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Eden Butler – Saints and Sinners Series Reading Order

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FOOTBALL SPORTS ROMANCE ALERT!! Book #3 JUST WENT LIVE today! 😀

Robyn: Roughing the Kicker – a woman kicker in the NFL? How fun is that, plus the quarterback is after you? This could be a fun romp! And naughty cuz it’s Eden Butler!

Cheryl: Roughing the Kicker sounds like my kind of book. Love a good sports romance! 😉

About book #1:

She isn’t the girl Luka Hale loved.
Gia Jilani killed the child she’d been, right along with the memory of his smile and the sting of his sweet kiss.
But sometimes, against her will, Luka comes back to her— his smile, his laugh, the crooked twist of his lips just before he kissed her. He’s a phantom that won’t ever fade. He’s a reminder of what happens if you love too deeply.
Now Gia returns to the place where the past and the present converge. Where pain and pleasure threaten to consume her. Where she is forced to face a past that has never really left her and the memories that still haunt her and likely always will. read more

Tamara Lush’s “All I Do” is LIVE & she’s sent a hilarious excerpt + we’re having a spa kit giveaway!

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<— Tamara Lush’s “All I Do (Paradise Beach Book 3)” is LIVE, it can be read as a standalone and to celebrate, she’s today’s newsletter sponsor, she’s sent over a hilarious excerpt for us to giggle over + we’re having the best spa giveaway that will make you feel like you’re on the beach!

A note from Tamara:

“I live in Florida, where it’s still summer. Winter’s coming in many places, and I know a lot of readers will soon wish they were on a beach. I’d like to send one reader a tropical-themed spa gift basket! The super cute Seas The Day box includes bath salts, soaps, a natural sea sponge, a soy candle, bath bombs and lip balm — all you need is a book, and you’ll feel like you’re on vacation!” read more

Tamara Lush – Paradise Beach Series Reading Order

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<— A BEACHY COMEDY ROMANCE SERIES that can be read in any order and book # 3 just went live!! 😀 The blurbs and gorgeous covers alone have me already “there”. Mmmmmm I can smell the salty ocean, pina coladas and tropical smelling lotions from here!

About book #1:

After his kiss, I desperately wanted our relationship to be real…

I’m a struggling bartender, trying to manage a chronic health condition without insurance. Then Damien Hastings, my first love, walks in. He’s a gorgeous, muscular Marine — and offers to marry me so I can get treatment. So I can be healthy and whole. read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the man and the woman that were swept out of a plane and land on an island…

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Vicki has a reader question for us, and I was SO sure I had read it and guessed it (these are one of my favorite tropes). But I was wrong. So… YAY!!! That means we get to make a list of guesses!! Er… unless someone comes up with it right off the bat. 😉

She asks:

Vicki: I have a reader’s question for you. A story of two couples who are friends. They have kids etc. They go on a plane trip and the man of one couple and the woman of the other couple are swept out of a plane. They land on an island together… read more

Terri E. Laine & A.M. Hargrove – Cruel and Beautiful Series Reading Order

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<— Remember this one??? GASP!!!! I didn’t realize this was a series!! WE LOVED book #1 like crazy here (reminiscent of our old-school super-angsty romance with a jaw dropping twist), and I just realized that there are TWO more!!!! P.S. Here’s my review of book #1 (Cruel and Beautiful). IT IS A MUST READ!!!!

NOTE: While each one can be read as a standalone (each one focuses on a specific set of characters), the characters DO cross over. Many readers recommending reading in order so you can get to know the characters as the series progresses (and also – most importantly – so book #1 is not “spoiled” by the next book in the series). read more