J.L. Merrow’s Fall Hard is an atmospheric romantic mystery set in Iceland, with lots of local colour and enough uncertainty and suspicion to keep me guessing right up until the reveal. Eight months before the story begins, Paul Ansell, an English academic working and studying in Iceland, had a terrible accident which left him badly…
Rachel Langella is a new-to-me author, and I picked up Airs Above the Ground, her second entry in the Carnival of Mysteries series, because the premise intrugued me. It’s the story of someone who has lived much of his life in the Carnival and performs there as part of a family trapeze act, and who…
Power of the Mind, the second book in Nicky James’ Shadowy Solutions romantic suspense series, takes place around three months after the events of Skeletons in the Closet – and hard-boiled PI Diem Krause is no closer to shaking his fascination with Tallus Domingo, the gorgeous records clerk at Toronto PD. As has been established,…
The Seduction of James Gray, the first book in new-to-me author Colette Rivera’s Moonlight Falls trilogy, is a captivating story of magic, mystery and romance that bristles with a genuine sense of creepiness and foreboding. The mystery is compelling, the romance is nicely done and the ending is satisfying, but while some questions are answered…
Briar Prescott’s Until series of contemporary romances has become one of my favourites, and this third instalment is one of my most anticipated books of the back half of 2024. Maybe You is a terrific read that bears all the author’s trademarks – it’s emotional, funny, sexy, and insightful, the characters are flawed yet incredibly…
Andie Burke’s Fall For Him is a charming antagonists-to-lovers contemporary romance that actually deserves the ‘rom-com’ label because it delivers on both fronts. It’s warm and funny, the romance is beautifully developed and the two leads have depth, complexity and off-the-charts chemistry. Dylan Gallagher has moved – temporarily – into his uncle’s apartment to do…
Authors Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen keep up the pressure and the action in this third instalment of their compelling Chaos Station series. Where the first two books were really Zed’s story, with Lonely Shore focusing predominantly on his failing health, the team’s efforts to help him, and on his rekindled relationship with Felix, Skip…
You’re the Problem, It’s You is the second book in Emma R. Alban’s Mischief & Matchmaking historical romance duology that began with Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend. You’re the Problem is a mostly lighthearted m/m romance that, despite being billed as enemies-to-lovers by the blurb is really about two men jumping to conclusions…
It’s been just over seven years since Layla Reyne’s début romantic suspense series featuring FBI agents Aidan Talley and Jameson Walker hit the bookshelves in 2017, although both characters have made cameo appearances in some of the author’s other books, and the Whiskeyverse, as it’s become known, has expanded to include a lot of other…
A Second Harvest is a quiet but emotional contemporary romance set in rural Pennsylvania. I decided to read it for August’s TBR Challenge prompt – “Everyday Heroes” – because I think there’s something heroic about a person making a conscious decision to divert from the path they’ve walked their entire life and walk a different…
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