Six For Sunday – February – Read it and weep!
Six for Sunday (#SixForSunday) is a weekly meme hosted by Steph over at A Little But a Lot. The prompts for each week are up well in advance and they are a great way to share your love of all things book.
Today’s theme is “Books that made you FEEL“
My Torin by K. Webster
NA/Contemporary Romance
Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36685321-my-torin
I left a very vague review for this one way, way back in January 2018 and I knew then it would be one of my top reads of the year. The lack of detail is because this is one of those books best jumped into completely blind. I promise you won’t regret it.
Who could imagine how important a penny would prove to be? This book was twisty, mysterious, promised so much and delivered on that promise but with a bitter poisonous barb that eviscerated my heart. The story of Casey, Tyler and Torin seriously gave me ALL the feels.
Synopsis
I’m a freak, a misfit, an odd end. Abandoned and unloved.
But my happiness is so close I can taste it. Until he shows up.
Gorgeous, expensive, and all man. Sad brown eyes and a brilliant smile.
And he wants me to go with him.
is intentions are hidden. His motives are unclear. Yet, I leave with him because there’s no happiness here.
What he promises feels too good to be true…
A castle. A fortune. And horses too.
It’s too easy. Nothing in my life has ever been easy. What’s the catch?
There’s always a catch.
Fresh Catch by Kate Canterbary
MM Contemporary Romance
Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35919933-fresh-catch
I described this as an emotion stomping book. Two people, hurt in the past, neither quite brave enough to put everything on the line. Angsty without being annoying, hot in all the right places and guaranteed to make your heart go boom. MM isn’t my usual go-to genre, but the author IS one who never disappoints.
Synopsis
Take a vacation, they said. Get away from Silicon Valley’s back-stabbing and power-grabbing. Recharge the innovative batteries. Unwind, then come back stronger than ever.
Instead, I got lost at sea and fell in love with an anti-social lobsterman.
There’s one small issue:
Owen Bartlett doesn’t know who I am. Who I really am.
I don’t like people. I avoid small talk and socializing, and I kick my companions out of bed before the sun rises.
No strings, no promises, no problems.
Until Cole McClish’s boat drifts into Talbott’s Cove, and I bend all my rules for the sexy sailor.
I don’t know Cole’s story or what he’s running from, but one thing is certain:
I’m not letting him run away from me.
Wishing Well by Lily White
Psychological Romantic Suspense
Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44528116-wishing-well
This story trapped me in a revolving door of emotion. When it finally spit me out, it was with a heart shattered into a million pieces and having cried a river of tears. Even though there was a HEA of sorts, it wasn’t a happy ending for all the players. Lily White took me on one wonderful and amazing journey, the emotional impact of which still remains with me today.
Synopsis
The perfect timing of a fairy tale is tied to its tragedy…
Journalist, Meadow Graham, is invited to interview death row inmate, Vincent Mercier. Given three days to hear his sordid confession, Meadow seeks to learn why a wealthy hotel owner killed four people, including her twin sister.
Sensually exotic and enigmatic, Vincent details his deception while bragging about the amusement he took in manipulating Meadow’s sister.
Their interview is a battle of wills. His story is a twisted web of coercion and lies. And the tragedy is too perfect to be real.
Will Meadow discover all of Vincent’s secrets while she fights to protect her own?
The Good Samaritan by R.C. Boldt
Contemporary Romance
Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41146385-the-good-samaritan
Jude and Faith took up permanent residence within my heart with their story. This was a long journey to redemption and forgiveness, with lots of anger, happiness, sadness, joy and love along the way.
Synopsis
The biggest story of her life is the one he wants to hide.
I’m homeless by choice.
I have no intention of returning to my former life after what I’ve done.
This—living among the filth and discarded remnants of others—is what I deserve.
As atonement for my sins, I give back; I help those who cannot help themselves. But it’s always under the guise of anonymity.
Newspaper headlines throughout the city are clamoring to discover my identity. Including the beautiful woman who manages to see through my “armor.”
She has the capability to put my entire life at risk.
Trust (The 1000 Revolution #4) by Pippa DaCosta
Science Fiction/ Space Opera
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35597333-trust
I read this before I regularly wrote reviews and certainly before I knew Goodreads existed. However the phrase “Count the stars” still has the ability to bring tears to my eyes. The author left us all with shattered hearts, minds and souls, before thankfully changing her mind and deciding to add a few more books to the story of One, Caleb and Fran. Trouble is Pippa DaCosta’s favourite thing is to give with one hand whilst taking away with the other, so there have been plenty more heart shattering moments to endure. I hope to goodness we eventually get some kind of happy ending!
Synopsis
“I didn’t sign up to die a hero.” ~ Caleb.
Chen Hung closes in. The nine systems hang perilously close to a second fatal Blackout. The lives of billions of people are at stake. Does Captain Caleb Shepperd have what it takes to save the nine systems, or just himself?
Caleb never wanted to be a hero. That was his brother’s dream. Keep it simple, get away clean. Flying a ship packed with explosives into Janus orbit station isn’t simple, and there ain’t no way he’s getting away clean.
He knows the Fenrir Nine have sent him on a suicide mission, but he’s not about to lay down his life for them. He’s not a hero, and he sure ain’t no fool despite what the Nine must think. There’s another way, he just has to figure it out before the bomb he’s carrying ticks down to zero.
One survived; against the odds, the brutality, and the betrayal, she survived, but inside, in the part of her that’s real, she’s broken. Broken in ways that cannot be fixed.
She’s going back to where it all began, to Janus—to Chitec, to the ‘man’ who made her. It will take all that she is, all that she was, and all that she could be, to save the nine systems from the synthetics.
She will not fail.
“I am One, and I cannot be stopped.”
One More Thing (47 Things #2) by Lilliana Anderson
Contemporary Romance
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35626261-one-more-thing
This book held me so spellbound I read until 2.30am just to finish it. Despite this being sub-titled as 47 Things #2 it CAN be read stand alone. I know that because I haven’t read 47 Things. I don’t know if my heart and soul could stand it, I cried enough at this book – even though we were getting a forever love story. Jude, Sarah, Ty and Tyler made me laugh, smile and sob. They made my soul ache with a longing for something that would never be and my heart sing with joy at them finding their always. Another reviewer said “the feels were strong with this one” – they weren’t wrong.
Synopsis
I didn’t ask to slip on a piece of gum then fall in love with a man who would die before the ink was dry on our marriage certificate.
But that’s what fate had in store and it broke me. I vowed I would never fall in love again.
Five years later, fate has one more thing in store for me. It wants to play around in my life again. Its tool? Another blasted stick of gum. Same place, only this time, it was Jude Baker, a university lecturer, who slipped on the gum.
Despite being a pacifist, he wasn’t particularly happy about it and made his distaste abundantly clear.
But that stick of gum was the catalyst of a series of events where our paths would continue to cross. There would be a broken nose, a fractured hand, a cat on a lead and a crashed corporate Christmas party that would align our hearts and make me realise that I wanted to be happy again.
But there would be tears. Many, many tears. Because falling in love isn’t easy, especially when you’re still in love with another man.
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