Genre: Contemporary, LGBTQ Word Count: 8,140 Average Goodreads Rating: 2.67/5 stars My Rating: 3/5 stars Second Time Around is a story about mistaken identities. Jamie meets the man of his dreams, Matthew, at a party celebrating the opening of his new bakery. Better yet, Matthew seems to be into him. There’s just one problem: there’s…
Book Review: Claiming Her Highwayman by Michelle Grotewohl
Genre: Historical Words: 17,970 Average Goodreads Rating: 3.8/5 stars My rating: 2/5 stars Cass runs one of the greatest band of highwaymen around. Despite being a woman, she’s respected by her crew, and every night they return to camp richer than they were and she can enjoy being in the arms of her second-in-command, Will…
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: Note to Self by Belinda LaPage
Genre: Contemporary, LGBTQ Goodreads rating: 3.73 out of 5 stars My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Anna never considered herself bisexual or a lesbian. She’s totally in love with her husband and happy with her life as a wife, mother, and cop. But that all changes when she meets Susan, a pretty, feminine doctor,…
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…
Only He Knows by Hiranya Borah
Words, 3,330 Average Smashwords Rating: 5/5 stars My rating: 2/5 stars I’ve had such mixed feelings about Hiranya Borah’s stories and Only He Knows is no different. It’s about a married couple that seem perfect but not everything is as it seems. Himangshu cheated on his wife Seema for years, even when she’s dying of cancer….
5 Reasons Why You Should Read War Bride
1. It’s more than just a romance War Bride by Elise Marion is primarily a romance, but it’s so much more than a love story. The book covers a lot of social issues today, even though it’s a medieval fantasy romance. Lady Emery Calliot fights for equal rights as a woman in a misogynist world….
Diversity in Romance With Brilliant Author Elise Marion
Elise Marion, author of the Chained series, was generous enough to do an interview with me in anticipation of our War Bride giveaway event. It’s a pleasure to be working with her and to have her on the blog. She has some great answers, including her opinion on the lack of diversity in books. I highly recommend…
Book Review: War Bride by Elise Marion
Genre: Medieval, Fantasy, Adult Goodreads rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars I’m going to earn your trust, Emery Toustain, he thought as he released her hand. Perhaps, if you let me, I’ll earn more than that. The first time I read War Bride was several months ago. It was…
Giveaway: War Bride by Elise Marion
This October, I’m giving away one Smashwords copy of War Bride by Elise Marion. This is a fantastic book that I highly recommend. You’ll have more details about War Bride and the giveaway soon, including an interview with Elise Marion, my official book review on War Bride, and a link to giveaway page itself. Until then, enjoy this teaser….