Still Life With Strings by L.H. Cosway Released: March 24, 2014 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: My sophisticated concert violinist has a dirty mouth, and it thrills me. It was just an ordinary night. He didn't think anything extraordinary would happen. Until it did. Turning a corner onto the bustling night time street, he saw her all in blue. The woman from his painting was a living, breathing thing...and she was so completely Continue Reading
Review: Don’t Let Go by Sharla Lovelace
Don’t Let Go by Sharla Lovelace Contemporary Romance/Women's Fiction E book, 301 pages April 15, 2014 Beyond The Page Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We’re all mad here.” Some Spoilers below Fans of Rachel Gibson are sure to enjoy Sharla Lovelace’s newest release-Don’t Let Go. An appealing mixture of humor and heartbreak, Ms. Lovelace writes a poignant contemporary of lost love and second chances playing out under the eyes of a small southern town. A classic trope of young love Continue Reading
Review: Love in Straight Sets by Rebecca Crowley
Love in Straight Sets by Rebecca Crowley Contemporary Romance Released: April 14, 2014 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi This book features a very insecure heroine who is unlikable in my opinion. I tried to feel for her and her insecurities, but I never truly got there. Regan Hunter has worked hard and mostly on her own to make it to the professional tennis level. She is a star, and known for pushing coaches away. Her manager knows she is close to winning a big tournament, but she needs Continue Reading
Review: Spencer by JP Barnaby
Spencer by J.P. Barnaby (Survivor Stories #3) M/M Romance March 21, 2014 Dreamspinner Reviewed by Helyce I remember thinking at the end of the first book, Aaron, that the author left things so open-ended that a sequel must be planned so when I happened upon Spencer I had to read it. In the first book, the focus is on Aaron and the aftermath of the brutal attack on him and his friend Juliette, where they were kidnapped, tortured and raped and left for dead. Juliette dies, but Aaron Continue Reading
Review: Rising Assets by Rebecca Zanetti
Rising Assets by Rebecca Zanetti (Maverick Montana #3) Contemporary Romance March 31, 2014 Entangled-Brazen Reviewed by Helyce Goodreads Blurb: Melanie Jacobs is in trouble. With three jobs—including running her ranch—and dwindling funds, she’s exhausted. Not to mention desperately trying to hide a secret. Unfortunately, her best friend Colton Freeze knows all too well that’s something is going on, and he won’t give up until he knows exactly what he needs to fix. Then Colton learns the Continue Reading
Review: The Collector by Nora Roberts
The Collector by Nora Roberts Released: April 15, 2014 Contemporary Romance Putnam Reviewed by May Lila is a professional house sitter and writer. She enjoys taking care of people’s homes while enjoying their upscale lifestyles and peeking at the neighbors. Oh she doesn’t think of it as spying – she’s just checking out what is going on in the world around her since there isn’t much happening in her transient life. Sadly for her – her binocular peeking across the street means that she Continue Reading
Review: Bad Influence by K.A. Mitchell
Bad Influence by K.A. Mitchell (Bad In Baltimore #4) M/M Romance April 15, 2014 Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Jordan Barrett disappeared the night that his parents found out he was gay, made him go to a conversion camp where he could have died from their methods and upon seeking help from the one person he thought he could trust, gets the door slammed in his face. Out of that supreme disappointment in people who claimed to care about him, rises Silver-a street smart young man who falls into Continue Reading
Top Ten Reasons to read Hard Time by Cara McKenna
Annie Goodhouse doesn’t need to be warned about bad boys; good sense and an abusive ex have given her plenty of reasons to play it safe. But when she steps into her new role as outreach librarian for Cousins Correctional Facility, no amount of good sense can keep her mind—or eyes—off inmate Eric Collier. Eric doesn’t claim to be innocent of the crime that landed him in prison. In fact, he’d do it again if that’s what it took to keep his family safe. Loyalty and force are what he knows. But Continue Reading
Review: The Opposite of Nothing by Shari Slade
The Opposite of Nothing by Shari Slade New Adult Released: March 20, 2014 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Callie is in college and on the side works as a DJ for the local campus radio station. We learn she had a really bad childhood and she struggles with friendships. People made fun of her, threw trash at her - she is a social pariah. Even in college she has trouble making friends. She feels awkward in the school cafeteria or any other public gathering place. She has her own tiny Continue Reading
Review: Special Interests by Emma Barry
Special Interests by Emma Barry Released: April 7, 2014 Contemporary Romance Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "You're so damn adorable, Millie Frank, I can't believe I've kept my hands off you this entire meal," he said, reaching over the table and pulling her hand towards him. I have so many good things to say about this book that I don't even know where to start. Millie Frank works for the construction worker's union in Washington, D.C. She is pretty passionate about Continue Reading