Twisted Shadows, the sequel 2023’s Liar City, is quite possibly my most eagerly anticipated book of 2024. Liar City was a tense and inventive paranormal thriller featuring superbly drawn, complex characters and a compelling storyline, and while there was not even so much as a kiss on the page, the hints of sexual tension and…
Annabeth Albert’s holiday gift to us all this year is Deck the Palms, a charming grumpy/sunshine romance set in Hawaii, so instead of snow and reindeer we’ve got surfing santas and light-wrapped palm trees. As is often the case with Christmassy books it skews towards the overly sweet, but the author’s excellent character work shines…
The Christmas Switch is a fun, frothy and festive confection of a romantic comedy featuring two guys who’ve known each other since their school days and have never got along – until something forces them to really think about exactly what lies behind their mutual antagonism. Joshua Van De Bogart and Gabriel García have known…
It’s been over three-and-a-half years since we last spent time with confidential informant Rufus O’Callaghan and army veteran Sam Auden, so to say this third instalment of the Auden & O’Callaghan Mysteries has been long awaited is a bit of an understatement! Of course, both authors have been keeping a lot of other plates spinning…
Sally Malcolm’s No Man’s Land is a darkly chilling paranormal historical romance set in 1917 that draws on ancient folklore and superstition to weave a compelling (and scary!) story of secrets, lies, and betrayals as the war raging in Flanders threatens to bring the horror of the battlefields to the streets of London. Josef Shepel…
The fourth and final book in Jay Hogan’s Mackenzie Country series, The Geography of Happiness is an emotional and tender love story that delivers a very long-awaited HEA for a favourite character from the author’s Painted Bay novels. Terry O’Connor will be familiar to readers of that series as the best friend of Judah Madden…
Narrated by Joe Jameson, Will M. Watt & Benjamin Crow Against the Stars is an inventive and heartrending YA romance set in a world in which everyone is offered the chance to have a forty-four second Glimpse into their future when they reach the age of sixteen. When Elliot Dove drunkenly attempts to kiss his…
One of the things I always enjoy about Garrett Leigh’s Christmas books is that she delivers a story that feels ‘seasonally appropriate’ with all the feels and vibes you’d associate with the time of year, without going big on the schmalz and syrup that characterises so many Christmas romances. This year’s Christmas on Stardust Lane…
Rock star romances aren’t books I actively seek out, but when I saw Kaje Harper had a new release coming out in the Road to Rocktoberfest series (a multi author endeavour that adds new books every October), I decided to give it a go. Missing Chord is a charming, tender and thoughtful second chance love…
Gregory Ashe is primarily known for writing intricate, gritty mysteries with romantic sub-plots featuring complex but flawed characters who fall in love (usually very slowly!) while solving said mysteries, but of late, he’s been flexing his writing muscles and exploring different genres. Earlier this year, he embarked on The Last Picks series of cosy mysteries…
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