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Reader Question – Looking for a specific kind of “reverse harem” book recommendations…

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I haven’t delved into the world of reverse harems (other than way back in the day when I was hooked on Anita Blake and went very many books deep, but that got so out there for me that I stopped reading somewhere along the way).

Anyway, Sarah is looking for more Reverse Harem recommendations but she has a few specific requests:

Hi Maryse!

I was wondering if you or any of your faithful crew could help me out with some recommendations? I’ve really been into RH romance novels lately but picky about which ones i want to read. read more

Lily White – Antihero Inferno Series Reading Order

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NEW ADULT DARK-ish ROMANCE SERIES BY ONE OF OUR DARK READ QUEENS!!! This one sure sounds like a bully book to me!! 😀 The author says:

***Each novel in the series depicts a unique romance, but the plots through each book connect in one world. For the best experience, read the series in order.

Nine dangerous men.
Nine unrepentant sinners you’ll hate to love.
Nine Full Length Standalone novels.

About book #1:

Ninth Circle.
Treachery.
Also known as Tanner Caine.

He is a temptation with cold, dark eyes.
A man with a seductive smirk and a body built for pure sin.
The linchpin of a group of wealthy bad boys known as the Inferno. read more

Pepper Winters – Goddess Isles Series Reading Order

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<— NEW SERIES BY PEPPER WINTERS ALERT!! DARK READ (dark romance… maybe even reverse harem?) Not sure, but by this blurb, it sounds like it will be intense for fans of this genre.

About book #1:

“There was a boy once. A boy who wasn’t strong enough to save me when I was taken.”
There was a girl once. A girl called Tess Snow who sat with me in the dark, waiting to be sold.
There was an owner once. An owner who bought me, entrapped me, and made me his unwilling goddess.”

Eleanor Grace is a naïve dreamer. Trusting and young, she believes her travel-loving boyfriend can save her when her freedom is snatched and sold. Squirrelled away to an island at dawn, delivered to a man even darkness won’t touch, she’s bound by a contract. read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the girl that moves in with her half-brother and falls for his teacher best friend…

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Lily needs our book help and this one sounds like allllllllll sorts of romance turmoil and trouble!!! 😀

She asks:

Hey,

I am searching for a book.

The story starts with the girl attending her mother’s funeral. Then she goes to live with her half-brother (who was given up for adoption) and his best friend. The best friend is a chemistry teacher at the school she enrolls.

And they kinda start falling for each other.

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1. The half brother is bisexual and in love with his best friend. read more

Book Review – Frayed by Layne Deemer

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Frayed <— GAH!! I just read an amazing book that I was SO into from start to finish. This was a debut novel? GET. OUT. I can’t even believe it. FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC. R. Renee came to us screaming “YOU” vibes and boy was she right!!!! But it’s not at ALL the same story. I promise. Though that feel is JUST right.

AND what’s best of all? We BUDDY READ it!!! Group read of freak-outs & reactions!! LOL!

R. Renee: Guys!! This is Layne’s debut psych thriller. Some of you know her from the GR PFM challenge group. I started it this morning and I can’t put it down!! I went in blind so I have no idea what’s coming but at 16% it’s giving me serious YOU vibes! read more