Royal Bully (Mafia Royals #1) By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: May 19, 2020 by Van Dyken Enterprises INC 384 pages Genre: New Adult, Romance, Mafia Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: A mafia romance about best friends turned enemies by Rachel Van Dyken, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Eagle Elite series. The enemy of my enemy is my friend… I never thought my father would ask this of me, to become the second generation at Eagle Elite University, to rule with an iron fist, and to take care of anyone who gets in our way. But ever since the incident. Ever since Him. There’s been a war in our little clique. After all, a house divided cannot stand. He’s the problem, not me. He used to kiss me like I was his oxygen. Now he looks at me like I’m his poison. But we both drank it, again and again, never believing there would be a day when our love would start a war. And our friendship would shatter into a millio...

A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) By: Sarah J. Maas Published: May 1, 2018 by Bloomsbury USA Childrens 272 pages Genre: Young Adult, New Adult, Fatnasy, Romance Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Months after the explosive events in  A Court of Wings and Ruin , Feyre, Rhys, and their companions are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly-changed world beyond. But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it, a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, she finds that those dearest to her have more wounds than she anticipated--scars that will have far-reaching impact on the future of their Court. MY REVIEW: I'm a HUGE fan of this series I love the characters. So when book #3.1 was scheduled to come out I was ready to purchase it, and that I did. Now, let me preface th...

It Started With Goodbye By: Christina June   Published: May 9, 2017 by Blink 272 pages Source: ebook, Netgalley ARC from publisher   ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Sixteen-year-old Tatum Elsea is bracing for the worst summer of her life. After being falsely accused of a crime, she’s stuck under stepmother-imposed house arrest and her BFF’s gone ghost. Tatum fills her newfound free time with community service by day and working at her covert graphic design business at night (which includes trading emails with a cute cello-playing client). When Tatum discovers she’s not the only one in the house keeping secrets, she finds she has the chance to make amends with her family and friends. Equipped with a new perspective, and assisted by her feisty step-abuela-slash-fairy-godmother, Tatum is ready to start fresh and maybe even get her happy ending along the way. A modern play on the Cinderella story arc, Christina June’s IT STARTED WITH GOODBYE shows us that some...

Troll Cries By: Ashley C. Harris Published: January 31, 2017 Source: ebook, Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Abby and Wilhelm's adventure continues in a game of deadly secrets and magical warfare. Who will remain human and who will escape alive becomes anybody's guess when trolls and knights are involved. TROLL CRIES, the sequel to Ashley C. Harris's international bestselling novel TROLL, will leave her readers gasping for more.   MY REVIEW: It's not you....it's me? I'm not completely sure, but whatever the reason/s, it took me entirely too long to finish this book. From March 2nd to April 13th to be exact. Blame it on my kids busy schedule...blame it on my attention being elsewhere, blame it on the book not keeping me fully invested. There was a lot of reasons really why I just didn't feel like picking this one back up but I didn't really want to DNF it either. So I pushed on....and on....and on. For 42 stink...

Gilded Cage (Dark Gifts #1) By: Vic James Published: February 14, 2017 by Del Rey Books 368 pages Source: ebook, Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: For readers of Victoria Aveyard and Kiera Cass comes a darkly fantastical debut set in a modern England where magically gifted aristocrats rule and commoners are doomed to serve. NOT ALL ARE FREE. NOT ALL ARE EQUAL. NOT ALL WILL BE SAVED.  Our world belongs to the Equals aristocrats with magical gifts and all commoners must serve them for ten years.  But behind the gates of England s grandest estate lies a power that could break the world.  A girl thirsts for love and knowledge.   Abi is a servant to England s most powerful family, but her spirit is free. So when she falls for one of their noble-born sons, Abi faces a terrible choice. Uncovering the family s secrets might win her liberty but will her heart pay the price? A boy dreams of revolution.   Abi s br...

The Angel Knights - Prequel (The Angel Knights #0.5) By: Mary Ting Published: March 4, 2016 59 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Michael and Claudia’s decision to move back to Crossroads was to keep their children safe, but they can’t escape who they are. Their children, Zachary and Lucia, were destined to be demon hunters—Venators. From the age they were able to hold a sword, they were trained to become the best and to ensure they would become leaders one day.  All is peaceful throughout the land until the Fallen and demons’ presences were felt in the between and on Earth. As the Venators investigate these locations, they will quickly learn how dangerous their lives are. Hearts will be broken. Teammates will lose their lives. And they will face obstacles which will test their faith.  As danger grows, the fear of fallen angels and demons regrouping has the Divine Elders on pins and needles. Now, Zachary and Lucia, along...

A Thousand Nights  By: E.K. Johnston Published: October 6, 2015 by Disney-Hyperion 336 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. She vows she will not let her be next. And so she is taken in her sister's place, and she believes death will soon follow. Lo-Melkhiin's court is a dangerous palace filled with pretty things: intricate statues with wretched eyes, exquisite threads to weave the most beautiful garments. She sees everything as if for the last time.But the first sun rises and sets, and she is not dead. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awoken by the sunrise. Exploring the palace, she begins to unlock years of fear that have tormented a...

The Truth About Jack By: Jody Gehrman Published: April 14, 2015 by Entangled: Crush 192 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Dakota McCloud has just been accepted into a prestigious art school. Soon she'll leave behind the artists' colony where she grew up―hippie dad, tofu since birth, yurt―and join her boyfriend and best friend on the East Coast. It was the plan…until Dakota finds out her boyfriend and best friend hooked up behind her back.  Hurt and viciously betrayed, Dakota pours out her heart on a piece of paper, places it in a bottle, and hurls it into the ocean. But it doesn't quite go where she expects… Jack Sauvage finds the bottle washed up on the shore and responds to Dakota's letter. Except what if his straight-laced life doesn’t jive with the free-spirited girl he’s only seen from afar? As Jack creates a persona he believes she’ll love, they slowly fall for each other with each new letter. Now Jack...

Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles #1) By: Amanda Hocking Published: January 6, 2015 by St. Martin's Griffin 336 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Bryn Aven is an outcast among the Kanin, the most powerful of the troll tribes. Set apart by her heritage and her past, Bryn is a tracker who's determined to become a respected part of her world. She has just one goal: become a member of the elite King’s Guard to protect the royalty. She's not going to let anything stand in her way, not even a forbidden romance with her boss Ridley Dresden. But all her plans for the future are put on hold when Konstantin– a fallen hero who she once loved – appears to be up to something dangerous, kidnapping changelings. Bryn is sent in to help stop him, but will she lose her heart in the process? MY REVIEW: Trolls. This was a new one for me. Second to the beautiful snowy cover and the image of a strong female warrior, a s...

Burnt Devotion (Imdalind #5) By: Rebecca Ethington Published: March 22, 2015 by Imdalind Press 158 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: It was supposed to be the final battle, the one to end Edmund’s line, his life, and free the magic Edmund had taken from the world. That was how it was foreseen. The end of the battle that has raged for centuries, unbeknownst to the mortals around them, the battle that would end with Joclyn’s death. But it did neither. The battle still reigns, Joclyn still lives, and the sight that was given eight hundred years ago is broken. And it’s not the only one. Sights that were once thought infallible have become nothing more than scattered glass, with broken pieces shattering into incorrect visages. Sain clings to the magic that he knows to be true, but there is something else, something that he is not saying. And what he does say is no longer adding up. Something is wrong. Ilyan and his people mov...

Have No Mercy (Cambion #4) By: Shannon Dermott Published: December 11, 2014 by Wicked Truth Publishing ebook Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Mercy’s actions may have finally caught up with her and the consequences dire. The demon she freed with her dagger may prove to be more dangerous dead than alive.  With determination that has no bounds, Mercy sets out on a quest to make things right. No matter the price or at the cost of her own life, she will persevere and is determined to have no mercy for anyone who gets in her way.  Thrust into another realm on a promise that seems meaningless now, she will find her heart in an unexpected place. Love will conquer all, and the two will become one if they are all to survive.  But… one decision may derail her plans. MY REVIEW: Dang, dang, dang!!! What started out as a favorite series of mine has been dwindling in my favor recently. I've been waiting for this fourth installmen...

True Calling #1 By: Siobhan Davis Published: August 1, 2014 ebook Source: ARC from publisher via Netgalley ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Planet Novo, nestled in space twelve hundred miles above the surface of the Earth, is the new home of 17 year old Cadet Ariana Skyee. Confused by the government-sanctioned memory erase and distressed at her impending forced marriage and motherhood, Ariana’s plans for the future are thrown into complete disarray. As the traumatic events within her family life enfold, Ariana grows increasingly alarmed at the authorities apparent pre-occupation with her and feels progressively more isolated and alone. Her growing feelings for fellow Cadet Cal Remus intensify as the recently announced pageant, ‘The Calling’, gets underway. Struggling to comprehend the continuous, inexplicable dreams of the mysterious Zane, discovering the past helps shape her future, with devastating personal consequences. MY REVIEW: My initial feeling was that t...

Saving Quinton (Nova #2) By: Jessica Sorensen Published: February 4, 2014 by Grand Central Publishing 384 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher (Thanks!) ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Nova Reed can't forget him-Quinton Carter, the boy with the honey-brown eyes who made her realize she deserved more than an empty life. His pain was so similar to her own. But Nova has been coming to terms with her past and healing, while Quinton is out there somewhere, sinking deeper. She's determined to find him and help him . . . before it's too late. Nova has haunted his dreams for nearly a year-but Quinton never thought a sweet, kind person like her would care enough about a person like him. To Quinton, a dark, dangerous life is exactly what he deserves. And Nova has no place in it. But Nova has followed him to Las Vegas, and now he must do whatever it takes to keep her away, to maintain his self-imposed punishment for the unforgivable things he's done. But th...

Masquerade (Games #3)  By: Nyrae Dawn Published: January 7, 2014 by Forever 200 pages Source: Netgalley ARC given by publisher (Thanks!) ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: A biker. A tattoo artist. A love to last a lifetime. Maddox Cross has always had to be tough. When his father went to jail for murder, the teenager took care of his sister and mother. Now on his own and working security at a night club, Maddox wants to become a tattoo artist-a dream that comes closer to reality when he falls for the hottest, most tatted woman he's ever seen. She's wild and beautiful, and Maddox will do anything to be with her. Bee Malone came to town to open up her new tattoo parlor, Masquerade. Since being kidnapped as a young girl, Bee has had trouble getting close to anyone. But when she meets Maddox, she sees that under his hard biker's body is the sensitive soul of an artist. What starts out as a sizzling one-night stand soon becomes so much more. Bee wants Maddox to...

Welcome to Sugartown By: Carmen Jenner Published: November 1, 2013 255 pages Source: Won ebook copy ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Ana Belle never wanted anything more than to hang up her apron, jump on her Vespa and ride off into the sunset, leaving Sugartown in the dust.  Elijah Cade never wanted anything more than a hot meal, a side of hot a** and a soft place to lay his head at night where he could forget about his past.  But you know what they say about wanting: you always want what you can’t have.  Nineteen year-old virgin Ana is about to discover that’s not quite true because a six foot three, hotter than hell, tattooed, Aussie sex god just rode into town. He’s had a taste of her pie and he wants more–no really, Ana bakes pies for a living, get your mind out of the gutter.  She’d be willing to hand over everything tied up in a big red bow, there’s just one problem; Elijah has secrets dirtier than last week’s underwear. Secrets that won...