I have been seeing readers rave about this YA Historical Fantasy all over social media and so I decided to give it a try and I’m so glad I did. The book takes place during an alternate World War I world that began when two gods were fighting each other. The novel has magic, romance,…
At this time of year, I love to curl up with a festive, lighthearted romance. My tolerance for cheesiness goes way up, just as I suspect a lot of other folks’ does as well. After all, there has to be a reason so many people like Hallmark holiday movies. If you’re wanting a warm and…
Julian and the Ghosts of Moorcliffe Hall contains all the right ingredients for an entertaining and atmospheric gothic romance. A remote, dilapidated mansion? Check. Things going ‘bump’ in the night? Check. A gruff, taciturn (and handsome) earl? Check. A wide-eyed, innocent protagonist? Er… not quite, but the subversion of that particular trope gives our narrator…
Virginia Kantra resculpts The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into a non-magical but still fun to read story about one woman’s coming of age. This Dorothy’s story is a trip over the rainbow that takes the reader to unexpected places. Dorothy – Dee – Gale and her younger sister, Toni, were raised mainly by a string…
Narrated by Devon Ryder I read Until You when it came out earlier this year and it was clear almost from the beginning that it was going to be on my Best of 2023 list. It’s a funny, heartfelt and deeply touching slow-burn romance about a young man whose life is upended after he learns…
Seressia Glass impressed me with her first romance, The Love Con, and Game On continues her pattern of writing wonderful love stories in which modern people find true love through hard work on themselves and on the world around them. Samara Reynolds knows all too well what it’s like to face harassment from all sides,…
Second Chance in New Port Stephen is a big, warm-hearted holiday romance that does a great job with serious issues while keeping the romance bright, sensual, and filled with love and life. Comic Eli Ward is a native of New Port Stephen, Florida, but he’s starting to feel like his hometown – littered with MAGA…
The proposal may not have gone quite as intended, but there’s absolutely no way the wedding is going to be anything other than perfect. At last, and after a year-and-a-bit together full of ups and downs, Quaid Valor and Aslan Doyle are tying the knot – although with just three months to go before the…
This is a fun, solid-boned little romp that skimps not a wit of its action for its romance and vice-versa. Raiders of the Lost Heart combines a little dash of Indiana Jones with a big dash of Romancing the Stone and comes up with a brew that’s fast-paced, sexy, funny, and easy to get into….
Ariel Lawhon’s latest work is my favorite book of 2023. This whopper of a novel delicately peels back the layers of history to reveal the intricate struggles and enduring resilience of women in post Revolutionary War 18th-century America. Through the eyes of Martha Ballard, a local midwife and guardian of the town’s hidden stories, Lawhon…
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