365 Days by Blanka Lipinska ~NEW REVIEW~

365 Days

by Blanka Lipinska

Release Date: February 2nd, 2021

Atria Books

Now a hit Netflix film!

The sexy and deeply romantic internationally bestselling novel that inspired the blockbuster movie.

Laura Biel and her boyfriend are on a dream vacation in beautiful Sicily. On the second day of their trip, her twenty-ninth birthday, she is kidnapped. Her kidnapper is none other than the head of a powerful Sicilian crime family, the incredibly handsome, young Don Massimo Torricelli, who is determined to possess her at all costs. Massimo has his reasons. During an earlier attempt on his life, a vision appeared before his eyes: a beautiful woman, identical to Laura. After surviving the attack, he vows that he will find the woman in his vision and make her his own. No matter what. 

For 365 days, Massimo will keep Laura captive in his palatial estate and attempt to win her heart. If she doesn’t fall in love with him during this time, he will let her go. But if she tries to escape at any point, he will track her down and kill her entire family.

Soon Laura develops a fascination with her handsome and powerful captor. But as a precarious, risky relationship forms between them, forces outside their control threaten to tear them apart…

~REVIEW~

365 dni by Blanka Lipińska

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I’ve been dying to read Blanka Lipinska’s 365 Days ever since I saw the Netflix adaptation. Finally, it’s been translated into English!!! I really wasn’t sure what to expect when I started it as I wasn’t completely sold on the writing but it definitely grew on me and I couldn’t put it down.

I really like the characters in this book. I’ve read a lot of negative reviews and honestly I’m not sure why it received so much negativity. Yes, there is violence, it is about a mobster after all. But there was nothing that I found over the top. Again…Fiction. If you are looking for a flowery romance, this might not be what you are looking for. But know that 365 Days is a romance, just a darker romance.

I did have a few issues, the first being the accent of a certain character, this really threw me off. The next issue I had was terminology used during the sexy scenes. 365 Days is very hot, but terminology did spoil it a bit for me.

All in all, I enjoyed 365 Days and can’t wait to read the next book in the series, especially since I was left hanging. For those of you who watched the film, the book ending is nothing like the film. You should check it out.

I was provided a complimentary copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review



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Gabriel’s Inferno by Sylvain Reynard ~NEW REVIEW~

Gabriel’s Inferno

Enigmatic and sexy, Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well respected Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. He uses his notorious good looks and sophisticated charm to gratify his every whim, but is secretly tortured by his dark past and consumed by the profound belief that he is beyond all hope of redemption.

When the sweet and innocent Julia Mitchell enrolls as his graduate student, his attraction and mysterious connection to her not only jeopardizes his career, but sends him on a journey in which his past and his present collide.

An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love and redemption, “Gabriel’s Inferno” is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man’s escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible…forgiveness and love.

Gabriel’s Inferno by Sylvain Reynard

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Just couldn’t get into this book when I started it 7 years ago, I think it was just my reading headspace because I started rereading last night and had a hard time putting it down.


Finished tonight and I feel ruined!!!!
Dante’s Inferno is probably one of the sexiest slow burns I have ever read. Every page turned had me wanting more. Great plot lines, fabulous narration, and wonderful characters. Now I know what my friends have been raving about for years. I only wish I had read it through sooner.

Romance readers, Sylvain Reynard is brilliant! You ABSOLUTELY do not want to miss out on this read!!

Drowning in Stars by Debra Anastasia ~NEW REVIEW~

Drowning in Stars

… he walked a tightrope five stories up just to hold my hand.

Gaze: I moved into the building next to Pixie when I was eleven. She blew bubbles through my window. I shot my Nerf gun through hers. We both had secrets, but one of us was fated to get hurt. I wanted it to be me.

Pixie: When I was afraid of the dark, he would shine a light in my window. We shared our popsicles and I taught him how to get a good swing on the playground. I never imagined I’d have to decide who got to live and who didn’t. I chose him –and he could never know.

She walked a tightrope five stories up just to save my life…

★☆★ Drowning in Stars is a full 100k standalone. ★☆★

Drowning in Stars by Debra Anastasia

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


5++ Beautiful⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Debra Anastasia knows her angsts! Drowning in Stars is a gorgeous angsty story that I won’t soon forget. It’s one of those stories that buries it’s self deep in your heart, and stays with you forever. One of my favourite reads of 2020

Little Lies by H. Hunting ~NEW REVIEW~

Little Lies

I don’t want you. 
You mean nothing to me. 
I never loved you. 

I turned my words into swords.
And I cut her down. Shoved the blade in and watched her fall. 

I said I’d never hurt her, and I did. 

Years later, I’m faced with all the little lies, the untruths, the false realities, the damage I inflicted, when all I wanted was to indulge my obsession. 

Lavender Waters is the princess in the tower. Even her name is the thing fairy tales are made of. 

I used to be the one who saved her. 
Over and over again. 

But I don’t want to save her anymore. 
I just want to pretend the lies are still the truth.

A standalone angsty new adult romance. 

Heroine: Lavender Waters (Alex and Violet Waters’ youngest daughter, PUCKED and FOREVER PUCKED couple origin, Pucked Series )

Hero: Kodiak (Kody) Bowman (Rook and Lainey Bowman’s son, A LIE FOR A LIE couple origin, All In Series )

Little Lies by H. Hunting

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Another fabulous angsty read from Helena Hunting. Little Lies has it all.

I was expecting a book full of angst, especially after how this book started out!! Yes, there is a healthy dose of gut-wrenching angst that hurt my heart but I wasn’t expecting hilarious witty banter, and uber hot sexy time. The perfect combination.

If you have read Helena Hunting’s Pucked series you will recognize characters, but if you haven’t that’s okay too because Little Lies can be read as a standalone. The characters are wonderful, and the plot hit me right in the feels. I can’t say too much else without spoiling Lavender or her story, so I won’t. Little Lies was a fab read that I couldn’t put down, a much needed escape during the craziness of 2020.