Resonance Surge by Nalini Singh Paranormal Romance July 18, 2023, by Berkley Review by Melanie The newest addition to Nalini Singh’s long-running Psy-Changeling Trinity series is less of a banger and more of a slow burn. A very, VERY slow burn, to be precise. In fact, it took me several days to finish this book and while I wouldn’t say I was bored exactly, I can’t really say I was riveted either. It was fine for the most part, with the action picking up steam (not THAT kind of steam) in Continue Reading
Review: You, with a View by Jessica Joyce
You, with a View by Jessica JoyceContemporary RomanceJuly 11, 2023- BerkleyARC Review by Angela The blurb for this book does not do it justice. What might appear to be just a fun, enemies to lovers, road trip romance is really so much more. So, so much more. Noelle Shepard is unemployed and living with her parents, down in the dumps, and a little lost. She is still grieving over the death of her beloved grandmother when she comes across pictures of her with a man who isn't her Continue Reading
Review: Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn SolomonContemporary RomanceJuly 4, 2023 by Berkley Review by Melanie This is the third Rachel Lynn Solomon contemporary romance I’ve read and I think that’s enough data to conclude that she’s now an auto-read author for me. Her voice is just a perfect blend of biting wit and vulnerable self-doubt, her characters are beautifully rendered with layers of complexity and the romance just feels like a punch to the solar plexus. There’s so much care taken, Continue Reading
Review: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley PostonContemporary/Magical RealismJune 27, 2023, by BerkleyARC Review by Angela This book surprised me in all the best ways. I adored The Dead Romantics, released last year, but I think I might just love this book a little bit more. As with the Dead Romantics, this is another grief book, set in a magical apartment in the modern day, with seven-year slips in time. This is also a romance, with a lovely developing relationship between a grieving book Continue Reading
Review: A Fatal Illusion by Anna Lee Huber
A Fatal Illusion by Anna Lee HuberLady Darby Mysteries #11Historical MysteryJune 20, 2023- BerkleyARC Review by Angela The eleventh book in the Lady Darby Mysteries series opens with Keira and Sebastian traveling to the home of a surgeon after receiving word that Lord Gage has been gravely injured after being set upon by highwaymen. With them are their faithful servants, Bree and Anderley, as well as their infant daughter, her nurse, and Henry, Sebastian's half-brother. Unsure of the Continue Reading
Review: Play for Me by Libby Hubscher
Play for Me by Libby HubscherContemporary RomanceJune 20, 2023- BerkleyARC Review by Angela I've come to really enjoy this author's books. While the first two were more women's fiction and lighter on the actual romance, this book really focuses on the relationship between Sophie and Jonas. When Play for Me opens Sophie has just been let go from her job as head athletic trainer for the Boston Red Sox after pulling a pitcher from game 7 of the World Series. Now all of Boston blames Continue Reading
Blog Tour- A Fatal Illusion by Anna Lee Huber
A Fatal Illusion by Anna Lee HuberA Lady Darby Mystery #11Historical Mystery06/20/23- Berkley About the Book: New parents Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage look forward to introducing Sebastian’s father to his granddaughter, but instead find themselves investigating an attempt on his life...Yorkshire, England. August 1832. Relations between Sebastian Gage and his father have never been easy, especially since the discovery that Lord Gage has been concealing the existence of an Continue Reading
Review: Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin
Much Ado About Nada by Uzma JalaluddinContemporary RomanceJune 13, 2023 - Berkley Review by Melanie I’m not always super fond of Jane Austen retellings - they are usually a bit hit or miss for me - but I think I may be predisposed to loving Persuasion retellings since second-chance romance is one of my favorite tropes. Much Ado About Nada tells the story of Nada and Baz, who have a very storied past. The book is mostly set in the present day but does occasionally take a detour to Continue Reading
Spotlight: Best Men by Sidney Karger
Best Men by Sidney KargerLGBT Romantic ComedyMay 2, 2023 by Berkley About BEST MEN: Max Moody is a hot mess. A thirty-something living in New York City, all he wants is to meet Prince Charming. When his childhood best friend, Paige, gets engaged before him and asks him to be her man of honor, the mental breakdown is inevitable. Enter Paige’s soon to be brother-in law Chasten. Not only is he super-hot, charming, and really good at wedding planning, but he also happens to be Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt- The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison GoodmanHistorical MysteryMay 30, 2023- Berkley Summary: A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an ‘old maid’ to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman. Lady Augusta Colebrook, “Gus,” is determinedly unmarried, bored by society life, and tired of being dismissed at the age Continue Reading