June 2023 Reads & Reviews

Hey There!! Here are my June 2023 Reads & Reviews!

*BLURBS AND PHOTOS FOR ALL BOOKS ARE FROM GOODREADS*

My First Read of June 2023: Nothing is Missing by Nicole Walters

Blurb:

Nothing Is Missing is a riveting, unputdownable story of what it takes to show up for yourself—and the joy that can come once you do. Raised in a home where food was unstable and anger was the norm, Nicole learned early that she needed to take charge of her own safety and security. So she She got into an elite private school by talking to a stranger in her dad’s cab, she strategized her way onto Wheel of Fortune to pay for college, she adopted three girls after meeting their mother panhandling, she quit her job to launch her own business, and she struggled.

Hustling endlessly to try to achieve society’s definition of success left her exhausted, compromising her own sense of worth in order to accommodate others. Nicole worked herself straight into a health crisis that threatened her life and the family she had worked so hard to build. It was not until she was forced into a major reckoning in both her business and her marriage that Nicole realized that she was already enough, that she had and was everything that she needed. In Nothing Is Missing , Nicole contemplates how she was able to create the life she wanted using the strength she had within herself all along.

Below is my review for the first read of June 2023:

My Second Read of June 2023: Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

Blurb: She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved and mildly neurotic London socialite. He is Britain’s most photographed bad-boy lothario who broke her heart. But Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it. They’re in the stars… just suspended in a strange kind of love that looks like hurting each other a lot of the time: She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with other girls to get back at her for it. But at the end of their every sad endeavour to get over one another, it’s still each other they crawl back to. But their dysfunction is catching up with them, pulling at their seams and fraying the world they’ve built; a world where neither has to ever let the other go completely. As the cracks start to show and secrets begin to surface, Magnolia and BJ are finally forced to face the formidable question they’ve been avoiding all their lives: how many loves do you really get in a lifetime?

Below is my review for the Second Read of June 2023:

My Third Read of June 2023: Second Chance Vacation by Nicole Ryan RELEASES: 8/11/23

Blurb:

A house on the French Riviera. Three weeks stuck with her ex-boyfriend with no escape. Memories that refuse to go away and anger that was never resolved.

Genevieve Bennett thought Jackson Thatcher-Miles was a thing of her past. In the nine years since their breakup, she has successfully managed to avoid him at all cost. Despite her efforts, when their friends organize a trip to Saint Tropez with the intent to play matchmaker, Gen’s past comes back with vengeance.

When a booking error leaves them sharing close quarters, Gen is forced to use all her efforts to keep him at arms length. Jackson, however, is dead set on the opposite. With every new advance Jackson makes, Gen takes a step back. The question is, what is she supposed to do when her back is against a wall with Jackson towering over her?

Stolen kisses lead to more and old wounds are ripped open. Are they finally going to get their happy ending, or will old reservations leave them worse off than before?

Below is my review for the Third Read of June 2023:

My Fourth Read of June 2023: In Too Deep by Jade Church

Blurb:

What happens in the dark, stays in the dark…

When Rose DuLoe is forced to leave her comfortable city life for a mansion in the middle of nowhere, she feels out of control. Worse, the estate is owned by the man who drives her crazy – but when tensions boil over and they have the hottest hate-sex of her life, she’s left feeling more confused than ever.

Blake is controlling, arrogant and a player but being stuck together for their own protection means Rose can’t help but see what’s been staring her in the face all along.

With a gala to plan and a stalker to catch, can Rose and Blake make it through without wanting to kiss – or kill – each other?

Below is my review for the Fourth Read of June 2023:

My Fifth Read of June 2023: Tempt My Heart by Jade Church RELEASES 6/30/23 OUT NOW!!!

Blurb:

Christopher is off-limits, a fact Ali struggles to remember every time she’s faced with her boss. So when she’s forced to make a deal with him that blurs the line between the professional and personal, she knows she’s in trouble.

Given an ultimatum by her paparazzo ex, Ali has sixty days to either stop him—with a little help from her boss—or be forced to leak the most exclusive wedding of the year, giving her ex the scoop of a lifetime and forcing Christopher to betray his closest friend.

As the deadline nears and tensions rise between them, Ali starts to wonder if her heart was the thing most at risk after all.

Below is my review for the Fifth Read of June 2023:

The Sixth Read of June 2023: Don’t Say ” I Do” by Ivy Whitaker

Blurb:

For as long as Lily can remember, it’s always been her and Autumn. They’ve had many sleep-overs, awkward school pictures, bad break-ups, and embarrassing drunken nights. It was always supposed to be them against the world.

Until it became Autumn and her husband-to-be. And Lily.

Naturally, Lily was asked to be Autumn’s maid of honor — a role she filled perfectly. All except for one crucial thing. She forgot to write her maid of honor speech.

The day before the wedding has come, and Lily has hidden away to put pen to paper. But it’s not as simple as jotting down the poetry that fills her head. Not when every story reminds her of their past — when every retelling makes her heart ache for their future. A future where they could be more than friends.

A future where the only speech she writes are her wedding vows.

It’s the night before the wedding, and Lily has to decide which speech she will make.

Below is my review for the Sixth Read of June 2023:

At the end of June 2023 I had a total of 6 reads. I was in a bit of slump but July will be better!

Please check on the next post for July: Summerween Readathon and TBR!

Thanks ~ SIFW