Dog-Eared Daydreams

Note: This ARC was provided by the author via Social Butterfly PR in exchange for an honest review. Something There in Between is the debut release of S. Ferguson and it's a new adult (NA) romance about a young woman drowning in darkness, filled with sorrow and self-doubt, who finds a guiding light in the form of a man who knows all about rejection and abuse from the person who should have loved and cared for him and his younger brother. Together, they'll discover what it means to live a life worth living and to love someone worth dedicating the rest of your life to. This was a debut that satisfied and one that I hope is the beginning of more from Keegan's. Bree Sutton doesn't believe she's good enough. She certainly wasn't good enough for her mother who believed her lacking and never failed to remind Bree exactly that. She definitely wasn't good enough for her boyfriend who deemed her not worth the effort of informing her that their relationshi...

Retreat (Getaway #1) by Jay Crownover Release Date: December 28, 2016 About Retreat Every once in a while, you need to get away from it all. I was a woman on the edge, shaken and shattered after a breakup that felt like it tore my entire world apart. My best friend, sick of watching me drown in misery and melancholy, harassed me until I agreed to go with her on a week-long wilderness retreat. She promised days spent bonding and getting in touch with our inner badasses. It was supposed to be all about the two of us roughing it and making do with the bare minimum. She assured me we were going to be pushed to our limits in ways that were unimaginable. Neither one of us could have ever guessed just how right she was. Nowhere in the glossy brochure did it say anything about the fact I was going to have to battle the insufferable but deliciously rugged and sexy trail guide instead of the elements. The brochure also forgot to mention the part that warned when yo...

Hipster Brothel by K.A. Merikan Release Date: January 24, 2017 Acerbi & Villani Ltd. Cover Design: Natasha Snow About Hipster Brothel The lumberjack of his dreams is now available for rent. Mr. B has always been a safe guy for Jo to crush on. He’s the cutest bearded lumber-god to salivate over. Add to that his friendly, outgoing personality, and Mr. B might just be the first guy Jo would be willing to kiss. Fortunately, Mr. B has been in a relationship for years, and Jo is no home-wrecker. But when Mr. B breaks up with his partner and all of a sudden is single, available, and talks about his plans to be sexually adventurous, Jo isn’t so sure anymore if he has the guts to come out as bisexual. After a sour breakup, Mr. B wants to show his ex that he’s independent, exciting, and can do very well without him. His best friend Jo is there to the rescue, and they come up with a great new business venture. One thing they lack to start their own line of ar...

Everything for Her (For Her #1) by Alexa Riley Release Date: December 27, 2016 Carina Press About Everything for Her USA Today bestselling author Alexa Riley's first full-length novel shows just what happens when a strong, possessive man finds the woman of his dreams.   I'll never forget the way she looked, so confident and sure of herself. I watched her from a distance. She wasn't ready for me yet. I didn't approach her and I didn't disturb her, but I never once took my eyes off her.   Mallory Sullivan is ready to start her new life. After graduating at the top of her class, she's landed one of the most coveted internships in the United States. Hard work and determination have gotten her to this moment of living the life she only dreamed of while growing up in foster care.  From the start, I knew that she would be my greatest achievement, so the day I let her go, I set down a path for her. A path to me.   She never expected O...

Note: This ARC was provided by Carina Press in exchange for an honest review. Alexa Riley is the pen name of two friends who joined forces to write quick read novellas about insta-love that's meant to last forever. Riley is the author I consider at the top of the lengthening list of writers known for this kind of books and is the one perched quite comfortably from their post with no intention of relinquishing it anytime soon. Today, however, they've decided to expand their repertoire with the publication of their full-length novel under publisher Carina Press and the first in their For Her  contemporary erotic romance series, Everything for Her .  This series starter is quintessential Alexa Riley, retaining almost everything fans and readers love about the author's stories, but taking it all to a higher level. Yes, in terms of quantity, this is a longer read, but the quality of the writing is ramped up a couple of notches as well. We get the nitty-gritty about ...

When I placed my lips on the side of her neck, I felt her pulse strumming underneath, and I couldn't help but smile. No hesitation; I knew she was finally ready to give her body over to me. Would her heart follow? Jagger is the third novel in author S. Nelson's ongoing MC romance series, Knights Corruption MC, and it was one of my most anticipated reads for the year. I was originally supposed to read and review the ARC alongside the release blitz scheduled for it, but well, things fell through and unanswered emails later, I had no other choice but to wait until December--which is when I had more free time to read leisurely--to read and review this, making this the first book in the series I didn't review in time for the release date, which kills me because I like to keep things in order in my own weird way. Was the wait worth it though? It was agonizing on my end because I'm totally in love with the series (damn you, offline life!), but yes, it was so freaking...

Hate Story by Nicole Williams Release Date: December 26, 2016 December 25, 2016  (early release!) About Hate Story Nina can’t let herself fall in love with the man she’s going to marry. Both of them have experienced the sting and sham of love and have no intentions of falling victim to it twice. Love is expensive—hate is free. Three years. A million dollars. A solution to both of their problems. They planned it all, from the story of their first meeting to the date of their divorce. Nothing could go wrong. But what they didn’t consider was chemistry, and Nina and Max have no shortage of it. After too many near-kisses, Nina convinces herself that hating Max is better than loving him, and the more she gets to know this soon-to-be-husband of hers, the more she discovers just how very much she truly, madly, and deeply . . . hates him. This isn’t a love story. This is the other kind.  Read my five-starred review of Hate Story . Add...