Bringing Home the Bad Boy Author: Jessica Lemmon Reviewer: Jen Rating: C #TBRChallenge June’s Theme is “After the War” This book has been on my TBR since circa 2015 when I received a copy at a book signing. Why I selected it: I struggled to find a TBR for this theme. The main male character has […]
Audiobook review: Purr-fect Potions by Danielle Garrett Picking up a short time after the previous Nine Lives Magic book (but before the most recent cross-over novella, Sugar Cookies and Sirens), Purr-fect Potions finds Cora and cat familiar Selene continuing their hunt for the missing Aunt Lavender. They garner the help of famous treasure hunter, Tabitha Blake, using […]
Audiobook review: Something Old, Something New by JB Lynn Picking up a short time after the conclusion of the previous book, Something Old, Something New opens with young Rena wanted for questioning by the police. Since the Concordia sisters are very protective of her, they find themselves involved in Rena’s situation right away. Additionally, Bea […]
Audiobook review: Every Beat of My Heart by Bella Andre Zach and Heather and Ryan and Vicki found love in previous Sullivan series novels. Every Beat of My Heart brings listeners a pair of HEAs for the couples as they both decide to wed on the same day. The story is marketed as the happy ever […]
Feels Like Christmas Author: Shannon Stacey Reviewer: Jen Rating: C+ What I’m Talking About: Feels Like Christmas is a feel-good holiday insta-love romance set in the delightful Kowalski Family world. It’s been ages since I last visited the Northern Star Lodge, and knowledge of the series isn’t necessary to enjoy the novella. Nola and Ian discover […]
The Wedding Ringer Author: Kerry Rea Reviewer: Nima Rating: C+ What I’m Talking About: The Wedding Ringer was a little difficult for me to review. It doesn’t fit into a tidy category. It wants to be contemporary romance, it’s certainly all about the love life of main character Willa Callister, but it’s also about the love life […]
Tempest Author: Kelly Meding Reviewer: Jennifer Rating: C What I’m Talking About: The biggest take away for me from Tempest was, Meh. The over all series plot is carrying on and interesting, but Ethan’s aka Tempest story was a little on the slow side. He’s lived with the knowledge that his father killed his mother […]
Last Guard Author: Nalini Singh Reviewer: Jen Rating: B-/C+ What I’m Talking About: Payal and Canto are considered flawed, yet both thrive and succeed. Payal is a Cardinal telekinetic and runs her family’s vast company. Canto, a Cardinal telepath, is a hidden member of the powerful Mercant clan. Both are also part of the rarely discussed […]
Audiobook review: Fall of Night by Lara Adrian Phaedra, an Atlantean, is plagued by a reoccurring dream where she is lost in a dead forest wasteland. However, this most recent time is different, she meets a Breed and witnesses an explosion. Micah, son of original Order member Tegan, is in Kazakhstan when he is severely injured […]
How to Find a Princess Author: Alyssa Cole Reviewer: Jen Rating: C- What I’m Talking About: Makeda has a serious problem with setting boundaries. She would rather push aside her own hurt, disappointment, or frustration so she can tend to others. This has left her single, jobless, and in debt. Her Grandmore takes her in, where […]
Audiobook Review: Spin, Ruin, & Rule by C.D. Reiss Theresa Drazen and Antonio Spinelli story starts in Spin and continues through Ruin and Rule making up the Corruption series by C.D. Reiss. Theresa is the youngest girl in the Drazen family, and Antonio moved to LA from Italy to avenge his sister. While he didn’t […]
Arsenic and Adobo Author: Mia P. Manansala Reviewer: Nima Rating: C+ What I’m Talking About: There is a darling classic comedy called Arsenic and Old Lace. The 1939 play, which ran on Broadway, was written by Joseph Kesselring. The play is about two elderly women, aunties, who poison their lonely boarders so they can die happy. […]
What A Guy Wants Author: Judi Fennell Reviewer: Jen Rating: B-/C+ What I’m Talking About: Beckett, aka Beck, loses the gang’s monthly poker game, so it’s his turn to work for his friend Mac’s Manley Maid Service for a month. Beck grew up in the foster system, no plans, no ambition, but that’s all behind […]
Audiobook review: A Game of Cones by Abby Collette Set in the small tourist town of Chagrin Falls, OH, A Game of Cones book opens in summertime, with main character Bronwyn (Win) out straight due to the success of her newly renovated ice cream shop, Crewse Creamery. At a meeting for local business owners, residents are […]
Hearts Repaired Author: Caraway Carter Reviewer: B. Rating: C+ What I’m Talking About: Hearts Repaired, by another new-to-me author, Caraway Carter, is a sweet, sometimes bumpy May-December romance that aims to prove love doesn’t care about the particulars—even a thirty-year age gap—when two people are meant to be. An expansion of an earlier novella (The […]