We’re celebrating the release of Never Bound by Everly Claire! You can read it now on Kindle Unlimited and grab book one in the series for only $0.99!

Never Bound (The Unchained)

Publication Date: April 25, 2025

Genre: Dark Dystopian/Forbidden Romance

💀Enemies to Lovers
💔 Who did this to you? (Her to HIM!)
🌑 Dark dystopian world
👑 Rich, naive good girl x her dad literally OWNS him!
🔥 Whips & chains & cuffs, oh my (mostly the bad kind 😈)
🕰️ Slow Burn
📇 He has no name, just a number (really!)
❌ They’re literally not allowed to touch!
👊 Touch her & you’re gonna 💀 (twice)
🎭 Plotting, scheming, twists and reversals!

In an alternate 2025, our world is built on the backs of slaves. Louisa is the daughter of the enemy who's become my master, and I'm not even allowed to look at her, let alone touch her.

But I've already done way more than that. By day, they make me scrub floors and weed the garden. By night, I ignite her in dark basements and secret rooms.

She used to think slaves weren't people, but I’ve opened her eyes to the horror of her world, and there’s no going back.

But I’m here on a mission to find my sister. And Louisa is about to discover that when I charmed my way into her bed, it wasn’t just because I wanted her. It was because I wanted something from her.

But now? I do want her. Forever, preferably. But the world thinks I belong in a cage, and I’ve got new enemies determined to put me in one. They’re plotting to blow our secret right out of the water. In this snake pit, neither of us knows who to trust.

But when they go after Louisa, I'll prove that even though I’m a slave, she belongs to me in every way that matters -- even if it costs me everything I've fought for.

NEVER BOUND, book 2 in a dark dystopian forbidden romance series THE UNCHAINED, picks up where Never Broken left off. The books must be read in order. Never Bound ends on a hard cliffhanger and picks up in Never Lost, scheduled for release in summer 2025. Together, all three books form a complete arc with a guaranteed HEA.

Never Broken: books2read.com/u/3yJBwV

Never Bound: books2read.com/u/mdx2v5

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Welcome to the ARC tour for When the Wicked Sing by S.L. DeBois - Available May 28, 2025!

Tropes/Micro-tropes:

• Enemies to Lovers
• Slow Burn
• Touch Her/Him and 💀
• Strong FMC
• Hidden Villain
• Betrayal
• Closed Door Love Scene
• Only One Bed
• Only One Tub
• The Chosen One
• Queer Rep
• Family Secrets and Lies
• Hidden Power
• Rising Hero
• High Stakes (Good vs Evil)
• Light vs Darkness
• Sun and Moon
• The Rescue
• Powerful Artifact
• He Pins Her Down
• She Tries Biting Him
• Deadly Power/Magic
• Multiple Magic Systems
• Gods/Goddesses/Spirits

Banished from the fae realm, the last surviving sirens hidden deep within the underwater city of Salus face death at every turn. They dream in the darkness of seeing the light of their homeland, Sirenia, once more. With a missing sister's life at stake, Mariana, heir to the siren throne, must fight to save everyone she loves, or watch the last of her kind vanish from the world. After battling arcane forces, the dominating fae sovereign, and even her own heart, what will happen when the wicked sing?

Triggers:

This book explores themes of death, grief, and trauma. While these elements are integral to the story, they may be emotionally challenging for some readers. Please proceed with care and prioritize your well-being.

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Falling on a Duke

Author: Stefany Nunes
Genre: Romance
Format: NetGalley eARC
Kindle Unlimited: No
Series: No
Pages: 288
Publication Date: April 28, 2025

Synopsis: {via Goodreads}

9th-century England. Benjamin Gerard Waldorf, the Duke of Waldorf, has resigned himself to a life of duty and responsibility. But when an antique cameo unexpectedly transports him 200 years into the future, his world is turned upside down. Isabella Souza Kato, a struggling writer in London, is grappling with creative block after a painful breakup. Just as she’s ready to give up on love, a chance encounter with a man claiming to be from the 1800s alters her life completely.

As they navigate the complexities of time, culture, and their own hearts, Benjamin and Isabella must confront their fears and insecurities if they want to find a future together.

Will Benjamin find a way back to his rightful place, or will he choose to forge a new path with Isabella?

Review:

Falling on a Duke by Stephany Nunes is a cute time travel romance about Ben and Bella. Ben is a 19th century gentleman, a Duke, while Bella is a 21st century woman and a writer. The story is cute, but it has heart and you can't help falling in love with Ben and Bella's story. Or, at least, I couldn't. I enjoy time travel and the time travel in this book was light and fun, with a lovely happy ending. 

Sunday Post is a weekly blog meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and is a place to share weekly goings on. I'd love to share my week with you!

Happy Easter, friends! I hope you're having a nice day with your friends and family. I'm going to spend the day with my husband and we're going to a friend's house for dinner. 

This week has been a big one for me. I finished my novel this week. Next week I'll read it and see where I'm at, then do some edits before I let my friends and husband read it. After that, more edits, and then maybe I'll publish. So this has been a pretty exciting week for me. It's also been a little overwhelming because edits are a lot and I know I have that coming up on the horizon and, I won't lie, I'm a little bit nervous. 

I'm also finishing up the spring semester for my college courses and I'll have grades to submit for my students soon. I'm excited to have some time off in the summer to work on my own projects. 

What I'm reading this week

I'm still trying to find time to get through Pumpkin Spice Cafe, but I'm also reading Falling on a Duke, which I got from NetGalley and so far, it's really cute!

19th-century England. Benjamin Gerard Waldorf, the Duke of Waldorf, has resigned himself to a life of duty and responsibility. But when an antique cameo unexpectedly transports him 200 years into the future, his world is turned upside down.Isabella Souza Kato, a struggling writer in London, is grappling with creative block after a painful breakup. Just as she’s ready to give up on love, a chance encounter with a man claiming to be from the 1800s alters her life completely.

As they navigate the complexities of time, culture, and their own hearts, Benjamin and Isabella must confront their fears and insecurities if they want to find a future together.

Will Benjamin find a way back to his rightful place, or will he choose to forge a new path with Isabella?

On the blog this week

🐎 Review: Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage

🐴 Release Day: Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage

✨ Can't-Wait Wednesday: A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

📚 Free Kindle Finds, No. 4

In the mail this week

I got several books in the mail this week. A huge book haul from Book Outlet (my new obsession) and my pre-order of Wild and Wrangled. Its been a good week for books. Ooh, and I also got one of those round, rotating viral bookshelves from FlyCity Mall and I absolutely love it! 

That's it for me this week. I hope you've all had a lovely week and that you have a happy Easter Sunday! 

Ashley Cooke will do just about anything to save her struggling ski hill. When she hires the men from a local sober living home for the season to cut costs, even she thinks she’s gone too far. With her credit cards maxed, her cheating ex-husband intent on buying the mountain out from under her, and record-breaking snow in the forecast, she can’t afford to be distracted by the six-foot-tall bearded and tattooed sober living home owner moving onto her mountain.

Recovering addict and ex-grunge rocker Matthew Madigan has devoted every minute of the last decade to the men residing at his sober living home. When he meets tightly wound and adorably flustered Ashley, desires he’s put on the back burner for years start to simmer. Immune to his infamous, albeit rusty charm, Ashley presents a challenge he can’t resist. When she offers to give him skiing lessons in exchange for his help training her St. Bernard rescue dog, he jumps at the chance to ride next to her on the chairlift despite his debilitating fear of heights.

During bunny hill shenanigans, chairlift confessions, and steamy cabin serenades, Madigan teaches Ashley that a person’s past doesn’t define them, and Ashley shows Madigan that the men he helps aren’t the only people who deserve a second chance. When sabotage threatens both the men and the mountain, Ashley and Madigan will have to decide if they’re only having a winter fling, or if the mountain isn’t the only thing worth fighting for.

She might be wishing for the wrong kind of luck.

***Standalone romance with a HEA!***

Georgie Buchanan doesn’t know the first thing about running a brewery—she doesn’t even like beer—so she’s out of her element when she and her siblings inherit their grandfather’s money pit. Her one hope for success lies with River Reeves, the handsome brewmaster who learned at her grandfather’s feet...if she can avoid falling for him.

River Reeves is having a rough week. Not only did he lose his friend and mentor, Beau Buchanan, but he’s just been betrayed by his former best friend and business partner. Still, things seem to improve when Georgie offers him his dream job—turning around Buchanan Brewery.

Great right? There’s one problem: his new boss is his dream woman, and she’s not the type to mix business and pleasure.

Both of these books are so cute and look to have really fun stories. I hope you enjoy them if you should happen to pick them up like I did!