Book Tag: March Wrap Up

Hi everyone!!
How was your March in books?
I didn't read as many books that I hoped but still doing well towards my goal.
I read a total of 09 books this month bringing my total reading challenge up to 22 books out of the 20 I set for my goal! Yay! 
If you missed it, I set my goal at 20 because I feel like even if life gets in the way, or I hit book funks or hangovers,  it's something I can accomplish. Even though I won't move my goal up on Goodreads, because every book over feels like an accomplishment- I am working towards as close as I can get on or around 100 books this year! 

Now on to the books! 

I started March with Kiss and Break Up by Ella Fields. I fell in love with this cover and blurb and just had to get my hands on this book! I loved Dash, and the drama of this book! 
If you love YA/NA romance, best friend-to-lovers or jerks then this book is for you! 5⭐ out of 5⭐. Review

The Wicked King by Holly Black picks up right up where the Cruel Prince leaves off. All in all, I loved this book, and story, and characters. I cannot wait to read more about Cardan, Jude and the rest of the Fae, and find out what happens next. 
For those who love YA fantasy about faerie lands, and magic, and cruel and wicked princes. 4.5⭐ out of 5⭐ Review

Slaughter by Shantel Tessier was dark and twisted but oh so good and I loved every crazy minute of it! I loved Avery and Presleigh, and their story full of revenge. 
Perfect for those dark romance lovers out there! 5⭐ out of 5⭐Review

I Dream of Spiders by Elle Keating was a romantic thriller that has you reading until the very end trying to figure out the answers along with the characters It was suspenseful, and a little dark and twisted. 4⭐ out of 5⭐ Review

Dead of Night by Emily Goodwin was my first real paranormal romance novel, and it did not dissapoint. It follows Callie who is a witch, and Lucas who is a old and powerful vampire. I loved this story & these characters, and cannot wait for the next book. If you love vampires, witches, paranormal romance- or like me and new to it- then you need to read this book! 5⭐ out of 5⭐ Review

Savior by Fiona Cole was next and another great read! I honestly loved every minute of this book! I loved both Alexandra & Erik, and cannot wait for more by this author! I am so in love with this world and these characters. 
Great book for those who love contemporary romances, heroes trying to make up for past sins and a strong (virgin) heroine. 5⭐ out of 5⭐. Review

Caraval by Stephanie Garber is a YA novel filled with a world of magic and wonder and a game that is more than just it seems... I became invested in these characters & I want to know so much more about Julian, and Legend, and more to this story and cannot wait to get the next book.  Perfect for people who like YA set in a historical world. 4.5⭐ out of 5⭐ Review

The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister was a best friends little sister, opposites attract second chance novel. Yes it was amusing and fun to read. It was a nice read for my first Meghan Quinn book, and I enjoyed it, even though at times I felt like something may have been missing. 
Great read for someone who likes light RomComs, and best friend's little sister trope books.  4⭐ out of 5⭐. Review

Sick Fux by Tillie Cole was a dark, twisted, insane take on Alice in Wonderland. I love me a good dark romance. And I loved Rabbit. This book was dark, twisted, and insane. It was hot, and bothersome. It was everything that plunged this into a fucked up version of Alice in Wonderland. If you love dark reads then this book is for you! 4.5⭐ out of 5⭐ Review

March was filled with so many great releases, and I added a ton of new books to my TBR as well!! 
Besides Kiss and Break Up, and Dead of Night, and Savior some of the other books added include the Roommate Agreement by Emma Hart, the Missing Ingredient by Marika Ray, and Violent Delights by Jessica Hawkins. 

What March releases have you added to your TBR? What was your favorite read of March? Let me know in the comments below!!

Sales and freebies Friday

I'd Friday again which means time for some more sales & freebies in ebooks!
Know of any sales or freebies on ebooks that I missed? Drop them in the comments below!

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Freebies 

Title: Decidedly Off Limits 
Series: by the Bay
Author: Sina Lindenblatt
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Title: Don't Let Go
Series: the Invisibles
Author: Michelle Lynn
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Title: Get Lucky
Series: Lucky in Love
Author: Lila Monroe
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Titles: Going Down & Man Candy
Series: Five Wishes
Author: Elise Sax
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Title: a Beautiful Mess
Series: beautiful mess series
Author: TK Leigh
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Tile: Burn for Me
Series: into the fire
Author: JH Croix
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Title: Happily Ever After
Series: a free romance collection
Author: Amelia Wilde and 14 more
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Title: Stupid Smart
Series: Jaded series
Author: Jenn Hype
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Release Blitz: Savior

Release Date: March 28, 2019
Cover Design: Najla Qamber, Najla Qamber Designs

Model: David Wills

Photographer: Eric D. Battershell

Synopsis

He bought me, but not to touch or taste. He bought me to save me, and to atone for past sins.

Handsome and mysterious, he swoops in to offer me a new life, but this is no knight in shining armor. He’s cold, hardened by his past. But there’s an inferno underneath the ice, I can feel the heat each time he looks at me—each time he gives in to the desire between us.

No matter how much I push to unleash the fire in his eyes, he shoves back harder each time. He’s merciless with his cruel words, telling me how naïve I am, how little I know of the world.

But I’m stronger than he thinks.

When we face down our demons from the past, I’ll prove which one of us was in need of saving, and which one of us is the savior.

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Erik finds Alexandra's post on the dark web. $10,000 to sleep with a virgin. He quickly swoops in, purchasing Alex, but he doesn't make a move to touch her. Instead, he saves her, offering her food, and a warm bed for her to rest in.
He wants to do right by Alex, to make up for his past. Only he can't help but want her as well. A nineteen year old virgin, living under his roof? He tries pushing her away, she tries pushing to unleash the desire she know is there.
Who will finally cave?
Soon both of their pasts are coming back to haunt them, can they make it out unscathed?
I honestly loved every minute of this book! I loved how strong Alexandra was. Yes she has been through a lot,but she is resilient, and optimistic- she doesn't let her past cloud her hope for something better. And Erik was a jerk, but he did what he thought was right. And oh how my heart swoon for the a-holes, and I couldn't help but fall in love with him.
I cannot wait for more, even though I still need to catch up with Lovers before the next story comes out, I am so in love with this world and these characters. 5⭐ out of 5⭐.

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Fiona Cole is a military wife and a stay at home mom with a degree in Biology and Chemistry. As much as she loved science she decided to postpone her career to stay at home with her two little girls and immersed herself in the world of books until finally deciding to write her own. Where You Can Find Me is Fiona's debut novel and will hopefully be the first of many.

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Review: Sick Fux

Title: Sick Fux
Author: Tillie Cole
Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance

Blurb:

When Ellis Earnshaw and Heathan James met as children, they couldn’t have been more different. Ellis was loud and beautiful – all blond hair, bright laughs and smiles. Heathan was dark and brooding, and obsessed with watching things die.
The pair forged an unlikely friendship, unique and strange. Until they were ripped apart by the sick cruelty of others, separated for years, both locked in a perpetual hell.
Eleven years later, Heathan is back for his girl. Back from a place from which he thought there was no return. Back to seek revenge on those who wronged them.
Time has made Heathan’s soul darker, polluted with hatred and the thirst for blood.
Time has made Ellis a shell of her former self, a little girl lost in the vastness of her pain.
As Heathan pulls Ellis out of her mental prison, reviving the essence of who she once was, down the rabbit hole they will go.
With malice in their hearts and vengeance in their veins, they will seek out the ones who hurt and destroyed them.
One at a time.
Each one more deadly than the last.
Tick Tock.

Dark Contemporary Romance. Contains explicit sexual situations, violence, disturbingly sensitive and taboo subjects, offensive language and very mature topics. Recommended for ages 18 and over.

Review:

Ok, before I begin my review- this book contains subject matter that may trigger some. It is dark, twisted, and a little bit crazy. It deals with children being raped and abused- so if that is something you can't read I recommend skipping this book.

"And with malice in his heart and darkness in his veins, smiled and said, "Tick tock."
Ellis loves playing pretend, her favorite things include her doll, tea parties, and her copy of Alice in Wonderland. She even dresses like Alice. When a new boy moves in, she is enraptured by him. Dark hair, dark clothes including a black waist coat, and silver eyes Heathen has always been feared. But Ellis isn't scared. She quickly becomes his best friend, and even names him Rabbit, after her book.
But quickly, things take a turn for the worst, and Heathen and Ellis are subjected to a hell neither of them could claw out of, and then separated, plunging them into two different worlds of darkness. Plus Rabbit vowed to return, and return he did, to take Ellis on an adventure and annihilate the men who decided to hurt and destroy them and their childhoods.
When it comes to dark romance, for me I have to be in the right (or wrong) mindset for it. Don't get me wrong, I love me a good dark romance, but sometimes the subject matter is hard for me to read, especially if it's something that resonates with me- something I personally relate to.
This book, was sometimes hard to read- with the sexual, and physical abuse of children. BUT the men who hurt them, in the end got what was coming to them. It was a dark and twisted take on Alice in Wonderland. And I loved Rabbit. I always gravitate towards the guys who are broken. The vulnerability, and what makes them tick, to find out what made them the way they are. And Rabbit is no different. He was broken even before he was abused, and my heart went out to him.
This book was dark, twisted, and insane. It was hot, and bothersome. It was everything that plunged this into a fucked up version of Alice in Wonderland. 4.5⭐ out of 5⭐

Review: the Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister

Title: the Secret to Dating your best friend's sister
Author: Meghan Quinn

Blurb:
How do you date your best friend's sister? Easy.

Step one: Pretend you want her to set you up with someone else. That will bring the two of you closer.

Step two: Go on date with lots of random women, proceed to get stupid drunk and talk about your best friend's sister, thus gaining the courage to finally make a move.

Step three: Randomly show up at her apartment and confess your love. Women love that, right?

It all seemed so simple. A fool-proof three step process that will guarantee the love of you life to fall madly in love with you.

At least--that's what I thought was going to happen. But my attempts to win over Julia Westin backfired in more ways than I can count. The thing about Julia? She's smart--really smart--and her wicked gaze cuts through all the charm I've tried slinging her way. She's not interested in games, my gifts, or my stories. She might want me too; but she's not giving in that easy...

Review:
Bram is in love with his best friends sister. It didn't happen the first time he met her in college- though she gained his interest, showing up to a frat party in tube socks. It didn't happen the second time - though she was ready to punch him in the junk.
Bram was a party frat guy in college. Always so confident, in the middle of every party, and quick to have any girl he wants, and always right. He sets his sights on Julia. Smart, and stubborn just like her brother, and Bram's best friend. Also, more of a people watcher than partier, even in college. Keeps to herself. There was no way that a guy like Bram would ever have his eyes set on her.
This book was a best friends little sister, opposites attract second chance novel. Yes it was amusing and fun to read. It was a nice read for my first Meghan Quinn book, and I enjoyed it. 4⭐ out of 5⭐. I did at time feels like something was missing, it was still a fun read.

Blog Tour: I Dream of Spiders

Today we have the blog tour for Elle Keating’s I DREAM OF SPIDERS! Check it out and be sure to grab your copy today!

Title: I Dream of Spiders

Author: Elle Keating

Genre: Contemporary Romance

About I Dream of Spiders:

The move to the remote town of Quarry Hill, Pennsylvania was supposed to help Griffin McGuire start over and forget the two people who betrayed him. As a paramedic at the local hospital, he would still have to interact with people, but the rest of the time he could hole himself away in the secluded cabin he was renting. It was perfect. For the first time in over a year, he felt like he could finally breathe.

That was until he met her.

A woman who doesn’t know her own name or why she was covered in blood and standing in the middle of the road when he found her. Griffin knows he should contact the police, but something is preventing him from going to the authorities. It doesn’t take long for him to realize that he was correct in trusting his instincts. Every time she falls asleep, she dreams and another memory is unlocked. Memories that are horrific and make him want to protect and hide her from the world.

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I can’t keep doing this to him. He has a life and most likely a girlfriend. Tomorrow I will leave. I will ask to borrow some money and get far away from him. He has done enough. I will make it on my own. I get out of bed and creep down the hall to tell him my plan. I expect to find him in the kitchen, maybe needing a late-night snack, not the bathroom. Because why wouldn’t he have just used the master bath? The sound of heavy breathing snaps up my attention and I look toward the hall bathroom. The light isn’t on but I hear a barely audible groan on the other side of the cracked door. I push it open and watch the man I have fantasized about for the past few days working his cock with one hand while he steadies himself by holding onto the sink. I can’t stop staring. He is so big, so aroused…and so am I. I want him. I want to be the one making him groan and pant. Without warning, he turns and our eyes lock.

“Leave, Clare.” I can’t move. “Go back to bed,” he commands, his tone desperate. His hand stills and he releases his cock. “Please,” he utters, his voice gruff, as if he is in pain.

My feet unlock from the imaginary vise they have been in and I step toward him. We don’t break eye contact, even when I grip his cock and stroke him from root to tip. I’m not sure if I have ever done this before or if I am even doing it correctly, but the way his breathing hitches and his eyes flutter tell me that I am doing something right. I pump him harder, swirling the wet tip with the pad of my thumb. His hips sway and his pants become more erratic. I am seconds away from dropping to my knees when he suddenly grabs my wrist.

“We can’t,” he says, his eyes boring into mine.

“Why? Is it because of Corinne?” I ask. He blinks several times and shakes his head. “Your girlfriend?”

“I don’t have a girlfriend.”

“But I thought…”

“Corinne’s my sister.”

He doesn’t have a girlfriend. Which means...

He pries my fingers from his cock and tucks himself back into his pants. He moves past me and steps out of the bathroom. Like a fool, I follow him. “Oh. I get it now. You just don’t want me,” I say.

He stops and faces me. “Is that what you think? That I don’t want you?”

“You stopped me…you said we can’t…”

“We can’t because you belong to someone else. You remembered him today, caught a glimpse of the man you admitted loving, and I’ll be damned if he is who you are thinking of as I sink into you. I won’t share you. I’m not built that way.”

I feel like complete shit. Griffin is doing the noble thing, protecting my virtue and his heart. I am such a bitch.

Dylan is important to me. I care for him. Love him. But in what way? If it is a romantic type of love, then why didn’t I feel guilty when I touched Griffin? Or when I think about him taking me, claiming me? Griffin turns and walks to the living room. I pathetically escape to the bedroom. I am no longer afraid of the nightmares that could plague me if I even manage to fall asleep tonight. No, what I fear are the dreams I may have of the man who has just protected me from myself.

Review:

Griffin moves to a small Pennsylvanian town, to get away from his past. What he didn't expect is to meet a girl covered in blood standing in the middle of the road, who doesn't even know her own name. Griffin trys to help her recover her memories piece by piece. What happened to her? What was she running from? And why did she say no police, before she tried running from him?
This romantic thriller was filled with so many questions that you had to continue reading to find the answers to. Does the unknown girl ever get her memories back? And why did Griffin feel the need to live secluded in the woods away from town, and people? You have to pick up this story to find the answers to these, and so many more questions. It was suspenseful, and a little dark and twisted. 4⭐ out of 5⭐.

About the Author:

Elle Keating is the author of romance novels with sexy heroes and fierce females. Her first book, Thrill of the Chase (Dangerous Love, #1), was published by Forever Romance’s digital imprint, Forever Yours, in 2015. Cut to the Chase (Dangerous Love, #2) soon followed. Most recently, Elle self-published Wanting More (Dangerous Love, #3), Back to the Start (Dangerous Love, #4) Feels Like Falling (Dangerous Love, #5) and the standalone novel, Keeping His Commandments.

When Elle isn’t torturing her heroes and heroines (don’t worry, there’s always a happily ever after), she is a public school administrator and enjoys spending time with her husband and 3 children in New Jersey. For more on Elle and her books, visit ellekeating.com. 

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