Second Chance Romance by Olivia DadeContemporary Romance November 25, 2025 by Avon Review by Melanie In the interest of full disclosure, let me state that Olivia Dade and I are friends. However, I want to be very clear, our friendship did not influence this review. Perhaps I was always predisposed to love a book titled Second Chance Romance. It is, after all, one of my top romance tropes. However, this is not technically a second chance romance by the strictest of Continue Reading
New Releases- November 24-28, 2025
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Call Me Anytime (The Protectors Book 1) by Max MonroeAMZ * BN * K * GP Second Chance Romance: A Heartwarming, Body-Positive Reunion Romance Novel in the Quaint Small Town of Harlot's Bay by Olivia Dade AMZ * BN * K * GP The Rebel with Broken Strings: A Spicy Western Romance Featuring Country Music (Naked Moose Book 3) by Stacey KennedyAMZ * BN * K * GP Trouble with Travis: A forbidden, falling for the wrong brother romance. by Christina HovlandAMZ * BN * Continue Reading
Release Blitz- Chasing Lyric by K E Osborn
Title: Chasing Lyric Author: K E Osborn Genre: Contemporary RomanceTropes: Second Chance, Secret Identity/Hidden PastOpposites Attract, Protective HeroRelease Date: November 24, 2025 BLURB I don’t do privileged pretty boys.Especially ones who waltz into my flower shop flashing Hallmark smiles like they own the place.Chase Malone is everything I should run from—smooth, confident, too damn sure he can play me like his favorite melody.But then fate, a runaway goat, and tracks of eighties rock on Continue Reading
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Sunday Smexy Deals!
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLERA Most Anticipated Book of 2025NPR • People • Bustle • Paste Magazine • Latinx in Publishing • BookBubOne engagement. Two best friends. Three's a crowd.On the eve of their college graduation, best friends Javier Báez and Marisol Campos swore never to date someone the other doesn’t approve of. Now, almost a decade later, Javi has a problem. Mari, the woman he’s secretly pined for since sophomore year, is engaged—and Javi didn’t even get the chance to vet the Pedro Continue Reading
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Smexy Deals- Deals for books by Christina Lauren, Carrie Lomax, Emily Tesh, and more!
After a decade apart, childhood sweethearts reconnect by chance but how many words will it take for them to figure out where it all went wrong? From the New York Times bestselling authors of the “delightful” (Shelf Awareness) The Unhoneymooners.The story of the heart can never be unwritten.Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked Continue Reading
Retro Review: Beginner’s Luck by Kate Clayborn
Review originally posted on 11/21/2017 by Kini. Beginner’s Luck by Kate Clayborn (Chance of a Lifetime #1)Contemporary RomanceOctober 31, 2017Lyrical Shine Favorite Quote: “What does that mean?” I’m intentionally vague with my question. Maybe I’m asking what it means for Beaumont’s pursuit of me. Maybe I’m asking what it means for him and his job. But maybe I’m asking what it means for him and me. Because when I think of being “involved” with Ben, I think about his clothes Continue Reading
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"Full of tongue-in-cheek humor, excellent dialogue, and fantastic characters, this expertly crafted story from Carter (The Blonde Identity) is a heart-melting rivals-to-lovers romance combined with a delightful locked-room mystery." — Library Journal (starred review) Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter. The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery Continue Reading
Review: Ship of Spells by H. Leighton Dickson
Ship of Spells by H. Leighton Dickson Fantasy11/04/25 by Entangled: Red Tower BooksARC Review by Angela This is one of those books that sounds absolutely fantastic, where the blurb kind of catches your attention immediately and you just have to snatch it up. This is the tagline at the top of the blurb: "A war-scarred mage. A sentient ship. A secret that could drown empires." See what I mean? Sentient ships, mages, and drowning empires? Sign me up. Ship of Spells introduces Continue Reading