The Break Up Artist by Erin Clark and Laura LovelyContemporaryJune 9, 2022, by Audible OriginalsAudio ARC Review by Melinda The Break Up Artist is a debut by co-authors Erin Clark and Laura Lovely, who have an interesting background of their own. Clark is a nonfiction writer, a world champion para-pole athlete, a circus aerialist, and a pilot. Lovely is a romance author, a playwright, a pinup performance artist, and a tech founder. The two met and became the comedy duo Flaming Mermaid Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt- Hyperventilating by Tanith Davenport
Hyperventilating by Tanith Davenport Book 1 in the Rock My World series General Release Date: 21st June 2022Word Count: 17,258Book Length: NOVELLAPages: 80Genres: CELEBRITIESCONTEMPORARYEROTIC ROMANCEAdd to Goodreads Book DescriptionWith her, he can reach the stars—but can she reach his heart? Amber Blake is fleeing a terrible betrayal in her past by touring with rock band Puppetmaster as a make-up artist with her best friend Elyse. Knowing the band is struggling, she hopes to use her Continue Reading
Review: Big Wild Love Adventure by Julianna Keyes
Big Wild Love Adventure by Julianna KeyesContemporary RomanceJune 20, 2022Self-PublishedARC Review by Iby Emmy Shaw is having a terrible year. Her fiancé leaves her at the alter - after announcing that he got his girlfriend pregnant - and Emmy has sunk her life savings into a failing food truck. After another professional catastrophe, Emmy is drunkenly persuaded to enter a reality dating show set in the jungle with the potential to win $250,000, and to her own shock, is accepted. The plot Continue Reading
Review: The Devil You Know by Elizabeth O’Roark
The Devil You Know by Elizabeth O'RoarkDevil #3Contemporary RomanceJune 23, 2022Self PublishedARC Review by Angela Having gobbled up the first two books in this series in just the last couple of months, my anticipation for Ben's book was sky high. Ben- the lawyer, best friend of Hayes from A Deal with the Devil, Ben- who helped Drew extract herself from her terrible manager in The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Ben- who according to the blurb, and the heroine of The Devil You Know, was Continue Reading
Review: The Missed Connection by Denise Williams
The Missed Connection by Denise WilliamsContemporary RomanceAudiobook - May 3, 2022Print/Ebook - June 21, 2022Berkley Review by Iby Let me start by saying - I will read anything that Denise Williams writes, and I’ll probably love it. Her writing style just works for me, and I love her nuanced characters. When an ARC became available for an upcoming novella, I quickly volunteered to read and review. This is the second in a series of three interconnected novellas that all take place in Continue Reading
Review: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Every Summer After by Carley FortuneComing of Age FictionMay 10, 2022Berkley Review by Jen How much did I love Every Summer After by Carley Fortune? To the moon and back. This book was SO good! It gave first love chills, brought back sweet memories of growing up, and special summers spent by the water. For me it was the ocean, for our heroine it was the lake. At age 13, Persephone (Percy) and her family get a cottage and spend every summer by the lake. Next door is Sam and his Continue Reading
Review: Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score
Maggie Moves On by Lucy ScoreContemporary RomanceJune 21, 2022, by Forever Review by Iby Lucy Score is known for her small-town romances, featuring smoldering sex scenes and charming banter. It’s her formula - but it definitely works for her, so I’m not complaining. Maggie Moves On is about Maggie, a YouTube influencer who flips houses, and just landed in Kinship, Idaho to work on her biggest project yet- a dilapidated mansion, the Old Campbell Place. She arrives with a lean crew of Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt- Here for the Drama by Kate Bromley
HERE FOR THE DRAMA by Kate BromleyJune 21, 2022, by Graydon House Books Book Summary: This summer, it's much ado about everything. Becoming a famous playwright is all Winnie ever dreamed about. For now, though, she'll have to settle for assisting the celebrated, sharp-witted feminist playwright Juliette Brassard. When an experimental theater company in London, England decides to stage Juliette's most renowned play, The Lights of Trafalgar, Winnie and Juliette pack their bags Continue Reading
Melinda’s Mini Reviews: No Strings by Lucy Bexley & the Roxane Weary series by Kristen Lepionka
No Strings by Lucy BexleyLGBTQ Contemporary RomanceJan 11, 2022Purchased Review by Melinda No Strings by Lucy Bexley is genuinely one of the most charming and surprising books I’ve read! The cover may be one of the worst I’ve ever seen so I would never have picked it up without a friend telling me it was 5 stars for her. Elsie is a puppeteer on a kid's TV show that she basically created…but gets next to no credit OR money for. And when the head of the company dies, his daughter Jones Continue Reading
Review: By the Book by G.B. Gordon
By the Book by G.B. Gordon Contemporary Romance/Thriller/LGBTQ+Published June 14th by Carina Press Reviewed by Kate H. I love books that cross genres, but when genre expectations conflict, not all readers will be happy and I’m afraid that may be the case with this novel. By the Book is a m/m romance and a thriller – the tale of a novice accountant, Ben Coyne, and Nick Marshall, a playboy FBI agent coming up against his 40th birthday. Ben has discovered a Continue Reading