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Augusztus 4.: Félúton
Mivel július már a múlté, hivatalosan is a 2021-es év második feléhez érkeztünk. Melyek azok a kedvenc könyveid, amelyek az év első felében jelentek meg?
 
Szerencsére ebben az évben több idén megjelent regényt is sikerült elolvasnom, most pedig mutatom is nektek, hogy melyik az az öt, amelyik a legjobban elnyerte a tetszésemet. A könyveket teljesen véletlenszerű sorrendben sorolom fel.

Jó böngészést mindenkinek!
 
Piper Rayne: My Vegas Groom | Könyvprofil
Megjelenés ideje: 2021. május 18.
Sorozat: The Greene Family
A sorozat kötetei:
My Twist of Fortune
My Beautiful Neighbor
My Almost Ex
My Vegas Groom
My Sister’s Flirty Friend
My Unexpected Surprise
My Famous Frenemy
My Scorned Best Friend
My Fake Fiancé
My Brother’s Forbidden Friend
Fülszöveg:
Waking up next to a stranger wearing a wedding ring was not on the itinerary.
I came to Las Vegas for a quick girl’s trip, but somehow ended up a married woman. What I thought would stay in Vegas followed me back to my small town of Sunrise Bay, Alaska.
Of course, my new husband—MMA champion fighter, Logan Stone—couldn’t find me alone at my house to tell me he wants to give our impromptu nuptials a shot. He has to tell me in front of my entire family and half the town.
The two of us couldn’t be more opposite, but he offers me a deal I can’t refuse which involves me pretending we’re happily married for three months. Yeah, a lot of things can change in that short amount of time, most importantly catching feelings for a man whose lifestyle I despise.
 
 
Mondhatjuk úgy is, hogy a My Vegas Groom olvasásával a sorozat kellős közepébe ugrottam, hiszen nem olvastam az ezelőtt megjelent köteteket.  Azért történt így, mert személy szerint én nagyon szeretem az olyan könyveket, amelyben a szereplők egy meglepetés házasságon esnek át (ez általában úgy néz ki, hogy elmennek Vegasba, egy kicsit többet isznak a kelleténél, másnap pedig házaspárként ébrednek fel a főszereplők), és amikor megláttam, hogy Piper Rayne legújabb alkotása is ezt a témát dolgozza fel, egyszerűen muszáj volt elolvasnom. Ha ti is hasonlón gondolkoztok, én azt mondom, olvassátok el nyugodtan, őszintén megmondva én egyáltalán nem éreztem azt, hogy lemaradtam volna valamiről azzal, hogy nem olvastam az előző részeket, az írónők zseniálisan megoldották ezt is, bevezetnek a történetbe, de mégsem árulnak el sokat, csak pont annyit, hogy teljes mértékben élvezhesse az olvasó a történetet.
A My Vegas Groom azonnal hatalmas kedvencemmé vált, ez egy rendkívül lebilincselő regény, nagyon szórakoztató, de egyben érzelmes volt; ha szerettek nagyobb családokról is olvasni, akkor biztos vagyok benne, hogy titeket is le fog nyűgözni.
 
Carian Cole: Don’t Kiss the Bride | Könyvprofil
Megjelenés ideje: 2021. január 31.
Fülszöveg:
I guess you could say I was a damsel in distress, and he was my knight in shining armor.
But more accurately, I was a girl with a lot of bad luck, and he was a guy with a lot of muscles and tattoos.
Jude “Lucky” Lucketti wasn’t just a sexy, brooding construction worker. He was my own personal hero who seemed to be in all the right places at the right times. Like when my car broke down and I needed a ride home, and when I face planted on the sidewalk right in front of him and had to be taken to the emergency room.
Those weren’t exactly my best moments, but they were his.
We became friends, and it didn’t matter that he was sixteen years older than me. We had a lot in common—like our love of old rock music and vintage fast cars, and our aversion to relationships.
When he approached me with a crazy idea to help me out, I couldn’t say no.
The arrangement was supposed to be temporary. A marriage on paper and nothing else.
It should’ve been easy, but it wasn’t.
Because here I am, eighteen years-old, still in high school, and married to a man I was never supposed to fall in love with.
We had just one rule—no kissing the bride.
But we broke that rule, and it sealed our fate forever.
 

 
A Dont Kiss the Bride volt a legeslegelső könyv, amit Carian Cole írónőtől olvastam, és már ezzel teljesen megvett magának. Néhány héttel ezelőtt azért kezdtem el olvasni ezt a regényt, mert akkor nagyon egy olyan történetet szerettem volna, amiben a főszereplők között van egy nagyobb korkülönbség, és így, hogy már elolvastam, azt kell, hogy mondjam, minden egyes elvárásomat felülmúlta ez a kötet. Ha ti is szeretitek az ilyen témájú történeteket, akkor mindenképpen el kell olvasnotok ezt is. Az írásmód, a karakterek, a cselekmény, ó, minden annyira tökéletesen lett kivitelezve.  A Dont Kiss the Bride nem csak a 2021-es év legjobb korkülönbséges regénye, hanem az egyik legjobb, amit valaha olvastam.
 
Eliah Greenwood: Dear Love, I Hate You | Könyvprofil
Megjelenés ideje: 2021. március 12.
Sorozat: Easton Boys
A sorozat kötetei:
Dear Love, I Hate You (Xavier & Aveena története)
Dear Heart, I Hate You (Finn & Dia története) – még nem jelent meg
Fülszöveg:
It all started with an anonymous letter.
He wasn’t supposed to find it—no one was. And he definitely wasn’t supposed to answer it.
We end up talking through letters and sticky notes in a book. One sticky note. Two sticky notes. Ten sticky notes. All baring our darkest, deepest secrets.
It’s all fun and games until I find out who my pen pal is...
Xavier Emery. King of my basketball-obsessed town, my childhood bully, and the guy I am in grave danger of falling in love with.
But the rules were clear: we can never know who we’re talking to, and the confessions can never, ever get out. Seriously. It would destroy lives.
Fine by me. Even if Mr. Popular does find out his confidant is little old me, it’s not like he’d ever love me back…
Right?
 
 
Eliah Greenwood nekem egy teljesen új írónő volt, a Dear Love, I Hate You előtt még semmit sem olvastam tőle, de ezzel a regényével teljes mértékben elvarázsolt. Ez a kötet több mint 400 oldalas, és én ezt kevesebb mint egy nap alatt el is olvastam. Xavier és Aveena gyorsan belopták magukat a szívembe, imádtam a kis levélváltásaikat, egyszerűen zseniális lett ez a könyv. Ráadásul, egy kis bepillantást nyerünk két mellékszereplő életébe, akik szavakkal ki sem tudom fejezni, hogy mennyire cukik együtt. Imádtam a jeleneteiket, és hihetetlenül boldog voltam, amikor az írónő bejelentette, hogy az ő történetüket is megírja. Már alig várom, hogy olvashassam a Dear Heart, I Hate You-t.
Addig is, ha egy jó középiskolában játszódó, utálatból-szerelem regényre vágytok, akkor mindenképpen olvassátok el a Dear Love, I Hate You-t.
 
Shey Stahl: When We Met | Könyvprofil
Megjelenés ideje: 2021. április 9.
Fülszöveg:
When Kacy Conner crashes her car into the side of my repair shop, I should have ignored it.
Given the damage to the building and her car, I couldn’t. But I didn’t have to offer her a place to stay. None of it had to do with her being stranded in our small town or those beautiful blue eyes. And it certainly did not have to do with her contagious laughter or that she’s crazy sexy and feisty.
I’m lying. It has everything to do with her.
Now I have to think of a reason to make her stay past the two weeks it takes to fix her car.
And I’m enlisting the help of my two adorable daughters. I know, you should never use your kids to get laid, but whoever said that hadn’t gone five years without any.
Or they’re lying to you.
Don’t go calling protective services on me. Everything I’m having them do is completely harmless. I mean, it’s totally okay to bribe your kids with cookies to slash her tires so she can’t leave. And it’s fine to have them steal the battery out of her car. Okay, I helped with that one. Hello, they can’t carry a car battery. They can’t even clean their room, or so they tell me.
Also, just so we’re clear on how far you can take it, it’s no big deal to have your three-year-old fake an injury to get alone time with her. I’m sure all single dad’s do that.
A little white lie never hurt anyone.
Until her lie finds her and I begin to question everything she’s told me about the night we met.
 
 
Shey Stahl munkásságára először az Instagramon figyeltem fel, amikor is leleplezte a legújabb regényének, a When We Met-nek, a borítóját. Rengeteg bookstagrammer megosztotta, és nekem ez a borító első látásra szerelem lett. Hát nem imádnivaló? Aznap a kötet landolt is a kívánságlistámon, és tűkön ülve vártam, hogy végre eljöjjön április eleje, és olvashassam ezt a könyvet. Azt tudni kell rólam, hogy én imádom az olyan történeteket, amelyekben a férfi főszereplő egy egyedülálló apuka, és ha elolvastátok a fülszöveget, akkor ti is tudjátok, hogy a When We Met is ilyen, szóval engem már a megjelenése előtt teljesen elnyert magának ez a kötet.
Az elolvasása után sem kellett csalódnom, ez az egyik legaranyosabb regény, amit valaha is olvastam. Egyszerűen faltam a sorokat, ha egy könnyed, humoros kis olvasmányra vágytok, akkor bátran tudom nektek ajánlani Shey Stahl When We Met című alkotását.
 
Natasha Knight: With this Ring | Könyvprofil
Megjelenés ideje: 2021. február 2.
Sorozat: To Have and To Hold Duet
A sorozat kötetei:
With this Ring
I Thee Take
Fülszöveg:
When I rescued Scarlett De La Cruz from her tower it’s not like her prospects were looking so great.
You’d think she’d show a little gratitude. Thank me for putting my ring on her finger and marking her as mafia property.
My property.
I’ll keep her safe. And the trade-off isn’t so bad. Most women would jump at the chance to sleep in my bed.
Not Scarlett, though.
My Cartel Princess has a big mouth and an even bigger attitude. But it’s her furious caramel eyes that keep me coming back for more. That and the way her body bends to mine like it already knows it belongs to me.
Scarlett is my enemy. She’s also the one woman I can’t keep my hands off.
But if I don’t keep my head on straight, everything I’ve worked for all these years will have been for nothing.
 
 
Dark romance-ből nekem jöhet bármennyi, az ilyen történetekből nekem sosem elég. Főleg, ha érdekházasság is van benne. Fogalmam sincs, hogy miért szeretem ezeket annyira, egyszerűen képtelen vagyok megunni. Ha éppen egy ilyen könyvet kerestek, akkor érdemes egy pillantást vetni Natasha Knight With this Ring című alkotására is. Én nagyon gyorsan a végére értem, és utána rendesen rossz volt várni a folytatásra (ó, hogy én mennyire utálom a függővégeket), rendesen számoltam vissza a napokat az I Thee Take megjelenéséig.
Szóval ha egy izgalmas maffiás történetre vágytok, akkor nagyon tudom ajánlani nektek ezt a duológiát, engem teljesen levett a lábamról.
 
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Legyen csodás napotok!
 
xoxo, Fruzsi

Hey everyone!
I am back with a brand new Top 5 Wednesday post. Today’s topic is:
 
August 4th: Halfway There!
Now that July is over, we’re officially in the second half of 2021! What are some of your favourite books published in the first half of this year?
 
Fortunately, I have already read many novels which were released in the first half of 2021, so here is my first August Top 5 Wednesday list with my favourite 2021 releases. I will list the books in a random order.

Happy reading!
 
My Vegas Groom by Piper Rayne | Book profile
Publishing date: May 18th, 2021
Series: The Greene Family
Books in the series:
My Twist of Fortune
My Beautiful Neighbor
My Almost Ex
My Vegas Groom
My Sister’s Flirty Friend
My Unexpected Surprise
My Famous Frenemy
My Scorned Best Friend
My Fake Fiancé
My Brother’s Forbidden Friend
Blurb:
Waking up next to a stranger wearing a wedding ring was not on the itinerary.
I came to Las Vegas for a quick girl’s trip, but somehow ended up a married woman. What I thought would stay in Vegas followed me back to my small town of Sunrise Bay, Alaska.
Of course, my new husband—MMA champion fighter, Logan Stone—couldn’t find me alone at my house to tell me he wants to give our impromptu nuptials a shot. He has to tell me in front of my entire family and half the town.
The two of us couldn’t be more opposite, but he offers me a deal I can’t refuse which involves me pretending we’re happily married for three months. Yeah, a lot of things can change in that short amount of time, most importantly catching feelings for a man whose lifestyle I despise.
 
 
I kinda jumped straight into this series by reading My Vegas Groom, because I have not read the previous books before starting it. The reason for that is I really love the accidental marriage trope, and when I saw that this one is a story like that, I just simply could not wait, I had to read it. If you are thinking about doing the same, do not worry, for me it was completely fine, I could totally enjoy it, and it even became one of the best novels I have read in 2021. It is a really fun story, and I am 100% sure you will also love it, especially if you like reading about bigger families.
 
Don’t Kiss the Bride by Carian Cole | Book profile
Publishing date: January 31st, 2021
Blurb:
I guess you could say I was a damsel in distress, and he was my knight in shining armor.
But more accurately, I was a girl with a lot of bad luck, and he was a guy with a lot of muscles and tattoos.
Jude “Lucky” Lucketti wasn’t just a sexy, brooding construction worker. He was my own personal hero who seemed to be in all the right places at the right times. Like when my car broke down and I needed a ride home, and when I face planted on the sidewalk right in front of him and had to be taken to the emergency room.
Those weren’t exactly my best moments, but they were his.
We became friends, and it didn’t matter that he was sixteen years older than me. We had a lot in common—like our love of old rock music and vintage fast cars, and our aversion to relationships.
When he approached me with a crazy idea to help me out, I couldn’t say no.
The arrangement was supposed to be temporary. A marriage on paper and nothing else.
It should’ve been easy, but it wasn’t.
Because here I am, eighteen years-old, still in high school, and married to a man I was never supposed to fall in love with.
We had just one rule—no kissing the bride.
But we broke that rule, and it sealed our fate forever.
 
 
Don’t Kiss the Bride was my very first book by Carian Cole, and I was so obsessed with this story from the first word to the very last. I picked it up because I wanted to read a novel in which there is a bigger age difference between the characters, and let me tell you, it exceeded my expectations. If you love age gap romances, it is a must read for you. The writing, the characters, the story, ah everything is just so perfectly executed. Dont Kiss the Bride is literally not just the best age gap story of 2021, this is one of the best ones I have ever read.
 
Dear Love, I Hate You by Eliah Greenwood | Book profile
Publishing date: March 12th, 2021
Series: Easton Boys
Books in the series:
Dear Love, I Hate You (Xavier & Aveena’s story)
Dear Heart, I Hate You (Finn & Dia’s story) – to be released
Blurb:
It all started with an anonymous letter.
He wasn’t supposed to find it—no one was. And he definitely wasn’t supposed to answer it.
We end up talking through letters and sticky notes in a book. One sticky note. Two sticky notes. Ten sticky notes. All baring our darkest, deepest secrets.
It’s all fun and games until I find out who my pen pal is...
Xavier Emery. King of my basketball-obsessed town, my childhood bully, and the guy I am in grave danger of falling in love with.
But the rules were clear: we can never know who we’re talking to, and the confessions can never, ever get out. Seriously. It would destroy lives.
Fine by me. Even if Mr. Popular does find out his confidant is little old me, it’s not like he’d ever love me back…
Right?
 
 
Eliah Greenwood was a new-to-me author for me, I have not read her books before I picked up Dear Love, I Hate You, which completely mesmerized me. This novel is more than 400 pages long, and I have managed to finish it in less than a day. I have quickly developed a soft spot for Xavier and Aveena, I adored their letters, this story is just so incredibly amazing. Moreover, we get so many glimpses into the secondary characters’ lives, two of them are so cute, and I was so so so so so happy when the author announced that she will write their story too. I can not wait to finally read Dear Heart, I Hate You.
In the meanwhile, if you are looking for a good enemies-to-lovers high school romance, then I can highly and honestly recommend Dear Love, I Hate You to you.
 
 
When We Met by Shey Stahl | Book profile
Publishing date: April 9th, 2021
Blurb:
When Kacy Conner crashes her car into the side of my repair shop, I should have ignored it.
Given the damage to the building and her car, I couldn’t. But I didn’t have to offer her a place to stay. None of it had to do with her being stranded in our small town or those beautiful blue eyes. And it certainly did not have to do with her contagious laughter or that she’s crazy sexy and feisty.
I’m lying. It has everything to do with her.
Now I have to think of a reason to make her stay past the two weeks it takes to fix her car.
And I’m enlisting the help of my two adorable daughters. I know, you should never use your kids to get laid, but whoever said that hadn’t gone five years without any.
Or they’re lying to you.
Don’t go calling protective services on me. Everything I’m having them do is completely harmless. I mean, it’s totally okay to bribe your kids with cookies to slash her tires so she can’t leave. And it’s fine to have them steal the battery out of her car. Okay, I helped with that one. Hello, they can’t carry a car battery. They can’t even clean their room, or so they tell me.
Also, just so we’re clear on how far you can take it, it’s no big deal to have your three-year-old fake an injury to get alone time with her. I’m sure all single dad’s do that.
A little white lie never hurt anyone.
Until her lie finds her and I begin to question everything she’s told me about the night we met.
 

I have discovered Shey Stahl’s books on Instagram, more exactly when she revealed the cover of her newest novel, When We Met. Many bookstagrammers shared it, and this cover was a love at first sight for me. Isn’t it adorable? I have instantly added it to my to-be-read list, and I was eagerly waiting for April, so I could finally read this beauty. I really love single dad romances, if you have read the blurb then you know this one is also a single dad story, so yeah, When We Met completely amazed me way before it was released.
I was not disappointed after I finished reading it, this is one of the cutest novels I have ever read. I have devoured it so quickly, if you are in mood for a really good romcom, then I can highly recommend this one for you.
 
With this Ring by Natasha Knight | Book profile
Publishing date: February 2nd, 2021
Series: To Have and To Hold Duet
Books in the series:
With this Ring
I Thee Take
Blurb:
When I rescued Scarlett De La Cruz from her tower it’s not like her prospects were looking so great.
You’d think she’d show a little gratitude. Thank me for putting my ring on her finger and marking her as mafia property.
My property.
I’ll keep her safe. And the trade-off isn’t so bad. Most women would jump at the chance to sleep in my bed.
Not Scarlett, though.
My Cartel Princess has a big mouth and an even bigger attitude. But it’s her furious caramel eyes that keep me coming back for more. That and the way her body bends to mine like it already knows it belongs to me.
Scarlett is my enemy. She’s also the one woman I can’t keep my hands off.
But if I don’t keep my head on straight, everything I’ve worked for all these years will have been for nothing.
 

 
I can never get enough of dark romance novels. I just adore them, especially if they include an arranged marriage. Don’t ask me why I love them so much, because I have no idea, I just simply do. If you are looking for a story like that, please check out With this Ring by Natasha Knight. I have finished reading this novel so quickly, and after that, it was so painful to wait for the next one (oh, I have a love-hate relationship with cliffhangers), literally I have been counting down the days until the release of I Thee Take. And the wait wasn’t even that long, because it was released on February 23rd.
So yeah, if you are in mood for a mafia romance, then I can highly recommend this duet for you, it has absolutely swept me off my feet.
 
Thank you so so much for reading this post, I hope you liked it. If you are interested in the Top 5 Wednesday project, they have a group on Goodreads (click here) where you can find the upcoming topics and you can read lists by other readers too.
 
Have a wonderful day!
 
xoxo, Fruzsi
 

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