Lili's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 03:40:39 -0700 60 Lili's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Scoring Position (Hockey Ever After, #2)]]> 60399637 Ryan’s laid-back attitude should be an advantage in Indianapolis. Even if he doesn’t accomplish much on the ice, he can help his burned-out teammates off it. And no one needs a friend—or a hug—more than Nico Kirschbaum, the team’s struggling would-be superstar.
Nico doesn’t appreciate that management traded for another openly gay player and told them to make friends. Maybe he doesn’t know what his problem is, but he’ll solve it with hard work, not by bonding with the class clown.
It’s obvious to Ryan that Nico’s lonely, gifted, and cracking under pressure. No amount of physical practice will fix his mental game. But convincing Nico to let Ryan help means getting closer than is wise for Ryan’s heart—especially once he unearths Nico’s sense of humor.
Will Nico and Ryan risk making a pass, or will they keep missing 100 percent of the shots they don’t take?]]> 378 Ashlyn Kane 1641084227 Lili 3 3.85 2022 Scoring Position (Hockey Ever After, #2)
author: Ashlyn Kane
name: Lili
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/05/01
date added: 2025/05/01
shelves: friends-to-lovers, sports-romance
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Unrivaled (Hockey Ever After, #3)]]> 63916583
So he can’t explain why he doesn’t walk away when his Grindr hookup—a guy who accused him of impersonating himself—turns out to be Max Lockhart, a rival player Grady once punched in the face. Apparently Max can goad him just as well off the ice as he can on it.

Max Lockhart showed up thinking he was going to expose a fake. Instead he hooks up with a guy who claims to hate him. And has a good time. A really good time. But that doesn’t mean players from different teams can be together.

Max has always wished Grady would relax a little. When the season starts and Grady accepts Max’s offer of help with finding someone to date for real, Max gets his wish. But he should’ve been careful what he wished for, because now that he knows Grady is a big softie under that prickly shell, he’d rather keep Grady for himself.

Grady only goes on a handful of dates before he realizes he has a lot more fun with Max. But he can’t be falling for a rival player� can he?
ձ> 404 Ashlyn Kane 1641085479 Lili 4 3.96 Unrivaled (Hockey Ever After, #3)
author: Ashlyn Kane
name: Lili
average rating: 3.96
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/30
date added: 2025/04/29
shelves: rivals-to-lovers, sports-romance
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Naturals (The Naturals, #1)]]> 62949648
Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie.

What Cassie doesn't realize is that there's more at risk than a few unsolved homicides—especially when she's sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Naturals is a gripping novel with killer appeal and a to-die-for romance. Don't miss the other books in the Naturals   Killer Instinct ,  All In , and  Bad Blood .  
ձ> 311 Jennifer Lynn Barnes 0316540625 Lili 4 love-triangle, young-adult 4.19 2013 The Naturals (The Naturals, #1)
author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
name: Lili
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/22
date added: 2025/04/22
shelves: love-triangle, young-adult
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark, #0.5)]]> 6388558
She eludes him for five years, but he has finally chased her to ground and stolen the jewel which commands her, giving him absolute power over her. While he possesses it, he can make her do anything, and he plans to in order for her to experience firsthand the agonizing, unending lust she'd purposely subjected him to for half a decade. Yet when Wroth realizes he wants more from her and frees her, will she come.

Note: First published in the 2006 anthology, Playing Easy to Get.]]> 163 Kresley Cole Lili 3 4.04 2006 The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark, #0.5)
author: Kresley Cole
name: Lili
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/21
date added: 2025/04/21
shelves: fantasy, hate-to-love, novella
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Kiss of a Demon King (Immortals After Dark, #6)]]> 3585344 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole comes this spellbinding story of a demon king trapped by an enchantress for her wanton purposes -- and the scorching aftermath that follows when he turns the tables and claims her as his captive.

HIS OBSESSION...
Sabine, Sorceress of Illusions: the evil beauty who surrenders her body, but not her heart.

HER DOWNFALL...
Rydstrom Woede: the ruthless warrior who vows to keep her at all costs.

THEY WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO WANT EACH OTHER THIS MUCH...
With each smoldering encounter, their shared hunger only increases. If they can defeat the sinister enemy that stands between them, will Sabine make the ultimate sacrifice for her demon? Or will the proud king lay down his crown and arms to save his sorceress?]]> 417 Kresley Cole 1416580948 Lili 4 fantasy, hate-to-love 4.31 2009 Kiss of a Demon King (Immortals After Dark, #6)
author: Kresley Cole
name: Lili
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/21
date added: 2025/04/20
shelves: fantasy, hate-to-love
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Dark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark, #5)]]> 2003625 RITA Award-winning author Kresley Cole continues her bestselling Immortals After Dark series with this electrifying tale of a ruthless demon mercenary and the lovely young halfling who enchants him.

A seductive beauty he can never have, yet can't resist...
Cadeon Woede will stop at nothing to atone for the one wrong that will haunt him forever. But once he secures the key to his redemption, the halfling Holly Ashwin, Cade finds that the woman he thought he could use for his own ends and then forget haunts him as much as his past.

A tormented warrior she should fear, but can't deny...
Raised as a human, Holly never knew that some frightening legends are real until she encounters a brutal demon who inexplicably guards her like a treasure. Thrust into a sensual new world of myth and power, with him as her protector, she begins to crave the demon's wicked touch.

Surrender to dark desires...
Yet just when he earns Holly's trust, will Cade be forced to betray the only woman who can sate his wildest needs -- and claim his heart?]]> 368 Kresley Cole 1416576754 Lili 2 age-gap, fantasy 4.33 2008 Dark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark, #5)
author: Kresley Cole
name: Lili
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2008
rating: 2
read at: 2025/04/20
date added: 2025/04/19
shelves: age-gap, fantasy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Dark Needs at Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark, #4)]]> 1611656 Bestselling author Kresley Cole continues her seductive Immortals After Dark series with this tale of a vampire shunned even by his own kind and a beautiful phantom, bound together by a passion they cannot resist.

A RAVEN-HAIRED TEMPTRESS OF THE DARK...

Néomi Laress, a famous ballerina from a past century, became a phantom the night she was murdered. Imbued with otherworldly powers but invisible to the living, she haunts her beloved home, scaring away trespassers -- until she encounters a ruthless immortal even more terrifying than Néomi herself.

A VAMPIRE WARRIOR CONSUMED BY MADNESS...

To prevent him from harming others, Conrad Wroth's brothers imprison him in an abandoned manor. But there, a female only he can see seems determined to drive him further into madness. The exquisite creature torments him with desire, leaving his body racked with lust and his soul torn as he finds himself coveting her for his own.

HOW FAR WILL HE GO TO CLAIM HER?

Yet even if Conrad can win Néomi, evil still surrounds her. Once he returns to the brutality of his past to protect her, will he succumb to the dark needs seething inside him?]]> 368 Kresley Cole 141654707X Lili 5 4.29 2008 Dark Needs at Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark, #4)
author: Kresley Cole
name: Lili
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/19
date added: 2025/04/19
shelves: 2025-five-star-reads, age-gap, fantasy, friends-to-lovers, hurt-comfort
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (Immortals After Dark, #3)]]> 435045 This seductive paranormal series continues with a brutal Highland werewolf and an exquisite young witch, adversaries with a blood vendetta between them.

Her breathless kiss haunts him...

Bowen MacRieve of the Lykae clan was nearly destroyed when he lost the one woman meant for him. The ruthless warrior grew even colder, never taking another to his bed—until a smoldering encounter with his enemy, Mariketa the Awaited, reawakens his darkest desires. When sinister forces unite against her, the Highlander finds himself using all his strength and skill to keep her alive.

His slow, hot touch is irresistible...

Temporarily stripped of her powers, Mari is forced to take refuge with her sworn adversary. It's rumored that no one can tempt Bowen's hardened heart, but soon passion burns between them. Though a future together is impossible, she fears he has no intention of letting her go.

No deed is too wicked for her seduction...

If they defeat the evil that surrounds them, can Mari deny Bowen when he demands her body and soul—or will she risk everything for her fierce protector?]]> 359 Kresley Cole 1416547037 Lili 2 4.33 2007 Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (Immortals After Dark, #3)
author: Kresley Cole
name: Lili
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 2025/04/18
date added: 2025/04/18
shelves: age-gap, fantasy, hate-to-love
review:

]]> <![CDATA[No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark, #2)]]> 14383 alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781416509882

In this next installment in the Immortals After Dark Series, USA Today Bestselling author Kresley Cole delivers a scorching tale about a forbidding vampire who lives in the shadows and the beautiful assassin who hunts him there.

A vampire soldier weary of life...

Centuries ago, Sebastian Wroth was turned into a vampire—a nightmare in his mind—against his will. Burdened with hatred and alone for ages, he sees little reason to live. Until an exquisite, fey creature comes to kill him, inadvertently saving him instead.

A valkyrie assassin dispatched to destroy him...

When Kaderin the Cold Hearted lost her two beloved sisters to a vampire attack long ago, a benevolent force deadened her sorrow—accidentally extinguishing all of her emotions. Yet whenever she encounters Sebastian, her feelings—particularly lust—emerge multiplied. For the first time, she's unable to complete a kill.

Competitors in a legendary hunt...

The prize of the month-long contest is powerful enough to change history, and Kaderin will do anything to win it for her sisters. Wanting only to win her, forever, Sebastian competes as well, taking every opportunity—as they travel to ancient tombs and through catacombs, seeking relics around the world—to use her new feelings to seduce her. But when forced to choose between the vampire she's falling for and reuniting her family, how can Kaderin live without either?]]> 356 Kresley Cole Lili 4 4.27 2006 No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark, #2)
author: Kresley Cole
name: Lili
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/18
date added: 2025/04/17
shelves: age-gap, fantasy, hate-to-love, hurt-comfort
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #1)]]> 14384
After enduring years of torture from the vampire horde, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined mate he’s waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. Emmaline Troy is a small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the fury burning within him.

Sheltered Emmaline finally sets out to uncover the truth about her deceased parents—until a powerful Lykae claims her as his mate and forces her back to his ancestral Scottish castle. There, her fear of the Lykae—and their notorious dark desires—ebbs as he begins a slow, wicked seduction to sate her own dark cravings.

Yet when an ancient evil from her past resurfaces, will their desire deepen into a love that can bring a proud warrior to his knees and turn a gentle beauty into the fighter she was born to be?]]> 360 Kresley Cole 1416509879 Lili 3 4.10 2006 A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #1)
author: Kresley Cole
name: Lili
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/16
date added: 2025/04/16
shelves: age-gap, fantasy, hate-to-love
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Hunting for Silence (Storm and Silence, #5)]]> 39071769
Left behind alone? That is not something Lilly Linton is willing to put up with! Determined to show her boss who’s boss, she embarks on her most dangerous adventure yet, armed with the most powerful weapon of all: love—and, just in case, her trusted revolver.

The 5th volume of Robert Thier’s award-winning Storm and Silence series.]]> Robert Thier Lili 4 historical 4.50 2019 Hunting for Silence (Storm and Silence, #5)
author: Robert Thier
name: Lili
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2017/01/01
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Silence Breaking (Storm and Silence, #4)]]> 34998526
Life is about to get real for Lilly Linton. All those stolen moments behind closed doors, those secret kisses and whispered words are about to catch up with her. As she and her boss, business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose travel north to his parents� palatial estate, she is about to discover: does she have the strength to step out of the shadows and change her fate forever?]]> Robert Thier Lili 4 historical 4.60 Silence Breaking (Storm and Silence, #4)
author: Robert Thier
name: Lili
average rating: 4.60
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2017/01/01
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Silence is Golden (Storm and Silence, #3)]]> 31367949
Free-spirited. Fiery. Definitely NOT attracted to the aforementioned business mogul. That is Lilly Linton, his personal secretary and secret weapon.

The two have been playing a cat and mouse game for months. So far, Lilly has been able to fight down and deny her attraction to Mr Ambrose. But what happens when suddenly, the dark secrets of his past begin to surface and they are forced to go on a perilous journey into the South-American jungle? A journey they can only survive if they band together?

Book 3 in the award-winning “Storm and Silence� series.]]> 320 Robert Thier Lili 4 historical 4.50 2017 Silence is Golden (Storm and Silence, #3)
author: Robert Thier
name: Lili
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2017/01/01
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[In the Eye of the Storm (Storm and Silence, #2)]]> 28483931
Lilly Linton finds this out the hard way: in the shadow of the pyramids, she and her boss, cold, calculating Mr Ambrose, must face death and danger together. Is the desert's heat enough to melt the cold heart of Britain's richest financier?

Sequel to Robert Thier's #1 Hit 'Storm and Silence']]> 265 Robert Thier Lili 4 hate-to-love, historical 4.53 2016 In the Eye of the Storm (Storm and Silence, #2)
author: Robert Thier
name: Lili
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2017/01/01
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: hate-to-love, historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Storm and Silence (Storm and Silence, #1)]]> 24035804 But freedom is a rare commodity in 19th-century London, where girls are expected to spend their lives sitting at home, fully occupied with looking pretty. Lilly is at her wits� end—until a chance encounter with a dark, dangerous and powerful stranger changes her life forever...

Enter the world of Mr Rikkard Ambrose, where the only rule is: Knowledge is power is time is money!]]> 765 Robert Thier 3000513515 Lili 4 hate-to-love, historical 4.51 2016 Storm and Silence (Storm and Silence, #1)
author: Robert Thier
name: Lili
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2017/01/01
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: hate-to-love, historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Devil Gets His Due (The Devils, #4)]]> 63184308 An accidental pregnancy, grumpy-sunshine romance
Last January, I drunk-married my nemesis—hot, oversized geek Graham Tate. With no memory of how it came about, there was only one run off before he woke up and pretend it didn’t happen. It would have worked perfectly if I hadn’t wound up pregnant.

Graham is the opposite of everything I want in a man—practical, disciplined, frugal—but living with him until the baby arrives has me wondering if, perhaps, I’ve been wanting the wrong things all along. And if that drunk version of me last January might have been onto something.


I never planned to have kids, and I certainly wouldn’t have planned on one with Keeley Connolly—a woman who does not believe in savings accounts or personal safety and thinks Lucky Charms is a health food because of the non-marshmallow bits.

A woman who also didn’t think twice about marrying me in Vegas and ditching me hours later.

I can’t wait to put this behind me and return to my careful, chaos-free life in New York. But the more time I spend with Keeley, the more I’m remembering the things that led me to marry her in the first place…and wondering if I can live without them when this ends.]]> 337 Elizabeth O'Roark Lili 4 4.03 2022 The Devil Gets His Due (The Devils, #4)
author: Elizabeth O'Roark
name: Lili
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/13
date added: 2025/04/13
shelves: pregnancy-trope, sunshine-grumpy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Devil You Know (The Devils, #3)]]> 60062931
Ben—Stealer of Clients, Evicter of Homeless Women, Nemesis. Sitting across from me every damn Monday with his lovely, smug smile and his too-perfect teeth, the living symbol of everything I hate.

It’s been my policy to avoid him, but when a case comes into the firm—one that could change his career and mine—I make an exception. It means weekends and evenings by his side. It means enduring his smirk and his smart mouth and never taking the bait.

Until the night Ben says, “Beg.�
And that devil on my shoulder decides to make a few demands of her own.]]> 296 Elizabeth O'Roark Lili 4 hate-to-love 4.15 2022 The Devil You Know (The Devils, #3)
author: Elizabeth O'Roark
name: Lili
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/13
date added: 2025/04/12
shelves: hate-to-love
review:

]]> Unperfect (Unperfect, #1) 58868872
Max has made a name for himself as "that grumpy northern architect off Grand Designs", after he told Kevin McCloud that designing affordable, environmentally friendly homes “wasn’t rocket science� and that most of the other projects featured on the programme were for “reight poncy bastads who want to spend a grand on a shite tap.� It turned out that the whole gorgeous-but-rough-around-the-edges-Yorkshire-man vibe was just what the country was looking for � the episode had gone viral and Max was the new, extremely reluctant, pin-up of the building industry.

But to Mia, huge, grumpy men weren’t sexy, they were simply terrifying. She knows from experience that even men of average size can be dangerous. If she wasn’t so desperate, she’d run. She’s used to running. Running away is Mia’s special talent, together with invisibility � survival techniques she’s perfected over the years. So, she’ll put up with Max and his moods, ignore him calling her a teen emo freak (he’s not to know that her black hair used to be honey blonde or her heavy eyeliner isn’t by choice) and just bloody well jog on. Just try to survive. Try to hide.

It’s easy to hide when nobody really sees you. But what happens when Max finally opens his eyes?

Unperfect a full-length contemporary, enemies to lovers, office romance.

Please be aware - occasional swearing and trigger warning for domestic violence.]]> 364 Susie Tate 1999843797 Lili 3 4.06 2021 Unperfect (Unperfect, #1)
author: Susie Tate
name: Lili
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/12
date added: 2025/04/12
shelves:
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]]> Plier (Ironside Academy, #1) 123735338
Isobel Carter—the only rare Sigma to be accepted—is the first sign. But there are others. Many others. A sudden influx of precious Alphas will turn academy life, and Isobel’s life, upside down. She might be the lowest rung on the ladder, but in order to survive Ironside, where social media is king and consequences are deadly, she will need to make her mark.

She will need to climb.

This isn’t a game for the faint of heart, and those who rise should be prepared for a beautiful, brutal fall.

Beware the pretty posers, because this social media game just got dangerous.


The Hunger Games collides with America's Got Talent, and you've just been invited to binge it all in high definition. But here's some viewer discretion before you continue:

This book is a “why choose� romance with as many book boyfriends as enemies, so expect a slow-to-medium burn. If you like your omegaverse, reverse harem, and academy troupes twisted and defiled to stretch your imagination, then this is the book for you!

Now it's time to grab some popcorn and dive right in!]]> 470 Jane Washington Lili 3 4.23 2023 Plier (Ironside Academy, #1)
author: Jane Washington
name: Lili
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/12
date added: 2025/04/11
shelves: fantasy, friends-to-lovers, hate-to-love, slow-burn, why-choose
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Knight and the Butcherbird]]> 224970641
In this gritty, haunting tale about doing whatever it takes for love, a small-town storyteller resolves to keep the local monster—and her own secrets—safe from a legendary knight.

Nestled deep in the steep hills, valleys, and surrounding woodlands lies Iron Hollow, a rural community beset by demons. Such horrors are common in the outlands, where most folks die young, if they don’t turn into monsters first. But what’s causing these transformations?

No one has the answer, not even the town’s oral historian, seventeen-year-old Shrike. And when a legendary knight is summoned to hunt down the latest beast to haunt their woods, Shrike has more reason than most to be concerned. Because that demon was her wife. And while Shrike is certain that May still recognizes her—that May is still human, somewhere beneath it all—she can’t prove it.

Determined to keep May safe, Shrike stalks the knight and his demon-hunting hawk through the recesses of the forest. But as they creep through toxic creeks and overgrown kudzu, Shrike realizes the knight has a secret of his own. And he’ll do anything to protect it.]]> 36 Alix E. Harrow 1662527233 Lili 3 fantasy, novella 4.02 2025 The Knight and the Butcherbird
author: Alix E. Harrow
name: Lili
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/10
date added: 2025/04/09
shelves: fantasy, novella
review:

]]> Serpentine Valentine 204124683
I was born a woman.
Raised by women.
In love with women.
Until I enrolled at Acheron University, I'd never known much of men. I certainly didn't know enough to fear them.
Then one stormy autumnal night, Professor Morgan tried to destroy me.
And when we were discovered by the university President, it was me who was punished for the unwanted seduction.
But they left me with two valuable lessons.
I would never let another woman be hurt by men again if I could help it.
And when someone hurts you, betrays you, and tries to rip out your soul, there is only one remedy for the pain.
Revenge.
And mine takes the form of the President's very beautiful, very virginal, very straight daughter, Luna Pallas.
Before the end of term, I'll destroy her innocence just as her mother and Professor Morgan destroyed mine.]]> 367 Giana Darling 1774440458 Lili 3 4.07 2024 Serpentine Valentine
author: Giana Darling
name: Lili
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/10
date added: 2025/04/09
shelves:
review:

]]> The Dream Hunter 802150 String of Pearls. After the funeral of Lady Stanhope, her unacknowledged illegitimate daughter Zenia 25 agrees to guide him across the Arab desert if he will take her to her unknown father Michael Bruce in London. For months, she is a loyal servant, a ragged Bedouin boy. They save each others lives, until the night a prince sees her as a female, and condemns them to death. Historical Note that explorer Stanhope and younger lover Bruce were real.]]> 396 Laura Kinsale 0425207625 Lili 4 3.74 1994 The Dream Hunter
author: Laura Kinsale
name: Lili
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1994
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/10
date added: 2025/04/09
shelves: historical, hurt-comfort, pregnancy-trope
review:

]]> Where the Lost Wander 51815479 In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector find their way through peril, uncertainty, and loss.



The Overland Trail, 1853: Naomi May never expected to be widowed at twenty. Eager to leave her grief behind, she sets off with her family for a life out West. On the trail, she forms an instant connection with John Lowry, a half-Pawnee man straddling two worlds and a stranger in both.

But life in a wagon train is fraught with hardship, fear, and death. Even as John and Naomi are drawn to each other, the trials of the journey and their disparate pasts work to keep them apart. John’s heritage gains them safe passage through hostile territory only to come between them as they seek to build a life together.

When a horrific tragedy strikes, decimating Naomi’s family and separating her from John, the promises they made are all they have left. Ripped apart, they can’t turn back, they can’t go on, and they can’t let go. Both will have to make terrible sacrifices to find each other, save each other, and eventually…make peace with who they are.]]> 349 Amy Harmon 1542017971 Lili 4 historical 4.42 2020 Where the Lost Wander
author: Amy Harmon
name: Lili
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/09
date added: 2025/04/08
shelves: historical
review:

]]> Gallows Pole 31206680
In 1716, a capital crime costs a man nothing short of his head. If the condemned can't come to the hangman, there's no need to worry: Old Jack Ketch will come to him.

Emmat Bird does what she must to keep her parents under a solid roof and her fool brother out of trouble, even if those things are dangerous and most days illegal. Today, that involves forging a stay of execution from Judge Couch and racing it to the gallows before her brother's neck stretches. A fine mess, indeed, but the only solution she can think of to keep her parents from disowning her once and for all. She just has to get the executioner to buy it.

Bartholomew Vane travels his country circuit, meting out punishments demanded by the law. Shunned to live on the fringes for the taint of death surrounding his post, he cares very little for the wants of others. Why should he? The world shows him no mercy, and he sees fit to return the favor. When the third rider in the same grey morning appears at the foot of Gallows Hill attempting to stay the noose of the witless convict he's about to hang, the executioner finds himself losing patience.

But then the pieces fall together. The flaming red hair, the name. He knows who the final rider is. Reason leaves him, and in its place, a terrible plan takes shape. The hangman makes a bargain.

Against her better judgment, Emmat accepts.

Follow award-winning author Eris Adderly off the beaten path where outcasts do what they must, and urges long-contained rise up to take what they want. Let her decadent, filthy prose sweep you into the past, into the unyielding arms of the hangman.

This dark erotic romance novella twists across the page with graphic descriptions of sexual acts, and is intended for mature readers only.]]> 121 Eris Adderly Lili 3 historical, novella 3.91 2016 Gallows Pole
author: Eris Adderly
name: Lili
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/08
date added: 2025/04/08
shelves: historical, novella
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Nightshade (Sorrowsong University #1)]]> 224044336 *Book one of a duet*

When Ophelia Winters accepts a scholarship at a prestigious Scottish university to prove that her parents' death was the fault of Cain Green, an American aviation tycoon, her plan is simple; keep her grades up and her head down. The last thing she wants is to wind up in a mafia war or step on the toes of royalty.

Her plan gets off to a rocky start when the mysterious man that almost kills her on her first day turns out to be Cain's eldest son. As far as she’s concerned, Alex Corbeau-Green is a younger version of his billionaire father. A monster hiding beneath a beautiful facade.

Loneliness has been Ophelia’s only dependable companion for years, but when anonymous threats and mysterious occurrences start to haunt her time at Sorrowsong, she wonders if she really can survive there on her own.

Between being paired together for a project and ending up as each other’s alibi for a murder, avoiding Alex becomes increasingly impossible. She begins to fall for the soft heart that hides beneath his hard exterior.

Tormented by a malicious stalker and growing closer to Alex, Ophelia’s desperation for revenge wavers for the first time. Can she really bring herself to pull the trigger on Cain now that she knows the family it’ll split into two?
__________

Dark Academic Romance - Enemies to Lovers - Slow Burn - University Setting

This work is dark in places and contains several triggers throughout. Please heed the warnings before reading.]]> 342 Autumn Woods Lili 4 hate-to-love 4.17 Nightshade (Sorrowsong University #1)
author: Autumn Woods
name: Lili
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/05
date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: hate-to-love
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Making of a Highlander (Midnight in Scotland, #1)]]> 52927674 In Elisa Braden's enchanting new Midnight in Scotland series, the unlikeliest matches generate the greatest heat. All it takes is a spark of Highland magic.

"Make me a lady, and I'll make ye a Highlander." –Mad Annie Tulloch, Scottish lass

"Challenge accepted." –John Huxley, English gentleman

No lady can tempt him more than the next shore
Everyone wants handsome adventurer John Huxley to settle down—family, friends, London society. Everyone except John. He's evaded too many scheming title huntresses to trust in happily-ever-after. Now, a vow made to a dying friend has him locked in a land dispute with a stubborn Scot who offers one way out: Win the Highland Games. John likes a challenge, but this one's impossible. Still, with training from the Scot's stepdaughter, victory might be within reach. He only has to teach the fiery, foul-mouthed, breeches-wearing lass how to land a lord. It seems "impossible" is just getting started.

She's no lady—she's Mad Annie Tulloch
Everyone calls her Mad Annie. True, her best friend is a ghost. And yes, her greatest talents involve cooking for giants and taunting ridiculously handsome Englishmen. But she's not mad—she's desperate. To save her friend, Annie must marry a lord. The trouble is, no lord will look twice at a hoyden like her. This calls for "Lady Lessons," and she knows just the uptight Englishman to provide them.

When did a simple bargain become a battle of desire?
Amidst cursed castles, caber tossing, and questionable chaperones, John and Annie's wildfire attraction threatens to send their plans up in flames. And when Annie's family is targeted by a dangerous enemy, John is tempted to stay, to fight, and to win the greatest prize of all: A fiery lass's tender, loyal heart.]]> 412 Elisa Braden Lili 4 age-gap, historical 4.25 2020 The Making of a Highlander (Midnight in Scotland, #1)
author: Elisa Braden
name: Lili
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/04
date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: age-gap, historical
review:

]]> Until It Fades 31208654
And then one foggy night, on a lonely road back from another failed attempt at a relationship, Catherine saves a man’s life. It isn’t until after the police have arrived that Catherine realizes exactly who it is she has saved: Brett Madden, hockey icon and media darling.

Catherine has already had her fifteen minutes of fame and the last thing she wants is to have her past dragged back into the spotlight, only this time on a national stage. So she hides her identity. It works.

For a time.

But when she finds the man she saved standing on her doorstep, desperate to thank her, all that changes. What begins as an immediate friendship quickly turns into something neither of them expected. Something that Catherine isn’t sure she can handle; something that Catherine is afraid to trust.

Because how long can an extraordinary man like Brett be interested in an ordinary woman like Catherine…before the spark fades?]]> 368 K.A. Tucker 1501133381 Lili 2 single-parent, sports-romance 3.84 2017 Until It Fades
author: K.A. Tucker
name: Lili
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2017
rating: 2
read at: 2025/04/03
date added: 2025/04/03
shelves: single-parent, sports-romance
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Contortionist (Harrow Faire, #1)]]> 54995584

Cora Glass’s humdrum existence as a bank teller flips upside down when a long-abandoned circus mysteriously returns to life. But the entry fee to this big top show is far more than Cora bargained for.

A deal struck.
A soul...stuck.

As Harrow Faire shines a spotlight on Cora, she discovers there are far more secrets in that three-ring nightmare than she could possibly imagine. Trapped in the world of the fiendish and alluring man known as the Puppeteer, Cora finds herself caught in a war between him and the reclusive Mr. Harrow. Both parties will stop at nothing—even murder—to get what they want.

And what they want…is her.]]> 280 Kathryn Ann Kingsley Lili 3 fantasy, hate-to-love 3.95 2020 The Contortionist (Harrow Faire, #1)
author: Kathryn Ann Kingsley
name: Lili
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/03
date added: 2025/04/03
shelves: fantasy, hate-to-love
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Wooing the Witch Queen (Queens of Villainy, #1)]]> 220624467 In a Gaslamp-lit world where hags and ogres lurk in thick pine forests, three magical queens form an uneasy alliance to protect their lands from invasion…and love turns their world upside down.

Queen Saskia is the wicked sorceress everyone fears. After successfully wrestling the throne from her evil uncle, she only wants one thing: to keep her people safe from the empire next door. For that, she needs to spend more time in her laboratory experimenting with her spells. She definitely doesn’t have time to bring order to her chaotic library of magic.

When a mysterious dark wizard arrives at her castle, Saskia hires him as her new librarian on the spot. “Fabian� is sweet and a little nerdy, and his requests seem a little strange � what in the name of Divine Elva is a fountain pen? � but he’s getting the job done. And if he writes her flirtatious poetry and his innocent touch makes her skin singe, well�

Little does Saskia know that the "wizard" she’s falling for is actually an Imperial archduke in disguise, with no magical training whatsoever. On the run, with perilous secrets on his trail and a fast growing yearning for the wicked sorceress, he's in danger from her enemies and her newfound allies, too. When his identity is finally revealed, will their love save or doom each other?]]> 304 Stephanie Burgis 1035062984 Lili 2 fantasy 3.71 2025 Wooing the Witch Queen (Queens of Villainy, #1)
author: Stephanie Burgis
name: Lili
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2025
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/31
date added: 2025/03/31
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[My UnTrue Love (A Kinda Fairytale, #7)]]> 223733343
Luckily, Bill’s got no issue with stealing.

Or stretching the truth a bit.

Or savagely beating anybody who touches Clem.

In fact, he’s happy to ruin the life of any man who gets between him and his darling Clementine. Especially if that man is Johnny Jacobs, the arrogant singer that Clem’s worked with for years. Bill will do whatever it takes to get rid of Johnny. …Even pretend to be a music star himself.


Book Seven of the A Kinda Fairytale series
115,000+ words
Happily ever after
Male/Female romance
Friends to lovers
Music Star romance
This book is a standalone romance. It is set in the same world as the other books in the series, but none of the previous characters appear. Some are mentioned, though.
]]> 510 Cassandra Gannon Lili 3 4.54 2025 My UnTrue Love (A Kinda Fairytale, #7)
author: Cassandra Gannon
name: Lili
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/28
date added: 2025/03/27
shelves: fantasy, friends-to-lovers, sunshine-grumpy
review:

]]> Hungerstone 212342605 Hungerstone is a thrillingly seductive sapphic romance for fans of S.T. Gibson’s A Dowry of Blood and Emilia Hart’s Weyward.

For what do you hunger, Lenore?

Lenore is the wife of steel magnate Henry, but ten years into their marriage, the relationship has soured and no child has arrived to fill the distance growing between them. Henry's ambitions take them out of London and to the imposing Nethershaw manor in the countryside, where Henry aims to host a hunt with society’s finest. Lenore keeps a terrible secret from the last time her husband hunted, and though they never speak of it, it haunts their marriage to this day.

The preparations for the event take a turn when a carriage accident near their remote home brings the mysterious Carmilla into Lenore's life. Carmilla who is weak and pale during the day but vibrant at night; Carmilla who stirs up a hunger deep within Lenore. Soon girls from local villages begin to fall sick before being consumed by a bloody hunger.

Torn between regaining her husband's affection and Carmilla's ever-growing presence, Lenore begins to unravel her past and in doing so, uncovers a darkness in her household that will place her at terrible risk . . .

Set against the violent wilderness of the moors and the uncontrolled appetite of the industrial revolution, Hungerstone is a compulsive feminist reworking of Carmilla, the book that inspired Dracula: a captivating story of appetite and desire.]]> 336 Kat Dunn 1638932166 Lili 3 retelling 4.02 2025 Hungerstone
author: Kat Dunn
name: Lili
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/27
date added: 2025/03/26
shelves: retelling
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Consolation Prize (Brides of Karadok, #3)]]> 55151962
Armand de Bussell is a rogue who shirks his duties and does as he pleases. How anyone could think him fit for a princess is a mystery to him. He neither wants nor needs a wife in his life. At least� that’s what he always thought before he met the Blechmarsh princess.

The Consolation Prize is a stand-alone novel of over 99,000 words and is set in a medieval style landscape in the fictional kingdom of Karadok. Please do not purchase if you are offended by strong language and or sex scenes.]]> 331 Alice Coldbreath Lili 2 historical 4.05 2020 The Consolation Prize (Brides of Karadok, #3)
author: Alice Coldbreath
name: Lili
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/27
date added: 2025/03/26
shelves: historical
review:
this would’ve been rated three stars if armand didn’t have a personality switch-up 80% into the book. he pissed me off so much acting like it was una’s fault that she got hurt…anywho, i did enjoy una’s character
]]> <![CDATA[Fool Me Twice (Rules for the Reckless, #2)]]> 18143986 In the vein of Sarah MacLean, a sexy and evocative Victorian romance between a vengeful duke and a fiery redhead from an author who is a veritable tour de force in the genre.

A Lady With a Secret

Running for her life, exhausted and out of options, Olivia Holladay wants nothing more than the chance to make a home for herself. So when she realizes that the infamous Duke of Marwick might hold the key to her freedom, she boldly disguises herself as the newest and bravest in a long line of the duke’s notoriously temperamental housekeepers. Little does she know that the wickedly handsome Alastair de Grey has very different plans for her.

A Man With a Passion—For Vengeance

As his new employee, Olivia is a fearless upstart. As a woman, the daring redhead is just what Alastair needs to rouse him from darkness to the siren call of revenge. He has suffered a betrayal so deep that he will use whatever means necessary to destroy his enemies—even his brazen and beautiful domestic. But his vengeful plan fails to account for his single weakness: an irresistible and growing passion for the enigmatic Olivia.]]> 365 Meredith Duran 1476741352 Lili 3 3.94 2014 Fool Me Twice (Rules for the Reckless, #2)
author: Meredith Duran
name: Lili
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/22
date added: 2025/03/21
shelves: age-gap, hate-to-love, historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Rogue of One's Own (A League of Extraordinary Women, #2)]]> 49202118
Lucie tempts Tristan like no other woman, burning him up with her fierceness and determination every time they clash. But as their battle of wills and words fans the flames of long-smouldering devotion, the silver-tongued seducer runs the risk of becoming caught in his own snare.

As Lucie tries to out-manoeuvre Tristan in the boardroom and the bedchamber, she soon discovers there’s truth in what the poets say: all is fair in love and war�

A lady must have money and an army of her own if she is to win a revolution - but first, she must pit her wits against the wiles of an irresistible rogue bent on wrecking her plans...and her heart.]]> 448 Evie Dunmore 1984805703 Lili 5 3.99 2020 A Rogue of One's Own (A League of Extraordinary Women, #2)
author: Evie Dunmore
name: Lili
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/20
date added: 2025/03/20
shelves: 2025-five-star-reads, hate-to-love, historical
review:
that fugly cover does not represent this book well AT ALL
]]> <![CDATA[Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women, #1)]]> 43521785 England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women's suffrage movement. Her charge: recruit men of influence to champion their cause. Her target: Sebastian Devereux, the cold and calculating Duke of Montgomery who steers Britain's politics at the Queen's command. Her challenge: not to give in to the powerful attraction she can't deny for the man who opposes everything she stands for.

Sebastian is appalled to find a suffragist squad has infiltrated his ducal home, but the real threat is his impossible feelings for green-eyed beauty Annabelle. He is looking for a wife of equal standing to secure the legacy he has worked so hard to rebuild, not an outspoken commoner who could never be his duchess. But he wouldn't be the greatest strategist of the Kingdom if he couldn't claim this alluring bluestocking without the promise of a ring... or could he?

Locked in a battle with rising passion and a will matching her own, Annabelle will learn just what it takes to topple a duke....

A stunning debut for author Evie Dunmore and her Oxford suffragists in which a fiercely independent vicar's daughter takes on a powerful duke in a fiery love story that threatens to upend the British social order.]]> 335 Evie Dunmore 1984805681 Lili 4 3.91 2019 Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women, #1)
author: Evie Dunmore
name: Lili
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/17
date added: 2025/03/17
shelves: age-gap, historical, hurt-comfort
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Boss in the Bedsheets (The Santillian Triplets, #2)]]> 53667619 He’s a beast in the spreadsheets and a boss in the bedsheets


Mr. Santillian,

Despite the fact I'm currently living out of your guest room and sleeping with you most nights, I am writing to announce my resignation effective two weeks from today. 

In other words, I'll locate someone who is both obscenely overqualified and willing to devote their days to the handful of tasks you are able to wrench from your perfectionist, micromanaging grip. It may be difficult to find a Nobel laureate genius looking for basic filing work on such short notice, but I'll do my best. 

Don't worry about your sister's wedding this weekend. I still plan to attend as your date, assuming you've finished hating me by then. 

Thank you in advance for your understanding. 

Zelda

Ms. Besh, 

Resignation not ٱ.

I'll see you at home. 

Ash

]]> 406 Kate Canterbary Lili 2 3.97 2020 Boss in the Bedsheets (The Santillian Triplets, #2)
author: Kate Canterbary
name: Lili
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/14
date added: 2025/03/13
shelves:
review:

]]> Dear Ava 50900667 WSJ bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills delivers a gripping enemies-to-lovers, secret admirer, high school romance.

The rich and popular Sharks rule at prestigious, ivy-covered Camden Prep. Once upon a time, I wanted to be part of their world--until they destroyed me.

The last thing I expected was an anonymous love letter from one of them.

Please. I hate every one of those rich jerks for what they did to me. The question is, which Shark is my secret admirer?

Knox, the scarred quarterback.
Dane, his twin brother.
Or Chance, the ex who dumped me. . .

Dear Ava,
Your eyes are the color of the Caribbean Sea.
Wait. That's stupid.
What I really mean is, you look at me and I feel something REAL.

It's been ten months since you were here, but I can't forget you.
I've missed seeing you walk down the hall.
I've missed you cheering at my football games.
I've missed the smell of your hair.

And then everything fell apart the night of the kegger.

Don't hate me because I'm a Shark.
I just want to make you mine.
Still.


Mature Content. Recommended for 18+.

A short excerpt of Dear Ava appeared in Team Player 2. (No longer available)
This all-new, full-length version is 376 pages and 100,000 words.
]]> 376 Ilsa Madden-Mills Lili 2 sports-romance 4.11 2020 Dear Ava
author: Ilsa Madden-Mills
name: Lili
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/13
date added: 2025/03/13
shelves: sports-romance
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1)]]> 127305713
Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe � a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution � who she can't help but find herself falling for.

Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting?

Kristen Ciccarelli’s The Crimson Moth is the thrilling start to a romantic fantasy duology where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch� is falling in love.]]> 406 Kristen Ciccarelli 1250866901 Lili 2 4.16 2024 Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1)
author: Kristen Ciccarelli
name: Lili
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/04
date added: 2025/03/03
shelves: fantasy, hate-to-love, love-triangle, young-adult
review:

]]> Just a Taste (Brighton U, #1) 209486368 Lake:
So... I’m getting married.
Just three minor details: my husband-to-be is technically also my step-brother, he’s straight, and we’re absolutely nowhere in the vicinity of being in love.
Ryker:
Only then comes the you-may-kiss-your-husband part. Turns out kissing your husband is a terrible idea because it makes you have strange thoughts you’ve never had before.
Turns out kissing my husband makes me question everything I know about myself.
Lake:
It's fine. It doesn't have to mean anything. Just a blip on the radar. I'll leave it be.
But then I find out I’m not the only one who’s having ideas because of that kiss.
And we do something incredibly stupid and give in to temptation.
Ryker:
Again.
And again.
And again.
Lake:
Until something casual and temporary turns into something very different.
Something unexpected.
Something serious.
Something terrifyingly real.
Ryker:
Now I'm determined to show Lake how good the two of us could be together.
Because with him? Just a taste will never be enough.]]> 362 Briar Prescott Lili 3 4.21 2024 Just a Taste (Brighton U, #1)
author: Briar Prescott
name: Lili
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/01
date added: 2025/02/28
shelves: stepsiblings, marriage-of-convenience, sports-romance
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Golden Raven (All for the Game, #5)]]> 213726350 I do not care what they think of me. I can’t. It only matters that I play.

Jeremy Knox is no stranger to damage control, but his last season on an Exy court is off to a disastrous start. The relentless crusade against his newest teammate threatens the haven he and his friends have worked so hard to build. He promised Jean a fun senior year, but tragedy and ugly truths make every step forward an uphill fight.

Jean Moreau promised the USC Trojans a championship trophy, and he intends to deliver. Granted, it would be significantly easier if they’d slide off their high horses and throw a few elbows on the court. Their steadfast refusal to do things his way is nearly as aggravating as their unwanted affection, but maybe they’re not the ones that need to change.

With so many ready to drag him down, how can he learn to fly?]]> 484 Nora Sakavic Lili 4 found-family, sports-romance 4.59 2025 The Golden Raven (All for the Game, #5)
author: Nora Sakavic
name: Lili
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/27
date added: 2025/02/26
shelves: found-family, sports-romance
review:

]]> I Am Not Jessica Chen 61374793
Now trapped inside Jessica’s body, with access to Jessica’s most private journals and secrets, Jenna soon discovers that being the top student at the elite, highly competitive Havenwood Private Academy isn’t quite what she imagined. Worse, as everyone—including her own parents—start having trouble remembering who Jenna Chen is, or if she ever even existed, Jenna must decide if playing the role of the perfect daughter and student is worth losing her true self forever.]]> 320 Ann Liang 133552312X Lili 4 young-adult 4.08 2025 I Am Not Jessica Chen
author: Ann Liang
name: Lili
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/09
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> The Fall Before Flight 214611695 There's off-limits... and then there's your psychiatrist.

They call this place Oasis, and he's the doctor in charge.
He thinks he can save me. Heal me. Catch me if I fall...
Yeah, right.

Dr. Leo Chastain is a mouthwatering distraction.
For that reason alone, I'm inclined to play his game.
He doesn't know I'm incapable of emotions that come naturally to others -
Fear, compassion, love...
I might be a sociopath.

I warned him my kind of broken can't be fixed.
That the harder he pushes, the harder I'll push back.
Until he's broken, too.

I warned him.

The Fall Before Flight is a standalone therapist/patient forbidden romance with a happily ever after!]]> 324 L.M. Halloran Lili 1 single-parent 4.12 2018 The Fall Before Flight
author: L.M. Halloran
name: Lili
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2018
rating: 1
read at: 2025/01/31
date added: 2025/01/31
shelves: single-parent
review:

]]> The Sharp Edge of Bliss 52091947 One is an alphahole.
The other may be a hitman.
As for me, I’m the escort who’s been hired to fix things between them.
This wasn’t in my contract.

This book contains dark themes, graphic sex scenes, kink, and violence.]]> 303 Sorcha Black Lili 2 age-gap, why-choose 4.16 2020 The Sharp Edge of Bliss
author: Sorcha Black
name: Lili
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/25
date added: 2025/01/25
shelves: age-gap, why-choose
review:

]]> <![CDATA[In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation (Halifax Hellions, #1)]]> 201595894
Henry Mortimer has precisely one secret in his otherwise buttoned-up life: he’s been in love with Margo for seven wonderful, agonizing years. When she turns up at his doorstep, soaked to the skin and desperate for his help, he cannot turn her down. A week alone in a carriage with the object of his desires an arm’s length away? Surely he can survive that. He hopes.

But the road to Scotland is paved with disasters—caves and crashes and the bloody rain that keeps forcing Henry to hold a damp, shivering, dreadfully tempting Margo in his arms. Only an unstoppable force could drag the truth of Henry’s affection from his lips. Unfortunately for him, Margo Halifax has yet to be stopped.]]> 131 Alexandra Vasti 1250360129 Lili 2 3.61 2022 In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation (Halifax Hellions, #1)
author: Alexandra Vasti
name: Lili
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/09
date added: 2025/01/09
shelves: friends-to-lovers, historical, novella
review:

]]> Lifers 210407215 RILEY
Nearly everyone who enters Elsberry leaves in one way or another, but I am the one constant. I am always here. I continue to remain. Time doesn't pass in days between these walls. It passes in people. The girl with peach pink hair who I loved in my head but never got the chance to speak to. The boy that swung from the stairwell because he couldn't love himself enough.

Until Blair steps out of the back of that ambulance, time stops then. Her wrists are wrapped in gauze and her lips are bloodied, but she's more alive than anything else I've seen in some time. Dr. Demosi warns me that I'm fixating again, but what we have is real. I can feel it.

The closer we get, the more I start to believe what they say about how I landed here. I could do it again too, if it means she won't leave me.


BLAIR
If you'd told me three days ago I would still be breathing today, I wouldn't believe you. If you followed that with the knowledge that I'd find something close to love at Elsberry State Psychiatric Institution, I'd say you're full of shit. It's not written into my DNA. I'm incapable of it, right?

Riley is beautiful in a macabre sort of way, with her dark, dead eyes and her hollow cheeks. Her voice is raspy and scratches my fucked up brain just right, like a number two pencil against grainy college-ruled paper. She's more like me than maybe I am myself, more out of her mind than I think she realizes. I could happily live in delusion with her forever, but there's one problem.

I'm getting better. Everyday I work toward getting better with hopes of being released, while Riley is a lifer. Content with swimming in the pool of her illness for eternity, refusing to admit to what she did that landed her here in the first place. Once I find out what that is... it changes everything.]]> 98 K.C. Blume Lili 3 3.94 Lifers
author: K.C. Blume
name: Lili
average rating: 3.94
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/31
date added: 2024/12/31
shelves:
review:

]]> Set the Record Straight 66257593
The day Clara started her new (dream) job as an assistant to her photography idol, she was met with an assumption that caught her off guard and stunned her silent. suddenly, she has to bring a girlfriend to the gallery's opening in a few weeks- all because she choked up and failed to correct her boss that she is, in fact, straight.

Evan was recently dumped by her fellow teacher fiancée for a mutual co-worker and is still trying to figure out where it all went wrong. So when she gets the news the happy new couple will be hosting the staff's holiday party- she feels utterly horrified by her single status and looks for a quick solution.

Together, these two old friends make a plan to get through the gallery opening and holiday party by pretending to date one another. Easy... right?

That is until Clara starts developing real feelings for Evan, shocking herself. All the while Evan realizes that perhaps pretending to date your straight best friend, who you've had a crush on for half your life- isn't the best idea.


Content Warnings: Homophobia, familial estrangement, mentions of religious oppression, ADHD, Autism, and anxiety.]]> 150 Hannah Bonam-Young Lili 3 friends-to-lovers, novella 3.73 2022 Set the Record Straight
author: Hannah Bonam-Young
name: Lili
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/27
date added: 2024/12/26
shelves: friends-to-lovers, novella
review:

]]> Vampires of El Norte 63892214 Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda.

As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead.

Something that once attacked Nena nine years ago.

Believing Nena dead, Néstor has been on the run from his grief ever since, moving from ranch to ranch working as a vaquero. But no amount of drink can dispel the night terrors of sharp teeth; no woman can erase his childhood sweetheart from his mind.

When the United States attacks Mexico in 1846, the two are brought abruptly together on the road to war: Nena as a curandera, a healer striving to prove her worth to her father so that he does not marry her off to a stranger, and Néstor as a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers and vaqueros. But the shock of their reunion—and Nena’s rage at Néstor for seemingly abandoning her long ago—is quickly overshadowed by the appearance of a nightmare made flesh.

And unless Nena and Néstor work through their past and face the future together, neither will survive to see the dawn.]]> 371 Isabel Cañas 0593436725 Lili 3 historical 3.87 2023 Vampires of El Norte
author: Isabel Cañas
name: Lili
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/24
date added: 2024/12/23
shelves: historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #1)]]> 220389458 New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.

All newly minted pediatrician Jamie Malek wants is to borrow a roasting pan for Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, that requires her to interact with Marc—her best friend’s troublemaking brother, who’s now a tech billionaire. He’s the one who got away. She’s the one who broke his heart. Outside, a howling blizzard. Inside, a crackling fire. Suddenly, being snowbound with the man she never expected to see again might not be such a bad way to spend a winter’s night.

Ali Hazelwood’s Cruel Winter with You is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 73 Ali Hazelwood 1662528396 Lili 3 novella 3.68 2024 Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #1)
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Lili
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/18
date added: 2024/12/17
shelves: novella
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1)]]> 201626991
She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He’s impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale.

So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor's fury increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final page.

This adult epic fantasy debut from Sarah Rees Brennan puts the reader in the villain's shoes, for an adventure that is both 'brilliant' (Holly Black) and 'supremely satisfying' (Leigh Bardugo). Expect a rogue's gallery of villains including an axe wielding maid, a shining knight with dark moods, a homicidal bodyguard, and a playboy spymaster with a golden heart and a filthy reputation.]]> 435 Sarah Rees Brennan 0316568716 Lili 5 2024-five-star-reads, fantasy 3.87 2024 Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1)
author: Sarah Rees Brennan
name: Lili
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/16
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: 2024-five-star-reads, fantasy
review:

]]> Ribbonwood 218078948
Ollie Gabrielli left Ribbonwood right after high school, back when Lara was her arch-nemesis. The queen bee and the closeted soccer star: natural enemies. When she comes home for three months it's to recover from burnout and spend time with her chaotic family, not to reconnect with old classmates. Only somehow, she can’t seem to take her eyes off Lara. How did she only get hotter? And is she really everything they say she is?

Sometimes, there’s a reason you should never try to go home.]]> 406 Ruby Landers 0648640280 Lili 4 single-parent 4.56 Ribbonwood
author: Ruby Landers
name: Lili
average rating: 4.56
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/09
date added: 2024/12/09
shelves: single-parent
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Free from Falling (Breakaway, #4)]]> 221165438
Sydney Warren, frontwoman for up-and-coming rock band Red Right Hand, is fierce, driven, and she doesn't do relationships. Being an out trans woman in the music industry is more than enough pressure—a romantic entanglement would be added stress she doesn’t need. A romantic entanglement with a professional hockey player who, to all accounts, is only just learning to be an ally is definitely not what she needs. And yet.

After a chance encounter, Matts and Sydney become unlikely friends. However, in the stolen moments of their busy schedules––late-night phone calls between NHL games and concert tour dates—they start to question if maybe “friendship� isn't so apt a description for whatever this is between them.

But can they overcome the outside pressures from family and media that would rather their relationship end before it has a chance to start?]]> E.L. Massey 1648908233 Lili 4 4.59 2024 Free from Falling (Breakaway, #4)
author: E.L. Massey
name: Lili
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/06
shelves: friends-to-lovers, sports-romance
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)]]> 134119076 When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late, in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series.

Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore who just wrote the world’s first comprehensive encyclopaedia of faeries. She’s learned many of the secrets of the Hidden Ones on her adventures . . . and also from her fellow scholar and former rival Wendell Bambleby.

Because Bambleby is more than infuriatingly charming. He’s an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother and in search of a door back to his realm. And despite Emily’s feelings for Bambleby, she’s not ready to accept his proposal of marriage: Loving one of the Fair Folk comes with secrets and dangers.

She also has a new project to focus on: a map of the realms of faerie. While she is preparing her research, Bambleby lands her in trouble yet again, when assassins sent by his mother invade Cambridge. Now Bambleby and Emily are on another adventure, this time to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambleby’s realm and the key to freeing him from his family’s dark plans.

But with new relationships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors and of her own heart.]]> 370 Heather Fawcett 0593500202 Lili 4 4.28 2024 Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
author: Heather Fawcett
name: Lili
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/05
date added: 2024/12/05
shelves: fantasy, friends-to-lovers, sunshine-grumpy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)]]> 60657589
Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party--or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, and the Fair Folk.

So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby, who manages to charm the townsfolk, get in the middle of Emily's research, and utterly confound and frustrate her.

But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones--the most elusive of all faeries--lurking in the shadowy forest outside the town, she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: Who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she'll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all--her own heart.]]> 336 Heather Fawcett 059350013X Lili 4 3.98 2023 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
author: Heather Fawcett
name: Lili
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/03
date added: 2024/12/02
shelves: fantasy, friends-to-lovers, sunshine-grumpy
review:

]]> Pretty Little Pledge 198429800 183 Luna Oblonsky Lili 2 novella 3.56 Pretty Little Pledge
author: Luna Oblonsky
name: Lili
average rating: 3.56
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/29
date added: 2024/11/28
shelves: novella
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Unlovely Bride (Brides of Karadok, #2)]]> 51930349 If ever there was a knight the crowd loves to hate, it’s Garman Orde. Even his own family despises him. Then one night a heavily veiled lady offers him an extraordinary bargain. And he finds out that Lenora Montmayne was never just a pretty face.
The Unlovely Bride is a stand-alone novel of over 136,000 words and is set in a medieval style landscape in the fictional kingdom of Karadok. Please do not purchase if you are offended by strong language and or sex scenes.]]> 514 Alice Coldbreath Lili 3 4.19 2020 The Unlovely Bride (Brides of Karadok, #2)
author: Alice Coldbreath
name: Lili
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/27
date added: 2024/11/27
shelves: historical, marriage-of-convenience
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Wed by Proxy (Brides of Karadok, #1)]]> 51243905
Married by proxy, Lord Martindale has never even met his bride of three years. Wed as part of a peace treaty, he bitterly resents the mercenary wife who cares only for wealth and prestige. And then he meets her...

Wed By Proxy is a stand-alone novel of over 111,000 words and is set in a medieval style landscape in the fictional kingdom of Karadok. Please do not purchase if you are offended by strong language and or sex scenes.]]> 411 Alice Coldbreath Lili 3 3.85 2019 Wed by Proxy (Brides of Karadok, #1)
author: Alice Coldbreath
name: Lili
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/22
date added: 2024/11/22
shelves: arranged-marriage, historical, sunshine-grumpy
review:

]]> <![CDATA[False Start (Bruised Hearts Duet #2)]]> 212221948
No one outskates Cat Harvey.

Hips like steel and mean blocks have set her apart as the ultimate weapon for the Devil's Dames Roller Derby league.

A false start–a misstep, is all it takes to blow up her carefully curated life and shove her into the back burner of the squad she’s dedicated her all to.
Being replaced wasn’t part of the plan; especially by a cocky little has-been in a braid and torn pantyhose.

Hate. Loathing. Addiction.

They're the only feelings that can bring a skater like Cat to her knees.

The fine line between love and hatred can be crushed, snorted or injected.

But it can’t be ignored.
𝗙𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤, 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 18. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵.]]> 340 Santana Knox Lili 3 4.64 2024 False Start (Bruised Hearts Duet #2)
author: Santana Knox
name: Lili
average rating: 4.64
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/18
date added: 2024/11/18
shelves: addiction, hate-to-love, sports-romance
review:

]]> Crossed Over 124978775 From international best-selling author Santana Knox, comes an LGBTQ, women’s fiction, coming out story like nothing you’ve ever read before. A tale that grips the hearts of those who failed to see eye-to-eye with a parent, and anyone who’s ever denied the truth about themselves.

Nia da Silva is dead�
Dead serious about moving on from her past, from roller derby, and the traumatic injury that was a crushing blow to not just her body but her mind.

Running away from her problems wasn’t the fix she had hoped for.

Five years later, she returns to the town that left her with permanent scars. Healing her physical wounds was the bare minimum. She’ll finally have to face herself, and rediscover who she’s always been beneath the lies she’s worn like shredded fishnets over bruised knees.

Pretty crossovers, and strong thighs won’t be enough to champion through her problems. Especially when they challenge who she may be at her very core.

Crossed Over is a Sapphic, coming out story about healing, facing your fears, and becoming the hero you once needed for yourself. Please check content warnings, this story features adult themes and language that may not be suitable for readers under 18.]]> 252 Santana Knox Lili 4 sports-romance 4.50 Crossed Over
author: Santana Knox
name: Lili
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/17
date added: 2024/11/16
shelves: sports-romance
review:

]]> Reverence 219099708 Two ballerinas. Two fates. One stage.

It's the carefree '80s and Juliette Lucian-Sorel has it all. She’s the greatest dancer to ever grace the floorboards of Palais Garnier, she's royalty to her adoring fans, and Paris is at her feet. Or so it seems�

Katarina Vyatka is defecting from behind the Iron Curtain, desperate to save herself and her career. Or so she claims�

What happens when the Princess of Paris rescues the brightest star in the history of Bolshoi? Will the Paris ballet stage be big enough for both of them? Sparks fly and rivals become lovers as they set their lives ablaze in a torrent of secrets, intrigue and grands jetés!]]> 353 Milena McKay Lili 4 4.44 Reverence
author: Milena McKay
name: Lili
average rating: 4.44
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/20
date added: 2024/11/16
shelves: age-gap, historical, rivals-to-lovers, sports-romance
review:

]]> Choosing Theo (Clecanian, #1) 51479476
Theo, a scarred mercenary who prefers a life of solitude, is stunned when Jade selects him as her husband. After years of being passed over, he never imagined he would be chosen and neither did anyone else. Only one explanation makes sense…the curvy enticing female must be a spy, and Theo’s determined to break her cover using any means necessary.

As Jade and Theo are forced to spend time together, their chemistry becomes undeniable. But neither can afford to bring love into the equation, especially since Jade seems determined to go home. After all, she can't possibly stay here, right?]]> 369 Victoria Aveline Lili 2 aliens 4.12 2020 Choosing Theo (Clecanian, #1)
author: Victoria Aveline
name: Lili
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/14
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: aliens
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Morally Corrupt (Morally Questionable, #1)]]> 55055572 She's an assassin. He's a policeman... And her husband.

Bianca Ashby, a certified sociopath with an obsession for her husband, tries to juggle two lives - the demure NYPD Chief Commissioner wife, and the perfect Bratva assassin; all the while keeping her husband safe and blissfully unaware.
But when high-level corruption and a personal vendetta raise the stakes, no one is who they say they are; least of all Bianca’s perfectly dull husband, Theo.
From glitzy New York ballrooms and charity events to underground sex rings, drugs, and illegal fights, the best pretender wins it all.

Author's note: Morally Corrupt has been re-edited. The story remains the same.
Morally Corrupt is a romantic thriller with elements of horror and gore. This is a dark book that explores questionable moral behaviors. Please read the triggers before proceeding.]]> 468 Veronica Lancet Lili 2 age-gap 3.72 Morally Corrupt (Morally Questionable, #1)
author: Veronica Lancet
name: Lili
average rating: 3.72
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/10
date added: 2024/11/10
shelves: age-gap
review:

]]> Buttons & Hate (Buttons, #2) 32703166
But I'm also giving them away.

The more I fall for Crow, the more I want him to do the things that I want. Dinners, dates, and evenings at the beach.

Everything comes at a price, and quickly the hoard of buttons I worked hard to earn are depleted.


Will this go back and forth forever? Or will someone run out of their buttons first?]]> 342 Penelope Sky Lili 2 4.14 2017 Buttons & Hate (Buttons, #2)
author: Penelope Sky
name: Lili
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2017
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/09
date added: 2024/11/09
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Ready Or Not (The Hunter’s Club, #2)]]> 218061729
Whoopsie, enough of that. It’s Riley—said serial killer. That’s got a nice ring to it � serial killer. Don’t worry about Rachel. She’s safe. As long as Manson stays out of my fucking way.

What the fuck is this? Riley, you’re mine. Give me Rachel, and stop hiding from me.

Ready Or Not is a part of The Hunter's Club series. They are interconnected standalones. Certain characters will cross over, but you do not have to read them in any particular order.
Ready Or Not is a dark romance thriller. It has extreme content matter. Please read responsibly.]]> 295 Alina May 1964979021 Lili 2 4.02 Ready Or Not (The Hunter’s Club, #2)
author: Alina May
name: Lili
average rating: 4.02
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/08
date added: 2024/11/08
shelves: hate-to-love, stepsiblings, why-choose
review:

]]> Find Me (WITSEC, #1) 58570701
My family is gone. My parents. My twin sister. All of them murdered by the man who has stalked me for years. He nearly killed me, too. But I got away and he’s still out there, searching for me. He won’t find me. At least, I hope not. Thanks to WITSEC, I’ve been given a new life with a new identity.

The present�

My uncle, my only living relative, has helped me glue myself back together and given me the tools I’ll need to survive. I’m not fixed and my grief is heavy, but I’m at a point where I can put one foot in front of the other to try to move on.
I know my future will be hard and lonely. I must stay strong and focus on the good. I’m getting a second chance at life. I am safe. My new home is beautiful. The four brothers who live next door are even more so. Little do I know that Colt, Creed, Keelan, and Knox will soon become my everything. It’s as if my lonely heart screamed out for someone good to find me. Four answered back.

***WARNING This is a reverse harem romance. Contains violence, graphic killing, foul language, and sexual content. Some parts may be triggering. Find Me is book 1 out of 4 in the series***]]> 274 Ashley N. Rostek Lili 1 why-choose 4.32 2021 Find Me (WITSEC, #1)
author: Ashley N. Rostek
name: Lili
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2021
rating: 1
read at: 2024/11/07
date added: 2024/11/07
shelves: why-choose
review:

]]> Buttons & Lace (Buttons, #1) 32585677
A big one.

The payment can't be settled with money or favors.

He only wants one thing.

Me.

Every action gets a reward. A button. Once I fill his jar with three hundred and sixty-five buttons, he'll let me go.

He'll let me walk away.

But I have to earn every single one.

By submitting to the darkest, cruelest, and most beautiful man I've ever known.

** TRIGGER WARNING ** There are some dark and disturbing scenes of abuse and punishment.]]> 290 Penelope Sky Lili 3 4.09 2016 Buttons & Lace (Buttons, #1)
author: Penelope Sky
name: Lili
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/05
date added: 2024/11/05
shelves:
review:

]]> Rival (Fall Away, #3) 18129852
She’s back.

For the two years she’s been away at boarding school, there was no word from her. Back when we lived in the same house, she used to cut me down during the day and then leave her door open for me at night.

I was stupid then, but now I’m ready to beat her at her own game�

I’m back.

Two years and I can tell he still wants me, even if he acts like he’s better than me.

But I won’t be scared away. Or pushed down. I’ll call his bluff and fight back. That’s what he wants, right? As long as I keep my guard up, he’ll never know how much he affects me�.]]> 366 Penelope Douglas Lili 3 4.01 2014 Rival (Fall Away, #3)
author: Penelope Douglas
name: Lili
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2022/01/07
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: hate-to-love, second-chance, sunshine-grumpy, stepsiblings
review:

]]> Dirty Love 59903835
Being gay would be dirty.

Touching the guy who’s been your stepbrother since you were three would be dirty.

Falling in love with him would be even worse.

I protect him because it’s my job.

I resist him because I have to.

But when one night leads to two and two nights lead to more, lines are blurred and morals are tossed and my sanity takes a walk.

Now we’re risking everything we have for something we know we shouldn’t want.

And the only thing we’ll have left is each other.]]> 223 Bethany Winters Lili 1 sunshine-grumpy, stepsiblings 3.92 Dirty Love
author: Bethany Winters
name: Lili
average rating: 3.92
book published:
rating: 1
read at: 2022/02/01
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: sunshine-grumpy, stepsiblings
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Hate Me (Black Mountain Academy)]]> 55628131
I'm the whispers in the dark you can't ignore.
The bully you can't run away from.

I'm the tormentor who makes your life a living hell.

The villain you love to hate.

I'm the vicious stepbrother sleeping in the next room.

The one who knows all your secrets.

And I'll stop at nothing to make you pay.

WARNING: This book is recommended for mature readers due to graphic language, sexual content, and dark elements.]]> 330 Ashley Jade Lili 2 hate-to-love, stepsiblings 3.97 2021 Hate Me (Black Mountain Academy)
author: Ashley Jade
name: Lili
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2021
rating: 2
read at: 2024/04/19
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: hate-to-love, stepsiblings
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Lady of Forsyth (Royals of Forsyth University, #3.5)]]> 123176765 Obsess. Beguile. Control.

The Lords ran the South Side of Forsyth unfettered and ruthlessly.

Until Story Austin returned home.

You know their tale, but are you ready for the rest?

The Lady of Forsyth includes the complete bonus works of the Lords: Royals of Forsyth.

The Backstory

The Lady of Forsyth

Lords Outtake

The content of this novella is to be read as an addendum to the first three books in the Royals of Forsyth series by Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue. ]]> 105 Angel Lawson Lili 3 4.26 Lady of Forsyth (Royals of Forsyth University, #3.5)
author: Angel Lawson
name: Lili
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/05
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: hate-to-love, why-choose, novella, stepsiblings
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Lords of Mercy (Royals of Forsyth University, #3)]]> 58285172 I came back to Forsyth and agreed to be their Lady for two reasons: protection and revenge.

I put up with the abuse, the degradation, the humiliation, and bided my time. I wanted vengeance and I took it. The Lords give as good as they get and the consequences were fierce, but there’s one truth when it comes to Killian, Dimitri and Tristian.

They keep what’s theirs.

They wanted to break me, but instead, they molded me into their perfect weakness. They fought for me. Bled for me. Championed for me. I was put through the gauntlet and came out stronger. I earned the title of Lady.

Then they became my weakness.

I agreed to sleep under their roof, but on my terms. No more rules, no more punishments, no cameras or dress codes or sneaking into my bedroom. In return, I'll give them a chance to earn the title of Lord.

Building trust takes time, but with all the threats nipping at our heels, that’s a luxury we don't have. We have to rely on one another despite our complicated pasts—to find a murderer, a stalker, and a traitor.

This new life of pain, wrath, and mercy is a confusing maze of twists and turns. Fortunately for us, there will always be one fixed constant, guiding us home:

The Royal we.

WARNING: This book is a DARK/BULLY romance. It contains graphic content that some readers may be particularly sensitive to. If you have triggers or are even remotely unsure, please heed the note at the beginning of this book.]]> 538 Angel Lawson Lili 4 4.25 2021 Lords of Mercy (Royals of Forsyth University, #3)
author: Angel Lawson
name: Lili
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/04
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: hate-to-love, why-choose, pregnancy-trope, stepsiblings
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Lords of Wrath (Royals of Forsyth University, #2)]]> 57053157
I signed up for it. Literally. I agreed to the contract that made me the Lords� Lady, a position that requires me to do whatever they want, but only as protection from someone worse. I agreed to be in their beds, on my knees, and punished should I disobey.

I just wasn’t expecting punishment like this.

Killian is two-hundred-and-twenty pounds of muscle, brutal physicality, and pure spite. He thinks I don’t know that he watches me when I sleep.

Tristian is fair-haired and charming to anyone who doesn’t know better. To me, he’s the man who seeks to control me, with his cold eyes and possessiveness.

Rath is the dark-eyed tempest who took me into his bed. Even having been subjected to his barbed tongue, he’s the first man to ever make me feel safe.

I hadn’t realized how much they’ve worn me down and made me feel complacent, but it turns out they’ve messed with my head just as much as they abused my body. Despite the awful things they've done to me, they actually made me feel special. Cared for. Protected.

And then I found out it was all a lie.

The way Tristian cares, Killian’s vigilant eyes, and worst of all, my contented moments in Rath’s bed, were all part of a game.

A game to see who can use me best.

A game they’ve been playing since day one.

And now?

It’s a game I’m going to win.

WARNING: This book is a DARK/BULLY romance. It contains graphic content of abuse and assault that some readers may be particularly sensitive to. If you have triggers or are even remotely unsure, please heed the note at the beginning of this book.

The Royals of Forsyth University is a three book, reverse harem series by Best Selling Authors, Angel Lawson & Samantha Rue.

Lords of Pain
Lords of Wrath
Lords of Mercy]]> 422 Angel Lawson Lili 4 4.17 2021 Lords of Wrath (Royals of Forsyth University, #2)
author: Angel Lawson
name: Lili
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/31
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: hate-to-love, why-choose, stepsiblings
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Lords of Pain (Royals of Forsyth University, #1)]]> 56986379 I never claimed to be a good girl, but I definitely never asked for this.

Killian, Tristian, and Rath.

These three men are a part of my past--one that I'd rather never look in the eye again. In high school, they knew my secrets and I knew theirs. They had power and I had nothing. The night everything fell apart, my stepbrother allowed his two best friends to take their rage out on me while he watched. While they laughed.

But what happened that night wasn’t my biggest secret. So I ran, planning on never coming back.


Three years later I’m standing on their doorstep like a stray. They’re more powerful than ever now, having risen to the rank of Lords at Forsyth University. But I’m still on the run and there's another monster chasing me down.

What could bring me back into their lives, their homes, and ultimately, their beds?

Fear.
Shame.
Desperation.

Killian, Rath, and Tristian aren’t the only ones who want me. There’s someone far more dangerous out there who's been stalking me since I left town the first time. Someone who makes the evil I know feel less dangerous than the evil I don’t.

But being their Lady is more than just fancy clothes and reputation.

I might be under their protection, but I’m also at their mercy.

And there's nothing a Lord loves more than taking control.]]> 356 Angel Lawson Lili 4 4.01 2021 Lords of Pain (Royals of Forsyth University, #1)
author: Angel Lawson
name: Lili
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/28
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: hate-to-love, why-choose, stepsiblings
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1)]]> 213798776
She betrayed him, and now he wants revenge against the foster sister who became his forbidden obsession the second he laid eyes on her. After she sends him to prison for years, he’s free and ready to haunt her.

Everything about Olivia belongs to Malachi Vize.
Her mind
Her body
Her soul
Her fear
Her pain

On Halloween night, he can no longer lurk in the shadows. All he has left to own is her heart, even if he needs to take it.

This story comes with extremely triggering content. Please read the "Content Warning" page.]]> 207 Leigh Rivers Lili 1 novella, stepsiblings 3.75 2023 Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1)
author: Leigh Rivers
name: Lili
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2023
rating: 1
read at: 2024/11/01
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: novella, stepsiblings
review:

]]> The Mad House 63039936
On your knees. Whisper the prayers.

Obey thy Father and Mother. You'll be made whole in the Spirit once we're all together again.

One sister escapes. The other is trapped, carrying the weight of all focus from their parents for years to come.

What happens, when reality finally shatters and you’re left alone with only your mind?

Forgive her Father, for she knows not what she does.]]> 447 Liza James Lili 4 stepsiblings 3.73 The Mad House
author: Liza James
name: Lili
average rating: 3.73
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/26
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: stepsiblings
review:

]]> Don't Leave Me 63590066
But not because I like to lie...

because people don’t like the truth.

I did what I had to survive, but I made a promise once.

There was a single person on this earth

that I could never lie to.

My step-sister, Lillian.

The problem is that along the way

I began to lie to myself.

I’m a good person.

I am happy with my life.

And lastly... I am not in love with Lilian.

It has been nine years since I last saw her and twelve since I confessed my love.

This time will she finally believe me?]]> 292 Eden Emory Lili 4 second-chance, stepsiblings 3.86 2023 Don't Leave Me
author: Eden Emory
name: Lili
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/24
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: second-chance, stepsiblings
review:

]]> Rock 23153351 Igneous.

When Cooper’s parents divorce, he finds himself landed in Week About—one week with his mum and one week with his dad.
Only, it’s not just his dad he has to live with. There’s Lila, too: The other woman, the one who stole the rock-solid foundation of his life.
And then . . .
There’s Jace. Lila’s son. Lila’s smug, regurgitated-fish-scale-blue eyed son.
All Cooper wants is to have his family back the way it once was, but there’s something about this boy that promises things will never be the same again.

Sedimentary.

Resisting the realities of his new life, Cooper and Jace get off to a rocky start. But rocky start or not, after hundreds of shared memories together, they forge something new. A close . . . friendship.
Because friendship is all they can have. Although it’s not like they are real brothers. Technically, they’re not even stepbrothers . . .

Metamorphic.

But how does that friendship evolve under the pressures of life?
Under pressures of the heart?]]> 251 Anyta Sunday Lili 2 young-adult, stepsiblings 4.08 2014 Rock
author: Anyta Sunday
name: Lili
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2014
rating: 2
read at: 2023/10/26
date added: 2024/11/01
shelves: young-adult, stepsiblings
review:

]]> The Other Brother 59612535
Ryan has had seventeen years of being compared to Cody, part of his toxic fractured family, so you’ll forgive him for some epic eye-rolling when it comes to Mr Perfect. Although not related to him by blood, Cody has always been annoying background noise in Ryan’s life. It doesn’t help that Cody’s a high achieving musician, while Ryan’s life ambition doesn’t extend past catching the next wave.

One summer changes everything. It’s the summer when circumstances collide, and Cody and Ryan end up spending time together at Cody’s family’s beach house. It’s the summer Ryan teaches Cody to surf and Cody teaches Ryan to play guitar. It’s the summer when they become friends.

And then more than friends.

But when summer ends, Cody and Ryan are forced back to reality, where they must hide their relationship from their warring family members. And as tragedy strikes and family secrets buried deep in the past worm their way to the surface, their relationship is threatened. Can their feelings, which began in the summer sun, survive the winter ahead?]]> 300 Jax Calder Lili 2 4.26 2022 The Other Brother
author: Jax Calder
name: Lili
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2022/12/14
date added: 2024/10/31
shelves: friends-to-lovers, young-adult
review:

]]> Four Ever 43599239
Seemingly content to walk on eggshells around one another, things come to a head when ER nurse Zak brings his work home with him� literally.

After being forced to leave their posh Southern California lives, homeless stepbrothers Liam and Noah are slowly losing themselves to the streets they can’t seem to escape. When twenty-one-year-old Liam is beaten up while protecting his younger “brother,� the pair find themselves being welcomed into a home where being a stray is considered a good thing. But Liam and nineteen-year-old Noah have learned the hard way that nothing is given for free and there’s no such thing as the kindness of strangers. Survival means only counting on and trusting in each other.

Will Zak and Killian’s offer of a no-strings-attached place to heal end up being more than any of the four men bargained for? Especially when feelings between Liam and Noah begin to crawl to the surface and the truth of what Zak and Killian’s relationship has turned into becomes harder to deny?

And what happens when lines begin to blur and needs start to change? Will Zak, Killian, Liam, and Noah end up going their separate ways?

Or will they learn that love doesn’t always come in twos?

*This is a novel about a foursome relationship, not just a story of two separate couples in physical relationships with one another. Thus, there is no “cheating� in this story. This is a standalone novel.

Trigger Warning: The trigger warnings in this book may be considered "spoilerish" so they can be found by using the "Look Inside" feature or by downloading the sample and going to the section entitled "Trigger Warning."]]> 334 Sloane Kennedy Lili 5 4.23 2019 Four Ever
author: Sloane Kennedy
name: Lili
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2021/05/10
date added: 2024/10/31
shelves: sunshine-grumpy, why-choose, age-gap, addiction, friends-to-lovers, found-family, hate-to-love, hurt-comfort, 2021-five-star-reads, stepsiblings
review:

]]> Feuds and Reckless Fury 57974870 From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes an angsty and emotional enemies-to-lovers gay romance standalone!

The hatred began when my father proposed to another man in a shocking moment that rocked my family to its core...

Now I’m on a quest for revenge against my father.
That means hitting him where it hurts—the new fiancé and the son he thinks so much of.
Alister Sommers.

Alis is a bleached blond perfectionist thorn in my side who’s used to everything going his way. Grades, money, track—he dominates it all despite his short, insignificant frame.

Was one dad not good enough that Alis had to take mine too?

Soon, we’ll be stepbrothers.
Until then, I vow to make his life a living hell.
Maybe Dad will regret his terrible mistakes.
Maybe he won’t.
I know I won’t regret wrecking their lives like they did mine.

I’ll give up everything, even my girlfriend and football, if it means I get a chance for retribution.

It’s reckless and risky, but I don’t have much to lose.
The havoc I wreak might ease some of the pain Dad caused my mother.
I’m willing to give it a shot.

What starts as a family feud will become a war� one I plan on winning no matter the cost.

There’s only one small problem.
I may have underestimated my opponent.]]> 360 K. Webster Lili 5 4.01 2021 Feuds and Reckless Fury
author: K. Webster
name: Lili
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/06/13
date added: 2024/10/31
shelves: sports-romance, hate-to-love, 2021-five-star-reads, stepsiblings
review:

]]> Head Above Water 58873210 Like waves, they break too.

Grief.
I’ve never battled with the raw, debilitating pain that comes with it.
Then a twist of fate hits me out of nowhere, and I can barely keep from drowning.
It’s like weights tied to my ankles in the middle of a raging ocean.
I’m helpless, with no way to swim back to the surface.
But fate is crueler still, bringing my stepbrother back for the first time in years.
Cannon never wanted this family. Especially me.
Still, he’s always been my greatest desire. And my biggest weakness.
He’s unattainable.
Straight, engaged, and with a seemingly perfect life on the other side of the country.
It’s something I’d do well to remember, yet when he stays, it’s so easy to forget.
In finding solace together, we mend what once was broken.
This loss bonds us. Changes us.
He’s become more than a brother or a lover.
He’s my anchor.
So how am I supposed to keep my head above water when I’ll eventually lose him too?

*Head Above Water is a STANDALONE full length MM enemies-to-lovers stepbrother romance novel.*]]> 440 C.E. Ricci Lili 3 this book made me emo 4.16 2021 Head Above Water
author: C.E. Ricci
name: Lili
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2021/09/24
date added: 2024/10/31
shelves: hate-to-love, hurt-comfort, stepsiblings
review:
this book made me emo
]]> Wrath (Sinful Secrets, #4) 49348890 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B093G1KC36.

Josh Miller.
That's his name, but I just call him DG for Do Gooder.

This guy is relentless. All-American, baby-faced, blue-eyed band dork who's not a band dork at all, because you can't be a dork when you're getting scouted to play college soccer. When he's not doing music or sports, DG is counting up his Boy Scout badges or front-rowing it at the First Baptist church.

DG is my new stepbrother. Little brother. I'm a whole year older, not that he knows. I don't think he knows I'm starting senior year a whole year late. And he definitely doesn't know why. I've got secrets I'm taking with me to the grave.

Everyone thinks I came to play varsity football, but I've got other plans, and DG's trying to thwart them all. He's making my life worse than it already is.

Having him around is a damn plague. But I can fight back. I found out a little secret about Mr. Perfect. He plays for the "other" team. That ball bat he's got stuffed into his gray sweatpants—it swings "that" way. The best part about this twisted game is when I find out it gets hard for me.

The Do Gooder...he wants me. I don't know why. But I know how to make him pay.

--
Wrath is an emotional, forbidden MM romance that will be the fourth standalone in the bestselling Sinful Secrets collection, where each book is inspired by a sin and centered on a devastating secret.]]> 712 Ella James Lili 5
“I love you. Please stay safe. Don’t ride bikes and don’t have any seizures. Love me- okay? Can you please still love me? Even if it’s been a while? I’ll always love you too. Your Ezra�

did you think i’d be okay after reading this? did you think i’d be okay after ezra lost his memory and forgot josh? did you think i’d be okay when they both called the the other’s name when they were hurt? did you think i’d be okay when ezra finally retrieved his phone data and cried while listening to josh’s voicemails? i was not.

"I don’t think I’ll ever be the same without you," he whispers. "I love you for infinity.�

this book made my heart hurt. the pain was that good. ezra & josh are fucking soulmates and i do not use that term loosely.

five stars ]]> 4.21 2021 Wrath (Sinful Secrets, #4)
author: Ella James
name: Lili
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/10/03
date added: 2024/10/31
shelves: hate-to-love, hurt-comfort, sports-romance, 2021-five-star-reads, stepsiblings
review:
based on the blurb, i thought this was going to be a bully romance. it really wasn’t like that. this was angsty as shit. the nickames, and the hurt/comfort scenes were my favourite.

“I love you. Please stay safe. Don’t ride bikes and don’t have any seizures. Love me- okay? Can you please still love me? Even if it’s been a while? I’ll always love you too. Your Ezra�

did you think i’d be okay after reading this? did you think i’d be okay after ezra lost his memory and forgot josh? did you think i’d be okay when they both called the the other’s name when they were hurt? did you think i’d be okay when ezra finally retrieved his phone data and cried while listening to josh’s voicemails? i was not.

"I don’t think I’ll ever be the same without you," he whispers. "I love you for infinity.�

this book made my heart hurt. the pain was that good. ezra & josh are fucking soulmates and i do not use that term loosely.

five stars
]]> <![CDATA[Snowflakes and Secrets: A Twisted Tales Novel]]> 57027966
My life changed forever when my mother died in a tragic skiing accident when I was a child.

My aunt was the only person I could rely on, especially after my father had remarried so quickly. She encouraged the darkness in my soul and told me to do two things to honour the memory of my mother.

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

And who better to use for revenge than my stepbrother Kieran? It seemed simple enough to use him as my weapon of choice.

What I didn’t realise is that when you push too hard, eventually something will start to push back.

Another tragic accident. An unexpected attraction. A chain of events kickstarted which would once more turn my world on its axis.

𝘏𝘢𝘥 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴?]]> L.J. Findlay Lili 1 retelling, stepsiblings 3.61 Snowflakes and Secrets: A Twisted Tales Novel
author: L.J. Findlay
name: Lili
average rating: 3.61
book published:
rating: 1
read at: 2021/11/28
date added: 2024/10/31
shelves: retelling, stepsiblings
review:
brainless characters and repetitive use of the word ‘babe.�
]]> Sugar Wood 58919637 I never imagined something so twisted and toxic could become my future, but I want it. I want every ounce of their poisonous passion.

★★★★� "Sugar Wood isn’t your normal romance book. It’s dark, gritty, sensual in all the wrong places, and will leave you gasping." -Andrea, ŷ Review-

I don't believe in evil or enchantments. I know better than to believe in things that don't exist. But I'm certain of the sickness of humanity and the twisted energy it leaves behind� and Sugar Wood Forest is infected with it.

My home is infected, too. The preppy college boy and his heiress stepsister I've trapped within it will feel the effects of that soon enough.

They said they were lost when they stumbled upon my cabin in the woods, but I'd seen them out there earlier trying to bury their secrets together—the same way I'd buried mine. I should've sent them away, but instead I stole them and locked them up.

And now their own wicked energy plagues me, drawing us all together with toxic desire.

These two are my secret now.
But I haven't decided yet whether they're a secret worth keeping or burying.

This dark romance is a twisted retelling of Hansel & Gretel featuring an MMF relationship. This story involves many triggering elements which may be upsetting for some readers. A complete list of tropes and triggers can be found on the author's website. ]]> 314 Brynn Ford Lili 4 3.70 Sugar Wood
author: Brynn Ford
name: Lili
average rating: 3.70
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2021/12/01
date added: 2024/10/31
shelves: hate-to-love, why-choose, retelling, stepsiblings
review:

]]> The Thing About Tilly 56202272 Tilly’s been running from her secrets for far too long. Evie, carrying a buried flame for Tilly since they met, has always been there to welcome Tilly back with open arms. That is, after all, what one does for a friend.
When Evie unexpectedly falls pregnant, she’s left with a lot of hard decisions to make. That includes choices about Tilly and the way she’s been disappearing on her for more than a decade.
Tilly wants nothing more than to be there for Evie, who’s been her anchor to return to time and time again. But what does supporting her look like when sticking around becomes an important part of that?
A romance about growing up—whatever that means—and realising that even if it hurts, sometimes change is for the best.

Words: 112,660]]> 360 G. Benson Lili 2 4.16 2020 The Thing About Tilly
author: G. Benson
name: Lili
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/28
date added: 2024/10/27
shelves: friends-to-lovers, pregnancy-trope
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (Mackenzies & McBrides, #1)]]> 5981872
The youngest brother, Ian, known as the Mad Mackenzie, spent most of his young life in an asylum, and everyone agrees he is decidedly odd. He's also hard and handsome and has a penchant for Ming pottery and beautiful women.

Beth Ackerley, widow, has recently come into a fortune. She has decided that she wants no more drama in her life. She was raised in drama—an alcoholic father who drove them into the workhouse, a frail mother she had to nurse until her death, a fussy old lady she became constant companion to. No, she wants to take her money and find peace, to travel, to learn art, to sit back and fondly remember her brief but happy marriage to her late husband.

And then Ian Mackenzie decides he wants her.

The first of a new historical series.]]> 320 Jennifer Ashley 0843960434 Lili 2 historical 4.03 2009 The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (Mackenzies & McBrides, #1)
author: Jennifer Ashley
name: Lili
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2009
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/26
date added: 2024/10/26
shelves: historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Wicked Kind of Husband (Longhope Abbey, #3)]]> 43473742 It was the ideal marriage of convenience...until they met

Cassandra DeWitt has seen her husband only once--on their wedding day two years earlier--and this arrangement suits her perfectly. She has no interest in the rude, badly behaved man she married only to secure her inheritance. She certainly has no interest in his ban on her going to London. Why, he'll never even know she is there.

Until he shows up in London too, and Cassandra finds herself sharing a house with the most infuriating man in England.

Joshua DeWitt has his life exactly how he wants it. He has no need of a wife disrupting everything, especially a wife intent on reforming his behavior. He certainly has no need of a wife who is intolerably amiable, insufferably reasonable ... and irresistibly kissable.

As the unlikely couple team up to battle a malicious lawsuit and launch Cassandra's wayward sister, passion flares between them. Soon the day must come for them to part ... but what if one of them wants their marriage to become real?

Hilarious, heartrending, and hot, this historical romance set in Regency London tells the story of a marriage of convenience between opposites.]]> 386 Mia Vincy 1925882012 Lili 4 4.00 2018 A Wicked Kind of Husband (Longhope Abbey, #3)
author: Mia Vincy
name: Lili
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/24
date added: 2024/10/24
shelves: historical, marriage-of-convenience
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Dangerous Kind of Lady (Longhope Abbey, #2)]]> 49079111 A desperate situation calls for dangerous deeds�

Proud heiress Arabella Larke has little respect for rules and no time for scruples, not when she faces marriage to a man she loathes and fears.

Determined to save herself, Arabella comes up with a plan: a fake engagement with her childhood nemesis, Guy Roth, Marquess of Hardbury, recently returned home after years away. To Arabella’s surprise, Guy has become strong, honorable, and unexpectedly attractive…but he refuses to even hear her plan.

After leaving England to escape his corrupt, controlling father, Guy has vowed never to do anyone’s bidding again—certainly not Arabella’s. To Guy’s surprise, Arabella has become intriguing, quick-witted, and unexpectedly attractive, but he has enough drama trying to gain custody of his younger sisters, and he wants nothing to do with her dubious schemes.

Until Arabella shows up at his house one night, and Guy finds himself entangled to a dangerous degree…]]> 343 Mia Vincy Lili 4 hate-to-love, historical 4.07 2020 A Dangerous Kind of Lady (Longhope Abbey, #2)
author: Mia Vincy
name: Lili
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/22
date added: 2024/10/21
shelves: hate-to-love, historical
review:

]]> Malibu Rising 55404546 Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever.

Malibu: August, 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together, the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over—especially as the offspring of the legendary singer, Mick Riva.

The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud—because it is long past time to confess something to the brother from whom he’s been inseparable since birth.

Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can’t stop thinking about promised she’ll be there.

And Kit has a couple secrets of her own—including a guest she invited without consulting anyone.

By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family’s generations will all come bubbling to the surface.

Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them... and what they will leave behind.]]> 369 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1524798657 Lili 5 4.02 2021 Malibu Rising
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: Lili
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2022/04/10
date added: 2024/10/19
shelves: 2022-five-star-reads, historical
review:

]]> Daisy Jones & The Six 40597810 Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.

Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock ’n� roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.

Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.

Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.]]> 368 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1524798622 Lili 4 addiction, historical 4.20 2019 Daisy Jones & The Six
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: Lili
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2022/01/18
date added: 2024/10/19
shelves: addiction, historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo]]> 32620332
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the �80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.]]> 389 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1501139231 Lili 5 4.39 2017 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: Lili
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2021/09/26
date added: 2024/10/19
shelves: found-family, 2021-five-star-reads, historical
review:

]]> The Sea Ain't Mine Alone 44788569 538 C.L. Beaumont 1948272164 Lili 4 4.34 2019 The Sea Ain't Mine Alone
author: C.L. Beaumont
name: Lili
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/22
date added: 2024/10/19
shelves: age-gap, sports-romance, historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Half Wild (The Half Bad Trilogy, #2)]]> 20814989 "You will have a powerful Gift, but it’s how you use it that will show you to be good or bad."

In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, seventeen-year-old Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world's most powerful and violent witch. Nathan is hunted from all sides: nowhere is safe and no one can be trusted. Now, Nathan has come into his own unique magical Gift, and he's on the run--but the Hunters are close behind, and they will stop at nothing until they have captured Nathan and destroyed his father.]]> 432 Sally Green 0670017132 Lili 4 3.98 2015 Half Wild (The Half Bad Trilogy, #2)
author: Sally Green
name: Lili
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2020/03/18
date added: 2024/10/16
shelves: love-triangle, young-adult, fantasy, friends-to-lovers
review:

]]> The Scattered Bones 162728103 “I will love you until I am nothing but dust, and even then, I’ll still love you.�

When a mysterious man known only as The Stranger promises to return Kaid to her, Sellah is tasked with finding each one of her love’s scattered bones, his severed body hidden in the darkest corners of the realm. The quest is an impossible task, yet she must make the dangerous journey alone using only her own faith and fight. But the tasks at hand are brutal. They’re battles not easily won.

But Sellah doesn’t care how treacherous the challenges are. She’ll do whatever it takes because it was her fault Kaid was punished. Promised to the primordial goddess as a child, it was Sellah’s sacred duty to remain pure and untouched. To be chosen as the goddess� vessel was the highest honor, one Sellah devoted her life to until the handsome thief Kaid broke into the temple. He obliterated her world, rewriting her future, and despite her vows, she couldn’t resist the beautiful longing that ignited between them. Their forbidden friendship bloomed into a doomed romance, sending her and her beloved thief down a dark path of heartbreak, unspeakable danger, and a love that not even death could conquer.

The Scattered Bones is a Dark Fantasy Romance filled with epic quests, forbidden romance, fantasy gods, dangerous landscapes and beasts, and a love that gives the heroine the strength to survive. ]]> 278 Nicole Scarano Lili 2 fantasy, friends-to-lovers 4.10 The Scattered Bones
author: Nicole Scarano
name: Lili
average rating: 4.10
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/16
date added: 2024/10/15
shelves: fantasy, friends-to-lovers
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2)]]> 37880094
But then a window of opportunity opens—a doctor she idolizes is marrying an old friend of hers in Germany. Felicity believes if she could meet this man he could change her future, but she has no money of her own to make the trip. Luckily, a mysterious young woman is willing to pay Felicity’s way, so long as she’s allowed to travel with Felicity disguised as her maid.

In spite of her suspicions, Felicity agrees, but once the girl’s true motives are revealed, Felicity becomes part of a perilous quest that leads them from the German countryside to the promenades of Zurich to secrets lurking beneath the Atlantic.

In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York TimesٲԲThe Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor—even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it. A must-have for fans of Mackenzi Lee’s extraordinary and Stonewall Honor-winning novel.]]> 450 Mackenzi Lee 0062795325 Lili 4 young-adult, historical 4.05 2018 The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2)
author: Mackenzi Lee
name: Lili
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2020/01/01
date added: 2024/10/15
shelves: young-adult, historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)]]> 40742905
Monty’s epic grand tour may be over, but now that he and Percy are finally a couple, he realizes there is something more nerve-wracking than being chased across Europe: getting together with the person you love.

Will the romantic allure of Santorini make his first time with Percy magical, or will all the anticipation and build-up completely spoil the mood?]]> 128 Mackenzi Lee Lili 5 historical 4.04 2019 The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)
author: Mackenzi Lee
name: Lili
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2024/10/15
shelves: historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)]]> 29283884
But as Monty embarks on his Grand Tour of Europe, his quest for a life filled with pleasure and vice is in danger of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the family’s estate upon his return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion, Percy.

Still it isn’t in Monty’s nature to give up. Even with his younger sister, Felicity, in tow, he vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of Monty’s reckless decisions turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt that spans across Europe, it calls into question everything he knows, including his relationship with the boy he adores.]]> 528 Mackenzi Lee 0062382802 Lili 4 young-adult, historical 4.03 2017 The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
author: Mackenzi Lee
name: Lili
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2024/10/15
shelves: young-adult, historical
review:

]]> The Promise of Jenny Jones 731539 384 Maggie Osborne 0446604410 Lili 3 4.13 1997 The Promise of Jenny Jones
author: Maggie Osborne
name: Lili
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1997
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/14
date added: 2024/10/14
shelves: found-family, hate-to-love, historical
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Kidnapping of Roan Sinclair (The Solnyshko Duet, #1)]]> 58097486
Determined to make it out alive, Roan vows to do whatever is necessary to secure his freedom, even if that means seducing his tall, dark, and broody captor. But it’s not going to be easy�

In the criminal underworld, falling in love with another man is a death sentence, which means if they’re caught, they’re both dead.
​ċċċċċ�

THE KIDNAPPING OF ROAN SINCLAIR is a dark MM mafia romance about a spoiled American who is kidnapped by a Russian criminal and their harrowing journey to survive. Welcome to a world full of angst, steam, and brutal violence. It is intended for a mature audience and reader discretion is advised. A full list of triggers can be found in the front matter of the book and at my website under Tropes & Triggers.ձ> 340 Ashlyn Drewek 1955211000 Lili 2 age-gap, hate-to-love, mafia 3.90 2021 The Kidnapping of Roan Sinclair (The Solnyshko Duet, #1)
author: Ashlyn Drewek
name: Lili
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2021
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/10
date added: 2024/10/10
shelves: age-gap, hate-to-love, mafia
review:

]]> Requiem for Immortals 30069169
Winner of the Golden Crown Literary Award (2017) for Mystery/Thriller and Lambda finalist.

Length: 80,000 words
Themes: assassin · Australia · awakening · cellist · crime · homicide · lesbian · lesbian thriller · Melbourne · murder · music · police]]> 284 Lee Winter 3955337103 Lili 3 4.18 2016 Requiem for Immortals
author: Lee Winter
name: Lili
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/09
date added: 2024/10/09
shelves:
review:

]]> Time Out 129148072 My day is off to a rough start... then I get taken hostage by an escaped murderer. With my son's life under threat, a gang pressures me to smuggle drugs into prison. I'm just a middle-aged mum trying her best, but my shocking plan is disrupted when I'm taken hostage by an escaping inmate. A six-foot-four, broad-shouldered, tattooed from here to eternity, blond-haired, blue-eyed murderer.A man half my age, who bunks next door to my son in prison.A murderer who thinks he's entitled to pay for his spur-of-the-moment escape plans with my hidden contraband. The drugs I'm bartering for my son's life. The ones I have shoved halfway to heaven.A convict who isn't about to let me go until he's staked a claim for what's his. And, during our headlong race up the country, part of what's his... is me.This is a dark MF standalone hostage reverse-age-gap romance and contains graphic scenes, mature content, and elements that may be triggering. Please read at your discretion and check the warning in the preface of the book.]]> 248 Layla Simon Lili 2 age-gap, pregnancy-trope 3.89 Time Out
author: Layla Simon
name: Lili
average rating: 3.89
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/08
date added: 2024/10/07
shelves: age-gap, pregnancy-trope
review:

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