ItaPixie's Book Corner

  On September I've slowed down my reading because of work, but it still was a good month. On September  I've read  7  books:       - A Skies And Summer Kisses by Eliza J. Scott 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - A Cup Of Autumn by Melissa  McClone 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - The Matchmaker And The Cowboy by Robin Bielman 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - The Last Saxon King by Andrew Varga 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - Hating The Player by Rebecca Jenshak 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞 - In Little Stars by Linda Green 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞 - Slapshot by Jami Davenport 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞           My favourite  Book Of The Month  is  In Little Stars by Linda Green  this heartbreaking story deserves all the stars and every tears I've shed.              For the  Neverending NetGalley Challenge  with the  Back to School  prompt I've chosen to read a time travelling, historical, young adult that will be released at the beginning of next year. - The Last Saxon King by Andre...

  Synopsis: BRYCE: I'm the guy the entire team loves to hate. Not only am I one of the Sockeyes' best players, but I make sure everyone knows it. No woman has ever held my heart until I meet Tia. She's everything I am, gorgeous, rude, arrogant with a capital 'TUDE, and we're both concealing soul-shattering pain. Together we're fire and ice, a combo I can't resist and one that has me worried I've finally succumbed to the worst four-letter word in the English language--LOVE. TIA: After my mother's tragic death, I've lashed out and driven away everyone who ever cared about me. The pain is so great, I feel I don’t deserve friendship or love. Along comes Bryce. We're kindred spirits. He's as damaged as I am. Out of our grief, something special begins to sprout, but our tendency to destroy anything good in our lives threatens the best thing that's ever happened to us. Only Bryce refuses to give up while I'm finding old habits die hard. ...

  Synopsis: In a divided northern England, love and hate are about to collide . . . Sylvie and Donna travel on the same train to work each day but have never spoken. Their families are on different sides of the bitter Brexit divide, although the tensions and arguments at home give them much in common. What they don't know is that their eldest children, Rachid and Jodie, are about to meet for the first time and fall in love. Aware that neither family will approve, the teenagers vow to keep their romance a secret. But as Sylvie's family feel increasingly unwelcome in England, a desire for a better life threatens Rachid and Jodie's relationship. Can their love unite their families - or will it end in tragedy? Review: In Little Stars is a poignant story about love and hate. It's so real it's scary, it's set in Englad but it could have been set wherever in the World because unfortunately the far-right and racist are raising their shitty heads everywhere. Jodie and Ra...

  Synopsis: Gavin Leonard is the worst. He lives in the best party house off campus at Valley U, overrun by jocks galore. I live next door, watching Jane Austen adaptations with my sketchbook in hand. He stays on his side of the fence. I stay on mine. Now we're accidentally on a camping trip together, but there's only one tent left. Gavin Leonard is the worst. And he's the last guy who broke my heart. Review: Violet and Gavin hate each other, but is it true? They went out for a while until Gavin cheated on her and he lost her. Now Violet tries to avoid him but it's really difficult when he is her neighbour. Violet and Gavin story was so perfect and entertaining, once I've started to read it I couldn't stop. I loved them and I appreciated the way they slowly rekindle their friendship. It's so funny to see Violet, our strong and stubborn heroine, accepting that Gavin is not mean and that she still loves him. Gavin wounded Violet in the past making some bad dec...

  Synopsis: No matter how hard you fight it, love will always find a way… Ever since she was a little girl, dance teacher Anoushka Cartwright has dreamed of opening her own dance studio near her home on her beloved North Yorkshire Moors. And when she gets the chance to do just that she can hardly believe her luck! Life is sweet. Or it would be if it wasn’t for her relationship with Damon which has been growing increasingly toxic, much to her family’s concern. Critical of her dreams he can’t understand why she won’t move to the city of York and live with him. He refuses to accept their relationship is floundering until the day Anoushka breaks up with him. Popular indie/folk singer, Gabe Dublin, hails from Southern Ireland. He’s been head-over-heels in love with Anoushka ever since he first set eyes on her at a wedding two years earlier. She’s the reason he keeps returning to the area, staying with his friends, Lady Caroline Hammondely and her husband Sim, at Danskelfe Castle. Gabe a...

Synopsis: He thought he had the perfect plan… When elite university professor Keaton Andrews walks into a meeting with the dean, he expects to hear that his tenure application is on track. Instead, his beloved department is cut. Regrouping in Silver Falls with family seems like his best option. One morning, he takes a risk and orders a pumpkin spice latte from the beautiful barista at the local coffee shop. Too bad she doesn’t seem to find him nearly as intriguing as he finds her… Raine Hanover is no longer swayed by a charming smile, especially by a nerdy—and distractingly handsome—academic. She’s taking a break from romance and focusing on running her increasingly busy coffee shop. But when Raine is involuntarily put in charge of organizing the town’s Halloween bash, Keaton jumps in to help, and it’s not long before sparks, and kisses, fly. As the leaves begin to fall, Raine wonders if she should risk taking another chance on happily ever after, especially with a man who has drea...

  Synopsis: Dr. Off Limits? I have a fever and I think you might be the medicine I need. I’ve sworn off men to focus on my dream job that starts on Monday. But my best friend talks me into a final night of fun—a blind date. I only agree because the guy is going to work as a doctor in Africa. It’s the best date of my life. Dr. Africa makes me laugh and swoon and I want to give him a thorough physical examination. He turns into Dr. One Night Stand, and I’m not sad about it. Monday morning, I’m enthusiastic and excited, until I bump into . . . you guessed it. Apparently Dr. Africa got his brother to fill in on our date, and now I work at the same hospital as the guy I got naked with on Saturday. Did I mention he’s my new boss? I need to go right to the Emergency Room and find a cure for my crush on Dr. Off Limits. Review: Dr. Sutton Scott is starting her first year as foundation doctor at the hospital of her dreams. Her journey to become a doctor was hrad and different from most of he...

  Synopsis: When Izzy Brown, an anxiety-ridden sixteen-year-old, receives a scholarship to the prestigious Bardo Academy, she leaves the trailer park for a seaside villa in Florida’s most exclusive and secretive community. With a new address, new school, and cute new boyfriend, life is good—for once. But then dreams of becoming a journalist prompt Izzy to join the school newspaper. With the help of Elton Jones-Davies, a gentle giant with autism and secrets of his own, she delves into the murder of a former Bardo Academy football star. Together, Izzy and Elton uncover forbidden romance, shady business deals, and political corruption reaching the State Capitol. The case heats up just as Izzy’s life falls apart, but she presses on, risking everything to bring the killer to justice. Review: Bardo By The Sea was a gripping story. I realised that I'm more anxious when I read about a murdered young kid, I haven't put this book down until the cold case was solved and every character wa...

  On August I've had few days off from work that I've spent relaxing, reading and watching anime, so this was a month with a lot of books read. On  August  I've read  14  books:           - Summer At Firefly Beach by Jenny Hale 🐞🐞🐞 - Blush by Lucinda Race 🐞🐞🐞 - Death In A Pale Hue by Susan Van Kirk 🐞🐞🐞 - A Cornish Recipe For Murder by Fiona Leitch 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - Wicked Blood by Margot de Klerk 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - Mistress Below Deck by Helen Dickson 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - The Silence In The Sound by Dianne C. Braley 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - A Secret Gift by Amanda James 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - Ten Years by Pernille Hughes 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - Dr. Off Limits  by Louise Bay 🐞🐞🐞🐞 - Bardo By The Sea by Chad Alan Gibbs 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞 - You Weren't Mine Then by Lily Baines 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞 - Waiting On Forever by Claudia Connor 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞 - Into The Storm by Rachel Grant 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞          My favourite  Book Of The Month  is  You Weren't Mine Then by Lily ...