Here's what I read for the month.
I'm going to be honest, There are so many books and quite a few I read in December that were carried forward that I'm hard pressed to come up with my stand out reads for the month(s) but I am going to try.
Let's start with an obvious one. How It Needed To Be by TS Joyce is the last of the Oath of Bane series and it was wonderful. Of course, it was wonderful. It's TS Joyce and I love her writing and her stories. Also, now this series is going to spin-off into a broader world and there's going to be a Krome's Mountain universe starting with the next series. Yay!
Another favorite author, Lily Gold had a book release and I jumped right on it. Lily Gold writes reverse harem but her stories are filled with depth and emotion. Her character deveopment is amazing. Faking With Benefits did not disappoint. It dealt with some heavy duty issues too.
Phoebe Harlowe is a new to me sci-fi romance author and I've read two of her books now. The Alien Trade is her first book and it's filled with complexity and heart. Such a wonderful read and I'm super curious with this world she has built and how she's going to expand on it with future books.
A new to me author, Leah Busboom blew me away with a stirring, emotional story in Forever You. It didn't even bother me that it was a clean romance (which I didn't know about till AFTER I finished reading the book). Man, this book had me so weepy. I needed lots of tissues. Oh, my heart!
I also read the debut novel for a favorite author of mine, Melanie Moreland. Her books are so romantic. Into The Storm is such a beautiful and emotional book. Of course, I love forced proximity stories and there's so much packed into this story with a hero who can't leave his property and a heroine who is running from her past. It's heart pounding stuff.
And last but not least, oh Brodin. I love you more than Vander and Rhain. Anna Hackett release the latest book in her Galactic Kings series,Emperor and it was wondrful. I have a serious, serious crush on Brodin and I'm almost willing to fight people for him. Gah, he's so wonderful. Go read the book. You will swoon over him. I want to read the book again.
Ooh, ooh. I can't forget this book. Trapped With The Ice Station Chief by Julie Rowe. Wow, what a wonderful hero. He's such a good man. I'm so in love with him. Hmmm, do I love him more than Brodin? Do I have to choose?
That's it from me. What did you read this last month? Do leave a comment and let me know.
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ReplyDeleteAh yes, Brodin. I think he was Anna's best yet.
1 Annihilation Road by Christine Feehan. Torpedo Ink #7
2 Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens. This was fantastic. A nail biting read
3 Maybe we Should by Melissa Foster. Silver Island #2
4 Medicine Balls by Tara Lain
5. Conard County Christmas Bodyguard by Rachel Lee. Conard County: The Next Generation #48
6 Masquerade Lynn Raye Harris. Black's Bandits: Black Heart Prologue
7 Alien Architect needs a Nanny by Tasha Black. Alien Nanny Agency #1
8 Alien Architect needs a Nanny bonus epilogue by Tasha Black. Alien Nanny Agency #1.5
9 Becoming by Nora Roberts. Dragon Heart Legacy #2
10 Scene of the Crime by Rebecca York. Deborah Security Agency #23
11 Pretend you want me by Cynthia Eden. Wilde Ways #13
12 Genmate Mistaken by Cara Bristol. Genmate Dilemma #1
13 Emperor by Anna Hackett. Galactic Kings #2. Wow. This was fantastic. Best yet
14 The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian. Page and Sommers #2
15 Lightning in a Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz. Fogg Lake Trilogy #3
16 Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris. Black's Bandits #5. Yay, Ian Black gets his story. And what a great one it was.
17 Dangerous Survivor by Kaylea Cross. Crimson Point #7
18 Hot Enough to Burn by Cynthia Eden. Phoenix Fury #1
Gill
Oh yes, I'm completely obsessed with Brodin.
DeleteWhat do you think of the Torpedo Ink books? I read the first book and enjoyed it but I have not kept up with the series. I've been meaning to go back to it cos I think it might be one of the few MC series that I can actually enjoy reading.
Hmm yes, Christine Feehan. I've been reading her since the start of the Carpathians. I find her pacing very slow, esp with the overuse of the word "very", but obv I still continue to read her books. They have become really dark though lately, esp with the Torpedo Ink series. Although I understand why. The last 2 were extremely so, but I'm still "enjoying " them.
DeleteGill
I have the second book in the Torpedo Ink series in my Kindle library. Maybe I should move it up to read sooner rather than later. I didn't think the first book was that dark. I mean, it felt edgy to me, but I didn't find it dark per se. What do you mean when you say her Torpedo Ink books are dark? Can you elaborate?
DeleteThere was a lot of s and m in the last 2. A lot of killing too but off page, as it were
DeleteAh, that kind of thing I can handle. And killing off page is fine. I was worried that it would have much darker themes like rape, incest, abuse, etc.
DeleteNo incest, but references to rape and abuse in the past, which you probably saw in the first book.
DeleteGill
I'm okay with references to darker themes in the past that happened off page. It's what it's graphic and violent and on page that it bothers me.
DeleteLots of book there and I am glad that you enjoyed them so much :)
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Helen
Yeah, I really did enjoy the books I read this month.
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