Holiday With a Twist by Shannon Stacey Holiday Novella Released: November 21, 2016 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi When Leigh hears that her parents are going to sell the home she grew up in, she gets guilted into going home for three weeks over Christmas to help her parents organize and start to pack. Taking three weeks vacation time isn't hard because she just quit her job.....and broke up with her fiance. Knowing her sister has a baby and is getting divorced, and this sister is Continue Reading
Review: Hold Me Cowboy by Maisey Yates
Hold Me Cowboy by Maisey Yates (Copper Ridge Desire #2) Released: November 8, 2016 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "I do find it a little bit amusing that you got cock-blocked by a snowbank." Madison has been celibate for ten years due to some past emotional turmoil and she is ready for some action. Like - really, really ready. After meeting a salesman at her family's ranch, she invites him to a remote cabin for a weekend of no-strings-attached sex. Continue Reading
Review: Prude by Jordan S. Gray
Prude by Jordan S. Gray New Adult September 21, 2016 Evernight Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “She wasn’t going to be that girl in the movies that changed the playboy into a monogamous, perfect husband. She was just Rebecca Washington, straight-A student, and prude extraordinaire.” Rebecca Washington is your average college student; a little overly concerned with her grades (okay A LOT concerned), socially awkward, OCD, resistant to change, and prone to embarrassing Continue Reading
Review: Holding Out for a Hero by Codi Gray
Holding Out for a Hero by Codi Gray Series: Men in Uniform, #3 Contemporary Romance Released: November 8, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Sheena Two years after the death of his wife, Sergeant Blake Kline is still hurting. He isn’t ready to date, but whenever he stops by his local diner and sees the friendly smile of his favorite waitress, he feels a spark of true happiness again. And when her life is unexpectedly threatened, Blake discovers his feelings for her might not be as platonic as he Continue Reading
Review: Cherish Her by Stacey Lynn
Cherish Her by Stacey Lynn Series: Fireside, #3 Romance Contemporary November 15, 2016 Loveswept Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If I could take away that pain for you, I would.” Chelsea Dwyer has always been attracted to Aidan Devereaux but circumstances kept her firmly in the friend zone. When he suffers a tragedy, Chelsea is the one who provides him with a shoulder to cry on, an ear to rail at, and a body to take comfort from. As their relationship grows, so does Chelsea’s Continue Reading
Review: Matinees with Miriam by Vicki Essex
Matinees with Miriam by Vicki Essex Released: November 1, 2016 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Four years ago, Miriam lost her grandfather and her world turned upside down. Growing up with druggie parents, her grandfather swooped in and gave her a safe, happy place to grow and prosper. He grandfather owned The Crown Theater, a theater built long ago that was an important and well liked place in this small town. Miriam grew up in this theater and loves it just as Continue Reading
Review: Beautiful Crazy by Kasey Lane
Beautiful Crazy by Kasey Lane Series: Rock ‘n’ Ink, #1 Contemporary Romance November 1, 2016 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I wasn’t broken till you broke me.” Kevan Landry never thought the sexiest more intense one night stand of her life would turn into a nightmare that could ruin her and her fledgling PR company...but it did. Now Kevan will have to put her libido on the shelf and pull up her big girl panties if she wants to save her company. Mason Dillon, CEO of Continue Reading
Review: Tru Blue by Melissa Foster
Tru Blue by Melissa Foster Romance Contemporary November 9, 2016 World Literary Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I don’t want to hurt you.” “Are you that big?” Truman (Tru) Gritt has spent his life trying to protect his family to the extent of going to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. When he is released from prison, he comes home to find his mother dead from a drug overdose, his younger brother in no better condition, and two siblings he had no idea even existed. Continue Reading
Review: Her Naughty Holiday by Tiffany Reisz
Her Naughty Holiday by Tiffany Reisz (Men at Work #2) Released: November 1, 2016 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I really enjoyed Her Halloween Treat last month, so was eager to head into a Thanksgiving holiday romance with, Her Naughty Holiday. This book presents a fake boyfriend trope, which usually annoys me but it ended up working very well for me. Clover asks Erik to be her fake boyfriend to get her family off her back, but they pretty much fall in love before the Continue Reading
Review: Along Came Love by Tracey Livesay
Along Came Love by Traceyt Livesay Publication Date: October 25, 2016 Contemporary Romance Avon Impulse Reviewed by Kini When a silly, impulsive decision lands free-spirited India Shaw behind bars in San Francisco, she has no choice but to call the only person she knows in the unfamiliar city—the very man she abandoned after a steamy two-day fling. The fact that she’s pregnant with his child is something she’d rather not divulge. Tech executive Michael Black never thought he’d hear Continue Reading