Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Lives in Austin, Texas. She/her. Loves reading books, writing about books and talking about books. On the CBR Board. May send you an email. Thinking about new challenges. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Emmalita's Quick Questions interview.)

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Hate Crush by Angelina M. Lopez

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Angelina Lopez bowled me over with her debut novel, Lush Money. Hate Crush, is a worthy sequel. When I started reading romance, I didn’t like contemporary romance because it all seemed to be Judith Krantz and Danielle Steele – ridiculously beautiful people, at least one of whom was incredibly wealthy, with high glamour problems and preposterous plots. If I was going to read that I wanted it to be set in the past. In the last 30 years, contemporary romance has become less focused on the […]

Never Have You Held Back Your Heart

A Touch of Stone and Snow by Milla Vane

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I dove into A Touch of Stone and Snow as soon as I finished A Heart of Blood and Ashes. Lizzan and Aerax grew up together on Koth and were sweathearts until Lizzan was exiled in shame for telling the truth about how the soldiers she led were killed. They meet up again years later. The goddess Vela tasks Lizzan with protecting Aerax and promises to reward her with a glorious death in battle. Lizzan does not tell Aerax the truth about her quest or her reward. Aerax […]

For Game of Throne Fans Who Got Tired of All the Rape and Wanted a Few Happy Endings

A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane

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Kayleigh Donaldson and Bree (Half of Kit Rocha) both recommended A Heart of Blood and Ashes last year and it became one of those books that I knew I would love but the thought of reading it just seemed exhausting. Why am I like this? I impulse bought it at the grocery store months ago and then stuffed it on my shelf where it languished. I saw the sequel on NetGalley and requested it even thought I doubted I would be approved. And then I was […]

You gonna let the words define you, or are you going to define yourself?

Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson

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I won an advance copy of Real Men Knit in a Goodreads giveaway. I love the cover and had started reading it when it disappeared. I couldn’t find it anywhere. Finally, while moving furniture, I found it wedged between the wall and my box spring thus explaining why I didn’t see it when I looked under the bed. At long last returned to me, I devoured it. It’s a first book in a planned series and a slow burn to boot, so Jackson takes her […]

“You’ve already made tea? Is this what I get for successfully fondling you?”

Two Rogues Make a Right (Seducing the Sedgewicks 3) by Cat Sebastian

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Every time I read Cat Sebastian, I wonder why it is I haven’t devoured her entire back catalog? She’s a brilliant writer. Her stories make me feel like I’ve been snuggled on the world’s most comfortable couch. Two Rogues Make a Right is the third book in a series. You can read it as a stand alone. In the previous book, A Gentleman Never Keeps Score, Martin Easterbrook is an antagonist to Will Sedgwick’s brother. However, I didn’t remember much about that part of the plot (much […]



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