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Publication Date:  April 4, 2017 Format:  Paperback Genre:   womens crime fiction  Publisher:  Atria Books              Length:  336 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Imagine that you live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people’s houses. You’ve known your neighbors for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? On a midsummer night, as a festive neighborhood party is taking place, preteen Pip discovers her thirteen-year-old sister Grace lying unconscious and bloody in a hidden corner of a lush rose garden. What really happened to her? And who is responsible? Review:  Well this ...

Publication Date:  January 5, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Psychological Thriller Narrators:  Marin Ireland Publisher:  Penguin Audio      Length:  8 hours 38 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had. But in the thick of motherhood's exhausting early days, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter - she doesn't behave like most children do. Or is it all in Blythe's head? Her husband, Fox, says she's imagining things. The more Fox dismisses her fears, the more Blythe begins to question her own sanity, and the more we begin to question what Blythe is telling...

Claimed by the Moon L.P. Dover (A Royal Shifters novel, #6) Publication date: September 28th 2021 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance Sexy wolves and heart-stopping action await in Claimed by the Moon, the highly-anticipated continuation of the Royal Shifters series by New York Times and USA Today best-selling author L.P. Dover! In his 200 years of life, Zayne Lyall has made his share of enemies. The most ruthless of all being Knox Channon, who seeks vengeance for a pack war that took place over a hundred years ago. To gain information he can use to bring Zayne down, Knox reconnects with Amelie Graye, a past love who joined the Royal pack Zayne belongs to. Unfortunately, Amelie doesn’t know much about the royal arctic… despite a longing within her to be near him. Amelie and Knox have a tumultuous past that ended after she and her family went rogue following an attack by the Sierra pack. While she has no details to offer about Zayne, Knox sniffing around her leaves his inner...

All Men Love Leah Ksenija Nikolova Publication date: September 24th 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance A gripping, powerful emotional page turner with a heartbreaking twist. ‘A story that runs deep; filled with emotional truth.’ – Ferial Mohamed All Enzo wants is a reason to believe it’s all worthwhile. Stuck in a world that doesn’t fulfil him, he meanders through his days feeling empty, lost, and left out of the real world that is moving by without him. He is cynical but gifted, and when he meets the beautiful and enigmatic Leah she turns his universe upside down. Leah and Enzo are exact opposites, but she is drawn to his darkness just as he is drawn to her light. She is a woman who lives by her own expression and challenges his dismal character down to its most frightening corners, awakening in him something he didn’t know he had the capacity to experience. But everything is not what it seems. There is a secret that threatens the happiness that Leah represents ...

Q. Are you more willing to read traditionally published books than self-published (indie) books? Or do you not have a preference? (submitted by Julie @ JadeSky)   A. I will read anything.  I have found a great many self published authors that are fantastic so I read what sounds interesting I don't get hung up on whether its self published or published by some big company.  In fact I like helping self-published authors get the word out about their books.  

Walk on the Wilder Side Serena Bell (Wilder Adventures, #2) Publication date: September 23rd 2021 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance His best friend’s sister is rocking his boat. In the best way possible. Brody: What’s a bad boy doing hosting a book club? Excellent question. All I can tell you is, it’s not going well. I forgot the bug wipes, the extra TP, and the hand sanitizer, we’re out of wine, and… well, I may have made some people angry, if the reviews are any indication. The only way to dig myself out of this hole is to redeem myself by offering the best girls’ nights out in town. Enter my best friend’s sister. I’ve gone out of my way to avoid Rachel, since despite her good-girl rep, I can’t seem to get her out of my head. Now she’s in my boat… and if I don’t watch myself, soon she’ll be in my bed. Things are going surprisingly well between us… but I know myself, and I’m not this guy. I’m the guy you want for fantasy fulfillment, not the guy you want for for...

Publication Date:  September 28, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Romance  Publisher:  Noctivity Inc       Length:  245 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis He could be my savior…or my downfall… I am living a lie. No one knows who I  really  am. Letting someone in could be  devastating  for my family. For the most part, isolation isn’t a hardship. I haven’t been looking for love or any kind of serious relationship. But then I met Logan. I tried to keep my distance. He won’t let me. Logan is gentle, kind, and loving. Everything I never knew I needed in my life. He’s also a cop— exactly  the kind of man who’d never ...

Teaser Tuesdays  is a weekly bookish meme, Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Open to a random page: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!  "Riley believed in stuff like ghosts and old folktales. Riley and Mama had been telling each other Hattie stories they'd heard, turning this woman who lived by the swamp into a witch with superhuman powers, a ghost who could come back and wreak terrible revenge." Book Blogger Hop Q. Where do you get background images for your posts, or do you create them yourself? (submitted by Elizabeth @  Silver's Reviews )    A. I usually create the...

Publication Date:  December 8, 2020 Format: Kindle Genre:   Ghost Fiction  Publisher:  Montlake       Length:  303 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis When Leeds meets Layla, he’s convinced he’ll spend the rest of his life with her―until an unexpected attack leaves Layla fighting for her life. After weeks in the hospital, Layla recovers physically, but the emotional and mental scarring has altered the woman Leeds fell in love with. In order to put their relationship back on track, Leeds whisks Layla away to the bed-and-breakfast where they first met. Once they arrive, Layla’s behavior takes a bizarre turn. And that’s just one of many inexplicable occurrences. Feeling distant from...

  Publication Date:  October 3, 2017 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Coming of Age/Fiction Publisher:  Thomas Dunne      Length:  432 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives. As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the field...

  Publication Date:  April 6, 2021 Format:  Hardcover Genre:   Magical Realism/black fiction  Publisher:  Harper       Length:  352 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Hardcover  Synopsis Laila desperately wants to become a mother, but each of her previous pregnancies has ended in heartbreak. This time has to be different, so she turns to the Melancons, an old and powerful Harlem family known for their caul, a precious layer of skin that is the secret source of their healing power. When a deal for Laila to acquire a piece of caul falls through, she is heartbroken, but when the child is stillborn, she is overcome with grief and rage. What she doesn’t know is that a baby will soon be delivered in...

Tribute to the Alpha Cara Wylde (Alma Venus Shifter Brides #0.5) Publication date: March 31st 2021 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance The war between humans and shapeshifters must end. There has been too much bloodshed, and it’s time for the factions to sign a peace treaty. But there is one man, one wolf warrior, who does not want peace. Not even when humans would be forced to provide shifters with brides to bear them heirs. Ruarc Bloodmoon is not interested in a willing human bride. All he wants is power. Alma is the only daughter of the future representative of the human faction, and she is ready to sacrifice herself to keep her loved ones safe. Ruarc will listen to no one and negotiate with no one, but maybe he will, if she offers herself to him. If she becomes the first shifter bride in history, maybe he will finally see that peace is the only way for humans and shifters to move forward. Note from the author: This is a prequel to the Alma Venus Shifter-Brides series, whi...

  Publication Date:  October 26, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Memoir/ LGBTQ/Transgender  Publisher:  The Experiment       Length:  272 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Mama, something went wrong in your tummy. And it made me come out as a boy instead of a girl. When Marlo Mack’s three-year-old utters these words, her world splits wide open. Friends and family, experts, and Marlo herself had long downplayed her “son’s” requests for pretty dresses and long hair as experimentation—as a phase—but that time is over. When little “M” begs, weeping, to be reborn, Marlo knows she has to start listening to her kid. Review:  I got this book free from The Experiment through Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. Marlo Mack wrote a no holds barred honest book about raising her transgender daughter.  Not understanding what was happening she found support groups, she grieved the child she though...

Book Blogger Hop Q Are you more likely to choose to read a book based on the synopsis, or the cover? (submitted by Julie @ JadeSky)   A. I think the covers draw my eyes and then I read the synopsis, but if the cover doesn't catch my eye I most likely won't pick up the book to read the synopsis.  How about you? 

Wanting Lynn Burke (Forbidden Obsession, #1) Publication date: September 7th 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Gideon is a big bad wolf who doesn’t bother with sheep’s clothing, an overbearing jackass who hates our combined families as much as I do. I shouldn’t secretly love his possessiveness over me at school. I certainly shouldn’t enjoy the unwanted way my body reacts to him. My sweet sixteen culminates in the first kiss that I always dreamed of. The nightmare that follows, however, leaves me cold and aching. I go from wanting…to needing. But Gideon is gone and I’m about to face the real threat to my innocence. Alone. WARNING: Wanting is the first book in the Forbidden Obsession Duet and does not end happily ever after. It’s a forbidden romance that contains triggers and mature themes. Recommended for 18+. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo / Google Play — EXCERPT: Piercing blue eyes glanced down over the curves I’d inherited fr...

  Publication Date:  June 8, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Romance  Publisher:  Noctivity Inc       Length:  286 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis I can be your dream girl – for a price. Ever heard of Only Fans? It’s not my ideal job, but it pays the bills. It’s even made me somewhat of a celebrity. My subscribers love my provocative shots, and I’m oh-so-good at teasing them. Then he shows up in my small town and complicates everything. Mr. Green-Eyed Gazillionaire is so far out of my league it’s ridiculous. We’re polar opposites. That doesn’t change the fact that even though I’m a fantasy to most men, I want to be his reality. Logically, I know that ...

  Publication Date:  April 27, 2004 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Fiction, Romance  Publisher:  Ballantine Books       Length:  448 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Annie Colwater's only child has just left home for school abroad. On that same day, her husband of twenty years confesses that he's in love with a younger woman. Alone in the house that is no longer a home, Annie comes to the painful realization that for years she has been slowly disappearing. Lonely and afraid, she retreats to Mystic, the small Washington town where she grew up, hoping that there she can reclaim the woman she once was—the woman she is now desperate to become again. In Mystic, she is reunited with her first...