When KJ Charles recommends a book, I sit up and take notice, so when Megaera C. Lorenz posted on social media offering review copies of The Shabti I was quick to grab one! This, the author’s début novel, is an atmospheric and eminently readable mixture of historical romance and paranormal mystery set in the US…
There is something extremely moving – as a queer woman – to sit with a Mills and Boon/Harlequin historical romance involving two women in my hand. A Liaison with Her Leading Lady is romantic and touched with theatrical warmth. It’s not wholly perfect but it reigns as Lotte R. James’ best book yet. Actress Ruth…
Narrated by Hamish Long I decided to interpret this month’s prompt – “with a little help from my friends” – as choosing a book to read based on the recommenation of a friend, and I chose Harper Fox’s Brothers of the Wild North Sea (with thanks to Sam I AMNreader on Goodreads) from the titles…
“…sometimes I feel like everyone else is carrying a bucket of water but I’m trying to carry an ocean.” I picked up Heidi Cullinan’s Carry the Ocean because of its beautiful cover and the intriguing title, and it was well worth the read. A friends-to-lovers romance that’s alternately poignant and painful, it’s not perfect but…
Set in the same world as We Could Be So Good, Cat Sebastian’s You Should Be So Lucky is another gorgeously romantic and tender story that, while dealing with some heavy topics, manages to be warm, funny, honest and uplifting – and reminds us that although life might suck at times, it can also be…
Impurrfections is one of five books in the multi-author Friends of Gaynor Beach Animal Rescue series, and I think this is probably one of those series where the books are only loosely linked, so it’s not necessary to read all of them or read in order. This one is a cute, low-angst romance between two…
I’ve enjoyed a number of Rachel Ember’s contemporary romances – her Wild Ones series was my introduction to her work – and I’ve been wondering for a while if she had anything new planned. Then Undertow popped up for review. It’s a fantasy romance set in a world of endless seas inhabited by terrifying monsters,…
Narrated by Raphael Corkhill Ocean’s Echo, a sci-fi story with a very slow-burn romantic arc, is the sophomore outing for Everina Maxwell following her highly successful Winter’s Orbit. Although set in the same universe, Ocean’s Echo has no overlapping characters or locations and can be read as a standalone. Readers can expect detailed worldbuilding and…
Narrated by Gary Furlong Jay Hogan’s series of romances set in the remote sheep country of the (fictional) Mackenzie Basin continues with The Mechanics of Lust, a poignant, emotional story of two men who have been grieving, in different ways, the loss of family and struggling to make sense of changes in their lives. As…
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…
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