I just just finished Writing Mr. Wrong by Kelley Armstrong and here are my musings. Gemma never expected her debut novel to make it so big… Or that anyone would work out the leading man in her book was her high school crush and now hot shot hockey star. Knowing they could help each other out, they decide to fake-date to boost their careers but is this more of a second chance? The chance they missed out on in high school? Look… I am already a huge Kelley Armstrong fan so this book was already going to be excellent because she does not write any trash! She did not disappoint! I loved the narrators. They did well together and it really brought the story to life. I loved Gemma… I connected with who she was as a person from the get go and while I am not a massive fan of the fake dating trope, this one was done really well. I really was rooting for both of them and there were some sweet moments that made me sighhh and some chuckle moments! I really felt for Gemma… What happened in school hurt her and you can see that she still wasn’t over it years on. I’m so glad they got the second chance they needed to get to know each other again. 4 stars Thank you @netgalley and @hachetteaudio for my gifted copy! You can find all my reviews at Www.thelipnessofliteracy.com My podcast is @litdulterouswhore and you can find it on Spotify and YouTube #writingmrwrong #bookish #kelleyarmstrong #romancebook #romancereader #booksbooksbooks #bookalorian #bookblog #bookishblog #vlog #reading #bookstagramcanada🇨🇦 #bookcommunity #bookishpodcast

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Book review - Fiction - Contemporary romance - Billionaire romance I just finished Devious Husband by Catharina Maura - Book 6 of The Windsors and here are my musings. She cannot stand him… He’s loved her in secret for years… Xavier damn near loses his mind when she begins to show interest in a man that is not him.. Is he thinking clearly when he offers Sierra the deal of a lifetime… A merger between their companies but only if she agrees to be his wife… What did I just read! This cannot be the end! Say it is not so!! Xavier might just be the most perfect MC on the planet! He isn’t perfect and I think thats why I love him so much! Sierra is his perfect match and someone to aspire to be. This book had a lot to live up to and it nailed it all the way to the bank! I loved the writing and how the book finished up all my expectations and hit that nail home. I am not a massive fan of the Rivals to lovers trope especially with business but this worked so well for me. If you love a good billionaire romance this has to be on your list! Start from the beginning and come talk to me about how amazing this series is. 4.5 stars Thank you to @bloombooks for my gifted copy! #bookcommunity #readersgonnaread #bookpodcast #romancereader #enemiestolovers

I just finished Falling for You Again by Kerry Lonsdale and here are my musings. Meli is a furniture artist. She crafts the most amazing pieces and looks forward to taking over the family business. She is blind-sided when her uncle plans to sell the business. When she finds out the company that is buying has someone she knows working for them… Aaron. A man she hasn’t seen in years… The man she married and divorced after a night in vegas… A man who might just be able to help her destroy the deal. Wow wow wow! This second chance story really took a unique twist by having the main characters meet by chance on a plane and get married in Vegas with the agreement they annul it after. They don’t see each other again until this deal. I loved the chemistry between them. The narration was absolutely wonderful and I loved how the whole book came to life in this beautiful way. I liked Meli a lot. I loved that she had a job outside of “pink” jobs that come up a lot in romance books. She was a rockstar with A wood-lathe and that was bad ass. I thought the plot was clever and unique. It really was a fun read. I liked the ending too. It was definitely an all round epic romance read! 4.5 stars Thank you @netgalley and @brilliancepublishing for my gifted ALC! You can find all my reviews at thelionessofliteracy.com And my podcast at https://open.spotify.com/show/5kKN96RNPNh4uNDZzpIE1A #bookish #bookalorian #bookalicious #bookishblog #bookstagrammer #candianbookblogger #bookishbusiness #bookpodcast #litdulterous #readingbook #readersofbookstagram #bookrecs #fallingforyouagain #audiobookreview

Book review - Novellas - Romance Carolyn Brown - Chasing Dreams. This book has 3 exceptional novellas in it! A summer to remember … Bernie runs a bar… When she has 3 customers come in and she can see the heat between 2 of them… She tries her hand at matchmaking… If she manages it she plans on getting all her great nieces married off…. I loved Bertie and the story was so cute!! I have a real love for books with older MCs and this novella was so adorable. I am a hopeless romantic so this hit me right in the fuzzies!! The Matchmaker - Dorry, Minnie and Sookie are all retired and have been friends for years.. They decide to try their hand at matchmaking!! Unbeknownst to them. The couple they have chosen are already bound for divorce so they have their work cut out for them… These ladies are my people!! I absolutely loved this novella!! My fave of all 3, the writing was great and the characters just had me hooked right in! Chasing Dreams - Nita, Sharlene and Billy Joe want to go on a road trip but they can’t do it alone! They enlist the help of Ford, Billie Jo’s great grandson and Sharlene's great niece Joelle to help. Checking off things from their bucket list, these pensioners know how it is done! Joelle and Ford could stand to take a leaf out of their book… Such a great novella to end this book with! I really am charmed with the use of retired MCs and their personalities are simply the best! The whole book made me want to live more and see more… DO MORE!! Cannot wait for more books with older characters and I highly recommend this book! 4 stars Thank you to @sourcebooks for my gifted copy Out now #sourcebooksinfluencer #novellas #bookblog #bookishblog #blogger #bookinfluencer #bookishbusiness

Book review - Historical Fiction - Historical Romance - Marriage of Convenience I just finished A Most Worthy Husband by Faye Delacour - The Lucky Ladies of London #3 and here are my musings. Hannah never had aspirations to marry… She was happy to be a spinster and help her sister in law run the gambling club. Her mother won’t abide that so Hannah decides to ruin herself with an awful man so no one will want her… Silas is the perfect mark.. He’s a troublemaker and works as a dealer at the club. The man who gave him the job happens to be Hannah's brother but one kiss for so much money… How can he say no… Trouble is even that won’t stop Hannah’s mother and she will force a marriage whether Hannah likes it or not. I’m a bit of a sucker for this series so being back in the club was a nice change of pace for me. I like the slow burn of this book. It’s not normally something I enjoy but I really felt this pacing was exactly what was needed to bring this story alive. As anyone who reads my reviews knows, I am not a massive fan of fake dating or fake courting in this instance but I really loved how this one played out and it felt original rather than an overplayed trope but I am a massive sucker for the brothers friend trope and this one was a bulls eye.. Not only was she off limits because hello, her brother gave him the job but they aren’t even in the same class and that added a beautiful dimension to the story. I actually quite liked Hannah! She was naive but she has such a graceful presence and I love the fact she wants to be self-sufficient to the point that she was gonna pull a crazy stunt to achieve it! Silas was very much the protective MC and I loved their chemistry! It was sweet and it truly gave me the fuzzies! All in all another great installment of a great series… 4 stars Thank you @sourcebookscasa for my gifted copy! Out now! #bookcommunity #prettybooks #bookblog #bookish #readergram #reading #reading #bookinfluencer #bookblog #bookishvlog

I just finished The Fourth Daughter by Lyn Liao Butler and here are my musings. Liv Kuo was a star on the rise in the kitchen until a traumatic incident in her kitchen has her hiding in her apartment. She wants to stay there… Safe but when her grandmother calls her begging for her help, she jumps on a plane and flies to Tawain.. She needs help to find the daughter, a woman she thinks she just saw, her 4th daughter, who was rehomed by the child’s father decades earlier. Ah-Ma tells Liv all about her life before she was born and the while they spend time together and search for her missing aunt, they allow their love of food to bring them closer together. OK this was one of the best books of the year for me. I absolutely loved the straddling of timelines and how Ah-Ma had such a love for her children but after her youngest daughter was taken and given away…. The loss was tangible. It came across so acutely I could not help sobbing. Watching her struggle to be a wife to a monster in a time and place where she had no rights… UGH my heart. Her beautiful friendship with an abused woman was one of the best things I have ever read. I liked the cooking parts in the book too and the fact that Liv had PTSD and her struggles with the anxiety and panic attacks was done with such care, I couldn’t put it down. I felt bereft for Ah-Ma and I love that we got the story from the perspective of the family her daughter was placed with. It was beautiful, heartwarming in the sadness because she never gave up hope. It was beautiful and I highly recommend it. 5 stars Thank you to @brilliancepublishing for my gifted copy. Make sure you check out my store Bookaloriandesigns.com Bookaloriandesigns.etsy.com Unique bookish merch for the book dragon connoisseur. You can find all my book reviews at thelionessofliteracy.com And my podcast at https://open.spotify.com/show/5kKN96RNPNh4uNDZzpIE1A Youtube.com/@litdulterous #thefourthdaughter #bookreview #bookishreview #bookalorian #bookworm #booksbooksbooks #booktok #litdulterous #bookishpost #bookishpodcast #booklover #reading #readersofig #booksofbookstagram

Book review - Non-Fiction - Psychology - Self Help - Science I just finished Why We Click by Kate Murphy and here are my musings! Did you know that subconsciously we mirror people's tone, mannerism, postures and more when we are communicating? I knew this. It’s a sales tactic we were taught. Mirror the customer and they feel more at ease and familiar with you that they will automatically trust you. That’s the surface part.. Did you know that we also sync our blood pressure, moods, brainwaves and heart rates as well? COLOR ME BLOWN AWAY. I had no dang idea and this book clued me right in and I found myself learning more and more. This book was truly fascinating. The book was clear and easy to follow. Nothing overtly complicated and it was a super interesting read. The topics covered… Things like relationships in a social setting, working remotely all with real life offerings makes everything more relatable. Have you ever wondered why some connections feel right and others don’t? This book will give you the insight you always wondered about but never actually asked outloud. I don’t read a lot of self-help books, they tend to lean towards a certain type of person but I actually really enjoyed this book and ended up lending it to my husband who is basically a social pariah and he understood some things about himself that he put into action. If you are looking into the psychology of how to understand social bonds then this book is one to look for! 4 stars Thank you to @celadonbooks for my gifted copy. Out 27th January 2026 #celadonbooks #bookblog #readersofig #booksbooksbooks #readingallday

Book review - Fiction - Romance - Historical Fiction - Historical Romance - LBGTQ I just finished The Duke by Anna Cowan and here are my musings. Kate, the Duke of Howard… An aristocratic monster.. Celine Genet… Beautiful ambitious courtesan.. One night together leaves their mark on them both even when Kate left Celine to her fate.. Now Celine knows something dangerous about the Duke. To keep her secret Celine wants a husband with a title but their attraction refuses to be ignored… Man oh man oh man!! My pulse still hasn’t returned to normal. I don’t think I have ever been so flushed reading a book in my life. I love a book that turns historical fiction novels on their heads and this one brought that in spades. Celine… I loved her the very most! She is strong and ambitious but that's the exterior.. Her soul is so beautiful and the way Kate.. Watching her thaw out and become the touch her and die herione…… These 2 might just be my new favorite pairing in fiction. I was hooked from the start but I have to admit it does lose its momentum a few times but all in all I was charmed with this book. It has bridgerton vibes and I dug the HECK out of that! 4 stars! Thank you to @bloombooks for my gifted copy Due out April 28th 2026 #bookblogger #bookalorian #readersofig #booklover #bookishlife #lifeofabookstagrammer #bookpodcast #bookishpodcast #bookpod