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  I saved his life. Now he owns mine. I’ve lived my whole life in a golden cage, the captive daughter of a powerful mafia don. When my father arranges my marriage to Vincenzo Vici, a cold-blooded assassin from a rival family, it’s a death sentence. For both of us. Because my father uses our engagement to slaughter the Vicis and take their territory. But he makes a grave error. He doesn’t kill the most dangerous Vici of Vincenzo himself. I’ve never met my intended fiancé, so when I stumble upon a handsome, bloodied stranger being tortured in a laundromat in the middle of the night, I follow my instincts and save his life. Big mistake. The man I saved is Vincenzo Vici, and when he discovers I’m the woman who led his family to slaughter, I realize there are circles of hell my father never showed me. Vincenzo should kill me. He wants to kill me. Instead, he decides to make me pay in a different way—by holding me to our arranged marriage and exacting his revenge on me. But Vincenzo isn’...

  Some battles don't end when you come home. Cal Bishop left a part of himself in Afghanistan-alongside brothers whose names are now etched into stone. Back in coastal North Carolina, he's a man adrift, haunted by flashbacks, sleepless nights, and the weight of promises he couldn't keep. Then Ana walks into his life. She doesn't try to fix him. She listens. She stays. And slowly, against the backdrop of salty winds and quiet mornings, Cal begins to believe in something he thought he'd buried hope. Through memories of combat and the wrenching aftermath, The Weight of Sand is a deeply human story about love that grows in the cracks, the ghosts we carry, and the courage it takes to set them down. My Review Warning: You will become fully invested in this book.  I have not read a book like this in a long time. Although, what drew me into this story even more was listening to the audiobook. The audiobook is duet narrated by two of my favorite narrators, CJ Bloom and Joe A...

  Emmanuel Love is a weakness. You either kill it or it will kill you. I’ve been in love once, and that’s what I did. I killed it. I’ve managed to avoid the weakness throughout my entire life. And then I saw her. A ghost from my past, very much alive and right in front of me. When she tries to flee from my grasp, I hold tighter. Because dead or alive, Evie is mine. Evie I’ve spent my life being put on display. Beautiful is a word I’ve heard a million times. Do I believe it? No. I might be shiny on the outside, but the inside… is a dark, scarred, bruised place. When I wake up to a cartel boss looming over me, his jaw clenched tight and his eyes darker than the emptiness I feel, my first instinct is to reach out and comfort him. That’s when I realize my mistake. But it’s the one word he utters that has my skin crawling. “Who?” And I know he knows. He knows my secrets. Emmanuel Lopez can see all of me and he’s not disgusted by the ugliness he finds there… My Review Emmanuel did not st...

  A Small Town, Single Dad, Nanny, Age Gap Standalone Romance from  USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov. Winnie Smith is the perfect nanny. She’s reliable, warm, and my daughter adores her. She cooks like a pro, styles pigtails like a fairy godmother, and knows her way around a car engine better than most mechanics. She’s made life easier. The house feels full again. And maybe… so do I. But living under the same roof has its challenges. Like catching her in the kitchen after midnight… barefoot, in tiny sleep shorts, eating ice cream straight from the tub. Don’t even get me started on the way that her lips wrapped around that spoon. I digress. It shouldn’t mean anything. She’s a decade younger. I’m her boss. She’s off-limits. And yet, it’s all I can think about. I was just looking for a nanny—not nightly cold showers and definitely not feelings. But the more we blur the lines, the harder it is to keep pretending. We say it’s temporary. No strings. Just one ...

  I swore I’d never let another man touch me after the last one broke more than just my heart. Loneliness makes a liar out of anyone. I was good for the wrong man. Quiet. Obedient. Broken. I promise myself never again. So I join Mythinder, the dating app for the presented, not for love but to feel something again. Then I meet them—men who awaken pieces of me I thought were lost. Gentle. Protective. Dangerous. Dane, a tattooed, dominant alpha with a dangerous smile. Everything about him says I should run, but I can’t. Being his good girl isn’t about obedience. It’s about finally being safe enough to be seen…and discovering a desire I never a pack. This book is a standalone Dark Why Choose Omegaverse. My Review Vera is very lucky to have found not one but three men to come into her life. They worship her. She is a very well cared for omega. There is Dane aka Daddy, Kade, and Uriel "Uri". I don't usually have a favorite but this time there was a clear stand out for me and th...

  Greer Allen has a secret. Her Stalker knows it. The Question is will she survive him knowing? My Review Greer made a choice ten years ago. Just when she thought she did not have to watch her back anymore, she learned that she was wrong. Koen has been on the "hunt" for years for the one that captured his attention. Now that Koen has put a face and name to his obsession, he is not about to let Greer go.  "I'm the tempting poison in his veins, and he's the vice I should probably let go of rather than embrace." Koen is lighter fluid and Greer the flame. Gimmie all the spice and psycho craziness that is Greer and Koen.  Ok, if this is what K.M. is delivering already to kick off 2026, then, I am in for a real treat. Where are my horror fans? This book is for you. If you love, I Know What You Did Last Summer, then, you are going to go "feral" for this book!