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<— 8:19pm WEDNESDAY NIGHT BREAKING NEWS UPDATE!! Bridesmaid by Chance by Meghan Quinn is the #1 book on ALL of Amazon Kindle!!

HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY! 30 NEW BOOKS ON TODAY’S LIST including a new one by Tahereh Mafi, Meghan Quinn, and Kristen Ashley. It may not be my biggest new release list ever, but it certainly packs a star-power punch!! Together with yesterday’s early bird releases, and we’ve got plenty of awesome-sounding reads to choose from.

BLURB JOLTS & STAND-OUTS!! Bridesmaid by Chance by Meghan Quinn (I suspect this one will land at #1 by the end of today!!), The Woman Left Behind (Misted Pines Series Book 4) by Kristen Ashley (more mystery romance from one of our ultimate favorites!!), The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose (sequel to a HUGE hit and I’m dying to read both of them!!), Watch Me (The Shatter Me Series: The New Republic Book 1) by Tahereh Mafi (one of my most-hit series posts on my blog now has a spinoff and I think this might also end up being a #1 on Amazon Kindle), The Guilt Pill: A Psychological Thriller of Motherhood and Ambition (this one sounds like somuch fun & maybe even something that so many of us can relate to – and I love that it’s thriller!!)

Don’t forget to check out:

• Kristen Ashley fans, rejoice!! The Woman Left Behind (Misted Pines Series Book 4) IS LIVE!! <— a fun post with videos by Kristen Ashley herself discussing each book in her super-fun way!!
• 8 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 04-14-2025 <— yesterday’s!!
• Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 04-11-2025 <— Did you miss it? So many new books & already in the top ten on Amazon Kindle!!

Okay now… READER RECOMMENDATIONS & BARGAIN FINDS:

➔➔ Check out all of AMAZON’S ➔➔ Kindle book deals going on right now <— seriously amazing!! 

➔➔ Kindle Unlimited

➔➔ KINDLE UNLIMITED DEALS!! 6 months, 1 year & 2 years!! I’m gonna get the one year.

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➔➔ CONTEMPORARY JUST WENT LIVE:

 

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The Runaway Girls (Olivia Knight FBI Mystery Thriller Book 15) by Elle Gray and K.S. Gray <— MYSTERY THRILLER! “…Multiple teens have gone missing in a small coastal town in South Carolina. Initial reports were that the teens ran from their troubled home life. Soon, the runaways case takes an alarming turn, as a disturbing pattern begins to form. A possible connection between each teen and their disappearance emerges. Now, Olivia and Brock find themselves with far more questions than answers...”

Fighting for Mari (Redemption Harbor Security Book 6) by Katie Reus <— ENEMIES TO LOVERS! HER BROTHER’S BEST FRIEND & SHE HATES HIM “…Corporate pilot Mari had a crush on Colin when she was a teenager, but that ended abruptly when she heard him say something awful about her. She’s ignored him ever since. Now that he’s out of the military and started a company similar to hers, they’re rivals and he’s trying to steal one of her clients—so she snags a land deal he wants…”

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Didn’t You Use to Be Queenie B?: A Gripping Foodie Mystery Novel Featuring a Humorous Unlikely Friendship, Uncover the Secrets Behind the Disgraced Celebrity Chef’s Vanishing Act by Terri-Lynne DeFino <— SHE’S A DISGRACED CELEBRITY CHEF “…Her shows are in rerun, her restaurants still popular, but her disappearance remains a mystery to her legions of fans. Local line cook Gale Carmichael also knows a thing or two about disaster. Newly sober and struggling, Gale’s future dreams don’t hold space for culinary stardom; only earning enough to get by. Broke at the end of the week, he finds himself at a local soup kitchen in one of the roughest parts of New Haven, Connecticut. But Gale quickly realizes that the food coming out of the kitchen is not your standard free meal—it is delicious and prepared with gourmet flair. Gale doesn’t recognize Regina, the soup kitchen’s cranky proprietor, whose famous black mane is now streaked with gray. It’s been more than ten years since Queenie B vanished into her careful new existence...”

First Love, Second Draft by Becca Kinzer <— SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE!! HER BASEBALL STAR EX-HUSBAND “…She’s a romance writer burned out on love. He’s her famous baseball star ex-husband. The last man she wants to be forced to work with is the one who broke her heart. Rom-com writer Gracie Parker hasn’t written a bestseller since she and her husband, a major league baseball star, divorced five years ago. On thin ice with her publisher—and with a looming deadline—Gracie couldn’t have picked a worse time for a painful injury that has her flat on her back. At this point, she’d accept help from anybody . . . except her first love and ex-husband, Noah Parker…”

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Illusionist: A Sean McPherson Novel, Book 5 by Laurie Buchanan <— MYSTERY THRILLER! “…For fans of Louise Penny and Robert Dugoni, Illusionist is a contemporary crime thriller where PI McPherson must choose between killing an author at a writing retreat in the Pacific Northwest or letting a college student die. When an illusionist joins the Pines & Quill writing retreat, one of the owners vanishes without a trace in the middle of everyone, but the surrounding would-be witnesses don’t see or hear a thing. That’s when crime boss Georgio Gambino makes a checkmate move against his nemesis, Sean McPherson. He forces a writer in residence to kill another writer and frame McPherson...”

The Guilt Pill: A Psychological Thriller of Motherhood and Ambition by Saumya Dave <— PSYCH-THRILLER!! A PILL TO GET RID OF SELF-BLAME & IMPOSTER SYNDROME “…What if women could get rid of their guilt? Maya Patel has it all—her own start-up, a sexy, doting husband, influencer status, and now, a new baby. But behind closed doors, Maya’s drowning. Her newborn is taking a toll on her marriage, her best friend won’t return her calls, and her company’s hanging on by a thread. The worst part? It’s all her fault. If she could just be a better boss, mother, wife, daughter, friend… Maybe she wouldn’t feel so guilty all the time.  Enter: #Girlboss Liz Anderson, who introduces her to the “guilt pill,” an experimental supplement that erases female guilt. At first, it’s the perfect antidote to Maya’s self-blame and imposter syndrome, and she finally becomes the unapologetic woman she’s always wanted to be. There’s just one catch...”

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The Influencers: A Novel by Anna-Marie McLemore <— SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER’S EMPIRE WAS BURNED DOWN… “…“A social media influencer’s empire is burned to the ground—literally. The top suspects? The five daughters who made her famous.”“Mother May I” Iverson has spent the past twenty-five years building a massively successful influencer empire with endearing videos featuring her five mixed-race daughters. But the girls are all grown up now, and the ramifications of having their entire childhoods commodified start to spill over into public view, especially in light of the pivotal question: Who killed May’s newlywed husband and then torched her mansion to cover it up?…

One Death at a Time by Abbi Waxman <— COZY MYSTERY!! “…A cranky former actress teams up with her Gen Z sobriety sponsor to solve the murder that threatens to send her back to prison in this dazzling new mystery novel from the USA Todaybestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. When Julia Mann, a bad-tempered ex-actress and professional thorn in the side of authority, runs into Natasha Mason at an AA meeting, it’s anything but a meet-cute. Julia just found a dead body in her swimming pool, and the cops say she did it (she already went to jail for murder once, so now they think she’s making a habit of it). Mason is eager to clear Julia’s name and help keep her sober, but all Julia wants is for Mason to leave her alone…”

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➔➔ PARANORMAL/FANTASY/SCI-FI/DYSTOPIAN:

 

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➔➔ AUDIOBOOK LVERS!

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➔➔ Audiobook Matchmaker!! <— Find out which of YOUR Kindle books are available as audiobooks at a BARGAIN-PRICE! This is how it works. Click on that link & Amazon will show you all of your Kindle books that are also available as an audiobook at a seriously discounted price. This way, you can switch back and forth, seamlessly between your ebooks and your audiobooks. VERY COOL!

➔➔ AUDIOBOOK DEALS <— ALLLLLL OF THE BOOK DEALS going on right now!!!

 

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➔➔ PREORDERS (coming soon!)

1. The Penalty (New York Gods Book 3) by Andi Jaxon and J.R. Gray – April 17 2025
2. Off Limits (Legacy Mechanics Book 4) by Willow Dixon – April 17 2025
3. Starfire (Legends of Lobe den Herren Book 3) by AJ Sherwood – April 19 2025
4. Fake It True (Wild Fire Series Book 3) by J.H. Croix – April 21, 2025
5. Moonlight Feels Right (Ocean Shores Book 3) by Barbara Freethy – April 22nd 2025
6. North: A Pittsburgh Titans Novel | by Sawyer Bennett – April 22nd 2025
7. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry – April 22nd 2025
8. If You Stayed by Brittainy Cherry – April 22nd 2025
9. The Shadow Path: A Romantic Portal Fantasy (Shadowlands Book 2) by Elizabeth Hunter – April 22nd 2025
10. Rewind It Back (Windy City Series Book 5) by Liz Tomforde – April 24th 2025
11. The Meaning Of You (Fisher & Church Book 1) by Jay Hogan – April 24th 2025
12. Until the Rake Surrenders (Rogue Rules Book 5) by Darcy Burke – April 24th 2025

➔➔➔  Looking for more book releases? Check out the upcoming new releases here or check out the latest new releases here.

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HAPPY MONDAY EARLY BIRD BOOK RELEASES DAY!!! 8 books just went live early, and they sound awesome!! But first…

Three things:

1.) I’m starting Invisalign!! Likely this week (🤞 ) and I’m excited & nervous, and scared and I know the first week is rough, and I know there are ups and downs throughout the entire treatment I’ve been reading like crazy on the process, but also people’s experiences) and I. AM. READY!!!! YAY!!! Have you had Invisalign? Any hints, tips, tricks? I think I’ll “journal”my experience weekly here, since I’ll be changing out the “trays/aligners”weekly. There might be whining. 😂

2.) I played in my landscaping all weekend. It’s looking super cute! Still more work to do, but it’s presentable again, and I’m trying more full-sun/drought resistant plants this year to see if it helps things continue to look good. A few of my plants over the last 2 years took a serious hit with this Florida weather (strong, hot, full afternoon sun and inconsistent rain), and while I love playing in the plants on weekends, I don’t have much time during the week evenings, so these guys needs to be more self sufficient. 😂 Do you have any plant suggestions for me?

3.) And in the process of digging in the ground all weekend, I have little “no-seeum” bug bites and they are itching today like crazy. The downside of enjoying the gardening/landscaping process, I guess. 😉

 

Okay now… time for BOOKS THAT JUST WENT LIVE!!!

➔➔ Check out all of AMAZON’S ➔➔ Kindle book deals going on right now <— seriously amazing!! 

➔➔ Kindle Unlimited (2 month DEAL trial!!)

➔➔ KINDLE UNLIMITED DEALS!! 6 months, 1 year & 2 years!! I’m gonna get the one year. 😀

➔➔ BECOME AN AUDIBLE MEMBER 😀 <— THREE MONTHS @ a super-bargain!!!!!

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Spring Dates & Sprinkled Cakes (Seasons in the Hollow Book 2) by Anouk de Rooij <— M/M ROMANCE! “…Small-town baker Casey Abbott has a lot going for him. With a successful bakery, a roof over his head and a loyal best friend, he doesn’t need much else. Unless it involves Ethan Bremer. On that front, it’s less hit and more miss. After an absence of almost four years, Ethan’s return to Heritage comes with a lot of secrets and feelings to work through. There’s a lot Casey is afraid to share – most importantly his heart…”

Baited: Sister’s Best Friend (Bering Sea Crabbers Book 1) by Jessica Buss <— SMALL TOWN GRUMPY FISHERMAN “...A former resident of the island, Carina returns home because the rapidly declining population of crabs in the Bering Sea troubles her. And although years have gone by, she’s still incredibly attracted to the brooding object of her teenage fantasies. And now he’s the captain of a crabber, and determined to protect the crabs too. But getting to know him means she must face the childhood trauma that made her fearful of her first true love—the ocean...”

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➔➔ AUDIOBOOK LVERS!

➔➔ BECOME AN AUDIBLE MEMBER 😀 <— THREE MONTHS @ a super-bargain!!!!!

➔➔ Audiobook Matchmaker!! <— Find out which of YOUR Kindle books are available as audiobooks at a BARGAIN-PRICE! This is how it works. Click on that link & Amazon will show you all of your Kindle books that are also available as an audiobook at a seriously discounted price. This way, you can switch back and forth, seamlessly between your ebooks and your audiobooks. VERY COOL!

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➔➔ PREORDERS (coming soon!)

1. Watch Me (The Shatter Me Series: The New Republic Book 1) by Tahereh Mafi – April 15 2025
2. Wild and Wrangled: A Rebel Blue Ranch Novel by Lyla Sage – April 15 2025
3. Bridesmaid by Chance by Meghan Quinn – April 15 2025
4. The Runaway Girls (Olivia Knight FBI Mystery Thriller Book 15) by Elle Gray and K.S. Gray – April 15 2025
5. Fighting for Mari (Redemption Harbor Security Book 6) by Katie Reus – April 15 2025
6. Strangers in Time: A World War 2 Novel by David Baldacci – April 15 2025
7. Senseless by Ronald Malfi – April 15 2025
8. The Woman Left Behind (Misted Pines Series Book 4) by Kristen Ashley | Apr 15, 2025
9. The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose – April 15 2025
10. The Penalty (New York Gods Book 3) by Andi Jaxon and J.R. Gray – April 17 2025
11. Off Limits (Legacy Mechanics Book 4) by Willow Dixon – April 17 2025
12. Starfire (Legends of Lobe den Herren Book 3) by AJ Sherwood – April 19 2025
13. Fake It True (Wild Fire Series Book 3) by J.H. Croix – April 21, 2025
14. Moonlight Feels Right (Ocean Shores Book 3) by Barbara Freethy – April 22nd 2025
15. North: A Pittsburgh Titans Novel | by Sawyer Bennett – April 22nd 2025
16. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry – April 22nd 2025
17. If You Stayed by Brittainy Cherry – April 22nd 2025
18. The Shadow Path: A Romantic Portal Fantasy (Shadowlands Book 2) by Elizabeth Hunter – April 22nd 2025
19. Rewind It Back (Windy City Series Book 5) by Liz Tomforde – April 24th 2025
20. The Meaning Of You (Fisher & Church Book 1) by Jay Hogan – April 24th 2025
21. Until the Rake Surrenders (Rogue Rules Book 5) by Darcy Burke – April 24th 2025

➔➔➔  Looking for more book releases? Check out the upcoming new releases here or check out the latest new releases here.

➔➔➔  Get Maryse’s Book Blog updates delivered by email (you’ll get one daily email that will have each post from that day consolidated on it). AND/OR you can also subscribe to my newsletter. 😀 It goes out once or twice a week and features my “Best Of…”

➔➔➔ If you haven’t “liked” MY FACEBOOK page, come on over and join us! We’re fun & we’ve got great taste in books!

➔➔➔ You can also follow me here: MY INSTAGRAM ⭐️ MY TWITTER ⭐️ MY TIKTOK ⭐️ MY GOODREADS

➔➔➔ Have a reader recommendation for me? Have a reader question? Wanna talk books? Contact me here 🙂

➔➔➔ AUTHORS with book review requests can contact me here 🙂