Free Books & Book Deals - July 14, 2023

July 14, 2023


Hello everyone and Happy Friday!!

I'm back with a new list of books that are either free or for sale for less than $2. These books are cheap and we should grab them up at these prices while we can.

I hope your weekend is happy, healthy and safe! Happy Hunting xo

Please Note: All books are listed for $2 or less (prices valid at time of post). I apologize in advance if the sale is over by the time you found yourself here.

I only list authors I've either read or plan to read. If you know of any deals that are missing that you'd like to share, that I'd probably enjoy, please let me know in the comments section below :)


Adriana Locke


Amy Harmon


Anna Hackett


CD Reiss


Carian Cole


Cynthia Eden


Ilsa Madden-Mills


J.T. Geissinger


Jamie Schlosser


Jessica Gadziala


Kristen Ashley


L.A. Casey


L.J. Shen


Lani Lynn Vale


Lauren Landish


Meghan Quinn


Melanie Harlow


Nicola Rendell


Penny Reid


Pippa Grant


R.L. Mathewson


R.S. Grey


Rachel Van Dyken


Rebecca Zanetti


Ruby Dixon


Sarina Bowen


Susan Stoker


Suzanne Wright


Willow Aster (with Laura Pavlov)

Throwback Thursday // Finding Love... Again

July 13, 2023


Hey everyone and welcome to another Throwback Thursday! This week, I'm taking us back... way back. Back to beginning, if you will. I'm sharing with you the first Second Chance Romance books I five-starred on the blog. This trope is one of my absolute favorites and I've got tons of recs for it, but I'm gonna give them to you slowly. So here are 5 recs and please let me know if you've read them, plan to read them, or just want to hear more.



Preppy Part One by TM Frazier

Preppy Part One by T.M. Frazier


Let me tell you... I'm very much Team Bowtie. Preppy is one of the first bad boys I fell in love with, realizing that bad boys deserve love and happy endings too.
This story is full of action, suspense, humor and so much love.

You can find my review HERE


Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke

Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke


Elin and Ty were married, but separated. They were still very much in love, but foolish pride and plain old stubbornness really got in their way.
This story taught me the angst of trying to win back your lover's affections.
I watched a man desperate to get his wife back and a woman who made him really work for it.
Tons of love and heartwarming moments to be found in this book.

You can find my review HERE


Collecting the Pieces by L.A. Fiore

Collecting the Pieces by L.A. Fiore


This was the book that solidified my love for this author.
It made me cry and laugh and cry and by the end, I felt so full...
I knew I needed more books like this.
This story forced me to cry tears of sadness, grief and so much joy.
If you enjoy angst, this book has it in spades!

You can find my review HERE


Bedwrecker by Kim Karr

Bedwrecker by Kim Karr


If you haven't read this series, you really should.
The heroes are hot, the heroines are spunky, the stories are good.
A quote from my review: You know those books that make you want to laugh at them, cry with them, kick, punch and slap them, then make you want to laugh and cry with them again??? This was that book!!

You can find my review HERE


Heat Wave by Karina Halle

Heat Wave by Karina Halle


I think Logan was my first grumpy hero. Aren't they so deelish?
There are so many feels in this book. Ronnie is grieving the loss of her sister. Logan should be off-limits.
And the tropical paradise this story takes place in sounds magical.
If you enjoy authentic characters with sincere emotions, this book is for you.

You can find my review HERE

Review // You Can Die by Rebecca Zanetti

July 11, 2023

You Can Die by Rebecca Zanetti

Set against the atmospheric snowy backdrop of rural Pacific Northwest, New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti’s edgy, page-turning thriller will have readers guessing until the very end as rising star FBI profiler Laurel Snow navigates her career as a serial killer hunter with her complicated family life. Now she’s in pursuit of a killer with a chillingly bitter M.O. – one that hits far too close to home…


You Can Die by Rebecca Zanetti

You Can Die by Rebecca Zanetti


My Rating - ★★★★
Release - July 25, 2023
Standalone - Laurel Snow #3
Genre - Thriller
POV - Multiple 3rd person
Heat - 2 out of 5
Format - eARC provided by the publisher
Length - 354 pages

Men are dying in the Pacific Northwest, their bodies found near churches, charities, and counselling centers—each with valentine candy hearts shoved down their throats. They’re good men with families and community ties—or so they seem until Laurel Snow and her team begin to investigate. Then the case takes a shockingly personal turn when the father she’s never met, a former pastor, is attacked in exactly the same way.

Now, besides solving the case, Laurel is on the hunt to discover where her father has been. Complicating things is Laurel’s troubled half-sister, Abigail, a brilliant sociopath determined to prove that they’ve both inherited their father’s malignant narcissism.

Assisting Laurel is Washington Fish and Wildlife Captain Huck Rivers, a dangerous loner whose reliance on gut instinct puts him at odds with Laurel’s coolly analytic approach. But the choice may be moot when the killer hones in on Huck’s own dark secrets—putting him and Laurel squarely in the crosshairs.

My Two Cents

How does a story that was feeding me answers a crumb at a time, leave me with so many questions in the end? That’s the wonder of Zanetti’s writing and why I consider all of her books must-reads. Whether it’s romantic suspense, paranormal romance, or thriller/mysteries such as You Can Die, I’m guaranteed a worthwhile and enjoyable experience.

A killer is targeting men, stabbing them multiple times and leaving them choking on Valentine’s candy. It makes for a macabre scene set by the author, but I was utterly fascinated. Each clue led to another question, another victim, another link, and honestly… I really was kept in the dark until the end. I had an inkling, shrugged it off, and then realized I should have trusted my instincts!

So I have questions and I’m guessing they’ll be fed to me in any book to come for this series. Dr. Abigail Caine is definitely an enigma, as well as Zeke Caine. They may be Laurel’s family (her sister and father), but she doesn’t know them. She lived her whole life without them and if it were up to her, she’d live the rest of her life the same way.

Is Abigail a killer? Is she as wicked as she seems through Laurel’s eyes? And will Zeke feature in some way in the future?

Honestly, all I really want for Laurel is some true happiness with Huck (I LOVE this man) and a semblance of peace. Is that too much to ask?

The Author

Rebecca Zanetti is the author of over forty romantic suspense, dark paranormals, and contemporary romances, and her books have appeared multiple times on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks bestseller lists. She lives in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest with her own Alpha hero, two kids, a couple of dogs, a crazy cat…and a huge extended family. She believes strongly in luck, karma, and working her butt off…and she thinks one of the best things about being an author, unlike the lawyer she used to be, is that she can let the crazy out. Upcoming series are: The Blood Brothers, The Realm Enforcers and The Scorpius Syndrome.

Visit https://rebeccazanetti.com/ for more information!

Review // Reckless by Elsie Silver

July 10, 2023


Hot. Wet. Hungry.
Just the way I like her.


Reckless by Elsie Silver


My Rating - ★★★★½
Release - June 9, 2023
Standalone - Chestnut Springs #4
Genre/Trope - Contemporary Romance / small town / secret baby
POV - Dual 1st person
Heat - 4 out of 5
Format - ebook borrowed from Kindle Unlimited
Length - 404 pages

Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider. Notorious ladies’ man. Scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package.
And he’s looking at me like I might be his next meal.
But I’m almost free of my toxic marriage and have sworn off men entirely. So all I see when I look back is temptation served up with a heaping side of heartbreak.
The man is hard to trust—and even harder to resist.
Make that impossible. Because Theo is persistent. And no matter how hard I try to freeze him out, he melts my icy exterior and pulls apart all my defenses.
Over a drink in a small town bar, I blurt out my deepest, darkest secrets. Then I spend the singular hottest night of my life with him.
He worships my body. He makes me blush. I come alive beneath his hands.
Then I tell him to forget it ever happened. I want simple, and with him it all feels complicated.
It was supposed to be a one-time thing.
A secret.
But that little plus sign is going to make this secret impossible to keep.

Find it here: Goodreads * Amazon


My Two Cents

Thank you Renee @ Addicted to Romance for recommending a secret baby romance that I could love! Seriously, if you read any secret baby book EVER, read this one!

Theo Silva can definitely get it. He was fun, charming, hot AF, sweet, and sexy. Then watch him bond with his baby girl… absolutely swoon-worthy. He made most of this story for me. For a lot of it, no lie, if it weren’t for him, I probably would have stopped reading.

Because… Winter.

She was a tough nut to crack. It took Theo’s patience and kindness to see beneath her layers. When she finally opened up, allowed him in, made herself feel and be vulnerable and care… I finally started to love her too. She’s no competition for Theo, but she had me rooting for her and him and their happily ever after by the end.

A Little Note: I fell in love with everyone in this book. The small town charm, the fact that they’re in Canada (yes, I’m patriotic), the bits and pieces of backstory, all of this makes me want to go back to the beginning. I want to witness Summer + Rhett, Sloane + Jasper, Willa + Cade falling in love for myself. Especially because I understand Winter now, so any bad parts of her I see in those stories won’t bother me as much. And then there’s Beau. He’s the broken, battle-worn, war hero who seems to be struggling. I’d love to see him find his happiness too.

The Author

Elsie Silver is a Canadian author of sassy, sexy, small town romance who loves a good book boyfriend and the strong heroines who bring them to their knees. She lives just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband, son, and three dogs and has been voraciously reading romance books since before she was probably supposed to.

She loves cooking and trying new foods, traveling, and spending time with her boys–especially outdoors. Elsie has also become a big fan of her quiet five am mornings, which is when most of her writing happens. It’s during this time that she can sip a cup of hot coffee and dream up a fictional world full of romantic stories to share with her readers.

Visit www.elsiesilver.com for more information