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
Review: Silk & Sand by Katherine Diane
Silk & Sand by Katherine Diane (Book 1)Fantasy, LGBTQ+ RomanceKindle editionMarch 7, 2024 Review by Kate H. This book has tension. Tension between different personalities. Circumstantial tension. Loads of sexual tension. And on top of that, plot tension. And, if you don’t realize it’s going to end on cliffhanger, it might just rip out your heart and stomp it on the floor. But the tension is developed so artfully. And, next thing we Continue Reading
Review: Pretty Dogs by Riley Nash
Pretty Dogs by Riley NashDirty Strays #2LGBTQ+/Contemporary RomancePublished December 8, 2023 Pretty Dogs, the second book in the Dirty Strays series by Riley Nash, was so refreshing to me. Class is a variable thing in romance novels. We’ve got all the millionaire/billionaire books, with their Ferragamo shoes and Tom Ford suits. With the penthouse apartments where the furniture is in minimalistic black or white leather and the wall to ceiling glass Continue Reading
Retro Review: The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan Byrne
Review originally posted on Fiction Vixen in September of 2018 by Angela The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan ByrneVictorian Rebels #6Historical RomanceAugust 28, 2018 by St. Martin's Favorite Quote: There are only two indisputable facts in this world. The sun will set in the west, and I’ll come for you. Always. I adore this author. Absolutely, positively adore. She writes bad boy, tortured anti-heroes like no other. Before reading The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo I Continue Reading