LITTLE GIRL GONE by Amanda Stevens (on-sale Dec.28, Harlequin Intrigue): Nothing matters more to her when a child's life is at stake. Special agent Thea Lamb returns to her hometown to search for a child whose disappearance echoes a twenty-eight-year-old cold case—her twin sister's abduction. Working with her former partner, Jake Stillwell, Thea must overcome the pain, doubt and guilt that have tormented her for years and denied her a meaningful relationship. For both Thea and Jake, the job Continue Reading
Harlequin’s Winter Dreamer Blog Tour
FALLING FOR THE BALDASSERI PRINCE by Rebecca Winters (on-sale Jan.25, Harlequin Romance): Two feuding families…one redeeming love. Vet Francesca has started a new life in the Baldasseri’s kingdom. But she’s hiding a sensational secret—she’s really a Visconti princess! And the Viscontis have been feuding with the Baldasseris for generations… When handsome Prince Vincenzo Baldasseri brings his dog in for treatment, there is a powerful connection between them from the get-go! Dare Francesca reveal Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt: The True Cowboy of Sunset Ridge by Maisey Yates
THE TRUE COWBOY OF SUNSET RIDGE Author: Maisey Yates ISBN: 9781335620965 Publication Date: December 28, 2021 Publisher: HQN Books Book Summary: When a bull-riding champion is left holding his friend’s baby, could it be time to put down roots in Gold Valley? Midwife Mallory Chance is ready for a fresh start in Gold Valley. And when she locks eyes with a handsome cowboy across the saloon, it feels like fate. After too many years wasted on her cheating ex, good girl Mallory is Continue Reading
Harlequin’s Winter Glamorous Blog Tour
BACKSTAGE BENEFITS by LaQuette (on-sale Nov.30, Harlequin Desire): When show business leads to secret pleasures, how can they resist in this Devereaux Inc. novel by LaQuette.Their daytime partnership sets the night on fire. Who said they can’t have it all? Lyric Smith didn’t become the nation’s most successful lifestyle guru by losing focus. Yet Josiah Manning, daytime television’s hottest—and sexiest—young Black producer makes her do just that. Publicly, Josiah wants Lyric to star in a new talk Continue Reading
Blog Tour Excerpt: Christmas in Rose Bend by Naima Simone
CHRISTMAS IN ROSE BEND Author: Naima Simone Publication Date: October 26, 2021 Publisher: HQN Books Book Summary: The holidays have never been her thing. But Christmas in Rose Bend has more than one surprise in store… Grieving ER nurse Nessa Hunt is on a road trip with her sullen teen half sister, Ivy, and still reeling from her mother’s deathbed confession: Nessa’s dad wasn’t really her dad. Seeking answers, they arrive in Rose Bend to find a small town teeming with the kind Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt: The Christmas Escape by Sarah Morgan
THE CHRISTMAS ESCAPE Author: Sarah Morgan Publication Date: October 26, 2021 Publisher: HQN Books Book Summary: This Christmas, be whisked away by USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan in this uplifting novel of friendship, the festive season, and risking everything for the biggest gift of all... Christy and Alix are forever-friends. Not even Alix's well-meant but badly-timed intervention the night before Christy's wedding has put a dent in their bond. There’s nothing Alix Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt: One Christmas Wish by Brenda Jackson
ONE CHRISTMAS WISH Author: Brenda Jackson Publication Date: October 26, 2021 Publisher: HQN Books Book Summary: It’s Christmas in Catalina Cove, a time of promise and second chances. But when you’re starting over, love is the last thing you’re wishing for… Vaughn Miller’s Wall Street career was abruptly ended by a wrongful conviction and two years in prison. Since then, he’s returned to his hometown, kept his head down and forged a way forward. When he is exonerated and his Continue Reading
Review: Lights on Knockbridge Lane by Roan Parrish
Lights on Knckbridge Lane by Roan ParrishContemporary Romance9/28/2021 by HarlequinARC Review by Melinda I love almost every book Roan Parrish writes, and this book is no exception with a few quibbles here and there. There’s a lot to like about this couple, Adam’s daughter Gus, and the town. But it didn’t work everywhere for me, As the third book in the Garnet Run series, I did feel like it would be easy to read this as a standalone, which is always important from a new reader POV. But Continue Reading
Review: Foolish Hearts by Synithia Williams
Foolish Hearts by Synithia WilliamsJackson Falls #4Contemporary RomanceAugust 24, 2021, by HarlequinARC Reviewer: Melinda Foolish Hearts is the 4th in the Jackson Falls series, it’s loosely tied to the previous books but it can stand alone without any issues. I’ve loved this series because it’s just been incredibly soapy with messy characters and complex family drama. I love that Synithia Williams has allowed her characters to be dramatic or troubled or overly angry because those kinds of Continue Reading
Guest Post: The Big Convo by Cara Bastone
Cara Bastone stopped by to talk about romance and her novel, Just a Heartbeat Away, released on June 30. I have read it and loved it and it will be one of my favorite books this year. There are the good romance novels: the page turners that make you grin at your Kindle and send incoming phone calls to voicemail because there is no way in heck that you’re going to get interrupted in this part of the book. And then… there are the great romance novels: The ones that you find yourself Continue Reading