Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 03-29-2024

ALSO KNOWN AS THE FOURTH WING SERIES 😉 

Guess what book is up for preorder?????? Guess. Just do it!! Guess. Bet you can’t. 😉

BOOK. NUMBER. THREE!!!! —> Onyx Storm (The Empyrean Book 3)

Aimee: I got on the fourth wing bandwagon! ❤️❤️❤️ the second book was a major cliffhanger and I’m going to have withdrawals!!!

Jackie: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Its taken over my life.

Nicole: Fourth Wing and Iron Flame have a chokehold on me. I’ve listened to them AND read them lol

BACK ON THE LIST ‘CAUSE KRISTINA IS LOVING IT + HOLY MOLY BLURB JOLT! Single mom starting over back in her hometown…

“…just eight hours after I tucked my daughters into bed, feeling so hopeful, the world as I knew it—as anyone knew it—was gone for good…”

Kristina: I’m in the middle of last stars in the sky. Holy moly is it good!

Maryse: I JUST ONE-CLICKED THIS ONE ’cause it sounds incredible!! And it’s SUPER-BARGAIN priced right now. YAY ME!!!

Michele G: I snagged it too!!

Maryse: I went down to scan the reviews real quick, and immediately saw the one word I was looking for that confirmed I wanted to one-click it ASAP!!! 😂

FANTASY ROMANCE SERIES & MANDY IS DEVOURING IT!

“By bestselling author Raven Kennedy, comes the first book in a stunning new fantasy series, perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas and Jennifer L Armentrout.” 

“…The fae abandoned this world to us. And the ones with power rule…” 

Mandy: The Plated Prisoner Series by Raven Kennedy and they’ve all been so good! I’m on book 4 now and just can’t stop.

READER RECOMMENDATION! DIANA LOVED IT!

“An arranged marriage dark mafia romance” series

Diana: D.D. Prince’s Mafia series, The Dominator, Truth or Dare & Unbound and the spin off Saved about the little sister from Truth or Dare…I couldn’t put them down I read all four books in three days they were sooooo good! 👍🏼 📚❤️🎉🎊.

Maryse: I miss weekends where I would devour a trilogy in a weekend!! I’m going to look these up right now!! 😃

Diana: sooo good who doesn’t love a good Mafia bad boy romance where the guy is all about how you are MINE!!! Love it 😍 👍🏼 📖 hope you love them as much as I did. Also, D.D. Prince does a great Motorcycle Club series about a family. Just sayin’

FUN SUSPENSE MYSTERY SERIES THAT EVERYONE IS LOVING!!

Jeana: I’m reading Finlay Donovan is killing it, it’s wicked good

Marcy: I have been hearing a buzz about this. It sounds so exciting. I love a little thrill, mystery, and love all in one.

Tasha J: …comedy with mystery, I’m obsessed with Finlay Donovan is Killing It

Jody: I did make the mistake of starting the second Finlay Donovan book too late and ended up staying up waaaay later than I wanted to finish it. 

KM Golland: Loved this one.

RECENT RELEASE & JENNIFER IS LOVING IT! HE’S A POP STAR & SHE SENDS HIM A NOTE…

“…Megastar Tam Eyre has no idea what to do with the crumpled note thrown at his head:

If you don’t love me, we both die.

Bubble-tea-obsessed college girl, Lakelynn Frost, has 365 days to make the world’s most famous pop star fall in love with her. If she can’t do it, an old family curse will kill them both. Might be a problem since she can’t get tickets to any of his sold-out concerts...”

Jennifer: I’m in the middle of If You Don’t Love Me, We’ll Both Die by CM Stunich. It’s amazingly good!

Simone: she’s fabulous.

THE BASEBALL PLAYER & THE BAKER!! POPULAR SERIES & LIEZEL IS LOVING THIS ONE!!

“…I let my dad talk me into using my time off to nanny for his star player’s kid. Kai Rhodes forgot how to have fun, and I’m eager to jog his memory. But when he and his son start to feel like home, I have to remind us both that my time in Chicago ends with the summer...”

Liezel: Caught Up by Liz Tomforde was great! Sports romance between a ⚾️ player and a 🎂 👩‍🍳 . Hes an amazing single dad too!

LIVE!! THE LATEST BY MARIE FORCE!!

“...They’re beloved members of the Gansett Island family…

But they’ve never had their own book until now! Dan Torrington and Kara Ballard take center stage for the first time ever in this prequel novel. Revisit their story from when they first appeared in FALLING FOR LOVE through HURRICANE AFTER DARK, with many new scenes, characters and backstories as we prepare to follow Dan and Kara to Bar Harbor, Maine, to deal with the most intense Ballard family drama yet...”

BACK ON THE LIST ‘CAUSE KIM & MONA LOVED IT!! ABDUCTED & IN A REMOTE CABIN IN ALASKA…

“…Abducted and taken to a remote cabin in Alaska, Frankie finds herself at the mercy of four feral men, each with his own dark secrets and twisted desires.

With nowhere to run, she must rely on her wits to survive the harsh winter, trapped with them. As she delves into their mysterious pasts, she uncovers an insidious evil that feeds on loyalty and uses love as a weapon...”

Kim: Pam Godwin’s Hills of Shivers & Shadows. EXCELLENT! Book 2 comes out in April and I can’t wait. There’s some twist I haven’t figured out yet and the end had me 🤯

Mona: I finished Hills of Shivers and Shadows by Pam Godwin yesterday. It is so good! I wasn’t going to read it yet because I prefer to wait for all books in a series to be out first (this is the first in a trilogy), but after I read the look inside section, I had to keep going. I literally fell asleep with my kindle in my hand, I couldn’t stop! If you have triggers, you need to read the warnings first. I can’t wait until next month when book two comes out!

Maryse: That one was giving me a serious blurb jolt and now even more after you said this!!! Thank you Mona!!

READER RECOMMENDATION! ALICE LOVED IT!!!

“…When your eyes land on a complete stranger on the train, and the world around you stops. When the stranger says hello, and your heart stops, too. When the universe answers your prayers and he’s there, next day, on the train. A man so powerful – brooding with darkness and secrets. I knew there was going to be more. I wanted more.

When the stranger is reading one of your favourite novels, and you’re reading one of his…”

Alice: I just finished Hello Stranger by Jade West. Quite steamy, age gap 42/21, tear jerker. I felt it was a bit cheesy at times but I mostly loved the story. Some reviewers are saying it doesn’t have an HEA but in my opinion you come away feeling very good about the ending. I would definitely recommend it.

LIVE!! ENEMIES & THEN A WAGER… 

“…Ruby Rose declared me the enemy before I had a chance to defend myself. I may be an attorney, but this girl had appointed herself judge and jury. And I’d never minded a good verbal sparring. There was a comfort in going to battle against the evil queen. Maybe it was just the recognition of one damaged soul to another. But the more we fought—the more I craved her. Until our arguing turned into a bit of a wager…”

LIVE!! THE LATEST BY MARIE FORCE!!

“This is an 87,000-word preview ahead of the upcoming DOWNEAST story, which will pick up right where Dan and Kara’s story left off in HURRICANE AFTER DARK.”

I LOVED THIS ONE (in print) but Kathy says audio is even better!

Kathy: A reread of That Guy by Kim Jones …the audio was even better than reading it in print.

LIVE!!! HE’S A DETECTIVE…

“...He loves his job as a cop, but one wrong move will bring it all crashing down. While the police department hunts a deadly kingpin, Jasper grapples with his own history and his place in a world that bleeds blue.

When he spots Destiny at a high society party, Jasper realizes things aren’t what they seem…”

LIVE!! FAKE DATE TO A WEDDING!!!!

“…The last thing drummer Cole Sanderson expects when he drives into the small ski town of Red Falls, Montana, is to score a date to his best friend’s wedding. But since his life in Seattle is stagnating, when the gorgeous, green-eyed bakery owner propositions him to be her long-distance boyfriend, stirring his punk-shenanigans roots to their core, he doesn’t even hesitate to tell her “Hell yes!”…”

LIVE!! ENEMIES TO LOVERS!

“…the minute we crossed the line, there was no turning back. She was so far under my skin I couldn’t think straight. Feeling things that I’d never felt before was one thing. But knowing the clock was ticking was another.

Ruby Rose may have given me more than sixty seconds, but she wasn’t offering forever. And now my world doesn’t work without her in it. But how do I convince her to stay, when she already has one foot out the door?…”