Sunday, June 21, 2026

Books to curl up with: WELL IT IS THE FINAL DAY FOR READER ROUND UP

Books to curl up with: WELL IT IS THE FINAL DAY FOR READER ROUND UP:    Good morning my peeps , it is the last day of reader round up and it is a good day to read out here on the farm it is raining out again. ...

WELL IT IS THE FINAL DAY FOR READER ROUND UP

   Good morning my peeps , it is the last day of reader round up and it is a good day to read out here on the farm it is raining out again.  Yes I have another new to me author . DEVIOUS SECRETS by Measha Stone. 


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 She thought she could steal from me. Now she belongs to me.

The moment she walks into my club—dressed in a stolen uniform, carrying a tray of champagne—I know she doesn't belong. 

When I catch her in my office, stealing secrets, I give her a choice: tell me who sent her... or find out exactly what happens to those who cross a Volkov.

She's fire and defiance wrapped in silk, and the harder she resists, the deeper my obsession sinks. I'm possessive. Overprotective. Dangerous. Now she's in my bed, bound by my rules—and I don't play fair.

She's made enemies, and they're closing in. But they'll have to get through me first.

                       MY REVIEW 
 It all started with an attempted theft from one of the most notorious gangsters Alexander Volkov.  After trying to get a thumb drive from his office , she is given to the option or telling him who sent her and why she needs the thumb drive. Or find out what it is like to be on the wrong end of the Volkov.  But she pushes him and drives him crazy and the harder she ignores him the more obsessed with her and the fact that he wants her in his bed and with him, She has made a bunch of enemies and now they are coming to call but they will have to get through him first.
   Alexander and Megan are such a fun couple. Alexander is your typical mafia boss. Overbearing. over protective and oh so controlling,  There is a side to him that comes out when he is with Megan. Megan is feisty and loyal but most of the time she is well just dumb. If she would listen things might go a bit better. We also get to meet other members of the family and they are all just fun to read . Elana is one of my favorite characters. She is the only girl in the family and really pushes each of the brothers buttons on a daily basis. 

   This is one of those books that is dark and has kinks (daddy) and gangsters . The author takes us on an adventure. There is a lot of smexy times and violence .I really did enjoy this book and the characters . So if you want a smexy book for this summer check it out . 

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Books to curl up with: GOOD AFTERNOON ALL

Books to curl up with: GOOD AFTERNOON ALL:    Good afternoon peeps, it is the second to last book of the reader round up. It is another new author to me K.C Rice and her political thr...

GOOD AFTERNOON ALL

   Good afternoon peeps, it is the second to last book of the reader round up. It is another new author to me K.C Rice and her political thriller romance  SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY. 


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 Lieutenant Colonel Sawyer Blackburn, a Marine sniper battling trauma, returns home after deployment and is caught in a dangerous government conspiracy. Her brother Cooper, an investigative journalist, is murdered; Sawyer discovers files implicating top officials—including the Vice President—in a covert oil deal with China. Sawyer’s quest for vengeance and truth brings her into a fraught alliance—and complicated romance—with FBI Special Agent Reece Atwood. Together, they navigate a labyrinth of political cover-ups, assassinations of public officials, and mounting evidence of a government-wide betrayal. As bodies pile up, including Cooper’s best friends, high-level cabinet members, and foreign operatives, Sawyer’s military skills and relentless determination make her both a target and a weapon.

                         MY REVIEW 
 Lieutenant Colonel Sawyer Blackburn is fighting trauma of a world that she left as a sniper and the death of her brother, Cooper. She is fighting the top of the government to find out who murdered him in front of her. Going through his files she finds a corrupt oil deal with China and when FBI agent Reece Atwood comes into the picture things get really really complicated when they start a relationship. Together they work the case and find political cover ups and assassinations of public figures, including Cooper's friends it is going to take everything Sawyer has to figure it out. 

Sawyer is one tough cookie , her military career has had her in some tight spots and she has had to do some horrible things . She is tough but she is lonely since her brother has died. She has one mission. Reece is a veteran FBI agent and he is tough as nails by the book but there is also a loneliness to him that can't be denied . Working too many cases and feelings of pressure just add to his fierceness of figuring out who did it. When these two characters come together the sparks fly and they can't deny the chemistry that is between them. They ignite the pages . 

  This book is a real page turner, the mystery alone is a great read but add the romance and it just gets hotter. i will admit it does end on a cliff hanger that kind of made me frustrated . The author does takes on a roller coaster ride and keeps the tension tight so you are on the edge of your seat most of the time . This would be a good book for your lazy summer days in the hammock. 

Books to curl up with: GETTING READY TO TIE EVERYTHING UP

Books to curl up with: GETTING READY TO TIE EVERYTHING UP:    Good morning my peeps , yes it is early on this sunny Saturday morning. Today is the second last day of reader round up and yes I have an...

GETTING READY TO TIE EVERYTHING UP

   Good morning my peeps , yes it is early on this sunny Saturday morning. Today is the second last day of reader round up and yes I have another new author to me. GRACIE by Britt Nichole.


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 Most girls probably don’t go around picking up guys at family funerals.

Gracie was seventeen when her grandfather died. Grandpa was the one person in Gracie’s life who believed her capable of anything despite her right-sided cerebral palsy. So, when her parents decided to stay with Grandma for the summer, Gracie wasn’t sure what to do with herself. She certainly didn’t expect to meet Elliott, a family friend who showed up at the funeral with his own grandparents to pay their respects.
Elliott was sweet, funny, and had the prettiest oceanic eyes that Gracie had ever seen. But he was able-bodied. Gracie’s one serious relationship had ended in disaster, and she was terrified of trying to trust somebody like Elliott again.
And when she wasn’t worried about her increasingly complicated feelings for Elliott, Gracie found herself harboring a decades-old family secret: Grandpa had left her a box of letters exposing a forbidden relationship that threatened to tear Gracie’s family apart.
The summer before her senior year certainly wasn’t shaping up to what Gracie expected it would be. Was she strong enough to keep Grandpa’s secret to herself? And, perhaps more importantly, could she bring herself to trust Elliott, or would her own insecurities cause her to push him away?

                       MY REVIEW 
   Gracie is about to start her senior year of high school when a tragedy hits them and they are on the way to say good bye to her grandfather. At the funeral she meets Elliot a sweet young man. She is having trouble trying to figure out her feelings because he is able bodied and she has a disability that she thinks everyone will in time start to dislike her and leave her behind . As they navigate the summer Gracie is plagued with the thoughts of the past and a relationship that went terribly wrong and the after effects of what a wrong word or sentence can do to destroy a person. Also finding out in letters of grandpa's secret life before he married grandma . Can she keep his secret and have a relationship with Elliot or will her insecurities push him away and leave her with a broken heart yet again. 
   Gracie is a strong girl but she has been through sooooo much being different is always a challenge and being disabled is a lot to take on, She has cerebral palsy on her right side so yes she limps and is conscious of it. She carries a lot of feelings that have her really putting herself down and honestly she tears down anything that could be good before it even happens.  Her good friend Samantha is there as her rock and confidence builder. She never gets angry but she does put Gracie in her place sometimes and tells her to smarten up a bit. Elliot is the sweetest, kindest young man there is . He tries to not see the disability in Gracie . He makes her feel happy but like all good things the bad things creep in for out Gracie and she is always second guessing every thing that Elliot does or says to the point that it starts to bring her down to the place she was back in school.  Each character is well crafted and complex . You want to love them in spite of the stupid things they do and say. 
    This is one of those stories that has you feeling so many different things . You really feel for Gracie and what she has endured in school with the bullies and you want to wrap her up and put her on a shelf. The story is about accepting yourself and what you can and can not control in your life. Also taking time to keep yourself and your mental health on the up. We see how it can wear you down and make you doubt yourself when you can get key board warriors posting stuff to harm anyone . This would be a great book for teens and preteens to help them figure out how to survive high school and find your true friends . 

Friday, June 19, 2026

Books to curl up with: GOOD AFTERNOON MY PEEPS I AM BACK

Books to curl up with: GOOD AFTERNOON MY PEEPS I AM BACK:    Good afternoon peeps its me again and a book from one of my favorite authors . MOONWISH book 2 in the Sundowners series by R.L Merrill   ...