Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 10-18-2024

JUST WENT LIVE!! AND IT'S #27 IN AMAZON'S TOP 100!!! DARK MAFIA ROMANCE...

"...I'm trapped by a beautiful psychopath. A devil with a soul as black as his heart. Mal Ulstäd is seductive brutality wrapped in sinister allure. And he knows what I did.  He knows my family destroyed his. Now he won't stop, no matter how fast or how far I run.

They say fairytales are just pretend. But monsters? Those are real. And they never, ever let go..."

#11 ON AMAZON'S TOP 100!!! HE'S IN LOVE WITH HIS MAID!!

"...He’s a billionaire Duke, he owns a good ten per cent of the UK, and he’s been voted Britain's Sexiest Aristocrat, but Oliver Harding still doesn’t know what to do about the massive crush he has on his cleaner. Lottie’s clumsy and really crap at her job, but her laugh is infectious, her smile lights up the room, she’s insanely good at chess, and he can’t stop thinking about her.

Aware of the power imbalance, he sets out to make her his, and he thinks he’s getting somewhere until she seriously betrays his trust. So now he tells himself he hates her, and he makes sure everyone knows it..."

THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM TOGETHER. READER RECOMMENDATION!!! WE LOVE THIS AUTHOR & holy moly that cover!!

"...It all started with an unexpected phone call. Two years after my fiancé passed away in an accident, his father died suddenly, leaving Brad’s adult, special-needs brother with no one to care for him.

The next thing I knew, I was on a cross-country drive to New Hampshire where I’d be moving in to look after Scottie until I could get him into a group home. The last thing I ever expected? I wouldn’t be taking care of him alone. Josh Mathers, my fiancé’s best friend—who also happened to be my sworn enemy—insisted he was the better person for the job..."

Nancy: My 5* Review - COULD NEVER by Penelope Ward a forbidden, enemies-to-lovers romance that will make you cry and laugh, and a worried mess at how it is going to end. It's kept me up late reading and I do like my sleep!

I did like how it ended after all! If you're a fan of slow-burn romances, then this is for you! Al's well that ends well!

LIVE!! HOCKEY STAR ROMANCE!! SHE'S WRITING A HOCKEY ROMANCE BOOK & HE NEEDS A NANNY...

"...As a single father, I often feel like the weight of the world sits on my shoulders. When my daughter’s nanny gives me her two weeks’ notice, I’m sweating bullets. Fear that my NHL season with the New England Bay Sharks could be derailed consumes me.

Finding a replacement seems impossible when, suddenly, Maci McKenzie—a struggling author who’s running from some deep, dark secret in her past—steps into the picture. She needs a change of scenery to help her write, and I just need someone who isn’t a complete weirdo to watch my kid when I’m not around..."

READER RECOMMENDATION!! NANCY LOVED IT! A STRANGER THAT SHE CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IS NOW HER BOSS...

"...Five years ago, I nearly lost everything. But there was a glimmer of hope on that darkest night. There was him—a stranger I could never forget.

Now, I’m finally getting the fresh start I’ve longed for. But when I show up to interview for a nanny position in the small mountain town, the single dad has startlingly familiar blue eyes..."

Nancy: ASHES OF YOU by Catherine Cowles was so good and sorry I haven't read it sooner. My 5* Review is below! It has parts that are dark, but with all my triggers, I was able to manage reading it. KINDLE UNLIMITED, too! ...The characters of Lawson Hartley & Hallie Astor a couple that were perfect for each other. Plus, just what his three boys need as close to a substitute mom as they could get...

JUST WENT LIVE & IT'S ALREADY IN AMAZON'S TOP 10!!! SHE'S ON THE RUN FROM A KILLER...

"...when I walk into Hard Burn—the best gym in New Orleans—desperate to learn how to fight, I discover my stranger is none other than Beauden Fury.

When Beau discovers I’m being hunted, I see the true depth of his protective streak. He gives me a job, and says he’ll train me to protect myself. But he also makes it clear that he thinks I’m too young, too vulnerable, and too nice for him.

Now we’re spending hours together, side by side, and it’s hard to remember that I can’t let myself get too close..."

#5 ON ALL AMAZON KINDLE RIGHT NOW!! SHE HAS TO CLEAN UP THEIR MESS!

"...Royal King is pure mischief wrapped in a cocky smirk and a heated stare.

Five minutes in his small town and I knew he was going to be nothing but trouble. He’s an arrogant, tattooed playboy with a secret, and I’m the woman tasked with quietly cleaning up his family’s mess.

I never dreamed he could be the mysterious stranger behind my hidden, late-night messages. It doesn’t matter what he says or how hard he tries to get under my skin. I won’t break. Not for him. Not for anyone. But when our secrets are exposed, all bets are off..."

#2 ON AMAZON'S TOP 100 RIGHT NOW!! ALMOST #1!!! SMALL TOWN ROMANCE ALERT!! HE'S HER SECRET CRUSH... and now she's pregnant by him!

"...My first day in Montana, I got into a tug-of-war over a grocery store shopping cart. The most handsome man I’d ever seen broke up the scuffle before he asked me on a date. I was seconds away from accepting but then he told me his name.

As an owner of the Haven River Ranch, Jax Haven wasn’t my boss. But he wasn’t not my boss either.

Obviously, my only option was to turn him down, scurry away, then pretend like he was a stranger on my first day of work. And obviously, I could never, ever admit that he was my secret crush..."

LIVE!! FANTASY ROMANCE!! MUST BE READ IN ORDER...

"...The Kingdom of Flames and Ash is a royal fae romantasy that includes betrayal, morally gray characters, enemies-to-lovers, villain gets the girl, political intrigue, who did this to you, and touch her and unalive. One-click this story today..."

READER RECOMMENDATION!! T.L. SWAN'S LATEST IS IS IN AMAZON'S TOP 20 RIGHT NOW!!! HER PLAYER NEIGHBOR BECOMES HER WINGMAN...

"...the king of red flags himself? Blake Grayson—neighbor, friend, mischief maker, and player extraordinaire.

He knows how to spot a playboy from a mile away. He is the prime example, after all. So when he offers to help me avoid Mr. Wrong by sharing what to look for, I have no choice but to take him up on it.

We start a game. He will become my wingman, and I’ll become his. He coaches me through my singledom, while I go on his journey of play. We double-date, eat ice cream at midnight, and laugh. Boy, do we laugh…

But while I watch every woman he meets fall madly in love with him, I stumble across a major problem: I know exactly why they fall..."

Nancy: This is really popular! I like her writing! MY RULES by T L Swan. It's a story with humor and sad parts too. It might be a slow-burn that ends up being very steamy. You will laugh and you will be angry.

Blake Grayson is a neighbor, friend and so much more. Rebecca Dalton is the neighbor next-door. Her husband is a cheater and a loser in my humble opinion. So, she is literally a mess. Blake & Rebecca are next-door neighbors and friends, but both have the hots for each other and finally realize that they are good together... 

LIVE!!! FANTASY ROMANCE!!

"“Mine!” he growls in the throes of passion.

“Are you mine too?” I challenge him.

Before he can promise anything, his betrothed shows up at his door.

The demon queen is pushing for a final claim on him, and a war unlike any other rages between us.

I don’t stay down, but when she brings in Barbie 2.0, an upgraded version of me, to tempt him, to replace me—

Everything crumbles around me."