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Alisha Eadle
- Feb 23
- 3 min
Five Ways to Fall Out of Love by Emily Martin
Five Ways to Fall Out of Love by Emily Martin Published by Inkyard Press How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways… Aubrey Cash learned the hard way not to rely on love. After all, Webster Casey, the new boy next door she’d been falling for all summer, stood her up at homecoming in front of everyone with no explanation. Proving her theory that love never lasts seems easy when she’s faced with parents whose marriage is falling apart and a best friend who thinks every boy she d

Alisha Eadle
- Dec 29, 2020
- 4 min
Love Songs For Skeptics by Christina Pishiris Book Review
Love Songs for Skeptics by Christina Pishiris Published by Sourcebooks Landmark Zoë Frixos gets the whole love song thing. Truly, she does. As an editor at a major music magazine in London, it's part of her job description. But love? Let's just say Zoë's been a bit off-beat in that department. After falling hard for her best friend, Simon, at thirteen and missing every chance to tell him how she felt before he left town, Zoë came to one grand conclusion: Love stinks. Twenty y

Alisha Eadle
- Dec 27, 2020
- 2 min
The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatsworth Book Review
The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatsworth Published by CamCat Books In 1897, a fiery British aristocrat and an inept US spy search for a stolen invisibility serum that could spark a global war. Miss Constance Haltwhistle is the last in a line of blue-blooded rogue inventors. Selling exotic firearms under her alias, the ‘Brass Queen,’ has kept her baronial estate’s coffers full. But when US spy, Trusdale, saves her from assassins, she’s pulled into a search for a scientist with

Alisha Eadle
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
The Pearl by Tiffany Reisz Book Review
The Pearl by Tiffany Reisz Published by 8th Circle Press Book 3 in The Godwicks Series When Lord Arthur Godwick learns his younger brother is up to his bollocks in debt to Regan Ferry, owner of The Pearl Hotel, he agrees to work off the tab...in her bed. Soon the handsome but troubled Arthur discovers he's a pawn in an erotic game of revenge--and nothing, including his lover, is what it seems. RATED: 18+ CATEGORY:

Alisha Eadle
- Oct 7, 2020
- 3 min
Try As I Smite by Abigail Owen Book Review
Try As I Smite by Abigail Owen Published by Entangled Book 4 in the Brimstone Inc. Series Bah humbug just got a lot darker. Alasdair Blakesley is the head of the Covens Syndicate. He shouldn’t need to look beyond the witches and warlocks he governs, or his own abilities, to solve any problem. But a demon infestation means he can’t trust anyone who may be possessed. The last person he wants to ask for help is also the only person who can fix this, so he sucks up his pride and

Alisha Eadle
- Aug 9, 2020
- 3 min
Crown of Crowns by Clara Loveman Book Review
Crown of Crowns by Clara Loveman Published Independent, Ingram Spark Book 1 in the Crown of Crowns Series By law, Kaelyn and Roki shouldn’t have anything in common. They shouldn’t even be friends. And whatever they do, they can never, ever fall in love. Kaelyn, a young noblewoman, feels smothered under the harsh constraints of the Decens-Lenitas, the legal and moral code that governs the people of the Geniverd Kingdom. When she meets Roki, a handsome young man from the city w

Alisha Eadle
- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
Love Me Like You Do by Aimee Brown Book Review
Love Me Like You Do by Aimee Brown Published by Aria A runaway bride. A handsome stranger. Two pasts to put behind them. Parker is ready to marry the man of her dreams. But he isn't ready to marry her. It would be helpful if he didn't choose their wedding day to tell her this. But as she flees from the travesty behind her, she literally runs into the arms of a handsome stranger. The southern drawl, the dreamy eyes, she can't fall for another man after being left at the altar

Alisha Eadle
- Jun 11, 2020
- 7 min
Just Saying by Sophie Ranald Book Review
Just Saying by Sophie Ranald Published by Bookouture I almost gave up on love. My ex, who called his private parts ‘Nigel’, was enough to put me off men forever. But then I met Joe. Alice thought she’d found Mr Right. Her blue-eyed boyfriend Joe gives her butterflies, makes her bacon sandwiches when she’s hungover, and doesn’t have a nickname for any of his body parts. She should have known it was too good to be true. Because one day, Alice and Joe bump into Zoe. According to

Alisha Eadle
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
Monday Madness June 8th 2020
What to expect this week: I have 4 reviews scheduled for release this week, all from the same series and author (The Weird Girls by Cecy Robson). They will be for A Curse Embraced (book 2), A Cursed Moon (novella between 2 and 3), Cursed by Destiny (book 3), and A Cursed Bloodline (book 4). This is one of my favorite series, and its still ongoing. I'm so excited to share it with you. There may be another ARC review coming up this week too. I will also be jumping the gun

Alisha Eadle
- Jun 6, 2020
- 5 min
Bait n' Witch by Abigail Owen Book Review
Bait n' Witch by Abigail Owen Published by Entangled: Amara Book #3 in the Legendary Consultants series In love with the witch hunter father of her charges... Rowan McAuliffe has been hiding most of her life. Secretly trained in her powers by an unusual source, she’d been taught not to trust anyone. Especially other witches. However, after she was forced to perform a hateful act against her will, she now hides from the Mage High Council who seek answers, and possibly her life

Alisha Eadle
- Jun 4, 2020
- 6 min
Echoes by Alice Reeds Book Review
Echoes by Alice Reeds Published by Entangled: Teen Book #2 in the Echoes Series They wake on a deserted island. Fiona and Miles, high school enemies now stranded together. No memory of how they got there. No plan to follow, no hope to hold on to. Each step forward reveals the mystery behind the forces that brought them here. And soon, the most chilling discovery: something else is on the island with them. Something that won't let them leave alive RATED: 13+

Alisha Eadle
- May 29, 2020
- 5 min
Up Close & Personal by Kathryn Freeman Book Review
Up Close & Personal by Kathryn Freeman Published by One More Chapter Sizzling chemistry, a page-turning will they/won’t they romance and the hottest twist on one of your favorite movies… British actor Zac Edwards is the latest heartthrob to hit the red carpets. Hot, talented and rich, he sends women wild…all except one. Close protection officer Kat Parker hasn’t got time to play celebrity games. She has one job: to protect Zac from the stalker that seems to be dogging his eve

Alisha Eadle
- May 25, 2020
- 1 min
Monday Madness May 25th 2020
This weeks #MondayMadness What to Expect: I have two scheduled reviews popping up on here this week. I have the fourth Oxford novel, I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne, and the first book in The Weird Girls series, Sealed With A Curse by Cecy Robson. I may or may not have a review for NetGalley to do this week too. We'll see! I have plans on linking series book reviews together at the bottom of each review, but it will take a lot of time. With the nicer weather, it

Alisha Eadle
- May 23, 2020
- 13 min
Crushing It by Lorelei Parker Book Review
Crushing It by Lorelei Parker Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation In life, as in gaming, there's a way around every obstacle . . . To pitch her new role-playing game at a European conference, developer Sierra Reid needs to overcome her terror of public speaking. What better practice than competing in a local bar's diary slam, regaling an audience with old journal entries about her completely humiliating college crush on gorgeous Tristan Spencer?
Until the moderato

Alisha Eadle
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Monday Madness May 18th 2020
This week on #mondaymadness... What to expect: I have 4 reviews scheduled to post this week. I have a #netgalley book that I read a while ago, but they asked to hold off on posting reviews till a month beforehand. It's called Don't Let Me Forget by Belinda Williams. It's a mystery/thriller and romance, and it was a wonderful read. I can't wait for you to check it out. Then there is Someone Like You by Lauren Layne, the third book in the Oxford series, and my favorite of

Alisha Eadle
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min
Monday Madness May 11th 2020
This week's #Mondaymadness What to expect: I have two reviews scheduled for release this week. I have I Wish You Were Mine by Lauren Layne, the second book in one of my favorite romance series', the Oxford Series. I also have Once Pure by Cecy Robson coming, finishing up the Shattered Past Trilogy. Depending if I finish the current ARC I am reading from #NetGalley, I may or may not have another review out this week as well. What I'm reading: Last week I finished the Orig

Alisha Eadle
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
Monday Madness April 27th 2020
Welcome to the hell that is Monday's. Grab yourself some coffee. I have three scheduled reviews coming up this week. Accidentally Married on Purpose by Rachel Harris, The Trouble With Love by Lauren Layne, closing out the Sex, Love and Stiletto series, and Once Perfect by Cecy Robson. Last week I posted a review for an ARC is received via #NetGalley for Ghosting: A Love Story (spoiler alert, I loved it, and you will too), and closed out the week with another send from NetG

Alisha Eadle
- Apr 26, 2020
- 11 min
Blue by Brynn Ford Book Review
Blue by Brynn Ford Self-Published Book #1 in the Black Ties Duet “Whatever your dark tastes may be, this is where you transition from your tattered and stained and mundane life into Black Ties, our underground world of pain and pleasure, dominance and submission.” Desi is no stranger to pain. Her young, newlywed life had been blissfully perfect before tragedy turned it into daily emotional hell. When she meets a kind stranger outside a mysterious members only club, she’s draw

Alisha Eadle
- Apr 24, 2020
- 14 min
Ghosting: A Love Story by Tash Skilton Book Review
Ghosting: A Love Story by Tash Skilton Published by Kensington Books LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS—TO BREAK ALL THE RULES Online Dating Ghostwriting Rules to Live by MILES Dumped by his fiancée, not only is Miles couch-surfing across New York City, but downsizing has forced him to set up shop at a café. Also, he no longer believes in love. Not a good look in his line of work . . . Do not present a “perfect” image. No one will trust it. Nor should they. ZOEY Zoey’s eccentric L.A. b
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