I received an ARC of this book for an honest review
Blurb:
Let me just say — none of this was supposed to happen.
I didn’t expect the letter to go viral. I didn’t think anyone would figure out who Dear Sexy Ex was. And I especially never thought he would find out about it.
Yeah, bit of a miscalculation there.
But see, I need the money to fund my brand new venture. And Dear Sexy Ex, well, it turns out he needs me to save his business.
By becoming his fake fiancée.
Yup, that’s the pickle I find myself in — pretending to be madly in love with the charming, brilliant, and utterly infuriating man known as Dear Sexy Ex.
Only, it’s not an act. And he can never know.
My Review:
Well hell, Lauren Blakely has done it again!
This was one of the best fake fiance books I’ve read in ages. It guaratees a HEA which we all really want in the end, don’t we?
Summer and Oliver are soooooo good together. Their story was lovely. A sweet romance so to speak. I loved these two. I especially loved how they got together. Argh! Social Media is such a bummer – or is it?
Well written, loads of friendly banter from beginning to the end. The dialogue is great. It’s witty, fun and smart. Loved it!
Dear Sexy Ex-Boyfriend is going on 2020’s favourites list for me.
Dear Sexy Ex-Boyfriend, an all-new sexy, fake fiancé, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy standalone by #1 New York Times Bestselling author Lauren Blakely, is AVAILABLE NOW!!!
In light of the current situation, Lauren will also be donating 10% of all sales (including pre-orders) to Feeding America!
Let me just say — none of this was supposed to happen.
I didn’t expect the letter to go viral. I didn’t think anyone would figure out who Dear Sexy Ex was. And I especially never thought he would find out about it.
Yeah, bit of a miscalculation there.
But see, I need the money to fund my brand new venture. And Dear Sexy Ex, well, it turns out he needs me to save his business.
By becoming his fake fiancée.
Yup, that’s the pickle I find myself in — pretending to be madly in love with the charming, brilliant, and utterly infuriating man known as Dear Sexy Ex.
Only, it’s not an act. And he can never know.
About the Author:
A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sweet, sexy and witty. She also writes red-hot, ultra-steamy romance for her Lauren Blakely After Dark line. She’d love to give you a free book today!
Is it too late to correct the biggest mistake of my life?
While drowning in a mess of sorrow and grief, I lost the only woman I ever loved. I didn’t realize what I’d done until it was too late.
Thea still owned my thoughts, my dreams, and my heart. I never expected to see her again, much less have to work with her for almost the entire summer.
I should’ve fought for her years ago, and after how much I hurt her, I probably don’t have the right to now.
But I can’t stop until she’s mine again.
No Reservations is a continuation of characters from No Vacancy but is a total STANDALONE. If you like second chance love stories that make you cry, overheat, and swoon with a broken but lovable wise-cracking hero, this is the book for you!
Stephanie Rose is a bad@ss New Yorker, a wife, a mother, and lover of all things chocolate. Most days you’ll find her trying to avoid standing on discarded LEGO or deciding which book to read next.
Her debut novel, Always You, released in 2015 and since then she’s written several more—some of which will never see completion—and has ideas for hundreds to come.
Dear Sexy Ex-Boyfriend, an all-new sexy, fake fiancé, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy standalone by #1 New York Times Bestselling author Lauren Blakely, is AVAILABLE NOW!!!
In light of the current situation, Lauren will also be donating 10% of all sales (including pre-orders) to Feeding America!
Let me just say — none of this was supposed to happen.
I didn’t expect the letter to go viral. I didn’t think anyone would figure out who Dear Sexy Ex was. And I especially never thought he would find out about it.
Yeah, bit of a miscalculation there.
But see, I need the money to fund my brand new venture. And Dear Sexy Ex, well, it turns out he needs me to save his business.
By becoming his fake fiancée.
Yup, that’s the pickle I find myself in — pretending to be madly in love with the charming, brilliant, and utterly infuriating man known as Dear Sexy Ex.
Only, it’s not an act. And he can never know.
About the Author:
A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sweet, sexy and witty. She also writes red-hot, ultra-steamy romance for her Lauren Blakely After Dark line. She’d love to give you a free book today!
Genre: Mafia Romance Cover Design: Maria Simanovich, Steamy Designs Photo: Wander Aguiar Model: Andrew Biernat Release Date: July 28, 2020
Blurb:
They call this place the Billionaires’ Playground. I, Aiden Knight, staked my claim the minute I arrived. I crossed every line. I painted their Rococo ceilings with blood. Now my casino is the hottest church in town, And vice is the only confession required. My house. My rules. Until the past comes calling with an offer I can’t refuse: One week to seduce and break her. All this for the name of the man who killed my father.
Issa Dubov is the queen of cloudy diamonds: She’s a hard truth concealed beneath a pall of lies. I’m an Armani black suit of spades: Determined to bury both her and my demons. I never asked to see the shape of her heart. I never asked for her to fill the blank spaces of mine.
But the mafia wants her secrets. I wasn’t the first she betrayed. And Issa? Sweet, not-so-innocent Issa? She’s gone and left me with a debt no sinner can pay.
Catherine Wiltcher is a bestselling author of ten dark romance novels, a former TV producer, and a self-confessed alpha addict. Her writing is best described as sinfully sexy, and her characters always fall hard and deep for one another.
She lives in the UK with her husband and two young daughters. If she ever found herself stranded on a desert island, she’d like a large pink gin to keep her company. Cillian Murphy wouldn’t be a bad shout either…
The boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can’t have…
Dig a little and you’ll find photos of me in the bathtub with Ezra Stern. Get your mind out of the gutter. We were six months old. Pry and one of us might confess we saved our first kiss for each other. The most clumsy, wet, sloppy . . . spectacular thirty seconds of my adolescence. Get into our business and you’ll see two families, closer than blood, torn apart in an instant. Twenty years later, my “awkward duckling” best friend from childhood, the boy no one noticed, is a man no one can ignore.
Finer. Fiercer. Smarter. Taken.
Tell me it’s wrong. Tell me the boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can’t have. When we find each other again, everything stands in our way–secrets, lies, promises. But we didn’t come this far to give up now. And I know just the move to make if I want to make him mine.
Review:
WOW! WOW! WOW!
I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this book. Kimba, wow, a woman to aspire too. Obviously I got to know Kimba in the Kingmaker duet which was really good and was extremely excited when I heard that Queen Move was Kimba’s story.
This book is real! It’s the reality of so many people. I loved the realness of it. It’s not just a love story. It’s a story of life, of challenges, of proving yourself because you’re in the minority. A story of working hard. A story of going after what you deserve. And… a story of a love so strong, nothing can break it down.
Ezra and Kimba have restored my faith in love. Nothing will tear them apart. They will fight for their love. The love they had since the day they married each other at six years old.
I was gifted this book by Jonathan Ball Publishers in exchange for an honest review
Blurb:
También de este lado hay sueños. On this side, too, there are dreams.
Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.
Even though she knows they’ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy—two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.
Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia—trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier’s reach doesn’t extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?
Review:
I liked the story. I know the book got mixed reactions and caused some controversy. It was a good story and easy to follow. Spoke about issues that are real in the lives of people running away from home. This book made me realize how priviledged I am, but in the same breath, your life can change in an instant.
Imagine loosing your family all at once. Imagine running from killers. Imagine, finding out that a good friend is not who he/she seems. That’s the reality in this book.
It took a while for me to read, but I enjoyed the story behind it.
I was gifted this book by Jonathan Ball Publishers in exchange for an honest review.
Blurb:
Kent Abner began the day of his death comfortable and content…
When Kent Abner – baby doctor, model husband and father, good neighbour – is found dead in his town house in the West Village, Detective Eve Dallas and her team have a real mystery on their hands. They know how, where and when he was killed – but why would someone want such a good man dead?
Then a second victim is discovered and as spring arrives in New York City, Eve finds herself in a race against time to track down a serial killer with a motive she can’t fathom and a weapon of choice which could wipe out half of Manhattan.
Review:
Eve Dallas is a bad ass and if anything ever happens to me, I would like Eve, Roarke and the team to be summoned to solve the case.
This book had me hooked from the very first page. JD Robb knows how to keep her readers captivated and she did just that with this book.
This is book 50 in the “IN DEATH” series. I admit I only started reading this series with book 49 but I can recommend this series to anyone who loves crime thrillers.
It has everything in it. Drama, romance, crime chasing, psychological thinking. It’s just an all round book.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review
Blurb:
Beauty, charm, smarts – she has it all.
She is perfect. But I am not the only one who sees it.
Before I can make a move, she’s taken from me.
So I turn my attention to work. Fortune, respect, stature – I have it all now.
But what I really want is a second chance.
See, that redhead has ruined love for me.
No woman can even come close to satisfying me like she does.
It seems as though I am destined to always watch her from the sidelines.
But fate has other plans.
A stroke of luck, divine intervention perhaps, has given me a second chance.
Now I’m up against two other men determined to claim her.
It’s going to take all I’ve got to make her mine.
This time I’m not letting her go.
I realize now, she is the only one.
Over 75,000 words in this second chance standalone romance filled with steamy adventures and an HEA that will leave you breathless and satisfied.
Review:
Honestly. I did not enjoy this book. I didn’t see a story behind it. It’s an unpopular opinion and that’s okay, I was asked for an honest review. It’s an erotic romance. There’s lots of sex from the first chapter. Exploration of sexuality etc. I’m all for a good erotic romance, but like all stories, it needs to capture my interest and this book didn’t. I tried for the life of me to get into it but I just couldn’t. If you’re into a book filled with sex scenes then this book is for you.
I received an ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
Blurb:
A delicious new After Dark novella featuring a strong, protective bodyguard and the beautiful, brilliant hotel heiress he protects…
I shouldn’t want my bodyguard the way I do. His job is to protect me. It’s not to fulfill all my filthy wishes. And so I resist him, fighting the enticing pull of the strong, powerful man who watches over me. Until the night we combust in my penthouse suite. It won’t happen again, we say the next day. Besides, my mission is singular — pull off the event of a lifetime — a one-night only concert with one of the world’s biggest rock stars. A man my bodyguard happens to know. And a good bodyguard knows all sorts of things about his client. Turns out he knows my secret desires, and he wants to make them come true. Including a VIP engagement so I can experience both men at the same time… I want to say yes, but what if I fall even more in love with the man whose mission is to keep me safe?
ONE NIGHT ONLY is a red-hot, sexy love story with a toe-curling, sheet-grabbing MFM sequence.
Review:
An erotic romance with a MFM throuple.
Sometimes, you just need a push in the right direction for things to fall into place. This is exactly what happens when Ivy, Callum & Stone get together. They get to know one another, and it’s obvious that Ivy & Callum are hot for each other, longing to be together.
When Ivy sees a throuple in her hotel bar, she can’t help but wonder what it would be like to be that woman who is adored by two men. Callum, notices this and sets in motion a plan to fulfil Ivy’s fantasies. It takes one night only to fulfil this fantasy and for these two to realise that they were meant to be.
A story of longing, lusting and steamy fantasies. I enjoyed the book.
Hey Candi! What are you reading??? 