Written in the Stars by Alexandria BellefleurContemporary LBBT RomanceNovember 10, 2020 by Avon Review by Melinda This was apparently a Pride and Prejudice retelling but those kinds of retellings completely miss me because I have no idea when they’re being done. However, I still enjoyed this bisexual contemporary love story. What worked for me was the opposite attracts personality types of Darcy, who is a reserved actuary, and Elle, who is a social media astrologist. I truly loved how Continue Reading
Guest Post: Writing Single Parent Romance by KD Fisher
I love reading romance epilogues. I adore the cozy feeling of everything settling into its place, the sureness of the couple having overcome the challenges standing in their way. In the epilogue the characters have figured out their life together. Oftentimes epilogues are where you can find the true happily ever after. There’s always some kind of lasting commitment: a new house together, marriage, or, perhaps, even a baby. When I started writing The Secret Ingredient, I wanted to write a Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses- Reviews for books by Morgan Rogers and Rachel Lynn Solomon
One of my favorite things about reviewing is reading an ARC and having the feeling of the book being so good that you want to tell everyone. And then being really annoying the months leading up to the release. Then the satisfaction of having other readers validate how much they loved the book when they are finally able to read it. This is the long way of me telling you that I am trying very hard to add some books with farther out release dates to my reading. Sorry to my already massive TBR but Continue Reading
Guest Post: Independent heroines in historical romance by Renee Dahlia
Independence equals having money of your own that you can spend without having to ask permission from someone else. It sounds like a simple concept, but when you consider that up to the 1970s in many countries women couldn’t open a bank account or hold a credit card in their own name without a male signature on the application form. All women, any man – a husband, a brother, a father, it didn’t matter as long as it was a bloke giving permission. To write an independent heroine in historical Continue Reading
Guest Post by Viola Smart
I was scrolling endlessly on Twitter as I like to do and I saw Viola talking about her upcoming release, The Stage Manager pub date 9/25, that features a f/f pairing. I feel like we don't see enough of that in romance so I reached out to her and invited her to write a post about her book and issues facing LGTBQIA folks. Take it away Viola! One of the central plots of my new release, The Stage Manager, centers around a public school teacher trying to come to terms with her bisexuality while Continue Reading
Angela Tuesday Thoughts- May Historical Romance Edition
A Rogue in the Night by Kelly BowenThe Devils of Dover #3May 28, 2019 by Forever KINDLE * BN * GOODREADS If you've read the first two books in this series you will definitely remember Sir Harland Hayward. Brother to Clara and Rose, who is both a Baron and a doctor... and apparently a smuggler as well. His heroine is Katherine Wright. Daughter to a local smuggling family and a damn fine surgeon. Harland and Katherine kind of crash into each other one night when she is patching up her Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
The Military Wife by Laura Trentham- The blurb on this got me because it sounded like a tortured love story. And it was, but there wasn’t enough of it. I would have liked to have seen more of Bennett’s hesitation over getting in to a relationship with Harper. The heroine is an accountant but we never see her actually work. She lives in Nags Head, NC and travels a lot to Virginia Beach and Fort Bragg, but this is never an issue with her job. These are things I notice when I am not fully Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
Happy New Year reader friends! Here are some deals to start 2019 right. All books are on sale as of posting date. Check link for exact price. Beginner's Luck by Kate Clayborn- I really enjoyed this book. The hero doesn't take over the heroine's life and her goals. Kindle When three friends impulsively buy a lottery ticket, they never suspect the many ways their lives will change—or that for each of them, love will be the biggest win of all. Kit Averin is anything but Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
Beards, brothers, and bikers! Oh my!Identical twins Beau and Duane Winston might share the same devastatingly handsome face, but where Beau is outgoing and sociable, Duane is broody and reserved. This is why perpetually level-headed Jessica James has been in naïve and unhealthy infatuation with Beau Winston for most of her life. Whereas Duane and Jessica have always been adversaries. She can't stand him, and she's pretty sure he can't stand the sight of her...But after a case of mistaken Continue Reading
January Mini Reviews
Mandi: Relay by Layla Reyne M/M Contemporary Grade: C- With the Olympics right around the corner, I'm all about an Olympic romance, even though this one takes place in the summer. We have Alex and Dane, who have both made the team for the Olympics as swimmers - but they hate each other. Like, really hate each other. They have a bad history, and now have to train together in the three weeks heading into the Olympics. Alex sees Dane as the charmer, all-american who gets everything he Continue Reading