Review originally posted 11/28/2017 by Tori. A Cruel Kind of Beautiful by Michelle HazenSeries: Sex, Love, and Rock & Roll, #1Contemporary RomanceDecember 4, 2017Self Published Favorite Quote: “Men are like beautiful agents of Satan, spreading insecurity and misery throughout the world.” Jera McKnight has a full plate with her indie band, college, and work. Wholeheartedly embracing celibacy after her last boyfriend blamed her for his performance issues in the bedroom, Continue Reading
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An Instant USA Today Bestseller!Grab your favorite fall candle, cuddle into a comfy blanket, and travel back in time to 1997 in this cozy, slow-burn romance set in the autumn glow of small-town Vermont.Now with exclusive bonus content!My new next-door neighbor seems to have everything figured out. Small town golden boy? Check. Single dad extraordinaire? Check. Hot baker forearms? I didn’t notice them, I swear.I, on the other hand, don’t–at all–have anything figured out. Trust me, I didn’t think Continue Reading
Review: Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade
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
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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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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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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