Books to curl up with: GOOD AFTERNOON PEEPS WE ARE UP TO BOOK 4

Books to curl up with: GOOD AFTERNOON PEEPS WE ARE UP TO BOOK 4:  Good afternoon all, I have been trying to write this post for a few hours , its trying to storm out again and the power went out and well y...

GOOD AFTERNOON PEEPS WE ARE UP TO BOOK 4

 Good afternoon all, I have been trying to write this post for a few hours , its trying to storm out again and the power went out and well you all know the rest. Today's book is I WANT MORE by R.L Merrill. She is one of my all time favorite authors 

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 Hotshot music producer Morrison Jones has been hired by legendary metal god, Aldous Archer, to record his comeback album—and he insists Morrison work with his former best friend turned nemesis. Leland Elliott swore he’d never step foot onstage with Morrison ever again, but time—and being stuck in a studio together for a week—has a way of healing wounds. Will the stars align for the former bandmates? Welcome to Bolder Breed Studios.

                              MY REVIEW 

 When Morrison Jones is hired my Aldous Archer to help record his new album and when Leland Elliott walks in the room Morrison is stuck in a studio with him all week. Things happen that will heal old wounds and will there be more than songs being recorded .

   This is a fun fast read and part one in the series . When two old band mates come back together sparks start to fly. Even though they swore not to see each other ever again. Morrison is trying hard to make sure this record comes out great. He is hardworking and he is had a sad side to him that noone sees. Leland is the man that I think broke Morrison's heart at one time. He vowed not to see him ever again. But when they are put together they come to terms of what has happened in the past and hoping that they can fix what was broken. They are fun characters to read and you get to meet them I can't wait to see where they go to together. 

  This is the first meeting of these two and we get to see how they are. The author gives us a fun glimpse into what can happen when you are thrust into close quarters with someone. I love this author's style of writing , she does m/m stories very well . If you want a fun fast read with good characters and a fun story line check it out.

Books to curl up with: GOOD AFTERNOON PEEPS I HAVE BOOK 3 READY FOR YOU

Books to curl up with: GOOD AFTERNOON PEEPS I HAVE BOOK 3 READY FOR YOU:  Good afternoon peeps well I have book 3 done in the reader round up and want you all to know about it. It is another new to me author and i...

GOOD AFTERNOON PEEPS I HAVE BOOK 3 READY FOR YOU

 Good afternoon peeps well I have book 3 done in the reader round up and want you all to know about it. It is another new to me author and it is actually a historical romance. ROSEMARY AND ANTONIO by Marie Fostino. 

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 Rosemary and Antonio are people who live on the other side of the tracks. The other side of personal morals; the other side of the universe in the 1920s of America. This story will melt your heart and touch your soul but also make you happy!

It's 1929, Prohibition in Chicago. Antonio and Rosemary meet by accident in a coffee shop. Rosemary believes it was by accident. She finds out much later it wasn't. Love grows during another civil war between the north and south- Northern Chicago and George 'Bugs' Moran and Southern Chicago and Al Capone. While Rosemary and Antonio's love grows deeper, the hatred between Bugs and Capone grew more violent. Antonio was determined to provide a future for himself and his lovely Rosemary.

                       MY REVIEW 

 Rosemary is a young woman on the step of becoming a teacher in 1920's Chicago. She meets Antonio a young mechanic at a coffee shop. They are basically are on the different sides of the mob wars that are starting. As their love grows the hatred between Al Capone and Bugsy Malone intensify. Rosemary finds out that the chance meeting might not of been an accident. They wanted to go away to Paris but the violence takes one of them . They won't survive the fall out. 

  This is a story that takes young love and the Chicago gang wars and blends them pretty well . Rosemary is a young woman who is deciding what she wants in her life. She doesn't just want to be a mother and a wife like her mother. She wants to become a teacher. She is fearless in ways and naive in others. She wants the romance and the big love like her parents . But it doesn't come like their parents. Antonio is a mechanic and a sweet talker. He takes a liking to Rosemary but you kind of feel there is something that he could be hiding from everyone. He can charm everyone and sweep Rosemary off her feet. We also get to meet Al and Bugsy and how their war kept coming . They are good characters and the stories are woven together quite well . 

  Who knew that I needed a historical romance set in the 1920s but I did. This is one of those stories that you will get sucked into the romance and the Chicago gang fights that were going on.  Its a fast read and you care about the characters . So if you like historical romance check it out.

Books to curl up with: GOOD MORNNG IT IS DAY 2 OF READER ROUNDUP

Books to curl up with: GOOD MORNNG IT IS DAY 2 OF READER ROUNDUP:   Good morning peeps yes it is day two of reader round up and today I have another new to me author. Beth A. Freely and her book THE WATERS ...

GOOD MORNNG IT IS DAY 2 OF READER ROUNDUP

  Good morning peeps yes it is day two of reader round up and today I have another new to me author. Beth A. Freely and her book THE WATERS OF RYUJIN.

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Beauty. Betrayal. A love that defies centuries.

Cursed by the Shogun and transformed into a water dragon by the sea god Ryujin, Hanzo Ikeda has guarded the hidden lake for over a century, forgotten, feared, and alone. Bound by magic and grief, his humanity fades with each passing year… until she arrives.

Asuka, the Shogun’s youngest daughter, is destined for a marriage of politics and power. But when she strays too close to the forbidden waters, she awakens the creature whispered about in palace legends. Instead of a monster, she finds a man with a sorrowful gaze and a soul as deep as the lake.

Drawn to one another through dreams, secrets, and stolen moments, Asuka and Hanzo must defy the forces that seek to keep them apart. But love alone may not be enough to break the ancient curse, or survive the storm it will unleash.

                           MY REVIEW 

  After accidently shooting a priced animal, Hanzo is cursed by the Shogun and turned into a water dragon by Ryujin. He has guarded a secret lake each year loosing a little bit of his humanity each year. Until Asuka comes to visit the lake, the youngest daughter of the Shogun. She strays too close to the waters and awakens the creature at its depths. But instead of the monster that was whispered about through out the palace she finds a man with a beautiful but haunted soul and eyes that look so sad. They are drawn to each other through stolen moments, dreams and secrets . They have to fight the forces that are trying to keep them apart but will love be able to keep them together or would the the curse never be broken. 

    This is a very interesting retelling of beauty and the beast, wrapped up in Japanese folk lore. Hanzo was a well liked bowman in the Shoguns army. But there is a loneliness to him also that we really get to see once he is cursed. He is haunted and until Asuka comes into his life he was ready to just exist. Asuka brought him back . Asuka is the sweetest all she wants is a true love . She is tired of being a pawn and promised in marriage for politics and power. She may seem soft and sweet but there is a will in her that will put most people to shame. They belong together and Hanzo will risk it all to fight for her. These characters are such sweet characters and well written. 

    Yes this is a retelling of beauty and the beast but I am going to say it is actually one of the better retellings .It is set in 1700 Japan. Which is a fun twist . Reading Hanzo's story had me in tears a few times the author really brings the emotion when we see Hanzo really struggling and ready to become the monster he was turned into. This is a book that you can sit down and read and get lost in the story of redemption, love and the ends to what a man would do for the woman he loves 

GOOD MORNING IT IS DAY ONE OF READER ROUND UP

  Goof morning my peeps yes I am back after a reading hiatus. Today is the first day of the spring READER'S ROUND UP and I have for you a new to me author. P. D Alleva and his book ECHOES OF THE FORGOTTEN, WEB OF MALEVOLENCE .

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Winter, 1971. Grief drives teenager Michael Tedesco into exile—straight into the arms of a grandfather he barely knows, hidden deep within the sun-bleached isolation of the Florida Keys. At first glance, the island feels like paradise. But paradise has a memory. The locals watch too closely. Speak too little. And when they do speak, it’s only in hushed warnings—stories of Naia Tomes, a witch who once stalked the island… a woman said to have fed on human flesh before the newcomers put her down. Buried. Forgotten. Or so they claim. Because something is stirring again. The wind carries whispers that shouldn’t exist. Shadows linger where nothing should stand. And Michael begins to realize the truth the island has been hiding: Naia Tomes is not finished. As the past claws its way back into the present, Michael is pulled deeper into a suffocating nightmare—one woven from secrets, superstition, and blood. The kind of horror that doesn’t just haunt you… It waits for you. And on this island, revenge is not a story. It’s a ritual. 

                        MY REVIEW 

 Michael has lost so much in his young life , his mother and father killed in a car accident. He is put in the care of his grandfather , who he has never met and is moved to an isolated area off the Florida keys. Bur with all things come meeting new people and making friends and just trying to belong. He runs into a beautiful young woman coming out of the swamp water. Lilith who befriends him. While still trying to figure this place he is put into danger by a gang who whisper the name Naia he is pulled in deep to the history and the lore of what happened years ago and the ritual of what could happen.

   This is one of those reads that will give you the willies . It is a folk lore that has so much packed into it. Michael is a sweet kid that has had it rough after he was the only survivor from the car accident. He just wants a place to actually belong. He is also plagued with nightmares that are seeming to be true. He is a strong kid who wants a sense of belonging in a place where they don't take kindly to strangers. Lilith is a young woman who just happens to run into him in the marsh, she is mysterious and aloof when you meet her. You really want to dive into her and figure her out because there is more to her than meets the eye. There is a gang of teens that well you can't and shouldn't trust . Each character is well written and there is room to expand them even more . The folk lore aspect is really good and it gives you the creeps cause you know that there are areas that believe in the folklores of the past . 

    This is good read, it will give you the willies through out but over all the story is a fun fast read . This is a new to me author that has a knack for writing horror. This would be a good read for your fall reading list just in time for Halloween. I can't wait to dive into his other stories .