Today is the first episode in the month of Colleen Hoover! Each week we will be talking about a different book by Colleen and taking a deep dive into what makes her books so hype-worthy!

Heart Bones// Published Aug 19, 2020

Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah's parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself. With only two short months separating her from the future she's built and the past she desperately wants to leave behind, an unexpected death leaves Beyah with no place to go during the interim.

Forced to reach out to her last resort, Beyah has to spend the remainder of her summer on a peninsula in Texas with a father she barely knows. Beyah's plan is to keep her head down and let the summer slip by seamlessly, but her new neighbor Samson throws a wrench in that plan.

Samson and Beyah have nothing in common on the surface.

She comes from a life of poverty and neglect; he comes from a family of wealth and privilege. But one thing they do have in common is that they're both drawn to sad things. Which means they're drawn to each other.

With an almost immediate connection too intense for them to continue denying, Beyah and Samson agree to stay in the shallow end of a summer fling. What Beyah doesn't realize is that a rip current is coming, and it's about to drag her heart out to sea.

Hundreds of years have passed since the gods abandoned Nevervein. Since then, magic has been all but extinct. That’s what Ruby thinks, anyway.

When she is kidnapped by the king’s men and forced to fight for her life in the Ring of Angels, Ruby can’t help but notice the gods interfering with destiny.

Something much greater, much darker lies within the walls of the city. Will she survive long enough to discover the truth about the lurking evil in Nevervein?

With unexpected help from the young, mysterious prince, Ruby may finally achieve the one thing her heart longs for the most: Revenge.

Decisions are hard y'all, a couple books didn't work out so the book change was very last minute. I didn't want to leave you hanging though so we talk about what to anticipate on Thursday and why i'm the worst at decisions LOL! Follow me on Instagram for all of the real time updates! @find.me.in.a.book.podcast

I went on a reading binge this past week and definitely found some favorites!

Loner by Ginger Scott

Kingdom of Villians by Ella Fields

Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood

Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood

Lovelight Farms by B.k. Borison

This week I have Husband on the podcast where I talk to him about this highly rated book and see what he thinks about his first romance novel!

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In hiding all her life, Layala prepares for the day the wicked High Elf King Thane will come to steal her— his powerful mate. She trains to take her revenge for the wrongful execution of her parents, who died for her freedom.

Now that day has come, forcing her to come face-to-face with what she’s hidden from: a dangerous, dark-haired, warrior king determined to marry her.

After she’s shoved into a black carriage pulled by six ominous steeds, Layala makes plans to take her captors’ lives and free herself...

...but Thane has a secret that makes it impossible for Layala to slay him.

10.The Selection Series- Kiera Cass

9.Lark Rising Series- Sandra waugh

8.Anti-Stepbrother- Tijan

7.The Wall of Winnipeg- Mariana Zapata

6.Wait for it - Mariana Zapata

5.Cake Series- J. Bengtsson

4.The Darkest Drae series- Blood oath- Raye Wagner and Kelly St Clare

3.The Vikings Chosen- Quinn Loftis

2.Blood and Ash Series- Jennifer Armentrout 

1.Relentless Series- Karen Lynch

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Four Horsemen Series- Laura Thalassa

A Court of Thorn and Roses- Sarah j Maas

Crave Series- Tracy Wolff

Sister's Top 10 Favorite Books

10. CAPTIVE SERIES- by Erica Stevens

9. Iron Fey- Julie Kagawa

8. Obsidian(Luxen Series)- Jennifer Armentrout

7. Kiss of Fire- Rebecca Ethington

6.Crave- Tracy Wolf

5. Dragonian SERIES- Adrienne Woods

4.ACOTAR- Sarah J Maas

3. Relentless Series- Karen Lynch

2. Apollyon SERIES- J Armentrout

1. The Binding SERIES- L. Filloon

Honorable Mention: Everblue- Brenda Pandos. Mermaids, easy to read, good filler series for in between epics! 

MOM's Top 10 Favorite Books

Lady Bryn: Julie L. York

The Civil War Bride Series- 9 books

The Bride Price: Tracy Jane Jackson

Montana Creeds: Book 1 Logan: Linda Lael Miller- 7 Books Total

Adversaries and Lovers: Patricia Watters

The Navy Seal’s Email Order Bride- Series: Cora Seton

EMILY(SISTER-IN-LAW)Top 10 Favorite Books

10. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë 

9. The Great Gatsby- f Scott Fitzgerald

8. Edenbrooke- Julianne Donaldson 

7. Any Harry Potter book

6. Finlay Donovan is Killing it- Elle Cosimano

5. The Ten Thousand Doors of January

4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- Taylor Jenkins Reid

3. All the Light We Cannot See- Anthony Doerr

2. Where the Crawdads Sing- Delia Owens

1. Jane Eyre- Charlotte Brontë 

Nora Stephens' life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away—with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.

If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.

After we discuss this amazing book, stay tuned for the list of books I read during quarantine and also the books that will be releasing that I am SO excited about!

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When a golden-haired warrior washes up on the shores of her homeland—one of the fearful marauders from the land of the Frozen Sun—Lira helps the wounded man instead of turning him in. After reading his soul, she realizes Reyker is different than his brethren who attack the coasts of Glasnith. He confides in her that he’s been cursed with what his people call battle-madness, forced to fight for the warlord known as the Dragon, a powerful tyrant determined to reignite the ancient war that Aillira started.

As Lira and Reyker form a bond forbidden by both their clans, the wrath of the Dragon falls upon them and all of Glasnith, and Lira finds herself facing the same tragic fate as her ancestor. The battle for Lira’s life, for Reyker’s soul, and for their peoples’ freedom has only just begun …

Ugh, the sound did me dirty again. Some sections sound rough and I couldn't fix it. So please be patient, I promise its a good episode :)

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The most humiliating moment of my life begins with an early morning message from my ex’s notoriously heartless best friend.

Jovie—

In no way does this mean my opinion of you has changed.

I’m reaching out because sometime in the middle of last night you tagged yourself in Jude and Stassi’s engagement photo.

I don’t care if you were drunk or it was unintentional. I suggest you remove it immediately since the wedding is in two months (which I’m sure you know since you were clearly FB stalking them). The damage is done, but no reason to make things more awkward.

You’re welcome.

Stone

I waste no time removing my accidental tag before the sharp-tongued novelist in me fires off a response to the man who harbored extreme and inexplicable hatred of me during the three years I dated his best friend in college.

Only I didn’t expect him to respond.

And nothing could have prepared me for what he would say …

… or for all the ways this gorgeous villain with cruel icy blues would become the biggest plot twist my life had ever known.