Phase Shift is the thrilling final instalment in Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen’s fantastic Chaos Station sci-fi romance series, and it’s a terrific last hurrah for Zed, Felix and the crew. But of course, there’s no way any swan song featuring these characters isn’t going to put them – and us – through the wringer,…
We first met probation officer Darien Quinn in In His Corner, when he asked his brother, a chef, to find a job for one of his new parolees. By His Side is a hurt/comfort romance with an element of the forbidden as Darien falls hard for his latest client, a bitter, cynical man who has…
Narrated by Zachary Johnson Nazri Noor’s fast-paced and imaginative fantasy/urban fantasy romances are a lot of fun and I’ve enjoyed a number of his books over the past couple of years. His latest release, Grave Misfortune, is in the unique position of (I think) being the only standalone he’s published, so if you want to…
Our third visit to the fictional Oregon town of Mount Hope and its close-knit family of first responders delivers an HEA for nurse practitioner Jonas Jensen with a character we’ve met briefly but who appeared the least likely to fall for another man. The author once again delivers a well-written and engaging small-town romance full…
New-to-me author Amy Rae Durreson’s A Frost of Cares is a superbly-crafted little gem of a book that combines a genuinely creepy ghost story with a lovely, gentle romance, and addresses some serious themes in a sensitive manner – all in just over one hundred and fifty pages. It turned out to be the perfect…
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 –…
If I had to describe Freya Marske’s latest novel, Swordcrossed, in one word it would be, I’m afraid, ‘disappointing’. Having really enjoyed her Edwardian-set The Last Binding trilogy I was looking forward to this standalone fantasy romance that promised secrets and intrigue and swordplay, and that gorgeous cover spoke to me of swashbuckling and adventure….
It’s not often that every book in a series is good enough to deserve a DIK rating, but Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen are four for four with Inversion Point, the fourth novel in their consistently creative and compelling Chaos Station sci-fi romance series. Note: This is a same-couple series with overarching plot elements so…
Timothy Janovsky’s The Merriest Misters is a mash up of a marriage-in-trouble story and The Santa Clause – yes, really! – that I mostly enjoyed but which, unfortunately, fails to stick the landing. It’s well-written and the issues the couple are dealing (or not dealing) with are recognisable and realistic, but the ending is dissatisfying…
Narrated by Gary Furlong Secondhand Skin is the second spin-off of Hailey Turner’s fabulous Soulbound series of inventive, action-packed urban fantasy novels set mostly in an AU New York City. Probably the most beloved secondary character of the series is Wade Espinoza, whom we first met as a traumatised teen who had been enslaved by…
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