Review originally posted 2/20/2017 by Mandi. Pretty Face by Lucy Parker (London Celebrities #2)Released: February 20, 2017Contemporary RomanceCarina Press I fell completely in love with Lucy Parker’s first book, Act Like it. Taking us back to the West End and the theater community with a hero who is a curmudgeon (at least to start) and a heroine who is on a popular yet trashy television show, and the tabloids have a field day with her character. Director Luc Savage is ready Continue Reading
Review: Still Into You by Erin Connor
Still Into You by Erin ConnorContemporary Romance February 10, 2026 by Forever Review by Melanie I had no idea what to expect when I started reading an ARC of this book as this was a new to me author (this is her second book and I fully plan to read her debut). What followed was a messy, complicated, second chance romance between the lead vocalist of one of metal’s biggest bands and a music journalist tasked with interviewing the band for its first interview in years. I have Continue Reading
Retro Review: Collision Course by Marie Harte
Review originally posted January 12, 2018 by Tori. Collision Course by Marie HarteBody Shop Bad Boys, #4Contemporary RomanceJanuary 2, 2018Sourcebooks Favorite Quote: “If you want him, have him. You have a right to be happy. Take joy in his man parts. Go forth, just don’t prosper.” Lou Cortez is a true ladies man. Gorgeous, sexy, well mannered, good job, loves his family…he’s every woman’s dream man if he says so himself. So why can’t he get the lovely Josephine Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Hit by Livy Hart
Dirty Hit by Livy Hart Contemporary Romance February 2, 2026 by EntangledReview by Melanie Hockey romance seems to be having quite the resurgence right now, given that we all collectively lost our hearts this past December over two fictional hockey players falling in lust and then in love over tuna melts and ginger ale. About a decade ago, I went through a serious hockey romance phase, which is hilarious really since the entirety of my knowledge about the sport could fit on a single 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
Retro Review: Fake Wife by Stacey Lynn
Review originally posted January 9, 2018 by Mandi. Fake Wife by Stacey Lynn (Crazy Love #1)Released: January 9, 2018Contemporary RomanceLoveswept Give me a present day marriage of convenience trope any day of the week! Corbin is a super wealthy, playboy guy who just lost his grandmother. She was important to him, as his father is a horrible man who has a family on the side and his mother is drinking herself to death. His grandmother left him her family estate – but with a condition. Continue Reading
Retro Review: Coming Back by Lauren Dane
Review originally posted 12/8/2015 by Helyce. Coming Back by Lauren Dane (Ink & Chrome #3)Contemporary Romance (MMF)Released: December 8, 2015Grand Central Publishing Favorite Quote: Damn she was blessed. Not just for the abundance of penis in her life, but the big stuff, the love and connection they brought her. The belonging. Arriving back in Seattle after five years, Jessilyn Franklin is done pretending she didn’t want two men. She’s done letting anything stop Continue Reading
Review: In a Second by Kate Canterbary
In a Second by Kate CanterbaryFriendship, RI #3Contemporary RomanceDecember 9, 2025- Self PublishedARC Review by Angela A holiday treat from Kate Canterbary is just what I needed. It's been a rough year, so I think we all DESERVE a second chance, only-one bed, single parent, fake engagement, road trip shenanigans romance. This is the third book in the Friendship, RI series and features Audrey, and her high school boyfriend and love of her life, Jude. When the book opens, she is Continue Reading
Retro Review: So Over You by Kate Meader
Review originally posted 12/04/2017 by Kini. So Over You by Kate Meader (Chicago Rebels #2)Sports/Hockey RomanceDecember 4, 2017Pocket Star Favorite Quote: “Bella, they are one and the same. I will not be satisfied with a woman who has no dreams or ambitions. My woman is the North Star in my night sky, but also in her own. If she is not there to guide me, there is only darkness. For us both.” This is book two in a series about three sisters who inherit a hockey team. I Continue Reading