Blake's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:23:31 -0700 60 Blake's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Tides That Bind 214192961
Riley Monroe always struggled one way or another. Dyslexia made school hard, and home, with his successful attorney father, even harder. Ditching a real suit for a wetsuit, Riley found acceptance surfing off the shore with no other care than avoiding his best friend’s seemingly judgmental and controlling wife.

When an accident leaves Harper a widowed, single parent, and Riley the lone survivor, he faces a promise he made to his best friend. But that never becomes more important than when another family member is taken away, forcing Harper and Riley to work together for the benefit of her son.

It doesn’t take long to realize they are stronger fighting against the tide–and legal system–together than apart. Forced proximity and complicated grief journeys make it difficult for these former foes to deny new feelings and attraction, and Harper and Riley learn love always surfaces, no matter how deep the grief, or how high the wave.]]> Cathryn Carter Blake 5 2025-home-library 4.65 Tides That Bind
author: Cathryn Carter
name: Blake
average rating: 4.65
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wrong Idea (Wrighting the Wrongs Book 2)]]> 222754083 FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF NEW ADULT ROMANCE MAREN JENNER

Book two in the Wrighting the Wrongs series

Sebastian had the wrong idea about Calliope, and now he wants to make it right.

Calliope Harrison has enough on her plate, trying to get through college under the scrutiny of her overbearing father. She doesn’t need his TA, Sebastian Wrighting, analyzing her every move as well. Sebastian is the most arrogant man she’s ever met. He and the stick up his you-know-what are perfect for each other.

Sebastian may be lacking in certain social areas, but he is an excellent judge of character. All the evidence he’s gathered has determined that Calliope is a spoiled brat and deserves the tight rein his mentor, Professor Harrison, keeps on her.

As their paths continue to cross, every encounter gives them tantalizing glimpses into what the other person is truly like. The more they learn, the more they want to know. When Sebastian takes the first step toward bridging the gap, Callie chooses to meet him halfway. Maybe they can prove that two wrongs really can make a right.]]> Maren Jenner 1802509461 Blake 0 4.50 The Wrong Idea (Wrighting the Wrongs Book 2)
author: Maren Jenner
name: Blake
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]]> Lightlark (Lightlark, #1) 60310757 Welcome to the Centennial.

Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The invitation is a summons—a call to embrace victory and ruin, baubles and blood. The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Each ruler has something to hide. Each realm’s curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die.

Isla Crown is the young ruler of Wildling—a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in love with. They are feared and despised, and are counting on Isla to end their suffering by succeeding at the Centennial.

To survive, Isla must lie, cheat, and betray…even as love complicates everything.]]> 416 Alex Aster 1419760866 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.84 2022 Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
author: Alex Aster
name: Blake
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> The Secrets She Keeps 33584818 In the bestselling tradition of The Girl on the Train and In a Dark, Dark Wood, from the internationally bestselling author whom Stephen King called “an absolute master� of the psychological thriller, comes a riveting suspense novel about the unlikely friendship between two pregnant women that asks: how far would you go to create the perfect family?

Agatha is pregnant and works part-time stocking shelves at a grocery store in a ritzy London suburb, counting down the days until her baby is due. As the hours of her shifts creep by in increasing discomfort, the one thing she looks forward to at work is catching a glimpse of Meghan, the effortlessly chic customer whose elegant lifestyle dazzles her. Meghan has it all: two perfect children, a handsome husband, a happy marriage, a stylish group of friends, and she writes perfectly droll confessional posts on her popular parenting blog—posts that Agatha reads with devotion each night as she waits for her absent boyfriend, the father of her baby, to maybe return her calls.

When Agatha learns that Meghan is pregnant again, and that their due dates fall within the same month, she finally musters up the courage to speak to her, thrilled that they now have the ordeal of childbearing in common. Little does Meghan know that the mundane exchange she has with a grocery store employee during a hurried afternoon shopping trip is about to change the course of her not-so-perfect life forever�

With its brilliant rendering of the secrets some women hold close and a shocking act that cannot be undone, The Secrets She Keeps delivers a dark and twisted page-turner that is absolutely impossible to put down.]]> 352 Michael Robotham 1501170317 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.01 2017 The Secrets She Keeps
author: Michael Robotham
name: Blake
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Saviors: Part One (Forest Grove #1)]]> 123410397
There isn’t one.


**The Saviors part one is part of a duet and will end on a cliffhanger. It’s a #whychoose/polyamorous romance, meaning the female main character has multiple love interests and does not choose at the end. This book also contains male/male content and relationships. It's intended for audiences 18+. It is a spin-off of the Abbs Valley series and can be read as a stand-alone. Be sure to check the content/trigger warnings at the beginning of the book.]]> 392 Ames Mills Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.32 The Saviors: Part One (Forest Grove #1)
author: Ames Mills
name: Blake
average rating: 4.32
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]]> <![CDATA[Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)]]> 217536270
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 re-opens 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 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.]]> 624 Callie Hart 1538774194 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.30 2024 Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)
author: Callie Hart
name: Blake
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Claimed by Rage (Brutal Beauty #1)]]> 217995082 I thought I was falling for three dangerous men, but in the end, I only fall for their lies.

After a heartbreaking divorce, a sudden invitation to the most exclusive night club in the city becomes the fresh start I need to get back on my feet. But what begins as a fun diversion quickly forces me to my knees for three wicked brothers.

The eldest brother Rage controls the club with an iron fist--the same one he uses to enforce bratva law. Rebel is the troublemaker--stealing secrets is only fun when you get caught, and mine are his new addiction. Ruin hides behind a mask, bringing death to everyone but me.

First they claim my body, then my entire life. But I have dreams these mafia enforcers can't fulfill no matter what they promise. If I'm not careful, they'll drag me into their darkness and make it feel like home. I can't stop fighting or I'll drown in their desires.

Because life with these brothers could be good--if I'm willing to give up everything in return.


Claimed by Rage is book one of Celia Monrovia's reverse harem romance. It ends on a cliffhanger that leads directly into book two, Tempted to Rebel. HEA is guaranteed by the end of book three. ♥️]]> 243 Misti Wilds Blake 5 2025-home-library 4.23 2025 Claimed by Rage (Brutal Beauty #1)
author: Misti Wilds
name: Blake
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/04
date added: 2025/04/06
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This book was (chef’s kiss). While the MMCs are rough, gruff, demanding, and even infuriating at times, their passion and obsession are absolutely mouthwatering. Meanwhile, the FMC isn’t a sweet damsel in distress, but instead a strong, fiery, world changer of a woman battling with her own personal demons. This book was addicting and I cannot wait for the next one to find out how everything comes together - or falls apart.
]]> <![CDATA[Obsidian Desire: Where Boundaries Break and Pleasure Reigns]]> 230114146
Kaelis Monroe never expected an invitation to Echelon, the most exclusive BDSM club in the city. Nor did she expect Damian Blackthorn—the enigmatic, dominant force of nature—to see right through her carefully guarded walls. One heated glance, one whispered promise, and she is thrust into a world where surrender is intoxicating and pleasure is limitless.

Damian doesn’t take on novices, but something about Kaelis draws him in, stirring a possessive hunger he’s never known. She’s soft but strong, eager yet uncertain—an intoxicating contradiction he can’t resist. But what starts as lessons in submission turns into something neither of them expected.

As Kaelis learns the ropes—literally—she also learns that giving in doesn’t mean losing herself. And as Damian pushes her to the edge of pleasure, she pushes past his carefully built walls. But when emotions blur the lines between play and reality, will their connection shatter under the weight of desire?

Or will they discover that the most dangerous thing of all� is falling in love?

Obsidian Desire is a sinfully hot, e motionally intense BDSM romance featuring a curvy heroine, a commanding Dom, and a love story that burns as deep as the pleasure they chase. ]]> 254 Lilith Ashwood Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.83 Obsidian Desire: Where Boundaries Break and Pleasure Reigns
author: Lilith Ashwood
name: Blake
average rating: 4.83
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date added: 2025/04/06
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Two people, one steamy desire, all wrapped into a pretty little package with a silk bow. This is the compilation of BD$M experiences between an experienced MMC and a newbie FMC. Will they keep things strictly to the play room, or will love bloom between them? The only thing I wasn’t a fan of was how repetitive the ends of the chapters felt to me. However, by the end I see where the author was going with it and how she was trying to peel back layers to help the story unfold.
]]> <![CDATA[Gypsy King (Clifton Forge, #1)]]> 48591023 9 hrs and 58 mins

The former Clifton Forge, Montana motorcycle club has everyone in town convinced they’ve locked their clubhouse doors and ripped off their patches. Everyone but Bryce Ryan. There’s more happening at the club’s garage than muscle car restorations and Harley rebuilds. Her instincts are screaming there’s a story—one she’s going to tell.

As the new owner of the small town’s newspaper, Bryce is hungry for more than birth announcements and obituaries. When a woman is brutally killed and all signs point to the club, Bryce is determined to expose the members and their leader, Kingston “Dash� Slater, as murderers.

Bryce bests Dash match after match, disappointed her rugged and handsome opponent turns out to be an underwhelming adversary. Secrets are exposed. Truths defeat lies. Bryce is poised to win this battle in a landslide.

Then Dash breaks all the rules and tips the scales.

One kiss, and she’s fighting to save more than just her story. She’s fighting to save her heart from the Steel King.]]> 10 Devney Perry Blake 0 to-read 4.16 2019 Gypsy King (Clifton Forge, #1)
author: Devney Perry
name: Blake
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> Wild Love (Rose Hill, #1) 199368721 She's been driving him wild for years . . . the good kind of wild.

The kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend's little sister and knowing you can't have her.

Forbes may have labeled Ford Grant the World's Hottest Billionaire, but all he cares about is escaping the press and opening a recording studio in gorgeous small town Rose Hill. Something that comes to a screeching halt when he ends up face-to-face with a young girl who claims he's her biological father. Now, he spends his days balancing business with parenting a sullen twelve-year-old, all while trying desperately to keep his hands the hell off his best friend's sister, Rosie Belmont.

After living in the city, Rosie came blasting back into town like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic. And one wide-eyed, desperate plea for a job is all it takes for Ford to hire her. He vows to keep her at arm's length. Tries to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her, verbal sparring is a type of foreplay―friction that soon turns to blistering heat.

Ford knows damn well he shouldn't cross this line. But shouldn't and can't are two very different things.

And the only thing he truly can't do is resist her.]]> 402 Elsie Silver 0349441626 Blake 0 to-read 3.98 2024 Wild Love (Rose Hill, #1)
author: Elsie Silver
name: Blake
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
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]]> Happy Place 61718053
They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.

Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends� hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week� in front of those who know you best?

A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.]]> 400 Emily Henry 0593441273 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.95 2023 Happy Place
author: Emily Henry
name: Blake
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Evil Boys 123205520 I was hellbent on making them pay. Instead, they bent and twisted me.

I am the golden child, the one who’s supposed to be perfect.
During the day I attend Spine Ridge University as my father wishes, but when darkness falls I put on my mask to hunt criminals and destroy them.

Until one night when I come face to face with three evil boys �
Kai, Nathan, and Milo from the Phantom Society. Secretive, violent, dirty guys who promise to expose my vigilante justice and put my dangerous side-job in the limelight.

They’ll show the world how savage I truly am � unless I let them have their way with me.
My body bartered for their silence � And I say yes.

They’re shameless in claiming me, not even my dignity is spared.
With their devious games they make me question my sanity.
Worst of all � I’m beginning to love every inch of their corruption.

Until it’s no longer just bodies against bodies, but four hearts beating in sync.
But if I’m really going to go down this path to hell �
I’m taking those devils with me.]]> 510 Clarissa Wild Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.83 2023 Evil Boys
author: Clarissa Wild
name: Blake
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Barbarian Alien (Ice Planet Barbarians, #2)]]> 25802043
In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. I like to call it a cootie. And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, surliest alien of the group.

BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS. You do not have to read both in order to understand the plot, but the story will be richer if you do!]]> 248 Ruby Dixon Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.76 2015 Barbarian Alien (Ice Planet Barbarians, #2)
author: Ruby Dixon
name: Blake
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Rival (Fall Away, #3) 20893564 New York Times bestseller and New Adult sensation Penelope Douglas returns with an all-new novel in the Fall Away series.
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Madoc’s easygoing nature masks a hidden pain. But he’s ready to get on with his life, until Fallon—the one girl he’s loved and lost—unexpectedly returns to their small town the summer before college. And she’s not done with him…�
]]> 368 Penelope Douglas Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.89 2014 Rival (Fall Away, #3)
author: Penelope Douglas
name: Blake
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> Until You (Fall Away, #2) 209282123
Have you ever been so angry that hitting things felt good? Or so numb that you actually felt high? The past few years have been like that for me. Traveling between fury and indifference with no stops in between.

Some people hate me for it, while others are scared of me. But none of them can hurt me, because I don't care about anything or anyone.

Except Tatum.

I love her so much that I hate her. We used to be friends, but I found out that I couldn't trust her or anyone else.

So I hurt her. I pushed her away.

But I still need her. The sight of her centers me, and I can pool all of my anger into her. Engaging her, challenging her, bullying her...they are my food, my air, and the last part of me that feels anything human.

But she left. She went to France for a year, and came back a different girl.

Now, when I push, she pushes back.]]> 384 Penelope Douglas 0451477111 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.76 2013 Until You (Fall Away, #2)
author: Penelope Douglas
name: Blake
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Betrayed Witch (The Eternal Queen Book 3)]]> 216907853 Bound by the twisted game of the dark witch, I�m given an sacrifice one mate, save the other, or lose both.

Threats, lies, and destruction mark my return to the werewolf kingdom. Survival among the supernaturals is a brutal rite of passage for inheriting the throne, one that I never wanted.

But when the dark witch attacks the kingdom on my birthday, I must take control and fight back.

She covets the powerful golden witch weapon I discovered with the help of the magic book. I would rather risk my life than hand it over to her and make her even more unstoppable in her quest for revenge.

But trying to stay alive in the kingdom’s territory is not the worst thing that happens to me. Friends and allies turn to foes. Family secrets are unearthed, shattering my world and revealing that I’m not as human as I once believed.]]> 432 M.J Penn 1952162386 Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.28 Betrayed Witch (The Eternal Queen Book 3)
author: M.J Penn
name: Blake
average rating: 4.28
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rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/29
date added: 2025/03/29
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I think I have even more questions than answers were given in this book. While you find out what the FMC is and the fight with the dark witch does occur, you’re left guessing who the FMC will choose to mate with, what is going on with the dark witch, and who is after Torin. Overall this was a pretty addictive read, I was just hoping for more answers.
]]> Beautiful Mistakes 221233424
Five years later, I’m back. And I’m not here to beg for forgiveness—I’m here to destroy everything he built.

But I can’t do it alone.

Raiden Drake is dangerous and untouchable—the Destroyers� most ruthless enforcer. He doesn’t follow the rules; he bends them, and anyone who defies him bleeds for it. Relationships and loyalty mean nothing to him unless they’re earned in blood. He’s exactly what I need: the man who will help me bring Saverio to his knees.

There’s just one problem—Raiden doesn’t take orders. He wants everything. My body. My mind. My soul. And once he claims them, there’s no going back.

In the game of vengeance, there’s only one rule: never fall for the devil you’ve unleashed. But what happens when the devil is the only one who can save your soul?

Each book in The Twisted Sisters series can be read as a standalone novel.

Note: Beautiful Mistakes is Raiden and Lucrezia's story.]]> Cora Kent Blake 3 2025-home-library 4.33 Beautiful Mistakes
author: Cora Kent
name: Blake
average rating: 4.33
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rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/19
date added: 2025/03/29
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I make it a point to always be honest in my reviews, and this is no different. I’ll start by saying I’ve read other books by this author and in this series and have been OBSESSED and super reeled in by them. Unfortunately though, this book didn’t feel like it was at that level for me. I feel as though the storyline progressed too slow for my liking, and was about Lucrezia who I was hoping to like and understand more, but I’m still not a big fan of her character. I will definitely read more of her books, but this one in particular wasn’t the right fit for me.
]]> Muddy Waters 123237438
Rowan Elsher came to New Orleans hoping to make a real difference in helping those in his congregation. When a woman approaches him about her best friend needing guidance, yet refusing to tell him why, he becomes curious. Then he sees Willow, with her ample curves and seductive pout. In a glance, his infatuation with her begins.

He was told to stay away from dating within the congregation. He shouldn’t want her. He can’t want her. But he just can’t help but break all the rules he vowed to keep.

For warnings, head to her website.]]> 250 D.V. Fischer Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.34 Muddy Waters
author: D.V. Fischer
name: Blake
average rating: 4.34
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/22
date added: 2025/03/29
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This book was hot but also made me feel iffy about it because of the religious aspect of it. Essentially, a woman who does adult activities in the night as a career and a pastor fall for each other - so kind of an opposites attract. I’m not into religion, so the religious part felt weird in a “suddenly she sees the light� sort of way. I did appreciate the character growth and thought it was overall well written.
]]> Unhinged 187684551
Someone’s been watching Tana closely, but he’s a lot closer than she realizes. From intimate moments to lazy afternoons on the couch, he’s secretly seen it all - and fallen for her along the way. The problem is that someone else is watching too, and his obsession with Tana is a lot more dangerous. When a man claiming to be her front door enters her dreams to warn her about an imminent threat to her life, Tana initially chalks it up to her weird late-night snacks. But she rethinks things when her earnest visitor insists he’s also ready to protect her - in exchange for one hell of a favor. When Tana trades her best line of defense for an unlikely supernatural ally, the threat lurking beyond her apartment hallway starts getting desperate as the law closes in. Can her inhuman companion save her from the worst of humanity, or is it too late for both of them?

Content Unhinged is a paranormal romance story that involves a human woman getting it on with her front door, which later turns into a guy. This story contains...a lot of stuff that would probably land me on the naughty list with bots from our benevolent overlords if I went into detail in this blurb. Please peek at the look inside for a better idea of what to expect, cool? ;)]]> 71 Vera Valentine Blake 4 3.00 2023 Unhinged
author: Vera Valentine
name: Blake
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/21
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This story was absolutely wild from start to finish�.but I kind of liked it? A girl falls in love with a door�.yes, a literal door. Specifically her front door which turns somewhat human with the right actions and touch being made. Very unique for a story, and very strange, but not bad.
]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Bombshell (Beautiful Bastard, #2.5)]]> 17831617 The gentlemen from Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player are out for a wild night on The Strip.

When Max, Henry, and Will steal Bennett away for a weekend of shenanigans and strippers in Vegas, the first stop of the night doesn’t go at all as planned. With their scheme for a Guys Weekend completely derailed anyway, Max and Bennett begin to play a wild game of stealth and secrecy in order to have their bombshells all over Sin City.]]> 127 Christina Lauren Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.95 2013 Beautiful Bombshell (Beautiful Bastard, #2.5)
author: Christina Lauren
name: Blake
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Bombshell (Beautiful Bastard, #2.5)]]> 18051233
Beautiful Bastard’s Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan are back for one last blazing prewedding hurrah- but if what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, they might not ever want to leave!]]> 129 Christina Lauren 1476755094 Blake 0 to-read 3.96 2013 Beautiful Bombshell (Beautiful Bastard, #2.5)
author: Christina Lauren
name: Blake
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Next 7661 Fast, furious, and out of control.

This is not the world of the future --- it's the world right now.

Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction --- is it worse than the disease?

We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps; a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars; test our spouses for genetic maladies and even frame someone for a genetic crime.

We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes ...

Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions, and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect.

The future is closer than you think. Get used to it.

]]> 431 Michael Crichton 0060872985 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.54 2006 Next
author: Michael Crichton
name: Blake
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> Disclosure 7675
What follow next made Disclosure the most talked about novel of the decade.]]> 464 Michael Crichton 0099303744 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.80 1994 Disclosure
author: Michael Crichton
name: Blake
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1994
rating: 0
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]]> Falling For Cupid 223586665
This is a dark erotica with heavy triggers. Reader's discretion is highly advised.]]> 80 Emily Klepp Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.51 Falling For Cupid
author: Emily Klepp
name: Blake
average rating: 4.51
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This was such a wild yet hot read involving demons and humans and their mating with Cupid, whose mating cycle is February 1st-14th. This was definitely unique and unexpected, but I enjoyed it and it had a lot of spice!
]]> <![CDATA[Desperate Valentine (St. Valentines)]]> 222356217
Seeking solace in a nearby bar, she meets Jude, the owner of the bar whose dark charm draws her in. As they share secrets and spark an undeniable connection, Veronica senses danger lurking beneath his surface. Torn between gratitude and growing affection, she struggles with her choices.

Is Jude her saviour or a deeper threat?

With her heart and safety at risk, Veronica must decide to embrace the passion or escape the chaos.

Love can be intoxicating, but can it also be deadly?]]> 72 Licia Dawn Blake 5 2025-home-library 4.45 Desperate Valentine (St. Valentines)
author: Licia Dawn
name: Blake
average rating: 4.45
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This book gave the closure and follow up story that I had wanted after reading rhetorical previous book. A hot age gap couple with a serial killer? Yes please! Although this was also tough to swallow in some points, it gave closure and was hotttt!
]]> <![CDATA[Vengeful Valentine (St. Valentines)]]> 222314155 St. Valentines University holds a dark secret...
One twisted professor.

Three masked men.

A woman to tie them all together.

A night none of them will forget.

When Kristoff agrees to take his girlfriend for a weekend cabin getaway he has two goals in mind.
1. F*ck his girlfriend
2. Kîll her to become a member

Unfortunately for Kristoff he’s not the only one with mürderous plans and it isn’t long before the evening twists into something deeply unsettling�



This is a standalone novella that is part of a shared world. It is an MFMM with a guaranteed HEA…for the MCs at least. Please check the TWs. These characters are not redeemable.]]> 129 Sage RelleAnne Blake 5 4.26 Vengeful Valentine (St. Valentines)
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Foster siblings with dark secrets who all have an even bigger secret: their love for each other. What starts off as a seemingly simple story of a couple being set up for being unalived, it’s actually so much more twisted with a plot twist or two that you don’t see coming.
]]> <![CDATA[Forbidden Valentine (St. Valentines)]]> 222350434
This is a DARK romance in a shared world series. Reader's discretion is HIGHLY advised.]]> 80 Emily Klepp Blake 5 2025-home-library 4.54 Forbidden Valentine (St. Valentines)
author: Emily Klepp
name: Blake
average rating: 4.54
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The professor/student relationship in this book is absolutely smoking!! While this book definitely has big potential triggers and is tough to stomach in some regards, it’s overall a spicy and heroic read.
]]> Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) 90202302 “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.� —Xaden Riorson

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders� capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.

But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.]]> 623 Rebecca Yarros 1649374178 Blake 5 2025-home-library 4.33 2023 Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Blake
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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This was such a great read that kept me engaged and wanting more, with an ending that left me absolutely shook. However, I still feel like Fourth Wing has been the best in the series so far. I’m still absolutely obsessed with this series and cannot wait for the next book!
]]> <![CDATA[Secrets under the Christmas tree]]> 222973882 Sometimes the heart's greatest gifts are found in the most unexpected places.

When Violet Myers, a spirited event planner, is tasked with organising her company’s annual holiday party, she's thrilled—until she learns her partner is the notoriously grumpy CFO, Grayson Blackwood. Known for his stoic demeanour and dislike for festive flair, Grayson wants to keep things strictly business, but Violet is determined to sprinkle in some holiday cheer.

As they clash over everything from decorations to the guest list, Violet is surprised to discover a hidden side to Grayson—a quiet, guarded man who hates crowds and holiday chaos. Despite his reluctance, he slowly warms up to Violet’s playful approach to the season, even joining her in baking cookies, decorating trees, and stealing glances when she is not looking at him. And as Grayson lets his guard down, Violet finds herself unexpectedly drawn to him.

What starts as a holiday project soon becomes something more, as Violet and Grayson discover that sometimes, the best gifts are the ones you never see coming.

*Secrets under the Christmas Tree is a steamy, full-length novel that will put you right in the holiday spirit.* ]]> 357 Shalini Sharma Blake 3 4.00 Secrets under the Christmas tree
author: Shalini Sharma
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I feel like this story was dragged out way longer than it needed to be. This could and should have been a novella in my opinion. The book was cute overall. However, the MMC was possessive in an almost creepy/uncomfortable way in a few spots and it made me feel not so good about the story as a whole since he was such a critical part of the book.
]]> <![CDATA[How to Sit (Mindfulness Essentials, #1)]]> 18342486
The first book in The Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.Ěý

In short, single-paragraph chapters, Nhat Hanh shares detailed instructions, guided breathing exercises and visualizations, as well as his own personal stories and insights. This pocket-sized book is perfect for those brand new to sitting meditation as well as for those looking to deepen their spiritual practice.

With sumi-ink drawings by Jason DeAntonis.]]> 117 Thich Nhat Hanh 1937006581 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.31 2014 How to Sit (Mindfulness Essentials, #1)
author: Thich Nhat Hanh
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average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Walk (Mindfulness Essentials, #4)]]> 22928976
The fourth book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.

Slow, concentrated walking while focusing on in- and out-breaths allows for a unique opportunity to be in the present. There is no need to arrive somewhere—each step is the arrival to concentration, joy, insight, and the momentary enlightenment of aliveness. When your foot touches the Earth with awareness, you make yourself alive and the Earth real, and you forget for one minute the searching, rushing, and longing that rob our daily lives of awareness and cause us to "sleepwalk" through life.

Thich Nhat Hanh shares amusing stories of the impact mindful walking has on both the walker and those who notice him, and shows how mindful walking can be a technique for diminishing depression, recapturing wonder, and expressing gratitude. Pocket-sized, with original two color illustrations by Jason DeAntonis, How to Walk Ěýis a unique gift for all ages, sharing a simple practice that can have a profound effect on practitioners.]]> 120 Thich Nhat Hanh 1937006921 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.17 2013 How to Walk (Mindfulness Essentials, #4)
author: Thich Nhat Hanh
name: Blake
average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Fight (Mindfulness Essentials)]]> 33776764
The Mindfulness Essentials series introduces beginners and reminds seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. This time Nhat Hanh brings his signature clarity, compassion, and humor to the ways we act out in anger, frustration, despair, and delusion. In brief meditations accompanied by whimsical sumi-ink drawings, Thich Nhat Hanh instructs us exactly how to transform our craving and confusion. If we learn to take good care of our suffering, we can help others do the same.

How to Fight is pocket-sized with two color original artwork by California artist Jason DeAntonis.]]> 128 Thich Nhat Hanh 1941529860 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.30 How to Fight (Mindfulness Essentials)
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Eat (Mindfulness Essentials, #2)]]> 20763856
The second book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.

These short meditations cover everything from eating with others and enjoying our food to connecting with the Earth.Ěý How to Eat Ěýis a welcome reminder that the benefits of mindful eating are both personal and global.Ěý

With sumi-ink drawings by Jason DeAntonis.]]> 128 Thich Nhat Hanh 1937006727 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.15 2004 How to Eat (Mindfulness Essentials, #2)
author: Thich Nhat Hanh
name: Blake
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2004
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]]> <![CDATA[Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)]]> 123257687
ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and 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.]]> 342 Hannah Nicole Maehrer 1649375808 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.88 2023 Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)
author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
name: Blake
average rating: 3.88
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]]> In a Holidaze 50892287 Alternate cover edition can be found here

One Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones in In a Holidaze, the quintessential holiday romantic novel by Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners..

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions.

But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favorite place in the world—the snowy Utah cabin where she and her family have spent every holiday since she was born, along with two other beloved families. Mentally melting down as she drives away from the cabin for the final time, Mae throws out what she thinks is a simple plea to the universe: Please. Show me what will make me happy.

The next thing she knows, tires screech and metal collides, everything goes black. But when Mae gasps awake…she’s on an airplane bound for Utah, where she begins the same holiday all over again. With one hilarious disaster after another sending her back to the plane, Mae must figure out how to break free of the strange time loop—and finally get her true love under the mistletoe.

Jam-packed with yuletide cheer, an unforgettable cast of characters, and Christina Lauren’s trademark hijinks, this swoon-worthy romantic read will make you believe in the power of wishes and the magic of the holidays.
]]> 307 Christina Lauren 198212394X Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.65 2020 In a Holidaze
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]]> <![CDATA[A Touch of Ruin (Hades x Persephone Saga, #2)]]> 53143734
Hades, God of the Dead, is burdened by a hellish past that everyone's eager to expose in an effort to warn Persephone away.

Things only get worse when a horrible tragedy leaves Persephone's heart in ruin and Hades refusing to help. Desperate, she takes matters into her own hands, striking bargains with severe consequences.

Faced with a side of Hades she never knew and crushing loss, Persephone wonders if she can truly become Hades' queen.]]> 417 Scarlett St. Clair Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.74 2020 A Touch of Ruin (Hades x Persephone Saga, #2)
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average rating: 3.74
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Player (Beautiful Bastard, #3)]]> 17831614
When Hanna Bergstrom receives a lecture from her overprotective brother about neglecting her social life and burying herself in grad school, she’s determined to tackle his implied assignment: get out, make friends, start dating. And who better to turn her into the sultry siren every man wants than her brother’s gorgeous best friend, Will Sumner, venture capitalist and unapologetic playboy?

Will takes risks for a living, but he’s skeptical about this challenge of Hanna’s…until the wild night his innocently seductive pupil tempts him into bed- and teaches him a thing or two about being with a woman he can’t forget. Now that Hanna’s discovered the power of her own sex appeal, it’s up to Will to prove he’s the only man she’ll ever need.]]> 432 Christina Lauren Blake 0 to-read 4.24 2013 Beautiful Player (Beautiful Bastard, #3)
author: Christina Lauren
name: Blake
average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Bitch (Beautiful Bastard, #1.5)]]> 17831616 Picking up where Beautiful Bastard left off, Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan continue their steamy, combative relationship.

Just when Chloe’s career starts to take off, Bennett wishes it would all slow down long enough to spend a wild night alone with his girlfriend. But after he refuses to take no for an answer, Chloe and Bennett find themselves with two plane tickets, one French Villa, and a surprising conversation that, predictably, leaves them wrestling under the covers.]]> 161 Christina Lauren Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.83 2013 Beautiful Bitch (Beautiful Bastard, #1.5)
author: Christina Lauren
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Stranger (Beautiful Bastard, #2)]]> 16117506
The whole city knows that Max Stella loves women, not that he’s ever found one he particularly wants to keep around. Despite pulling in plenty with his Wall Street bad boy charm, it’s not until Sara—and the wild photos she lets him take of her—that he starts wondering if there’s someone for him outside of the bedroom.

Hooking up in places where anybody could catch them, the only thing scarier for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max get too close in private.]]> 345 Christina Lauren 1476731535 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.12 2013 Beautiful Stranger (Beautiful Bastard, #2)
author: Christina Lauren
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> <![CDATA[Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion]]> 60568473
UntangledĚý is a welcoming guidebook to finding expansive ease and true joy through what is traditionally called the eightfold path, one of Buddhism’s foundational teachings. Psychotherapist and Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison compassionately walks readers down these eight roads, leading them on a path of transformation and to experience true joy. Combining teachings from both Eastern and Western wisdom traditions, Paley Ellison equips readers with the tools needed to untangle our tangles and make profound change, inside and out. Infused with Paley Ellison’s own anecdotes of his life as a young gay kid facing abuse and discrimination, this approachable guide will help you transform your ever day interactions, your most intimate relationships and offers a path for social healing. It is an ancient cure that’s up to the challenge of healing the modern dysfunction of our times.]]> 256 Koshin Paley Ellison 1538708302 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.16 Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion
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]]> <![CDATA[Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories (Abhorsen, #3.5)]]> 47617 Nicholas Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall.

Thoughts of Lirael and Sam haunt his dreams, and he has come to realize that his destiny lies with them, in the Old Kingdom. But here in Ancelstierre, Nick faces an obstacle that is not entirely human, with a strange power that seems to come from Nicholas himself.

With Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case Garth Nix continues to explore the magical world of the Abhorsen Trilogy. In additional short stories that range from two widely different takes on the Merlin myth to a gritty urban version of Hansel and Gretel and a heartbreaking story of children and war, Garth Nix displays the range and versatility that has made him one of today’s leading writers of fantasy for readers of all ages.]]> 415 Garth Nix 0060747153 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.81 2005 Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories (Abhorsen, #3.5)
author: Garth Nix
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average rating: 3.81
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]]> <![CDATA[The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook]]> 842106 Progresive Relaxation
Self Hypnosis
Meditation
Autogenics
Visualization
Refuting Irrational Ideas
Nutrition
Coping Skills Training
Biofeedback
Exercise Assertiveness
Thought Stopping
Time Management
Breathing
Cue-Controlled Relaxation
Quick Relaxers]]> 276 Martha Davis 1572242140 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.04 1980 The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
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]]> <![CDATA[The Principle of Oneness: A Practical Guide to Experiencing the Profound Unity of Everything]]> 35174307
Winner of the 2017 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Best Book in Spiritual Self HelpĚý

The Principle of Oneness expounds on the first principle from the award winning and bestselling book, The Six Principles of Enlightenment and Meaning of Life and is the second in this series of eight books on enlightenment.

Many have said "We are all one" but what does that really mean? This practical guide helps you understand and experience the profound unity of everyone and everything. Author Russell Anthony Gibbs explains the science behind the connections of everything both physical matter and nonphysical energy. Gibbs supports his points with quotes from scientists, enlightened beings, spiritual leaders, philosophers and others. Great minds like Albert Einstein, Buddha, Aristotle, Rumi and Jesus all understood the profound Oneness of the Universe. Gibbs further clarifies some of the misconception about the Universe/God as well as explains how to live and experience the Principle of Oneness.]]> 104 Russell Anthony Gibbs 1535607882 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.17 The Principle of Oneness: A Practical Guide to Experiencing the Profound Unity of Everything
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]]> <![CDATA[Interpersonal Neurobiology and Clinical Practice (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)]]> 53404258 368 Daniel J. Siegel 0393714578 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.73 Interpersonal Neurobiology and Clinical Practice (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
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]]> <![CDATA[You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment]]> 6366371
Based on a retreat that Thich Nhat Hanh led for Westerners, this book offers a range of simple, effective practices for cultivating mindfulness, including awareness ofĚý breathing and walking, deep listening, and skillful speech. You Are Here also offers guidance on healing emotional pain and manifesting real love and compassion in our relationships with others.

Simple, warm, direct, and startlingly potent, this book reveals the heart of the Buddhist path and helps us to reconnect with the joy and wonder of being alive, regardless of life’s changing circumstances.

Praise for Thich Nhat Hanh

“Among Buddhist leaders influential in the West, Thich Nhat Hanh ranks second only to the Dalai Lama.”� New York Times

“Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha.”—Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]> 143 Thich Nhat Hanh 1590306759 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.25 2004 You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
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]]> <![CDATA[Don't Worry: 48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk]]> 58537994 Discover why 90% of your worries won't come true in this highly practical, internationally bestselling guide by the renowned Zen Buddhist author of The Art of Simple Living.

Think of a time when you were worried about something, but then you suddenly realized how insignificant it was. Isn't it amazing how much lighter you felt? The key is to focus only on the here and now. By doing so, you free yourself from unnecessary anxiety, and your mind will be at peace. In Don't Worry, you will learn to:

- Lesson #1: stop comparing yourself to others--90% of your obsessions will disappear;
- Lesson #4: remove unnecessary things from your life and make your life absolutely simple;
- Lesson #10: stop seeking, stop rushing, stop obsessing;
- Lesson #11: interpret things positively--you are the one to decide whether you are happy or not;
- Lesson #14: stop taking in too much information;
- Lesson #19: take a break from competition--it's the Zen way of avoiding anxiety;
- Lesson #24: act instead of worrying--things will definitely work out better.

By following this book's 48 simple lessons-and taking to heart the nearly 30 zengo, or Zen sayings, quoted throughout-you'll enjoy a calmer, more relaxed, more positive version of yourself.]]> 224 ShunmyĹŤ Masuno 0143136704 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.66 2013 Don't Worry: 48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk
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average rating: 3.66
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]]> <![CDATA[Siddhartha's Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment]]> 25817459 352 James Kingsland 0062403850 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.05 2016 Siddhartha's Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)]]> 37834723 Alternative cover edition of ISBN13: 9780805094596.

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.

Shadow and Bone is the first installment in Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy.]]> 358 Leigh Bardugo 0805094598 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.86 2012 Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)]]> 50531218 Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Inheritance Games perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.

The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions - including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons.

Thanks to a DNA test, Avery knows that she's not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. And there are threats lurking around every corner, as adversaries emerge who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture - by any means necessary.

With nonstop action, aspirational jet-setting, family intrigue, swoonworthy romance, and billions of dollars hanging in the balance, The Hawthorne Legacy will thrill Jennifer Lynn Barnes fans and new readers alike.]]> 380 Jennifer Lynn Barnes 0241480744 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.19 2021 The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
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]]> Sutton Asylum 175964173
Warning!

You are about to enter Sutton Asylum, home of the Ashford twins and others like them. These individuals should never be allowed back into society. They are a danger to the public. They are a danger to other patients, staff, and visitors. They are sick and can never be cured, only ever contained. Enter at your own risk. Leave if you’re lucky, but don’t say we never warned you.

-Town of Sutton, North Carolina


âśThis is a Dark Taboo Romanceâś]]> 179 Kinsley Kincaid 1738989240 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.37 2023 Sutton Asylum
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]]> The Tenant 221733722 There’s no place like home�

Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone that he shares with his fiancee, he's desperate to make ends meet.

Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she?

Because something isn't quite right. The neighbors start treating Blake differently. The smell of decay permeates his home, no matter how hard he scrubs. Strange noises jar him awake in the middle of the night. And soon Blake fears someone knows his darkest secrets...

Danger lives right at home, and by the time Blake realizes it, it'll be far too late. The trap is already set.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden knocks at your door with a gripping story of revenge, privilege, and secrets turned sour�]]> 368 Freida McFadden 1464227314 Blake 0 to-read 4.44 2025 The Tenant
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]]> <![CDATA[Secrets and Stardust (Celestial Whispers, #1)]]> 211779404 The stars are not what they seem. So look away; they’ll whisper you your fate.

Iyana’s only ambition in life is to become a healer like her grandmother, but that all changes when her village is attacked by a neighboring kingdom. She desperately calls upon the heavens for salvation and the stars respond, yet not as she had ever imagined. She is sent Altair, a hypnotically handsome star in human form. Iyana is more shocked to discover that she is an Aztia, a magic bearer born once in every generation, and that a captured enemy soldier named Emmeric is unwittingly caught up in her destiny.

Although he is fated to work with Iyana, Emmeric is reluctant to assist a woman from the village he was recently trying to destroy, no matter how spellbinding her beauty is. He trusts his rival Altair even less, as the star and Iyana are caught in each other’s orbit.

When the emperor’s own son, Zane, joins their quest to stop his father’s tyrannical invasion, the companions begin unveiling long-buried secrets that echo through time. Secrets that could change the course of human history and reveal the hidden origin of the Aztia themselves.

A captured foe. A fallen star. A forsaken prince.
Betrayal is inevitable. But who will perpetrate it?]]> 580 Jeannin Counts Blake 0 to-read 4.39 Secrets and Stardust (Celestial Whispers, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials, #5)]]> 23846205
The fifth book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.

Thich Nhat Hanh says that when we relax, we "become calm water, and we will reflect reality as it is. If we’re not calm, the image we reflect will be distorted. When the image is distorted by our minds, it’s not the reality, and it causes lots of suffering." Relaxation is essential for accessing the tranquility and joy that lead to increased personal well-being. With sections on healing, relief from nonstop thinking, transforming unpleasant sounds, solitude, being peace, and more, How to Relax includes meditations you can do to help you achieve the benefits of relaxation no matter where you are.

Scientific studies indicate that meditation contributes tremendously to well-being, general health, and longevity. How to Relax is a unique gift for those who want a simple guide to achieving deep relaxation, controlling stress, and renewing mental freshness and clarity, appropriate for those practicing in any spiritual tradition, whether seasoned practitioners or new to meditations.

With sumi-ink drawings by celebrated artist Jason DeAntonis.]]> 120 Thich Nhat Hanh 1941529089 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.25 How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dead Valentine (St. Valentines)]]> 222374621
Apparently, so does my family.

I’ve known since childhood the dark and disturbing things my father was involved in. But it wasn’t until later that I learned about my estranged uncle - a man who inspired my ambitions and led me to St. Valentines University, the prestigious alma mater he shared with my dad.

I’ve heard about the things that take place here. Whispers of sinister events weave through its halls, feeding my obsession with death. There’s so much I want to know, to learn, but I have to tread carefully among the elite who rule the school. I already have enough problems with those who wish they could be them. The bullying I endured at home hasn’t stopped here, at least they don’t touch me like he did.

Lately, I’ve been receiving strange gifts - sketches and tokens of my favorite things. My stalker. My misfit. By all logic, I should be terrified. But I’m not. His presence is unsettling, yes, but it’s also a kind of comfort I’ve never felt before. On Valentine’s Day, he gave me something far more a gift that revealed more secrets about my family.

Is this why I am the way I am? Nature or nurture - it’s the question I can’t escape.

We’re a psychologist’s wet dream, after all.]]> 83 K. Iller Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.16 Dead Valentine (St. Valentines)
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This is by far the darkest book in the series and is honestly super gross in parts due to the main character’s uncle’s fascination with death and the book relaying his point of view. This story is just so strange as the FMC is intrigued by death while having a secret admirer whom she is also fascinated with. It left me wanting to know more about Emery’s story.
]]> Wicked Oath 223049346
This is a VERY DARK story with HEAVY triggers. Your mental health is important, so reader's discretion is HIGHLY advised.]]> 359 Emily Klepp Blake 5 2025-home-library 4.55 Wicked Oath
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This story of two broken people coming together and creating and fighting for something beautiful is exactly what I needed. This book is VERY dark and deals with topics such as r@pe and human trafficking, so it’s definitely not a walk in the park. But in my opinion it is worth the darkness to get to the light.
]]> <![CDATA[Ruined Valentine (St. Valentines)]]> 221994426

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đťŚđť»đťłđť˘đťŻ đťŞđť´ 𝢠đť©đť°đť¤đť¬đť¦đťş đť±đť­đť˘đťşđť¦đťł đť¸đťŞđťµđť© 𝢠đť´đťŞđťŻđťŞđť´đťµđť¦đťł đť´đť¦đť¤đťłđť¦đťµ đťµđť©đť˘đťµ đť¤đť°đť¶đť­đťĄ đťĄđť¦đť´đťµđťłđť°đťş đť¦đť·đť¦đťłđťşđťµđť©đťŞđťŻđť¨ đť©đť¦ đť­đť°đť·đť¦đť´.

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đť›đť©đťŞđť´ đťŞđť´ 𝢠đť‹đť˘đťłđť¬ đť”𝍠đťŹđť°đť¤đť¬đť¦đťş, đťšđť¦đť¤đťłđť¦đťµ đťšđť°đť¤đťŞđť¦đťµđťş đť´đťµđť°đťłđťş đťµđť©đť˘đťµ đťµđť˘đť¬đť¦đť´ đť±đť­đť˘đť¤đť¦ đťŞđťŻ 𝢠đť´đť©đť˘đťłđť¦đťĄ đť¸đť°đťłđť­đťĄ. đť›đť©đťŞđť´ đť´đťµđť°đťłđťş đťŞđť´ đť°đťŻđť­đťş đťŞđťŻđťµđť¦đťŻđťĄđť¦đťĄ đť§đť°đťł đťµđť©đť°đť´đť¦ 18+. đť—đť­đť¦đť˘đť´đť¦ đťłđť¦đť®đť¦đť®đťŁđť¦đťł đťµđť° đť¤đť©đť¦đť¤đť¬ đť›đťłđťŞđť¨đť¨đť¦đťłđť´/đťŠđť°đťŻđťµđť¦đťŻđťµ đťžđť˘đťłđťŻđťŞđťŻđť¨đť´ đť—đť™đťđť–đť™ đťµđť° đťłđť¦đť˘đťĄđťŞđťŻđť¨.]]> 87 Genevieve Ami Moon Blake 5 2025-home-library 4.44 Ruined Valentine (St. Valentines)
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Finally the story of Zovalee and Ezra’s that we’ve all been waiting for! Zova is full of secrets that she’s desperate to keep hidden. But can she keep them away while having the life she wants? And holy plot twist! This book has you grasping for more!
]]> Eruption 199372731
“The book is a classic summer beach read...Eruption will revive the art of speed-reading...told with a singular voice that is a compelling amalgam of the two writers.”—USA Today

“Eruption is an epic thriller…fast-paced and deeply considered…a cinematic story rooted in science and infused with plenty of heart, tackling big themes like love and loss.�
–Tľ±łľ±đ

The master of the techno-blockbuster joins forces with the master of the modern thriller to create the most anticipated mega bestseller in years.

Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, and Westworld, had a passion project he’d been pursuing for years, ahead of his untimely passing in 2008. Knowing how special it was, his wife, Sherri Crichton, held back his notes and the partial manuscript until she found the right author to complete it: James Patterson, the world’s most popular storyteller.

“Red-hot storytelling... The action scenes will make readers� eyes pop as the tension continues to build." –Kirkus, starred review

“Explosive…the summer’s ultimate literary mashup.� —Washington Post

"Takes readers on a thrilling journey." —BBC

"Beachbag-ready." —Boston Globe

“A seismic publishing event…all the elements of a summer blockbuster…it’s a thrill and the pages practically turn themselves.� —Associated Press

“Eruption is this summer’s literary version of a blockbuster action movie.� –Los Angeles Times

"Breakneck and plausible." —Publishers Weekly]]> 423 Michael Crichton 0316565083 Blake 0 to-read 3.79 2024 Eruption
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]]> <![CDATA[Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2)]]> 34275222
Only four come out on the other side.

The hike through the rugged Giralang Ranges is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and encourage teamwork and resilience. At least, that's what the corporate retreat website advertises.

Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk has a keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing hiker, Alice Russell. Because Alice knew secrets, about the company she worked for and the people she worked with.

The four returning women tell Falk a tale of fear, violence and fractured trust during their days in the remote Australian bushland. And as Falk delves into the disappearance of Alice, he begins to suspect some dangers ran far deeper than anyone knew.]]> 326 Jane Harper 1250105633 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.78 2017 Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2)
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]]> The Shannara Chronicles 34501472 0 Terry Brooks 9526527461 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.17 1979 The Shannara Chronicles
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]]> Something Wilder 59345253
Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they’d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: it’s never going to happen.

But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn’t a gimmick after all. There’s a chance to right the wrongs—of Duke’s past and their own—but only if Leo and Lily can confront their history and work together. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether they’ll risk their lives and hearts on the adventure of a lifetime.]]> 384 Christina Lauren 1982173408 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.64 2022 Something Wilder
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard, #1)]]> 16102004 An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling.

Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He's exacting, blunt, inconsiderate—and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.

Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family's massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who'd been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative—completely infuriating—creature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, he's never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe's so tempting he's willing to bend the rules—or outright smash them—if it means he can have her. All over the office.

As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they're willing to lose in order to win each other.

Originally only available online as The Office by tby789 � and garnering over 2 million reads on fanfiction sites � Beautiful Bastard has been extensively updated for re-release.]]> 271 Christina Lauren 1476730105 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.91 2013 Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard, #1)
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]]> Roomies 34466910 From subway to Broadway to happily ever after. Modern love in all its thrill, hilarity, and uncertainty has never been so compulsively readable as in New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s romantic novel.

Marriages of convenience are so...inconvenient.

For months Holland Bakker has invented excuses to descend into the subway station near her apartment, drawn to the captivating music performed by her street musician crush. Lacking the nerve to actually talk to the gorgeous stranger, fate steps in one night in the form of a drunken attacker. Calvin Mcloughlin rescues her, but quickly disappears when the police start asking questions.

Using the only resource she has to pay the brilliant musician back, Holland gets Calvin an audition with her uncle, Broadway’s hottest musical director. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway—until his reason for disappearing earlier becomes clear: he’s in the country illegally, his student visa having expired years ago.

Seeing that her uncle needs Calvin as much as Calvin needs him, a wild idea takes hold of her. Impulsively, she marries the Irishman, her infatuation a secret only to him. As their relationship evolves and Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway—in the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting—will Holland and Calvin to realize that they both stopped pretending a long time ago?]]> 368 Christina Lauren 1501165836 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.73 2017 Roomies
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)]]> 345627 Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies...

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires—the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger... and the Strigoi are always close by.

Rose and Lissa must navigate their dangerous world, confront the temptations of forbidden love, and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever...]]> 332 Richelle Mead 159514174X Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.12 2007 Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> <![CDATA[Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With]]> 6012065
He begins by showing how to understand natural wakefulness in ourselves and how to gain confidence in it. Then he teaches the fundamentals of meditation and goes on to provide exercises and guided contemplations intended to help us experience innate wakefulness. Along the way, he shares selections from question-and-answer sessions with students from retreats that he's led that provide practical advice for manifesting awareness in daily life. Finally he shows how we can reinforce and support each other in wakefulness through community.

This long-awaited first book from this renowned meditation teacher is a complete introduction to meditation and the spiritual path—suitable for both beginners and seasoned practitioners as a source of inspiration and insight.

To learn more about the author, visit his ]]> 224 Gaylon Ferguson 1590306570 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.95 2009 Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With
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]]> <![CDATA[Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise]]> 23149937
In his beautiful new book, Buddhist monk and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh explains how mindfulness is the practice that stops the noise inside. With gentle anecdotes, simple Buddhist wisdom and practical exercises, he shows us how to live mindfully so that all the internal chatter ceases and we are left with the eloquent sound of silence. Now, at last, we can answer the call of the beauty around us. Through silence, Thich Nhat Hanh reveals, we are free to hear, to see - and just be.]]> 189 Thich Nhat Hanh 0062224697 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.29 2015 Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
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]]> <![CDATA[The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery]]> 28268515 Ignorance is bliss except in self-awareness...

What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships―and even keep you in the shallows with God. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you're stuck in the same ruts? The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system with an uncanny accuracy in describing how human beings are wired, both positively and negatively.

In The Road Back to You Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile forge a unique approach―a practical, comprehensive way of accessing Enneagram wisdom and exploring its connections with Christian spirituality for a deeper knowledge of ourselves, compassion for others, and love for God. Witty and filled with stories, this book allows you to peek inside each of the nine Enneagram types, keeping you turning the pages long after you have read the chapter about your own number. Not only will you learn more about yourself, but you will also start to see the world through other people's eyes, understanding how and why people think, feel, and act the way they do. Beginning with changes you can start making today, the wisdom of the Enneagram can help take you further along into who you really are―leading you into places of spiritual discovery you would never have found on your own, and paving the way to the wiser, more compassionate person you want to become.]]> 238 Ian Morgan Cron 0830846190 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.20 2016 The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
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]]> The Circle (The Circle, #1) 18302455 alternate cover for ISBN 9780385351393

When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users� personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency.

As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO.

Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public.

What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.]]> 493 Dave Eggers Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.41 2013 The Circle (The Circle, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Science of Stress: Living Under Pressure]]> 29501065 ĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚý
As Fricchione and his colleagues show, alleviating stress is a task that no one physician Ěýcan alleviate for us on his own. It is not the sort of problem that a surgeon can excise with a scalpel or an internist can eradicate with antibiotics. It requires everyone’s efforts—the healthy, the sick, doctors, nurses, psychologists, clergy, community leaders, and everyone else—to pull together to address the stress-induced drivers in our community that undermine our health. Clearly and accessibly exploring the latest in modern neuroscience and immunology, the authors examine what those drivers are and how they reduce the body’s metabolic reserve, making us more vulnerable to illness. They then look at the enhanced resilience, something we can achieve by smartly adjusting how we face the significant adversities that can spring up in so many facets of our lives.
ĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚý
Offering innumerable insights on the personal and social causes of stress and the physiological effects they have, this book serves as an essential guide to show us how to alleviate stress and properly take care of ourselves. In doing so, it offers a crucial first step toward meeting the biggest health challenge of this century.
Ěý]]> 176 Gregory L. Fricchione 022633869X Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.80 2016 The Science of Stress: Living Under Pressure
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]]> <![CDATA[Ruthless Valentine (St. Valentines)]]> 222387587 King

Teagan’s voice wraps around me like a vise, luring me further into temptation with every word she speaks and with every move she makes. I’ve been watching her for months. Memorizing her daily schedule, her mannerisms, how she interacts. She doesn’t even know I exist. But she will.

Phoenix

My brother has it bad for our new stepsister and it doesn’t take me long to realize why. There’s something oddly mesmerizing about her. Maybe it’s her innocence, or the careful way she carries herself. Despite my obvious infatuation with her, one thing’s for sure. I’m going to enjoy breaking her.

Teagan

When my mother introduces me to my two new stepbrothers, I made an internal vow to myself to stay far away from them. It was a sound-proof plan. Or� so I thought. They lured me to a cabin in the middle of nowhere under false pretenses, claiming our parents orchestrated the outing. Now I’m at their mercy for the next two days with no way out.]]> 74 Annika Nofal Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.40 Ruthless Valentine (St. Valentines)
author: Annika Nofal
name: Blake
average rating: 4.40
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/08
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
As the following book in the interconnected series, this one circles back to the roommate of the FMC from book one, and her relations with not one, but two men who want only one thing. Will they get what they want, or will she escape?
]]> <![CDATA[Savage Valentine (St. Valentines)]]> 222129601
This isn’t your typical college. These walls hide some of the darkest of secrets, maybe even darker than mine.

My parents adopted me not long after being saved from a trafficking ring. When the time came to get my education, this was the college they sent me to. They are like royalty here, so I’m doing what I can to make them happy. So I stay quiet, be the nice little sorority girl and mind my business. That is, until him.

Parker is a hockey player with a bad attitude and lots of secrets. He wanted nothing to do with his family, the societies they were a part of, none of it. But it's in his blood.

All it took was one hookup for him to become obsessed, and now he will do anything to become her Savage Valentine. Even if it means spilling the blood of anyone who touches her.

This is a Dark MF Hockey, Secret Society story that takes place in a shared world. This story is only intended for those 18+. Please remember to check Triggers/Content Warnings PRIOR to reading.]]> 67 Alena Jane Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.37 Savage Valentine (St. Valentines)
author: Alena Jane
name: Blake
average rating: 4.37
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/07
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
The next book in the interconnected series that features a secondary character from the previous books, Sydney, and the man who is infatuated with her. He’d do anything for her, but can he prove it? Find out what happens when her nightmares haunt her.
]]> <![CDATA[Sinister Valentine (St. Valentines)]]> 221925959 St. Valentines University holds a dark secret... In the dark halls of St. Valentines University, love isn't the only thing that awakens. Hayes, a star hockey player and initiate of the Divine, finds himself entangled in a web of obsession that he never anticipated. The moment he lays eyes on the new girl, Liviana, he knows she’s unlike anyone he’s ever met. With her striking presence, dismissive ways, and a mysterious past that seems to seep into every corner of her life, she captivates him—despite the fact that she carries the weight of a boyfriend back home.

As their paths cross more frequently, the undeniable chemistry sets them ablaze in a dangerous game that neither of them is prepared to play. Liviana wrestles with her own secrets and the shadows of the past she can't escape. With Hayes determined to make her his Sinister Valentine, a battle of hearts and loyalties unfolds, one that could threaten not just their intoxicating connection, but their very lives.

As tensions rise and the dark presences of the secret society threaten to surface, Hayes and Liviana must confront their deepest fears and desires. Will they succumb to the pull of their connection, or will external surprises tear them apart forever?

This is a MF Dark Hockey Secret Society Shared World Valentine’s Novella. This book is intended for readers 18+. Please be advised and seek the authors website for full content warnings as this book is dark and triggering for some. ]]> 79 Ashlynn Author Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.50 Sinister Valentine (St. Valentines)
author: Ashlynn Author
name: Blake
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/06
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
Oooh yes the story of Hayes and his infatuation turned gruesome. You find out what happens after the events of the first book, but are also left hanging on another cliffhanger. He may have his eye on the prize, but the cult comes first�.right?
]]> <![CDATA[Bloody Valentine (St. Valentines)]]> 221825093
Vivian Valentine:
Her dream is to be a journalist and with the enticing offer of the most prestigious program in the country, Vivvy jumps at the opportunity to transfer to St. Valentine, her history is the very blood of the building after all…but beneath the walls of the university holds a dark story. Fourteen women were sacrificed to power hungry men who built the school. Vivvy falls too far into conspiracy when a seemingly harmless charity event to buy a professor for Valentines day throws her right into the path of her very own distant relative; the Occults leader.

Maddox:
The leader of the Divine Valentine, Maddox has upheld a dark ritual every Valentine’s Day. All the descendants take turns to offer a sacrifice to their ancestors before them. It’s the perfect opportunity when not only another descendant comes to the university but one that is his very own powerful blood line. A charity allows him to lure her right into his grasp, but his little virgin sacrifice will not be so easy to catch.

Will history repeat itself…or will the woman skilled in telling a story create her own narrative?]]> 156 S.K. Pryntz Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.26 Bloody Valentine (St. Valentines)
author: S.K. Pryntz
name: Blake
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/02
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
The Valentine’s Day novella we all needed. Gory, spicy, and a twist I didn’t see coming. If you like a story about a dark past on a university campus and cult-like rituals, this will be up your alley. It follows a sassy FMC and MMC who’s a cult leader who must continue his family’s legacy. But you’re left hanging in suspense as the FMC fights for what’s right.
]]> <![CDATA[Depraved Valentine (St. Valentines)]]> 221988429 Coming Soon... 66 Adeline Storm Blake 0 to-read 3.84 Depraved Valentine (St. Valentines)
author: Adeline Storm
name: Blake
average rating: 3.84
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/30
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]]> The True Love Experiment 62361081 Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hollywood love story and take both of their careers to the next level—but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script.

Felicity “Fizzy� Chen is lost. Sure, she’s got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she’s asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn’t been practicing what she’s preached.

Fizzy hasn’t ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can’t-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Nothing. What happens when the optimism she’s spent her career encouraging in readers starts to feel like a lie?

Connor Prince, documentary filmmaker and single father, loves his work in large part because it allows him to live near his daughter. But when his profit-minded boss orders him to create a reality TV show, putting his job on the line, Connor is out of his element. Desperate to find his romantic lead, a chance run-in with an exasperated Fizzy offers Connor the perfect solution. What if he could show the queen of romance herself falling head-over-heels for all the world to see? Fizzy gives him a hard pass—unless he agrees to her list of demands. When he says yes, and production on The True Love Experiment begins, Connor wonders if that perfect match will ever be in the cue cards for him, too.

The True Love Experiment is the book fans have been waiting for ever since Fizzy’s debut in The Soulmate Equation. But when the lights come on and all eyes are on her, it turns out the happily ever after Fizzy had all but given up on might lie just behind the camera.]]> 409 Christina Lauren 1982173432 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.06 2023 The True Love Experiment
author: Christina Lauren
name: Blake
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/26
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]]> <![CDATA[Louisa's Valentine : A VDMC Novella (Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club)]]> 223869325
The last person she expected to run into is Mitch Taylor.

Mitch, Prospect for the Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club and widower, has had his eye on Louisa for a while now, but always kept his distance. He never expected to be so attracted to another woman after the loss of his wife.

Can these two lonely souls find the second love they weren't even looking for together?]]> Elise Gedicke Blake 5 2025-home-library 4.78 Louisa's Valentine : A VDMC Novella (Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club)
author: Elise Gedicke
name: Blake
average rating: 4.78
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/24
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
The story of Louisa finding true love that we all needed. This feels like a puzzle piece that was missing that has now fallen in place.
]]> Watchers (Breeders Book 2) 210401272

To know her, I must betray the pack.


They call me inferior, defective, unworthy, but alone in the observation room, I find an angel on my monitor. All I want is to be a part of her world, to fit into the mold they claim I don’t suit. But to join her, I’ll have to betray the pack.

I forge my body into one that will meet their expectations, the same way I forge my papers, slipping in amongst them undetected.

I will find her and make her mine.



Syl


Everyone thinks I love it here� the booze, the sex. I’m the perfect party girl, always ready, and willing, like a good pack mother in the breeding program should be. But I hate it. The walls of this place are closing in on me, and the more cycles pass without my conceiving, the more likely I’ll be sent to work the poisoned fields like my sisters. To watch as my fingernails fall out and my hair comes out in clumps� a pointless life of hard labour for the glory of future generations. It’ll be all I’m good for if I can’t have children.

One extension, another three cycles to try, and if I fail to achieve a pregnancy, they’ll load me up and ship me off. I’m luckier than most, but I know this is my last chance. I need to get pregnant, and I’ll do anything to get me there.

Buckle up.


]]> 234 Faye Knightly 1738119483 Blake 3 2025-home-library 4.19 Watchers (Breeders Book 2)
author: Faye Knightly
name: Blake
average rating: 4.19
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/23
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
Just a weird different point of view of the society in book 1. It felt like I was almost reading the same book with how similar the struggles and emotions felt. I was hoping for a continuation of the characters in the first book.
]]> Breeders 198794342
Cassie. Shrouded in darkness, I watched her when we were children, helplessly drawn to her light.

She’s always been the one woman I could lose myself in. It’s an obsession I’m only able to shake when we’re separated at puberty, and I find new purpose guarding the pack borders. But I’m not prepared when I’m selected for the breeding program and find Cassie in a heat-induced-lust-state begging me to take her.

Behind the ram’s mask, my identity is secure, and I’m free to let loose the beast within.

It’s part of the program.

Natural.

Expected.

I just have to find a way to make sure it ends there.

Pack above all.

Cassie

Ecstatic to be chosen for the breeding program, I’m thrilled my dream of becoming a pack mother can come true. But I have to survive the program first, and with no exposure to men since puberty, the thought of a slew of masked strangers visiting me during my heat is terrifying.

Or it should be terrifying, until the heat takes hold, and the man with the ram’s mask enters my room. With his firm touch, he puts all my fears at ease and plays my body like it’s an instrument he was born to.

I want him, but I find myself craving more than our brief encounters in the breeding room.

I want to know him, and with all paired breeders being housed together between heats, he’s here somewhere among the men of my dorm.

Something tells me that when I unmask him, it’ll all make sense.

Game on.

Breeders is a dual POV, dystopian, lycan novel. You can expect the following tropes.

Star Crossed Lovers

Fated Mates

Secret Identity

Grumpy X Sunshine

Chase sceneTrigger warning for pregnancy loss.]]> 245 Faye Knightly Blake 3 2025-home-library 3.69 Breeders
author: Faye Knightly
name: Blake
average rating: 3.69
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/19
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
The story of a search for more and longing for mates in a society that doesn’t allow it. I think the overall idea of the book was interesting. However, the strange society they are living in is truly messed up and makes for a very strange story. While I think this story has potential, it felt like it wasn’t fully developed, and the ending felt rushed. It would have been amazing to have a longer epilogue as well.
]]> <![CDATA[Lucky's Lucky St. Paddy Day: A VDMC Short Story (Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club)]]> 223869603
Harper may have joked about hiding a four leaf clover on her body but Lucky has every intention of spending the weekend searching for it. Very thoroughly.]]> Elise Gedicke Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.66 Lucky's Lucky St. Paddy Day: A VDMC Short Story (Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club)
author: Elise Gedicke
name: Blake
average rating: 4.66
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/23
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
No real plot, it was basically just smut. I thought like most of her other books that this one would have a bigger plot/ending, but it was honestly just about a romantic weekend for Lucky and Harper whilst she’s pregnant. It was good, but I was hoping there would be more to it.
]]> <![CDATA[Venom & Virtue: A Dark Medusa Retelling]]> 223051608
This is a DARK romance with HEAVY triggers. Reader's discretion is HIGHLY advised. ]]> 147 Emily Klepp Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.58 Venom & Virtue: A Dark Medusa Retelling
author: Emily Klepp
name: Blake
average rating: 4.58
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/25
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]]> Gothikana 211004739 Beauty & the Beast meets the gothic suspense of Dracula in this erotic dark academia story by RuNyx―the New York Times bestselling sensation, now in paperback!

An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong?

An outcast her entire life, Corvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmore, she accepts it as a sign from the universe. The last thing she expects though is an olden, secluded castle on top of a mountain riddled with secrets, deceit, and death.

An enigma his entire life, Vad Deverell likes being a closed book but knowing exactly everything that happens in the university. A part-time professor working on his thesis, Vad has been around long enough to know the dangers the castle possesses.
And he knows the moment his paths cross with Corvina, she's dangerous to everything that he is.

They shouldn't have caught each other's eye. They cannot be. But a chill-inducing century-old mystery forces them to collide. People have disappeared every five years for over a hundred years, and Corvina is getting clues to unraveling it all, and Vad needs to keep an eye on her.

And so begins a tale of the mystique, the morbid, the macabre, and a deep love that blossoms in the unlikeliest of places.]]> 416 RuNyx 1250334225 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.79 2021 Gothikana
author: RuNyx
name: Blake
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/25
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]]> The Seven Year Slip 62926938 An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.

Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.

So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it.

And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again.

Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future.

Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed.

After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.]]> 336 Ashley Poston Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.18 2023 The Seven Year Slip
author: Ashley Poston
name: Blake
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/25
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]]> How to See 40957777 Truly see yourself

How to See is about our misperceptions, how we can gain insight and how mindfulness practices can help us see our real selves. Thich Nhat Hanh brings his signature clarity, compassion and humour in showing us how to achieve an awakened, more relaxed state of self-awareness so we cn understand ourselves and the world around us.

This is a perfect pocket-sized guide to life by the most renowned Zen master in the world, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.]]> 125 Thich Nhat Hanh 1846046106 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.28 How to See
author: Thich Nhat Hanh
name: Blake
average rating: 4.28
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/25
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]]> <![CDATA[Jumper (Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club, #4)]]> 215084718
Jasmine has been secretly in love with Jumper since the day they met over two years ago, but knows he'd never notice a curvy nerd like her. When dog bodies are left around town, Jasmine is determined to find the culprit and bring them to justice. She knows it's dangerous and she doesn't care.

Jumper can't lost another person he cares about. He must protect his danger magnet at all costs. A mysterious farm leads them to an illegal dog fighting ring and it'll take all of the VDMC to rescue Jumper and Jasmine...but will they make it in time?]]> Elise Gedicke Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.51 Jumper (Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club, #4)
author: Elise Gedicke
name: Blake
average rating: 4.51
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/17
date added: 2025/01/18
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
All in all this kept me on my toes and invested in Jumper and Jasmine’s story. Some parts seemed to be a bit lacking, especially the end. I feel like more closure was needed but instead it left off on more than 1 cliffhanger.
]]> <![CDATA[So Lost Are the Foes (Generation Rift, #3)]]> 220803221 Don’t take it for granted.

Twenty-year-old Léa Young is hungry� again. Weeks after returning to the Rift Zone, she finds herself back where she started: in a scramble for resources in post-apocalyptic Kenyonville. This time, though, she has allies. Not that it helps much. If Viktor tries to make her eat one more lousy pine needle, she’s going to scream.

When LĂ©a and her friends learn about an unexpected power shift in their small town, they decide to risk allying themselves with a new boss. What do they have to lose? But when chasing that alliance dredges up a staggering secret from the past, LĂ©a finds herself having to make an unthinkable decision.

She never expected to love the members of her post-Rift family so much.

And she certainly never imagined she’d have to give one of them up.]]> Nissa Harlow 1738812472 Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.67 So Lost Are the Foes (Generation Rift, #3)
author: Nissa Harlow
name: Blake
average rating: 4.67
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/15
date added: 2025/01/18
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
I thought this book would be similar to the others in the series, but boy oh boy was I wrong. While these had typically been PG style books, this one had an inappropriate scene in it which felt like a strange twist. And then the end absolutely gutted me. It absolutely doesn’t have a HEA, and I’m not sure if I could continue even if more books are made. it was a good read overall, it just shocked me in more ways than one.
]]> <![CDATA[The Promise (Wolfe Creek Duet #2)]]> 220510215 BENEATH HER VENGEANCE
I’ve been broken before, but this time, it’s different. He didn’t just betray me—he destroyed the new life I’d fought so hard to build and nearly killed someone I love dearly. Now, all I can think about is making him pay. I’m the only one who knows that he's still alive. He’s determined to haunt me with his midnight visits. Damian, Sutton, and Wes think I’m safe, but they have no idea what I’m truly enduring. With no other choice, I’m forced to turn to unlikely sources for help. But I’ll do anything to make sure my tormentor never has the chance to hurt the people I love again. The deeper I sink into this darkness, the closer I am to finally getting my revenge.

BROTHERHOOD FRACTURED
We’ve endured so much together—fighting against the odds, building our legacy, and forging the family we never had growing up. But now, everything is changing. Adrian, the brother we’ve kept hidden from Thea, is back, and his resentment runs deep. He blames Thea for the fractures in our once unshakable pact. I’m trying to hold us together—to keep control of the chaos that’s threatening to tear us apart. But Sutton’s world has been flipped upside down by family secrets, and Wes is struggling with someone from his past we couldn’t have imagined would come back. And Adrian? He’s drowning in his own demons, taking them out on Thea in ways that disturb even me.

HIS DARK RETURN
They think they’ve won. They think they’ve shut me out of her life, that I’m nothing more than a memory. But I’m still here, lurking in the shadows, reminding Thea that she can’t escape me. I know her better than anyone—I’m going to use that to my advantage. I’ll break her down, piece by piece, until she’s mine again. My brothers can’t save her and they won’t want to once I’ve ruined her.]]> Helena Sage Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.43 The Promise (Wolfe Creek Duet #2)
author: Helena Sage
name: Blake
average rating: 4.43
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/15
date added: 2025/01/18
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
I’m so so mad that it had to end the way it did. But it was a good second part to the story and gave closure all around. I’m so glad the introduction of Adrian didn’t ruin the story, but made the story complete instead.
]]> Endless (Starcrossed #7) 196383714
The dice have always been loaded against her.
Helen was always fated to start a war.

Even after defeating the Olympians and taking up the mantle as the most powerful of all the Scions, Helen still wasn’t able to save her father. Bereft and betrayed by Lucas, Helen falls into a downward spiral� but the Fates aren’t done with her yet.

Star-crossed in love, she was destined for destruction.
The cycle was never meant to be broken.

Helen learns that her final purpose is to be the spark that sets the whole world on fire. To prevent this from happening, she must do the impossible, and defeat the Moirae. If she fails, she risks ending up like Oedipus, meeting her fate on the road she has taken to escape it.

Will love be the key that finally trumps fate?]]> 298 Josephine Angelini Blake 0 to-read 3.87 Endless (Starcrossed #7)
author: Josephine Angelini
name: Blake
average rating: 3.87
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]]> Outcasts (Starcrossed, #6) 122774603
Presumed dead, Daphne and Ajax try to steal away what happiness they can living as Outcasts, when they discover that the Fates aren’t done with them yet. Ajax may have escaped death, but his fate is sealed, and it’s only a matter of time before it catches up with him.

Like mice in a maze, they are led back to New York City where Daphne must find a way to keep the Fates from killing Ajax. But returning to the city puts them both in grave danger, and they must seek the help in the unlikeliest of places. Daedelus, the reluctant Heir to the House of Athens, and Adonis, a prince of the House of Rome, both of whom are their mortal enemies.

But their biggest challenge will come from someone who loves them both. Tantalus, who has been busy plotting to start the war he knows he is destined to win, but who tragically finds himself caught between his devotion to his brother, and his obsession with Daphne.]]> 410 Josephine Angelini 0999462881 Blake 0 to-read 4.19 2023 Outcasts (Starcrossed, #6)
author: Josephine Angelini
name: Blake
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Timeless (Starcrossed, #5) 61108762
A fate avoided

After successfully using a clever bit of trickery to avoid all-out war with the gods and defeat Zeus, Helen sets out to enjoy her final year of high school with Lucas and her friends.

A debt owed

But happily ever after eludes her. Zeus has found a way to strike back at Helen from inside the prison she devised for him. Growing weaker with every one of Zeus� attacks, Helen scrambles to complete the three tasks she owes to the Titans, hurling through time on Cronus� bidding.

A promise broken

But Helen’s odyssey proves to be more challenging than she could have imagined, because Lucas has mysteriously started pulling away from her, burdened by a secret that threatens to tear them apart.]]> 410 Josephine Angelini Blake 0 to-read 4.14 2023 Timeless (Starcrossed, #5)
author: Josephine Angelini
name: Blake
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Scions (Starcrossed, #4) 60472748
New York City, 1993. It wasn’t Daphne’s choice to move into the heart of a struggle that has been secretly waging for thirty-three hundred years, but not much in her life has been up to her. Fate has brought Daphne, daughter of Zeus, and Heir to the House of Atreus to where the descendants of the Greek gods can shed blood over her once again.

Men are fated to kill for her.

But New York holds a surprise for Daphne and her cursed face—the same one that once launched a thousand ships. A series of murals painted all over town mysteriously pull at her in ways she can't understand. That’s because the artist is Ajax Delos, Son of Apollo, Scion of the House of Thebes, and Daphne’s mortal enemy.

She found the one worth dying for.

With the Fates manipulating them both like pieces on a chessboard, Daphne and Ajax must find a way to break the cycle of destruction set in motion by their ancestors before the walls of Troy, or risk becoming yet another pair of star-crossed lovers doomed to repeat the same fatal mistakes.]]> 406 Josephine Angelini Blake 0 to-read 4.19 2022 Scions (Starcrossed, #4)
author: Josephine Angelini
name: Blake
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> Dreamless (Starcrossed, #2) 12995284 Can true love be FORGOTTEN?

As the only Scion who can descend into the Underworld, Helen Hamilton has been given a nearly impossible task. By night she wanders through Hades, trying to stop the endless cycle of revenge that has cursed her family. By day she struggles to overcome the fatigue that is rapidly eroding her sanity. Without Lucas by her side, Helen is not sure she has the strength to go on.

Just as Helen is pushed to her breaking point, a mysterious new Scion comes to her rescue. Funny and brave, Orion shields her from the dangers of the Underworld. But time is running out - a ruthless foe plots against them, and the Furies' cry for blood is growing louder.

As the ancient Greek world collides with the mortal one, Helen's sheltered life on Nantucket descends into chaos. But the hardest task of all will be forgetting Lucas Delos.

Josephine Angelini's compelling saga becomes ever more intricate and spellbinding as an unforgettable love triangle emerges and the eternal cycle of revenge intensifies. Eagerly awaited, this sequel to the internationally bestselling STARCROSSED delivers a gritty, action-packed love story that exceeds all expectations.]]> 487 Josephine Angelini 0062012010 Blake 0 to-read 4.19 2012 Dreamless (Starcrossed, #2)
author: Josephine Angelini
name: Blake
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/14
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]]> Starcrossed (Starcrossed, #1) 9462795 How do you defy DESTINY?

Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is - no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood... and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history.

As Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that are both drawing her and Lucas together - and trying to tear them apart.]]> 487 Josephine Angelini 0062011995 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.06 2011 Starcrossed (Starcrossed, #1)
author: Josephine Angelini
name: Blake
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/14
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]]> Belladonna (Belladonna, #1) 59227936
Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each one more interested in her wealth than her well-being—and each has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove, an estate both glittering and gloomy. Its patriarch mourns his late wife through wild parties, while his son grapples for control of the family’s waning reputation, and his daughter suffers from a mysterious illness. But when their mother’s restless spirit appears claiming she was poisoned, Signa realizes that the family she depends on could be in grave danger and enlists the help of a surly stable boy to hunt down the killer.
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However, Signa’s best chance of uncovering the murderer is an alliance with Death himself, a fascinating, dangerous shadow who has never been far from her side. Though he’s made her life a living hell, Death shows Signa that their growing connection may be more powerful—and more irresistible—than she ever dared imagine.]]> 409 Adalyn Grace 0316158232 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 3.97 2022 Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)
author: Adalyn Grace
name: Blake
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/14
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]]> Foxglove (Belladonna, #2) 58651856
The captivating sequel to the Gothic-infused Belladonna, in which Signa and Death face a supernatural foe determined to tear them apart.

A duke has been murdered. The lord of Thorn Grove has been framed. And Fate, the elusive brother of Death, has taken up residence in a sumptuous estate nearby. He's hellbent on revenge after Death took the life of the woman he loved many years ago...and now he's determined to have Signa for himself, no matter the cost.

Signa and her cousin Blythe are certain that Fate can save Elijah Hawthorne from prison if they will entertain his presence. But the more time the girls spend with Fate, the more frightening their reality becomes as Signa exhibits dramatic new powers that link her to Fate's past. With mysteries and danger around every corner, the cousins must decide if they can trust one another as they navigate their futures in high society, unravel the murders that haunt their family, and play Fate's unexpected games—all with their destinies hanging in the balance.

Dangerous, suspenseful, and seductive, this sequel to Signa and Death's story is as utterly romantic as it is perfectly deadly.]]> 465 Adalyn Grace 0316565253 Blake 0 to-read, 2025-home-library 4.13 2023 Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)
author: Adalyn Grace
name: Blake
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/14
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]]> Breaking Hudson 223048570
This is a DARK romance with HEAVY triggers. Reader's discretion is HIGHLY advised.]]> 151 Emily Klepp Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.48 Breaking Hudson
author: Emily Klepp
name: Blake
average rating: 4.48
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/06
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
Best friends since they were school age, the FMC and MMC have tried to ignore their attraction to each other. Until something goes terribly wrong when the FMC is in the wrong place at the wrong time. You find out just how far the MMC’s power reaches, if they can have an HEA, and if the FMC can become safe from her monsters or if she’s stuck running from them.
]]> <![CDATA[Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)]]> 61431922 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders...

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile� humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die]]> 665 Rebecca Yarros 1649374046 Blake 5 2025-home-library 4.56 2023 Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Blake
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/11
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
I think this was my first ever romantasy read in adulthood and I have been absolutely blown away. While it started off as a heart racing fantasy story that kept me on the edge of my seat, the romance that came to life was everything I could have hoped for and more. The dragons being introduced made the book even better with their sass and banter. I’m struggling to come up with the words to truly encapsulate how this book blew my mind and made me feel. I can’t wait to jump into the next book!
]]> Delicate 51052853
I never thought of life like the petals of a rose before.
But they’re so alike.
Delicate and easily crushed.

Broken� just like he made me.
He could pluck away and there was nothing I could do except be destroyed and accept my fate.

That’s what he does, he ruins what he touches. Ruthless and cold hearted.
They gave me to him.
To break.
To do as he’d like.
All because I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

He grew addicted to the feel of plucking away at me. At leaving me bare and taking control over every piece of me.
And if I’m honest with myself� I grew to love it too.

Delicate is the first look at Broken, the Best Selling Dark Romance by W Winters.]]> 64 W. Winters Blake 5 2025-home-library 3.21 Delicate
author: W. Winters
name: Blake
average rating: 3.21
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/05
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
I need so much more of this. He’s on trial and she’s meant to speak against him. But she doesn’t want him going down for what they’re accusing him of � it’s more like he saved her from the crappy situation she was in. Will she be able to do what they want her to? Or will she fall back into his arms?
]]> <![CDATA[Bulldog (Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club, #3)]]> 210431396
**Trigger sexual assault, long-term captivity, PTSD, child abuse, child-bride, pedophilia**]]> 298 Elise Gedicke Blake 5 2025-home-library 4.41 Bulldog (Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club, #3)
author: Elise Gedicke
name: Blake
average rating: 4.41
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/10
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
Can kids who met in school truly be soulmates even after 15+ years apart? You find out in this story that involves trauma, pregnancies, a cult, and a motorcycle club being a safe haven through life’s insane ups and downs. While there are some very tough topics in this read, it is also heartwarming and potentially links to the previous book in this series. Definitely a read worth the heart wrenching parts.
]]> Death's Obsession 128123545 He’s coming for you.

Death is meant to come on a chariot of broken dreams or in the dark trenches of a storm, not in love letters and gifts.

He did not take my soul when I was meant to die. He did not want it all the other times that I’ve offered it to him on a silver platter. Yet, time and time again, he reminds me that I am his: His night monster, his dark love, his perfect other.

Death was the only thing keeping me alive. He watches me from his corner, taunts me with sweet messages, marks my body with his touch as I sleep.

He took the people that I love away from me. Still, no one believed me when I said that I saw the faceless man on the night of the accident.

No one can escape death.

Me? I’m chasing it.]]> 178 Avina St. Graves Blake 5 2025-home-library 3.38 2023 Death's Obsession
author: Avina St. Graves
name: Blake
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/08
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
A truly beautifully written story of an FMC who doesn’t want to be alive finding out that her perfect mystery man is, in fact, death himself. After a significant amount of loss within her life, the FMC is plagued by notes and signs of an unknown entity in her life - that no one believes is real except for her. I’m still so blown away by the beauty of the MMC and FMC and how their worlds collide.
]]> Heartline 222730797 Part 1 - Where Love I gave up everything to watch misplaced trust destroy my dreams. They take me in and build me up. As our bond strengthens and love begins to bloom, my world turns into a living nightmare. Will our love give me the strength I need to fight, or will my past destroy me?

Part 2 - Where Loyalty They are delicious, dominant, and my brother’s best friends. They are completely off limits but that only tempts us more. When an assignment turns dangerous, we all throw caution into the wind and find comfort in the forbidden.

This is a two-part DARK romance with HEAVY triggers. Reder's discretion is HIGHLY advised. ]]> 318 Emily Klepp Blake 4 2025-home-library 4.41 Heartline
author: Emily Klepp
name: Blake
average rating: 4.41
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/04
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves: 2025-home-library
review:
Very very intense. I was not mentally prepared for how trigger heavy this duet was, even with reading the warnings. It’s very heavy so be prepared. That being said it did keep me reeled in and wanting to know more and have more to their stories. These are two interconnected books in one. I love the way relationships came together and love found a way, despite all the obstacles.
]]> <![CDATA[Hide, Don't Seek (Not-So Childish Games Duet #1)]]> 216132013
A large property with three different homes surrounded entirely by trees, sweet, slithering snakes, and apps to help her find and vet male companions; as needed. Add in her work as an online teacher by day, and a vigilante of sorts by night, and she's living her perfectly comfortable life.

But, of course, nothing goes her way for long.

A twist of fate suddenly brings the one person she's allowed herself to become friends with, along with the rest of his mercenary team, knocking at the mile-high fortress Bea has built around her heart.

Will Beatrice allow herself to fall for them, or will the unraveling of her carefully controlled life prove to be too much for her to bear?

*This is a reverse harem/why choose romance and is written for readers 18+.]]> 231 Tris Wynters Blake 1 4.09 Hide, Don't Seek (Not-So Childish Games Duet #1)
author: Tris Wynters
name: Blake
average rating: 4.09
book published:
rating: 1
read at: 2025/01/10
date added: 2025/01/10
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DNF. The FMC is painfully annoying. This is dark romance yet the FMC uses weird phrases in place of curse words that honestly made me laugh out loud. I couldn’t take this book seriously.
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