➜ Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 02-18-2022 <— THE FRIDAY FINDS/READER RECS & BLASTS FROM MY PAST are up! In fact, it's mostly reader recommendations today but those are my favorite!! P.S. HAPPY LONG WEEKEND (which I just realized it was today, so it’s a total happy bonus of the day)! I wonder how I’ll indulge? I just received a Butcher Box order, and tomorrow my Misfits veggies order will arrive, so I have a feeling cooking, reading… and maybe some true crime documentaries (or shows) will fit the bill. 😀 What about you?

➜ W. Million’s latest “Olympic Crown” is LIVE! And we have an excerpt… plus fun tidbits!  "...When someone posts in a group chat looking for a wedding date to Bermuda, Posey jumps on the chance to prove to a new friend that she’s the reigning queen of adventure. But even she’s not prepared for Brent Faulkner: Olympic swimmer, Northern University star, and the only guy she’s ever thirsted after...."

The author sent us this note:

Welcome to Bellerive Royals and the Northern University Campus

Olympic Crown is a mistaken identity, fake dating, new adult romance that’s full of wit and humor. It’s the first book in the Bellerive Royals Series, which will be releasing throughout 2022.

While Brent isn’t actually a royal (he rules the pool, not a country), his partner in fake dating, Posey, is royal adjacent.

The other three books deal with the Bellerive brothers, who are all princes looking (or running from!) love, on the fictional island of Bellerive.

There are four books in the series, and the others all tackle different tropes and couples.

➜ BLASTS FROM OUR BOOK PAST!

• 2 years ago, the beginning of this one shocked me and hooked me SO HARD! Book Review – In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn
• 3 years ago, so many were CRAZY for this series! Nora Roberts – Chronicles of The One Trilogy Reading Order
• 4 years ago, this was one of my favorite series (don’t judge the first book by its cover, though the hero IS pretty hilarious and cocky which is perfect!!) Tessa Bailey – The Academy Series Reading Order
• 4 years ago, this creepy book (and ending) blew my mind! Thank you for the recommendation, Tasha J!! Book Review – Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
• 5 years ago, a few of us (including me) had a confession… Reader Confession – Lisa and Jean (and I) have a thing for broken book heroes… 
• 5 years ago, this creepy kid creeped me out nicely! Book Review – My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier
• 6 years ago, this kidnap/vigilante book had me on the edge of my seat! 4.5 STARS! Book Review – Ricochet by Keri Lake
• 6 years ago, these were Tessa’s favorites! Reader Favorites – Tessa’s Top Ten Reads for 2015
• 6 years ago, I loved the enemies-to-lovers roommates (sort of) situation in this one! Book Review – Roomhate by Penelope Ward
• 7 years ago, my TBR list… Five of the Latest Books on my TBR List, so I don’t forget…
• 7 years ago, I 5-starred this one (there was crying, too)!! Book Review – The Five Stages of Falling in Love by Rachel Higginson
• 7 years ago, we made this awesome list! Audiobook Addiction: Our fellow readers weigh in on their favorites…
• 8 years ago, these made us laugh! Highly Recommended Comedy-Romance Books
• 8 years ago, this book had me laughing and swooning and fuming. 4.5 STARS & I still love it that hard! Book Review – The Plan by Qwen Salsbury
• 9 years ago, this angsty rock star/cheating love story had me wanting to 5-STAR throw my e-reader! Book Review – True Love Story by Willow Aster
• 10 years ago, this was what I was reading… Currently Reading… Unsticky by Sara Manning
• 10 years ago, I was obsessed with all of this author’s books! Griity and raw and romantic and shocking… Megan Hart – Dirty/Broken Series Reading Order
• 11 years ago, this one had me giggling! Introducing a New Werewolf Series by Molly Harper
• 12 years ago, I was obsessed with this series: Book Review – Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole and Book Review – Dark Needs at Night’s Edge by Kresley Cole