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Guest Author: Best Westerns- Romance Novels from Cowboy Country by Jill Sorenson

September 6, 2025 by Angela 1 Comment

Hello Smexy! I’m back with a new release after a long time away. I’ve written posts about my new series and reminisced about some old-schoolromance favorites. If you’re interested in reading more about me or romancehistory, I have links on my website. It’s fun to take a trip down memory lane andchat about the past, but today I’m focused on recent reads. These are the best Westerns I’ve read lately. A Cowboy for Keeps by Jody HedlundThis historical Western is published by Bethany Continue Reading

Retro Review: How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey Edwards

September 5, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted 5/30/2019 by Angela. How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey EdwardsThe Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy #6Urban FantasyMay 28, 2019-- Self Published Savannah has fallen to the vampires, and it’s up to Grier to take out their leader, Gaspard Lacroix, and restore peace. Lacroix might be more powerful and immune to her magic, but she’s got a plan. Too bad it’s got holes big enough for a new threat to waltz through while the city is on her knees.Now Grier must risk Continue Reading

Review: Faeling by S.E. Wendel

September 3, 2025 by Angela 1 Comment

Faeling by S.E. WendelMonstrous World #4Fantasy RomanceAugust 24, 2025- Self PublishedKindle Unlimited Review by Angela I discovered this series via scrolling through Kindle Unlimited options. I will admit that it was the covers that drew me in, but once I started reading I kind of fell in love and ate up the three books available. I've been on the edge of my seat waiting for Ravenna and Vallek's story, and pretty much hit the read now button as soon as it became available and Continue Reading

New Releases- Week of September 1-5, 2025

September 2, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Learning Curves by Rachel LaceyAMZ * BN * K * GP The Dating Prohibition: A Novel by Taj McCoyAMZ * BN * K * GP Love Walked In: A Novel by Sarah Chamberlain AMZ * BN * K * GP When Ben Loved Jace (He Loved Him Book 2) by Jay BellAMZ * BN * K * GP A Love Like Pumpkin Spice: A Cozy Small-Town Autumn Romance (Wayward Hollow Book 1) by Hailey FrostAMZ * BN * K * GP The Night Shift by Nancy PeachAMZ * BN * K * GP Like We Used To by Jamie CluffAMZ * BN * K * Continue Reading

Monday Moring Book News!

September 1, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

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Sunday Smexy Deals!

August 31, 2025 by Angela 1 Comment

*An instant USA Today Bestseller* He was the other half of my soul—the mirror to my every dark desire. My destruction, my redemption, my salvation: my Heathcliff. Cathy Earnshaw's got the devil inside her—or at least that's what the small, cultish community she's spent her whole life trapped inside would say. She can sense death coming, and every loss sends her spiraling into a violent, uncontrollable episode of grief, wailing like a banshee across the swampy forests of the Lowcountry. Continue Reading

Weekly Wrap-Up

August 30, 2025 by Angela 1 Comment

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Retro Review: How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey Edwards

August 29, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted on 12/17/2018 by Angela. How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey EdwardsThe Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy #5Urban FantasyDecember 11, 2018 Self PublishedFavorite Quote:“I had never belonged to someone before and had them belong to me too.” Oh, how I love this series. Let me count the ways. The fifth book in The Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy series starts off pretty much where the last book leaves off, with Grier really starting to embrace her role Continue Reading

Excerpt Reveal- The House Guest by Penelope Ward

August 28, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Title: The House Guest Author: Penelope Ward Genre: Standalone Contemporary RomanceTropes: Billionaire Hero/Roommates/TwistSlow Burn/Angsty/Opposites AttractRelease Date: August 31, 2025 BLURB From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE contemporary romance…The last thing Dorian Vanderbilt expected was to find me painting in my crop top when he returned to the mansion he hadn’t inhabited in years.He was understandably surprised I’d turned his living room into Continue Reading

Review: The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch

August 28, 2025 by Angela 2 Comments

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara RaaschMagic and Romance #1LGBTQ Fantasy RomanceAugust 26, 2025 by Bramble Review by Angela Ensnared once again by my cover lusting heart! But seriously, I saw this cover and immediately went to the blurb, then immediately hit that request button for a review copy. Let me introduce you to Sebastian Walsh and Elethior Tourael, both 24 years old and attending graduate school at Lesiara University. That's about where the similarities end. Continue Reading

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