Rebel Rose (The Queen's Council #1) By: Emma Theriault Published: November 10, 2020 by Disney-Hyperion 352 pages Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Re-telling Source: Netgalley ARC ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Happily ever after is only the beginning as Belle takes on the responsibility of becoming queen and learns to balance duty, love, and sacrifice, all while navigating dark political intrigue—and a touch of magic. It’s 1789 and France is on the brink of revolution. Belle has finally broken the Enchantress’s curse, restoring the Beast to his human form and bringing life back to their castle in the province of Aveyon. But in Paris, the fires of change are burning, and it’s only a matter of time before the rebellion arrives on their doorstep. Not so very long ago, Belle dreamed of leaving her provincial home for a life of adventure. But now she finds herself living in a palace, torn between her past as a commoner, and her future as royalty. While Belle grapples with ...

Crowned a Traitor (A Hellish Fairytale #1) By: Kate Callaghan Published: July 4th, 2020 by Callaghan Writer 220 pages Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Source:  Netgalley ARC ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Heir to Hell and the Dark Forest of Malum, Klara has been called upon to take her place as High Queen of Malum. Though Klara has no intention of ruling, her guardians want her head on a spike. Klara’s only option - escape to Kalos, Fae ruled lands free from Dark Magic. To survive the perilous journey, she needs help... A Leprechaun with a talent for smuggling. A mischievous Demon with swaying loyalties. The soul of a greying Warlock. Lycaon siblings with a talent for deception. Destiny has an awful habit of catching up with those who run. MY REVIEW: The main character, Klara, is the daughter of Lucifer. Yes, THE Lucifer, as in Ruler of Hell. She was sent to be raised by the 3 queens, The High Queen and mother of demons, Abadan; Adam's wife, Eve; and the First Woman a...

All This Time By: Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott Published: September 29, 2020 by Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers 336 pages Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Source: Netgalley ARC ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: From the team behind #1  New York Times  bestseller  Five Feet Apart  comes a gripping new romance that asks: Can you find true love after losing everything? Kyle and Kimberly have been the perfect couple all through high school, but when Kimberly breaks up with him on the night of their graduation party, Kyle’s entire world upends—literally. Their car crashes and when he awakes, he has a brain injury. Kimberly is dead. And no one in his life could possibly understand. Until Marley. Marley is suffering from her own loss, a loss she thinks was her fault. And when their paths cross, Kyle sees in her all the unspoken things he’s feeling. As Kyle and Marley work to heal each other’s wounds, their feelings for each ...

The Lucky Ones By: Liz Lawson Published: April 7, 2020 by Delacorte Press 352 pages Genre: Young Adult, Standalone, Contemporary Source: Netgalley ARC Goodreads   / Amazon Summary: For fans of Thirteen Reasons Why, This Is How It Ends, and All the Bright Places, comes a new novel about life after. How do you put yourself back together when it seems like you've lost it all? May is a survivor. But she doesn't feel like one. She feels angry. And lost. And alone. Eleven months after the school shooting that killed her twin brother, May still doesn't know why she was the only one to walk out of the band room that day. No one gets what she went through--no one saw and heard what she did. No one can possibly understand how it feels to be her. Zach lost his old life when his mother decided to defend the shooter. His girlfriend dumped him, his friends bailed, and now he spends his time hanging out with his little sister...and the one faithful friend who stuc...

One Small Thing By: Erin Watt Published: June 26, 2018 by Harlequin Teen 384 pages Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance Source: Netgalley ARC ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Beth’s life hasn’t been the same since her sister died. Her parents try to lock her down, believing they can keep her safe by monitoring her every move. When Beth sneaks out to a party one night and meets the new guy in town, Chase, she’s thrilled to make a secret friend. It seems a small thing, just for her. Only Beth doesn’t know how big her secret really is… Fresh out of juvie and determined to start his life over, Chase has demons to face and much to atone for, including his part in the night Beth’s sister died. Beth, who has more reason than anyone to despise him, is willing to give him a second chance. A forbidden romance is the last thing either of them planned for senior year, but the more time they spend together, the deeper their feelings get. Now Beth has a choice to make—...

All the Little Lights By: Jamie McGuire Published: May 29, 2018 by Montlake Romance 440 pages Genre/Themes: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Mental Illness, Source: Netgalley ARC ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: From #1  New York Times  bestselling author Jamie McGuire comes a riveting tale of first love that starts young but runs deep. The first time Elliott Youngblood spots Catherine Calhoun, he’s just a boy with a camera, and he’s never seen a sadder and more beautiful sight. Both Elliott and Catherine feel like outcasts, yet they find an easy friendship with each other. But when Catherine needs him most, Elliott is forced to leave town. Elliott finally returns, but he and Catherine are now different people. He’s a star high school athlete, and she spends all her free time working at her mother’s mysterious bed-and-breakfast. Catherine hasn’t forgiven Elliott for abandoning her, but he’s determined to win back her friendship…and her heart. Just ...

The First Girl Child By: Amy Harmon Published: August 20, 2019 by 47North 391 pages Genre: Young Adult, New Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Science Fiction Source: Netgalley ARC ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: From ​the  New York Times  bestselling author comes a breathtaking fantasy of a cursed kingdom, warring clans, and unexpected salvation. Bayr of Saylok, bastard son of a powerful and jealous chieftain, is haunted by the curse once leveled by his dying mother. Bartered, abandoned, and rarely loved, she plagued the land with her words:  From this day forward, there will be no daughters in Saylok. Raised among the Keepers at Temple Hill, Bayr is gifted with inhuman strength. But he’s also blessed with an all-too-human heart that beats with one purpose: to protect Alba, the first girl child born in nearly two decades and the salvation for a country at risk. Now the fate of Saylok lies with Alba and Bayr, whose bond grows deeper with every wh...

Say You Still Love Me By: K.A. Tucker Published: August 6, 2019 by Atria Books 384 pages Genre: Contemporary Romance Source: Netgalley ARC ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Life is a mixed bag for Piper Calloway. On the one hand, she’s a twenty-nine-year-old VP at her dad’s multibillion-dollar real estate development firm, and living the high single life with her two best friends in a swanky downtown penthouse. On the other hand, she’s considered a pair of sexy legs in a male-dominated world and constantly has to prove her worth. Plus, she’s stuck seeing her narcissistic ex-fiancé—a fellow VP—on the other side of her glass office wall every day. Things get exponentially more complicated for Piper when she runs into Kyle Miller—the handsome new security guard at Calloway Group Industries, and coincidentally the first love of her life. The guy she hasn’t seen or heard from since they were summer camp counselors together. The guy from the wrong side of the tracks. The g...

The Simple Wild By: K. A. Tucker Published: August 7, 2018 by Atria Books 400 pages Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance Source: ARC from Netgalley ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: City girl Calla Fletcher attempts to reconnect with her estranged father, and unwittingly finds herself torn between her desire to return to the bustle of Toronto and a budding relationship with a rugged Alaskan pilot in this masterful new romance from acclaimed author K.A. Tucker. Calla Fletcher was two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving behind Calla’s father, Wren Fletcher, in the process. Calla never looked back, and at twenty-six, a busy life in Toronto is all she knows. But when her father reaches out to inform her that his days are numbered, Calla knows that it’s time to make the long trip back to the remote frontier town where she was born. She braves the roaming wildlife, the odd dayligh...

As She Fades By: Abbi Glines Published: April 3, 2018 by Feiwell & Friends 272 pages Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: From the #1  New York Times-  and  USA Today -bestselling author of the  Rosemary Beach  and  The Vincent Boys  series, Abbi Glines delivers another smoldering, compulsively readable YA romance with  As She Fades. On the night of her high school graduation, Vale McKinley and her boyfriend Crawford are in a terrible car accident that leaves Crawford in a coma. They were supposed to spend the summer planning for college, for a bright future full of possibility. Together. Instead, Vale spends long days in the hospital, hoping Crawford will awaken. Slate Allen, a college friend of Vale’s brother, has been visiting his dying uncle at the same hospital. When he and Vale meet, she can’t deny the flutter of an illicit attraction. She tr...

What It Takes: A Dirt Road Love Story By: Sonya Loveday Published: May 27, 2017 242 pages Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance Source: ebook, ARC from Netgalley ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Gracen Lowell is on the hunt for a man—but not just any man. He has to be ‘the one’. Her only problem is that no one she’s dated has ever measured up to the charming qualities of her best friend.  Slade Owens knows no matter how much he loves Gracen, he’ll never be what she’s looking for. And he dang sure isn’t going to stick around to watch her fall in love with someone else. Slade leaving the Owens’ family farm for an out-of-state job should put enough distance between the two to allow him to move on with his life and Gracen to search for her happily-ever-after.  Gracen knows asking him to stay isn’t fair. Slade thinks leaving her behind is the only thing to do. Inexplicably drawn together, the best friends must decide if they have what it takes to own up to ...

Loving Kalvin (The Kennedy Boys #4) By: Siobhan Davis Published: July 31, 2017 224 pages Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary Source: ebook, ARC from author ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: A second-chance romance from  USA Today  bestseller Siobhan Davis. Standalone with HEA and no cliffhanger.   Lana   I knew it would end in disaster, but I didn’t listen to reason. I didn’t care. Because I loved him so much.  Kalvin Kennedy ruled my heart.  Until he destroyed it.  Shattered it so completely that I became someone else. Someone I loathed. Someone who repeatedly lied to her loved ones.  So, I ran.  From him. From myself. Desperate to hide my new reality.  But I could only run so far.  When he reappears in my life, I’m terrified. Unbelievably scared of facing the consequences of my actions.  Never mind that I still love him and want him so badly—there’s too much at stake now.  How can I tru...

The Sound of Light By: Claire Wallis Published: July 17, 2017 320 pages Genre: Contemporary, Romance, New Adult Source: ebook, ARC from author ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: My littlest girl has always been a bit peculiar. It was nothing I could ever put a finger on, but I always knew there was something inside her that made her a different kind of special. A deeper kind.  K'acy's got a light around her, one that'll just about knock you over, especially if you don't see her coming. She's got music in her soul, too. Deep, resonating music that echoes and hums, just like the notes that come from the bass guitar she's had attached to her hip since the day she turned thirteen years old.  She's got a heck of a secret, yes, but she does what she's got to do to make it one worth having. She takes care of people. She changes their stories. I spent my life telling both of my girls that you always gotta do what's right, even when it h...

The Butterfly Project By: Emma Scott Published: February 21, 2017 by Trillian 256 pages Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance Source: ebook, Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: "Where you are is home..." At age fourteen, Zelda Rossi witnessed the unthinkable, and has spent the last ten years hardening her heart against the guilt and grief. She channels her pain into her art: a dystopian graphic novel where vigilantes travel back in time to stop heinous crimes—like child abduction—before they happen. Zelda pitches her graphic novel to several big-time comic book publishers in New York City, only to have her hopes crash and burn. Circumstances leave her stranded in an unfamiliar city, and in an embarrassing moment of weakness, she meets a guarded young man with a past he’d do anything to change... Beckett Copeland spent two years in prison for armed robbery, and is now struggling to keep his head above water. A bike messenger b...

Until It Fades By: K.A. Tucker Published: June 27, 2017 by Atria Books 368 pages Source: ebook, Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Twenty-four-year-old truck stop waitress and single mother Catherine Wright has simple goals: to give her five-year-old daughter a happy life and to never again be the talk of the town in Balsam, Pennsylvania: population two thousand outside of tourist season. And then one foggy night, on a lonely road back from another failed attempt at a relationship, Catherine saves a man’s life. It isn’t until after the police have arrived that Catherine realizes exactly who it is she has saved: Brett Madden, hockey icon and media darling. Catherine has already had her fifteen minutes of fame and the last thing she wants is to have her past dragged back into the spotlight, only this time on a national stage. So she hides her identity. It works. For a time. But when she finds the man she saved standing on her doorstep, desperate...