Writing Mr. Wrong is a solid, workaday romance in which the heroine has a ginormous secret, but she keeps it for a fairly sensible reason. Fairly, which is why this isn’t an A. But it’s still an enjoyable romance. Gemma is rebounding after an ugly divorce by reuniting with her old true love – romance writing….
Narrated by J.F. Harding Fly Away Home is an engaging, low-angst contemporary romance in which a mystery writer falls for the hot detective who – very briefly – suspects he may be up to no good. The reasons for that are a bit silly; author Colson Delacourt, in a café while talking on the phone…
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…
The third fabulous romance in the Rome, Kentucky universe from Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal is joyful, and very funny, and just as good as the first two books in the series. Emily and Jack have taught at the same school for years. Jack is also (secretly) a successful mystery novelist, while Emily has…
I admit I’ve veered somewhat off course for this year’s December theme of “It’s a Party!” with this one; I usually read something festive/Christmassy for the final TBR Challenge of the year, and that’s what I had in my mind when I chose to read Avery Cockburn’s A Christmas Harbor. I suppose I could make…
Well, this is a delight. Warm, romantic, genuinely thrilling and blessed with a romance you can root for, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year is a stellar example of a cozy romantic mystery. Cozy mystery writer Maggie Chase hasn’t been having the best time of it when she encounters bad boy of the thriller…
I experienced some trepidation going into Finding Mr. Write after reading the synopsis, which describes a frustrated female author inventing a male persona in order to sell a book. It’s pretty normal for an author to use a pen name, but the ideas brought up in this story go a step further and bring up…
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…
Mabel Willicker, heroine of Charlotte Stein’s latest standalone romance, When Grumpy met Sunshine, has ghostwritten several minor memoirs, but working with Alfie Harding – infamously standoffish footballing legend – would put her career in another league. But when he’s a jerk at their first meeting, Mabel, atypically, sets a boundary and walks out. Alfie, however,…
With their latest standalone romcom, The True Love Experiment, perennial dynamic duo Christina Lauren prove, once again, they’re soaring among the best business partnerships ever. Batman and Robin. Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Lennon and McCartney. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Starbucks and Spotify. Whether they’re writing smartypants STEM romcoms, angsty YA contemporaries, or heavier…
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