Love the Way You Hate Me Featured
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Love the Way You Hate Me (Love the Way You Hate Me #1) by Gayatri. R

Dear Karina, You frustrate me incredibly. And that’s why I probably can’t get you out of my mind.It’s difficult for me to pinpoint what it is about you that I love the most. I want to tell you what I feel, but I get tongue-tied whenever I see you. Which is why we end up… Continue reading Love the Way You Hate Me (Love the Way You Hate Me #1) by Gayatri. R

The Savage Featured
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The Savage by Daniela Romero

USA Today bestselling author Daniela Romero delivers a steamy new adult romance about a fútbol bad boy and the broken girl he's determined to love. I wasn’t supposed to fall for him. I officially cut boys out of my life. They’re untrustworthy, vicious, and cruel. So, if you told me this past summer that PacNorth… Continue reading The Savage by Daniela Romero

The Castle Featured
Book Review, Depression, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Rape, Suicide, Suspense, TouchPoint Press

The Castle by Anne Montgomery

Maggie, a National Park Ranger, is back at the Castle – an ancient Native American pueblo carved into the face of a limestone cliff in Arizona. Maggie, who suffers from depression, has been through several traumas: the gang rape she suffered while in the Coast Guard, the sudden death of her ten-year-old son, and a… Continue reading The Castle by Anne Montgomery

the edge of redemption Featured
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The Edge of Redemption (The Edge Series #3) by Kristin Turnage

Jace Walker is a master illusionist, but he can't keep up the act anymore. His family and friends thought he was happy and healthy and at peace with his past. But that was a lie. Every single moment from that awful day has been a lie. Just one big exhausting routine that he can't stop.… Continue reading The Edge of Redemption (The Edge Series #3) by Kristin Turnage

Darling Venom Featured
Age gap, Book Review, Contemporary, Enemies to Lovers, Forbidden, Romance, Suicide

Darling Venom by Parker S. Huntington

My first love ended in tragedy. My second began with his brother. I wasn’t supposed to be on that roof on Valentine’s Day. Neither was Kellan Marchetti, the school’s designated freak. We met on the verge of ending our lives. Somehow, the tattered strings of our tragedies tangled and tightened into an unlikely bond. We… Continue reading Darling Venom by Parker S. Huntington

The Love Island Bookshop Featured
Blog Tour, Book Review, Contemporary, Grief, Rachel's Random Resources, Romance, Suicide, Women's Fiction

The Love Island Bookshop (A Romantic Escape #5) by Kate Frost

A dream job, two handsome men, one destructive act. Will Freya’s opportunity of a lifetime end in tears? When Freya leaves her publishing job in London to be a barefoot bookseller in the Maldives, it’s the push she needs to move on from her sadness and reignite her passion for life. While resort owner Zander… Continue reading The Love Island Bookshop (A Romantic Escape #5) by Kate Frost

The Momentous Expiration of Tremmy Sinclair Featured
Book Review, Cancer, Dying, Suicide, YA Fiction

The Momentous Expiration of Tremmy Sinclair by Michael F. Stewart

Seventeen years old. Rich. Hot. Captain of the Drone War team. Head prefect of a surreally elite boarding school. Tremmy is dying.His illness strips everything from him­—­including the support of his teachers and friends who once nurtured his bright future. Worst of all, his best friend’s meteoric rise has come at the expense of Tremmy’s… Continue reading The Momentous Expiration of Tremmy Sinclair by Michael F. Stewart

Dr. Glass Featured
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Dr. Glass by Louise Worthington

Clinical psychologist Dr Emma-Jane Glass falls for her captor when the roles of client and therapist are reversed in a psychologically layered story of revenge and grief. Is it a case of Stockholm Syndrome, or something else?When Dr Emma-Jane Glass’ interview on local radio is deemed to be sympathetic towards a mother’s actions to kill… Continue reading Dr. Glass by Louise Worthington

Half-Orphan's Handbook
Coming of Age, Contemporary, Grief, Macmillan, Suicide, YA Fiction

The Half-Orphan’s Handbook by Joan F. Smith

It’s been three months since Lila lost her father to suicide. Since then, she’s learned to protect herself from pain by following two unbreakable rules:1. The only people who can truly hurt you are the ones you love. Therefore, love no one.2. Stay away from liars. Liars are the worst.But when Lila’s mother sends her to… Continue reading The Half-Orphan’s Handbook by Joan F. Smith

Four Letter Feelings Featured
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Four Letter Feelings (Jeremy Lewis, #1) by Lasairiona E. McMaster

Jeremy Lewis has just returned from a year in Europe, ready to start college in Alabama and pursue his dream career in the National Hockey League. Other than boring school work, he’s eager to play hockey, hang out with his new teammates and maybe even rekindle an old flame when Chelsea unexpectedly reappears in his… Continue reading Four Letter Feelings (Jeremy Lewis, #1) by Lasairiona E. McMaster

Hearts and Diners Featured
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Hearts and Diners by Joseph Reilly

Heather Sand has always given 100% at doing the right thing; from being the perfect big sister to the girlfriend who wears a loving heart on both sleeves. After the passing of her father, a measuring stick for perfect, she’s met with the not so unexpected—a cheating boyfriend. Plucked from a wholesome little world into… Continue reading Hearts and Diners by Joseph Reilly

Earl_of_Darby Featured
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The Earl of Darby (Wicked Earl’s Club) (Once Upon A Widow Book 4) by Aubrey Wynne

Miss Hannah Pendleton is nursing her pride after her childhood crush falls in love with another. Determined to break a few hearts of her own, she hurls herself into the exciting and hectic schedule of a first season. Hannah finds the glitter and malice of London and its society both intriguing and intimidating. Always clever… Continue reading The Earl of Darby (Wicked Earl’s Club) (Once Upon A Widow Book 4) by Aubrey Wynne

The Kilwade Tragedy Featured
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The Kilwade Tragedy by Terry Keys

Terry Keys, USA Today bestselling author of Lie No More and The Missing pens his most captivating book to date. This is the heart-breaking story about a small-town boy who’d taken everything from everyone until he could take no more. Seventeen-year-old Blaze Planter is a Jr. at Kilwade, High School. His parents have recently divorced.… Continue reading The Kilwade Tragedy by Terry Keys

Book Review, Bullying, Friendship, Rape, Sports, Suicide, YA Fiction

Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen

I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday.  I first posted this review in June 2012.  Leverage's message of tragedy, courage, and justice sticks with me almost 7 years after discovering this amazing story.  A must… Continue reading Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen

Book Review, Mental Illness, Psychological, Science Fiction, Suicide, Thriller

Writer, Seeker, Killer by Ryan Starbloak

Sent to me by the author in exchange for an honest review Published 09.18.2017 by Freckles Over Scars / Psychological Thriller/ Kindle format / 101pp / B075R7DX5R ABOUT THE BOOK Hinanya Ven has but one interest in this life, and that to know what lies beyond it. This great question has enveloped her into a deranged… Continue reading Writer, Seeker, Killer by Ryan Starbloak

Book Review, Suicide, Teen Pregnancy, YA Fiction

Saving Me by Sadie Allen

Most of us are imprisoned by something. We’re living in darkness until something flips on the switch.   -Wynonna Judd SYNOPSIS On the outside, I look like the All-American teenage dream. I'm pretty, popular, and athletic. I have the right family, the right boyfriend, the right kind of friends. If you only knew... Every day I… Continue reading Saving Me by Sadie Allen

Saving June Featured
Book Review, Harlequin Books, NetGalley, Suicide, YA Fiction

Saving June by Hannah Harrington

To believe so concretely that there's someone--something--out there watching guard, keeping us safe, testing us only with what we can handle.  I've never believed in anything the way Aunt Helen believes in God. Harper has lost her sister, June, to suicide.  Her big sister, the golden one, the one that did no wrong, as opposed… Continue reading Saving June by Hannah Harrington