I'm sure plenty of you have started hearing about Stuff Your Kindle Day but it can be a little overwhelming.  I'm here to help you out and give you some ideas to help make it a little less stressful!  Stuff your Kindle Day happens 4 times a year with the next one being June 30th.  After that there will be another one on September 20th and then again December 27th.  Now, this is a great day to find new authors because you won't find big name authors or super popular books.  I love this because then you can find smaller, indie authors, and of course find new series' to read! 

Romance Book Worms has their blog post all set up for you to search by different categories with descriptions of the book and keywords too!  The categories listed are: Young Adult, Mystery with Romantic Elements, Historical Romance, Fantasy Romance, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Sci-Fi Romance, Romantic Suspense, New Adult & Rom Com books, Women’s Fiction and Chick Lit, Sweet Contemporary Romance, Steamy Contemporary Romance, and Erotic Romance.  I highly suggest you look on your computer browser and not your phone so you can use the search feature (ctrl+f) to make searching for keywords you like easier!

Right now there are already some books that are free!  I've already downloaded some and below will tell you what ones I already snagged and what ones I am planning on getting tomorrow.  But before I do, I wanted to give a heads up for those that are newer to romance what some of the keywords mean so that there aren't any surprises!  For example I tend to stay away from "why choose" and "reverse harem" because those aren't genres of books I tend to like as much as others.

• HEA = happily ever after
• M/M = two males
• FMC = female main character
• MMC = male main character
• Dark romance = darker themes with mature content ex. morally-grey, content warnings, trauma, violence
• WLW = women loving women
• Why Choose/Reverse Harem = one woman multiple men, ends up with all of them
• PNR = paranormal romance
• YA = young adult

Here are the books I already snagged, most are romance but wanted to share to give you an idea of what is available!  I have them linked in the description and have the covers below as well that are clickable to "purchase" for free as well!
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Touchdown Baby: A College Football Romantic Comedy (Kings of Chicago North Book 1)Enter, Junior Morgan. Exit, my clothes! This college football quarterback has met his match (psst! It's the Coach's daughter)! Keywords: sports romance, quarterback and the coach's daughter, forbidden love, accidental pregnancy

Crave (Off-Limits Book 1)
Crave is an illicit, forbidden age gap romance from WSJ and USA Today bestselling author Piper Lawson. This full-length novel is book 1 in the Off-Limits trilogy, an addictive, enthralling romance.
Keywords: age gap; student professor; forbidden; college; office sexy times; public sexy times

Leave Him Loved: A Small Town Standalone Romance​ - KU
​I’m not small town material, and that’s how I meant for it to stay. That is until Reeve Colton—country boy extraordinaire—rams into me with a grocery cart and lets a few darlin’ endearments slip. If only our happily ever after could’ve rode off into the sunset right then and there…
Keywords: small town, friends to lovers, opposites attract

Spinning Out (The Blackhawk Boys Book 1)
​A former football star finds himself in close quarters with his best friend’s girl—the only woman he’s ever loved.
Keywords: sports romance, angst, love, friends to lovers

Catching Quinn: An Enemies-to-Lovers Sports Romance (Waverly Wildcats Book 2) - KU
When I decided to ditch my v-card on Greek Row, I didn't count on Cooper-the-cockblocking-jockhole or his misguided sense of bro code putting an embarrassing end to my hookup. After all, Waverly’s star wide receiver is the most notorious player on campus. But two can play at this game and I'm playing to win.
Keywords: Enemies-to-Lovers, Brother's Best Friend, Sports Romance, Hot Mess Virgin, Protective Alpharoll

The Billionaire Innkeeper of Half Moon Bay - KU
​Billionaire developer Jacob Bellamie has always put his career first and relationships second. Thrust into the unexpected role of full-time father for his teenage daughter, he travels to his hometown for some family help. Except his family seems more intent on drama than help, and there's an unexpected--and inconveniently attractive--guest at the inn...
Keywords: sweet billionaire

A Deal with the Earl - KU
There's was a marriage of convenience. She loves another. He vowed to never love again.
Keywords: steamy, regency romance, arranged marriage, enemies to friends to lovers

Blood & Bones (Ava Crowley, Vampire Slayer #1)
Ava Crowley has a secret. A vampire saved her life. There's only one problem though...doing so means Cassius has claimed her blood as his, bringing forth a litany of consequences that will change both their lives forever.
Keywords: vampire romance, enemies to lovers, slow-burn

And these are the ones that I plan on getting on the 30th when they are free, many of these are also romance but have quite a few fantasy thrown in there too! 

The Gilded Survivor
Carmen was broken. She was an orphan shackled with a lost form of golden blood magic, and fought every day to stay avoid discovery. When the reclusive Antonio Castillas was resentfully assigned as her mentor for the Blood Tournament, he made it clear that she could either compete or die.
Keywords: Enemies to lovers, dystopian romance, blood magic, forced proximity, hidden royal, Spain-inspired, bilingual story​, YA

Push the Envelope - KU
Guys haven't been on Alexa's radar for a couple years after a disastrous breakup with her high school sweetheart. Her plans to focus on school hit a bit of a snag when she meets bad-boy Drake and he sets his sights on making her his own.
Keywords: college romance, alpha hero romance, rugby romance, sports romance

Homecoming King - KU
The king of the gridiron is about to get sacked by a beauty queen with a grudge as big as Texas.
Keywords: Enemies to lovers, Sports, Small-Town Romantic Comedy

Summer Storm - KU
Dallas needs a roommate. Trina needs a place to stay. Everything is platonic between them until one night, a kiss in the kitchen changes everything. Can they keep it no-strings or will feelings get hurt?
Keywords: Roommate Romance, Friends to Lovers, Bisexual Hero

Beautiful Collision - KU
An opposites attract romance, with a fiery Latina and swoony cowboy. Will this cowboy be able to soften her hardened heart?
Keywords: Slow burn, multicultural romance, emotional scars, afraid to commit, & hidden identity

The Bet - KU
Can the taste of her treats tempt her best friend’s brother? A few fake dates lead to kisses that threaten to burn down the kitchen. And now I’m obsessed with baked goods and the woman who makes them.
Keywords: firefighter romance; best friend's brother; sister's best friend

Never Say Never (Claws and Fangs Collection #1) - KU
A year after Ryker rejected her in front of his pack, Gemma is shocked when her fated mate returns to make things right. She has no interest in taking him back — but it may be impossible to resist the alpha shifter… their whole story -- three full books -- in one collection!
Keywords: fated mates, rejected mates, box set collection

A Hint of Delirium (Fated Fae Elementals Trilogy Book 1) - KU
How does one certifiable human survive the Fae? One dose at a time.
Keywords: Paranormal Romance, PNR, Fae

Fae's Song - KU
A Fae ball. A magical voice. Is it true love or a trick of sorcery?
Keywords: Fae romance

Fireball - Bridges and Bitters 1
He hates me for some reason. I will not rest until I change his mind.
Keywords: grumpy sunshine, women in STEM, found family

 So I went back and browsed and found some mystery that I decided were perfect to add to the list as well!

Shattered Justice (Justice Series) 
A shattered mom who is looking for justice. A killer who is willing to eliminate anyone that might know the secret. A homicide department who has bodies piling up.
Keywords: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Military, Police
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New Witch on the Block - KU
A sexy stranger, a magical prophecy, and a showdown with a vicious ex. Being the New Witch on the Block is not for the faint-hearted.
Keywords: Practical Magic/Gilmore Girls vibes, small town, found family, quirky world building.

Marshmallow Murder - KU
Following her dream of selling her cupcakes at a bakery is put on hold as Charlotte McKay follows a trail of clues, each more strange than the last.
Keywords: cozy mystery

Volatile - KU
The hot tattooed deputy is every girl's dream of a bad boy gone good - until he arrested her. She was on her way to investigate a string of mysterious fires, and now she's stuck in his house working at very close quarters with his grumpy sexy scowl ...
Keywords: grumpy sunshine, forced proximity, steamy protector romance, small town, fish out of water, reformed bad boy, secret past, M/F,

Are there any on the list that you recommend?  Drop a comment and let me know! 

What a month!  I ended up reading 20 books this month and had such a fun time!  I had planned on reading 5 physical books and then whatever I ended up reading on my Kindle. I only read 3/5 physical books I planned but then I ended up reading others as a buddy read and because I got sucked into a few series. These are all the physical books I read and some I enjoyed more than the others! 

I planned on reading My Saving Grace *KU* and My Favorite Mistake because I got these in my Romance Reveal Box - a Romance book subscription I am trying out! Both were 3 Star reads for me, but they are both signed copies which I thought was pretty cool! I ended up reading Maybe Someday as a buddy read with a friend and then read the second novella, Maybe Not, in the series as well. Although these have a cheating element in them I did like that there was diversity in the book with someone being deaf and using sign language. These were also three star reads for me as well. 

Did you read anything this month?  I have started tracking what I'm reading not only by year but also by month and have been having so much fun seeing what I end up reading. Some months are busier than others but I was able to read quite a few during February!  I have soccer coming up for the next few months so I know my book number will probably be lower but that's okay! It's about having fun reading not the amount that you read. 

This month I read 15 books, and am still currently reading 5.  I mayyy have been a little overzealous with my current reads but honestly I just couldn't decide and kept switching it up between dark, romance, and fantasy. If you don't use Storygraph, it's a fun way to track moods, pages, format, and genre. Maybe it's the math teacher in me but I love all the graphs it shows you where you can break down what you are reading. If you get it add me because I love seeing what other people read along with Goodreads!  I definitely have read more romance but a lot of that was dark romance/fantasy romance as well.  It's so cool how you can click on each bar and see what the books are classified as!

I don't know about you but I am a sucker for sports romance books.  It all started when I read The Deal - Elle Kennedy,  part of the Off Campus series, and instantly fell in love. I immediately read the Briar U series after!  I will have to say hockey romance probably has my heart (I grew up playing hockey so I have some bias here) but after that is baseball and football.  If you haven't read Meghan Quinns Brentwood Boys series - FREE in KU *SPICY* I highly recommend if you are dipping your toes into the sport romance world as well. 

My most recent hockey romance read was Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. I loved Nate and he’s the main reason for the four stars I gave this book. I was sick and read this book in a day. Overall I expected this to be a fluff romance read with spice (oh she brought the spice, don’t you worry), but it kind of dragged on. I feel like it did that because there was a lot of time invested in side characters. I want this to be a series because I too am invested in Henry (and Russ), but I felt like a lot of this could be cut. It was also lot of their day to day living, like I get building the story but we could have cut a lot of that and saved it for other books in the series, etc.

But anyway. I enjoyed Anastasia even though she did annoy me. She and her figure skating partner Aaron drive me crazy, he is the worst kind of person where he projects his trauma on his “friends” and she hangs onto him for soooo long. She has done a lot of therapy for herself but even though she is blunt and direct with her feelings she can’t ever seem to do that with Aaron. I don’t know if annoyed me but probably because it’s more realistic that way too. Also I like she is direct with her no attachments but also what about Ryan? Unless we get his story I’m going to feel like he will always be jealous of Nathan now because that situation was a little off — hookup buddies, just friends that cuddle…., just friends? But; her becoming friends with all the hockey boys was great. We love a girlfriend that is also friends with hers friends and like to piss each other off (I.e. JJ).

Nathan was obviously my favorite character because of how much he wanted her. I love it when the guy falls first and boy did he. Here is where you will find all the spice, falling from this sweet, romantic, supportive, filthy mouthed man. “Can you be a good girl and be quiet?”
Need I say more?

TLDR: predictable yet cute story, grumpyxsunshine reverse, slightly too long, read it for Nathan

Happy Valentines Day friends!  I decided that I would give you all some fun romance recs in case you want to spend some time this month reading about love.  Some of these I have read and others are on my TBR (to be read) list as well.  

Hey friends, I hope you're having a great start to your New Year!  I haven't made a set goal of how many books to read a month, just a yearly goal of trying to read 100.  I am definitely ahead of schedule though because I have already read 13 books this month and only one DNF. 

I love the holiday season but I've never been one to get sucked into the holiday movies or books.  Which I realize now seems odd since I love all that cheesy romance.  But, this year I snagged a few holiday books from Target and the Kindle store and wanted to share my thoughts and recommendations if you're looking for a holiday read! 

I figured I should cover the sweetest of the stories first. This book is definitely PG, and is a classic feel good Christmas miracle type book.  Samantha is a writer, her ex dumped her by just leaving, and now she is afraid of pretty much everything which is the opposite of her main character who is a daring spy type that goes on all sorts of adventures.  She ends up going to spend Christmas at an old Dude Ranch that her publisher is hosting and while there meets Drew. I'm sure you have an idea where the story goes so I won't spoil it for you but this one was cute.  I will warn you, apparently I've only been reading in first person so the third person threw me off a bit. But, once I got into story I enjoyed it. Great for romance lover that isn't a fan of spice and I did enjoy the authors colorful imagination and the references to Native American Culture as well.

I made a goal to read more books this year, but I didn't give myself a set number to achieve.  I wanted to read more than last year but wasn't sure how many books I would be able to read.  Last year I read 37 so I figured maybe I would hit 50, in no way did I intend to read 119 but here we are! I greatly attribute my Kindle for helping this reading addiction and definitely going to pitch Kindle Unlimited (KU) to you as well because it is so worth it!  I realized I needed to stop just buying books, and the library app (Libby) didn't always have what I wanted available, so Kindle Unlimited was so nice to be able to search for books and borrow them!  It's also a huge bonus when your friends also have it so you can do a mini book club together! 

If I didn't like a book I put a note next to it so if you're browsing for your next book take a look below. I organized by series and then category the best that I could. I think next year I will organize my list in my phone better for this! Leave me a comment if you want to know more about one of the books I read or have another recommendation.
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Do you  get easily sucked into books?  I sure do, and the Avalon Bay Series was so good I read them both in a few days!  I had read Elle Kennedys Off-Campus series and loved the way she wrote, so I decided to try our Good Girl Complex.  Of course after I finished I immediately had to get the next one in the series because I wanted both brothers stories. 

I've been on such a reading kick this year and have been loving trying new authors and genres.  I never used to read any type of romance novel and now I just can't stop!  I first found Elle Kennedy on my Kindle and then stumbled upon these at Target. Her writing is just so easy to read and her stories just suck you in!  At first I was unsure about Good Girl Complex because when reading reviews I saw quite a few people compared it to After but I wouldn't compare them at all.  Yes they both start with a bet but After is much more cruel and a very intense love story with a lot of humiliating and extreme situations. Good Girl Complex starts with Cooper making a bet to get back at Mac's boyfriend for getting him fired.  The small townies don't like the "clones" aka rich kids that come for school and this is where the story begins. So obviously this is the one correlation between the stories, but this is a much more lighthearted and has closure all in one book instead of needing four.  I do wish there was more of an epilogue but I was okay when I started reading Bad Girl Complex because then you get more of Mac and Cooper along with Evan (Cooper's brother) and Gen's story.  I loved how Elle Kennedy gives you both perspectives of the story and I am even more excited because I saw that coming this summer the next book in the series is coming out The Summer Girl and I cannot wait to see yet another part of the story of Avalon Bay.  She is the granddaughter of the woman that sold Mac the boardwalk hotel that she is redoing (I assume) so I can't wait to see if all these stories get intertwined!  Check out below to read the overview of the stories and let me know if you're read them or if you have any other recommendations!

I've come to find that when I find an author I like I'll do an instant buy if the book sounds good or is on sale. This was true when I saw My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey.  I read it Happened on Summer and  Hook Line an Sinker immediately after because I just loved the stories.  Her writing is so easy to read and her characters get you hooked.  The same went for My Killer Vacation. 

"​It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod—just me and my beloved brother—but discovering a corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe I can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening. Not to mention a fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders."