Who gave me permission to even July?

As you all may have remembered, June was a coma induced book buying binge that was ridiculous in size. So big that ya girl had to put herself on a hardcore ban for the foreseeable future. If memory serves correctly, the buying ban happened towards the middle/end of June where I enlisted the help of my friends on the Bookish Collision Discord Server (click the link to join!) to keep me accountable.

Because of them I was doing so great in keeping to my ban and the goals that I set for myself–that is…until that fateful evening on July 14, 2019 when I waddled onto facebook and saw from one of my bookish groups that I am apart of, that Barnes and Nobles has made another round of prints for the B&N Edition of Cruel Prince. Now, to explain why this caused me a momentary lapse of self control, I must explain, that I got The Wicked King (which is the second installment in the series) B&N Edition before picking up (and reading) Cruel Prince. I also struggle and manage a nice bout of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) which shows up/flares up in my life in the form of I need things to match.

Badly.

So I physically could not bring myself to buy any other edition of Cruel Prince if it wasn’t the B&N Edition–because of my compulsion to have things match. It’s annoying as all get out, but here we are. Because of this dilemna, I immediately bum rushed to Barnes and Noble’s website and went to order me a copy–because who the fuck knows when that bad boy would be printed again, and ya girl IS NOT spending $80 on a book. Nope. So I went and was in the process of checking out, when that nice little pop-up came and told me if I spent a little more I could get a discount. I already had things on sale in my save for later cart–so why not. YOLO.

And here we are.

A pre-order of The Cruel Prince and three new books to sit upon my shelves later. I broke my ban. And my lovely friends on discord chose my fate and I was tasked with writing a drunk letter to the bad boys of the fiction world. Since then, I have been on a mission to be the model of a good ban member should be and haven’t purchased anything since.

YAY ME!

As always, before I get into the bounty of which my kindle and shelves cry out to in joy, let me preface this with I am a super frugal and hella cheap person. Most–if not all– of my purchases were deals from bookbub.com, amazon, audible, etc. which amounted to many of them being free, as well as through my carefully thought out monthly book budget as I have placed reading and supporting authors and the arts a priority when planning my personal finances. With that being said, take a look at my walk of shamelessness.

📚 Denotes already read. * Denotes signed/autographed copy

• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (B&N Exclusive Edition)
• Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte (B&N Exclusive Edition)
• Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey

📚 Denotes already read.

• A Shameless Little Con by Meli Raine
• Whiskey Secrets by Carrie Ann Ryan
• Come Away With Me by Kristen Proby
• Protecting Caroline by Susan Stoker
• Beloved by Corinne Michaels
• Menace by Laramie Briscoe
• Once Upon A Time: Billionaire in Disguise: Flicka by Blair Babylon
• Bidding on Brooks by Katy Regnery
• Love Me by Bronwen Evans
• The Vampire Awakenings Series Bundle (Books 1-3) by Brenda K. Davies
• Forbidden Dance by Deanna Roy
• They Could Have Named Her Anything by Stephanie Jimenez

• Summer With The CEO by Alexa Rivers
• Prison Planet Barbarian by Ruby Dixon
• Summer Heat by Alexis Anne
• Fixed On You by Laurelin Paige
• The Alphas by CD Reiss
• Unintended by Georgia Cates
• Torn by Brooke O’Brien
• Riptide of Romance by Jennifer Jones
• Rough Ride by Cynthia Rayne
• The Hometown Groom by Jennifer Youngblood
• Nailed Down by Chelle Bliss
• Midnight Delta Boxset 1-3 by Caitlyn O’Leary

• Maid for the Billionaire by Ruth Cardello
• Reckless by Franca Storm
• Imperfect Love by Isabella White
• Summer of Change by Elena Aitken
• Breakaway by Ali Parker
• The Prince’s Playbook by Pamela DuMond
• Tonic by Staci Hart
• The Bombshell Effect by Karla Sorenson
• Hating My New Husband by BB Hamel
• Hard Cut by Dani Wyatt
• Claim My Baby by Taryn Quinn
• The Protective Patriot by Sarah Gay

• Stay For Me by Adele Niles
• A Taste For A Mate by Carrie Ann Ryan
• The Joy Delivered Duet by Lauren Blakely
• King of Code by CD Reiss
• Fleeting by Carrie Aarons
• Hardball by CD Reiss
• Legal Affairs by Sawyer Bennett
• A Secret Between Friend by Serenity Woods
• Second Chance Charmer by Brighton Walsh
• Easy Come by Tess Oliver
• Catch My Fall by Ella Fox
• Broken Hart by Ella Fox

• Breathless In Love by Bella Andre
• Baby Be Mine by Wanitta Praks
• El Diablo by M Robinson
• Long by BB Hamel
• Falling For My Best Friend by Hazel Kelly
• Dirty Flirty Enemy by Piper Rayne
• Her Dad’s Friend by Penny Wylder
• Hate You Less by Aubrey Wright
• Best Friend With Benefits by B.B. Hamel
• Resisting Him by Leslie Johnson
• Curvy Attraction by Christa Wick
• His To Claim by Lillian Cole
• Pretty Daring by Jenn Hype

• Puck Daddy by Cass Kincaid
• Driven by K Bomberg
• Rough Edge by CD Reiss
• Where You Can Find Me by Fiona Cole
• Scorched by Adele Niles
• The Wedding Gift by Regina Duke
• Often by Danielle Norman
• The Hidden Court by Vivienne Savage
• His Dark Game by CD Reiss
• Lovestruck by Lila Monroe
• Bond by Tasha Black
• Falling From Gravity by K.K. Allen

• Prince Charming by CD Reiss
• Redemption Island by LB Dunbar
• Down and Dirty: Zak by Jeanne St. James
• The Perfect Guy by MS Parker
• Lucky Break by Lexy Timms
• Too Distracting by Bethany Lopez
• Too Tempting by Bethany Lopez
• Scoring Chance by Emma Tharp
• Bound by Family by Ryan Michele
• Her Baby, His Love by Lynne Marshall
• The Baby Maker by Lili Valente
• Getting Lucky by Ali Parker

• Dirty Player by Mira Lyn Kelly
• Checkmate: This is War by Kennedy Fox
• Overture by Skye Warren
• The Rebel by Jennifer Bernard
• Free Me by Laurelin Paige
• Hot In The Kitchen by Olivia Burke
• Schooled by Piper Lawson
• 📚Operation: Bailey Wedding by Piper Rayne
• The Dom Who Loved Me by Lexi Blake
• Eye Of The Beholder by Nana Malone
• Puck Me Secretly by Odette Stone
• Rich Groom by Penny Wylder
• Under The Scrubs by Katerina Baker

• Heat Exchange by Deana Farrady
• Nights With Him by Lauren Blakely
• Mafia Boss by Khardine Gray
• Playing A Player by Ivy Smoak
• Kissing Micky by Ellen Devlin
• The Intern by Brooke Cumberland
• Wild by Colet Abedi
• Craving Forbidden by Various Authors
• Bind by B.B. Hamel
• Burn For Me by JH Croix
• Dirty CEO by Vivian Connelly
• The Big Bad Office Wolf by May Sage

📚 Denotes already read. 🚫 Denotes DNF.

• The Girl The Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young (Netgalley), Publishes September 3rd 2019
• 📚The Best Friend Problem by Mariah Ankenman (Publisher), Publishes August 12th 2019
• 📚Auctioned by The Greek Billionaire by Carmen Falcone (Publisher), Publishes August 26th 2019
• Sorcerous Rivalry by Kayleigh Nicol (Author), Published April 7th 2018

📚 Denotes already read/listened too.

• None

Are any of these on your TBRs, or have you already read them? If so, what did you think? 

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