In The Rogue’s Treasure Hunt (formerly titled Season for Desire) the final book in her Holiday Pleasures series, Theresa Romain has skilfully melded together a tender and insightful romance and an intriguing mystery which takes her hero and heroine on a journey across a England at Christmastide – and on a journey of personal discovery….
Charlotte McConaghy’s Wild Dark Shore is one of my favorite reads of the last few years. It is the third of three books by McConaghy; Once There Were Wolves is the second. All three books are shaped by climate change. In an interview, McConaghy said: Each of my novels takes a look at the wildness…
Our Ex’s Wedding is a delight. It’s queer and contains a most gorgeous representation of the Armenian-American diaspora in California. Author Taleen Voskuni obviously knows this culture well, and she’s created a charming and vivid multicultural community setting for a gentle slow-burn romance. Ani Avakian is a wedding planner and she has just received the…
I’m always excited to pick up another book in Toni Anderson’s excellent Cold Justice: Most Wanted series of high-stakes, action-packed romantic suspense novels, and am continually impressed with the way the author is keeping the series momentum going without things starting to feel stale – the plots are clever and intricate, the characters are well-crafted…
A Marquess to Remember is a tightly written category romance with likeable characters and a satisfying HEA, but while I mostly enjoyed it, I have a big caveat because the book contains an amnesia plot, which is something I dislike. Florence wakes up in a strange bed in a strange house, and she doesn’t know…
I liked Wedding Dashers so I was excited to read McBreen’s latest release, Sunk in Love. It’s about a couple whose marriage is in trouble and they get invited to go on a cruise with her family. They decide to pretend that everything is fine! While I found parts of it sad (when they’re struggling…
I’ve been reading A.J. Pine’s contemporary romances for about ten years (her New Adult series, If Only, is a personal favourite) so anytime I see one of her romances crossing my path I’m always going to take a second look. Almost One Night Stand delivers what it promises, an entertaining forced proximity romance about two…
I recently enjoyed Allison Temple’s Honeymoon Sweet, so when I saw she had a new book coming out this month, I eagerly snapped up a review copy. Ski-Crossed Lovers is a friends-to-lovers romance between two lifelong friends who are competing for places on the Canadian ski-cross team for the Olympics. I know nothing about the…
Fans of Ms. St. James are no doubt familiar with Fell, the location of her popular 2020 novel The Sun Down Motel. We’re back there to learn all about the Esmie siblings, whose peculiar story is told in A Box Full of Darkness. 1989: Folks in Fell are used to the creepy, the strange, the…
The first prompt for 2026’s TBR Challenge is “still here”, so I went for a book in a series I started reading a while ago and haven’t yet finished. Delivered Fast (from 2015) is the third book in Annabeth Albert’s Portland Heat series – where, according to the series blurb, the only thing hotter than…
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