Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-26-2024

LIVE!! SHE’S GETTING HIS FAN MAIL!!!

“…Brogan Six’s fan mail has been filling my mailbox for weeks. With every lipstick covered letter I receive, my irritation with him grows. And let’s not talk about the time I accidentally opened one of the packages to find someone had sent him their panties. Gross. 

When I come face-to-face with my new nemesis, I expect to give him a piece of my mind and we’ll go our separate ways. Me to an empty mailbox and him to sift through his panty collection. 

That is not what happens…”

LIVE!! AGE GAP ROMANCE… HER DAD’S BEST FRIEND!!!

“…Everett Callahan isn’t just the most attractive man I’ve ever laid eyes on: stoic, tall, dark, and handsome, the stuff fantasies are made of. He’s more than that. Beyond his looks, he’s loyal to the core and wears virtues like duty, honor, and respect as armor. He’s the kind of guy you’d be proud to bring home to meet your dad.

If he wasn’t also your dad’s best friend. I wasn’t just charmed. I was completely and utterly smitten, and he wasn’t interested. That’s why I put aside childish things, like my crush on an off-limits man who could never be mine. Until he fell into my tent on my twenty-first birthday…”

SUPER-BARGAIN!! THE DETECTIVE & THE MURDERED GIRL SHE THINKS SHE’S SEEN BEFORE…

“…There’s a shadowy figure at the end of Antoinetteʼs road. Aislinnʼs friend is hinting that she knew Aislinn was in danger. And everything they find out about Aislinn takes her further from the glossy, passive doll she seemed to be.

Antoinette knows the harassment has turned her paranoid, but she can’t tell just how far gone she is…”

LIVE!! THE LATEST IN THE FALLEN MEN SERIES! IT’S ALREADY IN THE TOP 100 ON ALL OF AMAZING KINDLE!! HE SAVES HER DURING A ROBBERY…

“…When four thugs show up at Evergreen Gas Station with cocked shotguns and masked faces, it could have ended in the worst night of my life.

Instead, a gorgeous mystery man in leather, silver, and too many tattoos strolls into the middle of the robbery and becomes my unlikely saviour with a tarnished halo.

Only, what seemed like a random hold-up at first turns into something far more complicated...”

LIVE!! MINKA KENT’S LATEST PSYCH-THRILLER!! BLURB JOLT (I one-clicked this one so hard)!! Her daughter is exhibiting her mother’s behavior…

“…Raised by a vindictive and psychotic woman, Camille has gone to great lengths to bury her past and for good reason: if her mother ever finds her, she will kill her.

But nothing can prepare Camille for the day her six-year-old daughter, Georgie, starts showing signs of unsettlingly familiar behavior, including an imaginary new friend who casts a disturbing influence on everything the little girl says and does. Worse than that, Georgie’s imaginary friend knows things about Camille’s childhood, things Camille has never told a soul...”

LIVE!! SMALL TOWN BIKER ROMANCE SERIES FINALE!! HE’S LOVED HER FROM AFAR FOR YEARS…

“...Silas has watched me from afar for years, always protecting me from a distance, and creating havoc on my tattered emotions. To love, and be loved an arm’s length away has been torture…until it seemed we might finally free ourselves of this pain.

Unfortunately, whatever we wanted, or could have dreamed of having gets ripped out of reach when old enemies return. While one wants power, the other….only wants me.

I’ll grieve the dream of a future with Silas because if there’s one thing I know, it’s that there is no world in which he would ever share me with another...”

LIVE!! NATASHA MADISON’S LATEST! DRUNKEN-MARRIED IN VEGAS…

“…When I first met him, I got butterflies in my stomach. I thought it was silly and pushed it aside. Avoided him. Besides, I was taken—unavailable. Or so I thought.  That was before he hired me to take over his company’s PR.

Now that we were working with each other, that meant he was completely off-limits. Until one night in Vegas…”

NANCY 5-STARRED THIS ONE!! HE’S SICK IN A CABIN IN A BLIZZARD & HE HELPS A STRANDED STRANGER…

“…Carlise Edwards didn’t expect her car to break down in the Maine wilderness. All she wants is to escape whoever is stalking her back home. There’s no way anyone’s going to find her and Chappy deep in the forest, especially not in dangerous weather. But she finds it hard to mind the circumstances when the company is this stimulating…”

Nancy: There was only one bed, so to keep warm they shared, and not long after, that bed gets really hot. Once he is well, it is him protecting her. If you might believe in instant love, these two have it big time. When Carlise tells him about the stalker that she was running away from, he promises to keep her safe. They’d been so happy together, until the unexpected happens.

LIVE!! PROTECTING THE PRINCESS…

“...Princess ZsaZsa Ashro was brought to the United States for safety after she was kidnapped in her country of Emure. Yet, her love for the people of Emure has not diminished. On the contrary, her desire to improve the lives of women in her country is paramount in her mind.

The moment their eyes meet, James knows ZsaZsa is the woman for him. He was captivated by her exotic beauty, but it is her mind and dedication to her country and its people that had him captured. Whatever he must endure to have her as his own, he was willing to do, even if it meant challenging a king for her hand in marriage...”

SUPER-BARGAIN!! SMALL TOWN ROMANCE WITH A SINGLE MOM COMING HOME AGAIN…

“…Accompanied by her young son, she hopes to mend her broken family and rebuild her life, but the past continues to cast a long shadow over her.

Kayla’s return is complicated by the memories and unresolved grief that greet her. Determined to provide stability for her son, she faces numerous obstacles in her quest for happiness. The town’s only doctor, Rowan, offers a glimmer of hope…”

LIVE!! THE LATEST BY HONEY PHILLIPS! THE HUMAN AND THE ALIEN…

“...One moment Vera is peacefully studying for her PhD in Ancient History, the next she is helping an alien race who look like fairies defeat the evil male who had her abducted. They need her help and she’s not about to back down, not even when a huge, grumpy gargoyle shows up on their island demanding their allegiance.

Grabon went looking for a mate. Instead he found a rebellion. When he’s sent to crush one last lingering group of rebels, he discovers their leader is a female – a too smart, too pretty, and too passionate human female...”

LIVE!! HE HATED HER THE MOMENT HE MET HER!

“...I hated her from the moment I met her, but when she steps foot in my town, it only takes seconds to know she’s absolutely and unquestionably mine. My heart, body, and soul screams we’re meant to be, but she’s convinced that our past is too tawdry for us to be anything more than ancient history.

Vows, lies, and promises convince her to take a chance on us, but just when we’re on the precipice of happiness, shadows of our toxic past come back to haunt us…”

READER RECOMMENDATION! NANCY 5-STARRED THIS ONE, TOO!

“…Since her father’s death seventeen years ago, Juniper Rose has been at the cruel beck and call of her stepmother and stepsister. Her fantasies of escape mean leaving behind her father’s beloved home, but enough is enough: when Cal offers her a way out sooner rather than later, June takes the leap. Cal’s home in Maine with his military brothers seems like the safest place to start fresh…”

Nancy: A wonderful romance that makes you believe that true love can overcome all that life throws at you!

LIVE!! WHY CHOOSE ROMANCE…

“…They call me Emo Barbie. And they’re not far off, though I consider myself a little more alternative than that. I just so happen to do everything in six-inch heels and blood-red lipstick. I like it when people stare. I like the attention.

I’ve never been drawn to the meek or mild. At least, not until I met Hannah Kate, the journalist hired by Dallin to do a story on Twisted Ink and feature me as its best artist.

Even her name screams good girl next door. And that’s exactly what she is.

Sweet. Innocent. Pure. Everything I’d ruin if I had even a small taste of her. The problem?  The two hulking neanderthals she’s linked herself to in a surprisingly sexy throuple...”

LIVE!! SMALL TOWN ROMANCE WITH THE SINGLE MOM FROM HIS HIGH SCHOOL PAST!

“…These days Amon Parrish is a brand-new, stand-up man. And, to Rosie’s surprise, a romantic man as well. Because he has decided to court her. And this is not just any ordinary courting, either. It’s… well, a page ripped right out of a bodice ripper.

But everyone in Disciple, West Virginia has a secret in their past. Even the cheerful, perpetually optimistic, and seemingly innocent, Rosie Harlow…”

LIVE!! MOBSTER-IN-HIDING!!

“Pretending to date my handsome new housemate was already a bad idea, but then I discover he’s no ordinary guy—he’s a mobster in hiding. And in this story, he’s not the hero, but the wicked villain…”

READER RECOMMENDATION! ANGIE LOVED THIS ONE!!

“For fans of Gillian Flynn, Scott Smith, and Daniel Woodrell comes a gripping, suspenseful novel about two mysterious disappearances a generation apart.”

Angie: The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh! It’s been compared to Gillian Flynn’s books. I’ve read all of Gillian Flynn’s books and this one is better (my opinion) 🙂 It’s one of my all-time favorites! Surprising twist, too!

HUGE SALE TODAY!! —> I BOUGHT THIS LAST YEAR ON PRIME DAY & IT’S EVEN CHEAPER TODAY. Do you need one?

I SAW THIS ON INSTAGRAM (she lifted the steamer-thing right off the base and cleaned the walls with it!!) I love this. I have hardwood floors, and I have a stinky dog, and I have walls that when he shakes his head side to side, he flings… well anyway… I need this. MINE!!!

LIVE!! SMALL TOWN ROMANCE FOR A SINGLE MOM!

“…Rosie Harlow is desperately seeking… well, she’s not sure. A romance would be nice but so would a dinner conversation with her pre-teen son. Too bad her boy is way too busy growing up to pay his mama any attention. Rosie never meant to swear off men and she’s not frigid—you don’t become a single mom at fifteen by being frigid—but this dry spell of hers has gotten out of hand and something must be done.

Enter Amon Parrish. Back in high school Amon was voted most likely to get caught with his pants down…”

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LIVE! BIKE ROMANCE!! IN LOVE FROM AFAR…

“…Silas has watched me from afar for years, always protecting me from a distance and creating havoc on my tattered emotions. To love and be loved an arm’s length away has been torture…until it seemed we might finally free ourselves of this pain.

Unfortunately, whatever we wanted or could have dreamed of having gets ripped out of reach when old enemies return.

While one wants power, the other…only wants me…”

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LIVE!! THE LATEST BY NATASHA MADISON! MARRIED IN VEGAS…

“…When I first met him, I got butterflies in my stomach. I thought it was silly and pushed it aside. Avoided him. Besides, I was taken—unavailable. Or so I thought. That was before he hired me to take over his company’s PR.

Now that we were working with each other, that meant he was completely off-limits. Until one night in Vegas…”

LIVE!! PSYCH-THRILLER ALERT!! SHE WAS RAISED BY A PSYCHOTIC MOTHER…

“…nothing can prepare Camille for the day her six-year-old daughter, Georgie, starts showing signs of unsettlingly familiar behavior, including an imaginary new friend who casts a disturbing influence on everything the little girl says and does. Worse than that, Georgie’s imaginary friend knows things about Camille’s childhood, things Camille has never told a soul...”