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Rogue Unbroken Angie Day (Legends & Shadows Saga, #3) Publication date: December 10th 2021 Genres: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Kate had survived. She had lived through pain and torment and now she was on the other side, where all the happiness was supposed to be. But with Alec’s vengeful punishment for escaping him, she can’t touch anyone without hurting them. Alec still wants to create a Level Five and he’s dangerously close. That power under his control would mean unraveling the world as it stands. The world Kate has not yet started to enjoy. She won’t be able to rest until her body, her mind is fixed, and Alec won’t get his beloved power without her help. The two warring sides of Rogues and Shadows will have to meet. Kate will have to confront Alec and his cruel ambition once again. But every moment with the Shadows is detrimental to those she loves, especially Kylan. So she must find a way to outsmart the person who taught her everything she knows, the most feared Shad...

Terra Nova M.T.G. (Terra Nova, #1) Publication date: July 28th 2020 Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult Evangeline is living the life of a normal teenager—going to school and hanging out with friends—until mysterious, severe symptoms begin appearing. After passing out in the middle of a party, life as she knows it spirals beyond her grasp. She is then diagnosed with a rare, genetic blood disorder that causes her body’s white blood cells to kill the red ones. In the delirium of her deteriorating health, a door to a parallel world opens before her; however, once she steps through it, the portal closes, and she is unable to return to Earth. The place Evangeline now finds herself in is called Terra Nova, a world wherein vampires rule supreme, with no traces of humanity left to speak of. Curious but afraid, she quickly learns that Terra Nova is not the shadow-side of Earth, but rather the tragic result of government experimentation. In order to survive, she must keep her mind ...

  Q.   What is your favorite memory surrounding books? (submitted by Julie @  JadeSky )   A.   That would have to be my mom and my grandmother reading to me as a child.  Also reading to my kids when they were little.  There is something special about sharing your love of reading with others. 

Publication Date:  Feb 8, 2022 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Vigilante Justice, Assassin Publisher:  Minotaur Books  Length:  432 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Hardcover  Synopsis Evan Smoak is a man with many identities and a challenging past. As Orphan X, he was a government assassin for the off-the-books Orphan Program. After he broke with the Program, he adopted a new name and a new mission--The Nowhere Man, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. Having just survived an attack on his life and the complete devastation of his base of operations, as well as his complicated (and deepening) relationship with his neighbor Mia Hall, Evan isn't interested in taking on a new mission. But one finds him anyway....

Publication Date:  October 7, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Fantasy Romance, YA Publisher:  Jen Stevens      Length:  282 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis I was raised to believe a town full of witches were only in movies, and those spell books my aunt studied were just a silly pastime. I had no idea of the important role I play in a coven with zero knowledge of my existence, or the sacrifice my parents made by leaving behind everything they knew to protect me. In the wake of my aunt's mysterious death, I have no other choice but to return to my birthplace for answers. But Beacon Grove is a twisted place where distrust spreads like cancer, lies fester, and the truth is nearly imposs...

Your Vileness R.R. Orange Publication date: November 18th 2021 Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Amandine Klinghoffer is a daring young detective working on her first independent case in the fabled kingdom of Glamwein. Was there a murder in the royal palace? And if so, who stands to benefit from plaguing the prince with ghosts? Prince Ivan, the lazy, cowardly, good-for-nothing embarrassment of the realm is hiding something. He would rather profess his undying love for Amandine than give her any useful information. He is obviously using romance to distract her from finding the truth. As Amandine investigates with Ivan’s “help” she begins to suspect a plot that threatens the fate of the entire kingdom and its magical beings. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo — EXCERPT: The staircase terminated in a heavy wooden door that concealed whatever lay ahead. It looked like an ordinary door, but she sensed foreboding and gloom as if they were etched ...

Publication Date:  April 21, 2020 Format:  Audio Genre:   Travel Adventure Thriller Narrators:  Scott Brick  Publisher:  Brick by Brick Audio      Length:  6 hours 59 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis As a picturesque and perfect summer arrives in Michigan, a father and son prepare to sail around Lake Superior, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world. It is a trip three years in the making and filled with planned stops for wreck diving, camping, and hiking. The water is deep, the wind is just right, and the sunsets are sublime. If there was ever a place for Robin and Tristian Norris to "get away from it all," the remote Superior coastline is it. But when their anchor fouls, Robin not only uncovers a...

  Q.   Do you use Goodreads as the main website to keep track of what you have read? If not, please share what you use? (submitted by Elizabeth @  Silver's Reviews )    A.   Yep! I love Goodreads to keep track of what I'm reading and to challenge myself to see how many books I read each year.  

Publication Date:  August 3, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Psychological Thriller Narrators:  Becca Tobin Publisher:  Random House Audio      Length:  10 hours 49 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Emily is having the time of her life - she’s in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of the trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker she brought back to their room attacked her, and she had no choice but to kill him in self-defense. Even more shocking: The scene is horrifyingly similar to last year’s trip, when another backpacker wound up dead. ...

  With You A Perfectly Stated Novel by J.M. Walker Genre: Dark Romance, BDSM  Our world changed five years ago, and it left behind this gaping hole in our relationship. We were now trying to figure out a way to move past a tragedy without losing ourselves in the process. Married, with a son, we needed to communicate but neither of us wanted to talk about our loss. Instead, we focused on our little boy. Finally, after having had enough, we took a trip, learned new things about each other, and fell into an even deeper kind of love. We revealed new truths about one another and because of that, we could come out of this stronger in the end. Author note: With You is part of the Perfectly Stated Series but Meadow and Shade can originally be found in With Us, book 2 in The Next Generation Series. With You is a continuation of their story and is 5 years after With Us takes place. **Only .99 cents!!** Add to Goodreads Amazon * Apple * B&N * Google * Kobo Short litt...

Night Prince Felice Stevens Publication date: October 31st 2021 Genres: Adult, LGBTQ+, Paranormal, Romance From Lambda Literary Award winning author Felice Stevens comes a sexy paranormal stand-alone romance. A vampire who’s lost everything meets a man who has nothing to lose. For centuries, Massimo D’Alba, banished prince of the Fold, has wandered through life frozen in darkness and pain. Betrayed by his younger, power-hungry brother, he’s existed for centuries but not lived. A rain-soaked night brings smart-mouthed New Yorker, Damion Avery, to his doorstep and suddenly he’s riding spin bikes, shopping for yoga pants, eating ice cream…and falling in love. Damion Avery can’t figure out why Prince Tall, Dark, and Incredibly Sexy wants him as his personal assistant, but he’s not going to second-guess his good luck. Even though he has to work all night and sleep during the day, the job is too good to be true. But where does Massimo sneak off to in the dead of night? Is he a spy...

Publication Date:  October 9, 2018 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Non-fiction, death, dying Publisher:  WW Norton & Co      Length:  288 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix’s deadname alongside images of him before he transi...

  Q.   What is your favorite part about the book blogging community? (submitted by Julie @  JadeSky )   A.   I love finding new books that I either may not have picked up on my own for one reason or another.  I also love connecting with other book lovers.  How about you? Leave me a comment

Disavow Bella Di Corte Publication date: November 5th 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance He was my only oath. Aniello Assanti was a monster dressed in a gentlemen’s suit. He was everything I should’ve feared and run away from. A walking nightmare. He belonged to an organization that valued money over life; power over free will; codes over love. And if that wasn’t enough of a deterrent, he was strictly forbidden. I, Rosalia Lombardozzi, solemnly vow…no fraternizing with the men who belong. I worked for the same organization, and even with that oath forever marking my tongue, I was drawn to him like a moth to a flame. Something existed between us that not even the fire of disloyalty could turn to ash. Some called it obsession. I called it love. The world we lived in called it an act of betrayal. To disavow meant certain death. When the heart takes an oath, though, it is more sacred than any vow spoken—it’s the one thing worth living and worth dying for. Goodrea...

The Lies Between Us Yolanda Olson Publication date: October 17th 2020 Genres: Adult, Dark Romance, Taboo 2018 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Fiction – Social Issues Running away has always been something I’m good at. I’ve run far away from home and back again thinking that each time would be the last. But things are a lot different lately. I’ve learned that tides turn, seasons change, and sometimes, people do too. I haven’t seen Hoyt Blackburn in a decade because I was so convinced he wasn’t worth my time anymore. I guess this is where I’ve changed since I found out that his execution is one of those inevitable things that life handed him. I can’t ever remember him being a bad man, yet I can’t shake that something isn’t right about what’s happening to him. Maybe it’s because I miss him. Maybe it’s because I wanna lay eyes on the man one last time. Will he remember me? Will he even care? I don’t know; the only thing I can honestly say for sure is that there ar...

Cross Check Lynn Stevens (Ridder U Hockey, #1) Publication date: January 27th 2022 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance, Sports She’s too trusting… Elora has never been so cold. Growing up in the tropics did not prepare her for a new life in Minnesota. For the first time, she’s living in a place that doesn’t float and her best friend isn’t also her family. Everything is a new experience, a new adventure. Including hockey. The arena is freezing, but the game is fierce, fast, and fascinating. She can’t take her eyes off the action… or off a certain player. He’s wary of everyone… Wyatt is done with puck bunnies. He just wants to play, go to class, and be left alone. The opposite sex dishes out nothing but misery. School and hockey must come first. Then he meets Elora, and she’s totally clueless about hockey, about school, about a little bit of everything. And she’s the opposite of the ice queen who crushed his heart. But he’s not ready to light that lamp. When Elora suffer...