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Latest Romance Book Releases – 08-12-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!!! Between yesterday’s early bird releases list & today’s we have almost 40 NEW BOOKS to choose from. Let alone the Lisa Jewell super-sale on many of the books in her repertoire (I one-clicked a few for myself and highlighted a few of them here.). Maryse: I JUST ONE-CLICKED THIS ONE […]
17 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 08-11-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY MONDAY!! TODAY’S EARLY BIRD NEW RELEASE LIST IS EXTRA SPECIAL because… Three things: 1.) So…. today’s list will be a bit extra since I’m adding new releases from last Friday as well. While I was working on my list, we had a thunderstorm that knocked the electricity out and it took all night before […]
Hannah Nicole Maehrer - Assistant and the Villain Series Reading Order - Maryse's Book Blog
#1 NY TIMES BEST SELLING HUGELY POPULAR SERIES THAT SOUNDS SO FUN & book #3 just went live!! Carrie: if you haven’t read Assistant to the Villain, I highly recommend it. No spice but some tension. However, a really great funny and smart read. (And I’m a lady who LOVES spice!) About book #1: THE […]
Lauren Landish - Never Say Never Series Reading Order - Maryse's Book Blog
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE SERIES OF OUR FAVORITE TROPES & THE LATEST BOOK (NHL STAR!!) JUST WENT LIVE & it’s in Amazon’s Top 50 already!! P.S. Each one can be read as a standalone. 😊 About book #1 When my brother’s best friend asks me to fake marry him to secure a business deal he desperately needs, […]
Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 08-08-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY FRIDAY, HAPPY WEEKEND & it’s time for a new list of fabulous Friday Finds!!! P.S. We have a NEW #1 BOOK on all of Amazon Kindle right now!!! 😀 MichelleS: I realize why the blurb might not grab you… because if she put what they went through AFTER the “event”, that would spoil the […]
Reader Question - The book about the the librarian and the biker & she was no shrinking violet either... - Maryse's Book Blog
Caitlin is looking for this one and her description is short and sweet. See that title? That’s pretty much it! LOL!! She asks: I can’t remember the name of the romance between the librarian and the biker. I don’t think she was some shrinking violet virgin either. Any ideas? Have a guess? ➔➔➔ Browse more […]
Reader Question - The book where she works at a nightclub to get herself through school and meets the bouncer named Mateo... - Maryse's Book Blog
Tara needs our book help, and I think we’ve already guessed this one in the past for her, but she lost it again. So I’m posting her question now, AND I’m going to backtrack & search for the original post while I’m at it. So she asks: Help Me Find This Book – Again 😒😑 […]
Reader Question - The mafia romance series where they own a BDSM club with a masqueradey vibe... - Maryse's Book Blog
Nkuli need our book help! Hrmm… this used to be all I read for a period of my romance reading time. But I don’t know of one that was also a mafia series too. She asks: RE: Lost book series/trilogy Hi Maryse I’ve been looking for a book I read years ago. It’s set in […]
5 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 08-04-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY MONDAY EARLY BIRD RELEASES!! Not the biggest list ever (😂) but 5 books that sound right up our alley is good enough for me! Three things: 1.) I’m so in love with all of the beautiful “fruit water” or”jelly nails” looks that I’m seeing all over. I guess that’s the trend of the […]
Reader Question - The dark read where she was sold into trafficking & ends up falling for her captor... - Maryse's Book Blog
Jessica (in our Facebook crew) needs our book help! Oooooooh I think I already know which one she’s looking for and it ROCKED OUR VERY DARK BOOK WORLDS right around that exact time!!! There was a time when I read a BUNCH in this trope ’cause I was shocked and appalled and absolutely couldn’t put […]
Latest Romance Book Releases – 08-05-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY & WHAT A RELEASE DAY IT IS!! Our favorite authors + highly anticipated sequels are here! BLURB JOLTS & STAND-OUTS!! A Beginner’s Guide to Forever: A Novel by Kendall Ryan (age gap!! older woman/younger man…), The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen (<—psych-thriller, she’s in a psychiactric ward & I […]
Archiving the July 2025 Book Releases - Maryse's Book Blog
JULY 2025 The Curse that Binds (Bewitched Book 3) by Laura Thalassa – July 1 2025 Kane: A Small Town, Friends to Lovers, Hidden Identity, Military Protector Romance (Ghost Ops Book 4) by Lynn Raye Harris – July 1 2025 Overruled by Lana Ferguson – July 1 2025 Keeping Laryn (Rescue Angels Book 1) by […]
Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-31-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
<— HOLY MOLY LOOK WHAT’S LIVE!!! HAPPY AUGUST!! IT’S MY BIRTHDAY MONTH! Hopefully it’s my best month ever with good news and great luck and all of my wishes come true. LOL!! And hopefully it’s a month full of exciting blurb jolts and even better books! *fingers crossed* The author says: Things to know: This […]
Latest Romance Book Releases – 07-29-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!! It’s an amazing list if I do say so myself! BLURB JOLTS & STAND-OUTS!! Over the Moon: A Small Town, Hockey Romance (Rosewood River Series Book 3) by Laura Pavlov (hockey star romance!!), Write Me For You by Tillie Cole (Tillie Cole’s latest romance tearjerker!!), Biggest Player (Not Yours) by Sara […]
8 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 07-28-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
<—- HAPPY MONDAY!! IT’S TIME for books that just went live a day early and HOLY MOLY LOOK AT THAT ONE TO THE LEFT!!! The day could include only this one, and my early birds list would TOTALLY be worth it. 😃 Three things: 1.) I had a wonderfully lazy weekend (my husband had […]
Reader Question - The book where she's always been in love with him & attends his wedding to someone else... - Maryse's Book Blog
Aaliyah needs our book help! Ooooooh guys unrequited love!! And a possible love triangle. And I DO know the book called “Jilted” (by one of my fav authors, Vi Keeland) but this description below doesn’t sound like that one at all. She asks: Hi, so there was a book I read online, maybe around a […]
5 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 07-21-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY MONDAY & HAPPY EARLY BIRD BOOK RELEASES TIME!! I had a solidly refreshing, quiet, gentle, only-productive weekend and I LOVED IT! Lots of naps, and catching upon easy projects, but not embarking on anything huge. Now… it’s time for books!!! Three things: 1.) I’m finally using some of my Amazon Prime Day purchases and those […]
Reader Question... Solved! The book where she catches her boyfriend comforting his brother's widow... - Maryse's Book Blog
Tammy needs our book help! I know for sure I haven’t read this one, but maybe you have? She asks: I’ve wanted to re-read a book but for the life of me I can’t remember the title. H and h are dating, and she catches H comforting his sister-in-law (his brother’s widow) and he feels […]
I Love You Forever - This Love Story Was Almost Too Painful to Watch — So I Had to Read the Book Behind It... - Maryse's Book Blog
I was alone for a whole day yesterday and decided I’d spend an “unwind/do nothing physically or mentally strenuous day“, watching all the movies I knew my husband wouldn’t want to watch. 😂 So… I indulged BIG TIME! I watched 4 horror/thrillers (The Wailing (meh…), Anabelle – the first one and it was a rewatch […]
Latest Romance Book Releases – 07-22-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
<— WEDNESDAY BREAKING NEWS UPDATE! I was right!! Chasing Shelter (Sparrow Falls Book 5) by Catherine Cowles the #1 book on all of Amazon Kindle right now! 😃 HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!! Over 30 new books just went live including that one to the left that I suspect will hit #1 very soon! BLURB […]
17 Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-25-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY FRIDAY & HAVE I GOT SOME BOOK FINDS!! AMAZING NEW RELEASES & BOOK BARGAINS that are right up our alley and by our favorites!!! Book bundles too! Randi: For anybody who reads Shannon Mayer, her new book/series Neverthorn is out today. Maryse: Thank you Randi!! I’m adding it to the Friday Finds as we […]
It Starts With This List! My CoHo Collection: Everything I’ve Written About Colleen Hoover - Maryse's Book Blog
One of my all-time favorite authors and I’ve been reading her since the beginning.I’ve been reading, I’ve been writing about her and her books for years, (whether it was reviews, interviews, fun tidbits, feature spots, that time we trended… and everything in-between) so you know me… I figured I’d compile it all into a nice, […]
Reader Question - The mafia series where the couple pretend to be dead and they have children... - Maryse's Book Blog
Orin needs our book help and I definitely don’t know this one. I’m assuming the children didn’t know their parents were alive? And I guess this is a series since the children get their own books… She asks: Hii Im looking for a Mafia romance series i read bout few years ago. Help me find […]
21 Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 07-18-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
YAYYYYY!! THE WEEKEND IS HERE AGAIN & MY THREE DAY WEEKEND STARTS TONIGHT!! What will I read? What will I watch? Alllllll of the oppportunities await me, and I’m hoping to lounge in full relaxing yet entertaining glory! I HAVE ALL THE CHOICES & so do you! Natasha Madison, Tessa Hale, Kristen Proby, K. Bromberg, […]
Latest Romance Book Releases – 07-15-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!! OVER 40 NEW BOOKS just went live in all of our favorite genres and tropes!! BLURB JOLTS & STAND-OUTS!! Penn: A Pittsburgh Titans Novel by Sawyer Bennett (Sawyer Bennett’s latest hockey star romance!!), Atonement Sky (Psy-Changeling Trinity Book 9) by Nalini Singh (the latest by Nalini Singh!!), Maid for Each […]
5 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 07-14-2025 - Maryse's Book Blog
HAPPY MONDAY!!! WHAT A FUN & EXCITING PRIME DAY WEEK. I definitely took advantage of the deals (as I do every year)but this time I focused on skin care stuff (and makeup that I’ve been wanting). I was even boring and practical and bought my favorite laundry stuff, like the Lysol Laundry disinfectant & Tide […]
The Reluctant Flirt (Outer Banks Book 2) by Jennifer Probst is LIVE & we have an excerpt! - Maryse's Book Blog
The Reluctant Flirt (Outer Banks Book 2) <— ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE WRONG GUY!! It’s LIVE and to celebrate this release, Jennifer (as well as her publisher, Blue Box Press) are sponsoring today’s newsletter and they’ve sent over an except + a fun video interview with the author. So what’s it about? From New York […]
If you could recommend just one book to someone, which one would it be? Here are ours... - Maryse's Book Blog
THIS POST IS SOOOOO NOSTALGIC FOR ME because there are many of my favorites that our fellow readers would choose as the ONE BOOK. It makes my heart ache and swoon and soar to remember reading these books for the first time. The feelings they brought up, the memories I have from that time period, […]
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 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 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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]