Craved By The Quarterback (Off-Limits #1)

Here's Jenny Pineapple's "Craved By The Quarterback." It's the first novel in her Off-Limits series. 

["Getting dumped at a packed birthday weekend is the last thing I expected. My best friend’s older brother witnessing it is worse...

He’s a professional quarterback I haven’t seen in years. Quiet, controlled, impossible to read. The house is full, there are no spare rooms, and somehow I’m stuck sharing with him.

Which would be fine… if that night years ago hadn’t happened.

I don’t even know if he remembers.

I do.

And now we’re sleeping a few feet apart, and I can’t stop thinking about it.

This weekend suddenly feels a lot longer than I planned. And I never expected how it would end."]

Angsty, but not between the MCs. Miscommunication, but not between the MCs. Tension and conflict and some accidental bias, but not between the MCs. 

No, our MCs were adorable and caring and sneaky and communicative and sweet and sassy and utterly perfect. Utterly cliched but perfect. The banter was easy, the chemistry was easy, the comfort was easy. 

Their best steps might get rocky, but they have each other and a history and honesty and a little group of friends (and probably their two families) to super the hell out of them. 

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Shared By My Roommate (Off-Limits: Campus #1)

Here's Jenny Pineapple's "Shared By My Roommate." It's the first novel in her Off-Limits: Campus series. 

["My straight roommate and his best friend decide to cheer me up after my breakup. I expect video games and movies, not to end the night being shared by them in bed.

Nolan has been my roommate for almost two years. He’s also a ridiculously hot, very straight football player, which makes him off-limits.

Or so I thought.

When I come home heartbroken and ready to hide in my room, Nolan refuses to let that happen. His best friend Sawyer stays too, and my miserable night turns into two football players determined to keep me distracted.

Somewhere along the way, I stop caring how close I’m sitting.

Nolan’s hand lands on my thigh. Sawyer keeps watching us. And then I realize I’m not the only one getting turned on.

I know how dangerous it is to want them.

But if tonight is my only chance to find out just how far they’re willing to go, I’m tempted to take it."]

This book was glorious. And it was sooo much sweeter than I thought it would be. Granted, it was spicy as hell. But it was supportive and explorative and kind and careful. These three were utterly perfect! I loved how they messed as pairs and as a whole. 

#sharedbymyroommate #afavorforthejock #jennypineapple #offlimitscampus #offlimitscampusseries #offlimits #offlimitsseries #books #queerbooks #queererotica #bodicerippers #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks

All In

Literally SO bad at finding a book and sticking to it or finding a series and sticking to it or figuring out what mood my mood-reading-self is feeling (or all of the above). Here's "All In" by Morgan Sloan.

["Harlow Young: What’s worse than being left at the altar? Being left at the altar at a wedding you didn’t want. Josh’s family is mega-rich and entitled, and they’ve planned this massive thing with no input from me, and now I’m standing here looking like an idiot. Oh well, I guess. I’ll just take my best friend and best man, Grayson, with me to my honeymoon in Las Vegas. Maybe a best friend vacation is exactly what we need. It can’t get any worse than this.

Grayson Taylor: What’s worse than watching your best friend get left at the altar? Being so in love with him that you don’t just feel rage for his now ex-fiancé, but also relief. Stark relief. Not that I think it means I have a chance. Harlow has never seen me as anything more than his best friend. And what kind of best friend would I be if I turned down his watery-eyed request to go with him on his Vegas honeymoon? I’ve never been able to deny him and those doe eyes a single thing."]

You know those stories were the love is so real and so strong and so obvious but also not obvious at all? Those stories were the mutual pining is so sweet but hurts so much? Those stories were everyone sees the HEA but the couple? Those stories that make you feel so content and so happy and sooo jealous that you don't have a person like that of your own, a love like that of your own?  

This book was SOO good, so freaking good. Even if I wasn't breathing for many parts of it, even if it gave me heart palpitations (and butterflies). 

Definitely adding Morgan to my author-to-binge list. 

#allin #morgansloan #books #queerbooks #queererotica #bodicerippers #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks

Relentlessly Vengeful Ghost (Mafia Bound #5)

Here's "Relentlessly Vengeful Ghost" by K.M. Neudhol. It's the the fifth novel in her Mafia Bound series. 

["I didn’t know the house I broke into belonged to a mafioso, and now my revenge arc is a lot more complicated.

7 years ago, I died. Nameless, forgotten, left in a ditch after an overdose. I don’t know who saved me or why. God? Satan? A good Samaritan whose name I'll never know? It doesn't really matter.

I don’t know who I used to be. My name, my past, they were buried. But somehow, I'm still here.

I'm not the only one the Sleepless Reapers have used and abused, but I will be the last, if I have anything to say about it.

I don’t need the attention of a mafioso. Even if Alessio is fun to play with, and even more fun to make beg. But I don’t have time for his devotion or his pretty, breathless pleas.

I have a score to settle, and I can't rest until every last Sleepless Reaper is six feet under.

Alessio makes me feel something other than hatred for the first time that I can remember. He makes me hope one day I might be more than a ghost driven by vengeance. He can’t pull me out of the darkness, but maybe we can keep each other company in the shadows until all our demons are exorcized."]

WHY did I not read this the moment it came out? 

The instant chemistry, the instant connection. The spice, the desire. The mutual obsession. I'm dead. Thes two were just so freaking perfect for each other. 

The plot twist? I...did not see that coming. I forgot about that plot-line from the one previous book. Did I still love it (and cry)? Yes, yes I did. 

Bring me some mafia-boss + mafia-boss. 

Trigger Warnings: depiction of overdose, character reflecting sexual assault, lingering trauma, violence, murder, discussion of addiction recovery and drug addictions, and more.

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Lynx's Ruin (The Wilde Men #3)

Here's Saxon James's "Lynx's Ruin." It's the third novel in her new series, The Wilde Men. 

["Sasha
I'm prey. Weak little helpless prey. At least, that's what I let the wild men in Wilde's End think. I haven't trusted them one bit since I've been stranded here, and after Lynx tries to kill me, I know my instincts were correct.
At least until I'm forced to spend more time with the machete-wielding animal. He's got a past he won't talk about, and a protective streak that anyone else would find suffocating.
Anyone but me.
And when he extends that protection to me, it feels better than I expect it to.
I still want out of The End, but maybe I can have a little fun first.

Lynx
I'm a predator. When I was young, I promised myself that no one would ever get past my defenses again. People call me scary and unhinged, but they can think what they like so long as my town is safe.
The influx of outsiders to Wilde's End already had me on edge, and then in stumbles Sasha. A small, weak, walking tragedy. I have no idea how he's survived this long, but something about him calls to me. Everything from his pretty eyes to the way he bites back at me and fights battles he has no chance of winning.
I'd assumed he was prey.
But the more I push, the more I feel like I'm the one being hunted."]

I couldn't help myself. I skipped book two and went to this one...sorry, not sorry. Never thought I'd do something like that for Lynx. "'The scary, psycho forest dweller has a soft side, and I think I’m tapping into it.'" It's making me feel a bit gooey inside too, Sasha. 

Who hunted who? Who protected who? Who brought life and purpose back into who's world? 

Utter angst and accidental-miscommunication perfection! 

Trigger Warnings: self-harm, mention of children dying (past event and off-page), past dub-con, and more. 

#wildesend #ziggysvoice #lynxsruin #foleysprize #thewildemen #thewildemenseries #saxonjames #books #queerbooks #queererotica #bodicerippers #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks

Octopi My Heart

Here is "Octopi My Heart" by Amanda Meuwissen.

["Maybe fairy tales are worth believing in...

Daren Montgomery is a fisherman in his small hometown on the coast of Nova Scotia. His heart is as empty as the waters in winter—until he meets Lilo, a beautiful creature of the ocean depths that Daren never believed could be real.

Their courtship may be a fairy tale, but the gentle curl of a tentacle or wet kiss in magically warm waters has Daren dreaming of summer and a storybook ending."]

Mermaid meets octopus meets selkie meets puppy. Lilo was fucking perfect! I’m obsess with him  so was Daren. ;) 

This was just a hot mess of cute and cuter. Emphasis on the hot mess (they both were). Very little angst. Not too much spice. Tons of lore. 

I kinda (not so kinda) want a sequel get Curtis’s HEA now..

#octopimyheart #amandameuwissen #books #queerbooks #queererotica #bodicerippers #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks

The Project Manager's Guide to Overworked Associates (Spellbound #2)

Here's Amy Padilla's latest: "The Project Manager's Guide to Overworked Associates." This is the second novel in her Spellbound series, which is a spin-off from her Charmed Away Temp Agency series. 

["Louis has spent his entire life proving people wrong. If becoming a successful research engineer means long hours, missed weekends, and surviving on far too little sleep, so be it.

Unfortunately, Arthur disagrees.

As a project manager, Arthur believes in things like breaks, healthy boundaries, and not working yourself into the ground. So when he notices a brilliant human researcher running on caffeine and stubbornness, he takes it upon himself to intervene.

Louis just wants to work. Arthur just keeps showing up.

What begins as professional concern quickly becomes something more as Arthur finds himself drawn to the fiercely independent researcher. And despite all his protests, Louis is starting to rely on Arthur’s steady presence, warm purrs, and unwavering support more than he’d like to admit."]

This book was glorious. Granted, I wasn't sure about Louis at first. He wasn't an antagonist per-say in the previous book, but he wasn't necessarily an all around super star (then again, that was a very biased POV on Louis). Louis was still hectic as fuck, but his grumpiness and stubbornness quickly grew on me.

So did Arthur. He was a little pushy, but he meant well (all of the well). And he only pushed people towards being better and none of it was selfish.

Well some of Arthur's feelings for Louis were selfish, but can you blame him? I mean, it did take Arthur a bit to figure out why he was being selfish towards Louis. But wow. These two were adorable. A little angsty, a little spicy, and sooo much fluff. 

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