HAPPY FRIDAY & HAPPY WEEKEND!! I’ll be taking it easy this weekend ’cause the first two weeks of the year have been INSANE at work and I’m exhausted. I’m sitting here in my pajamas, and my cozy zippered hoodie and my dogs nestled, scouring the internet for books, and planning my own next read, while I finish the one I started and that is so titillating!
P.S. I had the creepiest dream which would make for an excellent scene in a horror/thriller book (or movie). Eeeeeep. I remember it so clearly and it made so much sense and then I woke up before I could get the “message” that was meant for me. Gah!!! I hate when that happens.
Anyway, wanna hear what it was about? Okay (skip this part if you just want to check out the Friday Finds below. LOL!
Okay, so, I’m at a small bar, and in the corner, up on a small stage of sorts, is the “entertainment” of the night (an asian guy that’s all lit up from below – like… spotlighted in the dark, sitting at a tiny desk, and he looks like he’s super concentrated and working with cards, and papers and stuff). My table is pretty much right next to it, but I don’t really pay attention to him. And at some point, he suddenly comes over to me and says, “I have received a message for you, make sure to come and see me before you leave. It’s important” (more cryptically than that, but that was the gist). And then he gets back to his desk and immediately goes back into his… work-trance thingie.
And then suddenly, there’s my sister, and she sees me and comes over to sit with me at my table, and we’re chatting and happy, and all of the sudden, her eyes start fluttering quickly and she gets sucked into his trance or something and starts repeating what he’s saying (in my dream, I hear her words clearly but they don’t make sense to me and now, awake, I can’t remember what the words were)… and that’s when I realize he’s a psychic or divinator or something, and his message comes from that! And then I look at the bartender and I said… did you see that? And he’s freaked out and my sister comes out of the trance and she’s freaked out… and I can’t wait to get my message, but I’m freaked out, and then I wake up. GAH!!!!!! WHAT. WAS. THE. MESSAGE??
Okay so that’s my story. 😂 Now…
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The Way We Score: A small-town, accidental pregnancy, sports romance. (The Bradford Boys)
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“…he’s the most famous offensive lineman in the league, and I’m a buttoned-up, ultra-professional lawyer. My dancing days are over, and my carefully controlled life is a mess.
Infertility killed my marriage, or that’s what I told myself. Infertility and a cheating ex. And my inability to get over Garrett Bradford. One reckless night at his little sister’s wedding is only supposed to be a reunion, a trip down memory lane to a time when life was happier.
Six weeks later, I’m staring at a positive pregnancy test wondering, How did this happen?…”
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The Light We Lost: Reese’s Book Club (A Novel)
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“This devastatingly romantic debut novel about the enduring power of first love, with a shocking, unforgettable ending, is Love Story for a new generation.
…Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated—perhaps they’ll find life’s meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love…”
Melinda: I don’t know if anyone else has read this but I stumbled upon a fantastic book. 5 big big stars for me and I couldn’t put it down. It’s called “ the light we lost” by Jill santoppolo ive never read anything by this author but it was amazing. I highly recommend it! Has anyone else read it? Best book I’ve read in ages. I think I read it in lees than 12 hours it’s amazing how fast you can read when it’s good.
Amy: What I’m reading NOW though has me completely hooked. It’s called The Light We Lost by Jill Santpolo, and it’s written in the form of the h talking to the H, which I don’t think I’ve ever read before. She’s talking about their past from the time they met. The writing flows perfectly for me, it isn’t over the top in any way, it’s REAL, and the foreshadowing is driving me crazy (in a good way). I don’t know if it’s going to hurt or not, but something big IS coming!
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The Governess’s Absolutely Impossible Wish (The Notorious Briarwoods Book 8) by Eva Devon <— HISTORICAL ROMANCE! “…Miss Abbot knows there is one thing she mustn’t do. Fall for any of the gentlemen in the household of her employer, the powerful Duke of Westleigh. She’s made a vow never to cross that line. Yet, Lord Zephyr Briarwood’s wicked smile and devilish humor tempt her to abandon that very vow. Even though she longs for Lord Zephyr, betraying her sense of honor can never happen…”
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Early Indications
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“…For different reasons, the Five Geniuses join the local engineering college for an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering. Soon the interplay between incidents traps them inextricably in a whirlpool.
Innocent utterances can change lives. How would their lives have turned out if they hadn’t been called the Five Geniuses? Were they geniuses or did they so believe because a set of accidental circumstances conspired to create the impression? These thoughts bother Shiva in his post-Coimbatore existence in Madras. After being providentially spared by the tsunami, almost twenty years after he left Coimbatore, he decides to visit it to check what became of the past with which he severed connections.
Early Indications is a haunting tale of friendship, oppression, disaffection, betrayal, guilt, false dawns, and the impossibility of redemption...“
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SPORTS ROMANCE!!
Reckless Love: A Small Town, Single Dad, Sports Romance (The Single Dad Playbook Book 3)
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“…A sexy small-town, single dad, friends-to-lovers romance by USA Today bestselling author, Willow Aster
I fell in love with Rhodes Archer the night we met thirteen years ago. We made a pact that night to never cross the just-friends zone. However, Rhodes crossed that line by kissing me recently, and I can’t get over it. I’ve loved him, ached for him, craved him for years, but I’ve never wanted to ruin what we have.
And now, when I’m a cheerleader for the Colorado Mustangs and he’s their superstar tight end, we’re not even supposed to be in the same room, let alone be together.
But, he is everything to me...”
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The Butcher (Fifth Republic Series Book 1)
THE CRIME LORD & THE NEWLY SINGLE BARTENDER…
“…I’m at work one night when he walks inside—the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. He sits at the bar and a forest fire burns between us. I was depressed the moment before he entered, but the second I look at his blue eyes, I forget the dumpster fire that my life has become. I invite him back to my place and it’s the most passionate night of my life. I expect to never see him again.
I just want him as an anti-depressant—but he wants me all to himself…”
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- Alex (Terk’s Guardians Book 10) by Dale Mayer – January 21st 2025
- Bad Seed by Sharon Sala | Jan 21, 2025
- The Grief We Hold: A Grumpy Sunshine, Widowed Hero, Small Town Romance (Iron Outlaws MC Colorado Book 1) (Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado) by S. Cole – January 23rd 2025
- Crazy Imperfect Hearts by Samantha Christy – January 23rd 2025
- From Now On: A College Hockey Romance (Holt Hockey Book 3) by C.W. Farnsworth – January 23rd 2025
The Apple Tree (Sunday Morning) by Jewel E. Ann – January 23rd 2025- Game On : New York Stars by Serena Akeroyd and G. A. Mazurke – January 28th 2025
- Seeing You (The Donovans (Sweetbriar Ridge) Book 4) by Samantha Chase – January 28th 2025
- Once Smitten, Twice Shy (The Wilmot Sisters Series Book 3) by Chloe Liese – January 28th 2025
- The Etiquette of Love (The Academy of Love Book 7) by Minerva Spencer & S.M. LaViolette – January 28th 2025
- Cade (R.I.S.C. Delta Team Book 4) – January 28th 2025
- Not Your Biggest Fan (Not Yours) by Sara Ney – January 28th 2025
- Overexposed by Heather Long & Tate James – January 28th 2025
- Yin Yang Love Song by Lauren Kung Jessen – January 28th 2025
- Playing With Love (Hollow Point Book 3) by Riley Edwards – January 28th 2025
The Crash by Freida McFadden – January 28th 2025- Falling for the Forward: A Fake Marriage Hockey Romance (Love on the Line Book 1) by Brenda Rothert – January 28th 2025
- SEAL’s Secret (Alpha SEALs Hawaii Book 4) by Makenna Jamesion – January 28th 2025
- Iron & Embers: An epic fantasy romance by Helen Scheuerer – January 28th 2025
- Order of Swans: A Magical Romantasy Journey of Love and Destiny in a Fairy Tale Kingdom, Filled with Suspense, Romance, and the Power to Change Fate by Jude Deveraux – January 28th 2025
- Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young – January 28th 2025
- Good Dirt: A Novel by Charmaine Wilkerson – January 28th 2025
Dead of Winter (Knife’s Edge, Alaska Book 1) by Rebecca Zanetti – January 28th 2025
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