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L.J. Shen – All Saints High Series Reading Order

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L.J. SHEN’S LATEST BULLY ROMANCE SERIES and book #3 (Angry God) JUST WENT LIVE!!! P.S. Book #2 made some in our crew sob (but LOVE it!!)

Tessa: Pretty Reckless by LJ Shen and OMG, tummy twists galore!

MichelleS: …I love LJ Chen’s writing, and it’s a serious bully book.!

JulieO: Can’t believe it!!! I just finished re-reading the SINNER OF SAINTS SERIES. I mean I just put down SCANDALOUS last night and thinking about what to read next and it was like a book was dropped from heaven. PRETTY RECKLESS just for me!!!! Happy🥰 read more

K.A. Tucker – The Simple Wild Series Reading Order

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AWESOME CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE ALERT!! She’s one of my favorite authors ever (her stories are unforgettable and her writing is incredible), and I fell in LOVE with book #1.

It’s a total romance escape into Alaska, and trust me, I loved experiencing this whole new world (and way of living) through the eyes of a city girl. And I especially loved being annoyed by the brooding Alaskan pilot that scowls and dismisses her… (ROAR!!)

And YAY US!!! She’s releasing a sequel in just a few days!!! P.S. Here’s my Book Review. read more

Reader Question – The book about the Italian arranged marriage to a cruel mafia man that she hates… and the Russian.

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Miyah is looking for this one! Oooooh this one is a mafia romance and all sorts of tumultuous drama potential! Plenty of detail here to spark your memory if you read it, so I spoiler alerted throughout, in case you haven’t read it.

She asks:

Hi Maryse!!

I’ve been reading for blog for a while and thought you be the perfect person to help me find this book I read awhile ago and wanted to reread.

I believe it’s about a girl who is in an Italian arranged marriage and I think he’s in the mafia and she hates him and he’s cruel so right before they’re wedding she meets this Russian guy who similarly I believe is in the mafia and… read more

Reader Recommendations – Our favorite “bad boy turned lover boy” (like Travis Maddox) books…

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Ahhhhhh LOOKIT WHAT WE HAVE!!! A brand spanking new Travis Maddox super-fan. 😀 Rebaica has just discovered the wonder of Beautiful Disaster and has fallen in love with my original ultimate book boyfriend Travis (btw… he’s still MINE!!) 😉 and she’s needing more like him.

She asks:

Maryse!!!!!!

I am soooo happy I found your blog!!!!

Honestly, I am surrounded by these pseudo-intellectuals who judge me for being a sappy-romantic-pining-novel lover but I read some of your reviews and now I know there are more people like me. 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