WWW Wednesday is a weekly book meme currently hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. Each week there are three questions to answer.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you plan on reading next?
I’m currently reading an advanced copy of Cowboy On My Mind. This is a first time read for me from author R.C. Ryan. So far, I’m liking it. I’m intrigued by the story line, however, I’m really hoping it speeds up soon before I start to lose interest.
Cowboy On My Mind
(Montana Strong #1)
by: R.C. Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Forever
Release Date: June 26, 2018
PreOrder: https://amzn.to/2JT0BT4
Once a bad boy…
Ben Monroe was the ultimate bad boy-and everyone in Haller Creek knew it. But now as a sheriff’s deputy, Ben spends his time breaking up bar fights rather than starting them, and staying away from trouble…until Becca Henderson comes back into town. She’s just as beautiful as Ben remembers-and just as far out of his reach.
Coming home is exactly what Becca Henderson needed. A place of her own, a successful new business, and a chance to reconnect with the sexy cowboy she had a crush on in school. Ben has always blazed his own path and never let anyone stand in his way. It excites-and scares-her. But when an unexpected threat surfaces, Becca will see just how far Ben will go to protect the woman he loves-and fight for their chance at forever.
I’m also reading The Off-Season by Megan Green! I received The Off- Season in my May Romance Reveal Book Box. Since I first saw this cover I have been dying to dive into this novel. I’m a few chapters in and I’m loving Tag and Lexi!
The Off-Season
(Washington Rampage #1)
by: Megan Green
Genre: Sports Romance
Publisher: Indie
Release Date: January 20, 2018
Read Today: https://amzn.to/2K1kYu2
He had it all…
The day Ian “Tag” Taggart’s world comes crashing down around him, he’s sitting in a fast food drive-thru, waiting for an order of fries. Golden boy of the MLB and shortstop for the Washington Rampage, Tag quickly finds himself losing grip on his superstar life with the use of two awful words: sexual assault.
The only problem? He’s innocent.
Tag’s willing to do anything to prove to the world he’d never commit the crime he’s been accused of. So when his agent suggests taking a break from the spotlight, he listens. The quiet town on Maple Lake is everything Seattle isn’t. And Lexi Barnes is everything he wasn’t expecting to find.
Running from a past she can never escape, Lexi wants nothing to do with her new neighbor. But fixing up an old house takes more work than anticipated, and the new guy in town happens to have quite the set of carpentry skills. She won’t let herself fall for him though. She has no room in her life for love.
If only someone would tell her heart that.
He’s funny and charming. She’s closed off and rude.
Together, they’re like fire and ice.
Prepare to get burned this Off-Season.
I recently finished reading an advanced copy of The Upside Of Falling by Meghan Quinn. Wow… I was completely blown away by that ending… I need answers! I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book in the series! So great…. So freaking emotional.. All The Feels!!!
The Upside Of Falling
(Blue Line #1)
by: Meghan Quinn
Genre: Military Romance
Publisher: Indie
Release Date: June 21st, 2018
Tucked away at the base of the Rocky Mountains lived a little boy with one singular dream: leave this broken and battered home and become someone.
Be somebody’s hero.
That boy was me—Colby Brooks. Except I’m not that same little boy anymore.
My dreams might still be the same, but my reality isn’t.
I’m smarter. Stronger. A man.
And I learned a long damn time ago, the only way to achieve my dreams was to avoid distractions—at any cost.
Focus. Resolve. Determination.
But all it took was one single night. One night and my entire life…changed.
One night had me colliding head first with the biggest distraction of my life; Rory Oaks.
Smart. Charming. Beautiful.
Rory changed everything.
Quickly, my one-track mind started to bend.
Each kiss faded decade-long dreams.
And with one single incident, I fly off course.
I also finished Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas! OMG, I wasn’t expecting to love this book as much as I did. Jordan and Pike are cute as hell, and all the sexual tension within these pages caused for some steamy reading material! So good, I highly recommend.
Birthday Girl
by: Penelope Douglas
Genre: New Adult Romance
Publisher: Indie
Read Today: https://amzn.to/2JBC1H9
From New York Times Bestselling author Penelope Douglas comes a new forbidden love story…
JORDAN
He took me in when I had nowhere else to go.
He doesn’t use me, hurt me, or forget about me. He doesn’t treat me like I’m nothing, take me for granted, or make me feel unsafe.
He remembers me, laughs with me, and looks at me. He listens to me, protects me, and sees me. I can feel his eyes on me over the breakfast table, and my heart pumps so hard when I hear him pull in the driveway after work.
I have to stop this. It can’t happen.
My sister once told me there are no good men, and if you find one, he’s probably unavailable.
Only Pike Lawson isn’t the unavailable one.
I am.
PIKE
I took her in, because I thought I was helping.
She’d cook a few meals and clean up a little. It was an easy arrangement.
As the days go by, though, it’s becoming anything but easy. I have to stop my mind from drifting to her and stop holding my breath every time I bump into her in the house. I can’t touch her, and I shouldn’t want to.
The more I find my path crossing hers, though, the more she’s becoming a part of me.
But we’re not free to give into this. She’s nineteen, and I’m thirty-eight.
And her boyfriend’s father.
Unfortunately, they both just moved into my house.
*BIRTHDAY GIRL is a stand-alone, contemporary romance suitable for ages 18+.
I have a few books I need to read. I received a copy of Devil Side by Lacey Dailey from the author a few months back. I made it about 26% before the ‘arc apocalypse’ started. I’m excited to pick this book back up.
Devil Side
(Extraordinary #4)
by: Lacey Dailey
Publication Date: March 19th, 2018
Read Today: https://amzn.to/2ljpzwY
Unable to continue living on the path her father created for her, Gigi Moretti does something she’s never done before.
She takes a risk.
When musician Maxwell Mitchell waltzes into an old diner in the early morning up to his elbows in secrets, he offers Gigi the perfect escape from the future she’s never wanted.
It takes an over the top demand from her father and a shocking revelation from her fake fiancé to get her to pack her bags and ride shotgun on Max’s spontaneous tour across the country.
As she and Max grow closer, Gigi learns what it’s like to throw out her overbearing workload and be an actual 21-year-old. She quits her job, eats too many Cheetos, tosses out her pink wardrobe, and takes a job as Max’s manager.The more time they spend together, the deeper they fall and the closer she gets to the truth. Despite the unknown, she’s happy. She has a job she enjoys, she’s making plans for a future she’s actually excited about, and she’s living with a boyfriend who adores her.
Everything is perfect.
And then she meets Aiden.
And it all changes.
Knuckle Down
(Cursed Ravens MC #2)
by: Chantal Fernando
Genre: MC Romance
Publisher: Pocket Star
Release Date: July 9, 2018
PreOrder: https://amzn.to/2M8GUEy
A single father struggles to change for his daughters and the woman he loves in this second book in the Cursed Ravens Motorcycle Club series from New York Times bestselling author Chantal Fernando.
As a single father of two girls and the sergeant at arms for the Cursed Ravens Motorcycle Club, Jack “Knuckles” Chester doesn’t have much free time. And having earned his road name from his reputation as a fighter, Knuckles isn’t one to back away from a challenge.
But what he’ll never admit out loud is that his two daughters have changed him irrevocably, softened him even. And these two girls are the only women who will ever hold his heart forever. That is, until he meets the cousin of another biker’s old lady.
Celina is nothing like the women Knuckles used to date. She’s a journalist for the local newspaper, dresses well, and basically just has her life together. And the last thing she wants is to be involved with a Cursed Raven. But when the ripped, badass biker worms his way into her heart, she has trouble remembering all the reasons they would never work.
But when a scandal at her newspaper breaks the thin trust she has with Knuckles, will she walk away for good? Or will Knuckles fight to keep Celina in his life?
What are you reading this week?
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Peace Love and Happy Reading,
I felt the same way about The Upside of Falling! I have been thinking about that ending since I finished. The blurb for the next book completely freaked me out, too! I couldn’t tell who it was about!!!