Never Been Shipped by Alicia ThompsonContemporary RomanceJune 10, 2025, by Berkley Review by Angela Everyone knows friends to lovers is one of my favorite tropes, add in the "getting the band back together vibe" and a lovely cover and I'm all yours. Never Been Shipped is a friends to lovers, has been rockstar romance. It started out slow, which is probably why it took a little longer for me to make it all the way through to the end. ElectricOh! is a band that broke up years before Continue Reading
Review: Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston
Sounds Like Love by Ashley PostonContemporary Romance/Magical RealismJune 17, 2025- BerkleyARC Review by Angela Oh, how I adore this author and her magical romances. Every new book surprises me and I fall just a little more in love with her prose. This story introduces two characters, both artists in the music industry struggling with their career and life choices who find themselves telepathically connected after a kiss on a balcony. Joni Lark is a songwriter, living the dream in Continue Reading
Retro Review: North to You by Tif Marcelo
Review originally posted on June 6, 2017 by Mandi. North to You by Tif MarceloContemporary RomanceReleased: June 6, 2017Pocket Star Favorite Quote: “I don’t think I can be a gentleman for much longer.” I suck in a breath as her hands come forward to the buckle of my belt. “I don’t think I asked you to be one.” She jerks me closer. Debut author? Check. A heroine who owns a food truck? Check. A hero who is a super good guy and gets a second chance at wooing his Continue Reading
Review: All Superheroes Need PR by Elizabeth Stephens
All Superheroes Need PR by Elizabeth StephensSupers in the City #1Paranormal RomanceMay 27, 2025, by Montlake Review by Angela I've been a fan of Elizabeth Stephens for quite a while. I discovered her when I stumbled upon the Xiveri Mates series in Kindle Unlimited and devoured the whole series in a matter of weeks. So, I was super excited when I discovered that Montlake was publishing her all-new series featuring SUPERHEROES AND SUPER VILLIANS. All Superheroes Need PR is a fun, Continue Reading
Retro Review: Torn by Cynthia Eden
Review originally posted May 30, 2016 by Tori. Torn by Cynthia EdenSeries: LOST, #4Romance SuspenseMay 31, 2016Avon Favorite Quote: “If I have you…I have everything.” PARTNERS . . . FRIENDS . . . Forensic anthropologist Victoria Palmer has always been better with the dead than the living. Shutting down her emotions, she lets few people in. But then Victoria’s latest investigation takes her and agent Wade Monroe to Savannah, Georgia. Handsome, dangerous, and more than Continue Reading
Review: Beneath the Burning Sea by Amanda Bouchet
Beneath the Burning Sea by Amanda BouchetKingmaker Chronicles #5Fantasy RomanceMay 27, 2025, by SourcebooksARC Review by Angela It's been a long time coming, but finally Bellanca and Carver's story is here! This world began in 2016 with Cat and Griffin. The original trilogy followed the same main characters and introduced this world of mythology and magic. I was satisfied with the wrap-up of the original plot arc, but did wonder if my beloved secondary characters would also receive Continue Reading
Retro Review: Showmance by L.H. Cosway
Review originally posted May 23, 2016 by Tori. Showmance by L.H. CoswayRomance ContemporaryMay 16, 2016Self Published Favorite Quote: “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to just love and be loved in return.” Fans are sure to notice the deviation in plot and characterization that Cosway takes in her latest endeavor. Showmance is a sweet, sexy, mildly angst driven romance that perfectly showcases the allure of opposite attraction by slowing building a Continue Reading
Retro Review: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
Review originally posted on 5/9/2019 by Angela. The Bride Test by Helen HoangThe Kiss Quotient #2Contemporary RomanceMay 7, 2019 by Berkley Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions—like grief. And love. He thinks he’s defective. His family knows better—that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, Continue Reading
Review: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily HenryContemporary RomanceApril 22, 2025 by BerkleyARC Review by Angela Anybody who knows my reading tastes knows I really enjoy anything Emily Henry writes. I will even admit to emailing this publisher about advanced reading copies when I couldn't find the ARC anywhere on the usual sites. So, when it finally hit my Kindle, I was overjoyed and eager to read. Great Big Beautiful Life is a romance sandwiched between the story of a powerful family. Continue Reading
Review: Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn
Kills Well with Others by Deanna RaybournKillers of a Certain Age #2Mystery/Suspense/ThrillerMarch 4, 2025- BerkleyARC Review by Angela Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are back and this time they are tasked by the head of the Museum, Naomi Ndiaye, to assassinate the son of the man who they took out years ago. Naomi believes there is a mole within the organization and that this man may be out for revenge over the death of his father. So, these killers of a certain age set Continue Reading