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  Title:The Surrogate Author: Penelope Ward Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Tropes: Age Gap/Widower/Found Family Forbidden/Enemies to Friends to Lovers Cover Design: Letitia Hasser, RBA Designs Photographer: Constantin Papakonstantinou Model: Valentin Leonard Release Date: February 26, 2024 BLURB From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE novel… ABBY: I’m falling for the father of the baby I’m carrying. The problem is: it’s not my baby. And the broody widower is not looking for a long-term partner. As a surrogate, the deal was that I’d only be in England long enough to give birth. At first, the man seemed as pretentious as his name: Sigmund Benedictus . He and I butted heads. Sig challenged my intentions, accused me of just wanting to do this for the money. Gradually, he learned to trust me. He even became protective. Over time, our heated animosity turned into fiery chemistry. I was falling in love with him. But my time here h...

  Title: What Happens at the Lake Author: Vi Keeland Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Trope: Grumpy-Sunshine Release Date: January 15, 2024 BLURB When life took an unexpected turn, I decided to get out of New York for a while. What better place to go than the idyllic small town my father spoke about so fondly when I was growing up? Laurel Lake held the title America’s Friendliest Town for seventeen years running, and friendly was just what I needed right now. Unfortunately, friendly wasn’t the welcome I got when I arrived. Instead, I got Fox Cassidy . My tall, dark, and burly neighbor, who grunted at me instead of saying hello. Okay, so I might’ve had his mailbox in my hands the first time we met. And it might’ve been a little crushed after removing it from under my tire. And I might’ve needed his help breaking into the place I was staying in after the key broke off in the lock. But still…he didn’t have to be so grumpy. As time went on though, I started to not...

  Title: What Happens at the Lake Author: Vi Keeland Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Trope: Grumpy-Sunshine Release Date: January 15, 2024 Take a sneak peek at WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LAKE. You know you want to... She smelled like damn summer. And it pissed me off. Plus, I was tired from a shitty night’s sleep. I’d tossed and turned thinking about Little Miss Home Improvement wearing nothing but a pair of denim short overalls and work boots—no shirt, no socks, definitely no bra or underwear. Josie hopped down from the last two steps on the ladder. “Can I ask you something?” “What?” “Are you always this grumpy in the morning?” “I’m not grumpy.” “No? So this is what? Your idea of a sparkling personality? I asked if your coffee was okay, and you grunted at me.” “That wasn’t a grunt. That was a yes.” Josie made a short, deep noise that sounded like a pig. I arched a brow. “Is that supposed to be me?” She made the sound again, this time adding some monkeylike arm movements...

  The Hobby Shop on Barnaby Street by Jillianne Hamilton is free now! Check out the tour and be sure to grab your copy of the historical romance today! Title: The Hobby Shop on Barnaby Street Author: Jillianne Hamilton Genre: Historical Romance About The Hobby Shop on Barnaby Street :   A forbidden wartime romance begins just as German planes fill the skies over London in 1940. A playful and heartfelt read perfect for fans of Dear. Mrs. Bird , The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir , and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society . When Maisie Beckett steps into her brother’s struggling London hobby shop during wartime, she’s confronted with two harsh realities: the looming threat of a Nazi invasion and the shop’s dire financial situation. Determined to prove herself to her parents and keep the shop afloat, Maisie moonlights as a pinup photographer, covertly boosting the shop’s earnings. In the midst of London’s nightly bombings, Maisie finds herself irresistibly drawn to the...

  For the past few years I have set goals and I admit that I didn’t really stick to said goals.   Why? Well because I tend to push myself so hard to hurry up and read everything right away or read things I just don’t feel like reading .   This year I have felt burned out and forced myself to read then I just couldn’t enjoy what I was reading.   2024 will be different . I am behind on book reviews so I will be prioritizing those so some of the books I will be reviewing  on Canadian Book Addict might not be new releases or upcoming releases. On January 1st I am cleaning out my GoodReads because it’s a little chaotic.  I have so many books in my Want To Read tag  that I do not even want to even read anymore . I want to keep it more.  Of course, I do also plan on reading what I already own. Will I read many of them? I don’t know but I will not stress about it.  I just want to enjoy reading and not stress about it .  If I feel I don’t ...

  Release Date: December 15 He desires the darkness I hid. He noticed my fake smiles. He watched me as I fell apart. The spark between us should’ve been enough. Sarge, the faceless man, protects me in a way I’ve never experienced before. But I’ve made mistakes. Unforgivable mistakes that hurt the people I loved the most. Time and time again, I try to atone for my sins by giving pieces of myself away—until there is nothing left. Sarge can see me. The real me. He isn’t disgusted by my past, instead he makes it his mission to mend the fragments of my soul. This amazing man, who hides his scarred body from the world, is the only one who can understand my struggle. But he has demons in his past that force him to push me away, igniting consequences we never saw coming. He was trying to save me, but it might be too late. My fate was his damnation. But he chose me anyway. Now we’ll both burn in the flames. Grab Your Copy Here ! Available in KU Meet Juniper Nyx Juniper Nyx was born and rais...

Just for fun, I decided to count how many books I own so I counted all the books in my library, the graphic novels were counted as well but I did not count my nonfiction and cookbooks and I did not count the books I had set aside to get rid of.   My total is ……. 330. 😱 .   How many of those I haven’t read yet?   Well, I have counted them and there are 130 books I have not read. I have owned some of the ones I have not read for about 10 years but I plan to read them. Here are photos of my bookcases in my library.  I am not sharing my nonfiction/cookbooks and graphic novels here.  I might share those some other time if it's something you all want to see. Just comment down bellow if you would love to see those.