Novellas have always had a special place in my heart. When it comes to romance specifically, I love long, expansive books that allow me to get lost in pages upon pages of a love story. But I’m a total sucker for watching characters get or stay together in under forty thousand words. When they’re done well, they take a much shorter time for me to read, but still manage to give me an entire story to feel satisfied with. When I set out to write my very first romance novella, Just One More, I went Continue Reading
Review: Love on the Tracks by Tamsen Parker
Love on the Tracks by Tamsen Parker Snow & Ice Games #1 New Adult/Sports Romance December 5, 2017 Swerve Reviewed by Kini I am a big fan of Parker’s books as tends to write a solid and usually emotional story and frequently pushes the boundaries of my comfort to the edges. The blurb alludes to a fake relationship between a female participant of the Snow & Ice Games and a boy band member, I imagined both H/H would be younger but was a little surprised when I found out the heroine Continue Reading
Review: Rogue Desire: A Romance Anthology
Rogue Desire: A Romance Anthology The Rogue Series #1 Contemporary Romance July 20, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Kini When all else fails, find love. Eight brand new romances for fans of the West Wing, fired-up #resistance fighters, and everyone who ever had a crush on that guy at a protest… I have read several of the authors in this anthology so I was interested to see what kind of story they would tell, especially as it related to resistance. I am pretty bad at reading Continue Reading
Review: The Cartographer by Tamsen Parker
The Cartographer (The Compass #6) Erotic BDSM Released: June 26, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Oh Reyes. Fans of The Compass series have greatly been anticipating Rey getting his HEA. The kink life coach who has helped so many others find their way in life to their own HEA, now finally gets his chance, and it comes in a man named Allie Hart. Rey is a hard person to describe. In control, intense when needed, open and warm at other times. He works in the kink scene - helping Continue Reading
Review: His Custody by Tamsen Parker
His Custody by Tamsen Parker Publication Date: March 21, 2017 Contemporary Romance InterMix Reviewed by Kini Blurb: He needs to be a better man for her sake, but she makes him want to be so bad... Keyne O’Connell leads a charmed life. She has a caring family and a terrific boyfriend. Her senior year is about to begin, and her future looks bright. But one dark summer night robs her of everyone she loves, thrusting her into the care of her boyfriend’s intimidating, much older Continue Reading
Review: Due South by Tamsen Parker
Due South by Tamsen Parker (The Compass #5) Released: December 12, 2016 Erotic Contemporary Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: No, seriously. This is my life. Hyperventilating in my office because my boss almost caught me getting blown by her secretary in her bathroom. After running down a hallway naked except for clothes I'd been wearing over twenty-four hours clutched against my junk. Office affairs, man. They aren't for the weak. While the books in this Continue Reading
Review: School Ties by Tamsen Parker
School Ties by Tamsen Parker Erotic Romance/Contemporary September 20, 2016 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “She needs me and I...I need to be needed.” Erin Brewster has worked hard to come home to Hawthorne Hill to teach. Having spent her summers at “the Hill” with her grandfather, who was the headmaster, Erin got the security she didn’t with her gypsy like father. On her first day of teaching, she meets student Zachary Sheppard. An 18 year old senior with soul searching Continue Reading
Review: True North by Tamsen Parker
True North by Tamsen Parker (The Compass #4) Released: July 25, 2016 Erotic BDSM Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: There's a reason I've been kind of an asshole my whole life, and it's because it's way easier than being a good person. This Compass series has stretched my boundaries in a good way. Heavy on BDSM, the previous books have focused on India and her now husband Cris. Overall I enjoyed them and when I heard Slade was getting a book - a man who is not presented Continue Reading
Review: Craving Flight by Tamsen Parker
Craving Flight by Tamsen Parker BDSM Romance Released: September 2015 Self Published Tzipporah Berger is thirty-seven and single, which is practically unheard of in the Orthodox Jewish community she now calls home. Her increasing religiosity and need for kink may have broken up her first marriage, but she’s decided it’s time to try again. And the rabbi’s wife has just the man in mind. Elan Klein is the neighborhood butcher whose intimidating size and gruff manner hint at a deliciously Continue Reading
Review: Uncharted Territory by Tamsen Parker
Uncharted Territory by Tamsen Parker (The Compass #.5) Released: June 15, 2015 Erotic BDSM Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I enjoyed the first two books in this series. I don't read a ton of BDSM, but India's story and her eventual HEA with Cris is done well. And I love her relationship with her BFF Rey, who is the one who first got her into the scene, takes care of her and is probably the most important person in her life. Uncharted is a prequel - it starts when India first goes Continue Reading