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Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 12-07-2020

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HAPPY MONDAY!!!! 25 new books just went LIVE EARLY!! Like the latest by Jewel E. Ann, to the left. WE LOVE HER!! And… take a look below at what’s going live tomorrow. YOU KNOW I’m ALL OVER that new one from Colleen Hoover. OH YES PLEASE!!!! 😀

THREE THINGS:

1.) I got in on the Bath and Body Works Candle Day event. Yeah… I just. I can’t help myself. I love the yummy smells and even more when that smell is in my house. 😉 The only one they took off my final order confirmation was Limoncello. *hrmph* I REALLY wanted that one.

2.) I tried protecting my new palm trees from that freeze last week. I did it! Though, my big beautiful Christmas Tree palm does have a touch of… bronzing on her leaves. She’s still beautiful and healthy looking and green…ish. Just looks like her bright green is not as bright right now. *sigh* Though I know she survived it. So at least that.

3.) I watched “Unhinged” this weekend. It kept me on the edge of my seat, and OMG some of the scenes were terrifying and horrific. Like that one in the diner. HOLY. MOLY. I have learned… no honking for nothing! You never know who you’re honking at. 😬😬😳

LOOK WHAT JUST WENT LIVE :D !!!

➔➔➔ TWO MONTHS FREE KINDLE UNLIMITED DEAL!!! EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER ☃️🎄🎄☃️!!! <— If you haven’t tried it yet, now’s your chance. WE ARE LOVING IT! 

➔➔➔ AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED MEMBERSHIP SUPER-SALE!!! 😲 3 months for a super-bargain US, Canada and UK!! 😀

➔➔➔ AUDIBLE SUPER-DEAL for the first 6 months! Robin found us this one!!

and…

  1. Not What I Expected by Jewel E. Ann <— JEWEL E. ANN ALERT!! SINGLE MOM & NEW GUY IN TOWN… “…After four kids and an unfortunate but fateful end to her twenty-two-year marriage, Elsie Smith meets the new guy in town. Kael Hendricks is … a little younger, a lot sexy, and too confident for his own good. He also doesn’t believe in marriage and all that goes with it. And … He’s just opened a new business that threatens the livelihood of Elsie’s family’s store…”
  2. Whisky and Wishes (Dark Kings Book 19) by Donna Grant
  3. Mending the Beast (Awakening Pride Book 10) by Lacey Thorn
  4. Starlight Web: A Paranormal Women’s Fiction Novel (Moonshadow Bay Book 1) by Yasmine Galenorn
  5. Bonus Kisses by Freya Barker <—- OHHHH FORBIDDENY ALERT!! She’s caring for her dying sister, and attracted to her sister’s husband!!!! “…taking care of Nicky means being around her husband, Rafe; the one man Taz could never forget. Rafe is not only her brother-in-law but also took over the family veterinary clinic from her dad. As Taz becomes Nicky’s home health care nurse—working closely with Rafe to make her sister comfortable—their latent attraction comes sizzling back to the surface…”
  6. Sail With Me: A With Me in Seattle Universe Novel by Jen Talty
  7. Beat With Me: A With Me in Seattle Universe Novel by Anna Edwards
  8. Second Chance With Me: A With Me in Seattle Universe Novel by S. Moose
  9. Stuck With Me: A With Me in Seattle Universe Novel by Melissa Brown
  10. Merry Hearts: A Small Town Holiday Novella by Amber Kelly <— CHRISTMAS CHEER! “...enjoy a snowy Christmas with your favorite Colorado ranchers. It’s December in Poplar Falls and the small town is thrumming with activity and alight with festive cheer. Merry Hearts features all your favorite couples coming together in one story to bring you joy, happiness, and a little Christmas hometown joy…”
  11. Beautiful Lies: A Dark Secret Society Romance (Breaking Belles) by Alta Hensley and Stasia Black
  12. A Death, A Duke, And Miss Mifford (Regency Murder and Marriage Book 1) by Claudia Stone
  13. Nick: A Small-Town Second Chance Single Mom Christmas Romance by Mazzy King
  14. Journey to High Lonesome (Outlaw Trail Book 3) by Rosanne Bittner
  15. Upside Down, A Breaking the Rules Novel by A.M. Madden <— M/M ROMANCE ALERT!! “…my current attempt at love felt like a dead end. When she gave me an ultimatum, I couldn’t promise to give her what she wanted. So, she ended it. Explaining another breakup to my family was the last thing I wanted. But doing it on a luxury yacht at my brother’s wedding lessened the hardship. I never imagined that trip would change everything… and I certainly wasn’t prepared for him to change everything...”
  16. Cold Snap by Sam Clover <— M/M ROMANCE
  17. Kitty Valentine Dates a Cowboy by Jillian Dodd
  18. Riding The Edge (KTS Book 1) by Elise Faber
  19. Fighter’s Heart: An Enemies to Lovers Sports Romance (Crown MMA Romance) by A. Rivers <— SHE’S THE PR FOR THIS MMA BAD BOY! “…I never meant to become the go-to P.R. girl for the biggest jerks in professional sports. Unfortunately, I built a reputation for turning douchebags into superstars, and now I’m stuck. When I’m assigned to work with a guy accused of hitting his girlfriend, enough is enough. I know all about men like Jase ‘The Wrangler’ Rawlins, and I have the emotional scars to prove it. Mouthy, conceited, and hot as f*ck, he’s used to getting his way. I want nothing to do with him, but my boss makes an offer I can’t refuse…”
  20. Crazy In Love: A Standalone Christmas Thriller by Ivy Smoak
  21. Sexy Savior: A Hero Club Novel by Kayt Miller
  22. Egotistical Executive: A Hero Club Novel by K.L. Humphreys
  23. No Love: An Interracial Romance by T.O. Smith <— MOST FEARED MAN IN CHICAGO!!  “…She was hiding, trying her hardest to have a normal life. But deep down, she knew that she could never be normal. Because when she’s saved by the most feared man in Chicago, deep down she knows she’ll never taste normalcy again…”
  24. Affinity: A Salvation Society Novel by Harlow Layne
  25. Treasured: A Salvation Society Novel by Victoria Pinder

PREORDERS (going live soon!!! 😀 )

  1. Layla by Colleen Hoover – December 8th 2020
  2. Depends On Who’s Asking (SWAT Generation 2.0 Book 12) by Lani Lynn Vale – December 8th 2020
  3. The Class Reunion: A psychological suspense thriller by N.L. Hinkens – December 8th 2020
  4. What You See (Sons of the Survivalist Book 3) by Cherise Sinclair – December 8th 2020
  5. From Our First (Promise Me Book 4) by Carrie Ann Ryan – December 8th 2020
  6. Shine Until Tomorrow by Carla Malden – December 8th 2020
  7. You Had Me at Hockey by Kelly Jamieson – December 8th 2020
  8. Courting Trouble (A Goode Girls Romance Book 2) by Kerrigan Byrne – December 8th 2020
  9. The Romantic Pact by Meghan Quinn – December 10th 2020
  10. Sisi’s Alpine Christmas: A heartwarming, grown-up couple, friends-to-lovers holiday romance (Niccolò Count of Marezza Book 1) by Soleil – December 12th 2020
  11. About Tomorrow… by Abbi Glines – December 14th 2020
  12. Dream Chaser (Dream Team Book 2) by Kristen Ashley – December 15th 2020
  13. Bailed Out (The Anna Albertini Files Book 2) by Rebecca Zanetti – December 15th 2020
  14. On The Rebound (Steinbeck U) by L A Cotton – December 15th 2020
  15. Smoke: The Carelli Family Saga, Book One by Eden Butler – December 15th 202
  16. Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes (The Dark Eyes Series) by M. R. Noble – December 16th 2020
  17. The Relationship Pact by Adriana Locke – December 17th 2020
  18. Good With His Hands (Good In Bed Book 1) by Lauren Blakely & Lili Valente – December 18th 2020
  19. Everspell: A Kindred Novel (The Kindred Book 5) by Donna Grant – December 21st 2020

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Reader Question… Solved! The book about the couple that is getting a divorce after they lost a baby…

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Adina is looking for this book! And Adina? You are never an inconvenience. Book questions or requests for recommendations make my day!! 😀 And this is the same for all of you. ❤️

She asks:

Hello and sorry for the inconvenience, I am writing to you because I saw on your blog a very large list of titles, romantic books, military topic.

I’ve been looking for a book title for a week, unfortunately I don’t remember the author or the cover. What I do know is that the fiction is contemporary.

The H is ex military and currently working at a security company. The H and h are married but have been separated for a few years.

She is seeking divorce but the H doesn’t want a divorce and proposes a few months of living again together.

They lost a baby. The h is devastated because the H left on a mission when the tragedy happened.

The H’s colleagues do not know that he is married or about the baby.

Hope you are healthy in these crazy times. 10x

Okay!!! I think I know this one because I read and loved it and also because it was a recent reader question so it’s fresh in my mind!

Anyone have a different guess?

Molly: Adina O. I have 2 books that might be it.

Adina: I check the books that you recommended but no luck 🙁 The H is not a spy, fbi agent or royal.

Maryse: I’m guessing it’s the “Retrieval Duet” by Aly Martinez.

Here are my reviews:

Jan: Maybe Breaking the Rules by Suzanne Brockmann? One of the Troubleshooters series. It has some similar aspects to the storyline.

Jami: Rescuing Ellena by Anna Blakely

Adina: True to You by Jody Watters. I found it!!!!

Maryse: OMG YAY ADINA!!!! I’ll update the post and now we have an awesome list of books that are similar. 😀

➔➔➔  Browse more reader questions (solved & unsolved) here. 😀 Maybe you’ll find a solved one to read or have a guess for us for one that’s still unsolved.

Have a reader question for us to solve? Send it to me here.

➔➔➔  Love this trope? Browse more features and reviews on my blog of books that include marital strife & divorce issues.

Maryse’s Favorite Book Lists

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This post is simple to compile my whole batch of “favorites lists” into one page right here, so I can update it each time I make a new one (like my “Best of the year” lists), as an example. 😉

Christina: My mom is a huge fan of yours and showed me your favorite books of 2019 list. I have read so many on there…

Julie: Always look forward to this list!

Lisa C: Maryse, you and I are very similar in our book choices so if you like it, I like it. With the exception of some of the dark reads…I’m a baby! Thank you so much!!!!

Perry: …A love story can be told through so many different types of stories and the real gems are often found in the most unexpected places. I can’t wait to see where your quest for the best, most fulfilling and thrilling reads takes you this year!!

MY PERSONAL FAVORITES:

➔➔➔  Looking for more recommendations? Browse all of the reader favorites lists here on the blog. 😀

➔➔➔  Looking for my must-read recommendations? Browse my 5 star and 4.5 star and 4 star reviews. 😀

Blasts from our Book Past – 12-04-2020

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TODAY’S “BLAST FROM THE PAST” BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

Cait: Can’t believe this was four years ago!!

Maryse: I know it, right?? That was such a fun list to make!!

Meredith: The Host. The first time I read it it, I closed the book, hugged it to my chest and tried to figure out what to do next….which was to immediately start rereading it. 🤣🤣 I still get the same feeling every time I read it now, I 100% don’t want it to be over.

Taylor:  I was literally here to say this. I WANT A HOST SEQUEL

Bonnie: by far her best book. There’s so much potential there, even if the sequel was a totally different group in the same universe.

Maryse: OMG I CRIED AND CRIED during the Host. One of my favorite books ever!!!!!!! I even had to stop in the middle – watched a funny movie – and when I picked it back up, I immediately started sobbing again.

Viola: the Host. I have read that book too many times to count. Just love it.

Heather: I love The Twilight Saga but I have yet to read The Host.

Meredith: Ugh, now I need to reread it again!! 🤣🤣 OMG GO READ IT!!!! You will not be sorry. Maryse linked her review up above and it’s spot on. It does start slow but it’s like a slow burn love story. Takes a minute to get there but once you are it’s perfection. I remember I had raved about to both my sisters and when they were reading it they both texted being like when does this pick up. I told both to just keep going and when they got to the end they understood why I loved it so much.

I’ve read it so many times, I own the hardcover (which I actually bought after borrowing it from a friend for my first 2 read through a and needed my own copy), the paperback (which had the extra scene) AND the kindle (because I wanted to read it and didn’t have either physical version on hand). I promise you won’t be disappointed!!

➔➔➔  Looking to reminisce even more? Check out all our “Blasts from our Books Past” posts here on my blog. 😀

➔➔➔  Looking for my must-read recommendations? Browse my 5 star and 4.5 star and 4 star reviews or my favorite book lists here 😀

Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 12-04-2020

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HAPPY FRIDAY FINDS DAY!!! Today’s list is LOADED in bargain finds (in fact, Amazon is having a huge deal on romance books as we speak), and I’ve added some recommendations and new releases too! 😀 I’ll be adding throughout the day as we find more, so keep checking back.

P.S. If you read and loved one recently (or find a super-deal) let me know and I’ll add it.

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

➔➔➔ TWO MONTHS FREE KINDLE UNLIMITED DEAL!!! EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER ☃️🎄🎄☃️!!! <— If you haven’t tried it yet, now’s your chance. WE ARE LOVING IT! 

➔➔➔ AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED MEMBERSHIP SUPER-SALE!!! 😲 3 months for a super-bargain US, Canada and UK!! 😀

➔➔➔ AUDIBLE SUPER-DEAL for the first 6 months! Robin found us this one!!

➔➔➔ TODAY ONLY ON AMAZON: Up to 80% off on Romance novels on Kindle 

and…

“The main character, Darkrip, was inspired by my love of slightly wicked, reformed anti-heroes like Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent from Devil in Winter, Zsadist from Lover Awakened and Cian from Valley of Silence.”

Katie: LOVED this book ❤️❤️

Jen: It was such a good book!

Ashley: Hi! It’s me again! I just finished Regretting You. Well, I didn’t think anything could top Slammed but she’s done it! It’s officially my favorite book of 2019… possibly ever. This book is everything! It’s raw and real and I am just overwhelmed and a little sad that I don’t think anything can top it! I feel very sorry for the next book that I read. I don’t care what your plans are, drop them.

Becky: This might be my favorite CoHo book ever.

  • The Pleasure House by Kitty Thomas <— KITTY THOMAS QUEEN OF DARK READS & BOOK BUNDLE ALERT!!! “…The Pleasure House is Kitty Thomas’s COMPLETE 5 book pleasure house series. All five books from the pleasure house series are included: Guilty Pleasures, Broken Dolls, Surrender, Pretty Lies, and Twisted Fates.”

Tessa: Brian Sloan from Kitty Thomas’s book. (That is so on my TBR list. A sociopathic dom… *shudders in fear*) …He is introduced in Guilty Pleasures and is in his own stand alone, Broken Dolls. He sounds interesting, if nothing else. *grins*

Anna: I read Guilty Pleasures by Kitty Thomas about a year ago. I remember it wasn’t quite as dark as I’d expected, but there were definitely some interesting twists and turns. It is one of those books that I still remember a lot about even a year later, and for someone like me who reads a million books and has a shifty memory that is probably saying something 🙂

Tessa: Kitty Thomas is usually that “I gotta know” author. So, *raises hand*. I did love her Submissive Fairy tales and Broken Dolls.

Yasmen: If you are looking for book that will take on an up and down ride, make you feel all kind of emotions, make you angry and want to throw it out of the window or put it in the freezer (I am looking at you friends fans you guys get it ) but will end up loving it any way then you should totally read “A love letter to whiskey”

It was awful a little when you won’t agree with the main characters actions but it happens in all books too so you really should look it up…

Yasmen: “Her football star ex” if that’s not an emotional read i don’t know what is and it’s a little different plot but really just a great book.

Jan: I finished the new Lisa Kleypas, Chasing Cassandra. Victorian-era romance with a highly intelligent self-made man hero who has more money than he’ll ever need, but doesn’t really know how to feel love. Yeah, one of those kinda guys. Lovely story. 4 stars from me.

Minha: Loved…Looooved the book… And your review is just perfect and fun!! It’s like you know what I am thinking… thank you for putting my thoughts in your fun writing and book sharing… LoL

Sarah: This one hit me like a freight train! Loved loved loved it! Great review maryse

Emily: Maryse, I’m 34% into “Brutally Beautiful” and I gotta say I think “Lainey” is one of my most favorite heroines ever! Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention this weekend! Loving this book! 🙂

Michelle M: Cold-Blooded Beautiful was f***ing awesome, even better than Brutally Beautiful! I know you liked Brutally Beautiful, so you gotta read Cold-Blooded Beautiful. There were parts that my eyes just couldn’t read fast enough and left my heart pounding with adrenaline and there were parts that left my eyes tear-filled and my heart sighing. Such a great sequel and conclusion.

  • LIFE OF DEBAUCHERY by M. Robinson <— DUET BUNDLE ALERT!! “...No one saw through her looking glass. No one cared. No one tried. Until the villain presented himself as the hero in her life. He took and took and took some more. With no regret. With no shame. With no apology…“

AUDIOBOOK L:DVERS!

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➔➔ AUDIBLE SUPER-DEAL for the first 6 months! <— Robin found us this one!!

PREORDERS (going live soon!!! 😀 )

  1. Not What I Expected by Jewel E. Ann – December 6th 2020
  2. Bonus Kisses by Freya Barker – December 7th 2020
  3. Depends On Who’s Asking (SWAT Generation 2.0 Book 12) by Lani Lynn Vale – December 8th 2020
  4. The Class Reunion: A psychological suspense thriller by N.L. Hinkens – December 8th 2020
  5. What You See (Sons of the Survivalist Book 3) by Cherise Sinclair – December 8th 2020
  6. From Our First (Promise Me Book 4) by Carrie Ann Ryan – December 8th 2020
  7. Shine Until Tomorrow by Carla Malden – December 8th 2020
  8. You Had Me at Hockey by Kelly Jamieson – December 8th 2020
  9. Layla by Colleen Hoover – December 8th 2020
  10. Courting Trouble (A Goode Girls Romance Book 2) by Kerrigan Byrne – December 8th 2020
  11. The Romantic Pact by Meghan Quinn – December 10th 2020
  12. Sisi’s Alpine Christmas: A heartwarming, grown-up couple, friends-to-lovers holiday romance (Niccolò Count of Marezza Book 1) by Soleil – December 12th 2020
  13. About Tomorrow… by Abbi Glines – December 14th 2020
  14. Bailed Out (The Anna Albertini Files Book 2) by Rebecca Zanetti – December 15th 2020
  15. On The Rebound (Steinbeck U) by L A Cotton – December 15th 2020
  16. Smoke: The Carelli Family Saga, Book One by Eden Butler – December 15th 202
  17. Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes (The Dark Eyes Series) by M. R. Noble – December 16th 2020
  18. The Relationship Pact by Adriana Locke – December 17th 2020
  19. Good With His Hands (Good In Bed Book 1) by Lauren Blakely & Lili Valente – December 18th 2020
  20. Everspell: A Kindred Novel (The Kindred Book 5) by Donna Grant – December 21st 2020

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