ItaPixie's Book Corner

  Release Date: 12.31.2020 Synopsis: Being blind doesn’t hold Ava Bennet back in the least. With her work, her shopping, and public transportation within walking distance, she’s totally at home in the big city. But she’s not in the city now. Temporarily back in her small home town to help her father has her struggling in a big way.   Luke Walker is done running from his troubled past. Finally home after years in the military, he’s ready to make amends with his family and set down some roots. But adapting to civilian life is much harder than he ever expected.   She has no intention of sticking around. He has no plans to run again. All they have is one month together. Will it be enough for Luke to prove he’s everything Ava needs—in light, in darkness, and most importantly, even in the rain?   Review: Waiting On The Rain was such a beautiful and emotional read. Luke, a retired Army Ranger, came back home to reconnect with his brothers and sister but adapting to the...

  Release Date: 12.30.2020 Synopsis: Steele: I'm a second-year hockey player for the Seattle Sockeyes. Imagine my shock when I return from a trip to find my former roommate has transferred his lease to my nemesis. She's so annoying I can't stand to be in the same room with her. She pushes all my buttons and is my exact opposite. Despite it all, I want to rip off her clothes and make mad passionate love to her. What is wrong with me? Hyacinth: I'm the free-spirited daughter of a radical activist. I've marched in my share of protests, and saving the world is my life's mission, but lately I'm wondering where my life is headed. When I'm offered the chance to share the lease on a fancy condo only two blocks from my bartending job, I jump on it. Like with most things, this one is too good to be true. My roommate is a finicky, annoying AF hot hockey player I've butted heads with in the past who thinks my causes are ridiculous. He pushes all my buttons, and ...

  Release Date: 12.29.2020 Synopsis: Josie Way loved working among the Library of Congress’s leather-scented stacks—until she uncovered corruption and made herself a target. As Wilfred, Oregon’s new librarian, Josie can stay undercover until the case goes to court. But life in this little town isn’t as subdued as she expected. The library, housed in a a Victorian mansion, is slated to be bulldozed. Still digesting the news that her safe haven is about to become scrap lumber, Josie discovers a body in the woods . . . Almost as shocking, Josie learns that she’s descended from a long line of witches—and her powers have suddenly sprung to life. With help from a spoiled alley cat who just may be her familiar, Josie’s thumbing through a catalog of suspects, hoping she can conjure a way to save her library—and her life. . . Review: Josephine works at the Library of the Congress, a day during her lunch break she overhears a shady deal between two men so after she reported it to the authori...

  Release Date: 11.05.2020 Synopsis: What if you made a list of all the crazy things you’ve dreamed of doing, but have been too scared to try…and then did them? Every. Last. One. Unassuming, nice-girl Dany has always done what other people expect. She keeps her dreams buried beneath boring cardigans and beige upholstery. Until the day she’s diagnosed with breast cancer, her fiancé dumps her, and she loses everything. Now Dany is going to do the unexpected – survive and thrive. She has a ten step checklist and a sexy new landlord determined to tag along. Suddenly, Dany’s life goes from ordinary to wildly unexpected. But when everything turns upside down again, Dany has to decide, is number ten on her list the end or just the beginning? Review: I usually don't read stories about cancer because it is too real and scary but I'm glad I've started this book because The Fall In Love Checklist is a story about friendship, personal growth, self love and yes unfortunately about cance...

  Release Date: 11.01.2020 Synopsis: Luke, Viscount Enstone’s, resolve to avoid a love match is tested to its limit when he accepts responsibility for the Davenport family. Luke has found it hard to sort out his late father’s affairs. A dishonest secretary and ailing land agent have left the family estates in disorder. With new people in place, he sets off to one of his smaller properties to discover the extent of an obligation that seems out of keeping with the cold-hearted father he remembers. Why is Miss Kitty Davenport living at Shepley Hall and what was her connection to his father? Kitty’s patience is wearing thin after a long wait to find out if the new Viscount Enstone will continue the support his father gave to her family. All she needs is help to find a suitable position to escape from the unwanted attentions of a persistent suitor, but there is her schoolboy brother to worry about.   Review: Miss Kitty Davenport was left by herself at the Shepley Hall after her aun...

  Release Date: 10.31.2020 Synopsis: After a cruel twist of fate sends her hurtling into a black hole of despair, Carrie is absolutely dreading the festive season - especially with sister, Krystle, being even more demanding of her time and energy than usual. But then friend Maddy offers Carri e a lifeline: the chance to get away from it all in a holiday cottage in the gorgeous little village of Silverbells. Deciding that a few weeks of tranquillity - reading, baking and going for long walks in the countryside - might just restore her mood, Carr ie is quick to take up the offer. But on arriving, it very soon becomes clear that this break is going to be anything but peaceful! An unwelcome houseguest proves unsettling enough - especially one who whistles loudly first thing in the morning and is far too cheerful for his own good - but finding herself drawn into the spooky mystery of her missing neighbour means there really isn't much time for personal reflection. And then love comes kn...

  Release Date: 12.08.2020 Synopsis: I've been in love with her for two years. The first time around I screwed things up. I hesitated and the moment was gone. I passed when I shouldn't have. Not a total loss. I gained a best friend instead of whatever we might have been. Sydney is hands down the best thing that's ever happened to me, and I'll do anything to keep her in my life. Even bury my feelings deep inside. But one hot summer together at the lake filled with lots of teeny-tiny bikinis and I'm ready to risk it all for a second chance. It's time to take my shot. Review: With the cold weather finally coming it was such a pleasure to read about a funny, crazy and hot Summer at the lake. Tanner is a basketball and baseball player, he meets Sudney, a volleyball player, at one of the amazing parties at the white house. They easily become friends and even if there is a strong physical attraction between them they decide to not act on their desires because they thin...

  Release Date: 12.08.2020 Synopsis: Holly Jolly hates Christmas—𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴. But she can’t turn down the opportunity to create San Francisco’s legendary, life-size gingerbread house. Surrounded by tinsled trees and merry mistletoe, Holly steps into her own nightmare before Christmas. 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘬. Saint Nicholsen never expected his new pastry chef to hate his favorite holiday—𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. And when one conversation makes it clear there’s more to her story than the gorgeous grinch is letting on, Saint decides to grant her every missed Christmas wish. Unfortunately for him, Holly doesn’t trust the holiday that’s only proved disastrous. She’s already taken out Santa, overdosed on eggnog, and almost toppled the tree—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. But somewhere between presents and tree trimming, the magic of their attraction ...

  Release Date: 12.03.2020 Synopsis: @UofJ: House parties and handcuffs don't mix. #IsThatBlood #DontMessWithTheFlock #Kaysonova The mighty Casanova has fallen. ME : six foot five, two hundred and fifty pounds, collegiate football player. Protected by my pint-sized girlfriend. Comical. Ridiculous.  𝗕 BROKEN 𝗥 . She tackled my heart, but they  want the rest of me. Mason Nova is... MINE. Gossip love 𝘷 drama. Anything to up their likes, especially when we're 𝘦 the story. Enough is ENOUGH . I stopped hiding and paid the price...even have the scars  to prove it. It’s time to control my  narrative. I’m taking a page from my boyfriend’s playbook to prove he’s not  the only one playing for keeps. *book 3 in the series cannot be read as a stand-alone.* Review: Here we are, if you’ve survived to the previous books cliffhangers, we can finally read the end of Kayla and Mason’s story. Even if I’m sure we will see them again in their friends’ books. Playing For Keep...

  Release Date: 10.27.2020 Synopsis: Do you believe in fate? Livvie Weatherill does… This time last year, if anyone had told Livvie Weatherill she’d have fallen in love and would be making plans for her Christmas wedding to Zander Gillespie, she would have laughed in their face. If they’d gone on to say they’d be planning to have their wedding at the imposing Danskelfe Castle, she’d have laughed even louder! But it would seem fate had plans for her… Since moving to the pretty moorland village of Lytell Stangdale Livvie is happier than she’s ever been. She’s living with Zander and she’s working at her dream job as a wedding dress designer at Romantique with her friends, Kitty and Violet. It’s fair to say, she’s enjoying immersing herself in village life, from romantic walks in the countryside, to meeting friends at the quaint Sunne Inne. And she can’t think of anything better than rounding off the day cosying up with Zander. Life is sweet. Her blossoming friendship with Freda Easton...