Tuesday, April 16, 2019

The Mister by E L James ~ New Release

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The Mister will sweep you off your feet...

THE MISTER, the highly anticipated new love story from #1 New York Times bestseller E L James is available now!

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London, 2019. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he’s never had to work and he’s rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face.
But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she’s an alluring mystery, and Maxim’s longing for her deepens into a passion that he’s never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? And can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he’s been hiding secrets of his own?
From the heart of London through wild, rural Cornwall to the bleak, forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page.
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Amazon Worldwide: http://mybook.to/TheMister
Google Play: http://bit.ly/2HixZSr
Amazon Paperback: https://amzn.to/2TzCEWE
ABOUT E L JAMES
E L James is an incurable romantic and a self-confessed fangirl. After twenty-five years of working in television, she decided to pursue a childhood dream and write stories that readers could take to their hearts. The result was the controversial and sensuous romance Fifty Shades of Grey and its two sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. In 2015, she published the #1 bestseller Grey, the story of Fifty Shades of Grey from the perspective of Christian Grey, and in 2017, the chart-topping Darker, the second part of the Fifty Shades story from Christian’s point of view. Her books have been published in fifty languages and have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. E L James has been recognized as one of Time magazine's "Most Influential People in the World” and Publishers Weekly’s "Person of the Year.” Fifty Shades of Grey stayed on The New York Times Best Seller List for 133 consecutive weeks. Fifty Shades Freed won the Goodreads Choice Award (2012), and Fifty Shades of Grey was selected as one of the 100 Great Reads, as voted by readers, in PBS’s The Great American Read (2018). Darker has been long-listed for the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award. She coproduced for Universal Studios the Fifty Shades movies, which made more than a billion dollars at the box office. The third installment, Fifty Shades Freed, won the People’s Choice Award for Drama in 2018. E L James is blessed with two wonderful sons and lives with her husband, the novelist and screenwriter Niall Leonard, and their West Highland terriers in the leafy 
suburbs of West London.
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Friday, April 12, 2019

Steals and Deals - April 12 and 13


Steals:





Deals:

Sexy by J A Huss $.99

Apprentice in Death by J D Robb $1.99







All prices were accurate at the time of posting, please double check! Unless otherwise stated, all links belong to E-Reading After Midnight

Review Catch Up - TBR Style

I went diving into my TBR pile! I'm so glad I did!


Southern PlayerSouthern Player by Jessica Peterson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ms Peterson is a newer to me author- Southern Charmer was my first book of hers and she had me hooked. I was looking forward to Southern Player after meeting Luke and Grace in the first book and they didn’t disappoint!

One of the best parts of the story for me was the message that Grace (and Luke) didn’t have to be anything or anyone other that who they really were to find and be loved.

Mixed in with that message is a sweet and sexy story about friends becoming lovers. All of the characters are easy to like and easy to cheer for. Eli and Olivia (from Southern Charmer) are key secondary characters, so reading their story first would be useful, but not necessary as this is a standalone work. This fun read has me looking forward to Southern Gentleman.

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 Before I Knew (The Cabots, #1)Before I Knew by Jamie Beck

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a well written exploration of grief, conflict, and second chances. Colby and Alec were once childhood friends separated by tragedy, grief, and secrets.

While this has a romantic element focusing on Colby and Alec rekindling a friendship then more, the main theme of the story is one of putting tragedy behind the respective people and families.

This is also the first book in a series, so there is a lot of world building going on. That means several secondary characters have prominent roles and story lines are hinted at, but left unresolved in preparation for future books.

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 Echoes From The Heart (A Katherine Bay Romance Book 6)Echoes From The Heart by Shirley Wine

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Copy Provided for Review

I enjoyed the premise of this story, but I struggled with the execution.
Anna is a 20 something, successful artist when she discovers a family secret. Learning more about that leads her away from home and into the arms of Slade.
What I liked: the idea that something positive could come from facing the past. Several wounded souls could find the healing they need and move forward.
Where i struggled:
The set up of Anna staying in Slade’s home - the logic of how she got there didn’t make sense to me.
The time line: there is very little to let us know time is passing, so situations don’t always make sense.
There are also places where emotional reactions don’t seem to be proportionate to the experience or emotions swing from hot to cold very quickly.
There are several things that just didn’t sit right, but I think some of them may be a style preference on my part.
Overall this is a decent read. I appreciated the emotional growth Anna experienced. This was my first read by this author. I don’t know if they was a strong enough read for me to seek her work out, but I wouldn’t skip her backlist if I came across it.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Pretty Reckless ~ LJ Shen ~ Cover Reveal

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Pretty Reckless, the first standalone in the highly anticipated All Saints High series from USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen, is coming April 29th and we have the gasp-worthy cover!

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We were supposed to be best friends
But turned out to be worst enemies…
Penn
They say revenge is a dish best served cold.
I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart is completely iced.
I took her first kiss.
She took the only thing I loved.
I was poor.
She was rich.
The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast.
Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project.
Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much.
Yeah, baby girl, say it—I’m your foster brother.
There’s a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she’s about to shell out some serious tears.
Daria Followhill thinks she is THE queen. I’m about to prove to her that she’s nothing but a spoiled princess.
Daria
Everyone loves a good-old, unapologetic punk.
But being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries’ way.
The thing about stiletto heels is that they make a hell of a dent when you walk all over the people who try to hurt you.
In Penn Scully’s case, I pierced his heart until he bled out, then left it in a trash can on a bright summer day.
Four years ago, he asked me to save all of my firsts for him.
Now he lives across the hall, and there’s nothing I want more than to be his last everything.
His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free.
Now? Now he is making me pay.
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Cover Designer: Letitia Hasser, RBA Designs
Model: Austin Victoria
About LJ Shen:
L.J. Shen is an International #1 best-selling author of Contemporary Romance and New Adult novels. She lives in Northern California with her husband, young son and chubby cat.
Before she’d settled down, L.J. (who thinks referring to herself in the third person is really silly, by the way) traveled the world, and collected friends from all across the globe. Friends who’d be happy to report that she is a rubbish companion, always forgets people's’ birthdays and never sends Christmas cards.
She enjoys the simple things in life, like spending time with her family and friends, reading, HBO, Netflix and internet-stalking Stephen James. She reads between three to five books a week and firmly believes Crocs shoes and mullets should be outlawed.
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Monday, April 8, 2019

Friday, April 5, 2019

Steals and Deals ~ April 5 and 6


Steals:





Deals:

Sexy Filthy Boss (White Collar Brothers Book 1) Piper Rayne *Pre-order* $2.99

Mr. Rebound by Kat T Masen $.99

Barefoot Bay Billionaires Collection by Roxanne St Claire $5.99

Barefoot Bay Brides Collection by Roxanne St Claire $7.99

Barefoot Bay Silver Fox Collection by Roxanne St Claire $7.99

Barefoot Bay Undercover Collection by Roxanne St Claire $9.99

Wrong to Need You: Forbidden Hearts by Alisha Rai $1.99

Everest by S L Scott $.99

The Four Seasons by Mary Alice Monroe $1.99

Hardline: The Hacker Series #3 BY Meredith Wild $1.99


Prices were accurate at the time of posting, please double check before one clicking! Unless otherwise stated, all links belong to E-Reading After Midnight. 

2019 Favorites

The "Favorites" post is one of the most fun things I get to do. This is my personal list of 5 star (or really close) reads during the year. These are listed in the order that I read them, not necessarily when they were published, and newer reads will be at the top. 



Hook Shot by Kennedy Ryan
Goodreads ~ Amazon

With a Hitch by RC Boldt
Goodreads ~ Amazon

The Beach in Winter by Leslie Pike
Goodreads ~ Amazon

The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
Goodreads~ Amazon

Think Twice by Stephanie Rose
Goodreads ~ Amazon

Just Come Over by Rosalind James
Goodreads ~ Amazon

Wicked Knight by Sawyer Bennett
Goodreads ~ Amazon

The Military Wife by Laura Trentham
Goodreads ~ Amazon