On My Bookish BS

So, the weather is getting warmer and I like sports romance so I was like let's go from hockey to baseball. Oh? Batter Up ? That sounds cute!  IT WAS NOT CUTE. No.. what I thought was going to be a cute baseball romance was a hot, steamy, sexy, thrilling baseball MAFIA romance that lead me to a street racing romance series and a cowboy romance series and I am not mad about it.  I have eye strain and my hands are full from juggling all these new book boyfriends but I am not mad about it.  First we meet Dean. Baseball player, hottie, over-the-top-over-protective baddie, and my new boyfriend. Is he trouble in tight pants? Of course he is. Dean and his girl go on the run ... and take my heart with them. Gwen goes hard core revenge girl against the mafia for everything that happened in Batter Up. I love that journey for her. Seriously. Gwen is my book girlfriend. She's the hotness.  Oh hi Agent Sexy. Didn't see you there with my other boyfriends and girlfriends. Nice to s...

 Yet another read I found while trolling the wilds of Threads and let me tell you... WOAH... Willing Prey is a novella by Allie Oleander and it's the HOTNESS.  I'd be prey for pecs like that. Now let me say... primal play, not my thing. I don't run even when chased. Even in a zombie apocalypse, I will not run when chased. I will be the first eaten by the zombie hoarde. It's fine. I know my limits. However, in written format, I'm in. I'm in hard. Sign me up for the EMOTIONAL chase and this one? It was like a season of Supernatural worth of a hunt.  Claire signs up to be prey for Shane for 30 days after her divorce from her super deficient clown of a husband is caught cheating on her. Shane hires her to be prey after finding out Claire and her ex used to go on "erotic hunting trips" together and becoming a little obsessed with her. What could go wrong... or right?  Dual POV with characters I immediately wanted to know more about, beautiful prose, great ...

When I saw Astray  by Poppy Fitzgerald mentioned on Threads one evening I thought to myself "That cover looks HAWT" and so I added the book to my to be read pile. The tags on the post were your usual dark romance trigger words and I was like ... sure, I'm in. What I found was more romantic thriller than dark romance and I am not mad about it.  I mean … that’s hot. Eloise is a strong, smart, and intelligent woman whose life takes a very twisted path after meeting a dark, dangerous, Jason Momoa type at a bar when her bestie bails on a girls night out.  It's hard to talk about the twists and turns in this book without ruining the plot but let me just say when it comes to how I feel about the men in Eloises life ... As someone who is proud to be the first person to guess the killer in any murder mystery I am so excited to say I liked being tricked by the charming bad guy this time. I really did think he was an okay guy. Well done, Poppy!  Well written, face paced, charac...