Juneteenth has passed, but the black community still needs support. An easy way for romance readers to show their support is by reading romance novels written by African American authors. After all, the romance novel industry has a history of racism and exclusion and one of the best ways to make amends is to support…
Tag: contemporary romance
Read for a Better World: October Edition
Lover’s Quarrel’s mission is to make the world a better place by promoting self-published books and books from independent bookstores, which is why half of all Lover’s Quarrel affiliate links go to charity. Help Lover’s Quarrel reach its goal of donating $100 to charity in 2017 by purchasing a book through one of these affiliate links. …
Book Review: Same Time Next Year by Jenna Bennett
Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 4,560 Average Goodreads Rating: 3.27/5 stars My rating: 4.5/5 stars It’s not often a book can surprise me. But Same Time Next Year totally took me off guard. Every year, for the past either years, Regina White and Tyler Harrison meet at the same hotel, in two connecting rooms for one night….
Book Review: Hart Broken by Annie Arcane
Genre: Contemporary Goodreads Rating: 4.75/5 stars My rating: 4/5 stars Mickey Hart doesn’t do one-night stands. Until she wakes up in a luxury penthouse. With nothing but a t-shirt. And no idea who it belongs to. Enter Cale Windermere. Driven. Ambitious. Successful. And so gorgeous he could’ve walked straight out of a romance novel… Except…
Discover a Picturesque Island With Magic and Romance Today
When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she’s finally found refuge from her abusive husband—and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago… But even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease. Careful to conceal her true identity, she takes a job as…
Book Review: Mine Completely by J. S. Scott
Money sucks. It can be a good thing, but at the same time it can ruin relationships or at the very least cause fights and angst. Simon and Kara haven’t totally figured out how to deal with their money, even though they are engaged. Kara is still self-conscious about the income gap between them and…
Mine for Tonight: Book One In the Billionaire’s Obsession
The damsel in distress routine can also be sadly lacking plot and character development in so many novels. However, Mine for Tonight is definitely one of the good ones.