1/12/2022

Waiting On Wednesday #176 – Black Diamonds by Geneva Lee

is a weekly event that was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. This meme is a place that spotlights upcoming releases that we´re eagerly anticipating with pure joy. There are a lot of new books coming out each year and some of them catch my attention and will get a spotlight in my Waiting on Wednesday post. While some of them will finally end up here at my place, others won´t. I am joining Tressa at Wishful Endings and her meme Can´t-Wait Wednesday.

The first book, Blacklist, is still on my TBR. But the summary of this second book in the series The Rivals, sounds so intriguing, that I simply must read it. So let us hope that my request will be accepted by the publisher. Okay, I am not so happy with the cover the German edition shows because it looks for my taste way too cheesy. But the story behind it is what counts for me.

Black Diamonds

Author Geneva Lee
The Rivals Series #2
Original Title Backlash
Publishing Date March 14, 2022
Publisher Blanvalet
Format Paperback
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A dangerous love that could cost her anything …

Finally, after all the dramatic events of the past, Adair and Sterling get closer again – but the happiness in love is short-lived because a misleading SMS and Sterling´s iron secrecy about the reason for his wealth leads to a big argument. Adair can´t believe it: Sterling still doesn´t trust her! This man just drives you crazy! But that applies not only to his secrecy, but also to his body, which attracts her as if magically, and his touches, which trigger fireworks in her. As much as she tries to forget him, Sterling has that unique attraction for her that makes her forget all caution. But Sterling is hiding a dark secret that could also put Adair in great danger …(Personal translation by ©Vi at Inkvotary).

And what are you waiting for? Let me know your thoughts about this one or leave me the link to your WoW and I check it out.

Happy reading & waiting on

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1/11/2022

The New Release Challenge 2022

I am planning on reading books like I do every year. The only difference might be, that I probably won´t be reading as many new releases as I have during the past years. Not all my book requests get granted and not all new releases I want to read are available at my local library. And buying every book I want is not always an option. But reading is the key, and as long as the challenge is fun to do, I am in. So, again, I am aiming for the New Release Newbie and see how things will go from there. And, yes, I am curious how 2022 will turn out concerning my reading plans.

But I don´t want to miss the fun this challenge hosted by Lexxie & Brandee at (un)Conventional Bookworms provides and with that I am signing up for the next year. I don´t know if I will reach my goal of at least 30 new releases with the knowledge that I might not reach my set goal for 2022. But hey, it is a challenge supposed to be fun for everyone who participates – and that is what counts, right?

There is only one thing I want to add (to avoid any misunderstandings). I handle this blog and my reviews in English, but the books I read are mostly German books, which means – for this challenge – that the German translation is published in 2022. And I will be reading some English books, too. And the ones I will use for this challenge are of course released in 2022. As you might have already guessed, the 2022 New Release Challenge is a year-long challenge in which we aim to read books released in 2022. There will be monthly update posts, and each quarter – the end of March, end of June, end of September, and in December, there will be a giveaway with the update as well.

There is also a Facebook Group, to have a place where we can keep up with each other, cheer each other on, ask questions, and get to know each other better. It is also a place where we can help each other to find even more new releases. So, make sure to step in and have some fun along the way …

Rules

-Books have to be released and reviewed in 2022.

-Other challenges can be used as well, if you are participating in the Netgalley / Edelweiss challenge or in the COYER challenge, books can count towards more than one challenge, as long as the ones you use for the 2022 New Release Challenge qualify to the other rules.

-The minimum length for a book to qualify is 100 pages, it can be in any format though, physical, e-book, ARC, or audiobook.

-The New Book Release Challenge is open from January 1st through December 31st, 2022 and sign-ups are open until September 1st, 2022.

-You don´t have to be a blogger to participate, you can link to your review on Goodreads or Booklikes instead – so don´t be shy!

-If you want to spread the love, please use #2022NewReleaseChallenge on Twitter

Levels

1 1-30 books per year – New Release Newbie - my goal again
2 31-60 books per year – New Release Pro
3 61-100 books per year – New Release Veteran
4 101-200 books per year – New Release Enthusiast
5 200+ books per year – New Release Obsessed



Happy reading & good luck

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1/10/2022

The Library Love Challenge 2022

This will be my fourth year with the Library Love Challenge. I hope that I will be more successful with this challenge in 2022 than I have been in 2021. Unlike many other readers, I haven´t been reading much during the past two years. Sometimes I am still too distracted by the virus and all the changes that come along with it. But I hope that that will change for the better and that I will be able to read and enjoy as many books as I can in 2022. And I am looking forward to finding new books I don´t want to buy but want to read anyway.

I wasn´t sure if I wanted to sign up for this challenge again. Not after a once for me a cozy place where I could spend hours searching for new books turned into a cold, sterile, and distanced place. Every time I go there, my heart is crying because of the new look and design. But I must face reality. Not every book request I place for a new release gets granted. And of course, I would love to buy all the books I want to read. Who wouldn´t? But, let´s face it. It would hurt my wallet. Yes, Germany has a fixed book price but still. My old library card was for free and so was the new one with the chip. And although I sometimes would like to give that new card back, so far, I was able to resist that feeling and keep it. And with it the hope that the new year will be a better library year for me.

The challenge is hosted by Angel´s Guilty Pleasure and Books of My Heart. Again, I am aiming for the Dewey Decimal, who reads a minimum of 12 library books and will see how things go from there.

Details

-Runs: January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022. You can join anytime. The sign-up will remain open until December 31st, 2022.

-The goal is to find your love of your local library and to read at least twelve (12) books from the library, but you can read more. While twelve is the minimum; there is no maximum limit. See the different levels below and pick the one that works best for you.

-Any format will work for this challenge (prints, ebooks, or audios); as long as you checked it out from the library, it counts.

-Books can be any genre (fiction, nonfiction, romance, fantasy, mystery, thriller, horror, etc.).

-Crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed, including re-reads. The goal is to support your local library and save money.

-You do not have to be a book blogger to participate; you can track your progress on Goodreads, Facebook, LibraryThing, etc.

-If you’re a blogger, grab the button and do a quick post about the challenge to help spread the word. If you’re not a blogger you can help by posting on Facebook or Tweet about the challenge. Please link back to both hosts: Angel’s Guilty Pleasures & Books of My Heart.

-As an added bonus: They´re offering up FOUR GIVEAWAYS plus a few surprise giveaways throughout the year 2022 with this Challenge. The main giveaways will be posted for (Jan., Feb., & March), (April, May, & June), (July, Aug., & Sept.), & last (Oct., Nov., & Dec.). A linky will go up on both Angel’s Guilty Pleasures and Books of My Heart; where you can leave your links for the reviews on your library books you have read. So, make sure to stop by to enter.

-(Optional) Reviews: Write a review to enter the giveaway – 2 sentences or an essay, whatever works for you, but there is a minimum of 2 sentences. Not sure what to write? How about something like, “The plot was a delight, but the characters didn’t capture me.” “I enjoyed the story and really liked the characters.”

-Please use #LibraryLoveChallenge when sharing your reviews, library pictures, etc.…

Levels

Dewey Decimal: Read 12 books 
Thrifty Reader: Read 24 books
Overdrive Junkie: Read 36 books
Library Addict: Read 48 books
Library Card on Fire: Read 60+ books

If you are interested, there is also a Goodreads Group for the Library Love Challenge, where we talk, share, and discuss the books we snagged/read during the 2022 Library Love Challenge – Click Here 

Happy reading & good luck

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1/09/2022

Weekly Book Wrap-Up #194 – Booster And Epiphany

With the Weekly Book Wrap-Up, I give you a bit of an insight into all the new books that have arrived at my place. No matter if I won a giveaway, got approved for a reviewer´s copy, an ARC, or just bought one myself. Everything that I add to my shelves, in what way ever and read during the past week or am still reading, I will write about it. And maybe I tell you a bit about the upcoming things on Inkvotary, that is if I don´t forget it and have something to share with you *smile*

I am linking up with Caffeinated Reviewer and Reading Reality and hope you´ll have fun reading it and maybe get the one or the other book inspiration.

Stacking The Shelves #194

No new books this week.

Sunday Post #151

The first week of the new year 2022 felt like living under a heavy curtain. The weather forecast had predicted some heavy snowfall and some rain combined with freezing cold air for the past week. Well, Monday and Tuesday it rained a lot, and it was warm. Too warm for the season. So, of course, no snow.

On Wednesday I got my booster jab and had a very interesting talk with my doctor. About viruses in general, Sars-Cov-2 especially and how the vaccine situation is right now in Germany. We talked about the virus situation in South Africa because we have a kind of heated discussion going on in the country about a compulsory vaccine (Germany has so far two. One for measles and the other one for pox) and why Germany isn´t ready for the endemic situation. For the next two and a half days the puncture site was a bit sore, and some moves hurt, but that was ok.

The rest of the week was back to normal. I enjoyed a somehow quiet Epiphany on Thursday and when I woke up Friday morning, I noticed that we had a thin white layer of snow outside. It snowed most of the day and was cold. I had to take on my snow boots and a warm winter coat for my trip to the local supermarket to see if I could get some fresh veggies and fruits. I was partly successful.

Saturday was again a cold day, but the snow is already gone and despite the weather forecast telling us that we would have heavy snowfall all Saturday long, there was no snow in sight. Instead, we had a sunny day. Cold, but sunny. Ah well …

How was your week? Stay safe and healthy.



Happy reading

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1/07/2022

Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost

I am a fan of the author´s Cat & Bones series for years now. So, yes, I wanted to read the books of the Night Prince series as well. Unfortunately, the first book couldn´t entertain me as much as the original series was able to. No doubt, there is a lot of action, blood, and well-written scenes but somehow, I missed the irony and sarcastic humor, Cat always shows.

Once Burned

by Jeaniene Frost
Night Prince Series #1
Publisher Avon on June 26, 2012
Genre Vampire
Pages 373
Format Paperback
Source Penhaligon*
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He commands fire – but only she can ignite his passion.

Leila Dalton has the ability to look into the past and sometimes even into the future of everyone she touches. With this magical ability, she suddenly finds herself between the lines of a feud that has been raging for centuries. She takes the side of the vampire Vlad without hesitation. His unapproachable yet soulful manner fascinates her more than she could ever have imagined. The vampire makes no secret of the fact that she will never be more than a lover to him. But since she has finally got to know love in his passionate embrace, Leila will not give up her new happiness …

Story

Leila Dalton stands out. Not because she is a downright beauty. Her jagged scar makes her the number one star. And when the vampire Vlad takes a look at her it is clear: the course has just been set for their future. Unfortunately, his enemies still have a say in this, and so Leila has no choice but to finally deal with her scar and the consequences that come with it.

Style

Once Burned from the Night Prince series has been put into words dark, passionate, and very bloody. Although the author has lit a downright bloody fireworks display, the desired effect remains relatively modest. From the first-person perspective of protagonist Leila, the reader is drawn into an incredibly cruel, blood-soaked, and literally hot story. Very detailed and sharp sex scenes - which took my breath away many times - and quick-witted dialogues alternate skillfully and give the plot an unbelievable spice. The plot itself is simple: the protagonist is kidnapped because of her abilities and the real object of desire of the kidnappers’ rushes to her aid. Nothing exciting, but Jeaniene Frost turns this banal plot into a violent plot that glows with clichés in some places and very much lacks the charm and wit of the other volumes.

What absolutely thrilled me, however, is the emotional story between Leila and Vlad, which emerges from all the blood, violence, and destruction like a ray of pure light and gives the novel such a wonderful undertone.

Characters

Jeaniene Frost expects a lot from her characters in this novel. There is an overly protective instinct, an incredible will to run away from everything and everyone, and the weaker sex is almost trapped in a cage full of helpful spirits in the form of servants.

Leila likes to run away from everything and everyone, but she is a woman who has both feet on the ground and friendship and loyalty are paramount. On the one hand she is fearless, on the other hand she avoids any physical contact with her fellow human beings, as this always means for her a flood of images from the life of the person she touches. It does not occur to her that this could also be different. And so, meeting Vlad is a completely new experience for her.

Conclusion

A title that unfortunately does not go beyond the description of an average novel, even if it is bursting with action, bloody scenes, and hot passion. But in the end, the author literally leaves you hanging in the air with a big question mark. What else is she going to do with Leila?

Happy reading

*I read the German edition published by Penhaligon in January 2012. 

Jeaniene Frost

Jeaniene Frost is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author whose works include the Night Huntress series, the Night Prince series, and the Broken Destiny series. To date, foreign rights for her novels have been sold to twenty different countries. Jeaniene lives in North Carolina with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. Aside from writing, Jeaniene enjoys reading, poetry, watching movies, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking, and traveling – by car. Airplanes, children, and cookbooks frighten her.

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1/05/2022

Waiting On Wednesday #175 – Grabesstern by Anne Mette Hancock

is a weekly event that was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. This meme is a place that spotlights upcoming releases that we´re eagerly anticipating with pure joy. There are a lot of new books coming out each year and some of them catch my attention and will get a spotlight in my Waiting on Wednesday post. While some of them will finally end up here at my place, others won´t. I am joining Tressa at Wishful Endings and her meme Can´t-Wait Wednesday.

My first Waiting on Wednesday post from 2022 is about the German edition of Pitbull by Anne Mette Hancock. I have read books one and two of this series and cannot wait to read this one too. Good, book one (The Corpse Flower) wasn´t as thrilling as I had hoped but the second one told a story that made me want more. More of Heloise Kaldan and more books written by the author. So, yes, I am waiting for this one to come out.

Grabesstern

Author Anne Mette Hancock
Kaldan & Schäfer Series #3
Heloise Kaldan Series #3
Original Title Pitbull
Publishing Date January 26, 2022
Publisher Fischer Scherz
Format Paperback
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The end will come. Only for whom …

Journalist Heloise Kaldan actually only wanted to write an article about terminal care. But when she becomes friends with the terminally ill Jan Fischhof, the matter begins to affect her. Jan seems to have something on his conscience. His clues lead Heloise to Jutland, to the Flensburg Fjord, to a case long ago. Heloise´s good friend, Commissioner Erik Schäfer, is suspicious: What does she really know about Jan Fischhof? Heloise stumbles into a dangerous wasp´s nest. Can she trust her intuition?

And what are you waiting for? Let me know your thoughts about this one or leave me the link to your WoW and I check it out.

Happy reading & waiting on

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1/02/2022

Weekly Book Wrap-Up #193 – Hello And Welcome 2022

With the Weekly Book Wrap-Up, I give you a bit of an insight into all the new books that have arrived at my place. No matter if I won a giveaway, got approved for a reviewer´s copy, an ARC, or just bought one myself. Everything that I add to my shelves, in what way ever and read during the past week or am still reading, I will write about it. And maybe I tell you a bit about the upcoming things on Inkvotary, that is if I don´t forget it and have something to share with you *smile*

I am linking up with Caffeinated Reviewer and Reading Reality and hope you´ll have fun reading it and maybe get the one or the other book inspiration.

Stacking The Shelves #193

I bought an audiobook.

Bought Book

Sunday Post #150

My past week was the usual routine, nothing out of the ordinary. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I was busy getting the last things done for the old year. I wrote some blog posts, edited some pictures, and went to town Thursday to buy myself the obligatory New Year pretzel. She is made of sweet yeast dough, and we eat her either right after midnight when the new year has already started, or for breakfast in the morning when the New Year is already a few hours old.

I finished literally last minute some books for the 2021 New Release Challenge, despite noticing that I missed most of my challenge goals. Friday was a weird day. I went for the last time to the local supermarket early in the morning, to get all the fresh foods I needed for the long weekend. Yet again, we got new covid rules. And to be honest, I am getting a bit lost with adjusting and understanding them. The firework companies and single shops in Germany weren´t allowed to sell their products, but the people were allowed to fire up what they had stored in their basements or garages (both is prohibited by German law for years now) or could buy in Denmark or Poland. Seriously?

The firework I was able to watch from my balcony Friday at midnight was not only a beautiful one but also as strong and colorful as the one I had watched during the turn of the year 2019-2020.

Saturday was a weatherwise mix of clouds and sun. And very warm temperatures. Today, Sunday, it is again cloudy but warm and it feels more like summer than winter. I spend the New Year´s weekend reading, writing posts, and watching some TV. It is wonderfully quiet in the house, and I hope it will stay that way.

How was your week? Stay safe and healthy.

Happy reading

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12/31/2021

We Say Goodbye 2021 And Welcome 2022

The last day of 2021 is almost over, only a few more hours to go until midnight and I am looking back at twelve months full of pain, loss, and tragedy.

The year had started with a wonderful feeling that the pandemic would (hopefully) soon be over and that we could go on with our lives again. That normality would be back at some point. Well, how wrong I was.

In late March I joined the club of those who were officially confirmed Covid-19 cases and although my infection turned out to be one of the milder versions, I went through three weeks of pain and hell. It took me eight months to gain the fitness level back I had had before the infection. In early August I finally received my vaccination jab and was ready to finally enjoy the last few weeks of summer. It was just a great feeling to know that, despite all the rules I still had to follow, I was kind of back in the game called “normal life”.

My birthday in September was a happy day and I enjoyed it very much. A few months later, in November, my stepmom said her final farewell to her elder sister. And became only a few weeks later, in December, for the very first time a great-grandmother. Oh yes, we had pain and happiness close together in 2021.

The last few days of the year I was busy getting all my challenges finished and dealing with the weird mood I had been in during the week. I am not sure how the new year will start or how it will turn out, but I do hope that it will be the last of the pandemic.

I wish you all a healthy and good start to 2022. Have a wonderful New Year´s Eve and a peaceful New Year´s Day, no matter where you are. To a better 2022.

Happy New Year

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12/31/2021

Best Books Of 2021

This year I am presenting my list of the top ten books a bit earlier than usual and think that I will change that habit for good. And the fact that I had to put some four rated books into the list tells you, that either my taste has changed or I didn´t show the lucky hand I normally have when it comes to reading good books. My list for 2021 shows books that were either new releases on the German book market or the English market or both.

I show them in random order because each of them is unique and entertains its readers, or me in that case, way beyond anything a book is usually capable of doing so.

Aurora Rising Aurora erwacht by Jay Kristoff

The year is 2380. Tyler Jones has just completed his training at Aurora Academy and is about to assemble his first team. The coolest and best squad a senior Aurora Academy graduate has ever seen! But on the eve of the team selection, everything is different. Tyler CAN. NOT. SLEEP. He goes on a forbidden excursion and comes across a wrecked spaceship in interdimensional space. The only survivor onboard: Aurora, a girl who has been in cryosleep for the past 200 years. Perhaps it would have been better not to wake her. War threatens to break out – and his team, of all people, is supposed to prevent it. Ouuups. Don´t panic! 

All my Loving by Marie Force

Landon Abbott can hardly believe it: Amanda, the woman of his dreams, seeks shelter with him. But how can he confess his love to her after everything that happened to his twin brother Lucas? After Amanda nearly perished in the fire at the Admiral Butler Inn, she sees the world in a new light. She is determined to feel true love for once in a lifetime. And Landon makes her heart beat like crazy. But do their feelings for one another also exist when they are tested? 

Let It Be by Marie Force

When Lincoln Abbott first saw young Molly with her honey-colored hair, it was instantly down to him. He knows: with this woman he will spend the rest of his life. Forty years later, Lincoln receives a message from his father. Until then, Lincoln´s origins were never discussed in the Abbott family. But now, Molly and Lincoln decide to tell their children their incredible love story. From the pounding heartbeat when they first met to the day that presented them with a tough decision … 

Hideaway by Nora Roberts 

Caitlyn Sullivan had come from a long line of Hollywood royalty, stretching back to her Irish immigrant great-grandfather. At nine, she was already a star - yet still, an innocent child who loved to play hide and seek with her cousins at the family home in Big Sur. It was during one of those games that she disappeared. Some may have considered her a pampered princess, but Cate was in fact a smart, scrappy fighter, and she managed to escape her abductors. Dillon Cooper was shocked to find the bloodied, exhausted girl huddled in his house - but when the teenager and his family heard her story they provided refuge, reuniting her with her loved ones. Cate’s ordeal, though, was far from over. First came the discovery of a shocking betrayal that would send someone she’d trusted to prison. Then there were years spent away in western Ireland, peaceful and protected but with restlessness growing in her soul. Finally, she would return to Los Angeles, gathering the courage to act again and get past the trauma that had derailed her life. What she didn’t yet know was that two seeds had been planted that long-ago night - one of a great love, and one of a terrible vengeance…

The Awakening by Nora Roberts

The young teacher Breen Kelly is dissatisfied. She doesn't enjoy the job, and even her best friend Marco hardly manages to make her laugh. When she learns that her father, who left her and her mother years ago, has invested a huge amount of money for her, she spontaneously quits in order to spend the summer in his home country Ireland. Between the green expanses of the island and in a cozy cottage, she thinks about herself and gains new courage. When one day a cute puppy wakes up in front of her door, she follows the animal and ends up in another world - a world in which not only her true fate but also a very attractive man is waiting for her ... 

Narbenherz (Mercedes-Snittet) by Anne Mette Hancock

Copenhagen: Investigative journalist Heloise Kaldan has just started research on traumatized soldiers when she has to make a personal decision about life and the future. Before she can do anything, she learns of the disappearance of a ten-year-old boy. On-site, Heloise meets her good friend, Inspector Erik Schäfer, who is investigating the case. The traces to the boy are confusing, nothing fits together. Heloise tries to help Erik Schäfer to recognize the decisive pattern. And meets her innermost demons.

Legacy by Nora Roberts

Adrian Rizzo was seven when she met her father for the first time. That was the day he nearly killed her - before her mother, Lina, stepped in. Soon after, Adrian was dropped off at her grandparents’ house in Maryland, where she spent a long summer drinking lemonade, playing with dogs, making a new best friend - and developing the stirrings of a crush on her friend’s ten-year-old brother. Lina, meanwhile, traveled the country promoting her fitness brand and turning it into a billion-dollar business. There was no point in dwelling on the past. A decade later, Adrian has created her own line of yoga and workout videos, following in Lina’s footsteps but intent on maintaining creative control. And she’s just as cool-headed and ambitious as her mother. They aren’t close, but they’re cordial - as long as neither crosses the other. But while Lina dismisses the death threats that Adrian starts getting as a routine part of her daughter’s growing celebrity, Adrian can’t help but find the vicious rhymes unsettling. Year after year, they keep arriving—the postmarks changing, but the menacing tone the same. They continue after she returns to Maryland and becomes reacquainted with Raylan, her childhood crush, all grown up and as gorgeously green-eyed as ever. Sometimes it even seems like the terrifying messages are indeed routine like nothing will come of them. Until the murders start, and the escalation begins…

Outfox by Sandra Brown

FBI agent Drex Easton is relentlessly driven by a single goal: to outmaneuver the conman once known as Weston Graham. Over the past thirty years, Weston has assumed many names and countless disguises, enabling him to lure eight wealthy women out of their fortunes before they disappeared without a trace, their families left without answers, and the authorities without clues. The only common trait among the victims: a new man in their life who also vanished, leaving behind no evidence of his existence … except for one signature custom. Drew is convinced that these women have been murdered and that the man he knows as Weston Graham is the sociopath responsible. But each time Drex gets close to catching him, Weston trades one persona for another and disappears again. Now, for the first time in their long game of cat and mouse, Drex has a suspect in sight. Attractive and charming Jasper Ford is recently married to a successful businesswoman many years his junior, Talia Shafer. Drex insinuates himself into their lives, posing as a new neighbor and setting up surveillance on their house. The closer he gets to the couple, the more convinced he becomes that Jasper is the clever, merciless predator he´s sought – and that his own attraction to Talia threatens to compromise his purpose and integrity. This I Drex´s one chance to outfox his cunning nemesis before he murders again and eludes justice forever. But first, he must determine if the desirable Talia is a heartless accomplice … or the next victim.

Vortex-Die Liebe die den Anfang brachte by Anna Benning

The first vortex was the beginning of our world. Now it could be our end. As the war rages and the armies of the Red Storm advance, I know who the real threat is. The boy I love. Bale. I have to save him – at all costs. I need to remind him who he is – and what he means to me. Because if I don´t. then he´ll put us all into the abyss … 

Wir Zwei In Diesem Augenblick by Isabell May

When a single moment changes everything. The student Anna and the photographer Max met at a party in Bamberg. Soon after, they are seemingly inseparable. The constantly controlled Anna and the more spontaneous Max are carried away by the flood of their feelings. Travel a lot together. Max mostly with the camera, A thousand pictures of love. But suddenly the dreams of their future together are in pieces. Because one photo of all things destroys everything. How could it possibly come this far? What did they not know about each other? 

Of all the books I read in 2021, I particularly enjoyed the above. Even if I gave some criticism in my review.



Happy reading

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