Alexa Martin’s Better Than Fiction had so much potential, with a plucky heroine and a cool bookstore setting. Unfortunately, the too-good-to-be-real hero and a lack of conflict between the couple holds the story back. Drew Young hates to read, so when she inherits the Book Nook bookstore from her beloved grandmother, the irony is not…
Better than Fiction is the sensational, charming, sexy new novel from the talented Alexa Martin. While not centered around Thanksgiving or Christmas I’d still describe it as a perfect holiday read because it definitely spreads joy and cheer. If there’s one thing Drew Young can’t stand it’s a novelized HEA. Sure, she enjoyed fairy tales…
In Laura Taylor Namey’s A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, heroine Lila Reyes finds herself quite literally out of her comfort zone – Miami – as her family, concerned for her mental and physical well-being after a series of life crises, sends her to stay with a family friend in a small English…
Well-known contemporary romance writer Adriana Herrera pens her first historical romance with A Caribbean Heiress in Paris, the story of an marriage of convenience between two ambitious, strong-willed people seeking to gain control of their lives. Caribbean-based Dominican/Scottish heiress Luz Alana Heith-Benzan is headed to the Exposition Universelle of 1889 in the hope of selling…
Carla de Guzman’s A Match Made in Lipa is the sequel to Sweet On You and features another shopkeeper on the street called the Laneways, but you don’t have to have read Sweet On You to enjoy this one. And oh, how you will enjoy this one! Anton Santillan (Santi) and Kira Luz grew up…
I’m a fan of the vacation fling trope in romances, ones where the characters meet up again later and develop an actual relationship. So when I heard that Kelly Jamieson’s most recent release, Good Hands would feature this within her current hockey series (Bears Hockey II) I was quite excited to get my hands on…
Business Not As Usual is a story for the every-person. You, slugging away at your coffee, stuck in a dead end job, living in a bad neighborhood, dealing with crappy relatives. This is your book, and if you wanna escape into a fluffy Cinderella fantasy, you’re going to enjoy it. The wonderfully-named Dreamy Daniels has…
Lauri Robinson’s Marriage or Ruin for the Heiress is the first in her new miniseries The Osterlund Saga. This book is set in Chicago during the Great Depression and features a hero and heroine who are both determined never to fall in love. This is a delightful and easy read, with the tiniest bit of…
It’s hard to take on a workplace romance between a boss and an intern, but in Hot Copy, Ruby Barrett succeeds with something sexy that also manages to have a firm emotional grounding and clear consent. While the heroine is challenging to like, that’s not always a bad thing. On his first day at his…
A Yuletide Kiss features three interwoven stories about a group of travelers who find themselves stranded at a rural inn at Christmastime by an unexpected winter storm, and the romances that follow their forced proximity. When We Finally Kiss Good Night by Sabrina Jeffries Grade: B+ …
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