เผปMay’s Monthly Review Wrap Upเผบ
My Oh May…
May is gone and now we are headed off to June. Another month closer to July. 23rd when my daughter turns 14, and another month closer to August, 8th when I turn the big 3-0. Needless to say, I’m NOT looking forward to either of those upcoming events!
On the plus side, there are SO many amazing releases coming up! My schedule for June is already jam-packed, in fact, I can barely fit in ANYTHING from my TBR because I have so many ARC’s coming up!
2019 Goodreads Reading Challange
So my reading challange goal is set for 200 books this year!
So far I have read 90 books and I am 8 books ahead of schedule!
Last year I had a goal of 100 books and reached 188 so I’m hoping to surpass that number!
OK, so here it is! May’s Reads, Blurbs & Ratings!
Ivy’s Poison (The Cavalieri Della Morte Series) by India R. Adams
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Ivy’s Poison
Blurb:
Bors is hungry for revenge after one of his assignments spins out of control. Not only is he tortured by the man he was hired to murder, the president of a notorious and ruthless motorcycle club, but heโs also left in the care of the manโs deranged daughter, Ivy. And she knows exactly who is chained and at her mercy, the one she has wanted dead for three years.
During captivity, Bors witnesses what has become of Ivyโs life, and finds himself trapped between hatred and sorrow for his female tormentor.
โIt only took one day for me to hate her more than my worst enemy.
Only took two to start planning her death.
And only threeโฆ to fall in love with her.โ
Bors is an avenger. Especially Ivyโs.
In Her Words by J. S Ellis
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธย 1/2
Check out my review of In Her Words
Blurb:
While she seems to have it all, Sophie Knight is looking for more.
When gorgeous and carefree Michael Frisk walks into her life, he offers the excitement and passion she desires.
Sophie is willing to risk everything she has.
After all, she is used to concealing things from her husbandโlike her alcoholism, her unhappiness.
But soon she has more to hide.
She wakes up one morning in an alcoholic haze and finds bruises on her body, but has no recollection of what happened to her.
Was she raped?
When unsettling notes and mysterious phone calls start, Sophie wonders whom she should turn to.
Is Michael the cause of the frightening things happening in her life, or is he the answer to her problems?
A Cruel Love (The Cavalieri Della Morte Series) by S.M Soto
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of A Cruel Love
Blurb:
As a hitman for hire, Percivale is no stranger to violence.
From the moment he saw Blossom Jaymes through the window of her bakery, he knew he was in too deep. Not only was she as sweet as her perfectly crafted treats, but she was a soft-spoken, golden-haired angel that shone like a bright beacon in his dark world. And Percivale didnโt deal in angels. He dealt in death and crime. The even bigger issue? Percivaleโs next hit is on said sweet little baker who doesnโt seem to realize how much danger lurks around her with each passing day.
If he doesnโt get the job done, who will?
When Percivale has to decide whatโs more important to himโthe life of a woman who may very well be innocent or getting his revenge on the men who murdered his familyโthe lines become blurred. Morals are twisted and a deathly chase ensues that can only result in one thingโBlossom buried six feet under.
Or can it?
Can Percivale let his lust for revenge go in order to save Blossom from the bounty on her head, or will the power she unknowingly holds over him be what gets her killed?
Share Me by K. Webster & Ker Dukey
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Share Me
Blurb:
They have one job.
Keep me safe.
But none of us are safe against the allure we have when weโre together.
Control and professionalism used to be something they prided themselves on.
But now that weโre secluded and alone, lines blur and control quickly loses to need.
Someone is trying to snuff out my life, but they may not get the chance if Iโm devoured whole by my saviors first.
Unsteady in Love by Harlow Layne
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Unsteady in Love
Blurb:
Everything I ever thought I knew about him, everything I thought he wanted was a lie.ย
Imagine one day calling your boyfriend, the love of your life, the man you planned to marry and have kids with only to find out his phone has been disconnected, and heโs joined the military.
How could someone love you if they ran away?
That was four years ago when he shattered my heart into a million pieces and today I find that same man on my doorstepโฆ pleading for forgiveness and my hand in marriage.
Our relationship isnโt what I dreamt it would be. The only way to see it through is to keep the past pain buried and protecting my heart. It shouldnโt be hard when heโs half a world away, but when tragedy strikes causing Holden to come back to me half the man he was when he leftโฆ
I must decide if heโs worth giving a second chance. With a past as checkered as ours, Iโm not sure love will ever exist again.
Sloth (The Elite Seven Series) by Gianna Darling
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Sloth
Blurb:
I donโt give a fuck.
Not about money or fame, beauty or power. Iโve had all those things since birth, and trust me, theyโre a fucking snooze.
I donโt give a fuck about anyone, not even myself.
Until my father proves evil can exist in the most holy of places.
For the first time ever, something like interest stirs in my soul.
He wants me to enroll at St. Augustine.
Join The Elite.
Court the virginal daughter of Archbishop Savoie.
Prove that Iโm worth the family name?
Iโll do it all.
And Iโll do it so well, no one will know whatโs coming.
People are so quick to underestimate the wicked and lazy.
They forget idle hands are the best tools for the devilโs work.
I am Rush Dempsey.ย
I am Sloth.ย
Concerto by Skye Warren
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Concerto
Blurb:
The spotlight lands on Samantha Brooks. Years of practice build to the opening night of a global tour. She plays her heart out, but there are darker forces underneath the stage.
There are eyes watching from the wings.
Liam North fights to keep her safe with every weapon he owns. Sheโs his greatest prideโand his greatest weakness. The danger comes from somewhere no one expected. Betrayal threatens to destroy everything heโs built. His business. His family. His life.
When the curtain falls, only one of them will be left standing.
Beauty in the Broken by Charmaine Pauls
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Beauty in the Broken
Blurb:
Six years ago, Harold Dalton framed me for theft and sent me to jail to steal my diamond discovery. He gave his daughter to Jack Clarke in exchange for the excavation rights. Today, Iโm walking free, and Iโm coming for him with a vengeance.
Six years of cruelty make beasts out of men. Iโm going to take back what he stole from me, and more. Iโm not interested in his properties or shares. I donโt want his small change. I want his biggest asset. Beautiful, mentally unstable, Angelina Dalton-Clarke.
Worth billions, sheโs the wealthiest widow in the country, and also the craziest. Her self-harming tendencies had Jack declare her incompetent before he put a gun to his head and blew out his brains. Lina isnโt allowed to touch a cent of her riches. Her father manages her finances. He has all the signing power.
As her husband, that โchoreโ will fall to me. But if she thinks I only want her for her money, sheโs sadly mistaken.
Choosing The Hart by Dani Rene
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Choosing The Hart
Blurb:
A love triangle.
An emotional rollercoaster.
Who will she choose?ย
They say loving two people is wrong.
They say wanting both is selfish.
But what do I do when they both love me to?
The Big Apple was meant to be a fresh start.
With a new job, a new lease on life, I pushed the past to the back of my mind. But thatโs never where secrets stay.
When Iโm thrown in the middle of two addictive, handsome men, Iโm lost in their consuming magnetism. That is until my past comes knocking.
Two Harts. One forever.
How can I choose?
Darkest Deeds (The Cavalieri Della Morte Series) by Cora Kenborn
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Darkest Deeds
Blurb:
No one is innocent in the eyes of the Cavalieri Della Morte.
If your name ends up on my list, your time is up.
No regrets. No mercy. No conscience.
Until the enemy becomes my twisted obsession.
Two days ago, I paid a price to fulfill a vendetta. Twenty minutes ago, I threw it all away.
Stolen in the night. Held against her will. Bound to a monster.
I came to take her life but claimed it instead.
I warn her not to trust men with sin on their lips and ice in their veins.
She cautions me not to be deceived by my own eyes.
Neither of us listens.
What started out as a quest for retribution has become a game of survival.
They say three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.
Challenge accepted.
The Moth & the Flame by B.B Reid
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of The Moth & The Flame
Blurb:
THE FLAME
Here lies Louchana Valentine. She was a homeless, orphaned virgin.
I never cared what my gravestone would say until I landed in deep with a powerful gangster. Lucky for me, my best friend happens to be ruthless too. I should feel guilty that heโs forced to turn on the man whoโs been a father to him. Except Iโve always known that Wrenโs soul wasnโt as black as he claimed.
He was good.
He was beautiful.
He was mine.
He just didnโt know it yet.
And with Wren keeping me safe, Iโve got time left to rewrite the end of my story. But if he has his way, virgin is already carved in stone.
THE MOTH
Iโve never known anyone as alluring as Lou. Or as frustrating. Since the night she saved my life and stole my wallet for her troubles, I couldnโt stay away.
She became my onus.
My light.
Myโฆanyway.
With nowhere to run, Iโm forced to trust someone I never expected. At least with Lou safe in Blackwood Keepโfar away from meโIโll die with my conscience intact. Because she no longer looks at me with friendship in her eyes. Those iridescent blues shine with a different need entirely, and Iโve never been able to deny her.
Falling For You by Jennifer Van Wyk
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Falling For You
Blurb:
Fake it โtil you make it has been the motto I live by since my mother died.
Iโm also doing a really bad job at the making it part.
The night we met, I was at my lowest.
But you gave me a reason to feel happy again.
For the first time in over a year, I was optimistic.
You and I? Weโre the same. Donโt form attachments. Follow the rules. Donโt dream of a future.
Too bad our hearts wouldnโt listen.
And this storm weโre going through? The one that threatens to rip us apart?
It doesnโt care that Iโm falling for you.
Scarlet Mark (The Cavalieri Della Morte Series) by Lexi C. Foss
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Scarlet Mark
Blurb:
Deceit requires punishment.
But what happens when the mark is innocent?
Killian โDaggerโ Bedivere
My latest assignment has evolved into a game of deciphering whom to trustโthe renowned politician who hired the Cavalieri Della Morte, or the runaway bride?
Sheโs gorgeous, conniving, and everything I crave in a woman.
Sheโs also my target.
Rule number one: Never fall for the mark.
Rule number two: Fuck rule number one.
Amara โScarletโ Rose
I never wanted this world, but the decision wasnโt mine to make. I always belonged to him. Now thereโs a new player on the boardโone hell-bent on destroying all my plans.
Heโs lethal, handsome, and everything I should fear.
Rule number one: Donโt trust anyone.
Rule number two: Do everything you can to survive, even if it means breaking rule number one.
And rule number three: When in doubt, kill.
Malice (The Dahlia Saga) by Natalie Bennett
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Malice
Blurb:
Everyone knows the stories about naรฏve girls being taken by beautiful monsters.
Often the monster is a tortured soul with a fucked up past, but even then, that monster is redeemable.
This is not one of those stories.
My monster revels in the carnage he creates.
Our story is not one where good prevails and the villain becomes a hero.
My reality is dark.
His demons are darker.
And though I love my monster, this is no fairytale.
There is no happily ever after.
Obscene (The Dahlia Saga) by Natalie Bennett
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Obscene
Blurb:
Love is a tragedy designed for two.
What would you endure to see it through?
I was nothing.
He was both madness and paradise.
I was innocent.
He was twisted, harboring sadistic secrets.
I was a malignant obsession.
Now I am his most prized possession.
Delinquent (The Cavalieri Della Morte Series) by Ally Vance
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Delinquent
Blurb:
Seth Galahad
Reckless rule-breaker with a taste for violence.
Itโs what Iโve been called time and again.
Carving my way through the names Iโve been given, Iโll rise through the ranks.
Collecting your blood as payment for your debts
Iโm young, Iโm hungry, and I wonโt be stopped.
I take what I want, when I want. Nothing can hold me back.
The cross on my back speaks of a past I know nothing about.
The history of my family drenched in mystery.
Leeann Mallory
My brotherโs string of gambling debts has raged out of control.
An insurmountable sum that heโs racked up over time.
Out of money and out of luck, he did something unthinkable.
Playing with my life in a game of chance, he lost.
My brother did nothing to prevent me from being taken.
The debt collector came in the night, and he snatched me from my bed.
Debts must be cleared, and Iโm going to be the one to pay it.
The question is will it be in blood? Or will it be with my heart.
Thirteen interconnected standalones that will push your limits, test your one-handed reading technique and take you into a suspenseful world where men are domineering and dangerous, and their female counterparts are feisty and strong.
Are you ready to take the ride with us?
Greed (The Elite Seven Series) by Ker Dukey & K. Webster
My Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Check out my review of Greed
Blurb:
Iโm hungry.
My greed is insatiable.
Iโm a slave to the need. The drive for more. For everything.
Once I decide I want something, the greed for it consumes me.
I want answers.
I want justice.
I want vengeance.
I wantย HER.
My best friend and his sisterโthe girl I vowed could trust in me and whom I would always protectโdropped off the map two years ago. My own father pledged assurances that theyโd been living a life they deserved.
Lies. Lies. Lies.
Hell hath no fury like a man who has no fucks to give and a mission to fulfill his promise.
I may be a greedy sonofabitch, but Iโm also a loyal one. Cross me or my brothers, and Iโll come for your throat. And my teeth are razor sharp.
When I discover the corruption running deep within my own bloodline, I take a stand to right the wrongs. I had no idea their darkness would lead me to the lightโto her.
The Lust I have for her will keep me grounded.
The Wrath for those who betrayed us will ignite the fight inside me.
And the Greed for victory will consume our enemies in a tidal wave of Hellโs fury.
They say the three gates of Hell are Lust, Wrath, and Greed.
Well, open up, motherfuckersโฆDaddyโs home.
I am Micah Dixon.
I am Greed.
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What was your favorite release from May?!
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