Best Reads of May 2012

Diamonds and books are a girl's best friends, but we still choose our favorites.

The three following novels are the best reads I found this May.  Selected for different reasons, they are wonderful novels delivered by even more wonderful authors.


The Sleeping Night by Barbara Samuel-O'Neal  (Emotional women's fiction/romance read)

Scheduled for release on June 21.  The Sleeping Night is well worth the $9.56 price tag.  "Emotional" is my description, but it's better defined as "the opposite of light and fluffy".  As my review mentions, the crisp Jane Austen style writing and 1940s racial tension is exactly what it took to tug my heart strings.  I thought about this book days after it was finished.


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Conquered by a Highlander by Paula Quinn  (Historically based romance read)

Released on May 22, my review explains why Conquered is just one of many great, great titles from Quinn.  This author has yet to pen a story I do not like and I hero-worship her.  It would be embarrassing if she wasn't so darn talented.




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Believe It or Not by Tawna Fenske  (Hilarious, contemporary romance read)

Released in March 2012.  Okay, I was a little late to the male strip club on this one, but it is exceptional.  I laughed - out loud and on multiple occasions.  This book should be read - preferably with a box of dark chocolates, a bottle of wine and a Van Halen album in the background.  It was not reviewed on this site, but if it was it would have received a glowing 6 stars.  I still think about this novel.  Click here to read an excerpt. 



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