Alli the Book Giraffe

Hello readers! I have been working on this post for nearly 4 months, which has been WAAAAY too long.

You guys know if you’ve been here for a while that I make a post every 3 months where I update my entire physical TBR. I thought as I bought a lot of Kindle books in 2023 that I could make the exact same post, but only ebooks.

Some of these I have owned way longer than just 2023. I got my first Kindle in 2012.

I will not be counting any of my daughters books. I have found so many free ebooks for kids in the past year and chances are I will never actually read them, so I won’t show those.

Lastly, these will be in alphabetical order by the author’s last name and the blurb will come straight from Goodreads, which is exactly what I do for my physical TBR posts.

I ended up getting this one on a Stuff Your Kindle day because the author. I know this is a very popular romance author and I couldn’t pass it up.

Synopsis: Long ago, Elise’s ancestors stole the crown from the fae king. As the niece of the brutal, current king, her purpose is to do whatever is asked to ensure her family keeps the throne for centuries to come. The trouble is, Elise would rather sneak into gambling halls with the servants than be a silent princess at a ball. Soon reckless games are ended when her uncle forces her into negotiations for a marriage. If she refuses, her deathly-ill father will pay the price. Trapped by her sense of duty, Elise is given to the charge of Legion Grey, the handsome and mysterious dowry negotiator. But Legion holds more than her future in his hands. He incites her anger and a forbidden passion.

When a coup upends the kingdom, Elise flees with Legion, only to discover he holds more secrets than anyone. Unknowingly, Elise sets in motion a beastly curse Legion has endured as long as he can remember. As secrets unravel about Legion’s vicious past, questions rise over who has the true right to the throne. When answers come, more lives are put at stake, and Elise is forced to make an impossible choice: avoid a bloody game by leaving Legion to the beast within, or end his curse and restore magic to the land by sacrificing a life–hers.

Onyx is the second book in the Lux series and is also a book I’ve owned for a long time and need to read in 2024. I originally read book one is 2013 or so. Then, I reread it in 2019 to see if I was still into the series and I decided I would continue, and then never did.

Synopsis (book 1): Starting over sucks. When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring… until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth. Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something… unexpected happens.

The hot alien living next door marks me. You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. If I don’t kill him first, that is.

I think I got this one on a Stuff Your Kindle day, but I have no idea why I picked it. I have been (slowly) getting into monster romance, so that may be the reason.

Synopsis: I live my life in silence.Until them.

To save myself and my kingdom, I will have to play the part of their prisoner. Except I’m not playing anymore.

I’ll fill these monsters with every part of me and take what I want until there’s nothing left but me.

What happens when it’s all over? Will I want to go back to my life of silence or maybe…just maybe I like courting the monsters.

I’m in this thriller book club that I really haven’t read a book in for a while. But, at first we were all sharing free thriller books on Amazon that we would find and that’s how I found this book. This is how I learned of Bookbub, so I’m happy about that! If I have any other thrillers on this list, that book club is also the place I heard of it.

Synopsis: How far will a man go to protect his family?
For lawyer Sam Trask, it is farther than he ever thought possible, even in his worst nightmare.

Because his worst nightmare is about to come true. At age forty-seven, attorney Sam Trask finally seems to have his life in order. The dark years of too much drinking and self-seeking ambition are behind him. His marriage is solid again. Everything seems finally on the right track. Until a voice from the past comes back to say hello.

Suddenly, Sam faces a danger more real than he ever imagined—danger from someone who will not rest until Sam’s life comes crashing down around him. Desperate, Sam seeks protection from the law to which he has dedicated his life. But when the threats are turned on his family, and the law seems powerless to protect them, Sam must consider a choice that strikes at the heart of his life and faith—whether to take the law into his own hands.

I read so dang many Christmas romances in the 2nd half of 2023 and just didn’t get to this one. I will absolutely get to it later this year when I’m reading them again.

Synopsis: Dear Santa,All I want for the holidays is a quiet weekend in Vermont, sipping eggnog with best friends and ogling ski instructors. Please don’t let Millie and Anya bring along their boyfriends to serenade me with the Carol of the Orgasms. And for the love of Christmas, pretty please don’t let them play matchmaker by inviting my ex-best-friend Henri Stone to crash the party with mistletoe in hand.Did you put me on the naughty list, Santa? Because Henri keeps smiling like he’s your elf … and he seems to want me to jingle his bells.Yes, I asked for gorgeous.Yes, I asked for fun.But I didn’t ask for Mr. Heartbreaker-of-the-Century, over whom I’ve foolishly been pining since high school.There’s a reason Henri and I don’t talk anymore. Trust me, even if Millie dresses me up in a naughty Mrs. Claus outfit, it won’t change the fact that I refuse to become Henri’s hot holiday ho-ho-ho.Santa, are you trying to ruin Christmas?I’m begging you, stop all this picturesque snow from falling. Henri and I shouldn’t be left alone with the power out, because one of us is going to burn down the holiday tree.

One thing I have been doing since joining Booktok is prioritizing reading and buying my mutuals books. I am mutuals with a ton of indie authors and Katherine Bichler is one of them.

Synopsis: Growing up in the caverns underneath the colosseum is anything but ordinary for a Roman teenager like Noemi. Helping her father train wild beasts for the emperor’s extravagant shows and being feted with romantic gifts from her noble fiancé, hers is a life few girls could imagine. But despite her good fortune, Noemi is beginning to doubt her upcoming wedding, which could threaten what she desires most—to train as a gladiator.

While Noemi loves the lions beneath the colosseum and the bloody shows above, her sister, Livia, is a contrast in extremes. If Livia can’t be an enviable Vestal Virgin in a garden temple, she’ll do the next best thing and use her charms to climb the social ladder, as high as the emperor’s palace on Palatine Hill. While Livia will stop at nothing to improve her social life, Noemi can’t stop her secret desires, nor her stealth training with swords. And then there’s Cato, a top-ranked gladiator who is keeping a risky secret of his own. Against Noemi’s better judgement, she finds herself drawn to this mysterious fighter, who has both a temper and an imperious reputation. Soon, Noemi, Livia and Cato find that keeping secrets is not just child’s play, but dangerous games with deadly consequences. Can they all fool the emperor long enough to avoid a date with the executioner?

This is another mutual of mine’s book that I haven’t gotten to yet. I am so bad about reading the books I actually own! When I’m looking for something to read, I usually lean toward my Kindle Unlimited TBR and I really need to take steps to stop doing that.

Synopsis: She wakes up in hospital, badly burned with no memory.

He’s been trained to kill her before she burns the world to ashes. When they finally meet, will he be able to take her life now that he’s started to feel for her?

His fate is already written. The prophecy is already set… Love between them is forbidden.

I decided to just add all of these together, despite them all being different authors. I ARC read Bound by Honey in 2023 and went on to read one other book in the series. Every time there is a Stuff Your Kindle Day, a few of the authors put books in the series up for free, and that is how I have snagged so many.

They are all different cozy fantasy romance novellas, written by different authors, and set in interconnected worlds. They can be read in any order and I happened to ARC read the last published book in the series.

Synopsis: An eight-year-old girl, Chelsea Compton, is missing in Pine Valley, California and for Detective Katie Scott it’s a cruel reminder of the friend who disappeared from summer camp twenty years ago. Unable to shake the memories, Katie vows she won’t rest until she discovers what happened to Chelsea.

But as Katie starts to investigate, the case reveals itself to be much bigger and more shocking than she feared. Hidden deep in the forest she unearths a makeshift cemetery: a row of graves, each with a brightly coloured teddy bear.Katie links the graves to a stack of missing-persons cases involving young girls—finding a pattern no one else has managed to see. Someone in Pine Valley has been taking the town’s daughters for years, and Katie is the only one who can stop them.

And then another little girl goes missing, snatched from the park near her home. Katie’s still haunted by the friend she failed to protect, and she’ll do anything to stop the killer striking again—but can she find the little girl before it’s too late?

New Horizon School is a book by one of my Booktok author mutuals Jymi Cliche. I think this is a middle grade book. But, I’m really not sure.

Synopsis: New Horizons School is an expression of the author’s experience as an LGBTQIA, 90s teen with severe mental health struggles and it is an advocate for people to accept themselves. The main character is a talented poet & artist with wisdom, depth, and humor, named Ren Anonymous. Ren struggles with addictions, Bipolar Disorder, and PTSD. Most of the other characters struggle with similar issues but the kids at New Horizons School are accepted for who they are and are encouraged to express themselves freely. They learn to accept one another, as well. The environment that is created by the school’s unique style of therapeutic education helps the students to thrive and achieve things that no one ever realized they were capable of, including themselves.

I actually own this entire series on my Kindle. It’s a cozy mystery series centering food, which is my favorite kind. I haven’t read one in a long time and I really should this year!

Synopsis: Dumped by her cheating husband, Jenny King is trying to build a new life in the small seaside town of Pelican Cove. Locals are lining up at the Boardwalk Cafe for her tasty cakes and muffins. But when her aunt, a local artist, is accused of killing a stranger, Jenny is forced to set her apron aside and put on her sleuthing cap.Jenny battles with the cranky local sheriff and quirky local characters to get to the truth. Aided by her new friends, she will move heaven and earth to find out who the dead stranger was and what he was doing in Pelican Cove.If you like cozy murder mysteries with friendly small towns, scenic settings, yummy food and a touch of romance, you will like Strawberries And Strangers.

Synopsis: They came to me in the dead of night. I should be used to ghosts, I’m a necromancer after all. But the three men who show up at my house aren’t the spiritual beings I’m used to. These Ghosts are part of a brotherhood so secret that they were thought to be a myth. When they ask for my help, I leap at the opportunity to aid these warriors.

But none of us expected my help to come with a price tag. Now our souls are bound to one another and unfortunately, being this close to each other secrets are starting to slip out. I can’t afford to have anyone know who, or what, I really am, but with a curse hanging over our heads and with someone suddenly after us we’ll have to stick close if we want to survive. With the Ghosts looking out for me, I should be safe… right?

This is a m/m Christmas romance that I didn’t get to last year. I read two Christmas m/m romances last year and I loved one and hated the other. This is another one I’ll definitely get to in the 2nd half of 2024 when I’m reading Christmas romances again.

Synopsis: Some wounds, only a monster can heal. I’ve always hated Christmas. With a name like Chris Kringle, it’s hard not to. It’s only gotten worse since I’ve been back from the war. Christmas is supposed to be jolly, but for me, it’s a grim reminder of past failures.

I need to get away from it. To be somewhere quiet. To heal. When I wake up in the South Pole after an accident to a Krampus tending my wounds, it feels like the perfect opportunity to get some much-needed R&R. Yet this gentle giant is so achingly sweet, I can’t help but fall for him, even though he’s a monster. But another, more sinister monster may be lurking much closer to home, and if we don’t hunt it down in time, this could be the last Christmas ever.

I honeslty forgot I even had this book on my Kindle. I have to have had this for around 10 years. I read the first two books in high school and this is book three. Will I ever read it? I honestly don’t know.

I keep trying to unhaul the first two books, but I always stop myself. I don’t even remember anything about this series and I would absolutely have to reread the whole series to get to this one.

Synopsis (book 1): Romance was not part of Nora Grey’s plan. She’s never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how hard her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch comes along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Patch draws Nora to him against her better judgment.

But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora’s not sure whom to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is and seems to know more about her than her closest friends. She can’t decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel. For she is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen – and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost Nora her life.

Madame Bovary is a classic that is honestly on the top of my TBR (as far as classics go). I haven’t read a classic in a long time, but this is honestly in my top two that I will read when I’m in the mood for one.

Synopsis: Seven years ago, the incomparable Lydia Davis brought us an award- winning, rapturously reviewed new translation of Marcel Proust’s Swann’s Way that was hailed as “clear and true to the music of the original” (Los Angeles Times) and “a work of creation in its own right” (Claire Messud, Newsday). Now she turns her gifts to the book that defined the novel as an art form.

When Emma Rouault marries dull, provincial doctor Charles Bovary, her dreams of an elegant and passionate life crumble. She escapes into sentimental novels but finds her fantasies dashed by the tedium of her days. Motherhood proves to be a burden; religion is only a brief distraction. She spends lavishly and embarks on a series of disappointing affairs. Soon heartbroken and crippled by debts, Emma takes drastic action with tragic consequences for her husband and daughter.

Twice Tempted is the sequel to Once Burned. Once Burned was the first ever book I read by this author, but also was my first introduction to spicy books when I was 19. I honestly did not know books like this even existed at that age, so that was a surprise to me.

Synopsis (book 1): After a tragic accident scarred her body and destroyed her dreams, Leila never imagined that the worst was still to come: terrifying powers that let her channel electricity and learn a person’s darkest secrets through a single touch. Leila is doomed to a life of solitude…until creatures of the night kidnap her, forcing her to reach out with a telepathic distress call to the world’s most infamous vampire…

Vlad Tepesh inspired the greatest vampire legend of all—but whatever you do, don’t call him Dracula. Vlad’s ability to control fire makes him one of the most feared vampires in existence, but his enemies have found a new weapon against him—a beautiful mortal with powers to match his own. When Vlad and Leila meet, however, passion ignites between them, threatening to consume them both. It will take everything that they are to stop an enemy intent on bringing them down in flames.

This is the 8th book in the Night Huntress series and the above book was actually a spin off of this series. I recently bought this book in December and am hoping to once again finish this series. I keep thinking the series is over and then the author publishes new books.

This is one of those books that is the same story but in the perspective of the love interest. I am not that excited about it because of that, but honestly I’m still going to read it at some point this year.

Ivy Graves is one of my author mutuals on Booktok who is Australian. I am now worried that I may not like this book because it’s dark romance, but I’m still going to give it a try one of these days.

Synopsis: HAZY’S life has been a rollercoaster of abuse, debauchery, and razorblades. Preyed upon by her own acerbic shadows, her inner world is one of haunted turmoil. Until a man she crossed paths with over a decade prior sets his sights on her across a waiting room.

BANKS is a man buried deep in underworld crime. With questionable morals and a bottomless supply of whiskey, his illicit dealings and revolving door of women have sated him… until now.

Synopsis: For the past seven years, Emersyn Jane Merona had been owned by a deadly mob boss and forced to service any lonely soul who found their way to Skarsrowe, a shady port town on the edge of the Baronian Sea. When Syn commits a murder and initiates a daring escape, she finds herself in the arms of her boss’ archrival, the legendary Captain Killian O’Donnell.

After seeking refuge on his mysterious ship, Syn soon realizes that she may have traded one form of danger for another. Desperate to regain her freedom, she falls back on all the old tricks she used to survive her indentured servitude. Just when she is ready to give up, a murdered siren changes her fate and the Lord of Lost Souls, Malakai Barron, drags her down into the underworld.

Through a deal brokered by someone from her past, Syn now has to try to earn her freedom from not one, but two key players in the dark underworld. Though it seems impossible, opportunity strikes when Malakai’s missing sirens reappear and Syn is given the chance to investigate. Who is taking the sirens? And why does their song haunt her dreams? As Emersyn uncovers the demons of her past, will the monsters of her future be kept at bay, or will she become another lost soul anchored to the bottom of the sea?

Synopsis: Just a glimpse and I know she is MINE. She isn’t like any other omega I’ve ever met, I hadn’t anticipated this need for her. I should have stayed away…

But there’s a twisted, yearning, full of fear and anger inside me. That insists that I claim her. No one can stop me, from breaking her. From making her MINE…No one… not even her.

Synopsis: Alpha Chane agrees to take over Wynter Hallow’s Annual Christmas Show when his predecessor retired. How hard could it be? This isn’t Broadway or anything. He soon discovers the nearly impossible. But Chane refuses to give up; the yearly event is too important to his small-town community to let it fail.

Alpha Pax hates seeing his mate, Chane, stressing about the annual Christmas show, but, as the local florist, he doesn’t really have the skills needed to be much help. He can bring in some poinsettias and wreaths to decorate, but that is about it. That is until he befriends a partridge in the woods and gets an idea.

Omega and partridge shifter Beacon is brand new in town. He hasn’t even unpacked yet, and he’s already being bombarded with invites to all the Christmas festivities. Apparently the holiday is a really big deal in Wynter Hallow locals even call it Christmas Valley. He’s all set with that. Christmas is far from Beacon’s favorite time of year. He’ll just keep to himself until the season passes. Or so he thinks.

When a sweet alpha Beacon’s partridge recognizes as his mate finds him during a shift, Beacon lets the man take him home, unsure what else to do. It isn’t until they arrive that he realizes that he doesn’t have just one mate—he has two, and they both are human. Merry Christmas to him?

Synopsis: Jasmine Allen believes in bad luck, great wine, and the seductive power of a stiletto heel. What she doesn’t believe in is love. Her life is perfect without all that romance rubbish—until a plumbing disaster screws everything up and leaves Jas homeless. Luckily, she has someone to turn to: her best friend Rahul.

For seven years, Rahul Khan has followed three simple rules. 1. Don’t touch Jasmine if you can help it. 2. Don’t look at her arse in that skirt. 3. And don’t ever—ever—tell her you love her. He should’ve added another rule: Do not, under any circumstances, let Jas move into your house.

Now Rahul is living with the friend he can’t have, and it’s decimating his control. He knows their shared dinners aren’t dates, their late-night kisses are a mistake, and the tenderness in Jasmine’s gaze is only temporary. One wrong word could send his skittish best friend running. So why is he tempted to risk it all?

Synopsis: Who’s afraid of the big, bad werewolf? When London’s brightest tinkers and alchemists come up missing, Red Cape Society Agent Clemeny Louvel is on the case.

To help her get the problem in hand, Queen Victoria assigns her a temporary partner—a werewolf with a knightly history and a tendency to be far too flirtatious for either of their good. Can she trust him to help her chase down the monsters they’re hunting?

Synopsis: When Noémie, Third Princess of Normandy, is forced to accept a gargoyle as her bodyguard, she is determined to hate him. But a series of assassination attempts brings the pair closer together, and she begins to realize that there is much more to her bodyguard than stone and bat-wings and magic. Together, Noémie and Gideon begin to process the grief and loss that each of them has endured. Slowly they unravel the mystery of his origins and uncover secrets that could affect the outcome of the war.

Tanya Lynn is another mutual of mine on Booktok. I love her videos and her Christmas tree shifter book I read in December. I love the weird books like that and I knew I had to try more from her.

Synopsis: Stella has run for so long, haunted by her tragic past, until something snaps within. Morally grey vigilante by night and café owner by day, she finds peace in the eyes of a regular customer.

Nick is a detective, searching for answers in two different horrific cases. One is killing innocent women, the other is torturing questionable men. He visits the café often and finds himself falling for the owner, not knowing she holds the clues he is desperate to find.

​​​​​​​Everyone hides behind a layer of protective lies, unwilling to bare their true selves. Love is found in an unlikely place, fear runs through the city, and hearts are tested. Who’s mask will slip first to reveal the truth?

Rot and Ruin has to be one of the oldest if not THEE oldest book on my Kindle. I even used to have a physical copy of it. I honestly don’t think I’ll ever read this book, but you never know. 🤷

Synopsis: In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn’t want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash, but what he gets is a vocation that will teach him what it means to be human.

Synopsis: Thorrn only travelled to Earth to find women compatible with his species, even though he expects to stay alone for the rest of his cursed life. Broken inside and out, he’s sure no female could ever want him. But that all changes when he sets his eyes on a sassy Earth woman with fiery red hair and a temper to match. With his mating instincts running wild, he will have to decide whether to claim her or return her to his planet to be studied by scientists.

Jenny has finally managed to leave her abusive boyfriend and is ready to start a new life. Promoting a new dating agency seems like just the project to distract herself with. While meeting an alien who looks like a hot Highlander wasn’t part of her plan, when he offers to protect her from her crazy ex, she’s tempted to take him up on his offer. Besides, she really needs to know what he hides beneath his kilt. But when she finds out that his people intent to study her like a lab rat, can she trust him any more than her ex?

Synopsis: Alina Morana, adopted as an infant, is perfectly content with living her life not knowing where she came from. A new apartment, a new career, finally starting the life she’d been craving. Until she received an e-mail from a small-town lawyer letting her know she had inherited a massive estate from her last living biological relatives. The trip should be quick and easy, wrap everything up and return back to her new life. Nothing can ever be so simple. The townspeople are angry, her family owned half of the town, and they didn’t make any friends with their business methods. She’s hated by people she’s never met. Compounded with a house that harbors more secrets in its walls than only its murdered inhabitants- Alina must fight for herself, overcome the debilitating anxiety she’d always been plagued with, and learn who to trust- before it’s too late.

Synopsis: This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables, an old-fashioned farm outside a town called Avonlea. Anne Shirley, an eleven-year-old orphan, has arrived in this verdant corner of Prince Edward Island only to discover that the Cuthberts—elderly Matthew and his stern sister, Marilla—want to adopt a boy, not a feisty redheaded girl. But before they can send her back, Anne—who simply must have more scope for her imagination and a real home—wins them over completely. A much-loved classic that explores all the vulnerability, expectations, and dreams of a child growing up, Anne of Green Gables is also a wonderful portrait of a time, a place, a family… and, most of all, love.

Synopsis: I, Ivy Wilson, am apparently a Queen. It sounds far fetched. I had a five-year work at the Camilla until I had enough for a deposit on a shop to start the romance bookstore of my dreams, write my regency romance novels, and survive my pestering mother. All that crumbles when they appear. Adrian, Rowan, Elias, and Maeve. They claim they’re here for me—the new Queen of Nyx, the rightful heir to the throne of all supernaturals.

But I’m being hunted by fate, darkness, and someone who wants to see the line of Nyx end. If I’m going to survive, I have to trust them. They see me as a job, and I feel more power when they’re close. I don’t know why, and they seem just as uncertain as I am. It’s time for a new Queen to rise…

Synopsis: Oriana wants one thing for her life, to be the first female general in Graten. Having her whole life planned out for her, Oriana is met with news that she will have to pick a suitor or risk her hand being forced. Not only is she being faced with the scrutiny of being a woman, Oriana must uncover the mysterious deaths plaguing her kingdom. With hope that the annual summer solstice trip will provide peace from the recent events, Oriana begins to strategize her plans to become all she desires. Except there is one issue—the prince of her enemy kingdom is attending this year.

Callan wants nothing more than to survive his father’s reign, including following all of his orders no matter the cost. At the guidance of his father, Callan’s hands are stained with the blood of countless lives—ultimately becoming numb to the deaths that surround him—and his father’s next demand is the princess of his enemy kingdom. Trying to fight the desire to gain control of their own lives, Oriana and Callan realize they have more in common than what breaches the surface. Despite prying eyes, one thing is for certain… You cannot fight fate.

Synopsis: Eli Loveless was my nemesis from the first day of kindergarten until we graduated high school. Everything I did, he had to do better – and vice versa. The day he left town was the best day of my life.

Ten years later, the day he came back was the worst. Now he’s my co-worker. Grown-up Eli Loveless is sexy as sin. He’s hotter than asphalt in the summer. The irritating kid I once knew is gone, and he’s been replaced by a man with green eyes, perfect abs, and a cocky smile.

It’s bad that I want him. It’s worse that he wants me back. There are looks. There are smirks. There are smiles that make my panties burst into flame. And then there’s a shared kiss that leads to the hottest night of my life.

This is no office romance. This is a five-alarm fire. What’s a girl to do when the man I can’t stand is the one I can’t stop lusting after? Enter into a friends-with-benefits agreement, of course. No dates. No relationship. Just blisteringly hot sex, because if there’s one person I could never fall for, it’s Eli…right?

Synopsis: Fight Club’s estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours boxing matches in the basement of bars. There, two men fight “as long as they have to.” This is a gloriously original work that exposes the darkness at the core of our modern world.

Synopsis: Fate has sent me a charming, sexy, hot-as-hell lawyer who knows how to negotiate his way into my panties. Great, right? Too bad he was the best man at my wedding. I didn’t swear off all men after my divorce, but I sure as hell swore off anyone remotely like my ex. On the top of that list? Attorneys. Everyone knows they can’t be trusted. Been there. Done that. Burned the T-shirt.

Now that I’ve moved back into my childhood home in Chicago, my focus is my daughter, my mom and me. I haven’t given up on finding my happily-ever-after; it’s just on hold-indefinitely. Yup, life is in a real upswing.

Then I see Reed Warner again, and I’m reminded of all my past mistakes. I push him away, but somehow, he weasels his way into every part of my life, not willing to take no for an answer. In spite of my better judgment I can’t stop thinking about the way his designer suits fit his muscular frame, or the way his blue eyes seem to eat me up with every glance. Reed is like the equivalent of a chocolate éclair and my willpower is fading fast. I never was good at depriving myself of life’s guilty pleasures.

Synopsis (book 1): Emily wakes up on a bench with an empty journal and no memories. Everything happening in the town is strange, and she has to unravel the mystery. The mystery of the town and of her missing memories.

Synopsis: Bianca is a Trove. Her blood is so powerful it allows vampires to stroll in the sunlight. She lives a life of masquerade parties, governesses, and flirting with eligible men like the handsome thief, Nyro Stonehelm, who openly defies the vampire King and Queen.

Soon a visit from the King brings Bianca face to face with a terrible reality—her father has gambled away everything, and still owes the King’s Court more. To set an example, the King executes her father. That one fateful morning, Bianca loses everything she ever knew.

With his last breath, her father confesses she’s a Trove and begs her to run. Instead, she swears revenge and joins the Queen’s Court, determined to destroy the King one day.

Now, she must live in a vampire nest, at the risk of being discovered and made into a blood slave. Her only reprieve is her budding love for a thief, who also has a grudge against their vampire monarchs and whose life is equality in danger. Will her hunger for revenge bring about Bianca and her lover’s end? Or will it be their salvation?

Synopsis: It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

Synopsis: With the weekend right around the corner, Homicide Detective Mitch Cannon is looking forward to Saturday night. It isn’t often he has a date, and this one will be particularly interesting. His new friend Liza is beautiful, edgy, outspoken, and somewhat odd.

But Mitch’s usual Friday-morning phone call to his mom sets the wheels in motion for five days of pure hell. Mitch’s sister, Marie, has gone missing without a trace. His date is canceled, and Mitch’s partner, Devon, and Liza also go missing the following night. The only clue is a call Mitch gets from someone whose number is blocked, the anonymous speaker saying, “Ticktock, ticktock.” Mitch and the entire Habersham precinct set out on a white-knuckle search to find his sister, partner, and new friend before time runs out and all three are gone forever.

Synopsis: How far would a parent go when the life of their child is at stake? When that parent is Jack Stone, a former highly trained government operative, the answer as far as it takes. After Jack’s daughter is abducted by a group of child traffickers with ties to the Russian mob, Jack will have to fight the entire criminal underworld to get her back. Using every skill in his extensive arsenal, Stone will launch himself into a bloody campaign of violence, interrogation, and investigation with one goal in mind. To get his daughter back, by any means necessary.

Synopsis: Avirin understands hunger. With her ravenous desire to succeed, it’s no surprise she hides her monstrosity from the world. Easier said than done once she sleeps with her infuriating coworker and lets her succubus secret slip. But it’s a one-time thing; she’s not jeopardizing her career over a night with Pye… No matter how much she can’t stop thinking about it.

Pye understands hunger, too. Being famished for something they can’t have, mouth watering at the sight of her…but Pye and Avirin agreed to be friends, and since faeries can’t lie, he’ll keep his late-night thoughts to himself. But when Pye introduces Avirin to the world of monsters she’s long avoided, they both have a hard time forgetting what they did together… And a harder time remembering why they can’t cross that line again.

Synopsis: Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life – which means getting into the right high school to get into the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan’s Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself.

Craig’s suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.

Synopsis: Faced with challenges from an early age, Janica has learned to celebrate and enjoy every day as a gift. Her life-affirming attitude fascinates Thomas, a shy young man who begins to see the rich colors of life in a whole new light. As she reveals a world he never could have imagined for himself, Thomas falls head over heels for the strong young woman and becomes part of her quirky circle of friends and her loving family.

Their generosity of spirit draws Thomas out of his shell. He finds strength in their visits to the children’s hospital where Janica volunteers, captivating the kids’ attention with her imaginative stories. But all too soon fate deals them a harsh blow. Can their love survive life’s obstacles?

Synopsis: They came from outer space — Mars, to be exact. With deadly heat-rays and giant fighting machine they want to conquer Earth and keep humans as their slaves.

Nothing seems to stop them as they spread terror and death across the planet. It is the start of the most important war in Earth’s history. And Earth will never be the same.

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