Stacking The Shelves (2020) #1: The First Haul of the Year

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page! Stacking The Shelves now has a new host and check out that new image!!

Well the goal is to have only a few of these this year. I'm staying far from NetGalley unless it's to turn in reviews and I'm blocking some of my favorite bog tour groups. I need to catch up and that can't happen if I'm hauling new books. This year I'm only allowing myself to have 20 books added to the shelves.

I'm in a new space and haven't set up the library yet and need to move all my books and do a full inventory first.

With that in mind, here are a few of the books I ordered before the new year rolled around and the one ARC I accepted before the end of 2019.

Temporary Wife:Temptation 

This is a new to me author Jayci Lee; the blurb we received said it was a marriage of convenience and a "friends to lovers" trope and that's honestly all I needed to sign up.

Pre-Order:

Just Don't Mention It by Estelle Maskame. I fell in love with the DIMLY series years ago and I love the story we got which was more than I expected. It's a mature YA that become NA as the story progresses. I highly recommend it. I can't wait to see what this one is about. +

Bookstore:

Duty Or Desire by Brenda Jackson. Because Brenda!! That is all. 

Library Sale:

As you can see from my December wrap up I marathoned the books I was missing in the In Death series. I have Scribd and the narrator is phenomenal. I own most of the ones I caught up on but I was missing this one so I grabbed it at the library for $1. 

Festive In Death (In Death 39)  by J.D. Robb

Dollar Tree:

Before going on holiday I snagged this one at the local dollar tree:

Grace Burrowes Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish. It's historical romance and the premise sounds cute so snagged me a copy. 

Ilona Andrews Magic Binds (Kate Daniels 9)I've been collecting the series randomly and after meeting them in october I totally can't wait to dive into it. 

While on vacation in Florida/ Georgia with my family for Christmas I managed to pick this up:

Jennifer Crusie It Must Be Christmas. (It's actually an anthology with two other authors) *I'm afraid to look to see if I actually have this. LOL  This will go on the holiday reading list for 2020. 

Paperbackswap

Before I left for vacation I decided to use up a few credits I purchased on paperbackswap, because nothing I've read recently made te purge it cut so I had zero credits to use.  Instead of buying books from Bookoutlet's big sales this year I used some of the money for paperbackswap instead.

I snagged a few from a favorite author Shiloh Walker:

If You Hear Her (Ash Trilogy Book 1)

If You See Her (Ash Trilogy Book 2)

If You Know Her (Ash Trilogy Book 3)

An erotic anthology featuring Joey W Hill & Jaci Burton:

Laced With Desire.

Then even though I had the e-arc I had pre-ordered Grand Theft N.Y.E because support your favorite authors. Check out my review.

For the holidays because my family knows me well I got the following:

Tarot For Self-Care by Minerva Siegel. 

Wellness Witch by Nikki Van De Car illustrated by Anisa Makhoul

Where the Crawdad Sing by Delia Owens

These I hauled months ago but apparently didn't share here so I'm adding these on as well:

 Off Limits Lovers by Reese Ryan

His Marriage Demand by Yahrah St. John

Jacked Up (Fast Track 6) by Erin McCarthy (not sure when I got this one, it's new so *shrug*)

And that's it for now. What'd you get in your haul this week?? I do have a few pre-orders for the year so those should be coming in soon as well/  Share in the comments down below and I'll see you next week.

Happy Reading & Haulin' my loves

Stacking The Shelves (2019) #28:: The NetGalley Edition

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Hi my loves

I'm back with a few more advanced readers copies that I got access to via NetGalley. I was invited to a few of them that I felt I couldn't turn down (they just sounded so good) and then one of my fave authors sent the arcs to the review team so I'm going to be reading that as well.

From Author:

The Bear's Fated Mate ( Borealis Bears# 2)  by Vivian Arend
Published November 19th by Arend Publishing 

Synopsis:

He’s going to pick someone perfectly wrong for him—because fate isn’t in charge of his world!

A stand alone title in a brand-new shifter trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend.

As head of security for the family company, polar bear shifter Alex Borealis has intel warning something big is about to happen. His prime suspect? Tantalizing, infuriating Lara Lazuli, youngest daughter of Borealis Gems’ main competitor. But when mating fever hits, he decides she’s the perfect one to turn to. They’ve got chemistry hot enough to melt the polar ice caps, but he doesn’t trust her enough for a permanent connection to form.

Being with Alex is one step shy of torture for Lara. As a wolf shifter, she scented the truth the instant she met him months ago—he’s her mate. But she’s not about to trap anyone into being with her, especially not a man who thinks she’s up to no good. Add in her own suspicions of wrong-doing in her pack and Lara’s caught between heaven and hell.

But tangled sheets lead to real communication, and a bond of friendship forms that neither expected. When Lara asks for help, Alex finds himself living in the pack house, scaring off random Alpha wolves and fighting at her side.

Because the mating fever knows a thing or two about fate and forever.

NetGalley:

Non-Ficiton:
Coming from St Martin's Press in January:

 

The Calling ( 3 Fundamental Shifts to Stay True, Get Pai & Do Good) by Rha Goddess  Publishing on Jan 21, 2020

All The F*cking Mistakes ( A Guide to Sex, Love & Life) by Gigi Eagle Publishing on Jan 21, 2020

The Warrior Heart Practice ( A Simple Process to Transform Confusion into Clarity & Pain into Peace) by HeatherAsh Amara  Publishing Jan 07, 2020

Fiction/ Romance

Dukes Actually (12 Dukes of Christma # 5 ) by Erica Ridley Published: October 22, 2019 by Webmotion

Things She's Seen by Pat Esden Published: October 22, 2019 by Lyrical Press (Kensington Books)

And there you have it. These are going to be great books to read int he next few weeks. What'd you get in your haul this week?? Share in the comments down below and I'll see you next week.

Happy Reading & Haulin' my loves

Stacking The Shelves (2019) # 27: The Savers Haul & New Library Sale

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So I moved!! I know I have mentioned this before. As a reward for myself to having a smooth move, I went to Savers and they appeared to have lowered their prices on the books. Before mass market was 1.99 to 2.99, now they are all 0.99. And the sale is 4 books get 1 free, so I snagged a few books.

Lori Foster When Bruce Met Cyn Old school rom-com

The Marriage Mistake by Jennifer Probst. I read the beginning of this series during the summer and can't wait to continue, so I snagged this for my shelf.

Then because I'm recollecting some of my old collection and authors I snagged this as soon as I saw it.

Cait London's The Cowboy and the Cradle (Part of the Tallchiefs series book 1 actually )

I have shared my love of Maya Banks plenty of times so when I saw this I had to have it for my shelves as well.

Colter's Promise

And because I'm a glutton for punishment I just know I'm going to get my books all moved in out of boxes,  set up my shelves and have this already but I couldn't leave it behind because what if I don't???

On The Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

And then I went to the local library and picked up  the following for $3.00

Ker Arthur Tempting Evil. I snagged a few of these during the big library book sale over the summer, so when I moved to this new town I decided to check out what the library looked like and found this. I grabbed it because of the author's name.

I read Bec McMaster's work for the first time last month; I loved Promise of Darkness Review when I saw this I had to snag it. My Lady Quicksilver. It was brand new for 0.50c. Yes madam you read that right.

Then I found a copy of second book to one I already own. I didn't know there was a sequel ** It's actually in putting this post together that i found out the book I already had is book 2 and this is number 1 so this worked out well.  **and I had to have it. Do you see that cover?? The Brass Bed by Jennifer Stevenson. If I can resist reading it until next July this will be a great addition to the "Jennifer in July Challenge" I host each year.

Then another with the nice cover and because it's Jennifer Crusie, I snagged The Cinderella Deal. Plus it's got a dog on the cover. Another for the challenge pile.

Finally I snagged a brand new trade paperback by Lauren Dane Opening Up no idea what it's about but that cover?? Yeah I'm here for it. Plus it's Lauren.

ARC from Publisher:

The Princess Plan by Julia London

And that's it. I do have a few e-arcs to share with you, but that's for next time.  Have you started watching holiday movies yet?? Check out my Holiday Reading List to see how I'm getting into the mood for the Holidays. What'd you get in your haul this week?? Share in the comments down below and I'll see you next week.

Happy Reading & Haulin' my loves

Stacking The Shelves (2019) #26: Harlequin Haul

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page! Stacking The Shelves now has a new host and check out that new image!!

I jumped back on the Harlequin website the other day to see some of the new and upcoming Christmas/Holiday titles and anything new by some fave new authors and this is what I snagged.

First let's discuss the non holiday themed books, most of these were due to name recognition and the others because the tropes sound right up my alley.

Ready for the Rancher by Zuri Day

Sin City Vows by Zuri Day

At the CEO's Pleasure (The Stewart Heirs 1) by Yahrah St. John

American Fairytale (Dreamer #2) by Adriana Herrera (I picked up the first book in this series recently so why not have the others as well)

Second Chance Temptation by Joss Wood

Now for the Holiday/ Christmas romances:

Christmas with the Billionaire & A Tiara for Christmas by Niobia Bryant & Carolyn Hector

Her Christmas Wish & Designed by Love by Sherelle Green & Sheryl Lister

His Christmas Gift & Decadent Holiday Pleasures by Janice Sims & Pamela Yaye

I'm still hoping they will come out with another of the Holiday anthologies like the one they had with Maggie Shayne. So many of us have been talking about the lack of representation during the Holiday season in romance, almost all the books act as if Christmas is the only holiday celebrated during that time and it's not. We want more holiday rep, more romance, more people falling in love and sharing their faiths. Alright end rant.

What'd you get in your haul this week?? Share in the comments down below and I'll see you next week.

Happy Reading & Haulin' my loves