{"id":26183,"date":"2021-01-03T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26183"},"modified":"2021-01-02T08:04:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T14:04:14","slug":"twinsie-melindas-2020-top-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26183","title":{"rendered":"Twinsie Melinda&#8217;s 2020 Top Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25687\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=300%2C169 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=1024%2C576 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=1536%2C864 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>\n\n2021 WOTR Attending Authors AJ Renee, Mary Martel, Lacey Black, Brandy Slaven, and Heather D&#8217;Agostino.\nReviews listed in no particular order.\n\n<span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>THE NOT-OUTCAST by Tijan<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B08P7VQTHF&amp;asins=B08P7VQTHF&amp;linkId=f906ac3b7ac024e43612903b294c1c5b&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<span id=\"freeText10587562101953438169\">Cutler Ryder was everything I wasn&#8217;t.<\/span>\n\nHe was the hockey star. I was an outcast.\nHe was best friends with my stepbrother, that same stepbrother who hated me.\nHis two parents loved him. My mom was a junkie. My dad barely knew me.\n\nYears passed.\nI got my life together.\nCut went onto NHL stardom.\n\nThen there was a text.\nI was drinking.\nThere was a party.\nCut was there&#8230;\n\nI loved Cutler Ryder since the first moment I saw him.\nThe only problem? He never knew I existed.\n\n<strong>MY REVIEW: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/56074484-the-not-outcast?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=vtYfNvwYC3&amp;rank=21\">Goodreads<\/a>\n\n************************************************************************\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>CURSED LOVE by AJ Renee<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B08KGRT8LS&amp;asins=B08KGRT8LS&amp;linkId=427c13d8ed1f0cff93cab92a412364b3&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<span id=\"freeText12723574125425634486\"><b>Demons. Witches. Curses. <\/b>\nBrandy had no reason to believe in any of them, until things started getting weird after her birthday.<\/span>\n\nHer powers surprise her, sending her life into a tailspin and painting a glowing target on her back. Every day, she crosses the path of the next unexpected thing, and there\u2019s a handsome yet annoying stranger that has the information she doesn\u2019t know she needs.\n\nShe\u2019s questioning everything she\u2019s been raised to believe, but she\u2019s running out of time.\n\nCan a secret family legacy help her hone her magic before it\u2019s too late? Or will she join the other fallen witches and their curse?\n\n<strong>MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3602638161?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong>\n\n************************************************************************\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>WHAT YOU DESERVE by Mary Martel<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B08G912SBT&amp;asins=B08G912SBT&amp;linkId=440b29c0971db5a3e43865dc13ed6be7&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54976800-double-dog-dare-you?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=BcCzlNl9nW&amp;rank=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<span id=\"freeText4014703806987778905\">One half of a whole.\nThat\u2019s what I always thought I\u2019d be.\nBeing an identical twin, I always believed I had that to rely on. I thought wrong.\nLosing half of that whole left me feeling like I had nothing.\nIt crippled me.\nAlmost destroyed me.\nAnd left me with an aching heart, a slew of questions, and a need for revenge so strong I could almost taste it on my tongue.\nMy name is Gem Stone. My twin\u2019s name was Gin. We might have looked like the same person, but we were not. Divorce and a disgusting mother forced us apart at a young age, and a horrible family kept us that way.\nStill, we remained best friends\u2014or so I thought.\nWhen you lose the other half to your whole, the other half of your soul, you lose everything.\nBut I wasn\u2019t ready to give up everything, even when I felt like I was dead inside.\nMy twin kept a secret from me. One that changed everything and made me look at her in a whole different light.\nI ache for answers to my questions, and I find salvation where I shouldn\u2019t. Mostly, I crave some type of vengeance. Something, anything, to make me feel better about what I\u2019ve lost.<\/span>\n\nWhat You Deserve is a 100,000+ word m\/f\/m contemporary book for readers 18 and up.\n\n<strong>MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/55067790-what-you-deserve?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=W8R2DJg49i&amp;rank=5\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong>\n\n************************************************************************\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU by Lacey Black<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B08FF56YWP&amp;asins=B08FF56YWP&amp;linkId=39ee84e93bcf38bf50700a0bda3b2cd8&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54976800-double-dog-dare-you?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=BcCzlNl9nW&amp;rank=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<span id=\"freeText16719595101206403583\">Quinn<\/span>\n\nOne simple text message can change everything. I found that out the hard way. One minute I\u2019m complaining about a horrible picture of a guy\u2019s you-know-what, and the next, I\u2019m having conversations with a stranger. A gorgeous, rebel of a man who makes my heart skip a beat and does a number on my panties.\n\nThe only problem is we\u2019re not looking for the same things in life. I want stability and a family, while he always has his eye out for the next good time.\n\nRoyce\n\nShe may literally be the most beautiful woman I\u2019ve ever met. Funny, it all started with an accidental text message. About unwanted male member photos, actually, and from that moment, I was hooked. She\u2019s the perfect woman really, except for one tiny little flaw. She\u2019s looking for the one thing that makes me want to run for the door. Forever.\n\nYet, somehow, I can\u2019t seem to let her go. She might be the one dare I actually fail.\n\n<strong>MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54976800-double-dog-dare-you?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=BcCzlNl9nW&amp;rank=1\">Goodreads<\/a> <\/strong>\n\n************************************************************************\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>THE RUSSIAN UNLEASHED by Red Phoenix<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/strong>\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B08563BPCR&amp;asins=B08563BPCR&amp;linkId=0b66412409fa27bd11b3ffd0513e90af&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54976800-double-dog-dare-you?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=BcCzlNl9nW&amp;rank=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<span id=\"freeText14300192534809832443\">I am a simple man. I love fine vodka, whips, and beautiful women.<\/span>\n\nAnd I have a secret.\n\nAt twenty-one, I\u2019ve just inherited my family&#8217;s entire fortune.\n\nYoung, rich, and powerful, I am a force to be reckoned with &#8211;\n\nin and out of the bedroom.\n\nBut the streets of Russia are dangerous.\n\nWhen innocence is threatened, I risk my life to save a girl.\n\nNow the Bratva have their sights set on me.\n\nI did not ask to be a hero, but I refuse to back down.\n\nI will fight to the end to protect the honor of the woman I love.\n\nI am Rytsar Durov.\n\nThey have no idea what they have unleashed!\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3431585583?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\">Goodreads<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>\n\n************************************************************************\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">DEAN OF VIPERS by K.A. Knight<\/span><\/strong>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B08818YQB5&amp;asins=B08818YQB5&amp;linkId=7cf68f6399937bdbf7f35e126537616d&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54976800-double-dog-dare-you?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=BcCzlNl9nW&amp;rank=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<span id=\"freeText4511449306983420922\"><i>Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel\u2014The Vipers.<\/i><\/span>\n\nThey 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.\n\nYes, sold me.\n\n<b>They own me now.<\/b>\n\nI\u2019m theirs in every sense of the word. But I\u2019ve 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\u2019t stop until they get just that. They can own my body, but they will never have my heart.\n\nThe Vipers? I\u2019m going to make them regret the day they took me.\n\n<i>This girl? She bites too.<\/i>\n\n*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*\n\n<strong>MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3431613275?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong>\n\n************************************************************************\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">FREESTYLE by Bea Paige<\/span><\/strong>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B084LK6VMZ&amp;asins=B084LK6VMZ&amp;linkId=d93a3aa3fe8f14c09f4fb4739a489691&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54976800-double-dog-dare-you?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=BcCzlNl9nW&amp;rank=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<span id=\"freeText12302155247333699559\"><b>From the gutter to the stars&#8230; <\/b><\/span>\n\nDance is in my blood.\n\nIt\u2019s what keeps me sane, out of trouble. It used to keep them out of trouble too.\n\nA group of boys I grew up with.\n\nXeno, York, Zayn and Dax.\n\nWe were a crew once and we ruled the clubs.\n\nSeparate we were insanely good, together we were unbeatable. F*&amp;ing on fire.\n\nI was their girl and they were my Breakers.\n\nUntil they did something they promised they never would; break my heart.\n\nWe were sixteen when they left me.\n\nYou see, for kids like us, dance was all we had.\n\nGrowing up in a rundown housing estate in London with no prospects can make you view the world differently.\n\nIt can make you choose the wrong path.\n\nI chose dance, and they chose crime.\n\nThree years later I\u2019ve won a scholarship to Stardom Academy. I try to forget my past.\n\nBut how can I do that when the four boys who hurt me are back?\n\nAnd this time they won\u2019t walk away even when I ask them too.\n\n<b>Freestyle<\/b> is book one of this new gritty, contemporary reverse harem academy trilogy for 17+ readers and deals with adult themes and some subjects you may find upsetting. If you love dance, your men on the criminal side, alpha hot holes and the enemies-to-lovers trope, this is for you. Contains foul language and sexual scenes.\n\n<strong>MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3379224365?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong>\n\n************************************************************************\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>ZOMBIE QUEEN by Brandy Slaven and Mary Martel<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B089CJXWK7&amp;asins=B089CJXWK7&amp;linkId=95cb388cecc3dee40f63a4ab0faa151b&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54976800-double-dog-dare-you?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=BcCzlNl9nW&amp;rank=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<div id=\"descriptionContainer\">\n<div id=\"description\" class=\"readable stacked\"><span id=\"freeText2708209624470299411\">The beginning&#8230;\nThe beginning is always the best place to start when reflecting on what has been.\nThinking back on it, my life had been perfect.\nMiddle class girl in high school with a happy home life.\nMy life had been full of nothing but promise.\nLife was good.\nEverything was great.\nAnd then my whole world went to shit. In one day.\nThe disease came first.\nThen the dead.\nIt was a fight for my life every single day from the start. But I was different from all the rest.\nI had heard my mother&#8217;s screams while watching my sister become one with the undead. All the while feeling like there was absolutely nothing I could do to help them.\nIt killed me.\nWhat\u2019s more, it changed me.\nI did everything I possibly could to survive on my own.\nAnd then I learned how to survive with others.\nBy being their Queen.\nTheir Zombie Queen.\nAnd by being the most feared woman they ever came in contact with.\n\nThis is a WhyChoose novel full of zombies, a sword wielding badass chick, and an army of dudes.\nRecommended age 17+ due to content and language.\n\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3379293142?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>************************************************************************<\/div>\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>SUNKEN EMPIRE by Brandy Slaven<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B08912QN2Q&amp;asins=B08912QN2Q&amp;linkId=3ca982d29ebd9bdf3239e6ba5c5672b2&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54976800-double-dog-dare-you?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=BcCzlNl9nW&amp;rank=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<span id=\"freeText13695072802743172507\">When Rubi finds herself out on a singles cruise headed for the Bahamas, she can\u2019t help but to wonder how her life has gone so horribly wrong. Many speed dates later and one drunken night on the deck sends Rubi head over heels, literally. She finds herself in the cold water of the Atlantic watching the boat she was cursing not long ago, sail off into the distance. Stranded in the middle of the ocean, she knows it\u2019s only a matter of when she dies, not if. When three gorgeous identical strangers show up out of nowhere, Rubi is certain she is drunk and hallucinating. As they whisper dark promises in her ear and drag her into the dark abyss, she says goodbye to her pathetic life. Little does Rubi know, she is about to be thrust into a world full of magic, centuries old prophecies, sea monsters, and mermaids.<\/span>\n\n<strong>MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3358662565?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong>\n\n************************************************************************\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">THE SURVIVOR&#8217;S DUET by Heather D&#8217;Agostino<\/span><\/strong>\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">VANISHING ACT<\/span><\/strong>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B089929C29&amp;asins=B089929C29&amp;linkId=a0106d8530c9ae7aea9c5c831371e68b&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54976800-double-dog-dare-you?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=BcCzlNl9nW&amp;rank=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<span id=\"freeText12942113476025092481\">Have you ever wondered if things could be different?\nWhat would your life be like if you chose a different path?\nWould everything still be your fault?\nWould he still hate you?\nWould it be better or worse?\nWould he love you then?\nMy name is Brooke Ellis. I\u2019ve spent the last five years asking myself these questions as I try to survive my marriage.\nSome things don\u2019t change, and some people don\u2019t want to. Sometimes the only answer is to disappear.<\/span>\n\n<strong>MY REVIEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3475672847?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong>\n____________________________________\n<strong>ENDURING ACT<\/strong>\n\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B08GWYJDQK&amp;asins=B08GWYJDQK&amp;linkId=2697ef4577160db8225f8d0540f92560&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54976800-double-dog-dare-you?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=BcCzlNl9nW&amp;rank=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<span id=\"freeText1932113706805645922\">Ever have a dream that\u2019s so vivid you believe that it\u2019s real? 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