CWW: Dangerously Ours

 

This week's book is.... Dangerously Ours

 

Author: Krista & Becca Ritchie

Publisher: Berkley

Release Date: May 12th

Series: Webs We Weave #3

Blurb:

In the thrilling conclusion to the Webs We Weave series, ex-con artist Phoebe Graves must pull off the biggest grift she’s ever devised to keep her friends and family safe.

Conning the rich and fleeing to new cities is all ex-grifter Phoebe Graves has ever known—until she started building real relationships in a small but wealthy Connecticut town. But she’s worried these new bonds won’t hold fast as more than one big bad wolf threatens to blow down those she loves most.

And now more than ever, she has a reason to stay in one place. Among them is Brayden “Rocky” Tinrock, her best friend’s older brother, who’s been a partner to Phoebe during every daring and exhilarating con. And then of course there’s Hailey Tinrock, her best friend, whose precious secret they’ll do anything to protect. . . .

As Phoebe and her family team up with the Tinrocks to fight for a chance at a home, they confront the demons of their pasts and must do the impossible . . . deceive the most cunning con artist they’ve ever known.

Explanation:

The first two books in this series are some of my favorites of all time. I love these characters so much and how they are all morally grey. I highly recommend it to everyone. I am hoping I get accepted for the ARC to this one as I was the prior two. Hands down most hyped release of the year!

Top 5 Tuesday: Villains

Welcome back to Top 5 Tuesday, now following the list from That Artsy Reader Girl! As always, I do a top 5 instead of a top 10 because I tend to struggle to find 10 books for prompts.

This week's prompt is..... villains

It feels like spooky season is approaching with this prompt! It will honestly be a bit of a struggle to find characters for this prompt, as I do not tend to read books that include villains. Let's see what I find.

These are in no particular order

1. Rocky from the Webs We Weave series by Krista and Becca Ritchie
2. Troye from the Green Line Ice series by Bindi Kennedy
3. Josie from Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady
4. Charlie's right-hand man (sorry, I do not remember his name) from The Greatest of These by Erin FitzGerald
5. Diana from We Did Nothing Wrong by Hannah Jayne

Alright, none of them are villains, but they all make mean choices. Rocky is definitely not actually a villain, but he does have very questionable morals and is a con artist. Troye is certainly not either, to be honest, but he does play a partially antagonist role in the books. Josie is just a jerk a number of times, so due to my personal dislike of her, she is on this list. The one character I cannot remember a name for is the most villainous... I'm just a romance girlie, okay?

Here it all is in a pretty lil' graphic 😁

Look at me, successfully completing another week! Truly exciting stuff! Yay me! I hope to see you again tomorrow for me gushing about another book I am excited for!

Can't Wait Wednesday: Destructively Mine

 

 Can't Wait Wednesday

This week's book is.... Destructively Mine

Author: Krista & Becca Ritchie

Publisher: Berkley

Release Date: April 29th, 2025

Series: Webs We Weave

Blurb:

Ex-grifter Phoebe Graves’ new life threatens to come crashing down around her in the next unputdownable novel from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Addicted series.

As the daughter of a con artist, Phoebe Graves only knew a life of swindling the rich until her best friend and fellow grifter, Hailey Tinrock, proposed an idea to start a new, honest life in a wealthy college town of Connecticut. Once there, they decided to leave behind their deceitful tricks and be truthful for once. But you know what they say about best intentions...

While Phoebe is fake-dating Jake Waterford, the third-born son to an uber-wealthy and influential family, she’s actually dating and falling deeper in love with Brayden “Rocky” Tinrock—Hailey’s older brother. To make matters more complicated, Phoebe’s mother shows up out of the blue with conniving match-making designs of her own.

Her mother’s arrival threatens to unravel Phoebe’s plans. To keep her love, her friends, and her newfound happiness, Phoebe will have to return to her old games... and win.

Explanation:

To start off this week's explanation, I want to talk a bit about what the intention is for this blog series. This won't be every week like Top 5 Tuesday, instead it will be whenever I know of a book releasing in the future that I'm particularly excited about and want to discuss. 

I actually have an ARC (advanced reader copy) of this one, which I'm currently reading, and so far it's incredible. I won't discuss my thoughts more here, just wait for my review. 

I am so incredibly excited for this one because it is the sequel to my favorite book of 2024. Dishonestly Yours left such a mark on me, and you can read my thoughts on it here. I loved that the protagonists aren't morally redeemable and never claim to be. They are, in a way, a kind of Robin Hood group, which is one of my favorite tales. Getting the chance to see where their lives go from the cliffhanger at the end of book one is incredibly exciting!

It particularly delights me that we are staying in the same perspectives as book one. The chance to just dive back in after impatiently waiting since last July is incredible. If you like truly morally grey (non-murderous) characters and seeing a complicated web of right and wrong with incredibly dynamic characters, I highly recommend this series. It's also the perfect time to start this series!