My Sweetheart Surprise
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Parker: Everything was going fine. So what if my ex-boyfriend cheated on me and then took everything...
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My Grumpy Sweetheart (Sweetheart Escapes #5)
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Bailey Rewarding your own accomplishments is important – and if rewarding myself will also get me...
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Bury Me (Immortal Vices and Virtues: Her Monstrous Mates #6)
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The world ended the night I was born. Coincidence? I think not. Stuck living in the catacombs...
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Green Hills and Daffodils (The Green Hills #1)
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The Green Hills Series: Nestled within the green sheep-covered hills of Wales is a tiny town that...
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Debbiereadsbook (1788 KP) rated Winterian Sky (Ninety Planets) in Books
Nov 28, 2023
This is the first in the Ninety Planets series, and as such has a huge amount of world building. It made for slow reading for me at times, and this is the only reason I'm giving it 4 and not 5 stars.
Chesterfield is a Healer and scientist, trying to find a cure for the illness sweeping the whole planet. There is also a threat from above, the whole planet is in a kind of lockdown by the Moracci. The previous politicians had sold the planet out, and not they were all paying for it. Donacio is a Guard of Winteria and he caught sight of Chesterfield on a broadcast. His instincts kick in, and he knows he needs to pledge to Chesterfield. But first, he has to save him!
I really loved this, bar the world building, I really did. I loved the fade to grey romance element, which was a slow burn and kinda crept up on you! The virus ravaging the world gave me chills about what OUR world has just been through, but the politicians took things to the extreme here, and they themselves paid a heavy price as well as the world they left behind.
There is a great deal of love here, not just between Donacio and Chesterfield, but family love, trying to get the best for those who have been infected, but are still managing to function to some extent.
Set on a planet in outer space, things had different names, however when talked about, they were described in a way that made perfect sense, and I really liked that. Sometimes space set books are a little difficult to follow, cos you have no idea what they are talking about. But not so here.
It is the first in the series, but I'm given no indication as to who/where the next book might be about, and I'm intrigued by some characters here.
I look forward to reading the next one!
4 very VERY good stars
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Debbiereadsbook (1788 KP) rated Endosymbiont (The Vampire Guard #3) in Books
May 8, 2022
This is book 3 in The Vampire Guard series, and I STRONGLY recommend you read Codename Jack Rabbit, and Quarry before this one. It will give you a better view of this group and who they are and what they do.
It's been a long time since I read the first 2 books, 6 years and 3 years and it took me a little bit of time to get back into this group, their dynamics and what they do, and what they are, but once I did, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
It gets a bit complicated, when they are talking about the endosymbiont and what it does and what it was meant for, but I kinda glazed over that bit. In all honesty, my mind wasn't comprehending it, so I didn't try to hard to understand the technical stuff!
The story flips from various times in the past, 1929/1940s and now, giving you a picture of things that have happened to get to this point, at the bottom of the ocean where they are fighting for their lives and I loved that. It gives us Kai and Ori in all their glory, who (but feel free to correct, it has been YEARS!) are a new introduction to the Guard (in terms of these books) and some Sohpia and Porter too, along with Jonas, Lucas, Declan and Blair.
It's quite violent, but dealing with mutated beings would be. And again, it's clean and I'm finding I like that about these books. There is love and feelings, cos you get that through the various bonded pairings as things move along but no actual smexy times and its not needed at all.
There is an epilogue. Said epilogue ends rather abruptly. Leading me to believe that not only will there be another book, but the endosymbiont will pop up again.
A thoroughly enjoyable read, a great catch up with these guys.
4 stars
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Starboard (Voyagers #2)
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Dylan: I’ve lived my adult life under the Hollywood spotlight, but no one really sees who I am....
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The Cockpit (Voyagers #3)
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Rafe: I’ve given up my modeling career to work on the other side of the lens. And touring the...
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Debbiereadsbook (1788 KP) rated Engine in the Sky (Dyson Bridge #3) in Books
Jul 15, 2026
This is book 3 in the Dyson Bridge series, and I do recommend you read the other two books: Abandon Station, book 1 and Among Us, book 2, before you read this one. It will give you the full story of how Merida and her people came to be on this New Earth. Not all is full recapped here and you really do need to know what happened before.
Finally, the politicians and the military of this world are beginning to see that the Bridgeway's deteriorating orbit might be disastrous for the New Earth. They just can't decide on how to fix it. Merida knows, along with her people but they won't let the technology on the Bridgeway fall into wrong hands and are fighting amongst themselves, while Merida and her people are dying.
So, people, again cliffhanger of sorts but at least Merida and her people are one step closer to going home. They are safer now, on the station than they were on Earth.
I found this one HEAVY on the technical details required to send the escape pods and on what happened on the station when they got there. Far too technical for me to fully understand, although I got some of it. The technology of Merida and the Bridgeway is far superior to ours, and to the New Earth and I fall in the New Earth category in my understanding!
Again, though, only Merida has a voice.
That said, I did enjoy the build up to getting back on the station and now look forward to Merida and those of her crew that are left, along with some tag alongs, getting home, if they can!
I am still invested in these people and I only want them to all be happy, and home. Also, I didn't have to wait 18 months for this book, like I did book 2, so maybe Harrison can get them home quicker, huh??
4 very good stars
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Debbiereadsbook (1788 KP) rated Donovan’s Men (Bonded by Love #3) in Books
Aug 10, 2026 - 11:51 AM
This is the third book in the Bonded By Love trilogy, but it can be read as a stand alone. I do, however, recommend you read books 1, Caressa's Homecoming, and book 2, Cole's Reckoning, before this one. It will give you a better picture of Cole and Donovan's friendship and just how far they will go for each other.
After Donovan is injured when Cole got shot, he comes into contact with Tyson, a detective and Hamish, a psychologist. Boundaries are hard for Tyson and Hamish, but Donovna keeps pushing. When both Tyson and Hamish face disciplinary action for being with Donovan, will they see it out, or let each other go?
What I liked about this one, was the slow burn. Yes, Donovan wanted things to move much faster but professional boundaries were adhered to. Nothing happened between Donovan and Tyson, or Donovan and Hamish until AFTER their relationship was disclosed. Tyson and Hamish were a different kettle of fish!
I liked there was a clear difference in their leanings: Donovan is a Dom, Hamish a sub and Tyson, a switch. I liked that both Hamish and Tyson were willing to explore the BDSM scene but only with all three of them present, and that Donovan would walk away from the lifestyle entirely, if neither of them wanted it.
I was expecting more of the BDSM smexy stuff, given how Donovan comes across in the other two books, but it is limited to one scene in Cole's basement. There are plenty other smexy times though, once they are all in.
I was, again, feeling I missed some emotional connection. All three men have some baggage, but there was no clue as to them until the point when it was decided to talk about them, and I'm still not fully sure I understood it all.
Still, I enjoyed all three books, and do recommend them.
4 stars for this book and 4 across the whole trilogy.
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