Holiday With a Twist by Shannon Stacey Holiday Novella Released: November 21, 2016 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi When Leigh hears that her parents are going to sell the home she grew up in, she gets guilted into going home for three weeks over Christmas to help her parents organize and start to pack. Taking three weeks vacation time isn't hard because she just quit her job.....and broke up with her fiance. Knowing her sister has a baby and is getting divorced, and this sister is Continue Reading
Review: Prude by Jordan S. Gray
Prude by Jordan S. Gray New Adult September 21, 2016 Evernight Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “She wasn’t going to be that girl in the movies that changed the playboy into a monogamous, perfect husband. She was just Rebecca Washington, straight-A student, and prude extraordinaire.” Rebecca Washington is your average college student; a little overly concerned with her grades (okay A LOT concerned), socially awkward, OCD, resistant to change, and prone to embarrassing Continue Reading
Review: Cherish Her by Stacey Lynn
Cherish Her by Stacey Lynn Series: Fireside, #3 Romance Contemporary November 15, 2016 Loveswept Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If I could take away that pain for you, I would.” Chelsea Dwyer has always been attracted to Aidan Devereaux but circumstances kept her firmly in the friend zone. When he suffers a tragedy, Chelsea is the one who provides him with a shoulder to cry on, an ear to rail at, and a body to take comfort from. As their relationship grows, so does Chelsea’s Continue Reading
Review: Someone to Love by Mary Balogh
Someone to Love by Mary Balogh (Westcott #1) Released: November 8, 2016 Historical Romance Signet Reviewed by Mandi Mary Balogh was one of the first romance authors I read, so she holds a special place in my heart. I even had that awkward, "omg I love you so much" conversation with her in an elevator once. The poor lady was trapped and couldn't escape me. I eventually let her out. My most favorite hero of hers is Wulfric - be still my heart. I didn't love her previous Survivor's Club Continue Reading
Review: Daring Fate by Megan Erickson
Daring Fate by Megan Erickson (Silver Tip Pack #1) Paranormal Romance Released: November 14, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I love Megan Erickson's books. I've enjoyed her m/f contemporary series and her m/m contemporary series. And then she told me she wrote a paranormal shifter book. Not only that, but a m/m fated-mate story. Feed yourselves family, mom is busy! This world is set-up as shifters meet The Walking Dead. There are no humans left in the world, but three types of Continue Reading
Review: Matinees with Miriam by Vicki Essex
Matinees with Miriam by Vicki Essex Released: November 1, 2016 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Four years ago, Miriam lost her grandfather and her world turned upside down. Growing up with druggie parents, her grandfather swooped in and gave her a safe, happy place to grow and prosper. He grandfather owned The Crown Theater, a theater built long ago that was an important and well liked place in this small town. Miriam grew up in this theater and loves it just as Continue Reading
Review: Beautiful Crazy by Kasey Lane
Beautiful Crazy by Kasey Lane Series: Rock ‘n’ Ink, #1 Contemporary Romance November 1, 2016 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I wasn’t broken till you broke me.” Kevan Landry never thought the sexiest more intense one night stand of her life would turn into a nightmare that could ruin her and her fledgling PR company...but it did. Now Kevan will have to put her libido on the shelf and pull up her big girl panties if she wants to save her company. Mason Dillon, CEO of Continue Reading
Review: The Untouchable Earl by Amy Sandas
Review: The Untouchable Earl by Amy Sandas Series:Fallen Ladies, #2 Historical Romance Released: November 1, 2016 Sourcebooks Casablanca Reviewed by Sheena Lily Chadwick has spent her life playing the respectable debutante. But when an unscrupulous moneylender snatches her off the street and puts her up for auction at a pleasure house, she finds herself in the possession of a man who fills her with breathless terror and impossible yearning. Though the Earl of Harte claimed Lily Continue Reading
Review: Shifter Planet by D.B. Reynolds
Shifter Planet by D.B. Reynolds Released: October 26, 2016 Paranormal Sci-Fi Romance Entangled Reviewed by Mandi I first saw this book talked about at Dear Author and immediately realized I was in need of a good shifter book. With a sci-fi feel to it, Shifter Planet gave me much enjoyment. It has a very slow start - please remember that if you decide to read it. But it definitely picks up and after a while, I could not put it down. Set in a futuristic world where humans aka Earthers Continue Reading
Review: Once Upon a Christmas Anthology
The holidays are a time for family, celebration—and the Dukes of Ravenglass to fall in love. Spend the Christmas season with the Wynter family, as the Dukes of Ravenglass find their happily-ever-afters in this delightful, heartfelt collection that spans from the Regency era to the present day. In A Price Above Rubies by Maggie Robinson, set in the Regency era, paid companion Helen Lowe doesn’t know the man she shares her first-ever dance—and first-ever kiss—is Gabriel Wynter, a reclusive, Continue Reading