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#WOTR26 #Review – Loving Sweets (You’ve Been Gnomed) book 3 by AJ Renee and Miranda Lynn

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Happily ever after is for other people, not menopausal women combating hot flashes as they bake.
My simple world is upended when Brian Billups barrels into my life like a storm I never saw coming. Crushing on a younger man belongs in the pages of an age-gap romance novel, not in my real, responsible, middle-aged woman life.

Age is just a number.
No woman—not even my ex‑wife—ever affected me the way Yo Kim does. Just thinking about her sends heat rolling through me, a slow, undeniable burn that refuses to fade. Resisting her feels less like strength and more like denial.
It’s time we both take a second chance on love.
I just need to convince her that our story isn’t a fantasy.

 

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Twinsie Kelly’s Review

Oh, be still my heart! Loving Sweets will capture your heart and make you beg for more! I swear that anyone who reads this book will be able to relate to it in one way or another. You don’t have to be a menopausal woman who feels like a cougar because she is crushing on a young man who would love to sweep her off her feet. And likewise, you don’t have to be the young man who would do anything to make said woman understand how deep his love runs for her, age be damned! Plus, you add in these freaky lil gnomes with Gran spouting off like she normally does that makes everyone blush and you have the perfect combination for a super sweet, cozy, small town, rom com. I just love how all the characters from the past books still interact with the main characters in Loving Sweets. I mean, when love is love, just let it be. Brian and Yo, even though they come from entirely different backgrounds, truly have some chemistry that would make anyone’s heart swoon. They both deserve a shot at happiness. Everyone else sees it but how they go about getting there, is quite the journey. Lovingly sweet!

 

AJ Renee

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AJ Renee is a military wife and mother of three. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with her Master of Science in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.

She loves to read and write steamy romance with a happily ever after. When not working, you can find her playing World of Warcraft, board games, or outdoors for a run or hike.

 

Miranda Lynn

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Escaping reality one book at a time has been Miranda’s motto since she learned to read. As an only child raised on a dairy farm her creative imagination brought words to life. She devoured more books growing up than her little town bookmobile could handle. It was inevitable that she would turn from reading them to writing them. This is her way to help not only herself but others escape the day to day drudge. Her books may take you on a journey through time, give you a look inside a fantasy realm, or delve into the magic of almost anything paranormal. Threading in heart stopping romance and dropping an occasional super sexy scene just to keep you on your toes.

Miranda’s stories are focused around strong female leads and sexy males who appreciate them. She strives to encourage her readers that they can have it all in real life too.

You can find her most days either subbing at the local high school or tucked away in her office working on the next story with a cup of java in her hand. She loves connecting with her readers online as well as in real life so make sure to find her on Facebook and check out where she will be signing throughout the year on her website.

Fantasy, Paranormal, Part of a Series, Review, Vampire, YA

#review #audiobook #seriesstarter Crave (Crave 1) by Tracy Wolff narrated by Heather Costa and Tim Paige 

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My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods… or monsters. I still can’t decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me.

Then there’s Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn’t felt anything for a hundred years. But there’s something about him that calls to me, something broken in him that somehow fits with what’s broken in me.

Which could spell death for us all.

Because Jaxon walled himself off for a reason. And now someone wants to wake a sleeping monster, and I’m wondering if I was brought here intentionally—as the bait.

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Grace  just lost her parents and is now having to move to Alaska with her uncle and cousin going from the warmth of California to the freezing temperatures of Alaska is a shock for Grace. but with her cousin and the mysterious guy at her new school has got her on her toes. There are more secrets within the walls of her new school then Grace could ever imagine and some of these secrets have been right in front of her face from the moment she arrived.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Tracy Wolff is a lover of vampires, dragons, and all things that go bump in the night. A onetime English professor, she now devotes all her time to writing dark and romantic stories with tortured heroes and kick-butt heroines. She has written all her sixty-plus novels from her home in Austin, Texas, which she shares with her family.

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#review #thriller Pretty Dead Things by Kelsey Cox

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Secrets emerge as a Texas beauty pageant turns deadly in this rich and addictive novel with a jaw-dropping twist from psychological suspense author Kelsey Cox.

2000:Isabelle Whitmore vanishes at Sherman Ranch in Anhalt, Texas, without a trace.

2025: The Lone Star Princess Pageant is about to begin, but this year it’s offering more than an annual dose of rhinestone heels and plunging necklines. Competition is stiffer than ever ―and long standing grudges are about to resurface. Ingrid fled Anhalt in the wake of her sister Isabelle’s disappearance and has now returned, just in time for a construction crew to start digging up Sherman Ranch; the pageant brings up past traumas that Melanie can’t forget; Cat, newly sober, starts to feel threatened in ways that bring back old demons; and Sarah Lynn, who comes from a long line of pageant winners, knows that losing is not an option.

When old resentments and new confrontations reach their boiling point, temperatures drop to deadly degrees as a record-setting storm brings down the state’s power grid. With everyone trapped under one roof, scores will be settled, and more than one person will end up dead.

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Small town drama surrounding the local Miss Lone Star Princess Pageant, apparently someone would kill for the title. Izzy went missing 25 years ago and her family never got the answers or knew where she was. friends turned on each other, and Izzy’s boyfriend Ben was the main suspect for the town. But when local teens were trespassing where they weren’t supposed to be they under covered the remains of Izzy, days before the pageant. but now that she’s been found more questions than answers were brought to the surface. will the family get answers now that she was found all these years later or will someone else be added to the Miss Lone Star Princess Pageant death list. omg this was such a great mystery read I never saw the ending coming defiantly keeps you on your toes

Kelsey Cox received her MFA in fiction from Purdue University and works from home in the Texas Hill Country. You can often find her writing at Mammen Family Public Library, chasing around her two young daughters, or watching British mysteries with her mom and aunts. On nights when bedtime goes as planned, she enjoys curling up on the sofa, glass of wine in hand, and a book with complicated characters and a killer twist in her lap.

Mystery, Review, Standalone, Thriller

#review #thriller What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline

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Your family has been attacked, never again to be the same.
Now you have to choose between law…and justice.

Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter’s lacrosse game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a dark stretch of road. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence changes his life forever.

Later that awful night, Jason and his family receive a visit from the FBI. The agents tell them that the carjackers were members of a dangerous drug-trafficking organization – and now Jason and his family are in their crosshairs. The agents advise the Bennetts to enter the witness protection program right away, and they have no choice but to agree. But WITSEC was designed to protect criminal informants, not law-abiding families. Taken from all they know, trapped in an unfamiliar life, the Bennetts begin to fall apart at the seams. Then Jason learns a shocking truth and realizes that he has to take matters into his own hands.

Sometimes justice is a one-man show.

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When the Bennett family is on their way home from their daughter’s game, they end up getting in a dangerous situation, that ends up with their daughter getting killed, and the rest in witness protection service. with them basically disappearing overnight and it happens so fast, it leaves them having to deal with their neighbors thinking the worst things ever. but the rumors are nowhere near the truth they never are, but when you are hiding and trying to deal with some very dangerous people things get crossed and bullets fly. will they ever be able to set the record straight or will they be a ghost of the past.

Lisa Scottoline is a #1 bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of 33 novels. Lisa’s books are book-club favorites, and she and her daughter Francesca Serritella have hosted an annual Big Book Club Party for over a thousand readers at her Pennsylvania farm, for the past twelve years. Lisa has been President of Mystery Writers of America and she reviews fiction and non-fiction for the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She also writes a weekly column with her daughter for The Philadelphia Inquirer entitled Chick Wit, a witty take on life from a woman’s perspective, which have been collected in a bestselling series of humorous memoirs. Lisa graduated magna cum laude in three years from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.A. degree in English, and cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she taught Justice & Fiction. She has over 30 million copies of her books in print and is published in over 35 countries. She lives with an array of disobedient pets, and wouldn’t have it any other way.

Anti-Hero, Demons, Dragons, Fae, Fantasy, Mystery, Mythology, Paranormal, Part of a Series, Review, Suspense, Vampire, Werewolf, Witches

#Review #Audio – The Last Smile in Sunder City (The Fetch Phillips Novels) Book 1 by Luke Arnold

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In a world that’s lost its magic, a former soldier turned PI solves cases for the fantasy creatures whose lives he ruined in an imaginative debut fantasy by Black Sails actor Luke Arnold.

Welcome to Sunder City. The magic is gone but the monsters remain.

I’m Fetch Phillips, just like it says on the window. There are a few things you should know before you hire me:

1. Sobriety costs extra.
2. My services are confidential.
3. I don’t work for humans.

It’s nothing personal–I’m human myself. But after what happened to the magic, it’s not the humans who need my help.

Walk the streets of Sunder City and meet Fetch, his magical clients, and a darkly imagined world perfect for readers of Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher.

Praise for The Last Smile in Sunder City:

“A richly imagined world…Winningly combining the grit of Chinatown with the quirky charm of Harry Potter, this series opener is sure to have readers coming back for more.” ―Publishers Weekly

“A marvelous noir voice; Arnold has captured the spirit of the genre perfectly and wrapped it around a fantasy setting with consummate skill.” ―Peter McLean, author of Priest of Bones

Fetch Phillips Novels
The Last Smile in Sunder City
Dead Man in a Ditch
One Foot in the Fade

 

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Twinsie Kelly’s Review

The Last Smile in Sunder City has a Noir Comic feel and is a great story. I listened to the story via audiobook and as kept thinking to myself, “how did the author come up with this title?” Then all of a sudden, it hit me and it fits this story perfectly. The world building is very intricate with a lot of twisted turns. Fetch has spent a lot of his life trying to find his place. Where does he belong, what is right and wrong, which side does he belong to? At this point in his life, he carries a great burden as he feels that he is the reason all the magic is gone. He caused this and is now in a constant state of loneliness and has basically shunned all humans, like himself. However, this latest case takes him down a rabbit hole that makes him remember much of his past and sparks a hope for the future. It is magical, gritty, dark, but witty. The narrator has the perfect voice for this type of storytelling. I look forward to uncovering more of Fetch’s monsters and seeing what else lies in the shadows of Sunder City.

 

 

Audio Book, Comedy, Dark Humor, Mystery, Review, Satire

#Review #Audio – Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

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Chaz Perrone might be the only marine scientist in the world who doesn’t know which way the Gulf Stream runs. He might also be the only one who went into biology just to make a killing, and now he’s found a way–doctoring water samples so that a ruthless agribusiness tycoon can continue illegally dumping fertilizer into the endangered Everglades. When Chaz suspects that his wife, Joey, has figured out his scam, he pushes her overboard from a cruise liner into the night-dark Atlantic. Unfortunately for Chaz, his wife doesn’t die in the fall.

Clinging blindly to a bale of Jamaican pot, Joey Perrone is plucked from the ocean by former cop and current loner Mick Stranahan. Instead of rushing to the police and reporting her husband’s crime, Joey decides to stay dead and (with Mick’s help) screw with Chaz until he screws himself.

As Joey haunts and taunts her homicidal husband, as Chaz’s cold-blooded cohorts in pollution grow uneasy about his ineptitude and increasingly erratic behavior, as Mick Stranahan discovers that six failed marriages and years of island solitude haven’t killed the reckless romantic in him, we’re taken on a hilarious, full-throttle, pure Hiaasen ride through the warped politics and mayhem of the human environment, and the human heart.

 

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Twinsie Kelly’s Review

Skinny Dip is hilariously incredible! There is never a dull moment during this story. There are so many characters, all well developed, and each one plays a very important part with the story. Every decision, twist, turn, haunting, cheating, discovery….all of everything, I was hooked. What am I saying? I am hooked! This is the second book I have read by this author and Carl Hiaasen is in my top ten favorite! On more than one occasion I sat here with my mouth open, shaking my head in disbelief at what just happened then laughed my butt off at the response! It is hilarious if you have a twisted sense of humor….like me! I love the hijinks and craziness. Skinny Dip is one of those stories that is a train wreck that you just can’t stop watching. You just know something bad is going to happen, but you can’t look away. OOOOOHHHHH, and poor Chaz. How this comes full circle for him in the end had me in stitches. Literally, I was laughing out loud. Let me tell you that it was the absolute perfect ending.

 

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Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives. He is a prize-winning journalist with a regular column in the Miami Herald and many articles in varied magazines. He started writing crime fiction in the early 1980s and has recently branched out into children’s books; he has also had several works of non-fiction published.

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#Review #Audio Pushing Up Posies (Grim Dating) Book 1 by Eve Langlais

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Netflix and Chill takes on a whole new meaning when Posie starts dating the Reaper.

Poor Brody. As reaper leader for the Canadian guild, he and his crew don’t get as much work as other countries until the Dark Lord gives them a new mandate: Establish a dating service on Earth that will facilitate the meeting between citizens of Hell and humans with the end goal being babies.

In other words, become a pimp.

It’s a cruel demotion for a reaper who just wanted to guide souls to their final destination. He is dying to return to Hell, until he meets the stubborn woman living across the hall.

The Devil wants Posie mated, but she is resisting all attempts. What will it take to make her see the light?

And how will she react when she finally discovers that death has been knocking at her door?

 

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Twinsie Kelly’s Review

I read the blurb and was instantly intrigued. I listened to this via audiobook. The narrator was great! I usually have to speed the up the audio a bit but did not have to do that with this one. Brody’s and Posie’s story is great. Almost a grumpy/sunshine type of story. Both of them are a take no sh!t type of personality but cannot deny that there is a spark between them. However, the whole, “Grim Dating” really has thrown both of them for a loop. It’s funny with a lot of witty banter. I really love how Heaven and Hell with some of the Greek mythology has been weaved in. I had a little trouble getting started with the story. I was put off a bit with Lucifer’s daughters. I didn’t really get into the story until about 15-20% of the book when Brody’s story really got started. That first chunk is needed for backstory, and it is needed so that when Brody and Posie finally do bump into each other, all Hell doesn’t break loose, no pun intended, lol!

 

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~ New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author

Hello, my name is Eve and I am a Canadian author who loves to write hot romance, usually with hot shifters, cyborgs or aliens. I should warn you that I possess a twisted imagination and a sarcastic sense of humor something I like to let loose in my writing.

I love to write, and while I don’t always know what my mind is going to come up with next, I can promise it will be fun, probably humorous and most of all romantic, because I love a happily ever after.

Thanks so much for coming by and checking me out.

Happy reading!

Eve Langlais

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#WOTR26 #Review Stone’s Edge (The Stone Chronicles) Book 1 by Maverick Montgomery

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When justice is on the line… leave no stone unturned.

Private Investigator, Jack Stone, is closing in on his rival when an unexpected twist throws his investigation – and his life – onto a different course. Going head-to-head with a demon from his past in his quest for vengeance puts Jack’s family and friends in the line of fire, and he must use every resource in his arsenal to bring an end to the tyrant threatening his future.

 

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Twinsie Kelly’s Review

Jaaaaaaack! He is me in male form, haha! Stone’s Edge starts off literally on the edge. Something’s up and he is WIRED! Things go from zero to one hundred quick, fast, and in a hurry. Then we meet his mom. Jack’s MOM! I love her! I want to be just like her when I grow up, LOL! She is a fighter and I love it! One thing I learned very fast is you don’t mess with Jack’s family. So, we are on the move again. Zig zagging, ducking and weaving, and then BAM! A twist I had no clue was coming. But it makes total sense. The writing was gripping, witty, and kept me on the edge of my seat. I was sad to see the end of the story but happy the second book is out so I can keep on keepin on! Stay tuned for another review!

 

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Maverick Montgomery lives in the Midwest with his wife of nine years and their three partners-in-crime, his two dogs, Austen and Ava, and cat, Jude. Considered a self-proclaimed gamer nerd who was holding a game controller long before he picked up a pen. a gear head at heart who can’t resist drooling over any vehicle whether it be classic or modern, Maverick grew up immersed in classic Alfred Hitchcock films, fueling his lifelong fascination with suspense and crime thrillers.

When he’s not writing, Maverick can be found tinkering with cars or dreaming of his next project, usually no more five in his mind at once or he can be hiding out in his man cave surrounded by comic books, stacks of video games, and story ideas waiting to be unleashed. Equal parts snark and grit, he pulls his inspiration from Dick Tracy and Punisher comics, or indulging his wife’s latest project antics while figuring out ways to avoid admitting she’s right.

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#review #standalone No Dumb Questions by Jason and Travis Kelce

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Brothers, Super Bowl Champions, and now, published authors. That’s right, authors. Look, we’re as surprised as you.

New Heights hosts Jason and Travis Kelce attempt to tackle some of life’s dumbest questions from the 92%ers. Join us on this discov­ery of knowledge as we cover topics like sports, relationships, parenting, gorilla fights, and many more quandaries that man has pondered since he first gazed upon the stars.

  • FOOTBALL: Why don’t players squirt their own water?
  • CUISINE: Do you pour the cereal first or the milk?
  • SCIENCE: If you could make one of your body parts detachable, which would you choose?


When you think philosophy, you’ll probably think of names like Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle. But none of those men have won a single Super Bowl, so what do they know? No Dumb Questions is a collection of Jason and Travis’s wisest, funniest, and most electric debates that could only come from the collected wisdom of a combined twenty-seven seasons in the NFL.

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The Brother’s who have gotten a hit podcast, a huge football fanbase, and an amazing family at the back. Jason and Travis Kelce have taken a segment from their hit podcast new heights and wrote a book to have all the i think this is probably and really dumb question about anything from football, school, their childhood, future, current life, all in one place. this was a great read but i still dont really understand football like some probably will.

The Old Spice Guys’ Grooming Guidance Guide for Guys with Beards & Other Poems is the debut literary work of Jason and Travis Kelce. The brothers, known mostly for their footballing skills, felt it was time to explore another side of their beards.

Through their experience as football players, Jason and Travis Kelce bring forward, in so many words, what it’s like to put down the football and pick up a pen.

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#Review #AudioBook – Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen

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Now an Apple Original series from Ted Lasso Executive Producer Bill Lawrence and starring Vince Vaughn • A wickedly funny novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Squeeze Me in which the greedy, the corrupt, and the degraders of what’s left of pristine Florida—now, of the Bahamas as well—get their comeuppance.

“[A] comedic marvel … [Hiaasen] hasn’t written a novel this funny since Skinny Dip.”—The New York Times

Andrew Yancy—late of the Miami Police and soon-to-be-late of the Monroe County sheriff’s office—has a human arm in his freezer. There’s a logical (Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its shadowy owner. Yancy thinks the boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of holes, and if he can prove murder, the sheriff might rescue him from his grisly Health Inspector gig (it’s not called the roach patrol for nothing). But first—this being Hiaasen country—Yancy must negotiate an obstacle course of wildly unpredictable events with a crew of even more wildly unpredictable characters, including his just-ex lover, a hot-blooded fugitive from Kansas; the twitchy widow of the frozen arm; two avariciously optimistic real-estate speculators; the Bahamian voodoo witch known as the Dragon Queen, whose suitors are blinded unto death by her peculiar charms; Yancy’s new true love, a kinky coroner; and the eponymous bad monkey, who with hilarious aplomb earns his place among Carl Hiaasen’s greatest characters.

 

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Twinsie Kelly’s Review

Bad Monkey had me in stitches! I listened to this book in audio and the narrator was perfect for this story. For context, we have had a lot of things going on at our house and the house is in complete disarray. I decide to pop Bad Monkey in my earbuds and listen away while I am taking care of business. On numerous occasions, way more than I could keep track of, I found myself smiling, literally laughing out loud, and shaking my head at whatever shenanigan or situation Yancy just got himself caught up in again. My husband thought I was insane (shhhh, I am a little on the crazy side, LOL)! I could not get enough of this story! I was absolutely hooked when I found out why Yancy was kicked off the force. His actions were not right but it was sooooo right. You need to read this so you understand. It makes complete sense! All of the characters are well developed and have so many different quirks. Even Yancy, as unconventional as he is, his loyalty runs deep and his love of the Key Deer is amazing! There is a lot of dark humor but it is a comedic delight! There is no shortage of witty banter but a true mystery, nonetheless. OH, and let us not forget about the ARM! The dang arm! Oh, you must read this to find out what happens to the arm! You won’t be disappointed, I promise!

One note. I have not watched the TV series, but I did watch the trailer. In the trailer it appears that Yancy hits the guy in a golf cart and sends him into the water. This is NOT why he is kicked off the force in the book. I would suggest a read to find out why, it is much dirtier…..go on. You know you are intrigued now, LOL!

 

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Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives. He is a prize-winning journalist with a regular column in the Miami Herald and many articles in varied magazines. He started writing crime fiction in the early 1980s and has recently branched out into children’s books; he has also had several works of non-fiction published.