Reviews by Dabney Grinnan

By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

Jasmine Guillory’s sweet, charming new novel, By the Book, is a modern-day…

Sleepover by Serena Bell

Sleepover is one of the best contemporary romances released in the past…

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

If you’re a queer kid who survived life as a student at…

Drop Dead Gorgeous by Rachel Gibson

My bookshelf has a baker’s dozen of Rachel Gibson’s 2000s-era contemporaries, which…

The Earl She Should Never Desire by Lara Temple

I have a hit/miss relationship with Lara Temple’s books and much to…

Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare

Author Jessica Clare (of the Wyoming Cowboys series, among others) switches subgenres…

The Iron Warrior Returns by Michelle Willingham

The Iron Warrior Returns is one of a number of medievals I’ve…

Dipped in Sunshine by Fearne Hill

Fearne Hill’s Dipped in Sunshine is a fun, sexy/sweet age-gap romance with…

Birds of California by Katie Cotugno

Birds of California is one of the better post-#MeToo showbiz-kids –grow-up-in-Hollywood novels. …