The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu

e-ARC, 352 pages            Release Date: July 2, 2019 Published by: Simon Pulse Read from: June 27-July 3, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Publisher & Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher & Edelweiss in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: Toxic friendship, self-harm, abuse,…

A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole

e-Audio, 11:57:52 Narrated by: Karen Chilton Release Date:  April 30, 2019 Published by: HarperAudio Read from: May 25-June 2, 2019 Reluctant Royals, #3 Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW: Abusive parent For fans of: Romance, Contemporary, Adult, POC MC, Companion, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction      The Reluctant Royals series returns with a good girl searching for the life that’s not…

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

e-Audio, 10:00:34 Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller  Release Date:  May 7, 2019 Published by: Dreamscape Media, LLC Read from: May 22-, 2019 The Kiss Quotient, #2 Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW:  For fans of: Romance, Neurodiverse, Contemporary, Adult, POC MC, Companion, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction,       Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things…

Fumbled by Alexa Martin

e-Audio, 09:53:25 Narrated by: N’Jameh Camara Release Date:  April 23, 2019 Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: May 17-20, 2019 Playbook, #2 Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW:  For fans of: Romance, Sports, Contemporary, POC MC, Own Voices, Rom Com, Adult      A second chance doesn’t guarantee a touchdown in this new contemporary romance from the author…

Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy

e-Audio, 10:55:26 Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang Release Date: March 26, 2019 Published by: Blackstone Publishing Read from: May 12-May 17, 2019 Once & Future, #1 Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW:  For fans of: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Space, Re-tellings, LGBTQIAP+, Fantasy, YA, Sparkly Covers      I’ve been chased my whole life. As a fugitive refugee in the territory controlled by…

Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno

ARC, 325 pages            Release Date: May 14, 2019 Published by: Disney-Hyperion Read from: May 10-13, 2019 Stand-alone Source: NCTE 2018 TW: Death For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Sparkly Covers, POC on the cover, POC MC, Own Voices, Rom Com, Meet Cute, Tear-Jerker, Stand-alones      Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea-at least, that’s…

Mini Review Monday: Can’t Escape Love by Alyssa Cole

e-Audio, 04:23:39    Release Date: March 19, 2019 Published by: HarperAudio Read from: May 10-12, 2019 Reluctant Royals, #3.5 Source: Library TW: N/A For fans of: Romance, Contemporary, Diversity, Interracial Romance, Adult, Novella, Realistic Fiction          Regina Hobbs is nerdy by nature, businesswoman by nurture. She’s finally taking her pop culture-centered media enterprise, Girls with Glasses, to…

Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith

e-Audio, 8:23:03 Narrated by: Anthony Mark Barrow & Karissa Vacker Release Date: March 5, 2019 Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Read from: April 15-18, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW: N/A For fans of: Contemporary Romance, Diversity, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones, YA      Having just been dumped by his girlfriend, British-born Hugo is still determined to take his…

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