Meet Me at the Lake by Carley FortuneContemporary RomanceMay 2, 2023Berkley Review by Jen I was so excited to get an ARC of the latest book by Carley Fortune. I absolutely adored Every Summer After. And this book had the same second chance romance swoony summer vibes. Meet Me at the Lake features Fern Brookbanks and Will Baxter. Fern grew up the child of a single mother living at a good old fashioned Dirty Dancing style lake resort in Canada, owned by her family. Will grew up Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt- The Bride Wore White by Amanda Quick
The Bride Wore White by Amanda QuickBurning Cove #7Historical Paranormal RomanceMay 2, 2023- Berkley Summary: A psychic desperate to escape her destiny—and a killer—finds her future in the coastal town of Burning Cove in New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick’s latest novel. Being Madame Ariadne, Psychic Dream Consultant, wasn’t Prudence Ryland’s ideal gig, but it paid well which was reason enough to do the work—until she realizes that her latest client intends to kill Continue Reading
Review: Happy Place by Emily Henry
Happy Place by Emily HenryContemporary Romance/WF04/25/2023 by BerkleyARC Review by Angela I'm unsure what kind of magic this author weaves through her pages as she's writing, but I am always desperate to get a copy of every new release. When I do, I immediately open and devour every word. Emily Henry is my latest must-read author and I can't get enough of her voice. Happy Place is labeled as both a contemporary romance and a women's fiction novel. And I agree wholeheartedly with Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt- Deep Tide by Laura Griffin
Deep Tide by Laura GriffinThe Texas Murder Files #4Romantic SuspenseApril 25, 2023 by Berkley Summary: An undercover FBI agent and an independent coffee shop owner must team up when a local barista is found dead and danger circles their coastal Texas town in this new romantic thriller from New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin. With two brothers on the police force, Leyla Breda is well aware of the rising crime in her small beach town, but she Continue Reading
Review: Who Cries for the Lost by C.S. Harris
Who Cries for the Lost by C.S. HarrisSebastian St. Cyr #18Historial Mystery04/18/2023 by BerkleyARC Review by Angela Who Cries for the Lost picks up right after the events of When Blood Lies, Sebastian and Hero are back in London, breathlessly waiting for news from France. Napolean sits on the throne and England is on the verge of war. Sebastian is recovering from his leg injury suffered while in France and is frustrated with the injury at a time when so many young men are poised to Continue Reading
Review: Murder in PostScript by Mary Winters
Murder in PostScript by Mary WintersA Lady of Letters Mystery #1Historical MysteryMarch 28, 2023 by BerkleyARC Review by Angela I love historical mysteries, but the ones I tend to pick up are dark and sinister. Murder in PostScript is a lighter, cozier addition to the genre. It introduces a down-to-earth protagonist who starts out as a mysterious advice columnist, Lady Agony, and ends up solving a murder. Amelia Amesbury is just a regular country girl who married a rich, but Continue Reading
Blog Tour- The Nanny by Lana Ferguson
The Nanny by Lana FergusonContemporary RomanceApril 11, 2023- Berkley About THE NANNY: When grad student Cassie Evans finds herself unemployed and about to get evicted, she is faced with two choices: find a new job ASAP or log into her once popular, but now deactivated OnlyFans account. Except the job market is terrible and she absolutely cannot go back to OnlyFans after what happened last time… When Cassie stumbles upon a live-in nanny position for a nine-year-old, Continue Reading
Review: Ana María and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa
Ana María and the Fox by Liana De la RosaHistorical Romance April 4, 2023Berkley Review by Melanie I’ve really been leaning hard into historical romances in the past few months. They’ve brought me comfort and a sense of escapism during a personally difficult time in my life. I’ve been lucky enough to discover brand new authors (Erin Langston) and new-to-me authors (Lorraine Heath) and also revisited familiar favorites (Beverly Jenkins). Liana De la Rosa is not a debut author, she has Continue Reading
Review: Artfully Yours by Joanna Lowell
Artfully Yours by Joanna LowellHistorical RomanceFebruary 21, 2022Berkley PublishingReview by Kate H. Who are more diametrically opposed than an art forger and an art critic? Artfully Yours begins in the late 19th century, with Alan, aka Lord De’ath, the formidable art critic, declaring that the painting in his brother’s drawing room is not a Rembrandt, but rather a fake. Little does he know in that moment that the forger, one Nina Finch, is standing the room with him, posing as the Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt- A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas
A Tempest at Sea by Sherry ThomasLady Sherlock #7Historical MysteryMarch 14, 2023 by Berkley Summary: Charlotte Holmes’s brilliant mind and deductive skills are pulled into a dangerous investigation at sea in this new mystery of the bestselling Lady Sherlock series. After feigning her own death in Cornwall to escape from Moriarty’s perilous attention, Charlotte Holmes goes into hiding. But then she receives a tempting offer: Find a dossier the crown is desperately seeking, and Continue Reading