Title: The KeeperSeries: Fall River #1Author: G.K. BradyGenre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Small Town/Opposites Attract/ForcedProximity/Grumpy-Sunshine/Black SheepRelease Date: May 23, 2024BLURB A mountain blizzard. An injured dog. A romance that caught them both by surprise.Hailey Bailey craves safety. Raised by an alcoholic father chasing a dream of surfing superstardom, the down-to-earth health inspector just wants a comfortable salary and benefits. But when she attempts to save a lost dog in Continue Reading
Review: Duke for the Summer by Emily Spady
Duke for the Summer by Emily SpadyLGBTQ RomanceMay 19, 2024-Self-published Review by Kate H. This book took me by surprise, in the best way. Based on the description, I had thought it was going to be a ring-around-the-tropes m/m romcom with characters that were somewhat complex but had problems that were easily resolvable. But I am a sucker for novels where an MC pulls a geographic, so I plowed ahead. Imagine my surprise to find two flawed, human characters - not archetypes, not Continue Reading
New Releases- Week of May 20-24, 2024
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Savor It: A Novel by Tarah DeWittAMZ * BN * K * GP Pointe of Pride by Chloe AngyalAMZ * BN * K * GP Seven Summers by Paige ToonAMZ * BN * K * GP The Bump by Sidney KargerAMZ * BN * K * GP Malibu Summer: A Novel by Libby GillAMZ * BN * K * GP Second Night Stand by Karelia Stetz-Waters and Fay Stetz-WatersAMZ * BN * K * GP Swap and Smell the Roses: A Romantic Comedy (The Swap Book 1) by Karen BoothAMZ * BN * K * GP The 7-10 Split: A Romantic Comedy Continue Reading
Blog Tour & Excerpt- Liar’s Point by Laura Griffin
Liar's Point by Laura GriffinThe Texas Murder Files #5Romantic SuspenseMay 21, 2024- Berkley Praise for the novels of Laura Griffin “Wow! Laura Griffin is quite simply one of the best romantic thriller writers out there.”—New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards"Yet another winner for Laura Griffin. "—#1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh"I love smart, sophisticated, fast-moving romantic thrillers, and Laura Griffin writes them brilliantly. Continue Reading
Retro Review: Land of the Beautiful Dead by R Lee Smith
Review originally posted in October of 2015 on Fiction Vixen by Angela Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee SmithDark Fantasy RomanceOctober 29, 2015- Self Published I’ve been checking this author’s website regularly for any, and I do mean ANY, new updates on a possible release date for Land of the Beautiful Dead. I was like a stalker there for awhile, which means I spent most of my year steeped in disappointment, waiting… Then on Oct. 30th, out of nowhere it suddenly appeared Continue Reading
Cover Reveal- Things Left Unsaid by Serena Akeroyd writing as G.A. Mazurke
Title: Things Left Unsaid7C's: A Pigeon Creek Series #1Author: Serena Akeroyd writing asG.A. Mazurke Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Small Town/Arranged MarriageFriends to Enemies to Lovers/Billionaire RancherCover Design: Chelsea ChiraPhotographer: Regina WambaRelease Date: June 14, 2024 BLURB I get to the Bar 9 and see Susanne McAllister disappear underwater.My first instinct is to dive in and save her.Just like I’ve saved her a hundred times until, ten years ago, one tragic night Continue Reading
Retro Review: Grim Shadows by Jenn Bennett
Review originally posted in June of 2014 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Grim Shadows by Jenn BennettRoaring Twenties #2Paranormal Historical RomanceJune 3, 2014- Berkley After reading the first book in Jenn Bennett’s Roaring Twenties series, Bitter Spirits, my first thought was “why didn’t I pick this up sooner?” Such a great romance. Apparently when you mix bootleggers and speakeasies, ghosts and zombies, one sexy, freckled heroine and a big, scarred hero what you get is complete Continue Reading
Release Blitz- HEA: Happily Ever After by Lucy Lennox & Molly Maddox
Title: HEA: Happily Ever AfterSeries: After Oscar #5 Authors: Lucy Lennox & Molly Maddox Genre: MM RomanceTropes: One Night Stand/Lovers to Friends to LoversAlways the Groomsman, Never the GroomBillionaire, Fake DatingRelease Date: May 2, 2024 BLURB Have you heard the expression “twelve times a groomsman, never a groom”? Neither had I… until it suddenly became clear that every man I dated found their One True Love in the person they dated after me. Now I’m writing Best Man speeches for Continue Reading
Review: Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana
Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh SbranaFantasy RomancePublished February 27, 2024- Harper Voyager Reviewed by Kate I so wanted Lore of the Wilds to be a slam dunk, and while there are certainly parts of the book that I loved, I don’t think that as a cohesive whole it was as good as it could have been. The first 40% or so of Lore of the Wilds was the best part of the book. Lore was exploring the library, figuring out the fae and trying to make sense of the world around her. This part was Continue Reading
Review: Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur
Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria BellefleurContemporary RomanceApril 30, 2024 by Avon Review by Melanie It is no secret that when a romance novel touts itself as a romantic comedy these days, I immediately give it massive side eye. Having been burned way too many times by rom coms that were neither romantic nor comedic, that particular pairing of words automatically makes me back away. However, Alexandria Bellefleur’s Truly, Madly, Deeply is one banger of a rom com, both Continue Reading