Mandi: Relay by Layla Reyne M/M Contemporary Grade: C- With the Olympics right around the corner, I'm all about an Olympic romance, even though this one takes place in the summer. We have Alex and Dane, who have both made the team for the Olympics as swimmers - but they hate each other. Like, really hate each other. They have a bad history, and now have to train together in the three weeks heading into the Olympics. Alex sees Dane as the charmer, all-american who gets everything he Continue Reading
Review: Station Alpha by Aislinn Kearns
Station Alpha by Aislinn Kearns (Soldiering On #1) Released: August 2016 Romantic Suspense Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I love a Twitter recommendation (my bank account does not) and when I saw Meka tweet that Station Alpha was a good read, featuring a hero with a disability, I bought it. She rec'd it because his disability was not the main storyline, and I agree with her. It plays a role in the story (he is wheelchair bound) but it's not the main focus. And - pigs starting Continue Reading
Review: Man Candy by Jessica Lemmon
Man Candy by Jessica Lemmon (Real Love #3) Contemporary Romance January 9, 2018 Loveswept Reviewed by Helyce Favorite Quote: “Not all those who wander are lost…” Dax Vaughn is really looking forward to some rustic quality alone time. After losing his dad, and dealing with the aftermath, he just needed a break and some time to get his head together and reevaluate his life. He heads down to Grand Lark Retreat in Tennessee for two weeks of communing with nature. He plans to hike, Continue Reading
Review: Fake Wife by Stacey Lynn
Fake Wife by Stacey Lynn (Crazy Love #1) Released: January 9, 2018 Contemporary Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Give me a present day marriage of convenience trope any day of the week! Corbin is a super wealthy, playboy guy who just lost his grandmother. She was important to him, as his father is a horrible man who has a family on the side and his mother is drinking herself to death. His grandmother left him her family estate - but with a condition. He must marry within six months Continue Reading
Review: Blood Fury by J.R. Ward
Blood Fury by J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Legacy #3) Released: January 9, 2018 Paranormal Romance (m/f and m/m) Ballantine Books Reviewed by Mandi This spin-off series of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, is still BDB....just with a new crew of warriors. But the veterans are still roaming the halls, and making appearances. Blood Fury gives us two romances - Peyton and Novo, two trainees in the brotherhood fighting program, who start off the book more as enemies, and it takes a bit for them Continue Reading
Review: A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev
A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev Released: December 26, 2017 Contemporary Romance Kensington Reviewed by Mandi I have a love affair with Sonali Dev's books. She writes such good words. Words that usually completely break my heart (it's still broken after reading A Change of Heart) but she repairs it and gives us a shiny HEA at the end with all the smiles. The heroine in this book, Kimi, literally has a broken heart. A lifelong heart condition that keeps her sick most of her youth in Continue Reading
Review: United by Their Royal Baby by Therese Beharrie
United by Their Royal Baby by Therese Beharrie Contemporary Romance Released: December 18, 2017 Bills Moon Forever Romance Reviewed by Mandi Yes, the title wooed me. I love a marriage of convenience book and I liked the blurb: When Queen Leyna of Aidara took the throne, she walked away from her first love, King Xavier of Mattan, putting duty first. Now their kingdoms are under threat, and the only way to bring stability is with a royal union. Leyna knows the man she loved has Continue Reading
Review: Heart On Fire by Amanda Bouchet
Heart On Fire by Amanda Bouchet Series: The Kingmaker Chronicals, #3 Fantasy Romance Released: January 2, 2018 Piatkus Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "Hate is an easier emotion to deal with than love. Hate is cold, with a strong, hard shell. Love is burning, with a thousand fragile cracks that lead straight to your soul.” Heart On Fire is book three in the Kingmaker Chronicles trilogy and I'm already trying to figure out how just onnnnneeeee more novel can fit in, I mean, who Continue Reading
Review: Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins
Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins Contemporary Fiction/Family HQN Books December 26, 2017 Favorite Quote: “Nobody puts Nora in the corner.” Reviewed by Tori Nora Stuart left her small Maine island hometown fifteen years ago and never returned. Winning a full scholarship to Tufts gave her the freedom to leave and achieve her dreams. Now a specialist in gastroenterology, Nora finds herself longing for home after she is in an accident and awakens in the hospital to hear her Continue Reading
Review: The Dragon’s Slave by Lacey St. Sin
The Dragon's Slave by Lacey St. Sin Series: The Amber Aerie Lords Series, #1 Paranormal Romance Released: May 1, 2016 Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "I did want to warn you...You are so eager to have your dragon half accepted that you ignore your Shifter blood." ..."Are you nervous? I cannot tell any of your emotions any longer," he eyed her. "No...well a little..." I love stumbling across unexpectedly good paranormal series! I was almost put off by the title and blurb, but Continue Reading