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Reader Question – The book about the single dad and the intern at his company…

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Jennifer needs our help! It’s not much to go on, but I think for someone that has read it, this is enough info to solve it. 🙂

She asks:

HELP: Have you heard of a book where he is a single dad and she’s the intern of his company that has a NO fraternizing policy.

He decides to fight his feelings until he finds out she just moved into his building???

Short and sweet, and sounds nice and angsty. 😉

Anyone know it?

Jennifer: P.S. So the reason it’s so short is because I saw it on amazon and was going to order it then realized I was on my husbands amazon and I closed it out to get into mine. Name unknown and boom….now I can’t get it out of my head. cry read more

Reader Question – The book where the bad boy spies on his cellist neighbor…

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Ooooh a bad boy peeping tom book!!! And this time we don’t get much info on what it’s about, but I think this detail is enough to help Christine find it!

She asks:

“Hi Maryse! I need help with finding the name of a book. The female is a cellist (I believe) and the (bad) boy neighbor watches her through the window. Sorry I don’t have more info than that, but I remember seeing it months ago but never one clicked it or wish listed it and now I can’t find it anywhere! Thanks for any help!!!!”

UPDATE BY CHRISTINE:

“Yes!! Very Twisted Things, thank you so much!!!!!!! Adding it to my wish list now. That damn thing gets longer each day but I love it!”

Anyone?

Karen: Renee Carlino’s Before We Were Strangers? she is a cellist.

Maryse: Karen… maybe yes!! He did used to watch her through her cracked door… and listen to her. Hmmm… I was envisioning a window. LOL!!!! (P.S. my review of this book)

Betty: Nah he’s not a peeping tom.

  • Very Twisted Things: Standalone New Adult (Briarcrest Academy Book 3) by Ilsa Maddem-Mills <— Kelly says this one! “Very Twisted Things (Briarcrest Academy) except she’s a violinist. Not sure if this is it but the guy is her neighbor and a rock star who watches her through binoculars! I really liked this book, it can be read as a standalone but the others in the series are great too!” UPDATE!!!! THIS IS THE ONE!!! YAY!!

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    Book Review – The Five Stages of Falling in Love by Rachel Higginson

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    The Five Stages of Falling in Love
    WOWWWWW!!! *sniff sniff* sad That. Was. Beauuuuuuutiful. The book that gave me big fat ploppy tears that just ran down my cheeks randomly in a mix of sorrow, absolute grief, and pure sweet happiness! lol

    Sherry: I’m only 13% in and I’ve choked up AND laughed my ass off ALL on the same page….this one is going to be rough… My God, how can a book have you crying at only 3% ???? But laughing at 7%

    Maryse: It sounds perfect!!!

    Sherry: Oh you’ve no idea. It’s such a real feeling of emotions….it rips your heart out, then your laughing out loud a sentence later…Just real

    From start, to middle to end… I snuffled and sobbed, cheered and giggled, oohed and awwwwed over the various stages of her grief and her emotional healing. I was right there with her, and felt every single step of her mourning.

    AND I also loved experiencing the whole “falling in love” part. Even though she didn’t quite realize it, yet… the title pretty much gave it away. 😉

    Because that’s what this one was about. Love and loss. And just maybe… love again.

    Right from the start (even though I went in blind), I knew what I was in for. Like Sherry said, it hurts like heck right from the first few pages, and yet, even though I knew I was in for pure emotional agony, the writing is so beautiful, the characters already so well developed, and the connections and bonds so tangible that I knew I was also in for a delightful, heartfelt treat! I didn’t need “time” to get into it, and get to know them. I was already there, right from the start. And there was NO way I was shying away from these tears. I was gonna feel ’em and let ’em flow.

    Honest, raw, REAL, heartfelt and even in it’s sorrow… witty as heck!

    And my fellow readers had this one right!

    Kandace: The gang and I read Five Stages to Falling in Love this week and we all loved it hard. I think you would like it too. A few of us thought her writing reminded us a bit of Taylor’s writing in After I Do. Every word and thought felt so real. <— Oh and you guys know just how much I LOVED “After I Do“.

    BEpps: The five stages of falling in love has to be one of my all time favorite books of all time! It is the IT book for 2015!!!

    Kandace: The words were visceral, touching, real and AMAZING! A true love story. I haven’t connected with a book like this in a long time. I was concerned going it would be too sad but the way this author told the story made it something special. I felt I was right there with her every step of the way. Heck, I could have been her, that’s how real it felt.

    Maryse: I am LOVING 5 Stages of Falling in Love. Sure, I cry on and off, but I am SO there with them… my face is all streaky and my nose is pink. LOL!

    Sherry: Boy did I LOVE Five Stages !! I don’t think I’ve cried and laughed in a book in a looooooong time. Such an awesome story, give it a try when you can. It shouldn’t take you that long to read it. You’ll be hooked

    Maryse: Welp… I’m back in big fat ploppy tears reading The 5 Stages of Falling in Love, again. *sniff sniff*… *sniff* cry… waaaaaaaaaiiiilll!!! Christmas. Oh wow.

    Sherry: Right!!!?? I’m here if you need me !!

    Maryse: FAT TEARS Sherry!! The kind that come out on their now in big streams and plop on my pajama top and my face doesn’t even change ’cause I’m in sad-shock. You know those tears are something, when they do their own thing and you don’t even have to ugly cry for them to come out…!!

    Summmer: Aww 5 stages of falling in love was really good I read it last week! It gives the “feels” that’s for sure! Enjoy it!

    Maryse: Awwwww!!! This has got to be one of the most sweetest, touching realistic “thoughts” out of a book that I’ve ever read.

    “And next year, Lucy would be starting kindergarten . Because obviously she had stopped loving me. Otherwise she wouldn’t go; she would stay home with me forever and not force me to watch her grow up.” <— *sniff sniff* The tears are gonna start again. neutral I need chocolate.

    Sherry: “During the summer months, I’d paid a neighbor kid to mow the lawn for me, but selfishly, he’d applied to Universities out of state and eventually had to move….” This was one of the lines that cracked me up

    Cheryl: I really enjoyed the Five Stages of Falling in Love; was so well-written. My only complaint was the ending felt a little rushed after all the “slow-burn.” read more

    Book Review – Starting Fires by Makenzie Smith

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    Starting Fires
    I’m done!! Remember this one? LOL! 😛 How could you forget, since I first brought it up yesterday. It caught my eye a couple of days ago when the author dropped me a note to tell me it was a new release. No reviews, brand new author, no reader recommendations (yet), but there was just something about that blurb that had my attention, and so I chose it as my next.

    Over 450 pages, and I just finished it today (fairly quickly considering the length) and it was well worth moving it to the top of my TBR list. I loved the writing style (it had me connecting from the start), and it focused on all that fun romance-angst and push-pull that I love so much.

    I especially loved the “first person” POV and even more so because it was all her. I got to be the heroine throughout, fall in “crush”, fall in “love” and then deal with the inevitable heartbreak of falling for a well-known “player”. Or so she was told…

    But you know how that goes… what if he’s been a player all this time because he just hasn’t found the one? Hrmm…? And therein lies the romantic-angst fun! Is she that one? Or is she one in many?

    So what’s it about?

    Marlowe (love that name, BTW!!) moves in with one of her best guy friends (and his roommate) in a brand new city, to start over (and recover from a previous heartbreak and emotionally abusive boyfriend).

    Normally, I’m not the type of person to let someone belittle me like that, but we’d been together a long time and I’d come to rely heavily on him and his support. It felt like he was all I had – the only one who truly cared about me. After some soul searching and self-reflection, I’ve realized that I should have proudly told hi to “f**k off.” Nobody deserves to be treated like that. Ever. read more

    Reader Question – The book where her neighbor is a bit of a recluse but soon finds her endearing…

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    Ooooh I LOVE “Hermit/Recluse” hero books, and I thought I had her answer, until she mentioned the local sheriff.

    But wait!! I think I remember reading one like this last year and I LOVED it, ’cause it had quite the awesome twist that I totally didn’t see coming. Or maybe that was er… a movie? Okay… lemme think… lemme think. While I search my reviews for the title of the one I’m thinking of, maybe you guys already know?

    There is this book I can’t quite remember the title or even the author. But I think the story goes that the woman gets in some sort of trouble and ends up in a secluded mountain area in a cabin I think. Then her neighbor there is a bit of a recluse but soon finds her endearing. I think the local sheriff or something also likes the heroine.

    Pleeease help! Cant keep still unitl I find out what that was. read more

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