives in orderly, organized, and well-prepared fashion. All that aside, I can’t control myself from stealing one moment, one literal second, and enjoying the beauty that is my boss.

Boy do they play well. Er… WORK well. 😉 In fact, while they both do their best to repress their attraction to each other (other than the few times that were SURE-FIRE sexual harassment issues… had she chosen to call those in), their friendship, and workmanship together supersedes it all.

I can do this. I can be the cool girl, the friend who doesn’t care that her friend, her boss, is devastatingly attracted to her. I can roll my eyes at his slutty antics and go off and marry a different Prince Charming. We can build this company, be friends, and I can have smoking hot sex and babies who have nothing to do with Trey Marks.

I can have it all. I can. I will.

And so their story is told, in all of its sweet (and sometimes angsty) glory.

My only few personal hiccups are:

1.) That we get a “character-light” version of who they are (their pasts, and what made them who they are today). He’s the self-made millionaire bad boy from a more unsteady upbringing and she’s “Miss Steady and Safe” to a T, from an upper middle class life with a certain ease, and comfortable (albeit maybe boring) love life. But we don’t get much more than that info in the grand scheme of things. Unfortunately, we aren’t as subjected to their “old” life (and traumas) as I would have liked (considering how important as they seemed to be). Why were we told that kind of information, if it wasn’t to be  a big part of the plot? Had this book been longer, I bet we could have been directed into much more personal intensity and introspection. And I mean this, more for HIM (there could have been some BIG-time story there), than for her.

And…

2.) This story would have had more impact (on ME) had it been completely from her POV. This was written in both POV’s equally and didn’t give me as much of a tummy-ache/butterflies-in-the-stomach angst feel, because I… knew. I knew what both were thinking, doing, hoping for… intending. And for that (as in most dual POV books), it still has the romance and steam, but for me, not as much intensity and connection and potential distress, in THAT way.

So…

4 stars! <— Oh… I have a feeling there will be some BIG 5-star loving for this book. For those of you that love the sweet romance, with a little angsty secret, ride. 😉 But you guys know me… I like a little more stomache-ache with my love stories. LOL!!!!!

P.S. Thank you to the author for sending me this review copy!! 😀

Reader Question – The woman who takes up running with firefighters that run the same hill as her…

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Danielle is looking for this fireman romance and it’s driving her nuts!!!! LOL! I haven’t read many fireman hero stories but it sounds amazing and I bet someone out there know this one!

She asks:

Ok Maryse, I read a book a while ago.

About a woman who finally leaves her husband/fiancé- she gave up everything to help him in his career, blah, blah, but she is a little over weight & he puts her down constantly.

Anyway, she takes up running to lose weight & becomes friends with a group of firefighters who run the same hill as her. She has a group of lady friends who meet at a park to watch the guys run. Romance ensues.

That was first book. Second book wasn’t written when I read it, but was going to be about an older woman romance with the younger fireman I think.

It’s driving me nuts that I can’t think of the title

Anyone know this one?

Michelle: I think it’s Tell Me You Love Me (Fire Me Up Book 1) by Julie Prestsater.

Doreen: Hi Maryse!! The answer to the reader question from Danielle about the overweight woman who runs the same Hill as a group of firefighters I am pretty sure is “Tell Me You Love Me ( Fire Me Up Book 1) by Julie Prestsater. Hope that helps!

Danni: Michelle – it is, it is!!!! Thank you, it’s been driving me nuts!!!!!! You are fabulous. And you rock Maryse!

bev: I like the cover. One click.

Friday Finds and Reader Recommendations – January 13th 2017

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Oooooooh it’s Friday the 13th, you guys!!!! And not only that, but a full moon, one, too. I think. Or was that last night? Anyway… it all bleeds into today (even if it was last night) and I bet it’ll look pretty full tonight, so ooooooooooh creeeeeeepy!! There’s undoubtedly a horror-movie marathon calling me tonight. Either way, I’m gonna try and find us a few extra creepy book-bargains (or definite 5-star scary) to add to our usual Friday Finds list. 😀

But… I’m too into my latest book to watch movies. I’m reading a brand spanking new book right now, that’s going live in just a few days (Love in Lingerie by Alessandra Torre) that I’m totally into. I started it at 6:30am, and I’m already halfway in, because I’m just devouring it! And while, at first glance, it has a similar “story line” (rich dominating business man and his new employee), the FEEL and writing and character development, and personal realism is full on Alessandra Torre and I am SO into it. There’s so much story and “living” and other stuff other than sexual tension when it comes to her books, and I always feel like I’m the heroine.

And I have NO idea where it’s going, ’cause I didn’t even read the blurb. I went in completely blind, on the author’s name alone (because I’ve loved everything I’ve read by her, so far!). So as soon as I finish this list, I’m jumping back in.

Two reviews coming this weekend (of course for Love in Lingerie) and for Wolfsong! 😀

Now… take a look at what else we found! (NOTE: some are bargain priced when I added them, but prices can change on Amazon, so make sure to check before you finalize your order. Sales listed are for Amazon U.S., however some of the Amazon UK links also reflect the sale!):

  • Trick by Laramie Briscoe <— LIVE!!!! SHE’S LOOKING FOR A FATHERLY FIGURE FOR HER DAUGHTER & HE’S DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE ALERT!! “The companion program that matches adults up with children who have loneliness and abandonment issues is my last hope. The counselors tell me he’s doing community service hours, and I ask to sit in on his meetings with Riley. The minute I see him astride the matte black Harley, I know neither my nor Riley’s life will ever be the same again...”
  • My Peace (The Beautifully Broken series Book 5) by Courtney Cole <— IT’S NOW LIVE!!! COURTNEY COLE ALERT!!! This one is bringing us back to book #1 (remember Pax??!!!) And there is a very honest, personal truth to this book for the author. It’s heartbreaking… P.S. Here’s book #1 ➜ If You Stay (The Beautifully Broken Book 1). About this book, and why it is so personal to her, the author says:

“In 2013, my book, IF YOU STAY sat on the New York Times bestsellers list for twelve straight weeks. Readers fell in love with troubled Pax Tate. For years, I have been asked to write more of his story.

For years, I didn’t want to.

Pax Tate’s character is based on my son, Gunner. His personality traits, his issues with drugs.

I wanted to leave Pax’s story as a fairytale happy ending. But through my journey with my son, I have realized that happy endings must be worked for, and sometimes, they don’t come easy.

MY PEACE is the continuation of Pax Tate’s story.”

  • If You Love Me: True love. True terror. True story. by Alice Keale <— LIVE!!! PERFECT RELATIONSHIP TURNS INTO AN ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND ALERT!!! Ugh!!! This one sounds tumultuous, frustrating and panic-attack inducing, and yet I want to read it. “This is the chilling true story of a woman trapped in a devastating relationship as she tries to prove her love – over and over again.”
  • Everything in Between: A Rocker Romance by Melissa Toppen <— LIVE!!! ROCK STAR BROKE HER HEART ALERT! “I hate him. I hate everything about him. I hate how he thinks that he can walk back into my life after all this time and I’m just going to melt at his feet. If he thinks his newly found ROCKSTAR status holds any power over me at all, he couldn’t be more wrong. If anything, it makes me hate him more...” (and it can be read as a standalone!!)
  • With Us (The Amato Series Book 1) by Layla Frost <— LIVE!!! SHE’S A HOMEBODY & HE’S A WORKAHOLIC “There was nothing Dahlia Kincaid enjoyed more than a good book, a funny movie, and a full night’s sleep. Long workdays meant she rarely had time for any of them, but the sacrifice was worth it to live in the city. It wasn’t until she met a man with model good looks and sexy veined hands that her life changed in ways she’d never even known to dream of…“
  • The Sweetest Goodbye (Roadmap to Your Heart, Book 3.5) by Christina Lee <— LIVE!!! M/M ROMANCE BEST FRIENDS ALERT! It can be read as a standalone… “…Billie figures he’s got everything he needs. Everything except the guy he’s been saving himself for, no matter how often Dylan tells him it’s time to move on. After a night out turns into a sexy exchange between the best friends, they pretend like nothing happened. Besides, Billie’s still holding a torch for somebody else, and Dylan has always been a considerable flirt.”
  • Love Is Heartless (Love Can’t Book 2) by Kim Fielding <— LIVE!!! M/M ROMANCE!!
  • The Darkest Ink (Light and Dark Book 1) by Liza Kay <— LIVE!!! M/M ROMANCE!!
  • Him by Elle Kennedy and Sarina Bowen <— M/M ROMANCE SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!! HOCKEY STARS! Elle Kennedy and Sarina Bowen’s “Him” and “Us” are big time on sale right now!!!

Kathy: I just read Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy. M/M Hockey romance that was so good so if you haven’t read that one yet I would highly recommend it. Feel in love with both male characters!

Jennifer: HIM by Elle Kennedy and Sarina Bowmen is amazing. Hockey players.

Virginia: Thanks for alerting us to this GREAT bargain!

Ann-Theres: I LOVED this book!!

  • Us (Him Book 2) by Elle Kennedy and Sarina Bowen <— M/M ROMANCE SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!!! And here’s the sequel!!
Teri: I too LOVED HIM. and it was great to have a sequel.
  • An Education in Business: A Somerset Novel (Somerset Series Book 3) by Heather C. Myers <— LIVE!!! NEW ADULT SHIFTERS!!!
  • The Fisherman’s Widow by Ruby Duvall <— LIVE!! Listed as horror and that cover intrigues me!
  • Tripp (Knights Corruption MC Series Book 4) by S. Nelson <— LIVE!!! BIKER BOOK ALERT! “...Barely escaping her past, Reece Kendrick flees across the country and takes the first job she can find, working at a club owned by the Knights Corruption. Vowing to keep her heart guarded, everything changes the moment she sees him. Confused and powerless to stop the dynamic unraveling between them, she becomes enthralled with a stranger…“
  • All The Way Home (Way Home Series Book 1) by Kim Mills <— LIVE!! HE COMES HOME AFTER DEPLOYMENT… SHATTERED.
  • Flawed by Sara Hubbard <— LIVE!!! GRITTY SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE ALERT! He just got out of jail… “I want to go straight and be the man she deserves, but when her brother steals from my criminal uncle, I have no choice but to make a deal with him. I might as well sell my soul; the devil is kinder…“
  • The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle <— HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN LYING TO HER… PSYCH-THRILLER RECENT RELEASE that I missed the first time around, and OMG!!! Right up my tense alley! “…the morning Will flies out for a business trip to Florida, Iris’s happy world comes to an abrupt halt: another plane headed for Seattle has crashed into a field, killing everyone on board and, according to the airline, Will was one of the passengers. Grief stricken and confused, Iris is convinced it all must be a huge misunderstanding…”
  • The Night Bird by Brian Freeman <— PSYCH-THRILLER ALERT!!! WOMEN ARE HAVING PSYCHOTIC BREAKS…. “When a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco—as seemingly random women suffer violent psychotic breaks—Frost looks for a connection that leads him to psychiatrist Francesca Stein. Frankie’s controversial therapy helps people erase their most terrifying memories…and all the victims were her patients…” pretty good price on this one!
  • Secrets and Sins: Malachim (A Secrets and Sins series Book 2) by Naima Simone <— ABUSED WIFE IN HIDING GETS A JOB AT A SMALL LAW OFFICE… it sounds good, and it’s super-bargain priced today! “Two years ago, Danielle barely escaped alive from her powerful and abusive ex-husband. Now her ex is out of prison, and he’s coming for her. She knows she must leave her new job and run. Disappear—to keep herself and those she loves safe.“
  • Vicious (Sinners of Saint Book 1) by L.J. Shen <— SHE HATES HIM BECAUSE HE BULLIED HER… RECENT release and it’s super-bargain priced, and Shannon loved it and wants more LIKE it!!
Shannon: Omg ..I just finished Vicious … and I want more … can u recommend similar reads until book #2 ?…lol
  • Jill Mansell Boxed Set by Jill Mansell <— JILL MANSELL BUNDLE SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!! “Three beloved, poignant comedies from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Mansell—smart, sassy women’s fiction that never disappoints!” Kandace recommends this author!! She says:

Kandace: I love Jill Mansell’s books. I have read almost all of them. To the Moon and Back is my favorite. They are more chick lit but they are hilarious and quirky. A great change up if you need something different.”

  • One Hot Scot: A Second Chance Romance by Donna Alam <— LIVE!!! THE SCOT DOESN’T REMEMBER HER… “She’s lost her husband, her job, recently avoided jail time, and is back living in the place she’s always loathed . . . when problem #100 walks in...”
  • Exposed: A British Bad Boy Romance by Sennah Tate <— LIVE!!! THE BRIT IS A BAD BOY CHEF… “This interview is my chance to break out of trashy tabloid exposés. Jasper Wild is a real subject, an accomplished chef with a fascinating career. Yes, the man is sexy. He’s charming. And, god, those tattoos covering his arms and those strong, capable hands… Too bad he’s also an immature, unprofessional playboy...”
  • Mr. November by Melanie Ting <— LIVE!! HOCKEY STAR ALERT!
  • Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman <— ANY BOOK CALLED TRIGGER WARNING HAS MY ATTENTION BIG TIME!!!! I’m adding it just ’cause it looks good, and seems to fit the whole “eerie” feel of the day! “Trigger Warning explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulnerabilities and our truest selves. Here is a rich cornucopia of horror and ghosts stories, science fiction and fairy tales, fabulism and poetry that explore the realm of experience and emotion…”
  • The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida <— AUTOBIOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY AN AUTISTIC TEEN ALERT!! And it’s super-bargain priced and has so many accolades and great reviews!!! “…it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine...” This sounds like a captivating read, and I LOVE autobiographies. I love learning about anybody’s life.
  • Deerskin by Robin McKinley <— OMG THIS ONE SOUNDS CRAZY!!!!!!!! THE KING DECIDES HE WILL MARRY HIS OWN PRINCESS DAUGHTER ALERT!!!!! Definitely more of a “fantasy” read but listed in the top 100 “horror” reads on Amazon. BUT!!!! The blurb doesn’t make it seem like “horror” per se. Definitely crazy-sounding and even awesome sounding… “…the king announces that he is to marry again—and that his bride is the princess Lissla Lissar, his own daughter. Lissar, physically broken, half mad, and terrified, flees her father’s lust with her one loyal friend, her sighthound, Ash. It is the beginning of winter as they journey into the mountains—and on the night when it begins to snow, they find a tiny, deserted cabin with the makings of a fire ready-laid in the hearth…“
  • Dean’s List by Stacy Claflin <— PSYCH-THRILLER SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!!!! SHE DISCOVERS HER HUSBAND’S SECRET BOX... “…she finds a box of news clippings he took great pains to conceal, the problems go from disappointing to dangerous. Nation-wide murders… in cities where he has traveled…“
  • Wounded Prey (Farrell and Kearns Thriller Book 1) by Sean Lynch <— THRILLER/SERIAL KILLER SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!! “IT’S TIME TO FINISH WHAT HE STARTED… A young girl is snatched from her rural Iowa school in broad daylight. The child is later found murdered, her body hanging from a tree…”
  • Walk the Edge (Thunder Road) by Katie McGarry <— GOOD GIRL IS BEING BULLIED & HE BAD BOY COMES TO HER RESCUE ALERT!!!! “…one night of shockingly un-Breanna-like behavior puts her into a vicious cyberbully’s line of fire—and brings fellow senior Thomas “Razor” Turner into her life...”
  • Whatever Life Throws at You (Entangled Teen) by Julie Cross <— FAMOUS BASEBALL PLAYER & HER DAD IS THE COACH ALERT!! “…nineteen-year-old Jason Brody is completely, utterly, and totally off-limits. Besides, her dad would kill them both several times over. Not to mention Brody has something of a past, and his fan club is filled with C-cupped models, not smart-mouthed high school “brats” who can run the pants off every player on the team…“
  • She’s Come Undone (Oprah’s Book Club) by Wally Lamb <— HUGE HIT SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT!!! And I already one-clicked this one ages ago. Back in 2013!!!!! What the heck am I waiting for? It sounds awesome!!! “Beached like a whale in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallomars, potato chips, and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally rolls into young womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder. But this time she’s determined to rise to the occasion and give herself one more chance before really going belly-up...”

Christy: She’s Come Undone is absolutely one of the best books I’ve ever read & one of my all time favorites. It’s hard to believe a male author could write such a heart breakingly real account of what a teenage girl’s trials & tribulations are like. It is a book you won’t soon forget!

Michelle: I read She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb years ago and it is still on my favorite books list. It’s a must read!

Shannon: I read She’s Come Undone years and years ago and loved it. Worth picking up if it is bargain priced!

  • Finding Karma by Stacy M Wray <— LIVE!!! SHE GOES ON A ROADTRIP WITH AN UNLIKELY PARTNER ALERT!! “I begin to discover things about myself that make me start to question my intended path, meeting people who influence me to change my course in life, even if it means losing part of my future. Improbable friendships. Selfish decisions. Broken hearts. A love that never fades. This is what happens when I find me…when I find Karma…“
                               

 

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