#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR.
This was a hard one – turns out I really don’t have many books on my TBR with either apples or pumpkins! I’m sticking with four for this one, all with the fruits mentioned on the cover themselves.
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#5OnMyTBR October 16th: Apples & Pumpkins
Totally Spooked by Zoey Indiana
Format: ebook
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Published: October 6th, 2020
Blindfolded speed dating for shifters, what could go wrong?
I spent years fighting alongside some of the best males I’ve ever known. One mission went wrong and I watched as my twin brother died in my arms. Now, I’ve settled into a less dangerous job developing new sonar technology for the military.
My life looks perfect, but I can’t get rid of this feeling I’m missing something. My family and friends keep pushing me to date, hoping I’ll finally find someone to keep me busy. I don’t want Mrs. Right Now… I need my fated mate. My beast drives me to find her, so I keep agreeing to blind dates that end badly.
But when a friend shows up on Halloween with an invite to a shifter speed dating event, I can’t pass on this chance to find my fated mate.
Format: ebook
Genre: Fantasy – Romance
Published: October 20th, 2020
Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie rode into the forest with the queen’s huntsman. Her lips were the color of ripe cherries, her skin as soft as new-fallen snow, her hair as dark as midnight. When they stopped to rest, the huntsman pulled out his knife . . . and took Sophie’s heart.
It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. Sophie had heard the rumors, the whispers. They said she was too kind and foolish to rule — a waste of a princess. A disaster of a future queen. And Sophie believed them. She believed everything she’d heard about herself, the poisonous words people use to keep girls like Sophie from becoming too powerful, too strong . . . With the help of seven mysterious strangers, Sophie manages to survive. But when she realizes that the jealous queen might not be to blame, Sophie must find the courage to face an even more terrifying enemy, proving that even the darkest magic can’t extinguish the fire burning inside every girl, and that kindness is the ultimate form of strength.
Format: ebook
Genre: Fantasy – Romance
Published: February 21st, 2023
An enchanted apple. A forbidden love. Just one bite to end it all.
Lady Eira Cannaid is the fairest in all the land, but beneath her beauty lies the scars inflicted by her abusive stepmother. Raised far from court, Eira is lured to the palace with the promise of a ball. One night of dancing won’t make all her dreams come true, but it’s a welcome break from the monotony of her life.
But promises are easily broken. Eira soon realizes her scheming stepmother is determined to raise her own standing at court by bartering Eira’s virginity to the king as his bride.
In a land where magic is forbidden, Eira possesses something far more valuable than her maidenhood. Something she’s kept hidden even from her stepmother. A power swirling in her blood that she must learn to control or risk it being used against her.
Lurking in the shadows is the king’s heir, a prince willing to court the ire of his father to claim what he believes is rightfully his—and he’ll do anything to ruin Eira before his father has the chance.
To escape not just the prince’s threats, but the unwanted marriage, and her stepmother’s nefarious schemes, Eira will have to trust a complete stranger. A handsome huntsman who could be either her salvation, or her undoing.
The path to her happily ever after is paved with treachery, deceit, and betrayal. Eira will risk everything to claim what’s rightfully hers, and it begins with an enchanted apple that will end her life.
Format: ebook
Genre: Fantasy
Published: May 21st, 2021
Twice marked. Once by Heaven, once by Hell …
Riss Wilde, and her sister Lily, were forced into the demon-fighting arena at a young age. After nearly a decade of hunting the denizens of Hell to determine the fate of their souls, they found stability, of sorts, with a home base in Nashville, Tennessee.
When a fellow hunter turns up dead, secrets are revealed that send all the players in the game scrambling. Now, Riss and Lily not only have to contend with demons, but with the possibility that everything they’ve been fighting for is a lie.
Left with nothing but bad choices, Riss will do what’s she’s always done, protect those she loves at all costs. Hopefully, she doesn’t bring on an apocalypse in the process.
Have you read any of these? Or do they appear on your TBR, too? As always I’d love to hear from you!
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