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– Mariana Zapata, From Lukov with Love

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Standalone Fantasies: book recs

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation. Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend. More importantly, she wants Annie to stop apologizing and start living for herself. That’s how Sophie lives. Annie can’t help but gravitate toward the self-possessed Sophie, wanting to spend more and more time with her, despite the fact that the rest of the townsfolk seem…a little afraid of her. And like, okay. There are some things. Sophie’s appearance is uncanny and ageless, her mansion in the middle of the woods feels a little unearthly, and she does seem to wield a certain power…but she couldn’t be…could she?

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no one has lived past twenty-one. Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.

The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie M. Liu

Marjorie Liu leads you deep into the heart of the tangled woods. In her long-awaited debut story collection, dark, lush, and spellbinding short fiction you will find unexpected detours, dangerous magic, and even more dangerous women. Briar, bodyguard for a body-stealing sorceress, discovers her love for Rose, whose true soul emerges only once a week. An apprentice witch seeks her freedom through betrayal, the bones of the innocent, and a meticulously-plotted spell. In a world powered by crystal skulls, a warrior returns to save China from invasion by her jealous ex. A princess runs away from an arranged marriage, finding family in a strange troupe of traveling actors at the border of the kingdom’s deep, dark woods. Concluding with a gorgeous full-length novella, Marjorie Liu’s first short fiction collection is an unflinching sojourn into her thorny tales of love, revenge, and new beginnings.

Sistersong by Lucy Holland

My sister’s heart broke on the river—and the river took it and bore it away. In the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, there is old magic to be found in the whisper of the wind, the roots of the trees, and the curl of the grass. King Cador knew this once, but now the land has turned from him, calling instead to his three children. Riva can cure others, but can’t seem to heal her own deep scars. Keyne battles to be accepted for who he truly is—the king’s son. And Sinne dreams of seeing the world, of finding adventure. All three fear a life of confinement within the walls of the hold, their people’s last bastion of strength against the invading Saxons. However, change comes on the day ash falls from the sky. It brings with it Myrdhin, meddler and magician. And Tristan, a warrior whose secrets will tear them apart. Riva, Keyne and Sinne—three siblings entangled in a web of treachery and heartbreak, who must fight to forge their own paths. Their story will shape the destiny of Britain.

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*𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙-𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙗 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨. 𝙀𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠, 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙢. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧.*

𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘫𝘭𝘢, 𝘘𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴

··· 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 ···

💀 𝙏𝙒𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙈𝙀𝙏𝘼𝙇:  

𝙄 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢—𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙧…

💀 𝙏𝙒𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙂𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙎:  

𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙄 𝙖𝙢—𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩…

💀 𝙏𝙒𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙎:  

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙄’𝙢 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢…

💀 𝙏𝙒𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙎:  

𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙪𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚…

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I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn (BOOK REVIEW) || So Sweet, Loved All of It!

See my Disclaimer Page for a full disclaimer: I loaned this book from my library with the intention of reading and reviewing it honestly. The featured image is my own. All opinions expressed are my own. This is a spoiler-free review with slight references towards the spoilers, be they plot or characters. Half-stars will be rounded up or down on sites that don’t allow for them (up or down will…

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Aphrodite

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STANDALONE NECKLACE COLLECTION #3

✨ A collection of 16 standalone (click here to see each individually), or simplified versions of some of my previously released necklaces, for all of you who want simpler necklaces, or that don't like layered necklaces! ✨ [PART 1] [PART 2]

20 Swatches;

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Our picks for the best sci-fi and fantasy of March

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🥁🥁🥁Available Now🥁🥁🥁 Banging Skins: A Rock Chic Novella http://mybook.to/BangingSkinsESM After the unexpected death of her beloved parents, all Kayla “La” Ashley had left was her memories and her father’s music. Forced to grow up in the foster care system with no real family, La is forced to navigate through life alone. Will a stolen moment accidently shared with the world and a chance meeting with a stranger force La to embrace the life she was always meant to have or will the tragedies from her past rob the world of one of its brightest stars? #AvailableNow #RockChic #Series #INDIEpendentBookServices #MultiAuthor #MultiGenre #Standalones #BookSeries #IndieAuthors #Bookstagram #RockstarRomance #RockstarMultiGenre #RockStarStories #Rockstars #WomensFiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxSTx8uszm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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quite the poet, quite the inspo

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Posted @withrepost • @tina_alicea69 🎉🎆 2022 Year In Review 🎆🎉 While I didn't read a great number of books this year, I did love most everything I read. And I want to thank all authors for sharing your stories with us as they make my days so much brighter and I don't know what I'd do without them!! Scroll for my "Year In Review" ➡️ Pg2/Books from a series that I loved: From The Ashes series ☆All The White Lies We Tell ☆All The Battles We Surrender The Leander Welles series ☆The Rationale of Leander Welles (Bk 2) ☆The Damnation of Leander Welles (Bk 3) Rough Edges series ☆Laying Claim (Bk 1) ☆Protecting His (Bk 2) Coleridge Cliffs series ☆Tragic Flaw (Prequel) ☆Classic Dilemma (Bk 3) The Lost Brothers series ☆Lost Brothers (Bk 1) ☆The Story of You (Bk 2) Pg3/Standalones: ☆The Bird Catcher ☆The Ranch ☆Disciplinary Action ☆Per Sanguinem ☆Yours To Save ☆Bad Wrong Things Pg4/New To Me Authors: 1. Z.S. Storm- North 2. Matthew Dante- Laying Claim 3. S.M. Landon- Yours To Save 4. D.L. Howe- I Plead Not Guilty, Your Honor 5. Ella Frank- Try 6. Fae Quin- There’s A Monster In The Woods 7. Alexis Rey- Plush 8. A Voyeur aka N.R. Walker- Gay Sex Club Stories 9. C.F. White- Irish Charm 10. Robert Karl- Clubbed A Story of Gay Love Bk 1 Pg5/Most Read Author-- Ashlyn Drewek ☆Malum Discordiae ☆The Vengeance of Roan Sinclair ☆The Coventry Carol ☆Per Sanguinem ☆The Rationale of Leander Welles ☆The Damnation of Leander Welles #2022yearinreview #booklove #authorlove #newtomeauthors #booklover #mostreadauthor #serieslove #standalones #booklover #serieslover #bookishcommunity #lgbtq #lovealwayswins #loveislove🌈 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm26zSQrCbv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Is this inspired by real events? N... nooooooo?

My hand slipped. I made a part 2.

Part 2

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A USA Today and #1 international bestselling author, Maddie is a lifelong reader who became a romance junkie as a teen with her first romance novel, The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen Woodiwiss. From then on, she was hooked, and gobbled up everything she could get her hands on, whether contemporary, historical, paranormal or sci-fi. If there was romance to be found between a strong alpha male, and a sassy, adventurous and ofttimes defiant yet loving woman, Maddie was all over it. As an author, she stays true to those themes writing steamy erotic romance, with a side of kink, and adding elements of intrigue, danger and suspense to her plots.

Maddie started writing as a hobby. Her stories stayed private while she raised a family and worked full time as a registered nurse. It wasn't until 2012 that she decided to take the plunge and submit her first book for publication: Captain My Captain. She went on to publish eleven novels the first year.

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part 2!!!! [read part one here]

transcript below the cut arranged into stanzas to help show where the rhymes are:

“that’s why they brought gem in? as a failsafe?” as a pawn. we were told to point her at whoever we need gone

“gem won’t hurt her allies. …yet.” the curse she carries will it’s had its eye on her since she lost the other eye she was specially selected for her hunting skill it’s quite the high honor. “wow. how generous.” we try

think about it: why does almost no one fight the curse? “given how fast scott killed skizz last season, i can guess.” [“any pain you spare your friends, you’ll have to suffer worse”?] it’s designed to shut down higher reasoning with stress