Review originally posted 5/18/2022 by Kate H. Never Been Kissed by Timothy JanovskyLGBTQIA Contemporary RomanceMay 3, 2022 by Sourcebooks Casablanca Wren Roland is about to graduate college. A passionate film buff, with two great best friends, Wren came out in the year before the book Never Been Kissed begins. His friends seem eager to help him socially, but Wren isn’t sure why his romantic and sexual experiences seem to be on a different timeline than everyone Continue Reading
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and seductive new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets... Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she receives a surprising call from an attorney in Divinity, Louisiana, with the news she has been left an inheritance by a distant relative, the terms of which Continue Reading
Mini Reviews- Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes and Who Will Remember by C. S. Harris
Cold Eternity by S.A. BarnesScience Fiction/HorrorApril 8, 2025 by Tor Nightfire Last year I received this author's second book for review and waited FOREVER to read it, then finally picked it up at the end of the year when I was in a bit of a book slump. I was so mad at myself for waiting so long. I immediately went to my Libby app to see what else was available by S.A. Barnes. So, when this book came up for review, I quickly hit that request button. All three of the books I've read Continue Reading
Review: Scorched Skies by E.J. Mellow
Scorched Skies by E.J. MellowWay of Wings #1Fantasy RomanceApril 15, 2025- Montlake Review by Angela The cover for Scorched Skies caught my eye first, and since I've been reading A LOT of romantic fantasy lately, I decided to add it to my reading list. I've never read E.J. Mellow before, but I have seen other books by this author while searching and doing deals and new release posts, so I was excited to dive in. This is one of those books that I really, really wanted to like it more Continue Reading
New Releases- Week of April 14-18, 2025
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Wild and Wrangled: A Rebel Blue Ranch Novel by Lyla SageAMZ * BN * K * GP Bridesmaid by Chance by Meghan QuinnAMZ * BN * K * GP Avenging Angels: Tenderfoot by Kristen AshleyAMZ * BN * K * GP Love at First Flight (Love is in the Air Book 1) by Janine AmestaAMZ * BN * K * GP Fall Apart (On the Slopes Book 2) by Dakota Forest AMZ * BN * K * GP Every Reason to Stay: A MM Small-Town Gay Second Chance Romance (Bears of Firefly Valley Book 3) by Ryder Continue Reading
New Release Spotlight- Who Will Remember by C. S. Harris
Who Will Remember by C.S. HarrisSebastian St. Cyr #20Historical MysteryApirl 15, 2025 by Berkley About WHO WILL REMEMBER The macabre murder of a prominent nobleman throws an already unsettled London into chaos in this electrifying new historical mystery by the USA Today bestselling author of What Cannot Be Said. August 1816. England is in the grip of what will become known as the Year Without a Summer. Facing the twin crises of a harvest-destroying volcanic winter and the Continue Reading
Monday Morning Book News!
The Murderbot trailer is here! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tordotcom Publishing (@tordotcompub) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bramble Romance (@brambleromance) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Elley (@elleyotter) My big news, in the Bookseller![image or embed]— KJ Charles (@kjcharleswriter.com) April 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM View this post on Instagram A Continue Reading
Sunday Smexy Deals!
A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases.July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchiker gets into their car, they see Continue Reading
Smexy Rewind- 4/11
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Review: Passion Project by London Sperry
Passion Project by London SperryContemporary Romance April 8, 2025, by Penguin Books Review by Melanie Let me be very upfront before I get into the real bones of this book that this book may not be for everyone. It is, as some would term it, a Sad Girl Romance ™. (I don’t know who coined that phrase, it certainly wasn’t me). It is also a CAPITAL S Slow Burn romance - there is an open door sex scene but the first kiss doesn’t even occur until 70% in so again, if all that is not your Continue Reading