Hero: Rome. Member of the Nighthawks MC. He let Randi slip through his fingers twice for her own good. But now she's back and he's never letting her go. Heroine: Randi. Is back in town for her high school reunion. She's always had the biggest crush on Rome but the two times they went out, he never tried anything. She's willing to try one more time but now she's playing for something bigger. **The following scene is set in a grocery store where Randi runs into Rome and they Continue Reading

Darkest Night by Megan Erickson (Wired and Dangerous #2) Releases: July 31, 2018 Romantic Suspense Forever Reviewed by Mandi I really enjoyed book one in this series that features a group of hackers/bad asses that want revenge. We learned in book one, that years ago women were kidnapped into an underground sex ring, and the heroine of book one was able to escape before she was abused. But the heroine in this book, Fiona, wasn't rescued for days, and she was drugged and raped. Now Continue Reading

Edge of Nowhere by Felicia Davin (Nowhere #1) Releases: July 31, 2018 M/M Sci-Fi Self Published Reviewed by Mandi This book hooked me right from the beginning, and while it may have slowed down a bit in the middle, I still enjoyed it. Set not too far into the future, there are people in the world called runners, who can walk into this dark, vast, unknown space they call The Nowhere (maybe think of it a little like the Upside Down from Stranger Things). Runners can be anywhere, and in Continue Reading

Fellow book lovers, I’m sorry to report that I have nothing new to review today. Last week, my sister was in Las Vegas for a work related seminar.  Since she lives on Maui and doesn’t come to the ‘mainland’ very often so I decided to take a few days off and meet up with her.  Dreams of lazy days by the pool with an umbrella topped alcoholic beverage and reading for hours and hours while my poor sister was stuck in her seminar was all I could think about. Add to that the fact that she was booked Continue Reading

I know you know what I mean. I know I am not the only reader out there, haunted by the hundreds of thousands of words, on thousands of pages, in the hundreds of books, on my TBR pile that has become my own, personal, little shop of horrors! READ ME SEYMOUR SHEENA!! So while I have some downtime and approaching my vacation, I am determined to tackle my TBR and my goal is to get through these five novels that have been patiently waiting for me to devour them.  I can't (won't!) promise Continue Reading

The RITA ceremony took place last night at the RWA conference. For those unfamiliar: Up to 2,000 romance novels are entered in the RITA competition. A novel may be entered either by the author or by the book's publisher in one of the contest categories. After the first round of judging by published romance authors, entries that meet the qualifications to become a finalist then advance to the final round. Once RWA announces the RITA finalists, a final round of judges evaluates and scores Continue Reading

Inclined to Scandal by Zoe Mullins Released July 10, 2018 A misfit in proper society, Lady Georgiana will risk her future for a night of pleasure with Captain Wrath. Lady Georgiana Knolls is a misfit in proper society, only there because her brother insists she have a Season and learn what it means to be ‘a lady’. The rules and etiquette forced upon unmarried women of her class are stifling and she breaks them more often and more publicly than is wise. After years at sea, Captain Wrath Continue Reading

Happy Hump Day! It's that time again, and I've come to share with you the quotes this week that made me swoon and swoosh!  This week's read was the sexy military collab romp, Off Base, by Tessa Bailey and Sophie Jordan. Kenna and Beck By Tessa Bailey When Kenna Sutton is tasked with driving home newly returned Beck “True Blue” Collier, she expects the strategic Army mastermind to be a pasty number cruncher. Never at a loss for words, Kenna is nonetheless rendered speechless by the Continue Reading

For two years I have been honored by being asked to be a final round judge in The First Coast Romance Writers prestigious NERFA, (National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award), contest. This year my catogory was Best First Book. My choices were; Hearts Unleashed by Paris Wynters Her Texas Rebel by LeAnne Bristow His Perfect Partner by Priscilla Oliveras It was very hard as all three participants are extremely talented authors whose stories not only exemplified what I feel romance Continue Reading