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“My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.��

Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows.

By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive.

In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsa—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family.

The Four Winds is a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it—the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.]]> 16 Kristin Hannah 125031724X Elin Johanna 0 currently-reading 4.18 2021
author: Kristin Hannah
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> 111172379 Running into your ex who is now dating your nemesis is a literal nightmare.

That’s how I found myself in a sheer panic, reaching for the closest guy at the bar and kissing him. And to my delight he was easily the most attractive man I’ve ever seen.

The only problem is, when I tried to walk away after thanking him for his help, he stopped me with three life-changing words . . .“You owe me.��

That’s how I found myself, a college girl, in a fake relationship with a professional hockey player ten years older than me.

At first it was easy.
He helped me with my internship.
I helped keep his ex away from him.
We were becoming fast friends.

It wasn’t until he started staying the night at my dorm did the rules of our arrangement become complicated.

Now my feelings are involved and even though I kissed the right man at the right time, I’m worried he’s just waiting for the clock to run out.]]> 467 Meghan Quinn 1959442058 Elin Johanna 4 kindle-tbr 4.10 2023
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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Liam is Formula 1's golden boy. But he's nothing but a fraud. Charming. Devious. Seductive. And someone who promises to fulfill all my naughty bucket list items. I force him behind the safe lines of the friend zone. Instead of accepting our friendship, he strikes a deal. One season. One list. One dirty secret.

Liam

Sophie is my greatest fantasy brought to life. And a major threat to my contract renewal. She's a part of the rival team and someone I should resist at all costs. Everyone is against our friendship. My boss. Her dad. Me. Yet, I'm captivated by her and the naughty list she created. Screw platonic, I want catastrophic.

Contains mature themes.]]> 12 Lauren Asher Elin Johanna 4 3.51 2020
author: Lauren Asher
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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Noah Slade is a Formula 1 legend in the making. Focused. Unapproachable. Ruthless on and off the track. A man with walls higher than the Grand Canyon. And my brother's new teammate.

I want more of the prince who disguises himself as the villain. But while I crave a happy ending, he wants to destroy his.

Maya Alatorre is a forbidden temptation. An ambitious post-grad I should stay far away from. And chaos wrapped with a bow.

We're a ticking time bomb, about one wrong move away from exploding. I want to trip the wire, detonating together in passion and pain.

Because in the end, all's fair in lust and war.

Contains mature themes.]]> 11 Lauren Asher Elin Johanna 4 3.51 2020
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average rating: 3.51
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rating: 4
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]]> 60695768
"Markoolio - mörkret och den rosa bubblan" är den osannolika berättelsen om hur en dömd ungdomsbrottsling från Orminge utanför Stockholm blev en av Sveriges största artister. Med Markoolio skapade Marko Lehtosalo en hitmaskin och tog listorna med storm. Han kastades in i ett framgångshjul som snurrade allt snabbare. Samtidigt bar han på mörka minnen från barndomen.

I ett uppmärksammat sommarprat 2018 avslöjade Marko hemligheterna som han och hans familj burit på i så många år - nu berättar han för första gången hela sin historia.]]> 300 Marko Lehtosalo 9143538371 Elin Johanna 5 4.5 3.64
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4.5
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Evie Sage has never been happier to be the assistant to The Villain. Who would have thought that working for an outrageously handsome, evil overlord would be so rewarding? Still, the business of being bad is demanding, the forces of good are annoyingly persistent, and said forbidding boss is somewhat . . . out-of-evil-office.

But Rennedawn is in trouble, and all signs—Kingsley's included—point to catastrophe. Something peculiar is happening with the kingdom's magic, and it's made The Villain's manor vulnerable to their enemies . . . including their nemesis, the king.

Now it's time for Evie to face her greatest challenge: protecting The Villain's lair, his nefarious works, and maybe the entire kingdom. No pressure, Evie.

It's time to step out of her comfort zone and learn new skills. Like treason. Dagger work. Conspiring with the enemy. It's all so . . . so . . . delightfully fun.

But what happens when the assistant to The Villain is ready to become his apprentice?

Contains mature themes.]]> 13 Hannah Nicole Maehrer Elin Johanna 5 4.5 3.77 2024
author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance.

ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.

With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer—naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive, Evie.

But just when she’s getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat…and not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villain—and his entire nefarious empire—out.

Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work…and ensure he makes them pay.

After all, a good job is hard to find.]]> 13 Hannah Nicole Maehrer Elin Johanna 5 4.5 3.49 2023
author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
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average rating: 3.49
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> 212616915
There’s a six-foot-two fortress I battle every day, Coliseum-style. He pretends to be me, stealing clients. I hack his calendar, deleting appointments. Our fighting is filthy.

Just a regular day at the office, right?
Not when there's a giant bonus up for grabs.

Coleman, with his smug smirk and iron-cut muscles, thinks it’s his. But I’m winning so I don’t have to eat ramen for every meal. Not that he knows that. "Keep pretending�� is my life mantra.

But maybe I take it too far by pretending to have an amazing boyfriend�� that my family wants to meet at my sister's wedding!

Out of nowhere, Satan offers his services. He's up to something, but I’ve got no other choice. What could possibly go wrong with fake-dating for a week?

Well, he’s kissing me dizzy in front of guests. I’m sitting on his lap on a party bus. And there’s only one bed��

But come Monday I can’t forget we’re at war again, no matter how real this charade feels��

�� Rivals to lovers
�� Fake dating
�� Hilarious banter
�� Slow delicious burn
�� Forced proximity
�� Good girl]]> Sookh Kaur Elin Johanna 5
Such a lovely story. Reema and Jake have great connection and their witty banter is so much fun. I love sarcasm and this book has it.
The story is so colourful and bright, maybe not at first but as the story goes on, the colours become brighter, it’s lovely!]]> 4.08
author: Sookh Kaur
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4.5 ⭐️

Such a lovely story. Reema and Jake have great connection and their witty banter is so much fun. I love sarcasm and this book has it.
The story is so colourful and bright, maybe not at first but as the story goes on, the colours become brighter, it’s lovely!
]]> 51132882
Ally has also recently embarked on a deeply passionate love affair that will change her destiny forever. But with her life now turned upside down, Ally decides to leave the open seas and follow the trail that her father left her, which leads her to the icy beauty of Norway...

There, Ally begins to discover her roots - and how her story is inextricably bound to that of a young unknown singer, Anna Landvik, who lived there over 100 years before, and sang in the first performance of Grieg's iconic music set to Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt'. As Ally learns more about Anna, she also begins to question who her father, Pa Salt, really was. And why is the seventh sister missing?

Following the bestselling The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister is the second book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series based loosely on the mythology surrounding the famous star constellation. (less)

RUNNING TIME �� 21hrs. and 28mins.

©2015 Lucinda Riley (P)2015 W.F. Howes Ltd]]> Lucinda Riley Elin Johanna 4 3.97 2015
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average rating: 3.97
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]]> 63133205 The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.

In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.

Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.]]> 288 Britney Spears 1668009048 Elin Johanna 4 3.83 2023
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name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.83
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But when Indigo learns that her estranged aunt is dying and the couple is forced to return to her childhood home, the House of Dreams, the bridegroom will soon find himself unable to resist. For within the crumbling manor’s extravagant rooms and musty halls, there lurks the shadow of another girl: Azure, Indigo’s dearest childhood friend who suddenly disappeared. As the house slowly reveals his wife’s secrets, the bridegroom will be forced to choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage... or their lives.

Combining the lush, haunting atmosphere of Mexican Gothic with the dreamy enchantment of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a spellbinding and darkly romantic page-turner about love and lies, secrets and betrayal, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.]]> 304 Roshani Chokshi 1529384044 Elin Johanna 0 currently-reading 3.81 2023
author: Roshani Chokshi
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.81
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When life rewrites the story, only friendship will see them through.

After years of hard work, four best friends—Celeste, Yasmeen, Toni and Leslie—are finally on the verge of opening the bookstore of their dreams. A place where their community can find solace with an intriguing new read, a comforting beverage and book-loving friends.

But before they can cut the ribbon, their worlds are upended.

Toni receives devastating news just months before her wedding, while Celeste’s struggling marriage threatens to collapse completely. Leslie learns a shocking secret about her family, and a lotto ticket changes Yasmeen’s life—but not for the better.

As the bookstore’s grand opening fast approaches, the four women must lean on each other now more than ever to navigate their grief and uncertainty. And together, they’ll learn that sometimes, even life’s most unexpected plot twists can lead to beautiful new beginnings.]]> 368 Michelle Lindo-Rice 0778334384 Elin Johanna 3 I feel like I’m being generous with my rating…]]> 3.23 2024
author: Michelle Lindo-Rice
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.23
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rating: 3
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I’m quite underwhelmed by this story. The women are a bit annoying and naïve. And the conclusion felt very rushed.
I feel like I’m being generous with my rating��
]]> 180277008
Saoirse Sorkova survives on lies. As a soldier-in-training at the most prestigious barracks in the kingdom, she lies about being a siren to avoid execution. At night, working as an assassin for a dangerous group of mercenaries, Saoirse lies about her true identity. And to her family, Saoirse tells the biggest lie of all: that she can control her siren powers and doesn't struggle constantly against an impulse to kill.

As the top trainee in her class, Saoirse would be headed for a bright future if it weren't for the need to keep her secrets out of the spotlight. But when a mysterious blackmailer threatens her sister, Saoirse takes a dangerous job that will help her investigate: she becomes personal bodyguard to the crown prince.

Saoirse should hate Prince Hayes. After all, his father is the one who enforces the kingdom's brutal creature segregation laws. But when Hayes turns out to be kind, thoughtful, and charming, Saoirse finds herself increasingly drawn to him-especially when they're forced to work together to stop a deadly killer who's plaguing the city. There's only one problem: Saoirse is that deadly killer.

Featuring an all Black and Brown cast, a forbidden romance, and a compulsively dark plot full of twists, this thrilling YA fantasy is perfect for fans of A Song Below Water and To Kill a Kingdom.]]> 389 Gabi Burton 1399722077 Elin Johanna 4 I like the main characters, I’m just suspicious about some of them. So we’ll see!]]> 3.75 2023
author: Gabi Burton
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.75
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rating: 4
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It’s a good story. I’m intrigued and curious to find out the conclusion, but I don’t know when that will be. I wish I would’ve read this when I wasn’t in a slump. It took me a long time to get into the story, but once I’ve read about half, it gripped me and I was able to finish it.
I like the main characters, I’m just suspicious about some of them. So we’ll see!
]]> 51042736
Enamorarse fue fácil.

Lo que viene luego es el verdadero desafío��

Tras una devastadora lesión que lo ha mandado al banquillo, Johnny Kavanagh se aferra como puede a sus dueños. Perdido, inseguro y necesitado de consuelo, decide desentrañar los misterios que envuelven a la chica de ojos azules en la que no puede dejar de pensar ni un minuto.

Guardar un secreto nunca ha sido un problema para Shannon Lynch. Sabe bien que los demonios y los villanos acechan no solo en los cuentos, sino también en el mundo real. traumatizada tras volver de Dublin y desesperada por proteger a sus hermanos pequeños, Shannon acaba participando en la misma pantomima de siempre mientras su futuro se desmorona frente a sus ojos. La única forma de protegerse es levantar un muro alrededor.

Solo un chico será capaz de saltar ese muro, el mismo que le ha robado el corazón. Sin embargo, están a punto de salir a la luz secretos que cambiarán sus vidas para siempre.

¿Sobrevivirá a todo ello el amor entre Johnny y Shannon?]]> Chloe Walsh Elin Johanna 5 4.18 2018
author: Chloe Walsh
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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Equally as good as Binding 13, if not even better. Definitely more thrilling.
]]> 196219692
She's the quintessential sunshine girl. He's the lovable class clown. But storm clouds are rolling in, and this Tommen boy is about to get serious.

Tommen's cheekiest lad, Gerard 'Gibsie' Gibson, has always been a comedian, but most people don't see what lurks beneath the surface. He is haunted by events of the past and he uses humor to cope, hiding his true self from the world.

Claire Biggs, the epitome of sunshine, has always loved Gibsie, her brother's friend and her favorite neighbor. She has always seen a side to him that no one else seems to notice. She becomes determined to tame her wild-at-heart childhood best friend.

When lines are crossed, it becomes unclear whether Gibsie and Claire's friendship will survive. Will it blossom into something more, or will they lose themselves in the wild?

Following characters that readers have grown to adore, Taming 7 will only expand your love for the Boys of Tommen universe. This book is perfect for readers looking

New adult/YA crossover Irish romanceDual POVsFriends-to-loversAngsty tearjerkersBingeworthy TikTok books]]> 464 Chloe Walsh Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 4.29 2024
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]]> 110212831 I’m saving you, six.

With his world unraveling around him, and pressure rising at home, Joey Lynch’s life has never been in more turmoil. Desperate to prove himself worthy of the only person he’s ever put his trust in, Joey fights to stay away from a world that threatens to destroy everything. But with the odds stacking against him by the day, can he keep his head above water?

Unwilling to give up on the boy she loves, Aoife Molloy fights to save her best friend from the edge of self-destruction. Drowning in a world she doesn’t understand, with only her heart to guide her, Aoife refuses to turn her back on Joey, no matter how badly the odds are stacked against them.

Through heartbreak and horror, Aoife and Joey have had each others backs, and this time is no different.

Come what may.

Irrevocable life changing circumstances, unexpected additions, new schools, and healing hearts all come together in Redeeming 6, the explosive finale for Ballylaggin’s hotheaded lovers.

This is your comeback, kid.

Based in Ireland, the Boys of Tommen series is bound to captivate and lure you into the world of rugby, hurling, love, and teenage heartbreak.

* Warning *

Some scenes in this book may be extremely upsetting for some readers. Due to its bad language, mature themes, and potentially triggering scenes, Redeeming 6 is recommended for mature readers.]]> 1066 Chloe Walsh Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 4.63 2023
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]]> 44153947
When teenagers from the same side of the tracks collide.

The second born son in a broken marriage, Joey Lynch has spent a lifetime picking up the pieces of a family unraveling. When his older brother Darren skips town on his first day of secondary school, twelve year old Joey finds himself thrown into the role of protector to his younger siblings and mother. Plagued by self-loathing, and furious with the world, he grapples with teenage life, his unwavering sense of duty to his family, while balancing precariously close to a life of addiction that threatens to swallow him whole. The only light in his sea of darkness is his boss’s firecracker of a daughter who refuses to back down. A girl who just so happens to be his classmate.

Aoife Molloy has never been backwards in coming forward. Her bubbly and self-assured nature has never led her astray. Until her first day of secondary school when she collides with a hotheaded boy who sparks a burning curiosity inside of her that only grows stronger by the day.

Falling into a complicated friendship with her father’s apprentice, Aoife works to unravels the secrets around Joey Lynch’s life, while he desperately fights to keep her out.

Friendship, devotion, and first love all come together in Saving 6, the first of two books for Aoife and Joey.

Based in Ireland, the Boys of Tommen series is bound to captivate and lure you into the world of rugby, hurling, love, and teenage heartbreak.

* Warning *

Some scenes in this book may be extremely upsetting for some readers. Due to its bad language, mature themes, and potentially triggering scenes, Saving 6 is recommended for mature readers.]]> 725 Chloe Walsh Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 4.47 2023
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]]> 8755785
Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures out of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell.

The embattled Shadowhunters withdraw to Idris - but not even the famed demon towers of Alicante can keep Sebastian at bay. And with the Nephilim trapped in Idris, who will guard the world against demons?

When one of the greatest betrayals the Nephilim have ever known is revealed, Clary, Jace, Isabelle, Simon, and Alec must flee - even if their journey takes them deep into the demon realms, where no Shadowhunter has set foot before, and from which no human being has ever returned...

Love will be sacrificed and lives lost in the terrible battle for the fate of the word in the thrilling final installment of the classic urban fantasy series The Mortal Instruments!]]> 725 Cassandra Clare 1481426303 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 4.38 2014
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]]> 8755776 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments continues—and so do the thrills and danger for Jace, Clary, and Simon.

What price is too high to pay, even for love? When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to discover that the demon Lilith’s magic has bound her beloved Jace together with her evil brother Sebastian, and that Jace has become a servant of evil. The Clave is out to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. As Alec, Magnus, Simon, and Isabelle wheedle and bargain with Seelies, demons, and the merciless Iron Sisters to try to save Jace, Clary plays a dangerous game of her own. The price of losing is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost?

Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.]]> 535 Cassandra Clare 1442416866 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 4.22 2012
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]]> 6752378 425 Cassandra Clare 1442403543 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 4.09 2011
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]]> 3777732 Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1

To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters - never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.

As Clary uncovers more about her family's past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he's willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City - whatever the cost?

Love is a mortal sin and the secrets of the past prove deadly as Clary and Jace face down Valentine in the third installment of the New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments.]]> 541 Cassandra Clare 1416914307 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 4.27 2009
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]]> 1582996 Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go �� especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil �� and also her father.

To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings �� and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?

In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.]]> 453 Cassandra Clare 1416914293 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 4.12 2008
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]]> 256683
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...]]> 485 Cassandra Clare 1416914285 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 4.08 2007
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]]> 123233861
Ryder is six-foot five, built, opinionated, rude…and sexy as hell. But he's still the enemy.

Briar's new hockey co-captain has his reasons, though. The men's team just merged with a rival program, leaving Ryder with an angry roster where everyone hates one another's guts. To make matters worse, the summer coaching spot he's angling for with the legendary Garrett Graham is out of reach after he makes the worst possible first impression on his hero. So, really, this compromise with Gigi is win-win. He helps her make the national team, she puts in a good word with her dad.

The only potential snag? This bone-deep, body-numbing, mind-spinning chemistry they're trying to ignore. It's a dangerous game they're playing, but the risks just might be worth it.]]> 496 Elle Kennedy 1728283272 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.28 2023
author: Elle Kennedy
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.28
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]]> 51043113 Until now.

He wants to save her.
She wants to hide.

She’s damaged.
He’s determined.

Fate brought them together.
Love binds them.

Johnny Kavanagh has everything going for him. On the rugby pitch, he's a force to be reckoned with. Primed for stardom, he's heading straight for the top. Nothing can possibly get in his way, right?
Not even the shy new girl at Tommen College. The one with the sad eyes and hidden bruises. The one that distracts him like no one ever has.
Plagued with a hidden injury and desperate to impress the scouts watching his every move, Johnny has been placed on a pedestal so high, he has no room to make mistakes.
Striving to maintain balance, and on the crest of the International Summer Campaign, Johnny needs to keep his head in the game. He needs to stay focused, and cannot afford to let distractions get in the way of the bigger picture.
But what happens when a lonely girl with sad eyes becomes the only picture?

Life has never been easy for Shannon Lynch. Bullied and tortured, she arrives at Tommen College mid-way through the school year praying for a fresh start and desperate to shake off the demons that plague her.
On her very first day at the prestigious private school, she comes into contact with the notorious Johnny Kavanagh.
Thrown through a hoop over her feelings for him, and desperate to keep a low-profile, Shannon finds herself once again the target of bullies as she forms a fragile alliance with rugby's rising star.

Falling into a complicated friendship and grappling with their undeniable chemistry, Johnny and Shannon must face obstacles that threaten their relationship.

Two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks collide.

Friendship, first love, rising fame, horrifying secrets, and pain all fuel together in Binding 13.

Hearts are binding and lives are entwining in Binding 13. 'BINDING 13: PART ONE' is the explosive first installment of a brand-new series from Chloe Walsh. Based in Ireland, the Boys Of Tommen series is bound to captivate and lure you into the world of rugby, love, and teenage heartbreak.


RUNNING TIME �� 15hrs. and 11mins.

©2014 Chloe Walsh (P)2019 W.F. Howes Ltd]]> Chloe Walsh Elin Johanna 5 4.08 2018
author: Chloe Walsh
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.08
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rating: 5
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But Thea’s world is turned upside down as she struggles to navigate her newfound magic and uncover the secrets of her past. Slowly, she begins to untangle the truth about her family, her powers and the evil that threatens to engulf the kingdom.

When Wilder Hawthorne returns to be her official mentor, everything changes. Dark forces are gathering, and he will stop at nothing to prepare her for the challenges to come, even if it means breaking her.

As war looms and their quest for answers leads master and apprentice deeper into danger, the undeniable connection between them intensifies �� defying all odds, but also threatening to tear them apart.

With secrets unravelling and evil closing in, Thea and Wilder fight to save the world, and each other. The fate of the realms rests in their hands �� will they emerge victorious, or will the darkness consume them both?

Full of action, adventure and steamy romance, Vows & Ruins is the second book in the spellbinding epic romantic fantasy series, The Legends of Thezmarr and is perfect for fans of The Bridge Kingdom, From Blood and Ash and The Witcher.

15 hrs. 51 min.]]> 16 Helen Scheuerer Elin Johanna 3 3.85 2023
author: Helen Scheuerer
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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The plot was not plotting, not until the very end. The smut was fine, basically none until about halfway through the book. And I heard people saying that the second book was all smut
]]> 55587182
Vid obduktionen fann rättsläkarna hundbett och blessyrer, men dödsorsaken angavs som stress och drogpåverkan. Osmos mor Signe Modén inledde nu en envis kamp mot myndigheterna för att få fram sanningen om vad som egentligen hänt. Kampen blev en mångårig och inkluderade ett stort antal tidningsartiklar och teveprogram. Slutligen genomfördes en andra obduktion, följd av eftergranskningar, bortslarvade kroppsdelar, bråk mellan experter och omfattande rapporter.

Jovan Rajs, professor emeritus i rättsmedicin vid Karolinska institutet i Stockholm, fick slutligen RÅ:s uppdrag att utföra en tredje obduktion av Osmo Vallo. I sin bok utreder han händelserna kring Osmos död för att få fram en dödsorsak och besvara frågan: Varför är sanningen så farlig?]]> Jovan Rajs 9113111167 Elin Johanna 3 3.50
author: Jovan Rajs
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Alltså�� absolut intressant läsning. Men jisses vad mycket ordbajs�� samt att det inte var ett tillfredsställande slut.
]]> 78299952 I WILL BECOME QUEEN OF LUCE�� OR DIE TRYING.

There are few people I loathe more than Dante Regio, but my aunt Bronwen, my former grandfather Justus, and my Shabbin grandmother Meriam sit right alongside the Faerie monarch on my list of despicable beings. Especially after they assist the pointy-eared ruler with my kidnapping.

Locked in an obsidian underworld no Crow can reach, not even their king, I soon learn things aren’t as they seem. People aren’t as they seem. And history�� I’m still attempting to reconcile the truth with what I was previously told.

My new allies have an agenda, but I have one of my own. Though there’s overlap—we all agree Dante must die—what I desire more than anything is to return to Lore before he levels the kingdom to find me�� or loses his humanity trying.

I may favor crowns over coffins, but I refuse to live in a world where my mate only exists as a bird.

Strap in for one last romantic and pulse-pounding adventure in a world governed by magic and hearts.]]> 510 Olivia Wildenstein Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.02 2023
author: Olivia Wildenstein
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.02
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]]> 75706642 I meant to capture the prince's heart... and ended up with a king's.

My desire to sit upon the Lucin throne led me to revive an ancient, winged monarch; one I deemed a friend until that friend duped and imprisoned me.

Lorcan claims he’s holding me captive for my own safety, but then he also claims I belong to him. Slumbering for five centuries has evidently given the Crow King severe delusions.

We may share an unfortunate mind-link, but we are still masters of our own destiny, and I intend to steer mine away from the Sky Kingdom and its prophecies . . . away from him.

I quickly find out there is no escaping the possessive male. In all honesty, I’m no longer certain I want to.]]> 444 Olivia Wildenstein 1948463741 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.02 2023
author: Olivia Wildenstein
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.02
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]]> 221708995
The journey to unravel the web of mysteries Diem's mother left behind is long and treacherous, and it soon leads her into the dark domain of those who rule her world: the Descended's royal palace itself.

With the dying king's handsome, enigmatic heir watching her every move, and a ruthless rebel alliance urging her to join the looming civil war, Diem must reevaluate everything she thought she knew to save her loved ones - and finally discover the truth about her world.]]> 405 Penn Cole 1035428938 Elin Johanna 5
I am happy I finally read this book. It was a slow start for me, not because it was a slow story, because it wasn’t, I just always have a hard time in the beginning of a book ]]> 4.21 2023
author: Penn Cole
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/09
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”But whatever you do or don’t do, sweetheart, do it for yourself. Don’t choose a mediocre life for a mediocre man. Go be exceptional. If he’s worth it, he won’t judge you. And if he’s really the one, he’ll come along for the ride.��

I am happy I finally read this book. It was a slow start for me, not because it was a slow story, because it wasn’t, I just always have a hard time in the beginning of a book
]]> 55713040
The New York Times best-selling author of The Unhoneymooners returns with a witty and effervescent novel about what happens when two people with everything on the line are thrown together by science - or is it fate? Perfect for fans of The Rosie Project and One Plus One.

Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. Raised by her grandparents - who now help raise her seven-year-old daughter, Juno - Jess has been left behind too often to feel comfortable letting anyone in. After all, her father’s never been around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material�� before Juno was even born. Jess holds her loved ones close, but working constantly to stay afloat is hard...and lonely.

But then Jess hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new DNA-based matchmaking company that’s predicted to change dating forever. Finding a soul mate through DNA? The reliability of numbers: This Jess understands.

At least she thought she did, until her test shows an unheard-of 98 percent compatibility with another subject in the database: GeneticAlly’s founder, Dr. River Pena. This is one number she can’t wrap her head around, because she already knows Dr. Pena. The stuck-up, stubborn man is without a doubt not her soul mate. But GeneticAlly has a proposition: Get to know him and we’ll pay you. Jess - who is barely making ends meet - is in no position to turn it down, despite her skepticism about the project and her dislike for River. As the pair are dragged from one event to the next as the “Diamond�� pairing that could make GeneticAlly a mint in stock prices, Jess begins to realize that there might be more to the scientist - and the science behind a soul mate - than she thought.

Funny, warm, and full of heart, The Soulmate Equation proves that the delicate balance between fate and choice can never be calculated.]]> 10 Christina Lauren 179712322X Elin Johanna 4 3.95 2021
author: Christina Lauren
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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Cute story! It reminds me of Bridget Jones has a baby, the guy with the algoritm for dating. Itms similar. I want a 98% match as well
]]> 195820807
Emma hadn't planned that her next assignment as a traveling nurse would be in Minnesota, but she and her best friend agree that dating Justin is too good of an opportunity to pass up, especially when they get to rent an adorable cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

It's supposed to be a quick fling, just for the summer. But when Emma's toxic mother shows up and Justin has to assume guardianship of his three siblings, they're suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected--including catching real feelings for each other. What if this time Fate has actually brought the perfect pair together?]]> 432 Abby Jimenez 1538704439 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.35 2024
author: Abby Jimenez
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.35
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rating: 0
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]]> 199686327
They almost did.

But we're not going anywhere.

The Celestial Heirs think the stars are on their side. But they don't know what's coming. We have to be smart. Fighting them one on one isn't an option, so we have to be stealthy. Remaining under the radar won't be easy, but if we pull it off, they'll never suspect our involvement when their lives start falling apart.

Besides, they've already taken us to the brink of hell, what more can they really do?]]> 16 Caroline Peckham Elin Johanna 3
Good but not great. Ended on a high, gave me some questions.]]> 3.91 2019
author: Caroline Peckham
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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3.5 ⭐️

Good but not great. Ended on a high, gave me some questions.
]]> 210554793
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves—her dragons, her family, her home, and him.

Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything. They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find—the truth. But a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath.]]> 24 Rebecca Yarros Elin Johanna 4 3.95 2025
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2025
rating: 4
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Okay, again with the cliffhangers
]]> 193752824 An intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie�� McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over- whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.

But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.

The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.]]> 15 Kristin Hannah 1250317959 Elin Johanna 5 Such a gripping story. Amazing and sad. And knowing it’s real for some people, it’s sad. Kristin Hannah keeps writing amazing stories, heartfelt stories, sad stories. I think I will read anything she writes]]> 4.53 2024
author: Kristin Hannah
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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4.5⭐️
Such a gripping story. Amazing and sad. And knowing it’s real for some people, it’s sad. Kristin Hannah keeps writing amazing stories, heartfelt stories, sad stories. I think I will read anything she writes
]]> 22328546 This is a world divided by blood—red or silver.

The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.

That is until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.

Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.

But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance—Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.]]> 388 Victoria Aveyard 0062310631 Elin Johanna 4 I have a hard time picturing the setting. I imagine it a bit old, outfit wise, but ”modern�� in the technology and buildings. Dystopian. I have no idea if I’m right or not ]]> 3.98 2015
author: Victoria Aveyard
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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This book is not slow, but it takes a little while for it to become gripping and thrilling. The ending is just great and a good build up for book 2.
I have a hard time picturing the setting. I imagine it a bit old, outfit wise, but ”modern�� in the technology and buildings. Dystopian. I have no idea if I’m right or not
]]> 59826820 Listening Length: 11 hours and 1 minute

From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.

When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as a serial killer and promptly put in prison. Chloe and the rest of her family were left to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath.

Now 20 years later, Chloe is a psychologist in private practice in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. She finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to get. Sometimes, though, she feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. And then a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, and that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, and seeing parallels that aren't really there, or for the second time in her life, is she about to unmask a killer?]]> 11 Stacy Willingham 1250838851 Elin Johanna 3
It’s a good story, but predictable. I knew who the culprit was early on.]]> 3.65 2022
author: Stacy Willingham
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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3.5 ⭐️

It’s a good story, but predictable. I knew who the culprit was early on.
]]> 211004123 The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage. . .
. . . and revenge.

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.

Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.

A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible �� a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

Wives think their husbands will change but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change but they do.]]> 306 Alice Feeney 125033778X Elin Johanna 0 to-read 3.63 2025
author: Alice Feeney
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.63
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]]> 38395897
For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.

Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: He will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America's last true frontier.

Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents' passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown.

At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights' lack of preparation and dwindling resources.

But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt's fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in 18 hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: They are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.

In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska - a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night audiobook about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.]]> 15 Kristin Hannah Elin Johanna 5 4.27 2018
author: Kristin Hannah
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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Wow, Kristin does it again! Amazing book. The story is so sad, but also so beautiful. I loved it.
]]> 182102480
The threat of war has arrived at Diem’s doorstep, along with a new discovery that could save her people. To use it, she must survive the next thirty days by forming a devil’s bargain with the people she hates the royal family of House Corbois.

But as she dives into the world of the Descended elite, Diem quickly realizes good and evil aren’t as simple as they seem. Old prejudices are challenged, and new loyalties blur the line between friend and foe.

Meanwhile, her mother is still missing, and the secrets she left behind can no longer be ignored—and neither can the Guardians and their demands. Caught between an old flame and a sizzling new spark, Diem must confront the truth about who she is and what she wants before time runs out.

War is coming, and dangerous enemies wait on all sides.. but the most deadly battle Diem faces may be the one for her heart.

Glow of the Everflame is the second book in The Kindred's Curse Saga, a four-book epic fantasy romance series that follows our fiesty, bad*ss heroine Diem Bellator in her fight against injustice and oppression, her struggle to survive in a royal palace full of betrayal and intrigue, and her journey of self-discovery and finding true love. This slow burn, enemies-to-lovers series is perfect for fans of unique magic systems, dragons and other mythical creatures, angst and romantic tension, and hilarious banter. This book will appeal to fans of plot-heavy, character-driven romantasy such as A Court of Thorns and Roses, Throne of Glass, From Blood and Ash, Gild, Shadow & Bone, and The Serpent & the Wings of Night.]]> 608 Penn Cole Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 4.48 2023
author: Penn Cole
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.48
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]]> 13117292
But Thomas has already remembered more than they think. And he knows WICKED can't be trusted...

The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than Thomas could ever imagine. Will anyone survive the Death Cure?]]> 329 James Dashner 1908435208 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 3.65 2011
author: James Dashner
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.65
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]]> 10911181
Burned and baked, the earth is a wasteland, its' people driven mad by an infection known as the Flare.

Instead of freedom, Thomas must face another trial. He must cross the Scorch to once again save himself and his friends...]]> 359 James Dashner 1906427798 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 3.76 2010
author: James Dashner
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.76
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]]> 12382940 371 James Dashner 1908435135 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 3.90 2009
author: James Dashner
name: Elin Johanna
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]]> 219439892
But Bea hasn’t met Cal Butler. Yet��

Bea Gracie, an American romance writer, flees to Edinburgh to escape her broken heart and find inspiration for her fictional love interest. And there he is �� the stunning-yet-aloof Cal Butler �� in the same Edinburgh coffee shop where Bea is tapping at her laptop. All she has to do is orchestrate a meet-cute and her muse is hers.

Drawn inexorably to each other, Bea and Cal agree to a no-strings fling so they can revel in guiltless passion with a firm end date. But Bea’s feelings for Cal grow like the wildflowers along the coastline of his homeland. Is it possible he harbours feelings for her, too, or is the fire in his kiss something he can safely pack away? And what will happen when this privacy-guarding hero finds out he’s been immortalised in Bea’s spicy novel?

If you love being transported along cobblestone streets and Scottish shores to meet Celtic heroes, then this steamy, grumpy/sunshine, Scottish romance is for you. Read Surfing with a Scotsman today and get swept away on a wave of love!]]> 294 Amber Cooper Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 4.50
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name: Elin Johanna
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]]> 218654842 C’est le début d’un périple au bout du monde, où l’on retrouve tous les ingrédients qui font le sel des grandes aventures : des contrebandiers de la pire espèce, une sorcière malintentionnée, un redoutable dragon, des pirates sales et méchants (ou pas), et même un rat qui parle...
Tress de la mer Émeraude est le premier des quatre « romans secrets » écrits par Brandon Sanderson, l’auteur best-seller aux plus de trente-six millions d’exemplaires vendus à travers le monde, durant les confinements de la pandémie de Covid-19. Ces romans ont fait l’objet d’une campagne de financement participatif record sur la plateforme Kickstarter aux États-Unis.

Un roman à dévorer. Numerama.

Un roman du Cosmère.]]> 1 Brandon Sanderson Elin Johanna 4 4.16 2023
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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This book is actually kind of funny. I mean Hoid
]]> 62026991
Too bad Lina’s got secrets of her own, and if Nash finds out the real reason she’s in town, he’ll never forgive her. Besides, she doesn’t do relationships. Ever. A hot, short-term fling with a local cop? Absolutely. Sign her up. A relationship with a man who expects her to plant roots? No freaking way. Once she gets what she’s after, she has no intention of sticking around. But Knockemout has a way of getting under people’s skin. And once Nash decides to make Lina his, he’s not about to be dissuaded…even if it means facing the danger that nearly killed him.]]> 594 Lucy Score 1399713787 Elin Johanna 4 kindle-tbr
I really enjoyed the second book in the Knockemout series. I love the characters in this series. Although Nash bugged me at times, especially when he used his profession as a way to control Lina. I didn’t like how he used authority that way. But he came around eventually ❤️
The bonus chapter was a bit cringe but also cute]]> 4.14 2023
author: Lucy Score
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/08
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“Be gentle with me. It’s my first time,�� I said.

I really enjoyed the second book in the Knockemout series. I love the characters in this series. Although Nash bugged me at times, especially when he used his profession as a way to control Lina. I didn’t like how he used authority that way. But he came around eventually ❤️
The bonus chapter was a bit cringe but also cute
]]> 21801144 "I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them."

"I live for you," I say sadly.

Eo kisses my cheek. "Then you must live for more."

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.

Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity already reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.

Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies... even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.]]> 17 Pierce Brown Elin Johanna 2 All I know is that there is like a caste system, if that’s what it’s called. They are sorted in to colors and each color has a certain purpose or level of status. Darrow is a red, he’s rebelling. Then turned into a gold. I also know that he enters some kind of school, in which they have some kind of trial. But along the way, I just lost interest because it was so hard to follow. Maybe, again, it’s because of the narration, I don’t know. Maybe I would’ve enjoyed it more if I read it as a physical copy os e-book…]]> 3.96 2014
author: Pierce Brown
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2014
rating: 2
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It was not for me. I couldn’t keep up with the storyline, it was too messy. Too many characters and I didn’t follow who were allies and who were not, because it changed all the time.
All I know is that there is like a caste system, if that’s what it’s called. They are sorted in to colors and each color has a certain purpose or level of status. Darrow is a red, he’s rebelling. Then turned into a gold. I also know that he enters some kind of school, in which they have some kind of trial. But along the way, I just lost interest because it was so hard to follow. Maybe, again, it’s because of the narration, I don’t know. Maybe I would’ve enjoyed it more if I read it as a physical copy os e-book��
]]> 57789637
“Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.”—Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series

“An all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense."—BookPage, starred review

A captivating and romantic debut epic fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang’e, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm.

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin’s magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind.

Alone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Disguising her identity, she seizes an opportunity to learn alongside the emperor’s son, mastering archery and magic, even as passion flames between her and the prince.

To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies. But when treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, she must challenge the ruthless Celestial Emperor for her dream—striking a dangerous bargain in which she is torn between losing all she loves or plunging the realm into chaos.

Daughter of the Moon Goddess begins an enchanting duology which weaves ancient Chinese mythology into a sweeping adventure of immortals and magic, of loss and sacrifice—where love vies with honor, dreams are fraught with betrayal, and hope emerges triumphant.]]> 503 Sue Lynn Tan 0063031302 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.08 2022
author: Sue Lynn Tan
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]]> 73071451 Sinner. Villain. Wicked.

The Prince of Envy has never claimed to be a saint. But when a cryptic note arrives, signaling the beginning of a deadly game, he knows it will take more than a hint of sin to win and save his falling demon court. Riddles, hexed objects, anonymous players, nothing will stand in his way, though none of his meticulous plans prepare him for her, the frustrating artist who ignites his sin like no other��

Virtuous. Darling. Liar.

The trouble with scoundrels and blackguards is that they haven’t a modicum of honor, a fact Miss Camilla Antonius learns after one desperate mistake allows Waverly Green’s most notorious rake to blackmail her. To avoid a ruinous scandal, Camilla is forced to enter a devil’s bargain with Envy, little expecting his game will awaken her true nature...

Together, Envy and Camilla must embark on a perilous journey through the Underworld—from glittering demon courts to the sultry vampire realm and beyond—while trying to avoid the most dangerous trap of all: falling in love.]]> 612 Kerri Maniscalco 031655751X Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.00 2023
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> 217236652
In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn't much a girl wouldn't do for a glass of water.

Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen's reservoirs for as long as she can remember.

But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone.

When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently reopens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares�� but it turns out they're real, and Saeris has landed herself right in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.

The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years, Saeris mistakenly binds herself to Kingfisher, a handsome Fae warrior, who has secrets and nefarious agendas of his own. He will use her Alchemist's magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him�� or her.

Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate.

His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he's the only way Saeris is going to make it home.

Be careful of the deals you make, dear child. The devil is in the details...

From USA Today bestselling author Callie Hart comes a brand new, highly addicting enemies-to-lovers romantasy with razor-sharp banter, heart-stopping action, and blistering hot romance that you won't be able to stop listening to! For mature listeners.

Narrated in duet style.]]> 22 Callie Hart Elin Johanna 5 The FMC is kind of childish, but it doesn’t take away from the amazingness of the story. And Kingfisher�� damn. He is ]]> 4.23 2024
author: Callie Hart
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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Wow, I am so glad I read this book. What a great way to start off my reading year. The story is amazing!
The FMC is kind of childish, but it doesn’t take away from the amazingness of the story. And Kingfisher�� damn. He is
]]> 223138726 EVERY ACT OF TRANSLATION REQUIRES SACRIFICE

Welcome to Bletchley Park�� with dragons.

London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivian Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war.

With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious ‘job��, she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker helping the war effort �� if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn’t, they’ll all die.

At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more she realises that the bubble she’s grown up in isn’t as safe as she thought, and eventually Viv must What war is she really fighting?

An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an extraordinary new voice.]]> 496 S.F. Williamson 0008740720 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 3.89 2025
author: S.F. Williamson
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average rating: 3.89
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]]> 127280850
2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.

1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. As a girl, Altha’s mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as the evidence for witchcraft is set out against Altha, she knows it will take all of her powers to maintain her freedom.

1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family's grand, crumbling estate. Straitjacketed by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receives––and for her mother, long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom.

Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.]]> 392 Emilia Hart 1250842727 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.02 2023
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name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.02
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]]> 62334530
A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s children’s school. Josie has been listening to Alix’s podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.

Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home.

But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family’s lives under mortal threat.

Who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?]]> 390 Lisa Jewell 1982179007 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.08 2023
author: Lisa Jewell
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.08
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]]> 219737525 HERCULES IS BACK. AND YOU'RE BOUND TO LOVE HER.

In this hotly anticipated follow-up to Jasmine Mas’s BLOOD OF HERCULES, the stakes are higher and the villains darker than ever��

Every hero has their monsters.

And Alexis is bound to hers: tied eternally, irrevocably to the Underworld’s dark heirs in a marriage that has shaken the foundations of Olympus �� and everything Alexis once believed. Reeling, she enlists in the Assembly of Death with her mentors, set on wrecking vengeance on her husbands and uncovering the truth behind her deadly powers.

She will soon teach them all that a god can’t be manacled. And a monster can’t be caged…]]> Jasmine Mas 0008744491 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 3.95 2025
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name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.95
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]]> 219150366 Available for the first time in audio, this recording of Blood of Hercules features four narrators! The overnight viral sensation everyone is talking about, Blood of Hercules is a sarcastically funny, dark fantasy romance reimagining of Hercules from bestselling author Jasmine Mas.

I’m just a girl. And it turns out, I’m Hercules.

I’m struggling to survive in a Titan infested world where Spartans, immortals from twelve royal families who have god-like powers and obscene wealth, rule over all. A shy-stammering foster child with nothing, I keep my head down, cover my scars, and focus on excelling in school. At least, I try to. Then it happens.

My blood test reveals I’m part of the powerful elite. I’m one of them. A Spartan.

Forced to attend the Spartan War Academy, I undergo the most harrowing test of all time to see if I have what it takes to be an immortal. There’s just a few problems. Achilles and Patro are my scary mentors. Kharon, the ferryman of death, and Augustus, the son of war, are my terrifying professors. Also, I’m pretty sure either someone’s stalking me everywhere I go, or my sanity’s slipping—I have a bad feeling both are true.

I’m surrounded by Villains and they’re smothering me with their hate, obsession, and dark possessiveness. Too bad for them, they have no clue just who they’re messing with.

Perfect for listeners who love:
�� "Who did this to you?"
�� Extreme Enemies to Lovers
�� Morally Gray Alpha Heros
�� Stories where the Villains get the girl
�� Greek Myths and War Academies]]> Jasmine Mas 1488235732 Elin Johanna 5 3.56 2024
author: Jasmine Mas
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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Wow, this was very good. Alexis�� inner monologues were very funny and the story was interesting. At the end it became dark
]]> 34683114 The first book in a major new series from the #1 internationally bestselling author Lucinda Riley.

Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story and its beginnings.

Eighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.

In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels��Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before.]]> 19 Lucinda Riley Elin Johanna 4 3.79 2014
author: Lucinda Riley
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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I had no idea what this was about when I started it. I was pleasantly surprised. It’s so good! A bit slow, but so, so good. They’re beautiful stories merged into each other. And although not all of them have a happy ending, it ended beautifully.
]]> 60291499 Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people—bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s first in an epic, romantic trilogy inspired by Persian mythology.

To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight.

The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes, the girl he can’t put out of his mind, would one day soon uproot his kingdom—and the world.

Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Tomi Adeyemi, and Sabaa Tahir, this is the explosive first book in a new fantasy trilogy from the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-nominated author Tahereh Mafi.]]> Tahereh Mafi Elin Johanna 4 3.69 2022
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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It was a good book. The only thing bringing it down was that the first half was so slow�� but it ended really thrilling!
]]> 22456224 Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.

Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus' master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus' stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.]]> 377 Rick Riordan Elin Johanna 4 4.36 2005
author: Rick Riordan
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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They really did not follow the book when they made the movie
]]> 61085925
Alizeh, the heir to the Jinn throne, is destined to free her people from the half-lives they’ve been forced to live under human rule. When Kamran, the heir to the human throne, falls in love with her, he’s forced to question everything he’s been taught about Jinn.

Kamran’s grandfather lays dead at the hand of Cyrus, ruler of the neighboring kingdom of Tulan. Cyrus has stolen Alizeh away to his homeland and plans to marry her there, giving her everything she needs to become the Jinn queen—and when she assumes the throne he will have fulfilled his own bargain with the devil.

Alizeh wants nothing to do with Cyrus’s deal or the devil. But without a way to escape Tulan, and with the fulfillment of her own destiny tantalizingly close, she’ll have to decide whether she can set aside her emotions to become the queen her people need.

Kamran, meanwhile, is picking up the pieces in Ardunia. Facing betrayal at every turn, all he knows is that he must go to Tulan to avenge his grandfather. He can only hope that Alizeh will be waiting for him there—and that she hasn’t yet become the queen of Tulan.

Full of explosive magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal, this breathtaking sequel to This Woven Kingdom is from the award-winning and bestselling author of the Shatter Me series and is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, and Tomi Adeyemi.]]> 416 Tahereh Mafi 0062972499 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.09 2023
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.09
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]]> 127823371 The highly anticipated third novel in the This Woven Kingdom series, full of explosive magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal, from the award-winning and bestselling author of the Shatter Me series. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, and Tomi Adeyemi.

As the long-lost heir to the Jinn throne, Alizeh has finally found her people—and she might’ve found her crown. Cyrus, the mercurial ruler of Tulan, has offered her his kingdom in a twisted exchange: one that would begin with their marriage and end with his murder.

Cyrus’s dark reputation precedes him; all the world knows of his blood-soaked past. Killing him should be easy—and accepting his offer might be the only way to fulfill her destiny and save her people. But the more Alizeh learns of him, the more she questions whether the terrible stories about him are true.

Ensnared by secrets, Cyrus has ached for Alizeh since she first appeared in his dreams many months ago. Now that he knows those visions were planted by the devil, he can hardly bear to look at her—much less endure her company. But despite their best efforts to despise each other, Alizeh and Cyrus are drawn together over and over with an all-consuming thirst that threatens to destroy them both.

Meanwhile, Prince Kamran has arrived in Tulan, ready to exact revenge. . . .

Layered with exquisite tension and heart-stopping romance, All This Twisted Glory is the explosive third book in the captivating, bestselling Woven Kingdom series.]]> 397 Tahereh Mafi 0062972502 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.07 2024
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.07
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]]> 58175788 Free the crows, Fallon, and they will make you queen.

Until an oracle predicted my regal future, I’d never imagined myself rising above the curve of my round ears. After all, I was the magicless halfling loved by beasts but loathed by every pure-blooded faerie at court. Well... by all but one.

Dante Regio, prince of Luce, had owned my heart since he gave me my first kiss. If gathering a slew of iron relics could help me overthrow the current monarch and crown his brother to rule at my side, then treasure hunting I’d go.

If only the oracle had warned me what winged demon I was releasing into the world.

And that I’d become this demon’s obsession.

Fans of Sarah J. Maas and Mary E. Pearson will devour this epic fantasy romance full of deceit, betrayal, and false loves that could swallow a person whole.]]> 490 Olivia Wildenstein 1948463555 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 3.95 2022
author: Olivia Wildenstein
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.95
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]]> 222133127 From the author of the viral TikTok sensation, The Pumpkin Spice Café, comes the only spicy grumpy x sunshine Christmas romcom you need this year!

Kira North hates Christmas. Which is unfortunate since she just bought a Christmas tree farm in a town that’s too cute for its own good.

Bennett Ellis is on vacation in Dream Harbor taking a break from his life in California. And most importantly, taking a break from his latest run of disastrous dates.

After a run in with Kira in her fields, Ben has no intention of offering to help the grumpy owner set up her tree farm, despite the fact she’s clearly got no idea what she’s doing.

Kira knows she should stop being so stubborn, but her farm is not all cute and cozy like people always show on social media, it’s borderline dangerous with no heating, and she’d rather no one saw it.

But somehow fate finds Ben at Kira’s farm once more, and as Kira watches him swing an ax at the first tree, she finds herself appreciating his strength and questionning why she refused help in the first place..

The Christmas Tree Farm is a spicy romantic mystery for fans of Gilmore Girls with a HEA guaranteed!

Tropes:

�� grumpy x sunshine
�� small town
�� forced proximity
�� one bed]]> Laurie Gilmore Elin Johanna 4
Cute read. I liked Bennett! But my favorite in this series is still Noah ❤️
Kira was just so rude all the time, and I couldn’t deal with it ]]> 3.35 2024
author: Laurie Gilmore
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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3.75 ⭐️

Cute read. I liked Bennett! But my favorite in this series is still Noah ❤️
Kira was just so rude all the time, and I couldn’t deal with it
]]> 213572614
Thea and Julian have made their choice, but can they survive the fallout? Experience the decadent, magical world of Three Queens, the third book in the Filthy Rich Vampire series from New York Times bestselling author Geneva Lee.

Returning to the world of the vampire elite as Solstice falls, they must navigate new dangers, treacherous allies, and morally grey friendships. When information leads them to Venice, the couple finds themselves at odds. Following the clue isn’t just dangerous, it could be deadly. With the fate of her family on the line, Thea rushes to Venice, and Julian follows despite his haunted history with the city.

The past might hold the key to their future, but to find out, Julian must face the monster he was once, and as forgotten magic stirs in Thea's blood, the search for answers leads to devastating consequences.

With the future of the magical world hanging in the balance, tensions rising in their family, and war looming on the horizon, will their love triumph, or will they pay the ultimate price?]]> 9 Geneva Lee Elin Johanna 4
Three queens really made it interesting. A lot of things came into light and so much stuff happened. I’m craving the next chapter ]]> 3.56 2023
author: Geneva Lee
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/15
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This one was so good! And I’ll have to wait until APRIL!!! To find out what happens next�� my audiobook app doesn’t release it until April 3rd.

Three queens really made it interesting. A lot of things came into light and so much stuff happened. I’m craving the next chapter
]]> 208452276
When she is framed by a redhead rat-excrement-for-brains who barely even qualifies as her nemesis and gets in trouble with the law, Ayla is given an unexpected second chance as a messenger for the wealthy Hammond merchant family that seems too good to be true. But just as she starts believing in fresh starts, Ayla finds herself ensnared in a cobweb of intrigue between Hammond House and their rival, Rouka House.

When she embarks on her most critical mission yet, she is betrayed and caught. That’s when her feral nature, so far dormant, emerges. It puts Ayla on the wrong side of history, and she realizes she cannot go back to her old life until she figures out who—and what—she really is.]]> 181 S.M. Radjy Elin Johanna 1 kindle-tbr It sounded so interesting. But the writing is just not�� Sometimes the descriptions make no sense, and other times they seem excessive, like ”yes, I get it, you don’t have to say anything else.��

I couldn’t understand the story and I really didn’t see where the story was going…]]> 4.35
author: S.M. Radjy
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.35
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read at: 2024/12/14
date added: 2024/12/14
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DNF at about 52%��
It sounded so interesting. But the writing is just not�� Sometimes the descriptions make no sense, and other times they seem excessive, like ”yes, I get it, you don’t have to say anything else.��

I couldn’t understand the story and I really didn’t see where the story was going��
]]> 199110549
Thea Melbourne has a broken heart. A month after her world turned upside down, she's struggling to return to the life she left behind. Her mother is in a coma, she's selling off designer gowns to pay the bills, and her roommates seem to think she's made of glass. But when the vampire who broke her heart shows up at the hospital, she learns a devastating secret.

To save the love of his life, Julian pushed her away. Now he has to live with the pain and regret or find someone to put him out of his misery. When it becomes clear that Thea is still in danger, he has a choice to make. He can stay away like the Council demands or risk everything, including their lives, to win her back.

Convincing her means facing his own dark secrets and resisting the temptation to claim her as his mate once and for all. But Thea isn't going to make that easy for him.

Contains mature themes.]]> 13 Geneva Lee Elin Johanna 4 3.68 2022
author: Geneva Lee
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/13
date added: 2024/12/13
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Enjoyed the second book. Not as much as the first, but that was mostly because there’s a lot more spice in this one. The first one was more slow burn, this one had a lot of sex scenes. BUT the story is really getting interesting in this one. Starting book 3 immediately!
]]> 203578814 Where the Library Hides is Isabel Ibañez's stunning conclusion to the story that started in What the River Knows. A lush immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt filled with adventure, and a rivals-to-lovers romance like no other!

"Ana Osorio and Ahmed Hamad are consistently excellent as they deliver this audiobook."��AudioFile

Inez Olivera traveled across the world to Egypt, seeking answers into her parents' recent and mysterious deaths. But all her searching led her down a perilous road, filled with heartache, betrayal, and a dangerous magic that pulled her deep into the past.

When Tío Ricardo issues an ultimatum about her inheritance, she’s left with only one option to consider.

Marriage to Whitford Hayes.

Former British soldier, her uncle’s aide de camp, and one time nemesis, Whit has his own mysterious reasons for staying in Egypt. With her heart on the line, Inez might have to bind her fate to the one person whose secret plans could ruin her.

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.]]> 400 Isabel Ibañez 1250822998 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 3.84 2024
author: Isabel Ibañez
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.84
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rating: 0
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Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams.

Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil's visions. But when Sybil's fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. For the world outside the cathedral's cloister is wrought with peril. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and as much as she'd rather avoid Rodrick's dark eyes and sharp tongue, only a heretic can defeat a god.]]> 400 Rachel Gillig 0356522962 Elin Johanna 0 to-read 4.62 2025
author: Rachel Gillig
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.62
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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]]> 198980826
When cellist Thea literally stumbles into his life at a gala, he knows she's the last person he could ever fall in love with. She's too innocent, too kind, and way too human. But now that she knows about his world, she's also a walking target. He needs a fake girlfriend to discourage overzealous vampire matchmaking.

So, Julian makes Thea an irresistible offer: pretend to be his lover and he'll change her life. For one year, they'll attend the season's social events together in exchange for his protection and a way out of her mother's crippling medical debt.

But the vampire world is impossibly decadent and darker than Thea ever imagined, and Julian's filthy rich vampire family wants her out of the way. But with each moment they share, new dangers emerge: a desire as forbidden as their stolen touches, an awakening of a long-dead heart, and secrets that could tear them both apart.

Contains mature themes.]]> 12 Geneva Lee Elin Johanna 5
I didn’t think I would like this book, I thought it would be too spicy for my taste, but it was just right. I gelt like this was a modern (and better written) Twilight. Not exactly, but there are a lot of similarities. I also felt like there was some similarities to fifty shades ]]> 3.66 2022
author: Geneva Lee
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/10
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4.5 ⭐️

I didn’t think I would like this book, I thought it would be too spicy for my taste, but it was just right. I gelt like this was a modern (and better written) Twilight. Not exactly, but there are a lot of similarities. I also felt like there was some similarities to fifty shades
]]> 63045805
Så inleds Skriften i vattnet - en actionspäckad internationell thriller med storpolitiska konsekvenser och del ett i serien Blodstormen.]]> John Ajvide Lindqvist 917945772X Elin Johanna 3 3.58 2022
author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
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Detta är den första Ajvide jag någonsin läst. Visst, den är bra, men finns saker jag inte gillar. Vissa delar och detaljer. Sedan har jag lite frågor, det känns som om det finns plot holes, men det finns ju en del 2 så den kanske fyller de hålen? Gillade ändå många delar av storyn och kommer nog att läsa nästa bok.
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Bree was once the Raven Queen’s assassin—a ruthless killer with the blood of many on her hands. However, when she returns home after her last mission, she finds herself sidelined �� and it’s not long before the chilling truth settles upon her.

She doesn’t belong in Sheehallion any longer.

Nor can she forget the man she left behind in Albia.

Meanwhile, her husband, Cailean, is haunted by his own demons. His illustrious career is destroyed, and his brief and disastrous marriage to Bree has forced him to confront the ghosts he's long avoided.

But betrayal isn’t enough to keep husband and wife apart—not when Bree makes a decision that propels her on a dangerous journey across the wilds of Albia.

A journey that brings her straight to Cailean.

Outlander meets The Witcher and Throne of Glass. ASHES OF BETRAYAL is Book Two in a Fantasy Romance duology with enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn delicious spice, redemption, and a dark and lush world inspired by Celtic myth.

Note: ASHES OF BETRAYAL is Book Two of a duology (with a storyline that spans both novels) that begins with BOUND BY DECEPTION. It's not recommended to dive into this story without reading Book One first.]]> 328 Jayne Castel 1991280092 Elin Johanna 4 I thought this one was a bit more fast paced than the first book, and more action packed, and I liked it a lot. I felt how the fmc and mmc grew thoughout the story and their ending wrapped up nicely. At first I was like ”what?! It can’t end here! I need to know more!�� But then I learned that this duology isn’t the end of the story of Albia. I’m glad ]]> 3.85
author: Jayne Castel
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.85
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/04
date added: 2024/12/04
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Great book!
I thought this one was a bit more fast paced than the first book, and more action packed, and I liked it a lot. I felt how the fmc and mmc grew thoughout the story and their ending wrapped up nicely. At first I was like ”what?! It can’t end here! I need to know more!�� But then I learned that this duology isn’t the end of the story of Albia. I’m glad
]]> 200263569
Christina Lauren, the instant New York Times bestselling and “reigning romance queens�� (PopSugar), returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance.

Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West�� Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she’d signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways.

Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the heartless corporation his family built from the ground up. He is interested, however, in his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. There’s just one catch.

Due to an antiquated clause in his grandfather’s will, Liam won’t see a penny until he’s been happily married for five years. Just when Liam thinks he’s in the home stretch, pressure mounts from his family to see this mysterious spouse, and he has no choice but to turn to the one person he’s afraid to introduce to his one-percenter parents—his unpolished, not-so-ex-wife.

But in the presence of his family, Liam’s fears quickly shift from whether the feisty, foul-mouthed, paint-splattered Anna can play the part to whether the toxic world of wealth will corrupt someone as pure of heart as his surprisingly grounded and loyal wife. Liam will have to ask himself if the price tag on his flimsy cover story is worth losing true love that sprouted from a lie.]]> 12 Christina Lauren Elin Johanna 5 3.94 2024
author: Christina Lauren
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/03
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I love a good fake dating/fake marriage trope. And this was goooood. I absolutely adore Anna, and I want Liam Weston. I want A Liam Weston in my life, maybe minus the whole destructive family bit
]]> 51901147
The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined -- every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.]]> 541 Suzanne Collins Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 3.99 2020
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 219298343
Deirdre’s dark fate was sealed the day she was born: once she became of age, she would become the immortal fae king's bride—a title that promised more chains than vows.

Attempting to defy her fate, she risks an escape with the one man she truly loves. Now, as punishment for her actions, Kane murders her husband and drags her to his isolated realm to live out her days as his bride...or his prisoner. But Deirdre refuses to be anyone’s pawn, even if it means betrayal and bloodshed.

With the vicious creatures and ancient magic of Kane's kingdom bending to his will alone, Deirdre's only hope as a mere mortal lies in wielding deceit like a weapon to cut down his defenses. Yet each clash with the ruthless king sends her resolve wavering between hatred of her cruel captor, curiosity about his secrets, and a genuine allure as inescapable as her situation.

The closer she gets to uncovering a weakness to destroy him, the more she's ensnared by his shadowy charms. To escape, she must find the weakness that could destroy his soul, but with every whispered promise and stolen moment, Deirdre’s resolve wavers.

The Deathless One is not what she thought, and with war brewing on the kingdom's borders, neither can afford her hesitation. But honoring her original plan will shatter both their fates...and following her heart will destroy the very world she vowed to save.

Uprooted meets The Cruel Prince in this dual-POV Fantasy Romance that's perfect for readers who love epic worlds, enemies-to-lovers, and meddling pixies.]]> Eliza Tilton Elin Johanna 3 kindle-tbr 4.37
author: Eliza Tilton
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.37
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/29
date added: 2024/11/29
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It’s a good story. It could be great. But there are things missing for me. And also, I have a hard time with some of the writing, the conversations feel a little stiff, robotic. And the FMC, who in the beginning seemed so fierce and cool, feels weak and stupid by the end. I was really into her story in the beginning, but somehow that changed throughout. Kane on the other hand, he became more interesting by the page. I want to know more about his story. Kane is dark, but behind that darkness there’s something. He’s misunderstood. Although he is savage, but I don’t think he wants to be.
]]> 61090292
Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders�� war -- and Max is determined to protect her at all costs.

But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye’s power to claim an impossible victory. And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic.

All the while, darker forces loom -- far darker, even, than the Orders�� secrets.

As Tisaanah and Max are ensnared in a web of ancient magic and twisted secrets, one question remains: what are they willing to sacrifice for victory? For power? For love?]]> 20 Carissa Broadbent Elin Johanna 3
3.5⭐️�ձ�> 3.88 2021
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/29
date added: 2024/11/29
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Gosh. I want to be able to rate this book fairly. BUT, the narrators suck and I just can’t get the right feel when listening. I tend to zone out a lot and I can’t follow along. I have missed too many parts, but what I did hear is really good. Even though the narrators are atrocious��

3.5⭐️
]]> 61070523 A sweeping, Pakistani romantic fantasy retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, where one girl seeks revenge against those who betrayed her—including the boy she used to love.

Three hundred and sixty-four days.
Framed for a crime she didn't commit, Dania counts down her days in prison until she can exact revenge on Mazin, the boy responsible for her downfall, the boy she once loved—and still can't forget. When she discovers a fellow prisoner may have the key to exacting that vengeance--a stolen djinn treasure--they execute a daring escape together and search for the hidden treasure.

Armed with dark magic and a new identity, Dania enacts a plan to bring down those who betrayed her and her family, even though Mazin stands in her way. But seeking revenge becomes a complicated game of cat and mouse, especially when an undeniable fire still burns between them, and the power to destroy her enemies has a price. As Dania falls deeper into her web of traps and lies, she risks losing her humanity to her fight for vengeance--and her heart to the only boy she's ever loved.]]> 439 Emily Varga 1250877385 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 3.67 2024
author: Emily Varga
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 127280062 Torn apart by war. Reunited by love?

Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over.

Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, with no memory of his past, or Iris. Hoping his memories return, he begins to write again �� but this time for the enemy.

When a strange letter arrives through his wardrobe door, he strikes up a correspondence with a penpal who seems at once mysterious�� and strangely familiar.

As their connection deepens, the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war.]]> 420 Rebecca Ross 1250857457 Elin Johanna 0 physical-tbr 3.99 2023
author: Rebecca Ross
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 232187 155 Roald Dahl 0141301155 Elin Johanna 0 4.11 1964
author: Roald Dahl
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1964
rating: 0
read at: 2024/11/18
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]]> 60718856 A new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after.

For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings... until she learns that the love of her life will marry another.

Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic, but wicked, Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing.

But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game �� and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after, or the most exquisite tragedy.]]> 408 Stephanie Garber 1529380944 Elin Johanna 5
I enjoyed this story. Although I found it to be a bit slow in the beginning, but it picked up. Some parts were predictable and some weren’t. I really like the MMC and I am looking forward to finding out what will happen in the next book.]]> 4.05 2021
author: Stephanie Garber
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/23
date added: 2024/11/23
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4.5 ⭐️ (when will ŷ������ have half a star???)

I enjoyed this story. Although I found it to be a bit slow in the beginning, but it picked up. Some parts were predictable and some weren’t. I really like the MMC and I am looking forward to finding out what will happen in the next book.
]]> 50162710
Home for the first time in twenty years, Nikki sees that the whole town had been frantically searching for missing best friends Madison and Kaylee, and when she finds out who Madison’s step-father is, she becomes desperate to lead the case. John was once the person she trusted most in the world, who stood by her when she was just sixteen and her parents were murdered. Who supported her when she identified their killer, Mark Todd.

But when Nikki arrives at the Sheriff’s office, she’s confronted by protesters eager to see Mark freed. With new evidence that could clear his name, Mark has appealed his conviction and his brother Rory begs Nikki to take a look at what they’ve found.

Nikki knows she must focus on the killer at large, but Rory makes her wonder if she put her trust in the right people all those years ago. Are Madison and Kaylee’s deaths connected to her parents�� murders? And can she face up to her past before another life is taken?]]> 347 Stacy Green 1838888799 Elin Johanna 5 4.24 2020
author: Stacy Green
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/13
date added: 2024/11/17
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I think this is a very well written crime thriller. The detailing is great and Stacy makes you question who the culprit is. She made me worry for a chapter but fortunately set things right
]]> 60418575 Listening Length: 10 hours and 24 minutes

A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston.

Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem—after a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It’s as good as dead.

When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won’t give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father.

For ten years, she’s run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can’t bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it.

Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor’s front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he’s just as confused about why he’s there as she is.

Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she’s ever known about love stories.]]> 11 Ashley Poston Elin Johanna 4 3.91 2022
author: Ashley Poston
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/16
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I think this is such a cute read! I loved The seven year slip and I loved this too. Benji is just so cute
]]> 204285497 A previous cover edition for this ASIN can be found here

It's all fun and games...until someone wakes up dead.

Governor's daughter Jane Anderson is used to getting what she wants. When a girls' trip to Mardi Gras thrusts her into the arms—and fangs—of New Orleans' hottest vampire, he gifts her with immortality, super strength, and a complexion to die for.

There's only one tiny problem. Jane faints at the sight of blood.

When Ethan Devereaux meets Jane, his cold, lifeless heart learns to beat again. Convinced she's his late fiancée reincarnated, he turns her, claiming her as his own. But when Jane wakes up dead in Ethan's attic, she's loud, sassy, and downright ornery. He doesn't know if he should kiss her or stake her, but one thing's for certain��

She is so not his long-lost love.

But Ethan turned her, so he's stuck with her. Jane has three weeks to learn the ways of the vampire and get her license, or she'll be staked. If Ethan can't help her overcome her aversion to blood, his undead life might also be on the line.

Join the supes of New Orleans Nocturnes as they lighten up the darker side of the Big Easy in this fast, steamy romantic comedy.]]> 230 Carrie Pulkinen Elin Johanna 4 kindle-tbr
”The room went so deathly silent, you could have heard a mosquito fart.�� ]]> 3.57 2020
author: Carrie Pulkinen
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/15
date added: 2024/11/15
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3.5 ⭐️

”The room went so deathly silent, you could have heard a mosquito fart.��
]]> 209684220
NHL star Radek ‘Ralphie�� Nokavik was content with his simple life. He had his teammates. He had his career. He had his peace. Then he meets a gorgeous blonde that he can’t get out of his mind. After running into her again as his flight attendant, he sets out on a mission to make her his.

Morgan Becker has always been unlucky in love. She’s gotten used to situationships who want her to tone down her personality and never take the time to learn who she really is outside her bubbly persona. When she meets a broody hockey star who wants nothing more than to let her light shine, she’s thrown for a loop. A guy like that has to be too good to be true. But what if he’s the one man who never thinks she’s “too much?��

Backcheck Heart is a grumpy x sunshine, opposites attract sports romance with a protective MMC who wants nothing more than to prove to his girl she is worth the world. This hockey novella is full of sugar, spice, and no third act breakup.

Backcheck Heart is connected to the Nashville Songbirds series. Both MCs make a cameo in Behind in the Count as Robby’s sister and brother-in-law!

Grumpy x Sunshine | Opposites Attract | Hockey Romance | He Falls First | Protective MMC | No Third Act Breakup]]> 161 Kat Summers Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.72
author: Kat Summers
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.72
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Romance is not part of Rhiannon Saucer’s plan. Especially not when she’s up for a career-defining promotion. So, when her best friend told everyone they were dating, she almost set the record straight immediately. Until she realized going along with the fake girlfriend ruse meant he’d owe her one. Besides…what could possibly go wrong?

Zane Anthony has no interest in love, either. Getting unceremoniously dumped by his fiancée made sure of that. But his matchmaking family has made it their mission to see him paired off with someone—anyone—in their small town. So, he said he was with Rhiannon. After all, if you’re going to fake date someone, who better than your best friend?

The one and only rule when entering a fake relationship is that no one can ever let themselves develop any real feelings.

Too bad no one explained that to Rhiannon and Zane sooner…]]> Teralyn Mitchell Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.83
author: Teralyn Mitchell
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.83
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]]> 217536642 When Pandora falls, so falls Olympus
When the Serathena rises, so begins the final war
For three millennia, Athena searched for a way to break the curse Pandora cast the night she died. But whispers from the Oracle of Delphi speaks of a prophecy that threatens Olympus. Determined to protect the gods, Athena enlists an elite warrior to eliminate the deadly threat.

Forty-year-old Ellie Whitmore has lived her entire life in Troyland, Texas. Celebrating her recent divorce, she books a cruise to the Greek Isles where she meets Evander. His charm draws her in, awakening feelings. When creatures from Tartarus attack Ellie, she quickly learns Evander harbors secrets. But Ellie has secrets as well, ones that threaten lives. Lives Evander is trying to protect.

Thrust into a mythical world, Ellie soon finds nothing is as it seems as she struggles to control the one thing she fears most.

Caught between a prophecy and a curse, Ellie's fate lies in the message of the Oracle, while her heart lies with the one sent to kill her.

Is Ellie a savior, come to free the gods from purgatory?
Or is she the Serathena, created to destroy the Olympians in a final bloody war?

Ink of Copper is the first book in the series Legend of the Serathena. A retelling of The Odyssey that features a cast of found family, Olympians wreaking havoc, a prophecy, a curse, and a magical book of secrets.]]> 904 E. M. Meyers Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 4.31
author: E. M. Meyers
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 4.31
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For the past three years, Delilah Tate has been the only thing aside from baseball that has saved me from my grief. She’s the equivalent of the warm sun filtering through the clouds on the coldest days. She thaws and heals the parts of me that are broken. My brother has been the driving reason behind all my hard work on and off the baseball diamond. But now I have one more reason to fulfill all my promises to him.

Be the man she deserves.

Cruz Tellez might think that I’m the one who saved him, but he was there during the worst moments of my life, too.

My best friend has always been a flirt, but I can’t get him out of my head now that he's stepped up his game. He’s even invaded my dreams, and I’m not sure how I’ll ever face him again after one that was extra steamy. A dream where he sported a filthy mouth, making me question everything I know about what I want in and out of the bedroom. And it’s terrifying.

But I’m not sure I can fight it anymore. Giving in would be so easy.]]> Lo Everett Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.91 2023
author: Lo Everett
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 210489508 She's a killer in disguise. He's determined to make her his queen.As a deep sea death-dealer, Enna Valomir's life is kill the siren, deliver the body, collect the reward. There's just one problem. Enna owes a mermaid her life, and in the cutthroat waters of the Abyss, that's a lifelong blood oath of service.

When the mermaid orders her to kill the Abyssal Princess, Enna is pulled into an impersonation scheme with no choice but to infiltrate a gaudy surface court and help the mermaid win the heart—and throne—of its unwitting future king.

But Prince Soren isn't interested in courting the so-called Abyssal Princess, or any power-hungry princess, for that matter. He's finally met his match in her fierce and mysterious handmaid, and he'll be damned if he can't have Enna for his queen instead.

Breaking a blood oath means death, but Enna falls for Soren anyway. Now she must watch him descend into a ruin of her own making, or warn him of the ruse—and die.

Part of the Sirens of Adria dark fantasy romance series, Of Song and Scepter is a standalone little mermaid retelling intended for mature audiences. ]]> 367 Liesl West Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.75 2024
author: Liesl West
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 204579274
Macey may be a top-notch detective, but she doesn't realize how fragile she is. How dangerous my world can be��

Demons lurk in the shadows, and I don't have time to babysit a human. But my wolf would beg to differ.

Instinct tells me to protect her above all else, but what can I do? She isn't mine to protect no matter what my wolf wants��

Fated mates. Forbidden love. A steamy shifter paranormal romance you can sink your teeth into.]]> 364 Carrie Pulkinen Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.86 2018
author: Carrie Pulkinen
name: Elin Johanna
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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In the present, Victoria comes back to Chestnut Creek for her father’s funeral. During an unexpected meeting in the middle of the largest blizzard the town has seen in years, Victoria and Anthony come back together for the two weeks surrounding Christmas and New Year’s. In those two weeks the two explore each other through the lens of growth and grief.]]> 164 S.C. Meyer Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.60
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Derek Nash—divorced and happily single CEO of DN Home Co. and son of ruthless billionaire Jack Nash—isn’t easily overwhelmed. Until he meets a beautiful young artist who fascinates and challenges him. He offers her a PR job, one that doesn’t even exist, just to spend more time with her. Then that kiss. Falling for Summer is sure to turn his carefully constructed world upside down.

Summer Taylor desperately wants to make this career move a successful one, but there’s one thing that’s standing in her way—she’s insanely attracted to Derek. He’s an unconventional CEO who’s artistic and more comfortable in jeans and work boots. He’s got some trust issues, though. Is a love affair with the boss worth risking her career?

If you love small-town workplace romances with slow-burn steamy sweetness, beautiful locales, and low angst, this is the romance for you!

Summer Lake Heat is the first book in the Edgewood Lake Romance series, though it can be read as a standalone.]]> 260 Synthia Stone Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.55
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Jenna Watkins has never quite found the place she belongs. Growing up as the only child of a military father, her life was constantly on the move. New city, new school, new faces. With a wild personality and a no-filter mouth, making friends wasn’t something she was good at.

That all changed the day she met Emmett Owens.

At 15 years old, Emmett became the best friend she’d ever had. He was her confidant, the peanut butter to her jelly, and the one person she grew to trust with everything she knew. Over their ten years of friendship, feelings blossomed, and so did the possibility of a true Happily Ever After��

Until he married someone else.

Three years later, Emmett is back, with his adorable daughter in tow, begging for a chance to prove himself. Jenna wants to believe he’d never hurt her, but she was foolish enough to think that once before. Yet, the more they rekindle their friendship, and the closer she grows to his daughter, those lines she so firmly planted start to blur.

Will she be able to let him in, or are some wounds too deep to heal?

It Was Always You is a friends-to-lovers, second chance romance that will have you swooning over a single dad determined to make a good life for his daughter and win back the only woman he has ever loved.]]> 269 Laura Beth Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 4.02
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When family duty calls, the journalist finds herself temporarily managing her parents' café in the small town of Cairnhaven on the Aberdeenshire coast.

That's not the only thing she finds.

Back from his offshore job is Connor Bannerman �� her first love and the first man who ever broke her heart. He's single, he's lonely, and he's still in love with Kirsty. Grappling with his own regrets, Connor is determined to make up for his betrayal. But he can't tell Kirsty how he really feels. Ever.

Thrust back into each other's lives, they are forced to confront the unresolved tensions and the tender memories of their shared history.

Amidst the picturesque backdrop of Cairnhaven, Kirsty must navigate the changed landscapes of both her hometown and her heart, deciding if she wants to return to London. And Connor must learn to forgive himself. Before it’s too late and he loses her again �� forever.

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Delve into the simmering romance of Kirsty and Connor with 'Love on the Scottish Summer Coast'! Be swept away by their journey towards a second chance in this sizzling tale set against Aberdeenshire's enchanting shores.

Join Kirsty and Connor as they explore the meaning of home, the courage it takes to forgive, and the joy that comes from giving love another chance. This tale is a perfect blend of heart-flutters, belly laughs, and the kind of steam that rises from a cosy cup of tea �� or a very different kind of heat.

If you like witty banter, sizzling tension, and steamy and cosy stories set in pretty small towns with big feelings, 'Love on the Scottish Summer Coast' is your ticket to an adventure!]]> 276 Beatrice Bradshaw 1739556844 Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 4.08
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Bonus novella companion to SAY YOU'LL STAY and SAY YOU NEED ME. Highly recommended you read the first two books in the series first!
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]]> 53849775 Luz De Los Santos thought her job was easy.

Being the Sex and Relationship Director of Modern Magazine, no one knew the art of dating and hookups like she did. When the commitment-phobe beauty gets singled out by her editor to write a challenging column for the coveted, annual Valentine's issue, Luz is forced to confront her issues about relationships with her newly pitched project.

The Love Bet.

Is it possible to fall in love by the third screw? Maybe.

But she's not holding her breath once she recruits her blast from the past, Evan Cattaneo to help test her theory.

Evan regrets the way things ended between him and Luz.

The girl who charmed him all those years ago was now grown and sexy, making more than ready to aid Luz in her little experiment. Only his plans won't stop at just bedding her. Nope, he plans to make her fall in love again. It's only a matter of time before loving between the sheets turns into stealing kisses in the streets.

When emotions get wild and feelings grow deep, will the insecurities of Luz's past come back to haunt them?]]> 330 G.L. Tomas 1943773505 Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.47 2020
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With the help of her ride-or-die best friends, her motorcycle-riding mother, and a romantic blast from the past, Luella must find a way to make ends meet while unlocking the mysteries of her newfound magic... and the secrets hidden in the picturesque town of Sparkle Beach.

Sometimes, an empty nest means it’s your turn to fly.]]> 266 Kate Moseman 1734514442 Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.90 2020
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]]> 89743339 One curse to bring them together.

One kiss to tear them apart.

All her life, Alaine has suffered the weight of her beauty and she is tired of it. When an unexpected debt threatens her family, Alaine is urged to accept a lucrative marriage to her worst nightmare. She flees to the nearby forest and encounters a witch that offers to help her. The last thing Alaine expects is to be taken away, stripped of her beauty, and abandoned at a curious cottage with no way out.

Daric has been cursed for centuries when a strange young woman wanders into his secluded corner of the woods, claiming to be a lost beauty. For years, his only goal had been to escape the enchanted cottage and exact revenge against the witch that ensnared him. But sharing his curse with Alaine might not be so bad, especially if she’s the one that can break it.

Daric yearns to see them both free. Alaine knows her family is counting on her, but as her reluctant friendship with Daric blossoms into something more, she must decide if saving her parents is worth losing him and returning to the marriage she escaped.

Let this sweet fairy tale romance with forced proximity and unexpected friendship sweep you off your feet. In this romantic Beauty and the Beast retelling, the villain isn’t always who they seem to be, and curses are sometimes blessings in disguise.]]> 245 Elle Backenstoe Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.95
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A former slave fighting for justice. A reclusive warrior who no longer believes it exists. And a dark magic that will entangle their fates.

Ripped from a forgotten homeland as a child, Tisaanah learned how to survive with nothing but a sharp wit and a touch of magic. But the night she tries to buy her freedom, she barely escapes with her life.

Desperate to save the best friend she left behind, Tisaanah journeys to the Orders, the most powerful organizations of magic Wielders in the world. But to join their ranks, she must complete an apprenticeship with Maxantarius Farlione, a handsome and reclusive fire wielder who despises the Orders.

The Orders's intentions are cryptic, and Tisaanah must prove herself under the threat of looming war. But even more dangerous are her growing feelings for Maxantarius. The bloody past he wants to forget may be the key to her future . . . or the downfall of them both.

But Tisaanah will stop at nothing to save those she abandoned. Even if it means gambling in the Orders's deadly games. Even if it means sacrificing her heart.

Even if it means wielding death itself.

Contains mature themes.]]> 16 Carissa Broadbent Elin Johanna 4 3.69 2020
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It’s a good book. But the narrators�� gosh. Especially the woman, it’s not good. And unfortunately they’re narrating the other two books as well�� it might deter me from finishing the series.
]]> 211143127 In this enchanted castle, only the truth can break his curse.

Felix is the Duke of Truthhold, tied to the most powerful magical node on the continent. But when he is transformed into a beast, he needs help to break the curse. He will do whatever it takes to regain his true form, even if it means using magic to trap a woman in his castle.

Isabel understands exactly why someone would resort to cursing the duke. He is selfish, contrary, and deceitful. She can’t afford to spend her days attempting to reverse his curse, not with her chance to become a full-fledged constable on the line. But the mysteries of Rose Castle are more compelling than she expected. As is the duke.

The duke’s enemies won’t stop with just a curse, though, and time is running short. But how can Felix and Isabel triumph if victory requires them to admit their growing feelings for each other?

***A Beauty and the Beast retelling with lots of banter, steamy romance, and a happily ever after. ***]]> 323 Jen Lynning Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 4.12
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A monster stalks the gaslit streets of Edwardian London, draining the blood of the city’s mediums. Lily Albright knows who’s next.

Lily is plagued by visions of the future she can never change. When a mysterious fiend threatens someone she loves, she’s determined this time will be different.

But she can’t do it alone. To save a life, Lily must reveal her darkest secrets to someone she has little reason to trust—the reclusive Lord Strangford, a man haunted by his own unusual powers.

From the glittering galleries of Bond Street to the rookeries of Southwark, Lily and Strangford plunge into a dark conspiracy that lies at the heart of England’s rising eugenics movement. To thwart it, Lily must face a past rife with betrayal—and embrace the power she has spent her entire life trying to escape.]]> 498 Jacquelyn Benson 1734559918 Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 4.06 2020
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Beatrix fears he wants to undermine the League. His real purpose is far more dangerous for them both.

Subversive is the first novel in the Clandestine Magic trilogy, set in a warped 21st century that will appeal to fans of gaslamp fantasy.

What reviewers are saying:

"A spectacular story of magic, politics, social classes, and the uncompromising need to do what you think is right." �� Bookshelf Adventures

“I read this book in a day. I could NOT put it down.�� �� My Heart is Booked Blog

"What a captivating story! ... Readers who enjoy fantasy stories with strong female protagonists, magical powers, intriguing political plots, and a great love story will love Subversive." �� One Book More]]> Colleen Cowley Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 3.98 2020
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In the desert port of Cenefra, the Sun Rose is life blood. A magic plant with the ability to grant people greater abilities. Sale of the plant is strictly forbidden, its growth restricted only to farms owned by the Empire's shipping company.

Liseya Moroeste has only ever wanted one to run the syndicate smuggling it. But her family has been cut off for over a century, forced to advise but never lead. When the government cracks down on all illegal export, Lis is ready to seize her chance.

To do so, she must best her three rivals. Filip, Deo and Adrian each want to court her, control her, cajole her into doing what they want.

Liseya finds herself drawn into their complicated web, but to survive, she must learn if she can trust them, or if she must cut them down before they can do the same to her.

The Desert Heiress is the first book in The Seven Star Empire Series. It is a slow burn, MMMF why choose, second world fantasy with steamy scenes and a guaranteed HEA at the end of the series. It contains both MM and FF scenes, and involves the FMC in a relationship before getting involved with her main love interests.]]> 405 Shoshana Rain Elin Johanna 0 to-read, kindle-tbr 4.11
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