Hot Desk is Laura Dickerman’s debut novel. Set in the New York literary world, there are dual timelines with two PoV characters in the present (2022) and a third in the past (1982). The 2022 timeline is a lighthearted rivals-to-lovers slow burn romance as junior editors Ben Heath and Rebecca Blume are forced to share…
As I’ve read books five and six of Kate Hardy’s Georgina Drake Mysteries and quite enjoyed them, I decided to go back to the beginning and read the first in the series, The Body at Rookery Barn, to see how Georgina ended up in Norwich with a penchant for finding dead bodies. It introduces our…
Only Lovers in the Building is a novel that cries out for action instead of slow burn. I’m not even talking about its central romantic connection, which is decently paced and at least amusing (saving it from a D). No, I’m talking about a need for someone, somehow, to do something interesting to move the…
Beatrice Layton and Jack Beresford meet aboard ship while traveling from India to England. Bea is a governess whose outspoken ways have gotten her dismissed from various posts; now she’s working for an absolutely odious family so she can earn her passage home. Meanwhile, Jack is a colonel in the British army whose leg was…
Nicholas Haddonfield, Viscount Reston, was a secondary character in Darius, the first book in Grace Burrowes’ Lonely Lords series. In this, the second book, we get to know Nicholas more fully, and to discover the nature of the scandal which surrounded Darius’ sister, Leah, which was hinted at in the first book. Nicholas is a…
Gabriela and His Grace has a unique setting with a portion of it taking place in Mexico and another part on a ship where the leads have to share a cabin! It’s the third and final book in the Luna Sisters series with enemies to lovers, steamy close proximity, and lots of heart. The Luna…
It has been a very long time since I read a novel set in the Regency that pleased me as much as Lord Frederick’s Return. I am finding it hard to criticise any of it. It was, for me, a delightful read with high quality prose, a wealth of historical detail and leading characters I…
Dylan Morrison’s Fall Into You is billed as a romantic comedy, but I think the best description I’ve seen of it (genre-wise) is along the lines of ‘Emily Henry but gay’. There is a romance here, but the focus is more on the emotional journey of the narrator/protagonist, so I’d say it fits more into…
The Blonde who Came in from the Cold is the second book in Ally Carter’s Blonde Identity series and it’s female lead is Alex Sterling, the sister of Zoe, from book one. This one is (kind of) a standalone, but now I’ll have to read The Blonde Identity, as both books share the same villain….
I was all in for this spicy historical road trip romance! Road Trip with a Rogue is the third and final book in the Her Majesty’s Rebels series and the women that star in each story are the rebels! There’s a fiercely independent heroine who became frustrating at times, but the passion and adventure kept…
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