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Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – March 23rd 2018

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HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!! 😀 Oh how I love Fridays and today’s Friday Finds list has plenty of goodies to choose from (new, AND reader recommendations). Oh yes. I’m reading all weekend.
In fact, I’m reading two from the preorders list below (by a couple of my favorite authors – Tessa Bailey & Shay Savage) whoo are releasing new books in the next few days. I’m already hearing how awesome Tessa’s book is, and I’m halfway through Shay’s and it is exactly what I come to expect from her moody, reclusive guys. YAY ME!!! YAY US!!! But in the meantime…
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE FOUND FOR THE WEEKEND :D !!

  • The Swedish Prince by Karina Halle <— LIVE!! KARINA HALLE ALERT!! THEY’RE FROM TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS… At her young age, she’s raising her siblings, and then royalty shows up in her life… “…Then a fateful encounter literally brought Prince Charming to my doorstep. At first I thought Viktor was just your average businessman passing through, albeit obscenely handsome, six-foot-five, blue-eyed, and mysteriously rich. But soon I discovered the truth behind Viktor’s façade. Beneath his quiet, enigmatic gaze and cocky charm, is a man who is running away from who he really is. A role he’d rather not fulfill. He is Viktor of House Nordin, His Royal Highness, The Crown Prince of Sweden...”
Lisa:  I’m over halfway through and I’m loving it! Giving me butterflies!
  • Judgment Road (Torpedo Ink) by Christine Feehan <— CHRISTINE FEEHAN’S LATEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE RELEASE (BIKER BOOK!!) & WE HAVE FEEDBACK!! He’s an enforcer in an MC and she’s starting over and works in their bar… “…she’s desperate to hold on to her job at the biker bar, even if the scariest member of the club seems to have it out for her. But Reaper’s imposing presence and smoldering looks just ratchet up the heat...”

Young: Just finished ‘Judgement Road’ by Christine Feehan. So GOOD! Loved it!!
Maryse: Young!!! I haven’t read Christine Feehan in AGES even though I loved her in my strictly paranormal days. YAY!!!! I’m so glad you loved it. :D!!! *runs to look it up again*
Young: Maryse, I love Christine Feehan but have lost tract of all paranormal series. Judgement Road is a MC story (russians) and I think there will be a series of stories based on other characters in the MC gang. I love CF’s heroes for their possessive love towards their heroines!!
MichelleS: Maryse – I used to love Feehan’s paranormal Carpathian novels! Will never forget Gregori’s story. That was my fave.
Maryse: My favorite is the one that had been imprisoned in a wall for hundreds of years and was like a wild ravaging beast and only SHE could calm him… OH MY MY MY that book did me in. …I’ll need to backtrack through my reviews…
Tessa: Maryse, that was my favorite too! Or… One with a girl who basically was raised from a young age as a family to a vampire and was basically claimed by one of the most powerful.

  • Hard Wilde (Rough Mountain Bears Book 2) by Dany Rae Miller <— LIVE! BEAR SHIFTER ALERT!! “…After being bitten by a demon, Emily craved blood so badly, she ran away from home and society … hiding on Rough Mountain … crafting a cure and biding her time for the right moment to reach for it. But one taste of her werebear’s miracle elixir and she wants more…”
  • Kiss Me Like You Mean It: A Novel by J. R. Rogue <— LIVE!! THIS ONE JUST WENT LIVE and I’m IN LOVE with the cover… and the blurb just haunts me. My. Broken. Heart. “...Over ten years of chasing, tears, lies, vows, and leaving. Two people who never loved each other at the same time, but couldn’t let each other go. Now here I was telling our story over drinks midday in an airport bar with my old diary clutched in my hand. Telling some version of our story, anyway. I left him once with no goodbye. Now I was returning home to give him what he needed to move on…”
Val: Just one clicked it! I am excited for this one.
Tessa: …Okay, honest truth, OMG! It’s the first of a series, but the main character is awesome. Some things you can kind of foretell if you are like us and have read a ton of fantasy and PNR, but then there is a lot of the stuff I wasn’t expecting and through me. The end… Yeah, go read it MichelleS.
Robyn: The Cruel Prince was just to much of a temptation for me. It was $10 but I so didn’t want to miss out! Fae, a naughty Prince, a girl who hate/loves him = catnip for me!
  • Matters of the Hart (The Hart Series Book 3) by M.E. Carter <— LIVE!! SPORTS STAR ALERT! “…From the second I laid eyes on Annika Leander, I wanted to help her. Protect her. Vindicate her. But she’s got baggage to get through. Hell, we both do. A funny thing happens, though, when you finally connect with someone in a different way than you ever have before. The baggage doesn’t seem so heavy...”
  • Slater Brothers Series by L.A. Casey <— THIS SERIES JUST HAD A NEW RELEASE & Robyn recommends the whole thing!
Robyn: DAMIEN (Slater Brothers Book 5) by LA Casey is the last of the Slater Bro books. …Read these books. They are hilarious and sweet and romantic. All the brothers are Alpha and the women they love are kickass and give, them a run for their money!
  • Cake by Carmen Jenner <— FUNNY & LIGHT and LisafromDFW recommends it!
LisafromDFW: Recently I found Cake by Carmen Jenner in a new release post on here. It was funny and cute. Low angst but the MC loves cake! Who doesn’t love cake!?!?! Her name is Poppy and the hero calls her “Pop Tart”. She hates it so of course he keeps doing it. Fun read for a break from sad or stressful books. And KU!
Malinda: Rebecca Shea is one of my favorite authors
Tiffany: Tempting the Boss by Natasha Madison is on sale … I’ve been waiting for it to go on sale!!
Leslie M: I wanted an audio, so I found this one… Tempt the Boss by Natasha Madison. Only few chapters in, but I like it so far. Grumpy H who is boss at her new job.
  • Rumors: Emerson & Ryder by Rachael Brownell <— LIVE!! OFFICE ROMANCE ALERT!! “…When long days turn into late nights with her boss, rumors about Emerson and Ryder begin to spread. By the time they circle back to her, they’re difficult to ignore, making her attraction to her boss hard to deny. Everyone has an opinion and no one cares if the rumors are true. No one except Emerson...”
  • All the Stars in the Sky: Until the End of the World, Book 3 by Sarah Lyons Fleming <— TEARJERKER ALERT!! Tessa was put through the ringer with this one!

Amy: Tessa… I saw you read All the Stars in the Sky. YAY!!!!! It was a rough road to the end, right? But at least she didn’t break our hearts again.
Tessa: Amy, if *spoiler spoiler spoiler*… I’d have screamed. lol Also… *hands over slightly damp Manny* Uh… Seth made me cry. It was an awesome book, but I had tears!!!!

  • Love Me With Lies Trilogy <— TARRYN FISHER OLD-SCHOOL INDIE ANGSTY LOVE STORY/LOVE TRIANGLE AWESOMENESS… and Maureen just discovered them!
Maureen: Thank you, thank you, thank you for recommending the Love Me With Lies trilogy!! Omg…that’s all I’ve got, just OMG!
  • Long Shot: A HOOPS Novel by Kennedy Ryan <— LIVE!! FORBIDDEN LOVE ALERT!! This one just went live! “...I kissed the prince and he turned into a fraud. I was a fool, and his love – fool’s gold. Now there’s a new player in the game, August West. One of the NBA’s brightest stars. Fine. Forbidden. He wants me. I want him. But my past, my fraudulent prince, just won’t let me go…”
                   

 

AUDIOBOOK L:DVERS

For those going on a road trip soon, or maybe you’ve got some projects that require both hands this weekend but still allows you to “listen”… check out the free audible trial + 2 free audiobooks deal —>

  • AND! Here’s the fun-tool again! —> Find out which of YOUR Kindle books are available as audiobooks at a BARGAIN-PRICE! <— This thing is so cool (Amazon calls it “Matchmaker“)! It’s an Amazon feature, that scans all of your Kindle books and will list all of the ones you have that are also available as an audiobook at a discounted price (not normal audiobook prices). This way, you can switch back and forth, seamlessly between your ebooks and your audiobooks. VERY COOL!
  1. HIM by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy <— Kooloo (one of our resident audiobook lovers) LOVES this one.

Kooloo:Did you read HIM by Bowen too – that was some howwt m&m action right there! You know the kind that melts in your mouth and not in your…. Anyway the audiobook for HIM is even howwwwtttterrrrr If that’s even possible! …you should check out that audiobook book! Teddy and Jacob (narrators) are oh so yum…

PREORDERS (A few of next week’s!!! :D )

        

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Reader Question – The book about the biker that has a bakery…

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Lisa’s question is short and sweet but the detail she provides is just enough for a solid guess! Awwww. This one is already warming my heart!!! I gotta know it, too.

She asks:

Maryse am trying to find a book about a biker who came out of jail. He has a bakery and tries to help ex- cons.

He sees a woman who visits his bakery regularly and now he wants to get to know her.

Anyone know it?

Renee: Looks like one I want to read!

Barbara: Sweet Ride by Dani Wyatt

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the kids that dated in high school and now he’s a famous movie star…

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Ashley has a famous actor question!! I’ve read a few so to me, this could be any of them, but maybe there’s enough detail that someone here know it?

She asks:

Hi Maryse

I was wondering if you could help me find a book that I have been wanting to read again and I cannot remember the title.

It’s about a girl and a boy who met in high school and dated then he moved away and became a famous movie star and met again after he was famous. It is a series book and I believe they were in highschool in the 80’s.

 

Any guesses?

Anne: Sounds like Remember When (The Remember Trilogy Book 1) by T Torrest, first book in The Remember Trilogy

Chris: Yep, I second that. Sounds like Remember When. Three books in the series. I read all three which is unusual for me. Loved them. Maybe I’ll do a re-read nos.

Amy: Yep, it sounds like Remember When. So funny to read all of the 80′s references in it that made me cringe. LOL!

Maryse: Oh yeah!! I read the first two…. many years ago now! I KNEW it sounded like something I read. :D LOL! So many stories floating in my head…

Ashley: It was Remember When! I have been in a book slump and wanted to re read just could not for the life of me remember the title. Cant wait to read the new book Trip too. Such a great series. Thanks so much for your help

Maryse: YAY!!! Another one solved. And it’s a great read, too. Thanks guys!! 😀

Amy: “So many stories floating in my head…” <—— The struggle is real. :P

Diana: Could also be Stone Promises (A Stone Brothers Novel) by Samantha

Christy: It part of the Stone Brothers series.

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Reader Question… Solved! The book about the man that kisses what he assumes is his girlfriend only to find his phone ringing, with said girlfriend calling…

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Tracie needs our book help – DESPERATELY!! LOL!!!! Funny because I just read a synopsis for a book where the twin sisters “switch” on him… I wonder if it’s the one?

She asks:

Hi there! I read an excerpt of a book about twin sisters.

The man in the story kisses what he assumes is his girlfriend only to find his phone ringing, with said girlfriend calling.

He thinks it must be some kind of joke.

It’s making me mental!!!! Not being able to find it? Help!

Okay so my guess is Switch Hitter: a Jock Hard novella by Sara Ney.

Anyone else have a guess?

Jen: Without Merit: A Novel by Colleen Hoover

Nicole: Without Merit: A Novel by Colleen Hoover

Amy: It’s definitely Without Merit by Colleen Hoover! :D

Tracie: It is Without Merit by colleen hoover, and funny enough i have it! I haven’t read it because the reviews i was reading said it wasn’t a love story so i hesitated. I also had ugly love for a long time and just read it. It was so powerful, it affected me for days after. Thank-you so much! Eventually the mystery would have been solved, but i was obsessing. I love your site.

Maryse: YAY!!!! Another one solved, and one by my favorite author that I still need to read. 😀 Thanks everyone!!!

 

Sabaa Tahir – An Ember In The Ashes Series Reading Order

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FANTASY ROMANCE SERIES & Tasha LOVES it!

bev: Buy It. Buy It. Buy It. Buy It. Seriously, Buy It. …This was a really good and seriously fun book.
Tasha: I bought this one this year at full price, have read halfway through and it’s a 5 star for sure (I skipped to the end cuz I had no time to keep going and I HAD to know what was gonna happen, lol). I will finish soon. There’s another after and I think the third will be coming out.
Jean: Tasha, I’ve had that book since 2016 and still haven’t read it!
Tasha: What?!! Now is the perfect time to jump in then! I guess there are 3 books out and the 4th is out in 2019. The 3rd though is Helene’s book. Ooh the Commandant is so scary and I think the Masks are totally creepy. The world is cool, the different perspectives from main characters, all the action…very bada$$! ;)
MichelleS: Tasha’s review and love for Ember in the Ashes and comparing it to Sarah J Maas had me go to Amazon lickety-split. Imagine my surprise when Amazon tells me I purchase it back in summer of 2016! I don’t remember this book. I hate it when that happens.
Amy: …An Ember In the Ashes? That one was great!

About book #1:

Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free.
Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.
It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.
But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.
There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

READING ORDER:

  

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