- Hey guys, it's Jess
from Peace Love Books
and today I'm here to share
with you a self care book haul.
These books are stories
that make me feel happy,
they make me feel relaxed,
they let me escape into a different world,
a different experience, a
different country sometimes
and I just feel good
when I'm reading them,
or I just get completely
sucked into the story
and feel good.
There's sometimes books that
I'll read in one sitting
that I just don't wanna think
about the rest of my life
and what's going on.
They're books for me.
So I will go ahead and get to
some books that I would buy
for a self care book haul.
The first book that I would buy
is "Amour Amour" by
Krista and Becca Ritchie.
This one is something that
really is so atmospheric
because our main character
decides to move to Vegas
to be part of an aerial
show, so they're all acrobats
and it's mainly this one
family that is part of the show
and she kind of runs into one of the guys
that's part of that family
and she really wants to train
and try out and be a part of the show,
and so there's a romance in here.
I've never read a book
about acrobats before,
so I really loved this whole
atmosphere this book had.
It really drew me in, I
escaped into this world.
The romance was so good and
there's also a second book
about side characters in
here that I really loved,
so I definitely would recommend this one
to just lose yourself in.
Another book that's just fun and tropical,
which we can't do right now,
and so when the week passed
that I was supposed to
be on my beach vacation
that I had to cancel, I read a
book that took place in Italy
and I absolutely loved it.
And so, a book to help you feel
like you're laying on the beach
is "The Unhoneymooners"
by Christina Lauren.
Our main character's a twin
and her sister's getting married,
but everybody at the wedding,
except for our main character
and the groom's brother get
food poisoning from the buffet.
So her and the groom's brother,
who do not get along at all,
decide to go on the honeymoon
because it is non-refundable,
non-transferable.
So they have to pretend
to be a married couple
going to Hawaii, and so
I loved, first of all,
the hate to love relationship,
one of my favorite tropes,
and the fact that they're in Hawaii,
they're doing fun things.
I get to escape in this
book, in this experience,
dream about being on the beach,
and it just makes me feel
so good reading about it
when I know I can't do it in real life.
So I would definitely
recommend "The Unhoneymooners"
as an escape to a tropical
paradise, while falling in love.
I just realized three
of these books in a row
are all enemies to lovers
romances, but that's what I like
and can lose myself in
and I find entertaining,
so that is taking care of myself.
So the next one is "From Lukov
With Love" by Mariana Zapata.
This one also kinda feeds
that itch for the Olympics,
because this year was supposed
to be the Summer Olympics.
I love watching the Olympics.
I watch gymnastics and
figure skating and soccer
and a lot, swimming, and so I miss
that that's not this year.
If you want that sports
experience you're missing
from the Olympics, pick up this one.
Our main character is a
struggling figure skater
and she feels like her time's running out
because she's not
necessarily losing her edge,
but she's not performing
to where she wants to be
and she feels like her
career's on the line
because she can't afford it anymore,
'cause she's also working
a lot to be able to afford
to be a figure skater, and her enemy,
who is her best friend's
brother, ends up asking her
to be his partner and they
have to train really quickly
for some competitions,
and he's one of the best.
And they don't like each other
but they have to be partners,
kind of like Cutting Edge, the movie,
and I absolutely loved this.
I loved Lukov so much.
He is our love interest,
the other figure skater
that she has to pair with.
The romance in here is so swoon-worthy.
I love how they get to grow closer
and get to know each other,
and even though they're kinda
poking fun at each other
'cause they kinda don't like
each other in the beginning,
it grows into something more.
We have a lot of figure skating in here,
they go to competitions.
So I love this one and would buy it
for a self care book haul.
Now for a book to take you
to the Scottish Highlands,
which I went to Scotland last
year and absolutely loved it
so I wanna gobble up everything
having to take place in Scotland.
That is "In Bed With A
Highlander" by Maya Banks.
This one is the first book in the series
and our main character is on the run
because a very wealthy man died
and passed all of the money to her,
so now everybody wants to
force her into marriage
so that they can inherit this money.
And so she's on the run and
she ends up being kidnapped,
along with this little boy,
from this Scottish clan.
He's like, "Don't worry",
I think it might be
his father or his uncle
but whoever it is, "he's
gonna come rescue us".
And so she's like, "Okay, sure".
And he actually does and
he ends up marrying her
so no one else tries to
force her into marriage
for the money, and so she kinda
has to take on this new role
as the Scottish Laird's
wife and she's so headstrong
and I love everything about this book.
I love the Scottish setting.
I love how headstrong
our main character is.
I love the marriage of convenience trope,
and there's a lot of danger in here
because they do have an enemy
that's trying to still kidnap her,
'cause they don't believe
that she's married,
and it's so good.
I definitely would
recommend this whole series
if you want something
that's kind of on the edge of your seat
that you can't put down.
The next is another one
that the atmosphere,
I just absolutely loved,
and that's "Well Met" by Jen DeLuca.
Another hate to love
romance, our main character
has to volunteer at a Ren Faire
'cause her niece wants to volunteer
and she needs a chaperone,
and her niece's mom,
which is our main character's sister,
recently got into a car accident
and I think broke her leg,
so she can't do anything.
So that's why our main
character is living with them,
to help out.
So she ends up volunteering
for this Ren Faire
and there is a high school teacher
who is kinda in charge of everything
and he's so serious about
it and everybody loves him,
but for some reason, her
and him really butt heads
and don't get along,
but they have to pretend
to be a couple during the Ren Faire
and it's just so swoon-worthy.
I loved the atmosphere of Ren Faire.
I've never been to a
Renaissance Faire myself,
so I loved reading about it in this book,
watching these people fall in
love and being around people
and I absolutely loved this
and would recommend it.
Next is another historical romance,
'cause I can't take care of
myself without some historicals,
they're my favorite,
and that is "Romancing
the Duke" by Tessa Dare.
This is the first book in the series.
Our main character is down on her luck
and she ends up inheriting a castle,
and she's like, "Wow, cool".
And she ends up going to the castle
and there is a blind duke living there,
and he's like, "This is my castle."
And apparently everyone
thought he was dead
or not taking care of anything,
and so someone sold his
castle off and she got it.
And so, she's not
leaving, he's not leaving
and they end up living there together
and she ends up helping him
kind of bring the castle
back to its former glory
'cause he's really let it go destitute
while he's been living there.
And he's gone through a lot
and there's a reason why
he is blind living there,
and he's just this brooding hero.
And she's actually the
daughter of a famous author
who created this widely read
series and he passed away,
so no one knows how it ends
and there's a lot of fandom in here,
where they cosplay for the book
and they show up sometimes in
here, and I really loved that.
I love the whole haunted,
unkempt castle setting in here
and the romance is great
and I love a scarred hero.
Just everything about this, I loved,
and I could not put this book down.
And the last book I have
is because I love angst
and I love putting my
heart through the wringer
and that's just how I take care of myself.
I love the emotions, and
so the last book I have
is "Maybe Someday" by Colleen Hoover.
Our main character starts
out, she's in college
and living with her boyfriend
and realizes her boyfriend
and her best friend are cheating on her,
so her boyfriend is getting
together with her best friend.
And she's terrified so
she ends up moving in
across the quad to a
room where this guy lives
and he's invited her 'cause
he's really her only friend
and he plays guitar and
she's seen him playing guitar
across the rooftops and that's
how they became friends.
She moves in with him and he
is actually a deaf musician
and they kinda start
falling for each other,
but it's a forbidden romance
for a specific reason.
They start writing music
together and it's so good.
I love books about music.
I love angsty romances where
the couple can't be together
for a specific reason,
and it just put my heart
through the wringer and I loved it.
I love putting myself through pain,
that is how I take care of myself.
I love getting lost in
the emotions of a book
and I definitely did with this one.
And those are some books I would buy
for a self care book haul.
Let me know down below what
books you would buy yourself
to take care of yourself, to
be able to curl up with a day,
to be happy and relaxed and
just get lost in a book.
Let me know what you would buy
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