Book Review: The Darkest Joy, by Marata Eros

Review by: Rachel Gonzales Marata Eros is the author of over seventy titles, including the New York Times bestseller A Terrible Love and the Token series. Her novels cover a variety of genres, including erotica, fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and suspense. The Darkest Joy, published...

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Book Review and GIVEAWAY: From Scratch, by Rachel Goodman {ends 8/3}

Sighing, I lean my head back and soak up the sun filtering through the overhang of branches, thinking of all the times Nick patched me up when I was hurt. Even now, the faded scars and slight imperfections covering my body tell secret stories of all the knife cuts he bandaged,...

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Book Review and GIVEAWAY: Those Secrets We Keep, by Emily Liebert {ends 8/1}

Sometimes it was hard to separate Hillary the friend from Hillary the family counselor. Was she analyzing Sloane's every word? Her every expression? Was she judging her for being sent into a tailspin over running into an ex-boyfriend? Hillary had a front-row seat to witness...

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Book Review: The Lost Concerto, by Helaine Mario

Once more he thought about the Bright Angel file locked in his briefcase and the woman code named Concerto. Magdalena O'Shea. Add in Zachary Law. Victor Orsini. What connected all of the players? What was the one thing they all had in common? Sofia Orsini? No. Education? No....

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Quick Pick & GIVEAWAY: Hope Out Loud, by Kristina Riggle {ends 7/25}

Opening lines: The handwriting on the postcard is spiky and jerky, as if someone were trying to yank it away from my father before he finished what he had to say.  Reason I picked up the book: I love all of Riggle's other books - I actually had the chance to go...

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Book Review: Maybe in Another Life, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Will we or won't we? and If I let him take me home, will it mean more to me than it means to him? I look at Ethan and then I look at Gabby. Life is long and full of an infinite number of decisions. I have to think that the small ones don't matter, that I'll end up where...

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GIVEAWAY: Mama's Boy, by ReShonda Tate Billingsley {ends 7/22}

Mama's Boy was just released on July 7th (check back later for my review) and I have a chance for you to win a copy! ABOUT THE BOOK: When her son is in trouble, a heartbroken mother finds the courage and faith to save him, in ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s powerful family...

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GIVEAWAY: Calm Like Home, by Kaisa Clark {1 e-book, ends 7/19}

Calm Like Home releases on July 15th, and you can win yourself an ebook copy here! Official synopsis:Alexa Clausen has never fallen. She’s never soared. She’s lived her entire life floating midway between passion and despondency, never experiencing those extremes....

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GIVEAWAY: paperback copy of Toxic, by Kim Karr {ends 7/17}

Kim Karr's newest novel, Toxic, hit stores yesterday (7/7) and you can win yourself a copy here! Official synopsis: Phoebe St. Claire is beautiful, privileged, hard-working...and the heiress to a failing hotel empire. Determined to save her family's legacy, Phoebe is all business...

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Book Review and GIVEAWAY: The Coincidence of Coconut Cake, by Amy E. Reichert {ends 7/13}

She wondered if Al would call. That caused her stomach to do a flip; a drunken, sloppy flip, but a flip nonetheless. She vowed not to discuss work or jobs with him. He'd be her escape from reality. Never mind that her lungs had stopped when he'd caught her and her hands itched...

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Book Review and GIVEAWAY: Chasing River, by K.A. Tucker (Burying Water #3)

I wander over to the rail and gaze out on the stretch of water that cuts through the heart of Dublin, watching the tiny ripples dance along the surface, and consider my next move. This is, after all, part of why I took this trip in the first place. To experience life...

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Book Review: The Vanishing Season, by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Unable to sleep, she peered out into the dark yard. Across the field yellow light from the white house’s windows shone through the rain, giving off a comforting sense of safety and the feeling that something else was out there in the world besides just her and her parents. Maggie...

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