Wedding Dashers by Heather McBreenContemporary RomanceJanuary 28, 2025, by Berkley Review by Melanie There’s an ongoing conversation happening in Romancelandia these days about tropes and the over usage of them to write and sell a book. In reality, tropes can be quite gimmicky and an easy way to market a book. Put up a cute little Instagram ready graphic, surround it with a half dozen tropes contained within the book and there you have it, easy-peasy lemon squeezy! It’s quick and fun Continue Reading
New Releases- Week of January 27-31, 2025
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:There's Something About Mira: A Novel by Sonali DevAMZ * BN * K * GP Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-YoungAMZ * BN * K * GP Falling for the Forward: A Fake Marriage Hockey Romance (Love on the Line Book 1) by Brenda RothertAMZ * BN * K * GP I Think They Love You: A Novel by Julian WintersAMZ * BN * K * GP Comeback (The Holland Brothers Book 3) by Rebecca JenshakAMZ * BN * K * GP The Art of Marrying Your Enemy (The Richmond Brothers Book 2) by Alina Continue Reading
Retro Review: White Hot by Ilona Andrews
Review originally posted in May of 2017 at Fiction Vixen by Angela & Jen. White Hot by Ilona AndrewsHidden Legacy #2Fantasy RomanceOriginally published May 30, 2017 by Avon To say we were excited about this book is a bit of an understatement. We love us some Ilona Andrews. BURN FOR ME was one of our favorite books in 2014. Mad Rogan was quite the polarizing hero and Nevada is a great, steadfast heroine — a lot like Kate, if you think about Continue Reading
Review: Only One Bed by Kati Wilde
Only One Bed by Kati WildeContemporary RomanceJanuary 15, 2025- Self PublishedKindle Unlimited Review by Angela My first thought when I saw that a new Kati Wilde book was coming for the new year was...YAY! An enemies to lovers, forced proximity, only one bed romance was just what I needed. For the most part this book starts out just as expected- with the FMC, Abbie Walker, taking some time for herself, away from her suffocating family, celebrating Christmas alone in an isolated Continue Reading
New Releases- Week of January 20-24, 2025
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:The Relationship Mechanic: A Spicy Small Town Black Sapphic Rom Com (Peach Blossom Book 2) by Karmen LeeAMZ * BN * K * GP Brewing Up a Bad Boy: A Spicy Small Town Second Chance Romance (WiCKed Sisters Book 3) by Katherine GarberaAMZ * BN * K * GP The Loathe Boat by Cindy DorminyAMZ * BN * K * GP Zoe Brennan, First Crush by Laura Piper LeeAMZ * BN * K * GP The Broposal by Sonora ReyesAMZ * BN * K * GP Ruled Out (Seattle Scorpions Series Book 4) by Ruth Continue Reading
Smexy Deals- Deals for books by H. M. Long, Shannyn Schroeder, Lili Valente, and more!
A stormsinger and pirate hunter join forces against a deathless pirate lord in this swashbuckling Jacobean adventure on the high-seas.Launching the Winter Sea series, full of magic, betrayal, redemption and fearsome women, for readers of Adrienne Young, R. J. Barker and Naomi Novik.Mary Firth is a Stormsinger: a woman whose voice can still hurricanes and shatter armadas. Faced with servitude to pirate lord Silvanus Lirr, Mary offers her skills to his arch-rival in exchange for protection - and, Continue Reading
Monday Morning Book News!
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Devney needs a fake boyfriend for the night and I’m all too eager to play along. But when the sun rises, reality settles in and I know I want more. Only I don’t think she’s ready for what I have to give. I want to be more than a good time, but I know what I’m good for. I need control. And she’s far too innocent. When one fake date with Heath turns into two, our relationship becomes all too real. Hard. Fast. And everything I didn't realize I needed. But I don't know how to tell him I Continue Reading
Retro Review: Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
Originally posted in July of 2012 at Fiction Vixen by Angela. Gunmetal Magic by Ilona AndrewsKate Daniles #5.6 (World of Kate Daniels)Urban FantasyOriginally published July 31, 2012 by Ace As a huge fangirl of the husband and wife writing team that is Ilona Andrews, I must say I was both excited and not excited when I heard the next book in their Kate Daniels series wasn't going to be about Kate Daniels, but about her best friend Andrea Nash. Excited because, hey, this IS in the Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Mini reviews for Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire and The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuireWayward Children #10Young Adult FantasyJanuary 7, 2025 by Tor.comARC One of my absolute favorite young adult fantasy series. Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear is Nadya's story. Born in Russia with one arm, abandoned by her mother and raised in an orphanage, she doesn't find her door until she's adopted by a couple and brought to the United States. Her door leads to an underwater city where she finds her true family. I think readers Continue Reading