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Movie Review - Final Destination Bloodlines - Maryse's Book Blog
YAY ME!! I watched the latest Final Destination Bloodlines and it was SO MUCH FUN!!!!! Exciting and scary, and clever (creative when it came to the deaths – these writers are so clever!!), and so in your face about it. I absolutely LOVE the crazy, out of this world premonitions that start the movie because […]
Reader Question - The book where he has an assistant who's secretly in love with him & brings road trip snacks... - Maryse's Book Blog
Wendy needs our book help! It’s short and sweet but a perfect little detail that might just spark someone’s memory. BUT FIRST!!! IT’S STILL PRIME DAY SALE WEEK so if you’re looking for an amazing deal on pretty much… anything, make sure to see what’s on sale today. She asks: Looking for a book I […]
PRIME DAY FUN DAY #4 + Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-11-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY LAST PRIME DAY!!! At least for now. All good things must come to an end and allllll the amazing deals will too (at least of the Prime Day variety). Today is the last day we can indulge in everything we’ve been wanting and everything we didn’t even know we wanted until now but soon…our […]
Reader Question - The historical romance book where she had an affair to get new Kilns or ovens for her husband... - Maryse's Book Blog
Victoria is looking for this one! Oooh tons of AMAZING detail in this description below and it sounds right up our alley! I remember sneaking my mom’s old paperbacks when I was just little and loving them, too. Also, all the biographies she had (I learned a ton about important people I had never even […]
Reader Question - The reverse harem book where one of the guys secretly falls for her & is kind of a bully... - Maryse's Book Blog
Elly needs our book help! I don’t have much reverse harem romance experience so I’m hoping someone here has a guess. 🙂 I love a romantically reluctant grump that pushes away!! In books!! Always only in books. 😉 Tee hee!! BUT FIRST!!! IT’S STILL PRIME DAY SALE WEEK so if you’re looking for an amazing […]
Thursday Prime Day Fun Day #3 (books + my favorite skin care stuff!!) - July 10th 2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY DAY THREE OF AMAZON PRIME DAY SALE WEEK!! This is a first right? It used to be only 2 days, and I think this is the first week of extra deals!! I’m loving it and finding so many of my favorites on sale, so since I need some makeup & skin care replenishment I […]
Reader Question - The vampire book where the characters are named: Calista Logan, Shane, Trent Murdock, Aiden, Selene, Caelum, Tristan, and Sabine. - Maryse's Book Blog
Nikki is looking for this book! And ohhhh boy, I’m always the opposite. I can tell you the story but even right after finishing book, I’ve already forgotten the names. Sometimes, even the main character’s name! LOL! I can’t believe Nikki remembered these, and I love it! BUT FIRST!!! IT’S STILL PRIME DAY SALE WEEK […]
Book Bargain Finds + PRIME DAY FUN DAY #2 – 07-09-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
OKAY IT’S TIME FOR PRIME DAY – DAY TWO AND IT. IS. ON!!! I’d say last chance for big deals, but this Prime Day is going until FRIDAY!! There’s still time to grab some of the best priced finds, and here’s what I found so far. So, I found more deals and it’s all stuff […]
Reader Recommendations - Our favorite cozy witch books... - Maryse's Book Blog
Frances is in the mood for books like this, and I know they are incredibly popular. I think it’s because we all need a gentle escape that makes us giggle and warms our hearts and yet is still gently thrilling and mysterious enough to keep us captivated. I GET IT!! And I want some, too. […]
Latest Romance Book Releases + PRIME DAY FUN DAY #1 – 07-08-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY & PRIME DAY (and should I say… PRIME WEEK?!!) YAY US!!! So I’ll publish this right now (9:13am) and I’ll be adding to it all day long as I find more deals/as the deals change, so keep checking back. It’s going to be stuff I love because I already have it, […]
5 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 07-07-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY MONDAY AND HAPPY PRIME DAY WEEK (*as of tomorrow)!!!! HOLY MOLY IT STARTS TOMORROW, and I’m staying home all day to play in the deals, the new release day books, and my favorite things… I bet some deals even start today (like these Amazon deals right here 😉 ) Three things: 1.) I watched […]
Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-04-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!!! What an amazing day it is! I’m off of work for the next few days – I’m even off on Prime Day (annnnd again, I am sick. Grrrrr that’s my only complaint of the day. I went from never being sick or catching anything for years and years, to catching […]
Reader Recommendations - Books where the grieving Hero finds love after loss, but the wife's twin suddenly shows up... - Maryse's Book Blog
Kira is in the mood for something pretty specific, and I have NO doubt that this trope exists in at least one book (and hopefully numerous books), so fingers crossed we can make a nice list! Hi, I’m looking for a book where the MMC has lost a wife or girlfriend to death and has […]
Latest Romance Book Releases – 07-01-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY JULY!!!! IT IS PURE SUMMERTIME NOW & FOR MANY that means lots of reading time!!! And between yesterday & today, we have over 50 new books to choose from. YAY. US! BLURB JOLTS & STAND-OUTS!! Beg For Me (Morally Gray Book 3) by J.T. Geissinger (<— OMG I LOVE HER!!!!), The Curse that Binds […]
Unleash Your Inner Slang-Savvy Superstar with the Book Skibidi Ohio Rizz by TM Daliggr - Maryse's Book Blog
Skibidi Ohio Rizz: The Gen Alpha & Gen Z Dictionary: Understanding the slang that’s taking over the internet <— OMG WHEN I SAW THIS TITLE and heard the premise of this book, I couldn’t help but laugh and chat with the author about how my own stepson (now 15 years old) just went through this […]
10 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 06-30-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY MONDAY & HAPPY ALMOST JULY!!! It’s time for a list of books that just went live early, and there’s even one from one of my FAVORITE authors (Christine Zolendz) from back in our early indie days. <— So cool. Three things: 1.) I ate my tiny heirloom tomato that I grew, and it was […]
Archiving the June 2025 Book Releases - Maryse's Book Blog
JUNE 2025 Death (Mafia Empire Book 3) by Michelle Heard | June 2, 2024 Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid | June 3, 2024 Hell Fae King by Lexi C. Foss and J.R. Thorn | June 3, 2024 Formula Freedom (Race Fever Book 3) by Sawyer Bennett | June 3, 2024 Worth Fighting […]
24 Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 06-27-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY FRIDAY & HAPPY READING WEEKEND!! I’m extra excited about today’s list ’cause I one-clicked a few for myself (super-bargains that I’m DYING to read) and new releases that are right up. my alley. Like… SUPER-BARGAIN ALERT! This book is burning up the charts & many of us LOVE IT! WE WERE LIARS IS ON […]
Reader Question - The book where she's a detective but also has magical power that he doesn't know about... - Maryse's Book Blog
Rachael needs our book help! Paranormal romance enthusiasts, this one’s for you!! She asks: Hi there! I’m looking for a book with a female mc that I think is a detective/investigator. She’s hiding her level of magic and has a rocky relationship with mmc. He’s a leader that doesn’t know her power level. He sees […]
Rebecca Jenshak - The Holland Brothers Series Reading Order - Maryse's Book Blog
SPORTS ROMANCE & EACH NEW RELEASE skyrockets up the Amazon charts! KathyP: Have you read any Rebecca Jenshak’s books? … I think you would like them! About book #1: He’s the hot, tattooed bad boy that I traded insults with…and now he wants my help? Knox Holland is in a jam. After an incredible first […]
Lauren Blakely - Love and Hockey Series Reading Order - Maryse's Book Blog
LAUREN BLAKELY ROMANCE & HOCKEY STARS??? YES PLEASE!!! The latest book just went live this month and it’s in Amazon’s TOP 50!! A brand new MF hockey romance series from Lauren Blakely with heat, heart, humor and all the feels! About book #1: A forbidden romance with my brother’s hockey teammate wasn’t on my to-do […]
Christopher Rice’s latest M/M romance book “Party of Three: A Sapphire Cove Suite Secrets Novella” is LIVE - Maryse's Book Blog
<— Party of Three: A Sapphire Cove Suite Secrets Novella by C. Travis Rice/ Christopher Rice IS LIVE!! ROMANCE & STEAM FOR THIS TRIO… And to celebrate this release, Christopher (as well as his publisher, Blue Box Press) are sponsoring today’s newsletter! C. Travis Rice’s Suite Secrets Novellas are steamy, standalone stories in the beloved universe of Sapphire Cove, […]
Latest Romance Book Releases – 06-24-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!!! Between yesterday & today we have over 40 NEW BOOKS to choose from and plenty…and I MEAN PLENTY of standouts. BLURB JOLTS & STAND-OUTS!! Don’t Let Him In: A Novel by Lisa Jewell (<— psych-thriller & it sounds 100% up my disturbing alley!!), A Happy Marriage by A. R. Torre […]
6 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 06-23-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY MONDAY EARLY BIRDS!! It took some searching to find the new releases over the last 24 hours (there aren’t a ton of ’em), but I found some that sound right up our alley!!! 😀 Three things: 1.) I just put up the cutest solar lights on my fence posts, and my back yard area […]
Reader Question - The rock star romance where she goes on tour with them to keep them in check & they think she's uptight... - Maryse's Book Blog
Kara needs our book help! Okay so the subject sounds a little generic as this is a popular trope (she goes on tour with them for her job) but there’s plenty of detail below. Also this is one of my favorite tropes but it’s 2nd best (to me) to the trope where “the fan meets […]
Reader Question - The book where she has amnesia and crashes a family wedding and sees her him with the another woman... - Maryse's Book Blog
MuMu needs our book help! Oh boy another Kindle-throwing story!!! She asks: Dear maryse AGAIN I need your help 💕 I am looking for a book starts with h crash a wedding (it was H’s family wedding or sort of and he kinda have a date) She crash the wedding cause amnesia (h left H […]
19 Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 06-20-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!! We’re back in weekend mode (and me in READING mode), and my colleague and newest book bud, Kelly, just loaned me her Kindle (I panicked and asked her what she’s read this weekend without it – but she has a print book to read – YAY ME!!). <—- She loaned it just […]
Reader question - The book series about brothers & the first book is about a widower that needs a nanny & she has colorful hair... - Maryse's Book Blog
Aimee is looking for this one! She asks: Hi again, I am looking for another book seres that I read a few years ago and can’t remember the name. The series is about brothers and each book is a different one. The first is about a widow that needs a nanny and the nanny has […]
Audiobook Review - The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins - Maryse's Book Blog
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About <— For some reason I’m a total audiobook listener when it comes to self help, autobiographies and motivational books (I need to HEAR it, over reading it), and this one was a pleasure to listen to every morning when I […]
Book Review - Bald Faced Liar by Victoria Helen Stone - Maryse's Book Blog
Bald-Faced Liar: A Novel <— I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS AUTHOR so I was all in, for another one of her clever psych-thrillers. And while it was not my most favorite (let’s just say the reveal didn’t blow me away but there was a tiny twist in the reveal that did – like holy moly that […]
Latest Romance Book Releases – 06-17-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY! ANOTHER AMAZING LIST loaded with our favorite authors including that one to the left (Kristen Ashley’s latest Rock Chick spinoff!!) that has given me a blurb jolt! This part: “…Harlow O’Neill is waiting for Javier Montoya to make his move. She has it bad for the gorgeous new investigator at […]
Kristen Ashley’s latest “Avenging Angels: Tenderfoot” is LIVE!! - Maryse's Book Blog
Avenging Angels: Tenderfoot <— ROCK CHICK SPINOFF ALERT! THE LATEST BY KRISTEN ASHLEY IS LIVE!! And to celebrate, the author (who is one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE AUTHORS in the world!!!) is today’s newsletter sponsor!!! 😀 Kristen says: Javi and Harlow’s story is the next adventure coming from The Surf Club. And you don’t wanna […]
10 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 06-16-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY NEW WEEK & HAPPY MONDAY!! It’s that time again to compile all of the latest new releases and turn them into book lists! Today’s is ready… and I’m working on tomorrow’s as we speak. P.S. Highlights of today’s book list includes the least by A.L. Jackson and the latest by Abbi Glines!! Three things: […]
15 Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 06-13-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13th MY FRIENDS!!! FRIDAY FIND BOOKS & BROODING BAD-ASSES & BOOGEYMEN (or women!!! 😜 P.S. While I’m going to try to find some perfectly themed books for this special day, I, of course, will load it mostly with romance. 😉 In fact… HOLY MOLY I just one-clicked “The Wedding People” ’cause I […]
Reader Recommendations - Our favorite books featuring love triangles, infidelity & "Other Woman" drama... - Maryse's Book Blog
Tammie is looking for one of my favorite tropes. Why is it a favorite? Because it’s got so much potential for unrequited love drama, angst, and kindle-throwing, absolutely gutting heartache, and…personal growth. Maybe even groveling. Or maybe no growth, and then it’s just a torrid messy of infuriating, head-shaking delight! Let’s make a list! She […]
Reader Question - The biker book where he claims her and forces her to get his name tattooed on her... - Maryse's Book Blog
Stephanie is looking for this one and it sounds tumultuous. Short and sweet in detail but just enough I’m sure, to spark someone’s memory. She asks: Help me find dark biker romance. I read this dark biker romance awhile ago. The biker claims her without know and is super possessive and won’t let her leave […]
Reader Question - The second chance romance book where they're dating but he keeps flip-flopping between her and his ex... - Maryse's Book Blog
Christina needs our book help! This guy sounds like a JERK!! That said, considering they were young, maybe that’s okay and part of the whole “playing the field” era when they finally discover what they want. So I’ll give him a chance, I suppose. I mean… she DID sleep with his best friend so… LOL!! […]
Jill Is Not Happy by Kaira Rouda is LIVE & it gave me a massive blurb jolt!!! - Maryse's Book Blog
Jill Is Not Happy <— HOLY MOLY MASSIVE BLURB JOLT PSYCH-THRILLER ALERT!! And I’m not just saying that because the author is today’s newsletter sponsor. In fact, this book sounds right up my alley and I AM DYING TO READ THIS!!!! Just read this blurb and you’ll know, it SCREAMS “Maryse”!!! Bonfire of the Vanities meets War […]
Reader Question - The arranged marriage book where the main male character locks her in a drain system and she almost dies... - Maryse's Book Blog
Rin needs our book help! Eeeeep! This one sounds quiet dark just in that subject alone. She asks: Hi, I am hoping you can help me find a book. It is a arranged/forced marriage book. I think mafia. The female main character shoots one of her guards/household staff to escape and the male main character […]
Latest Romance Book Releases – 06-10-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY & HAVE I GOT AN AWESOME LIST FOR YOU! BLURB JOLTS & STAND-OUTS!! Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (sounds like a vampire fantasy story but by an author that I LOVE & is so clever <— I one-clicked the audiobook of this one – Julia […]