Reviews by Maria Rose
My experience reading Jenny Holiday to date has been an enjoyable one, with two of her more recent releases, Famous and Infamous, ending up on my favorites of 2017 list. This sets up pretty high expectations for anything new she puts out, and fortunately she lives up to those with the first romance ...
On the surface, Stefanie London's latest release, Bad Bachelor, is a fun, romantic comedy with a modern premise. It's the story of an unlucky-in-love librarian finding herself in a relationship with a playboy bachelor she first sees on a dating app. While it definitely lives up to that promise, it a ...
As a longtime fan of Jackie Ashenden's writing, you'll find that most of my reviews for her books feature words like 'Intense!' and 'Steamy!'. This applies whether she's writing erotic romances like her Living In ... and Lies We Tell series or riveting romantic suspense like her Nine Circles series. ...
Megan Hart is best known for writing erotica and erotic romances so I already know from past experience to expect some high quality sex scenes in her writing. However Dangerous Promise goes in a whole new direction than her previous books. The first in a futuristic sci-fi romance series entitled T ...
Susan Stoker has a few romantic suspense novels under her belt but Claiming Bailey is the first of hers that I've read. It's the third story in her Ace Security series, about a group of brothers who run a security company in Castle Rock, Colorado with the aim of aiding battered women and children. ...
HelenKay Dimon has made a name for herself writing romantic suspense stories with male/female and male/male couples. I've read a handful from a few different series and they've all been exciting, sexy and entertaining romances. In The Pretender, the third book of the Games People Play series, a murd ...
In my quest to read more new to me authors this year, with an emphasis on diverse/own voices, I found a real winner in Mia Sosa's Acting on Impulse, the first story in her Love on Cue series. I usually stay clear of the 'rich Hollywood movie star falls for ordinary citizen' type of story but the syn ...
Kate Meader has been a reliable source of sexy contemporary romances, having written about chefs, firefighters, and now hockey players taking center ice. The Chicago Rebels series, all standalone romances but with a continuing background story arc, details a struggling NHL franchise and their make-o ...
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Though romances starring rock star heroes or heroines aren't usually on my list of favorites, I may have to make an exception after reading this latest romance by Jenny Holiday. On the strength of my enjoyment of previous stories of hers, in particular the 49th Floor series of romantic comedies, I e ...
Jessica Clare’s Dirty Scoundrel is the second book in her Roughneck Billionaires series. It's also the first novel of hers that I've read, part of my quest to read more new to me authors this year (though she'd been on my to-read list for a while). The series name gives a good hint as to the backg ...