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Stacking The Shelves (26)

February 18, 2023 Leave a Comment

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves – which can be physical or virtual. Meaning, it can include books bought from stores or online, library books, borrowed books, and so on.

Click HERE to view all my ‘Stacking The Shelves’ posts.

On My Shelves

What’s on your shelf this week?

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First Line Friday (6)

February 17, 2023 Leave a Comment

First Line Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading is my Superpower. Like the title suggests, you share the first line of the book you’re currently reading.

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First line: It had been a rough year. After mom died, I just couldn’t handle it, thus the suicide attempt.

Title: Dirty Tricks (Bullies of Brentmoor Academy #1-4)

Author: Ryan Ramsay

Genre: Contemproary Romance, Reverse Harem

Read the entire series that Amazon reviewers have described as being “well written,” “very entertaining,” with “great characters,” “lots of surprises,” and steam so hot that it’s like “a bunch of chili peppers!” -From reviews by Amazon Users ILikeBooksBest, Amber Johnson and Kindle Customer.

Brentmoor Academy is where ultra-rich kids go. And now, to my surprise, it’s where I go too, thanks to surprise tuition the celebrity father I just found out I have sent me after my mother died. I thought dealing with grief was enough to nearly kill me. But now I also have to deal with the most popular and elite students who make up Brentmoor’s infamous “Council” relentlessly bullying me because they don’t think a poor girl like me belongs here, no matter who my father is.

But three of the Council guys are hot, and I swear they have a crush on me. Scruffy but studly Sebastian is a rebel from old money, nerdy-cool Braxton didn’t even need his billionaire dad to get him in because his grades were so stellar on their own, and handsome Harrison is the musical bad boy son of a rock and roll star.

These three guys might look down their noses at me, but I can’t help noticing that they’re staring at my curves while they do it. And even though they kind of take part in the cruel jokes, it seems to be in a teasing way. Or is it that they’re even trying to help me?

It’s hard to know what’s really going on since Brentmoor and its elite lifestyle are like a whole new world to me and I’m not part of these guys’ inner circle. But it starts to become abundantly clear that they want to be in my, um… inner circle… all three of them, at once, in fact.

I decide to use one of them to get back at the rest of the members of the Council, especially the mercilessly catty female students. But it’s hard to decide which one of the three guys to choose, and from the way they’re all fawning over me together, I’m starting to wonder if I even have to.

Am I doomed to live alone in the hell that is Brentmoor forever?
Or can I get revenge, pleasure and maybe even love, with 3 bad boy bullies at once?

This box set contains the complete Bullies of Brentmoor series: Dirty Deeds, Dirty Secrets, Dirty Lies and Dirty Love. Note: These books are about three damaged alpha males and the feisty, curvy female student who stands up to them until they’re all on their knees begging to please her! The set contains mature language and scenes, including high heat steam, and potential triggers related to bullying. Although there are some cliffhangers in the individual books, everything is resolved by the end of this complete series collection, for your binge-reading pleasure.

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Waiting on Wednesday (83)

February 15, 2023 10 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme that was previously hosted by Jill from Breaking The Spine that spotlights upcoming releases bloggers are eagerley anticipating. These can be debut novels, sequels, eBooks,…as long as they aren’t released yet. It is currently being continued in Can’t Wait Wednesday over on Wishful Endings.

Click HERE to view all my ‘Waiting on Wednesday‘ posts.

I’m waiting for…

Title: Court of the Undying Seasons

Author: A.M. Strickland

Genre: Fantasy, YA, Vampires, LGTBQ

Release Date: May 16, 2023

Sarah J. Maas meets A Deadly Education in A.M. Strickland’s lush, queer YA dark fantasy novel.

In becoming a vampire, I’m less than a girl. And more.
Or maybe I’m becoming what I always have been, deep inside.
A blade.

When nineteen-year-old Fin volunteers to take her secret love’s place in their village’s Finding, she is terrified. Those who are chosen at the Finding are whisked away to Castle Courtsheart, a vampire school where human students either succeed and become vampires, fail and spend the rest of their lives as human thralls…or they don’t survive long enough to become either.

Fin is determined to forge a different path: learn how to kill the undead and get revenge for her mother, who was taken by the vampires years ago. But Courtsheart is as captivating as it is deadly, and Fin is quickly swept up in her new world and its inhabitants – particularly Gavron, her handsome and hostile vampire maker, whose blood is nothing short of intoxicating. As Fin begins to discover new aspects of her own identity and test her newfound powers, she stumbles across a string of murders that may be connected to a larger ritual – one with potentially lethal consequences for vampires and humans alike. Fin must uncover the truth and find the killer before she loses her life…or betrays her own heart.

Court of the Undying Seasons is a deliciously dark romantic novel and a pitch perfect modern take on classic vampire tropes.

“With brutal romance, vicious stakes, and a twisty mystery, Court of The Undying Seasons takes everything we love about vampires and cranks it to a whole new level.” —Hannah Whitten, author of For the Wolf and For the Throne.

What are you waiting for this week?

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Teaser Tuesdays (92)

February 14, 2023 Leave a Comment

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by The Purple Booker. In this meme, we grab our current read, open it to a random page and share two teaser sentences from somewhere on that page with our readers.

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Since today is Valentine’s Day, I wanted to choose a romantic teaser for the occassion. Don’t judge a book by its cover or title for this one, by the way. From the book cover, I thought this would be horror, but it’s paranormal romance. And I figured it would have something to do with ghosts, but that’s not the case either.

Anyway, here is the teaser:

“Are you that stubborn, you’d risk someone else’s life to argue instead?” That came out more as a whisper because something was compelling me to get closer to her.

More than anything, I wanted to kiss her stubborn mouth stupid.

~ Housed by Haunts (Cursed in Secrets #1) by Ashley Amy

What’s your teaser for this week?

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Stacking The Shelves (25)

February 11, 2023 Leave a Comment

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves – which can be physical or virtual. Meaning, it can include books bought from stores or online, library books, borrowed books, and so on.

Click HERE to view all my ‘Stacking The Shelves’ posts.

On My Shelves

What’s on your shelf this week?

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First Line Friday (5)

February 10, 2023 7 Comments

First Line Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading is my Superpower. Like the title suggests, you share the first line of the book you’re currently reading.

Click HERE to see all my ‘First Line Friday‘ posts.

First line: She can hear him calling her name, but the last thing she wants is another argument.

Title: Ghosts of the River Thames

Author: Amy Cross

Genre: Horror, Ghosts

When she travels to London in search of her sister, Katie quickly finds herself drawn into the city’s dark underbelly. Soon she’s living in a strange, derelict old house, where a strange man keeps watch over a group of undead girls.

Meanwhile, her sister Rachel is trapped in a nightmare of her own. Relentlessly reliving her own murder over and over again, Rachel sets out to discover the truth about how she really died. Before long, however, she realizes that she’s caught up in a much greater, much more dangerous plot that threatens not only London, but the whole world.

Originally published as The Ghosts of London, Ghosts of the River Thames is the first book in the Robinson Chronicles series, about a dark forces awakening beneath the streets of one of the world’s oldest cities.

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Waiting on Wednesday (82)

February 8, 2023 Leave a Comment

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme that was previously hosted by Jill from Breaking The Spine that spotlights upcoming releases bloggers are eagerley anticipating. These can be debut novels, sequels, eBooks,…as long as they aren’t released yet. It is currently being continued in Can’t Wait Wednesday over on Wishful Endings.

Click HERE to view all my ‘Waiting on Wednesday‘ posts.

I’m waiting for…

Title: A House with Good Bones

Author: T. Kingfisher

Genre: Horror, Gothic, Fantasy

Release Date: March 28, 2023

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family.

“Mom seems off.”

Her brother’s words echo in Sam Montgomery’s ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone.

She brushes the thought away as she climbs the front steps. Sam’s excited for this rare extended visit, and looking forward to nights with just the two of them, drinking boxed wine, watching murder mystery shows, and guessing who the killer is long before the characters figure it out.

But stepping inside, she quickly realizes home isn’t what it used to be. Gone is the warm, cluttered charm her mom is known for; now the walls are painted a sterile white. Her mom jumps at the smallest noises and looks over her shoulder even when she’s the only person in the room. And when Sam steps out back to clear her head, she finds a jar of teeth hidden beneath the magazine-worthy rose bushes, and vultures are circling the garden from above.

To find out what’s got her mom so frightened in her own home, Sam will go digging for the truth. But some secrets are better left buried.

What are you waiting for this week?

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Teaser Tuesdays (91)

February 7, 2023 2 Comments

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by The Purple Booker. In this meme, we grab our current read, open it to a random page and share two teaser sentences from somewhere on that page with our readers.

Click HERE to view all my ‘Teaser Tuesdays‘ posts.

Here is my teaser:

Every story is a ghost story. All houses are haunted houses; each person is the spectre at their own feast, the wraith dogging their own footsteps.

~ A Good House for Children by Kate Collins

What’s your teaser for this week?

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (136)

February 6, 2023 15 Comments

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by BookDate. It’s where book bloggers gather to talk about what books they read and reviewed last week, what books they’re currently reading and what books they’re planning to read. This is a great way for me to plan my reading week, and to take a sneak peek at what others are reading.

It’s been ages since I participated in any of these weekly features, but one of my goals in 2023 is to post more often, so here we are…

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Finished Reading

Reading Next

What are you reading this week?

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The Sunday Post (4)

February 5, 2023 1 Comment

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.

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Last Week On The Blog

Next Week On The Blog

  • Book Review: The Haunting of Highdown Hall (Psychic Surveys Book #1) by Shani Struthers – book review
  • It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (136) – feature
  • Teaser Tuesdays (91) – feature
  • Waiting on Wednesday (82) – feature
  • Book Review: The Haunting of Nelson Street (The Ghosts of Crowford Book #1) by Amy Cross – book review
  • First Line Friday (5) – feature
  • Stacking The Shelves (25) – feature

What I’m Watching

I’m watching Lockwood & Co. Absolutely loving it so far! I read the books a few years ago and devoured them from start to finish, so I was thrilled about the TV series but I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Netflix often is a hit or miss, but for me, so far, this is a definite hit!

What I’m Crafting

Before my baby, Seraphyn (who is now four months old….time flies!) was born, I had bought a kit to craft a nightlight featuring the Disney Princess Cinderella with string art as decoration. The kit is supposedly for kids but either I’m a complete idiot, but this was a lot tougher than it seemed to be. The instructions were also really unclear. Quite frankly, I don’t recommend it for kids at all. Even for adults, it’s a struggle.

Luckily, I didn’t pay that much for it – like 1 EUR or something. But online, you can purchase it as well and it’s a lot more expensive, about 15 EUR. I definitely don’t recommend doing that. The material is cheap, you don’t even get a nice frame for around it, and it just isn’t worth that price. I’m not even sure I’ll display it in Seraphyn’s room (like I initially intended when buying it) although for the amoutn of work I’ve had trying to piece it together, I might as well…

You can read a more detailed post about this kit on my author blog.

What I’m Writing

This week I didn’t write anything because I’ve been too focused on my new release. Yaaaaaay!

The updated, much longer (600 plus pages in paperback…yikes) version of See All Evil is now available on Amazon!

Title: See All Evil (Academy for the Wicked #1)

Genre: New Adult, Reverse Harem, Paranormal Romance

Purchase: Amazon

On my eighteenth birthday, my demon-possessed mother told me I was invited to join the Academy for the Wicked.

Hours later, the diner I worked at was overrun by creatures that shouldn’t exist. Alec, a warlock, who appeared out of thin air and made a glass levitate – which is probably the least of his powers. A demon named Christian, the culprit behind my mother’s zombie-like episode this morning. Damian, a vampire who promptly killed my manager; Tristan, a fearsome necromancer; and the most mysterious one of them all, a mesmer called Ronan.

All of them swore they would protect me from the nightmare that has haunted me for years: the red room, the throne of blood, the Queen of Maggots, especially now the Queen of Maggots is no longer confined to the world of dreams…

With five gorgeous guys eager to protect me, I should feel safe, but the Academy is a deadly trap. The teachers and students are all keeping secrets, and I’m not sure if I belong here.

To survive my first semester at the Academy of the Wicked, I will need to figure out who and what I truly am, and why the Queen of Maggots wants me dead…

 

What I’m Playing

No board games this week, but I’m playing the Sims 4 again, thanks to this nifty new expansion (well, new… it’s been out for a few months, but thanks to the birth of my sweet baby girl, Seraphyn, I didn’t really have time to play videogames anymore).

This expansion is perfect for the Sims 4 story I started writing last year (and then put on a hiatus after episode 18… but I’m working on reviving it): Josie, The Vampire Slayer. Since a lot of scenes from this story take place in high school, during school hours, I had to use Mods and what-not to take suitable pictures, but with this new expansion, I don’t need to do all that anymore, which makes it soooo much easier.

What have you been up to this week?

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