Friday, November 29, 2019

FRIDAY FIVE: TOP FIVE FAVORITE NOVEMBER READS


FRIDAY FIVE: TOP FIVE FAVORITE NOVEMBER READS 

November was a GREAT reading month for me! I’ve read 25 books and 5 of them were 5 star favorites! These were my top favorite of the month. What was the best book you read in November? 


xoxo Christy 


5- Beard Necessities by Penny Reid 


Billy Winston’s family is going to see him happy and in love if it’s the last thing they do.

No one deserves a happily-ever-after quite as much as the second oldest Winston brother and his lady love, Claire McClure (aka Scarlet St. Claire). Cruelty and circumstance tore them apart almost twenty years ago. Secrecy and bitterness kept them separated.

But you know who's tired of their separation and stubbornness? Everyone. Especially Billy Winston’s family. And now they're going to do something about it.

Well-meaning interference means the star-crossed lovers can’t stop tripping over each other in the hills of Tuscany, the catacombs of Rome, and the waterways of Venice. Billy and Claire find themselves thrown together and at the mercy of the Winston siblings’ shenanigans.

But will their forced proximity bring them together? Or push them even further apart?

This second-chance romance brings back the entire Winston gang, playing cupid in one last story of love, hi-jinks, and family collusion.


4- Regretting You by Colleen Hoover


Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.

Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body.

With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.

While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.


3- The Rebel King by Kennedy Ryan 

Raised to resist. Bred to fight. Survival is in my blood and surrender is never an option. 

Though surrender is what Maxim Cade demanded of my body and heart, I had other plans. We were fast-burning fascination and combustible chemistry, but the man I trusted with everything was a trickster. A thief who stole my love. If what we had was a lie, why did it feel so real? The man I swore to hate will have it all, and wants me at his side. But power is a game, and we’re the pawns and players. 

Facing insurmountable odds, will we win the world, or will we lose it all? 


2- Someday Someday by Emma Scott 


Max Kaufman was kicked out of his home as a teen and his life has been an uphill battle ever since. From addiction and living on the streets, to recovery and putting himself through nursing school, he’s spent the last ten years rebuilding his shattered sense of self. Now he’s taken a job as a private caretaker to Edward Marsh III, the president and CEO of one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Max soon learns Marsh’s multi-billion-dollar empire is a gold and diamond-encrusted web of secrets and lies.

The longer Max works and lives with the Marsh family, the tighter the secrets tangle around him. And his heart—that he’s worked so hard to protect—falls straight into the hands of the distant, cold, and beautiful son of a dynasty…

Silas Marsh is set to inherit the family fortune, but his father is determined his heir be the “perfect” son. Before Silas can take over the company and end its shady business practices, he must prove himself worthy…and deny his true nature.

Silas must choose: stand up to his father by being true to himself and his undeniable feelings for Max. Or pretend to be someone he is not in order to inherit everything. Even if it means sacrificing a chance at happiness and real love.


1- The Guy on the Left by Kate Stewart

It started with a lie. A night of blurred lines between a teacher and a student.

I wasn’t her student, yet it was the single most defining night of my life.

I’ve never been the man she thinks I am.

Most people have no idea about the life I’ve lived or the words that ring true when it comes to me—still waters run deep.

But you’d be hard-pressed to find a coed on the TGU campus who knows otherwise…because I’ve never corrected them.

The clock is ticking down, it’s Fourth and Inches with the ball inside the one-yard line and the focus is on me, The Guy on the Left. I’ve never felt like a football god, inside I’m…just Troy.

It’s time to set the record straight.

For my son, I‘ll find the strength.

In her eyes, I’m determined to gain redemption.

I will have them both, even if I have to take my eye off the ball.


Sunday, November 24, 2019

5 stars to Someday, Someday by Emma Scott!

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How long would you wait for true love?

Someday, Someday, an all-new standalone romance by International bestselling author Emma Scott, is LIVE!


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Max Kaufman was kicked out of his home as a teen and his life has been an uphill battle ever since. From addiction and living on the streets, to recovery and putting himself through nursing school, he’s spent the last ten years rebuilding his shattered sense of self. Now he’s taken a job as a private caretaker to Edward Marsh III, the president and CEO of one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Max soon learns Marsh’s multi-billion-dollar empire is a gold and diamond-encrusted web of secrets and lies.


The longer Max works and lives with the Marsh family, the tighter the secrets tangle around him. And his heart—that he’s worked so hard to protect—falls straight into the hands of the distant, cold, and beautiful son of a dynasty…


Silas Marsh is set to inherit the family fortune, but his father is determined his heir be the “perfect” son. Before Silas can take over the company and end its shady business practices, he must prove himself worthy…and deny his true nature.

Silas must choose: stand up to his father by being true to himself and his undeniable feelings for Max. Or pretend to be someone he is not in order to inherit everything. Even if it means sacrificing a chance at happiness and real love.


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CHRISTY'S 5 STAR REVIEW:



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“Every minute you’re alive is a second chance to start over.”

I’m sure exactly no one will be surprised when I say that Emma Scott wrote another magnificent book that will be going straight on my favorites list. I’ve read every book she’s written and she’s never let me down. Someday, Someday is her first m/m romance and she knocked it out of the park. It was beautiful, touching, heartfelt, and stunning. 



Max Kaufmann is a character I remember meeting and loving in ‘Forever Right Now’. Max has gone through so much in his life, but it’s only made him stronger. He’s a nurse and an exceptional human being. After being kicked out of his home as a teenager and overcoming homelessness and addiction, he’s really turned his life around. He has just started a new job as a private nurse for the head of Marsh Pharmaceuticals and it is a great opportunity for him.

Silas Marsh is the son of Edward Marsh, and even though his life looks perfect on the outside, he’s also gone through some difficult things. Things I can’t even think about without crying. He and Max start out as frenemies, for lack of a better word, but there is something between them that crackles with energy. It seems so obvious these two belong together, but things are complicated.

There were parts of Max and Silas’s story that shredded my heart. I was devastated to read about some of the things that happened to them, and it only made me root for their happiness even more. I’ll never, as long as I live, understand why or how someone could treat someone they love like Silas was treated. He had so much growth in this story and I’m so glad he had Max to help him along the way. There was brokenness, but also healing. The end of this book made my heart so glad, I actually cried happy tears. 



I can’t write this review without mentioning Eddie, Silas’s older brother who stole my heart. I adored him and his relationship with both Silas and Max. Watching Max with Eddie was beautiful. Someday, Someday is heavy in a lot of ways, but it also made me laugh and kept me smiling throughout. It really was the perfect book for me.

Max and Silas’s story was everything. This book was so much more than just a romance (though the romance was stunning) and really brought the feels. I loved it so much and it’s by far my favorite m/m romance of the year!!

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About Emma:
Emma Scott is an internationally bestselling author whose books have been featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, New York Daily News and USA Today's Happy Ever After. She writes emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy emotionally-charged stories that rip your heart out and put it back together again, with diverse characters and heroes with a heart of gold, you will enjoy her novels.


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Thursday, November 21, 2019

REVIEW: Miles Ahead by Willow Aster


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Miles Ahead by Willow Aster is LIVE! Get ready for Miles’s happily ever after!


Nice guys finish last.

At least that’s how I feel when I watch my ex-girlfriend marry someone else.

But when I’m showing a prime piece of real estate and in walks the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen, I don’t really think about nice or my ex or anything but how to get to know her better.

Cort Sellers has baggage of her own—secrets she’s not ready to reveal, and a career that puts her whole life on display—but the more I get to know her, the more I’m willing to do anything it takes to win her heart.

Miles Ahead is a novella spin-off of 5,331 Miles

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CHRISTY'S REVIEW:

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Miles Ahead is Miles Stark’s story. Miles is one of the secondary characters in 5,331 Miles, and I was excited to get this novella about him. He was a sweet guy and deserved his happy.

Everyone wants a bad boy, but Miles Stark has always been the nice guy. You know the saying ‘Nice Guys Finish Last’- he feels that deep. When he meets Cort Sellers he has no idea she is a celebrity. He has an instant attraction to her, but he’s just her real-estate agent and doesn't see it going anywhere. Cort is going through something big in her life and needs a friend. Miles is there for her when she needs someone and she finds his niceness his most endearing quality. They’re a great match.

Miles and Cort fell hard and fast for one another. It was a bit of insta-love, but I still adored it. I loved seeing Miles find love again, and watching Cort overcome everything from her past with the support of Miles was a beautiful thing. They made an amazing couple and the epilogues of this novella made my heart so happy.

This can be read as a stand alone, but if you’ve read 5,331 Miles I think you’ll love it even more!








Willow Aster is a USA Today Bestselling author and host of Living in the Pages podcast. She lives in St. Paul, MN with her husband, kids, and rescue dog.

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Cover Reveal: MY MADDIE by Tillie Cole










Not even love can conquer the demons of our pasts...


Flame and Maddie have found solace and safety in one another’s arms, two fractured souls beginning to heal. But no matter how strong their love grows, it can never completely vanquish the demons of their pasts. These demons are dormant, not defeated.


Now a new enemy threatens the Hangmen, and a new revelation threatens the peace Maddie and Flame hold so dear. Flame is fighting a multitude of wars – against the club’s new foe, against the horrors of his past, and against his fears – but the fire in his blood may be the only victor.


As Flame begins to spiral into his own personal hell, it is up to Maddie to bring her husband back into her heart. To remind him that, together, they can face any obstacle standing in their way. To show him that no one and nothing can tear them apart again. 


His Maddie.


Her Flame.


The fight for their forever.



Dark Contemporary Romance. Contains sexual situations, violence, sensitive and taboo subjects, offensive language and mature topics. Recommended for age 18 years and up.










Tillie Cole hails from a small town in the North-East of England. She grew up on a farm with her English mother, Scottish father and older sister and a multitude of rescue animals. As soon as she could, Tillie left her rural roots for the bright lights of the big city.


After graduating from Newcastle University with a BA Hons in Religious Studies, Tillie followed her Professional Rugby player husband around the world for a decade, becoming a teacher in between and thoroughly enjoyed teaching High School students Social Studies before putting pen to paper, and finishing her first novel.


Tillie has now settled in Austin, Texas, where she is finally able to sit down and write, throwing herself into fantasy worlds and the fabulous minds of her characters.

Tillie is both an independent and traditionally published author, and writes many genres including: Contemporary Romance, Dark Romance, Young Adult and New Adult novels.

When she is not writing, Tillie enjoys nothing more than curling up on her couch watching movies, drinking far too much coffee, while convincing herself that she really doesn’t need that extra square of chocolate.






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