Duke for the Summer by Emily SpadyLGBTQ RomanceMay 19, 2024-Self-published Review by Kate H. This book took me by surprise, in the best way. Based on the description, I had thought it was going to be a ring-around-the-tropes m/m romcom with characters that were somewhat complex but had problems that were easily resolvable. But I am a sucker for novels where an MC pulls a geographic, so I plowed ahead. Imagine my surprise to find two flawed, human characters - not archetypes, not Continue Reading
Retro Review: Mortal Ties by Eileen Wilks
Originally posted in October 2012 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Mortal Ties by Eileen WilksWorld of the Lupi #9Urban Fantasy/Paranormal RomanceOctober 2, 2012 by Berkley Eileen Wilks’s World of the Lupi series is one of my favorites. What started out as a paranormal romance with the first couple of books has evolved into a wonderful, detailed urban fantasy world. Lily is an awesome heroine as she is smart and capable and is allowed to be those things even while she has navigated Continue Reading
Retro Review: Grim Shadows by Jenn Bennett
Review originally posted in June of 2014 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Grim Shadows by Jenn BennettRoaring Twenties #2Paranormal Historical RomanceJune 3, 2014- Berkley After reading the first book in Jenn Bennett’s Roaring Twenties series, Bitter Spirits, my first thought was “why didn’t I pick this up sooner?” Such a great romance. Apparently when you mix bootleggers and speakeasies, ghosts and zombies, one sexy, freckled heroine and a big, scarred hero what you get is complete Continue Reading
Review: Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur
Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria BellefleurContemporary RomanceApril 30, 2024 by Avon Review by Melanie It is no secret that when a romance novel touts itself as a romantic comedy these days, I immediately give it massive side eye. Having been burned way too many times by rom coms that were neither romantic nor comedic, that particular pairing of words automatically makes me back away. However, Alexandria Bellefleur’s Truly, Madly, Deeply is one banger of a rom com, both Continue Reading
Review: My Season of Scandal by Julie Anne Long
My Season of Scandal by Julie Anne LongThe Palace of Rogues #7Historical RomanceApril 23, 024- AvonARC Review by Angela Julie Anne Long is one of my favorite historical romance authors and The Palace of Rogues one of my very favorite series. I'm always thrilled at the chance to visit the beloved residents and guests of The Grand Palace on the Thames. My Season of Scandal is an age gap romance, introducing Catherine Keating, an innocent country bred young woman who has come to Continue Reading
Review: Funny Story by Emily Henry
Funny Story by Emily HenryContemporary RomanceApril 23, 2024- Berkley Review by Angela It's no secret that Emily Henry has fast become one of my favorite romance authors of contemporary romance. There is just something about her writing that clicks with me. Funny Story is a roommates to lovers, forced proximity romance and is just as delightful as you would think. Daphne is shocked when she finds out her perfect love story isn't so perfect--and her fiancé has left her for his best Continue Reading
Review: When I Think of You by Myah Ariel
When I Think of You by Myah Ariel Contemporary RomanceApril 16, 2024 by Berkley Review by Melanie I haven’t been having a lot of luck with contemporary romances lately, but I have to say, Myah Ariel’s debut, When I Think of You, just blew me away. It may not be the steamiest romance I’ve ever read but it had an abundance of longing and tension, making me wait with bated breath to see if Kaliya and Daniel, one-time film school classmates turned lovers, would be able to mend their Continue Reading
Review: Lips Like Sugar by Jess K Hardy
Lips Like Sugar by Jess K HardyBluebird Basin #2Contemporary RomanceMarch 28, 2024- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela Y'all, this book has everything I could ask for. Over 50 main characters? Check. Deliciously swoon- worthy, beta rock and roll hero? Check. Sexy, sexy times galore? Check. Lips Like Sugar is the second book in the Bluebird Basin series and focuses on Cole Sanderson, best friend and former bandmate to Madigan, and Mira Harlow, single mother, parental caretaker, and Continue Reading
Review: The Dance of Desire by Delphine Ross
The Dance of Desire by Delphine RossMuses of Scandal #2Historical RomanceFebruary 22, 2024- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela After reading the first book in the Muses of Scandal series, which I enjoyed, I was pumped to read book two, which features Angela and her childhood best friend, Sunny, the Earl of Sunderland. Readers were introduced to Angela Bartham in The Poetics of Passion, she is the sister of Musa and determined to make a good match to help support her family. For Continue Reading
Retro Review: Kinked by Thea Harrison
Review originally posted in November of 2013 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Kinked by Thea HarrisonElder Races #6Paranormal RomancePublished November 5, 2013 by Berkley The Elder Races is one of those paranormal romance series that seems to be hit or miss with some readers. Not me though, I’ve loved every installment Thea Harrison has released. One of the things I’ve heard over and over when it was announced that this would be Aryal’s story was that readers were concerned because she was Continue Reading