#whitney barbetti

[oldwinesoul]

I was naked under his gaze. Skin was just that: skin. But to see your soul stripped, laid bare for the eyes of someone you barely knew-that was terrifying.

—Whitney Barbetti

[wswiecieslow]

Jak śmiesz mi mówić, jak mam żyć, kiedy sam umierasz?

Whitney Barbetti

[myromancebooksworld]

This my July wrap up.  I read 27 books last month mostly because of #thebookjunkietrials.

Like you can see I almost reach my goal that I fixed for this year (read 200 books like last year) … but apparently I will for sure read more than that until the end of the year … which just the though of that drives me crazy!  Me who never read more than like what 10 books or less in 30 years or so, then read 200 books in one year last year while this year I can not only read more than 20 books in a month but I can also read more than 200 books in a year … MINDBLOWING for sure!!! I’m proud of me!

Last month I also put another personal challenge on me for my next monthly TBR: I will read each month at least 2 thrillers.

Since I’m a little girl I was always attracted by the thriller world.  I always watched TV thrillers series from “Starsky & Hutch” to “Monk” (to name a few).  I even wanted to work in this world first as detective (like all those characters of course) and then when I started to study in a law school, I was very excited to study criminlogy.  Unfortunately university was never my forte and I ended up being graduated in P.R. but the passion is still there … just like my passion for psychology who was also a subject that I wanted to study at the university … I also like to whatch documentary about criminal cases to understand the mind of those monsters.

That is why I thought that my “fear” for reading a thriller book was silly of me since it’s a world that intrigued me since I’m a little girl … and so far so good!  I loved the 2 thrillers that I read in July, I already planned the 2 thrillers for this month (August) and bought some new ones!

Anyway let’s back to my July wrap up:

- For the #bookjunkietrials, I not only did the first 5 challenges for my team (#Scribes) but also read a book for the challenges of each team:

1. Dwarf Mount: “Fumbled Hearts” by Meagan Brandy: 4 stars

2. Apothecary Towers: “Bad Saint” by Monica James: 4 stars

3. The Great Library: “Finley” by Ella Frank: 4 stars (more a 3.5)

4. The Drowning Deep: “A Thousand Pieces Of You” by Claudia Gray: 4 stars

5. The Bookie Grail: “Stardust” by Neil Gaiman: 3 stars

6. Orc Grove “Captive In The Dark” by C.J. Roberts: 4 stars

7. Ol’ Pirate Cove: “Bane” by L.J. Shen: 4.5 stars

8. Glimmer: “One Little Lie” by Whitney Barbetti: 3.5 stars

9. Draconic Isle: “Obsidian” by Kimberly Loth: 3 stars

10. The Eleven Guard: “Off Base” by Annabeth Albert: 4 stars

11. On The Hallow Isle: “Scavengers” by Yolanda Olson: 4 stars

12. Empty Barrel Inn: “The Bourbon Kings” by J.R. Ward: 4 stars

13. Giant Squid: “Requiem & Reverie” by Keri Lake : 5 stars (more a 4.5)

14. Crimson Peaks: “Devil’s Kiss” by Ella Frank: 5 stars

15. Queendom Stone: “Cheeky Royal” by Nana Malone: 4 stars

16. The Forgotten Forests: “#Player” by Cambria Hebert: 4 stars

17. The Weeping Falls: “Until You” by Penelope Douglas”: 5 stars

In July I also read for my last library and last #romanceopoly challenge: “Enthralled” by Giana Darling.  I was not a huge fan of her book “Lessons In Corruption” but I gave another try with “Enthralled” … and I fell in love with it!  I gave it 5 stars and I’m so impatient to read the second book!

I also read those books:

- “Sinfully Mine” by Nicky James: 4 stars Yes it’s a very tabboo romance but the author make a really good job to explain how and why these 2 young men, these 2 brothers started to have more deep feelings toward each others.  This romance is much more complex than it seems to be but I can understand that for some us, this romance is waaaaayyy more than tabboo and forbidden ...

- “Filty Rich Boys” by C.M. Stunich: 4 stars

- “Two Can Keep A Secret” by Karen McManus: 4 stars

- “Boy Shattered” by Eli Easton: 4 stars

- “Say You’re Sorry” by Melinda Leigh: 4 stars

- “Cruel Intentions” by Siobhan Davis: 4 stars

- “Bad, Bad Blue Blood” by C.M. Stunich: 3.5 stars

- “#Selfie” by Cambria Hebert: 5 stars

- “Breaking Beth” by Jennifer Bene: 3 stars

[mydearnothinglastsforever]

You are hiding in plain sight. I see you. I see the parts you don’t want anyone to see.

— Ten Below Zero, Whitney Barbetti

[jolieeason]

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at 

[monochromegunprincess]

I think, no one has ever valued you before. How can you see the value in life if no one saw the value in you? I'm sad for you. And I'm sad for all the blind people who couldn't see you.

Ten Below Zero, Whitney Barbetti

[allthingsdarkanddirty]

[xxx-wiecznie-smutna-xxx]

„Przyjemność często ukrywa się w odrobinie bólu.”

- Whitney Barbetti

[mschocolateworld]

Pod jego czujnym spojrzeniem czułam się naga. Zawsze uważałam, że skóra to tylko skóra, a zdjęcie z siebie ubrań to tak naprawdę nic wielkiego. Za to obnażenie duszy, świadomość, że ktoś, kogo ledwo znasz, jest w stanie dotrzeć do jej najgłębszych zakamarków - to było przerażające. Wolałabym tysiąc razy przejść się nago wzdłuż ruchliwej ulicy, niż pozwolić komuś zajrzeć do mojego wnętrza.

Whitney Barbetti - "Dziesięć poniżej zera"

[fromjesstoyou]

COCKTALES 🐓 The Cocky Collective | Jana Aston, Whitney Barbetti & Sawyer Bennett | Reading Vlog #2 & Book Review  [Spoiler FREE]

[voxlibris]

Release Day Blitz: PIECES OF EIGHT by Whitney Barbetti

Release Day Blitz: PIECES OF EIGHT by Whitney Barbetti

Release Date: May 9, 2018

Cover Design: Najla Qamber Designs

Photo Credit: Max Eremine

    Synopsis

  Six was always there, even when I didn’t want him.

But he couldn’t hold me together, and I couldn’t be his penance.

Loss is a phantom limb. No one can see it, but the ache torments you in the night, distracts you during the day, and leaves you fragmented. I’m half a heart, half a soul, and…

[myromancebooksworld]

“One Little Lie” by Whitney Barbetti

Adam Oliver 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 me. Loathed my very existence. He had every right to, but that didn’t make my life any easier the afternoon I had to rescue him on the side of the road. But worse than rescuing a guy who hated me to his core was the lie I told my parents. Because I’d just told them that my long-term boyfriend was finally back in town. My long-term boyfriend who didn’t actually exist. The one named Adam Oliver—the guy I’d crushed on all through high school. So the real Adam had no idea that he and I were engaged in a years-long, committed, serious relationship. And, somehow, some way, I needed to convince him to play along with my one little lie.

(thanks to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42084291-one-little-lie?ac=1&from_search=true)

[mydearnothinglastsforever]

I don’t tell the truth for admiration. I tell the truth because lies hurt more. Lies wrapped up in pretty words don’t benefit anyone in the end.”

— Ten Below Zero, Whitney Barbetti

[bhillson]

The Sounds of Secrets by Whitney Barbetti

Title: The Sounds of Secrets Author: Whitney Barbetti Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: December 6, 2017

  Blurb I’ve been in love with him forever.But to him, I’ve always been off-limits. Until the night that changed everything.

Maybe it was the alcohol. Maybe it was the secrets we shared. Maybe he finally opened his eyes and saw me.

By the time the sun rose, I’d lost him…

[monochromegunprincess]

This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.

Ten Below Zero, Whitney Barbetti

[jchannigan]

Cover Reveal: The Weight of Life by Whitney Barbetti

Cover Reveal: The Weight of Life by Whitney Barbetti

Mila

   “Don’t let go.” Those were my first words to him, as I hung over the side of a London bridge. The words I would soon say again, in a moment that didn’t involve bridges, but something much more fragile: my heart.   He held onto me for three weeks, in a time when I needed to be held. Needed to connect to someone who understood how loss tunneled unrepentantly through the fabric…