After being a soldier, working as a bodyguard should have been simple: keep the owner of DC’s ultra-secret club safe, don’t think about his midnight eyes or his devil’s smile, don’t surrender my body to his wicked desires.But I underestimated Mark Trevena and the power of his dark, seductive world. I underestimated the hold he’d have on me, the way I would do anything for him at all. And so when he asks me to escort his soon-to-be bride home, I can only—miserably, broken-heartedly—say Continue Reading
Review: Bad Reputation by Emma Barry
Bad Reputation Contemporary RomanceOctober 1, 2024, by Montlake Review by Melanie One of the reasons I’ve taken to gorging on historical romances lately is that it’s giving me something I’ve been finding lacking in contemporaries. The pining, the longing, the actual romance, the tenderness and yes, the steam, it all seems to have dissipated to some degree in contemporaries with a few notable exceptions. One such exception is Emma Barry’s latest, Bad Reputation, which has all Continue Reading
New Releases- Week of September 30- October 4, 2024
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Bad Reputation by Emma BarryAMZ * BN * K * GP The Romance Line (Love and Hockey Book 2) by Lauren BlakelyAMZ * BN * K * GP The Love Losers (Unlucky in Love Book 3) by Angela CasellaAMZ * BN * K * GP The Merriest Misters: A Novel by Timothy JanovskyAMZ * BN * K * GP Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring BlakeAMZ * BN * K * GP Wished (Ghosted Book 4) by Sarah Ready AMZ * BN * K * GP 10 Things I Hate About Mistletoe: A Holiday Romance (Falling in Continue Reading
Sunday Smexy Deals!
Six full length fantasy romance novels from bestselling authors, together in one convenient boxset! If you’re a lover of romantasy, then this anthology is for you. (PS-It’s also out in AUDIO. Grab it there as well!) Enchantments and Enemies: A Limited-time Romantasy Collection- FREE for a limited time. A spellbinding romantic fantasy about a powerful witch who will do anything to escape the remote island she’s being held captive on, including blackmail a notorious, charming pirate Continue Reading
Retro Review: Twisted by Elisabeth Naughton
Review originally posted in September of 2014 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Twisted by Elisabeth NaughtonEternal Guardians #7Paranormal RomancePublished September 29, 2014 by Elisabeth Naughton Nick –Leader of the half-breeds and the last true hero. He’s spent his life fighting a dark pull toward the gods. A pull he now knows is linked to his father Krónos and the Titan’s plan to escape from the Underworld. “Finally! Nick’s book!” were my exact thoughts when I found out the Continue Reading
Chapter Reveal- Rags to Royals by Erin Nicholas w/a Erin Nicolle
Title: Rags to RoyalsSeries: Royals Gone Rogue #3Author: Erin Nicholas writing asErin NicolleGenre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Royal Romance/Single Mom/Small TownGolden Retriever/He Falls First/He Falls HardRelease Date: October 2, 2024BLURB A small-town single mom like me has no business believing in fairy tales. But the very handsome, charming, dirty-talking prince (yes, seriously) I met nineteen months ago now has his fine ass and panty-melting grin planted on my front porch. He’s been Continue Reading
Review: The Finest Print by Erin Langston
The Finest Print by Erin LangstonHistorical RomanceARCSeptember 24, 2024Self-Published Review by Melanie I am nothing if not consistent so it should really come as no surprise to anyone that I absolutely adored The Finest Print, the latest from Erin Langston. I wanted to devour it the second the ARC landed in my ereader but, and this might surprise those who know me well, instead, I savored it, parsing it out in small bite sized nibbles over the course of five days, luxuriating in the Continue Reading
New Releases- Week of September 23-27, 2024
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:The Situationship by Abby JimenezAMZ * BN * K * GP Adam & Evie's Matchmaking Tour: A Novel by Nora NguyenAMZ * BN * K * GP The Slowest Burn: A Novel by Sarah ChamberlainAMZ * BN * K * GP The Lovers by Rebekah FaubionAMZ * BN * K * GP The Wingman by Stephanie ArcherAMZ * BN * K * GP The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year: A Novel by Ally CarterAMZ * BN * K * GP Love and Sportsball (Atlanta Cannons Book 1) by Meka JamesAMZ * BN * K * GP All I Want Is You Continue Reading
Cover Reveal- First Light by Elizabeth Hunter
Elizabeth Hunter has revealed the gorgeous cover for First Light! Releasing: October 29, 2024 Cover Design: Damonza.com Lachlan Murray disappeared without a trace. As his girlfriend, twenty-nine-year-old Carys Morgan refuses to accept the police’s explanation—that he simply left her. She travels to Scotland to seek help from Lachlan’s twin brother Duncan, and learns she was right—Lachlan didn’t leave her, he left her world to return to his own. The Shadowlands are a Continue Reading
Release Blitz- Iced by Cala Riley
Title: IcedSeries: Walker University #1 Author: Cala Riley Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Opposites Attract/Friends to LoversSlow Burn/Found Family Release Date: September 19, 2024 BLURB ClaytonBeing the star player on the Walker Wolves has been everything I was working towards.That is, until my grades slip, threatening to take it all from me.I have to do something drastic to keep my dreams alive, so I hire a tutor.That’s when I met her.Grace Myers.She is the complete opposite of me. Continue Reading









