There is the kernel of an interesting idea in Paula Lafferty’s The Once and Future Queen. A modern woman who is basically the reincarnation of Guinevere must go back to Camelot to save the day. I’m down for that (I mean, I picked this book to review based on that premise!). But the execution is…
This is a fascinating book that’s hard to rate, as it’s a poetic enterprise entirely done in opera verse. That means The Siren and the Star won’t be for everyone, nor every teenager, but its unique ways will definitely appeal to the artistic, the dramatic, the operatic. For indeed, it is an opera. Luciana “Lula”…
Be sure to have some tissues handy for this one. This is a reissue of Where It All Began and is a prequel to the Blue Moon series. It is book seven of the series and is the story of the patriarchs of the family, John and Phoebe. I struggled with the HEA but enjoyed…
Ella Hayes is a new-to-me author, but if The Single Dad’s Christmas Proposal is anything to go by, I’ll likely be reading her again. Set primarily in ski resorts of Chamonix, this was a romantic Christmas story. While the author covers some serious emotional territory, there is something about this tale that feels warm and celebratory,…
The final TBR Challenge prompt of the year usually has a holiday-related theme, and this year’s is Celebration! – but I confess I went with a book that, while set mostly during December, is probably more Christmas adjacent than Christmas-themed. But that’s fine – so many Christmas romances end up being a bit trite and…
Well, this was disappointing. The Devil She Knows should have been sexy and spooky, a fun romp between a human and the demon who’s dedicated to fulfilling her wishes. Instead, the vast majority of the book focuses on one female main character trying to win back her ex-girlfriend. Reader, If I make it to the…
Delayed Penalty, the fourth book in Brigham Vaughn’s Scoring Chances series, continues a storyline begun two books ago in Body Check, namely that of the fractured relationship between Boston Harriers General Manager Gavin Racine and his twin brother, Thad, an ex con who now works for the Harriers on their social media team. Running alongside…
Downpour is the second in the Griffith Brothers series from author Maggie Gates and while I’ve enjoyed other books by her and wish I could have loved this one it wasn’t a winner for me. Ray Griffiths is a champion bull rider. The prologue is told from Ray’s perspective as he recovers after a competition…
Competing authors become dueling lovers in Ladies in Hating. Plagiarism and passion meet, cultures clash, and the reader goes home amused and satisfied. It’s an easy-to-adore one-two punch, and if you like enemies to lovers stories it’s a combination that can’t be beat. But the book is saddled with an unenthralling mystery and late-book family…
Colliding Hearts, the third book in Jax Calder’s Rainbow Redemption series set in and around Auckland, New Zealand, is a tender, heartfelt and heartrending romance that runs the gamut of emotions and had just enough angst to keep me eagerly turning the pages. It’s shorter than the first two books in the series, coming in…
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