From the Grave by Kresley ColeYA Urban FantasyApril 18, 2023Valkyrie Press Review by Jen I need to set this up for you. From the Grave by Kresley Cole is the final book in the Arcana Chronicles series. It’s book seven. This series was, for YEARS, my all-time favorite YA read. I was the BIGGEST FAN EVER. Every book had a major cliffhanger and I waited anxiously for the next one to drop. Book six had an especially huge ending and I was dying for book seven. I love the author and Continue Reading
Review: Kissing My Crush by C.A. Harms
Kissing My Crush by C.A. HarmsThe Kissing Games #3Contemporary RomanceJune 29, 2023- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela Kissing My Crush is the third book in the multi-author Kissing Game series and features Amara, cousin to Liam and Linc, and Tyler, friend to the brothers and co-worker of Liam. I've enjoyed this series so far, with different tropes and couples. Amara has always had a thing for Tyler, but his love 'em and leave 'em relationship history and the fact that they are Continue Reading
Review: The Notorious Lord Knightly by Lorraine Heath
The Notorious Lord Knightly by Lorraine HeathThe Chessmen: Masters of Seduction #2Historical RomanceJune 27, 2023- Avon Review by Melanie I am a sucker for a second chance romance and for a revenge plot done well and Lorraine Heath’s newest achieves one of those very well and the other one to varying degrees of success. The FMC of the book, Miss Regina Leyland, has forever lived her life on the outskirts of the English nobility. Born as a result of the extramarital love affair Continue Reading
Review: A Fatal Illusion by Anna Lee Huber
A Fatal Illusion by Anna Lee HuberLady Darby Mysteries #11Historical MysteryJune 20, 2023- BerkleyARC Review by Angela The eleventh book in the Lady Darby Mysteries series opens with Keira and Sebastian traveling to the home of a surgeon after receiving word that Lord Gage has been gravely injured after being set upon by highwaymen. With them are their faithful servants, Bree and Anderley, as well as their infant daughter, her nurse, and Henry, Sebastian's half-brother. Unsure of the Continue Reading
Review: Play for Me by Libby Hubscher
Play for Me by Libby HubscherContemporary RomanceJune 20, 2023- BerkleyARC Review by Angela I've come to really enjoy this author's books. While the first two were more women's fiction and lighter on the actual romance, this book really focuses on the relationship between Sophie and Jonas. When Play for Me opens Sophie has just been let go from her job as head athletic trainer for the Boston Red Sox after pulling a pitcher from game 7 of the World Series. Now all of Boston blames Continue Reading
Review: Capture the Sun by Jessie Mihalik
Capture the Sun by Jessie MihalikStarlight's Shadow #3Science Fiction RomanceJune 20, 2023 by Harper VoyagerARC Review by Angela The third and final book in the Starlight's Shadow science fiction romance series features the crew's daring recovery specialist, Lexi Bowen, and the Valovian teleporter, Nilo Shoren, who once left her standing in a bar by herself while he stole her job. To say I was excited about this book would be an understatement. I was in full gimme, gimme, gimme Continue Reading
Review: Kissing the Rival by Kaylee Ryan
Kissing the Rival by Kaylee RyanThe Kissing Games #2Contemporary RomanceJune 15, 2023- Self PublishedARC Review by Angela Why, yes, I did start reading this book immediately after finishing the first installment in this multi-author series. Lately, rivals to lovers is my catnip so OF COURSE I had to find out how Jasper and Charlotte's love story played out. And for the most part, it worked for me. If you've read Kissing My Brother's Bride, you know that Charlotte is Audrey's older Continue Reading
Review: Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey
Unfortunately Yours by Tessa BaileyA Vine Mess #2Contemporary RomanceJune 6, 2023- AvonARC Review by Angela I didn't love the first book in the series, Secretly Yours, neither the pacing nor the romance really worked for me and it took forever to finish. I kind of debated on whether I should continue with this duology, but ultimately decided I needed to know how the hate/lust relationship between the other Vos sibling and her retired Navy Seal panned out. I'm glad I did because this Continue Reading
Review: Kissing My Brother’s Bride by Molly McLain
Kissing My Brother's Bride by Molly McLainThe Kissing Games #1Contemporary RomanceJune 1, 2023- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela I side-eyed the title of this book when I first saw it, and then after realizing it was part of a series, by different authors, revolving around a wedding gone bad, I read the blurb multiple times to see if it would be something I would enjoy. I REALLY wanted to dive into the rest of the series with all their different tropes and shared characters, so I Continue Reading
Review: The Duchess Takes a Husband by Harper St. George
The Duchess Takes a Husband by Harper St. GeorgeHistorical RomanceMay 23, 2023 by Berkley Review by Melanie The Duchess Takes a Husband, which, I’m guessing is the fourth and final book in The Gilded Age Heiresses series, features the much-anticipated story of Camille, the widowed Duchess of Hereford. The first book in the series, The Heiress Gets a Duke, actually opens with the engagement party of Camille and the Duke of Hereford and it’s made immediately clear that this is nothing Continue Reading