V �'s bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:32:36 -0700 60 V �'s bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)]]> 197036052
The police bring Judith, Suzie, and Becks in to investigate the murder as civilian advisors right from the start, so they have free rein to interview suspects and follow the evidence to their heart's content� which is perfect because Judith has no time for rules and standard procedure. But this case has the Marlow Murder Club stumped. Who would want to kill the affable mayor of Marlow? How did they even get the poison into his coffee? And is anyone else in danger? The Marlow Murder Club is about to face their most difficult case yet...]]> 272 Robert Thorogood 1728284473 V � 0 currently-reading 3.78 2024 The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Penalty (New York Gods, #3)]]> 217390576
I'm the bastard, banished from Manhattan, and forbidden from my dream of playing college hockey for the Gods because no one can find out about me.

But now Dad's dead and guess who's in the will? So my dream of playing for the Gods can finally come true, but I have to find my place in my half brother's shadow while dealing with my rival Teddy, who's been a thorn in my side since juniors.

He’s cocky, infuriating, and the biggest himbo I’ve ever met.

Half the time I think he hates me. But it all comes out after a drunken night and now I can’t get him out of my head.

Exile is over, and I’m here to make their lives a living hell.]]> 354 J.R. Gray V � 1 2025-reads 4.04 The Penalty (New York Gods, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Rebound (Manhattan Ruthless #3)]]> 210626918 They’re wrong.

Sometimes, no matter how much you want to stop it from happening, you have to watch the person you love most in the world slip through your fingers. Even when it feels entirely wrong, you can still find yourself sitting in a lawyer’s office with your spouse, negotiating the terms of your divorce.

It doesn’t matter that she’s the only woman I’ve ever loved. Or that we both meant it when we promised each other forever. It matters even less that she can still make my knees weak with nothing more than a smile. None of that is enough to fix the things we’ve spent a lifetime together breaking.

We were meant to be together but destined to be apart. So we’re doing just that—separating our joined lives into two distinct, single ones. An amicable uncoupling. Or so it appears on the surface.

Only it’s not so easy to extricate yourself from someone who’s been a part of your life for two decades. It’s even harder to deny the physical attraction that’s still there, simmering underneath the surface. If only we didn’t have so much baggage, maybe we could enjoy some no-strings fun to take the edge off the whole divorce situation.

That thought is exactly how I wind up doing the unthinkable: having an affair.
With my wife.
Knee-deep in lawyer negotiations, we’re sneaking around behind everyone’s backs. Secret hotel meetups, burner phones, lying to my family, the works. And despite the physical attraction—and the way she still moans my name—the divorce is going ahead. We’ve made too many mistakes to fix them now.

Or have we? Because what’s happening between us seems like it surpasses the boundaries of a physical affair. What if this is our chance to fix everything we got so very wrong the first time around?

With my family on one side and my wife on the other, I’m torn between what I should do and what I want to do. Torn between my head and my heart.

No matter what I decide, one thing is for certain: There is no such thing as no-strings-attached when the object of your infatuation is also the love of your life.

Rebound is a standalone second chance billionaire romance. With a whole lot of angst and a HEA guaranteed.]]> 474 Sadie Kincaid V � 1 2025-reads 4.38 Rebound (Manhattan Ruthless #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bridesmaid by Chance (Bridesmaid for Hire, #3)]]> 217240754
But when they are confronted with a situation where Sloane is told to fill in as a bridesmaid for one of Hudson's business partners, she comes up with an equal trade. She'll be a part of the regency wedding--corset and all--if Hudson marries her. Sloane knows the value of the trade, he needs her, and she needs his wedding ring to get her into a high-society club that will further her career.

It's an instant no from Hudson at first, but when she convinces him that no one will find out, including her brother, and he will benefit from the marriage too . . . well, Hudson finds himself saying "I do."]]> 480 Meghan Quinn 1464237816 V � 1 2025-reads 4.25 2025 Bridesmaid by Chance (Bridesmaid for Hire, #3)
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> <![CDATA[Playboy (Boston Bolts Hockey, #4)]]> 214338643
Older. Hotter. And way out of my league, Hannah Prescott has been my obsession since the moment she uttered those five simple words.

She thinks she’ll deter me by her dismissive attitude but her words only spur me on. I love a challenge and since Hannah is my literal dream girl, she’s worth putting in a bit of work.

Up until now everything in my life has come easy: hockey, women, friendships. Then Noah Harrison is traded to our team and my spot on the first line with my best friends is at risk. Suddenly Hannah is wearing his jersey and I realize I’ve got to act fast or risk losing my shot forever.

Fortunately for me, dreams do come true because though she only offers me one night, fate has other plans. She may have said she’ll never call me Daddy Hall, but the positive pregnancy test in her hand makes that impossible.

With my every dream within reach, I need to find a way to prove to Hannah that she’s the one for me and I’m so much more than a playboy.]]> 425 Brittanee Nicole V � 1 2025-reads 4.38 Playboy (Boston Bolts Hockey, #4)
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]]> War (Boston Bolts Hockey, #3) 214338412
I wear my emotions on my tattoo-covered sleeve, I say all the wrong things and I revel in pissing off a certain redhead far more than I should. In other words, I’m the last person the court would choose to parent any child, let alone three of them.

Yet being their father is all I want.

So when the woman I love to hate offers to help make all my dreams come true, I jump at the chance. Marrying Ava is a convenient solution: she's my kids favorite person and the court will absolutely approve of the woman who runs the biggest charity in Boston.

But there is nothing convenient about the way I feel when she fights with me, or when we kiss. And I'm not sure which I enjoy more.

This marriage may have a time limit but I'm beginning to think I'd like to keep my wife. She’ll probably fight me on it, but as they say, all’s fair in love and war.]]> 396 Brittanee Nicole V � 2 2025-reads 4.29 War (Boston Bolts Hockey, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Maid's Secret (Molly the Maid, #3)]]> 228432083
When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? Long-buried secrets will be revealed in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest

A wedding. A heist. A secret.

Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, two good things are just around the corner—a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasures and, even more exciting, her wedding to Juan Manuel.

When Molly brings in some old trinkets to be appraised on the show, one item is revealed to be a rare and coveted artifact worth millions. Molly becomes a rags-to-riches sensation, and a media frenzy swirls as she prepares to sell her priceless treasure. Then, on auction day, the treasure suddenly vanishes, and Molly and her friends find themselves at the center of the boldest art heist in recent memory.

But the key to this mystery lies in the past, in a long-forgotten diary written by Molly’s Gran. For the first time ever, Molly learns about her grandmother’s how she was born into a wealthy family and fell head-over-heels in love with a young man her parents deemed below her. As fate would have it, Gran’s greatest love was someone Molly knows quite well.

A spirited heist caper and an epic love story, The Maid’s Secret is a spell-binding whodunit that will capture your heart.]]> Nita Prose V � 2 2025-reads, audiobooks 3.78 2025 The Maid's Secret (Molly the Maid, #3)
author: Nita Prose
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average rating: 3.78
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rating: 2
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]]> The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4) 39802372
David Baldacci returns with the next blockbuster thriller in his #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series featuring detective Amos Decker--the man who can forget nothing.
Amos Decker and his journalist friend Alex Jamison are visiting the home of Alex's sister in Barronville, a small town in western Pennsylvania that has been hit hard economically. When Decker is out on the rear deck of the house talking with Alex's niece, a precocious eight-year-old, he notices flickering lights and then a spark of flame in the window of the house across the way. When he goes to investigate he finds two dead bodies inside and it's not clear how either man died. But this is only the tip of the iceberg. There's something going on in Barronville that might be the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the country.

Faced with a stonewalling local police force, and roadblocks put up by unseen forces, Decker and Jamison must pull out all the stops to solve the case. And even Decker's infallible memory may not be enough to save them.

]]> 420 David Baldacci 1509874267 V � 2 adult, read-in-2018 4.01 2018 The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4)
author: David Baldacci
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average rating: 4.01
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Bites Harder (Mated to the King #3)]]> 222748960 I've been dragged into the fae realm and given no choice but to pick a mate if I ever want to get back home.

Thankfully, the fae king has offered up some of his most trusted men in an attempt to find me someone to marry.

Unthankfully, he's sort of� possessive.

Which means I'm sleeping in his room.

In his bed.

With him.

While I'm trying to choose a mate from among a handful of candidates who barely seem interested in me.

There's enough chemistry between us to light a fire, but he's not an option. I despise him, and he needs to focus on putting an end to the eclipses that keep making his people beastly and insane.

We have to keep our hands to ourselves and deal with our own problems, to protect his kingdom.

But when the next eclipse sets in, everything goes to crap. Because wild, out of control fae kings?

Apparently, they bite.]]> 276 Lola Glass V � 2 2025-reads 4.15 Love Bites Harder (Mated to the King #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Bites Hard (Mated to the King #2)]]> 222018066 I agreed to marry the new werewolf king in exchange for my freedom.

But now he's holding me hostage on his pack's land.

Did I mention that he bit me, publicly, to claim me?

Or that he's so lost in the darkness of his past that he's basically feral?

If I could grow fur myself, maybe the situation would be a simpler one, but I can't.

Somehow, I have to snap my new mate out of his funk, so he can get the pack in order and deal with the people who want me dead.

But to make that happen?

It's looking like love is my best bet.

I don't want to fall for him or try to make him fall for me� but I don't think I have a choice.

Because love sucks, but being killed by a bunch of werewolves?

That would really bite.


*This is a spicy enemies-to-lovers romance with a happily ever after ]]> 295 Lola Glass V � 1 2025-reads 4.19 Love Bites Hard (Mated to the King #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Bites (Mated to the King, #1)]]> 222019054 A vampire bit me while we were making out. Now, I'm being forced to marry him.

Okay, not forced.

I just don't have any other options.

My family is being targeted by a dangerous wolf pack, so we turned to our king for help. But he happens to be the guy I kissed.

He agrees to keep us safe—for the small price of my hand in marriage. Or mating.

Whatever you want to call it, he demands my future.

The alternative is embracing a group of cruel wolf shifters, so I put my hand in his and say the magical equivalent of, "I do."

I'm giving up my freedom for the safety of my family� but I won't fall in love with him.

Not even maybe.

Because mating sucks, but love?

It bites.


*This is a spicy enemies-to-lovers romance with a happily ever after ]]> 295 Lola Glass V � 2 2025-reads 4.09 2024 Love Bites (Mated to the King, #1)
author: Lola Glass
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 2024
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club #2)]]> 75481983
But during the soiree, there’s a crash from inside the house, and when the Marlow Murder Club rush to investigate, they are shocked to find the groom-to-be crushed to death in his study.

The study was locked from the inside, so the police don’t consider the death suspicious. But Judith disagrees. As far as she's concerned, Peter was murdered! And it’s up to the Marlow Murder Club to find the killer before he or she strikes again…]]> 10 Robert Thorogood 0008238324 V � 3 2025-reads, audiobooks 3.79 2023 Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club #2)
author: Robert Thorogood
name: V �
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girlfriend Zone (Love and Hockey, #4)]]> 228029655
In my defense, I had no idea the tattooed, glasses-wearing, soulful hottie I spent one perfect day—and one unforgettable night—with was a hockey star on my father’s team.

And Miles didn’t know I was the coach’s daughter.

That’s the point of a “no-work-talk� date.

But now? He's as forbidden to me as I am to him.

When I land a new gig as the team photographer, we vow to keep it professional. We mostly succeed…except for that time after a game when he couldn’t keep his talented hands off me. And, okay, maybe that other time before a road trip. But I swear, it won’t happen again.

Too much is at stake—I can’t risk my heart or my father’s team.

But when I’m asked to dog-sit Miles’s pack of rescue pups for a few weeks, I discover there’s more to him than I ever imagined—a man who’s genuine, thoughtful, and irresistibly real.

He looks at me like he can’t believe his luck. Touches me like he never wants to let go. And listens to my hopes and fears.

My heart’s getting dangerously attached. But if I follow it� am I putting everyone’s dreams on the line?]]> 14 Lauren Blakely V � 2 2025-reads, audiobooks 4.32 The Girlfriend Zone (Love and Hockey, #4)
author: Lauren Blakely
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average rating: 4.32
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]]> Love Me (Aspen Ridge, #3) 216298871 When my parents give me an ultimatum to settle down with my daughter’s father or they’ll sell the family business, which I’d hoped to inherit, my life crumbles around me. The man they expect me to marry? He has a secret life with a pregnant girlfriend in another city and zero interest in marrying me or stepping up as a father for our child. Luckily, the one man who hasn’t left my side since we were three, has a plan to fix it all. Marry him instead. It seems simple enough, but the attention he’s suddenly giving me is making me question everything.

Liam
I’ve been desperately in love with my best friend for years. Hannah may think we’re just role-playing to get her family to hand over the business she’s been running by herself, but there’s nothing fake about any of this for me. It’s time Hannah feels what it could be like to be with a real man who would do anything for her and her daughter. She just needs to open her eyes and finally see me. Because once I make her my wife, I’m not going anywhere.


**Love Me is book three in the interconnected Aspen Ridge Series and can be read as a standalone. HEA guaranteed!**]]> 410 Jenn Plummer V � 1 2025-reads 4.21 Love Me (Aspen Ridge, #3)
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Horse (The Quiet Horsemen, #2)]]> 228922717 He might be the head of The Quiet Horsemen, the man everyone else in this town fears, but I’m not about to cede a single inch of ground to him.
If I have to lie, cheat, and steal to keep him from finding out my bar’s underwater—well, that’s exactly what I’ll do.
At least until he breaks into my apartment and discovers my secret. One that gives him all the leverage he needs to control my fate.
My only reprieve is that The Horsemen are in the middle of a war, one that’s been spilling blood for the better part of a decade, and his enemies are closing in on our small mountain town.
Which is why I’m taken off guard by the demand he makes in exchange for keeping my secret.
Apparently there are benefits to being at the mercy of the devil…]]> 402 Maggie Rawdon 1959523341 V � 1 2025-reads 4.14 Dark Horse (The Quiet Horsemen, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Let Me Love You (The Costa Family, #1)]]> 122993613 Love is a risk for a woman in danger and a mercenary sworn to protect in a blistering novel of vengeance and redemption by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin.

Six years ago, Maria Romano got her birthday wish—a kiss from Enzo Costa. A man she could never take her eyes off, but who seemed as haunted as her favorite book boyfriends and strictly off-limits. Just one unforgettable moment in the dark and then he was gone.

Now Maria is a divorced single mom, moving on and open to romance again. Fatefully, it’s with the new head chef at her sister’s Enzo. A gentler man than the one she remembers, yet fire still burns. And a warning still don’t get too close.

Enzo is embarking on a new life, too. And falling in love with Maria shouldn’t happen. He has far too much blood on his hands, and he carries his damaged past like a shadow. But he can’t ignore the impulses drawing them back together.

When his secrets plunge Maria into danger, Enzo must become the man he once was to keep everyone safe. Will he go off the deep end and never find his way back? Or will Maria be enough to save his soul?]]> 328 Brittney Sahin 1662513798 V � 1 2025-reads 4.24 2023 Let Me Love You (The Costa Family, #1)
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average rating: 4.24
book published: 2023
rating: 1
read at: 2025/04/01
date added: 2025/04/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Mountain Boss (Mountain Men #1)]]> 223437788
I’m just so exhausted—always living on the edge of desperation, one paycheck away from ruin.
But this new job�
It could be the fresh start I need.
It could change everything.
The contract is only for three months, but if I keep my head down, work hard, and prove myself, maybe I could stay longer.
Maybe I could make Black Mountain Lodge my home.
As I pull down the gravel drive, surrounded by the forest and mountains and bright blue skies, I feel something I haven’t felt in a while.
I feel hope.

Sterling

My new employee is late.
I’m already in a bad mood about having to train him, still salty about my old guy retiring on me.
But while I’m waiting, a woman pulls up my drive.
A woman straight from my damn dreams.
Curvy and pretty, looking at me with wide eyes framed with sooty lashes.
And suddenly, I’m no longer thinking about my late employee.
But then she opens her mouth and asks for me, introducing herself as Courtney, my new hire.
Courtney. Not Court, like the application said.
And I realize there’s been a mistake.
I can’t have this woman working here. Living on my property. Distracting me. I mean, my staff.
No. She can’t work for me. End of story.
Except she won’t leave. She even threatens to sue me.
Fine. If she won’t let me fire her before she even starts, then I’ll just have to make her leave on her own.]]> 510 S.J. Tilly 1962096246 V � 1 2025-reads 4.21 Mountain Boss (Mountain Men #1)
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]]> The Marlow Murder Club 56758501
Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper.

One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. The local police don’t believe her story, so she decides to investigate for herself, and is soon joined in her quest by Suzie, a salt-of-the-earth dog-walker, and Becks, the prim and proper wife of the local Vicar.

Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club.

When another body turns up, they realise they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape…]]> 10 Robert Thorogood V � 2 audiobooks, 2025-reads 3.70 2021 The Marlow Murder Club
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average rating: 3.70
book published: 2021
rating: 2
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]]> Malibu Rising 55404546 Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever.

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

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

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

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

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

Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them... and what they will leave behind.]]> 369 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1524798657 V � 0 to-read 4.02 2021 Malibu Rising
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[If You Love Me (Toronto Terror, #4)]]> 222081655 Two nights with her ruined me for all other women, but I never got the chance to make her mine.

I’m the pinnacle of control. I protect the net, my team, and my daughter.
It’s my final season and I can’t afford any distractions.
Except our new assistant coach just walked in.
And I would know her face anywhere.
She’s the one I dream about.

That weekend, I was just a man—not the legend, the dad, the mentor.
I didn’t care that I was a decade older.
For the first time in my life, I was ready to risk everything if it meant having her.
Until I woke up to an empty bed and no note.
Three years of wishing I knew how to find her, now she’s my new boss.

I can be patient.
But for her—I want to break all the rules.]]> 408 Helena Hunting 1989185967 V � 2 2025-reads 4.14 2025 If You Love Me (Toronto Terror, #4)
author: Helena Hunting
name: V �
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2025
rating: 2
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]]> The Hermit (Mafia Empire #1) 223188844 From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new STANDALONE, full-length MAFIA ROMANCE novel.

I entered an arranged marriage so my sister, Ciara, could marry for love. Three years later, I’m a widow, and my father arranges for Ciara to marry Dominik Varga. The assassin slash arms dealer is as dangerous as he’s quiet, which is very unnerving.

Needless to say, I’m not happy at all. A deal was a deal, and I kept my end of it, so there’s no way on God’s green earth I’ll just sit back and smile like a good little girl. I’ll fight for Ciara’s freedom so she won’t have to face the hell I was forced to endure.

But Dominik doesn’t make things easy for me. He’s determined to get his hands on half of Dad’s empire.
When he moves into my family home, my entire routine unravels. I have to fight for more than just my sister’s freedom because I’m in danger of losing my heart.

I refuse to admit I’m drawn to his darkness. If I do, God only knows whether we’ll survive the fire raging between us.

A Mafia Romance full-length novel.
Each book in the Mafia Empire series is interconnected but about a different couple who will all find their HEA.]]> 268 Michelle Heard V � 1 2025-reads 3.96 The Hermit (Mafia Empire #1)
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]]> First Frost 210363525
Normally, they lived their lives separately, as if they were two strangers living under the same roof.

But the peace was disrupted one morning.

The night before, Wen Yifan was still sleeping in her room, but she found herself waking in Sang Yan’s bed the next day.

Aware that she sleepwalked from time to time, Wen Yifan could only apologize and put it away as her fault. However, when the situation repeated again and again, she tried to suggest locking his door before he heads to sleep�

Sang Yan dismissed the idea, saying, “You’d just pick the lock.�

Wen Yifan tried her best to keep her composure. “Why in the world would I be able to do that?�

“Well…� Sang Yan lifted his eyes and drawled, “is there anything you wouldn’t do to climb onto my bed?�

After an awkward pause, Wen Yifan smiled. “OK, then go ahead and try.�

Now that caught Sang Yan by surprise.]]> 1209 Zhu Yi V � 0 2025-reads, paused 4.45 First Frost
author: Zhu Yi
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]]> <![CDATA[Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 1]]> 6218007 for a horror movie. With striking similarities to a haunting movie character--jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor--she's mistakenly called Sadako by those around her. But behind her scary façade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do is make some friends. But when the most popular boy in class befriends her, she's sure to make more than just that--she's about to make some enemies too!]]> 205 Karuho Shiina 1421527553 V � 0 paused 4.30 2006 Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 1
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average rating: 4.30
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wrong Play (The Wrong Player, #2)]]> 221639345
He’s the school’s star wide receiver. The campus golden boy. The kind of man who takes what he wants and never lets go.

And what he wants…is me.

But I’m not a game to be won.

I have secrets. Scars. A past that’s still chasing me. And the last thing I need is a cocky football player with an obsessive streak and a dangerous smile trying to claim me like I’m his.

Only Jace doesn’t take no for an answer.

Not when he’s decided I belong to him.

Not when my past comes knocking.

Not even when I try to run.

Because Jace Thatcher plays to win.

And falling for him? Might be the worst play of my life.

*Note: Jace Thatcher is a morally grey antihero who is obsessed with his girl and will do anything to keep her. This is a darker football romance.

The Wrong Play is a football romance standalone from USA Today and International Bestselling Author C.R. Jane.]]> 546 C.R. Jane V � 1 2025-reads 4.16 The Wrong Play (The Wrong Player, #2)
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wrong Quarterback (The Wrong Player, #1)]]> 216781400 You can’t steal something that belongs to you.

Casey

I’ve spent the last two years trying to keep the pieces together after my family fell apart. College was supposed to be my chance to start fresh—new beginnings, new dreams, and one thing I thought I could always count on.

Him.

Gray was my anchor, my constant, my everything.

Until he wasn’t.

Then Parker Davis crashed into my life and crumbled my reality. The first time I met the Tennessee star quarterback, something like obsession sparked in his eyes. He’s relentless, charming, and absolutely sure of what he wants.

And what he wants…is me.

He tells me I’m his endgame, and he’s determined to prove it.

But what’s the line between obsession and love?

And what does it mean for me when that line begins to blur?

At first I think Parker Davis is all wrong. But what if…he’s exactly right?

* Parker Davis is a morally grey antihero who is obsessed with his girl and will do anything to keep her. This is a darker football romance.

The Wrong Quarterback is a football romance standalone from USA Today and International Bestselling Author C.R. Jane.]]> 462 C.R. Jane V � 1 2025-reads 4.03 The Wrong Quarterback (The Wrong Player, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)]]> 213243908 A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle-inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.

Aiden Valentine has a secret: he's fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore's romance hotline, that's a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight.

Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life-or lack thereof—she begins to question if she's as happy as she thought. Maybe a little more romance wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending... even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final call between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.]]> 448 B.K. Borison 0593641191 V � 0 to-read 4.06 2025 First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)
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]]> Slap Shot (D.C. Stars, #3) 214295087
Madeline Galloway needs a job. Recently let go from her executive chef position in Las Vegas, she’s desperate as can be when she reaches out to an old acquaintance about a possible job opportunity�. in DC.

After hitting it off with her prospective employer, the blond hockey star who seems to have a heart of gold, she and her daughter, Lucy, make the move east.

The rules were simple: no personal relationships. No falling for the romantic guy who always made her smile, even if they were living together and spending all their free time with each other.

But after a kiss on New Year’s Eve, everything changes. The lines blur. Being Hudson’s friend—and only his friend—is the last thing on her mind.

And when Hudson learns American Sign Language for her daughter? It might be a slap shot to the heart.

Slap Shot is a spicy slow burn friends to lovers, private chef x hockey player romance with forced proximity and a man who if he wanted to, he would.]]> 530 Chelsea Curto V � 3 2025-reads 4.08 2025 Slap Shot (D.C. Stars, #3)
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average rating: 4.08
book published: 2025
rating: 3
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]]> Mr. Swoony (The Nest, #3) 228360702
At least, that’s what I thought—until I met Conor Nilsen. In truth, I didn’t know he was the goalie for the Chicago Falcons when he struck up a conversation the night of my bachelorette party.

He proved he wasn’t just some hot guy looking to score when he helped me get my drunk bridesmaid safely back to our hotel. That’s when he discovered my 30-before-30 bucket list—a list I hadn’t managed to check a single item off.

What was meant to be a night of stargazing turned into so much more. The chemistry between us was undeniable, and after one innocent night together, I started to question everything—especially my upcoming wedding to a man I wasn’t sure loved me.

Fast forward to my wedding day, and just as I’m standing at the altar, Conor bursts through the church doors to object. And now, somehow, I’m his roommate. Yikes.]]> Piper Rayne V � 3 2025-reads, audiobooks 3.95 2025 Mr. Swoony (The Nest, #3)
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name: V �
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2025
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth]]> 187016352 259 Natalie Haynes 0063377098 V � 0 to-read 3.93 2023 Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> <![CDATA[His Enforcer (Unexpectedly Twisted #3)]]> 222448705 But when a series of unidentified bodies begin showing up on our property and it becomes clear someone is trying to take the Costello family down, Luca and I are teamed up to solve the mystery. And working up close and personal with this man has me realizing that there’s no one in the world quite as dangerous to me as him. Because the real reason I hate Luca so much, and maybe even the reason why I hate myself, is because he’ll never really want me.]]> 316 Cora Rose V � 1 2025-reads 4.15 His Enforcer (Unexpectedly Twisted #3)
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> <![CDATA[The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches]]> 60018635 A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family--and a new love--changes the course of her life.

As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's used to being alone and she follows the rules...with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos pretending to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously.

But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and...Jamie. The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he's concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat.

As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and when a threat comes knocking at their door, Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn't know she was looking for....
]]> 318 Sangu Mandanna 059343935X V � 4 2025-reads, audiobooks 4.04 2022 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
author: Sangu Mandanna
name: V �
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Pucking Obsessed (Kings of Castlebrook, #1)]]> 216868703 If he can’t have her, no one can.

Hayden Lockwood harbors a dark obsession with Madison Caldwell. The brooding hockey captain's unhinged infatuation began the instant he laid eyes on the most untouchable girl on campus. The night his mother and her father were found slain amidst their affair, Hayden couldn’t tear his eyes away from the girl who didn’t shed a single tear. Hayden’s fixation on Madison deepens as he watches her every move, intervening at every imposing threat and sabotaging any potential suitor.

Madison can’t avoid the hothead hockey player when their surviving parents find comfort in each other and decide to marry. As their parents� wedding approaches, a violent attack on campus forces Hayden and Madison to make life-altering choices. When someone threatens to expose the dark secrets of their elite circle, Hayden is forced to reveal just how obsessed he is with Madison, and how far he’s willing to go to protect her.

Kings of Castlebrook are elite hockey legacies born to cause trouble on and off the ice. Please read Pucking Obsessed with caution as it contains dark themes, and please note that this book is not enemies to lovers and there is no malice between the main characters.]]> 318 London Snow V � 1 2025-reads 3.79 2025 Pucking Obsessed (Kings of Castlebrook, #1)
author: London Snow
name: V �
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2025
rating: 1
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]]> Power Play (D.C. Stars, #2) 218022571 Divorced, feeling stuck in her professional life and terrified of reentering the world of dating, she’s decided she’s going to work on something she can control: learning how to be good in the bedroom.
Enter Liam Sullivan.
The star NHL goalie might not be a people person, but he's the perfect teacher. He knows what he's doing behind closed doors, and with a little convincing, he agrees to be Piper's guide.
Things between them are casual and easy. Something they can both benefit from. And when a road trip to Vegas has Piper and Liam waking up from a night they can’t remember with matching wedding rings, they decide to figure out how much more fun they can have as husband and wife.
It’s just for the hockey season.
It doesn’t mean anything.
But as the clock ticks down on their fake-marriage-with-benefits, can Piper and Liam make it work in the real world? Or will their relationship be a power play straight to disaster?]]> 514 Chelsea Curto V � 2 2025-reads 4.00 2024 Power Play (D.C. Stars, #2)
author: Chelsea Curto
name: V �
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2024
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)]]> 56269205 From holy cup comes holy light;
The faithful hand sets world aright.
And in the Seven Martyrs� sight,
Mere man shall end this endless night.

It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness.

Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy brotherhood dedicated to defending realm and church from the creatures of the night. But even the Silver Order could not stem the tide once daylight failed us, and now, only Gabriel remains.

Imprisoned by the very monsters he vowed to destroy, the last silversaint is forced to tell his story. A story of legendary battles and forbidden love, of faith lost and friendships won, of the Wars of the Blood and the Forever King and the quest for humanity’s last remaining hope:

The Holy Grail.

From author Jay Kristoff comes Empire of the Vampire, the first illustrated volume of an astonishing new dark fantasy saga.]]> 739 Jay Kristoff 1250245281 V � 0 to-read 4.29 2021 Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Book of Night (Book of Night, #1)]]> 58293924 Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies.

In Charlie Hall’s world, shadows can be altered, for entertainment and cosmetic preferences—but also to increase power and influence. You can alter someone’s feelings—and memories—but manipulating shadows has a cost, with the potential to take hours or days from your life. Your shadow holds all the parts of you that you want to keep hidden—a second self, standing just to your left, walking behind you into lit rooms. And sometimes, it has a life of its own.

Charlie is a low-level con artist, working as a bartender while trying to distance herself from the powerful and dangerous underground world of shadow trading. She gets by doing odd jobs for her patrons and the naive new money in her town at the edge of the Berkshires. But when a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie’s present life is thrown into chaos, and her future seems at best, unclear—and at worst, non-existent. Determined to survive, Charlie throws herself into a maelstrom of secrets and murder, setting her against a cast of doppelgängers, mercurial billionaires, shadow thieves, and her own sister—all desperate to control the magic of the shadows.]]> 304 Holly Black 1250812194 V � 0 to-read 3.51 2022 Book of Night (Book of Night, #1)
author: Holly Black
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average rating: 3.51
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]]> <![CDATA[The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)]]> 60556912
Every day I clean the Winchesters� beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.

I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.

I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out� and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.

They don’t know what I’m capable of�

An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train won’t be able to put this down!]]> 329 Freida McFadden 1803144378 V � 3 audiobooks, 2025-reads 4.31 2022 The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
author: Freida McFadden
name: V �
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/26
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saw this coming a mile ago, so it was not that enjoyable for me. Also, hated the characters at the beginning (think that was the point but just had a difficult time getting through the start of the book
]]> <![CDATA[The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid, #2.5)]]> 210040063 Molly the Maid has a whole new mystery to solve in this heartwarming novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest.

Molly Gray has always loved the holidays. When Molly was a child, her gran went to great lengths to make the season merry and bright, full of cherished traditions. The first few Christmases without Gran were hard on Molly, but this year, her beloved boyfriend and fellow festive spirit, Juan Manuel, is intent on making the season Molly’s mofinst joyful yet.

But when a Secret Santa gift exchange at the Regency Grand Hotel raises questions about who Molly can and cannot trust, she dives headfirst into solving her most consequential—and personal—mystery yet. Molly has a bad feeling about things, and she starts to wonder: has she yet again mistaken a frog for a prince?

A heartwarming, magical story about the true spirit of the season, The Mistletoe Mystery reminds us that love is the greatest mystery of all.]]> 112 Nita Prose 0593875443 V � 3 2025-reads, audiobooks 3.41 2024 The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid, #2.5)
author: Nita Prose
name: V �
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/17
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]]> <![CDATA[The Path to Loving Him (Almond Bay, #3)]]> 220239464 From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a new forced proximity, single dad romantic comedy. This steamy, laugh out loud, enemies-to-lovers, small town standalone romance delivers the perfect happily ever after.

What does one do when they completely blow an interview?
If you're me, you pick up a one-night stand with the most gorgeous man you've ever seen..

That's right, after a lousy interview that could have changed everything for me, I headed over to the local small town bar to sulk when the one man I shouldn't want walked in. And when my friend convinced me to take him back to my hotel room, I didn't think about it, I just did it . . . well, I did him.

It was an unforgettable night, but I didn't stay for breakfast. Instead, I got out of there and tried not to think about him again.

Everything was fine until I received a call from the interviewer saying I got the job as the assistant baseball coach at Almond Bay High. I'd be working directly under the one and only Ryland Rowley--my one-night stand.

Now, I'm not only working with him but renting the apartment above his garage. And I have to deal with the fact that he's the man I dream about and can't have while not letting my attraction get in the way of keeping the harmony between us. Sounds easy, doesn't it?

It should have been, except the plan falls apart when my shower breaks, and night after night I have to slip into his house to use the bathroom only to find him in the kitchen, staring me down with those hungry, single dad eyes.]]> 460 Meghan Quinn V � 2 2025-reads 4.26 The Path to Loving Him (Almond Bay, #3)
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)]]> 60879779
I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I'd killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it's a little more complicated than that.

Have I killed someone? Yes. I have.

Who was it?

Let's get started.

EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE

My brother

My stepsister

My wife

My father

My mother

My sister-in-law

My uncle

My stepfather

My aunt

Me]]> 371 Benjamin Stevenson 0063279029 V � 3 2025-reads, audiobooks 3.75 2022 Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)
author: Benjamin Stevenson
name: V �
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/16
date added: 2025/02/16
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]]> <![CDATA[End It All (Vitale Brothers, #5)]]> 221748978 What do you do when your only way out is to join a family you never knew existed?

I’m not well behaved, that’s a given. But meeting the Vitale’s puts my life into perspective. They’re everything I’ve longed for; rich, adventurous, fearless, and close. Really close.

This is supposed to be my family too.

So why do I feel like an outsider?

I have no choice except to fit in because I can’t go back home. Not when I’m on the run�

Amidst the chaos of a cooling war, a family struggle, and the law nipping at my heels, I meet Quincy. Bold, crazy, and hot as a five alarm fire.This man is the grand red flag of all red flags, but then again so am I.

And I’ve always loved to play with fire.


The fifth book in the Vitale Brothers series. Each book can be read as a standalone but is best read in order. HEA guaranteed. Make sure to check out the TWs.]]> 393 Brea Alepoú V � 1 2025-reads 4.13 End It All (Vitale Brothers, #5)
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> <![CDATA[Never Say Never (Vitale Brothers, #4)]]> 134703294
But trouble finds me.

Not just me, but York Washington. He’s my boss, but more than that he’s my friend. When he and his daughters are thrown into danger I have no choice but to step into the light. Finally, I get to go back home.

But home is a strange hellscape I no longer understand.

While a war wages on, I’m caught between who I am and who I was with a man I’ve betrayed. There’s no happily ever after for me.

The fourth book in the Vitale brother series. Each book can be read as a standalone but best enjoyed read in order. HEA guaranteed. (Will be released beforePreOrder date)]]> 437 Brea Alepoú V � 2 2025-reads 4.30 Never Say Never (Vitale Brothers, #4)
author: Brea Alepoú
name: V �
average rating: 4.30
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]]> <![CDATA[Promise Me Forever (Manhattan Ruthless #2)]]> 203859198
How can you promise someone forever?

The simple truth is that you can’t.

At least that’s what I always thought. Until I met Amelia Ryder. It was a chance encounter. We were meant to go our separate ways and never see each other again.

So you can imagine my surprise when the woman I haven’t been able to stop thinking about turns up at my office two days after I sent her home—as my new secretary. And things are about to get a lot more complicated than either of us expected.

She’s occupying my every waking thought. If I’m not thinking about her smile or her scent, or the very unprofessional things I'd like to do to her on my desk, I’m definitely picturing her delicious curves—the ones I know in intimate detail.

But I’m Drake James, cold-hearted workaholic. I don’t do relationships, I don’t do commitment, and I definitely don’t do my secretary.

So why can’t my mind and body get with the program? Because staying away from the woman is pure torture. And as unfair as it is for her, I’m not prepared to give up whatever this thing is between us, no matter how toxic it gets.

Amelia Ryder is mine, and just because I can’t have her doesn’t mean I won’t.]]> 426 Sadie Kincaid V � 1 2025-reads 4.16 Promise Me Forever (Manhattan Ruthless #2)
author: Sadie Kincaid
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[Poetry On Ice (Totally Pucked, #1)]]> 222224173 I can’t tell if we’re fighting…or flirting?

Being traded to the Seattle Vipers has left me with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they’re my team, the team I’ve loved and supported since I was a kid, but on the other hand, he’s here. Him. Ant Decker. Infamous NHL bad boy. Right wing to my left. A man who’s made it his sole purpose in life to be better than me.

Well, the joke’s on him because I’m faster and my stats are better than his.

Not that I’m competing with him. Of course not. I wouldn’t stoop to his level.

He’s the most infuriating person I’ve ever met. A dark, chaotic presence that distracts me.

When we’re not coming to blows on the ice, he tries to provoke me by calling me Princess. And Pretty Boy...and Babygirl.

I hate it. Obviously, I do. It makes me so angry I can hardly see straight.

So why does my body react as if I like it?]]> 336 Jesse H. Reign V � 2 2025-reads 4.12 Poetry On Ice (Totally Pucked, #1)
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name: V �
average rating: 4.12
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]]> <![CDATA[Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)]]> 57091457 Leon I earned my reputation among magicians for a reason: one wrong move and you're dead. Killer, they called me, and killing is what I'm best at. Except her. The one I was supposed to take, the one I should have killed - I didn't. The cult that once controlled me wants her, and I'm not about to lose my new toy to them.

Rae I've always believed in the supernatural. Hunting for ghosts is my passion, but summoning a demon was never part of the plan. Monsters are roaming the woods, and something ancient - something evil - is waking up and calling my name. I don't know who I can trust, or how deep this darkness goes. All I know is my one shot at survival is the demon stalking me, and he doesn't just want my body - he wants my soul.

Her Soul to Take is book 1 in the Souls Trilogy. Each book within the Souls Trilogy is interconnected, following a different couple through a similar timeline in the fictional world of Abelaum.]]> 493 Harley Laroux V � 0 paused 4.06 2021 Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)
author: Harley Laroux
name: V �
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2021
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]]> Perfect Marriage Revenge 203607721 ì´ë²”ë°� V â™� 0 read-in-2024, webtoon, paused 3.78 2021 Perfect Marriage Revenge
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name: V �
average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[Walkoff Wedding (Orleans University, #3)]]> 209955115
Grant Bergeron is Orleans University’s playboy first baseman.
He’s charming, kind� and a tad arrogant.
But underneath his party guy demeanor, he’s more than anyone sees.

I needed a husband, and he strode in like prince charming, taking me up on the marriage pact from our past. One that I never imagined actually happening.
Our I do’s were meant to be temporary, a walk-off wedding that benefited us both.
But when he takes our vows more seriously than I expect, old feelings begin to resurface.
Now we’re sharing a too small apartment and he’s everywhere.
In my room, in my bed, and� in my heart.

Our marriage is supposed to be fake, but I think I’m falling for my husband.

Tropes:
Marriage of convenience
College baseball
Secret Identities/Penpal
"Teach Me"
Boy Obsessed
Only one bed

Walkoff Wedding is book 3 in the Orleans University series and can be read as a complete standalone.]]> 428 Maren Moore V � 0 paused 3.96 Walkoff Wedding (Orleans University, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tempting (Red Lips & White Lies, #1)]]> 211808370
A little white lie never hurt anyone . . . or so I thought.

One fake date and we’d go our separate ways, at least that’s how hockey’s hottest golden boy—Nixon Sinclair—convinced me this would work. But it turns out, Nix had other plans.

Now I’m sneaking around with my brother’s teammate , refusing to admit he’s everything I want but never knew I needed.

Irresistibly dirty mouth—Check.

Panty-meltingly possessive—Check. Check.

Toe-curling lessons in the bedroom—Check. Check. Triple Check.

But when fun leads to feelings, our little white lie starts to feel a little too real.

And if I’m not careful, I’ll be the one hurt in the end.]]> 282 Bella Matthews V � 0 paused 4.19 Tempting (Red Lips & White Lies, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1)]]> 19090384
And now, something with wicked claws and deepwater teeth has begun to hunt at night....Feeling responsible for her neighbors, Dina decides to get involved. Before long, she has to juggle dealing with the annoyingly attractive, ex-military, new neighbor, Sean Evans—an alpha-strain werewolf—and the equally arresting cosmic vampire soldier, Arland, while trying to keep her inn and its guests safe. But the enemy she’s facing is unlike anything she’s ever encountered. It’s smart, vicious, and lethal, and putting herself between this creature and her neighbors might just cost her everything.]]> 225 Ilona Andrews 1625173431 V � 0 paused 4.10 2013 Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)]]> 51813582 Divided by their order. United by their vengeance.

Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom - and vengeance.

Jazmyne is the Queen’s daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother’s power.

Sworn enemies, these two witches enter a precarious alliance to take down a mutual threat. But power is intoxicating, revenge is a bloody pursuit, and nothing is certain - except the lengths they will go to win this game.

This Jamaican-inspired fantasy debut about two enemy witches who must enter into a deadly alliance to take down a common enemy has the twisted cat-and-mouse of Killing Eve with the richly imagined fantasy world of Furyborn and Ember in the Ashes.]]> 544 Ciannon Smart 006294598X V � 0 paused 3.20 2021 Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Enemy (It Happened in Charleston, #2)]]> 53977568 Enemies should never get a second chance. But this one might...

It’s been twelve years since I’ve seen him. Twelve years since he won our war of wits by outsmarting me with a tactic I didn’t even know was allowed. But tonight…I resurrect the battle.

Ryan Henderson is back in town for our best friends� wedding, and I plan on showing him exactly how much I don’t care about him—or the almost kiss he ruthlessly dangled over me after graduation. A lot has changed since our feuding days. I'm a successful bakery owner now, and I plan to rub every delicious detail of my life in his ugly face. Just one problem: his face is gorgeous. He wasn’t supposed to look like this or pursue me like a sexy guided missile. I must stay strong until the wedding is over and Ryan scurries back into whatever alternate universe he escaped from. His interest in me is nothing but a continuation of the games we played in high school...right?

But the longer he stays, the more I wonder if I’m wrong and his tender smile and heated attentions are genuine. Maybe it’s not a game. Ha! Who am I kidding? This is Ryan we’re talking about. Of course it’s a game. A game called war. And this time, I will win.

The Enemy is a feel-good, closed-door romantic comedy! Perfect for readers who enjoy sweet, sizzling chemistry with passionate kissing only. ]]> 256 Sarah Adams V � 0 paused 3.76 2020 The Enemy (It Happened in Charleston, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[바른연애 길잡ì� 1 (Romance 101, Vol. 1)]]> 60865556 모태솔로 ì •ë°”ë¦„ì˜ ë‘ê·¼ë‘ê·¼ 캠í¼ìŠ� 로맨ìŠ�!

1ë¶� 1ì´ˆë„ í—ˆíˆ¬ë£� 쓰지 않는 바른 ìƒí™œì� ì •ì„, ì •ë°”ë¦�! 무엇ì´ë“  야무ì§� 그녀ë� ì•„ì§ í•´ë‚´ì§€ 못한 ë”� í•� 가지가 있으ë‹�, ê·¸ê²ƒì€ ë°”ë¡œ ì—°ì• ! 모태솔로 바름ì—게ë� 드디ì–� ì—°ì• ì� ë´„ë°”ëžŒì´ ë¶ˆì–´ì˜¨ë‹¤?
ì–´ëŠ ë‚�, 친구 ë„ì€ì� ì¼í•˜ëŠ� 카페ì—ì„œ ê°™ì€ í•™êµ ì„ ë°° ì‹ ìž¬í˜„ì„ ë§Œë‚œë‹�. ìž ê¹ ë§Œë‚¬ì§€ë§�, 친절하고 훈훈í•� 외모ì� 재현ì� ë³� 순간 한눈ì—� 반한ë‹�. 처ìŒë¶€í„� ë‘근거리ëŠ� 바름ê³� 달리, ìž¬í˜„ì€ í”„ë¡œê·¸ëž˜ë°� ê´€ë � ë„ì„œë¥� 보는 바름ì´ê°€ ìžì‹ ì� ë™ì•„ë¦¬ì— ê°€ìž…í•˜ê¸� ë°”ë¼ëŠ� 마ìŒìœ¼ë¡œ ì—°ë½ì²˜ë¥¼ 준ë‹�. 재현ì� ì˜ë„와ëŠ� 달리 김칫국 í•� 사발 들ì´ë§ˆì‹  ì •ë°”ë¦�. 머릿ì†ì—ì„� ë²Œì¨ ìž¬í˜„ì´ì™€ ë™ì•„ë¦� ë°©ì—ì„� ë°ì´íŠ¸ë¥¼ ì¦ê¸°ëŠ� ìƒìƒì� 하며, 프로그래ë°� ë™ì•„ë¦¬ì— ê°€ìž…í•˜ëŸ� 간다. 그러ë‚� ë™ì•„ë¦� 방문ì� 열어젖히ë‹�, FPS 게임ì—� 열광하는 ë™ì•„ë¦� 회ì›ë“¤ë§Œ 바글바글한ë°â€¦â€�. 과연 바른 ìƒí™œ 만렙 ì •ë°”ë¦�, ì—°ì• ë� 만렙ì� ë� ìˆ� 있ì„ê¹�?

â€�2017 청춘로맨ìŠ� 대전â€� ìµœìš°ìˆ˜ìƒ ìˆ˜ìƒìž�,
네ì´ë²� 화요 웹툰 『바른연ì•� 길잡ì´ã€ì˜ 단행ë³� 1ê¶� START!

Episodes 1-12]]> 260 Namsoo V â™� 0 read-in-2023, paused 4.41 2019 바른연애 ê¸¸ìž¡ì´ 1 (Romance 101, Vol. 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)]]> 25526296 Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No Quests

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.

But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.

Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.

But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.

No matter the cost.]]> 176 Seanan McGuire 0765385503 V � 0 paused 3.81 2016 Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1)]]> 29589074
Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym “Truly, Devious.� It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history.

True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder. 

The two interwoven mysteries of this first book in the Truly Devious series dovetail brilliantly, and Stevie Bell will continue her relentless quest for the murderers in books two and three.

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.]]> 416 Maureen Johnson V � 4 Loved this. Full review soon 3.89 2018 Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1)
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average rating: 3.89
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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Loved this. Full review soon
]]> <![CDATA[The Way We Score (The Bradford Boys, #3)]]> 222519779 We promised our love was forever. A decade later, two little blue lines might settle the score.

You’ve heard of those kids who peak in high school?
Meet my love life.
Garrett Bradford was mine from the moment we saw each other in ninth grade.
Even then, he was a six-foot-four mountain of muscles with bright blue eyes, a wide grin, and a way with his hands.
He was the high school football star, and I was the dance team captain.
We were the storybook cliché� until we weren’t.

Now he’s the most famous offensive lineman in the league, and I’m a buttoned-up, ultra-professional lawyer.
My dancing days are over, and my carefully controlled life is a mess.
Infertility killed my marriage, or that’s what I told myself. Infertility and a cheating ex.
And my inability to get over Garrett Bradford.

One reckless night at his little sister’s wedding is only supposed to be a reunion, a trip down memory lane to a time when life was happier.
Six weeks later, I’m staring at a positive pregnancy test wondering, How did this happen?

I figure I’m on my own until Garrett overhauls his life, moves back to our small town, and shows up every day to massage my feet and hold my hair when I barf and go with me to all my doctor’s appointments.
Our situation has an end date, just like it did so many years ago.
Unless this little score changes the game and gives us the second chance I thought we’d lost.

(THE WAY WE SCORE is a small-town, second-chance sports romance with reunited high school sweethearts, close proximity, surprise pregnancy, a protective Daddy Bear, parents to lovers, it’s always been you, and found family vibes. No cheating. No cliffhanger. No third-act breakup.)]]> 350 Tia Louise V � 2 2025-reads, audiobooks 3.71 The Way We Score (The Bradford Boys, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Protect (Sky Ridge Hotshots, #2)]]> 221979631 Rowan Kingsley

Imagine coming into the town pub with my crew, dirty and exhausted, only to walk right into my biggest regret. The twin sister of my lost best friend and the one who got away. I haven’t seen Violette Taylor in years but I haven’t forgotten her either.

I used to be Rowan to her. Now, I’m just King, the guy who broke her heart, but not for the reasons she thinks.
Violette is back in town for good, she's a single mom and a nurse in the burn unit I accidentally wind up in.

Can you call that fate? Maybe, if she wasn’t doing her best to stay far away from anyone who reminded her of her past, especially a career hotshot like me. But I know something she doesn’t; life rarely offers second chances. So, if this is my chance to finally make things right, I’m taking it.]]> 414 Paisley Hope V � 2 2025-reads 4.15 Protect (Sky Ridge Hotshots, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fight (Sky Ridge Hotshots, #1)]]> 221979619 Callahan

Fighting wildfires is the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do and I’m damn good at it. Being the captain of an interagency hotshot crew of wildland firefighters is high-risk, high-reward. The risk blindsided me five years ago when I lost one of my crew and was changed forever. Now the only rewards I allow are to work harder, smarter, and enjoy easy, sexy nights with strangers.

Until I meet Prescott Timmons. Her smart-mouth and adventurous spirit have me forgetting all of my rules—until her past shows up and lies start to feel too familiar. I swear to never spare her a second glance, but when she finds herself in a life or death situation with mother nature, my instincts kick in, and I take action. Stranded and sharing a bed again, we’re forced to face our truth. Do we let this fire burn out or fight?]]> 379 Sloane St. James V � 2 2025-reads 3.91 2025 Fight (Sky Ridge Hotshots, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Proposal Play (Love and Hockey #3)]]> 217902152 My plan when I win a date in Vegas with my brother’s hockey star best friend? Poker and go to sleep early. Instead, I wake up with a ring on my finger and the sexy athlete naked in my bed.

But Asher’s my best friend too so we’ll get this annulled and laugh about this secret for years to come.

Trouble is our wedding pics went viral overnight.

Now everyone thinks we’re a real couple. We race back home, where I’ve just landed the big art commission of my dreams and he’s launching a sports charity so we need to look like we meant to tie the knot.

Easy enough. We’ll claim we’ve been secretly in love, while staying in separate rooms for the rest of the hockey season.

The last thing either one of us wants is to ruin a decade-long friendship by falling into bed again.

But I experience a new side of my husband at home. He cooks for me, encourages me…and buys me so many toys.

And, it’s more fun to share your toys with a friend.

We’re just enjoying temporary marital benefits.

Except, the more times he calls me his wife, the more I start to wonder if Asher was ever pretending?

And if my heart is ready to take the biggest risk of all.]]> 528 Lauren Blakely V � 3 2025-reads, audiobooks 4.03 The Proposal Play (Love and Hockey #3)
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]]> Mr. Broody (The Nest, #2) 218109148
To most people, he’s the Chicago Falcons starting right winger and hot single dad, but to me, he’s my first boyfriend, my first kiss, my first love.

Eight years ago, that all changed when our lives took us in two different directions. Our break-up almost broke me, so I kept my distance until our hometown called me back to where our story began.

I promised myself a quick visit to help my family out, and then I’d leave town before he even knew I was back, which should have been easy. He’s way too busy being a professional hockey player and raising his son to ever find out.

Of course, I’m only in town for a week before I run into him, and one thing is clear from our brief encounter—Henry wants to hash out our past, whereas I’d rather forget it.

But my plan really goes up in flames when I take a temporary substitute teaching job, and on day one, his son walks into my classroom. Boom.]]> 390 Piper Rayne V � 3 2025-reads, audiobooks 4.01 2024 Mr. Broody (The Nest, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[If You Need Me (Toronto Terror #3)]]> 216875469 A standalone enemies to lovers, fake engagement, hockey romance.

I’ve been secretly in love with Wilhelmina Reddi-Grinst since the third grade.

I should be the one taking her to our small-town high school reunion. The prom king finally gets his chance with the valedictorian.
Except she hates me.

To the world, I’m a pro hockey player with a million dollar smile.
To Hemi, I’m the menace who (accidentally) sank her bike to the bottom of the lake.

I never thought I’d be able to right my wrongs until she took the team’s PR job.
I’d hoped I was making progress, winning her over—one geriatric polka party at a time.

Until I got drunk one night and made a mistake. A very big mistake.
Now the world thinks we’re both very much in love–—except Hemi is absolutely in loathe.

To save our jobs and reputations, we have to convince all our friends, family, and bosses that our fake relationship is the real deal.

I’ll do anything to protect her, especially if it means I get to be the best boyfriend Hemi never expected.


*If you want to meet Dallas and Hemi before you read their story, you can start with If You Hate Me, and If You Want Me. ]]> 404 Helena Hunting 1989185894 V � 0 read-in-2024 4.01 If You Need Me (Toronto Terror #3)
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]]> The Midnight Feast 199743738 Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin...

It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; crystal pouches for guests� healing have been placed in the Seaside Cottages and Woodland Hutches; the “Manor Mule� cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen.

But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. Just outside the Manor’s immaculately kept grounds, an ancient forest bristles with secrets. And the Sunday morning of opening weekend, the local police are called. Something’s not right with the guests. There’s been a fire. A body’s been discovered.

THE FOUNDER * THE HUSBAND * THE MYSTERY GUEST * THE KITCHEN HELP

It all began with a secret, fifteen years ago. Now the past has crashed the party. And it’ll end in murder at� The Midnight Feast.]]> 354 Lucy Foley 0063003104 V � 3 2025-reads, audiobooks 3.55 2024 The Midnight Feast
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rating: 3
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]]> Crave Me (Aspen Ridge, #2) 214459264 My newest employee is the physical representation of everything I hate—she’s stubborn, sassy, and challenges me on everything. Not to mention, she’s trying to change the way my family runs our distillery. The worst part though? She’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on, and her vile little mouth makes me want her all the more. Despite my efforts, I’ve fallen obsessively for her. When I discover the traumatic history she’s worked hard to keep hidden, I do everything in my power to keep her safe. But when the past catches up to her, it threatens to ruin everything. I’ll do anything to prove to her that I’m not going anywhere. Whether she likes it or not.

Blaire
Moving to a new town is hard enough. But reinventing my past in an attempt to start a new life, hoping others won’t look at me like a charity case, is a bigger challenge than I was expecting. As I fall further in love with Aspen Ridge and my new job, my gorgeous boss slowly starts to chip away at my resolve. He hates me, but I know he wants me. When the restraint breaks and I discover that he brings me a peace I’ve never experienced, everything changes. But with the nightmares of my past still haunting me, how can I continue to keep my secrets hidden and not lose him in the process?

**Crave Me is book two in the interconnected Aspen Ridge Series and can be read as a standalone. HEA guaranteed!**]]> 422 Jenn Plummer V � 1 read-in-2024 4.29 Crave Me (Aspen Ridge, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)]]> 157062582
When Detective Stark, Molly’s old foe, investigates the author’s unexpected demise, it becomes clear that this death was murder most foul. Suspects abound, and everyone wants to know: Who killed J. D. Grimthorpe? Was it Lily, the new Maid-in-Training? Or was it Serena, the author’s secretary? Could Mr. Preston, the hotel’s beloved doorman, be hiding something? And is Molly really as innocent as she seems?

As the high-profile death threatens the hotel’s pristine reputation, Molly knows she alone holds the key to unlocking the killer’s identity. But that key is buried deep in her past, as long ago, she knew J. D. Grimthorpe. Molly begins to comb her memory for clues, revisiting her childhood and the mysterious Grimthorpe mansion where she and her dearly departed Gran once worked side by side. With the entire hotel under investigation, Molly must solve the mystery posthaste. Because if there’s one thing she knows for sure, it’s that secrets don’t stay buried forever.]]> 293 Nita Prose 0593356187 V � 3 audiobooks, read-in-2024 3.75 2023 The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
author: Nita Prose
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average rating: 3.75
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[His Prince (Unexpectedly Twisted #2)]]> 220391838 Deadly handsome and charming, Mikhail Ivanov, strikes a deal with my father for my hand in marriage, ensuring my safety and building an alliance. And I thank my lucky stars Mikhail is everything I’ve ever dreamed of, his sweet mouth whispering sins and promises—that I’m his little prince, his angel.
But when the wedding ends and I’m left with a barren wasteland of secrets, lies, and broken promises from the man I trusted, my dreams suddenly become a living nightmare I can’t escape.
I should have known all along that fairy tales aren’t real, just as my dear husband should have known that even angels will get their revenge.]]> 318 Cora Rose V � 2 read-in-2024 4.05 His Prince (Unexpectedly Twisted #2)
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]]> The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1) 55196813
Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.

But Molly's orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what's happening, Molly's unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black—but will they be able to find the real killer before it's too late?

A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.]]> 304 Nita Prose 0593356152 V � 3 audiobooks, read-in-2024 3.71 2022 The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
author: Nita Prose
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average rating: 3.71
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Enticing (Red Lips & White Lies, #3)]]> 211808366
You’d think a romance author would know better than to fall for her fake husband. It’s the oldest trope in the
book . . . literally. But it turns out writing it and living it are two very different things.

The plan was enticing—marry hockey’s hottest player so I could receive my inheritance and give my daughters the life they deserve. I’m already a single mom at twenty-five—how hard could it be?

Well . . . the answer is harder than you think because Leo Sinclair is so much more than I bargained for. Six foot, four inches of toned muscle and golden skin wrapped around the most perfectly chiseled jaw and dangerously charming smile. I knew he’d be hard to resist . . . but it’s not just his looks that weaken my resolve.

It’s the way he wins over my daughters with ease.
The way he sees through my defenses and quiets my fears.
The way he says “my wife� like he means it.

Suddenly, this arrangement doesn’t feel so fake. And I’m no longer sure which of us is playing pretend.

But when love wasn’t part of the deal, will saying “I do� turn out to be his biggest regret—or mine?]]> 0 Bella Matthews V � 3 read-in-2024 4.36 2024 Enticing (Red Lips & White Lies, #3)
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average rating: 4.36
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]]> Atmosphere 220817728 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s Space Shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.

Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easy-going even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warm-hearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane.

As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.

Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.

Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, with complex protagonists, telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love, this time among the stars.]]> 352 Taylor Jenkins Reid 0593158717 V � 0 to-read 4.45 2025 Atmosphere
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]]> <![CDATA[The Striker (Gods of the Game, #1)]]> 204538483 She's the only woman he wants...and the only one he can't have.

Asher Donovan is a living legend―the darling of the Premier League, the (arguably) greatest footballer in the world.

But his reckless antics and recent team transfer have caused much controversy, and when his feud with his rival-turned-teammate costs them a championship, they're forced to "bond" during off-season cross-training.

Surviving the summer shouldn't be hard…until Asher meets their new trainer. She's beautiful, talented, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't take his mind off her.

The only problem? She's his rival's sister―and completely off limits.

***

Scarlett DuBois is a former prima ballerina whose career was cut short by a tragic accident.

Now a teacher at a prestigious dance academy but still haunted by the ghosts of her past, the last thing she wants is to spend the summer cross-training Asher Donovan, of all people.

She swore she would never date a footballer, but when her brother leaves town for an emergency, she finds herself thrown into dangerously close proximity with the gorgeous, charming striker.

Training, she can deal with. But falling in love? That's out of the question―especially when he's the only person with the power to break her heart.]]> 595 Ana Huang V � 2 read-in-2024, audiobooks 3.79 2024 The Striker (Gods of the Game, #1)
author: Ana Huang
name: V �
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/06
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]]> <![CDATA[My Darling Jane (The Darlings, #2)]]> 210670146 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills returns with a sexy he-falls-first sports romance about a quarterback and his frenemy-matchmaker.

On an ordinary day, Jane Darling wouldn’t be caught dead in a sports bar wearing a toga with angel wings. But she’s desperate to launch her matchmaking business to secure her young daughter’s future. Her mission: to attract new clients at any cost.

Her Cupid outfit catches the eye of New York’s beloved star quarterback, Jasper Jannich. She and Jasper have always clashed, but when a pushy admirer goes too far, he steps in as an unexpected knight in shining armor.

He offers a tantalizing proposal: to be Cupid’s Arrow’s premier client. Reluctantly, Jane agrees, aware of the business potential despite her reservations about Jasper and his playboy reputation.

As she sets him up on date after date, it grows clear that Jane’s the only woman he wants.

She is his goal, his endgame.

She’s not not interested…but her heart has been burned before. To get anywhere, they’ll need courage and faith, not just sizzling chemistry.

He’s ready to make the pass. Is his darling ready to catch it?]]> 295 Ilsa Madden-Mills 1662514034 V � 2 read-in-2024 4.03 My Darling Jane (The Darlings, #2)
author: Ilsa Madden-Mills
name: V �
average rating: 4.03
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rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/01
date added: 2024/11/30
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]]> My Favorite Holidate 219396580 Wanted: one hot billionaire to pose as my Christmas boyfriend. Must be willing to make my cheating ex jealous when you kiss me under the mistletoe at all the holiday parties. Bonus points if you make him cry.

To my surprise my billionaire boss is more than up for the challenge of coming down the chimney as my holiday boyfriend. The sexy single dad desperately needs a plus one at a Christmas Eve wedding, where he’s the best man and I’m the maid of honor.

And since my ex is in the wedding party too, my boss and I team up as a pair of insta-lovebirds for the holiday season, including during the annual week-long Christmas competition leading up to the snowy destination wedding.

But soon staying up late to string the best popcorn balls ever turns into a scorching night in his arms where the chestnuts aren’t the only thing roasting on the open fire.

Can all these winter wonderland nights seeking revenge turn into the real thing when we return to the office? Or are we destined to go the way of a Christmas tree on New Year’s?]]> 498 Lauren Blakely 196404829X V � 3 read-in-2024, audiobooks 3.88 2024 My Favorite Holidate
author: Lauren Blakely
name: V �
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/26
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]]> <![CDATA[Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #1)]]> 220389458 New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.

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

Ali Hazelwood’s Cruel Winter with You is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 73 Ali Hazelwood 1662528396 V � 2 read-in-2024, audiobooks 3.68 2024 Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #1)
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: V �
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/28
date added: 2024/11/30
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]]> Wolf.e 219328559 Always ride faster than your angel can fly.
-Gabriel Wolfe

As president of the Hounds of Hell motorcycle club, my life has been infused with darkness and trauma since the day I was born. Chaos is my birthright. I crave it to feel stable. Secure. Whole.
The only people I care about are the ones who don my cut.
Women are just a tool.
Never to covet, only to use, each face blending into the next.
The formula I live by is simple.
Death is always at my door.
I am a soldier of bedlam.

Until a little hummingbird flies into my crosshairs, and I’m forced to feel something I haven’t felt for as long as I can remember…alive.

Let the hunt begin.]]> 416 Paisley Hope V � 2 read-in-2024 4.15 2024 Wolf.e
author: Paisley Hope
name: V �
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/22
date added: 2024/11/23
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]]> <![CDATA[One Big Little Secret (The Rory Brothers, #2)]]> 221333854 One wild night and a surprise reunion sends a moody billionaire spinning into fatherhood in this heartwarming and steamy romance by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow.

I guessed wrong.
A little reckless fun with a stranger never hurts.
A drunken one-night stand doesn't leave you pregnant.
A savage twist of fate won't make your baby daddy your new boss.
Bad luck can't last forever—unless you're me.

Should we count the ways I'm cooked with Patton Rory?
He rocks the grumpy gene, dialed up to eleven.
He's so handsome the mirror winks back and his bank account has its own zip code.
He's also totally oblivious�thank God.
I'm not sure what he'll be if he figures out the little boy who trashed his fancy building and ruined his favorite tie is his son.

Maybe I'm becoming a human knot, but I won't make the same mistake twice.
If he starts acting human and making my munchkin laugh, I'm not swooning.
If his forbidden kiss tastes like pure temptation, I'll eat mud.
If he makes my heart sing, I'm still clinging to my big little secret.
Even if it's growing so massive I can't separate love from the lie.

This standalone romance read serves up a sweet and spicy secret baby entanglement with heart-rippy feels. Witness the last man who ever thought he'd be a father wake up and go all-in for the wife and son he needs more than his next breath.]]> 490 Nicole Snow V � 2 read-in-2024 4.30 2024 One Big Little Secret (The Rory Brothers, #2)
author: Nicole Snow
name: V �
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/18
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sinner's Sanctuary (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 3)]]> 220270665 PH24
This is my confession�

Cristian Doorman at Gramercy Place on the Upper East Side

My first love died in her sleep, and I ask forgiveness every day from a God I struggle to believe in. I write poems in a basement, keep my failures and secrets to myself, and live a life that feels like a lie. A life I owe to a man I barely know.

Gibson Hayes is married, wealthy, powerful, and the man who gave me my job when I came to New York. He’s the most generous of billionaires and the most mysterious of men.

When he wants to promote me from his doorman to his personal assistant, curiosity and loyalty tempt me to say yes. I don’t expect to find a sudden, deep connection with a man old enough to be my father. As the mystery of him unravels, and he seeks to ease my pain, I become a willing victim of his own suffering. When being bad feels this good, it’s hard to care about one more black mark on my soul, even if the price we’ll pay for our sins will break us both.]]> 442 August Jones V � 3 read-in-2024 4.35 The Sinner's Sanctuary (Doormen of the Upper East Side Book 3)
author: August Jones
name: V �
average rating: 4.35
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/17
date added: 2024/11/16
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]]> <![CDATA[Mr. Heartbreaker (The Nest, #1)]]> 220146590
Technically, Rowan Landry, the hot as hell center for the Chicago Falcons, is no longer my brother’s teammate. Or his best friend. Their college days are long behind them, and they barely talk now.

Also, I’m not dating him—we’re just sleeping together. There’s a difference.

Except there’s not a lot of sleeping going on, and neither one of us wants to stop what we’re doing.

It’s all fun and games until my brother is traded to the Falcons, because Rowan doesn’t know I’m the new goalie’s little sister. Oops.]]> 310 Piper Rayne V � 2 read-in-2024 3.78 2024 Mr. Heartbreaker (The Nest, #1)
author: Piper Rayne
name: V �
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/14
date added: 2024/11/13
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]]> Hexed (Never After, #6) 210722967
From USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairytale of The Little Mermaid.

Venesa Andersen has never been good. She wasn’t good enough for her parents, and she isn’t good enough for the gangster uncle who took her in after they died. But she’s cunning. Beautiful. Dutiful to her uncle’s demands. And she doesn’t have time for a moral compass, anyway. When her runaway cousin returns to their coastal southern town, she brings a man with her…and Venesa soon realizes he’s the only one who’s ever seen her for her.
There’s just one problem: she can never have him.

Enzo “Loverboy� Marino is a wealthy businessman by day and prince of the underworld by night. Underboss to a notorious mafia syndicate, he answers to no one except his father, the strongest don in the Northeast. When he’s tasked with marriage, Enzo doesn’t think twice.

Until he meets his fiancée’s cousin.

Venesa is everything he never knew he wanted, bewitching him with her sultry voice and supple curves. But Enzo learned long ago that for a man like him, life is better without the things you want.

When plans unravel and temptation sings its siren song, they’ll both have to choose what’s more important: duty to their families, or a forbidden love that was never supposed to be.]]> 544 Emily McIntire 1728275865 V � 2 read-in-2024 4.16 2024 Hexed (Never After, #6)
author: Emily McIntire
name: V �
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/10
date added: 2024/11/09
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]]> <![CDATA[Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door (Riley Thorn, #1)]]> 219287759
Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she's diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mom is convinced they're clairvoyant visions.

Just when things can't get worse, a so-hot-it-should-be-illegal private investigator shows up on her doorstep looking for a neighbor...who turns up murdered.

Nick Santiago doesn't play well with others. Unless the "others" are of the female persuasion. Wink. He's a rebel, a black sheep, a man who prefers a buffet of options to being stuck with the same entrée every night, if you catch his drift.

When the pretty, possibly psychic Riley lands at the top of the list of suspects, Nick volunteers to find out whodunit. Only because he likes solving mysteries not because he wants to flex his heroic muscles for the damsel in distress.

All they have to do is figure out who pulled the trigger, keep the by-the-book detective with a grudge at bay, and deal with a stranger claiming he was sent to help Riley hone her psychic gifts. All before the killer discovers she's a loose end that requires snipping.]]> 540 Lucy Score V � 2 audiobooks, read-in-2024 4.03 2020 Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door (Riley Thorn, #1)
author: Lucy Score
name: V �
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/09
date added: 2024/11/08
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]]> Twisted (Never After, #4) 61434791 She's his diamond in the rough. He's her worst nightmare.

Yasmin Karam, daughter to one of the richest men in the world, has never known strife. So, when her beloved father falls ill, she's determined to make his final days his happiest. His last wish? To see her married to a man of his choosing. Except Yasmin's heart already belongs to someone else. A servant. A street rat. A man her father would never consider worthy. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Yasmin strikes a desperate deal with her father's right-hand man, Julian, not realizing he has his own twisted agenda.

Julian Faraci has one goal: become the most powerful man in the world. He's built a future from broken bones and faded bruises, never caring who he hurt along the way. But when his mentor falls ill, he finds himself on the verge of losing everything, and he'll stop at nothing to inherit what is rightfully his. Even if it means forcing a woman he can't stand into marriage.

Yasmin is a brat who speaks out of turn, and he's the villain of her story. But he decides she'll be his—no matter what it takes to convince her.

*Twisted is a dark, contemporary romance (not fantasy or a literal retelling) and the fourth complete standalone in the Never After series: a collection of fractured fairy tales inspired by our favorite villains. It features mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all readers. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.* ]]> 366 Emily McIntire V � 2 read-in-2024 3.86 2023 Twisted (Never After, #4)
author: Emily McIntire
name: V �
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/08
date added: 2024/11/08
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]]> <![CDATA[Inviting Bedlam (Demon Bound, #2)]]> 216848731
Nix has been waiting to be summoned again for ages. And while he might have had to trick his handsome mob boss to make it happen, he’s not going to waste the opportunity while he has it. Only now that he’s here, he doesn’t just want to stay in the human realm. He wants Ivan—his greed and his rage and his lust. And if Nix has to fix Ivan’s life to make that happen—if he needs to handle the dangers in his business, mend the broken bits left by Ivan’s father—then that’s what he’ll do. Even an incubus can be useful to a mobster, if given the right incentive.

Inviting Bedlam is a heated, MM paranormal romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains a repressed, controlling mob boss and the naughty incubus determined to make him crack, brothers who won’t communicate, more demons than Ivan asked for, and a pair of panties Ivan would like to set on fire. While each book focuses on a different couple, the series is best enjoyed in order.]]> 268 Grae Bryan V � 2 read-in-2024 4.33 Inviting Bedlam (Demon Bound, #2)
author: Grae Bryan
name: V �
average rating: 4.33
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/31
date added: 2024/11/07
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]]> Unravel Me (Aspen Ridge #1) 211748234 I was ruined for anyone else from the moment Ivy walked into my life. Six years of loving each
other and then she was gone, taking my heart with her. It’s been ten years since she left and no
amount of time apart could change the way I feel about her. The control she still has over me is a
constant reminder of the hollow space she left in my chest when she ran away.

Now she’s back, her life in tatters and hiding from her possessive ex-boyfriend. She’s hurting,
and I’ll do anything to take the pain away. Even if that means I have to let her go again.

I want Ivy back in my life, but I don’t know if she feels the same. Regardless, I will do anything
to prove we belong together.

But I can’t help but wonder, will she run again?

Ivy
I’ve been surviving in a life that I was manipulated into living. A life I never wanted for myself.
Now I’m unemployed, homeless, and lost.

As everything crumbles around me, I’m forced to run back to the last place I truly felt safe.
Aspen Ridge.

For ten years, I never looked back. Until now.

I planned to stay under the radar, but everything falls apart when the only man I’ve ever loved
finds me, reminding me how it feels to be loved, wanted, and protected.

For the first time in a decade, hope for my future fills me.
But I can’t help but wonder, can I really just stay and pick up where we left off?

**Unravel Me is book one in the interconnected Aspen Ridge Series and can be read as a standalone. HEA guaranteed!**]]> 398 Jenn Plummer V � 2 read-in-2024 4.15 Unravel Me (Aspen Ridge #1)
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name: V �
average rating: 4.15
book published:
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Wreaking Havoc (Demon Bound, #1)]]> 211773015
Kai has been waiting centuries for a summons. When he’s at long last brought to the human realm for his final contract, he expects to find another warrior hungry for battle and bloodshed. Instead, he finds himself bound to a saucy, scared mobster princeling who can’t stop looking at Kai like he’s dinner. It isn’t long before Kai decides that—for once—he wouldn’t mind staying exactly where he is, with a certain human for his mate.

But Sascha isn’t used to anyone sticking around, let alone caring for him in any real way. It’s up to Kai to convince Sascha he can give him so much more than protection. He just has to deal with those pesky enemies—and Sascha’s own meddling family—first.




Wreaking Havoc is a heated MM paranormal romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains a spoiled (or is it traumatized?) mafia prince with trust issues, the cocky warrior demon who wants nothing more than to pamper him for eternity, a stifling family, elusive enemies, and the frustration of never getting to finish a manicure.


]]> 255 Grae Bryan V � 2 read-in-2024 4.12 2024 Wreaking Havoc (Demon Bound, #1)
author: Grae Bryan
name: V �
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/31
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]]> Dear Rosie, (Love Letters #2) 215107606 I was eight when Nathan moved away.
He was my best friend.
My only friend.
My safe space.
And then he was gone. And my life turned into Hell.
But I survived.
I broke free and made a life for myself.
And I tried to forget about the boy who grew up to be Nate Waller, the famous retired football player.
I really did try to forget.
But then I opened the door, while working at a client’s house, and he was there. Standing before me.
My old friend.
My unwitting confidant.
My Nathan.
Except� he doesn’t recognize me.

Nate
The curvy little redhead captured my attention the second I saw her.
And I knew I needed to have her.
Needed to know her better.
Needed to get my hands on her.
But when I did.
When she moaned my name. My full name. It all came rushing back.
Twenty-five years had passed, but in that moment I finally recognized her.
My Rosie.
My childhood friend.
I may have forgotten about her. But I remember now.
And this time I’m not letting her go.]]> 438 S.J. Tilly 1962096122 V � 2 read-in-2024 4.24 Dear Rosie, (Love Letters #2)
author: S.J. Tilly
name: V �
average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[Reluctantly You (Our Exception #3)]]> 217056778 Sounds like a tacky wall-art quote to me. But what do I know? I don’t have a family. Not anymore. And I definitely don’t know loyalty. Not since my brothers collectively decided to shut me out of their lives... Not since my mother lied to me and kept a devastating secret... Not since my father sold our company out from under me to a smug jerk with a chip on his shoulder.
Gideon Masters� he’s my new boss, and I hate him for everything that’s happened to me. For everything that’s been taken away. Even though I know, deep down, that being an angry bastard all my life hasn’t done me any favors, and that my hatred must have consequences. So maybe Gideon is my rightful punishment. Maybe I deserve his retribution for my sins. But the way he taunts me and torments me, the way he commands me, it all feels too good to be wrong. Maybe I don’t want him to stop. Maybe my punishment could also be my savior.

This story contains intense themes of depression and homophobia, as well as other potential triggers. Please see the full list of trigger warnings at the beginning of the book.]]> 354 Cora Rose V � 2 read-in-2024 4.39 2024 Reluctantly You (Our Exception #3)
author: Cora Rose
name: V �
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/23
date added: 2024/10/26
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]]> <![CDATA[Bull Rush (The Quiet Horsemen, #1)]]> 218454362 Those words change everything.

Now my should-be ex-husband, Ramsey Stockton, the former pro football star turned felon and hero who left this town—and me—behind years ago, is at my door offering me a deal with the devil.

If I let him stay and play his wife again for ninety days, he’ll give me a quiet divorce and his family ranch—the one my inn is on.

When I scoff at the idea, he offers a million-dollar bonus to help my business float through this rough patch, but only if I’m his.

Then he’ll walk away, and I can walk down the aisle with my fiancé. Or I can say no and watch everything I’ve worked so hard for fall apart.

There’s only one answer I can afford to give him. But he knows everything about me—every hurt, every secret, and every single weakness I have, including him.

And while Ramsey might want me, his brothers want him back in the family business.

If there's one universal truth in this town, it's that Stockton men stop at nothing to get what they want.]]> 402 Maggie Rawdon 1959523317 V � 2 read-in-2024 3.76 Bull Rush (The Quiet Horsemen, #1)
author: Maggie Rawdon
name: V �
average rating: 3.76
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/22
date added: 2024/10/26
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]]> <![CDATA[We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)]]> 203956647 A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve...

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now.

Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesn’t stay still long enough for habits or routines. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job...

Then a dead body, a bag of money, and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a lethal enemy?

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 059365322X.]]> 400 Richard Osman V � 3 read-in-2024, audiobooks 4.06 2024 We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)
author: Richard Osman
name: V �
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/17
date added: 2024/10/26
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]]> <![CDATA[Sunlight (Haven River Ranch, #2)]]> 205963763 From USA Today bestselling author Devney Perry comes a sweeping Western romance about undeniable attraction, unforeseen circumstances, and seemingly unbeatable odds.

My first day in Montana, I got into a tug-of-war over a grocery store shopping cart. The most handsome man I’d ever seen broke up the scuffle before he asked me on a date. I was seconds away from accepting but then he told me his name.

As an owner of the Haven River Ranch, Jax Haven wasn’t my boss. But he wasn’t not my boss either.

Obviously, my only option was to turn him down, scurry away, then pretend like he was a stranger on my first day of work. And obviously, I could never, ever admit that he was my secret crush.

For as hard as I work at my job, I work twice as hard to pretend Jax doesn’t exist. I don’t let myself think about his dazzling eyes or charming smile. I refuse to acknowledge how good he looks in a pair of faded Wrangler jeans. And as tempting as he is in a cowboy hat, Jax is a distraction I cannot afford.

Everything was going according to plan until the annual holiday party. Until I drank one too many flutes of champagne and let him sweep me off my feet. After a night in his bed, there was no more ignoring Jax Haven. Not when I’m pregnant with his baby.]]> 300 Devney Perry V � 2 read-in-2024 4.13 2024 Sunlight (Haven River Ranch, #2)
author: Devney Perry
name: V �
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/19
date added: 2024/10/26
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]]> <![CDATA[Breakneck Hockey (Heartbreak Hockey #3)]]> 210441779
My hook-up for the night wasn’t supposed to be my long-time hockey rival, but here he is. I’m too worked up to let him go home without having a taste. One little bite of that smart mouth is mine for the taking after how many times he’s broken my nose.

How was I supposed to know that I’d crave Alderchuck with the desperation of a starved man?

I’m always one bad day from an explosion, but since I hooked up with Alderchuck, my body’s constantly on fire. I’m thinking about things I haven’t in a long time. He’s dredged years of buried torment to the surface.

The cure? Alderchuck. My poison is my cure. How poetic.

At least he can’t keep his hands off me and our burning hatred is mutual. The flavor’s gotta wear off at some point, and that’s when we’ll go our separate ways. Until then, I’ll come up with every way imaginable to wreck him from the inside out. Use him up till there’s nothing left.

But I’m nothing if not territorial and protective. My instincts decide that Casey Alderchuck is mine and they pull him closer. My damn heart’s a traitor, too, trying to break the locks I put around it to let him inside. But I can’t let it win. Loving people like I would love Casey means risking the fragile sanity I’ve worked so hard to preserve.


Breakneck Hockey is a rivals-to-lovers story with some hurt-comfort, along with other vibes, like; I Can Hurt Him but You Can’t, Major Jealousy, Just Because I Say I Don’t Want Him, Doesn’t Mean You Can Have Him, Possessiveness Galore, a Morally Gray MC and, as always in this series, Found Family.]]> 466 S. Legend V � 1 read-in-2024 4.15 2024 Breakneck Hockey (Heartbreak Hockey #3)
author: S. Legend
name: V �
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2024
rating: 1
read at: 2024/10/17
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]]> Two Can Play 217108838
An enemies-to-lovers spicy romance set in the world of video gaming from the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis—available only in audio!

Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her co-lead is Jesse F-ing Andrews, a.k.a. her arch-nemesis. Jesse has made it abundantly clear over the years that he wants nothing to do with her–and Viola has no idea why.

When their bosses insist a wintery retreat is the perfect team-building exercise, Viola can’t think of anything worse. Being freezing cold in a remote mountain lodge knowing Jesse is right next door? No, thank you.

But as the snow piles on, Viola discovers there’s more to Jesse than she knew, and heat builds in more ways than one.]]> 5 Ali Hazelwood V � 2 read-in-2024 3.55 2024 Two Can Play
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: V �
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/12
date added: 2024/10/15
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]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Boy (The Boys of Apartment 13, #1)]]> 204491065 Pretty boy Liam Walker is unlucky in love�

Liam

My newest obsession is nothing like any of my past hookups.

The tattoos? Not exactly my type. A perma-scowl and general leave-me-alone attitude? Yeah, that's the kind of thing I usually stay away from. And, sure, is it surprising that suddenly those things seem to be everything I want? Absolutely. But the most shocking part about all of this is that the person who's got me all out of whack... isn't a girl.

Bash is a six-foot-four-tatted personal trainer who seems to want nothing to do with me and my confused self. Until I'm naked, that is. And it's great when I am, but as soon as I'm dressed, he's more than ready to say goodbye.

But if there's one thing getting a taste of Sebastian Crawford has taught me, it's that one taste just isn't enough.

Sebastian

I don't know how to take Liam and his obvious crush on me, but it's clear that he did not sign up for the kinds of workout sessions I'm used to giving. So, I take him home, giving us both what we so clearly want, and settle on my choice to say goodbye as soon as it's done.

But that goodbye is a little harder than I anticipated, and finding out that our time together was his first time with a guy, period, has me regretting the way I so easily tossed him aside. Liam is more sensitive than I originally believed, and after being cheated on by his last girlfriend only to move on to me, I can't help but feel that he deserves better... better than me.

But if there's one thing getting a taste of pretty boy Liam Walker has taught me, it's that I'm willing to change my emotionally stunted ways.]]> 395 Brianna Flores V � 3 read-in-2024 4.02 2024 Pretty Boy (The Boys of Apartment 13, #1)
author: Brianna Flores
name: V �
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/11
date added: 2024/10/11
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]]> <![CDATA[The Romance Line (Love and Hockey, #2)]]> 217068516 The first rule of handling PR for a hockey team? Never hook up with a player.

That shouldn’t be a problem since the last man on earth I want to give an image makeover to is our goalie. He’s infuriatingly hot, famously grumpy and lives to spar with me after every game.

But shining up his rough edges is my path to landing the promotion I desperately need, so I grit my teeth and do my job. No matter how hard he makes it (especially with that sexy smirk and cool blue eyes.) As we travel from pose-with-a-pet photo opps to cuddle-a-kitten fundraisers, we bicker like it’s foreplay.

Turns out it is.

Because as I get to know the man behind the broody iceman exterior, it’s me that melts � right into his arms as he devastates me with a kiss that turns into the hottest, most forbidden night of my life.

Only once turns into every night as Max shows me how much he wants to take care of me. His possessive touch makes me feel adored for the first time in my life.

But the man is entirely off limits and I can’t risk my job for more of those soul-deep kisses.

Because the only thing worse than hooking up with a player is falling head over heels for him.


Tropes: grumpy/sunshine, player and publicist, forbidden romance, workplace romance, hockey romance, secret dates, hate to love]]> 498 Lauren Blakely 1964048184 V � 3 read-in-2024 3.96 The Romance Line (Love and Hockey, #2)
author: Lauren Blakely
name: V �
average rating: 3.96
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/06
date added: 2024/10/07
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]]> <![CDATA[Rewind It Back (Windy City, #5)]]> 216156650
When I was eleven, my family moved next door to his.
When I was thirteen, he was my first crush.
When I was sixteen, we fell for each other.

And when I was nineteen, we broke each other's hearts.

Six years later, I've landed an internship with a big-name interior designer in a new city. Unfortunately, that city just so happens to be the one he plays hockey for.

I thought Chicago was big enough to avoid him, until I get the surprise of a lifetime and unknowingly move in right next door. Even worse? The renovation project I'm assigned to in hopes of turning that internship into my full-time dream job...

It's his house.

But how am I supposed to update his bachelor pad into a family home when we can't even stand to be in the same room?

I may have loved Rio DeLuca once, but I'm not that same girl anymore.

RIO

I never thought I'd be the only single one left in my friend group. But after years of trying to find love, I've concluded it may not exist for me anymore.

That is, until I accidentally hire Hallie Hart to renovate my house and our jaded history has me rewinding memories I've kept secret for years.

You see, there's something that my friends don't know.

That connection I've been looking for since I moved to Chicago, that one person some search their entire lives to find . . . I had already found her when I was twelve years old.

And now the only girl I've ever loved is moving into the house next door.

Again.

Rewind It Back is the fifth and FINAL book in the sensational Windy City series which has gripped over a million readers across the world. But don't worry if you're new round here, you'll still love it as a standalone!]]> Liz Tomforde V � 0 to-read 4.65 2025 Rewind It Back (Windy City, #5)
author: Liz Tomforde
name: V �
average rating: 4.65
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]]> Play Along (Windy City, #4) 199285128 Kennedy

I’m the only woman on staff for the Windy City Warriors, and after years of putting up with a sexist lead doctor, I’m desperate to land my dream job with a new team next year. All I have to do is maintain my professional reputation for my final season in Chicago.

But a Las Vegas run-in with the team’s shortstop threatens it all, leaving me with a fuzzy memory and a ring on my left hand.

Now, not only am I legally bound to the most persistent man I’ve ever met, but thanks to Isaiah’s scheme to save my job, I have to pretend the whole thing was a planned elopement and not a drunken mistake.

Isaiah Rhodes is reckless, impulsive, and frustratingly charming. He’s also my brand-new husband.

They got the saying wrong. What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas� sometimes it follows you right back home.


Isaiah

As the shortstop for Chicago’s professional baseball team, I’ve had my fair share of fun. But that all ended the day Kennedy Kay became a single woman.

I’ve crushed on the team’s athletic trainer for years. I’ve flirted to no avail, so imagine my surprise when I woke up in Sin City with a ring on my finger and my favorite redhead in my bed.

We agree to stay married for one baseball season, just long enough to keep her job safe, but in my mind, I’m using our time together to prove to her I’m husband material.

Kennedy might be reluctant to join in on our game, but it’s one I refuse to lose.

So come on, wife� play along.]]> 384 Liz Tomforde V � 4 read-in-2024 4.44 2024 Play Along (Windy City, #4)
author: Liz Tomforde
name: V �
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/04
date added: 2024/10/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Slap Shot Surprise (Cherry Tree Harbor, #5)]]> 213444576
Otherwise, I never would have blurted out those embarrassing things to a perfect stranger.

Did I mention he turned out to be a scorching hot superstar of professional hockey?

But wait, there’s more.

When the plane lands safely, I rush off, praying I’ll never have to face him again. My luck holds out for less than twenty-four hours, when I realize he’s a groomsman at the wedding I’m attending.

We end up having a drink and a good laugh about my panicked confessions, and when he invites me up to his room for some no-strings-attached fun, I say yes. After all, a headboard rattling one-night stand with a guy who knows how to put the puck in deep isn’t something a bookworm like me ever thought she’d experience.

Neither are those two little pink lines.

Now what’s crashing are all the plans Joe Lupo and I had for our lives–separately.

After all, we’re totally wrong for each other. He’s commitment-phobic and completely focused on his career. And I want to plant roots in my small town–with someone who chooses me.

Love? It’s out of the question.

Until Joe Lupo lines up his shot and aims straight for my heart.]]> 380 Melanie Harlow V � 2 read-in-2024 4.34 2024 Slap Shot Surprise (Cherry Tree Harbor, #5)
author: Melanie Harlow
name: V �
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/02
date added: 2024/10/02
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]]> Icebreaker (UCMH, #1) 61767292
Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the hockey team, Nate Hawkins.

Nate’s focus as team captain is on keeping his team on the ice. Which is tricky when a facilities mishap means they are forced to share a rink with the figure skating team—including Anastasia, who clearly can’t stand him.

But when Anastasia’s skating partner faces an uncertain future, she may have to look to Nate to take her shot.

Sparks fly, but Anastasia isn’t worried . . . because she could never like a hockey player, right?]]> 447 Hannah Grace V � 2 read-in-2024 3.75 2022 Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)
author: Hannah Grace
name: V �
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/01
date added: 2024/10/01
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]]> <![CDATA[Redeeming (Red Lips & White Lies, #2)]]> 211835409

Callen Sinclair has been the bane of my existence since I was six years old.

You’d think that would have been my first red flag.
I mean... you’d be wrong, but you could think it.

In my defense, my brother’s best friend also happens to be the scorching-hot tight end for the Philadelphia Kings football team.

He’s cocky and confident, with a sinfully sexy smile that could make a good girl do very bad things.
Lucky for me, I’ve never been a good girl.

He tried to tell me I was as off-limits as they come.
But when one night and one birthday wish end in one big pink plus sign, all bets are off.]]> 332 Bella Matthews V � 2 read-in-2024 4.23 Redeeming (Red Lips & White Lies, #2)
author: Bella Matthews
name: V �
average rating: 4.23
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/09/29
date added: 2024/09/29
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]]> <![CDATA[Don't Turn Around (Detective Jennifer Knight, #1)]]> 25268422 You don’t know him. But he knows you.

Soon he would be able to touch her, to feel the warmth of her blood. And when the time came, nothing would stop him.

As D.C. Jennifer Knight investigates a routine stabbing in the quiet town of Haven, she is shocked at what seems like a personal message from beyond the grave.
When more bodies are found, Jennifer is convinced the killings are somehow linked. What she discovers is more chilling than she could possibly imagine. The murders mirror those of the notorious Grim Reaper � from over twenty years ago. A killer her mother helped convict.

Jennifer can no longer ignore the personal connection. Is there a copycat killer at work? Was the wrong man convicted? Or is there something more sinister at play �

With her mother’s terrifying legacy spiralling out of control, Jennifer must look into her own dark past in a fight not only to stop a killer � but to save herself and those she loves.]]> 318 Caroline Mitchell 1909490970 V � 5 Don't Turn Around by Caroline Mitchell




Blurb:
You don’t know him. But he knows you.

Soon he would be able to touch her, to feel the warmth of her blood. And when the time came, nothing would stop him.

As D.C. Jennifer Knight investigates a routine stabbing in the quiet town of Haven, she is shocked at what seems like a personal message from beyond the grave.
When more bodies are found, Jennifer is convinced the killings are somehow linked. What she discovers is more chilling than she could possibly imagine. The murders mirror those of the notorious Grim Reaper � from over twenty years ago. A killer her mother helped convict.

Jennifer can no longer ignore the personal connection. Is there a copycat killer at work? Was the wrong man convicted? Or is there something more sinister at play �

With her mother’s terrifying legacy spiraling out of control, Jennifer must look into her own dark past in a fight not only to stop a killer � but to save herself and those she loves.


Ahhh!! This book was so.... good.

SO GOOD



Jennifer is a character others could relate.And I really enjoyed getting to know Will too.
It was a brilliant book with a touch of paranormal element. Cant wait to start book 2
]]> 3.90 2015 Don't Turn Around (Detective Jennifer Knight, #1)
author: Caroline Mitchell
name: V �
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2016/04/13
date added: 2024/09/29
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Don't Turn Around by Caroline Mitchell




Blurb:
You don’t know him. But he knows you.

Soon he would be able to touch her, to feel the warmth of her blood. And when the time came, nothing would stop him.

As D.C. Jennifer Knight investigates a routine stabbing in the quiet town of Haven, she is shocked at what seems like a personal message from beyond the grave.
When more bodies are found, Jennifer is convinced the killings are somehow linked. What she discovers is more chilling than she could possibly imagine. The murders mirror those of the notorious Grim Reaper � from over twenty years ago. A killer her mother helped convict.

Jennifer can no longer ignore the personal connection. Is there a copycat killer at work? Was the wrong man convicted? Or is there something more sinister at play �

With her mother’s terrifying legacy spiraling out of control, Jennifer must look into her own dark past in a fight not only to stop a killer � but to save herself and those she loves.


Ahhh!! This book was so.... good.

SO GOOD



Jennifer is a character others could relate.And I really enjoyed getting to know Will too.
It was a brilliant book with a touch of paranormal element. Cant wait to start book 2

]]> What I Like About You 49835332 Can a love triangle have only two people in it? Online, it can…but in the real world, its more complicated. In this debut novel that’s perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Morgan Matson, Marisa Kanter hilariously and poignantly explores what happens when internet friends turn into IRL crushes.

Is it still a love triangle if there are only two people in it?

There are a million things that Halle Levitt likes about her online best friend, Nash.

He’s an incredibly talented graphic novelist. He loves books almost as much as she does. And she never has to deal with the awkwardness of seeing him in real life. They can talk about anything�

Except who she really is.

Because online, Halle isn’t Halle—she’s Kels, the enigmatically cool creator of One True Pastry, a YA book blog that pairs epic custom cupcakes with covers and reviews. Kels has everything Halle doesn� friends, a growing platform, tons of confidence, and Nash.

That is, until Halle arrives to spend senior year in Gramps’s small town and finds herself face-to-face with real, human, not-behind-a-screen Nash. Nash, who is somehow everywhere she goes—in her classes, at the bakery, even at synagogue.

Nash who has no idea she’s actually Kels.

If Halle tells him who she is, it will ruin the non-awkward magic of their digital friendship. Not telling him though, means it can never be anything more. Because while she starts to fall for Nash as Halle…he’s in love with Kels.]]> 416 Marisa Kanter 153444579X V � 0 3.68 2020 What I Like About You
author: Marisa Kanter
name: V �
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Just My Luck (King Family, #2)]]> 210704372 You might think it’s reckless for a single mom to enter into a marriage of convenience with her boss...

You would be correct.

To make matters worse, Abel King is a grumpy local brewer with a criminal past. He also happens to be my boss and a total stick-in-the-mud. Every time I come to work with a smile and wave, I’m lucky if I can get a grunt in response.

When I accidentally-on-purpose overhear that he’s having trouble securing a business loan due to his criminal record, I hatch a plan to help the both of us.

The arrangement is perfect—a business transaction and nothing more. Like having a roommate without the hassle of other people bugging you for dates.

I will definitely not be falling in love with him—no matter how many times he says “my wife� and tingles dance in all the right places.

Trouble is, as time goes on, things stop feeling like business and start feeling a whole lot like pleasure... and really, that’s just my luck...]]> 336 Lena Hendrix V � 2 read-in-2024 4.18 2024 Just My Luck (King Family, #2)
author: Lena Hendrix
name: V �
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/09/29
date added: 2024/09/28
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Me to Death (Lucy Kincaid, #1)]]> 10068927
With her future and possibly even her freedom suddenly in jeopardy, Lucy discovers she's a pawn in someone's twisted plot to mete out vigilante justice. She joins forces with security expert and daredevil Sean Rogan, and together they track their elusive quarry from anonymous online chat rooms onto the mean streets of Washington, D.C. But someone else is shadowing them: A merciless stalker has his savage eye on Lucy. The only way for her to escape his brutality may be another fight to the death.]]> 498 Allison Brennan 0345520408 V � 5 4.21 2010 Love Me to Death (Lucy Kincaid, #1)
author: Allison Brennan
name: V �
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2016/02/03
date added: 2024/09/28
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this book was awesome. It always kept me guessing and romance was sweet too.
]]> <![CDATA[If You Want Me (Toronto Terror, #2)]]> 214333856 A standalone age-gap, dad's best friend hockey romance.

There’s no one more off limits than my best friend’s daughter.

Peggy Aurora Hammerstein. The Toronto Terror’s unofficial team princess. I would never do anything to mess with our team dynamics this late into the hockey season, but seeing her work in the front office changed something for me.

I see her as she is now: a powerful woman with ambition for miles.
When I hold her against me, she fits perfectly.

Her little flirts and taunts push my buttons, if she doesn’t stop–my control just might break.
But I can never cross that line. I can never know what it could be to call her mine.

I’ve never wanted anyone more than Aurora and no one can ever know.


*This is Hollis Hendrix's standalone novel. If you want to meet Hollis before you read this book, check out If You Hate Me, Rix and Tristan's story.]]> 460 Helena Hunting 1989185843 V � 1 read-in-2024 3.80 2024 If You Want Me (Toronto Terror, #2)
author: Helena Hunting
name: V �
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2024
rating: 1
read at: 2024/09/28
date added: 2024/09/28
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]]> <![CDATA[Rosie and the Dreamboat (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #3)]]> 200034154 USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game.

Rosie Whittaker and her sister are up for some Galentine’s pampering at a day spa. Getting locked inside a flotation tank is so Rosie. Enter a firefighter hero determined to pry this luckless pearl out of her high-tech shell. All Rosie has to go on is a dreamy voice and a flirty sense of humor. Remain calm, Rosie. This could be what you’ve been waiting for. Is this the man she’s waited for her whole life?

Sally Thorne’s Rosie and the Dreamboat is part of The Improbable Meet-Cute, irresistibly romantic stories about finding love when and where you least expect it. They can be read or listened to in one sitting. Let’s make a date of it.]]> 44 Sally Thorne 1662520085 V � 2 read-in-2024 3.42 2024 Rosie and the Dreamboat (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #3)
author: Sally Thorne
name: V �
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/09/24
date added: 2024/09/24
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