With this month’s TBR Challenge theme of ‘Do the Hustle’, I found myself looking for a workplace romance. Love at First Spite, Anna E. Collins’ debut novel, started off in promising fashion. It’s something of a grumpy-sunshine romance, with an over-the-top revenge plot thrown in. While fun in places, some of the miscommunications in the…
This month’s TBR Challenge prompt – “Do the Hustle” – had me a bit stumped because I didn’t think I had a book on my TBR that would fit. Then I started reading Felice Stevens’ Broken Silence and realised I did have one, because one of the leads is working several jobs in order to…
The 1920s are a rich historical period which have seen little exploration in either women’s fiction or romance. Juliette Fay’s The Harvey Girls offers a uniquely feminine look at this fascinating era. Charlotte (Crowninshield) Turner needs this job. The position with the Harvey Girls is one of the only career options available to women in…
I’ve read several of Anne Marsh’s previous Harlequin entries in the Blaze and Dare imprints (I miss them both), so when I saw she had a new romance out in Harlequin’s Afterglow line, I was keen to pick it up. The Code for Love is a fun contemporary romance with a few flaws featuring a…
Narrated by J.F. Harding The multi-author Subparheroes series puts an interesting spin on the superhero genre, featuring characters whose superpowers are, well, less than ‘super’. In this story, Peregrine (Perry) Crawford has the ability to change colours – not himself (he’s not some kind of Chameleon Man), but of objects, whether it’s turning the puke-green…
Of the many Lisa Gardner books I’ve reviewed for AAR, I’ve graded only one below a B-. It was the third book (Still See You Everywhere) in the Frankie Elkin series. Hoping that was just a fluke, I picked up the fourth in the line, Kiss Her Goodbye, expecting a classic Gardner read. That is…
Keep You Safe is the second book in Annabeth Albert’s Second Chance Ranch series, and returns readers to the Colorado property owned by Maverick Lovelorn, who has decided to stick around and turn the failing business he inherited into a dude ranch / holiday destination. I enjoyed this one more than the first book (Want…
Funny, poignant and so very millennial, Well, Actually is Mazey Eddings at her best. Eva Kitt is a would-be journalist and podcaster who feels trapped in her job hosting Sausage Talk, social media videos that centre around eating wieners (hot dogs) and chatting with B/C/D list celebrities – watch Chicken Shop Date to get the…
Acclaimed author Annalee Newitz has a swing and a miss with Automatic Noodle. A short story with multiple heavy themes, the work’s failure to adequately explore many (if any) of the points it makes has it falling far short of first base. The war has ended with California being independent of America. Staybehind, a former…
This is a road trip adventure into the Northwoods of Minnesota and part of the trip is in a canoe! I love the Northwoods and canoeing so I was excited for this story. It has friends to lovers and a strong sister bond. The flashbacks weren’t my favorite parts, but the road trip, romance and…
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