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BREAK ME BY MEAGAN BRANDY

11/22/2020

I've been looking forward to Royce's book since the beginning of the Brayshaw series and this one did not disappoint! Ladies, you are going to love this brooding bad boy!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: November 18, 2020
Genre: Enemies-to-Lovers, new adult romance.
Series: Brayshaw series #5 (can stand alone).
Pages: 500 pages
Format: eBook. ARC kindly provided by the author.

I had a plan, and it was solid.

Track down what was hidden away and take pleasure in toying with it.
Toying with her.

That plan, it worked like a charm.
Until it didn’t.

Turned out, the feisty little thing I found was far from what I hoped for.
She was different from all I knew and more than I expected.

She was light, and I’m the bastard who led her into darkness.
But this girl... she followed with a smile.

I told her I break pretty things. She asked me to promise.

THE UNLUCKY ONES BY STACEY MARIE BROWN

10/31/2020

The Unlucky Ones is a unique romance but I felt myself in disbelief at some of the things that were happening within the story. I think that took away from some of my enjoyment.

Rating: ★★★
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Genre: New Adult Romance. Criminal.
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 362 pages
Format: eBook. Purchased.

Misfortune. Bad luck. Heartache.

Devon Thorpe is no stranger to any of them.

After devastating news, Devon’s life becomes a prison of responsibility, heartbreak, and hardship. All her dreams to leave her small town vanish. A prisoner of circumstance.

At her breaking point, Devon has a reckless moment in a diner bathroom with a blue-eyed sexy stranger. A single encounter with him leaves a deep mark on Devon, giving her only a memory of his touch when nights are lonely, and her life becomes too much to take.

Years later a terrifying incident takes her and her family to Albuquerque NM, where she finds work as a server at a bar to support her mother.

FALLEN CREST HIGH BY TIJAN

10/10/2020

Fallen Crest high is just as juicy as I had hoped! This stepbrother romance is filled with the best angst and drama around! I can't wait to finish reading the series!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: November 18, 2012
Genre: New Adult. High school Romance. Stepbrother.
Series: The Fallen Crest series #1
Pages: 375 pages
Format: Paperback. Purchased.

Mason and Logan Kade are two brothers who did their own thing. They were rich and expected to attend Samantha's school, Fallen Crest Academy. They chose public school and now she has to live with them. The problem is that she doesn't care at all: about them, about her friends, about her cheating boyfriend, or even about her parent's divorce.

But maybe that's a good thing. Maybe change is a good thing.

This book contains adult/mature young adult situations.

DRIVE BY KATE STEWART

9/19/2020

What everyone was saying about Drive was right. This is one epic romance! I think it may even be one of my favorite romances ever written! I highly recommend it.

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Genre: New Adult Romance. Epic Romance.
Series: None. Complete Standalone.
Pages: 412 pages
Format: eBook. Purchased.

2017 Nominee for Best Contemporary Romance-GOODREADS
Named one of the Top 10 hottest romance reads of 2017 by Huffington Post and New York Daily News!

Music . . . the heart’s greatest librarian.

The average song is three and a half minutes long; those three and a half minutes could lead to a slow blink, a glimpse of the past, or catapult the soul into heart-shattering nostalgia.

At the height of my career, I had the life I wanted, the life I’d always envisioned. I’d found my tempo, my rhythm. Then I received a phone call that left me off key.

You see, my favorite songs had a way of playing simultaneously. I was in love with one man’s beats and another’s lyrics. But when it

CORRUPT BY PENELOPE DOUGLAS

9/3/2020

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas is the first book in the Devil's Night series. This is a DARK romance with questionable situations. I freakin loved it! It was a little long, but such a good read.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Genre: New Adult. Dark Romance.
Series: Devil's Night series #1
Pages: 461 pages
Format: eBook. Purchased.

Erika

I was told that dreams were our heart’s desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.

His name is Michael Crist.

My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He's handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.

But I noticed him.

I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid…For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.

EXODUS BY KATE STEWART

8/6/2020

Exodus is the mind blowing conclusion to the Ravenhood Duet by Kate Stewart. This is a must read, epic romance filled with emotion and twists and turns! I loved it!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: August 1, 2020
Genre: New Adult Romance. Suspense.
Series: The Ravenhood Duet #2 (not a standalone).
Pages: 423 pages
Format: eBook. ARC.

Can you live a lie?

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

It’s clear to me that I’ll never outgrow Triple Falls or outlive the time I spent here.

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

Even when I’d sensed the danger, I gave in.

I didn’t 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.

REAL BY KATY EVANS

7/10/2020

This book was recommended to me by a friend on Instagram so I bought it immediately. For the most part, I'm glad I read it. The romance is HOT and angsty. However, there were a few things that bothered me about the writing which I'll explain below.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Genre: MMA Fighter Romance.
Series: The Real series #1
Pages: 321 pages
Format: Paperback. Purchased.

The New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller, the first in a scorching series about a beautiful young sports rehab specialist who can't fight her attraction to a dangerously sexy underground fighter.

Remington Tate has a bad-boy rep in and out of the ring, a granite-hard body, and a raw, animal power that sends his female fans into a frenzy. But from the moment their eyes lock, the only woman he wants is Brooke Dumas. His desire is pure, all-consuming, and REAL.

Hired to keep his perfect body working like a machine, Brooke finally has the lucrative sports therapy job she’s been dreaming of. But as she tours the dangerous underground fighting circuit with Remy and his team, Brooke’s own body becomes alive with the most primal of hungers. If what happens between Brooke and

WHEN SHADOWS FOLLOW BY CALLIE RAE

4/26/2020

When Shadows Follow by Callie Rae is an amazing debut and I can't wait for the second book! This is not a standalone so expect a cliffhanger.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: March 19, 2020
Genre: New Adult. Romantic Suspense.
Series: The Cherry Creek series #1 (not a standalone)
Pages: 213 pages
Format: eBook. Purchased.

Blend in. Stay quiet. Survive.

Fallon Blake is starting her senior year in a new town with the goal of sliding through to graduation unseen. Despite her attempts to lay low, she makes a snap decision to act when the king of Cherry Creek High School, Jesse Callaway, gets jumped at a party.

Now, fearing Fallon needs protection from the mess she threw herself into, Jesse refuses to let her recede back into the shadows. Little does he know, with each lingering glance, or brush of his hand, he is reigniting a fire within Fallon that burns her to the core. Every gentle touch scorches the scars on her fragile heart.

As sparks fly between them, Fallon fights to snuff them out. How can she trust her own judgment when it failed her horrifically before? But when the past catches up with her, Fallon is left with two options. Confide in Jesse... or run.

TELL ME PRETTY LIES BY CHARLEIGH ROSE

4/18/2020

Tell Me Pretty Lies is an angsty new adult romance with an enemies to lovers trope! I devoured this one. Charleigh Rose writes fantastic romances and that's no different with this one.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: April 5, 2020
Genre: New Adult. Enemies to Lovers Romance.
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 289 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

Three things my mother acquired when she became engaged:

1. A brand new Tiffany's ring.
2. A lavish home on Heartbreak Hill.
3. Three privileged stepsons.

The last thing I expected was to fall for one of them, least of all Thayer Ames.
Beautiful, brooding, and untouchable.
I knew it was a bad idea. He warned me himself.
But he was a thunderstorm, and I never could resist the rain.
It was perfect…
Until it wasn’t.
One night was all it took for our world to crumble, leaving only secrets and lies between us.
Now, I have to face him again, but the boy I used to know has become the man who loves to hate me.

PIKE BY T.M. FRAZIER

3/30/2020

T.M. Frazier writes fantastic anti-heroes and this is no different with Pike! Pike is the first book in the Pawn Duet series and is a spin-off of the King series!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: March 24, 2020
Genre: Anti-hero romance. Romantic Suspense.
Series: The Pawn Duet #1
Pages: 248 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

I was raised by the violent laws of the streets, spilling blood without the hindrance of useless emotions or connections.
Unfeeling. Unloved. Alone.

My life was perfect.

Until her.

While on a manhunt for a mysterious enemy, one hellbent on taking both my business and my life, I find Mickey. She's covered in mud, rambling nonsense, and clearly out of her mind.

She's also a distraction I don't need.

That is until I discover a connection between the girl and my enemy.
Mickey isn't a distraction anymore.
She's the perfect weapon.

ROCK STAR INTERRUPTED BY S.M. SHADE

10/29/2019

Brace yourself because this is one epic read! And the cliffhanger at the end is a doozy! I wanted to rip my hair out! If you enjoy rock star romances you won't want to miss this one!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: October 29, 2019
Genre: Rock Star Romance
Series: Tragic Duet #1 (must be read in order)
Pages: 229 pages
Format: eBook. ARC.

This is book 1 in the Tragic Duet. You must read these books in order.

I found my stillness, my space between breaths, when I was a kid. The answer is simple. If it hurts, I pour music on it.

After years of hard work, it's finally happening. Tragic has a number one album and we've gone from being discussed as one hit wonders to hearing words like meteoric mentioned alongside our name.

With two tours planned and another album on its way, we have a lot to look forward to. Playing in a different city every night, the shimmer and roar of the crowd, after parties and endless women.
My lifelong dream is in the palm of my hand until one phone call leaves everything hanging in the balance.

BREKAER BY HARLOE RAE

10/24/2019

Breaker by Harloe Rae is one of my top favorite books of 2019! It's got the small town feels, the reformed bad boy, and a ton of sexiness! I highly recommend this one.

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: October 24, 2019
Genre: Small Town Romance
Series: None. Standalone.
Pages: 325 pages
Format: eBook. ARC.

“Tell me a happy something, Sutton.”

I was only seven the first time Grady Bowen whispered those words to me. Cloaked by the black sky under a blanket of stars, it was easy to get lost. He didn’t have any good memories of his own, and needed to borrow mine. I’d willingly give him anything.

Being infatuated with that boy was a beautiful curse. What could have been special didn’t get the chance to bloom. He’d never see me as more than his best friend’s kid sister. That was a hard lesson to learn, but not the most difficult.

Grady had always been struggling against the odds. Eventually he quit fighting and let his family’s reputation own him. Try as I might, those influences were beyond my reach.

He didn’t mean to break my heart. Or maybe he did. I shouldn’t have made it so easy for him. Either way, our wrongs against each other carved new lines between us.

REIGN OF BRAYSHAW BY MEAGAN BRANDY

10/3/2019

I would like to give a standing ovation to Meagan Brandy for this novel. She was written a killer ending to Maddoc and Raven's story with so many twists and turns I thought I would cry!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: October 3, 2019
Genre: New Adult Romance.
Series: Brayshaw High #3 (must be read in order)
Pages: 400 pages
Format: eBook. ARC.

“Trust only those who earn it.”

A sentiment I follow without direction but holds more consequence than ever before.

One decision, five lives, three futures.
This is what’s at stake.

One night, one choice, four broken Brayshaws.
That is where we’re headed.

Unless I stop it.
I 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 to stop it.

I have to remind him of what he’s chosen to forget.

My town. My choice. 𝘔𝘺 ending.

BROKEN KNIGHT BY L.J. SHEN

9/6/2019

LJ Shen can write the hell out of new adult romances. It shows in each and every book she releases. This is an emotional and agnsty read and a must read for fans of her work!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: August 17, 2019
Genre: New Adult Romance
Series: All Saints High #2 (can stand alone)
Pages: 320 pages
Format: eBook. ARC.

Not all love stories are written the same way. Ours had torn chapters, missing paragraphs, and a bittersweet ending.

Luna Rexroth is everyone’s favorite wallflower.
Sweet.
Caring.
Charitable.
Quiet.
Fake.
Underneath the meek, tomboy exterior everyone loves (yet pities) is a girl who knows exactly what, and who, she wants—namely, the boy from the treehouse who taught her how to curse in sign language.
Who taught her how to laugh.
To live.
To love.

WRATH BY CLAIRE C. RILEY

8/26/2019

Wrath is the third book in the Elite Seven series. Each bool follows a story-line that interconnects so I suggest reading them in order. If you enjoy books like this I recommend this series!

Rating: ★★★
Release Date: March 11, 2019
Genre: Enemies-to-Lovers. College Romance.
Series: The Elite Seven series #3
Pages: 281 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed with Kindle Unlimited.

I’m a motherless son to a father who hates me. Fury has lived and breathed in my black heart for so long, it’s a part of my soul now. The only thing that’s ever mattered to me is protecting my twin sister, Sabella, from my father’s temper.

So when the chance to join a secret society presents itself, there’s no question I’ll do whatever it takes to become a member and earn my place in the ranks of only the most Elite.

With a taste for the deviant, I’m drawn to the darkest of desires, and no one ever leaves my bed unscathed.
My task: seduce Patience Noelle, St. Augustine’s sweetheart and the mayor’s beloved daughter—then break her heart.

Sinning is what I live for, and deviance is my passion. Failing has never been an option.

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