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Art Institute of Chicago 🖼 #Namjooning

Art Institute of Chicago 🖼 #Namjooning

Day 1 Chicago ✨ happy happy ✨

Day 1 Chicago ✨ happy happy ✨

▪️THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE is out today! ▪️With this latest, @riley.sager delivers a voyeuristic page-turner rife with fascinating characters, ratcheting suspense, and surprises aplenty.

I love how Sager once again took a familiar setup and made it his own. In this story, an actress heads to her family lake house after an alcoholic binge. Across the lake she spies on a former model and her techie husband, who aren’t the glamorous couple everyone expects. When the wife vanishes, the story spirals in ways unforeseen, culminating in a big-twist finale.

Sager expertly builds a sinister, paranoiac, almost suffocating atmosphere, which I loved, and which really enhanced the narrative. It’s truly perfect for devouring poolside! My spoiler-free review is on the blog this week! ➡️ vilmairis.com/the-house-across-the-lake

Thank you @duttonbooks for sending me this book! 🖤

Happy BTS Comeback!!! Ran to Target as soon as the

Happy BTS Comeback!!! Ran to Target as soon as they opened to get my copies, and just feeling all the feels 💜 The video, the songs, the content, the connections to the past, just relishing it all. And not me pulling my biases in the first album I opened!!! Whaaat?! That has NEVER happened! I’ll unbox the bigger edition on Stories later.

Anyway, it’s a really good day 💜

“You and I, the best moment is yet to come”

#bts_proof #yettocome #bts #jeonjungkook #kimtaehyung #btsarmy

Loving this book! An impressive debut with all the

Loving this book! An impressive debut with all the gothic, haunting vibes 🖤

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches...

During the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz’s father was executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife’s sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the security that his estate in the countryside provides. She will have her own home again, no matter the cost.

But Hacienda San Isidro is not the sanctuary she imagined.

When Rodolfo returns to work in the capital, visions and voices invade Beatriz’s sleep. The weight of invisible eyes follows her every move. Rodolfo’s sister, Juana, scoffs at Beatriz’s fears—but why does she refuse to enter the house at night? Why does the cook burn copal incense at the edge of the kitchen and mark the doorway with strange symbols? What really happened to the first Doña Solórzano?

Beatriz only knows two things for certain: Something is wrong with the hacienda. And no one there will save her.

Desperate for help, she clings to the young priest, Padre Andrés, as an ally. No ordinary priest, Andrés will have to rely on his skills as a witch to fight off the malevolent presence haunting the hacienda and protect the woman for whom he feels a powerful, forbidden attraction. But even he might not be enough to battle the darkness.

Far from a refuge, San Isidro may be Beatriz’s doom.

Light hitting the new floor so pretty ✨

Light hitting the new floor so pretty ✨

My next read: SOMETHING WILDER by @christinalauren

My next read: SOMETHING WILDER by @christinalauren 📖 Finished and super loved BOOK LOVERS by @emilyhenrywrites and sitting here poolside on this ☀️ day, excited to jump into CLo’s latest, out May 17th. More 👇🏻

Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession…or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn’t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness—and leave him there.

Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they’d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: it’s never going to happen.

But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn’t a gimmick after all. There’s a chance to right the wrongs—of Duke’s past and their own—but only if Leo and Lily can confront their history and work together. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether they’ll risk their lives and hearts on the adventure of a lifetime.

What’s everyone reading right now?! What’s nex

What’s everyone reading right now?! What’s next on your list?! 📖

My current read—BOOK LOVERS—has got me back in the reading mood! I had been so distracted 🤪 lately but this latest from Emily Henry is so so good (coming May 3) and will hopefully get me back on track with my TBR. Thinking of maybe starting NIGHTWORK by Nora Roberts next—her new romantic suspense coming May 24. Also counting the days to Holly Black’s BOOK OF NIGHT… one of my most anticipated of the year! 🖤 Tell me your reading 411 👇🏻

I’m not sure I’ll ever get over this weekend.

I’m not sure I’ll ever get over this weekend. We were so happy. Thankful to spend it with my friend whom I love so much. Core memories 💜✨🌈 📸

D4 — Let’s go! #BTS @annatodd

D4 — Let’s go! #BTS @annatodd

Happy happy happy 🌈💜👯‍♀️✨

Happy happy happy 🌈💜👯‍♀️✨

The wait is over — so happy to be in #Borahaegas

The wait is over — so happy to be in #Borahaegas with @annatodd, immersed in all things BTS. Tonight, the first concert of the weekend… lessssgo! 💜 #ptdlasvegas #ptd_on_stage_lasvegas

The @Sephora Spring Savings Event starts Friday, a

The @Sephora Spring Savings Event starts Friday, and this week #ontheblog I’m sharing some faves + what I plan to buy (but we all know there inevitably is more than one purchase 🤷🏻‍♀️)! Head to {vilmairis.com} to see what’s on my list, and to get the scoop on the sale 🤍

This week on the blog sharing some of our favorite

This week on the blog sharing some of our favorite outdoor pieces ☀️ We’ve started refreshing our backyard, adding new 🪴 and sprucing up the styling as we jump into Spring and Summer 💦 Check some of our favorite outdoor furniture and accessories ➡️ vilmairis.com

It’s feels like way too long since we’ve taken

It’s feels like way too long since we’ve taken on some home projects and we’re about to get going finally! The mini kitchen makeover starts Monday—switching out backsplash ◻️◻️◻️, building new hood and ordering a new oven (which will take months to arrive), but so excited! We’ll also be upgrading all the downstairs floor right after the kitchen project, and I’m hoping I can finally get my moody floral wallpaper up in the powder bath soon after that. Things about to get chaotic ;) This weekend we’re starting on sprucing up the backyard too—plants, garden and cleanup—as we move into Spring & Summer. I love this stuff 🖤 Are you all starting any 🏠 projects soon???

Catholic art gallery at the same cathedral, in a r

Catholic art gallery at the same cathedral, in a re-purposed crypt. The “Head of the Saint” was the oldest piece — from the 5th century.

#Namjooning

We didn’t have much time to explore Sofia, Bulga

We didn’t have much time to explore Sofia, Bulgaria (other than our late-night dinners), but so thankful we had an hour to explore St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. Unbelievable. This Orthodox cathedral was opener in 1912 and built in Neo-Byzantine style. It’s one of the 50 largest Catholic Churches in the world.

So. Much. Snow. ❄️

So. Much. Snow. ❄️

Really amazing work day today, here in Bulgaria. A

Really amazing work day today, here in Bulgaria. Amazing late-night dinner celebrating all the good things 🎥 The restaurant we went to was so cool—a three-story house with all the vintagey, eclectic vibes.

Thx @mjkinee for snapping a pic of me and @klseaberg for your rose photo.

Coffee. 👩🏻‍💻 Repeat.

Coffee. 👩🏻‍💻 Repeat.

THE NIGHT SHIFT by @AlexFinlayAuthor is out tomorr

THE NIGHT SHIFT by @AlexFinlayAuthor is out tomorrow and I'm sharing my spoiler-free review is #ontheblog! I loved his book EVERY LAST FEAR, and knew I had to read this next one, especially after I read the premise.

The story opens with the brutal murder on New Year's Eve 1999—four teen girls working the night shift are attacked at a Blockbuster—three are killed and only one makes it out alive. Fast forward fifteen years and there's another murder in the same town. More girls are killed and again, only one teen girl makes it out alive.

With twists and turns aplenty, and a bit of a 90s nostalgia, Finlay takes us on quite the thrill ride in this multi-perspective, propulsive thriller. It's the kind of book you can't help but binge and I really loved it. Read more about the book and what to expect by heading to {vilmairis.com}.

Synopsis 👇🏻

“The night was expected to bring tragedy.” So begins one of the most highly-anticipated thrillers in recent years.

It’s New Year’s Eve 1999. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators plunging to earth, world markets collapsing. A digital apocalypse. None of that happens. But at a Blockbuster Video in New Jersey, four teenagers working late at the store are attacked. Only one inexplicably survives. Police quickly identify a suspect, the boyfriend of one of the victims, who flees and is never seen again.

Fifteen years later, more teenage employees are attacked at an ice cream store in the same town, and again only one makes it out alive.

In the aftermath of the latest crime, three lives intersect: the lone survivor of the Blockbuster massacre who’s forced to relive the horrors of her tragedy; the brother of the fugitive accused, who’s convinced the police have the wrong suspect; and FBI agent Sarah Keller who must delve into the secrets of both nights—stirring up memories of teen love and lies—to uncover the truth about murders on the night shift.

Out today and so excited to read it! Starting toni

Out today and so excited to read it! Starting tonight! This is the second book in the Crescent City series and I loved the first—House of Earth and Blood 🌙

Anyone else planning to read? Have you read the first? Tell me below 👇🏻

{link in bio to all of today’s new releases}

Happy Valentine's Day, friends! Hope everyone is h

Happy Valentine's Day, friends! Hope everyone is having a lovely start to the week. I'm so excited to share my latest blog feature—a capsule wardrobe inspired by the one-and-only #JHope of BTS! His birthday is this Friday, and if you don't know him, he is the "sunshine" of BTS, an amazing dancer, a fashion icon, and overall, a wonderful human being. I love his effortlessly chic style and curated some key wardrobe pieces to achieve a similar look. Check it out on {vilmairis.com} or link in bio ♡ and let me know what you think!

Next 🏠 project: kitchen mini makeover ◻️ We

Next 🏠 project: kitchen mini makeover ◻️ We’re switching out the backsplash and building a new vent hood using the same tile. For the past year, I’ve been going back and forth about whether we should do the project, and what shape of tile, what color, and ultimately decided to do it. We’re so excited! Opted for zellige tile in Weathered White—I love rustic, handmade look, the warmer, non-uniform tones (hard to tell in pic) and think it will pair well with our charcoal cabinets. Will hopefully get started in the next few weeks 🤞🏻 #staytuned

Happy Monday! Did you guys have a good weekend? Wh

Happy Monday! Did you guys have a good weekend? What did you do? See? Watch? I binge-watched the drama Record of Youth (loved it), and hung out at home with the fam (it was so cold outside!). This week #ontheblog I’m sharing my #5Favorites from January—all clothing staples I am loving so much. Head to vilmairis.com or {link in bio} or https://liketk.it/3xAYK

Follow my shop @vilmairisblog on the @shop.LTK app to shop this post and get my exclusive app-only content!

#liketkit #LTKcurves #LTKstyletip #LTKworkwear @shop.ltk

The second #FinlayDonovan book is out now—I read

The second #FinlayDonovan book is out now—I read the first one (FINLAY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT) on a whim and it was so funny! Anyone else read it too? 🙋🏻‍♀️

Essentially the stories center on a struggling single mom of two who gets herself in these impossible, stressful situations. Can’t wait to dig into this one: FINLAY DONOVAN KNOCKS ‘EM DEAD 👇🏻

Finlay Donovan is—once again—struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two. On the bright side, she has her live-in nanny and confidant Vero to rely on, and the only dead body she’s dealt with lately is that of her daughter’s pet goldfish.

On the not-so-bright side, someone out there wants her ex-husband, Steven, out of the picture. Permanently. Whatever else Steven may be, he’s a good father, but saving him will send her down a rabbit hole of hit-women disguised as soccer moms, and a little bit more involvement with the Russian mob than she’d like.

Meanwhile, Vero’s keeping secrets, and Detective Nick Anthony seems determined to get back into her life. He may be a hot cop, but Finlay’s first priority is preventing her family from sleeping with the fishes… and if that means bending a few laws then so be it.

With her next book’s deadline looming and an ex-husband to keep alive, Finlay is quickly coming to the end of her rope. She can only hope there isn’t a noose at the end of it…

Give me all the ☕️

Give me all the ☕️

Part 2 ✨🍹🥑 🌴 🍜 🌅

Part 2 ✨🍹🥑 🌴 🍜 🌅

Work trip ✨ but had some hours to go #Namjooning

Work trip ✨ but had some hours to go #Namjooning with my partner-in-crime @annatodd. After my flight was delayed what seemed like forever, landed in LA to beautiful weather. Had some meetings then lots of great food and even better conversation. Now we gear up for a busy few days! 🎥

Channeling #uarmyhope vibes 📸 although I didnt get a chance to layout my #ootd lol

I love thrillers, and I especially @larskepler thr

I love thrillers, and I especially @larskepler thrillers. I’m pretty much obsessed with the #JoonaLinna series (Killer Instinct) and their latest—THE MIRROR MAN—was amazing. Tense, terrifying, and totally absorbing. My spoiler-free review of #TheMirrorMan is on the blog, and I seriously cannot recommend their books enough (although for sure not for the faint of heart)! ➡️ vilmairis.com/the-mirror-man or link in bio 🖤

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Sixteen-year-old Jenny Lind is kidnapped in broad daylight on her way home from school and thrown into the back of a truck. She’s taken to a dilapidated house, where she and other girls face horrors far beyond their worst nightmares. Though they’re desperate to escape, their captor foils everyone of their attempts.

Five years later, Jenny’s body is found hanging in a playground, strung up with a winch on a rainy night. As the police are scrambling to find a lead in the scant evidence, Detective Joona Linna recognizes an eerie connection between Jenny’s murder and a death declared a suicide years before. And when another teenage girl goes missing, it becomes clear to Joona that they’re dealing with a serial killer—and his murderous rampage may have just begun.

📚𝑴𝑶𝑺𝑻 𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑰𝑷𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑫 𝑩𝑶𝑶𝑲𝑺 + 𝑮𝑰𝑽𝑬𝑨𝑾𝑨𝒀! 📚

I have finally found my stride again with reading, finding the focus to devour some new reading material! I just finished THE GIRL IN THE MIST by @kristenashleybooks this weekend and it was fabulous! This is an immersive, atmospheric romantic thriller written in Kristen's signature style as she imparts a story that centers on a serial killer terrorizing a small lake town in the Pacific Northwest. #TheGirlInTheMist was one of my most anticipated Spring reads, and this week #ontheblog I'm sharing the full list of books I can't wait to read {vilmairis.com or link in bio}. Plus, LIKE this post + COMMENT below and let me know what you're reading right now and one of you can win your own print copy of this must-read thriller!

I'll choose a winner this weekend! U.S. entrants only please.

REMINDERS OF HIM by @colleenhoover is out next wee

REMINDERS OF HIM by @colleenhoover is out next week, and I’m sharing my spoiler-free review #ontheblog! I’ve been reading Colleen’s books for years and her stories never disappoint. I loved this one! Plus, also sharing my most anticipated reads for the first half of 2022, which includes this book! Head to vilmairis.com or {link in bio}. A bit from my review:

𝙄𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚, 𝙃𝙤𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝. 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩, 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛, 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚, 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮.

Sunday view as I work on blog content for the week

Sunday view as I work on blog content for the week 👩🏻‍💻📚✨ Can’t wait to finish to go back to THE MIRROR MAN by @larskepler, which is SOOO good!

As much as I love Christmas, it feels so good to h

As much as I love Christmas, it feels so good to have the house back in order, everything back in its place. Have you guys taken down your decor???

Woke up to 27 degree weather here in Austin, so it’s a perfect chilly day to snuggle up on the couch and read 📚 I’m so glad that I’ve finally been able to quiet my mind to catch up on reading during this holiday break.

📚 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧’𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟

📚 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧’𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭? 📚

I’m finishing off the year with the latest from one of my favorite authors, @lisagardnerbks! It’s been so great to finally have time to catch up on reading!

I really love setting a holiday table, even when i

I really love setting a holiday table, even when it’s just the four us ✨ Meanwhile my boys are asking if they havvvve to change out of pjs for Christmas Eve dinner 🤦🏻‍♀️

Hopefully you guys are all done with holiday gift

Hopefully you guys are all done with holiday gift shopping, but in case you’re not, I have some ideas for some last-minute gifts for teen girls! I had lots of messages asking for this, so hope it helps! 🎁🎄 vilmairis.com or link in bio 💕

This week #ontheblog I’m sharing some tops and s

This week #ontheblog I’m sharing some tops and shoes to level up your holiday outfit!!! I have a lot of these pieces myself, and whether you’re want a simple nod to the season or want to glam it up, I’ve got you! Also these are my favorite sneaks right now, perf for an informal holiday fete! 🎄✨ Link in bio or vilmairis.com

http://liketk.it/3tPLQ #liketkit #LTKHoliday #LTKshoecrush #LTKSeasonal
@shop.ltk

WE ARE READY!!!!! @bts.bighitofficial 💜💜💜

WE ARE READY!!!!! @bts.bighitofficial 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 @annatodd @mcurran87

Our #BTS weekend begins, and I couldn’t be more

Our #BTS weekend begins, and I couldn’t be more excited for the concerts, to see my friends, to meet other Army and experience it all! Expect ALLL THE BTS content this weekend 💜 Austin ✈️ LA #permissiontodance @bts.bighitofficial

ps If you’re really really really into BTS, you can also follow me on Twitter at @purpleiris_13 😜

Happy Thanksgiving!!! 🦃 🍁 We had our family

Happy Thanksgiving!!! 🦃 🍁 We had our family dinner last night and just enjoying some leftovers & down time today before my sis & I ✈️ to LA, meet up with one of my besties, and see our seven favorite men lol. Hope everyone has a lovely holiday with family & friends 💕

#sponsored Who’s already started holiday shoppin

#sponsored Who’s already started holiday shopping? 🙋🏻‍♀️ You guys know this is my favorite time of year, and I love finding the perfect gifts for my friends and family… as early as possible so I can get it done & done and focus on celebrating the moments that matter the most together. Our #WalmartPlus membership has been a massive time saver during this busy holiday season. They offer unlimited free delivery ($35 order min. Restrictions apply.) on groceries, gifts and more for holiday gatherings and gifting wins all season long, at the @walmart prices we love.

This week #ontheblog, I’m sharing an “Under $100 Gift Guide” to help cross things off your list, so that you too, can enjoy this season’s most important moments, together with those you love, without any last-minute worrying.

{ visit vilmairis.com or link in bio }

#walmartplus walmart.com/plus #liketkit @liketoknow.it #ltkfamily #ltkholiday #LTKGiftGuide @walmart

I love when the gifts start to gather around the t

I love when the gifts start to gather around the tree 🎄🎁 ✨

What are you guys reading this weekend? I’m divi

What are you guys reading this weekend?
I’m diving into REMINDERS OF HIM by @colleenhoover, who never disappoints 💕out January 18th! {link in bio}

Spent my Sunday getting two new #GiftGuides togeth

Spent my Sunday getting two new #GiftGuides together for you guys: FOR HIM & FOR HER!!! I may have shopped my own lists this weekend too lol 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🎁🎄{links in bio}

#sponsored Do you read romantic suspense? It's one

‘Tis the season ✨🎄 Waiting for a few new or

‘Tis the season ✨🎄 Waiting for a few new ornaments to layer in, but already feeling a bit more joyful with our tree up! Anyone else already have theirs up? 🙋🏻‍♀️

The first of this year’s #HolidayGiftGuide is up

The first of this year’s #HolidayGiftGuide is up #ontheblog! This week, I’m sharing some of my favorite 🎁 ideas for Teen Boys.

Teens are so tough, especially boys, but with the help of my own, I’ve come up with some ideas I hope will help with your holiday gifting 🎄✨❤️ {link in bio} or vilmairis.com

#TuesdayShoesday with my new favorite boots 🍂

#TuesdayShoesday with my new favorite boots 🍂

True to size {link in stories} @shop.ltk #liketkit http://liketk.it/3qZOp

Always a little sad to get rid of the bats, but th

Always a little sad to get rid of the bats, but they will be gone gone gone tomorrow, along with the rest of the 🎃 decor. We’ll start our 🎄 next weekend bc we’re #TeamChristmasAsSoonAsPossible — for now, enjoying our last day with all things spooky! Happy Halloween!

For those who celebrate, which decor team are you in November? 🦃 or 🎄?

Sunday Funday 🧀 🍷

Sunday Funday 🧀 🍷

A SHADOW IN THE EMBER by @jennifer_l_armentrout is

A SHADOW IN THE EMBER by @jennifer_l_armentrout is out today!!! Who is reading it?! 🙋🏻‍♀️

It’s the first book in the Flesh & Fire series and a companion prequel to the Blood & Ash series. It’s sooooo good you guys, I’ve been reading it and can’t wait to finish! Read more 👇🏻 and click link in bio to start reading!

Born shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort.

However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania—she’s not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission—one target. Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then…end him. If she fails, she dooms her kingdom to a slow demise at the hands of the Rot.

Sera has always known what she is. Chosen. Consort. Assassin. Weapon. A specter never fully formed yet drenched in blood. A monster. Until him. Until the Primal of Death’s unexpected words and deeds chase away the darkness gathering inside her. And his seductive touch ignites a passion she’s never allowed herself to feel and cannot feel for him. But Sera has never had a choice. Either way, her life is forfeit—it always has been, as she has been forever touched by Life and Death.

So incredibly happy to have this stunning commissi

So incredibly happy to have this stunning commission piece by @jyoungdesignhouse in our home. It’s so perfect and beautiful. I can’t stop looking at it 🖤 Thank you, Josh!

✨ Cheers to the weekend!!! ✨

✨ Cheers to the weekend!!! ✨

Shadows & light & Halloween things ✨

Shadows & light & Halloween things ✨

I can finally go back to reading after binging Squ

I can finally go back to reading after binging Squid Game (omg so insane). Anyone else watch?

Also so excited to be reading this one. Loved the first in the series and love @naominovik books! Thanks @randomhouse for sending it to me!

✨ SPARK ✨ by @authorhelenhardt is out today! T

✨ SPARK ✨ by @authorhelenhardt is out today! This is the next installment in the #SteelBrothers saga, brimming with mystery and angst, and I’ve got the scoop on the blog {link in bio} and more 👇🏻

He’ll do anything for his family…

Donovan “Donny” Steel is on a partnership track with a major Denver law firm. He loves his city career and his luxurious downtown loft, and life is going just how he planned it…until his mother, the city attorney for his hometown of Snow Creek, Colorado, asks him to move back and work for her when her assistant retires. Mom asks? Donny goes. Because he’ll do anything for the family who took him in twenty-five years ago. The fact that he can pick up where he left off with gorgeous Callie Pike is simply a fringe benefit.

Caroline “Callie” Pike was looking forward to finally beginning law school at age twenty-six, but the western slope fire that destroyed most of her family’s vineyards put that plan on hold. At least she has Donny Steel’s return to look forward to. After she spent an evening with him at a recent party, he hasn’t strayed far from her mind.

When Donny and Callie meet again, sparks do more than fly. They shoot like rockets to the stars. But their chemistry can’t protect them from the emerging mysteries regarding the Steel family’s past…or the secret Callie is keeping as well.

Happy Monday! ✨ I know it’s been a minute sinc

Happy Monday! ✨ I know it’s been a minute since I posted Style content, but this week #ontheblog I’m so excited to share my picks for a Fall Capsule Wardrobe—mix & match essentials you can wear through Winter. Head to vilmairis.com or link in bio to check out the post! 🍂🍃🍁

A little different this year 🦇 #inprogress ht

A little different this year 🦇 #inprogress

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📚 What are you reading this weekend? Me, I’m

📚 What are you reading this weekend?

Me, I’m loving THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS by @alihazelwood. It’s a fast-paced, quick-witted romcom in an academia setting and I’m all in! So good! {link in bio}

Currently listening to this & almost done! Love th

Currently listening to this & almost done! Love this series so much. @jdrobbauthor

Thanks @stmartinspress for sending!

📖 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑵𝑶𝑾: 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲 𝑷𝑨𝑷𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑪𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑶𝑹𝑺

I’ve struggled focusing on reading these past several months (anyone else?), but this long weekend, and this book, have been exactly what I’ve needed. I love @alicewriterland books and this latest is out Tuesday and so very good (as expected) // Link in bio, more 👇🏻

Think you know the person you married? Think again…

Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can’t recognize friends or family, or even his own wife.

Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts--paper, cotton, pottery, tin--and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn’t want them to live happily ever after.

Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. And an anniversary they will never forget.

I’m getting that itch to start to change things

I’m getting that itch to start to change things up — slipping into that Fall state of mind. Need to think on what I bring out this year to channel those cozy vibes 🤔 🍂🍁 Anyone else starting to get into that decorating mood???? 🙋🏻‍♀️ Sharing some Fall candles I just purchased in my Stories.

(And yes I know it’s still hot as hell here lol)

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Reorganizing book shelves this morning as books ar

Reorganizing book shelves this morning as books are beginning to pile up again 📚📚

➡️ How often do you guys re-organize????

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙬?

I’m reading VELVET WAS THE NIGHT by @silviamg.author, who wrote MEXICAN GOTHIC—a book I absolutely loved! This book is out today and I’m linking it in my stories, and in link in bio. The 📕 scoop 👇🏻

1970s, Mexico City. Maite is a secretary who lives for one thing: the latest issue of Secret Romance. While student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite escapes into stories of passion and danger.

Her next-door neighbor, Leonora, a beautiful art student, seems to live a life of intrigue and romance that Maite envies. When Leonora disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman—and journeying deeper into Leonora’s secret life of student radicals and dissidents.

Meanwhile, someone else is also looking for Leonora at the behest of his boss, a shadowy figure who commands goon squads dedicated to squashing political activists. Elvis is an eccentric criminal who longs to escape his own life: He loathes violence and loves old movies and rock ’n’ roll. But as Elvis searches for the missing woman, he watches Maite from a distance—and comes to regard her as a kindred spirit who shares his love of music and the unspoken loneliness of his heart.

Now as Maite and Elvis come closer to discovering the truth behind Leonora’s disappearance, they can no longer escape the danger that threatens to consume their lives, with hitmen, government agents, and Russian spies all aiming to protect Leonora’s secrets—at gunpoint.

Velvet Was the Night is an edgy, simmering historical novel for lovers of smoky noirs and anti-heroes.

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