Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 04-18-2025

LIVE!! SERIES FINALE!!

"Princess of Vengeance is the explosive final book in the Pretty Ruthless Monsters series.

Note: The blurb below contains spoilers for the previous books.

So I'd HIGHLY recommend not reading it until you've finished reading the first three books in the series. You've been warned!"

LIVE & ALREADY IN AMAZON'S TOP 20!! NOW HE'S HER BOSS & HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR SECRET BABY...

"There are many ways to reunite with a former flame.

Walking into his office as his newest employee, fainting at his feet, and then having him discover you've been hiding his child for seven years is probably not recommended by relationship experts. Yet here we are...."

LIVE!! PARANORMAL ANGEL ROMANCE!!

"...Madeline has lived a tough life, but nothing prepared her for being kidnapped and thrust into the unknown dimension of OneWorld where she is tortured by a white-eyed monster. Dominion, the Immortal black-winged assassin of the OneCreator, rescues her.

As their paths intertwine, Madeline grapples with newfound powers and her unexpected evolution while Dom comes to terms with his guilt from an event in his past. Theirs is a tale of twists and turns, doubt, forbidden love, forgiveness, and conflict that threatens the existence of OneWorld..."

LIVE!! HOCKEY M/M ROMANCE

"...I'm the bastard, banished from Manhattan, and forbidden from my dream of playing college hockey for the Gods because no one can find out about me. But now Dad's dead and guess who's in the will?

So my dream of playing for the Gods can finally come true, but I have to find my place in my half brother's shadow while dealing with my rival Teddy, who's been a thorn in my side since juniors.

He’s cocky, infuriating, and the biggest himbo I’ve ever met. Half the time I think he hates me. But it all comes out after a drunken night and now I can’t get him out of my head..."

YOUNG ADULT TIME TRAVEL!! HE'S TRYING TO RECONNECT WITH HIS MOTHER...

"...The past isn't just a memory... It's a trap.

When Carter sets out to reconnect with his dying mother, he never expects to arrive at her house years before he was born. Stuck in the past with nothing but his car, a bag of clothes, and a barely working iPhone, Carter faces an impossible question: how did he get here—and how can he get back?

Time is slipping through his fingers, and every moment spent in the past pulls him further from the future he’s desperate to return to. Caught between what was and what could be, Carter begins to question if time is something you can outrun…or if it’s already run out..."

LIVE!! SHE HAS TO PICK A MATE FAST!

"...I accidentally screwed the Alpha’s brother—and not the one whose wolf is determined I’m his mate.  It’s caused just as many problems as you would think. And now I have to pick a mate. Fast.

Hunter won’t be free from his wolf's obsession with me until I seal a mate bond with someone else. But that would require having feelings for someone else. It doesn’t help that I have a stalker threatening me, either..."

JODI PICOULT SUPER-BARGAIN!!

It’s listed as a psych-thriller? Lonely woman befriends an elderly man, and one day he confesses a shameful secret to her…”…and asks Sage for an extraordinary favor. If she says yes, she faces not only moral repercussions, but potentially legal ones as well.”

Taylor: Read it…it’s soooooo good! This is one of my all-time favorite reads! Such a great book!

Val: This is a great book!

Sarah: LOVED…one of my favorites!!!!

Maryse: I one-clicked it!!

Leeann: Lol! Me too, they convinced me.

Estrella: I love pretty much anything by Jodi Picoult, but I especially loved The Storyteller.

THE #1 BOOK ON ALL OF AMAZON KINDLE RIGHT NOW! THE LATEST BY MEGHAN QUINN! MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE TO HER BOSS

"...Hudson volunteers Sloane to fill in as a bridesmaid for a potential client, and she agrees…with certain stipulations. She’ll be a part of the Regency wedding—corset and all—if Hudson marries her. Sloane knows the value of the trade: he needs her to get into a high-society club to help secure his business deal, and she could use a down payment to secure her childhood home in return.

It’s an instant no from Hudson at first, but when she convinces him that no one will find out, including her brother, and points out how he will benefit from the marriage too…well, Hudson might just find himself saying “I do.”.."

LIVE!! M/M ROMANCE!!

"Asa and Dex’s story is an opposites attract stepbrother romance between a jock and a nerd who can’t keep things in the business zone. You can expect dislike to friends to lovers, hurt/comfort, found family, online spicy times, reluctant roommates, some snark, lots of heat, and all the feels as these two men realize that sometimes the person you need is someone you shouldn’t want.

It is book 4 in my Legacy Mechanics series but can be read as a standalone."

LIVE!! NEWLY DIVORCED & STARTING OVER

"...Sable Nees has spent her whole married life being a doormat and blending into the background. When her husband leaves her for a younger woman, she reclaims her confidence. She buys a local bar, ditches her mundane job, and starts living her life on her terms.

Heath Falkner, freshly divorced, is still navigating his new normal. His ex-wife may have orchestrated his move to her hometown of Aspen, hoping for a second chance, but it’s Sable who unexpectedly captures his heart..."

LIVE!! URBAN FANTASY SERIES CONCLUSION!!

"Queen of the Crossroads Lorelei Clay has the fight of her life ahead of her in this final, must-read installment of the bestselling urban fantasy series.

Lorelei never believed she would have a place to call home. She’d grown accustomed to hiding, to putting up walls and avoiding interaction with the world around her.

Until Fairhaven..."

LIVE!! VIGILANTE THRILLER!!

"Hell Hath No Fury is a spicy, suspenseful interconnected standalone within the Ends World. It is the story of Lilith and Antonio, and will include second chance, later-in-life, found family, bonded by trauma, trauma redemption, vigilante f**kery shenanigans."

SUPER-BARGAIN!! LOVE AFTER LOSS WITH A SPORTS STAR! SHE LOST HER HUSBAND...

"...To escape her anguish, Davina throws everything into work, pushing Golden Oil Co., her self-built skin care line, to become a viral success. Now she’s poised to clinch a major endorsement deal too. But it’s bittersweet without Lew by her side.

A meeting with Deke Bishop, the hot NBA star she’s courting for her brand, leaves Davina flustered..."

LIVE!! HISTORICAL ROMANCE!!

"...As a child, Lady Margery Barret knew loneliness intimately. The only friends she was allowed were picked by her parents. Her brother did all he could to shield her, but now, on the marriage mart, with her parents long gone, she wants love and family and affection. Lord Nestor Briarwood has the kindest family she's ever known.

And whenever he walks into a room, she cannot deny the love she feels for him and his bright view of the world. When he offers to marry her, she can’t resist. But deep in her heart, she fears that society is right. He has picked her out of pity, and she will never know true love..."

LIVE!! MAFIA ROMANCE!! HE WAS MARRIED TO HER SISTER...

"...I'm the only one standing between her and those who want her dead.

I was married to her sister—a woman who died in the crossfire of my Russian mafia world. To her, I'm nothing but a monster with blood-stained hands. She doesn't see they're the same hands keeping her alive. She's fled from me repeatedly, each escape bringing her closer to the enemies hunting us both.

The hatred burning in her eyes only matches the forbidden heat igniting between us. The rival bratva won't stop until she's eliminated. My solution? Make her mine—a marriage placing her untouchably under my protection..."

LIVE!! PARANORMAL FAKE MARRIAGE!

"...She wanted a quiet winter. Instead, she got snowed in with a fake husband — and real feelings she never saw coming.

Mallory Gale is a storm witch with a reclusive streak, perfectly content hiding in her cliffside home with a cup of tea and her grief. But when a blizzard traps her on the wrong side of a collapsed bridge, she finds herself stuck at the Hearthstone Inn with nowhere to go and no desire to be around people.

Enter Kieran Striker: inn owner, tiger shifter, and very much in need of a wife… or at least the appearance of one. To save his business and fend off a rival's sabotage, Kieran makes a wild proposal — pretend to be his bride until the storm passes..."

URBAN FANTASY SERIES FINALE!

Queen of the Crossroads Lorelei Clay has the fight of her life ahead of her in this final, must-listen installment of the bestselling urban fantasy series.