Audiobook review. I’m not a huge fan of audiobooks. Narrators’ voices can grate on my nerves, my mind wanders so I have to constantly rewind, and the pacing frustrates me. I can read a book in half the time it takes to listen to one, and if I increase the speed the voices sound even more annoying. Color me surprised then that I enjoyed the Beneath This Mask audiobook so much. The story held my interest and the voice actors are phenomenal.
May 2016 was super busy and yet my reading list for the month somehow kept growing longer. Fortunately, I was able to enjoy a few 4 ½ and 5 star books. My top picks are The Empty Jar by M. Leighton (for those who enjoy a good tear jerker), Sugar Daddy by Sawyer Bennett (for romantic suspense fans), Breaking Him by R.K. Lilley (an angst lover’s dream), and One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid (for heartwarming romantics). You can read all my May reviews by clicking below.
Here’s a sneak peak at Last Kiss by Laurelin Paige—the highly anticipated conclusion to the First and Last series.
I really enjoyed this conclusion to the Dirty Girl Duet. Dirty Love picks up right where the jaw-dropping cliffhanger left off, and it gains steam from there. Speaking of steam, Dirty Love is aptly named. You need to have a fan, cold shower, change of panties, or something on hand because Cav speaks dirty talk fluently, and this little gem is one dirty, dirty, dirty, panty-melting read. I mentioned it’s dirty, right?
When You’re Ready is a sweet second chance romance. Clare is a widowed mother of a preschooler, Maddie. She’s doing a fantastic job raising her daughter alone, but is neglecting her needs as a woman. Logan is a successful ER doctor, but he’s rather self-loathing and is essentially sleepwalking through life instead of opening himself up to any meaningful relationships. Life changes for both of them when Clare brings Maddie into the ER one night.
Renée Carlino is one heck of a writer. The characters she brings to life have great depth, and her stories are well plotted and very engaging, with awesome angst mixed in. Sweet Thing is no exception.
I recently attended the Lovely Ladies and Naughty Books author signing in Washington, D.C., and brought home some goodies. I’m all about sharing (’cause I’m so nice) so I’d love to give away signed paperbacks of SEMPRE and SEMPRE REDEMPTION by J.M. Darhower. I’ll also throw in a signed bookmark.
One word: Cliffhanger. I want to put it out there up front because the blurb doesn’t indicate there’s a cliffy, and this book has a heck of a one. The Anatomy of Jane is a departure for J.J. McAvoy, writing under the pen name Amelia LeFay, and she successfully crosses over into the male/male (and male/male/female!) romance sub-genre in a story that is intoxicating and erotic.
I’ve got to admit I was a smidge skeptical about Devil’s Kiss. As much as I adore Ella Frank’s writing, Finley, the precursor to this book, missed the mark for me somewhat, but man oh man does she deliver the goods with this one. I absolutely loved it, but I do not recommend reading Devil’s Kiss without reading Finley first.
If you’ve read Paper Princess by Erin Watt, I know you’ve been waiting not so patiently for the sequel. If you haven’t read it, we can’t be friends. Just kidding. Sort of. Anyway, the wait seems endless but at least we have the gorgeous cover of Broken Prince to look at.
Screwmates by Laurelin Paige and Kayti McGee Cover by Hang Lee
Reading One True Loves felt a lot like falling in love. For me, it started out as a hesitant attraction to the story and quickly evolved into a passionate affair. I was fully invested and wanted the wonderful feeling to last. As things evolved, however, and complications arose, I braced myself for heartache. I was no longer certain what a fairy tale ending looked like. I just knew the love story would end, and someone would wind up getting hurt.