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ARC Book Review: Of Curses and Kisses

Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon Genre: Fantasy, Re-Telling, Young Adult Release Date: February 18 Book 1 in the St. Rosetta's Academy Series Rating:  4/5 Synopsis Jaya Rao’s family and Grey Emerson’s family have been feuding for years.  When Jaya finds out Grey will be attending the same boarding school as she is she hatches a plan to make Grey fall in love with her and then break his heart. But…
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My Favorite Half-Night Stand

Synopsis Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, she’s a female-serial-killer expert who’s quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single.So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that they’ll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for…
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My Favorite Steamy Romance Authors

Happy Valentines Day!  In honor of valentines day and my love of my romance, I decided to highlight some of my favorite steamy romance authors.  Along with the authors I will highlight some of my favorite books.  The books referenced here are for adults and contain mature content.   Lauren Blakely  Lauren Blakely is one of the most prolific romance authors around.  Not all of her books are steamy, Lucky Suit for example is…
February 14, 2020
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Book Review: Crew

Crew by Tijan Genre: Young Adult Contemporary, Dark Romance Book 1 in the Crew Series Rating:  3/5 Synopsis Bren is the only female member of her crew, but when she breaks one of the crew rules, no falling in love with a fellow crew member what will happen? This post contains affiliate links. You can read more on my disclosures page. Review I have seen books by Tijan all over the place,…
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Hero by Lauren Rowe

Synopsis The first time I laid eyes on Lydia Decker, I couldn’t speak. Or breathe. Or string two coherent thoughts together. And I don’t mean any of that figuratively. I’m not talking about a guy being floored by the sight of a gorgeous woman—although, of course, Lydia is gorgeous beyond words.No, when I first laid eyes on Lydia Decker—my physical therapist—I was lying flat on my back in the ICU, high as a…
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TTT: Love Triangles that Aren’t Annoying

This week's Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie, so I decided to highlight a trope I don't love, love triangles.  Why would I post about something I don't like?  Well, the truth is this trope isn't always terrible.   In fact, I am highlighting ten books with love triangles that aren't annoying.  While a large chunk of these are young adult reads, not all of them are.  And if you have books with decent…
February 11, 2020
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ARC Book Review: Ink in the Blood

Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Release Date: February 11 Book 1 in the Ink in the Blood Series Rating:  4/5 Synopsis Celia and Anya tattoo the followers of the Profeta religion.  But they know the religion is built on lies and escape with a traveling theatre troupe.  But when the Divine follows them, they must tell the truth about Profeta to save their new friends. This…
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Bookstagram Posting Schedule

Last month I talked about setting up my Book Bujo for the year.  Today I want to tell you how I organize my Bookstagram Posting. One of the most challenging things for me when I first started Bookstagram, was figuring out what to post.  Then I discovered photo challenges, and boy did that help.  But soon I was having trouble keeping track of all the challenges I was doing, so I created my…
February 7, 2020
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Book Review: Resistance Women

Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini Genre: Historical Fiction, Based on Real Events Rating:  4/5 Synopsis American Mildred Fish has just moved to Berlin to be with her husband Arvid.  She loves Germany, but as Hitler and the Nazi party began to rise in power she knows he needs to be stopped.  She and her friends work to do what they can to fight against the Third Reich.   This post contains affiliate links.…
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TTT: Predicted 5 Star Reads

This week's Top Ten Tuesday is Predicted 5 Star Reads.  This could easily be a 2020 books I'm looking forward to post, but I already have my 2020 book releases page for that.  Not to say that there won't be any 2020 anticipated releases, it just won't be all of that.  There are also quite of few on here that could go either way depending on where the story goes, but I'm choosing…
February 4, 2020