This week we read “Pushin' Cushions” by Unfortunate Reads and Vera Valentine  Dennis J. Rance has been under immense pressure since being chosen as the Vice Presidential Candidate. His running mate is a dumpster fire, his wife left him, and he’s working 90 hours a week. He desperately needs a break, and decides it’s time to take care of himself for once. So what’s a man to do when he’s alone and needs release? Well, Dennis is a little…different. When his unusual “usual” methods fail, it’s...

This week we read “Twisted Love” by Ana Huang  Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can’t escape. Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can’t remember. Despite her broken past, she’s never stopped seeing the beauty in the world…including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn’t want. Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen—but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them...

This week we read “Hot Mess: A Kinky Neighbors-to-Lovers MM Romance” by Misha Horne London is an adult, but he doesn’t feel like one. He buys a new house because he can afford to, and it seems to be the next most logical step as an “adult,” but he’s ill prepared for the realities that come with owning a house, and, let’s be honest, adulthood as a whole. But then he catches sight of his next door neighbor, the cool, calm, collected, and totally hot Eric. Can his handyman neighbor Eric...

This week we read “Manacled” by Senlinyu For the first time ever, we are reading a fanfic. Not just any fanfic, but one inspired by "Harry Potter.” (Get ready, we have a lot to say.)   In this world, the Death Eaters won the war, Harry and Ron died in the final battle, and Hermione was imprisoned in a sensory deprivation cell for about 18 months. The story commences when Hermione is dragged from her cell by Umbridge, who has been acting as Voldemort’s prison warden To replenish the magical...

This week we read “Hooked (Never After Series)” by Emily McIntire Wendy has been cloistered away most of her life by her wealthy cold father, but a spontaneous night out with friends turns into an intense and addictive love affair with the dark and brooding James. As much as she knows James is dangerous, Wendy can’t seem to shake her desire for him. But as their relationship grows more heated and she learns more about the world he moves in, she finds herself unsure if she’s falling for the...

This week we read “Cosmic Crush: An Alien Burlesque Romance (Galactic Gems Series Book 2)” by Clio Evans  Mari is a famous star in her intergalactic troupe. As headliner at the Comet Canyon Saloon, the last thing she expected to go wrong was being lassoed off stage by a chaps-wearing outlaw. Raider’s name has been tarnished by his good-for-nothing brother. The only way to clear it is by kidnapping the precious burlesque gem, Little Miss Mercury. After being stranded together during a desert...

This week we read “Freestyle (Academy of Stardom Book 1)” by Bea Paige   Things have always been tough for Pen but she has had one constant love; Dance. Dance makes her forget the hardships in her life–her terrible family, her controlling boss, and her 4 best friends and dance crew that were cruelly torn away from her years ago.  When Pen gets the opportunity to attend a prestigious dance academy, things finally seem to start to turn around in her life. But who should she immediately...

This week we read “Behold Her: A Spicy Dark Monster Romance (Monsters of Moonvale Book 1)” by Emily Antoinette Welcome to Quickie–a quick take on what one of us is reading and what we think. This week, Killian is reading Behold Her, the first book in Monsters of Moonvale, the follow-up to Maneater, which we read last episode.   What did we think? Find out on this episode of diktok. https://www.instagram.com/diktokpod/ https://www.tiktok.com/@diktokpod

This week we read “Maneater: A Spicy and Cozy Monster Romance (Monsters of Moonvale)” by Emily Antoinette  Shane, a very shy, new-to-town witch, who moonlights as a private investigator, gets a surprise invitation to a coven for a meet and greet. He is nervous but decides to go to meet new people. He soon realizes that they are summoning a demon to be their sex slave for the night. When the most gorgeous succubus appears in the summoning circle, Shane is flabbergasted and disgusted by the...

This week we read “Unhinged” by Vera Valentine  Someone’s been watching Tana closely, but he’s a lot closer than she realizes. From intimate moments to lazy afternoons on the couch, he’s secretly seen it all - and fallen for her along the way. When a man claiming to be her front door enters her dreams to warn her about an imminent threat to her life, Tana initially chalks it up to her weird late-night snacks. But she rethinks things when her earnest visitor insists he’s also ready to protect...

This week we read “A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 1)” by Sarah J. Maas  FINALLY! The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of diktok. https://www.instagram.com/diktokpod/ https://www.tiktok.com/@diktokpod

This week we read “A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows” by Holly Renee  Adara's fate has never been hers. Betrothed to the crowned prince of Citlali, the Starblessed, Adara, is taken to the Palace to fulfill her destiny. Her blood is the key to unlocking the High Fae's dormant powers, but when Adara turns up to the palace, she's actually more drawn to the Prince's brother - tall, dark and brooding Evren. Suddenly, Adara is torn in two between what her heart wants and saving a kingdom. How...

This week we read "The Fine Print (Dreamland Billionaires Book 1)" by Lauren Asher. RowanI’m in the business of creating fairy tales.Theme parks. Production companies. Five-star hotels.Everything could be all mine if I renovated Dreamland.My initial idea of hiring Zahra was good in theory, but then I kissed her.Things spiraled out of control once I texted her using an alias.By the time I realized where I went wrong, it was too late.People like me don’t get happy endings.Not when we’re...

This week we read “Squeak: A Balloon Animal Omegaverse Tale (Squeakverse Book 1)” and “Squeal: The Squeakquel: A Balloon Animal Omegaverse Tale (Squeakverse Book 2)” by Vera Valentine A dedicated art student at her local community college, Poppy practically lives inside her sketchbook. Drawn to the distracted crowds of the local zoo, her planned day of anonymous figure-sketching is interrupted by the charming Sebastian - and his brooding, borderline-rude friend Keane. Little does she know...

This week we read “Anastasia” Sophie Lark Anastasia is the princess no one needs: the fourth daughter born to an emperor without a son, and the only royal lacking a magical gift. Until she collides with a young Cossack rebel, changing both their lives forever. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this episode of diktok. https://www.instagram.com/diktokpod/

This week we read “The Wolf and the Wildflower” by Stacy Reid  London is buzzing with the news that James Winters, the Duke of Wulverton—thought lost at sea a decade ago—survived in the harsh wilderness of the Yukon. Now he's been returned to his family, his responsibilities, and a nightmarish world of artifice and noise. He has three weeks to become a refined, elegant duke for the Queen . . . or doom the entire family to ruin and scandal. Promising psychologist Jules Southby knows a lot...

This week we read “Fear: A Terrifying Love Story” by Kathryn Ann Kingsley   Emily is an adrenaline junkie. She rides fast motorcycles, loves her job as a fireman, and does a bit of urban exploration. She craves fear like a drug. One night while exploring an abandoned sanatorium, she has a run in with a nightmare come to life. Emily is forever changed when she realizes that she has met Fear himself and she loves what he does to her. How did we rate it? What did we think? Find out on this...

This week we read “A Soul to Keep: Duskwalker Brides: Book One by Opal Reyne  Known as a harbinger of bad omens and blamed for Demons eating her family, Reia is shunned by her entire village. As an adult, she is now forced to be a sacrificial bride for the Duskwalker. The Dustwalker, however, is not what he seems. His skull face and glowing eyes are ethereal, and she finds herself unwittingly enchanted by him. She soon learns that he takes these sacrifices in an effort to combat his...

This week we read “Pucking Around: A Why Choose Hockey Romance (Jacksonville Rays Book 1)” by Emily Rath Recent med school graduate Rachel Price's dream comes true when she lands a fellowship with a new NHL team, the Jacksonville Rays, as a physical therapist. However, she’s only in Florida for a day before she comes face to face with Jake, the mystery man from her one night stand two months ago. It turns out Jake is one of the Jacksonville Rays. Both of them will do anything to pick up...

Morbidly Yours: A Steamy Romantic Comedy by Ivy Fairbanks  Callum Flannelly would rather dive into an open grave than take a stranger to dinner and a movie. But he can only inherit the family undertaking business and carry on their legacy under one condition: He must marry before his 35th birthday. So it’s out of the mortuary and into the dating scene. Lark Thompson would rather get crushed by a falling anvil than live next to a funeral home during her stay in Galway, Ireland. The vivacious...

Lovestorm by Judith E. French Lady Elizabeth Sommersett is the pampered, beautiful daughter of a powerful earl. But when she is shipwrecked on her way to an arranged marriage, her future seems over—until she is rescued by a magnificent warrior. Elizabeth had no idea a man could be as strong yet tender, not to mention breathtaking, as Cain Dare. But even more shocking is Cain’s announcement that she now belongs to him—that she is his gift from the sea. Nor is Elizabeth prepared that in place...

Soul Eater: M/M Fantasy Romance (Monstrous Book 1) by Lily Mayne Twenty years ago, monsters rose on earth and began a new age of civilization. One where humans live in military-controlled, cramped and dirty cities along the coasts, and the majority of the United States is known as the Wastes. A lawless, desolate and dangerous place, teeming with monsters that have claimed the land for their own. Including Wyn the Soul Eater. When Danny, a young soldier, is sent on a suicide mission to...

For a very merry Christmas special episode we read “A Court of Sugar and Spice: A Nutcracker Romance Retelling (Wicked Darlings)” by Rebecca F. Kenney With their inheritance restricted until their marriage, sisters Clara and Louisa, both in their twenties, must live with their godfather Drosselmeyer. One night, an accident brings to life one of the strange wooden dolls in Drosselmeyer's mansion. The Nutcracker doll is a cursed Fae prince, and he pleads for the sisters' help. During the...

This week we read “Laces (Boys of Hawthorne Asylum Book 1)” by Tempi  Hawthorne Asylum is a place where families send the children they no longer want to deal with. After her District Attorney stepfather murders her sister, Gambrielle finds herself there. After years of suffering under his abuse, resulting in this tragedy Gambrielle wants to uncover the secrets and expose her step-father, but being stuck in an asylum wasn't part of her plan. It's at Hawthorne she meets Laces, a resident of...