Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria BellefleurWritten in the Stars #3LGBTQ Contemporary RomancePublished February 1, 2022, by Avon Reviewed by Kate Count Your Lucky Stars is an excellent follow-up to Bellefleur’s previous books, Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon. Count Your Lucky Stars follows Margot, best friend/business partner of Elle and Brendon, main characters of the first and second books, respectively. Margot isn’t really sold on love and is content to be single Continue Reading
Review: The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-BrokaContemporary RomanceJanuary 25, 2022, by Berkely Reviewed by Kate It has taken me some time to write this review for The Roughest Draft. As I mulled it over in my head, I realized that it wasn’t really what I had expected going in, and while the unexpected aspects might be problematic for some romance readers, I absolutely loved this book. The Roughest Draft is about Kat and Nathan, who had a writing partnership and Continue Reading
Review: Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall
Something Fabulous by Alexis HallPublished on January 25, 2022 by MontlakeHistorical Romance Review by Kate Something Fabulous is a sheer delight of a romance novel. It’s a dramatic, gay, fluffy, joyous book that I enjoyed so much I have already re-read the first quarter before even starting this review. At the beginning of Something Fabulous, Valentine proposes to Belle, who adamantly does not want to marry him. She runs off in the middle of the night (as one does in a Regency Continue Reading
Review: The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder
The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder (The Bone Spindle #1) January 11, 2022 by Razorbill Young Adult Fantasy The Bone Spindle is a young adult fantasy retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story, but with gender swapped main characters. Briar Rose (the Sleeping Beauty of the story) is a prince, and Filore, a treasure hunter, is the one destined to rescue him from his one hundred year sleep. Now, a fairytale retelling is enough to get me in the door, but gender swapped and with a comparison to Continue Reading
Review: The Singles Table by Sara Desai
The Singles Table (Marriage Game #3) by Sara Desai November 16, 2021 by Berkley Contemporary Romance Reviewed by Kate The Singles Table, the third book in Sara Desai’s Marriage Game series, is charming and fun, but a bit slow to get started. Jay and Zara meet at a co-ed paintball bachelor party where they have an immediate dislike for each other based on their paintball technique. Jay runs a security firm and Zara is a lawyer who loves to matchmake during the wedding season. When Zara learns Continue Reading
Review: Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday
Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday Contemporary Romance November 16, 2021 by Avon Reviewed by Kate Duke, Actually is an adorable follow-up to A Princess for Christmas. I will open with my main complaints, which are that I don’t love this cover (A Princess for Christmas is so much cuter) and I feel a better title would have been “Baron, Actually” but I do understand how that would not have been as enticing. And now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, we can start on my many Continue Reading
Review: The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley
The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley The Wild Wynchesters #2 Historical Romance October 26, 2021 by Forever Reviewed by Kate The Perks of Loving a Wallflower is a lovely historical romance with two female main characters. This is the second in The Wild Wynchesters series, but I do not think the first (The Duke Heist) is necessary to enjoy this one. I would recommend The Duke Heist, however, and reading it first may give the reader some additional context which could make this Continue Reading
Review: Not Your Average Hot Guy by Gwenda Bond
Not Your Average Hot Guy by Gwenda Bond Paranormal Romance October 5, 2021 by St. Martin's Griffin Reviewed by Kate If a description for a book tells me the book is hilarious, I generally hope that I actually laugh while reading it. Unfortunately, that was not the case for Not Your Average Hot Guy. I went into it expecting a fun romantic comedy (not unfairly, in my opinion, since the description mentions that it’s a romantic comedy twice) but I do not think it lived up to that Continue Reading
Review: The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
The Charm Offensive by Allison Cochrun Contemporary Romance September 7, 2021 by Atria Reviewed by Melinda This book completely snuck up on me, I hadn’t really heard much about it, but I’m so glad that I picked it up randomly because it’s going on my favorites of 2021 list for sure! The premise of the book is simple enough - man goes on a reality dating show to make his image better for business purposes, will he find love? But what follows is the star of the show falling for his producer Continue Reading
Review: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling Contemporary Paranormal Romance September 28, 2021 by Avon Reviewed by Kate When I was mentally writing this review, I planned on opening with some comment about how I've read so many of Rachel Hawkins' books, and I loved them all. When I fact-checked this (thank goodness for Goodreads, despite its many flaws), I found that was not, in fact, the case. I've read maybe half of her YA, and I apparently did not really enjoy Hex Hall, her debut novel (Kate in the early Continue Reading