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Book Thoughts and Recommendations 🧐 Our Picks for the Week of Oct 24th

  


📚 Our Book Thoughts and Recommendations


🐺 Blackheart's Treasure by Gail Koger

🔫 Morally Corrupt by Veronica Lancet

🔮 My Greatest Mistake by T. Gephart

🖤 Devil's Playground by Maddie Taylor

📿 Lessons in Sin by Pam Godwin

👠 Skyscraper Cinderella by K. Webster


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Blackheart's Treasure (Blood Moon, #1)Blackheart's Treasure by Gail Koger
Description:
Aiden Blackheart is the most powerful werewolf ever born. He’s a bit surprised when he discovers his mate is an ordinary meter maid with some baggage. Okay, a lot of baggage, which includes a million-dollar bounty on her head, and she’s not quite human. What is she? Even she doesn’t know.

Like to laugh? Love mayhem? Do hot, sexy love scenes turn you on? Wanna know if a not quite human meter maid can find love with a billionaire Alpha wolf. Or will her enemies cut their romance short?
Our Thoughts 💭:
😂 My abs
Aiden has to be slightly insane to take on Tammy
That girl is nothing but trouble with legs 🦵
Seriously if it can happen her mere presence will ensure it does
From the mating drive of the elderly to manure covered community areas she seems to somehow always be in the middle of the action
After escaping her slightly insane father she takes to reinventing herself until she can disappear
Only instead of staying under the radar, she finds herself playing a starring role in the mayhem of the town
And at every turn there is Aiden
The grumpy dangerously handsome werewolf Alpha
Can she escape her father and his henchman?
What is it with the birds and more importantly can she catch them?
Is Aiden really who he says he is or does he also just want her for her what she can do?
If you have never read Koger's work before you are in for a treat by starting with this new series
It's a face-paced action-packed humorous blend of far fetched possibilities blended with mystical places and magical people (shifters witches, seers) all wrapped up in a toothache inducing sweet insta-love romance
Get ready to laugh and fall in love
#BlackheartsTreasure #BloodMoon #Shapeshifters #Paranormal #Werewolves #Romance #Humor #GailKoger
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Morally CorruptMorally Corrupt by Veronica Lancet
Description:
She hid behind a pretty smile, the darkness that lay within.
He hid behind flawed justice, the blood that stained his hands.
Bianca Ashby, a certified sociopath with an obsession for her husband, tries to juggle two lives - the demure NYPD Chief Commissioner wife, and the perfect Bratva assassin; all the while keeping her husband safe and blissfully unaware.
But when high-level corruption and a personal vendetta raise the stakes, no one is who they say they are; least of all Bianca's perfectly dull husband Theo.
From glitzy New York ballrooms and charity events to underground sex rings, drugs, and illegal fights, the best pretender wins it all.

Morally Corrupt is Book One of the Morally Questionable series.
Warning: This book explores questionable moral behaviors and includes graphic violence and adult situations that may trigger some readers. Please proceed with caution!

Our Thoughts 💭:
"Sometimes, maybe even monsters deserve some redemption."I don't even know, where to begin - soooo much xhit happens - I don't think anyone is who they presented themselves to be
This had quite a few more twists and holy cow moments than the previous book - I know I didn't think it was possible either
I read this practically in one sitting (had to feed my granddaughter and the dogs)- I was that entranced - no I didn't peek 😅 but it was a fight with my inner child I came close to losing
Once the closet of skeletons is cracked and the past is uncovered things move fast
One hit after another fast
I was shocked at some of the revelations and kept asking myself How I missed the clues?
Not to be missed if you like darker suspense and lots of twists
#MorallyCorrupt #MorallyQuestionable #dark #thriller #saga #romance #assassin #VeronicaLancet
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My Greatest MistakeMy Greatest Mistake by T. Gephart
Description:
Love isn’t fated.
And anything revealed by a sideshow fortune teller about soulmates is also bogus.
But when the same unique name is called over the loudspeaker at a hospital years later, even a skeptic like Zara can’t fight the curiosity.
And when he turns out to be a witty, good-looking, intelligent and successful lawyer, a girl might rethink her stance.
But is he everything he claims to be? Or is he too good to be true?
Crazy attraction and an undeniable connection make for a lethal combination.
And he is either her ultimate true love or her greatest mistake.
Our Thoughts 💭:
What fun!!
I laughed
Got a touch perturbed
Gasped (Yeah seriously and out loud)
Fell in love with love all over again
These two are complete opposites yet they also shared so many traits - Quirky - Stubborn - Loveable
Zara was the type to analyze everything - I do mean everything- even if it was only a possibility, a random what-if scenario.
Her career choice, men's club and all, required that thought process for her to get to and stay on top -
Sadly the habit bled into her daily life becoming her own personal clock blocker 😏
Our dashing hero at times comes across as arrogant but he is so much more.
Tenacious, a bit of a closet romantic, dedicated
He thought he had everything he wanted in life until a very sexy outspoken attorney and a not so funny misunderstanding opens his eyes to what he was missing
These two were nuclear together
The back and forth - I was laughing so hard at times
When they finally capitulated- holy hotness!
Loved Belle and Nate - solid supporting cast
I do hope we get their stories
#MyGreatestMistake #TGephart #CrazyInLove #Romance #Humorous
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Devil's PlaygroundDevil's Playground by Maddie Taylor
Description:
Pampered mafia princess Carina Denali is running from two men: one wants her heart, the other wants her dead…
In the wake of her father’s murder, Carina fled her life of luxury. She manages to stay one step ahead of her deranged, duplicitous uncle and Nick Devlin, the gorgeous FBI agent who stole her heart then crushed it. As she struggles to survive and stay out of sight, she soon realizes Nick is her only hope of coming out of her predicament alive.
Nick has been searching for the right woman for a very long time. When Carina turns to him for protection, she succumbs to his devilish charm once again. As his dark side unleashes her wicked desires, he knows deep down that his search is over. All that remains is keeping her safe from the Mob and winning back her trust for good.
Just as Carina starts to believe a new life with Nick is possible, her deadly past and vengeful godfather resurface with a chilling demand. There can be no peace, and he won’t rest until more of the family’s blood is spilled.
Our Thoughts 💭:
I was leaking those pesky silent tears before the end of the second chapter
Cari will capture your heart ❤
She's soft around the edges but in no way is she a shrinking violet
Girls got some mad skills
She had me laughing, crying, at times wanting to protect her
Nick is the perfect book boyfriend
Honest, smexy, doesn't give up when chit gets tough
The author did a great job of crafting the foundation for the series while still preserving the flow of the story providing a slow build romance vibrating with suspense that keeps the reader engaged
As for our couple, you could almost feel the chemistry between them it was so tangible
I am truly excited for the next in the series
Solid characters - The supporting is just as important to the overall tone as the main
Plenty of edge of your seat suspense peppered with steamy romance that fits the storyline not just gratuitous
The way the author set up the D/s relationships we see throughout the story was well thought out and flows with the story not separate of it- hard to explain - but this is one of those reads you will enjoy reading more than once
#DevilsPlayground #DarkRefuge #RomanticSuspense #MaddieTaylor
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Lessons in SinLessons in Sin by Pam Godwin
Description:
There’s no absolution for the things I’ve done.
But I found a way to control my impulses.
I became a priest.
As Father Magnus Falke, I suppress my cravings. As the headteacher of a Catholic boarding school, I’m never tempted by a student.
Until Tinsley Constantine.
The bratty princess challenges my rules and awakens my dark nature. With each punishment I lash upon her, I want more. In my classroom, private rectory, and bent over my altar, I want all of her.
One touch risks everything I stand for. My faith. My redemption. And even my life.
As if that could stop me. I need her pain, and her heart, and she needs my lessons in sin.
Our Thoughts 💭:
"the teacher and the priest, the sinner and the sadist, the greatest of lovers, and the staunch protector"
Holy hounds of hades!
I should not have been shocked at the connection I felt to the characters, the way I devoured this in one sitting, or the darker emotions their plight brought out in me
This author is known for her witchcraft when it comes to her writing - Yet I was unprepared
This was so much more than just a taboo romance
Magnus was paying penance for his past sins - sins that were not IMO his to carry
Tinsley was nothing but a pawn in her mothers game to increase their fortune, cement their power
Both were battling demons that they had no chance of defeating
This story has elements that some might have trouble swallowing
A priest who chooses to taste of the flesh
A teacher who desires his student
Arranged marriage (so not telling )
Just to mention a few
But if you enjoy your fiction with a touch of the taboo, a twist of fate, light suspense, and a whole lot of heat
This is your must-read for 2021
#LessonsinSin #Dark #Romance #Forbidden #NewAdult  #PamGodwin  
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Skyscraper CinderellaSkyscraper Cinderella by K. Webster
Description:
The fairy tale you know and love...
With a scorching hot twist!
This is the complete modern Cinderella trilogy in one collection.
Winston Constantine isn’t a lover, he’s a business venture.
A way for me to pay for college.
A ticket out.
He’s never pretended to be anything other than that.
I can’t blame him for making me fall in love.
Our Thoughts 💭:
This is the entire deliciously decadent trilogy

Stroke of Midnight Book 1
Nooooo!
This ends on one hellacious stomach-turning soul-crushing cliffy!
But never fear our heroine has no intention of prostrating herself to the whims of another.
Unless before mentioned prostrating is before a handsome overly possessive cruel, and unattainable CEO.
Winston and Ash are deliciously deviant together -
As in melt your panties, rubber sheets Hot!
He degrades her with a skill and competence that feeds her darker desire for humiliation while also providing her with feelings of importance and love. A hard line to walk but he does it with such grace...
She sates his need to conquer and destroy as well as his rarer need to provide and care for another.
The kicker?
They both feed on the deprivation
They are mirror images of the others need
So everything is going smoothly with Winston and Ash until -
A sadistic trio decide to reinforce their claim on Ash
An old enemy spies a weakness
A greedy step monster sees a chance to move up the ladder - on someone else's back mind you
Secrets are stolen -
Lives are threatened and choices that are truly not choices are put into play
Can our little Ash find the strength to save her not-so knightly prince?
This is a very very adult fairytale -
For those who delight in the darker flavors -- Enjoy

Prince Charming Book 2
I don't care that it's a little out there -
That it most definitely falls in the fairytale category -
That our hero -
A villain who hides his marshmallowy goodness behind a sinister sneer -
Is ruthless.
Prides himself on his superiority, his cruelty
- or -
That he is a dirty-minded manipulator -
I love that our heroine is all in for the win -
An angel who enjoys getting dirty -
That she still believes in herself and the dream -
Because together?
They are flawless - Unstoppable
They make me laugh -
They make me feel
I loathe the triplets something fierce but dang does Win deliver them their just desserts - Holy Schnikeys!!
Ash's dad is finally seeing but yet he still seems to miss the big pic
The selfish stepmother looks like she is about to get her comeuppance
Win you know you do - stop looking for excuses.
Ash don't let go -
Leo, you are not as smart as you think you are
Win's mom what are you up to? What secrets are you hiding?
This continues right where we left off and things only get a whole lot dirty and a touch more twisted. Some eyes are opened. Some lives are altered. And I think Momma Win has a secret.
This ends on a betrayal (?) that had me screaming "Open your eyes, you fool!!"

The Glass Slipper Book 3
Fracking YES!!!
Team Constantine for the win!
" No baby, we're not good. That's not who we are. We're bad, but don't worry, we're really, really good at it. "
The best couple of 2021
This is how a rewritten adult fairy tale should read.
All the magic of possibility combined with suspense sprinkled with laughter and dosed in a whole lot of dirty
Winston and Ash are at a standoff
Winny is mad but I think it is more at himself than at his Cinderelliott
Ash did what she felt was right she would trade everything to protect her Win
Now she just needs to get him to open his eyes to the truth before Leo keeps his threat and destroys them both
Each scathing and unexpected event seems to trigger another - A bit like dominos - as things snowball around them they both find they are forced to face certain truths
Some they are prepared for others not so much
Friends soon show themselves to be the enemy and enemies become nothing but cannon fodder for team Constantine
And the hits just keep coming
I laughed
I cried
I got really really mad
And I swooned -
I want my own " black hole sucking everything into his void" boss/sugar daddy/boyfriend 😍
This is one of those trilogies I will read over and over
#SkyscraperCinderella #CompleteTrilogy #Billionaire #Romance #KWebster

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