Welcome to Stacking the Shelves #20! This meme was originally hosted at Team Tynga’s Review and the last few years it’s been co-hosted at Team Tynga’s and at Reading Reality.
Stacking The Shelves #20 is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! And audiobooks. Don’t forget audiobooks!
So without further adieu, let me show you what I’ve received this week!
Ebook From Publisher:
From The Publisher:
Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone—a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with.
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t ask for more. But when Bee’s favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he’s making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee’s career is about to take a more family-friendly direction.
Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done. Though it all becomes worthwhile when she discovers her co-star is none other than childhood crush Nolan Shaw, an ex-boy band member in desperate need of career rehab. Nolan’s promised his bulldog manager to keep it zipped up on set, and he will if it means he’ll be able to provide a more stable living situation for his sister and mom.
But things heat up quickly in Christmas Notch, Vermont, when Nolan recognizes his new co-star from her ClosedDoors account (oh yeah, he’s a member). Now Bee and Nolan are sneaking off for quickies on set, keeping their new relationship a secret from the Hope Channel’s execs. Things only get trickier when the reporter who torpedoed Nolan’s singing career comes snooping around—and takes an instant interest in mysterious newcomer Bee.
And if Bee and Nolan can’t keep their off-camera romance behind the scenes, then this merry little meet cute might end up on the cutting room floor.
Netgalley Ebook:
From The Publisher:
Freelance writer Sora Reid believes in inertia. She’s the odd one out in a close-knit family of go-getters, including her Japanese-American mom, who hints about her need to lose weight, and her soon-to-be married, overachieving younger sister, who needs her to have a date for the wedding, since a wedding party couples’ dance with their Scottish great uncle Bob simply won’t do. For Sora, minimal input, minimal expectations is the way to go. She’d rather stay at home with her insufferable neighbor and her adorable pitbull.
The one thing that disrupts her inertia: an intense dislike for Valentine’s Day. What is it with the commercial love machine? Why do we pin our hopes on one romantic day, when staying home with a package of bacon and a bottle of tequila would be way better? Sora’s been betrayed and disappointed more than once and her heart is starting to feel like her Grandma Mitsuye’s antique Japanese ceramic bowl, with its many gold-filled cracks.
When her pledge to stay single in February inspires readers to #gosolo, Sora has a responsibility to empower her readers. But relationships aren’t built to last, so it shouldn’t be that hard. Right?
Enter Jack Mann. A muscle-bound baker who looks like he lifts logs on the weekends, Sora hasn’t thought of Jack since they were in elementary school together. When they see each other at the local grocery store and the attraction hits hard, Sora knows she has to shut it down, quick. She can’t #gosolo AND get the guy. She can’t let down her readers. And relationships always end, so why should Jack be any different–even though he’s confounding all her long-held expectations of love?
Edelweiss Plus Ebook:
From The Publisher:
What starts out as a fake wedding date turns into something these childhood enemies never expected in the next sparkling romantic comedy by Mazey Eddings.
Some facts are indisputable. The sun rises in the east, sets in the west. Gravity exits. Indira doesn’t like Jude. Jude doesn’t like Indira. But what happens when these childhood enemies find the only thing they can rely on is each other?
On paper, Indira has everything together. An amazing job, a boyfriend, and a car. What more could a late twenty-something ask for? But when she walks in on her boyfriend in an amorous embrace with a stranger, that perfect on paper image goes up in flames.
Jude has nothing together. A doctor that’s spent the last three years traveling the world to treat emergencies and humanitarian crises, a quick trip home for his best friend’s wedding has him struggling to readjust.
Thrust into an elaborate (and ridiculously drawn out) wedding event that’s stressing Jude beyond belief and has Indira seeing her ex and his new girlfriend far more frequently than any human should endure, the duo strike a bargain to be each other’s fake dates to this wedding from hell. The only problem is, their forced proximity and fake displays of affection are starting to feel a bit… real, and both are left grappling with the idea that a situation that couldn’t be worse, is made a little better with the other around.
Previous Editions of Stacking the Shelves:
That concludes Stacking the Shelves #20! Have you read any of these books, or are they on your list of books to read?
Liv
Some more great book recommendations as usual! Will add to my list!
thathappyreader
Thanks for reading Liv! I hope you enjoy them!
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
Those titles look light and fun! I must not be reading the first one right, because I can’t make it make sense – what am I missing?? LOL.
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
thathappyreader
Hmm. You might not be familiar with the term meet cute Terrie. It’s essentially when two people who will form a romantic relationship meet for the first time, typically under unusual, cute or humourous circumstances. Thanks for reading!
Molly | Transatlantic Notes
I’ve not read any of these but they sound like they would be entertaining and something to enjoy over a quiet weekend — thanks for sharing them!
thathappyreader
Thank you for reading Molly!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
What a great haul. They all look like cute reads. I want to read them all! I love the covers too.
Have a great weekend!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
thathappyreader
Thanks Emily! I hope you have a great weekend too.
Carla
It looks like you have some cute romances coming up Jodie. I hope you enjoy them all.
thathappyreader
Thank you Carla!
Sarah
Some great recommendations here. I like the sound of The second you’re single.
thathappyreader
Thanks for reading Sarah!
Wendy Williams
I was declined The Plus One on Edelweiss, but I hope I can get it if they put it on NetGalley as I am loving that series. Nice haul, Jodie!
thathappyreader
Thank you Wendy! I hope that you get it too!
Mind Beauty Simplicity
these seem like such cute reads! the merry little meet cute sounds perfect for the winter season. i’ll have to pick that one up.
thathappyreader
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy it!
JamieAdStories
I love Christmas movies so what a fun setting for a romance.
thathappyreader
They make such cozy reads over the Fall! Thanks for reading Jamie.
Lauren
These look and sound like really interesting books you have in your haul. Thank you for sharing what you have picked up. I recently picked up a new book by Sophie Kinsella ‘The Party Crasher’, which I am looking forward to reading.
Lauren x
thathappyreader
That’s wonderful Lauren! I read The Party crasher and loved it! I can’t wait for Sophie Kinsella to publish another book. Have a wonderful week ahead!