Book Review for Everything We Never Said by Sloan Harlow

 Everything We Never Said by Sloan Harlow

Published May 28, 2024 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

Genre:  Thriller

Taken from Goodreads:  Dark romance, high stakes, and plot twists abound in this paperback original YA thriller that's perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover.

It's been months since accident that killed Ella's best friend Hayley, and Ella can't stop blaming herself. Now Ella is starting back at school and everywhere she looks is a reminder of her best friend, including Sawyer, Hayley’s boyfriend. When Sawyer offers an olive branch, Ella is shocked, but knows she doesn't deserve his kindness.

Then the school psychologist requires that Hayley’s closest friends join him for a grief counseling group, and Ella and Sawyer are forced together. After a few sessions, they start to grow closer, until Ella realizes something horrifying...

She’s in love with her dead best friend’s boyfriend.

As Ella discovers that nothing Hayley told her about Sawyer was true, she also sees something in him she finds irresistible. Perhaps it's his grief. Or maybe his desires, cut short by tragedy. Or could it be something dark and twisted Ella can't turn away from?

 

My Thoughts:   This is a dark romance book that has many trigger topics.   There is abuse, sexual predator, and others that would give away too much of the book to mention.   If you are sensitive to many topics, I would double check the triggers for this book before you read it   

Everything We Never Said is an amazing young adult thriller.   The main characters are high school students and they are true to the high school world.    They have boyfriend/girlfriends, they go to parties, they gossip, and they have secrets.    The secrets are the best part of this book.   Hayley’s death is just the start of the story.   As the book goes on there is so much more that is revealed.   I looked forward to each new reveal, hoping that it would give away the rest of the story. 

I was kept guessing, turning pages, and wanting to read just a few more pages every time that I needed to set the book down.    This book is the perfect read for any thriller, dark romance, mystery reader.    I will recommend it to many of my fellow book lovers.

Thank you G.P Putnam’s for a copy of the book via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

 

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Release Blitz for Before I Loved You by Ashley Elizabeth

 

Before I Loved You by Ashley Elizabeth is now live!

What if everyone you've ever loved has always let you go?
Living most of my life alone,
I've learned to rely on one person.
And one person only.
Me.
But after one night in a bar,
seeking a distraction from a tall,
dark, and handsome stranger,
I ended up with more than I bargained for.
Two vivid pink lines on a white plastic stick.
And after finally finding the nameless man
who has invaded my dreams for weeks,
I feel ready for this new chapter of
my life to begin.
Until the monster from my
nightmares appears with a vengeance,
keeping me from the one person in the world
who would never let me go.

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Meet Ashley Elizabeth

Ashley Elizabeth is an author of steamy contemporary romance. Her books will always tell a love story with just the right amount of spice and, most importantly, end with a happily ever after. When she's not reading a romance novel or overthinking everything, you can find her at Starbucks, keeping them in business, or watching Jurassic Park for the thousandth time with her fur baby, Bailey.

 

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Release Blitz for Forever Enough by Kelly Elliott

 

Forever Enough by Kelly Elliott is now live!

Not long out of college, Mackenzie Reeves has found herself halfway across the country, relocated from Atlanta, Georgia, to small-town Hamilton, Montana. But it's not just a fresh start--it's an escape. For years, she's been trying to steer clear of the abusive stepfather who's made her life hell and turned her mother into someone she doesn't recognize. Now, on Dirk and Merit Littlewood's gorgeous farm, she's found a bit of peace. Until a certain dimpled, dark-eyed handsome devil walks into her barn and changes her life with a single look.

Not quite twenty-four, and champion bull rider Bradly Littlewood already feels twice his age. He loves the sport, but between the politics, the lonely nights, missing his family...his heart and head are no longer in the game. And when he's home for the holidays, surrounded by cousins who've married and started their own families, he can add jealousy to the mix. He's missed so much, and he wants what they have. Turns out, one unplanned stop at the family barn and he may have found it...in the form of a pajama-clad angel, singing and dancing for a captive audience of farm animals.

Mackenzie and Bradly's instant smolder in the barn becomes a blazing wildfire within days, surprising everyone. Both their futures are uncertain for very different reasons. But their love? That's rock solid. Beyond a doubt.

A love so strong, so unbreakable, even forever isn't enough.

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Meet Kelly Elliott

Kelly Elliott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author. Her bestselling works include, Wanted, Broken, Lost Love, and Never Enough, to name a few.

Kelly lives in central Texas with her husband, Gus, her chocolate lab, four cats, and endless wildlife creatures. When she's not writing, Kelly enjoys reading and spending time with her family.

To find out more about Kelly and her books, you can find her through her website.

 

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Book Review for The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr

 The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr

Published May 28, 2024 by Harper Paperbacks

Genre:  Historical Fiction

 

Taken from Goodreads:  The Goddess Of Warsaw is an enthralling tale of a legendary Hollywood screen goddess with a dark secret about her life in the Warsaw Ghetto. When the famous actress is threatened by someone from her past, she must put her skills into play to protect herself, her illustrious career, and those she loves, then and now.  

Los Angeles, 2005. Sienna Hayes, Hollywood’s latest It Girl, has ambitions to work behind the camera. When she meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous Golden Age movie star, Sienna sees her big break. She wants to direct a picture about Lena’s life—but the legendary actor’s murky past turns out to be even darker than Sienna dreamed. Before she was a Living Legend, Lena Browning was Bina Blonski, a Polish Jew whose life and family were destroyed by the Nazis.

Warsaw, 1943. A member of the city’s Jewish elite, Bina Blonski and her husband, Jakub, are imprisoned in the ghastly, cramped ghetto along with the rest of Warsaw’s surviving Jews. Determined to fight back against the brutal Nazis, the beautiful, blonde Aryan-looking Bina becomes a spy, gaining information and stealing weapons outside the ghetto to protect her fellow Jews. But her dangerous circumstances grow complicated when she falls in love with Aleksander, an ally in resistance—and Jakub’s brother. While Lena accomplishes amazing feats of bravery, she sacrifices much in the process.

Over a decade after escaping the horrors of the ghetto, Bina, now known as Lena, rises to fame in Hollywood. Yet she cannot help but be reminded of her old life and hungers for revenge against the Nazis who escaped justice after the war. Her power and fame as a movie star offer Lena the chance to right the past’s wrongs . . . and perhaps even find the happy ending she never had.

A gripping page-turner of one of history’s most heroic uprisings and an actress whose personal war never ends, The Goddess Of Warsaw is filled with secrets, lies, twists and turns, and a burning pursuit of justice no matter the cost.

 

My Thoughts:  World War II is my most favorite era to read about.  Lisa Barr brought me right into the world that Lena Browning had lived in.  It was horrific to see what she had to live through but it is a time that should not be forgotten.   The details of the ghetto, of the Nazi’s treatment of Jews, of the things that had to be done just to stay alive are what brought this book to life. 

 

Lena Browning (she has many names throughout this book as her life requires it to stay alive) has become a movie star but it is her past that still haunts her.  I love that she is willing to share her story as it is an important part of WWII history but also her history.   There is an entire part of her life that no one knows and it is not anything that anyone would ever have guessed about her.  She knew that telling her story would bring back the horrors of her past but she also knew that it could be healing for her.  I was entirely lost in her life, living it right next to her, and feeling her pains and triumphs.  

 

The Goddess of Warsaw is a must-read list for any WWII historical fiction reader.   I cannot wait to discuss it with my fellow readers.

 

Thank you Harper Paperbacks for a copy of the book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. 

 

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Meet Lisa Barr (taken from her website): Lisa Barr is the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of WOMAN ON FIRE, THE UNBREAKABLES, and the award-winning historical thriller FUGITIVE COLORS. Her latest historical thriller – THE GODDESS OF WARSAW — debuts on May 28, 2024.

In addition, Lisa served as an editor for The Jerusalem Post, managing editor of Today’s Chicago Woman, managing editor of Moment magazine, and as an editor/reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. Among the highlights of her career, Lisa covered the famous “handshake” between the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat, and President Bill Clinton at the White House.

Lisa has been featured on Good Morning America and Today for her work as an author, journalist, and blogger. In exciting book news: Actress Sharon Stone is set to produce and star in the film adaptation of WOMAN ON FIRE. Lisa lives in the Chicago area with her husband and three daughters (aka: Drama Central).

 

 

Book Blitz for So Hectic by Eve Dangerfield with a GIVEAWAY

 

So Hectic by Eve Dangerfield

(Silver Daughters Ink, #3)
Publication date: May 23rd 2024
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Synopsis:

A Super Spicy, Enemies to Lovers, Playboy, standalone romance from critically acclaimed author Eve Dangerfield

Tabby DaSilva’s life sucks. Her dad’s AWOL, her Prosecco-themed music festival ‘Sparkling Whine’ bombed, and her big sister’s pregnancy means she’s officially transitioning from ‘youngest kid’ to ‘weird aunt.’ But hardest to take is her best friend Toby Tennant becoming pure evil.

Relieving him of his virginity was supposed to seal their alliance. Instead, Mr Nice Guy vanished only to resurface as a full-blown finance douche, complete with Lamborghini and a podcast shilling creatine every five minutes.

Frankly, it’s a fate worse than death.

But Tabby has the perfect solution: run away! All she needs is enough cash to start a new life in Colombia, and since Toby’s petitioning for her to tattoo him, what’s a girl to do but slowly inject ink into her enemy’s rippling Ken doll torso?

Little does she know that her ex-best friend doesn’t really want a tattoo. Toby wants her, mind, body, and soul. He’s spent the last two years becoming the Sugar Daddy of Tabitha DaSilva’s dreams, and he’s finally ready to show her that he can take care of her and dominate her in ways she can’t even imagine…

SO HECTIC is a full-length contemporary novel and is the third and final book in the Silver Daughters Ink Series.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Eve Dangerfield’s novels have been described as ‘genre-defying,’ ‘insanely hot’ and ‘the defibrillator contemporary romance needs right now’ and not just by those who might need bone marrow one day… OTHER PEOPLE! She lives in Melbourne with her beautiful family and can generally be found making a mess.

Author links:

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Book Blitz for My Enemy’s Boyfriend by Linda Kage with a GIVEAWAY

 

My Enemy’s Boyfriend by Linda Kage

(The Seven, #2)
Publication date: May 23rd 2024
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

Synopsis:

CAN YOU TELL IF YOU’RE BEING POSSESSED BY A GHOST?

It was no mystery why I hated Genesis Gusano. She liked to take other people’s things. The bitch stole a pair of my cutest shoes along with my favorite necklace and a school paper I’d written, which had nearly gotten me expelled from Haverick University entirely. But the last straw came when she dared to take the one thing I’d been pining over for two years.

Him.

I had craved Hudson Ivey in a way I didn’t even know craving was possible, and that was before I’d learned his dang name.

He had no idea he’d become a possession that two enemies were warring over. All he wanted to do was graduate with his culinary arts degree and become the best chef possible.

But now he’s stuck in Genesis’s sick game until a ghost from his past changes all the rules, possessing him in a whole new, far more dangerous way.

I promised myself I was done with the paranormal life. I was determined to be a normal, everyday, average girl. But I can’t just stand aside and watch him be destroyed. So I guess it’s time for a little Faith to step in and save the day.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209953236-my-enemy-s-boyfriend

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AUTHOR BIO:

Linda writes romance fiction from YA to adult, contemporary to fantasy. Most Kage stories lean more toward the lighter, sillier side with a couple meaningful moments thrown in. Focuses more on entertainment value and emotional impact.
Published since 2010. Went through a 2-year writing correspondence class in children's literature from The Institute of Children's Literature. Then graduated with a Bachelors in Arts, English with an emphasis in creative fiction writing from Pittsburg State University.

Now she lives with hubby, two daughters, cat Holly, and nine cuckoo clocks in southeast Kansas, USA. Farm girl. Parents were dairy farmers. Was youngest of eight. Big family. Day job as a cataloging library assistant.

Harry Potter House Gryffindor, Patronus White Stallion, character match Hagrid. Supernatural Team Dean. Game of Thrones Team Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister. The Walking Dead Team Daryl. Outlander Team Jamie Fraser. Teen Wolf Team Stiles. Avenger Team Thor...or Hulk (can't decide). Justice League Team Flash. Arrow Team Stephen Amell. Stranger Things obsessed. Heard Laurel, not Yanny.

Started out reading with the Baby-Sitters Club. Then moved to Sandra Brown, Linda Howard, Julie Garwood, and LaVyrle Spencer in high school. Now all over the place with her romance reading tastes.

Author links:
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Email: linda@lindakage.com

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