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Reader Question – The book about the teacher that falls for his younger neighbor…

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Tee hee!! YES. *nods emphatically* YOU (and I) KNOW THIS ONE!!

Christine has a reader question and I’m thrilled to say she’s come to the right place for this book-quest!!!!! It’s one of our original indie “old-school” forbiddeny favorites and I’m so jealous of anyone that hasn’t read it yet, and gets to experience it for the first time.

Our book community gets brand new members every day, so I don’t feel so bad spouting my older 5-star favorites regularly ’cause they are brand new treasures to them! read more

Colleen Hoover – Maybe Someday Series Reading Order

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GASP!!!!!! Who knew there’d be a reading order for one of my favorite books from a few years ago, but as of now, there is! SURPRISE!! Ever since Colleen Hoover surprised us a day ago with a book #2 (totally unexpected – at least for me!!) well… it’s time for a dedicated series post. Who knows if she’ll come up with more, but in the meantime, I’m going to celebrate this gift!

<— Book #1 was one of her angsty, forbiddeny, yet totally unique and clever reads, and I just can’t forget it. In fact… here’s my review! And now we have a full length sequel!!! read more

Book Review – Tragic by Devney Perry

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Tragic (Lark Cove Book 3)
<— THIS ONE’S GOING LIVE AT MIDNIGHT!!!! And I was delighted to get an early review copy (this author’s writing and alpha males are spot on and right up my alley).

And I was especially delighted when it featured a moody, big huge grump of a reclusive hero… who just happened to be her new neighbor. GAH!! I LOVE GRUMPY NEIGHBORS. Er… in books. Always and only in books (P.S. My neighbors are really awesome. I love my neighborhood!!). But boy do I love that kind of book drama. 😉 read more

Ilsa Madden-Mills – British Bad Boys Series Reading Order

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*fans self* Wooooooooo that third book (Spider) has one of the hottest covers/cover models yet!!! Whoa. Just… sayin’. Blurb jolt? For sure (no… seriously!!!).  But… cover jolt? HOLY HECK, YES!!!! You have my attention!!! 😛 He’s gonna be a perfect “hero”.

Tessa:  I loved Dirty English. It was just fun and made me happy reading it.
Emily: I just finished Dirty English and highly recommend it. I know this gets tossed around a lot, but it really had a Beautiful Disaster feel to it. I’ve been in a funk with this genre — tired of diluted versions of what initally turned me on to it (BD, Fifty Shades, etc.) — but this one really satisfied.
Tessa: I loved Dirty English. I loved Filthy English even more.  :) A bit of humor, some sadness, and I want to hug a secondary character…It had me giggling like crazy. I want Spider’s story the most though. He needs a hug.
Jean: Loving that cover of Spider! read more

Reader Question – The book about the widow and her kids that sneak over to the neighbor’s pool…

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Charity needs book help too!! And I know it, and I LOVED it!!! It’s hilarious and sweet and perfect and I reviewed it, and GASP!!!!

I know I’ll be kicking myself when someone guesses this right, like I should have known (*sigh* after so many books, titles elude me, but stories… I remember). And this one I loved!

I feel like this is an Aly Martinez book, or Mariana Zapata (at least… it has *that* feel, you know what I mean?) It is on the TIP of my tongue. I KNOW IT. Jewel E. Ann? I dunno. HELP US! read more