➜ Latest Romance Book Releases – 02-03-2026 <— HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY & WHAT A RELEASE DAY IT IS!!! It's a list of star authors (our favorites) popular tropes and blurb jolts, and I am here for it! P.S. I found some KILLER super-sales & added them too. Also, don't forget to check out yesterday's too
---> 10 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 02-02-2026
BLURB JOLTS & STAND OUTS:
Petty in Pink: A Novella by L.J. Shen (she has an arrangement & then... she gets pregnant!), Just For the Cameras by Meghan Quinn (Meghan Quinn's latest grumpy sunshine sports romance and it sounds like so much fun!),
The Wild Card: a single dad hockey romance by Stephanie Archer (Hockey romance!! The coach moves her in...), Stolen in Death by J Robb (the latest "In Death" in the hugely popular series!!), One & Only: A Read with Jenna Pick by Maurene Goo (she knows who the love of her life is and she's still looking for him, so in the meantime, she's dating
another guy...), This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page (BLURB JOLT!! Her husband died but he left her a
heartwarming gift...), Greedy: A Novel by Callie Kazumi (psych-thriller... broke and desperate, he gets a job as a
chef for a very wealthy person...), The Ravine: A Novel by Chance, Maia (another psych-thriller about her new
"trad-wife" neighbor..)
➜ You’ll Never Believe how I met the Queen… (a true story by author Audrey Carlan) <— YOU GUYS!!! I am SO excited for this fun new feature called "You'll Never Believe" (where authors tell us a crazy, outrageous, fun, fate or ... pretty much any kind of true story that happened to them, and we are kicking it off with one of our favorite authors, THE Audrey Carlan, and what a fun story she
tells!!!
P.S. I have my very own true story that pretty much matches this one, so I'm especially excited. Wait until you find out who "The Queen" is!!!
OH AND!! Here's the synopsis of "Madam Alana" that gave me a blurb jolt!! I’m in the business of bringing couples together in a mutually beneficial and legally binding
marriage. The terms are three years for no less than a million dollars a year, not including my commission. Once a pair signs on the dotted line, the contract ensures there is no going back.
Most couples find over time they are a love match, but not all.
Before I took over The Marriage Auction, there wasn’t an extensive vetting process. Some candidates were subjected to horrors that haunt my every waking moment.
I vowed to change that. To stand up for those who
deserve more and to release them from the wrongs inflicted upon them by circumstance and chance.
What my bidders and candidates don’t know is that I understand exactly what they are experiencing. I wasn’t always known as Madam Alana.
Once upon a time, I too was purchased in The Marriage Auction…
And this is my story.
➜ Cristina’s Mini Book Review – Real by Katy Evans <— BLAST FROM OUR INDIE BOOK PAST & THIS BOOK ROCKED OUR WORLDS!! Cristina contacted me asking if I had read it yet (heck yes!!!!) so I linked her to my own 5-star review.
That said, for those that are new to our reading community and might not have read this one yet, maybe this recommendation from Cristina will spur you into action. 😉
She said: ...I just picked up this book yesterday and I AM IN LOVE! I will have it finished by tomorrow evening for sure. I was up until 2am this morning until my eyes finally
just gave out on me...
Kristie: Awl I just reread this and racer!!!
Carrie: I still think of this every time I hear Iris. ❤️❤️❤️
Maryse: That song's been playing on repeat in my head since I posted this.
Sandy: I LOVED this book…..where is Katy Evans?
➜ LAST WEEK'S Throwback Thursday: On This Day on Maryse’s Book Blog – Jan 29th… <---IT’S TIME FOR ANOTHER THROWBACK THURSDAY & as you can see, this one is football themed. From my not realizing when the Super Bowl was, to me reading a book about a football star, and the very fact that the Super Bowl is on its way, I think this fits perfectly!
➜ Reader Question – The book where they are mates but her grandmother cursed him to never be with his love… <--- Have a guess?
➜ Reader Questions <— NEW ONES!!!! ALL of ’em! Our latest, solved and unsolved! I LOVE THESE ’cause it introduces us to new books + we get to build mimi-lists of guesses in specific tropes. And you know me. I LOVE
lists!!
➜ Don't forget to check out the weekly reader favorites lists AND reader questions & send me your questions if you have any. We love "guessing the book". Oh! And if you've read a book that has you in a wonderful book-fog, please let me know!!
