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   Title: Visions of Flesh and Blood: A Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire Compendium Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout with Rayvn Salvador Pages: 576 Genre: Fantasy/Romance Publisher: Blue Box Press Release Date: February 20, 2024 Summary (Goodreads) VISIONS OF FLESH AND a Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire Compendium is a comprehensive companion guide for background, history, reader-favorite information, art, and reference materials. Combined with original short stories and scenes from some of the world’s most beloved characters, as well as never-before-seen visual enticements, it’s a treat for the senses. Told from the point of view of Miss Willa herself, the compendium acts like research material but reads like a journal and cache of personal notes, allowing the reader to revisit the characters and history they so love yet view things in a different way. VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD by Jennifer L. Armentrout with Rayvn Salvador is a must-add addition to the series that any Blood and Ash/F...

 Title: Fourth Wing (Empyrean #1) Author: Rebecca Yarros  Pages: 512 Publisher: Red Tower Books/Raincoast Books Release Date: May 2, 2023 Thank you Macmillan/Entangled/Raincoast Books for the ARC for honest review Summary ( Goodreads ) Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from  USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre:  dragon riders . But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for bei...

  Title: The Hustler Next Door (Polson Falls #2) Author: K.A. Tucker Release Date: January 3, 2023 Buy: Amazon| Kobo *ARC Received for honest review*  Summary ( Goodreads ) From the international bestselling author of The Simple Wild and Ten Tiny Breaths comes a new stand-alone enemies-to-lovers, small-town romance.   Justine MacDermott is in what she would call a transition period: squatting in her best friend’s house and working in an appliance store in Polson Falls while the man she was supposed to marry starts a new life with someone else.  She’s definitely not thinking about slashing his tires and wishing his vital extremities would fall off. When newcomer Garrett Harrington strolls into Murphy’s looking to buy a refrigerator, Justine convinces herself she’s found her rebound. Or the next love of her life. Either works. But a chance encounter leads her to discover that Garrett isn’t who he made himself out to be, and he’s more interested in hustling her kindly ...

Title: A Light in the Flame (Flesh and Fire #2)  Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 570 (kindle)  Publisher: Blue Box Press Release Date: November 15, 2022 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo  * Received an E-ARC from the author for review*  Summary ( Goodreads )  From #1  New York Times  bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book two in her Flesh and Fire series… The only one who can save Sera now is the one she spent her life planning to kill. The truth about Sera’s plan is out, shattering the fragile trust forged between her and Nyktos. Surrounded by those distrustful of her, all Sera has is her duty. She will do anything to end Kolis, the false King of Gods, and his tyrannical rule of Iliseeum, thus stopping the threat he poses to the mortal realm. Nyktos has a plan, though, and as they work together, the last thing they need is the undeniable, scorching passion that continues to ignite between them. Sera cannot afford to fall for the...

 Title: Running Wild (Wild #3)  Author: K.A. Tucker Pages: N/A Genre: Romance  Release Date: January 25, 2022 *Received an ARC for honest review* Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo  Summary ( Goodreads )  From the internationally bestselling author of The Simple Wild comes the story of a woman at a crossroads in her life, struggling between the safe route and the one that will only lead to more heartbreak. Veterinarian Marie Lehr knows unrequited love all too well after pining for her best friend, only to watch him marry another woman. It’s a mistake she will never make again, especially not when she can practically hear the clock ticking on her childbearing years. The trouble is, she can’t seem to find anyone who appeals to her even a fraction as much as that burly bush pilot did. Competitive musher Tyler Brady certainly doesn’t, especially not after the heated altercation with the handsome but arrogant, spiteful man. Or so she thinks. While volunteering at...

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...

  This is all of me. The good, the bad, the used, and the broken… Heartbreakingly beautiful and completely engrossing, A young woman's life takes a disturbing and utterly fascinating turn as the past she's put behind comes back to haunt her.  USED is packed full of twists, turns, and a gripping romance sure to leave readers emotionally spent and asking for more. USED, a brand new standalone romantic suspense from debut author Kate Dunbar, will be releasing on March 8, 2021 on all retailers!  Don’t miss the fantastic cover below, and pre-order your copy today! “USED was amazing. Like  seriously amazing . I can't remember the last time I hated to put a book down so I could go to sleep and then immediately pick it up to finish it the next morning. And yet, here we are and that's what I did.” ~  Samantha Chase, New York Times Bestselling Author “Rarely have I read a book  so vividly described, so rich with emotion , that I felt like I lived it. USED i...

Title: Beach Read Author: Emily Henry Pages: 361 Publisher: Berkley/Penguin Canada Genre : Fiction/Romance Release Date: May 19, 2020  Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo   *I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley for honest review*  Summary ( Goodreads )  A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They're polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block. Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summe...

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: Wild at Heart (Wild #2) Author: K.A. Tucker Pages: 456 Genre: Romance Self- Published Release Date: February 18, 2020 Buy: AmazonCA| Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) From the internationally best-selling author of The Simple Wild comes the continuation of a woman’s journey to Alaska and a life she never imagined for herself. Calla Fletcher returns to Toronto a different person, struggling to find direction and still very much in love with the rugged bush pilot she left behind. When Jonah arrives on her doorstep with a proposition she can’t dismiss, she takes the leap and rushes back to Alaska to begin their exciting future together. But Calla soon learns that even the best intentions can lead to broken promises, and that compromise comes with a hefty price—a log cabin in interior rural Alaska that feels as isolating as the western tundra. With Jonah gone more than he’s home, one neighbor who insists on transforming her into a true Alaskan, and anothe...

Title: Moonlight Scandals (de Vincent #3) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 400 Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal Publisher: Avon Books Release Date: January 29, 2019 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo| Kobo  *Received for review from author/publisher for honest review* Summary ( Goodreads ) It takes a fearless woman to love the most scandalous man alive   in  New York Times  Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s breathtaking novel Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldn’t have foreseen the fateful meeting between two mourners that has brought her so intimately close to the notorious and seductive Devlin de Vincent. Everyone in New Orleans knows he’s heir to a dark family curse that both frightens and enthralls. To the locals, Devlin is the devil. To Rosie, he’s a man who’s stoking her wildest fantasies. When a brutal attack on her friend is linked to the de Vincents, he becomes a mystery she may be risking her life to solve. Devlin knows ...

Read a short sneak peek from chapter two below or grab the full, first two chapters here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/qi0wfckd79 Figures. It was the gorgeous guy I’d seen in the elevator. And here I thought we’d had a little spark. Bennett Fox grinned like he’d already been named my boss and extended his hand. “Welcome to Foster Burnett.” Ugh. He wasn’t just good looking; he knew it, too. “That would be Foster, Burnett and Wren, as of a few weeks ago, right?” I iced my subtle reminder that this was now our place of employment with a smile, sud-denly thankful my parents had made me wear braces until I was nearly sixteen. “Of course.” My new nemesis smiled just as brightly. Appar-ently his parents had sprung for orthodontic care, too. Bennett Fox was also tall. I once read an article that said the average height of a man in the US was five-foot-nine-and-a-half inches; less than fifteen per-cent of men stood taller than six feet. Yet the average height of more th...