This week we WATCHED “Babygirl” directed by Halina Reijn

The film stars Nicole Kidman as a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins an affair with a much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). 

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This week we read “Beyond Shame (Beyond, Book 1)” by Kit Rocha

All Noelle Cunningham has ever wanted was a life beyond--beyond her stifling role as a prim and proper councilman's daughter, and beyond the walls of the patriarchal city of Eden, the only remnants of safety in a world destroyed by solar storms decades earlier. But when she's banished for violating the prohibition against immorality, she's unprepared for the lawless world outside the city's walls.

The sectors surrounding Eden house those abandoned to fend for themselves--men like Jasper McCray, bootlegger and cage fighter. Jas clawed his way up from nothing to stand at the right hand of Sector Four's ruthless leader, and he'll defend the O'Kane gang with his life. But fighting hasn't prepared him for dealing with a sheltered City princess who falls at his feet.

Her innocence is undeniable, but so is her intense sexual curiosity. Soon they're exploring every dark fantasy she's ever been ashamed to have. But if Noelle wants to claim her place with the O'Kanes and at Jas's side, she'll have to find the courage to embrace something even more terrifying than her own desires.

Her own power.

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This week we read “Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy, Book 1” by Brynne Weaver 

Every serial killer needs a friend. Every game must have a winner.

When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.

But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love.

Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves?

Or have they finally met their match?

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Just a quickie to update you on Pushin Cushions and the future (of the US government). 

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This week we read “Pushin' Cushions” by Unfortunate Reads and Vera Valentine 

Dennis J. Rance has been under immense pressure since being chosen as the Vice Presidential Candidate. His running mate is a dumpster fire, his wife left him, and he’s working 90 hours a week. He desperately needs a break, and decides it’s time to take care of himself for once.

So what’s a man to do when he’s alone and needs release? Well, Dennis is a little…different. When his unusual “usual” methods fail, it’s time to indulge in one of his most forbidden desires. It worked for him in college with that ratty old couch, and this new one is just so plush.

But Dennis doesn’t know this furniture has a sinister secret of its own…

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This week we read “Twisted Love” by Ana Huang 

Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can’t escape.

Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can’t remember. Despite her broken past, she’s never stopped seeing the beauty in the world…including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn’t want.

Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen—but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both…and everything they hold dear.

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This week we read “Hot Mess: A Kinky Neighbors-to-Lovers MM Romance” by Misha Horne

London is an adult, but he doesn’t feel like one. He buys a new house because he can afford to, and it seems to be the next most logical step as an “adult,” but he’s ill prepared for the realities that come with owning a house, and, let’s be honest, adulthood as a whole. But then he catches sight of his next door neighbor, the cool, calm, collected, and totally hot Eric. Can his handyman neighbor Eric actually fix out-of-control London?

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This week we read “Manacled” by Senlinyu

For the first time ever, we are reading a fanfic. Not just any fanfic, but one inspired by "Harry Potter.” (Get ready, we have a lot to say.)  

In this world, the Death Eaters won the war, Harry and Ron died in the final battle, and Hermione was imprisoned in a sensory deprivation cell for about 18 months. The story commences when Hermione is dragged from her cell by Umbridge, who has been acting as Voldemort’s prison warden To replenish the magical population, Hermione Granger is forced to be Draco Malfoy's surrogate.

Manacled takes your favorite childhood characters and renders them in stark 3D by placing them in a complex, war-torn dark romance. 

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This week we read “Hooked (Never After Series)” by Emily McIntire

Wendy has been cloistered away most of her life by her wealthy cold father, but a spontaneous night out with friends turns into an intense and addictive love affair with the dark and brooding James. As much as she knows James is dangerous, Wendy can’t seem to shake her desire for him. But as their relationship grows more heated and she learns more about the world he moves in, she finds herself unsure if she’s falling for the man known as James or the monster known as Hook.

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This week we read “Cosmic Crush: An Alien Burlesque Romance (Galactic Gems Series Book 2)” by Clio Evans

 Mari is a famous star in her intergalactic troupe. As headliner at the Comet Canyon Saloon, the last thing she expected to go wrong was being lassoed off stage by a chaps-wearing outlaw.

Raider’s name has been tarnished by his good-for-nothing brother. The only way to clear it is by kidnapping the precious burlesque gem, Little Miss Mercury. After being stranded together during a desert storm, Mari and Raider discover that there’s more between them than a hostage situation gone wrong…

One pleasure-inducing stinger, two souls roped together by fate, and an affinity for boots—they’re in for a Wild West ride. Will Raider and Mari claim their cosmic love? Or will they be whisked apart by the villain that wants to stop them?

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