Only and Forever is the seventh and last book in Chloe Liese’s Bergman Brothers series. I’ve been reading it over the last year, picking up books on a whim in no particular order. Liese has done a good job of creating each story as a standalone romance so I haven’t felt any qualms about reading…
Fearne Hill’s Island Love series wraps up with Vine, a heartrending and heartwarming story about a young man struggling with serious mental health issues and the neuro-divergent (or “differently normal”, as he puts it) gentle giant who helps him find his way towards a brighter future. The author’s presentation of mental illness is honest –…
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…
In this story we have two rivals competing in a trivia competition with plenty of snarky banter and spice. It’s perfect for readers like me who love romcoms and trivia shows. Theodore Ferguson III (Teddy) Teddy is a professor of geography and geoscience at MIT. He first meets Maxine Hart at the backstage of the…
In Nita Prose’s The Maid, we are given a first-person narrator in Molly—the Maid herself. Molly, a presumably neurodivergent young woman, finds her sole joy in working as a housemaid at the Regency Grand. Following the recent loss of her beloved Gran, Molly navigates a world where understanding others’ responses remains a constant struggle, leaving…
Do you like a boss/employee taboo scenario that takes consent and power equality seriously? A hero who wants the heroine’s submission to come from a position of choice and strength, and to also make space for her own pleasure? Are you open to a ‘meet cute’ in a glory hole? Then Suzanne Clay’s Release may…
Anita Kelly’s Something Wild and Wonderful is a charming character-driven romance that, while quiet and somewhat understated, nonetheless packs quite the emotional punch. It’s set mostly on the Pacific Crest Trail, one of the most unusual settings I’ve ever come across in a romance novel, and boasts two complex, likeable leads who each has his…
Kelly Jensen’s new Hearts & Craft series kicks off with Sundays With Oliver, a gently moving character-driven romance featuring two men in their forties (well, one is thirty-nine, but still…) who have to deal with significant life changes, prompted, in large part, by their becoming empty-nesters. Oliver Jurić is a wholesome kind of guy; good-humoured,…
With You Forever thinks young. Very young. To the point where you’ll feel a little curmudgeonly by the middle of the book, wondering why these kids just won’t talk to each other like grown-ups. But the writing is cutely inoffensive, and the plot fairly fun. It does pining well, even if the pining makes no sense…
Fans of angsty romance will be delighted with The Heart Principle, the third book in Helen Hoang’s The Kiss Quotient series. While this book – and therefore this review – does contain spoilers for the first two novels, you do not have to read those to enjoy this story. Quan Diep, older brother to the…
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