A new list is up!!! If you scroll all the way down, you’ll see more details in each category, but first, here are some highlights starting with my most recent favorites…
*** MY RECENT FAVORITES ***
- LATEST REVIEW ::: Ten Below Zero by Whitney Barbetti. This is about a college girl with scars whose life is changed when she meets a guy with a secret who, for the first time since her attack, makes her feel alive. Read my Review
- LATEST FAVORITE ::: Deacon by Kristen Ashley. This is the latest standalone in the Unfinished Heroes series and I loved it!!! A badass Alpha with a dark past, a strong heroine, and a gorgeous slow-burning love story in the Mountains. A new KA favorite! Read my Review
- NEW FAVORITE ::: Rules of Protection by Alison Bliss. This book was really hilarious!! It’s a romance between a sassy heroine in Witness Protection and the badass Special Agent assigned to protect her!! Great banter and loads of sexual tension!! SO MUCH FUN!!! 😀 Read my Review.
- $0.99 FAVORITE ::: The Opportunist (Love Me With Lies #1) by Tarryn Fisher. This is the first book of a (complete) 5-star trilogy. Just trust me and read it. It’s one-of-a-kind! The writing is absolutely phenomenal and the story is unique, raw and captivating. Read my review.
- RECENT FAVORITE ::: Worth The Fall by Claudia Connor. I totally loved this! What a gorgeous book! So much swoon!! So much emotion!! The hero is an injured Navy SEAL vacationing on a beach who falls for a single mom there with her 4 little kids. Totally heart-melting!! Read my Review
- UPCOMING MUST-READ ::: Becoming Calder by Mia Sheridan was OUTSTANDING!!! My heart was racing from the first word to the last!! An intense forbidden love story that captivated me from the first word until the very last. 6 STARS!!!! Read my review and be sure to pre-order your copy!!
- RECENT FAVORITE ::: Broken by Lauren Layne. A fun, sexy, & heart-wrenching standalone romance with a modern-day “Beauty & The Beast” twist. I loved it! 😉 Read my review.
- RECENT FAVORITE ::: Black Lies by Alessandra Torre. HOLY WOW!! This was absolutely brilliant and unlike anything else I’ve ever read!! 5 STARS all the way!! Read my Review.
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- NEW RELEASES ::: Deacon by Kristen Ashley (Unfinished Heroes), Stay With Me by J Lynn (Wait For You), Chains by Kelli Maine (MMA romantic suspense), Closer To The Edge by Tara Sivec (romantic suspense), Falling For Fate by Casey Quinn (rich hero), The Wright Brother by Marie Hall (deaf hero), Again by Lisa Burstein (college romance), Life Support (firefighter), Tangled Vines by Melissa Collins (enemies to lovers), Unspeakable Truths by Alice Tribue (unikely hero), A Natural Act by R.J. Sable (MMA fighter/doctor), Prima Donna by Laura Drewry, Then You Happened by Sandi Lynn (romantic comedy), Shameless by Cherrie Lynn (novella), Almost Lover by Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt, Summer of Seventeen by Jane Harvey Berrick (coming of age).
UPDATE ::: I added a brand NEW FEATURE to the blog ➜ 24 LISTS of RECOMMENDATIONS Looking for a book that’ll make you cry? A sexy bad boy romance? Forbidden love? It’s all LISTED!!
*** NEW RELEASES ***
Deacon (Unfinished Heroes) by Kristen Ashley — Latest Favorite
ALPHA MALE FANS!! I loved this book!! A badass Alpha with a dark past, a strong heroine, and a gorgeous slow-burning love story in the Mountains. Another KA winner and definitely a new favorite!! (Read my Review) It can be read as a standalone, but here are all the books in the series: Knight, Creed, Raid, Deacon
“He looks at you like you’re the only reason he’s still breathing.”
Stay With Me by J Lynn — New Release!!
This is a new standalone in the Wait For You series (New Adult romance).
At 21, Calla hasn’t done a lot of things. But growing up, she witnessed some things no child ever should… When she discovers her mom has stolen her college money, she has to go back to the small town she thought she’d left behind… When she arrives at her mother’s bar, Mona is nowhere to be found. Instead, six feet of hotness named Jackson James is pouring drinks and keeping the place humming.
Life Support (Rescue Breathing #2) by Zoe Norman — New Release!!
Sexy fireman alert!! This is the second (and final) book in this series!! Both books are about the same couple and tell a complete story. It was recommended to me recently so I can’t wait to read it and meet the sexy fireman!!
Reading order: #1 Rescue Breathing ($0.99), #2 Life Support (NEW).
The Write Brother by Marie Hall — Recent Release!!
The hero of this book hero was born deaf and colorblind (!!!) and his life has been bleak, silent, and empty, until her. The heroine is his neighbour and she’s older than him. He’s falling for her, but she’s fighting her feelings for him… and he doesn’t want to let her go.
This is a standalone romance.
Chains by Kelli Maine — New Release!!
This is a standalone romantic suspense novel! Sounds a little dark!
The hero is on the brink of going pro in MMA after doing jailtime for beating the man took him away from the girl he loved and swore to protect. No matter how much time has passed, she weighs on his mind and conscience. He was supposed to save her, instead he abandoned her. And now he’s going back to take vengeance for what was done to them both even at the cost of sacrificing his career.
Closer To The Edge by T.E. Sivec — New Release!!
The fourth & final book in the Playing With Fire series by Tara Sivec.
When Cole returns home wounded from his latest mission, his only thoughts are of the woman who still owns his heart and getting strong enough to stand on his own two feet in front of her, to beg for her forgiveness… When the two are thrown together before either are ready, secrets will be revealed, friends will become enemies and past mistakes will push them…closer to the edge.
Summer of Seventeen by Jane Harvey Berrick — New Release!!
This is a coming-of-age story.
It was supposed to be the endless summer of sand, sea, and surf. Supposed to be. But, Nick Andrews life is crashing out of control. Being seventeen isn’t supposed to be this hard… As the scorching heat of summer grows, events begin to unravel, reaching a shattering conclusion—and a summer he’ll never forget.
Beast (Part 4) by Ella Frank — New release!!
This is the final part of this series!! It’s a dark and erotic, modern-day twist on the Beauty & The Beast fairy tale!! — HE was once a movie star but a 10-year prison sentence turned him into a Beast. Ruthless, and cunning, he now runs the prison from the inside and his word is law…. and only SHE can save him.
Complete reading order: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Again by Lisa Burstein — New Release!!
This is a college romance. — How far would you go for a second chance?
At 29 years old, the heroine decides to go back to college after her life hits rock bottom. Her sexy, 7-years-younger RA is clouded by guilt from a mistake he made four years ago, and kept to himself as much as possible. Their friendship and attraction grow, but are put to the test when their secrets are revealed.
Picked by Jettie Woodruff — New Release!!
Eep!! This has an intriguing blurb!!
“It started with a game. I never expected him to be so nice and handsome. I couldn’t be number four. How could any woman love a man with more than one wife? Not only was it impossible, it was ridiculous. There was no way I was getting any closer. I was going to get in, dig around a little, and get out. That’s it. Does anything ever turn out the way we plan?”
Falling For Fate by Caisey Quinn — New Release!!
This is a standalone in the Second Chances series.
Dean Maxwell is having one last summer of freedom before taking over his family’s multi-billion dollar medical conglomerate. When he sees a beautiful woman running down the beach alone after dark, he knows it’s not safe. So he does something impulsive…. But what began as one night is about to become a whole lot more.
Unspeakable Truths by Alice Tribue — Recent Release!!
The heroine’s life shattered when her husband dies only hours after their wedding… Four years later, her life feels hopeless. Then the last person she wants to see, the person she blames for everything, shows up at her door. He wants to tell her the truth about that night, he wants to be her knight in shining armor, but the thing is… he was the best man. (!!!)
A Natural Act by R.J. Sable — Recent Release!!
The hero of this book is a bad boy MMA fighter and also working as a doctor. The heroine is brought into the hospital bruised and beaten by her fiance. When he sees her, he makes it his mission to help her escape her abusive home but that’s all he wants… He’s barely balancing his medical career with his family life and, with MMA-titles to uphold, the last thing he needs is an extra complication. So he wants friendship only… For now.
The Hook Up by Kristen Callinhan — Recent Release!!
Football player alert!! This sounds good!! ➜ The rules: no kissing on the mouth, no staying the night, no telling anyone, and above all… No falling in love. Too bad he’s committed to making her break every rule…
This is the first standalone in a series of interconnected standalones. The blurb says this book has a HEA. The next book will be out in 2015.
Incandescent by River Savage — Reader Recommendation!!
Biker fans!! Okay, I’m sneaking this book in here. It’s not a brand new release but it’s been recommended to me so many times by readers that I’m bumping it up my list! It has really high ratings and the Alpha hero is the Club President. He’s described as “crass, obnoxious and dangerously sexy”… and he’s also single dad to his son.
This is the first book in a series of standalones.
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