Cake: A Love Story by J. Bengtsson Cake, #1 NA Contemporary Romance May 14, 2016 Self Published Audible Reviewed by Helyce A few weeks ago, faced with another tedious and mundane task at work, I opened up Audible to search for something that would make the task at hand a bit more bearable. Audible had just emailed me a romance spotlight list and Cake: A Love Story was second on the list. The short blurb about a rockstar with a tragic past was all I needed to know before I clicked Continue Reading
Review: Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan
Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan A Hoops Novel Contemporary Romance Released: March 22, 2018 Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: He tries to demean me with his words...his words are a dog with no bite. They have no teeth with me. But who needs teeth when you have fangs? There are roughly, 172,000 words in the English language. The average person knows 20,000-30,000 words and uses 3,000 of them commonly. Out of all these words at my disposal, I can't find enough of them to string together Continue Reading
Review: What a Highlander’s Got to Do by Sabrina York
What a Highlander's Got to Do by Sabrina York Untamed Highlanders #5 Historical Romance Released: March 6, 2018 Swerve Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: Against her will, her frown tipped into a smile. And when he smiled back, she nearly swooned. Which was annoying. She was hardly a swooning sort. What a Highlander's Got to Do is the latest superb entry in the addictive Untamed Highlander's series. This is a very "new reader" friendly series and while knowledge of the earlier Continue Reading
Review: Tressa by Barbara T. Cerny
Tressa by Barbara T. Cerny Historical Romance Strategic Book Publishing Originally Published August 4, 2011, Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "Ye affront me grossly, lady bird.” “Ye affront me grossly! “Ye was probably weaned on the hind tit, ye fly-bitten harpy.” “And ye've got a face on ye like a well-slapped backside, paddy.” It isn't everyday you come across a romance novel that tells a delicate story with such strength, style and grace. This is especially so when there Continue Reading
Review: One and Only by Jenny Holiday
One and Only by Jenny Holiday (Bridesmaids Behaving Badly #1) Publication Date: February 27, 2018 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: “I’m going to. I just need… a minute.” “For what?” To change his mind? Like hell. She was standing there, panties wet and nipples almost painfully tight, a caricature of sexual desire. She hadn’t confronted her big emotional block about casual sex only to have the proceedings derailed now. She pulled harder on his head and bounced Continue Reading
Review: Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton Publication Date: February 6, 2018 Historical/Women’s Fiction Berkley Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: To be Cuban is to be proud— it is both our greatest gift and our biggest curse. We serve no kings, bow no heads, bear our troubles on our backs as though they are nothing at all. There is an art to this, you see. An art to appearing as though everything is effortless, that your world is a gilded one, when the reality is that your knees beneath your Continue Reading
Review: Zero Hour by Megan Erickson
Zero Hour by Megan Erickson (Wired and Dangerous #1) Released: January 30, 2018 Romantic Suspense Forever Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "Those fingers can penetrate a fire wall and make me come." She opened her eyes and grinned a filthy smile. "Got me a man who can do both." Start of a new series about hackers, and I'm excited. I really enjoyed this book. It has a very grumpy hero and he loves his best friend's little sister, which pisses him off even more. Oh Roarke, I love you Continue Reading
Review: The Emerald Lily by Juliette Cross
The Emerald Lily Juliette Cross Series: Vampire Blood #4 Paranormal Romance Released: January 29, 2018 Entangled Publishing Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “I love you, Vilhelmina Dragomir.” She laced her slender arms around his neck, a tear slipping from one eye even as she smiled. “I love you, Mikhail Romanov.” “Is it that bad that you must cry?” he teased. “It’s that good.” When Princess Vilhelmina Dragomir is awakened from her hellish sleep with a blood kiss from a handsome Continue Reading
Review: Infamous by Jenny Holiday
Infamous by Jenny Holiday Famous #2 Publication Date: November 27, 2017 Contemporary M/M Romance Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: "His sentences were short and clipped. He broke eye contact and ran his hands through his hair. “I didn’t know where to go,” he said to the pavement, his voice small in a way Jesse never wanted to hear again. It unstuck Jesse. He reached out and pulled Hunter over the threshold and into his arms. “You come here. That’s where you come. You Continue Reading
Review: Archangel’s Assassin by Barbara Elsborg
Archangel’s Assassin by Barbara Elsborg Paranormal M/M Romance December 2, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce Tao wakes up in the middle of a park with no memory of who he is. While he does know where he is and some basic survival type things like needing to find shelter and food, he can’t remember anything before waking in the park. He had a bracelet on with the word “Tao” on it which he assumes is his name and so he calls himself this. He hates that he’s forced to panhandle, but Continue Reading