So, nothing much happened this past weekend. We didn't end up having the cookout unfortunately.
But this coming weekend besides our normal shopping trip we are also planning to travel to B&N for the release party of Warriors The Prophecy Begins graphic novel - since my daughter loves those books, the closest one is over 3 & half hours away, but we will make a weekend out of it!
Also, of course when we spend money to do something fun or for us, something in the house needs to break 🙄 - this time it was the water pump.
But, overall I had a good reading week, trying to get as many books in before having to pack for our trip!
What I Read This Week:
Title: Daughter of the Pirate King
Series: Daughter of the Pirate King
Author: Tricia Levenseller
Release Date: February 2017
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So this book surprisingly hooked me from the beginning. It was fast paced & thrilling & adventurous. 4.5 ⭐ out of 5⭐ See Full Review Here
Title: Daughter of the Siren Queen
Series: Daughter of the Pirate King
Author: Tricia Levenseller
Release Date: February 2018
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This read was quick & easy & perfect for summer being pirates on the open sea. 4.5 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐ See Full Review Here
Title: Vengeance of the Pirate Queen
Series: Daughter of the Pirate King
Author: Tricia Levenseller
Release Date: November 2023
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I definitely enjoyed this book, these characters, and this world & I cannot wait to see what - if anything- else comes out of this world. 4⭐ out of 5⭐. See Full Review Here
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Title: Within The Darkening Woods
Series: A Twisted Worlds novel
Release Date: July 15
Blurb:
Everyone Dreams of Fairy Tales, Until They Find Themselves in One
It’s been five years since the world was forever changed. Overnight, parts of the mortal world disappeared and were replaced by fragments from another realm, taking entire counties and countries and leaving the lands of fae, sirens, and other creatures out of legend in their place. People no longer have to imagine what it would be like to live in a fantasy world, because now they live in one. Amber, though, likes to pretend that these strange new neighbors don’t exist. And since the elven forest that replaced Saint Cloud, Minnesota is completely isolated from the surrounding world, that’s been relatively easy. She just wants to find a job with her degree in landscape design that will fulfill her enough to ignore how the rest of her life–especially her love life–is in a million pieces.
But when Amber is poisoned by a giant spider that escaped the forest, she has no choice but to acknowledge that she lives right beside magical creatures. Which is made even worse when she’s rescued by an elf—who turns out to be the king’s brother. He brings her into the forest to save her life. However, her healing comes with a cost–while the king permits Amber to be temporarily healed, he refuses to give her the full antidote until she agrees to bind with and strengthen the barrier around the elven wood, leaving her trapped in this new world. With no choice, she accepts.
However, Amber soon realizes that the Darkening Woods holds many secrets, not least the webs that the king is weaving. She and the far-too-handsome Eldrin must figure out how to survive the king’s schemes—and their growing feelings for each other—before the king decides she’s no longer worth saving and the poison kills her after all.
Title: Indescribable Love
Series: Wylder Love
Release Date: July 16
Blurb:
A close proximity, rockstar, secret romance from NYT Bestselling author, Samantha Chase
He’s the pop superstar dubbed the friendliest celeb alive.
She’s the jaded publicist forced to represent him.
Working together should be impossible.
But the connection they find in each other is…completely indescribable.
Whenever his childhood became too much, Simon Bennett could always find comfort and escape in music. Like any kid, he’d thought about becoming a big star, but he’d never imagined the level of success he’s found. When documentary producers approach him for some behind the scenes footage for his fans, he isn’t prepared for the painful memories they unearth that he’d rather keep quiet. But when you’re known as one of the sweetest guys in the business, no one takes you seriously when you try to push back.
Juliette Bellucci has a reputation for being a strong and confident publicist. Unfortunately, when you keep working with celebrity trainwrecks who make the wrong kind of headlines, that reputation doesn’t mean a whole lot. And with her latest fiasco still in the press, she’s this close to losing her career and everything she’s worked for. Enter Simon Bennett–the quintessential good guy and her chance at redemption. After all, how can working with the nicest guy in the world go wrong?
Nothing about them makes sense, and yet the closer they become, the more they realize they belong together. Keeping their relationship a secret was supposed to keep them out of trouble, but when Simon’s past threatens to destroy his present, everyone is quick to blame Juliette and her bad track record. When the glare of the spotlight disappears, will they realize the indescribable love they share is the foundation to the future they both want?
Title: Catch the Sun
Release Date: July 16
Blurb:
A brand new YA standalone survivor romance from Jennifer Hartmann, the fan-favorite author of Still Beating, Lotus, and June First, packed with the same light-in-the-dark hope for healing in the face of tragedy. Perfect for fans of If He Had Been With Me, A Thousand Boy Kisses, and Binding 13.
"Kissing you feels like catching the sun…"
At seven years old, Ella Sunbury and Max Manning were inseparable—until life scattered them in different directions, forcing Ella to abruptly leave town. A decade later, she returns for their senior year of high school, moving in across the street from her childhood best friend.
But she's not the same girl Max once knew.
She now lives in the shadow of her brother: a notorious felon on death row, convicted of a crime that shook the nation. Reeling from the fallout and shunned by her peers, all Ella wants is to fade into the background.
Max has little room for distractions, juggling responsibilities for a disabled father and a distant twin brother. But Ella's return reignites something within him. He wants to be close to her again, to understand her…and to turn their friendship into more.
But as their relationship blossoms, new tragedy strikes, and darkness threatens to tip their delicate balance. In order to find the light, they'll have to navigate the shadows.
And to catch the sun…they must first endure the flames.
Title: Cages and Crowns
Series: The Diadem
Release Date: July 16
Blurb:
Noterra...
Her home has been destroyed, reduced to nothing but glass and bone. Tobias is intent on holding her captive, never allowing her to leave his side. She has to put on the best act of her life in order to keep her sanity. How will she survive his continued torture? Will she succumb to the depression eating away at her mind, or will she finally fight for herself?
Rakushia...
It has been three months since the destruction of Chatis. Enzo and Nithe are working endlessly to find a way to infiltrate the Noterran palace to rescue Elaenor, but Tobias isn't making it easy. With the armies from four different countries, his palace is nearly impenetrable. How will they save the queen? Who else will have to be sacrificed to ensure her survival? Could Elaenor live with herself if another person she loves dies instead of her?
Title: Mindf*ck series Omnibus Author: S.T. Abby
Rerelease Date: July 18
Blurb:
This is the entire series put into one book. Paperback edition.
They took too much. Left too little. I had nothing to lose... until him.
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~Lana~
I didn't expect him. I didn't want to fall in love. But I can't let him go. Logan Bennett makes the world a safer place. He's brilliant. He's a hero. He locks away the sick and depraved. But while he's saving lives, I'm taking them. Collecting the debts that are owed to me. Ten years ago, they took from me. They left me for dead. They should have made sure I stayed dead. Now I'm taking from them. One name at a time. I've trained for too long. I've been patient. I can't stop now. Revenge is best served cold... They never see me coming, until I paint their walls red. Logan doesn't know how they hurt me. He doesn't know about the screams they ignored. He doesn't know how twisted that town really is. He just knows people are dying. He doesn't know he's in love with their killer. No one suspects a dead girl. And Logan doesn't suspect the girl in his bed. They're looking for a monster. Not a girl who loves red. Not a girl in love. I'm a faceless nightmare. At least until I tell them the story they've pretended never happened. But in the end, will Logan choose them? Or will we watch them burn together?
**Graphic **Adult language **Some triggers could be too much for the easily disturbed reader **Sexual content **Fucked up moral compass; read at your own risk.
Title: Her Dark Salvation Series: Bonded in Blood
Release Date: July 18
Blurb:
ANNA
A made man in the Italian Mafia. An immortal blood demon. I never imagined he’d become my dark salvation.
My midlife awakening wasn’t going as planned. I’d wanted to prove I was more than a mousey professor, that I could handle life outside the walls of academia. Turns out, I’d underestimated the real world.
My new boss was arrogant, domineering, and dangerous, and he turned me into a live wire that sparked under his thirsty stare. But he wasn’t just thirsty for my body. He craved my blood.
I should have quit, should have run away screaming. Instead, I ran right into Marco DeVita’s arms.
MARCO
Heritage. Family. Blood. The bonds that had tied me to the Boston underworld for almost a century were unbreakable. Or so I thought.
Someone in my crew had been stealing from me, had betrayed our family. But to ferret out the snake, I’d needed an expert to find proof.
Anna Barone was a distraction I couldn’t afford. Her brilliant mind, hot temper, and even hotter body made my fangs ache with need.
I was trapped between my desire and my duty to protect. Because in my world, everything comes at a price.
******
HER DARK SALVATION is the first book in the Bonded in Blood series. Each book is an interconnected, standalone Paranormal Mafia Romance with a guaranteed HEA.
Title: Sin Like the Devil
Series: Harrowdean Manor series
Release Date: July 19
Blurb:
From the bestselling author of Blackwood Institute and Sabre Security comes a dark, enemies to lovers why choose romance featuring a strong-willed heroine on a quest for revenge... no matter the cost.
“Look into the camera, Ripley.
Tell us what happened in Harrowdean Manor.”
Serving a three-year sentence after a violent manic episode, I own this psychiatric institute and every last patient in it.
Dealing contraband to the desperate and disturbed has earned me this kingdom. To survive, I simply sacrificed my soul.
They all fear me.
Worship me.
Hate me.
But no more than the demons I barely escaped last year. They thought they’d broken me with their greed and depravity. Instead, they made me ruthless.
Now, my enemies are back.
And they’re out for blood.
Lennox wants to kill me.
Xander wants to break me.
Raine just wants to feel alive.
But in here, it’s kill or be killed. As the horrifying reality behind Harrowdean’s lies starts to surface, a bloody battle for survival begins.
Their social experiment is set to burn.
And I’m the one holding the matches.
Author’s Note: Sin Like The Devil (Harrowdean Manor #1) is a dark, why choose romance and book one in a duet. It does end on a cliffhanger. Set in the J Rose shared universe.
Title: If You Give a Billionaire a Bride
Series: Aspen Grove series
Release Date: July 19
Blurb:
I, Everly Townstead, need to stop fantasizing about my brother’s billionaire best friend.
Should I have accidentally married the notorious charmer in Vegas? No, because his family is trying to buy my dad’s company.
Nothing says trust and unity between two businesses like an (accidental) marriage of convenience, right?
3 reasons why I absolutely cannot fall for my fake husband:
1. My brother would be furious
2. I can’t risk my heart getting broken again
3. Cash Stafford doesn’t do serious–ever
Smart girls like me don’t end up with men who flirt with easy smiles.
Men like Cash Stafford don’t ask for forever.
Except I’ll never forget he’s the boy I made a wedding pact with when I was seventeen.
One drunken mistake later – I, Everly Townstead, am completely hitched.
Title: The Pucking Wrong Man
Series: The Pucking Wrong series
Author: C.R. Jane
Release Date: July 19
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Blurb:
Whoever heard of a homeless ballerina?
Everyone in my life has always disappointed me, but NHL hockey star Camden James says he never will.
We meet, and then in a single blink, he’s made me his roommate, promising me I don’t have to worry about anything ever again.
They call him a hero, and that’s what I desperately need.
I remind myself it’s all temporary. That I shouldn’t get used to it.
But he has other ideas.
Camden tells me he’s obsessed, that he’s going to change my life, that he’ll never let me go.
But as more time passes, I wonder if it’s going to take a villain to get me my happily ever after.
And Camden James just might be the right man for the role.
*Note: Camden James is a morally grey antihero who is obsessed with his girl and will do anything to keep her. This is a darker hockey romance.
The Pucking Wrong Man is a hockey romance standalone from USA Today and International Bestselling Author C.R. Jane.
Title: Wicked Waters
Series: Gods of Hatherly Hall
Release Date: July 19
Blurb:
From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Becca Steele, comes an all-new standalone M/F academy romance.
Roman Cavendish. The bad boy of Hatherley Hall. Once we were friends. Once I thought I meant something more to him. Once I was the person who knew him best.
Until I left without an explanation, ruining everything between us.
Now, I’m back, but Roman is no longer the boy I once knew. He hates me, and he’s determined to make my life miserable.
Then one night alters everything between us, and I don’t know where to turn or who to trust.
Is Roman really my enemy? Or is he on my side?
One thing I know for sure. I’m about to find out what happens when you mess with one of the gods of Hatherley Hall.
Wicked Waters is the second book in the Gods of Hatherley Hall series, and is a standalone M/F new adult academy romance with enemies to lovers and second chance themes.
Title: Master Bistria
Series: Masters of the Consulate series
Release Date: July 19
Blurb:
A vampire master with revenge on his mind.
A red-haired beauty who won’t stand for his rules.
When they find their targets, will the star-crossed lovers survive?
The mangy shifters and bloodthirsty rogue vampires have evaded us, using traitors from the underworld for
the very last time. Now, there is no escaping their doom.
All the stars are finally aligned for the purebloods. The master vampires will surely be victorious over our
enemies, as long as the pesky witches can be trusted to cooperate.
But destiny throws a curveball and places a goddess who insists on defying me at every turn, right in the
middle of the vampire war.
And when the enemies attack her, they make a deadly mistake. They will learn just how protective a master
vampire can be when protecting his mate.
Because no one messes with the woman I plan to make mine, no matter how many rules must be broken or
enemies must die.
They will learn that the hard way today.
Master Bistrita is the explosive eleventh book in the Masters of the Consulate series by Sylvia Black. It is a
deliciously dark, fated mates, forced proximity, enemies to lovers, age gap, vampire mafia romance. You will
love these novels where the passion is fiery, the loyalty is fierce, and the stakes are high. Each book in this
collection is a stand-alone, with different characters and a guaranteed happily ever.
Coming soon...
Title: Undeniably Forbidden
Release Date: July 22
Title: Boss Me
Series: Private Listing
Release Date: July 22
Title: The Pucking Coach's Daughter
Release Date: July 23
Title: Always My Forever
Release Date: July 23
Title: A Thousand Broken Pieces
Series: A Thousand Boy Kisses
Release Date: July 23
Title: Frisco
Release Date: July 23
Title: The Veiled Heir
Series: An Heir of Atlantis novel
Release Date: July 23
Title: Damage
Series: Forbidden Knights
Release Date: July 25
Title: Playbook
Series: Holland Brothers
Release Date: July 25
Title: Kiss A Villain
Series: No Mercy
Release Date: July 25
Title: A Violent Agenda: the Complete series
Release Date: July 26
Title: Fighting My Way Back
Release Date: July 26
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