HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!! We’re back in weekend mode (and me in READING mode), and my colleague and newest book bud, Kelly, just loaned me her Kindle (I panicked and asked her what she’s read this weekend without it – but she has a print book to read – YAY ME!!).
<—- She loaned it just so I could read another book that she just DEVOURED (and finished today) and loved like crazy. It’s The God of the Woods: A Novel by Liz Moore <—- and said she did NOT EVER want to put it down. She makes me laugh and throughout our work day, when she could sneak in a few pages, she’d run back and let me know how excited she was for me to read it and she’d count down how many pages she had left until she could let me jump in. YAY ME!!!
So I know I said I was either reading The Wedding People or Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil this weekend, but I MUST jump into her recommendation ASAP. I think soon, I’m going to post a “Kelly’s Favorite Books” list. She’s totally up our book alley. P.S. She’s excited to try some hockey (steamy) romance, so if you have a favorite for her, let me know. 😀
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FAKE DATING
Trust Me Always
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“...I loathe the day I ran smack dab into the hard chest of Alister Howl, Avix University’s second-string quarterback. The moment he smiled my way I should’ve run. And, well, I did … straight into his bed. That was before I learned he was nothing but a liar. He ruined everything before it even began. Unfortunately for me, he takes my dismissal as a challenge and comes back twice as hard.
I didn’t think it would work, but the man’s relentless, and now I’m wavering when I’m not so sure I should. How can I be with him if I can’t trust him? And that right there is exactly how I end up at a party, locking lips with the campus playboy and ultimate bachelor, Brady freaking Lancaster. One second, I’m hiding from Alister in some sorority house and the next … I’m “Brady’s girl”...”
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BIKER ROMANCE
Scatter the Bones (Lost Kings MC Book 26)
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“Scatter the Bones is the 26th book in the Lost Kings MC series by USA Today bestselling author Autumn Jones Lake. It must be read after Twist the Knife and Collect the Pieces.
…if I’ve learned anything in my years with the Lost Kings MC, it’s that secrets don’t stay dead for long—and the one I swore I left behind just came back to find me.”
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving
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“…Two men—one sculptor, one corporate god—will not stop fighting over Ruby Lang. She was their college Shakespeare tutor and six years later, they are still carrying a torch for her. Maybe a week in a palatial beach house with the spunky blonde is exactly what these intensely infatuated men need to work out their differences. But who will come away with the prize? Nobody knows. But their wives will be calling the shots.“
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Seven Days in June
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“…Seven days to fall in love, fifteen years to forget, and seven days to get it all back again…
Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning novelist, who, to everyone’s surprise, shows up in New York.
When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but the eyebrows of the Black literati. What no one knows is that fifteen years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love. While they may be pretending not to know each other, they can’t deny their chemistry—or the fact that they’ve been secretly writing to each other in their books through the years…”
bev: There are some buzzy books I really want to get to and I’m curious if any of you have read any of them? Seven Days in June by Tia Williams…
Fonda: Loved Seven Days in June!!
Maryse: Seven Days in June sounds intense!!!
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HOCKEY STAR ROMANCE
The Overtime Kiss
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“Just what every bride dreams of—running straight from her cheating fiancé into the arms of a hot hockey star… and then getting hired as his kids’ nanny.
Tyler Falcon is protective, flirtatious…and frustratingly responsible. We almost did something reckless when he found me alone in my wedding dress, and I blurted out all the things I’d never truly experienced.
Now, the sexy single dad is saving me again with a job I desperately need—and a promise to never mention The Night of 1001 Confessions. I live in his house. Take care of his kids. Pretend I don’t notice his heated gaze lingering on me after they fall asleep. Until one night, the tension snaps.
Now we have a deal. Five lessons in seduction. No strings attached…”
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Niall: A Canadian Irish Syndicate Romance (The Irishmen Book 2) by Melanie Moreland <— LIVE!! DUET FINALE!! “...fate brings her to him. Annabelle Lewis. She awakens something inside him. A need. A desire. A new set of feelings he wasn’t prepared for. When she is taken from him, how far will he go to get her back? To the ends of the earth. And anyone in his way will be removed. Permanently...”
The Jack*ss in Class (The Cocky Kingmans Book 5) by Amy Award <— LIVE!! SHE’S IMMUNE TO HIS CHARM “…He’s the campus king with a no girlfriend’s rule. But he’s about to break it for the most irritating, sassy-mouthed woman he’s ever met. Flynn Kingman’s senior year plan is simple: class, getting drafted in the first round, and no romantic complications. Until he chases a rogue baby donkey across campus and meets Tempest Navarro—the one woman immune to his charm. Tempest Navarro is hiding her bestselling romance novels, anxiety, and a baby donkey in her sorority house. Nope, nothing to see here. Especially not for a jock that’s too hot for his own good...”
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Before We Were Yours: A Novel
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“…Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country—Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong…”
Tasha J: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate- 5+++ stars for me. This one’s my favorite for 2017, hands down. I’ve never read Lisa Wingate before, but I’ll definitely be looking into more of her work. …And such beautiful writing! Rill and her family will forever be in my heart, *sniff* they really came alive for me.
…Gosh I feel all full of emotion, it’s so heartbreaking. I even had to stretch this sucker out forever it seemed, though I didnt want to, and it was still fresh and raw every time I jumped back in.
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MAFIA ROMANCE
Veiled Vows: An age gap, marriage of convenience, secret pregnancy, mafia romance (Mafia Lords of Sin)
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“…I kissed a masked killer the night he saved my life. Now he’s my enemy. My fake husband. And the father of my unborn child.
Roman Gatti is mafia royalty—tattooed, brutal, untouchable. Our wedding was meant to end a war. But behind closed doors, it’s anything but peace. He touches me like he owns me. Breaks me apart like he’s waited a lifetime. And maybe… he has.
Because when I see the ink on his chest, I realize the truth. The ghost who slaughtered monsters to save me? The man I’ve chased in dreams and nightmares for eleven years? I just married him...”
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LIVE!! FATED MATES…
Pawsitive Romance (Celestial Pines Romances Book 1)
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“…When a chaos witch with a history of magical mishaps lands a job under a brooding alpha, sparks don’t just fly… They ignite everything around them.
Lyra Ravenshade was supposed to keep her head down, sort scrolls, and avoid enchanting anything that could sprout legs. But Celestial Pines had other plans—including one very growly, very off-limits alpha who made her magic flare and her heart misbehave.
Jace Montgomery didn’t want an assistant, a mate, or feelings—but fate dropped all three on his doorstep wearing mushroom-embroidered sweaters and carrying enchanted muffins.
He tried to ignore her. He failed spectacularly…”
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LIVE!! FANTASY ROMANCE!
Love and Death: A Dark Gods and Monsters Romance (Tempting the Fates Book 4)
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Love and Death is the long-awaited fourth book in the Tempting the Fates series.
This is a dark fantasy romance series for adults centered around Greek myth and fairytale retellings that has multiple love interests but one main love interest, grumpy x sunshine, shifters, a blind god, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, multiple POV, dark themes, cliffhangers, surprise twists, mystery, heartache, redemption, touch her and die, who did this to you, burn the world down for her, slow burn spice, and so much more!
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SAMANTHA YOUNG!!
A Royal Mile (Return to Dublin Street Book 2)
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“…Going into my senior year of university at war with a member of the British royal family wasn’t in my carefully laid plans. Sebastian Thorne might be the grandson of a princess, but it’ll take more than a royal pardon to get me to forgive him for pretending to be someone he’s not.
But Sebastian is determined to be my friend. Even if it means signing up to a psych experiment just to get me to talk to him…”
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Second Chance With My Grumpy Firefighter: A Sweet Brother’s Best Friend Small Town Romance by Jamila Woods <— LIVE!! FIREFIGHTER ROMANCE! “...I kissed my best friend’s little sister. Then I broke her heart—and almost died… Now I’m living in her house, half-alive, and completely in love. Grace Wells wasn’t supposed to be here. Not in my life. Not in my head. And definitely not in my heart. But after the fire that took her brother—my best friend—she brought me home. Now I’m stuck in her farmhouse, broken and bitter, with scars that won’t heal. She’s the girl I left behind.…”
Carolina Girls: Sunset Beach by Camille Harwood <— LIVE!! FOUR BEST FRIENDS “…Carolina Girls: Sunset Beach is the captivating and hilarious first novel in a four-part series, introducing four inseparable friends as they navigate the complexities of relationships, work, and life in a world full of misadventures. …With humor, trust, love, and a healthy dose of moxie, Carolina Girls: Sunset Beach is a tale of friendship and self-discovery that will leave you eagerly awaiting the next chapter.”
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The Summer for Us: A Small Town, Opposites Attract Romance (Golden Falls Book 1)
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“…He’s the grumpy small town local, and she’s the summer tourist winning over the whole town. What happens when he finally lets his guard down and opposites attract?
Juliette Campbell might’ve won the hit reality dating show Paradise Love, but it came at the cost of an embarrassing breakup splashed across social media. Needing a quiet getaway, Jules packs her car and makes the drive from Chicago to a small town in northern Wisconsin where she’s rented a cabin for the summer. The sun, lake, and fresh air will be just what she needs to get her life and career back on track. Jules intends for Golden Falls to be a pit stop, but she quickly grows attached to the town and its residents. Well, except for one person.
Wesley Richards is a quiet, closed-off, no nonsense kind of guy. He wants nothing to do with Juliette, whatever she’s running from...”
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LIVE!! SMALL TOWN ROMANCE!
Finding You (The Donovans (Sweetbriar Ridge))
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“…A Small Town, Opposites Attract, Close Proximity, Bonus Sweetbriar Ridge Romance from NY Times Best Selling Author Samantha Chase
…Devin Maxwell has made automotive repairs his life. Being the lone mechanic in Sweetbriar Ridge hasn’t left him with a whole lot of free time and up until now, he hasn’t minded. But now that the business is finally solid, he decides to take a weekend just for himself to try and figure out what his next big thing in life should be. He never expected the answer to be found on the side of the highway…”
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SMALL TOWN COWBOY ROMANCE!!
Cash (Lucky River Ranch Book 1)
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“Butting heads leads to knocking boots in this wildly sexy enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine, small town cowboy romance by Jessica Peterson.
My dad and I have been estranged for years. But as his only living relative, it’s no surprise I inherit his massive cattle ranch when he dies. Something that is a surprise? The stipulation in his will, which requires me to live on the ranch and actively manage it for a year before I can access my inheritance money.
I haven’t stepped foot in Hartsville, Texas, population one thousand, since my parents split when I was six. Now a city girl through and through, I never imagined having to move back to cowboy country. But I need the money to invest in my company, and a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.
There’s just one giant roadblock to my plan: the ranch’s foreman, grumpy cowboy Cash Rivers. I don’t care how good he looks in his Wranglers and chaps. He’s rude, he’s growly, and he wants me gone…”
Courtney: I love this series
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M/M ROMANCE!!
The Wounded Warrior (Rockin’ W Book 1)
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“…When Navy SEAL Luke Blanchard comes back to Northeast Texas after a devastating injury, he feels like the whole world has gone dark. In a wheelchair and feeling unmoored from his life, Luke has no idea what to do, even as his twin brother Matt is determined to help him heal, even if it takes a butt-kicking.
Rory McConnell is a local prodigy, a real estate lawyer with a plan to buy up land before his sworn enemy gets a hold of it. When the Blanchard ranch goes into the red, he offers to buy out the debt. Luke backs his brother instead, but he doesn’t believe for a minute that Rory is a bad guy like so many locals say he is…”
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BIKER ROMANCE
Hawk (Iron Rogues MC Book 13)
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“...Gemma made her living behind the camera lens. A boudoir photographer with strict rules and even stricter privacy, she thought she was safe until someone hacked her server. Desperate, Gemma turned to the Iron Rogues for help and found much more than she bargained for. Hawk wouldn’t just protect what was his. He’d destroy for it…”
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SMALL TOWN ROMANCE
Finding You
SMALL TOWN ROMANCE
“…Devin Maxwell has made automotive repairs his life. Being the lone mechanic in Sweetbriar Ridge hasn’t left him with a whole lot of free time and up until now, he hasn’t minded.
But now that the business is finally solid, he decides to take a weekend just for himself to try and figure out what his next big thing in life should be. He never expected the answer to be found on the side of the highway…”
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HE’S ROYALTY…
A Royal Mile
HE’S ROYALTY…
“…A steamy enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Samantha Young.
It’s hard to stay in the friend zone when the attraction is this hot…Going into my senior year of university at war with a member of the British royal family wasn’t in my carefully laid plans. Sebastian Thorne might be the grandson of a princess, but it’ll take more than a royal pardon to get me to forgive him for pretending to be someone he’s not.
But Sebastian is determined to be my friend…”
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HOCKEY STAR ROMANCE
The Overtime Kiss: Love and Hockey, Book 5
HOCKEY STAR ROMANCE
“When the single dad hockey player falls for the nanny…
Just what every bride dreams of—running straight from her cheating fiancé into the arms of a hot hockey star… and then getting hired as his kids’ nanny.”
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➔➔ PREORDERS (coming soon!)
- Wicked Ends: A Dark Hockey Bully Romance (Hellions of Hade Harbor Book 4) by Mila Kane – June 24th 2025
- Elancer (Ironside Academy Book 6) by Jane Washington – June 24th 2025
- Don’t Let Him In: A Novel by Lisa Jewell – June 24th 2025
- One Dark Kiss (Grimm Bargains Book 2) by Rebecca Zanetti – June 24th 2025
- Make the Play (Nashville Rampage Book 1) by Kaylee Ryan – June 24th 2025
- A Bolt of Magic (The Lost Kings Book 4) by Charlene Hartnady – June 24th 2025
- Death Mask (Eve Duncan) by Iris Johansen – June 24th 2025
- A Happy Marriage by A. R. Torre – June 24th 2025
- Wicked Ends: A Dark Hockey Bully Romance (Hellions of Hade Harbor Book 4) by Mila Kane – June 24th 2025
- Paternal Instincts (Valor and Doyle Book 8) by Nicky James – June 24th 2025
- It Happened on the Lake by Lisa Jackson – June 24th 2025
- Playing With Forever (Hollow Point Book 4) by Riley Edwards – June 24th 2025
- Devlin (Lighthouse Security Investigations Montana Book 4) by Maryann Jordan – June 24th 2025
- Ice Cold Liar (Ice Breaker Cold Case Romance Book 14) by Cynthia Eden – June 24th 2025
Ancient Warlord (Ancients Rising Book 10) by Katie Reus – June 24th 2025
- Severed Heart (Ravenhood Legacy Book 2) by Kate Stewart | June 24, 2025
- An American in London by Louise Bay | June 24, 2025
- Crescent Kingdom (The Wolves of Crescent Creek Book 1) by Tessa Hale – June 26th 2025
- Manhattan Ruthless: Mason’s story by Sadie Kincaid – June 26th 2025
- A Claim of Fortune (Shifter City Fated Mates Book 3) by Jaymin Eve – June 27th 2025
- Lady Emily’s Matchmaking Mishap (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues) by Sofi Laporte – June 28th 2025
- Barons of Decay (Royals of Forsyth University Book 10) by Angel Lawson & Samantha Rue – June 30th 2025
- The Gargoyle Beguiles The Beauty: A Light Funny Paranormal Romance (Nocturne Falls Book 17) by Kristen Painter- June 30th 2025
- The Hellbeast’s Queen: The Final Book In The Series (The HellBeast King 12) by Stephanie Hudson | June 30th 2025
- Death (Mafia Empire Book 3) by Michelle Heard | June 30th 2025
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