Hello, friends! I’m excited to share my thoughts and favourite quotes today for Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto on the blog tour hosted by TBR & Beyond Tours.
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Hello, friends! It’s my stop on the TBR & Beyond Tours for Omega Morales and the Legend of La Lechuza by Laekan Zea Kemp and I’m excited to share my thoughts and favourite quotes with you today!
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Hello, friends! It’s my stop on the TBR & Beyond Tours for Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen, the second and final book in the Skin of the Sea duology and I’m excited to share my thoughts and favourite quotes with you today!
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Hello, friends! It’s my stop on the TBR & Beyond Tours for As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh and I’m excited to share my thoughts and favourite quotes with you today!
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Hello, friends! It’s my stop on the TBR & Beyond Tours for The Decoy Girlfriend by Lilli Vale and I’m excited to share my thoughts and favourite quotes with you today!
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The Decoy Girlfriend
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Publication Date: 06 September 2022
Genre: Contemporary (Adult) Romance
Panda Rating:
(3.5 pandas)
A laugh-out-loud funny and whip-smart romantic comedy from the author of The Shaadi Set-Up, about a young woman who takes the place of her celebrity doppelgรคnger, and must fake-date the actressโs sexy costar boyfriend.
Writer Freya Lal has a huge secret: sheโs a dead ringer for It-girl actress Mandi Roy. Her second novel is due in a month, but inspiration is nowhere to be found. Desperate to shake off her writerโs block, Freya leans into her look-alike abilities and indulges in some mistaken identity for simple perks, like scoring a free mimosa or getting into a trendy nightclub.
Actor Taft Bamber appears to have it all: gorgeous, talented, and Mandiโs love interest both on- and off-screen. But what nobody knows is that their relationship is a PR stunt, and after years of playing make-believe, heโs yearning for something real.
When Freyaโs latest impersonation of Mandi goes viral thanks to Taftโs accidental interference, rumors of a breakup threaten Hollywoodโs golden couple. To make amends, Freya is forced to give Mandi a little time off: sheโll pretend to be the actress for a month, move in with Taft, and squash the rumors by acting completely in love. But as Freya and Taft play house, it becomes impossible to ignore that their instant chemistry isnโt just for the cameras. While faking it, they might have just found the real thing.
Please be aware that through the course of the novel, Freya recounts fond memories of her mother, who passed away before the book begins (off-page), and the ways in which that love is intertwined with her writing. Taft stands firm against toxic masculinity and learns to let go of toxic friendships. There is also explicit on-page sex between two consenting adults.
Hello, friends! It’s my stop on the TBR & Beyond Tours for The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim. After the cliffhanger ending in SCC, I’ve been super excited to continue Shiori’s story so I’m happy to share my thoughts and favourite quotes with you today!
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Special thanks to Montlake for providing an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
Goodreads: Sweeter Than Honey (Honey Hill #2)
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 28 June 2022
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Panda Rating:
(3.5 pandas)
A talented baker and a small-town sheriff forced into a fake relationship decide whether to take a chance on love in this delectable romance from Joy Avery.
Baker extraordinaire Rylee Harris has a recipe for everythingโexcept love. Itโs been five years since she lost her husband, but romance is still a struggle for Rylee. In her small hamlet of Honey Hill, North Carolina, Rylee knows sheโll be the talk of the town when she finds someone new.
To ease her motherโs worries about her love life, Rylee impulsively invents a fake relationship with the only man whoโs caught her eye: the town sheriff, Canten Barnes. Itโs supposed to be a secret, but secrets donโt last long in Honey Hill. One bit of gossip leads to another, and soon the whole town thinks Rylee and Canten are an item.
As Rylee and Canten embark on a make-believe relationship to save face, they slowly realize that their feelings for each other arenโt fake at all. Can Rylee and Canten keep the charade goingโor will the townโs prized baker and respected lawman take a real chance on love?
Special thanks to Valentine PR for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Goodreads: The Devil You Know (Devil #3)
Publisher: Elizabeth O’Roark Books
Published: 23 June 2022
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Panda Rating:
(4.5 pandas)
Thereโs a devil on my shoulder, and every Monday morning she announces herself. Sheโs this delicious flame in my chest, a flurry of whispered suggestions in my ear. Suggestions I ignoreโฆbecause every single one of them is about Ben Tate.
BenโStealer of Clients, Evicter of Homeless Women, Nemesis. Sitting across from me every damn Monday with his lovely, smug smile and his too-perfect teeth, the living symbol of everything I hate. Itโs been my policy to avoid him, but when a case comes into the firmโone that could change his career and mineโI make an exception. It means weekends and evenings by his side. It means enduring his smirk and his smart mouth and never taking the bait.
Until the night Ben says, โBeg.โ
And that devil on my shoulder decides to make a few demands of her own.
Special thanks to St. Martin’s Press for providing an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
Goodreads: Fake It Till You Bake It
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: 21 June 2022
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Panda Rating:
(4.5 pandas)
A reality star and a cupcake-baking football player pretend to be a couple in order to save his bakery in this sweet and sexy romance from Jamie Wesley,ย Fake It Till You Bake It.
Jada Townsend-Matthews is the most reviled woman in America after turning down a proposal on a reality dating show. When she comes home to lick her wounds, Jada finds herself working at San Diego’s newest cupcake bakery, Sugar Blitz, alongside the uptight owner and professional football player Donovan Dell.
When a reporter mistakenly believes Jada and Donovan are an item, they realize they can use the misunderstanding to their advantage to help the struggling bakery and rehabilitate Jada’s image. Faking a relationship should be simple, but sometimes love is the most unexpected ingredient.
Fake it Till You Bake Itย is a sweet confection of a novel, the perfect story to curl up with and enjoy with a cupcake on the side.
Special thanks to Clarion Books for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Goodreads: The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology #1)
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publish Date: 04 January 2022
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Panda Rating:
(3.5 pandas)
Magic, a prized resource, is the only thing between peace and war. When magic runs out, four estranged royal siblings must find a new source before their country is swallowed by invading forces. The first in an Indian-inspired duology.
Vira is desperate to get out of her motherโs shadow and establish her legacy as a revered queen of Ashoka. But with the countryโs only quarry running out of magicโa precious resource that has kept Ashoka safe from conflictโshe can barely protect her citizens from the looming threat of war. And if her enemies discover this, theyโll stop at nothing to seize the last of the magic.
Viraโs only hope is to find a mysterious object of legend: the Ivory Key, rumored to unlock a new source of magic. But in order to infiltrate enemy territory and retrieve it, she must reunite with her siblings, torn apart by the different paths their lives have taken. Each of them has something to gain from finding the Ivory Keyโand even more to lose if they fail. Ronak plans to sell it to the highest bidder in exchange for escape from his impending political marriage. Kaleb, falsely accused of assassinating the former maharani needs it to clear his name. And Riya, a runaway who cut all family ties, wants the Key to prove her loyalty to the rebels who want to strip the nobility of its power.
They must work together to survive the treacherous journey. But with each sibling harboring secrets and their own agendas, the very thing that brought them together could tear apart their familyโand their worldโfor good.
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