SAVVY SHELDON FEELS GOOD AS HELL by Taj McCoyOn sale: March 22, 2022MIRAFiction; Romance320 Pages ABOUT THE BOOK: A debut rom-com about a plus-size heroine who gets a full-life makeover after a brutal breakup, with the help of an irresistible cast of friends and family, a kitchen reno, and a devastatingly handsome contractor. Savvy Sheldon spends a lot of time tiptoeing around various aspects of her life: her high-stress and low-thanks job, her clueless boyfriend, and the falling-apart Continue Reading
Review: Sadie on a Plate by Amanda Elliot
Sadie on a Plate by Amanda ElliotContemporary Romance/Romantic FictionMarch 15, 2022, by BerkleyARC Review by Melanie The first line of the blurb of Sadie on a Plate reads as follows: A chef’s journey to success leads to discovering the perfect recipe for love in this delicious romantic comedy. It’s a cutesy opener to introduce the theme of the book, a pun on the fact that it’s about a chef. Here’s the problem though. While the book did make me laugh in parts, thereby earning the Continue Reading
Review: In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
In a New York Minute by Kate SpencerContemporary RomanceMarch 15, 2022, by Forever Reviewed by Iby When I received this ARC to review, I was excited because I love a good rom-com. How do I know if I’ve read one? I genuinely root for the characters to fall for each other, there are ridiculous and charming moments throughout the story, and at the end of the book, my mouth kind of hurts from how much I’ve been smiling. This new novel by Kate Spencer passes my unscientific rom-com Continue Reading
Review: Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma
Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha SharmaIf Shakespeare was an Auntie #1Romantic Comedy/Contemporary RomanceMarch 15, 2022, by Avon and Harper Voyager Review by Kate H. For me, one of the best things about Dating Dr. Dil was that as a romantic comedy, the humor was in the situation and the snark, and not in the characters. Both main characters are fully drawn and easy to identify with, even when I didn’t agree with them. Kareena Mann is a thirty-year old who provides legal counsel to women Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt: Sadie on a Plate by Amanda Elliot
Sadie on a Plate by Amanda ElliotOn sale date: March 15, 2020, by Berkley Summary: op Chef meets Always Be My Maybe in this delightful romantic comedy by Berkley debut author Amanda Elliot about a rising chef who lands a once-in-a-lifetime spot on a famous cooking show. SADIE ON A PLATE (Berkley Trade Paperback Original; on sale March 15, 2021) follows Sadie Rosen, an up-and-coming Seattle chef gaining attention for her unique and modern takes on Continue Reading
Review: If You Ask Me by Libby Hubscher
If You Ask Me by Libby HubscherContemporary Romance/WFMarch 8, 2022, by Berkley Review by Angela Before I even get into the review, it must be said that if you are picking up this book based on the cover you will be either be sorely disappointed or super surprised (possibly both) by the content. This is absolutely not a romantic comedy in any, way, shape, or form. I would even go so far to say that this isn't even really a contemporary romance, although there is a romantic element within Continue Reading
Review: A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings
A Brush with Love by Mazey EddingsContemporary Romance March 1, 2022, by St. Martin’s GriffinARC Review by Melanie When I first saw the premise of A Brush with Love being floated around social media, I will admit, I was more than a little curious. I’d read many a romance with law students and med students and art students and here, finally, was this untapped market where two people met and fell in love while…scraping plaque off someone’s teeth. Ok, well, when put like that, one does Continue Reading
Review: Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter
Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn PainterContemporary RomanceMarch 1st, 2022 by Berkley BooksReviewed by Kate H. If you go into Mr. Wrong Number looking for tropey fun, I think you’ll enjoy it: Texting relationship between strangers; enemies to lovers; the old crush on the brother’s best friend. For one moment in the middle of the book, I thought the book was going to go Cyrano de Bergerac on me, but Lynn Painter reigned it. And of course, there is the trope of the rock bottom Continue Reading
Review: Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa BaileyBellinger Sisters #2Contemporary Romance3/1/2022, by Avon Review by Angela It Happened One Summer was one of my favorite books last year. When I tell you that I wanted Fox and Hannah's book desperately I'm not exaggerating. I would have done pretty much anything for an early copy. Which is why when it landed on my Kindle in October I dropped everything to read. And I was not disappointed. This is very much a determined bachelor bad boy turned Continue Reading
Jen’s Mini Reviews: Books by Debra Anastasia, A. Jade, and Ella Maise
I’m going to review these in order with the best being last. Here we go! First up is Mercy by Debra Anastasia. New author to me that I listened to over the course of several days. Zachery Webber and Muffy Newtown are the narrators. I would listen to Webber read the dictionary. That’s how much I love his voice. Newtown didn’t do it for me, she’s sort of too breathless and didn’t feel like the right voice for her character. Main characters Phoenix (nickname - Nix) and Becca first meet Continue Reading