The Heart of a Mother

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OH WHAT A SHITTY PERSON JOANNA WAS! I felt for Hillary, I really did. All she wanted was to find her child and here came Joanna to take advantage of her pain and her situation for some cash. I donโ€™t know why I didnโ€™t think of Joanna being a possible scammer, I guess I just wanted to believe Hillary had finally found the daughter sheโ€™d been looking for. I loved the plot and I wish this short read wouldโ€™ve been longer.


๐Ÿซง ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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a year ago

People Like Them

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Great short read, and very entertaining but thatโ€™s to be expected from Minka. I loved how all the wives came together to protect one. That is true friendship. That ending was unexpected yet so satisfying. If you havenโ€™t read Minka Kent yet I suggest you do so. Truly a great writer.


๐Ÿซง ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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a year ago

The Mosquito

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I am grateful that this was such a short read because I donโ€™t think I wouldโ€™ve been able to deal with Rupert for a full-length book. I know Rupert lost his wife but damn that man was annoying as hell. Itโ€™s like his whole personality was his wife and now itโ€™s his wifeโ€™s death. My goodness, the MC (Michael) deserves a prize for not jumping over tables just to smack Rupert across the face, he was incredibly disrespectful and intrusive drilling Michael about his failed relationship and it seemed like the group used โ€œhe just lost his wifeโ€ as an excuse even though they followed with โ€œitโ€™s not an excuse but stillโ€.


I was so glad when Kate (Rupertโ€™s sister) stood up for Michael after he spoke to her about leaving the trip early. The bomb that she dropped was crazy but also, how am I not surprised that Rupert was an absolute jerk to his wife?


That ending wasโ€ฆ WOW, did not expect that lol. Kate and that ending are the only reason why I added another star.


๐Ÿซง ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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a year ago

Little Stranger

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Iโ€™ve read some filthy books, but this one takes the cakeโ€ฆ Holy shit, Malachi gave no fucks.


I feel like someone should stop Jennifer from fostering more childrenโ€ฆ paying someone to take your 16yo childโ€™s virginity and whoring her out to keep your son out of jail is diabolical.


Jamieson shouldโ€™ve been more present and he shouldnโ€™t have gone along with Malachiโ€™s adoption if he was going to treat him like crap.


Malachi got fucking issues. His POV was crazy (especially on audio) he sounds CRAZY as HELL. My jaw was on the floor when they got caught and Malachi could NOT be pulled off that girl, that was shocking yet hilarious because damn that boy was hungry. That one scene of them doing it over their almost-dead father was WILD. That man was so close to death and the MCs could not care less. Iโ€™m still shocked and questioning my morals. Oh, and I will never be able to look at a screwdriver the same ever again after reading this. The narrators did an amazing job as well. I like a book that can shock me, and this certainly did the job. This would be a book I recommend to a select few because itโ€™s not for everyone.


หšโ‚Šยท อŸอŸอžอžโžณโฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ โœŽ


๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐“๐จ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ โ†ด

๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ Revenge

๐Ÿšฌ Dual POV

๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ Foster Siblings

๐Ÿšฌ Stalker/Captive

๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ Pierced & Masked MMC

๐Ÿšฌ Mute MMC x Bratty FMC


๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  โ†ด

Some are: CNC โ€ข Dubious consent โ€ข Drugging โ€ข Branding โ€ข etc. Please for your own good, research and find the full list of triggers.


๐Ÿซง ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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a year ago

Murder at the Royal Ruby

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โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค.โ€


I stumbled into this book at 4 in the morning after scrolling on kindle and finding Minka Kentโ€™s book in this collection. I figured Iโ€™d just read them all in order. Iโ€™m not disappointed with this read. I love second-guessing myself in murder mysteries, it makes it fun and if the rest of Nitaโ€™s books are like this then I look forward to reading more from this author.


๐Ÿซง ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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a year ago

Little Stranger

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Iโ€™ve read some filthy books, but this one takes the cakeโ€ฆ Holy shit, Malachi gave no fucks.


I feel like someone should stop Jennifer from fostering more childrenโ€ฆ paying someone to take your 16yo childโ€™s virginity and whoring her out to keep your son out of jail is diabolical.


Jamieson shouldโ€™ve been more present and he shouldnโ€™t have gone along with Malachiโ€™s adoption if he was going to treat him like crap.


Malachi got fucking issues. His POV was crazy (especially on audio) he sounds CRAZY as HELL. My jaw was on the floor when they got caught and Malachi could NOT be pulled off that girl, that was shocking yet hilarious because damn that boy was hungry. That one scene of them doing it over their almost-dead father was WILD. That man was so close to death and the MCs could not care less. Iโ€™m still shocked and questioning my morals. Oh, and I will never be able to look at a screwdriver the same ever again after reading this. The narrators did an amazing job as well. I like a book that can shock me, and this certainly did the job. This would be a book I recommend to a select few because itโ€™s not for everyone.


หšโ‚Šยท อŸอŸอžอžโžณโฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ โœŽ


๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐“๐จ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ โ†ด

๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ Revenge

๐Ÿšฌ Dual POV

๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ Foster Siblings

๐Ÿšฌ Stalker/Captive

๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ Pierced & Masked MMC

๐Ÿšฌ Mute MMC x Bratty FMC


๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  โ†ด

Some are: CNC โ€ข Dubious consent โ€ข Drugging โ€ข Branding โ€ข etc. Please for your own good, research and find the full list of triggers.


๐Ÿซง ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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a year ago

King of Wrath

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โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐๐ž๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ. ๐ˆ. ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ. ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ž. ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ.โ€


The book was good, but I thought Vivian was such a pushover. Her family annoyed me especially after her father disowned her and then her sister called telling her that โ€œheโ€™s still our fatherโ€. I wish Vivian wouldโ€™ve told her to shut the hell up and stay out of it. I feel like she took way too long to put her foot down and stand up for herself. Besides her family, more specifically her parents I enjoyed everything elseโ€ฆ


I see the hype with Dante Russo. I will never question Booktok again (this is a lie, if I didn't question everything that came out of Booktok I wouldn't be me). Thank god for audiobooks because now I live for Danteโ€™s accent. And the pet name, I think I got a new favorite one! And I know you did not ask BUT that one scene when Dante goes home early because Christian did something to get Vivian and Heath (her ex) in the same room got me excited, like yes sir, go home and protect your woman! I loved the mentions of Christian, Stella, Queen Bridget, and her prince Rhys though they were unexpected for me. I canโ€™t wait to read the rest of this series after I finish the Twisted series of course.


หšโ‚Šยท อŸอŸอžอžโžณโฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ โœŽ


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๐Ÿ’ Steam

โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Banter

๐Ÿ’ Swoon

โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Dislike to Love

๐Ÿ’ Forced Proximity

โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Arranged Marriage

๐Ÿ’ Interracial Romance

โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Billionaire CEO x Jewelry Heiress


๐Ÿ’ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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Opal City

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This might be my favorite book in the series, I loved Sageโ€™s boys & yes that includes Damian. Though Damian was a bit unhinged I liked him a lot more in this book, his protectiveness towards Sage and his family never disappoints. The boys fighting alongside their mom was EVERYTHING. I LOVED how they took their fatherโ€™s place in protecting their mother when Damian could not. It was too cute. Sage did make me a bit mad when she was asked for a kiss by the Lightbringerโ€ฆ Her response made me want to smack her just a bit but I still love that badass woman. The action was again EVERYTHING but thatโ€™s to be expected from Astrid. If you havenโ€™t yet read this series, I highly recommend it!


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๐Ÿ• Action

๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ Monsters

๐Ÿ• Morally Gray MMC

๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ Emotional Trauma

๐Ÿ• A Badass, pizza-loving FMC


๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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a year ago

The Man for You

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Well, I did the one thing I said I wouldnโ€™t do in 2025... I finished a book that I was not enjoying. I didnโ€™t want to discard it so early on so I told myself that the book would get better as it went onโ€ฆ in my honest opinion, it did not.


To begin with I did not expect the FMC to be straight out of High School, I donโ€™t remember seeing that mentioned when I signed up for this ARC. This book had too much going on but I got bored very early on. I also feel like the โ€œpostsโ€ at the beginning of every chapter were very unnecessary, but thatโ€™s just me. I did not get to read the first book (to my knowledge this could be read as a standalone) and after reading this one I will not be going back to read the first. This was a miss with me.


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This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you to Nikki Grant and BookishBubbly PR for the ARC opportunity!


๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐“๐จ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ โ†ด

โ˜•๏ธ Coffee

๐Ÿ’„ Age Gap

โ˜•๏ธ Mental Health Rep

๐Ÿ’„ Chronic Illness Rep

โ˜•๏ธ โ€œWho did this to you?โ€


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|| On Page || Attempted assault โ€ข Kidnapping โ€ข Stalking/Hacking โ€ข Mental health: Depression/Anxiety โ€ข Chronic health: Renaudโ€™s/Fainting โ€ข Body shaming


๐Ÿ’„ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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a year ago

The King's Maiden

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โ€œThe only difference between bright white and pitch black is illuminationโ€ฆโ€


OH. MY. GOD! I need more ASAP (Respectfully)! For a slow burn, I ate this book up and read it in one sitting. I Loved Quinn and her best friend Gia. Safe to say I hated Vivian, and Elaine though I liked her in the beginning, she really disappointed me towards the end, now I donโ€™t feel bad that she didnโ€™t end up with Landon the way she wanted. Elle did such a great job with this book she had me up at 3 am.


Quinn has a very traumatic past and is also drowning in medical debt. After her fatherโ€™s passing, she needs to find a way to live, even if that means pausing her education to work full-time. Her friend Gia suggests signing up for The Quest if Quinn goes 30 days of being owned (literally) by a Knight, she gets a cash prize at the end, and all she has to do is whatever her knight tells her to do, no ifs, ands, or buts. Sounds simple enough, or is it? That endingโ€ฆ was unexpected, I mean I knew it was a cliffhanger but damn Landon, WTF? Iโ€™m so invested; March cannot come fast enough.


I recommend this book 100% especially if you love a good slow burn.


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This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you to Elle Parker and Chaotic Creatives for the ARC opportunity!


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๐Ÿ‘‘ Why Choose

๐Ÿ Secret Society

๐Ÿ‘‘ Dark Academia

๐Ÿ โ€œWho Hurt You?โ€

๐Ÿ‘‘ Forced Proximity

๐Ÿ Enemies to Lovers

๐Ÿ‘‘ Mental Health Rep

๐Ÿ Forbidden Romance

๐Ÿ‘‘ King Arthur Retelling

๐Ÿ SLOW Burn (but SPICY)


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Ends on a cliffhanger. || Depicted on Page || Asthma attacks โ€ข Depression โ€ข PTSD โ€ข Sexism โ€ข Physical violence โ€ข Forced submersion. || Mentioned/Off-Page || Physical abuse โ€ข Child neglect โ€ข Murder โ€ข Loss of parent โ€ข Car accidents โ€ข Suicidal thoughts โ€ข Sexual harassment. For a full list of triggers please check the authorโ€™s website.


๐Ÿซง ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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a year ago

Haunted Prey

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This book picks up right where Book 1 ended. I couldnโ€™t wait until Eve and Emery reunited. I knew her uncle was a POS. Lena was a good friend but she did kind of annoy me a little bit with her hostility towards Emery. If Eve is fine around him then Lena should probably take the hint and shut up, right? Lol. I did enjoy the first book more, this one took me a bit by surprise when Michael and the others came into the mix. Cassidy pissed me off, thereโ€™s no other way around it. She got exactly what she deserved. I feel like Emery shouldโ€™ve hunted Leslie down but thatโ€™s just me. Also not how I expected Eve to end up but aye at least sheโ€™s with Emery now, right? RIGHT?! Overall the duet was great, very entertaining and it was well written. I 100% recommend this duet if youโ€™re a dark romance lover like myself.


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This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you to Lora Darc for the ARC opportunity!


๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐“๐จ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ โ†ด

๐Ÿ’€ Knife Play

๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ Primal Play

๐Ÿ’€ Found Family

๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ Hurt/Comfort

๐Ÿ’€ Serial Unaliver(s)

๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ Enemies to Lovers

๐Ÿ’€ Touch Her and Die


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Gruesome Death โ€ข Violence/Gore โ€ข Self-Harm โ€ข Hallucinations โ€ข Assault โ€ข Miscarriage โ€ข Trauma/PTSD โ€ข Drug Use


๐Ÿซง ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ“–

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a year ago