Title: What Comes NextDuet: Brave Enough #2Author: H. D’AgostinoGenre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Single Dad/Best Friends to LoversCover Design: Pink Ink DesignsRelease Date: August 7, 2023BLURBI never thought I’d be a single dad at twenty-eight. Raising a baby all by myself was never the plan.We were supposed to grow old together. We were supposed to be a family. We were supposed to have more time.Some say the best moments aren’t planned, they just happen. When you least expect it, they wrap Continue Reading
Review: Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn SolomonContemporary RomanceJuly 4, 2023 by Berkley Review by Melanie This is the third Rachel Lynn Solomon contemporary romance I’ve read and I think that’s enough data to conclude that she’s now an auto-read author for me. Her voice is just a perfect blend of biting wit and vulnerable self-doubt, her characters are beautifully rendered with layers of complexity and the romance just feels like a punch to the solar plexus. There’s so much care taken, Continue Reading
Review: Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
Role Playing by Cathy YardleyContemporary RomanceJuly 1, 2023 by Montlake Review by Melanie This is now the second Cathy Yardley book I’ve read and I really have to make time in my reading schedule to dive into her backlist. Her voice is sharp and funny and I love how she writes her MCs and the way her characters communicate like adults, no game playing. Well, no mind games, at the very least. Her author’s voice really works for me and this book just hits perfectly on every Continue Reading
Release Blitz- Longtime Crush by Carrie Ann Ryan
Title: Longtime Crush Series: Montgomery Ink Legacy #3 Author: Carrie Ann Ryan Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: July 3, 2023 BLURB When my best friend and I fell for the same guy in middle school, I stepped back.I'd always expected to dance at their wedding.Not sit in the back pew of her funeral.I left town for my own reasons, but now that I'm back, it’s clear Sebastian Montgomery isn't the same man I left.He's hard. Broken.And a single father to an adorable little girl.When it Continue Reading
Review: Will They or Won’t They by Ava Wilder
Will They or Won't They by Ava WilderContemporary RomanceJune 27, 2023 by Dell Review by Melanie I was a huge fan of Ava Wilder’s debut novel and was especially intrigued by the premise of her second novel, Will They or Won’t They, which, based on its description, happens to be a second chance romance, one of my favorite tropes. One could argue that it’s also an enemies-to-lovers trope but I would say this is more of a costars to casual sex to secretly pining to antagonistic costars to Continue Reading
Review: Kissing My Crush by C.A. Harms
Kissing My Crush by C.A. HarmsThe Kissing Games #3Contemporary RomanceJune 29, 2023- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela Kissing My Crush is the third book in the multi-author Kissing Game series and features Amara, cousin to Liam and Linc, and Tyler, friend to the brothers and co-worker of Liam. I've enjoyed this series so far, with different tropes and couples. Amara has always had a thing for Tyler, but his love 'em and leave 'em relationship history and the fact that they are Continue Reading
Release Blitz- Kissing My Crush by C.A. Harms
Title: Kissing My CrushA Kissing Games Series Standalone Author: C.A. Harms Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Friends to Lovers/Accidental PregnancyRelease Date: June 29, 2023 BLURB Amara Tyler Collins has always been the object of my affection. He just doesn’t know it.I’ve spent years admiring him, fantasizing about him, but never once making a move.That is until I see him across the room, already a few beers in and drunkenly decide to press my lips to his. One minute I’m sharing a drink Continue Reading
Review: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley PostonContemporary/Magical RealismJune 27, 2023, by BerkleyARC Review by Angela This book surprised me in all the best ways. I adored The Dead Romantics, released last year, but I think I might just love this book a little bit more. As with the Dead Romantics, this is another grief book, set in a magical apartment in the modern day, with seven-year slips in time. This is also a romance, with a lovely developing relationship between a grieving book Continue Reading
Release Blitz- The Billionaire and the Burglar by Talia Hunter
Title: The Billionaire and the BurglarSeries: Grumpy Billionaire Romantic Comedy #1 Author: Talia Hunter Genre: Romantic ComedyTropes: Grumpy Sunshine/Fake Dating/One Bed Release Date: June 26, 2023 BLURBI’d do anything for family...even trick my way into working for the grumpiest billionaire alive. Balthazar Anders expects absolute control and obedience from his employees. Too bad he’s hired the wrong fake girlfriend. I’m actually an undercover thief on a mission to steal from him. And this Continue Reading
Review: Play for Me by Libby Hubscher
Play for Me by Libby HubscherContemporary RomanceJune 20, 2023- BerkleyARC Review by Angela I've come to really enjoy this author's books. While the first two were more women's fiction and lighter on the actual romance, this book really focuses on the relationship between Sophie and Jonas. When Play for Me opens Sophie has just been let go from her job as head athletic trainer for the Boston Red Sox after pulling a pitcher from game 7 of the World Series. Now all of Boston blames Continue Reading