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Amazon First Reads August 2021

I know I only just managed to decide which Amazon First Reads for July book I was going to download, and a day later its time to choose what book I want to download for August. Also this August we have a choice of ten books. I have no idea which book I’ll choose as a couple of books have caught my eye.

This months choices are:

Thriller

All Our Darkest Secrets by Martyn Ford, Pages: 395, Publication Date: 1 September 2021

Synopsis: He’d do anything to protect his wife. But what if that meant making the biggest mistake of all?

James Casper is one of the good guys. A DEA agent. A loyal husband. With his sights set on the man at the top of the city’s opioid crisis, James is about to make the biggest bust of his career.

Then his beloved wife Rosie does something terrible, and James must choose: report it—or help her. He knows how this works, and he tells himself he’s smart enough to get away with murder. But James’s worst enemy knows what they have done—and he won’t hesitate to use it to manipulate him.

James is dragged into a dark and dangerous world. As events spiral and loyalties are tested, he realizes there’s only one way out. And that is to be even more ruthless than the people he’s working for.

Whatever happens, no matter how far he falls, at least he’ll still have Rosie.

Won’t he?

Historical Fiction

What Passes as Love by Trisha R Thomas, Pages: 325, Publication Date: 1 September 2021

Synopsis: A young woman pays a devastating price for freedom in this heartrending and breathtaking novel of the nineteenth-century South.

1850. I was six years old the day Lewis Holt came to take me away.

Born into slavery, Dahlia never knew her mother—or what happened to her. When Dahlia’s father, the owner of Vesterville plantation, takes her to work in his home as a servant, she’s desperately lonely. Forced to leave behind her best friend, Bo, she lives in a world between black and white, belonging to neither.

Ten years later, Dahlia meets Timothy Ross, an Englishman in need of a wife. Reinventing herself as Lily Dove, Dahlia allows Timothy to believe she’s white, with no family to speak of, and agrees to marry him. She knows the danger of being found out. She also knows she’ll never have this chance at freedom again.

Ensconced in the Ross mansion, Dahlia soon finds herself held captive in a different way—as the dutiful wife of a young man who has set his sights on a political future. But when Bo arrives on the estate in shackles, Dahlia decides to risk everything to save his life. With suspicions of her true identity growing and a bounty hunter not far behind, Dahlia must act fast or pay a devastating price.

Historical Mystery

A Quiet Place to Kill by N R Daws, Pages: 383, Publication Date: 1 September 2021

Synopsis: In this tense thriller set on a WW2 airbase, a female pilot faces danger in the sky—and a murderer on the ground.

July 1940. As the Battle of Britain begins, the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary carry out the dangerous task of ferrying warplanes to RAF airbases. But for the ATA detachment sent to the base at Scotney, it’s not only in the skies that they’re a target—it seems a killer is stalking them on the ground…

On the day pilot Lizzie Hayes arrives in the quiet village, one of her new comrades is found murdered. One of the few women in Britain with a psychology PhD, Lizzie thinks she can use her skills to help identify the killer among the military staff and local villagers, but DI Jonathan Kember isn’t convinced. When a second pilot is murdered, Lizzie’s profile of the killer comes into sharper focus—attracting anonymous threats against her own life.

With Kember’s investigation stalling and events at the airbase becoming ever more sinister, Lizzie’s talents are given a chance. But can she and the still-sceptical Kember work together to find the killer before Lizzie becomes the next victim?

Contemporary Romance

The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi, Pages: 365, Publication Date: 1 September 2021

Synopsis: In this delightfully modern spin on Pride and Prejudice, love is a goal, marriage is a distant option, and self-discovery is a sure thing.

Welcome to Bennet House, the only all-women’s dorm at prestigious Longbourn University, home to three close friends who are about to have an eventful year. EJ is an ambitious Black engineering student. Her best friend, Jamie, is a newly out trans woman studying French and theatre. Tessa is a Filipina astronomy major with guy trouble. For them, Bennet House is more than a residence—it’s an oasis of feminism, femininity, and enlightenment. But as great as Longbourn is for academics, EJ knows it can be a wretched place to find love.

Yet the fall season is young and brimming with surprising possibilities. Jamie’s prospect is Lee Gregory, son of a Hollywood producer and a gentleman so charming he practically sparkles. That leaves EJ with Lee’s arrogant best friend, Will. For Jamie’s sake, EJ must put up with the disagreeable, distressingly handsome, not quite famous TV actor for as long as she can.

What of it? EJ has her eyes on a bigger prize, anyway: launching a spectacular engineering career in the “real world” she’s been hearing so much about. But what happens when all their lives become entwined in ways no one could have predicted—and EJ finds herself drawn to a man who’s not exactly a perfect fit for the future she has planned?

Suspense

These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall, Pages: 415, Publication Date: 1 September 2021

Synopsis: A dead woman’s cherished trinkets become pieces to a terrifying puzzle.

Mickie Lambert creates “digital scrapbooks” for clients, ensuring that precious souvenirs aren’t forgotten or lost. When her latest client, Nadia Denham, a curio shop owner, dies from an apparent suicide, Mickie honors the old woman’s last wish and begins curating her peculiar objets d’art. A music box, a hair clip, a key chain—twelve mementos in all that must have meant so much to Nadia, who collected them on her flea market scavenges across the country.

But these tokens mean a lot to someone else, too. Mickie has been receiving threatening messages to leave Nadia’s past alone.

It’s becoming a mystery Mickie is driven to solve. Who once owned these odd treasures? How did Nadia really come to possess them? Discovering the truth means crossing paths with a long-dormant serial killer and navigating the secrets of a sinister past. One that might, Mickie fears, be inescapably entwined with her own.

Contemporary Fiction

Life Un-scheduled by Kristin Rockaway, Pages: 316, Publication Date: 1 September 2021

Synopsis: A smart, modern novel about a woman trying to balance her career, her best friend, and falling in love without crashing and burning.

Nicole Palmieri is married to her job. As a user experience designer at Virtuality, an artificial intelligence company in Los Angeles, Nicole is at her desk from sunrise to sunset. She doesn’t have time for a social life (or a love life), but that’s perfectly fine with her. Until her best friend, Parisa Shahin, announces her engagement and asks Nicole to be her maid of honour.

That’s when Nicole decides to meticulously schedule out the next six months of her life—from her project due dates to her dress-fitting appointments to how many hours she plans to sleep each night. If she can stick to her schedule, she’ll balance everything fine. Of course, that’s a really big if. And after she crosses paths with emerging restaurateur Brandon Phelps, Nicole is feeling feelings she hasn’t felt in…well, ever. But scheduling time to fall in love might push even the most meticulous plans into pure chaos.

Women’s Fiction

Paper Doll Lina by Robyn Lucas, Pages: 365, Publication Date: 1 September 2021

Synopsis: One rip is all it takes to expose the devastating truth behind a seemingly perfect life.

Lina Henry is a wife and mother who likens herself to a pretty paper doll. She lives in a beautiful home in the Atlanta suburbs. Her husband, David, is a well-to-do investment banker. She’s raised two wonderful teenagers. To the outside world, the Henry family is perfect. What no one knows is that Lina’s paper doll life is being torn apart in a controlling and abusive marriage. When Lina develops an unexpected friendship with another man, and reconnects with her former best friend, she begins navigating a way out of the emotional minefield that is her home.

But as David senses his loss of control, he becomes more dangerous, and Lina must do everything in her power to protect herself and her children. In order to take back the happiness she deserves, Lina must first rediscover the strength and the fearlessness of her three-dimensional self.

Sci-Fi Thriller

Constance by Matthew Fitzsimmons, Pages: 352, Publication Date: 1 September 2021

Synopsis: A breakthrough in human cloning becomes one woman’s waking nightmare in a mind-bending thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Gibson Vaughn series.

In the near future, advances in medicine and quantum computing make human cloning a reality. For the wealthy, cheating death is the ultimate luxury. To anticloning militants, it’s an abomination against nature. For young Constance “Con” D’Arcy, who was gifted her own clone by her late aunt, it’s terrifying.

After a routine monthly upload of her consciousness—stored for that inevitable transition—something goes wrong. When Con wakes up in the clinic, it’s eighteen months later. Her recent memories are missing. Her original, she’s told, is dead. If that’s true, what does that make her?

The secrets of Con’s disorienting new life are buried deep. So are those of how and why she died. To uncover the truth, Con is retracing the last days she can recall, crossing paths with a detective who’s just as curious. On the run, she needs someone she can trust. Because only one thing has become clear: Con is being marked for murder—all over again.

Memoir

Plenty by Hannah Howard, Pages: 255, Publication Date: 1 September 2021

Synopsis: A moving reflection on motherhood, friendship, and women making their mark on the world of food from the author of Feast.

Food writer Hannah Howard is at a pivotal moment in her life when she begins searching out her fellow food people—women who’ve carved a place for themselves in a punishing, male-dominated industry. Women whose journeys have inspired and informed Hannah’s own foodie quests. On trips that take her from Milan to Bordeaux to Oslo and then always back again to her home in New York City, Hannah spends time with these influential women, learning about the intimate paths that led them each toward fulfilling careers. Each chef, entrepreneur, barista, cheesemaker, barge captain, and culinary instructor expands our long-held beliefs about how the worldwide network of food professionals and enthusiasts works.

But amid her travels, Hannah finds herself on a heart-wrenching private path. Her plans to embark on motherhood bring her through devastating lows and unimaginable highs. Hannah grapples with personal joy, loss, and a lifelong obsession with food that is laced with insecurity and darker compulsions. Looking to her food heroes for solace, companionship, and inspiration, she discovers new ways to appreciate her body and nourish her life.

At its heart, this lovely and candid memoir explores food as a point of passion and connection and as a powerful way to create community, forge friendships, and make a family.

Biography

Divine Lola by Cristina Morato, Translator Andrea Rosenberg, Pages: 448, Publication Date: 1 September 2021

Synopsis: An enthralling biography about one of the most intriguing women of the Victorian age: the first self-invented international social celebrity.

Lola Montez was one of the most celebrated and notorious women of the nineteenth century. A raven-haired Andalusian who performed her scandalous “Spider Dance” in the greatest performance halls across Europe, she dazzled and beguiled all who met her with her astonishing beauty, sexuality, and shocking disregard for propriety. But Lola was an impostor, a self-invention. Born Eliza Gilbert, the beautiful Irish wild child escaped a stifling marriage and reimagined herself as Lola the Sevillian flamenco dancer and noblewoman, choosing a life of adventure, fame, sex, and scandal rather than submitting to the strictures of her era.

Lola cast her spell on the European aristocracy and the most famous intellectuals and artists of the time, including Alexandre Dumas, Franz Liszt, and George Sand, and became the obsession of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. She then set out for the New World, arriving in San Francisco at the height of the gold rush, where she lived like a pioneer and performed for rowdy miners before making her way to New York. There, her inevitable downfall was every bit as dramatic as her rise. Yet there was one final reinvention to come for the most defiant woman of the Victorian age—a woman known as a “savage beauty” who was idolized, romanticized, vilified, truly known by no one, and a century ahead of her time.

*** Which book will you choose? I’ll let you know in a few days which book I chose, but I have a feeling I may have to pre-order a book as well. ***

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June 2021 Round Up

So during June I didn’t manage to write any book reviews but I did manage to read 7 books. I purchased a handful of books two of which I also managed to read during June.

June Reviews:

Non This Month.

Books Read This Month:

Wisteria Wrinkle (Wisteria Witches #7) by Angela Pepper

A Glasgow Kiss by Sophie Gravia

Jack (The kings of Mayhem MC Tennessee #1) by Penny Dee

The Beach Reads Book Club by Katheryn Freeman

Tell Me to Stop (Books 1-3) by Charlotte Byrd

Secrets Hidden in the Glass (Carter Island Trilogy #1) by Cate Beauman

Aftermath of Secrets (Carter Island Trilogy #2) by Cate Beauman

Recently Acquired Books This Month:

Pre-Ordered Books:

Non this month

Amazon First Read:

The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harms

Have We Met? by Camille Baker

Amazon Purchases:

Wisteria Wrinkle (Wisteria Witches #7) by Angela Pepper

A Glasgow Kiss by Sophie Gravia

The Astral Hacker (Cryptopunk Revolution #1) by Brian Terenna

Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodrigues

Hardback Purchases:

Non this month

NetGalley:

The Beach Reads Book Club by Kathryn Freeman

One Lucky Summer by Jenny Oliver

Forever Summer by Jenny Oliver

Indi Authors:

Secrets Hidden in the Glass (Carter Island Trilogy #1) by Cate Beauman

Aftermath of Secrets (Carter Island Trilogy #2) by Cate Beauman

No More Secrets (Carter Island Trilogy #3) by Care Beauman

BookBub Free Books:

For a list of all the FREE books Via BookBub please go to Books Acquired Via BookBub June 2021 Post.

June’s Favourite BookBub Cover

Road to Peace (Dogs of Fire #6) by Piper Davenport

You’ve got to admit what girl wouldn’t want to bump into a long haired, bearded biker.

June’s Favourite NetGalley Cover

One Lucky Summer by Jenny Oliver

I chose this book cover as it’s nice and bright.

#arc #bookblogger #bookbub #bookreviews #books #bookshelf #edelweiss #goodreads #june2021 #juneroundup #NetGalley #netgalleyUK #ngew2021 #reading challenge #waterstones

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Books Acquired Via BookBub July 2021

It’s unusual for me to download so few free books. If you have a limited budget like me, especially at this time then why not join BookBub. You have full control of how often they contact you and its all free. If you want to join or find out more about BookBub just click the button below. I’m sure you won’t regret it!

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This months books are:

Savage Ride (Men of Valour MC #1) Cameron Hart

The Immortal Matchmakers Inc 1-3 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Up To Date (Better Date Than Never #8) by Susan Halter

Starter Wife (The Jilted Wives Club #1) by Bethany Lopez

Night of the Wolf Moon (New World Shifters #1) by Kimberly Loth & Nina Walker

#bookblogger #bookbub #books #chicklit #ContemporaryRomance #fantasy #freebooks #goodreads #mcromance #paranormal #romance #womensfiction

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Amazon First Reads July 2021

Amazon First Reads July 2021 #Amazon, #AmazonFirstReads, #Amazonkindle, #AmazonPrimeMembers, #BookClubFiction, #Books, #ChildrensPictureBook, #ContemporaryFiction, #ContemporaryRomance, #Kindle, #KindleBooks, #Memoir, #PsychologicalThriller

This months choices are: Contemporary Fiction The Love We Left Behind by Katherine Slee, Pages: 332, Publication Date: 1 August 2021 The Love We Left Behind Synopsis: A heart breaking, heart warming story of two best friends—and the choices that could tear them apart. London, 2012. With her adoring fiancé, financial independence and a close-knit group of friends, Erika should have life all…

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Books Acquired Via BookBub June 2021

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This months books are:

Someone to Believe In (O’Neil Brothers #1) by Kathryn Shay

An Ignorant Witch (Witch Kin Chronicles #1) by E M Graham

Summer at Sea by Beth Labonte

Road to Peace (Dogs of Fire #6) by Piper Davenport

Tell Me To Stop (Books 1-3) by Charlotte Byrd

Uninhibited (Beachwood Bay Lover Story #8) by Melody Grace

Bastards and Whiskey (Top Shelf #1) by Alta Hensley

Shielding His Baby (Duces Wild #3) by Taryn Quinn

Fearless in Love (Maverick Billionaires #3) by Bella Andre & Jennifer Skully

Wicked Idol (Hellfire Club #1) by Becker Gray

Securing Piper (Seal of Protection: Legacy #3) by Susan Stoker

Wild One (Wilding Pack Wolves #4) Alisa Woods

Obsessions: Part One by Brooke Page

#bookblogger #BookBub #books #chicklit #ContemporaryRomance #erotica #fantasy #FreeBooks #GoodReads #mcromance #paranormal #romance #Romantic Suspense #womensfiction

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Cate Beauman's "The Carter Island Trilogy"

Cate Beauman's "The Carter Island Trilogy" #AftermathofSecrets, #Cate Beauman, #AuthorCateBeauman, #BookBlogger, #Books, #CarterIslandTrilogy, #CateBeauman, #CelebrationGiveaway, #ContemporaryRomance, #Giveaway, #GoodReads, #NewRelease, #NoMoreSecrets

All 3 books Available now! Don’t forget to scroll down to enter the Release Celebration Giveaway for “No More Secrets” that was release on 22 June 2021. click here for the Original No More Secrets Release celebration Post Secrets Hidden In The Glass The Carter Island Trilogy, Book 1 Release Date: October 8, 2017 (*new cover) Three Siblings. One Year. Everything Changes. Stained glass artist…

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Cate Beauman's "No More Secrets" Release Celebration!

Cate Beauman's "No More Secrets" Release Celebration! #Amazon, #AuthorCateBeauman, #BookBlogger, #BookBub, #Books, #CarterIslandTrilogy, #CateBeauman, #CelebrationGiveaway, #ContemporaryRomance, #Giveaway, #GoodReads, #NoMoreSecrets, #NowAvailable,

Fresh starts and second chances… It’s hard to believe that the Carter Island Trilogy is coming to an end with the addition of No More Secrets. Originally, I intended to write Secrets Hidden in the Glass, book one in the series, as a standalone title. Famous stained glass artist Callie Davis’ life is a mess as she heads to tiny Carter Island for a much-needed vacation. She soon meets gorgeous…

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Amazon First Reads June 2021 Update

Well I have finally chose my Amazon First Read for this month and had a nice surprise that I was able to choose yet another book. So what books did I choose?

My Amazon Prime Members Choices

Book Club Fiction

The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harris, Pages: 314, Publication Date: 1 July 2021

Synopsis: Two moms as opposite as a Happy Meal and a quinoa bowl. What a difference a week makes in a heartfelt, laugh-out-loud novel by the Washington Post bestselling author of The Overdue Life of Amy Byler.

Celeste Mason is the Pinterest stay-at-home supermom of other mothers’ nightmares. Despite her all-organic, Sun Butter-loving, free-range kids, her immaculate home, and her volunteering awards, she still has time to relax with a nice glass of pinot at the end of the day. The only thing that ruins it all is her workaholic, career-obsessed neighbour, who makes no secret of what she thinks of Celeste’s life choices every chance she gets.

Wendy Charles is a celebrated productivity consultant, columnist, and speaker. On a minute-by-minute schedule, she makes the working-mom hustle look easy. She even spends at least one waking hour a day with her kids. She’s not apologizing for a thing. Especially to Celeste, who plays her superior parenting against Wendy whenever she can.

Who do Celeste and Wendy think they are? They’re about to find out thanks to one freaky week. After a neighbourhood potluck and too much sangria, they wake up—um, what?—in each other’s bodies. Everything Celeste and Wendy thought they knew about the “other kind of mom” is flipped upside down—along with their messy, complicated, maybe not so different lives.

Contemporary Fiction

Have We Met? by Camille Baker, Pages: 264, Publication Date: 1 July 2021

Synopsis: What if you already met the soul mate you were destined to be with? And you didn’t even know it?

After losing her best friend to cancer, Corinne’s life is in flux. She has moved back to Chicago, is considering her next career move (or temp job), and has absolutely no time to look for love—until a mysterious dating app called Met suddenly appears on her phone, and with it, an invitation for Corinne to reconnect with four missed connections from her past. One of them, Met says, is her soul mate…

Corinne doesn’t believe the app for a second, but when she very quickly finds herself with back-to-back blasts from the past, she’ll have to consider if maybe she’s wrong about it. The thing is, Corinne’s also been introduced to a really great guy outside the app’s influence. As their feelings for each other grow, Corinne has to wonder: With her apparent true love still out there, should she tap yes to the next match?

With help from a new group of friends, her loving if annoying family, and maybe a touch of fate, can Corinne come to terms with the loss she’s still reeling from, take control of her career, and find love along the way?

*** So have you made your choice yet on which Amazon First Read book to go with? What do you think of the book I’ve chosen? ***

#Amazon #amazonkindle #amazonfirstreads #amazon prime members #Kindle #Kindlebooks #ContemporaryRomance #bookclubfiction

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May 2021 Round Up

Slowly Getting There!

Well May was very uneventful apart from taking my laptop to be mended, as you all ready know it had to have it’s operating system reinstalled. I’m still in the process of installing certain things back on to it. It’s taking far longer than I expected it would!

May Reviews:

Non this month

Books Read This Month:

Wisteria Wonders (Wisteria Witches #3) by Angela Pepper

Watchful Wisteria (Wisteria Witches #4) by Angela Pepper

Wisteria Wyverns (Wisteria Witches #5) by Angela Pepper

Recently Acquired Books This Month:

Pre-Ordered Books:

Non this month

Amazon First Read:

The Girls in the Attic by Marius Gabriel

Amazon Purchases:

Wisteria Wonders (Wisteria Witches #3) by Angela Pepper

Watchful Wisteria (Wisteria Witches #4) by Angela Pepper

Wisteria Wyverns (Wisteria Witches #5) by Angela Pepper

Jack (Kings of Mayhem MC Tennessee #1) by Penny Dee

Hardback Purchases:

Non this month

NetGalley:

A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee

BookBub Free Books:

For a list of all the FREE books Via BookBub please go to Books Acquired Via BookBub May 2021 Post.

Book Blitz Posted This Month:

Non this month

Book Blitz Cover Reveals This Month:

Non this month

May’s Favourite BookBub Cover

Relatively Normal by Whitney Dineen

I chose this book because who doesn’t like a man in a kilt?

May’s Favourite NetGalley Cover

A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee

I chose this book as I only had one book via NetGalley in May but even so it’s an interesting cover.

#May2021 #MAyRoundUp #ARC #BookBlogger #BookBub #bookreview #books #bookshelf #edelweiss #goodreads #NetGalley #netgalleyUK #ngew2021 #reading challenge #waterstones

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Books Acquired Via BookBub May 2021

Books Acquired Via BookBub May 2021 #BookBlogger, #BookBub, #Books, #ContemporaryRomance, #FreeBooks, #GoodReads, #RomanticSuspense, #Vampires

If you have a limited budget like me, especially at this time then why not join BookBub. You have full control of how often they contact you and its all free. If you want to join or find out more about BookBub just click the button below. I’m sure you won’t regret it. join bookbub today This months books are: Before She Was Mine (Wounded Hearts #1) by Amelia WildeBBF’ed (Brothers in Arms) by…

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April 2021 Round Up

At Last!

Well this April wasn’t a great month. Unfortunately I had a relapse with my ME/CFS and I couldn’t do anything much, apart from reading as you will see with the amount of books I read during April.

It also meant that I wasn’t able to write up any reviews for any of the books I’ve read or am reading.

April Reviews:

Non this month.

Books Read This Month:

The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent

Trusting Taylor (Silverstone #2) by Susan Stoker

Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

Head Over Hight Heels by Lila Monroe

Horse (Rolling Thunder MC #6) by Candace Blevins

Jesse (Bossy Brothers #1) by J A Huss

Carpool (Milford College #1) by Noelle Adams

The Wrong Kind of Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbour #1) by Lexi Ryan

Straight Up Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbour #2) by Lexi Ryan

Dirty Reckless Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbour #3) by Lexi Ryan

Deal With The Devil (Forge Trilogy #1) by Meghan March

Luck of the Devil (Forge Trilogy #2) by Meghan March

Heart of the Devil (Forge Trilogy #3) by Meghan March

Wisteria Witches (Wisteria Witches #1) by Angela Pepper

Wicked Wisteria (Wisteria Witches #2) by Angela Pepper

Recently Acquired Books This Month:

Pre-Ordered Books:

Non this month

Amazon First Read:

I Thought You Said This Would Work by Ann Garvin

Amazon Purchases:

Erotic Fiction by Hannah Lynn

The Lantern Boats by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Imperial Woman: A Story of the Last Empress of China by Pearl S Buck

Straight Up Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbour #2) by Lexi Ryan

Dirty Reckless Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbour #3) by Lexi Ryan

Luck of the Devil (Forge Trilogy #2) by Meghan March

Heart of the Devil (Forge Trilogy #3) by Meghan March

The Separation by Dinah Jefferies

Wicked Wisteria (Wisteria Witches Mystery #2) by Angela Pepper

A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6) by Diana Gabaldon

Hardback Purchases:

Non this month

NetGalley:

Raising Hell by Bryony Pearce

BookBub Free Books:

For a list of all the FREE books Via BookBub please go to Books Acquired Via BookBub March 2021 Post.

Book Blitz Posted This Month:

Non this month

Book Blitz Cover Reveals This Month:

Non this month

April’s Favourite BookBub Cover

Unmasked by Melody Grace

I chose this book just because I like the mask. It’s as simple as that.

#April2021 #AprilRoundUp #ARC #BookBlogger #BookBub #BookReviews #Books #BookShelf #Edelweiss #GoodReads #NetGalley #NetGalleyUK #NGEW2021 #ReadingChallenge #Waterstones

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Who can resist this cuteness?

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Amazon First Reads June 2021

Amazon First Reads June 2021 #Amazon, #AmazonFirstReads, #Amazonkindle, #AmazonPrimeMembers, #BookClubFiction, #ChildrensPictureBook, #ContemporaryFiction, #ContemporaryRomance, #Fantasy, #Kindle, #KindleBooks, #Memoir, #PsychologicalThriller, #Thriller

I know that I only got around to posting May’s Amazon First Reads the other day, but now it’s time for June’s choices. This month they have included a children’s picture book which they haven’t had in a couple of months. This months choices are: Thriller Choose Me by Tess Gerritsen, Gary Braver, Pages: 290, Publication Date: 1 July 2021 Choose Me Synopsis: From New York Times bestseller Tess…

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Amazon First Reads May 2021

Did you chosen your Amazon First Reads book for May? I only got around to choosing my Amazon First Reads book a few days ago. So her were last months choices and you can find out which book I chose.

Suspense

The Secrets of Us by Lucinda Berry, Pages: 271, Publication Date: 1 June 2021

Synopsis: Dangerously addictive, The Secrets of Us is a pulse-pounding exploration of a disturbed psyche and the bond between two sisters desperate to escape a troubled past.

Foster sisters Krystal and Nichole have always been there for each other, so when Nichole is committed to a psychiatric hospital after trying to kill her husband, Krystal drops everything to defend her.

Scarred by a hard upbringing, Nichole and Krystal managed to construct comfortable lives for themselves. Krystal became a respected lawyer, and Nichole was happily married to an architect—until Nichole starts raving that her husband isn’t her husband, believing that he’s an imposter.

Driven by fierce loyalty, Krystal starts asking questions, but she’s not sure she can bear the answers. Her investigation leads to the sisters’ dark shared past…to a horrible tragedy and a well-guarded lie that cemented their sisterly bond.

But that lie can’t kill the truth—the battered, gasping, clawing truth that’s coming for them both. Now Krystal and Nichole must both fight for the lives they’ve built before they’re consumed by the one they left behind.

Historical Fiction

The Girls in the Attic by Marius Gabriel, Pages: 351, Publication Date: 1 June 2021

Synopsis: The bestselling author of The Designer presents a sweeping story of blind faith, family allegiance and how love makes one man question everything he thought he knew.

Max Wolff is a committed soldier of the Reich. So when he is sent home wounded, only to discover that his mother is sheltering two young Jewish women in their home, he is outraged.

His mother’s act of mercy is a gross betrayal of everything Max stands for. He has dedicated his life to Nazism, fighting to atone for the shame of his anti-Hitler father’s imprisonment. It’s his duty to turn the sisters over to the Gestapo. But he hesitates, and the longer Max fails to do his duty, the harder it becomes.

When Allied bombers fill the skies of Germany, Max is forced to abandon all dogma and face the brutality of war in order to defend precious lives. But what will it cost him?

Mystery

Beneath Devil’s Bridge by Loreth Ann White, Pages: 344, Publication Date: 1 June 2021

Synopsis: A true crime podcast yields new revelations about a shocking murder in a riveting novel of suspense by Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author Loreth Anne White.

True crime podcaster Trinity Scott is chasing breakout success, and her brand-new serial may get her there. Her subject is Clayton Jay Pelley. More than two decades ago, the respected family man and guidance counsellor confessed to the brutal murder of teenage student Leena Rai. But why he killed her has always been a mystery.

In a series of exclusive interviews from prison, Clayton discloses to Trinity the truth about what happened that night beneath Devil’s Bridge. It’s not what anyone in the Pacific Northwest town of Twin Falls expects. Clayton says he didn’t do it. Was he lying then? Or now?

As her listeners increase and ratings skyrocket, Trinity is missing a key player in the story: Rachel Walczak, the retired detective who exposed Pelley’s twisted urges and put him behind bars. She’s not interested in playing Clayton’s game—until Trinity digs deeper and the podcast’s reverb widens. Then Rachel begins to question everything she thinks she knows about the past.

With each of Clayton’s teasing reveals, one thing is clear: he’s not the only one in Twin Falls with a secret.

Contemporary Fiction

These Tangled Vines by Julianne MacLean, Pages: 302, Publication Date: 1 June 2021

Synopsis: From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a sweeping and captivating tale of one woman’s journey to the lush vineyards of Tuscany—and into the mysteries of a tragic family secret.

If Fiona has learned anything in life, it’s how to keep a secret—even from the father who raised her. She is the only person who knows about her late mother’s affair in Tuscany thirty years earlier, and she intends to keep it that way…until a lawyer calls with shocking news: her biological father has died and left her an incredible inheritance—along with two half siblings.

Fiona travels to Italy, where the family is shocked to learn of her existence and desperate to contest her share of the will. While the mystery of her mother’s affair is slowly unravelled, Fiona must navigate through tricky family relationships and tense sibling rivalries. Fiona both fears and embraces her new destiny as she searches for the truth about the fateful summer her mother spent in Italy and the father she never knew.

Spilling over with the sumptuous flavours and romance of Tuscany, These Tangled Vines takes readers on a breath taking journey of love, secrets, sacrifice, courage—and most importantly, the true meaning of family.

Domestic Thriller

The Darkest Flower by Kristin Wright, Pages: 296, Publication Date: 1 June 2021

Synopsis: You’ll never believe the terrible things being said about the perfect president of the PTA.

Attempted murder? Inexplicable accident? Either way, a PTA mom struggled for her life in an elementary school cafeteria, poisoned by a wolfsbane-laced smoothie at the fifth-grade graduation party. Now all eyes are on the accused, the victim, and a woman hired to look deeper.

Ambitious defence attorney and single mother Allison Barton is anxious to escape the shadow of the low-down dog of a marquee partner carrying their renowned Virginia law firm. A win for her high-profile new client will give Allison the career she deserves. And PTA president Kira Grant certainly appears innocent—except for the toxic bloom in her backyard and perhaps a bit of a malicious streak. But no one said the innocent had to be likable—or entirely honest. Besides, with an image as carefully cultivated as her garden, Kira would be insane to risk everything on something as outrageous as the attempted murder of one of her closest friends.

What about those in Kira’s orbit, a sunny suburb of moms behaving badly? What do they really know about Kira? What does Kira know about them? For Allison, the answers are getting darker every day.

Family Drama

Like Wind Against Rock by Nancy Kim, Pages: 217, Publication Date: 1 June 2021

Synopsis: A novel of explosive family secrets, regret, and all the little decisions that shape our lives and make us who we are.

At the age of thirty-nine, Alice Chang suddenly finds herself living in the last place she expected: her mother’s house. But in the face of divorce, eviction, and the recent death of her father, she doesn’t have a choice.

Watching as her mother thrives in a new job and meets younger men at the local gym, Alice struggles, reflecting on her parents’ marriage, her relationship with each of them, as she adjusts to being single again for the first time in twenty years. Then she finds her father’s old journal…and uncovers a shocking family secret that forces her to question everything she thought she knew about love, regret, family, and her own path forward.

As Alice comes to terms with the man her father really was, she must finally decide who she wants to be and what it will take to get there.

Contemporary Romance

The Checklist by Addie Woolridge, Pages: 347, Publication Date: 1 June 2021

Synopsis: In an energetic debut novel about personal and professional chaos, author Addie Woolridge introduces a multicultural cast whose exploits are redefining the modern rom-com.

Killing it at work? Check. Gorgeous boyfriend? Check. Ambitions derailed by an insecure boss? Sigh—check.

Things were going a little too well for Dylan Delacroix. After upstaging her boss on a big account, she gets dispatched to the last place she wants to be: her hometown, Seattle. There, she must use her superstar corporate-consulting skills to curb the worst impulses of an impossibly eccentric tech CEO—if she doesn’t, she’s fired.

The fun doesn’t stop there: Dylan must also negotiate a ceasefire in the endless war between her bohemian parents and the straitlaced neighbours’. Adding to the chaos is a wilting relationship with her boyfriend and a blossoming attraction to the neighbours’ smoking-hot son.

Suddenly Dylan has a million checklists, each a mile long. As personal and professional pressures mount, she finds it harder and harder to stay on track. Having always relied on her ability to manage the world around her, Dylan’s going to need a new plan. She may be down, but she’s definitely not out.

Fantasy

Bacchanal by Veronica G Henry, Pages: 347, Publication Date: 1 June 2021

Synopsis: Evil lives in a traveling carnival roaming the Depression-era South. But the carnival’s newest act, a peculiar young woman with latent magical powers, may hold the key to defeating it. Her time has come.

Abandoned by her family, alone on the wrong side of the colour line with little to call her own, Eliza Meeks is coming to terms with what she does have. It’s a gift for communicating with animals. To some, she’s a magical tender. To others, a she-devil. To a talent prospector, she’s a crowd-drawing oddity. And the Bacchanal Carnival is Eliza’s ticket out of the swamp trap of Baton Rouge.

Among fortune-tellers, carnies, barkers, and folks even stranger than herself, Eliza finds a new home. But the Bacchanal is no ordinary carnival. An ancient demon has a home there too. She hides behind an iridescent disguise. She feeds on innocent souls. And she’s met her match in Eliza, who’s only beginning to understand the purpose of her own burgeoning powers.

Only then can Eliza save her friends, find her family, and fight the sway of a primordial demon preying upon the human world. Rolling across a consuming dust bowl landscape, Eliza may have found her destiny.

Memoir

The Puma Years by Laura Coleman, Pages: 298, Publication Date: 1 June 2021

Synopsis: In this rapturous memoir, writer and activist Laura Coleman shares the story of her liberating journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life.

Laura was in her early twenties and directionless when she quit her job to backpack in Bolivia. Fate landed her at a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the Amazon jungle where she was assigned to a beautiful and complex puma named Wayra. Wide-eyed, inexperienced, and comically terrified, Laura made the scrappy, make-do camp her home. And in Wayra, she made a friend for life.

They weren’t alone, not with over a hundred quirky animals to care for, each lost and hurt in their own way: a pair of suicidal, bra-stealing monkeys, a frustrated parrot desperate to fly, and a pig with a wicked sense of humour. The humans too were cause for laughter and tears. There were animal whisperers, committed staff, wildly devoted volunteers, handsome heartbreakers, and a machete-wielding prom queen who carried Laura through. Most of all, there was the jungle—lyrical and alive—and there was Wayra, who would ultimately teach Laura so much about love, healing, and the person she was capable of becoming.

Set against a turbulent and poignant backdrop of deforestation, the illegal pet trade, and forest fires, The Puma Years explores what happens when two desperate creatures in need of rescue find one another.

So my choice for May was: The Girls in the Attic.

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