{"id":2386,"date":"2020-08-11T13:17:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T17:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T17:24:10","slug":"books-i-lost-sleep-over-this-spring-and-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/?p=2386","title":{"rendered":"Books I lost sleep over this spring and summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Recommended<\/p>\n

The more complicated the world gets, the more I appreciate books that hook me so deeply I lose hours walking in another person’s shoes. Most of these books aren’t in my genre, but every one was a complete immersion in loveliness. Crack their covers before bedtime at your own risk.<\/p>\n

\"Magic<\/a><\/p>\n

Krista Street’s Magic in the Light<\/a> is a very hooky paranormal. The heroine can heal with a single touch…which also means she can’t touch anyone for more than a few seconds without using her powers. Except, of course, her fated mate. (Free in Kindle Unlimited.)<\/p>\n

\"Pretty<\/a><\/p>\n

Life on the stage isn’t all that interesting to me, but the characters in Lucy Parker’s Pretty Face<\/a> really drew me in. The heroine is never taken seriously because of her sexy voice — which sounds like it could lead to an awful story but actually worked very well.<\/p>\n

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Virginia Kantra’s Carolina Dreaming<\/a> is the middle of a series but turned out to be the perfect place to start. Between the baker heroine, the rough-around-the-edges hero, and the dog, it was too sweet to put down.<\/p>\n

\"Grave<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking of dogs, Bev Pettersen is back after a far too long wait with the first book in a romantic suspense series. Grave Instinct<\/a> is full of her signature blend of suspense, romance, and four-legged friends. A pure delight! (Free in Kindle Unlimited.)<\/p>\n

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I’ve been on a regency romance kick lately, and Evie Dunmore’s Bringing Down the Duke<\/a> is the best I’ve read in quite a while. Sweet and thoughtful with just the right amount of history mixed in with top-notch characters. A must-read!<\/p>\n

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Penny Reid is always a winner, so I’m including two of her books in my recommendation list this time. Kissing Galileo<\/a> is a backlist book with an ugly cover but a wonderful story inside. The power imbalance of a teacher-student relationship can be really difficult to do well without being icky, and so can major weight loss. Reid nailed both.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, her Engagement and Espionage<\/a> is a cozy romantic mystery spinoff of her Beard romance series. Cletus is such a delightfully weird hero that, even though I’m not a fan of cozies, I’m hooked for the entire series.<\/p>\n

\"With<\/a><\/p>\n

Moving on to young adult, it’s hard to describe Elizabeth Acevedo’s With the Fire on High<\/a> in a way that does it justice. Suffice it to say that if you like the genre, you’ll love this cooking-focused book.<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, if you need one last night of lost sleep, Mason Deaver’s I Wish You All the Best<\/a> is a sweet and thought-provoking coming-of-age tale. You’ll learn about what it means to be nonbinary, but that’s secondary to the gentle love story that will keep you hooked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The more complicated the world gets, the more I appreciate books that hook me so deeply I lose hours walking in another person’s shoes. Most of these books aren’t in my genre, but every one was a complete immersion in loveliness. Crack their covers before bedtime at your own risk. Krista Street’s Magic in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[24,14,140,7,23],"class_list":["post-2386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-fantasy-paranormal-romance-fantasy-romance-reviews","tag-kindle-unlimited","tag-paranormal-books","tag-romance-books","tag-shifter-books","tag-urban-paranormal-romantic-fantasy","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2386"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions\/2399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}