BACKSTAGE BENEFITS by LaQuette (on-sale Nov.30, Harlequin Desire): When show business leads to secret pleasures, how can they resist in this Devereaux Inc. novel by LaQuette.Their daytime partnership sets the night on fire. Who said they can’t have it all? Lyric Smith didn’t become the nation’s most successful lifestyle guru by losing focus. Yet Josiah Manning, daytime television’s hottest—and sexiest—young Black producer makes her do just that. Publicly, Josiah wants Lyric to star in a new talk Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt: Don’t You Wanna Stay? by Aliyah Burke
Don't you Wanna Stay? by Aliyah Burke Book 1 in the Family Forever series General Release Date: 21st December 2021 Word Count: 30,607 Book Length: SHORT NOVEL Pages: 126 Genres: BILLIONAIRE CONTEMPORARY EROTIC ROMANCE MULTICULTURAL SECOND CHANCE Add to Goodreads Book Description Decisions must be made about what’s more important, love or work. One explosive night between strangers isn’t something billionaire Gareth Ericsson could, or wants to, easily forget. When a second-chance Continue Reading
Jen’s Minis: Key Change by Heidi Hutchinson and The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
Key Change by Heidi HutchinsonContemporary RomanceOctober 12, 2021 by Smartypants RomanceARC Review by Jen Key Change by Heidi Hutchinson was a super cute audio book. It’s set in the Seduction in the City World, Penny Reid Universe. And, it is actually book three in the Common Thread series. I was a little apprehensive about this book because I’ve never read any book in those series. I’m such a big fan of a good audio book and went for it. Narrated by Samantha Continue Reading
Blog Tour Excerpt: Christmas in Rose Bend by Naima Simone
CHRISTMAS IN ROSE BEND Author: Naima Simone Publication Date: October 26, 2021 Publisher: HQN Books Book Summary: The holidays have never been her thing. But Christmas in Rose Bend has more than one surprise in store… Grieving ER nurse Nessa Hunt is on a road trip with her sullen teen half sister, Ivy, and still reeling from her mother’s deathbed confession: Nessa’s dad wasn’t really her dad. Seeking answers, they arrive in Rose Bend to find a small town teeming with the kind Continue Reading
Review: And They Lived Happily Ever After by Therese Beharrie
And They Lived Happily Ever After by Therese BeharrieContemporary RomanceNovember 30, 2021, by Zebra BooksReview by Melinda I love Therese Beharrie's voice and the plot here is imaginative and creative, but I’m not sure if the execution of everything worked. The concept of this book is that a romance author dreams the plots of her books...relatively simple, right? Well, these dreams are magically written into her books. I thought that the setup and idea of going back and forth Continue Reading
Blog Tour Excerpt: Meet Me in London by Georgia Toffolo
MEET ME IN LONDON by Georgia Toffolo Publication Date: September 28, 2021 Publisher: HQN Books Book Summary: What do you do when your fake engagement starts to feel too real? Aspiring clothes designer Victoria Scott spends her days working in a bar in Chelsea and her evenings designing vintage clothes, dreaming of one day opening her own boutique. But these aspirations are under threat from the new department store opening at the end of her road. She needs a Christmas Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt: Love and Let Bark by Alanna Martin
LOVE AND LET BARK by Alanna MartinHearts of Alaska #3Contemporary RomanceBerkley Mass Market Original | On sale November 30, 2021 About LOVE AND LET BARK: When Nate Porter left Helen, Alaska, to become a firefighter with the Forest Service, he claimed it was because he craved adventure. The truth was, he couldn't stand to hang around, pining for a girl the town's century-old feud meant he could never have. But Nate got over Lydia Lipin years ago, or so he thought until he learns that Continue Reading
Review: Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday
Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday Contemporary Romance November 16, 2021 by Avon Reviewed by Kate Duke, Actually is an adorable follow-up to A Princess for Christmas. I will open with my main complaints, which are that I don’t love this cover (A Princess for Christmas is so much cuter) and I feel a better title would have been “Baron, Actually” but I do understand how that would not have been as enticing. And now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, we can start on my many Continue Reading
Review: All the Feels by Olivia Dade
All the Feels by Olivia DadeSpoiler Alert #2Contemporary RomanceNovember 16, 2021, by AvonARC Reviewer: Melinda Before I begin my full-on squeeing over this book, I need to add a disclaimer that Olivia is a complete auto-buy author for me. Once I read her self-published book, Teach Me, a few years ago I was all in and have never looked back. And beyond that, I consider Olivia a friend so you can consider that when reading this review for sure. Okay, but moving on to this actual Continue Reading
New Release Blitz- Excerpt & Giveaway: Best Player by Jaqueline Snowe
Best Player by Jaqueline Snowe Book 3 in the Cleat Chasers series General Release Date: 16th November 2021 Word Count: 77,372 Book Length: SUPER NOVEL Pages: 297 Genres: CONTEMPORARY EROTIC ROMANCE SPORTS Add to Goodreads Book Description Falling for my brother’s best friend is not an option—right? Kenzie Hill needs a place to stay the summer before college, so when a spot opens up at her brother Aaron’s ‘baseball’ house, she accepts. Living with a bunch of dudes who walk around Continue Reading