May's Reads

Hello Readers.

I read some really good books in May. Revisiting the world of Harry Dresden in preparation for the two new books in the series coming out this year. I got a chance to read some sequels in some well loved series. I was introduced to some new authors. It was a really good month for reading. 

Murder on the Mountain by Carolyn LaRoche

Death Masks by Jim Butcher

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

Pumpkin Spice Peril by Jenn McKinlay

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

A Date for Midnight by Heidi McLaughlin and LP Dover

Lights Up by Brianna Stark

Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

Curtain Call by Brianna Stark

Ringmaster by Brianna Hale

A Date with an Admirer by Heidi McLaughlin and LP Dover

Locke & Key, Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

Closing Night by Brianna Hale

Raised on It by Lisa Shelby

Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

Trouble by Gabrielle G.

Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston

In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner

Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

White Night by Jim Butcher

Hope that you had a wonderful month full of reading.

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The Night Swim - Pre-order Now

Releases August 4, 2020

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In The Night Swim, a new thriller from Megan Goldin, author of the “gripping and unforgettable” (Harlen Coben) The Escape Room, a true crime podcast host covering a controversial trial finds herself drawn deep into a small town’s dark past and a brutal crime that took place there years before.

Ever since her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall has become a household name—and the last hope for people seeking justice. But she’s used to being recognized for her voice, not her face. Which makes it all the more unsettling whenshe finds a note on her car windshield, addressed to her, begging for help.

The new season of Rachel's podcast has brought her to a small town being torn apart by a devastating rape trial. A local golden boy, a swimmer destined for Olympic greatness, has been accused of raping the beloved granddaughter of the police chief. Under pressure to make Season 3 a success, Rachel throws herself into her investigation—but the mysterious letters keep coming. Someone is following her, and she won’t stop until Rachel finds out what happened to her sister twenty-five years ago. Officially, Jenny Stills tragically drowned, but the letters insist she was murdered—and when Rachel starts asking questions, nobody in town wants to answer. The past and present start to collide as Rachel uncovers startling connections between the two cases—and a revelation that will change the course of the trial and the lives of everyone involved.

Electrifying and propulsive, The Night Swim asks: What is the price of a reputation? Can a small town ever right the wrongs of its past? And what really happened to Jenny?

Rock F*ck Club box Set by Michelle Mankin - Cover Reveal

Rock F*ck Club Box Set Books 1-5 by Michelle Mankin

Girls Ranking the Rock Stars

Genre: Rockstar Romance

Release Date: June 5, 2020
Cover Design: Michelle Preast at IndieBookCovers
Graphic Design: Lori Jackson 
Design Photographer: Wander Aguiar
Cover Model: Zach

Warning: Girls Ranking the Rock Stars Series by New York Times bestselling author Michelle Mankin is so hot it will likely melt your e-reader.

ROCK F*CK CLUB is sexy, yet sweet, and emotional. If the boys can play, why not the girls too?

Inside each book in the box set is one girl figuring out what she likes and how she likes it on her path to love and her happily ever after.

It is girls with rock 'n' roll attitude. Girls on a journey to find their best true selves. Girls who love music and the rock stars who create it.

This box set includes books 1-5. Over 1200 pages. Book 6 is a full-length novel to end the series. It is available separately.

BOOK 1

10 cities in two weeks 10 famous rock stars

On my knees

Against the wall

On my tits

I don't care. As long as I get the evidence to prove it.

Why?

Because I caught my former prick of a boyfriend from Heavy Metal Enthusiasts doing a groupie doggie style backstage on the night we were supposed to be celebrating our 1 year anniversary.

He told me I was too uptight.

Too vanilla.

Too boring.

So I got drunk with my bestie, Marsha West, the aspiring videographer. I ranted. I raved. I came up with a crazy idea.

What I didn't know was that my best friend recorded me. Marsha put the video up on YouTube. It went viral with 10 million hits. Now I've got fans and sponsors offering me big bucks.

Rock stars are volunteering to be my f*ck buddy.

Hollywood is calling.

I get to choose which rock stars I want.

The stakes are high.

This sh*t just got real.

What could go wrong? 

BOOK 2

10 cities. 10 famous rock stars f*cked.

Raven Winters has chosen the one rock star she wants to keep. She has completed filming for the Rock F*ck Club. Her season of the reality show is about to debut on the World Media Organization channel. Her once very private sex life is about to become public.

Can her life ever return to normal?

Does she want it to?

And what about the next season of RFC?

Who will be the next star?

Who will be f*cking whom?

BOOK 3

The Gods of Rock Tour.

4 summer concert venues. 10 famous rock stars to f*ck.

Two at a time. Maybe even three.

I know what I like and how to get it.

I'm Marsha West. Raven Winter's best friend. A sidekick no longer, I'm in the starring role.

I'm going to f*ck whoever I want. However I want. Whenever I want. I have my reasons for being the way I am and doing the things I do. I've warned WMO they might have to stretch the rules to keep their TV-MA rating for me.

It's Rock F*ck Club. Season Two.

What could go wrong?

BOOK 4

Marsha West has completed filming for her season of the Rock F*ck Club. Actually, she is one rocker short of the ten she contracted to f*ck.

Can she get her contract changed?

If she can't will she lose the rock star she wants to keep?

And what about the next season of RFC?

Who will be the next star?

Who will be f*cking whom?

BOOK 5

I'm all for the girl power and sh*t.

Guys are a disaster.

Trust me. I know.

My rule is f*ck a guy only once, then move on to the next one.

I'm Josephine Poet.

The Rock F*ck Club reality TV show is no different from my real life. Only there's cameras rolling, and they're offering me a ton of cash. The money and publicity are just what Joey's Band needs. A means to an end for a bad girl who knows how to rock but isn't looking for anything good.

But what happens when wrong and right collide?

It's naughty versus nice in Rock F*ck Club's Season Three.

What could go wrong?

Michelle Mankin is the New York Times bestselling author of the Black Cat Records series of novels.  Fall in love with a rock star. Love Evolution, Love Revolution, and Love Resolution are a BRUTAL STRENGTH centered trilogy, combining the plot underpinnings of Shakespeare with the drama, excitement, and indisputable sexiness of the rock 'n roll industry. Things take a bit of an edgier, once upon a time turn with the TEMPEST series. These pierced, tatted, and troubled Seattle rockers are young and on the cusp of making it big, but with serious obstacles to overcome that may prevent them from ever getting there. Rock stars, myths, and legends collide with paranormal romance in a totally mesmerizing way in the MAGIC series. Romance and self-discovery, the FINDING ME series is a Tempest spin off with a more experienced but familiar cast of characters. The ROCK F*CK CLUB series is a girl-power fueled reality show with the girls ranking the rock stars. The Once Upon A Rock Star series is sexy modern fairytale retellings. When Michelle is not prowling the streets of her Texas town listening to her rock or NOLA funk music much too loud, she is putting her daydreams down on paper or traveling the world with her family and friends, sometimes for real, and sometimes just for pretend.

BRUTAL STRENGTH series: 

Love Evolution Love Revolution Love Resolution Love Rock’ollection TEMPEST series (also available in audio): 

Irresistible Refrain Enticing Interlude Captivating Bridge Relentless Rhythm Tempest Raging Tempting Tempo Scandalous Beat The MAGIC series (also available in audio): 

Strange Magic Dream Magic Twisted Magic ROCK STARS, SURF AND SECOND CHANCES series (also available in audio): 

Outside Riptide Oceanside High Tide Island Side The Complete Rock Stars, Surf and Second Chances Series, Books 1-5 FINDING ME series (also available in audio): 

Find Me Remember Me Keep Me Girls Ranking the Rock Stars series (also available in audio): 

ROCK F*CK CLUB (Girls Ranking the Rock Stars, Book 1) ROCK F*CK CLUB (Girls Ranking the Rock Stars, Book 2) ROCK F*CK CLUB (Girls Ranking the Rock Stars, Book 3) ROCK F*CK CLUB (Girls Ranking the Rock Stars, Book 4) ROCK F*CK CLUB (Girls Ranking the Rock Stars, Book 5) ONCE UPON A ROCK STAR series 

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Finding Forever With You by S.L. Sterling - Release

Finding Forever With You by S.L. Sterling

The Malone Brothers Book #4

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: May 29, 2020

My best friend Sophie was gorgeous, at times uptight and desperate.

Her biological clock was ticking and after yet another failed relationship she pulled me aside.

"Listen Chase, you know I adore you and you know I need you. Historically, you always come through for me." She swallowed hard while I listened. "It's no secret that I want a baby, the semi old fashioned way."

I nodded not really believing what I was hearing.

"I want you to do it."

"You want my swimmers?"

"Yes, through natural injection."

Sex with my best friend. The best friend I had once upon a time wanted in a bad way.

"Don't worry, I've got this covered," I assured her. She looked relieved and maybe even a little excited.

Seven Days, Six nights, and lots of sex. What more could I want?

Oh right. A way to turn this into forever so I could raise my child too.

(ENTER HERE)

"You know I adore you, right?" her soft voice questioned.
I looked up at her, pausing from cutting the loaf of bread. "Yes, of course, and I you." I winked, trying to lighten the mood, but she completely ignored me.
"And you know I'm not getting any younger, right?"
I frowned. "Neither am I."
"And historically you've always come through for me." She swallowed hard, setting her bread down on the side plate. "No matter what."
"Okay, let’s cut to the goods here, Soph. What's going on? Are you okay? Are you sick? In legal trouble?" The way she was carrying on, I feared she had some sort of terminal illness.
I proceeded to cut more slices off the loaf of bread.
"Well, it’s just I want a baby, and I want you to be the father," she blurted out.

S.L. Sterling was born and raised in southern Ontario. She now lives in Northern Ontario Canada and is married to her best friend and soul mate and their two dogs. 

An avid reader all her life, S.L. Sterling dreamt of becoming an author. She decided to give writing a try after one of her favorite authors launched a course on how to write your novel. This course gave her the push she needed to put pen to paper and her debut novel "It Was Always You" was born. 

When S.L. Sterling isn't writing or plotting her next novel she can be found curled up with a cup of coffee, blanket and the newest romance novel from one of her favorite authors on her e-reader. Her favorite authors include Kendall Ryan, Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward, Lauren Blakely, Alessandra Torre and Willow Winters. 

In her spare time, she enjoys camping, hiking, sunny destinations, spending quality time with family and friends and of course reading.

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