Holiday Spice by Samantha Chase Series: The Shaughnessy Brothers, #6 Contemporary Released: October 3, 2017 Sourcebooks Casablanca Reviewed by Sheena Talented. brilliant. incredible. amazing. showstopping. spectacular. never the same. totally unique. completely not ever been done before. unafraid to reference or not reference. put it in a blender....- Gaga (and then me, after reading Holiday Spice) So I really (really) enjoyed Holiday Spice. I am duty bound to tell you that while Continue Reading
Review: Sugar Pine Trail by RaeAnne Thayne
Sugar Pine Trail by RaeAnne Thayne Series: Haven Point, #7 Contemporary Romance/Holiday September 26, 2017 Harlequin Books Reviewed by May Librarian Julia Winston needs the extra cash, but she isn’t looking forward to Jamie Caine moving into the upstairs apartment over the holidays. She’s got a crush on him and he barely knows she exists despite having met several times before. What is a quiet gal to do? Things get more complicated as Julia winds up with two young boys to take care Continue Reading
Review: Maybe This Christmas by Jennifer Snow
Maybe This Christmas by Jennifer Snow (Colorado Ice #3) Released: September 26, 2017 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by Mandi I love to try holiday romance, but to be honest, I find that the majority I try just don't do it for me. I've found some super great holiday reads, but I go in a little wary. Jennifer Snow is a new to me author, and I love a hockey hero so I gave it a try and hooray, I liked it! It's not necessarily super-holiday, but hockey is prominent and it's a well Continue Reading
Review: Eye Candy by Tijan, J. Daniels, Helena Hunting, Bella Jewel, & Tara Sivec
Eye Candy by Tijan, J. Daniels, Helena Hunting, Bella Jewel, & Tara Sivec Anthology/Holiday/ Romance Contemporary September 5, 2017 SMP Swerve Reviewed by Tori A frightfully good time! Dive into these Halloween novellas from bestselling authors Tijan, J. Daniels, Helena Hunting, Bella Jewel and Tara Sivec. Featuring stories set in the worlds of their popular series. Tijan’s Fallen Crest crew are back for a weekend of mischief that takes a sinister turn; all four couples from J. Continue Reading
Review: Room at the Inn for Christmas by Mary Connealy
Room at the Inn for Christmas by Mary Connealy Released: October 25, 2016 Holiday Romance Novella Swerve Reviewed by Mandi When Amanda graduated college, her father encouraged her to leave her hometown in Oregon and explore and prosper in a place that didn't feature her family's inn. Amanda left for California and never looked back. Her father told her that Cart, the man she was sweet on in Oregon, was married and had moved on with his life. Her father painted a bleak picture of the inn Continue Reading
Review: Christmas Ever After by Sarah Morgan
Christmas Ever After by Sarah Morgan Released: October 2015 Holiday Romance Mira Reviewed by Mandi If you are in need of a good holiday romance, this is the book to read. Sky and Alec know each other through mutual friends but they don't know each other all that well. They actually don't like each other very much - Alec thinks Sky acts like a princess (she totally doesn't) and Sky thinks Alec is too grumpy (okay, he is very grumpy). Sky is an artist, designing high-end and paintings Continue Reading
Review: The Last Chance Christmas Ball by Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, and more
The Last Chance Christmas Ball Anthology Historical Romance Released: September 29, 2015 Kensington Reviewed by May Christmas 1815. Upstairs and downstairs, Holbourne Hall is abuzz with preparations for a grand ball to celebrate the year’s most festive—and romantic—holiday. For at the top of each guest’s wish list is a last chance to find true love before the New Year… In the introduction we discover that there are a great many people about to descend upon this house, and romance in the Continue Reading
Christmas Novella Round-up
I read a bunch of Christmas novellas recently so I thought I’d put them all into one big post. Just a Holiday Fling by Tiffany Marie Blurb: Samantha isn’t feeling very festive as she heads back to her childhood hometown for Christmas—but being alone, homeless, and verging on jobless can do that to a woman. She has no interest in participating in the town Christmas celebrations and would rather just crawl into bed until the holidays are over. Determined to get back into the Christmas spirit, Continue Reading
Review: Kentucky Christmas by Sarah Title
Kentucky Christmas by Sarah Title Released: December 5, 2013 Contemporary Novella Kensington Reviewed by Mandi I really enjoyed Sarah Title’s debut earlier this year, Kentucky Home and was happy to see a holiday novella set in the same town. This book is cute, but a little too short to be sold on the romance. Andrew Bateman is from New York has been laid off. His cousin offers him a sales job, so he finds himself in Kentucky, in a snow storm a few days before Christmas. He is Continue Reading
May’s Top Ten for Smexy-mas Entertainment
Hi there hoes! Greetings skanky-claus? HO HO HO and much hapPenis to you all! This is May here, and I love more than anything else my holiday love stories. I love some cheesy made for TV romantic comedies, the tree and snow and ornament covered books featuring Christmas and winter romance, and all the rest of it too. I am, a holiday ho and in preparations of smexy-mas and some holiday break reading time, I want to share with you my top ten recommendations! Ok, so there are way more than ten Continue Reading