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Title: Fall of Ruin and Wrath (Awakening #1) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout   Pages: 432 Genre: Fantasy/Romance  Publisher: Bramble  Release Date: September 12, 2023 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Indigo | B&N *Received for review from Raincoast Books/JLA ARC Team* Summary ( Goodreads )  SHE LIVES BY HER INTUITION. HE FEEDS ON HER PLEASURE. Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city is now ruled by a guardian―royalty who feed on mortal pleasure. Born with an intuition that never fails, Calista knows her talents are of great value to the power-hungry of the world, so she lives hidden as a courtesan of the Baron of Archwood. In exchange for his protection, she grants him information. When her intuition leads her to save a traveling prince in dire trouble, the voice inside her blazes with warning―and promise. Today he’ll bring her joy. One day he'll be her...

  Title: A Soul of Ash and Blood Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout  Pages: 636  Genre: New Adult, Fantasy, Romance  Publisher: Blue Box Press Release Date: July 18, 2023  *Received an ARC for honest review from author*  Summary ( Goodreads )  Only his memories can save her… A great primal power has risen. The Queen of Flesh and Fire has become the Primal of Blood and Bone—the true Primal of Life and Death. And the battle Casteel, Poppy, and their allies have been fighting has only just begun. Gods are awakening across Iliseeum and the mortal realm, readying for the war to come. But when Poppy falls into stasis, Cas faces the very real possibility that the dire, unexpected consequences of what she is becoming could take her away from him. Cas is given some advice, though—something he plans to cling to as he waits to see her beautiful eyes open once more: Talk to her. And so, he does. He reminds Poppy how their journey began, revealing things about himsel...

                  Title:  A Shadow in the Ember (Flesh and Fire #1)              Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout  Pages: 647 Genre: Fantasy/Romance Publisher: Blue Box Press Release Date : October 19, 2021 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo   *ARC received from author for honest review*  *I do recommend that you have read From Blood and Ash before reading this* Summary ( Goodreads )  Born shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort.    However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania—she’s not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission—one target. Make the Primal of Death f...

Title: A Fate of Wrath & Flame Author: K.A. Tucker  Pages: 533 Genre:  High Fantasy/Romance  Release Date: May 25, 2021 Buy: Amazon | KoboUS | BN | Chapters Indigo *Received an ARC for honest review from author* Summary ( Goodreads )  Gifted thief Romeria has flourished from her days as a street kid pilfering wallets to survive. Now she thrives, stealing jewels from the rich under the involuntary employ of New York City’s most notorious crime boss. But when an enigmatic woman secures her services at swordpoint, Romeria is plunged into a startling realm of opposing thrones, warring elven, and elemental magic she cannot begin to fathom.  Her quest is straightforward: Steal a stone from Islor’s sacred garden without anyone discovering her true identity, which would earn her certain death. But the identity she has inexplicably assumed is that of the captured Ybarisan princess—an enemy to Islor after she poisoned their beloved king and queen on the day she wa...

Title: Forever Wild (The Simple Wild #2.5)   Author: K.A. Tucker Pages: 156 Release Date: December 1, 2020 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo | BN |  *Received an ARC from the author/Valentine PR for honest review* Summary ( Goodreads )  From the international bestselling author of The Simple Wild comes Forever Wild, a novella that continues the story of Calla’s journey to the Alaskan wild and a life she never imagined for herself. The holiday season is upon Calla and Jonah, and with the mistletoe and gingerbread comes plenty of family drama. Jonah is bracing himself for two weeks with a stepfather he loathes, and while Calla is looking forward to her mother and Simon’s arrival, she dreads the continued pressure to set a date for their wedding … in Toronto. Add in one bullheaded neighbor’s unintentional meddling and another cantankerous neighbor’s own family strife, and Christmas in Trapper’s Crossing will be anything but simple. Review:  I have no words. I feel h...

Title: A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 496  Genre: Fantasy/Romance Publisher: Blue Box Press Release Date: September 1, 2020  Buy: Amazon | Kobo |  * E-ARC provided by author for review purposes* Summary ( Goodreads )  A Betrayal… Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia. He wants her to fight him, and that’s one order she’s more than happy to obey. He may have taken her, but he will never have her. A Choice... Casteel Da’Neer is known by many names and many faces. His lies are as seductive as his touch. His truths as sensual as his bite. Poppy knows better than to trust him. He needs her alive, healthy, and whole to achieve his goals. But he’s ...

Title: The Perfect Stranger Author: Megan Miranda Pages: 337 Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction Publisher: Simon Schuster/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: April 11, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) In the masterful follow-up to the runaway hit  All the Missing Girls , a journalist sets out to find a missing friend, a friend who may never have existed at all. Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs to get out of Boston when she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who has just left a troubled relationship. Emmy proposes they move to rural Pennsylvania, where Leah can get a teaching position and both women can start again. But their new start is threatened when a woman with an eerie resemblance to Leah is assaulted by the lake, and Emmy disappears days later. Determined to find Emmy, Leah cooperates with Kyle Donovan, a handsome young police officer on the case. As they in...

Title: Swear on This Life Author: Renee Carlino Pages : 320 Genre: Romance Publisher: Atria Books/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: August 9, 2016 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received for review from publisher* Summary ( Goodreads ) When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn’t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer. Yet from the very first page, Emiline is entranced by the story of Emerson and Jackson, two childhood best friends who fall in love and dream of a better life beyond the long dirt road that winds through their impoverished town in rural Ohio. That’s because the novel is patterned on Emiline’s own dark and desperate childhood, which means that “J. Colby” must be Jase: the best friend and first lo...

Title: It Ends With Us Author: Colleen Hoover Pages: 384 Genre: Romance/Fiction Publisher: Atria Books Release Date: August 2, 2016 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo *Received ARC for review purposes* Summary ( Goodreads ) Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most. Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself...