Review originally posted 8/1/2017 by Mandi. Beauty Like the Night by Joanna Bourne (Spymasters #6)Released: August 1, 2017Historical RomanceBerkley Reviewed by Mandi Severine de Cabrillac, orphan of the French revolution and sometime British intelligence agent, has tried to leave spying behind her. Now she devotes herself to investigating crimes in London and finding justice for the wrongly accused. Raoul Deverney, an enigmatic half-Spaniard with enough secrets to earn even a Continue Reading
Review: A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu MandannaCozy FantasyJuly 15, 2025, by Berkley Review by Angela I discovered this author when I read The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches a couple of years ago and absolutely fell in love with its charm and humor. I think when I found out that this author was publishing another book set in this world I was over the moon excited. I think this was one of my most anticipated reads of 2025. My expectations were high, and I was not Continue Reading
Spotlight- Love is a War Song by Danica Nava
Love is a War Song by Danica NavaContemporary RomanceJuly 22, 2025 by Berkley About the Book: A Muscogee pop star and a cowboy who couldn’t be more different come together to strike a deal in this new romantic comedy by Danica Nava, author of The Truth According to Ember. Pop singer Avery Fox has become a national joke after posing scantily clad on the cover of Rolling Stone in a feather warbonnet. What was meant to be a statement of her success as a Native American Continue Reading
Review: Atonement Sky (Psy-Changeling Trinity #9) by Nalini Singh
Atonement Sky by Nalini SinghParanormal RomanceJuly 15, 2025, by Berkley Review by Melanie Atonement Sky, the latest in Nalini Singh’s long running Psy-Changeling Trinity series goes where it has never gone before - to the skies. We’ve had leopards and wolves and bears (oh my!) and even taken to the water with the BlackSea Conclave but this is the first book in which we get an in depth look at a brand new changeling pack, WindHaven, made up of falcon changelings living in the desert Continue Reading
Release Spotlight- A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu MandannaFantasy RomanceJuly 15, 2025 by Berkley About the Book: A whimsical and heartwarming novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magical powers—and her life—back on track, from the national bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Sera Swan used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Then she resurrected her great-aunt Jasmine from the (very recently) dead, lost most of her Continue Reading
New Release Spotlight- Relationship Goals by Brittany Kelley
Relationship Goals by Brittany KelleyContemporary RomanceJuly 8, 2025 by Berkley About the Book: Ted Lasso meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days in this steamy sports romance about an infamous star soccer player who is forced to fake date a Hollywood starlet, only to develop real feelings for her—just as she learns he was pretending and vows to get even.Abigail Hunt’s Hollywood dreams could best be described as slow burn…but she’s about to graduate from TV sidekick to dramatic actor. When Continue Reading
Retro Review: Into the Blue by Chanel Cleeton
Review originally posted by Mandi on 7/7/2016. Into the Blue by Chanel Cleeton (Wild Aces #2)Released: July 5, 2016Contemporary RomanceBerkley This second chance romance is so sweet and sexy, I think I smiled through the whole book. Eric and Becca were sweethearts growing up, and both fell deeply in love. But Eric felt the pull of the Air Force and left Becca behind to pursue his dreams. It wasn’t that he wanted out of the relationship, it was that he wanted to experience Continue Reading
Review: Never Been Shipped by Alicia Thompson
Never Been Shipped by Alicia ThompsonContemporary RomanceJune 10, 2025, by Berkley Review by Angela Everyone knows friends to lovers is one of my favorite tropes, add in the "getting the band back together vibe" and a lovely cover and I'm all yours. Never Been Shipped is a friends to lovers, has been rockstar romance. It started out slow, which is probably why it took a little longer for me to make it all the way through to the end. ElectricOh! is a band that broke up years before Continue Reading
Review: Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston
Sounds Like Love by Ashley PostonContemporary Romance/Magical RealismJune 17, 2025- BerkleyARC Review by Angela Oh, how I adore this author and her magical romances. Every new book surprises me and I fall just a little more in love with her prose. This story introduces two characters, both artists in the music industry struggling with their career and life choices who find themselves telepathically connected after a kiss on a balcony. Joni Lark is a songwriter, living the dream in Continue Reading
Review: Archangel’s Ascension by Nalini Singh
Archangel's Ascension by Nalini SinghGuild Hunter #17Paranormal/Fantasy RomanceMay 6, 2025- BerkleyARC Review by Angela This has to be my most anticipated book in years and years. I kept hope alive throughout the series that these two would end up together, and then celebrated the first book in their story, even knowing that it would have to continue on in a later installment. I will admit that I read this book as soon as it hit my Kindle back in December of 2024 and writing a review Continue Reading