I LOVED this book! We meet Hannah and Gerrit's (from The Deal) daughter Gigi. She is hilarious, witty and a dedicated hockey player just like her dad. She wants to make Team USA so badly and meets Luke Ryder, who helps her with her skills in exchange for her to talk him up in front of her dad. Ryder is a personality that we don't see very much in books. He is the complete opposite of Gigi but their friendship that slow burns into a relationship is fire. Honestly I loved this book that most out of all of Elle Kennedy's books. For real.

Girl we are back with another list that has some amazing contemporary authors! You will definitely be adding more on your TBR by the end, I promise.

Recently Finished: Tempt Me- KA Tucker

Wanting to read: Manacle (Draco & Hermione fanfiction)

Books & Authors Mentioned:

The Vampire King (The Kings, 12 Books)- Heather Killough-Walden

Anti-StepBrother - Tijan

• Carter Reed
• Cole

Kirsty Moseley- The Boy who sneaks in my bedroom window

Huntley Fitzpatrick- My Life Next Door

Tammara webber- Easy

Mariana Zapata- Wait For It

The Roommate Agreement- Emma Hart

Penelope Ward

Vi Keeland

Emily Henry

Elena Armas

Tessa Bailey

Avery Flynn- butterface

Ali Hazelwood

Elle Kennedy

Hannah Grace

KA Tucker

Lucy Score

Winter Renshaw

Whitney G

Lynn Painter

Staci Hart

Ilsa madden-mills

BK Borison- Lovelight Farms

Amy Lea

Catherine Cowles- Beautifully Broken spirit 

Kennedy Ryan

R.S Grey

Nicole Snow

Lynn Kurland- Highlander series

FANTASY SERIES

Relentless Series- 6 Book- Karen Lynch

• fated mates
• Vampires, werewolves
• Vampire hunters

The Ever King- LJ Andrews

• fae, saves him when young, rivals and enemies

The Kingdom of Crows- Olivia Wildenstein

• fated mates, first book confusing

The Dawn of Onyx- Kate Golden

• Fae, she is the secret weapon

The Kingdom of Stars and Shadows- Holly Renee

• magic, Betrothed to brother, falls for other brother

Crave Series- Tracy Wolff

• supernatural school, vampires, dragons, werewolves

Kingdomless- Evamore Series- Michelle Garyfalakis

• found on shore as baby, family is royal, fated mates

Vampire Girl- Karpov Kinrade

• mom made deal with devil now has to choose a prince of hell

Firebolt- The Dragonian Series- Adrienne Woods- YA

The Pack-5 books- Kristin Coley

• Werewolf packs

Obsidian(Lux Series)- jennifer armentrout 

• Origin Series

The Plated Prisoner- Gilded- Raven Kennedy

Fierce Heart- Elven Alliances- Tara Grayce

Savage Lands- Stacy Marie Brown

Shadow Beast Shifters- Rejected- Jaymin Eve

Half Blood- Covenant series- Jennifer Armentrout 

Viking Academy- ST Bende

• time travel

The Vikings Chosen- 3 books- Quinn Loftis

CONTEMPORARY SERIES

Mountain Mercenaries- 7 books- Susan Stoker

• Navy Seal team

On the Rocks- Becker Brothers- Kandi Steiner

• small town, mayors daughter, bad boy
• Whiskey legacy brothers

Take Me Home(Last Frontier Lodge) JH Croix

• Alaskan Lodge, small town romances

Cake Series- j Bengtsson

The Simple Wild- KA Tucker

Miles High Series- 4 Books- TL Swan

An absolute top favorite series, hands down. Something about the harsh brutal Horsemen learning humanity and learning to love their women. I'm deceased. Literally my favorite. Yes it is a bit rough on description because, hello, they are killing civilization wherever they go but that makes their transition to humanity and their gain of empathy all that much more beautiful.

WELCOME Alison Greenberg! Alison writes passionate and compelling stories about love, heartbreak and hope. Alison is a screenwriter and speaks fluent rom-com, lives for the 90's WB dramas, and cries to Taylor Swift. She is the author of Bad Luck Bridesmaids and her knowledge of the music industry is center stage in her second novel Maybe Once, Maybe Twice. 

P.S. I also cry to Taylor Swift and am constantly watching videos of her and Travis Kelce.

I'm so excited that my mom and sister decided to join me today for an episode. The audio was doing some shady things so don't mind that because we talk about favorite books, troupes, Full Measures and a little bit of Fourth Wing. Who else is excited for Iron Flame to be released!?

WELCOME Elaine Roth!!

I feel so honored to have Elaine Roth, author of the debut novel The Midnight Garden, on the podcast this week! The novel will be released November 7th, and i'm highly TELLING (not asking lol) you, pick this book up! If you relate to a Love After Loss troupe, or favor a small town romance, it's going to cover all bases. I promise.

We did it! We made it to episode 100! I'm so excited that we have hit this milestone and next week are hitting the 2 year mark. I have enjoyed every single moment of this podcast and I hope you have too! Thank you for joining me on this journey and I hope to bring even better content the next 100 episodes.

Books Mentioned:

Thoroughbred Series- Joanna Campbell

The Four Horseman Series- Laura Thalassa

Hate Notes- Winter Renshaw

Full Measures- Rebecca Yarros

It Happened One Summer- Tessa Bailey

I finally was able to do an episode on this incredible third installment to the Knockemout series where we are side by side with Sloane and Lucien. We have been with them from the first book and their tension mainly sexual tension is THICK. Just the way I like it ;)

Book Mentioned in this Episode:

Wildfire- Hannah Grace

How Does It Feel- Jeneane O’Riley

Dear Stranger- Winter Renshaw

Caught Up- Liz Tomforde

A Fire in the Flesh- 3rd Book- October 31, 2023

Born of Blood and Ash- 4th book May 7, 2024

Maybe Once, Maybe Twice- Alison Rose Greenberg

Mom and Sister are reading:

Full Measure - Rebecca Yarros

This week we are talking about Reverse Harems aka "Why Choose". As you'll learn in this episode, this trope is not my number 1 but I am definitely trying to read more of them to see why people gravitate to them. So if you have any other recommendations for me, please let me know!

RH Books I've Read:

The Never King- (Peter Pan Retelling)- Nikki St.Crowe

Trickery (Curse of the Gods) - Jaymin Eve

Den of Vipers- KA Knight

Broken Bonds- J.Bree

Recommendations:

Pucking Around- Emily Rath (Sports- Hockey)

Losers- Harley Laroux (enemies to lovers)

Second to the Right- T.S.Kinley

Hate- Tate James (Madison Kate Series 4 books) Mafia

Faking with Benefits- Lily Gold

Kings of Chaos- Eva Ashwood

The Sainthood- Siobhan Davis

Carnage (Four Horseman Series)- Sara Bailey