The Phantom Paragrapher

Synopsis: Caught in a Storm - Ali Marie - November 2022 Watch hill is a small sea town that only a few know about, celebrities love to escape too and full of townspeople that protect their own. Years after her moms death, Emelia is still trying to come to terms with the heavy loss. She recently has made peace with the fact that she will always be alone, with no one to love her. Because everyone she loves … leaves. Emelia goes about her days in her small town being the librarian and events planner. Being what anyone needs her to be, and that is as close as she allows herself to get to anyone anymore. Summer is about to kickoff off this shoreline and a new European celebrity is in town. A race car driver none the less, who finds himself immediately infatuated with Emelia. He is convinced fate has brought them together. Emelia however, is not looking for a summer love especially with the one and only playboy Lucas Stratton. Lucas has only ever dreamed of being at the top of h...

Synopsis: Zomerschoon - Beauty of Summer -Book #2 Foreign Endearments -Wendi Dass - February 2023 When Anna Franklin embarks on a graduate degree in cryptography at Oxford, she anticipates decoding puzzles. Only her studies are a bore, her family is all but nonexistent, and she can't find a good slice of pizza to save her life. After her beloved advisor has a stroke and she's assigned to work with cocky post-doc Hendrik Van Der Aart, she wonders if her purpose might be to crack the code on the meaning of her life, not the latest math riddle. Barnes and Noble Link - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/zomerschoonbeauty-of-summer-wendi-dass/1142858128 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QqSGwb

Review: The Good Girls - Claire Elizabeth Bartlett - December 2020 The cover of this book and the tagline got me and so when I began to read it, it started well as it starts with a supposed dead girl aka Emma. She was pushed off the bridge at a popular spot where two years earlier another girl died aka Lizzy. The prime suspect, in this case, is a bit of a cliche but they look at Claude Vanderley who is known as the residential troublemaker. As the book gets on they also interview Avery Cross who is the Captain of the cheerleading squad and Emma's friend and Gwen- who is Lizzy's younger sister and Emma's competitor for the scholarship prize. As the book goes along, we can tell this is a case of the Breakfast Club meets One of Us is Lying with an all-female cast. Who killed Emma or is there a bigger story at play when another dead body and a strange blog turns up with clues that could lead to Emma's disappearance without a body - it can't be murder right? This was qu...

Play By My Rules Michelle Karise Publication date: February 28th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance All I wanted was a cup of tea, but I got early morning shenanigans. Stolen beverage order? Furious confrontation? Asked out by a thieving, sexy, tall drink of . . . It wasn’t the best start to my day, but it had to go up from there. Right? Wrong. It was my first day at my new job, and I wanted to make the best impression. I arrived at the office with minutes to spare, and who did I bump into again? The gorgeous thief. Harrison Cooper was the president of my company and my boss. It was fine. Really. Resisting the heated flirtations and stormy kisses designed to bring me to my knees would be no problem. Office romance? My past exposed? Shattered world? Now how do I pick up the pieces? Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo Author Bio : Michelle Karise is a type-A romance author of stories featuring black female leads and the men who...

Sea of Snakes Heidi Stark Publication date: January 26th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Dark Romance, Reverse Harem, Romance Zeke, Skyler, Dom and Rake —they grew up on this island and are in charge of protecting its various interests. They’re used to being in control of everything here. Including the surf. I’ve been kidnapped by a dangerous man, and am being used as collateral while my father comes up with the funds to pay off his debt (sadly not the worst thing he’s ever done although it’s up there), and if he doesn’t come up with the cash soon I’ll be auctioned off to the highest bidder. In the meantime, these four men are tasked with keeping me in their control and protecting me, and they take their role very seriously. But they’re not the only people to be concerned about. I’m tough in my own way. I can tell that they want all of me, to take me over like they do everything else. But five can play this game, and I’m not good at losing. **This is a Dark Reverse Harem/W...

Review: Wait for Me - Sara Shepard - November 2022 You know how we all have those favourite authors, the ones that no matter what they write or publish we will be bound and compelled to read it? One of the ones on my list is Sara Shepard. Years before Pretty Little Liars was even a twinkle in the TV producer's mind, I read the first couple of books and I was hooked. It became one of my favourite YA book series and so in everything that followed by this author, I have made it my goal to read. Some I enjoy, and others are a bit odd but still, I do read them. Wait for Me was one of those reads in the middle where it had a great premise but at the same time was a bit off and odd in parts. The book starts with a woman about to get married and then she is kidnapped. Then it jumps over to the present time and we meet Casey who is dating a wealthy guy called Marcus Coleman. Casey is a young, smart teen but she feels off when it comes to Marcus and so she disappears to a town called Avon ...