The (Fake) Dating Game is a whole lot of fun, and my favorite Timothy Janovsky novel yet, although it’s hard to deny that the pacing is a little off. Surprisingly weighty in spite of its description, the book seems to be about game shows, slow-burning love, and marriages of partnership and convenience that grow into…
I’ve become a fan of Eli Easton’s over the past couple of years, and although I wasn’t wowed by RJ Scott’s foray into romantic suspense (the Lancaster Falls series), I decided to give this first book in their new Lake Prophet Mysteries collaboration a go. I enjoyed Solstice on the whole – the mystery plot…
The prompts for this year’s TBR Challenge are certainly… different! January’s is “Once More With Feeling”, which immediately sent my mind to second chance romance. I enjoy the trope as a rule, but couldn’t find one I own that I haven’t already read, so I broadened my horizons somewhat and plumped for Redemption, the first…
I really enjoyed Frank Spinelli’s Perfect Flaw, a compelling mystery featuring a somewhat naive young doctor whose dream job quickly turned into a nightmare when his ambition and insecurities caused him to overlook some very serious flaws in the people around him to such an extent that he almost tanked his career. Angelo was a…
Lucky Bounce, a standalone novel from Cait Nary, features a grumpy/sunshine romance between a gruff pro hockey player and his daughter’s PE teacher. It’s billed as a “flirty romantic comedy” – which is the case with just about every contemporary romance being published right now – and I’ve learned to lower my expectations about the…
Ahoy, me hearties! It’s time for a rollocking adventure on the high seas (mostly!) set in the fantasy world of the 13 Kingdoms featuring a nobleman on the run, the most feared magical pirate in all the land, a murderous (and very determined) harpy and many a swash-to-be-buckled! H.L Day’s A Pirate’s Pleasure is an…
Something Wicked is book three in Lily Morton’s Black & Blue series of paranormal romances set in York and featuring psychic Blue Billings, his boyfriend Levi Black, and their motley crew of friends and found family. I admit that I haven’t read a book by this author for a while – her regular brand of…
Summerfield’s Angel is the second book in the multi-author Christmas Angel series from 2018. The seven titles (all novellas which can be read in any order) are set in different historical periods – from the Regency to the present day – and locations, and are linked by the eponymous angel, a Christmas ornament that brings the miracle of…
Julian and the Ghosts of Moorcliffe Hall contains all the right ingredients for an entertaining and atmospheric gothic romance. A remote, dilapidated mansion? Check. Things going ‘bump’ in the night? Check. A gruff, taciturn (and handsome) earl? Check. A wide-eyed, innocent protagonist? Er… not quite, but the subversion of that particular trope gives our narrator…
When I read and reviewed Foz Meadows’ A Strange and Stubborn Endurance last summer (2022), I was under the impression it was a standalone – the main plotline was concluded and the romance ended on a firm HFN – but now it has a sequel and it seems the author may be writing more books…
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