A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. JamesGothic Horror/SuspensePublished January 20, 2026, by BerkleyARC Review by Angela Simone St. James takes readers back to Fell, New York, the setting for The Sundown Motel, and introduces them to the Esmie siblings. Violet, Vail, and Dodie grew up in Fell, with absentee parents and only each to rely on. Their one bright spot was their little brother Ben, who they lovingly took care of since the moment he arrived. Then at the age of six, he Continue Reading
Review: Our Ex’s Wedding by Taleen Voskuni
Our Ex's Wedding by Taleen VoskuniContemporary RomancePublished on January 20, 2026 by BerkleyReviewed by Kate Our Ex’s Wedding is Taleen Voskuni’s third book and they just keep getting better and better! As an Armenian-American, I love these books with their Armenian-American protagonists and seeing my culture in a romance novel. I would like to note that I beta read Voskuni’s second book, Lavash at First Sight, but had no connection with this one before reviewing it. Our Ex’s Continue Reading
Retro Review: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Review originally posted 5/11/2021 by Angela. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryContemporary Romance/Women’s FictionMay 11, 2021, by BerkleyARC Favorite Quote: After reading last year’s release by this author, Beach Read, I couldn’t wait to find out if her sophomore effort in the genre would live up to my extremely high expectations. Spoiler alert: it did. People We Meet on Vacation is kind of an ode to the tropey best friends to lovers romantic comedy movie. In Continue Reading
New Release Spotlight- The Mating Game by Lana Ferguson
The Mating Game by Lana Ferguson PNRDecember 2, 2025 by Berkley About the mating game: Contractor Tess Covington has spent her entire life as a regular non-shifter human, so after she lands in the Denver ER with flu-like symptoms, it comes as a complete shock to be told that, no, she’s not sick—she’s actually a late-presenting omega wolf shifter. With her family in dire financial straits and a contract for her own television show on the line, she can’t afford not to complete the Continue Reading
Spotlight- The Mist Thief by LJ Andrews
The Mist Thief (The Ever Seas Book 3) by LJ AndrewsFantasy RomanceRe-release by BerkleyOctober 14, 2025 About the Book: The third in the TikTok sensation Ever Seas series!She tried to kill him, so he made her his wife.Skadi first met her husband-to-be with blades in hand on the opposite side of a battle. She lost, and he claimed his prize.To her horror, the king of the shadow elven agrees to marry her off to Jonas, a prince in the fae realms, as a way to unite their kingdoms against a Continue Reading
Release Spotlight- Hollow by Karina Halle
Hollow by Karina HalleA Gothic Shade of Romance #1Gothic Fantasy RomanceRe-release by BerkleyOctober 7, 2025 About the Book: A sexy, dark fantasy reimagining of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, where Katrina Van Tassel doesn’t have to choose between Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane, and there are worse things haunting them than the Headless Horseman.Kat Van Tassel’s life was predestined from childhood; she was to marry her best friend, Brom Bones. But Brom vanished from Sleepy Hollow years Continue Reading
Review: The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton
The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel CleetonHistorical FictionSeptember 30, 2025 by Berkley Review by Melanie Let me preface this review by stating that this is very much a historical fiction and not a historical romance. There is a very faint romantic storyline in this book but it is hardly the driving force or the main focus of the story. It is merely a slight sideplot and if that’s not your cuppa, then this book may not be for you. That being said, I was thoroughly engrossed Continue Reading
Angela’s Mini Reviews: By the Horns by Ruby Dixon and The Shattered King by Charlie N. Holmberg
By the Horns by Ruby DixonRoyal Artifactual Guild #2Romantic FantasySeptember 2, 2025- BerkleyARC Occasionally I just need some Ruby Dixon to get me out of a book funk, which is why I read this book pretty much as soon as it hit my Kindle. This is the second book in the Royal Artifactual Guild series, and features Gwenna, a former servant determined to join the Royal Artifactual Academy as an artificer, and Raptor, a Taurian who already works with the Academy and is tasked with Continue Reading
Review: Gabriela and His Grace by Liana De la Rosa
Gabriela and His Grace by Liana De la RosaHistorical Romance August 26, 2025 by Berkley Review by Melanie This review is going to be super annoying to write because for the first 85% of this book, I was so confident that this was going to be a 5 star book and already mentally penning the 5 star review in my head and….then the last 15% of the book happened and honestly, I am so irate. I gave this book 4 stars on Goodreads because the first 85% is so strong and overall, this entire Continue Reading
Release Spotlight- Love at First Sighting by Mallory Marlowe
Love at First Sighting by Mallory MarloweContemporary RomanceAugust 12, 2025 by Berkley About the Book: A chance at love might not be out of this world in the next romantic comedy from USA Today bestselling author Mallory Marlowe. Los Angeles social media influencer El Martin seems to live the perfect aesthetic life. But what El wants more than anything is to find something real to make her heart race in a way it hasn’t in years. She doesn’t expect that feeling to come from Continue Reading