The Breakup Vacation by: Anna Gracia

The Breakup Vacation

By: Anna Gracia

The summer before senior year of college has arrived, and Grace has been anticipating an important trip to Los Angeles with her boyfriend, Josh. But when he unexpectedly dumps her, she’s left with nothing but a broken heart and an empty schedule.

Her best friends Tiff and Camille quickly come to her rescue by taking her on a post-break-up beach vacation in Cancun, hoping it will help her start to move on. Too bad neither of them knows that Josh will be there, too, along with his possibly-new girlfriend.

Grace is determined to win Josh back at all costs. But when she keeps crossing paths with Daniel, a gorgeous soccer player from Hawaii, she starts to rethink her plan. Daniel is everything Josh isn’t—easygoing, unpretentious, unselfish in bed—and he gets what it’s like to be biracial, too. Grace can’t help but wonder if it’s possible for your entire life to change in just one wild week in this boisterous and witty celebration of friendship, forgiveness, and falling in love.

My Take:

I was very lucky and won an ARC of The Breakup Vacation on Goodreads. First off, this book is hilarious. I found myself laughing so hard at the girls banter. I seriously need to get some friends like this. The writing is very witty and the descriptions made me feel like I was right along with them in Cancun. Daniel is sexy AF and sex is HOT. I was rooting for him the entire way. I highly recommend this book if you are looking for a fun, sexy, witty, beach read that leaves you with a giant smile on your face.

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Anna Gracia was born and raised in Minnesota, where she survived on Dairy Queen blizzards and the joy of fall colors—neither of which exist in San Francisco where she now lives. She is the author of the YA novels Misdirection of Fault Lines and the highly acclaimed Boys I Know—which was both an American Booksellers Association Indies Introduce and Indie Next pick—as well as the adult novel The Breakup Vacation. Her books have been featured in The New York Times, Paste, Seventeen, and more. You can find her advocating for public schools, or at anna-gracia.com.

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Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by: Lyla Sage

Done and Dusted

By: Lyla Sage

She’s off-limits, but he’s never been good at following the rules.

For the first time in her life, Clementine “Emmy” Ryder has no idea what she’s doing. She’s accomplished everything on her to-do list. She left her small hometown of Meadowlark, Wyoming; went to college; and made a career for herself by doing her favorite riding horses. But after an accident makes it impossible for her to get back into the saddle, she has no choice but to return to the hometown she always wanted to escape.

Luke Brooks is Meadowlark’s most notorious bad boy, bar owner, and bachelor. He’s also the unofficial fifth member of the Ryder family. As Emmy’s older brother’s best friend, Luke spent most of his childhood antagonizing her. It’s been years since he’s seen her, but when she walks into his bar and back into his life, he can’t take his eyes off her. Despite his better judgment, he wants to do a whole lot more than just look at her.

Emmy’s got too much on her mind to think about romance. And Luke knows he should stay away from his best friend’s younger sister. But what if Luke is just what Emmy needs to get her spark back? Or will they both go up in flames?

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All the hype about this book is absolutely warranted. It was fantastic. I’m from a small town so I didn’t know if I would enjoy it as much as others, but I loved it. So far, this is my favorite book of the year. I highly recommend. Cannot wait for book 2!

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Lyla is a hopelessly romantic twenty-something that lives in the Wild West with her loyal companion–a sweet, old, blind rescue pitbull. She writes romance that feels like her favorite things: sunshine and big blue skies. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, usually about cowboys or hometown heroes, but she’s been known to dabble with mob bosses, monsters, and billionaires, too. You can usually find her under her heated blanket, at her favorite local bookstore, or in the mountains. To stay up to date on Lyla’s upcoming projects, connect with her on social media @authorlylasage, sign up for her newsletter, or go to www.lylasageauthor.com

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The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson

The Fake Mate

by: Lana Ferguson

Two wolf shifters agree to be fake mates but unexpectedly find something real in this steamy paranormal romantic comedy by Lana Ferguson.   Mackenzie Carter has had some very bad dates lately. Model train experts, mansplainers, guys weirdly obsessed with her tail—she hasn’t had a successful date in months. Only a year out of residency, her grandmother’s obsession with Mackenzie finding the perfect mate to settle down with threatens to drive Mackenzie barking mad. Out of options, it feels like a small thing to tell her grandmother that she’s met someone. That is, until she blurts out the name of the first man she sees and the last man she would ever Noah Taylor, the big bad wolf of Denver General.   Noah Taylor, interventional cardiologist and all around grump, has spent his entire life hiding what he is. With outdated stigmas surrounding unmated alphas that have people wondering if they still howl at the moon, Noah has been careful to keep his designation under wraps. It’s worked for years, until an anonymous tip has everything coming to light. Noah is left with two come clean to the board and risk his career—or find himself a mate. The chatty, overly friendly ER doctor asking him to be her fake boyfriend on the same day he’s called to meet the board has to be kismet, right?   Mackenzie will keep her grandmother off her back, and Noah will get a chance to prove he can continue to work without a real mate—a mutually beneficial business transaction, they both rationalize. But when the fake-mate act turns into a very real friends-with-benefits arrangement, lines start to blur, and they quickly realize love is a whole different kind of animal.

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When I first started out reading again in my thirties, I was obsessed with paranormal romance. After awhile I moved onto other genres, which were great, but this book made me realize just how much I missed paranormal romance. It was like coming home. The writing is fantastic and I absolutely adored the characters. You forget that you’re reading paranormal because of the world the author has created embraces them and it’s just every day life. I honestly cannot recommend this book enough.

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Lana Ferguson is a sex-positive nerd whose works never shy from spice or sass. A faded Fabio cover found its way into her hands at fifteen, and she’s never been the same since. When she isn’t writing—you can find her randomly singing show tunes, arguing over which Batman is superior, and subjecting her friends to the extended editions of Lord of the Rings. Lana lives mostly in her own head, but can sometimes be found chasing her corgi through the coppice of the great American outdoors.

Lana hopes to give the world all sorts of sexy stories between two dummies sharing a single brain cell—but until then: practice safe text, use commas.

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