June Reads

I Hate You by Ilsa Madden Mills**

Pushing Patrick by Megyn Ward

Faking It with the Frenemy by Nadia Lee

You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle**

If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane**

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi McFarlane**

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams**

Cruel Prince by Ashley Jade

Ruthless Knight by Ashley Jade

Coach Me by Shanora Williams

Court High Series by Eden O'Neill**

        They The Pretty Stars

        Illusions that May

        Court Kept

        We the Pretty Stars

The First Score by Amie Knight

Montlake Prep Series by Nora Cobb

        New Girl

        Outcast

        Reprisal

        Revenge

Marrying My Billionaire Boss by Nadia Lee

Stealing the Bride by Nadia Lee

Stealing My best Friend by Nadia Lee

Use Me by Kimberly Knight**

Watch Me by Kimberly Knight

Watch Me by Kimberly Knight

Watch Me 

by Kimberly Knight

    This story has some overlapping characters from Use Me, although you do not need to read that book first these can be stand alone novels.  These are a good mix of romance and mystery.

    This story follows Ashtyn's older brother Ethan, who is a detective on the police force.  Ethan is going through a rough patch and is now divorced.  One night after a shift he goes to a bar down the street and runs into his old high school girlfriend, Reagan, who broke his heart 20 years ago.  Reagan is also divorced and returned to their hometown to go back to school to become a CSI Investigator. They strike up a relationship and it is like they are starting back up from where they left off 20 years ago.  Now as the relationship is moving forward quickly, there are  a string of murders happening.  They are starting to become personal.  Ethan has to protect Reagan but solving these murders is harder than he thought.

Use Me by Kimberly Knight

Use Me 

by Kimberly Knight

This is a crazy books that includes nutty exs, stalkers, high school bullies grown up and love.  Honestly I was drawn in and read it pretty quickly. 

Rhys is a sportscaster and Ashtyn is a night news reporter.  Rhys comes home from work and finds his girlfriend of two years cheating on him.  Ashtyn comes home and her boyfriend of a little less than a year breaks up with her when he finds her wedding board on Pinterest (Doesn't every girl have one of those??).  They both show up at the same bar that night and Ashtyn uses Rhys as a boyfriend to stop a man from hitting on her and that is how the friendship begins.  They decide that they are going to use each other anytime they need help or need an excuse to get away from an ex.  Soon they start to develop feeling for each other, but being in the spotlight gathers attention and stalkers.  Can they get past their exs, the stalker who sends flowers with creepy messages and find happiness after they have both been in terrible relationships? 

Stealing My Best Friend by Nadia Lee

Stealing My Best Friend 

by Nadia Lee

    I am on a Nadia Lee kick, she writes cute little romance books that you can't help but smile at while you are reading.  This is a friends to lovers book and is pretty adorable.  My only complaint is that the main female lead spent a lot of time crying and sometimes, I just wanted to tell her to pull herself together and put the tears away but I mean, some girls cry a lot, so it is pretty realistic in that idea.

    Vincent and Emily have been best friends forever.  They are always there for each other and even block out their schedules for Sunday ice cream every week (Ahh)!  Vincent is a rich fella, while Emily is a middle class girl. Now adults, Emily has a very successful wedding planning business and is well sought after and Vincent works for the family business. Vincent has family dinner and learns that his parents have arranged for him to marry the neighbor girl so he can take over the business, and if he chooses not to do this he will not get his inheritance.  Emily is heartbroken and Vincent does not want this to happen.  Vincent asks Emily to plan the wedding even though Emily has been in love with Vincent since she was 17, she can't tell him no.  While this is all going on Vincent knows he can't get married because of Emily, but is he willing to risk his job and his inheritance or can he keep Emily as his best friend and be unhappily married?

Stealing the Bride by Nadia Lee

Stealing the Bride 

by Nadia Lee

Court wanted a night out with his friends and meets a lady that interests him, they agree to use nicknames for each other and spend the night together.  He wakes up the next day and she is gone and left him $50.  Now he must find her but all he knows her by is Skittles, the nickname he gave her.  Good thing he is rich and has friends to help him because he learns who she is and that she is getting married.  He is not going to let that happen, he takes a plane to Hawaii and interrupts the wedding, throws the bride over his shoulder and takes off with her.  Only to learn that Skittles has a twin and he just kidnapped her from her wedding.  Thankfully everyone laughs it off and the wedding continues and when he gets home, he and Skittles (Pascal) start spending time together.  They meet each others families and start developing true feelings for each other.  But will Skittles be ready for the secrets that Court has been keeping from her or will they make her stay away for good?  

Marrying my Billionaire Boss by Nadia Lee

Marrying my Billionaire Boss

 by Nadia Lee

Nate is the billionaire who has dated many crazy girls and Evie is his assistant who does her job well and is willing to do whatever it is that Nate needs.  Nate is being auctioned off for charity and learns his crazy ex is planning on winning him, he convinces Evie to win him to avoid that disaster.  Well people start questioning why they did not go on the date that was a part of the auction, so they fly to Vegas and wake up the next day married.  Neither of them remember anything that happens the night before but both have gold bands on that finger.  Giant problem that neither were prepared for, and his family is over the moon excited about him being married and wishing they were a part of the big day.  Evie does not think they should stay married but she has always had a crush on her boss, but does he feel the same way?

Montlake Prep Series by Nora Cobb

Montlake Prep Series 

by Nora Cobb

Books in Series

New Girl

Outcast

Reprisal

Revenge

Mercy

*These books do need to be read in order*

Well this series drug me in- Yes five books is a lot but they are under 200 pages each so they are quick reads.  These books are on  Kindle Unlimited  and I am not sad that I read them.  They are easy to get sucked into and I am on this kick right now.  There are so many twists and turns and sometimes you just are wondering what could possibly happen next?

Natalie is the new girl at a private high school and she starts the summer after her parents die, she moves in with her rich uncle and heads to school.  It is a school for rich kids and there is a code at this school, don't follow the code and you will regret it.  Problem is Natalie doesn't know the code.  These kids make her life miserable and spread terrible rumors. Jacob, Lucas and Troy are known as the captains and they are the captains of their sports teams and what they say goes.  If you don't do as you are told you will pay for it and right away on the first day Natalie is on their radar, but soon they realize she is not like the other girls in the school, and they are interested in her, but the problem is Natalie is new money and these boys are old money.  New money and old money do not go together, and some people will not let Natalie and these boys remember this.

Court High Series by Eden O'Neill

Court High Series

 by Eden O'Neill

So... the Court High Series is pretty amazing.  I read all four books in about three days, but if we are going to be honest they are only about 160-180 pages each, but they are full of impact, action and honestly a lot of me saying what the crap is going on or who is telling the truth in this book!  It is a mystery and romance wrapped together and I thought I knew who done it, but boy was I wrong!  This is one that is hard to put down.  Thank goodness it is Kindle Unlimited- but I am also excited because they are doing a spin off for some of the characters as stand alone books!  YAY!

Book Order

Book 1- They The Pretty Stars

Book 2- Illusions that May

Book 3- Court Kept

Book 4- We The Pretty Stars

Now I can't tell you everything about the books but I will give you a little opening. December's mother died when she was a young and she decided to stay with her aunt, while her older sister left to live with their father.  December's sister runs off and no one can find, December thinks that if she goes to live with her father he sister will come back to her.  While with her father her sister does not come back and while attending school December meets Royal who is royalty at the high school, they are known as the Court and they hold the power and this is a privilege that continues throughout their whole lives.  Once you are a part of the Court you are Court for life, what they say goes and you do not get in his way or he can ruin you.  Girls do whatever they can to get the little silver necklace and that tells you they are off limits because they are 'Court Kept.' December is not impressed with the Court but soon learns that her sister is best friends with their leader Royal.  Get answers about her sister she has to go through Royal but his loyalties are to the Court and her sister, is he willing to let December into his circle of trust in order to find his best friend?

Ruthless Knight by Ashley Jade

Ruthless Knight 

by Ashley Jade

    Ruthless Knight is a stand alone novel but includes the characters from Cruel Prince.  Honestly I might actually like this story better than Cruel Prince and typically I am a fan of first books, but I have to remember it is not a sequel.  This one definitely gives you a look inside the characters and you learn all the good, bad and ugly about them.  The third standalone novel in the Royal Hearts Academy will be available in August and it is about the little sister Bianca.  You can bet that I will be reading that one as well.  This is a Kindle Unlimited book and quite honestly a quick read. Like yesterday it takes place in high school but this is most definitely an adult book.

    Cole (Jace's brother) is the popular quarterback and Sawyer (Dylan's best friend) is the church girl nerd.  They hang out in different crowds.  Sawyer is not your size 2 cheerleader and she gets made fun of quite a bit by the girls and sometimes even the boys at school.  Cole has always been fascinated by Sawyer, she always stays true to herself and is the most honest person he has met.  Cole is moody and is so hot and cold with Sawyer that she doesn't know what his true feelings are.  Cole goes out of his way to search for Sawyer even if it seems out of character and everyone is questioning their relationship, because Cole should not be dating someone like Sawyer but he does not care and he can't stay away.  Will the demons in Cole scare Sawyer away, but will Sawyer's secrets scare Cole away?

Cruel Prince by Ashley Jade

Cruel Prince 

by Ashley Jade

You might think this is a young adult book because it takes place in a high school setting, but this is not a young adult book at all.  It can be graphic and down right mean, I truly hope these things do not happen in high school, but it made for a great, friends-enemies-lovers book.  This is a kindle unlimited book so I read an ad about it and decided to give it a go.

Dylan and Jace became best friends when they were 8 and that lasted till 8th grade when all the sudden Dylan's dad got a new job and she had to move away.  both Dylan and Jace lost their mothers' when they were young and they both needed someone they could trust and they turned to each other.  When Dylan left, Jace would not answer her calls or talk to her.  Four years later Dylan returns to town and Jace hates her and wants to make her life miserable so she will leave for good and not come back.  Dylan is not sure why Jace hates her so much and she can't seem to get an answer from him.  Jace is now dating the girl who made Dylan's life miserable in middle school, while Dylan is talking to the one boy that Jace can't stand.  The chemistry between these two is off the charts and there are so many twists and turns that you never expect.  This was one that was hard to put down!