I’ve read and enjoyed a few of Kelly Hunter’s romances in the past (in fact, her Harlequin Presents duet Claimed by a King was so good that I bought physical copies to go with my e-copies) so I was fairly confident that I’d find a lot to like in her latest, Must Love Christmas, part…
The Love Con is a fun, funny, and tender contemporary romance that takes on geek culture, con culture, and gives us a fun best-friends-pretend-dating-to-really-dating romance. It’s delightful and warm-hearted. Kenya – KeKe – Davenport is a geek ne plus ultra. She loves anime, fan conventions, cosplay and wants making a living designing costumes. That’s a…
Christmas Mountain is a sweet, sexy and emotional opposites-attract/second-chance love story featuring two guys who sort of ‘just missed’ each other when both their lives took unexpected turns before they could get around to going on a date. Their rekindled romance is a slow-burn with lots of longing and pining, the family dynamics – both…
Kristen Ashley’s Dream Keeper, the latest part of her Dream Team series, will surely please anyone who enjoys her quick-to-read, easygoing romances. I had some issues with her storytelling style, which I felt to be somewhat juvenile, but it’s still an okay book. Former soldier Augustus – Auggie – Hero (yes, really) has a huge…
Mistletoe in Juneau has its warm and sweet spots. Unfortunately, the book addresses its amputee hero with somewhat abelist language and indulges in major instalove, which made it impossible for me to give it a recommendation. The romance itself is sweet without leaning into the syrupy side of things, but readers won’t lose out if…
In Tacos for Two, Betsy St. Amant uses the plotline from the movie You’ve Got Mail, even including favorite lines that her hero and heroine share through their own communication on an online dating service. In the end, the way to love takes a winding path in this fun romantic comedy. Living in Modest, Texas,…
Warning: this book is filled with serious discussions about, and memories of, various characters’ domestic abuse. There are no active descriptions of abuse on page (everything is related via memories or off-page), but one of the minor characters does die at the hands of her abuser. This is one of those books that really should…
Adriana Herrera’s Sambrano Studios series – about a family-run movie business – adds a charming chapter with Just for the Holidays, a Christmas-themed romance with a lot of wonderful tension and romantic warmth. Perla Sambrano is a casting director trying to coax her ex into taking a part in a new telenova produced by her…
With You Forever thinks young. Very young. To the point where you’ll feel a little curmudgeonly by the middle of the book, wondering why these kids just won’t talk to each other like grown-ups. But the writing is cutely inoffensive, and the plot fairly fun. It does pining well, even if the pining makes no sense…
Zoe York adds another volume to her consistently good Pine Harbour series of romances with Wild at Heart, in which the small town’s sweetheart falls for an unimpressed search and rescue team member. This isn’t my favorite York, or even my favorite Pine Harbour book; it’s lack of logic keeps it from a higher grade,…
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