On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins Contemporary Romance/Women's Fiction Harlequin HQN January 31, 2017 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “This is so good. Thanks for making me shower.” On the heels of Higgins’ entertaining and thought-provoking If You Only Knew, Higgins revisits her sleepy little town of Cambry-on-Hudson, New York in On Second Thought. Using the dysfunctional O’Leary family and the timeless topics of love, loss, family, and second chances, Higgins builds a story on Continue Reading
Review: Perfectly Charming by Liz Talley
Perfectly Charming by Liz Talley Publication Date: September 27, 2016 Contemporary Romance/Women’s Fiction Montlake Reviewed by Kini Blurb Morning Glory native Jess Culpepper is desperate to get out of town after divorcing the only man she’s ever dated. She takes a temporary nursing job in Florida and, thanks to the bequest of her late friend, Lacy, has the funds to rent a condo right on the beach. She’s not prepared to literally trip over her old high school lab partner—and Continue Reading
Review: The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz
The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz Women's Fiction/Historical/Mystery/Interracial June 28, 2016 Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We tell ourselves lies to survive when we know the truth will kill us.” A mysterious woman attempts to steal a piece of her past only to be detained by its current owner. When she makes him an offer he can’t refuse, the unknown story of how one of the richest and most distinguished bourbon empires, Red Thread, rose and fell, in return for the very Continue Reading
Review: Girl Wife Prisoner by Hanna Peach
Girl Wife Prisoner by Hanna Peach Series: A Good Wife, #1 Women's Fiction/Contemporary September 19, 2015 Gypsy Publishing Reviewed by Tori How far would you go to set yourself free? Drake Blackwell is intelligent, successful, controlling, and hiding a violent family past. He just made his latest investment: Noriko. Imported from Japan and wed to a stranger, Noriko struggles to stick to the rules of a Good Wife. Drake can’t seem to love her, not the way she wants to be loved. She Continue Reading
Review: If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins
If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins Women's Fiction/Contemporary Fiction Trade Book HQN Books August 25, 2015 Reviewed by Tori Wedding-dress designer Jenny Tate understands the happily-ever-after business, yet somehow she's still involved in her ex-husband's life. In fact, Owen's new wife may—inexplicably—be Jenny's new best friend. Sensing this, well, relationship isn't helping her move on, Jenny trades the Manhattan skyline for her hometown up the Hudson, where she'll be able to bask Continue Reading