FYI- Ilona Andrews is offering a holiday gift: In this "charming, witty, and tender" rom-com, a celebrity fitness instructor faces off against a jaded journalist (Abby Jimenez, #1 New York Times bestselling author). This sizzling, slow burn romance is for fans of 27 Dresses and Jessica Joyce! Jo De La Cruz should be on top of the world. As one of spin’s hottest instructors, her workouts stream into thousands of living rooms, her waiting list is Continue Reading
Monday Morning Book News!
Just in case you missed it! The trailer for People We Meet on Vacation! Now on to the rest of the news I found this week: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alexa Martin (@alexambooks) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chloe (@_quinnasaurus) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Myah Ariel (@myaharielwrites) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kendall Ryan Continue Reading
Sunday Smexy Deals!
Based on Rachel Reid’s bestselling Game Changers book series, Heated Rivalry is now streaming on Crave in Canada and on HBO Max in the U.S. Discover all 6 books in the series! The first three of USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid’s scorching M/M hockey romances, now in one volume! “This is a sweet, satisfying romance.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review for Tough GuyGAME CHANGER Pro hockey star Scott Hunter knows a good thing when he sees it. Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
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Retro Review: So Over You by Kate Meader
Review originally posted 12/04/2017 by Kini. So Over You by Kate Meader (Chicago Rebels #2)Sports/Hockey RomanceDecember 4, 2017Pocket Star Favorite Quote: “Bella, they are one and the same. I will not be satisfied with a woman who has no dreams or ambitions. My woman is the North Star in my night sky, but also in her own. If she is not there to guide me, there is only darkness. For us both.” This is book two in a series about three sisters who inherit a hockey team. I Continue Reading
Smexy Deals- Deals for books by Cat Sebastian, Erica Ridley, AM Kvita, and more!
An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance for fans of Evvie Drake Starts Over, about grief and found family, between the new star shortstop stuck in a batting slump and the reporter assigned to (reluctantly) cover his first season—set in the same universe as We Could Be So Good. The 1960 baseball season is shaping up to be the worst year of Eddie O’Leary’s life. He can’t manage to hit the ball, his new teammates hate him, he’s living out of a suitcase, and Continue Reading
Retro Guest Post: Writing Cute Smut by Rachel Reid
Bringing this back since Heated Rivalry has taken over romance social media. It originally posted January 9, 2020. Enjoy! (see original post with comments here) We already had a post planned for Rachel to talk about “cute smut” and I saw this tweet from Rachel and I practically begged Stephanie at Carina to ask Rachel to expand on this tweet in her post. Thank you Stephanie and Rachel for this post. (Side note, I will have a mini-review for Tough Guy tomorrow) *Rachel's Twitter account has Continue Reading
Smexy Deals- Deals for books by Sarah MacLean, Alexis Hall, Kristen Vale, and more!
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From author Sarah MacLean, a razor-sharp, wildly sexy novel about a wealthy New England family’s long-overdue reckoning . . . and the one week that threatens to tear them apart.“Deliciously impossible to put down.”—Jodi Picoult“Addictive.”—Ali Hazelwood“A gripping inheritance drama, wrapped around a swoony summer romance.”—The New York Times Book ReviewA TIME AND KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAlice Storm hasn’t been welcome at her family’s magnificent private island Continue Reading
Review: Arrow of Fortune by Jacquelyn Benson
Arrow of Fortune by Jacquelyn BensonRaiders of the Arcana #3Gaslamp Fantasy/Historical FantasyNovember 18, 2025- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela I discovered this series while browsing through Amazon looking for book deals and new releases. It was the blurb for the first book in the series, Empire of Shadows, that caught my eye and led me to smash that one-click button. It begins with "Nice Victorian ladies don’t run off to find legendary lost cities." I mean come on; tell me Continue Reading
Smexy Deals- Deals for books by Nisha J. Tuli, Hannah Bonam-Young, Shalini Abeysekara, and more!
Two workplace enemies find themselves in close proximity on a tropical company retreat that challenges their assumptions—and just might make them to fall for each other—in this romcom by a beloved TikTok author.Engineer Trishara Malik once dreamed of being the first woman of color to smash the glass ceiling at WMC Purcell, but after years of dealing with white male privilege and blatant nepotism, she watches her hard-earned promotion go to her nemesis, Rafe Gallagher—the boss’s son. Teetering on Continue Reading