Maryse's Book Blog https://www.maryse.net/ Following my heart, one book at a time... Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:44:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.maryse.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-heart-32x32.png Maryse's Book Blog https://www.maryse.net/ 32 32 19 Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 03-20-2026 https://www.maryse.net/news/bargain-and-freebie-ebooks/12-friday-finds-reader-recommendations-03-20-2026.html https://www.maryse.net/news/bargain-and-freebie-ebooks/12-friday-finds-reader-recommendations-03-20-2026.html#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:38:29 +0000 https://www.maryse.net/?p=119337 HAPPY FRIDAY AND IT’S FINALLY THE WEEKEND!! I am so relieved that I have all of my landscaping done for the season (at least I hope), everything looks amazing and fingers crossed that I can spend my weekend relaxing, reading & okay… maybe a bit more of organizing my closet. So… what’s everyone reading right […]

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]]> https://www.maryse.net/news/bargain-and-freebie-ebooks/12-friday-finds-reader-recommendations-03-20-2026.html/feed 1 Reader Question – The book where she’s in love & engaged but her father set up an arranged mafia marriage… https://www.maryse.net/reader-questions/reader-question-the-book-where-shes-in-love-engaged-but-her-father-set-up-an-arranged-mafia-marriage.html https://www.maryse.net/reader-questions/reader-question-the-book-where-shes-in-love-engaged-but-her-father-set-up-an-arranged-mafia-marriage.html#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:19:55 +0000 https://www.maryse.net/?p=119340 Pat from our Facebook crew is looking for this one! It’s short & sweet but hopefully somebody knows it. 🙂 I feel like I’ve read this one. Or… the trope is similar to a few blurbs I’ve read, and now I can’t pinpoint which one. She asks: Looking for a book about girl who gets […]

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]]> https://www.maryse.net/reader-questions/reader-question-the-book-where-shes-in-love-engaged-but-her-father-set-up-an-arranged-mafia-marriage.html/feed 0 Lucy Score – Story Lake Series Reading Order https://www.maryse.net/reading-order-guide/lucy-score-story-lake-series-reading-order-2.html https://www.maryse.net/reading-order-guide/lucy-score-story-lake-series-reading-order-2.html#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:48:27 +0000 https://www.maryse.net/?p=119334 NEW SERIES BY HITMAKER, LUCY SCORE, and both books have rocketed up Amazon’s charts to #1! The author said: Thank you all so much for the love you’ve shown Mistakes Were Made and for helping it land on the USA Today, New York Times, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, and Indie Bestsellers lists! I’m endlessly […]

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]]> https://www.maryse.net/reading-order-guide/lucy-score-story-lake-series-reading-order-2.html/feed 0 Margie’s Mini Book Review – When Perfect Falls Apart by Josey Mood https://www.maryse.net/books/book-recommendations/margies-mini-book-review-when-perfect-falls-apart-by-josey-mood.html https://www.maryse.net/books/book-recommendations/margies-mini-book-review-when-perfect-falls-apart-by-josey-mood.html#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:43:43 +0000 https://www.maryse.net/?p=119333 When Perfect Falls Apart: The Bexley Hills Series (A Contemporary Women Fiction on Marriage, Manipulation, and Moving On) <— Another fun Margie book find (I have quite a few of them to post over the next few days/weeks – YAY US!!!) and I’m kicking off the latest batch of “betrayal & redemption” finds with this […]

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]]> https://www.maryse.net/books/book-recommendations/margies-mini-book-review-when-perfect-falls-apart-by-josey-mood.html/feed 0 Latest Romance Book Releases – 03-24-2026 https://www.maryse.net/book-releases/latest-romance-book-releases-03-24-2026.html https://www.maryse.net/book-releases/latest-romance-book-releases-03-24-2026.html#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:36:24 +0000 https://www.maryse.net/?p=119330 HAPPY TUESDAY NEW RELEASE DAY!!! IT’S TIME FOR OUR LATEST & GREATEST list of new book releases in all of our favorite tropes and loaded in blurb jolts! BLURB JOLTS & STAND OUTS: The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez (she had no idea that she’d met the perfect man…), The Unpolished Life of Eleanor […]

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]]> https://www.maryse.net/book-releases/latest-romance-book-releases-03-24-2026.html/feed 0 Artem Gonchakov’s Unrefined: Find Your Purpose is live & we have an excerpt & fun facts! https://www.maryse.net/book-releases/artem-gonchakovs-unrefined-find-your-purpose-is-live-we-have-an-excerpt-fun-facts.html https://www.maryse.net/book-releases/artem-gonchakovs-unrefined-find-your-purpose-is-live-we-have-an-excerpt-fun-facts.html#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:24:31 +0000 https://www.maryse.net/?p=119332 Unrefined: Find Your Purpose <— THIS ONE SOUNDS RIGHT UP MY MOTIVATIONAL ALLEY, MY BOOK FRIENDS!!! And I’m thrilled the author is today’s newsletter sponsor!! “I spent eleven years chasing a promotion. When I got it, I woke up the next day and felt nothing.” Artem Gonchakov spent years doing everything right — university, immigration, […]

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]]> https://www.maryse.net/book-releases/artem-gonchakovs-unrefined-find-your-purpose-is-live-we-have-an-excerpt-fun-facts.html/feed 0 8 Monday Early Bird Book Releases – 03-23-2026 https://www.maryse.net/book-releases/8-monday-early-bird-book-releases-03-23-2026.html https://www.maryse.net/book-releases/8-monday-early-bird-book-releases-03-23-2026.html#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:11:23 +0000 https://www.maryse.net/?p=119328 HAPPY MONDAY!!! IT’S TIME FOR NEW BOOKS & NEW READING JOURNEYS & I have a bunch that just went live early. The very first one (that one to the left) gave me a HUGE blurb jolt. This is MY thing. Three things: 1.) I worked ALL weekend on my landscaping. New plants, weeding, mulching, re-arranging, […]

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]]> https://www.maryse.net/book-releases/8-monday-early-bird-book-releases-03-23-2026.html/feed 0 13 Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 03-20-2026 https://www.maryse.net/news/bargain-and-freebie-ebooks/10-friday-finds-reader-recommendations-03-20-2026.html https://www.maryse.net/news/bargain-and-freebie-ebooks/10-friday-finds-reader-recommendations-03-20-2026.html#respond Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:42:03 +0000 https://www.maryse.net/?p=119327 <— HAPPY FRIDAY & HAPPY WEEKEND!! 8 NEW BOOKS just went live over the last 24 hours, and the blurb jolts are plentiful! Like that one to the left!!! She’s found her fated mate but he loves someone else VERY much. *ooooomph* Or the sports stars & the fake dating, and the one night stands […]

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]]> https://www.maryse.net/news/bargain-and-freebie-ebooks/10-friday-finds-reader-recommendations-03-20-2026.html/feed 0 Reader Question – The book where she’s on the run with her brother, gets a job in a bar & falls for the rich owner… https://www.maryse.net/reader-questions/reader-question-the-book-where-shes-on-the-run-with-her-brother-gets-a-job-in-a-bar-falls-for-the-rich-owner.html https://www.maryse.net/reader-questions/reader-question-the-book-where-shes-on-the-run-with-her-brother-gets-a-job-in-a-bar-falls-for-the-rich-owner.html#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:40:45 +0000 https://www.maryse.net/?p=119326 Kristie needs our book help! Ohhhh I LOVE the sound of this one. Totally my catnip. The whole on the run/in hiding/starting over in another place, and the whole bar scene, and then there’s possessive, protective alpha? YES. PLEASE!!! In fact both books in this series, by her description, sounds right up my alley. She […]

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