Nicolas DiDomizio’s Nearlywed is not so much a romance as it is a story about romance and what happens to a couple after they’ve found their HEA. The blurb’s description of an engaged couple’s compatibility [being] put to the test during their ill-fated early honeymoon did give rise to a teeny bit of apprehension, but…
The cosy mystery is not a genre I’m generally drawn to. I’ve read a few (mostly Josh Lanyon’s Secrets and Scrabble series and a few others) and the words “Gregory Ashe” and “cosy mystery” were not, until now, ones I’d have expected ever to see written in the same sentence. But here we are at…
Jay Northcote’s Imperfect Harmony turned out to fit this month’s “No Place Like Home” prompt in several different ways. Not only has one of the lead characters recently returned to his former home town, but also, it’s set in the UK (my home), the two leads are musicians (so am I) and one of them…
The Emperor and the Endless Palace is a stunning achievement. If that’s not enough to get you to read this (I warn you – tragic, without a single happily ever after involved) romantic epic, then take this into account: it’s almost certainly going to be on my best of year for 2024. In 4 BCE,…
Narrated by Will Watt This new recording of Waiting for the Flood is over twice as long as the original mainly due to the addition of a second novella. Taken together the two novellas tell one completely satisfying story. While Waiting for the Flood was originally written to stand alone, Chasing the Light will mean…
Narrated by Mark Sanderlin The trend for reality-TV themed romances continues in Timothy Janovsky’s latest standalone novel, The (Fake) Dating Game, in which the PoV character, Holden James, is hoping to compete in a Supermarket Sweep-style gameshow as a kind of homage to his late mother. I enjoyed the story – the love interest is…
Alexis Hall’s 30,000 word novella, Waiting for the Flood, was originally published in 2015 (AAR’s earlier DIK review is here), and, like Glitterland, has now been reissued as part of his ongoing publishing deal with Sourcebooks Casablanca. This new edition, however, has been substantially expanded to include a second, brand new, 50,000 word novella –…
People of a certain age will understand what I mean when I say My Fair Brady by Brian Kennedy is a solid entry into the “pulling a Marcia Brady makeover” trope. If you are a bit younger, you might consider it a “Can’t Buy Me Love,” or even younger, you’d maybe think it’s a “She’s…
A mini review from Caz of the final book in the Wild Hearts series. Narrated by Greg Boudreaux Family matters. With the help of his found family and his beloved Prince Sylvain, Lochlann Wilde has finally conquered the four oriels of the Wispwood. Now that the elemental gemstones are united in his amulet, Locke can…
Narrated by Nicholas Boulton As I noted in our January Picks post, Alexis Hall’s Glitterland has been re-recorded to include some bonus material that was not available with the recording made in 2016. With Nicholas Boulton in the narrator’s chair once again, there was no question in my mind that the narration would, once again,…
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