Wreck the Halls by Tessa BaileyContemporary/Holiday Romance10/03/2023 by BerkleyARC Review by Angela I don't read a lot of holiday romances, but you can bet I snapped this one up as soon as I could. Tessa Bailey's newest romance features the children of infamous band members and rock legends, who split long ago and are now enemies, Melody Gallard and Beat Dawkins. They've always known about each other, but only met in person once, briefly, as teens. But when an entertainment Continue Reading
Review: The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. Harmon
The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. HarmonLGBTQ Adventure/ Paranormal RomanceJuly 20, 2023- Self-PublishedKindle Unlimited Review by Angela Okay, okay- I totally picked this book up because of the cover. The blurb sounded fun, but mostly because of the cover. This is a new to me author, so I went in blind. All I knew was that I wanted this book to live up to my high expectations after the blurb and cover. I'm happy to report that it absolutely did. The Sawyer family Continue Reading
Review: The Gossip and the Grump by Pippa Grant
The Gossip and the Grump by Pippa GrantThree Best Friends and a Wedding #2Contemporary Romance/Romantic ComedyOctober 5-2023- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela The second book in the Three Best Friends and a Wedding series focuses on Sabrina Sullivan, best friend to the would-be bride and gossip extraordinaire, and the man she met in Hawaii during the disastrous wedding week. Who turns out to be the new owner of her family's coffee cafe. Sabrina is depressed and upset by how her Continue Reading
Review: The Takedown by Carlie Walker
The Takedown by Carlie WalkerContemporary Romance10/3/2023 by Berkley Review by Angela Well, this was fun. Part contemporary romance, part romantic suspense, and maybe a little comedy thrown in there for good measure, The Takedown is a unique debut that kept me turning pages. Sydney Swift is a CIA agent who hasn't been home in quite a while. She loves her sister and grandmother but enjoys the distance and anonymity her job provides. Then she finds out that her sister is newly Continue Reading
Review: In Which Winnie Halifax Is Utterly Ruined by Alexandra Vasti
In Which Winnie Halifax Is Utterly Ruined by Alexandra VastiHalifax Hellions #3Historical RomanceFree novella on author's website Review by Angela Do y'all remember when I featured the first two FREE NOVELLAS in this series? Here let me remind you: Review- The Halifax Hellions Duet by Alexandra Vasti This is the third, and last, book about the Halifax siblings. Spencer Halifax is about to meet his match when he goes to retrieve his fake wife from her sheep farm. To say I was Continue Reading
Review: Spider and Frost by Jennifer Estep
Spider and Frost: An Elemental Assassin and Mythos Academy novella by Jennifer EstepFantasySeptember 26, 2023- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela Spider and Frost is a crossover novella featuring Gin Blanco of the Elemental Assassins series and Gwen Frost from Mythos Academy. This fast-paced adventure is full of familiar faces, magic, and mythology. Gin Blanco, aka the Spider, is on vacation with Owen, Finn, and Bria when she's cut off from her friends and forced to take a planned Continue Reading
Review: The Witches of Bone Hill by Ava Morgyn
The Witches of Bone Hill by Ava MorgynFantasy September 26, 2023- St. Martin's GriffinARC Review by Angela This is the third book I've read this year with the word witches in the title. The first was a lighter paranormal romance, the second a little darker- more magical realism than fantasy, and lastly, The Witches of Bone Hill, a much darker fantasy, almost straddling the horror line. Cordelia Bone's life is spinning out of control. Her cheating husband left her nothing but debt, Continue Reading
Review: Come As You Are by Jess K. Hardy
Come As You Are by Jess K. HardyContemporary RomanceOctober 18, 2022- Self-PublishedPurchased Review by Angela Even though I'd been eyeing this author's backlist- after reading and loving her science fiction romances earlier in the year- I hesitated to take the plunge, mainly because my ARC spreadsheet was out of control. But while compiling a deals post I noticed this book was on sale and decided it was a sign. So I hit that buy now button and finally sat down to read. I wish I Continue Reading
Review: A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books #2) by K.J. Charles
A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by K.J. CharlesThe Doomsday Books #2LGBTQ Historical RomanceSeptember 19, 2023- Sourcebooks Review by Angela The follow-up to the delectable The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen features a familiar face from the first book and an Earl that is unsure of his inheritance. Luke Doomsday is all grown up and has come to Stone Manor at the behest of the uncle of Rufus, the Earl of Oxney, who is looking for a way to prove that his nephew isn't Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for books by Shelley Parker-Chan and Pippa Grant
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-ChanThe Radiant Emperor #2LGBTQ Historical FantasyAugust 22, 2023- TorARC After absolutely loving the first book in this duology, She Who Becomes the Sun, I was desperate to get my hands on the finale. This book is brutal. The main protagonists are dark and unrelenting in their separate quests- for power, for redemption, and for revenge. These are terrible people who repeatedly do terrible things. The story is told from multiple POVs and Continue Reading