Welcome to this week’s Sunday Post. This feature is brought to you by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer, so swing by after you are done here and get the full list of participants!
What I Reviewed in September:
- [2 Sep] Escape to You by Jennifer Ryan ★★★½
- [5 Sep] Second Chances: A Romance Writers of America Collection by J. Kenner, Christina Lauren, Liliana Hart, Alyssa Day, Rachel Hauck, Damon Suede, Marilyn Brant, Renee Luke, Kerri Carpenter, Tara Wyatt
- [5 Sep] Going Dark by Monica McCarty ★★★★
- [6 Sep] Nothing Left to Lose part 1 and 2 by Kirsty Moseley ★★★½
- [7 Sep] Drumline by Stacy Kestwick ★★★★½
- [8 Sep] Menace by J.M. Darhower ★★★★★
- [8 Sep] Grievous by J.M. Darhower ★★★★★
- [11 Sep] Contracted Defense by Piper J. Drake
- [12 Sep] Drunk on You by Harper Sloan ★★★½
- [13 Sep] The Final Score by Jaci Burton ★★★★
- [14 Sep] Sweet Sacrifice by L.D. Rose ★★★★
- [15 Sep] Redemption Island by L.B. Dunbar
- [16 Sep] Breaching the Contract by Chantal Fernando ★★★★
- [18 Sep] When the Dead Come A Knockin' by B.L. Brunnemer ★★★★
- [19 Sep] Drawn to Him: A Romance Collection by Willow Winters, M. Never, L.J. Shen, A. Zavarelli
- [19 Sep] The Outskirts by T.M. Frazier ★★★★½
- [20 Sep] Running into Love by Aurora Rose Reynolds ★★★★
- [21 Sep] Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh ★★★★½
- [23 Sep] Cover of Night by Laura Griffin ★★★
- [25 Sep] Night's Caress by Mary Hughes ★★★½
- [26 Sep] Maybe This Christmas by Jennifer Snow ★★★½
- [27 Sep] Hail No by Lani Lynn Vale ★★★★
- [27 Sep] Fighting for Honor by J.B. Salsbury ★★★★★
- [27 Sep] Somethin' Bad by Cat Mason ★★★
- [28 Sep] Too Beautiful to Break by Tessa Bailey ★★★★½
- [29 Sep] Long, Tall Cowboy Christmas by Carolyn Brown ★★★★
- [30 Sep] Racer by Katy Evans ★★★★½
Favorite September Read: Fighting for Honor by JB Salsbury and Archangel’s Viper by Nalini Singh
Least favorite: Contracted Defense by Piper J Drake
Most Surprising: Too Beautiful To Break by Tessa Bailey (I love Bailey but haven’t loved this series…until THIS book!)
What I am most looking forward to next month: Ride Wild by Laura Kaye, Rescuing Bryn by Susan Stoker, The Final Fight by JB Salsbury!
What’s Coming Up:
- The Scot Beds his Wife by Kerrigan Bryne
- Show Me the Way by AL Jackson
- Bad for Her by Christi Barth
I am hoping to squeeze in a few of my own reads this week!
This Week’s New Releases:
Open Giveaways:
- Paperback of Long Tall Cowboy Christmas
- Paperback of Too Beautiful to Break by Tessa Bailey
- Paperback of Maybe This Christmas by Jennifer Snow
- Paperbacks of the Bleeding Stars series by AL Jackson
- Kindle Fire
What I Found Online:
- Renee at Addicted to Romance gives us some Bookish quotes this week!
- Rowena at Book Binge gives us Books they want Passionflix to turn into Movies!
- Julie at Happily Ever Chapter gives us the Sports Romances she loves!
This Week’s Book Haul:
ARCs thanks to the authors and publishers!
I also received Protecting Lily by Jennika Snow!
Non-Bookish News:
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday it was still in the 90’s. It was miserable. Thursday-Saturday it cooled off again to mid 70’s. Next week, back to mid 80’s. Where the hell is October!?!?
I had some stressful interactions with coworkers this week that threw me off my game. Because of my OCD, I tend to overanalyze everything, I worried about these events WAY too much. It was a struggle.
Someone stole my husband’s debit card info and charged a bunch of stuff to our account. The bank caught it before we did, which is great. They called him right away, then he attempted to call me. It was Saturday and I was napping….So he couldn’t get ahold of me. Whoops! I love my Saturday naps though…
So, whats new with you this week? Did you read any of the same books I did? Did you find any great book deals I need to grab ASAP? Let me know in the comments!
Looks like you had a great reading month! I really enjoy Tessa Bailey’s books so I will definitely have to add that one to my list…and enter the giveaway! lol Sorry to hear about the stress at your job. I have anxiety issues so I tend to over-analyze things too. Hope things get easier! Sorry to hear about the bank card issues too. That just happened to my husband and I recently and we are just now getting the money back. It was really stressful but it could have been way worse. I’m glad the bank caught it early! Hope you have a great week!
Manage and Grievous are my next reads!! I love J.M. Darhower’s writing. Her latest book, Ghosted, did ROCK my world. I loved it so much. Anyway, I’m SO sorry about the debit card. Did you finally know the thief identity?
Sorry to hear about your stressful coworker interactions. I hate it when I can’t stop thinking about something like that. Reading helps change the channel in my brain. 🙂
I loved Going Dark by Monica McCarty, and Long, Tall Cowboy Christmas! I like Nalini Singh’s Phy-Changeling series better than her Guild Hunter so far, but I’ve only read Archangel’s Viper so far. It was good. Have a great week!
I’m sorry you had some struggles with your coworkers :-/ And yikes about the debit card! That’s great the bank caught it though. I don’t mind if the weather wants to stay in the 80s here though lol. I hate the cold!
Have a great week and happy reading!
I remember the first time (there have been several) my information was stolen. I felt so violated. At least the fraud department saw the activity and cut the spending spree short. My mother had over $7000 drained from her account before the bank noticed, and it took quite a while to get the money back. Sorry about your work woes. Hope this week is better.
Wow, you read a lot of books this month! Enjoy October, and thanks for sharing.
Without Merit is on my wish list.
Have a great week, and thanks for visiting my blog.
Sorry to hear about your husband’s card getting stolen. But, thank goodness you were able to get the money back!
I’ve had my card hacked before, no fun. Luckily I also caught it in time, before they went on a buying spree. So aggravating. And sorry to hear about the co- worker issues. That can be tough. Hope you have a great week ahead, minus the stressful stuff.
I’ve yet to read anything by A.L. Jackson but Show Me the Way has caught my eye. I might be one-clicking that one before the day is done. :). Sorry to hear about the tough incidents with co-workers last week. I do the same thing when that happens – I dwell on it, stress over it, overthink it… long after the other person has probably forgotten all about it. Hope the debit card issue gets resolved quickly. That happened to me last year and it was such a mess. Roughly $1000 ran up very quickly, I had to fill out affidavits, write letters, it was such a pain.
First, thanks for the shout out on your things around the web. You are the bomb!
Second, I haven’t read any of the books you read this week but I’m looking forward to your thoughts on them. Also, that sucks about your husband’s debit card. That’s happened to a few of my family members in the last couple of months and it just really sucks.
I hope you have a better work week than last week at work and I hope that you have the best reading week! Hugs from So Cal!
Wow you’re on a roll with the book reviews Samantha! Lately all I feel like doing is reading all the books instead of reviewing them! I hope the upcoming week isn’t as stressful as this week!
OMG!! That’s sucks on your hub’s card! I’m so glad the bank caught it, though. What a holy pain in the ass, though. That happened to my hubs and he had to do all this paperwork. Stupid people!!!
And I’m sorry about work stressing you out 🙁 I personally hate confrontations with ANYONE, let alone in a workplace. *hugs* Enjoy the weather!!! Keep escaping to the books 🙂
Happy October! We are heating up DRASTICALLY here… Hello Summer. What even happened to Spring? The southern hemisphere is a mess too. I hope you get your cooler weather soon!
Argh! I’m sorry about the stolen debit card! I’m so glad the bank caught it! What a relief!
I hope you’ve been having a good week this week.