Tome Thursday: New Beginning

 

Hello everyone!

 

A little novella for you tonight.

 

I tend to read pretty much anything I can get my hands on, but this one's kind of special.

 

This one returns to the world of Jackson's Bridge!

 

In case you don't remember, that's the fictional community author Angela Day is currently in the process of writing about, and we're headed straight back into it.

 

This is a short story that hasn't officially released yet, but then again it's not exactly connected to the main novels in the way you'd think.

 

It's in the same world, but it isn't about the same characters.

 

We're getting more of the surrounding arcs fleshed out, and I'm here for it!

 

So come along for the ride in New Beginning.

 

Tome Thursday: His for Christmas

 

Hello everyone!

 

Merry Christmas!

 

I hope you've all had a wonderful time, whether with your friends and family, or alone, because the most important thing to remember during the holidays is that they are what YOU make them to be.

 

Not what the internet is trying to tell you they should be.

 

And now, with that PSA out of the way, let's dive into the last purely Christmas book review on this blog, shall we?

 

I was saving this one for last because it just hit me in all the feels, ya know?

 

Also, because Lea Rose just writes so BEAUTIFULLY (and just revealed the title for her next book set in Rosewood Falls, and I AM HERE FOR IT), and because her books always bring out all the emotions so well.

 

So without further ado, let's hop right into it.

 

Because it's time to settle down in His for Christmas.

 

Tome Thursday: Decked, Wrecked and Pucked

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to the first of the Christmas books that will be featured here on this blog during the month of December.

 

And boy, have I got a zinger for you!

 

Honestly, I don't know how I haven't run around in circles talking about it.

 

It's the perfect length for the season, it's got a heck of a lot of steamy, spicy scenes, it's got some ice hockey thrown into the mix, and it's got those angsty, perfect feels that'll get you all up there while you're working through everything with the characters along the way.

 

If I haven't mentioned already, the book is written by Lea Rose.

 

Also, if I haven't mentioned already, Lea Rose might just be one of my new all-time favourite contemporary authors. She just has this way with words and writing YEARNING that it's beautiful to witness.

 

So kick back, relax, and get ready to be Decked, Wrecked and Pucked.

 

Tome Thursday: Letting Go

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back.

 

Tonight, we're going to take a look at a very special book that I REALLY wanted to talk about, but ended up needing to take a mini break because, well, life happened.

 

Anyway.

 

So most of you know (or should know, based on this blog of course) that I'm a religious fan of Serenity Woods and a part of her ARC team.

 

Well, she was spreading the word about a writing friend of hers, Ms Angela Day, who was going to be launching her first book in a small town contemporary series, and who at the time was looking for some readers to, you know, get things going.

 

Turns out she's an absolute sweetheart. And guess who got so very kindly sent an ARC of this first book of hers?

 

Ladies and gentlemen, Letting Go.

 

Tome Thursday: Aroha and the Billionaire Boss

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to the newest addition on the shelves of Serenity Woods, because OF COURSE there's going to be a new book releasing soon, am I right?

 

Now, realistically, this one doesn't hit the shelves for another week or so BUT.

 

But.

 

I was super duper lucky to be sent an ARC of it - I'm a part of Ms Woods' ARC readers' group, and I still have no idea just HOW I got this lucky, because she's my absolute favourite contemporary romance author - so I got early access.

 

And man oh man, am I telling you that you NEED to read it.

 

I know I'm putting up a lot of captions and whatnot in this intro, but it's all for a good cause, I promise you this.

 

Because these billionaires ... they literally take your breath away. 

 

Aroha and the Billionaire Boss is no different, either.

 

Tome Thursday: Beauty and the Billionaire Boss

 

Hello everyone!

 

As always happens, we return to one of my favourite authors of all time, if not THE favourite, at least in the contemporary romance genre.

 

Because if it isn't broke, why fix it, right?

 

Ha!

 

I tend to truly enjoy reading about good men who have a lot of money but don't turn into assholes about it. When all is said and done, I firmly believe that there's plenty more of those in the world than there are idiots, we just hear about the idiots more often because, well, idioting.

 

And Serenity Woods likes to even the odds for the good guys by keeping on writing so many good books!

 

The Boss in a Billion series has been steadily growing and will continue to do so with a third trilogy set in another, different city of New Zealand, so I'm stoked.

 

Then again, I always am.

 

Without more blathering from me, let's have a quick look at Beauty and the Billionaire Boss, shall we?

 

Tome Thursday: Tempt

 

Hello everyone!

 

I have a rather delectable book for you tonight.

 

LOL that came off way worse than I thought it would, but anyway. Let's move on with the show.

 

So my main focus, when reading and choosing books to review for this blog, is usually fantasy-related or maybe it's going to be sci-fi or something.

 

Every once in a while, however, I end up on the other side of the fence.

 

I like to call it my personal Dark Side, because I'm dramatic like that.

 

And this particular dark side is relatively harmless - it just has a lot of very thirsty books that don't engage the brain all that much and mostly just give you a rush of endorphins so you can then go about your day happier haha.

 

Tonight's choice is exactly one of those. I stumbled over it randomly enough - I think one of my Goodreads friends read it and it popped on my feed.

 

So I figured, why the heck not, right? Let's take a look at a book very aptly named Tempt.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Black Money Love

 

"In this life, there is nothing more important than love."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Once again, I'm sort of doing something a little bit different for this week's blog post, considering the fact that I haven't reviewed a television show since the Selena series on Netflix.

 

BUT,

 

I ran into this one on television here in my country when another Turkish soap had to go on hiatus (because it's still filming and we were catching up to it with how many parts we'd aired already) and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it, despite the fact that I eventually moved to Netflix to finish it off.

 

See, when you have to sit through two hours plus change considering there's a whole bunch of commercials included, you'll try and find a different route.

 

Netflix gave me that, being so kind as to have it in its lineup, which definitely made my summer!

 

And so without further ado, let's check in with murder, mayhem, and money laundering, shall we?

 

Black Money Love, or Kara Para Ask, is up next.

 

Tome Thursday: Reaching First

Hello everyone!

I have to admit that I changed my mind about the book I'll be reviewing tonight, seeing as I'm slowly working through the pile of left-overs I have which I started once upon a time, and then never actually finished.

The reasons for that vary, sometimes I simply needed a break from the book, sometimes it all turned south so I just needed to step away and figure out if I even wanted to continue, and sometimes I sort of just let it slide by the wayside ... until I decided it was time to stop that slide while I was at it.

Obviously I remember promising there would be the Sword of Destiny, but I'll get to that. It's one of those books I actually finished in one go.

Tonight, I'm tackling a story that sat there for almost a year since the last time I picked up the compilation of books, and that's saying something.

Then again I've realized that I have a few which I've just sort of left behind, and I don't feel right when that happens.

So for this week, we're returning to the pitch for a little bit, with Reaching First.

Tome Thursday: Trick or Treat

Hello everyone!

So alright, this book might not be the most seasonal thing I've ever done, but I just finished reading it a couple of days ago and, as seems to always be the case with books written by Serenity Woods, I loved it.

Side-note, I have a bunch of them I haven't read yet to take along with me to the seaside when I galop away for two weeks, so there you go!

Ahem.

To be frank about this book, it took me forever to find it, because for some reason or other my usual retailer just didn't seem to have any working links. I dislike not having the complete collection when it comes to books, however, so obviously I was stubborn enough to keep on pushing and ensure that I was going to have the entire lot.

After all, when it comes to books like Trick or Treat, you basically NEED the rest to go full-on steamy.

Tome Thursday: Eight Hundred Grapes

Hello everyone!

This one is another I managed to actually read by the seaside, and I think it came hot on the heels of something science fiction related or historic or fantasy, because it's so much NOT those categories that, even though I can't remember precisely, I can see why I would have picked it.

Because, here's the thing.

I love my personal favourite reading categories, I really do. I mean, Lord of the Rings is by far and wide my favourite book EVER, and I read it once every year. But despite the amount of stuff I read, and as much fantasy as I get into, I do like something entirely non-related to that every once in a while. Like, contemporary non-related.

I will admit; I'm not a big contemporary novel reader. For some reason, I just sit better in the fantasy niche. But after following the adventures of Jamie and Claire Fraser for a thousand pages, Frodo and Sam trudging towards Mordor over five hundred, and an angel and a demon falling in love ... I definitely need a break from all of that.

Which is why I picked up Laura Dave's Eight Hundred Grapes.