SALES, NEW RELEASES, RECOMMENDATIONS, & PRE-ORDERS — Week of August 4, 2015

This latest weekly list has been updated with the newest releases, sales, and recommendations. I hope you all find awesome new books!! HAPPY READING 😀

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*** NEW 5-STAR FAVORITE ***

 

The Paper Swan by Leylah Attar (Read my Review) — NOW LIVE!!

I LOVE LOVE LOOOOOVED THIS BOOK!!! Fierce, powerful, and absolutely breathtaking, this beautifully-written book will sweep you away in an epic love story that spans years and lasts a lifetime. The Paper Swan is a must-read for any romance readers who are searching for a completely unique story that’ll captivate you from start to finish. While the twists and turns are intense, gritty, and sometimes even dark, this was actually one of the sweetest and most beautiful love stories I’ve ever read. I loved every word and HIGHLY recommend it! 5 STARS!!

“It’s not over, you know. It never has been,” he said.
“Whether you say yes or no, you will always be my forever.”

Please note this is a standalone romance with no love triangle and a HEA.
Get your copy at this link and read my Review for more info.

*** THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES ***

 

Strong Enough by M. Leighton — New Release!!

Dangerous hero alert!! This is the first standalone in a dark, sexy series with each book following a different couple. It sounds really good!!
— “Is she strong enough to trust the most dangerous man she’s ever met? And is he strong enough to let her? … He became my fatal flaw. A bounty hunter who was supposed to help me find my father. What I didn’t know was that meeting him was no accident. Hunting people isn’t all he does. And helping me was only part of his plan. I just wish I’d found out sooner, before my heart got involved…”

 

Labelled Love by Danielle Rocco — New Release!!

This YA romance was just released and I’ve heard it’s quite swoony!!
“I was twelve years old when I met him. I guess you could say opposites attract. We didn’t know it then. Or maybe we did, but we didn’t care. It’s not easy growing up in Los Angeles. Well, for me it was. But, not for him… I’m a Hollywood girl born and raised in the business. I have everything I’ve ever needed and only wanted him… Is it possible to find your forever love when you’re thirteen? Maybe not for most, but I did… Worlds apart. Miles away. It would only be her. It would only be him.”

 

Love And Always by Sophie Jackson — New Release!!

This is the follow-up novella to A Pound Of Flesh (Read my Review), a gorgeous forbidden romance featuring a strong-minded prison tutor who discovers that her sexy bad-boy student is far more than he appears to be.

In Love And Always, Kat and Carter’s story continues and concludes…

“I know it’s against session rules, but I’m fucking dyin’ to kiss you.”

 

Dare To Rock by Carly Phillips — New Release!!

Rock star fans, this second chance romance can be read as a standalone!
— “At eighteen, he left everything he knew and loved behind to seek fame as a rock star, and he found it as the lead guitarist and singer for the band… Fans adore him, women throw themselves at him, and he can afford everything he couldn’t growing up. Yet at the height of his career, he’s ready to walk away and return home to a simpler life… and the woman he left behind, if he can convince her to give him another chance.”

 

Caught In Us by Layla Hagen — New Release!!

Bad boy alert!! This can be read as a standalone! — “She knows he’s trouble the second he walks in. He has bad boy written all over him… from his proud smirk to his perfectly toned abs. He is arrogant, intense, and rebellious… She’s not the type to fall for a bad boy, no matter how panty-melting his grin is or how shamelessly he flirts. But something about him draws her in… Slowly, she uncovers the secrets he hides… Carrying the scars of a dark past and facing an uncertain future, he knows he should stay away from her, but can’t…”

 

Can’t Go Back by Marie Meyer — New Release!!

Rock star fans, in Across the Distance we heard from Jillian, now its time to hear Griffin’s side of the story…
— When Jillian moved next door, she refused to get out of the car. I climbed into the backseat beside her and promised to never leave her. Now, I’m driving her a thousand miles away, so she can leave me. She has to go. What else would she do? Follow me and my band from one cheap bar to another? This scholarship gives her the chance to study at the best design school in the country. It’s what she’s always wanted. I won’t stand in the way of her dreams, no matter how much it hurts to watch her go. I just wish she wasn’t leaving without knowing the truth…

 

Omega by Jasinda Wilder — New Release!!

This is the third book in the series following #1 Alpha and #2 Beta.
— He found us, and now the unthinkable has happened. Someone I love has been kidnapped. Again.
This isn’t a fairy tale. Not everyone will get a happily ever after.
Sometimes we can’t just walk away from the past.
Love doesn’t always save the day. The beast won’t always get his beauty.
But maybe, just maybe we can get our happy ending.

 

All Wound Up by Jaci Burton — New Release!!

Sexy baseball player alert!!! Aww, he’s falling for a doctor and getting injured as an excuse to go see her 😉 — “He’s convinced things couldn’t get worse… until a gorgeous doctor comes to the rescue at his most embarrassing moment. As the daughter of the owner of his team, she’s been around jocks all her life…. When he repeatedly lands in the hospital where she’s working, she starts to think he’s getting injured just to see her. He’s funny and sexy, and she’s pleasantly surprised to discover he respects her job. But when her father disapproves of their relationship, will he let threats of a trade get in the way of love?”

 

Falling Under by Lauren Dane — New Release!!

Biker mechanic alert!! This is the standalone sequel to Opening Up …
— Duke Bradshaw, co-owner of the Twisted Steel custom motorcycle and hot rod shop, may devote his days to chrome and leather, but his nights belong to Carmella. His sultry redheaded neighbor has a smile like an angel and a body built for sin, and for the past year both have dominated Duke’s dreams. When a problem at Twisted Steel requires a fast fix, Duke sees his chance to finally make his fantasy a reality…

 

Indulge by Georgia Cates — New Release!!

This standalone romance is “steamy”! — “He is no gentleman. Those hazel eyes. That filthy mouth. That greedy, hard body. It all equates to one thing. Irresistible. One look and I know he’ll bruise my lips and scar my knees. He’ll give me the best nine days of my life while ruining me in the most beautiful way imaginable. And I’ll let him because he has the power to talk me into anything. Except one thing. Staying… He can never know how much of me belongs to him. Too much is at stake. Shh … don’t tell him he’s my everything.”

 

Trapped: Caged #2 by Shay Savage — New Release!!

Underground fighter alert!! This is the sequel to Caged.
— Bizarre rituals on a remote island in Maine. My crazy neighbor lying naked in the produce section of a grocery store. The sting of a knife as it slices through my flesh. Now I know why they say life is never easy… The soft touch of Tria’s hand against my chest is the only thing that keeps me going, but there are consequences. As a fighter, I should be able to deal with anything life throws at me, but there is one circumstance I simply can’t handle…

 

Not After Everything by Michelle Levy — New Release!!

YA romance fans, this is described as a “gritty but hopeful love story about two struggling teens” and is told from the boy’s point of view.
— Tyler has a football scholarship to Stanford, a hot girlfriend, and a reliable army of friends to party with. Then his mom kills herself. And he lets it all go. Now he needs to dodge what his dad is offering (verbal tirades and abuse) and earn what his dad isn’t (money): He needs a job. It’s there that he reunites with Jordyn, his childhood best friend, and now the token goth girl at school…

 

Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid — New Release!!

YA romance fans, this is a new standalone!
— Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be cliché high school kids. They even wrote their own Never List of everything they vowed they’d never, ever do in high school. Some of the rules have been easy to follow, like #5, never die your hair a color of the rainbow, or #7, never hook up with a teacher. But Dave has a secret: he’s broken rule #8, never pine silently after someone for the entirety of high school. It’s either that or break rule #10, never date your best friend. Dave has loved Julia for as long as he can remember…

 

Over The Fence by Melanie Moreland — New Release!!

This is a standalone romance about neighbors who fall in love.
— Two neighbors—strangers—with one thing in common—they share a fence. Nathan Fraser lives a solitary life, never letting anyone get too close. It’s safer that way. Kourtney Whyte hides from the world and behind her work, too afraid to really live her life to the fullest. Rejection is what she knows best… So begins their unconventional relationship—talking, learning, texting, and gradually opening up to one another, all over the fence. That is, until the day he braves the high fence to protect her from her past, and changes everything forever.

 

Dragonsbane by Sherrilyn Kenyon — New Release!!

This is the latest book in my #1 favorite PNR series, the Dark Hunter (click for series info). Regardless of whether you usually read paranormal romance, I think anyone could fall in love with these. They just feel so REAL and have the perfect blend of very tortured heroes (literally and figuratively), strong heroines, engaging plot, intricate mythology, heart touching moment, steamy love scenes, some of the funniest moments you will ever read in a book, and the absolute sweetest HEAs. Be sure to read this series in order even though each book is about a different couple because the story arcs build over time with each book. I love them!

 

The Veil by Chloe O’Neill — New Release!!

This is the first book in a new series from the Chicagoland Vampires’ author.
— Claire Connolly is a good girl with a dangerous secret: she’s a Sensitive, a human endowed with magic that seeped through the Veil… Liam Quinn knows from experience that magic makes monsters of the weak, and he has no time for a Sensitive with no control of her own strength. But when he sees Claire using her powers to save a human under attack—in full view of the French Quarter—Liam decides to bring her to Devil’s Isle and the teacher she needs…

 

Magic Shifts by Illona Andrews — New Release!!

Urban fantasy fans, this is the latest novel in the Kate Daniels series!
— After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate—former Beast Lord Curran Lennart—are adjusting to a very different pace… But when they learn that their friend Eduardo has gone missing, Kate and Curran shift their focus to investigate his disappearance… An ancient enemy has arisen, and Kate and Curran are the only ones who can stop it—before it takes their city apart piece by piece.

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*** MY RECENT RECOMMENDATIONS ***

 

Vanguard by CJ Markusfeld (Read my Review)

OMG. OMG. OMG!!!! I absolutely loooooooooooooved this gorgeous book!!!!!! From the moment I read the prologue, I was hooked and could NOT put it down even for a single minute!! I cried, laughed, swooned, was totally overwhelmed with emotion, and even had to take little “breathers” before turning the page because it could get literally that intense!!! It had ALL THE FEELS. This story was 100% unique and unlike any other I’ve ever read. It’s a modern-day wartime love story with fantastic writing, strong characters, a gripping and emotional tale, and an epic romance that kept my heart racing from start to finish. This was smart, intelligent romance. Total BOOK HEAVEN!! And I’d recommend it for anyone who loved The Bronze Horseman (yup, I went there!!) It’s quite outside-the-box, but if you love “different” love stories, definitely try this!!

 

The Strongest Steel by Scarlett Cole (Read my Review)

TATTOOED HERO FANS!!! I recently finished this great new book!! The sexy, tattooed hero had me swooooooooning!!! The heroine had survived an attack that left her back covered in scars and the hero was a talented tattoo artist whose specialty was inking over scars. When she shows up at his studio, he cant turn her down, and designs the perfect tattoo while fighting his intense feelings for her that grow with each tattooing session… This story was swoony, heart-meltingly romantic, a little suspenseful (her ex was a real piece of work), a lot sexy… with a hot, protective Alpha male hero!! (It’s a standalone)

 

Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Read my Review)

SQUEEEEEE!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVED this so freaking much!!! My gosh, that last 10% was seriously loaded with feels!! This was honestly one of the BEST BOOKS I’ve read this year. The story was unlike any other I’ve read, the writing was AMAZING, and it kept me glued to the page. It was totally unconventional and gave such a UNIQUE perspective on finding your soul mate and one true love. I cried, I laughed, my heart felt like it was bursting with emotions. I LOVED IT!!! 5++ STARS!!! — “I still love you,” he says. “I’ve always loved you. I might never stop.”

 

Rush by Emma Scott (Read my Review)

This was a really touching story! The first few chapters were a little slow but once they officially met, I was hooked. If you loved the “feeling” of Me Before You (minus the ugly-crying), then definitely try this! — The hero used to be a pro extreme sports athlete who was blinded and severely injured in a cliff diving accident. With his life and dreams shattered, he was left bitter and angry and shut himself away the world until the heroine arrived to work for him as a live-in assistant. She was a prodigy musician who’d suffering her own loss as well but they began to help each other heal as they fell unexpectedly in love…

 

The Piano Man Project by Kat French (Read my Review)

This new standalone was so much FUN!!! 😀 It kinda waffled back and forth between an outrageously HILARIOUS laugh-out-loud romantic comedy, and just a light, easy beach read. The hero was this grumpy recluse (with a secret!!) who moved in next door to the heroine and, despite her friends’ best efforts to set her up with a bunch of (really funny) blind dates, she was drawn to the moody, grouchy-but-gorgeous guy who seemed determined to make her hate him. It was a total feel-good book (half romance, half chick-lit) with a dash of sexy. 4 stars!!

 

Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley (My Review)

Bad boy biker alert!! I LOVED THIS BOOK!!! 5 STARS!! (Chaos series)

“Once upon a time, she believed in happy endings. Money, marriage, motherhood: everything came easy… Now a struggling, single mom and stranded by a flat tire pondering her mistakes, when a vaguely familiar knight rides to her rescue on a ton of horsepower… In high school, he was a bad boy loner who put her on a pedestal… Today, he’s a hard-bodied biker, and it’s clear she’s falling fast.”

 

The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur (Read my Review)

WOW WOW WOW!!! I recently read this and LOVED it!! The WRITING was truly exquisite! It was a very slow-building, detailed story, but one where EVERY detail matters. Everything was connected and had DEPTH. It was vivid and powerful and completely UNIQUE. It told a love story that spanned 10-15 years, but didn’t follow ANY rules. Normally that would be scary to me but the way that everything was portrayed made me really *get* where these characters came from. And I was honestly blown away by how much I FELT and how BEAUTIFULLY it was written. It’s like I lived the story with them. It just felt REAL. Highly recommended!

 

Never Let You Go by Katy Regnery (Read my Review)

HOLY HELL!!! I read reading this in one non-stop sitting because I could NOT put it down. I mean seriously… THE ANGST!!!!! Gah. *clutches heart* It’ll be a while before my heart rate to go back to normal, but WOW, it was unputdownable!!! It felt like I barely blinked or stopped to breathe because I was flipping the pages so fast…… It was sweet and romantic, heart-breaking and painful, angsty as all freaking hell, and really just a gorgeous story of UNDYING LOVE!!! The story was unique and it’s a complete standalone so if you’re looking for a new read, try this!

 

King by T.M. Frazier (Read my Review)

Holy wow, I totally LOVED this book!! Dark and gritty, sweet and sexy, raw and shocking, and utterly addictive, with an unapologetic, badass Alpha male hero and unexpected twists that I never saw coming!! I highly recommend it!!
— Homeless. Hungry. Desperate. Doe has no memories of who she is or where she comes from…A notorious career criminal just released from prison, King is someone you don’t want to cross. When they come crashing together, they will have to learn that sometimes in order to hold on, you have to first let go.

 

A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson (Read my Review)

SQUEEEEEEE!!!!! I absolutely LOOOOOOOVED this book!!! If you love SEXY BAD BOY heroes and unique love stories, then you have to try this!!!! The thrill of their forbidden romance kept my heart RACING the whole way through. I swooned over their love for each other, and really appreciated the way there was no ‘stupid’ drama. And now I just can’t stop smiling because the story was just so freaking GOOD!!!! I adored it!!! It’s about a “strong-minded prison tutor who discovers that her sexy bad-boy student is far more than he appears to be…”

*** CURRENT SALES & PRICE DROPS ***

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*** UPCOMING FAVORITE ***

 

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

WOWWWWWWWW!!!! I recently read an advance copy of this STUNNING book. It blew me away!!! I read it in one sitting with my heart racing the whole time!! The story was SO unique and unexpected that it took me completely by surprise over and over again!! I swooned, I fell in love, my heart was broken, and then healed again. And THE TWIST!!!!! Holy hell, that twist!!! Total shocker but I LOVED the direction it spun the story in. This book was perfect from cover to cover and definitely one of the BEST BOOKS of the year!! It’s a standalone and just trust me and pre-order a copy!! You’ll want to read this one the MOMENT it’s released!!!

Standalone contemporary romance (not part of a series). 5 stars!

Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist…

*** UPDATED LIST: BEST BOOKS OF 2015 ***

 
I’ve recently posted my list of Best Books of 2015 so far. If you’re looking for a great new recommendation, be sure to check them out!! All of those books are favorites! Just click here!

Here are a few of my most recent favorite books and recommendations:

• The Life Intended by Kristin Harmel (Read my Review) — 6-star recommendation
• The Paper Swan by Leylah Attar (Read my Review) — unique, epic love story
• Vanguard by CJ Markusfeld (Read my Review) — unique and epic wartime romance!!
• Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Read my Review) — totally unique romance!!
• Never Let You Go by Katy Regnery (Read my Review) — a modern fairy tale
• A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson (Read my Review) — thrilling forbidden romance
• The Man I Love by Suanne Laqueur (Read my Review) — unique romance, spanning 15 years
• Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley (My Review) — badass Alpha biker romance
• King by T.M. Frazier (Read my Review) — dark badass Alpha romance
• Broken Juliet by Leisa Rayven (Read my Review) — bad boy second chance romance
• The Mason List by SD Hendrickson (Read my Review) — childhood friends-to-lovers romance
• Fisher’s Light by Tara Sivec (Read my Review) — second chance military romance
• Here With Me and Choose Me by Heidi McLaughlin (Double Review) — military romance
• Consolation and Conviction by Corinne Michaels (Double Review) — military romance
• Kyland by Mia Sheridan (Read my Review) — unique friends-to-lovers romance
• Pocketful of Sand by M. Leighton (Read my Review) — broken hero & single mother
• Because of Ellison by MS Willis (Read my Review) — summer romance standalone
• Hero by Samantha Young (Read my Review) — billionaire romance standalone 
• Tight by Alessandra Torre (Read my Review) — standalone romance with a twist!
• The Five Stages of Falling In Love by Rachel Higginson (My Review)
• The Deal by Elle Kennedy (Read my Review) — college bad boy romance standalone
• Big Little Lies by Lianne Moriarty (Read my Review) — women’s fiction/mystery standalone
• Where One Goes by BN Toler (Read my Review) — unique love story, lots of feels
• Rush by Emma Scott (Read my Review) — he’s a blinded pro athlete, she’s his new assistant!!
• The Piano Man Project by Kat French (Read my Review) — fun romantic comedy/chick-lit!!
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Read my Review) — World War 2 epic tale, standalone
• Confess by Colleen Hoover (Read my Review) — unique standalone romance
• Virtuous (Quantum Trilogy #1) by MS Force (Read my Review) — erotic romance trilogy
• Valorous (Quantum Trilogy #2) by MS Force (Read my Review) — erotic romance trilogy
• Victorious (Quantum Trilogy #3) by MS Force (Read my Review) — erotic romance trilogy
• The Siren (The Original Sinners #1) by Tiffany Reisz (Read my Review) — contemporary erotica
• The Angel (The Original Sinners #2) by Tiffany Reisz (Read my Review) — contemporary erotica
• The Prince (The Original Sinners #3) by Tiffany Reisz (Read my Review) — contemporary erotica
• The Mistress (The Original Sinners #4) by Tiffany Reisz (Read my Review) — contemporary erotica

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