With the heat of the summer, I like to spend as much time outdoors as I can even if it is just pulling up a chair and reading in my yard. I always bring a book with me to the beach so it is no surprise that when Heather mentioned a summer reads linkup I was in. I love finding new books to read so getting to peruse other people’s bookshelf is my kinda linkup!
These books are currently in my Kindle waiting to be read, so many books so little time. The hardest part is deciding which one to read first!
How’s a woman to choose?
Luckily, the members of the Cupcake Club are about to taste it all…
When baker extraordinaire Leilani Trusdale left the bustle of New York City for Georgia’s sleepy Sugarberry Island, she didn’t expect her past to follow. Yet suddenly, her former boss, Baxter Dunne, aka Chef Hot Cakes, the man who taught her everything pastry, wants to film his hit cooking show in her tiny cupcakery. The same Chef Hot Cakes whose molten chocolate brown eyes and sexy British accent made Lani’s mouth water and her cheeks blush the color of raspberry filling – stirring all kinds of kitchen gossip, much of which Lani wished was true…
Lani’s friends are convinced that this time around, Baxter is the missing ingredient in her recipe for happiness. But convincing Lani will be a job for Baxter himself. And he’ll need more than black velvet frosting to sweeten the deal…
Recipes included!
After years of pursuing a denim design career, Maris Carrington never imagined trading her Chicago studio for a New England shingled cottage. But a forgotten home movie tucked inside a dusty attic box leads to an unexpected summer … One of uncovering family secrets while settling her father’s estate, one of inheriting a forlorn German shepherd, one of reconnecting with old friends on a weathered boardwalk, beneath starlit skies on a beach nestled in a crook of the Connecticut coast.
Her design career had become a shell, curving around her like the intricate whorls of a conch, shielding her until now. Until fried clam dinners and carousel rides beckon a lost love. But can Maris ever really go back? Can these beach friends ever be who they were to each other all those summers ago? Now one of her circle is dead; another unemployed and struggling in a tenuous marriage; another regretting a fateful decision; while one is missing a mother, ever seeking a connection she longs for.
To the backdrop of seaside cottages and a boarded up beach hangout, to the soundtrack of whispering lagoon grasses and a vintage jukebox, Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans asks if we can really design our own lives, or if our fate lies somewhere in the stars.
But saying no is not an option. Especially not to Phoebe Kruger, Ian’s bespectacled, beautiful, and unexpectedly brash new attorney. Determined to see the abducted children set free, she not only gets Ian on board but insists on riding shotgun on his Mission: Impossible-style operation, whether he likes it or not.
Though Phoebe has a valuable knack for getting out of tight spots, there’s no denying the intensely intimate feelings growing between Ian and Phoebe as the team gears up for combat. But these are feelings they both must fight to control as they face an array of cold-blooded adversaries, including a vindictive mob boss who’s got Ian at the top of his hit list and a wealthy psychopath who loves murder as much as money. As they dodge death squads and play lethal games of deception, Ian and Phoebe will do whatever it takes to save the innocent and vanquish the guilty.
Or die trying.
On the same day as the gruesome discovery, a young psychiatrist starts her first job at a secure asylum for the criminally insane, just a few miles away.
Commandant Servaz, a Toulouse city cop, can’t believe he has been called out over the death of an animal. But there is something disturbing about this crime that he cannot ignore.
Then DNA from one of the most notorious inmates of the asylum is found on the corpse… and a few days later the first murder takes place.
In this snowbound valley, deep in the Pyrenees, a dark story of madness and revenge is unfolding. It will take all of Servaz’s skill to solve it.
Maya Jackson doesn’t sleep with strangers. Until the night grief sent her to the nearest bar and into the arms of the most explosive lover she’s ever had. Six months later, the dedicated arson investigator is coming face to face with him again. Gorgeous, grinning Logan Cain. Her biggest mistake. Now her number-one suspect in a string of deadly wildfires.
Risking his life on a daily basis is what gets Logan up in the morning. As leader of the elite Tahoe Pines Hotshot Crew, he won’t back down from a blaze-or from beautiful, lethal Maya Jackson. She may have seduced him with her tears and her passion, but it’ll be a cold day in hell before Logan lets down his guard again. Until Maya’s life is threatened. With his natural-born hero instincts kicking in, Logan vows to protect the woman sworn to bring him down. And as desire reignites, nothing-not the killer fire or the killer hot on their trail-can douse the flames…
Linking up with Heather and Rachel for Summer Reads.
What is on you list of Summer Reads?
What is your favorite genre of books?
Also in honor of it being Thursday here is how I tried to Be The Change this week.
Excellent on the $10!!!! The cupcakes look
Great on that book and recipes included are a bonus.
My favorite summer reads are my Stephanie’s
Magazines she passes to me and then I to a friend
And she also passes them on! Very leisurely
Reading. Great pictures and recipes, etc!
Lucky me!
Nice weather here in our area. Humidity left!
Happy Thursday!
Love, SMD’s momma
Thank you. I love when they include recipes. Magazines are perfect in the summer since they are short enough but contain a lot of info. Finally a break in the humidity. Enjoy it while it lasts! 😉
i just got a ton of books from the library to read and have a few more on hold. i tried to find the frozen dead in the catalog but it’s no there yet 🙁
Doesn’t that always happen, they all come at once. I think it is due out on August 14th. I got an advanced copy from NetGalley. Keep it on your list though it sounds so good.
So cute that the Sugar Rush book includes recipes for the cupcakes! I’d probably need to eat some while reading the book…all that talk is already making me hungry 🙂
-Sharon
Haha! Yes, I love books with recipes in them. Joanne Fluke has a mystery series where she includes a ton of cookie recipes.
I’m going to check out Frozen Dead.. looks good!
I just found a Steampunk Novel called Bone Crusher… the synopsis grabbed me. If you’re into a little fantasy reading check it out!
Oh, and there is nothing nicer than reading outside in the sunshine… I like to add a bathing suit in there, and work on the tan, that I desperately want to keep.. because I am whiter, than the virgin snow. 🙂
It sounds so good, it doesn’t come out till August 14th though. I got an advanced copy through NetGalley. I’ll have to check that one out.
Sugar rush sounds like my kind of book!! Chic Lit at it ‘s finest!!
It sounds fun, and hello cupcake recipes! Win-win! 😉
wow go you on the $10! also i added all of these to my list, and gosh darn it that thing is nearing 300 books. uh oh.
I figured it would have been nice to have $10, but I am sure someone else needs it more. Yes!! My list just keeps going up not down!! Haha!
I love when people share the books they are reading because there are just SO MANY out there that I need help picking some haha!
Haha! Well glad to add to your to-read pile! I use GoodReads, Netgalley, and eBookHub for suggestions, which helps.
Blue jeans and coffee beans sounds like something I would enjoy! I’ve been having a hard time trying to decide what I’m going to read next too. I’ve been going through phases where I read a lot in a week or two and then take a week or two off and don’t read at all.
PS. I love that RAOK!
I had that same problem at the beginning of the summer but now I am reading a lot. Sometimes you just have to switch it up with an easy read to get you going again. Thank you.
Ohhh yes putting all these on my goodreads list!
Woohoo! Now which to read first!! Haha!
That cupcake book looks so amazing! My stomach says yes, but the scale says no =P
I know but you can always save the recipes for a special occasion?! 😉
You are my go-to when it comes to book suggestions. The cupcake one sounds interesting, but I think the best one out of the bunch to me is “blue jeans and coffee beans”. Which do you think you’ll do next? Great job on the kindness act Kerry. You are the best!
I think i am going to read Frozen Dead since it is being released soon and I want to review it for the publisher. Then I think Blue Jeans and Sugar Rush, but Suzanne Brockmann is one of my favorites and she is local so I may read that one!! Decisions, decisions!! Haha! Thank you, girl!
I have not read any of these so will wait for your reviews!
Such pressure!! Guess I better get reading! 😉 Haha!
Kerry, you rock sister. So selfless all the time! Also, The Frozen Dead seems awesome, added it to my Goodreads!! xoxo Thanks for linking up!
Aww thanks. I just do what I can, when I can. I am excited to read The Frozen Dead it is going to be my next read. Thanks for hosting!
Love the RAOK!
I just picked up four fat books from the library last night. I need to get on the reads.
Thanks! Read girl read!! I love getting new books but I hate not having a whole week off to just sit and read them all!! 🙂
They all look awesome, and when I was checking them out on Amazon they totally had Sugar Rush for $1.99 for the Kindle. I guess I know what my next book is 🙂
Yes, I found that one from BookBub. They send you low priced deals on one book each day. It is free to sign up too.
I definitely would’ve taken the $10… not even gonna front! hahahahaha
Haha! I mean if it was $100 I would have second guessed taking it.
what a list!! i am vowing to make it through mine.
I am hoping to get through at least one or two this weekend but that may be a little ambitious. What is on your list?
Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans looks like a great book, it’s on my list!
It looks so good! I can’t wait to get started!
Gonna look out for these books!
My list is ever growing but I am looking forward to them all! 🙂
That fireman book looks good and your cowboy rec was great this past week, so I’ll have to check that one out too. I love that the sweets book comes with cupcake recipes!!
It does look steamy. Glad you liked it, she is one of my favorite romance authors. I love books with recipes. Joanne Fluke has a cute mystery series that has recipes and I have made over 20 of the recipes from those books and they have been a huge hit.