When I see a TBR prompt like “Bananapants,” my mind jumps to either old-school historicals and gothics or Harlequin Presents. I was a bit pinched for time at work this past month, so a quick category read seemed like just the escapist ticket. Taming the Last St. Claire is a book that I found highly…
Narrated by Kale Williams C.S. Poe’s Subway Slayings was one of my favourite books of last year, a wonderful combination of clever, tightly-plotted mystery and gorgeous slow-burn romance that gave me a book hangover of the very best kind – and now I get to experience the story all over again with the added benefit…
Narrated by J.F. Harding Note: There are spoilers for the previous books in the series in this review. It’s always sad when it comes time to say goodbye to characters you’ve come to know and love over the course of a series, and now it’s time to wave Mac and Tony off into the sunset…
Narrated by J.F. Harding Home Work is the third book in Kaje Harper’s fabulous mystery/romance Life Lessons series, and as it’s a continuation of Tony and Mac’s story, is not a standalone. This is a series that should be listened to in order and there are spoilers for the story so far in this review….
There was a time when I read lots of category romances… almost all of which were written by the fabulous Sarah Mayberry, none of which were Harlequin Presents. But I like Caitlin Crews/Megan Crane’s work and I thought it would be fun to check out what she does with the rules of Presents. They are,…
Narrated by JF Harding Kaje Harper’s Life Lessons series continues with Breaking Cover, a wonderful blend of romance and mystery that was so completely enthralling that I couldn’t stop listening to it. Everything works – the mystery is intriguing, the characters are relatable and beautifully drawn, the relationship development is deeply emotional, and J.F. Harding’s…
Narrated by J.F. Harding Kaje Harper’s Life Lessons (first published in print in 2011) is the first in a series of four books that follows high school English teacher Tony Hart and widower and deeply closeted homicide detective Jared Maclean from their very first meeting as part of a murder investigation, through the ups and…
Narrated by Kale Williams C.S. Poe kicks off her latest series of m/m mysteries in grand style with Madison Square Murders, book one in her New York-set Momento Mori series. It’s a clever, tightly plotted mystery featuring one of the most unusual protagonists I’ve ever come across; I loved the story when I read it…
a Retro Review originally published on October 31, 2003 Patricia Potter’s first Silhouette Intimate Moments release, Home for Christmas, didn’t receive the attention it deserved when it first came out. Maybe because it was released the same month as Ruth Wind’s For Christmas, Forever and Suzanne Brockmann’s It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, both excellent…
Narrated by Raphael Corkhill Everina Maxwell’s Winter’s Orbit – which was originally published on AO3 as Course of Honour – combines a murder mystery with intergalactic politics and a side-order of romance in which (according to Tor.com’s publishing announcement) a scandal-prone prince and a dutiful scholar, who are forced into a political marriage, try to…
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