Pretty Dogs by Riley NashDirty Strays #2LGBTQ+/Contemporary RomancePublished December 8, 2023 Pretty Dogs, the second book in the Dirty Strays series by Riley Nash, was so refreshing to me. Class is a variable thing in romance novels. We’ve got all the millionaire/billionaire books, with their Ferragamo shoes and Tom Ford suits. With the penthouse apartments where the furniture is in minimalistic black or white leather and the wall to ceiling glass Continue Reading
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He was my enemy. My lover. My husband. And the one man I swore by all Olympus I would destroy. *A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Aphrodite and Hephaestus (and Pandora and Adonis).* Aphrodite has never flinched at getting her perfectly manicured hands dirty, and she's not about to start now—even if that means marrying Olympus's enemy number one, the new Hephaestus. She has a wicked plan to keep her deadly new husband off-balance, seducing the one person he seems to care about most in Continue Reading
Release Blitz- Charge by Senna Kincaid
Title: ChargeSeries: Locked Security #3 Author: Senna Kincaid Genres: Romantic SuspenseTropes: Bodyguard/Sister's Best FriendFriends to Lovers/Second Chance Release Date: December 21, 2023 BLURB He’s willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for their love.Growing up with absent parents, the only family Archer Bennett has ever known were his sister and her best friend Thea. And he was certain that no matter what path his life would take, he’d always have them by his side.But life doesn’t always Continue Reading
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"You’re part of the circus now, which means you belong to me. You’re mine." Logan Whitmere, the handsome owner of Cirque des Miroirs, is full of red flags. Secretive. Commanding. Dangerous. I know better than to trust him, but I'm desperate for a way out of my small town. He offers me a job as the fortune teller. What does Logan know that he isn't telling me? He seems to want to protect me...from the performers. From himself. I fall for his possession. I'm afraid of his Continue Reading
Retro Review: The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan Byrne
Review originally posted on Fiction Vixen in September of 2018 by Angela The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan ByrneVictorian Rebels #6Historical RomanceAugust 28, 2018 by St. Martin's Favorite Quote: There are only two indisputable facts in this world. The sun will set in the west, and I’ll come for you. Always. I adore this author. Absolutely, positively adore. She writes bad boy, tortured anti-heroes like no other. Before reading The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo I Continue Reading
New Releases- Week of December 18-22, 2023
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Pucking Wild: An MM Age Gap Hockey & Mafia Romance (Deadly Puck Daddies Book 4) by Zack WishAMZ * BN * K * GP The Geek and the Sheikh (Girls from the Street Book 5) by S.E. SmithAMZ * BN * K * GP Cover Me Up (The Bridgestones Of Montana Book 1) by Juliana StoneAMZ * BN * K * GP The Pursuit (The Proposition Book 6) by Katie AshleyAMZ * BN * K * GP 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle Forty by AnthologyAMZ * BN * K * GP 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle Forty-One by Continue Reading
Cover Reveal- the Off the Bench Duet by Kimberly Knight & Rachel Lyn Adams
Off the Bench Duet Authors: Kimberly Knight & Rachel Lyn AdamsGenre: MM Sports RomanceTropes: Hockey Romance/Virgin Hero/Second ChanceCover Design: Nicole, Indie Sage HOOKING THE CAPTAINRelease Date: January 19 In hockey and love, timing is everything …Emmett “Coop” Cooper is the star captain of the Boston Bruins. But off the bench, he’s hiding a secret that could jeopardize everything he’s worked for. As a gay man and a virgin, he’s chosen to live his life in the closet, afraid Continue Reading
Cover Reveal- Waiting Game by Serena Akeroyd w/a G.A. Mazurke
Title: Waiting GameSeries: New York Stars #2Author: Serena Akeroyd writing asG.A. Mazurke Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Secret Relationship/Hockey RomanceCover Design (Illustrated & Discreet): Chelsea ChiraCover Design (Hardback): RBA DesignsPhotographer: Michelle LancasterModel: Chad HurstRelease Date: January 22, 2024 BLURB No-strings-attached hook-ups are my jam.After a hockey player hires me to improve his skating skills, sparks fly and a second-night stand sounds like a Continue Reading
Sunday Smexy Deals!
A shy bookworm enlists her charming neighbor to help her score a date, not knowing he’s the obscure author she’s been corresponding with, in this sparkling and heart-fluttering romance by Kristina Forest.Shy, bookish, and admittedly awkward, Lily Greene has always felt inadequate compared to the rest of her accomplished family, who strive for Black excellence. She dreams of becoming a children’s books editor, but she’s been frustratingly stuck in the nonfiction division for years without a Continue Reading
Retro Review: Hurts to Love You by Alisha Rai
Review originally posted at Fiction Vixen in March of 2018 by Angela Hurts to Love You by Alisha RaiForbidden Hearts #3Contemporary RomancePublished March 27, 2018 Hurts to Love You is officially the last book in the Forbidden Hearts series by Alisha Rai, and guys… I am so sad right now. I’m going to miss this family with all their secrets, achingly sexy forbidden relationships and tangled, messy history SO MUCH. The last book features Gabe, Eve and a forced proximity trope that I Continue Reading