Hey y’all…yippee! It’s Friday!๐
FRIDAY FAVES is a little meme where I can post about some of my favorite book related topics, including various tropes, awesome heroes, bad boys and bookish stuff! Today’s topic: TITILLATING TITLES! I mean, let’s be honest…as much as I try to look past the book cover, there’s 3 things that immediately draw my wandering little eyes:ย
1) The actual photo (think sexy!)
2) The author
3) The TITLEย
So, let’s take a look at some of my favorite titles. I love titles that are clever, one’s that play off words or themes or really tantalize. Some are just one words while others are whole sentences but regardless, all of these tickle my imagination and make me want to pluck it off the shelf!
The Pecker Briefs (Legal Affairs #7) by Sawyer Bennett
I never thought a pecker would get me in so much trouble.
I mean, sureโฆ if youโre talking about a certain anatomical feature of mine that the ladies just love. Given my bachelor status and appreciation for all things curvy and feminine, I could absolutely see that. But a different pecker is making my life much harder than it needs to be.
My name is Ford Daniels, partner at the law firm of Knight & Payne, and my latest case has me wading through the finer points of peckersโwoodpeckers that is. Specifically, the red-cockaded woodpecker. I swear, I canโt make this stuff up but thatโs what the sexy-as-hell blonde chained to a tree told me this morning.
Her name is Viveka Jones and she is so much more than a pretty face. Sheโs got wit, charm, and razor-sharp smarts. Turns out my client is looking to bulldoze the red-cockaded woodpeckerโs natural habitat in favor of a multimillion-dollar subdivision and the sexy attorney with legs for days (and days), just happens to be counsel for an animal rights group looking to put a halt to construction.
My clientโs pissed, but all I can think about is getting Viveka across the table from me. And then on the table underneath me. Perhaps up against the wall. And thenโ
Well, letโs just say when itโs all said and done, Iโm hoping the red-cockaded woodpecker isnโt the only pecker that gets some attention from Miss Viveka Jones.
Pucked (Pucked #1) by Helena Hunting
With a famous NHL player for a stepbrother, Violet Hall is well acquainted with the playboy reputation of many a hockey star. So of course she isn’t interested in legendary team captain Alex Waters or his pretty, beat-up face and rock-hard six-pack abs. But when Alex inadvertently obliterates Violet’s misapprehension regarding the inferior intellect of hockey players, he becomes much more than just a hot body with the face to match. Suffering from a complete lapse in judgment, Violet discovers just how good Alex is with the hockey stick in his pants.
Violet believes her night of orgasmic magic with Alex is just that: one night. But Alex starts to call. And text. And email and send extravagant – and quirky – gifts. Suddenly he’s too difficult to ignore and nearly impossible not to like. The problem is, the media portrays Alex as a total player, and Violet doesn’t want to be part of the game.
โณI read this one several years ago before my reviewing days but this was a 5 Star for me!
The Dark Light of Day (The Dark Light of Day #1) by T.M. Frazier
Homeless, sleeping in a junkyard, and on the run from a system that has failed her over and over again, Abby meets Jake, a tattooed blue-eyed biker with secrets that rival her own. Two broken souls that can’t be healed, they can’t be saved. Abby and Jake have to decide if they can accept the darkness not only within one another, but within themselves.
If they can accept each other for who they really are they might learn that love isn’t always found in the light…
WARNING: This is NOT your typical romance.
The story of Jake & Abby contains disturbing situations, graphic violence, sex, strong language, drug use, and all types of abuse.
The Dark Light of Dayย is a King series prequel
โณAnother 5 Star!
In Peace Lies Havoc (Midnight Mayhem #1) by Amo Jones
My name is Dove Hendry.
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐น๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ.
I was captured by darkness.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ดโฆ
They groomed me for Midnight Mayhem. Like a trained possession, weak against their control.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต…
But Midnight Mayhem was the stained glass that concealed a very dark culture.
๐ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง.
The Brothers of Kiznitch come in fours, and theyโre not happy about me being hustled into their acts.
๐๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ? ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏโฆ
Mind-tricks.
Stunts.
Deceit.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ.
But thereโs something uglier that has been haunting me for years upon years. So ugly that I have never seen itโs face. I never had to. Iโd hear his whispers through my internal screams, feel his shadow brush against my nightmares. He was my the monster that tormented me.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅโฆ
When I started Midnight Mayhem, his presence faded.
His whispers were silenced.
His shadow dissolving without a trace.
I wondered why that was.
Atheists Who Kneel and Pray by Tarryn Fisher
Yara Phillips is a wandering muse.
She dates men who need her, but always moves on to something new, never staying in one place for very long.
David Lisey is in need of a muse.
A talented musician lacking lyrical inspiration. When he first sees her, he knows he’s found what he’s been looking for.
Yara believes she can give David exactly what he needs to reach his full potential:
A broken heart.
Davidโs religion is love.
Yaraโs religion is heartache.
Neither is willing to surrender, but religion always requires sacrifice.
HONORABLE MENTION: this one isn’t scheduled to be released until ย February 11th 2020 but doesn’t it sound super…YUMMY (pun intended)?!?๐
Fries Before Guys (SWAT Generation 2.0 #2) by Lani Lynn Vale
Sometimes people come into a personโs life and make their heart skip a beat.
Those people are called cops.
Well, one cop in particular.
A SWAT officer for the Kilgore Police Department, to be specific.
The first time Avery Flynn saw Derek Roberts, she was photographing him for the first annual Kilgore Police Department SWAT calendar. He was leaned back in his squad car, shirtless, and giving her a smile that was completely between them. A smile that hinted at what he wanted to do to her later.
When she scrounges up the courage to ask him out after the photoshoot, he laughs in her face.
Well, screw you, too, Mr. February.
***
Derek Roberts never really paid attention to the photographer.
She was a mousy girl who dressed like a twelve-year-old girl. Her tight leggings, extra baggy Star Trek t-shirt denoting her a Klingon captain, and her surprisingly clean Chucks didnโt leave much of an impression.
Now, the outfit that she was in weeks after he rebuffed her? Yeah, now that caught his attention.
Too bad that happens when heโs trying to save her from whatโs sure to be death thanks to an unhinged native Texan whoโs convinced she was the reason he lost his last chance at a million dollars.
When he tries to save her, she tells him sheโd rather take a cattle prod to the forehead than go anywhere with him.
Challenge. Accepted.
What do you think of these titles? What are some of your faves? Have a fabulous day y’all!๐
Love these covers! Pucked is one of my fave series and I also love Amo Jones and her wicked, crazy brain!
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I’m excited for Fries Before Guys! I love the glimpses of Avery I’ve had in other LLV books and can’t wait for her story.
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I haven’t read LLV in a while but this one caught my eye!๐
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