This is a fascinating book that’s hard to rate, as it’s a poetic enterprise entirely done in opera verse. That means The Siren and the Star won’t be for everyone, nor every teenager, but its unique ways will definitely appeal to the artistic, the dramatic, the operatic. For indeed, it is an opera. Luciana “Lula”…
Mimi Matthews does it again with The Muse of Maiden Lane, recovering from the slight slump that was The Lily of Ludgate Hill, the third Belles of London novel. Overall, it’s been one of my favorite series from her, and this volume adds to the fun. This is a cozy romance about two people who…
Fantastic isn’t a word I apply liberally to my reviews – so when I call A Shore Thing an absolutely fantastic romance that will delight and dazzle every reader, oh, do I mean it! It’s one of the best queer romances of the summer and will make you smile and swoon hard. Kit Griffith is…
Jennifer Ryan is back with the second installment of her Dark Horse Dive Bar series, Wilde for You, a subtle romantic suspense wrapped up in a small-town cowboy romance. It’s the first Ryan novel I’ve read, and I liked this standalone enough to delve into her backlist as soon as I was finished. Layla Brock…
A lovely, muscular novel that takes a look at life in Louis Comfort Tiffany’s workshop during its late 1800s heyday, The Tiffany Girls finally gives a voice to the unsung designers and artists who helped put together the glass king’s most famous pieces. Responsible widow Clara Walcott Driscoll is running the women’s division of Tiffany’s…
It’s pretty much impossible for me to not love Scarlett Peckham. Her original plots and strong characters are my catnip, my raison d’être as a romance reader. Thus, The Portrait of a Duchess pleased me to no end. There are a few hinky spots here, but it’s still a great read. Cornelia Ludgate is an…
I’ve slowly been inching away from historical romance novels in recent years, but authors like Mia Vincy keep me coming back. Although the rich-duke-falls-for-poor-spinster story has been told many times, in Vincy’s hands it feels fresh and exciting as A Scandalous Kind of Duke unfolds. Leopold Halton, the Duke of Dammerton, and Juno Bell have…
I’m always up for a holiday romance. I’m definitely in the “love it” camp for Christmas romances, which tend to have both passionate fans and die-hard avoiders. However, I love reading about other holidays as well, whether from traditions I share or not. In my case, part of my family is Jewish I’ve enjoyed finding…
Lord Peregrine Cavendish has been friends with Lysander (Zander) Winterbourne (Introducing Mr. Winterbourne) since they were young boys and schoolmates. Lysander was the golden boy Perry hero-worshiped, while Perry was just Zander’s hulking friend – Gogmagog, as old Warner, their housemaster at Fletcherfield, had called him. He’s loved Zander for years, and only discovered they…
Two households, both alike in owning Vietnamese restaurants, in SoCal, where we lay our scene. Fortunately, Bảo Nguyễn and Linh Mai are brighter than their Veronan counterparts, although their situation is no less complex: their parents have bad blood that goes far deeper than a culinary rivalry. This is an enjoyable #OwnVoices YA contemporary which…
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