REVIEW: The Accidental Newlywed Game by Jaci Burton
Contemporary Romance published by Berkley 28 Jun 22
Honor and Owen? That’s unexpected. Owen jilted Honor’s sister Erin, on the eve of their wedding, by letter. Erin is happily married now, and the Bellini family has forgiven Owen. But, still, a relationship between Honor and Owen would raise quite a few eyebrows, particularly when a chance meeting in Vegas, followed by a lot of tequila shots, finds them married and bedded. An Annulment? Might be best, but there’s that heat between the them that won’t quit. This is quite the delightful romp that makes wonderful summer beach reading.
REVIEW: Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
Contemporary Romance published by Gallery Books 17 May 22
I love the movie Romancing the Stone, so when I saw the synopsis for this book, I immediately wanted to get it. Treasure hunting in the Utah mountain wilderness with a romance sprinkled in, sounds amazing, doesn’t it? It was. I adored this book!
REVIEW: Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton
Stevie‘s review of Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton
Psychological Thriller published by Berkley 14 Jun 22
I’ve read and greatly enjoyed two out of three of Fiona Barton’s Kate Waters books (I still need to find and read the first in the series), so I was keen to meet her new protagonist. Detective Inspector Elise King is on enforced medical leave following treatment for breast cancer but finds herself drawn into mysterious events taking place around a divisive music festival held in the seaside town to which she recently moved, following the break-up of her long-term relationship with her colleague Hugh. Hugh has been on secondment to another police force since leaving Elise for another woman, but now he’s back and heading up the team looking for Elise’s missing neighbour.
REVIEW: The Difference Between Someday and Forever by Aly Martinez
Contemporary Romance published by Aly Martinez 24 Mar 22
All too soon we come to the conclusion of Bowen and Remi’s story. I would have loved for this series to go for a few more books, but that’s how us romance readers feel with wonderful characters and emotional storylines. And as has been part of the theme through this trilogy, more twists and turns are on the way!
REVIEW: The Difference Between Somehow and Someway by Aly Martinez
Contemporary Romance published by Aly Martinez 24 Feb 22
We continue the tragic but fated lives of Bowen and Remi, as well as the emotional, gut-wrenching twists and turns readers learned in the first book Ms. Martinez is a master at. So much happens in this book, it’s amazing I’m still standing after all that is revealed. Again, all things you never see coming. read more…
REVIEW: The Difference Between Somebody and Someone by Aly Martinez
Contemporary Romance published by Aly Martinez 27 Jan 22
Over the last number of years I’ve been looking for new authors to read. Mostly because I’ve been a tad disappointed with some of my old favorites during that time. With few exceptions, I’ve been quite successful in finding some really, really good authors to enjoy. The latest is Aly Martinez. I’ve had this trilogy in iBooks for a while now, just never getting to it for some reason. But a couple of weeks ago I had no idea what to read next. Then her books caught my eye again, and I jumped right in. A mistake or one of the best choices I’ve made in a very long while?
REVIEW: The Best of Me by Sharon Sala
Family Fiction published by Sourcebooks Casablanca 26 Apr 22
This series is about life in small-town Americana with heartwarming characters. What started out with a bang has seemed to fizzle in the recent years. This is the last book in the series, which starts out as a heartwarming story of the town’s beloved couple who finally complete their family by adopting an eight-year-old girl who has been left orphaned by circumstances.
REVIEW: Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Contemporary Romance published by Berkley 23 Aug 22
Absolutely loved The Love Hypothesis. Loved the science, loved Adam, loved how relatable Olive was. This book has just as much fun science, which I appreciate. A neuroscientist and an engineer working for NASA to build space helmets is a really cool premise. There are enemies-to-lovers vibes and lots of cats (I’m more of a dog person, but I’ve been slowly coming around to cats). And there are more than a few funny moments.
REVIEW: Dragon Eternal by Donna Grant
Paranormal Romance published by DL Grant, LLC 14 Jun 22
Zora, that beautiful magical world where the dragons relocated when they were sent away from Earth, ruled by the twin dragons, mixed fae, and dragon children to Con and Rhi. While the children have ruled with a capable hand trying to prevent the mistakes that were perpetuated by the original dragon kings on earth, despite their best intentions, it seems that evil has found a way to root itself in Zora. Dragon kings long asleep on earth have come one by one to see their brethren, and the unmated dragons are on a quest to root out the evil and keep this land safe. Quiet, brooding Shaw is one such dragon who breaches the gates of Stonemore to find out what’s happening in the human-populated citadel.
RETRO REVIEW: Bridge of Dreams by Anne Bishop
Veena’s review of Bridge of Dreams (Ephemera, Book 3) by Anne Bishop
Paranormal Romance published by ROC 6 Mar 12
Epic battles between Good (Light) versus Evil (Dark) and the fundamental knowledge that light cannot exist without the dark to reflect it is the stuff that fantasy novels are woven from. In Bridge of Dreams, Anne Bishop continues Lee’s journey from where she left off in Belladonna, starts Danyal’s journey from the introduction in The Voice and brings in Sholleh, Zeela a Zhahar and a host of other supporting characters that will hopefully feature in stories for the future.
