I’m back! I’ve read a few books lately but haven’t quite felt like talking about them. Sometimes even writing mini reviews can feel stressful. Review content warnings: references to emotional abuse, abortion, grief/death Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes- Although not a straight romance, more fiction with romantic elements, it does have a happily ever after. CW: grief, emotional abuse by an intimate partner & parent. The heroine, Evvie like Chevy, is a widow but she is not Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday Thoughts
The Girl in Red by Christina HenrySci-Fi/Fantasy/DystopianJune 18, 2019 by Berkley KINDLE * BN * GOODREADS This dystopian retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, follows Red, our heroine, as she travels through the woods on the way to her grandmother's house. Time skips back and forth, every other chapter, answering readers questions about what happened to Red's family and how the "Crisis" began to present day as she navigates the current, dangerous world full of wolves, both human and Continue Reading
Review: How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey Edwards
How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey EdwardsThe Beginner's Guide to Necromancy #6Urban FantasyJune 6, 2019 Self PublishedKINDLE * GOODREADS Savannah has fallen to the vampires, and it’s up to Grier to take out their leader, Gaspard Lacroix, and restore peace. Lacroix might be more powerful and immune to her magic, but she’s got a plan. Too bad it’s got holes big enough for a new threat to waltz through while the city is on her knees.Now Grier must risk her very soul if she hopes to slay her Continue Reading
Review: Fumbled by Alexa Martin
Fumbled by Alexa MartinPlaybook #2Contemporary RomanceApril 23, 2019 by Berkley A second chance doesn't guarantee a touchdown in this new contemporary romance from the author of Intercepted.Single-mother Poppy Patterson moved across the country when she was sixteen and pregnant to find a new normal. After years of hard work, she's built a life she loves. It may include a job at a nightclub, weekend soccer games, and more stretch marks than she anticipated, but it's all hers, and nobody can Continue Reading
Review: When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
You may remember that Cleeton is the author of two of my favorite books, Fly With Me and Next Year in Havana. When We Left Cuba is the follow up to NYIH and I have been excited about Beatriz’ story since last year. I found Beatriz Perez to be incredibly intriguing and she did not disappoint. Beatriz is smart and beautiful and a fighter. She is heartbroken about her family's relocation to Florida after Castro takes over Cuba. She is counting down the days until she can return to Cuba. Much Continue Reading
Review: Team Player by Julianna Keyes
Team Player by Julianna KeyesCharleston Thrashers #1Contemporary RomanceMarch 28, 2019 KINDLE * GOODREADS * AUTHOR WEBSITE Don’t hate the player…BOTTOM NINEGwen Scott wants to love her job with the Charleston Thrashers, the MLB team she’s worshiped since she was a kid, but she can’t. Hateful colleagues and mind-numbing work make her days unbearable—until her head for baseball gets her exclusive access to the Thrashers’ clubhouse and she comes face-to-face with Tyler Ashe, the team’s sexy Continue Reading
Review: Stone Cold Heart by Laura Griffin
I really enjoy suspense books - I often listen to audio books and my number one genre isn't necessarily romance, but suspense. Although a side romance never hurts! Laura Griffin writes excellent suspense/thrillers. I'm always completely engaged - not only with the crime details, but great dialogue, great descriptions of the crime scenes and some intense action. The romance in this series is very low-key and in this book fell pretty flat for me. Sara and Nolan could be cute and romancy Continue Reading
Review: Not Dead Yet by Jenn Burke
Not Dead Yet by Jenn BurkeNot Dead Yet #1Paranormal M/MFebruary 4, 2019 by Carina Press Wes Cooper was dead. Then he wasn’t—though he’s not exactly alive, either. As an immortal not-ghost, he can transition between this world and the otherplane, which makes him the perfect thief for hire. For seventy years he’s made a “living” returning items to their rightful owners, seeing his fair share of the bizarre in the process. But he’s never witnessed murder. Until now. His latest mission brings him Continue Reading
Review: Lost Souls by Chelsea Mueller
Lost Souls by Chelsea MuellerSoul Charmer #3Urban FantasyFebruary 25, 2019 Self Published Get out of Hell free card? Not for Callie Delgado, Gem City’s newest soul charmer. Sin and salvation collide in this gritty and action-packed urban fantasy. Callie’s magic is finally her own. She and Derek dispatched Ford. They should have been able to breathe, but layers of sin run deep beneath Gem City. Another mob boss quickly rises, and his sights are firmly set on Callie—and her family.Mobile soul Continue Reading
Angela’s Monday Mornings
Charming as Puck by Pippa GrantContemporary/Romantic ComedyFebruary 1, 2019 Self Published Favorite Quote: "May we someday find men who love us as much as we love each other." Another super sexy, super fun Pippa Grant hockey romance. This time it's Nick's turn to get his HEA and his heroine, Kami, is his sister's best friend. I really liked this couple! Their relationship starts off page sometime in the last few books. So when the book opens Kami and Nick have already started Continue Reading