I heard lots of good chatter about this book and now I know why–it’s a treat! It’s got a celebrity romance, mistaken identity, lots of humor and a little bit of sisterly magic! Clementine (Clemmie) returns home after losing her job as a medieval literature professor due to budget cuts. On top of that, she…
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…
Girls with Bad Reputations is an excellent novel which manages to continue Axelrod’s The Lillys series while also standing on its own two feet. All about breaking free of familial obligations and expectations to be true to yourself and those you love, it’s a fantastic novel that manages to also realistically capture the music world….
The Foxhole Victory Tour takes us on a journey through the non-celebrity entertainment offered for the enlisted troops during WWII and provides two fascinating heroines as a focal point for that trip. Trumpet player Maggie McCleod has never met a rule she didn’t want to break. Her latest bit of bother has found her unemployed…
I came across this little gem thanks to the recommendation of a GR friend. Trick Up Your Sleeve is the first book in the Swan Reunion Tour series, and is a charming second-chance romance between two former members of a famous rock band who were lovers in the heady days of success and whose break-up…
In Olivia Cunning’s Staged, Steve Aimes, drummer for top metal band Exodus End, is a romantic at heart, but after his ex-wife’s betrayal, he’s been abstaining from emotion (although definitely not from sex). When he sees Roux Williams in the limo that picks up the band, he assumes that she’s a “whore” hired for the…
Like its predecessor (Something Fabulous), Alexis Hall’s Something Spectacular is a delightful read with some very pertinent observations to make while being a witty, laugh-out-loud funny, campy, over-the-top and unabashedly queer romance that takes place in a very modern “Regency” setting. As with the previous book, “basically everyone in it is LGBTQ+”, the author (in…
Rock and roll queen Susanna Hoffs makes her debut as a fiction writer with the gutsy, tough, romantic and engaging This Bird Has Flown, all about a one-hit wonder who finds a chance at redemption – both romance and career wise – on a flight to England. At thirty-three, Jane Start is washed up. Recently…
Jayci Lee brings punch and verve to her Han Sisters series, but One Night Only leans too heavily on certain stultifying tropes and hamster-in-a-wheel scenes which repeat themselves, seemingly to pad out the novel’s page length. Only the originality of her characters manage to punch through the fog of typicality surrounding the plot. Megan Han…
Priscilla Oliveras continues her lovely West Side Love Story series about a family of female mariachis finding love and romance in Kiss Me, Catalina. This is a consistently wonderful book, with an enthusiastically glorious heroine and a sweet hero. Ambitious singer/songwriter Catalina – Cat – Capuleta (adopted sister of West Side Love Story heroine Mariana)…
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