Amanda McCabe tells an entertaining and uplifting historic tale. Lady Alexandra Mannerly won me over from our first meeting. I loved her joy of life, her struggle with being true to her heart and being the young lady she was being raised to...
4½ Stars“Rocky Mountain Valor” will keep you turning the pages to see what is coming next for Petra Sloane. Petra needs help because of a situation that she has been drawn into. She feels she doesn't have anyone else to turn to. So, she ends up tur...
5 Stars"Forbidden Pleasure" lives up to its name. It grabs you from the beginning with all the carnal pleasure. These two characters feed off of each other, they're the perfect yin and yang. Emma likes getting a rise out of Max, in more ways than...
4½ StarsScotland, 1358 Anna Mackenzie is the daughter of the Witch of Caig Falls who is really a healer. She studies under her and hopes to be a healer herself one day. But she meets Malcolm, the Cameron Chief's son and they fall in love and meet s...
4 StarsMaisey Yates adds another installment to her Cooper Ridge collection with "Want Me, Cowboy". This one starts out strong – Poppy is a great character, she’s got a lot of personality and she’s easy to envision with her fantastic fashion choic...
3½ StarsAinslie Paton pens a delightful holiday short story that blends the joys and pains of office life. Shelby Yule is wonderful in her Human Resources role and her genuine and caring nature shines through as she tries to ensure everyone at her...
4 StarsIf you like a story with more sex than plot, this is the book for you. Though there is a story line it is basically used to tie together sex scenes and/or discussions. Margot is a stereotypical straight-laced professor who is book smart but...
3½ Stars"Craving His Best Friend's Ex" by Katherine Garbera is an easy fast read. Her characters are few, but lovable and feisty. The story is very believable and well written. I could feel the love between Ethan and Crissanne, and the wanting they...
4½ StarsOnce again I have found myself having an inner conflict with a story. "Diary of a War Bride", is a book that I liked but I did not love. The story itself was researched intensely, the romance was charming and the backdrop of WW2 reflected h...
3½ StarsRegency historical romance fans are in for a wonderful tale in “Her Convenient Husband's Return” This story involves two wonderful people...Beth and Rendell. I enjoyed getting to know these two characters. Beth has agreed to marry Ren… her...
4 StarsI tell you Lacy is a better person than I would have been in her situation. She could have easily told the sheriff where to shove it and never spoke to him again. Instead she chooses to help him discover who the real killer is. If I had bee...
4 StarsNadine Gonzalez turns fun in the sun into a spicy tryst. "Unconditionally Mine" is set in the perfect location. Miami is just the place to shake off the blues. So it's fitting that a woman that puts business before pleasure finds her happy...
5 StarsThis story has some over the top aspects along with some interesting characters. Molly and Jake have some quirks that may take some getting use to. Molly loves to blurt out useless facts while Jake thinks people are going to be interested i...
3½ StarsCassandra Stewart visits her husband’s beloved ranch as a promise she made him on his deathbed. There, she meets his best friend, Raymond Wolf. Together, they begin to get past their shared grief and discover their mutual love for Cassandra...
4 Stars“Her Rocky Mountain Defender” by Jennifer D. Bokal follows Madelyn Thompkins as she is plunged into danger during her search for her missing sister. The man known as Roman DeMarco never expects his undercover assignment to be compromised by...
3½ StarsMr. Always in Control just stepped into a PR nightmare. For Cameron and Jackson a night of no-strings temptation leaves them flirting with disaster. Rebecca Hunter blurs the line between love and lust. "Best Laid Plans" is the story of two...
4½ StarsWhen I first began reading my first romance novels in junior high (much to the disapproval of my parents) I found myself quickly devouring historical-romances and almost immediately I knew that the genre was one that I would always love. My...
4 StarsIn Michelle Smart's book, "Billionaire's Bride for Revenge", businessman Benjamin Guillem is out for revenge and he has the perfect plan! He'll steal his ex-friends fiance! What could possibly go wrong? I very much enjoyed this book. It was...
3½ StarsI wavered between a 3.5 and a 4 for Kosta's Convenient Bride because on one hand I really enjoyed how Kayla took Andreas to task when everything went sideways, but on the other hand I was a bit frustrated by the casual shorthand of using "G...
4 StarsIn "The Prairie Doctor's Bride" you get two very different people. One is a gun toting woman and one is a doctor. The author gives you a love story back in the prairie days. Marriageable women were scarce. Both Sylvia and Nelson needed a co...
5 Stars"Mission to Protect" by Terri Reed is the first story in a Military K-9 Unit continuity series with Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense line. Because I love military stories and I adore dogs, I was the perfect target audience for this novel...
4 Stars"Exclusively Yours" is a seductive escapade that begins unexpectedly and culminates in a second chance. Nick and Leila had an attraction as intense and sultry as the landscape of Miami. It begin with an explosion and ended in heartache and...
5 StarsTheir marriage may have ended, but the love affair was from from over. Love takes a holiday and comes back stronger than ever in author Laurel Greer's, "From Exes to Expecting". Lauren and Tavish are in for a few surprises as they make thei...
5 StarsParanormal romance fans who enjoy alpha males and strong kick butt heroines will enjoy "Wolf Slayer". Between the pages of this book we have an attraction that sparks and then burns. Tess Owen's is a woman hunting werewolves. Her parents we...
4 StarsRaeAnn Thayne brings the holiday early with “The Rancher’s Christmas Song”. Music teacher Ella Baker helps her neighbor rancher Becket McKinley’s twin sons prepare a surprise performance for their father in this installment to the “Cowboys...
4 Stars"Ms. Calculation" is my introduction to author Danica Winters as well as the first book in her new Mystery Christmas series . The plot and the characters were complex, well developed and interesting. The relationship between Gwen Johansen a...
4 Stars“A Dad for Charlie” was an easy read for me. I loved it and the characters, they were great. Fletcher is an honest guy who just tries to look out for the people he loves. Paige is like any mother concerned for her daughter Charlotte and try...
4 StarsWe first met Sir Roger Danby in the "The Blacksmith’s Bride". Quite honestly, I couldn’t imagine him as any kind of hero. Maybe it’s the inherent strength of Lucy, our heroine that transforms him. The romance is slow to build but that makes...
4 StarsJanice Preston spins a fairytale to melt any Regency lover's heart. Rosalind is nowhere near a docile young miss making her debut in London society. She is a mature woman used to taking charge. Watching her deal with her feelings was an abs...
4 StarsAmish books are clean and have a lesson behind them. This book is sweet and lovely with two main characters that you just know from the start that they are meant for each other. It wasn't so serious, just a fun read that will let you get aw...
5 StarsI wouldn’t have chosen this book if I didn’t think I would like it, but I do think I got more than I had bargained for!!! When a key witness fails to appear in court, Simone is in big trouble, but she knows Maya wouldn’t simply bail. The ju...
4½ StarsAll Matt wanted was to follow his dreams, until he lost himself along the way. It would take a visit home and a tenacious woman to help him find himself again. Ms. Thompson makes it easy to get lost inside her stories. She takes readers thr...
5 StarsSage and Nick's relationship can be summed up with four words: A Baby Changes Everything. Cathy Thacker never shies away from the heavy emotional baggage that love entails. She tackles it head on. From broken hearts to shattered friends and...
4 Stars"The Boss's Nine-Month Negotiation" has a variety of good romance tropes - unexpected pregnancy, boss as lover, another woman, and a case of amnesia! When combined all together, this story was quite the easy read! I really liked both the ma...
4 StarsInteresting premise, with likeable characters and the story challenges some of the same tropes that I've always had questions about, but The Immortal's Unrequited Bride oddly didn't wow me. It was a good read, but it also felt very much lik...
3½ StarsLinda Thomas-Sundstrom pulls readers in with an imaginative take on angels and vampire hunters. After seeing so many paranormal romances that don't take things to another level this book was refreshing as it was a totally new concept and th...
4½ StarsAfter reading “Like a Love Song” I checked out the author's other titles and you can really see how much she has grown as a writer. This book is so better done than her previous ones. This is a wonderfully light read that you can finish in...
4 StarsCynthia Eden’s latest romantic suspense centers around lost love and an unsolved kidnapping. Abduction is the story of Jillian West, a burned out FBI agent and Sheriff Hayden Black. Even in this shorter novel Cynthia Eden writes gripping an...
4½ StarsWell you’d think I’d learned my lesson. What lesson you ask? Be sure all work is done before cracking open a book by Brenda Novak. Why you ask? Well that’s simple. Nothing will distract you from a story written by and conceived by one of th...
4½ StarsThis book sounded so well; matchmaking mamas, the boy next door, and so much more. It started out so sweet that I was sure I was going to love it. And, while it was good, I can’t say I loved it. Eddie comes across as almost too good to be t...
3½ StarsMichelle Smart’s “Once a Moretti Wife” is sexy and sharp, with deep characters and heart wrenching drama. I was intrigued by Anna and Stefano’s story from the very first page. Anna wakes up with no memory of the past year, the year in which...
4½ StarsRebecca lives in the Englisch world with her husband. She has it all, a large lavish life style with anything she wants except her husband. He spends very little time with her and their little boy but when he does he's always angry. After a...
5 StarsIn this new series from Heather Graham, Kody has left her job in New York and gone home to help out her family. She's shocked when she is brought into the middle of a crime and kidnapped at gun point. She ends up held by a gang of men in th...
3½ StarsMaureen Child brings a twist to the secret baby trope in her story The Tycoon’s Secret Child! The traditional plot – man finds out he’s a father years later – takes on a few different additions in this story. I liked that Wes had to learn h...
3½ StarsElla just wants solitude so she can focus on her art. Her landlord guaranteed her that she wouldn’t be bothered in her little cabin. However, it’s hard to restrain his grandkids from wanting to talk to Ella and play with her dog. Cord is a...
4 StarsA desperate plea and a mysterious painting lead to an epic hunt in Maisey Yates “The Last Di Sione Claims His Prize”. Gabby and Alex had a tough time working through past torments and old hurts, but they found an all-encompassing passion th...
3 StarsWho’s sleeping in the Alpha’s bed? Brice Walker has been exiled by his pack and family. But he misses his home and family. When he sneaks into see his Grandmother he finds Cassie. Cassie is a human working at the family resort. Brice has fo...
4 StarsHypothesizing a situation is much different than actually living it fully. The mind allows the person to dream up the worse case scenarios but the heart refuses to believe that any can happen. Teri Wilson guided me on a journey of sorrow, h...
5 StarsForget that frosty nip in the air. “One Hot December” will warm your senses with the flash fame going on between Ian and Veronica. Neither one likes to give up control, but the body language and the chemistry going on says that trouble is o...
5 Stars“Cardwell Christmas Crime Scene” is the latest in B.J. Daniel’s Cardwell family series, and the first I’ve read in this series. There is an abundance of characters, and the story follows multiple perspectives. Because of all the perspective...
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