A Book Lover's Bookish Thoughts

Billionaire Protector: A Grumpy Single Dad Romance by Emma Blake My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Unexpected by Elizabeth Aton My rating: 5 of 5 stars Note: I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Trigger Warnings: overdose mention, fatal drug use mention, infidelity, poverty, childbirth issues, young child death, asbestos death, abandonment, grief, survivors guilt, trauma (various). Damn what, what was this novel? I ended up loving it so much more than I thought! For a debut novel..it sure was emotional chaotic, messy in a good way, and giving me all the serious feels and fangirling swoony moments I could get from Whit and Ava. Plus this book was incredibly heavy on topics - see above trigger warnings. The situation and the various traumas Ava has to deal with...seriously she's like some kind of a saint to have to tolerate it all and still forge her path through them...despite having almost little to no help to help her heal and and progress. As for our yummy and hot damn rock god, Whit, he's also gone through his own set of ...

Bear's Fake Marriage: A Small Town Steamy Paranormal Romance by Jade Alters My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Dad's Best Friend: An Age Gap, Surprise Pregnancy Romance by Lisa Ryan My rating: 3 of 5 stars Note: I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This was a conventional but also unconventional at the same time. I mean - both the MCs didn’t give a…about their ages and the difference between them. They thoroughly embraced it and just flowed along with it because..who cares. I guess I wish more people embraced age gap romances instead of feeling ashamed of why they loved in real life. Enough rambling though… Secondly the steam was on point - I felt midway jealous about not having that same for myself - but then I told myself books do it better haha. Thirdly the romance - could’ve been fleshed out more - ya know the hearty confessions and such. But meh I was just enjoying myself so much I forgot to care. Until the next read, -TMR View all my reviews

Under Pressure by Fern Fraser My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Possessive Boss by Willow Fox My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Sold to the Pirate : Ahoy, Me Hearties! by Fern Fraser My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Hidden Love by R.J. Gray My rating: 5 of 5 stars Note: I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Trigger warnings: ptsd, domestic violence (not by MCs), drunk driving death, depression, infidelity (maybe?) So we have a grieving friend who's suddenly a guardian of a secret her dead friend gave her in clause to her death. Who now has to report back to the dead friend's ex, because the secret is closely connected to the ex. The ex..meanwhile is living his grit and hard life in the military battling wars, and combat zones (By the way I didn't enjoy the mention of my home country PAK in such a negative context...we've already got problems..don't need more by this publicising), and well lost in the memories of his ex. But when he gets a phone call about the secret...everything changes. Sparks later fly, after much much dancing around emotions (the headaches I endured while it all happened), but complications arise....

Devious Game by Bri Blackwood My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Sins of Silence by C.N. Marie My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Light in the Darkness by Sionna Trenz My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Pride: Sisters of Sin: a Femme Fatale Series by Sofia Aves My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Grumpy Hero: A Fake Marriage Pregnancy Romance by Cassandra Russell My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Voices At The Door: An Anthology Of Favourite Poems by Christine Jones My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Ruins of Temptation by C. Hallman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Note: I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Note 2: This is a series. Although the first three books feature a different couple from this book, they are all interconnected. King of Corium, Drop Dead Queen, Broken Kingdom - are Quinton and Aspen's trilogy. Ruins Of Temptation and Reign Of Freedom (Coming August 26th 2022) are Lucas and Delilah's duet. PLEASE READ IN ORDER - THEY ARE ALL CONNECTED. Trigger warnings:sex trafficking, abandonment, drug use, alcohol use, rape, assault. To catch yourself up to speed and what my reviews said, here are the reviews for the first three books. 1. King Of Corium:  https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 2. Drop Dead Queen:  https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 3. Broken Kingdom:  https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... To summarise the past stories - Delilah and a few other people in her gang (in the past it used to...

Beautiful Monster by J.L. Beck My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Madness & Mayhem by Emma Slate My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Daddy's Little Deviant: An Age Play, DDlg, Military Romance, Erotica, Espionage, Psychological Drama by Elina Duke My rating: 1 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Bound to Darkness by J.L. Beck My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews