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Crown Of Feathers Crown Of Feathers (#1) Nicki Pau Preto Published by Simon Pulse on February 12th, 2019 496 pages Goodreads ~ Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository I had a sister, once… In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon the backs of Phoenix Riders—legendary heroes who soared through the sky on wings of fire—until a war between two sisters ripped it all apart. I promised her the throne would not come between us. Sixteen years later, Veronyka is a war orphan who dreams of becoming a Phoenix Rider from the stories of old. After a shocking betrayal from her controlling sister, Veronyka strikes out alone to find the Riders—even if that means disguising herself as a boy to join their ranks. But it is a fact of life that one must kill or be killed. Rule or be ruled. Just as Veronyka finally feels like she belongs, her sister turns up and reveals a tangled web of lies between them that will change everything. And meanwhile, the new empire has

About The Book Blind Kiss Renee Carlino Published by Atria Books on August 14th, 2018 319 pages Goodreads ~ Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository Penny spends her afternoons sitting outside a sandwich shop, surrounded by ghosts. Fourteen years ago, this shop was her childhood dance studio... Now she’s a suburban housewife, dreading the moment her son departs for MIT, leaving her with an impeccably decorated McMansion and a failing marriage. She had her chance at wild, stars-in-her-eyes happiness, but that was a lifetime ago. After The Kiss. Before The Decision. The Kiss was soulful. Magical. Earth-shattering, And it was all for a free gift card. Asked to participate in a psych study that posed the question, “Can you have sexual chemistry without knowing what the other person looks like?” Penny agreed to be blindfolded, make polite conversation with a total stranger, and kiss him. She never expected The Kiss to change her life forever and introduce her to Gavin: tattooed, go

About The Book All We Ever Wanted Emily Giffin Published by Ballantine Books on June 26th, 2018 334 pages Goodreads ~ Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville’s elite. More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their adored son has been accepted to Princeton. Yet sometimes the middle-class small-town girl in Nina wonders if she’s strayed from the person she once was. Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs while struggling to raise his headstrong daughter, Lyla. His road has been lonely, long, and hard, but he finally starts to relax after Lyla earns a scholarship to Windsor Academy, Nashville’s most prestigious private school. Amid so much wealth and privilege, Lyla doesn’t always fit in—and her overprotective father doesn’t help—but in most ways, she’s a typical teenaged girl, happy and thriving. Then, one photograph, snapped in a drunken moment at a party, changes every

The Two Lives Of Lydia Bird Josie Silver Published by Ballantine Books on March 3rd, 2020 369 pages Goodreads ~ Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They'd been together for more than a decade, and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life--and perhaps even love--again. But then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. A life where none of the tragic events of the past few months have happened. Lydia is pulled again and again across the doorway of her past, living two lives,

King Of Scars Nikolai Duology (#1) Leigh Bardugo Published January 29th, 2019 514 pages Goodreads ~ Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha Squaller, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. He will risk everything to save his country and himself. But some secrets aren’t meant to stay buried—and some wounds aren’t meant to heal. First off, I'm gonna say you are all fake friends. You knew how much I love The Da

The Savior's Champion The Savior's Series (#1) Jenna Moreci Published by Jenna Moreci on April 24th, 2018 562 pages Goodreads ~ Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository Tobias Kaya doesn't care about The Savior. He doesn't care that She's the Ruler of the realm or that She purified the land, and he certainly doesn't care that She's of age to be married. But when competing for Her hand proves to be his last chance to save his family, he's forced to make The Savior his priority. Now Tobias is thrown into the Sovereign's Tournament with nineteen other men, and each of them is fighting -- and killing -- for the chance to rule at The Savior's side. Instantly his world is plagued with violence, treachery, and manipulation, revealing the hidden ugliness of his proud realm. And when his circumstances seem especially dire, he stumbles into an unexpected romance, one that opens him up to unimaginable dangers and darkness. TW: violence, unwanted gr

Undercover Bromance Bromance Book Club (#2) Lyssa Kay Adams Published by Berkley on March 10th, 2020 320 pages Goodreads ~ Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository Braden Mack thinks reading romance novels makes him an expert in love, but he’ll soon discover that real life is better than fiction. Liv Papandreas has a dream job as a sous chef at Nashville’s hottest restaurant. Too bad the celebrity chef owner is less than charming behind kitchen doors. After she catches him harassing a young hostess, she confronts him and gets fired. Liv vows revenge, but she’ll need assistance to take on the powerful chef. Unfortunately, that means turning to Braden Mack. When Liv’s blackballed from the restaurant scene, the charismatic nightclub entrepreneur offers to help expose her ex-boss, but she is suspicious of his motives. He’ll need to call in reinforcements: the Bromance Book Club. Inspired by the romantic suspense novel they’re reading, the book club assist Liv in setting up a sting

A Whisper In The Dark Charlie Travesty (#1) Jessi Elliott & K.J. Sutton Self Published by Jessi Elliott & K.J. Sutton on April 28th, 2020 94 pages Goodreads ~ Kindle A city ruled by vampires. A disgraced princess. A world underground. Charlotte Travesty lives in a world of comfort. Glittering nightclubs, a lavish mansion, and a staff of humans at her beck and call. Being a royal vampire means her future is secured—all she has to do is get through the Awakening, an ancient ceremony every vampire experiences when they come of age. But when her Awakening arrives at last, everything changes in one terrifying instant. Cast from her home and rejected by the royal family, Charlie is forced into a life of fear and brutality. Where creatures called weepers live below the city, kept at bay by an unlucky sector of fighters enslaved by the very king who cast her out. Charlie now finds herself among the ranks. She soon learns that weepers aren’t all she needs to fear in her new life. Other

All Souls' Night Blood Ties (#4) Jennifer Armintrout Published by Mira Books on June 1st, 2008 384 pages Goodreads ~ Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository I have reached my breaking point. And now I will not, cannot be stopped. With the Soul Eater on the verge of god status, it's time for me to take a final stand, even if it means losing everything I love. Even if it means losing my life.I've got plenty of power on my side, and some I didn't know I could count on in the first place. But it's nothing compared to the army of the undead the Soul Eater is building up. And time is running out. They say that good always triumphs over evil. I hope that's true. Because the odds aren't in our favor, and the fate of the world is in our hands. This is the final installment in the Blood Ties series by Jennifer Armintrout. I can honestly say I'm happy that my reread is done! I didn't realize that I would take so long to reread this series. Don't g

The Beauty Of Darkness The Remnant Chronicles (#3) Mary E. Pearson Published by Square Fish on August 1st, 2017 683 pages Goodreads ~ Amazon ~ Kindle ~ Audiobook ~ Book Depository DARKNESS WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING. THE KISS OF A SHADOW. A CARESS AS SOFT AS MOONLIGHT... Lia has survived Venda — but so has a great evil bent on the destruction of Morrighan. And only Lia can stop it. With war on the horizon, Lia has no choice but to assume her role as First Daughter, as soldier—as leader. While she struggles to reach Morrighan and warn them, she finds herself at cross-purposes with Rafe and suspicious of Kaden, who has hunted her down. In this heart-stopping conclusion to the Remnant Chronicles trilogy, traitors must be rooted out, sacrifices must be made, and impossible odds must be overcome as the future of every kingdom hangs in the balance. “Darkness was a beautiful thing. The kiss of a shadow. A caress as soft as moonlight.” I started off really loving this series. I gave the first b

Theirs For The Night The Thalanian Dynasty Katee Robert Published by Katee Robert on July 9th, 2018 73 pages Goodreads ~ Kindle Meg Sanders has spent her life playing by the rules—until tonight. It’s her birthday and she’s determined to be a little wild and a whole lot carefree, at least until she has to get back to reality tomorrow. But the last thing she expects is to be seduced by two gorgeous men on the dance floor. Theo and Galen are each incredibly sexy on their own, and potentially devastating as a pair—and they want her. Meg isn’t down for anything resembling complicated when her life is such a mess, but the pair win her over with the promise of a night out of her deepest, darkest fantasy—and that they walk the next morning with no strings attached. After all, anything goes when it’s only for one night… “I give you permission to go home with them and do the kind of filthy things you’ll embarrass your grandchildren with stories about when you’re old and senile and drunk on red