Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 12-15-2023

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO READ, or are you in a Holiday frenzy? Do you have all of your Christmas shopping done? What are your plans? What are you still looking for? Are you an early shopper or a last minute shopper? 😂 So many questions and so many possible answers. 😉
Well, if you’re still shopping, there’s still time to order on Amazon and get it delivered in time for Christmas. In fact, I just ordered something an hour ago, and it will be here tomorrow. HOLY MOLY that’s fast!!
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TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE FOUND TO READ FOR THE WEEKEND
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LIVE!!! LILY WHITE’S LATEST!!
Anger (Antihero Inferno Book 5)
LIVE!!! LILY WHITE’S LATEST!!
“…Angry. Feral. Wild and Careless. Damon is an unpredictable storm without rhyme or reason.
He needs something from me that I’m unwilling to give. And he keeps coming back, always worse than before. I see in him what I have in me.
When apart, we barely hang on to our feigned smiles. But when together, we’re explosive. I’m not sure I can endure this man’s games…”
“Each novel in the series depicts a unique romance, but the plots through each book connect in one world. For the best experience, read the series in order.”
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LIVE!! T.L. SWAN’S LATEST!!
His Christmas List
LIVE!! T.L. SWAN’S LATEST!!
The annual collection of Christmas short stories by T L Swan, live to download for a short time only. His Christmas List features the following short stories:
- The Expert
- Mr Prescott
- Alaskan Jack
- The Christmas Angel
- The Bonus
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LIVE!! SERIES CONCLUSION!!!
Own Me (The Wolf Hotel Book 5)
“…I knew these first months would bring plenty of drama. I expected the savage media attention surrounding our engagement, and I braced myself for Mama’s theatrics about the wedding.
But nothing could have prepared me for the big secret that just stormed through our front door, altering the course of our future...”
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READER RECOMMENDATION!!
This Spells Love: A Novel
READER RECOMMENDATION!! TASHA J 5-STAR LOVED IT!!
Tasha J: Oh, and I finished a book! This Spells Love by Kate Robb was really good, better than I expected. I’d say 4.5 for me, rounded up to 5. 🙂
“…A young woman tries to heal her heartbreak by casting a spell to erase her ex from her past, but she wakes up in an alternate reality where she’s lost more than she wished for in this witty, whimsical friends-to-lovers debut.
What if one little wish changed everything?…”
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LIVE!!!
READER RECOMMENDATION!!
Forever After All: A Billionaire Marriage of Convenience Novel
BACK ON THE LIST, ‘CAUSE READERS ARE LOVING IT!!
Sierra: Love this book!
Marcelle: I just read it based on your response, and it is a freaking amazing book. Now, I am going to read her others.
Karen: Adding to TBR list. 🤩
“…Desperate and out of options, Elena Rousseau walks into a gentlemen’s club, ready to sell her body in a last attempt to save her mother’s life.
She didn’t expect Alexander Kennedy to be there…”
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READER RECOMMENDATION!!
Jolly Jackpot: A grumpy/sunshine holiday romance novella
READER RECOMMENDATION!! ELIZABETH LOVED IT!
Hi, Maryse! I hope it’s not too late in the holiday season, but I just found a wonderful (and spicy) Christmas novella that I wanted to recommend to you. It’s called “Jolly Jackpot” by author Josie Juniper.
It’s a really sweet story and needs a lot more love…
Disclaimer: I am not the author and I don’t work for her. I’m just a fan of her writing and think she’s criminally underrated. Thanks so much!
Beth
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LIVE!!!
The Bourbon Bride (Southern Gods Book 1)
LIVE!! THE DEBUTANTE & THE BILLIONAIRE
I ran straight into the arms of the devil, and now he’ll never let me leave.
“…I begged Mama to have my debutante ball at an exclusive nightclub. Meeting the club’s mysterious owner, however, was a bittersweet twist of fate. Hayes is refined, well-aged, and sinfully hot in a way that promises temptation and a world of pleasures I’ve never known. He could be the very key I’ve needed to leave my tightly controlled life behind, but it’s a risk that could have disastrous consequences...”
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Kindled Autumn (Kindled Autumn Series Book 1)
THREE BOOK SERIES! HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK LOST HIS MEMORY AFTER A TRAGEDY & HAS TO START OVER…
“Ethan Revlis, an atypical high school senior quarterback is the sole survivor of a tragic house fire one fateful night. After a short stint in the hospital, the seventeen year old has to move in with distant relatives in another community and leave his friends and former school behind.
The problem is, the trauma of the fire purges his memories, and Ethan is forced to start his new life with a completely blank slate…“
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LIVE!!
Gift Wrapped (12 Dates of Christmas)
LIVE!! SHE FINDS THE PERFECT MAN ON A DATING SITE BUT OOOOOPS!! NOW SHE’S ALONE WITH HER GRUMPY BOSS ON AN ISLAND… FOR CHRISTMAS!
“…fate intervenes and I find the perfect man, on a dating site.
His words touch parts of me I never knew existed and I can’t wait to meet him. But life has other plans and I soon find myself alone with my grumpy boss, on a private island, at Christmas.
I don’t know how this can get any worse but I’m sure it will…”
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LIVE!! M/M ROMANCE!!
Daddy Christmas
M/M ROMANCE!! HIS GRUMPY, RIGID BOSS IS SANTA AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY!
“…Through no fault of my own, I end up half-naked and embarrassingly drunk on candy cane Jell-O shots. I plant my sweet rear on his lap, call him Daddy Christmas, tell him I’ve been a good boy, and ask for a very specific gift.
So I’m pretty sure I’m about to get fired...”
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VAMPIRE FANTASY ROMANCE!!
The Broken Prince (Dirty Blood Book 5)
VAMPIRE FANTASY ROMANCE!!
“…King Rolfe needs me alive–whether he likes it or not. He spares my life–but I’m still a prisoner. The only person who can get me out of here is Harlow, so I ask her to pardon me. Whether she likes it or not, she owes me. I saved her from the teeth, so she needs to save me from this cell. If she doesn’t…I’ll die.
And then I feel it…the affection she tries so hard to hide…”
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READER RECOMMENDATION!!
READER RECOMMENDATION!
Orcs and Pastries: A Sweet and Cozy Monster Romance
When she inherited her grandma’s bakery, she didn’t expect it to come with an orc!
“…Amidst flour and sugar, Emily and Oliver’s unlikely friendship begins to flourish. However, their cozy bakery faces a looming threat as the town’s mayor plans to replace it with a soulless shopping mall…”
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READER RECOMMENDATION & SUPER-BARGAIN TODAY, ALERT!!!
The Wishing Game: A Novel
READER RECOMMENDATION & SUPER-BARGAIN TODAY, ALERT!!!
Tasha J: I finished The Wishing Game and loved it! I even teared up. I must keep this reading streak up.
Maryse: Okay… The Wishing Game sounds amazing too!!!! Wow… all of these books. I need to add a whole new section to my weekly new release post. These are the ones that have me excited.
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LIVE!!!
READER RECOMMENDATION!
READER RECOMMENDATION!
The Drift: A Novel
SOLVED!! THE ANSWER TO OUR READER QUESTION IS THIS ONE!!
Michele G: I read this one! Really good!
Maryse: I love horror/thrillers and got a blurb jolt for sure!!!
Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man.
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LIVE!! KITTY THOMAS DARK READ!!
Yuletide Slay Ride (Brian and Mina’s Holiday Hits Book 4)
LIVE!! KITTY THOMAS DARK READ!!
“...I wanted to remove Mina from this world. But it wasn’t me… I don’t want her gone. I’m not some crazed jealous abusive boyfriend. I wasn’t mad at her. I know she did nothing wrong.
It was the wild in me. The dark in me. It was the other, the something else that isn’t me, the broken shards of what I became so long ago…”
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Blow Your Nose: to work smarter | live freely | create legacy
“…takes Type A productivity junkies on a journey into their deepest emotions to help them find their unique talents and develop real connections…”
Along this twisty path of mind-opening quizzes, thought provoking stories and intriguing exercises, the reader may find themselves leveling up their emotional quotient (EQ) from ego-centric to empathy-centric, leading them to greater success and personal fulfillment than they ever thought possible…”
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READER RECOMMENDATION!!
The Naked Fisherman
MEGAN LOVES JEWEL E. ANN LIKE I DO!!! 😊
Megan: Girl, you were not lying about your love for Jewel E. Ann……
I have throughly enjoyed every book I’ve read (let’s be honest, listened to) by her. She is incredible.
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READER RECOMMENDATION!!
Arsen: A Broken Love Story
READER RECOMMENDATION!! WHAT A BLAST FROM OUR ANGSTY-CHEATING LOVE STORY PAST!! Megan loved it too!
Megan: Love your blog….came across it after I finished the one and only, Arsen. You do a great job! Thanks for all your content!
Nicole: One of the ugly cry books. Still at the top of my fave list
Yafit: I can still feel this one
Pia: After all these years I still become very emotionel thinking about this book. I totally loved it except *spoiler spoiler* 😏💔
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➔➔ PREORDERS (going live soon!! 😀)
- Pretend To Be Dead: A British Murder Mystery (Detective Inspector Declan Walsh Book 17) by Jack Gatland – December 17th 2023
- Heart of the Fire (The Dragon Tributes Book 3) by Charlene Hartnady | Dec 18, 2023
- Baby Bump: An Age Gap, Christmas, Amnesia Romance (Forbidden Doctors) by Sofia T Summers | Dec 18, 2023
Big Nick Energy by Lani Lynn Vale | Dec 19, 2023
- All I Want For Christmas Is Not You by J. S. Cooper | Dec 19, 2023
- Leilani’s Hero (Brotherhood Protectors Hawaii Book 1) by Elle James | Dec 19, 2023
- Two Dances and a Duke (Seduction 1) (The Seduction) by Eloisa James | Dec 19, 2023
- Two Vows and a Viscount (Seduction 2) (The Seduction) by Eloisa James | Dec 19, 2023
- Two Masquerades and a Major (The Seduction Book 3) by Eloisa James | Dec 19, 2023
- Saving Scarlet (Syndicate Daddies Book 2) by Kate Oliver – December 19th 2023
- The Doom of Odin: A Novel (Grimnir Series, 3) by Scott Oden | Dec 19, 2023
- The Bookstore at Holiday Bay: Once Upon a Christmas by Kathi Daley – December 19th 2023
- Everything For Love (The Beaumont Series: Next Generation) by Heidi McLaughlin – December 19th 2023
- Cover Me Up by Juliana Stone | Dec 20, 2023
- Snowed in: A why-choose holiday charity anthology (Why-choose holiday anthology Book 2) | Dec 20, 2023
- Snowed in: A why-choose holiday charity anthology (Why-choose holiday anthology Book 3) | Dec 20, 2023
- A Foxy Little Christmas (MC Daddies) by Laylah Roberts | Dec 20, 2023
- Connor: Destined Paranormals Book Five by Taylor Rylan – December 22nd 2023
- Miracle (Single Dads Book 7) by RJ Scott – December 22nd 2023
- State of Bliss (First Family Series Book 6) by Marie Force – December 25th 2023
Melody (Steel Brothers Saga Book 28) by Helen Hardt – December 26th 2023
- Never Mine to Hold: An Enemies-to-Lovers Secret Identity New Adult Sports Romance (Western Wildcats Hockey Book 3) by Jennifer Sucevic – December 26th 2023
- The Secret of the Lady’s Maid (A Useful Woman Mystery Book 2) by Darcie Wilde – December 26th 2023
- Her Pucking Stepbrother: An enemies to lovers hockey romance (Royal Iceholes Book 1) by RJ Sterling – December 26th 2023
- On the Plus Side: A Novel by Jenny L. Howe | Dec 26, 2023
- Coconut Drop Dead (Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries Book 3) by Olivia Matthews | Dec 26, 2023
- The Inn at Holiday Bay: Christmas in the Candlelight by Kathi Daley – December 26th 2023
- Ashes (Smoke Series Book 10) by Abbi Glines | Dec 26, 2023
- You’re the Duke That I Want (The Thunderbolt Club) by Lenora Bell | Dec 26, 2023
Ashes by Abbi Glines – December 26th 2023
- Public Anchovy #1 (Deep Dish Mysteries, 3) by Mindy Quigley | Dec 26, 2023
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