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When thirty-year-old post-double-mastectomy BRCA 1 carrier and reluctant thrill-seeker Alison Mullally arrives at her ex-boyfriend Sam鈥檚 funeral to find that no one knows he dumped her, she agrees to play the grieving girlfriend for the sake of the family and pack up Sam鈥檚 apartment with his prickly best friend, Adam Berg. After all, it鈥檒l only take four weekends . . .

But Adam doesn鈥檛 want Alison anywhere near him. Forced to spend long hours with the grump, and his monosyllabic demeanor, Alison decides she must put her people-pleasing abilities to the test. She will make him like her. And after awkward family affairs and packing up dilemmas, the two form a tenuous friendship . . . if 鈥渇riendship鈥� means incredible chemistry and tension between them. Can Alison come clean and finally embrace the life and love she's always wanted? Or will her little white lie get in the way of her new, unexpected romance?]]> 368 Ellie Palmer Taystins 0 to-read 3.70 2024
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]]> 57846324 A provocative, razor-sharp, and timely debut novel about a beloved English professor facing a slew of accusations against her professor husband by former students鈥攁 situation that becomes more complicated when she herself develops an obsession of her own...

鈥淲hen I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me.鈥�

And so we are introduced to our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose charismatic husband at the same small liberal arts college is under investigation for his inappropriate relationships with his former students. The couple have long had a mutual understanding when it comes to their extra-marital pursuits, but with these new allegations, life has become far less comfortable for them both. And when our narrator becomes increasingly infatuated with Vladimir, a celebrated, married young novelist who鈥檚 just arrived on campus, their tinder box world comes dangerously close to exploding.

With this bold, edgy, and uncommonly assured debut, author Julia May Jonas takes us into charged territory, where the boundaries of morality bump up against the impulses of the human heart. Propulsive, darkly funny, and wildly entertaining, Vladimir perfectly captures the personal and political minefield of our current moment, exposing the nuances and the grey area between power and desire.]]> 238 Julia May Jonas 1982187638 Taystins 0 to-read 3.41 2022
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]]> 214175139
No one鈥檚 more surprised than Leigh when a prestigious MFA program in North Carolina accepts her. A former sorority girl, Leigh鈥檚 the first to admit she knows more about the lyrics of Taylor Swift than T.S. Eliot, and s丑别鈥檚 never been able to shake the 鈥渁ll-style-no-substance鈥� feedback her high school crush made in their poetry workshop. Bad enough that her tattooed, New Yorker tote bag-carrying classmates have read all the right authors and been published in the country's leading literary journals, Leigh's insecurities become all too real when Will, that same high school crush-turned-nemesis, shows up at orientation as a first-year in the program, too. And now, 丑别鈥檚 William, exactly the kind of writer Leigh hates, complete with his pretentious sweater vests and tattered Moleskine.

Leigh鈥檚 determined to prove herself鈥攁nd William鈥攚rong by landing the program鈥檚 highly-coveted fellowship. But Will鈥檚 dead-set on it, too, and in a small cohort, they can't keep apart for long. When Will submits an intimate poem (that's maybe, probably, definitely about Leigh) to workshop, they鈥檙e both forced to realize there鈥檚 more to the other than what鈥檚 on the page. And what鈥檚 between the lines may be even more interesting.]]> 368 Katie Naymon 1538768550 Taystins 0 to-read 3.65 2025
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]]> 195790655 A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in the late-1990s and early-2000s era of pop music superstardom

It is 1997, and Amber Young has received a life-changing call. It is a chance thousands of girls would die for: the opportunity to join girl group Cloud9 in Los Angeles and escape her small town. She quickly finds herself in the orbits of fellow rising stars Gwen Morris, a driven singer-dancer, and Wes Kingston, a member of the biggest boy band in the world, ETA.

As Amber embarks on her solo career and her fame intensifies, her rich interior life is frequently reduced. Surrounded by people who claim to love her but only wish to exploit her, and driven by a desire for recognition and success, for love and sex, for agency and connection, Amber comes of age at a time when the kaleidoscope of public opinion can distort everything and one mistake can shatter a career.

Isabel Banta鈥檚 debut novel redefines the narratives of some of the most famous pop icons of the 1990s and 2000s. It reimagines the superstars we idolized and hated, oversexualized and underestimated, and gives them the fresh, multifaceted story they deserve.]]> 336 Isabel Banta 1250333466 Taystins 0 to-read 3.44 2024
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]]> 201245798 A struggling writer is forced to walk down the aisle at her best friend鈥檚 wedding with the man who gave her book a very public one-star rating in this fresh romantic comedy from Laura Hankin.

Natalie and Rob couldn鈥檛 have less in common. Nat鈥檚 a messy artist, and Rob鈥檚 a rigid academic. The only thing they share is their devotion to their respective best friends鈥攚ho just got engaged. Still, unexpected chemistry has Natalie cautiously optimistic about being maid of honor to Rob鈥檚 best man.

Until, minutes before the ceremony, Nat learns that Rob wrote a one-star review of her new novel, which has them both reeling: Nat from imposter syndrome, and Rob over the reason he needed to write it.

When the reception ends, these two opposites hope they鈥檒l never meet again. But, as they slip from their twenties into their thirties, they鈥檙e forced together whenever their fast-track best friends celebrate another milestone. Through housewarmings and christenings, life-changing triumphs and failures, Natalie and Rob grapple with their own choices鈥攁nd how your harshest critic can become your perfectly imperfect match.

After all, even the truest love stories sometimes need a bit of rewriting.]]> 400 Laura Hankin 0593438213 Taystins 0 to-read 3.65 2024
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]]> 220161226 What if you could have one last meal with someone you鈥檝e loved, someone you鈥檝e lost? Combining the magic of Under the Whispering Door with the high-stakes culinary world of Sweetbitter, Aftertaste is an epic love story, a dark comedy, and a synesthetic adventure through food and grief.

Konstantin Duhovny is a haunted man. His father died when he was ten, and ghosts have been hovering around Kostya ever since. Kostya can鈥檛 exactly see the ghosts, but he can taste their favorite foods. Flavors of meals 丑别鈥檚 never eaten will flood his mouth, a sign that a spirit is present. Kostya has kept these aftertastes a secret for most of his life, but one night, he decides to act on what 丑别鈥檚 tasting. And everything changes.

Kostya discovers that he can reunite people with their deceased loved ones鈥攁t least for the length of time it takes for them to eat a dish that 丑别鈥檚 prepared. He thinks his life鈥檚 purpose might be to offer closure to grieving strangers, and sets out to learn all he can by entering a particularly fiery ring of Hell: the New York culinary scene. But as his kitchen skills catch up with his ambitions, Kostya is too blind to see the catastrophe looming in the Afterlife. And the one person who knows Kostya must be stopped also happens to be falling in love with him.

Set in the bustling world of New York restaurants and teeming with mouthwatering food writing, Aftertaste is a whirlwind romance, a heart-wrenching look at love and loss, and a ghost story about all the ways we hunger鈥攁nd how far we鈥檇 go to find satisfaction.

Lavelle鈥檚 debut is a multi-course tasting menu of a book that will sate, delight, excite, comfort, and inspire even the pickiest of readers.]]> 400 Daria Lavelle 1668061597 Taystins 0 to-read 4.16 2025
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]]> 217245572 In the first book of a searing new dystopian trilogy, a young woman must conceal her psychic powers鈥攁nd her attraction to her handsome, infuriating commanding officer鈥攁s she works undercover to take down a brutal government from within.

The world is divided. On the Continent, you鈥檙e either a Prime鈥攊mmune to the biotoxin that nearly wiped out the Earth鈥檚 population 150 years ago鈥攐r a Modified, one who was enhanced by the toxin, developing powerful psychic gifts.

As conflict rages between the two sides, Wren Darlington lives in hiding. Occasionally running the odd op for the rebel Uprising against the Primes鈥� oppressive rule, she must keep a low profile. After all, if the enemy finds out that she is a Mod with a staggering four psychic abilities, she won鈥檛 just be sent to the labor camps. She鈥檒l be executed鈥攊mmediately and without trial.

When a careless mistake puts Wren in the crosshairs of the Continent鈥檚 military, she is taken captive and forced to join their most elite Silver Block. Unwittingly, they鈥檝e handed her the perfect opportunity for the Uprising to strike a devastating blow from inside their ranks. That is, if she can keep her powers hidden, survive training, and prove herself to Cross Redden, her maddeningly cocky commanding officer.

Despite the explosive chemistry between them, Cross doesn鈥檛 trust her鈥攅ven as he seems determined to destroy the remaining shreds of Wren鈥檚 self-control. Yet as the war between Primes and Mods escalates, and as Wren and Cross find themselves unable to stay away from each other, they must decide how far they鈥檙e willing to go for their secrets鈥攁nd how much of the Continent is worth saving.]]> 528 Dani Francis 059387546X Taystins 0 to-read 4.42 2025
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]]> 218153840 A young woman's radicalization sparks a widespread movement and media frenzy in this explosive novel of youthful passion, political awakening and first love, by an extraordinary new talent.

鈥淎 lush, cinematic and propulsive novel filled with sex, violence, glamor and a true revolutionary spirit. It鈥檚 a towering literary achievement.鈥� (Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize winner)

Corsica, 1993. As a sun-drenched Mediterranean summer heads into full swing, beautiful and brash seventeen-year-old Severine Guimard is counting down the days until graduation, dreaming of stardom while smoking cigarettes and seducing boys in her class to pass the time. The pampered French-American daughter of a politician, Severine knows s丑别鈥檚 destined for bigger things.

That is, until one night, Severine is snatched off her bike by a militant trio fighting for Corsican independence and held for a large ransom. When the men fumble negotiating her release, the four become unlikely housemates deep in the island鈥檚 remote interior. Eager to gain the upper hand, Severine sets out to charm her captors, and soon, the handsome, intellectual leader, Bruno, the gentle university student, Tittu, and even the gruff, unflappable Petru grow to enjoy the company of their headstrong hostage.

As Severine is exposed to the group鈥檚 political philosophy, the ideas of Marx and Fanon begin to take root. With her flair for the spotlight and newfound beliefs, Severine becomes the face of a radical movement for a global TV audience. What follows is a summer of passion and terror, careening toward an inevitable, explosive conclusion, as Severine steps into the biggest role of her life.

The Bombshell is an electric novel filled with seduction and fervor as it explores the wonders and perils of youthful idealism, the combustibility of celebrity, and the sublime force of young love.]]> 416 Darrow Farr 0593833244 Taystins 0 to-read 4.31 2025
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]]> 211399750 She needs a divorce from her husband鈥攂ut a hurricane threatens to dredge up their stormy, passionate past in this sizzling reimagining of Sweet Home Alabama from the bestselling author of Say You'll Be Mine.

It's been years since Meena has seen her husband, Nikhil . . . years since they first laid eyes on each other back home in Texas, years since they eloped in Las Vegas and she felt true happiness. A high-powered lawyer on Capitol Hill, ready to move on (or at least, she thinks so) with another successful lawyer, Shake, Meena has returned home. This time, finally, to obtain a divorce.

But there's one thing Meena couldn't have accounted for: a hurricane forming in the Gulf, veering right toward them, giving them no choice but to hunker down in the home they had built together. Suddenly, she finds herself trapped amid gale-force winds and pelting rain with the man she once loved.

As they spend more time together, Meena begins to remember everything that drew her to Nikhil: His small-town charm, his thoughtful nature. . . his absurdly good looks. But things make sense with Shake. He鈥檚 steady and ambitious and wants exactly what she wants. She鈥檒l stick to her plan, come hell or high water. But will her windswept heart make the right choice, when the storm settles and the eye passes over?

With sharp observations about second chances at love, ambition and Indian American identity, and with characters who share an undeniable chemistry, Flirting with Disaster is a modern romance with the sensibility of a classic.]]> 320 Naina Kumar 0593723902 Taystins 0 to-read 3.57 2025
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]]> 217500852 From the bestselling author of Fractured comes a moving, heart-mending and uplifting novel of love, hope and second chances.

罢丑别苍鈥�

On the eve of her wedding to Adam, Lily鈥檚 best friend Josh unexpectedly walked out of her life, and she hasn鈥檛 seen him since.

Lily and Adam are blissfully happy, until he falls ill. As she cares for him in his final hours, Adam asks her to make a mysterious promise: to find Josh鈥攁nd forgive them both.

This winter鈥�

Tracking Josh down isn鈥檛 easy, but fate seems determined to bring them together. Cut off in his remote Scottish cabin by a fierce snowstorm, Lily and Josh explore their tangled feelings for each other, stretching back over the decades. But when she discovers the shocking reason behind Adam鈥檚 unexpected last wish, she鈥檒l need to trust her heart completely鈥�

Can Lily and Josh choose love鈥攁nd find forgiveness and lasting happiness together?

Always You and Me asks: Do you choose love? Or does love choose you?]]> 394 Dani Atkins 1662527497 Taystins 0 to-read 4.36 2025
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]]> 53544752 Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel鈥擳he Vipers.

They run this town and everyone in it. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses.

Yes, sold me.

They own me now.

I鈥檓 theirs in every sense of the word. But I鈥檝e never been meek and compliant. These men, they look at me with longing. Their scarred, blood-stained hands holding me tight. They want everything I am, everything I have to give, and won鈥檛 stop until they get just that. They can own my body, but they will never have my heart.

The Vipers? I鈥檓 going to make them regret the day they took me.

This girl? She bites too.


18+ Reverse Harem Romance. Warning this book contains scenes and references of abuse/assault that some readers may find triggering. Along with graphic sex scenes and violence. This is a dark book.]]> 654 K.A. Knight Taystins 1 3.66 2020
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Did it. Took me a year to tear myself through to the end鈥�. Never again. Don鈥檛 do it ok? Save yourselfffff
]]> 220161466 A rollicking, big-hearted story of long-lost love, friendship, and a life well-lived, set at a Florida retirement resort for queer women, on the last day of resident Hannah Cardin鈥檚 life鈥攆or readers of Less and The Wedding People.

It鈥檚 2067 and Florida is partially underwater, but even that can鈥檛 bring down the residents of Palm Meridian Retirement Resort, a utopian home for women who want to revel in their twilight years. Inside, Hula-Hoopers shimmy across the grass, fiercely competitive book clubs nearly come to blows, and the roller-ski team races up and down the winding paths. Injuries can occur, hips and backs not being what they were, but everywhere you look, these women are living large.

Hannah Cardin has lived at Palm Meridian for ten happy years, but today is her last. Since receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, Hannah has opted for a medically assisted death, scheduled for tomorrow morning. Tonight, however, she and her raucous band of friends plan to throw one hell of an end-of-life party.

In addition to the rest of the resort, Hannah has invited important people from her past, including the love of her life, Sophie, who she hasn鈥檛 spoken to since their devastating breakup over forty years ago.

As the hours tick by without Sophie鈥檚 arrival and the party moves into full swing, Hannah鈥檚 mind casts back over the highs and lows of her kaleidoscopic life and the unforgettable romance that ended too soon. But as is to be expected at any reunion of old friends鈥攅specially one as monumental and emotional as this鈥擧annah is not the only one with unfinished business. When a shocking secret from the past is revealed, Hannah must reconsider if s丑别鈥檚 making the right decision after all.

Spanning the course of a single day and seventy-odd years, and full of vibrant, lovable characters you won鈥檛 soon forget, Palm Meridian celebrates the unexpected moments that end up making us feel the most alive.]]> 256 Grace Flahive 1668080532 Taystins 0 to-read 4.20
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]]> 212294464 After a case of mistaken identity and an almost one-night stand, two stranded wedding guests have to find their way to their final destination together, in this riotously fun debut romance.

Ada鈥檚 little sister is getting married. Which should be a happy thought, right? But the once close sisters have been in a year long fight, the wedding is all the way in Ireland, and Ada is so broke that she just barely managed to get a ticket on a budget airline. And as if things couldn鈥檛 get worse, said airline just cancelled her connection. Which means Ada is stuck in London with no way to make it to the wedding.

Surely s丑别鈥檚 hit rock bottom?

So, there鈥檚 no reason for her not to spill her heart out about the over-the-top wedding, her sister鈥檚 worryingly quick engagement, and the womanizing best man s丑别鈥檚 dreading meeting to a handsome also-stranded stranger at the bar. Until she realizes the stranger is headed to the same wedding. Oh, and 丑别鈥檚 the infamous best man.

Now, Jack and Ada must put their simmering attraction behind them to make it to Belfast before they miss the nuptials. But between flat tires, missed trains, and suspect hostels, Jack and Ada start to question whether their feelings are worth going the distance, or just a distracting detour along the way.]]> 400 Heather McBreen 0593817621 Taystins 0 currently-reading 3.90 2025
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]]> 199698485 When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn鈥檛 just any thirteen-year-old: s丑别鈥檚 the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region鈥檚 residents. And this isn鈥檛 the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara鈥檚 older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore鈥檚 multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore鈥檚 most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.]]> 490 Liz Moore Taystins 0 to-read 4.15 2024
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]]> 217513554 B.K. Borison Taystins 0 to-read 4.71 2026
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]]> 90202302 鈥淭he first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.鈥� 鈥擷aden Riorson

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

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

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

But a determination to survive won鈥檛 be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College鈥攁nd nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.]]> 623 Rebecca Yarros 1649374178 Taystins 3 4.33 2023
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The ending is what made the book for me along with Xaden and the dragons. This book is full of information dumps that I wish were fleshed out more so that we as readers could grasp into what it means before we move on to the next thing. The pacing is what I鈥檇 say is the issue with this series cause it鈥檚 so fast yet not dense enough for me to feel like we鈥檙e where we need to be. And if I have to read through another fight/miscommunication between Violet and Xaden鈥�. Butttt with the theories I鈥檝e seen where this series can go (which I hope are true) I am excited to see where the series goes after where this one鈥檚 left off!
]]> 209668781 Discover the instant #1 New York Times bestseller! TV series now in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan鈥檚 Outlier Society.

Accolades for Fourth Wing
Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 鈥� Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 鈥� Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 鈥� NPR "Books We Love" 2023 鈥� Audible Best Books of 2023 鈥� Hudson Book of the Year 鈥� Google Play Best Books of 2023 鈥� Indigo Best Books of 2023 鈥� Waterstones Book of the Year finalist 鈥� 欧宝娱乐 Choice Award Winner 鈥� Newsweek Staffers鈥� Favorite Books of 2023 鈥� Paste Magazine鈥檚 Best Books of 2023 鈥� TikTok Book Awards UK and Ireland Book of the Year (International) 2024

After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there鈥檚 no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty.

Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it鈥檚 impossible to know who to trust.

Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves鈥攈er dragons, her family, her home, and him.

Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.

They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find鈥攖he truth.

But a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath.

The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame
Book #3 Onyx Storm]]> 758 Rebecca Yarros 1649376944 Taystins 0 to-read 4.42 2025
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]]> 6184241 320 Ron Currie Jr. 0670020923 Taystins 0 to-read 4.06 2009
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]]> 53312623 Can you live a lie?

It鈥檚 a ghost town, this place that haunts me, the one that made me.

It鈥檚 clear to me that I鈥檒l never outgrow Triple Falls or outlive the time I spent here.

I can still feel them all, my boys of summer.

Even when I鈥檇 sensed the danger, I gave in.

I didn鈥檛 heed a single warning. I let my sickness, my love, both rule and ruin me. I played my part, eyes wide open, tempting fate until it delivered.

There was never going to be an escape.

All of us are to blame for what happened. All of us serving our own sentences. We were careless and reckless, thinking our youth made us indestructible, exempt from our sins, and it cost us all.

I鈥檓 done pretending I didn鈥檛 leave the largest part of me between these hills and valleys, between the sea of trees that hold my secrets.

It鈥檚 the reason I鈥檓 back. To make peace with my fate.

And if I can鈥檛 grieve enough to cure myself in my time here, I鈥檒l remain sick. That will be my curse.

But it鈥檚 time to confess, to myself more so than any other, that I鈥檇 hindered my chances because of the way I was built, and because of the men who built me.

At this point, I just want to make peace with who I am, no matter what ending I get.

Because I can no longer live a lie.]]> 450 Kate Stewart Taystins 5 4.34 2020
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Exhausting but couldn鈥檛 put it down. But exhausting
]]> 40748777 Can you keep a secret?

鈦 grew up sick.鈦ｂ仯

Let me clarify.鈦ｂ仯I grew up believing that real love stories include a martyr or demand great sacrifice to be worthy.鈦ｂ仯 Because of that, I believed it, because I made myself believe it, and I bred the most masochistic of romantic hearts, which resulted in my illness.鈦ｂ仯

When I lived this story, my own twisted fairy tale, it was unbeknownst to me at the time because I was young and na茂ve. I gave into temptation and fed the beating beast, which grew thirstier with every slash, every strike, every blow.鈦ｂ仯 Triple Falls wasn鈥檛 at all what it seemed, nor were the men that swept me under their wing. But in order to keep them, I had to be in on their secrets.鈦ｂ仯 Secrets that cost us everything to keep.

鈦ｂ仯That鈥檚 the novelty of fiction versus reality. You can鈥檛 re-live your own love story, because by the time you鈥檝e realized you鈥檙e living it, it鈥檚 over. At least that was the case for me and the men I trusted my foolish heart to.鈦ｂ仯 Looking back, I鈥檓 convinced I willed my story into existence due to my illness.鈦ｂ仯 And all were punished.]]> 354 Kate Stewart Taystins 5 For sure a guilty pleasure read that might even make 50 shades blush a little. ]]> 4.05 2020
author: Kate Stewart
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.05
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rating: 5
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3.7 out of 5
For sure a guilty pleasure read that might even make 50 shades blush a little.
]]> 202468464 Locked in a toxic female friendship, two vampires careen toward catastrophe in this dark and dazzling page-turner, set amidst London's glittering disco scene.

London 1979. Two women with a deep love for disco meet one fateful night on the dance floor, changing the course of both their lives forever.

Nicola, a beautiful and brooding vampire for nearly two centuries, can鈥檛 resist fun-loving and feisty Amber from America,听ultimately offering an eternity together where the glamour of nightlife always takes center stage.

But not all is what it seems.

Nearly fifty years later, after an unexpected betrayal, Amber wants out from under Nicola鈥檚 thumb, but it won鈥檛 be so simple to break up this festering friendship when she learns others have done the same鈥攁nd wound up dead.

Sensing Amber鈥檚 restlessness and in one last play to keep her close, Nicola proposes they open a nightclub of their very own, hearkening back to their best days as dancing queens.

Amber agrees but s丑别鈥檚 secretly hatching a dangerous escape plan. And if she fails鈥he party is over for good.]]> 400 Rachel Koller Croft 0593547535 Taystins 0 to-read 3.44 2024
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name: Taystins
average rating: 3.44
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]]> 216405550 From #1听New York Times听bestselling author Alex Aster comes her adult debut novel听Summer in the City鈥攁 swoony, fast-paced rom-com set in New York City in which a screenwriter and a sexy tech CEO go from lovers to enemies and back to lovers again鈥�

Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem? S丑别鈥檚 had writer鈥檚 block for months, and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer.听

In a desperate attempt at inspiration, Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to, in an apartment she could never afford (floor-to-ceiling windows, skyline views, and a new coffee shop to haunt included). It鈥檚 the perfect place to write her screenplay鈥ntil she realizes her new neighbor is tech 鈥淏illionaire Bachelor鈥� Parker Warren, her stairwell hookup from two years ago. It鈥檚 been a lovers-to-enemies situation ever since.听

When seeing him again turns into a full night of hate-fueled writing, Elle realizes her enemy/twisted muse might just be the key to finishing her screenplay... if she can stand being around her polar opposite. She writes anonymously, and 丑别鈥檚 on the cover of every business magazine. He frequents fancy red carpeted events, and she doesn鈥檛 like leaving her emotional support five block radius.听

One summer. One wall apart. He needs to fake a buzzy relationship during his company鈥檚 precarious acquisition. She needs to write a movie around a list of NYC locations. Both need a break from their unrelenting schedules, and a chance to rediscover the skyscraper glimmering, pizza crusted, sunlit charms of the city.听听

Summers always end, and so will this agreement. It鈥檚 all pretend. Promise.听

Until it isn鈥檛.]]> 304 Alex Aster 0063411660 Taystins 0 to-read 3.81 2025
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average rating: 3.81
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]]> 124950295 397 Hannah Bonam-Young 1778027784 Taystins 0 to-read 4.25 2023
author: Hannah Bonam-Young
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.25
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]]> 203237161
If your twenties are supposed to be the best years of your life, Bennet Taylor is failing miserably . . . with a big emphasis on the miserable. Where鈥檚 that zest she keeps hearing about? S丑别鈥檚 a temp worker in New York City with no direction, no future, and no social life. And at the painful center of this listlessness is grief over the death of her first love.

When Bennet runs into Henry Adams just hours after standing him up for a first date, she makes an alcohol-fueled confession: S丑别鈥檚 not ready to date. In fact, it鈥檚 been years since she felt passion for something. Not even pottery, or organized sports鈥攏ot anything. Rather than leaving her to ruminate, Henry jumps at the opportunity for adventure: Bennet needs to find a passion for life, and Henry will help her find it. Every Saturday, they鈥檒l try something new in New York City. As friends, of course.

As their 鈥減assion project鈥� continues, the pair tackle everything from carpentry to tattooing to rappelling off skyscrapers, and Bennet feels her guarded exterior ebbing away. But as secrets surface, Bennet has to decide what she wants, and if s丑别鈥檚 truly ready to move on. With emotional resonance and sparkling banter, Passion Project is a fun, flirty, thoughtful story of finding a spark鈥攁nd igniting happiness.]]> 368 London Sperry 0143138561 Taystins 0 to-read 3.95 2025
author: London Sperry
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.95
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]]> 215768414
On the brink of adulthood in the early 2000s, destiny intervened, catapulting the sisters into the spotlight as the pop sensation the Griffin Sisters, hitting all the touchstones of early aughts fame鈥擲NL, MTV, Rolling Stone magazine鈥攁long the way.

But after a whirlwind year in the public eye, the band abruptly broke up.

Two decades later, Zoe鈥檚 a housewife; Cassie鈥檚 off the grid. The sisters aren鈥檛 speaking, and the real reason for the Griffin Sisters鈥� breakup is still a mystery. Zoe鈥檚 teenage daughter, Cherry, who鈥檚 determined to be a star in spite of Zoe鈥檚 warnings, is on a quest to learn the truth about what happened to the band all those years ago.

As secrets emerge, all three women must face the consequences of their choices: the ones they made and the ones the music industry made for them. Can they forgive each other鈥攁nd themselves? And will the Griffin Sisters ever make music again?]]> 384 Jennifer Weiner 0063342448 Taystins 0 to-read 3.91 2025
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name: Taystins
average rating: 3.91
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]]> 210296782 Based on the life of a very real, very incredible American icon.
Alice Marble strives to have it all.

Alice tirelessly works her way up to be a #1 tennis champion, all while maintaining a growing career trajectory editing the Wonder Women comic. She enjoys her hard-earned success with her loving husband, her steadfast coach, and her dear friends鈥攎any of whom are famous and well-connected.

But then her world falls apart.

Alice's life begins to unravel when she receives a telegram informing her that her husband has been killed in action in the war in Germany. Heartbroken, she feels like she can only watch as the war wreaks havoc in every area of her life.

Until an unexpected invitation arrives.

Alice is prompted to action when the US Army sends her a request: Under the guise of playing in tennis exhibition games in Switzerland, she would be a spy for them. And Alice aches for nothing more than to avenge her husband's death. What awaits her might be her greatest challenge yet.]]> 336 Jenni L. Walsh 1400246741 Taystins 0 to-read 3.91 2025
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name: Taystins
average rating: 3.91
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]]> 31450897 one last summer to be free. Heather doesn鈥檛 expect to even meet Jack, let alone fall in love with him. Jack is an enigmatic Vermonter a few years older than she is, who is following his grandfather鈥檚 journal to various cities around Europe. But in the same way that forces are bringing Jack and Heather together, life and duty are pushing them apart. And Jack has a secret that is going to change absolutely everything.]]> 390 J.P. Monninger 1250060761 Taystins 0 to-read 3.69 2017
author: J.P. Monninger
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.69
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]]> 58885776 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593336489.

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

When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won鈥檛 give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father.

For ten years, s丑别鈥檚 run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can鈥檛 bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it.

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

Romance is most certainly dead... but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything s丑别鈥檚 ever known about love stories.

A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston.]]> 368 Ashley Poston Taystins 3 3.90 2022
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name: Taystins
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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I loved the aspect of grief in this book, but the humor felt like it was written by a middle schooler. The lines of flirting and banter made me groan one too many times. I struggled to finish this one to say the least.
]]> 14384
After enduring years of torture from the vampire horde, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined mate 丑别鈥檚 waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. Emmaline Troy is a small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the fury burning within him.

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

Yet when an ancient evil from her past resurfaces, will their desire deepen into a love that can bring a proud warrior to his knees and turn a gentle beauty into the fighter she was born to be?]]> 360 Kresley Cole 1416509879 Taystins 3 4.10 2006
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name: Taystins
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 214269394
Joe asks Percy for feedback on one of his songs鈥攁nd the results kick off a partnership that will span years, ignite new passions in them both, and crush their egos again and again. Is their collaboration worth its cost? Or is it holding Percy back from finding her own voice?

Moving from Brooklyn bars to San Francisco dance floors, Deep Cuts examines the nature of talent, obsession, belonging, and above all, our need to be heard.]]> 277 Holly Brickley 0593799089 Taystins 0 to-read 3.76 2025
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name: Taystins
average rating: 3.76
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]]> 211004124 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential.

Where there鈥檚 a will, there鈥檚 a war.

Thayer Wren, the brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech and so-called father of modern technology, is dead. Any one of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children would be a plausible inheritor to the Wrenfare throne.

Or at least, so they like to think.

Meredith, textbook accomplished eldest daughter and the head of her own groundbreaking biotech company, has recently cured mental illness. You're welcome! If only her father's fortune wasn't her last hope for keeping her journalist ex-boyfriend from exposing what she really is: a total fraud.

Arthur, second-youngest congressman in history, fights the good fight every day of his life. And yet, his wife might be leaving him, and he's losing his re-election campaign. But his dead father鈥檚 approval in the form of a seat on the Wrenfare throne might just turn his sinking ship around.

Eilidh, once the world's most famous ballerina, has spent the last five years as a run-of-the-mill marketing executive at her father鈥檚 company after a life-altering injury put an end to her prodigious career. She might be lacking in accolades compared to her siblings, but if her father left her everything, it would finally validate her worth鈥攂y confirming she'd been his favorite all along.

On the pipeline of gifted kid to clinically depressed adult, nobody wins鈥攂ut which Wren will come out on top?]]> 512 Olivie Blake 1250883407 Taystins 0 to-read 3.83 2025
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> 199570076
Good villains make good TV.

Romance novelist Jacqueline Matthis鈥檚 big career has gone bust and s丑别鈥檚 ditched the bright lights of New York City for her more affordable South Carolina hometown. Desperate, Jac dreams up a comeback plan鈥攕he is going to be a contestant on the 1, the most obsessively watched reality dating show in the world.

After all Jac is a romance writer鈥攕he knows how to pull off a meet-cute and create a spicy plotline.

On set, Jac quickly establishes herself as a front-runner for bachelor Marcus鈥檚 heart, but s丑别鈥檚 shocked to discover who鈥檚 actually pulling the strings. How was she to know that Henry Foster, her last one-night stand before the show, was actually a longtime producer on the 1? Henry is just as horrified鈥ut they can鈥檛 seem to keep their hands off each other.

As Jac plays the game and the show unfurls, she slowly discovers that s丑别鈥檚 getting the villain edit. They say there鈥檚 no such thing as bad publicity, but as Jac鈥檚 secret plan begins crumbling around her, s丑别鈥檚 not so sure. What happens if Marcus chooses her? Worse, what happens if her affair with Henry comes to light? What if, in trying to save her career, Jac has ruined her life?

Heartbreaking, smart, and sexy, this novel is for anyone who has ever secretly rooted for鈥攐r felt like鈥攖he villain.]]> 336 Laurie Devore 0063337606 Taystins 0 to-read 3.59 2024
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name: Taystins
average rating: 3.59
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]]> 220140225
That鈥檚 what they鈥檙e calling her鈥擧artley West, the self-published debut author who writes in the style of Sofie Wilde. Except she doesn鈥檛 actually 鈥渨rite鈥� anything. After Hartley admits to using AI to create her novel,听Sofie鈥檚 ready to watch Hartley be skewered on social media. Except in this unpredictable world, Hartley is instead lauded for being innovative, for being such a skilled editor to take what the AI churned out and massage it into a story that鈥檚 just as compelling as Sofie鈥檚鈥攎aybe even more so.

After her unhinged rant unintentionally goes viral, Sofie loses her keynote, and s丑别鈥檚 starting to lose all her support. That loss is Hartley鈥檚 gain鈥攁s her book sales start soaring, s丑别鈥檚 given the headliner spot. Sofie is livid. And s丑别鈥檚 not the only one. As the convention begins, Sofie is surrounded by fellow authors who also fear for their futures, their livelihoods, their art being stripped away, one AI prompt at a time. Something must be done. This has to be stopped. Now. With the clock ticking down to the keynote, Sofie enlists her fellow authors in a plan to stop Hartley, vowing, 鈥溾�楾he next Sofie Wilde鈥欌�攐ver my dead body. Or hers.鈥漖]> 302 Lori Gold 0369763696 Taystins 0 to-read 3.83
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]]> 195820807
Emma hadn't planned that her next assignment as a traveling nurse would be in Minnesota, but she and her best friend agree that dating Justin is too good of an opportunity to pass up, especially when they get to rent an adorable cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

It's supposed to be a quick fling, just for the summer. But when Emma's toxic mother shows up and Justin has to assume guardianship of his three siblings, they're suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected--including catching real feelings for each other. What if this time Fate has actually brought the perfect pair together?]]> 432 Abby Jimenez 1538704439 Taystins 4 4.35 2024
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name: Taystins
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> 223199392 Two good neighbors make the best of a bad Valentine鈥檚 Day in a funny and improbably romantic short story by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer.

It鈥檚 Valentine鈥檚 Day weekend, and Charlotte and Seth are not looking for romance. Armed with emotional-support bear spray, Charlotte is in self-imposed isolation and on guard from men. Having a stalker can do that to a person鈥檚 nerves. Just across the hall and giving off woodsy vibes is Seth, a recently divorced arborist. As in today recently. Heights, 丑别鈥檚 fine with. Trust? Not so much. But when disaster traps them one flight up and no way down, an outrageously precarious predicament forces a tree-loving guy and a rattled girl next door to embrace their captivity. Soon their defenses are breaking away. Considering how close they both are to the edge, Charlotte and Seth could be in danger of falling鈥攊n love.]]> 82 Abby Jimenez 1662529082 Taystins 0 to-read 4.11 2025
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> 228691356 What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the New York Times bestselling author of Deep End.

Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life.

Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him.

It鈥檚 such a clich茅, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother鈥檚 best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life.

But not everything is as it seems鈥攁nd clich茅s sometimes become plot twists.

When Maya鈥檚 brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs鈥攅ven if it鈥檚 a problematic one.]]> 416 Ali Hazelwood Taystins 0 to-read 4.65 2025
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name: Taystins
average rating: 4.65
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]]> 228256271 A Human hybrid and an Alpha Were claw against the bonds of fate in the highly anticipated companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Bride.

Serena Paris is orphaned, pack-less, and one of a kind. Coming forward as the first Human-Were hybrid was supposed to heal a centuries-long rift between species. Instead, it made her a target, prey to the ruthless political machinations between Weres, Vampyres, and Humans. With her enemies closing in on her, she has only one option left鈥攊f he鈥檒l have her.

As Alpha of the Northwest pack, Koen Alexander commands obedience. His authority is so absolute, only a fool would threaten his mate. It doesn鈥檛 matter if Serena doesn鈥檛 reciprocate his feelings, nothing will stop him from keeping her safe.

But power-hungry Vampyres and Weres are not the only threats chasing Serena. Sooner or later, her past is bound to catch up with her鈥攁nd Koen might be the only thing standing between her and total annihilation鈥]> 432 Ali Hazelwood 0593955013 Taystins 0 to-read 4.41 2025
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.41
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]]> 217387757
Forced to confront Rylie on a live episode of Sausage Talk, he offers Eva a deal: allow him to take her on a series of dates to make up for his toxic behavior, then debrief them on his channel to show 丑别鈥檚 changed. Eva refuses to play nice, but agrees to the scheme to advance her own career and continue defaming Rylie鈥檚 good name. When these manufactured dates start to feel real, Eva has to wonder if the boy that broke her heart has become the man that might heal it.]]> 384 Mazey Eddings 1250333318 Taystins 0 to-read 3.99 2025
author: Mazey Eddings
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.99
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]]> 214269328 Grieving the loss of her best friend, a young woman鈥檚 life is turned upside down when she meets a grumpy stranger who swears he can help her live again, in this heartwarming, slow-burn romance by the author of Ready or Not

Lenny鈥檚 a bit of a mess at the moment. Her best friend, Lou, recently passed away after a battle with cancer, and her death has left Lenny feeling completely lost. S丑别鈥檚 avoiding her concerned parents, the apartment she shared with Lou, and the list of things s丑别鈥檚 supposed to do to help her live again. The only thing she can do is temporary babysitting gigs, and luckily, she just landed a great one, helping overworked, single mom Reese and her precocious daughter, Ainsley. It鈥檚 not perfect: Ainsley鈥檚 uncle, Miles, always seems to be around, and is kind of... a huge jerk. But if Lenny acts like she has it all together, maybe no one will notice s丑别鈥檚 falling apart.

Miles sees right through her though. Turns out, he knows a lot about grief and, surprisingly, he offers her a proposition. He鈥檒l help her complete everything on her 鈥渓ive again鈥� list if she鈥檒l help him connect with Ainsley and overcome his complicated relationship with Reese. Lenny doubts anything can fill the Lou has left behind, but she begins to spend more time with Miles, Lenny is surprised to discover that, sometimes, losing everything is only the first step to finding yourself, and love, again.]]> 416 Cara Bastone 0593595734 Taystins 0 to-read 4.23 2025
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name: Taystins
average rating: 4.23
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]]> 211399784 To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER 鈥� An epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating, starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice

鈥淧补谤迟 Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones & The Six, this novel is as brilliantly choreographed as a gold medal performance and will keep you guessing until its last page.鈥濃�擩odi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name

She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family鈥檚 support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating鈥攁nd each other鈥攖o escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating the world with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style, and roller-coaster relationship.

Until a shocking incident at the Olympic Games brings their partnership to a sudden end.

As the ten-year anniversary of their final skate approaches, an unauthorized documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha, claiming to uncover the 鈥渞eal story鈥� through interviews with their closest friends and fiercest rivals. Kat wants nothing to do with the documentary, but she can鈥檛 stand the thought of someone else defining her legacy. So, after a decade of silence, s丑别鈥檚 telling her story: from the childhood tragedies that created her all-consuming bond with Heath to the clash of desires that tore them apart. Sensational rumors have haunted their every step for years, but the truth may be even more shocking than the headlines.]]> 448 Layne Fargo 0593732049 Taystins 5 4.17 2025
author: Layne Fargo
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/03
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Audiobook at full volume, ass at the edge of my seat the whole time. This is everything I want and more from a book. HIGHLY recommend the audiobook for this one. Amazing performance by the whole cast. I need this made into a show pleaseeee!!!
]]> 22609310
For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it鈥攂ut can she do it?]]> 306 Colleen Hoover 1476791457 Taystins 3 4.14 2015
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> 205044632 A woman on the run. A crew of Viking mercenaries. A forbidden romance. And the secret which threatens them all.

Silla Nordvig is running for her life.

The queen of 脥seldur has sent warriors to bring Silla to Sunnav铆k, where death awaits her. When her father is killed, his last words set Silla on a perilous quest: travel the treacherous Road of Bones鈥揳 thousand-mile stretch haunted by warbands, creatures of darkness, and a mysterious murderer鈥揳nd go to Kopa, where a shield-house awaits her.

After barely surviving the first stretch of road, a desperate Silla sneaks into a supply wagon belonging to the notorious Bloodaxe Crew. To make it to Kopa, she must win over Axe Eyes, the brooding leader of the Crew, while avoiding the Wolf, his distractingly handsome right-hand man. But the queen鈥檚 ruthless assassin has other plans and hunts Silla obsessively.

Will Silla make it safely to Kopa? Or will she fall prey to the perils of the Road of Bones?

Featuring an immersive world blending fairy tale with Vikings, The Road of Bones leads you on an adrenaline-fueled chase with fun banter and a slow-building enemies to lovers romance. The first book in the Ashen Series, you are one click away from reading it!]]> 500 Demi Winters 173899600X Taystins 0 to-read 4.21 2023
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> 210395729 They've loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They've killed each other in every one.

Evelyn remembers all her past lives. She also remembers that in every single one, s丑别鈥檚 been murdered before her eighteenth birthday by Arden, a supernatural being whose soul鈥昦nd survival鈥昳s tethered to hers.

The problem is that s丑别鈥檚 quite fond of the life s丑别鈥檚 in now, and her little sister needs her for bone marrow transplants in order to stay alive. If Evelyn wants to save her sister, she鈥檒l have to:

1. Find the centuries-old devil who hunts her through each life鈥昩efore they find her first.
2. Figure out why s丑别鈥檚 being hunted and finally break their curse.
3. Try not to fall in love.

The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue meets This is How You Lose The Time War in this fantastical love story that defies death as two souls reincarnate through the centuries.]]> 352 Laura Steven 1250333881 Taystins 0 to-read 3.76 2025
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]]> 58977917
What if you had the winning ticket that would change your life forever, but you couldn't cash it in?

Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented grifter who has just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfriend, Cary. She's ready to start a brand-new life, with a new identity--when things go sideways. Lucky finds herself alone for the first time, navigating the world without the help of either her father or her boyfriend, the two figures from whom she's learned the art of the scam.

When she discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions, her elation is tempered by one big problem: cashing in the winning ticket means she'll be arrested for her crimes. She'll go to prison, with no chance to redeem her fortune.

As Lucky tries to avoid capture and make a future for herself, she must confront her past by reconciling with her father; finding her mother, who abandoned her when she was just a baby; and coming to terms with the man she thought she loved--whose dark past is catching up with her, too.

This is a novel about truth, personal redemption, and the complexity of being good. It introduces a singularly gifted, multilayered character who must learn what it means to be independent and honest ... before her luck runs out.]]> 232 Marissa Stapley 1668002450 Taystins 0 to-read 3.51 2021
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average rating: 3.51
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]]> 41886271 A son struggling to grasp his violent future,
A father blind to the danger that threatens them all.

When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies even reach their shores?

High on a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire鈥檚 enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name 鈥楾he Sword of Kaigen.鈥�

Born into Kusanagi鈥檚 legendary Matsuda family, fourteen-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: to master his family鈥檚 fighting techniques and defend his homeland. But when an outsider arrives and pulls back the curtain on Kaigen鈥檚 alleged age of peace, Mamoru realizes that he might not have much time to become the fighter he was bred to be. Worse, the empire he was bred to defend may stand on a foundation of lies.

Misaki told herself that she left the passions of her youth behind when she married into the Matsuda house. Determined to be a good housewife and mother, she hid away her sword, along with everything from her days as a fighter in a faraway country. But with her growing son asking questions about the outside world, the threat of an impending invasion looming across the sea, and her frigid husband grating on her nerves, Misaki finds the fighter in her clawing its way back to the surface.]]> 651 M.L. Wang Taystins 0 to-read 4.46 2019
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name: Taystins
average rating: 4.46
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]]> 127305713
Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe 鈥� a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution 鈥� who she can't help but find herself falling for.

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

Kristen Ciccarelli鈥檚 The Crimson Moth is the thrilling start to a romantic fantasy duology where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch鈥� is falling in love.]]> 406 Kristen Ciccarelli 1250866901 Taystins 0 currently-reading 4.16 2024
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name: Taystins
average rating: 4.16
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]]> 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鈥攕he 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 Taystins 5 What a cute, honest tale of wanting magic when it comes to love! Might become a yearly reread ]]> 4.05 2025
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average rating: 4.05
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4.5 out of 5
What a cute, honest tale of wanting magic when it comes to love! Might become a yearly reread
]]> 57213579
ACOMAF Part 1: The House of Beasts (Rhys POV) by illyriantremors

The first 13 chapters of ACOMAF told from Rhys's POV. Includes some brief details of his three months without her after he comes home from UtM and some improvised scenes, but most of it concerns his time with Feyre.
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ACOMAF Part 2.1: The House of Wind (Rhys POV) by illyriantremors

Chapters 14-27 of ACOMAF from Rhysand's POV.

Starting with Chapter 14: Rhys brings Feyre to Velaris after saving her from Tamlin's prison in the Spring Court. His inner circle crashes their brief landing in Rhys's townhouse, sending Feyre upstairs. Downstairs, Rhys chats with his family and learns about another temple raid from Azriel.
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ACOMAF Part 2.2: The House of Wind Cont'd (Rhys POV) by illyriantremors

Chapters 28-40 of ACOMAF from Rhys's POV.

Beginning with Rhys and Feyre's return from visiting her sisters, and following through the trip to the Summer Court and the first visit from the mortal queens.
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ACOMAF Part 2.3: The House of Wind Cont'd (Rhys POV) by illyriantremors

Chapters 41-51 of ACOMAF from Rhysand's POV.

Kicking off with Rhys's decision to steal the Veritas and subsequent hesitation over the role Feyre will play if she goes with him to the Court of Nightmares.
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ACOMAF Part 3.1: The House of Mist (Rhys POV) by illyriantremors

Chapters 52-56 of ACOMAF from Rhys's POV.

Starting with his recovery after being shot down by Hybern while Feyre takes time away.]]> 483 IllyrianTremors Taystins 0 to-read 4.38
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]]> 201626978
A riveting, single-sitting read set over the course of eight hours, The Most is an epic story in one single day, masterly breaching the shimmering surface of a seemingly idyllic mid-century marriage, immersing us in the unspoken truth beneath.]]> 144 Jessica Anthony 0316576379 Taystins 0 to-read 3.31 2024
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]]> 60811826 Deep underground, forty women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before.


As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl鈥攖he fortieth prisoner鈥攕its alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.


Jacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929, and fled to Casablanca with her family during WWII. Informed by her background as a psychoanalyst and her youth in exile, I Who Have Never Known Men is a haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic novel of female friendship and intimacy, and the lengths people will go to maintain their humanity in the face of devastation. Back in print for the first time since 1997, Harpman鈥檚 modern classic is an important addition to the growing canon of feminist speculative literature.]]> 184 Jacqueline Harpman 1945492600 Taystins 0 to-read 4.11 1995
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> 59366182 In this 鈥渇un, page-turner of a novel鈥� (Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author) that鈥檚 perfect for fans of Mostly Dead Things and Goodbye, Vitamin, a morbidly anxious young woman stumbles into a job as a receptionist at a Catholic church and soon finds herself obsessed with her predecessor鈥檚 mysterious death.

Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes s丑别鈥檚 there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace.

In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace鈥檚 old friend. She can鈥檛 bear to ignore the kindly old woman who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can鈥檛 bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace鈥檚 death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence.

With a 鈥渒indhearted heroine we all need right now鈥� (Courtney Maum, New York Times bestselling author), Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling and 鈥渄elightfully weird reminder that we will one day turn to dust and that yes, this is depressing, but it鈥檚 also what makes life beautiful鈥� (Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl).]]> 256 Emily R. Austin 198216736X Taystins 0 to-read 3.85 2021
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name: Taystins
average rating: 3.85
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]]> 212806981 A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.

Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships鈥攁t least, that鈥檚 what she tells herself.

Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy, Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It鈥檚 how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes.

So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary, mutually satisfying fling. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water...]]> 447 Ali Hazelwood 0593550447 Taystins 4
Not written in normal Ali H style which took me a minute to appreciate, but still had me locked in until the very end. ]]> 4.10 2025
author: Ali Hazelwood
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average rating: 4.10
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Oh look, Ali wrote another man I fell in love with but can鈥檛 have. Cool cool cool

Not written in normal Ali H style which took me a minute to appreciate, but still had me locked in until the very end.
]]> 157981682 The Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers, channeling potent magic and attuned to all varieties of love鈥攆rom friendship to romance to abiding family ties鈥攚ith her trademark compassion, wit, and literary derring-do. Readers will find joy (and a little terror) and an affirmation that love goes on, even when we cannot.

Late one night, Laura, Daniel, and Mo find themselves beneath the fluorescent lights of a high school classroom, almost a year after disappearing from their hometown, the small seaside community of Lovesend, Massachusetts, having long been presumed dead. Which, in fact, they are.

With them in the room is their previously unremarkable high school music teacher, who seems to know something about their disappearance鈥攁nd what has brought them back again. Desperate to reclaim their lives, the three agree to the terms of the bargain their music teacher proposes. They will be given a series of magical tasks; while they undertake them, they may return to their families and friends, but they can tell no one where they鈥檝e been. In the end, there will be winners and there will be losers.

But their resurrection has attracted the notice of other supernatural figures, all with their own agendas. As Laura, Daniel, and Mo grapple with the pieces of the lives they left behind, and Laura鈥檚 sister, Susannah, attempts to reconcile what she remembers with what she fears, these mysterious others begin to arrive, engulfing their community in danger and chaos, and it becomes imperative that the teens solve the mystery of their deaths to avert a looming disaster.]]> 628 Kelly Link 0812996585 Taystins 0 to-read 3.45 2024
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]]> 11857408 Fifty Shades Darker is the irresistibly addictive second part of the Fifty Shades trilogy.]]> 532 E.L. James 1612130585 Taystins 4 romance-books-i-loved 3.84 2011
author: E.L. James
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> 63094957
Rachel is a student working at a bookstore when she meets James, and it鈥檚 love at first sight. Effervescent and insistently heterosexual, James soon invites Rachel to be his roommate and the two begin a friendship that changes the course of both their lives forever. Together, they run riot through the streets of Cork city, trying to maintain a bohemian existence while the threat of the financial crash looms before them.

When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr. Fred Byrne, James helps her devise a reading at their local bookstore, with the goal that she might seduce him afterwards. But Fred has other desires. So begins a series of secrets and compromises that intertwine the fates of James, Rachel, Fred, and Fred鈥檚 glamorous, well-connected, bourgeois wife. Aching with unrequited love, shot through with delicious, sparkling humor, The Rachel Incident is a triumph.]]> 304 Caroline O'Donoghue 0593535707 Taystins 0 to-read 4.06 2023
author: Caroline O'Donoghue
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 195791316 256 Drew Afualo 0374614059 Taystins 0 4.33 2024
author: Drew Afualo
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2024
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]]> 217108838
An enemies-to-lovers spicy romance set in the world of video gaming from the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis鈥攁vailable 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鈥揳nd Viola has no idea why.

When their bosses insist a wintery retreat is the perfect team-building exercise, Viola can鈥檛 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鈥檚 more to Jesse than she knew, and heat builds in more ways than one.]]> 5 Ali Hazelwood Taystins 0 3.55 2024
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.55
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]]> 10818853 听
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey鈥檚 singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success鈥攈is multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family鈥擥rey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey鈥檚 secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

This book is intended for mature audiences.]]> 356 E.L. James 1612130291 Taystins 5 3.68 2011
author: E.L. James
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> 25402492
But he still won't leave me alone.

We were best friends once. Then he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school. His pranks and rumors got more sadistic as time wore on, and I made myself sick trying to stay out of his way. I even went to France for a year, just to avoid him.

But I'm done hiding from him now, and there's no way in hell I'll allow him to ruin my senior year. He might not have changed, but I have. It's time to fight back.

I'm not going to let him bully me anymore.

***This novel contains adult/mature young adult situations. It is only suitable for ages 18+ due to language, violence, and sexual situations.]]> 352 Penelope Douglas 0451477103 Taystins 0 to-read 3.84 2013
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name: Taystins
average rating: 3.84
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]]> 60717747 It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul.

Ever since she was cursed by a faerie, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear or embarrassment - a condition which makes her prone to accidental scandal. Dora hopes to be a quiet, sensible wallflower during the London Season - but when the strange, handsome and utterly uncouth Lord Sorcier discovers her condition, she is instead drawn into dangerous and peculiar faerie affairs.

If Dora's reputation can survive both her curse and her sudden connection with the least-liked man in all of high society, then she may yet reclaim her normal place in the world. . . but the longer Dora spends with Elias Wilder, the more she begins to suspect that one may indeed fall in love, even with only half a soul.

Bridgerton meets Howl's Moving Castle in this enchanting historical fantasy, where the only thing more meddlesome than faeries is a marriage-minded mother.

Pick up HALF A SOUL, and be stolen away into Olivia Atwater's charming, magical version of Regency England!]]> 304 Olivia Atwater Taystins 0 to-read 4.04 2020
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> 60217777 The stakes are even higher in this epic, romantic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Crimson Moth duology.

A WITCH...
Rune Winters is on the run. Ever since the boy she loved, Gideon Sharpe, revealed who she was and delivered her into enemy hands, everyone wants her dead. If Rune hopes to survive, she must ally herself with the cruel and dangerous Cressida Roseblood, who鈥檚 planning to take back the Republic and reinstate a Reign of Witches鈥攕omething Cressida needs Rune to accomplish.

A WITCH HUNTER...
Apparently it wasn鈥檛 enough for Rune to deceive Gideon; s丑别鈥檚 now betrayed him by allying herself with the witch who made his life a living hell. Gideon won鈥檛 allow the Republic to fall to the witches and be plunged back into the nightmares of the past. In order to protect this new world he fought for, every last witch must die鈥攅specially Rune Winters.

AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE...
When Rune makes Gideon an offer he can鈥檛 refuse, the two must pair up to accomplish dangerous goals. The more they鈥檙e forced into each other鈥檚 company, the more Gideon realizes the feelings he had for Rune aren鈥檛 as dead and buried as he thought. Now 丑别鈥檚 faced with a terrible choice: sacrifice the girl he loves to stop a monster taking back power, or let Rune live and watch the world he fought so hard for burn.

In Kristen Ciccarelli's Rebel Witch, the exciting conclusion to The Crimson Moth duology, love has never been so deadly.]]> 464 Kristen Ciccarelli Taystins 0 to-read 4.23 2025
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name: Taystins
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]]> 219378529
Sabrina, the self-proclaimed queen of the West Village, feels destined for greatness. While her three best friends have each settled into their careers, s丑别鈥檚 still working odd jobs to stay afloat. She dreams of channeling her immense creative potential into鈥omething. So she decides to do what no twenty-something has ever done before鈥攕tart a podcast.

She has a knack for giving good advice (even if she can鈥檛 follow it herself), and as her show gains a following, she gets a taste of the internet stardom s丑别鈥檚 always dreamed of. Meanwhile, her offline life is falling apart: her dad won鈥檛 help her pay rent for much longer; her elusive finance bro crush is always just out of reach; even her best friends can鈥檛 stand by her increasingly chaotic and narcissistic behavior, especially when she uses their real personal issues as juicy material for the show.

Will her newfound fans see the cracks in her Instagram-worthy facade? Or is she so delusional that this just might work?

Told with the same unique blend of wit, theatrical style, and acute emotional honesty that make her TikTok videos so wildly popular, Sabrina Brier鈥檚 That Friend explores painfully relatable relationship dynamics, and what it means to be young and fabulous in New York City. Her most ambitious project yet, Sabrina鈥檚 audio debut is a celebration of female friendship and an unforgettable listening experience.]]> Sabrina Brier 179717746X Taystins 0 to-read 3.29
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]]> 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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 Taystins 0 to-read 4.45 2025
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
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average rating: 4.45
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]]> 30314992
My name is Greer Galloway, and I serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States.

This is the story of an American Queen.]]> 393 Sierra Simone 153344367X Taystins 1 to-read Welp鈥�. What started off with me saying 鈥渨ow this is going to be a 5 star book鈥� for the first 50 pages to 鈥渢his is the dumbest shit I鈥檝e ever read,鈥� I couldn鈥檛 do this to myself for the first book of 2025. ]]> 3.76 2016
author: Sierra Simone
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.76
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DNFed at 64%
Welp鈥�. What started off with me saying 鈥渨ow this is going to be a 5 star book鈥� for the first 50 pages to 鈥渢his is the dumbest shit I鈥檝e ever read,鈥� I couldn鈥檛 do this to myself for the first book of 2025.
]]> 197156017 If you knew then what you know now, would you make the same choices? Imagine having a second chance with the one you never forgot.

From the author of the global breakout bestseller The Last Love Note comes the story of a young woman struggling to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragic accident, and the man who gives up everything to help her.

When Evie Hudson wakes in an unfamiliar hospital room, she thinks s丑别鈥檚 fresh out of a teenage party with her best friend, Bree. Except, Bree isn鈥檛 around anymore and high school was years ago. Evie had just survived the crash that killed her husband, Oliver鈥攚hom she can't remember either. After suffering a traumatic loss of memory, s丑别鈥檚 left to connect the dots. But how?

Drew, a promising photographer whose chance encounter with Evie unravels the elusive details of her marriage and her husband鈥檚 death. As Drew watches Evie stitch the story of her life together, secrets emerge that might shatter both of their worlds.

This tangled second-chance romance leads Evie to question every decision she ever made. This time around, s丑别鈥檚 seeing all the things she missed鈥揳nd the life she gets to choose...again.]]> 416 Emma Grey 195850646X Taystins 0 to-read 4.00 2024
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]]> 214152244 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668076217.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets First Lie Wins in this electric, voice-driven debut novel about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after years of hiding from her past.

Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series, s丑别鈥檚 one of the most successful authors of her generation. The thing is, Cate Kay doesn鈥檛 really exist. S丑别鈥檚 never attended author events or granted any interviews. Her real identity had been a closely guarded secret, until now.

As a young adult, she and her best friend Amanda dreamed of escaping their difficult homes and moving to California to become movie stars. But the day before their grand adventure, a tragedy shattered their dreams and Cate has been on the run ever since, taking on different names and charting a new future. But after a shocking revelation, Cate understands that returning home is the only way she鈥檒l be a whole person again.]]> 304 Kate Fagan Taystins 0 to-read 3.75 2025
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]]> 207677131 A woman investigates her brother's mysterious death while coming to terms with her own haunting past in this atmospheric novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Unmaking of June Farrow

The only thing James and Johnny Golden have ever had is each other. For as long as she can remember, James鈥檚听deep connection with her twin brother,听Johnny,听has gone beyond intuition鈥攕he can feel what he feels.听So, when Johnny is killed in a tragic accident, James knows before her phone even rings that her brother is gone and that s丑别鈥檚 alone鈥攖ruly alone鈥攆or the first time in her life.听

When James arrives in the rural town of Hawthorne, California to settle听her brother鈥檚听affairs,听s丑别鈥檚听forced to rehash the ominous past she and Johnny shared and finally face Micah, the only person who knows about it. He鈥檚 also the only man s丑别鈥檚 ever loved.听

But James soon discovers that the strange connection she had with Johnny isn鈥檛 quite gone, and the more she immerses herself into his world, the more questions she has about the brother she thought she knew. Johnny was keeping secrets, and 丑别鈥檚 not the only one. What she uncovers will push her to unravel what happened in the days before Johnny鈥檚 death, but in the end, she鈥檒l have to decide which truths should come to light, and which should stay buried forever.]]> 288 Adrienne Young 0593598709 Taystins 0 to-read 3.70 2025
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]]> 30962267
I wasn't surprised. Telling stories is what made me famous. Fifteen bestsellers. Millions of fans. Fame and fortune.

Now, I have one last story to write. It'll be my best one yet, with a jaw-dropping twist that will leave them stunned and gasping for breath.

They say that sticks and stones will break your bones, but this story? It will be the one that kills me.


This book is not a romance. It is contemporary fiction, but very suspenseful in nature. It is about a famous romance author and a dark secret she keeps. ]]> 321 A.R. Torre Taystins 0 to-read 4.04 2017
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> 52122096
Fanfiction for Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling.
Words: 370,256]]> 925 SenLinYu Taystins 0 to-read 4.64 2019
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average rating: 4.64
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]]> 27362503
Lily hasn鈥檛 always had it easy, but that鈥檚 never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. S丑别鈥檚 come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up 鈥� she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily鈥檚 life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He鈥檚 also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn鈥檛 hurt. Lily can鈥檛 get him out of her head. But Ryle鈥檚 complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his 鈥渘o dating鈥� rule, she can鈥檛 help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan 鈥� her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]> 386 Colleen Hoover 1668021048 Taystins 5 to-read 4.11 2016
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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Colleen, you've done it again....
]]> 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鈥攈er best friend鈥檚 troublemaking brother, who鈥檚 now a tech billionaire. He鈥檚 the one who got away. S丑别鈥檚 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鈥檚 night.

Ali Hazelwood鈥檚 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 Taystins 5 3.68 2024
author: Ali Hazelwood
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average rating: 3.68
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rating: 5
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Yuppppppp needed 1000 more pages of this
]]> 221345606
Six years ago, he left the game.

Five years ago, they fell in love.

One year ago, she ran out into the cold with absolutely no intention of ever coming back.

And two minutes ago, they woke up, bloody and bruised and handcuffed together in the dark.

They don鈥檛 know where they are. They don鈥檛 know how they got there. And they have absolutely no idea who is after them or what this nameless, faceless villain wants.

The only thing that鈥檚 clear is that, after ten years of covers and chemistry, secrets and lies, these two rival spies have been sucked into their greatest mission yet, and now they鈥檙e going to have to team up to stay alive. (If they don鈥檛 kill each other first.)]]> Ally Carter 0063386992 Taystins 0 to-read 4.27 2025
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average rating: 4.27
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]]> 200987323 In this wildly funny and heartwarming office comedy, an admin worker accidentally gains access to her colleagues鈥� private emails and DMs and decides to use this intel to save her job鈥攁 laugh-till-you-cry debut novel you鈥檒l be eager to share with your entire list of contacts, perfect for fans of Anxious People and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.

As far as Jolene is concerned, her interactions with her colleagues should start and end with her official duties as an admin for Supershops, Inc. Unfortunately, her irritating, incompetent coworkers don鈥檛 seem to understand the importance of boundaries. Her secret to survival? She vents her grievances in petty email postscripts, then changes the text colour to white so no one can see. That is, until one of her secret messages is exposed. Her punishment: sensitivity training (led by the suspiciously friendly HR guy, Cliff) and rigorous email restrictions.

When an IT mix-up grants her access to her entire department鈥檚 private emails and DMs, Jolene knows she should report it, but who could resist reading what their coworkers are really saying? And when she discovers layoffs are coming, she realizes this might just be the key to saving her job. The plan is simple: gain her boss鈥檚 favour, convince HR s丑别鈥檚 Supershops material and beat out the competition.

But as Jolene is drawn further into her coworker鈥檚 private worlds and secrets, her carefully constructed walls begin to crumble鈥攅specially around Cliff, who she definitely cannot have feelings for. Soon she will need to decide if s丑别鈥檚 ready to leave the comfort of her cubicle, even if it means coming clean to her colleagues.

Crackling with laugh-out-loud dialogue and relatable observations, I Hope This Finds You Well is a fresh and surprisingly tender comedy about loneliness and love beyond our computer screens. This sparkling debut novel will open your heart to the everyday eccentricities of work culture and the undeniable human connection that comes with it.]]> 338 Natalie Sue 0063320363 Taystins 0 to-read 3.74 2024
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]]> 198638176 It was just one date.

My friend told me I needed more fun in my life, so I reluctantly said yes. Fun wasn鈥檛 exactly in my wheelhouse. After watching my own mother鈥檚 love life implode time and time again it鈥檚 only natural that I have a few rules to protect myself.

Actually, it鈥檚 just one rule鈥�
Avoid relationships with men so I don鈥檛 get attached.

I wasn鈥檛 worried. Getting attached has never been a big problem for me. This guy was just a warm body in a chair. I was here for the basketball game. I was absolutely NOT here for my date.

Or the kiss cam.
Or the kiss.
Or the impromptu evening with the one man who seems bent on throwing my tidy world off of its axis.

But when my life takes a nose dive, 丑别鈥檚 also the man who seems bent on proving to me that good men do exist, dreams can come true, and sometimes throwing out the rule book is when the magic really starts to happen.]]> 318 Cindy Steel Taystins 0 to-read 4.23 2023
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name: Taystins
average rating: 4.23
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]]> 215020997 ALL first edition copies will be signed by the author! Signed copies available while supplies last.

From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.

This is a story about hunger.
1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
A young girl grows up wild and wily鈥攈er beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But Mar铆a knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, Mar铆a makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.

This is a story about love.
1827. London.
A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family鈥檚 estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte鈥檚 tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow鈥攂ut the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.

This is a story about rage.
2019. Boston.
College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That鈥檚 why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers . . . and revenge.

This is a story about life鈥�
how it ends, and how it starts.

USA Today, 15 Most Anticipated of 2025
BookBub, Most Anticipated of 2025 (and Reader鈥檚 Pick)
Readers Digest, 20 Most Anticipated Books This Year
Paste Magazine, Most Anticipated Fantasy Books of 2025
BookRiot, Most Anticipated Books of 2025
Men's Health, 25 Best & Most Anticipated Books of 2025
The Nerd Daily, SFF to Devour in 2025
欧宝娱乐, Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2025]]> 560 Victoria E. Schwab 1035064642 Taystins 0 to-read 4.39 2025
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average rating: 4.39
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]]> 221287780
So what is she to do when she finds herself on a plane to California and on her way to a sure death sentence? A one-night stand. At least, that鈥檚 all it was supposed to be鈥攐ne last night to be free. Only, she finds out too late that the dark and mysterious man she solely wanted as a fling is not only her new comrade but also the one she dreaded meeting most鈥攈er immediate superior and untouchable devil in the field. Bones.

He鈥檚 hell on earth鈥攃ruel and unforgiving, but most of all, he hates her, and he makes sure she knows it. And yet, she finds herself unwilling to leave his side when 丑别鈥檚 unable to get to the evac point when their mission goes awry.

She stays behind with the devil and the secrets he keeps. They only have one another to trust when no faith is left.]]> 464 K.M. Moronova 1963474074 Taystins 0 to-read 3.75
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]]> 61219508
Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre, but for everything鈥攁nd everyone鈥攕he holds dear.

As war bears down upon them all, Feyre endeavors to take her place amongst the High Fae of the land, balancing her struggle to master her powers鈥攂oth magical and political鈥攁nd her love for her court and family. Amidst these struggles, Feyre and Rhysand must decide whom to trust amongst the cunning and lethal High Lords, and hunt for allies in unexpected places.

In this thrilling third audiobook in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the fate of Feyre's world is at stake as armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy it.]]> 6 Sarah J. Maas 1685085415 Taystins 5 4.70 2022
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name: Taystins
average rating: 4.70
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> 6408862 It happened like this. I was stolen from an airport. Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used to. Taken to sand and heat, dirt and danger. And he expected me to love him.

This is my story.

A letter from nowhere.

Sixteen-year-old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back?

The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don't exist鈥攁lmost.]]> 304 Lucy Christopher 1906427135 Taystins 4 3.90 2009
author: Lucy Christopher
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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I鈥檝e been in such a book slump for a while now, but this was exactly what I needed to revive my urge to read again! Captivating story
]]> 58710263
Ten years ago, sixteen-year-old Gemma Toombs was kidnapped from Bangkok Airport by an infatuated drifter, Tyler MacFarlane, who took her to a secret den in the Australian desert. Now her name is Kate Stone and it's her turn to confront Ty and try to find answers to the questions that have obsessed her since her ordeal. What is the legacy of this coercive relationship? Who holds the cards now? In the confusion of past and present, will Kate remain trapped in a deranged dance of desire and revenge? Or will she regain control and find release?

Both a courtroom drama set in London and a road trip in the searing heat of the West Australian desert, Release is the story of two people confronting each other, each intent on destruction and survival. A companion to Lucy Christopher's bestselling novel Stolen, this gripping psychological thriller explores a young woman's discovery of the complicated truth about a relationship that once seemed alluring.

For readers of Gillian Flynn, S.J. Watson and Helen Fitzgerald.]]> 352 Lucy Christopher 1911231383 Taystins 0 to-read 3.57 2022
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]]> 218559595 Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry.

Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they鈥檙e both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century.

When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she鈥檒l choose the person who鈥檒l tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice鈥檚 head in the game.

One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice鈥攁nd she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.

Two: S丑别鈥檚 ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication

Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.

But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can鈥檛 swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they鈥檙e in the same room.

And it鈥檚 becoming abundantly clear that their story鈥攋ust like the tale Margaret鈥檚 spinning鈥攃ould be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad鈥epending on who鈥檚 telling it.]]> 432 Emily Henry Taystins 0 to-read 4.19 2025
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> 208430658 Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost鈥攁nd the collectors have come calling.

An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry. When she finally claws her way up the ranks to become a highmage, however, she finds that her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues will stop at nothing to let her know she is unwelcome, beginning with giving her a janitor instead of a qualified lab assistant.

What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was once more than a janitor; before he mopped floors for the mages, Thomil was a nomadic hunter from beyond Tiran鈥檚 magical barrier. Ten years have passed since he survived the perilous crossing that killed his family. But working for a highmage, he sees the opportunity to finally understand the forces that decimated his tribe, drove him from his homeland, and keep the Tiranish in power.

Through their fractious relationship, mage and outsider uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever鈥攊f it doesn鈥檛 get them killed first. Sciona has defined her life by the pursuit of truth, but how much is one truth worth with the fate of civilization in the balance?

A standalone dark academia brimming with mystery, tragedy, and the damning echoes of the past. For fans of Leigh Bardugo, V. E. Schwab, and Fullmetal Alchemist.

(Content warnings for gore, sexual assault, and suicidal ideation)]]> 430 M.L. Wang 0593873351 Taystins 0 to-read 4.40 2023
author: M.L. Wang
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.40
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]]> 205335957
Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams.

Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil's visions. But when Sybil's fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. For the world outside the cathedral's cloister is wrought with peril. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and as much as she'd rather avoid Rodrick's dark eyes and sharp tongue, only a heretic can defeat a god.]]> 400 Rachel Gillig 0356522962 Taystins 0 to-read 4.62 2025
author: Rachel Gillig
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.62
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]]> 219301810 A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they鈥檒l do anything to shake, in the next sparkling, magical book from Ashley Poston.

Joni Lark is living the dream. S丑别鈥檚 one of the most coveted songwriters in LA鈥nd she can鈥檛 seem to write. There鈥檚 an emptiness inside her, and nothing seems to fill it.

When she returns to her hometown of Vienna Shores, North Carolina, she hopes that the sand, the surf, and the concerts at The Revelry, her family鈥檚 music venue, will spark her inspiration. But when she gets there, nothing is how she left it. Her best friend is avoiding her, her mother鈥檚 memories are fading fast, and The Revelry is closing.

How can she think about writing her next song when everything is changing without her?

Until she hears it. A melody in her head, lyric-less and half-formed, and an alluring and addictive voice to go with it鈥攂elonging, apparently, to a wry musician with hangups of his own.

Surely, 丑别鈥檚 a figment of her overworked imagination.

But then the very real man attached to the voice shows up in Vienna Shores. He鈥檚 aggravating and gruff on the outside鈥攏othing like the sweet, funny voice in Joni鈥檚 head鈥攁nd he has a plan:

They鈥檒l finish the song haunting them both, break their connection, and hope they don鈥檛 risk their hearts in the process.

Because that song stuck in their heads? Maybe it鈥檚 there for a reason.]]> Ashley Poston 0593641019 Taystins 0 to-read 4.26 2025
author: Ashley Poston
name: Taystins
average rating: 4.26
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]]> 123395266
When falling in love is the punchline鈥�

Farley Jones is a loud, chaotic, and hilariously clever standup comedian on the way to stardom. The only thing she loves more than the rush of telling jokes in front of a revved-up audience is her hot older manager Meyer, though he doesn鈥檛 have a clue. Keeping her feelings hidden from him is agony (a tragedy, even鈥昳n lieu of flowers, please send cash...) but Meyer has been Farley鈥檚 closest and most treasured friend, not to mention vital to the trajectory of her career. She can鈥檛 risk ruining their relationship by telling him how she truly feels. After all, who else would have the patience to put up with a hot mess like her?

A former standup star himself, single father Meyer Harrigan left the stage years ago in order to focus on raising his deaf daughter Hazel. Farley has been everything to them since she came into their lives three years ago, and despite his grumpiness, his protectiveness over Hazel, and his disdain for public attention, Meyer will do anything to make her standup dreams come true.

When the biggest opportunity of Farley鈥檚 career comes along and forces the pair to fake-date in order to stir up publicity, it doesn't take long for their act to bring all those other funny feelings out into the open. Like most matters of the heart, it quickly begins to feel like anything but a joke.

Touching on the creative spirit and all that comes with sharing that gift, Tarah DeWitt's Funny Feelings is a swoony story about friendship, love, and looking for the laugh in life.]]> 320 Tarah DeWitt 1250329361 Taystins 3 3.5 out of 5 3.66 2022
author: Tarah DeWitt
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/02
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3.5 out of 5
]]> 205404157
When Rennick was thirteen, the gods bestowed upon him the name of his fated mate--a human girl. As the sole heir to the Mountain Kingdom, magic bound him to his kingdom until he ascended the throne on his twenty-fifth birthday, and as a human, she couldn't cross the magical barrier separating the humans from the fae. Heartsore and consumed with thoughts of her, he did the only thing he could and sent her anonymous letters and gifts鈥�

Until he crossed the barrier into her kingdom to claim her as his own.


Six months after Amelia's thirteenth birthday, she received a strange letter from a fae boy claiming her as his mate. Humans weren't taught much about the fae, and one look at the horrifying doll meant to be her belated birthday gift solidified her suspicions that someone was playing a cruel joke. Except the letters and odd gifts kept coming. Against her better judgment, Amelia fell in love with her mysterious admirer throughout the years, certain they would never meet. But on her twenty-fifth birthday, her walk to work was interrupted by two familiar words she'd read a million times.

"Hello, love."

Viciously Yours is a new adult fantasy romance long novella/short novel of about 60k words/250 pages. It is fast-paced and focuses solely on the relationship between the two main characters. There is no overarching background plot. Example: Rebels attack the kingdoms, but there is no story as to why because it just is.

The couple does have minor obstacles, but there is no miscommunication trope, no third act breakup, and no cheating.

PLEASE NOTE: The male main character does a few morally black things to those he deems a threat to his relationship. There are no shades of grey.

CONTENT WARNINGS:
Orphaned heroine, gore, unethical kills and decisions by main characters, death of a parent, mature language, explicit sexual situations, graphic violence and death]]> 258 Jamie Applegate Hunter Taystins 0 to-read 3.59 2024
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]]> 201102402 Two contract killers, each with a hit out on the other, must fight their growing attraction as they face off in an epic game of听lust听and murder across Western Europe.When Eva and Jonathan hook up on the sleeper train from Florence to Paris, they think they鈥檒l never see each other again. Which is too bad, because neither has ever felt a spark like this for another person. But love isn鈥檛 on the agenda in their line of work.听Six months later, they run into each other in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. This meeting is not by chance, because Eva has been hired to kill Jonathan. S丑别鈥檚 a contract killer, but what she doesn鈥檛 know is that he is too.Their meeting kicks off a high-stakes cross-continent adventure across Western Europe. There will be tourism.听There will be bodies.听 Eva and Jonathan might even fall听for each other.As the two get closer to completing their assignments, it becomes clear that they are also being hunted鈥攂y something even more dangerous than听love. . .]]> 384 Eliza Jane Brazier 0593438922 Taystins 0 to-read 3.56 2024
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average rating: 3.56
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]]> 216602917 A shield maiden fights to break the shackles of prophecy鈥攁nd to overcome the betrayal of the man who broke her heart鈥攊n this searing conclusion to the Norse-inspired fantasy romance duology that began with the bestselling A Fate Inked in Blood.

The secret of her divine heritage revealed, Freya finds herself on a path that will see thousands of lives lost to the magic in her blood. Desperate to avoid this dark fate, she risks an alliance with Skaland鈥檚 greatest enemy to seek answers from the seer who foretold her future鈥攖he same seer who sent Bjorn to kill her.

While Freya still seethes with rage over Bjorn鈥檚 betrayal, the blood oaths that bind her demand that she keep him close as she hunts for a way to avert the looming war. Her magic draws her to the front lines of an old enmity, embroiling her with Nordeland鈥檚 Unfated鈥攃hildren of the gods who serve the king she was raised to fear. The same king who, unlike Bjorn, is now willing to fight at her back. For despite the desire that burns hot between Bjorn and Freya, his growing distrust of her chosen path threatens to drag them further apart.

As war approaches, gods and mortals must choose their weapons. Yet the fiercest battle will be the one Freya wages within herself. With the magic of two goddesses burning in her veins, she must weave the threads of destiny to decide her own fate: Will she be the shield that protects her people or the curse that destroys them?]]> 416 Danielle L. Jensen 0593599861 Taystins 0 to-read 4.26 2025
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average rating: 4.26
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Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother鈥檚 dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called 鈥渃alorie restriction,鈥� eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, 鈥淵our eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn鈥檛 tint hers?鈥� She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

In I鈥檓 Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail鈥攋ust as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly , she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (鈥淗i Gale!鈥�), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I鈥檓 Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.]]> 320 Jennette McCurdy Taystins 5 4.45 2022
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name: Taystins
average rating: 4.45
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Wow what a devastatingly beautiful book
]]> 75384035 They stole his crown, so he stole their daughter鈥�

For years Erik, the scarred king of the Ever Kingdom, has thought of nothing but vengeance against the man who killed his father and trapped him beneath the waves, making him a prisoner in his own realm.

Until his enemy鈥檚 daughter unintentionally breaks the chains on the Ever, and Erik makes her the unwitting pawn in his vicious game of revenge.

S丑别鈥檚 innocent. He鈥檚 vicious. But he will take back what he lost, no matter the price.

Unless she steals his heart first.

Welcome to the passionate world of the Ever Kingdom where pirates, sirens, and fae collide with Vikings in a dark fantasy romance between a villain and the innocent princess who holds his heart.

*Please note: This series is set in the same world as the bestselling Broken Kingdoms series, but can be read independently, and readers are encouraged to read the list of triggers inside*]]> 408 L.J. Andrews Taystins 0 to-read 4.14 2023
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name: Taystins
average rating: 4.14
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]]> 203956681 NATIONAL BESTSELLER 鈥� An exiled princess teams up with the last man she thought she could trust in the start of a dazzling and unforgettable epic fantasy romance series.

As a child, Elowen Atarah was ripped away from her dragons and imprisoned by her father, King Garrick of Imirath. Years later, Elowen is now a woman determined to free her dragons. Having established a secret kingdom of her own called Aestilian, s丑别鈥檚 ready to do what鈥檚 necessary to save her people and seek vengeance. Even if that means having to align herself with the Commander of Vareveth, Cayden Veles, the most feared and dangerous man in all the kingdoms of Ravaryn.

Cayden is ruthless, lethal, and secretive, promising to help Elowen if she will stand with him and all of Vareveth in the pending war against Imirath. Despite their contrasting motives, Elowen can鈥檛 ignore their undeniable attraction as they combine their efforts and plot to infiltrate the impenetrable castle of Imirath to steal back her dragons and seek revenge on their common enemy.

As the world tries to keep them apart, the pull between Elowen and Cayden becomes impossible to resist. Working together with their crew over clandestine schemes, the threat of war looms, making the imminent heist to free her dragons their most dangerous adventure yet. But for Elowen, her vengeance is a promise signed in blood, and she鈥檒l stop at nothing to see that promise through.

An immersive fantasy filled with a sizzling reluctant-allies-to-lovers romance, a world to get lost in, dangerous quests, dragon bonds, and an entertaining band of characters to root for, Fear the Flames marks the stunning debut of Olivia Rose Darling.]]> 384 Olivia Rose Darling 0593873890 Taystins 0 to-read 3.76 2022
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name: Taystins
average rating: 3.76
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]]> 203800257 鈥淎 love letter to books and reading. This debut is catnip for any book geek. I just loved it.鈥� 鈥擟esca Major, author of Maybe Next Time, a Reese鈥檚 Book Club Pick

A story of second chances and new beginnings, this is a love letter to books鈥攁nd a love letter to life

Still reeling from a recent tragedy, Erin Connolly knows she needs to start living, but has no idea how. When she accidentally donates her favorite book鈥攁 heavily annotated copy of To Kill a Mockingbird containing a memento she can鈥檛 be without鈥攖o a local little community library, s丑别鈥檚 devastated. But then the book turns up a week later, back in the library with fresh notes in the margins, along with an invitation in a copy of Great Expectations to meet her newfound pen pal.

A life-changing conversation, written only in the margins of beloved classic books, begins between Erin and her Mystery Man. Following each other through the pages of their favorite novels as the book exchange continues, they both begin to open up, falling into a friendship鈥nd maybe something more.

But Erin and her pen pal have a shared history that neither of them has guessed. Faced with painful reminders of the past鈥攁nd the one person she swore never to forgive鈥擡rin finds herself at a crossroads. One that could change her life forever.

A book-lovers dream! References to the following classics can be found in The Book Swap:
鈥� TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
鈥� GREAT EXPECTATIONS
鈥� WUTHERING HEIGHTS
鈥� MANSFIELD PARK
鈥� THE GREAT GATSBY
鈥� MIDDLEMARCH
鈥� BELOVED
鈥� ON THE ROAD
鈥� THE BELL JAR]]> 336 Tessa Bickers 1525836706 Taystins 0 to-read 3.56 2024
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average rating: 3.56
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ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.

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

But just when s丑别鈥檚 getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat鈥nd not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villain鈥昦nd his entire nefarious empire鈥昽ut.

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

After all, a good job is hard to find.]]> 342 Hannah Nicole Maehrer 1649375808 Taystins 0 to-read 3.88 2023
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average rating: 3.88
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In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn't much a girl wouldn't do for a glass of water.

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

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

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

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

Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate. His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he's the only way Saeris is going to make it home.]]> 588 Callie Hart Taystins 0 to-read 4.35 2024
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I never anticipated Charlie Florek.

Good things happen at the lake. That鈥檚 what Alice鈥檚 grandmother says, and it鈥檚 true. Alice spent just one summer at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeen鈥攊t鈥檚 where she took that photo, the one of three grinning teenagers in a yellow speedboat, the image that changed her life.

Now Alice lives behind a lens. As a photographer, s丑别鈥檚 most comfortable on the sidelines, letting other people shine. Lately though, s丑别鈥檚 been itching for something more, and when Nan falls and breaks her hip, Alice comes up with a plan for them both: another summer in that magical place, Barry鈥檚 Bay. But as soon as they settle in, their peace is disrupted by the roar of a familiar yellow boat, and the man driving it.

Charlie Florek was nineteen when Alice took his photo from afar. Now 丑别鈥檚 all grown up鈥攁 shameless flirt, who manages to make Nan laugh and Alice long to be seventeen again, when life was simpler, when taking pictures was just for fun. Sun-slanted days and warm nights out on the lake with Charlie are a balm for Alice鈥檚 soul, but when she looks up and sees his piercing green gaze directly on her, she begins to worry for her heart.

Because Alice sees people鈥攖hat鈥檚 why she is so good at what she does鈥攂ut s丑别鈥檚 never met someone who looks and sees her right back.]]> 400 Carley Fortune 0593638913 Taystins 0 to-read 4.51 2025
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]]> 203019740 From the New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that spans decades.

1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Mohammed Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing.

When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges鈥擯atch, a local boy with one eye, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake.

Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.

A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession, and the blinding light of hope.]]> 608 Chris Whitaker 0593798872 Taystins 0 to-read 4.23 2024
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average rating: 4.23
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They were just friends. Best friends. Allies. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh鈥檚 porch steps, dreaming about the future. They were both going to get out of north Omaha鈥擲hiloh would go to college and become an actress, and Cary would join the Navy. They promised each other that their friendship would never change.

Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. And yet, somehow, everything changed.

Now Shiloh鈥檚 thirty-three, and it鈥檚 been fourteen years since she talked to Cary. S丑别鈥檚 been married and divorced. She has two kids. And s丑别鈥檚 back living in the same house she grew up in. Her life is nothing like she planned.

When s丑别鈥檚 invited to an old friend鈥檚 wedding, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there鈥攁nd whether she hopes he will be. Would Cary even want to talk to her? After everything?

The answer is yes. And yes. And yes.

Slow Dance is the story of two kids who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. Two friends who lost everything. Two adults who just feel lost.

It鈥檚 the story of Shiloh and Cary, who everyone thought would end up together, trying to find their way back to the start.]]> 400 Rainbow Rowell 0063380196 Taystins 0 to-read 3.63 2024
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They broke up six months ago. And still haven鈥檛 told their best friends.

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

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

A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.]]> 400 Emily Henry 0593441273 Taystins 3 3.7 out of 5 3.95 2023
author: Emily Henry
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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3.7 out of 5
]]> 198902277 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781250899576.

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.

It鈥檚 a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but s丑别鈥檚 actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn鈥檛 here for the big event. Phoebe is here because s丑别鈥檚 dreamed of coming for years鈥攕he hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now s丑别鈥檚 here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan鈥攚hich makes it that much more surprising when the two women can鈥檛 stop confiding in each other.

In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach鈥檚 The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined鈥攁nd the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.]]> 384 Alison Espach Taystins 0 to-read 4.11 2024
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For the first time in her life, Clementine 鈥淓mmy鈥� Ryder has no idea what s丑别鈥檚 doing. S丑别鈥檚 accomplished everything on her to-do list. She left her small hometown of Meadowlark, Wyoming; went to college; and made a career for herself by doing her favorite thing: riding horses. But after an accident makes it impossible for her to get back into the saddle, she has no choice but to return to the hometown she always wanted to escape.

Luke Brooks is Meadowlark鈥檚 most notorious bad boy, bar owner, and bachelor. He鈥檚 also the unofficial fifth member of the Ryder family. As Emmy鈥檚 older brother鈥檚 best friend, Luke spent most of his childhood antagonizing her. It鈥檚 been years since 丑别鈥檚 seen her, but when she walks into his bar and back into his life, he can鈥檛 take his eyes off her. Despite his better judgment, he wants to do a whole lot more than just look at her.

Emmy鈥檚 got too much on her mind to think about romance. And Luke knows he should stay away from his best friend鈥檚 younger sister. But what if Luke is just what Emmy needs to get her spark back? Or will they both go up in flames?]]> 356 Lyla Sage Taystins 3 3.82 2023
author: Lyla Sage
name: Taystins
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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As I was reading this, I felt like chapters were missing with how quickly things were moving with the plot and their relationship. Brookes of course won my heart but this book sadly didn鈥檛.
]]> 199531989 Knives Out gets a rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers Christmas romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter

The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room three days before Christmas.

Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt:
S丑别鈥檚 the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery.
He鈥檚 Mr. Big-Time Thriller Guy.

She hates his guts.

He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times s丑别鈥檚 told him otherwise.)

But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself.

That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone.

She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: Is Eleanor in danger? Or is it all some kind of test? Is Ethan the competition? Or is he the only person in that snowbound mansion she can trust?

As the snow gets deeper and the stakes get higher, every clue will bring Maggie and Ethan closer to the truth鈥攁nd each other. Because, this Christmas, these two rivals are going to have to become allies (and maybe more) if they have any hope of saving Eleanor.

Assuming they don鈥檛 kill each other first.]]> 293 Ally Carter 0063276682 Taystins 0 to-read 3.92 2024
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