New Release: The Last Wish of Sasha Cade by @NormalChey

The day Raquel has been dreading for months has finally arrived. Sasha, her best friend in the whole world, has died of cancer. Overwhelmed and brokenhearted, Raquel can’t even imagine life without her. 

And then a letter from Sasha arrives. Has she somehow found a way to communicate from beyond the grave?

In fact, Sasha spent her final weeks planning an elaborate scavenger hunt for the friend she would have to leave behind. When Raquel follows the instructions to return to Sasha’s grave, a mysterious stranger with striking eyes is waiting for her. There’s a secret attached to this boy that only Sasha — and now Raquel — knows.

This boy, Elijah, might be just who Raquel needs to help her move on from her terrible loss. But can Raquel remain true to herself while also honoring her friend’s final wish? 

Cheyanne Young’s compulsively readable breakout novel offers abiding friendship and forbidden romance, along with an incisive look at how class differences shape who we are and who we grow to be.

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About the Author:

Cheyanne Young is a native Texan with a fear of cold weather and a coffee addiction that probably needs an intervention. She loves books, sarcasm, and collecting nail polish. After nearly a decade of working in engineering, Cheyanne now writes books for young adults. She also runs a bookish Etsy shop.

Cheyanne lives near the beach with her family, one spoiled rotten puppy, and a cat that is most likely plotting to take over the world. Her newest book, The Last Wish of Sasha Cade, releases in 2018.

Cheyanne is represented by Kim Lionetti of BookEnds Literary.

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Holiday Romance Month 2018 is coming up fast!

Is that scary? It’s almost October, so I’m starting to think about my blog plans for December. Last year I turned December into Holiday Romance Month. You can check out all those posts HERE.

I’m hoping to do that same thing this December. But I need your help to freshen it up. I can’t just share the same books each year. With the plethora of holiday books that come out each year, I can stumble upon many on my own. Though, that’s no fun. I’d love for authors out there to tell me about their books and be part of HRM 2018. I hope it’ll bring to my attention and my readers’ attentions all the great books out there this time, instead of my more limited Holiday Romance world view of stumbling around for them.

If you’re interested in having your book featured or are just a reader who wants to talk about Holiday Romances, here’s a form to fill out.

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Themed Book Recommendations: Friends-to-Lovers

This week’s theme came from a suggestion Talia Hibbert made on Twitter. I asked for suggestions of future themes for recs…and Talia asked for a hard one: Supernatural Friends-to-Lovers. I decided to turn that into three themes: Friends-to-Lovers (which you get today), Supernatural, and Supernatural Friends-to-Lovers.

This theme wasn’t very hard to fill up. But the next two will be a challenge. I hope some of you will help me out with your recommendations! I’ll need all the help I can get. And remember SUPERNATURAL, not Paranormal. There’s a difference.

• Trust the Focus by Megan Erickson
• The Pact by Karina Halle
• Getting Lucky Number Seven by Cindi Madsen
• Love and Lists by Tara Sivec
• Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Chirstina Lauren
• Goodbye Paradise by Sarina Bowen
• Superhero by Eli Easton
• Helping Hand by Jay Northcote
• Plus One by Brighton Walsh
• Turning Pointe by Katherine Locke
• Wanna Bet? by Talia Hibbert

Find something you might want to read? I hope so. Want to see another set of recommendations focused on a theme? Let me know what that theme is, and if you can help with some recs for it, include them in the message.

Happy reading!

 

New Release: Intercepted, by @AlexMBooks

Marlee thought she scored the man of her dreams only to be scorched by a bad breakup. But there’s a new player on the horizon, and he’s in a league of his own…

Marlee Harper is the perfect girlfriend. She’s definitely had enough practice by dating her NFL-star boyfriend for the last ten years. But when she discovers he has been tackling other women on the sly, she vows to never date an athlete again. There’s just one problem: Gavin Pope, the new hotshot quarterback and a fling from the past, has Marlee in his sights.

Gavin fights to show Marlee he’s nothing like her ex. Unfortunately, not everyone is ready to let her escape her past. The team’s wives, who never led the welcome wagon, are not happy with Marlee’s return. They have only one thing on their minds: taking her down. But when the gossip makes Marlee public enemy number one, she worries about more than just her reputation.

Between their own fumbles and the wicked wives, it will take a Hail Mary for Marlee and Gavin’s relationship to survive the season.

If you’d like to buy a copy of this book, you can find it on:

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About the Author:

Alexa Martin is a writer and stay at home mom. She lives in Colorado with her husband, a former NFL player who now coaches at the high school where they met, their four children, and a German Shepherd. When she’s not telling her kids to put their shoes on…again, you can find her catching up with her latest book boyfriend or on Pinterest pinning meals she’ll probably never make. Her first book, Intercepted, was inspired by the eight years she spent as an NFL wife.

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Friday Freebies: A List I Randomly Made This Morning

Here’s a randomly created post for your Friday!

Who doesn’t like free books? Exactly. Here’s a list of books I randomly found free on Amazon this morning after falling down rabbit hole after rabbit hole. I’m sure many of you understand the experience. There’s no real order or reason for any of these to be on the list. And full disclosure: I haven’t read any of the books. I know of some of them and had bought them before today, but I haven’t read them. Now we can all have the same books and possibly find a great next read.

If you found freebies yourself and want to share, go ahead. That’s what the comments section is for! And if you want to see more posts like this, please comment about that, as well. I’ll make more if the demand is there.

All books were free at the time of posting. Double-check prices before clicking the buy button.

• Bon Bons to Yoga Pants by Katie Cross
• NSFW by Piper Lawson
• The Wedding from Hell by J.R. Ward
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
    • Part 3
• Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
• Dan Alexander, Pitcher by Jean Joachim
• Read, Write, Love at the Seaside by Addison Cole
• Maid for Love by Marie Force
• The Fireproof Girl by Loretta Lost
• Bought by Em Brown
• Made of Steel by Ivy Smoak
• Before That Night by Violet Duke
• Being Brooke by Emma Hart
• Country Boy by A.E. Wasp
• From the Baroness’s Diary by Cristiane Serruya
• Commitment Issues by Bradley Brady
• Save the Date by Annabeth Albert

New Release: People Kill People, by @EllenHopkinsLit

Someone will shoot. And someone will die.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins tackles gun violence and white supremacy in this compelling and complex novel.

People kill people. Guns just make it easier

A gun is sold in the classifieds after killing a spouse, bought by a teenager for needed protection. But which was it? Each has the incentive to pick up a gun, to fire it. Was it Rand or Cami, married teenagers with a young son? Was it Silas or Ashlyn, members of a white supremacist youth organization? Daniel, who fears retaliation because of his race, who possessively clings to Grace, the love of his life? Or Noelle, who lost everything after a devastating accident, and has sunk quietly into depression?

One tense week brings all six people into close contact in a town wrought with political and personal tensions. Someone will fire. And someone will die. But who?

If you’d like to buy a copy of this book, you can find it on:

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About the Author:

Ellen Hopkins is the New York Times bestselling author of Crank, Burned, Impulse, Glass, Identical, Tricks, Fallout, Perfect, Triangles, Tilt, and Collateral. She lives in Carson City, Nevada, with her husband and son. Hopkin’s Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest pages get thousands of hits from teens who claim Hopkins is the “only one who understands me”, and she can be visited at ellenhopkins.com. 

Like most of you here, books are my life. Reading is a passion, but writing is the biggest part of me. Balance is my greatest challenge, as I love my family, friends, animals and home, but also love traveling to meet my readers. Hope I meet many of you soon!

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New Release: Kiss the Girl, by @TaraSivec

 

 

A struggling antiques collector finds herself falling in love with a millionaire playboy; but can she ever be a part of his world? 

Meet the Naughty Princess Club, a series from USA Today bestselling author Tara Sivec that brings readers to Fairytale Lane and the hilarity—and romance—that three women fall into once they decide to strut their stuff and bring on their own happily ever after.

While her friends have broken free of their insecurities, Ariel Waters is struggling to come out of her shell. Her ex-husband took away her voice and her self-confidence, and Ariel is drowning under a sea of debt to afford the alimony she has to pay him. She refuses to ever fall for a man’s charms again, and is determined to make her own way.

When her house and her beloved antiques are taken by the bank after too many missed payments, Ariel finds herself adrift until the infuriatingly charming Eric Sailor comes to her rescue. Although she can’t stand the millionaire playboy, Eric’s kindness and unconditional support reveal hidden depths and a love that Ariel never imagined she could find. 

But there are outside influences who will stop at nothing to keep them apart; can Ariel and Eric weather the storm and find a way to be together?

If you’d like to buy a copy of this book, you can find it on:

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About the Author:

Tara Sivec is a USA Today best-selling author, wife, mother, chauffeur, maid, short-order cook, baby-sitter, and sarcasm expert. She lives in Ohio with her husband and two children and looks forward to the day when they all three of them become adults and move out.

After working in the brokerage business for fourteen years, Tara decided to pick up a pen and write instead of shoving it in her eye out of boredom. She is the author of the Playing with Fire series and the Chocolate Lovers series. Her novel Seduction and Snacks won first place in the Indie Romance Convention Reader’s Choice Awards 2013 for Best Indie First Book.

In her spare time, Tara loves to dream about all of the baking she’ll do and naps she’ll take when she ever gets spare time.

Tara also writes under the pen name T.E. Sivec.

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