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Book Review – The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

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The Great Alone: A Novel <— WHOA. OMG this book is amazing!! This just may end up being my favorite book of 2019… I think I highlighted the whole thing 😉

Simply stunning in its beauty and its darkness. The harsh Alaskan winters and way of life to survive them, and that of unconditional love… no matter how amazing or how horrible that love may be. Facts of real life. No matter how ugly.

I absolutely loved it from start to finish (even the whole build up and shock of moving to Alaska – I was riveted!!!!). read more

Reader Question – The book about the heroine that is suffering trauma because of what she witnessed as a child…

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Danielle needs our book help and this one deals with very dark subject matter (put a chill up my spine) so I’m putting a trigger warning right now.

The bright side? It sounds like one of personal growth and an HEA once the Hero comes into the picture, so at least there’s that.

She asks:

Hey Maryse, can you and your followers please help me find this book?

I’ve been looking for it for years. I hope it’s as good as my mind keeps telling me it was. I read this book when I was 15/16 in 2010/2011. read more

Book Review – Devastated by R.L. Mathewson

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Devastated (Anger Management Book 1) <— P.S. It’s going live in just a couple of days – 10-25-19!!!

When R.L. Mathewson sent me an early review copy of her latest release “Devastated” she included a warning. Just as the moody cover (and title) portray, she told me this one was somewhat darker (or more serious in nature) than her amazing comedy romances that we’ve gone so crazy for in the past.

So, I was fretting. Why? ‘Cause her love stories are totally my kind of “comedy romance”. Witty and gleeful and believable. She (er… I mean… her characters) are absolutely hilarious. From their quick-witted remarks and thought processes, to some of their not-so-smart fumbles and mistakes (that end up being amusing anyway), her books have me grinning, laughing and exhilarated. read more

Reader Question – The book about the abused wife whose high school sweetheart is now a PI…

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Jodi needs our book help! I don’t have many private investigator and security hero books under my belt, but maybe you recognize this series?

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Hi

I was hoping if any of your readers can help me remember a series that was based on a private investigation series.

In the first book the main female character was beaten up by her husband and her friend came and got her, who was a sister from one of the PI group.

And it turned out to be the owner of the PI group was her childhood sweetheart and she thought he had died? read more

Reader Recommendations – Looking for book recommendations featuring cruel, abusive yet redeemable book heroes…

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Kayla is looking for recommendations, and while I have a bunch of lists that fit this genre, I’m opening it back up so we can add more.

She asks:

Hi!

I’m a HUGE fan of cruel heroes (even abusive/borderline abusive heroes) who are redeemable in the end.

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Given the above authors/style/romance preference, can you recommend any new authors or books that I haven’t listed that feature mean/cruel/abusive yet redeemable heroes? I’m NOT a fan of historical romance. I’m open to paranornal. My favorite is contemporary I guess. read more