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Retro Review: A Duke to Remember by Kelly Bowen

July 31, 2026 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted July 29, 2016 by May. A Duke to Remember by Kelly Bowen (A Season for Scandal #2)Historical RomanceReleased: Jully 26, 2016Forever “I mix up my words,” he said suddenly. There. He was honest about that. Her flapping stopped, and she peered at him, a faint crease in her forehead. “So?” “So?” he repeated. She turned her palms up. “So?” Noah wasn’t sure what to say. Absent were the pity and the suspicion and the distaste he usually Continue Reading

Retro Review: Forevermore by Kristen Callihan

June 26, 2026 by Angela

Review originally posted June 27, 2016, by Tori. Forevermore by Kristen CallihanSeries: Darkest London, #7Historical Paranormal RomanceJune 26, 2016Piatkus Books Favorite Quote: Keep me. Be mine. Make me yours. Layla Starling, toast of the London stage, has come home to rest. She is tired of the endless singing engagements and constant traveling.  When her guardian informs her that it is time for her to marry and that her long time crush and childhood friend, St. Continue Reading

Review: Still Into You by Erin Connor

February 12, 2026 by Melanie

Still Into You by Erin ConnorContemporary Romance February 10, 2026 by Forever Review by Melanie I had no idea what to expect when I started reading an ARC of this book as this was a new to me author (this is her second book and I fully plan to read her debut). What followed was a messy, complicated, second chance romance between the lead vocalist of one of metal’s biggest bands and a music journalist tasked with interviewing the band for its first interview in years.  I have Continue Reading

Retro Review: Most of All You by Mia Sheridan

October 17, 2025 by Angela

/Review originally posted by Mandi on 10/17/2017. Most of All You by Mia SheridanReleased: October 17, 2017Contemporary RomanceForever This book pretty much gutted me – and I’m not one to use that term a lot. The author deceives you into thinking she is giving you a very broken hero, and a heroine who is going to help him find himself. Instead, you start to learn how absolutely vulnerable the heroine is, and this book is more her journey of rising out of the black pit of despair, Continue Reading

Retro Review: Moonglow by Kristen Callihan

January 10, 2025 by Angela

Originally posted in July of 2012 at Fiction Vixen by Angela. Moonglow by Kristen CallihanDarkest London #2Paranormal Historical RomanceOriginally published July 31, 2012 by Forever After finishing the first book in this series, Firelight, I immediately went looking for when the next installment would be released. I loved Firelight. It was so different, part paranormal, part historical, and I hadn't read a heroine written that well in a long while. It takes a lot of skill to Continue Reading

Review: Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto

July 18, 2024 by Angela

Not Another Love Song by Julie SotoContemporary RomanceJuly 16, 2024- ForeverARC Review by Angela I really enjoyed this author's debut, Forget Me Not, which released last year. I will admit that the cover and blurb for her sophomore release really caught my attention and had me hitting that request button almost immediately. And holy smokes- I'm so glad I did. Rival string players in an orchestra is not a thing that I knew I needed in my life, but apparently my romance loving soul Continue Reading

Review: Never Blow a Kiss by Lindsay Lovise

January 25, 2024 by Angela

Never Blow a Kiss by Lindsay LoviseSecret Society of Governess Spies #1Historical RomanceJanuary 23, 2024- ForeverARC Review by Angela I was pleasantly surprised by this debut. It's not often a historical romance features not one but two blue collar, everyday protagonists. One is a woman on the run from her past, serving as a governess who also happens to be a spy and the other a soldier who turned his earnings into a fortune by investing in railroads, currently working for the Continue Reading

Review: Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callendar

October 27, 2023 by Kate H.

Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen CallendarLGBTQ+, Contemporary RomanceOct 10, 2023Forever Books Review by Kate H. The contours of Stars in Your Eyes will be a bit familiar if you read a lot of Hollywood (or rock star or celebrity) romances.  Fake dating goes with this territory like butter on bread.  And recently, several romances have spilled ink on the darker side of being a celebrity: the exploitation of minors by their parents or predatory directors/producers/agents; blackmail, rape, Continue Reading

Review: Change of Plans by Dylan Newton

August 3, 2023 by Angela

Change of Plans by Dylan NewtonContemporary RomanceAugust 1, 2023- ForeverARC Review by Angela This isn't a named series, but the last three releases by this author are connected. How Sweet It Is features the oldest Matthews brother, horror writer Drake, and event planner, Kate Sweet. I enjoyed their story quite a bit. The main characters of the second book, All Fired Up, are Zander Matthews and his love, book publicist, Imani Lewis. I didn't love this one, but I think it was mainly Continue Reading

Review: Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

July 12, 2023 by Angela

Forget Me Not by Julie SotoContemporary RomanceJuly 11, 2023- ForeverARC Review by Angela This is another case of don't judge a book by its cover. I wasn't going to pick this book up because this is a really terrible cover, but after hearing good things on Twitter and finding out this debut author already has a television series deal in the works for it, I decided to see what the fuss was all about. And I'm really glad I did. This is a grumpy/sunshine, second-chance romance with Continue Reading

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