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Hi everyone!! Can you believe that December is over?! That 2019 is over?! Where has the year gone? The DECADE?! How was everyone's December in books? How was your holidays if you celebrated? Get any bookish related gifts this year? I got a stack of 12 books, plus a Nightmare Before Christmas Monopoly game, a book light and a air fryer and pressure cooker! So I will be reading and eating good coming into 2020! 😍😍 Sorry I haven't been as active this month. I am still in a book funk thanks to my depression and anxiety. My daughter caught a stomach bug from school and was out for three days giving it to us, plus of course the holidays were pretty hectic. And that isn't slowing down anytime soon with my birthday on the way (January 3rd) and my daughter's birthday couple weeks later... But I am trying to get into posting and reading more again.  I haven't read as much as I would have liked, this month but I have read 5 books which brings my total up to 89 b...

Hi guys! It's time to announce my top reads of 2019. 2019 was full of many amazing reads! I read 89 books this year, and broke down my favorites to  In no particular order my Top reads of 2019 are   YA & Fantasy books * The Cruel Prince and The Wicked King by Holly Black. I loved her world of the Fae and cannot wait to continue the story with Queen of Nothing. * An Emperor of Evening Stars, Strange the Hymn and Dark Harmony by Laura Thalassa. (Not Pictured) I loved continuing the Bargainer series this year, and the world Laura portrayed.  Paranormal Romance *Dead of Night, Dark of Night, Call of Night and Still of Night by Emily Goodwin. I seriously cannot wait to continue with Lucas and Callie's story. If you love vampires and witches you need to read these books! *Taste the Dark, Burn the Dark, Free the Dark by Nicola Rose. Yesss to more vampires. Talk about a sexy paranormal love triangle.  Dark Romance *Sick Fux by T...

CODE OF SILENCE by Shantel Tessier Release Date: January 13th Genre: Arranged Marriage/Mafia Add to Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48107416-cos Blurb: COS is a brand-new standalone from Bestselling Author Shantel Tessier. Releasing 2020. "This isn't a marriage. It's a contract signed in blood." Full blurb coming soon!  EXCERPT I pick up a glass paperweight and throw it at his head, cussing when I miss him by a mile. Damn drunk aim. I would have been spot-on if I was sober. Taking a step back from his desk, I watch as his eyes darken, his jaw sharpens, and his chest bows. He reaches out, grabbing the netting on my dress, and yanks me forward until my chest bumps his. “You’re mine,” he growls in my face.  I tremble as the meaning of his words sink in to my foggy brain. "The contract means I own every inch of you now.” About the Author: Shantel is a Texas born girl who now lives i...

Title: In Peace Lies Havoc Series: Midnight Mayhem Author: Amo Jones Release Date: Nov 4, 2019 My name is Dove Hendry. 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘹𝘵𝘰𝘯. I was captured by darkness. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴… They groomed me for Midnight Mayhem. Like a trained possession, weak against their control. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵... But Midnight Mayhem was the stained glass that concealed a very dark culture. 𝘈 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧. The Brothers of Kiznitch come in fours, and they’re not happy about me being hustled into their acts. 𝘖𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦? 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘥. 𝘈 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯… Mind-tricks. Stunts. Deceit. 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. But there’s something uglier that has been hauntin...

Title: Champagne Wishes Series: Wild in the Windy City New Year's Eve Edition anthology Author: Shantel Tessier Release Date: Dec 10 New Year's Eve on Navy Pier. A sexy, breathless night. Eighteen authors bring magic, steam, and romance to the Resolution Gala on Navy Pier this New Year’s Eve. Don’t miss the fireworks. All proceeds from this anthology benefit Bernie's Book Bank (https://www.berniesbookbank.org/) ANTHOLOGY AUTHORS: Rachel Brookes Audrey Carlan L.M. Carr L. A. Cotton M.C. Decker L.B. Dunbar H.Q. Frost Jenna Galicki J.D. Hollyfield Sapphire Knight Bethany Lopez K.I. Lynn Jordan Marie Leslie McAdam S. Moose M. Piper Lisa Suzanne Shantel Tessier Champagne Wishes follows Cali- and her recent breakup from her ex Dusty looking to head somewhere new for New Year's, ending up in Chicago with her best friend Danica. They end up kissing the first guys they see at the strike of midnight. Trey just dumped his girlfriend for c...

Title: Possessed by the Devil Series: the Captive Collection Author: Nicola Rose He watches me from the shadows. No, not from the shadows… he IS the shadows. My name is Angel and I’ve been hunting demons my whole life, sending them back to the festering pit they crawled from. To most hunters, it’s just a job. To me, it’s everything . I come alive with a blade in my hand, only feeling at peace when everything else is chaos. My problem? The King of Hell thinks he owns me. Lucifer is a storm. He crashes into my life after brewing on the horizon all these years, finally unleashing himself upon me and obliterating everything I thought real. He drags me to Hell and I’m lost . My own inner demons thrive in this place of sin and pain. My dark heart and traitorous body begin to agree that I’m his, but I know better than to listen to that pair. Game on, Lucifer. I’m going to destroy you. The Captive Collection A collection of dark and steamy reads spanning different...

HEARTS AND THORNS (Magnolia Cove #3) by Ella Fields Release Date: January 3rd Genre: New Adult Cover Designer: Sarah Hansen/Okay Creations  Blurb: Jackson Thorn was my best friend and worst enemy, but that didn’t stop me from wanting him. From first words to high school halls, our childhood years braided a bond that wove in a direction neither of us could predict or outgrow.  Forbidden became a word we ignored.  It wasn’t that we didn’t care.  It was that we cared too much. We had it all planned out.  We thought we could make it.  We thought we’d been careful. But all we managed to do was prolong the inevitable.  Our destruction.  Hearts and Thorns is a standalone full length new adult novel from bestselling author, Ella Fields. Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44420747-hearts-and-thorns Sign Up for a Release Alert:   http://bit.ly/2Amt3FL Giveaway: https://...