Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 01-17-2025

LIVE!! THE FOOTBALL STAR & THE ATTORNEY & THE ONE NIGHT STAND OF SO MUCH MORE...

"...he’s the most famous offensive lineman in the league, and I’m a buttoned-up, ultra-professional lawyer. My dancing days are over, and my carefully controlled life is a mess.

Infertility killed my marriage, or that’s what I told myself. Infertility and a cheating ex. And my inability to get over Garrett Bradford. One reckless night at his little sister’s wedding is only supposed to be a reunion, a trip down memory lane to a time when life was happier.

Six weeks later, I’m staring at a positive pregnancy test wondering, How did this happen?..."

SUPER-BARGAIN!!! AND A READER RECOMMENDATION!

"This devastatingly romantic debut novel about the enduring power of first love, with a shocking, unforgettable ending, is Love Story for a new generation.

...Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated—perhaps they'll find life's meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love..."

Melinda: I don’t know if anyone else has read this but I stumbled upon a fantastic book. 5 big big stars for me and I couldn’t put it down. It’s called “ the light we lost” by Jill santoppolo ive never read anything by this author but it was amazing. I highly recommend it! Has anyone else read it? Best book I’ve read in ages. I think I read it in lees than 12 hours it’s amazing how fast you can read when it’s good.

Amy: What I’m reading NOW though has me completely hooked. It’s called The Light We Lost by Jill Santpolo, and it’s written in the form of the h talking to the H, which I don’t think I’ve ever read before. She’s talking about their past from the time they met. The writing flows perfectly for me, it isn’t over the top in any way, it’s REAL, and the foreshadowing is driving me crazy (in a good way). I don’t know if it’s going to hurt or not, but something big IS coming!

LIVE!! DARK STALKER ROMANCE & IT'S #6 ON ALL OF AMAZON KINDLE RIGHT NOW!

"November 12, 1944. This house holds on to souls for a lifetime. I thought I had given it to my husband when I vowed to love him until the end of time. I lied.

Nothing could have prepared me for the day my phantom appeared outside my window. He was terrifying, yet hypnotizing, and I couldn’t deny my intrigue.

I never intended to fall into a whirlwind romance with my stalker. Especially because he’s so much more than that. A criminal. A mobster. The man who offers me solace from the monster in Parsons Manor. There are many that haunt these halls, yet it’s only my husband I fear."

ONE OF MY CRAZY TWIST FAVORITES EVER!! 5 STARS!!! And it's back in the Amazon TOP 100!! P.S. Here's my 4.5-STAR review.

Paige: My favorite book of 2019 is Perfect Strangers. Loved the twists and turns and the unique way of story telling.

Cindy: ...it was so refreshingly different

Robyn: I finished Perfect Strangers over the weekend and WOW, just WOW! That may be my best book of the year. That ending was everything. I had to go back and reread some parts just to make sure what I was reading was correct. It’s refreshing to be surprised and taken in the opposite direction. It’s been a long time since a book has hit me in the heart like that.

FRIENDSHIP & BETRAYAL!! THEY WERE DUBBED "FIVE GENIUSES" from their teacher, they become best friends...

"...For different reasons, the Five Geniuses join the local engineering college for an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering. Soon the interplay between incidents traps them inextricably in a whirlpool.

Innocent utterances can change lives. How would their lives have turned out if they hadn’t been called the Five Geniuses? Were they geniuses or did they so believe because a set of accidental circumstances conspired to create the impression? These thoughts bother Shiva in his post-Coimbatore existence in Madras. After being providentially spared by the tsunami, almost twenty years after he left Coimbatore, he decides to visit it to check what became of the past with which he severed connections.

Early Indications is a haunting tale of friendship, oppression, disaffection, betrayal, guilt, false dawns, and the impossibility of redemption..."

LIVE!! THE FOOTBALL STAR & THE CHEERLEADER!!

"...A sexy small-town, single dad, friends-to-lovers romance by USA Today bestselling author, Willow Aster

I fell in love with Rhodes Archer the night we met thirteen years ago. We made a pact that night to never cross the just-friends zone. However, Rhodes crossed that line by kissing me recently, and I can’t get over it. I’ve loved him, ached for him, craved him for years, but I've never wanted to ruin what we have.

And now, when I’m a cheerleader for the Colorado Mustangs and he’s their superstar tight end, we’re not even supposed to be in the same room, let alone be together.

But, he is everything to me..."

LIVE!! HOCKEY M/M ROMANCE!!

"...After coming out, he has struggled with his teammates and management, and wishes he’d never done it at all.  With the addition of Remy Stone shaking everything up—both on the ice and off—things start looking up for the first time in years. What starts as a friendship between them, turns into a casual, friends-with-benefits relationship.

Except a casual relationship with a teammate is fraught with complications..."

READER RECOMMENDATION!! NANCY 5-STAR LOVED THIS ONE!

Nancy: Susan Stoker! I am as of now hooked on her Mountain Mercenaries Series! I have two left that I have not read but will get to them for sure! It does feature a different couple in every book, but all of the characters have parts in the story as it is a team. Defending Everly is a Suspense Romance, Action-Packed, Missing Person Drama almost to the end but all's well that ends well.

This was one of my favorites in the books I've read in this series! Matter of fact, my husband read it too!

LIVE!! ARRANGED MAFIA MARRIAGE!!

"...A mafia prince with a killer’s smile and a predator’s gaze. Takeshi Mori doesn’t ask for anything. He takes it. Including me.

Our marriage is a weapon forged in blood, meant to stop a war. But there’s nothing peaceful about my new husband. He’s ruthless chaos incarnate—a Machiavellian psychopath with a thirst for violence. He craves control, but I was born to defy..."

HOLY MOLY THE MAJORITY OF THE BOOKS IN THIS WHOLE SERIES ARE SUPER-BARGAIN PRICED RIGHT NOW!!

There are over 30 books in this series.

SUPER-BARGAIN & IT'S IN THE TOP 25 ON ALL OF AMAZON KINDLE!!

"...a tale of two families, one struggling to do well, one well to do, and one young couple—the privileged daughter of Chicago’s crème de la crème and the son of hard -working Southern peach farmers.

...a funny, sharp, and deeply empathetic novel of two very different worlds—of limousines and pickup trucks, caviars and pigs, skyscrapers and ocean spray—filled with a delightful cast of characters who all have something to hide and a lot to learn...

By Invitation Only is classic Dorothea Benton Frank—a mesmerizing Lowcountry Tale that roars with spirit, humor, and truth, and forces us to reconsider our notions of what it means to be a Have or a Have Not..."

READER RECOMMENDATION!! NANCY LOVED IT... & HOLY MOLY BLURB JOLT!

"...If you had the chance to go back in time and change everything, would you? I did. I met the right guy at the wrong time. He's the biggest name in Rock and Roll. But his history is written, and it doesn’t include me.

Or does it? The problem? I know the day he dies. And it’s fast approaching..."

Nancy: This is a unique story, as I've not read a time travel book in years, but this is a steamy and beautiful romance between an up & coming rock-star from year 1957, and a young beauty that had traveled back in time from year 2009.

...You will want to keep reading once you start.

BOOK BUNDLE!!! SHE'S THE ONE STALKING HIM!!

"Contains both Stalky Romantic Comedies - Slightly Stalky & Slightly Sweaty. Follow Emily & Sebastian through their new romance trainwreck in this money saving pack!

He's the one... He just doesn't know it yet.

A hilarious all-too-real romance for anyone who's ever had a crush - from Wall Street Journal & USA TODAY bestselling author Amy Vansant."

THE CRIME LORD & THE NEWLY SINGLE BARTENDER...

"...I’m at work one night when he walks inside—the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. He sits at the bar and a forest fire burns between us. I was depressed the moment before he entered, but the second I look at his blue eyes, I forget the dumpster fire that my life has become. I invite him back to my place and it’s the most passionate night of my life. I expect to never see him again.

I just want him as an anti-depressant—but he wants me all to himself..."

SECOND CHANCE SPORTS ROMANCE!!

"A small-town, accidental pregnancy, sports romance.

We promised our love was forever. A decade later, two little blue lines might settle the score."

DARK STALKER ROMANCE!!

"The married woman of the manor. The stranger outside. An intoxicating novel of dark temptation and dangerous desire by the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Cat and Mouse Duet."