A Romance Buying Spree | June Haul

I didn’t buy too many books this month. But a lot did arrive. I’ve currently got a whole bunch of books on order from both work and Better World Books, and they are slowly trickling in. I did get a range of books in June, but I did get quite a few romance books, mostly historical but also a mix of other things as well.

Anyway, let’s get into it. The books I got this month were from work, Better World Books, Amazon and a few review books as well. Like always these are in no particular order. Here is my June Haul.

Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson: I’ve been wanting to read something from Tiffany D. Jackson for some time now, so I finally did it and brought Monday’s Not Coming. I’m excited to dig into this one. I’ve heard such good things about it. I am intrigued to see where the story goes.

You Were Made For Me Jenna Guillaume: I read Jenna Guillaume’s debut book last year and enjoyed it. And this one sounds like it’s more up my alley. I’m excited to read this one. It’s got this bad boy vibe and that is my jam. Also, it’s #LoveOzYA so I can’t help but be excited. This one comes out in August.

Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling #1) by Nalini Singh: Finally this has arrived. I ordered this way back in April and it finally arrived in June. I’m hoping to get stuck into it this week sometime. I’ve been wanting to read it for some time, and Nick from The Infinite Limit of Love has been raving about it recently and I bit the bullet and got it.

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo: I finished The Poet X earlier in June and I knew that I had to get the rest of Elizabeth Acevedo’s books. Because seriously The Poet X was amazing! And I’ve heard so many good things about this one as well. I’ve already ordered Clap When You Land so just waiting for it.

The Duke (Knight Miscellany #1) by Gaelen Foley: Don’t know too much about this one, but it sounded really interesting and like something that I will enjoy. The reviews for it are also really good, so that sounds fantastic to me.

Wicked and the Wallflower (The Bareknuckle Bastards #1) by Sarah MacLean: I’ve heard so many good things about Sarah MacLean that I had to see what it was all about. This is the first in her new series and I already think that I’m going to love it. It sounds fantastic.

A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison: This one sounds so interesting. The plot immediately grabbed me and I want to find out more. I tried to get this from work and couldn’t so I got an ebook and I’m excited.

Finding Balance (Brave Enough #2) by Kati Gardner: I hadn’t head about this one until Ely told me about it. It sounds really interesting, and there have been mixed reviews so far and I wanted to see what it was about. It has disability rep as well as being own voices. Excited.

Beyond the Cut (Sinner’s Tribe Motorcycle Club #2) by Sarah Castille: Don’t know much about this one either, but I’m always looking for new MC romances. I know this is book two, I’ll get the first on ebook and see what it is about.

The Hazards of Hunting a Duke (Desperate Debutantes #1) by Julia London: I’ve heard some really good things about this series and I wanted to give it a try. It sounds like it’s going to be a fantastic historical romance and I can never get enough of them.

Project Duchess (Duke Dynasty #1) by Sabrina Jeffries: I received the third book in this series for review and I wanted to read the rest before I started it. And let me tell you. I’ve found one of my new favourite historical romance authors. I loved everything about this book. It’s just so fantastic.

The Bachelor (Duke Dynasty #2) by Sabrina Jeffries: So I had to read book two right away, and gosh I loved it so much. It has all the right elements of a fantastic historical romance. I loved this series so much that I’ve now gone and bought another one.

High Heat (Hotshots #2) by Annabeth Albert: I’ve read quite a few other books from Annabeth Albert, and when I saw that her new one was coming I knew I wanted to read it. Sadly I didn’t love it. But that is for another day.

The Dare (Briar U #4) by Elle Kennedy: New Elle Kennedy so, of course, I had to get it. I pretty much read it right away. It’s been about a week and I’m still not sure how I feel about it. I liked parts, I didn’t like other parts. I’m just very confused at the moment.

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds: I’ve been thinking about picking up a Jason Reynolds for some time now, and I finally ordered in some of his books. This is the only one that arrived, but I am so excited to read it. I normally don’t read a lot of poetry, but I’m excited about this one.

In Bed with a Highlander (McCabe Trilogy #1) by Maya Banks: I love Maya Banks romantic suspense series. And since I’m loving historical romance so much I thought I would give hers a go. I’m excited that is for sure.

Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson: This one caught my eye as soon as I read the synopsis. It just sounds so fantastic. I can’t even explain. An historical fiction fantasy with assassins. ahh!! I got an earc of this one and I cannot wait to dig in. This is one of the last books I got in June.

Devil’s Bride (Cynster #1) by Stephanie Laurens: I really want to try some new historical romance authors and Ely has really enjoyed this series so far. So I jumped on it and got this one. It sounds fabulous and it’s a long one – which I love. Long romance series are seriously the best.

Okay after finishing this post. I did get a lot of books this month. But like I said most of these just arrived this most. But I got them in April/May. What did you get in June? Do we share anything that is the same? Let’s ChaT!

Nick @ The Infinite Limits of Love

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July 4, 2020 at 12:10 AM

What an amazing haul! I’m excited to see if you’ll enjoy Psy-Changeling. I can’t believe the book took that long to arrive but I guess with COVID it’s not as surprising?

Bec @ Happy Indulgence

July 6, 2020 at 5:54 PM

All I’ve been reading is romance recently. 6 months ago it was all historical romance and now it’s NA and sports romances haha. I just signed up for KU so this will be interesting.

I haven’t read too many books on this list but I’m going to look a lot of them up. The Psy-Changeling series is one I’ve heard about a lot recently (especially since I just discovered the author lives in New Zealand) so I really should check that out.

Bareknuckle bastards are SO GOOD! I rated the first two 5 stars, and just downloaded the third book. I’m scared and excited because the main love interest is kind of the villain of the first two books. It’ll be interesting to see his redemption arc.

I’ve read a fair few Stephanie Laurens now (apparently she’s Australian) because the library has a lot of her books. They’re long, which is nice, but also filled with a lot of your typical romance cliches (lots of alpha males). But I like them because I know exactly what I’m getting when I start one. Plus it’s fun seeing all the characters overlap in the series.