The first prompt for 2026’s TBR Challenge is “still here”, so I went for a book in a series I started reading a while ago and haven’t yet finished. Delivered Fast (from 2015) is the third book in Annabeth Albert’s Portland Heat series – where, according to the series blurb, the only thing hotter than…
Kaje Harper’s Winter Cowboy is a thoughtful and satisfying age-gap romance that acts as companion piece to the novella Cowboy Dreams (also highly recommended if you haven’t already read it). It picks up the story of one of the secondary characters in that book, Frankie Morse, a kid of seventeen, terrified that his abusive father…
While it’s set around the Christmas period, Nicky James’ latest standalone romantic suspense novel is most certainly not a fluffy-bunny holiday story. And then some. Kismet is a superbly plotted emotional rollercoaster of a read that goes to some dark places – please read the author’s warnings on her website – because the mystery is…
The final TBR Challenge prompt of the year usually has a holiday-related theme, and this year’s is Celebration! – but I confess I went with a book that, while set mostly during December, is probably more Christmas adjacent than Christmas-themed. But that’s fine – so many Christmas romances end up being a bit trite and…
Delayed Penalty, the fourth book in Brigham Vaughn’s Scoring Chances series, continues a storyline begun two books ago in Body Check, namely that of the fractured relationship between Boston Harriers General Manager Gavin Racine and his twin brother, Thad, an ex con who now works for the Harriers on their social media team. Running alongside…
Colliding Hearts, the third book in Jax Calder’s Rainbow Redemption series set in and around Auckland, New Zealand, is a tender, heartfelt and heartrending romance that runs the gamut of emotions and had just enough angst to keep me eagerly turning the pages. It’s shorter than the first two books in the series, coming in…
Narrated by Kirt Graves Resisting You, the second book in E.M. Lindsey’s Things We Never Said series about a group of single dads, is a welcome return to form after the slightly disappointing series opener, Knowing You. Resisting You is an enemies-to-lovers romance between a haughty surgeon and a nurse in which the ‘enemies’ part…
On Dancer is this year’s seasonal offering Annabeth Albert, a sweet, warm-hearted romance between a famous ballet dancer and the geeky admin of a regional ballet company and school who has had a crush on him from afar for years. It’s cute and the characters are likeable with some depth to them, but I didn’t…
If, like me, you’re not the biggest fan of the schmalzy, Hallmark-y Christmas romances that proliferate at this time of year, then Garrett Leigh’s Christmas on Cosmic Avenue could be just what you’re looking for. It’s funny and snarky and warm; and it’s festive without being over-the-top, which makes for a perfect seasonal love story…
This month’s Change of Plans TBR Challenge prompt led me to Allison Temple’s Honeymoon Sweet, a cute fake relationship contemporary romance in which two guys, both abandoned by their partners while on a week-long Caribbean cruise, end up spending the time together and falling in love. This makes for something of a whirlwind romance, it’s…
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