On My Bookish BS

If you've been reading the Playing to Win series like me you've been DYING to know who Brynnie had on the couch since Ares walked in on them in The Knock Out and now we know! In the newest book in the series, The Sweet Spot, we meet Deacon Kane the new coach of the Revolution and get to watch Brynnlee get her happy ending!  And what a happy ending it is! He's the older man, he's a single dad, he's forbidden because he's her boss, and she's dealing with a life changing medical issue, it's got all the pieces parts for a delicious yummy drama. And delicious it is!  I love this series so much. They're pretty, rich kids with pretty, rich problems and its so fun to get lost in this world for a little while. I devoured this book so quickly. Deacon is a great new addition to the family. This is a solid 4 Star read and a great beach day read too. Highly recommend for a chillin pool side with a beer or mocktail. This whole series is great for that vibe!  I am...

 Just when I thought St. Louis was through with me... oh no... first we had Baseball mafia men and then we had Cowboys and now the incredible trilogy of the Burnout series which is hot ass STREETRACERS. The third book of this hot ass series was just released yesterday and after a very late night I finished the book in record speed today and I am just ... hot damn. So let's talk about the men of Oasis.  Dontell and Mina take the spotlight in this novel full of racing and family drama (both biological and chosen family), and sex trafficking. Seriously, consider your triggers, folks. I didn't know I wanted a man to bang me over the hood of a car so badly until I met these men.  And it only gets more intense with Leon and Amara. Um... Leon is a controlling, bad ass, sexy mother fucker who I will submit to any day. At one point he says "Good girls get pleasure. Bad ones get used" and this made me feel all bratty inside and I had a very hard time concentrating on the plot f...

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...