Nanii

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

This novella was too cute. I randomly picked out The Greatest Gift from my random Christmas novella jar so I had no idea this would be an MM romance. That was such a nice surprise and it did not disappoint. I loved all the characters except for Ava the deadbeat mom. I’m excited to get into more of this author’s books. If you love a single dad, found family, bi-awakenings (in this case DOUBLE), and sweet & spicy romance, then this is for you!

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 143

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | KU

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Dec. 5, 2024

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I enjoyed it, had me hooked from the very first chapter but that MMC gave me the burning desire to beat him to a 🩸 pulp. He was infuriating when he would continuously say “But I’ve apologized” as if the FMC wasn’t entitled to heal on her own time. Not only did she have to put up with his abuse but she had to deal with abuse inflicted by others because they wanted to get back at the HIM.

Portia was a backstabbing snake but what’s to be expected from someone who stands by while other women are being 🍇d daily… (I didn’t expect the betrayal, in fact, it annoyed me when I found out).

Rinaya was power-hungry and a liar and I knew it the minute she spoke to Kiera.

And Grayson… what’s there to like about Grayson? The man couldn’t take a freaking hint even if you drew him a freaking map and he was just so insufferable. His ending wasn’t satisfying enough for me.

This book is for lovers of all things dark. For the love of god, as soon as you open the book you see “Please prioritize yourself and your health” so please read the content warnings before you pick this up, there are some scenes that could be triggering for many people.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 419

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Kindle

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov 12, 2024

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🥀 Morally Grey

📚 Unique Peen

🥀 He Falls First

📚 Twists & Turns

🥀 Tragic Backstories

📚 True Enemies to Lovers

🥀 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

This is my first Tessa Bailey book, liked it a bit, I cringed a couple of times. I’m not sure what made me cringe more, the fact that he could never find pants his size or the dialogue at times.

Luke walking away without a word after hearing her child cry was rude lol her showing up at his house afterward was insane but I guess it worked out.

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 ↴

“I’m going to say something for the record one time, just so it’s clear; you’re a package deal with your boy. I’m not scared of that.”

I love it when single moms get all the love, and I love it when the love interest starts to care for the child as if they were their own.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★☆☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 58

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Kindle

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 12, 2024

🎄 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

This story was just perfect, from saving Willow from a gross man to the reunion with Sage and Sloan. Sam was starting to make me mad when he kept telling Willow that he was leaving without her, the girl couldn’t have made it any clearer that she wanted to go with him and he was hellbent on leaving her behind as if she wasn’t old enough to make her own decisions so it was nice to see him give her information at the end instead of leaving her in the dark. I honestly hope that Jack keeps his word and keeps him out of the field so he can spend some much-needed time with his family. This has got to be by far my favorite book in the series, and yes, Sam’s reunion with his sisters is mainly the reason why. I’m so glad that Sage finally got the reunion she’s been hoping for. She was the only one who never gave up hope when it came to her brother. I’m super excited to get Nick’s book.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 364

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Kindle

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Dec. 5, 2024

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🖤Mafia Romance

⚜️Romantic Suspense

🖤Fake Marriage Proposal

⚜️ 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

Darla was such a sad excuse for a mother. It was disgusting that she risked her children’s lives to the point where her oldest had to take her sisters, but the minute she took them, she was blackmailing her. I was waiting for Eloise to put that woman in her place. Nate was a POS; I saw right through him and all his favors. He gave weirdo vibes immediately. Beau was just so cute in how overprotective he became with Eloise, and I just love an MMC with a piercing on his *COCK*! The racing aspect of the book made this so entertaining, but I have questions starting with… How did Nate get a video of Eloise & Beau? Hmm, like I said, he was a bit of a weirdo. The epilogue was great, I think the ending was perfect for Beau & Eloise’s story. If you’re a fan of rivals to lovers and forced proximity, I recommend you pick this one up.

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 ↴

“You’re under my skin, in my veins. From the moment I saw you, I haven’t been able to get you out of my head. Your smile, your laugh, the way you come apart under my touch. It’s embedded into me, baby.” - Beau Carter

“It’ll never be over. You and me, Peach? We’re written in the stars.” - Beau Carter

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 417

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Kindle

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Dec. 4, 2024

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🔥 Street Racing

🏁 Rivals to Lovers

🔥 Secret Hookups

🏁 Forced Proximity

🔥 Romantic Suspense

🏁 He Calls her “Peach”

🔥 Small Town Romance

🏁 Star Gazing Together

🔥 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ↴

“For the vulnerable. For the strong.

For the survivors. For the warriors.”

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I don’t know why it took me so long to pick this book back up. I put my big girl pants on and stuck to it. This book had me so angry.

𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 ↴

I hate to say it but River pissed me off at times. She took so much mental, physical, and sexual abuse from men for YEARS, from a very young age but being CHEATED ON is where she drew the line and finally decided to do something about her situation… I was baffled.

Mako was PERFECT! That’s it.

𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 ↴

I loved Amelia! She was such a great friend to River, she was refreshing.

Alison… Ryan’s (River’s current boyfriend and abuser) ex-victim… I’m very glad she did not decide to stay quiet and decided to warn River, however, I was very confused by that one sex scene with her… One minute River is confessing she killed Ryan and the next they’re stripping each other down. Hot but so totally confusing lol.

I HATED RYAN, I think he got exactly what he deserved and I refused to feel bad for what happened to him as a kid. Did he deserve it? No. But that did not give him the right to do the things he did to his girlfriends.

Barbie (River’s mother) & Billy (River’s long-time abuser) both deserve to rot in hell. The things they put that girl through are shocking. And yes I say “they” because Barbie just watched as those men beat and raped her daughter. Disgusting excuse of a woman and mother.

“Do what you need to do, but I’m not leaving you alone.”

Amar was cool, based on the little he did have on-page. A cop turning a blind eye to let a victim deal with her abuser is always a cool dude in my book.

That plot twist was… certainly unexpected and made things grosser than they already were.

I could not have chosen a better ending for Mako and River. I’m giving this five stars because although it did have me pissed off for more than half of it, I enjoyed seeing River handle her business (better late than never) and again Mako is PERFECT, so there’s that. It was a great read, you know once I put my big girl pants on and restarted it. There’s a lot of rape (I’m going to say the FMC was raped every time her POV came around), not explicitly detailed but it’s there so keep that in mind.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 428

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Physical | Audiobook

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 1, 2020

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

💀 HEA

🔪 Revenge

💀 Forbidden

🔪 Emotional Scars

💀 Boyfriend’s Brother

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

mention of rape • mention of drug use • mention of prostitution • mention of child rape • domestic violence • mention of drugging • mention of child trafficking • serial killer • mention of torture

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

“𝐀 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐲. 𝐀 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝.”

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

It took me a while to get to this book and I don’t know why I took so long! I definitely see the hype. I love Xaden, SHOCKER. Liam… Poor Liam, I will never forgive Rebecca for what she did to my boy Liam. Everyone seems to love Tairn and don’t get me wrong I love that dragon too, he was funny, but Andarna has a special place in my heart, she was too cute.

𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤

Jack 🤮 (is an explanation really needed?)

Dain

General Sorrengail

I won’t lie, I disliked Dain from the very start. He just seemed like the type of guy who befriends a woman for the sole purpose of getting her trust and getting in her pants. With that being said, Dain overstepping boundaries after telling Violet that he’d never look into her mind against her will again was not in my bingo card although it should’ve been… I don’t know why I never came to the conclusion that he could be overstepping boundaries until Xaden spelled it out…

In my opinion, the book was great, and it was very entertaining. That ending though, I did not expect it… I saw a spoiler (I didn’t think it was a spoiler at the time) about Brennan and I was SHOCKED. It does leave off with a cliffhanger so it’s a good thing the second book is already out.

𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 ↴

“You’re making us look bad. Stop it.”

“You can ride me when the flesh rots off my bones, wingleader.”

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 ↴

“𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝… 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭… 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐭. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.” - Violet

It was hilarious that after being kissed by Dain she was just like “Eh, I feel nothing” LMAO

“𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” - Xaden

𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 ↴

“𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞!” - Violet

Girl, I’m reading it and I CAN’T believe he chose you.

I was judging Violet hard in the beginning 😂

“𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈’𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.” - Xaden

Well damn… I know you’re lying though. 😋

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 643

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Physical | Audiobook

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ May 2, 2023

🐉 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ↴

“To those who want the mafia boss to kneel before them and worship them, and to those who want the mafia boss to beg and whimper for permission while you fuck them.

Lev will be your protector in the streets and your good boy in the sheets.”

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I think this one just bumped The Bratva’s Beast off the favorites list... First of all, I LOVE Nicole, she’s such a badass always ready to fuck shit up with her bombs. She’s so feisty and I’m so here for it. I loved their relationship and the spice—hot holy hell. There’s a lot that goes on in this book but it’s so entertaining that I just couldn’t put it down. If you love a whimpering book boyfriend this is one you should check out.

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 ↴

“I will never see you any less because of what happened. I will never see you as rained, stained, or tainted. So, stop cleaning yourself raw.”

“I will never be able to thank or love you enough in this lifetime, zhizn moya, but I will try my best until my very last breath.”

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★ ☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 330

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Kindle

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 24, 2024

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🧨 Mafia

🌸 Fast Burn

🧨 Happy Ending

🌸 Possessiveness

🧨 Power Struggles

🌸 Arranged Marriage

🧨 Morally Gray Characters

🌸 Bad Boy with a Heart of Gold

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

vague on-page SA • heavily implied off-page SA • dubious consent • consensual non-consent • drug and alcohol abuse • and more…

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

This is my first book by this author, and I enjoyed it however I did feel like it was a little rushed towards the end. Poor Millie just couldn’t catch a break, she loses her fiancé and her best friend on the same day, she moves to a new place away from her cheating ex-fiancé and her homewrecking best friend and once she gets to Ranger Ridge she starts getting stalked and to make matters worse, the police won’t do anything about it because “It might be a secret admirer”... insane but okay. I enjoyed the mystery this had. For a debut novel, it is pretty good.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you to K. Knightly and Luna Literary Management for the ARC opportunity!

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★.5

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 388

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Kindle

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 15, 2024

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🔪 Slow Burn

🥀 Small Town

🔪 Roommates

🥀 Dislike to Love

🔪 Forced Proximity

🥀 Serial Killer/Stalker

🔪 Romantic Suspense

🥀 Best Friend’s Brother

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ↴

“If your xmas gift isn’t hard, ready, and eager to please, is it even a gift?

Happy (spicy) holidays.”

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

Boy was this a hot one. This is a quick, entertaining read full of smut. If the series is as smutty as this novella I’m going to have to read it, it’s a MUST at this point. This book is multi-pov (which I LOVE) so you get to see different couples and with those couples come their kinks.

“Run all you want, Lifeline! The longer you avoid me the harder 🤫 I’ll you”

I would’ve yelled “Don’t threaten me with a good time” and kept on running.

If you want a quick, smutty, holiday read then this is the one you should grab.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you to H.N. DeFore and Happily Booked PR for the ARC opportunity!

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 97

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Kindle

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 23, 2024

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

❄️ Icy Play

🎄 Chasing

❄️ Bondage

🎄 “Crawl For Me”

❄️ Hand Necklaces

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

explicit kink play • exhibitionism • minor mentions of pet play • primal play • obsessive men (who doesn’t like them?)

❄️ 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

A HUGE thank you to Daniele for reaching out and sending me a copy of this short story. I loved it! I loved the whole idea of reincarnation. Max is a ten-year-old boy who sadly passes away too young—leaving both his parents behind with the promise of meeting up in heaven. Max is reincarnated on a different planet and wants to find a way back home to his planet and family.

I loved that Elizabeth (Max’s mom) never gave up hope. I found a bit of myself in her as I too look up at the sky to speak to a loved one. I did not expect the ending. It was such a sad twist when Max came back home to find that his father was no longer on earth. I wonder what became of Max and his mom, I wonder if the family ever got back together.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

Although this short story was given to me as a gift my thoughts are my own. Thank you to Daniele Vaccaro for the ARC opportunity!

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 25

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Dec. 18th, 2023

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

“𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫.”

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

This is a great and fast read for when you’re in between reads. I will say that I found Stella to be a bit juvenile at times but it is what it is. I think she did entirely too much when she found out about the painting Jasper had bought when they were kids, yeah it was messed up to keep it to himself all those years but girl, it was when you were kids, get over it. I sure wouldn’t mess up what they had going on for a drawing that was made in school lol. There’s something about a man who takes care of his woman (even though she wasn’t his woman yet) that gets me going, like yes sir, show her you care! Love him. If you’re looking for a fast, fun, and spicy holiday read, I suggest picking this novella up when it releases.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 197

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book / Kindle

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 27th

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🎄 Spicy

🎁 Small Town

🎄 Fake Dating

🎁 Childhood Rivals

🎄 He Takes Care of Her

🎁 “It’s Always Been Her”

🎄 Home For The Holidays

🎁 Kinky Use of Holiday Ribbon

🎄 First Kiss Under The Mistletoe

🎁 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

*sigh* I truly wanted to enjoy this more than I did. I was super excited when I read the blurb, and the whole concept was great, but I think the dialogue was a little too juvenile for me. I honestly felt like I was back in middle school reading a Wattpad story.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you to Lindsey Nicole and Luna Literary Management for the ARC opportunity!

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★☆☆☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 127

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 11th

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

First time reader of Emily Shacklette and I’m hoping to find a better book from her in the future. Though this was a cute read it wasn’t a favorite which sucks for me. The spice was spicing though, and Dottie was doing the damn thing and y’all… HE WHIMPERS!!!! That gets a bonus point. This book does go between the past and the present so keep that in mind. Chapters based on the past were labeled with the age of whose POV it was and the chapters that went back to the present weren’t labeled. I did like the ending and I loved the two epilogues that were included!

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★.5

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 348

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 11th

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

✨ Small Town(ish)

💜 Dual Timelines

✨ Second Chance

💜 She’s A Flight Risk

✨ “It’s Always Been You”

💜 Accidental-on-Purpose Celibacy

✨ He’s a Golden Retriever with a Golden Retriever

💜 Childhood Best Friends to High School Sweethearts

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?”

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I’ve only ever read one other Minka Kent book and that book didn’t disappoint, this one didn’t either. This book is told from Wren and Nicolette’s POV, both unknown to each other until later on in the book. From the very beginning I disliked Nicolette’s husband, and it was easy for me to suspect him of A LOT of things, some that he had nothing to do with. NOTHING… and I do mean NOTHING could’ve prepared me for the revelations or that ending. I felt so bad for Nicolette once we found out what her medical emergency had been and even worse for suspecting her husband of so much, he wasn’t guilty of. I was very glad that they got their happy ending. I for one love when I have to keep second guessing my predictions and I did that a lot throughout this story. It was short but it was so good, I simply couldn’t put it down.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 273

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Apr. 9th, 2019

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

kidnapping of children • mention of postpartum psychosis • mention of death of a parent(s) • mention of death of a child

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I won’t leave a rating for this book because I have mixed feelings about it, and I might do a reread. I’ve been trying to finish it since September… Anyways.

This book seemed like it had a lot going on, and I just couldn’t get stuck on it sadly. I will say Samantha better count her days, to do that to a woman that was GRAPED by your husband is despicable. Livie’s mom was a POS, disliked her the minute she was mentioned. Marie was such an angel; I wish there would’ve been more scenes with her. I loved how supportive Nix was of Livie during the trial of her GRAPIST. I loved that he was able to get the video of her assault as soon as they both found out about its existence. The ending was expected. Kind of, because what else could you expect from Jules (Nixon’s brother) and his dealings? I’ll have to reread this but for now, I would not recommend it.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 406

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Sept. 12th

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🏍️ Co-workers

🩶 He Falls First

🏍️ Ambitious FMC

🩶 Dislike to Lovers

🏍️ Secret Relationship

🩶 Forbidden Relationship

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

off-page SA • off-page death of a parent (Parkinson’s) • off-page suicide • drug abuse • mention of cheating (not between MCs)

🩶 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

What the hell is happening in this book?! Kali is legally still married to Dark but after he came home with a new girl and a baby, Kali refuses to stay married to him. She wants a divorce, and he is refusing to give her just that. I cannot stand Dark and no it is not because I want Kali with his father instead (though I do want her with his father instead). I hate him as much as Kali needs to hate him apparently because she still lets him hit. The nerve of that man to not only cheat on his wife, but to move his new girl and child two houses down from her and have her babysit (she loves the little girl but still!) … It's astronomical! He’s insane! Kali is better than me because I would’ve disappeared off the face of the earth. It really irks my soul that he refuses to give her the divorce she’s been asking for, that he keeps calling her “my wife”. I hated that the one hitting it (Kali’s Garden, while they were away for work) was Dark and not his father. The spice was great, and I just pretended it was Sunshine instead. Book 1 was overall entertaining despite the annoyance that is the ex. In the next book I need her in Sunshine’s bed, and not that PG-13 thing they had going on in this book!

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 203

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 7th

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

Vigilante

Age Gap(ish)

Found Family

Motorcycle Club

40-Year-Old Heroine

Forbidden Love Triangle(ish)

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

cheating • assault • graphic violence • trafficking

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

Just like Midsummer, I ate this one up. I loved the banter, I loved the spice, and boy was it hot in there. I knew Carter hadn’t sent Lex and Ivy a text telling them that they needed space (at the end of midsummer) and Miri & Carter getting a text from Lex and Ivy just confirmed it. I couldn’t wait for all four of them to be together again but in the meantime, we had Carter and Miri to satisfy our dirty little needs. For people that got married they sure acted like they were only doing it to be with Lex and Ivy, they both had me screaming “JUST ACCEPT THAT Y’ALL LOVE EACH OTHER DAMN IT.”

Ivy was so stubborn, wanting to get their gift taken back but why take it back when it’s what brought all four of them together during midsummer? All she had to do was enjoy her husbands and her wife but no she decided that she wanted to investigate and go into the woods, Miri should’ve listened to her gut and stayed away from the woods. Carter should’ve listened to Lex when he said Poppy was not their responsibility. I for one think the group should’ve left Poppy in the woods to fend for herself. A part of me feels like the King was being portrayed to be the evil one but what if the Queen is the evil one and the King is just trying to stop her? At the same time, I feel like both the King and Queen played all four of them.

“Telepathic mind trick,” 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬. “Your droids are not here.” - Ivy

When I tell you that I spent five minutes laughing at this line after I figured out the reference (I’m not into Star Wars but my partner is) I’m not joking. Carter going “close enough” had me cackling because boy no she wasn’t lmao.

With the ending we got, I was left with so many questions, was Poppy sent with the group to betray them? What does Carter’s sister have to do with anything? Were Miri’s memories real or just the fairy king messing with her? What if (and this is a big IF) Smythe is Poppy’s father? I’m ready for the third book, I need my answers.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 306

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Oct. 29th

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🍷 MMFF

🧚🏽‍♀️ Queer

🍷 Angst

🧚🏽‍♀️ Second Chance

🍷 Friends to Lovers

🧚🏽‍♀️ Enemies to Lovers

🍷 Why Choose (with a twist)

🧚🏽‍♀️ Fairy Lust Potion Made Them Do It!

🍷 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I LOVED THIS! Robbie might just be in my top 5 book boyfriends and he might’ve gotten that spot by just getting my girl Fran some chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream—the ice cream and taking care of her when her PCOS flared up. He’s just the cutest (though there were times I got irritated with his behind) and we all love a protective boyfriend. Tadd and his buddies irked my soul, so did Tony apart from them I loved the rest of the side characters. This book is well written and it’s easy to read. If you’re into fake dating and hockey romances this is definitely a great read for you.

“𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫.”

I love my book boyfriends obsessed & when they fall first, even better!

“𝑺𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝑰 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏. 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑰 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆.”

🥰

“𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧.”

😩

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you to Shann McPherson and Luna Literary Management for the ARC opportunity!

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 380

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Oct. 24th

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🏒 Banter

🍺 PCOS Rep

🏒 Fake Dating

🍺 Super Spicy

🏒 Curvy Queen

🍺 He Falls First

🏒 Sassy Black Cat

🍺 Hockey Enforcer

🏒 Enemies to Lovers

🍺 Reformed Bad Boy

🏒 He Takes Care of Her

🍺 NO THIRD ACT BREAK-UP

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

cheating (off-page and not between MCs) • substance abuse (off-page) • drug references • suicidal thoughts (off-page) • chronic illness • parent with cancer • mention of childhood trauma caused by a parent • consensual degradation • spit play • breath play.

🍺 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ↴

“Welcome to the wild West. If you expect to get through this unharmed, well, I have bad news. Take a deep breath and prepare for an assload of West at his most unhinged.

No cockroaches were harmed in the making of this book. Unfortunately.”

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE! Emory did it once again, another favorite couple. I absolutely loved Lincoln and West BUT Kai & Sen hold that number one spot. West was hilarious and so me when it came to insects. Lincoln was just a cutie; he didn’t even try to hide his attraction for very long lol. I loved West’s energy, but we already knew that from the last book. I was happy to see Kai’s dad being included for their dinner and home tour, it’s always great to see him participating with the group despite him not exactly remembering that they’re all grown and off to college. I’m curious about Willow and Rick though, I’m kind of hoping we get a book for them.

Sen finding West after his fight with Willow was hilarious, Sen just couldn’t let the man sing his sorrows away without saying he sounded like a cat in labor LMAO. Poor West just needed some love, and Lincoln just seemed the perfect fit for him. I just loved the whole book, especially the epilogue!

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐒𝐨, 𝐧𝐨, 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭.”

You tell her West! How is she wanting to bang you but complaining about Kai & Lincoln being gay??? Make it make sense.

“𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮?”

West was valid, because if a cockroach fell on my face while I’m trying to sleep, I’d burn the whole house down to the ground lmao.

“𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡. 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐜 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐲. 𝐈𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐫𝐲. 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥?”

I love how he says that as if Kai weren’t part of the team and also gay. They really don’t care my guy lol.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 297

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 18th

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🏈Found Family

🌈Hurt/Comfort

🏈Family Trauma

🌈Rivals to Lovers

🏈College Romance

🌈Opposites Attract

🏈Grumpy x Sunshine

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

childhood trauma including child abuse from a parent (both emotional and physical) • discussions about SA of a minor in the past • parental death (past) • use of alcohol • difficult parental confrontations • Alzheimer’s disease/ill parent • depression • self-hatred, self-imposed guilt, self-sabotage • mild bullying

🏈 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

HELLO!!!! I. ATE. THIS. BOOK. UP! It gave me Harley Quinn & the Joker vibes, and I was living for it. She’s a student at Michigan State studying Psychology wanting to understand why that tragic night happened. She wants to understand and forgive to move on (while also getting revenge) so she decides to do her thesis on the man that massacred her family on her sixteenth birthday only she’s not ready to discover what caused the Devil of Harper Pointe to murder her father, brother and her uncle. I loved almost every minute of this book except when Ethan was involved. He was a real piece of work, and he couldn’t have been disposed of quick enough for me. I loved being able to put two and two together as the FMC discovered the truth about her father’s company and what they were really doing. The twists and turns in this book had me at the edge of my seat and chapter 30 almost had me throwing my tablet out the window. Eve’s uncle is an AH, and I can’t wait to find out what happens to him in the second book.

This is a great read and I 100% recommend this to my dark romance girlies.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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 and Booksirens for the ARC opportunity!

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 377

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Oct. 25th

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

💀 Revenge

🔪 Primal Play

💀 Masked MMC

🔪 Serial Unaliver

💀 Enemies to Lovers

🔪 Therapist x Inmate

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

gruesome death • violence/gore • child abuse • animal abuse (off page) • assault • abduction • trauma/ptsd • drug use • mentions of suicide • mention of overdose • sexual content.

🔪 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

Holy HOT FICTIONAL men! Yes men, there’s three of them. Asher—the FBI agent, Zane—the detective, and Rio—the lawyer. Rio reminded me of (do I really have to tell you?), Rio from Good Girls with the “mama” pet name *hot*. That is my weakness. But Rio was also the funniest out of all of them so my favorite is definitely him.

This book follows Spencer, she is on the run from her abusive ex fiance. She now owns a pottery business and is trying to live her life in hiding, always looking over her shoulder, keeping herself in shape because she refuses to allow herself to become a victim—again. But it was only a matter of time before her ex caught up to her. This time though she is a stubborn one she was not alone, she had the boys to protect her from everything, including their own peers. I loved how obsessed and protective they were and at times I liked how stubborn she was (not all the time). Sometimes I just wanted to slap her silly, like girl these are hot men all wanting to protect but also DEVOUR you and you’re restraining yourself, be so foreal! I was happy with her decision at the end, because I was going to be mad if homegirl up and left the boys. This was a great read and series start but the book does end on a cliffhanger so be aware of that when you pick it up.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 331

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Oct. 21st

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🪻 Age Gap

💋 One Bed

🪻 Why Choose

💋 He Falls First

🪻 Touch Her & Die

💋 Stalker Romance

🪻 Forced Proximity

💋 Morally Gray Characters

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

death of a family member (off page) • physical and emotional abuse (mentioned) • anxiety/panic attacks • stalking • SA • torture • assault • drugging (FMC experience) • body shaming • this book contains MM, MF & MMF scenes

💋 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

This book reminds me of “My Fault” minus the racing aspect of it but it has the stepbrother, trauma/scar caused by her father and kidnapping at the hands of her father and the MMC’s rival thing going on. This book is very fast-paced taking place in a college. The MMC is the captain of the swim team and he has set his eyes on the new girl Fallon. He quickly becomes obsessed with her and terrorizes her because according to him, he’s the only one that can bully or put a hand on her. I love a stepbrother romance but this book went a bit too fast for me. Despite the book being as fast-paced as it was, it was still an okay read.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★☆☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 287

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 1st

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🧊 BDSM

🪢 “Good Girl”

🧊 Virgin FMC

🪢 Dark Secret

🧊 Stepbrother

🪢 Bully Romance

🧊 Touch Her & Die

🪢 Emotional Scars

🧊 Opposites Attract

🪢 Enemies to Lovers

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

dub-con • PTSD • kidnapping • BDSM • breath play • forced orgasms • orgasm denial • rope play • knife play • blood play • primal play • ice play

🪢 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I think this is the most unhinged book that I’ve read by SK. My jaw was dropped for most of the book. Asher is an assassin tasked with killing Echo but when he fails to complete his task, the same target that he was meant to take out is now tasked with taking him out. That ending had me shocked, what is it with dead people coming back to life in all books all of a sudden?

I felt so bad for both Echo and Asher, both of them deserved better. Echo not only lost her mother when she was a teenager but she had to witness her SA and murder and her father wasn’t much of a father, not to mention the 🍇 she had to endure for years from her father’s own employee. Asher had endured 🍇 after losing a close friend and I don’t blame either of them for turning out the way they did.

This may not have been one of my favorite reads by SK but I’m sure curious about book two. If you’d like to give this book a read I highly suggest that you check out the content warnings because it’s a whole menu.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

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𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 254

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Oct. 31st

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🔪 Assassins

🩸 Dark & Spicy

🔪 Torture Smut

🩸 Good Boy/Good Girl

🔪 Serial Killer Romance

🩸 Bodyguard x Rich Girl

🔪 “Who Did This To You?”

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Murder (on and off page) • gore • self harm • scarification • sexual acts with severed body parts • taxidermy 🍆 • desecration of corpse • gas lighting • serial killings • 🍇 (experienced in detail) • SA • drugging • occult • sacrificial practices • forced impregnation • and more (seriously it’s as long as a menu so make sure to check author’s page for full list)

🔪 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

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𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

This is such a great collection of poems. There were so many that I bookmarked or highlighted but the one that truly hit close to home was the one titled “Reflections of Imperfections” under the Body Acceptance and Self Worth Collection.

“... would I be kinder and point out their worth

that I’m so glad they are alive here on this earth?

If this I can do for a friend, then I plea

why am I kind to them, but not to me?”

This was truly my favorite poem in the entire collection, if you need affirmations you can surely find that in this collection as well. I recommend you give this a read.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 40

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Oct. 4th

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖