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This week we read “The Wolf and the Wildflower” by Stacy Reid 

London is buzzing with the news that James Winters, the Duke of Wulverton—thought lost at sea a decade ago—survived in the harsh wilderness of the Yukon. Now he's been returned to his family, his responsibilities, and a nightmarish world of artifice and noise. He has three weeks to become a refined, elegant duke for the Queen . . . or doom the entire family to ruin and scandal.

Promising psychologist Jules Southby knows a lot about disguises. She's secretly been living as a boy since birth, enjoying the freedoms of men and knowing little about how to behave like a woman. When she meets the alluring duke, she's unprepared for his raw, masculine beauty and icy intelligence . . . or that he can see through her darkest secret.

Their attraction is stark and achingly real—and forbidden. But loving the lost duke would mean losing every sacrifice she's made to earn her freedom . . .

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This week we read “Fear: A Terrifying Love Story” by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 

 Emily is an adrenaline junkie. She rides fast motorcycles, loves her job as a fireman, and does a bit of urban exploration. She craves fear like a drug. One night while exploring an abandoned sanatorium, she has a run in with a nightmare come to life. Emily is forever changed when she realizes that she has met Fear himself and she loves what he does to her.

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This week we read “A Soul to Keep: Duskwalker Brides: Book One by Opal Reyne 

Known as a harbinger of bad omens and blamed for Demons eating her family, Reia is shunned by her entire village. As an adult, she is now forced to be a sacrificial bride for the Duskwalker.

The Dustwalker, however, is not what he seems. His skull face and glowing eyes are ethereal, and she finds herself unwittingly enchanted by him. She soon learns that he takes these sacrifices in an effort to combat his loneliness, with the hope that one of them will want to stay by his side and become his bride.

He'd thought it was a hopeless endeavor, until he met Reia. She’s not afraid of him, and his insatiable desire deepens with every moment of her presence.

But will Orpheus be able to convince Reia to stay before she’s lost to him forever?

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This week we read “Pucking Around: A Why Choose Hockey Romance (Jacksonville Rays Book 1)” by Emily Rath

Recent med school graduate Rachel Price's dream comes true when she lands a fellowship with a new NHL team, the Jacksonville Rays, as a physical therapist. However, she’s only in Florida for a day before she comes face to face with Jake, the mystery man from her one night stand two months ago. It turns out Jake is one of the Jacksonville Rays. Both of them will do anything to pick up where they left off two months ago, but it turns out, he's not the only one interested in Rachel. His best friend, and team equipment manager, Caleb, likes her, too. And Ilmari, the brooding goalie, also wants to be with Rachel. Things heat up between Rachel and the guys, but they keep themselves a secret. The public would never be accepting of their relationship. Their careers, lives, and futures are on the line.

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Morbidly Yours: A Steamy Romantic Comedy by Ivy Fairbanks 

Callum Flannelly would rather dive into an open grave than take a stranger to dinner and a movie. But he can only inherit the family undertaking business and carry on their legacy under one condition: He must marry before his 35th birthday. So it’s out of the mortuary and into the dating scene.

Lark Thompson would rather get crushed by a falling anvil than live next to a funeral home during her stay in Galway, Ireland. The vivacious American cartoon creator and animator came here to embrace life, not be reminded of losing her husband.

When Lark learns of Callum’s dilemma and aversion to marrying out of necessity rather than love, she agrees to help the introverted mortician. But as the dating project progresses and their friendship grows, so does a mutual attraction. 

If they think it’s possible to ignore their connection, they’re dead wrong. 

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Lovestorm by Judith E. French

Lady Elizabeth Sommersett is the pampered, beautiful daughter of a powerful earl. But when she is shipwrecked on her way to an arranged marriage, her future seems over—until she is rescued by a magnificent warrior. Elizabeth had no idea a man could be as strong yet tender, not to mention breathtaking, as Cain Dare. But even more shocking is Cain’s announcement that she now belongs to him—that she is his gift from the sea. Nor is Elizabeth prepared that in place of her comfortable life, she may have gained a passion she never knew possible…

TW: Racism

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Soul Eater: M/M Fantasy Romance (Monstrous Book 1) by Lily Mayne

Twenty years ago, monsters rose on earth and began a new age of civilization.

One where humans live in military-controlled, cramped and dirty cities along the coasts, and the majority of the United States is known as the Wastes. A lawless, desolate and dangerous place, teeming with monsters that have claimed the land for their own.

Including Wyn the Soul Eater.

When Danny, a young soldier, is sent on a suicide mission to kill Wyn, he is the only one spared by said creature. After, the military takes him in for questioning, Danny begins to realize that maybe the military isn't what they claim to be. When Wyn comes to Danny's rescue, Danny ends up wandering the Wastes with the feared monster, searching for somewhere to call home. 

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For a very merry Christmas special episode we read “A Court of Sugar and Spice: A Nutcracker Romance Retelling (Wicked Darlings)” by Rebecca F. Kenney

With their inheritance restricted until their marriage, sisters Clara and Louisa, both in their twenties, must live with their godfather Drosselmeyer. One night, an accident brings to life one of the strange wooden dolls in Drosselmeyer's mansion. The Nutcracker doll is a cursed Fae prince, and he pleads for the sisters' help. During the ensuing journey into the Fae realm, Clara encounters the handsome Sugarplum Faerie, and he promises her the chance to enact all the forbidden fantasies she has dreamed of. Meanwhile Louisa and the Nutcracker Prince battle and bicker over everything, despite the growing attraction between them. And to make matters worse, the entire Seelie kingdom is under threat of conquest by the Rat King, ruler of the Dread Court.

How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of diktok.

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This week we read “Laces (Boys of Hawthorne Asylum Book 1)” by Tempi 

Hawthorne Asylum is a place where families send the children they no longer want to deal with. After her District Attorney stepfather murders her sister, Gambrielle finds herself there. After years of suffering under his abuse, resulting in this tragedy Gambrielle wants to uncover the secrets and expose her step-father, but being stuck in an asylum wasn't part of her plan.

It's at Hawthorne she meets Laces, a resident of the asylum who along with his 3 best friends (Reyes, Thorne, and Varla), rule the halls with their dominant and powerful presence. Laces makes no secret of the fact that he’s a bad person to have as an enemy, and a worse person to have as a friend. Just when Gambrielle is willing to “live a little” in the small window she and Laces have together, she’s slapped by an unbelievable shock and probable betrayal. 

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This week we read “Impact”by Nikki Markham

Bailey is 28 years old. She's single, she's bisexual, and after stumbling into the wrong club on the right Friday night, she thinks she might be kinky too. Immediately entranced by the sights around her—including the gorgeous and commanding Domme, Isabelle—Bailey wonders if there's a side of life she's been missing.

How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of diktok.

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