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
Retro Review: Beauty Like the Night by Joanna Bourne
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