Expected publication: February 2nd 2023 Author: Julia Bennet A defiant Victorian wife fights to escape a bad marriage but her love for a forbidden man jeopardizes her chance at freedom. James Standish knows how to play society’s game. He’ll follow the rules, marry a virginal debutante, and inherit a massive fortune. At least, that’s the… Continue reading Book Review: The Worst Woman in London (ARC)
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Book Review: Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns #1.5) (ARC)
Expected publication January 17, 2023 Author: Margaret Rogerson In this sequel novella to Sorcery of Thorns, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magical trap keeping them inside Thorn Manor in time for their Midwinter Ball! Elisabeth Scrivener is finally settling into her new life with sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn. Now that their demon companion Silas has… Continue reading Book Review: Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns #1.5) (ARC)
Book Review: Your Place or Mine? (ARC)
Expected publication January 17, 2023 Author: Portia MacIntosh Two reluctant housemates. One question: Is this your place or mine...? When Serena is kicked out of her flat, an offer from her friend, Taylor, to house sit for her while she and her husband go travelling could not be better timing. But unfortunately for Serena she’s… Continue reading Book Review: Your Place or Mine? (ARC)
Audiobook Review: Just Like Magic
Published October 4th 2022 Author: Sarah Hogle Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes From the author of Twice Shy comes a sprightly Christmas novel, a rollicking romp through the absurdity of family holidays and the hope of new love. Bettie Hughes once knew the comfort of luxury, flaunting a ridiculous collection of designer shoes… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Just Like Magic
Audiobook Review: The Rom-Com Agenda (ARC)
Published January 10th 2023 Author: Jayne Denker Narrator: Erika Schindele Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Vibrantly funny, endearingly sweet, and a love letter to all things rom com, Jayne Denker's The Rom Com Agenda is a story of two people finding love right when they least expect it. You know how the story's supposed to go...but… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Rom-Com Agenda (ARC)
Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) (ARC)
Expected publication: January 10th 2023 Author: Heather Fawcett A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love, in this heartwarming and enchanting fantasy. Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study… Continue reading Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) (ARC)
Book Review: Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (#1) (ARC)
Expected publication: January 3rd 2023 Author: Amelie Wen Zhao In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation’s past—and unleashing the demons that sleep at its heart. An epic fantasy series inspired by the mythology and folklore of ancient China. Once, Lan had a different name. Now she… Continue reading Book Review: Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (#1) (ARC)
Book Review: The Lost Witch (ARC)
Expected publication: December 27th 2022 Author: Paige Crutcher In Paige Crutcher's The Lost Witch, a witch discovers that finding your way home is sometimes the most perilous journey of all. 1922. Brigid Heron is a powerful witch and healer in the seemingly lost, but charming small town of Evermore on a forgotten isle in Ireland. However, there… Continue reading Book Review: The Lost Witch (ARC)
Audiobook Review: It Happened One Christmas Eve (A Museum of Literature Romance #3) (ARC)
Published: December 6th 2022 Author: Jenn McKinlay Narrator: Sara Young Audiobook Length: 3 hours 21 minutes Claire Macintosh is about to get engaged to a man she doesn't love at the holiday gala she is hosting as director of the Museum of Literature. Her mother, Hildy Macintosh, has made it clear that if the museum… Continue reading Audiobook Review: It Happened One Christmas Eve (A Museum of Literature Romance #3) (ARC)
Book Review: The Wedding Ranch (ARC)
Expected publication December 6, 2022 Author: Nancy Naigle Two people get a second chance at love in this heartwarming story by author Nancy Naigle, The Wedding Ranch… When Lorri Walker’s husband gifted her with a mastiff puppy on Valentine’s Day, she believed he was recommitting himself to their marriage after going astray. Six months later, he… Continue reading Book Review: The Wedding Ranch (ARC)
Book Review: A Thousand Heartbeats (ARC)
Expected publication November 29, 2022 Author: Kiera Cass “Love has a sound. It sounds like a thousand heartbeats happening at the same time.” Princess Annika has lived a life of comfort—but no amount of luxuries can change the fact that her life isn’t her own to control. The king, once her loving father, has gone… Continue reading Book Review: A Thousand Heartbeats (ARC)
Book Review: So, This Is Christmas (#1)
Published October 12th 2021 Author: Tracy Andreen Sarah Dessen meets Let It Snow in this new YA Christmas romance! When Finley Brown returned to her hometown of Christmas, Oklahoma, from boarding school, she expected to find it just as she left it. Christmas hasn't changed much in her sixteen years. But instead she returns to find that… Continue reading Book Review: So, This Is Christmas (#1)
Book Review: Ship Wrecked (Spoiler Alert #3) (ARC)
Expected publication: November 15th 2022 Author: Olivia Dade After All the Feels and Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade once again delivers a warm and wonderful romantic comedy about two co-stars who once had an incredible one-night stand—and after years of filming on the same remote island, are finally ready to yield to temptation again… Maria’s one-night-stand—the… Continue reading Book Review: Ship Wrecked (Spoiler Alert #3) (ARC)
Book Review: The Christmas Trip (Christmas Romance #2) (ARC)
Expected publication: November 10th 2022 Author: Sandy Barker Another year has passed and it’s Christmas again. This year best friends Chloe, Jules and Lucy are all loved up but living worlds apart. Chloe is madly in love with her celebrity beau, Archer, but after a whirlwind year in Hollywood’s limelight, she’s desperate to get away… Continue reading Book Review: The Christmas Trip (Christmas Romance #2) (ARC)
Book Review: Kiss Her Once For Me (ARC)
Expected publication: November 1st 2022 Author: Alison Cochrun One year ago, recent Portland transplant Ellie Oliver had her dream job in animation and a Christmas Eve meet-cute with a woman at a bookstore that led her to fall in love over the course of a single night. But after a betrayal the next morning and… Continue reading Book Review: Kiss Her Once For Me (ARC)
Book Review: Never Rescue a Rogue (The Merriwell Sisters #2) (ARC)
Expected publication: November 8th 2022 Author: Virginia Heath Virginia Heath’s Never Rescue a Rogue, the next book in the Merriwell Sisters series, is filled with whip-smart banter, swoony romance, hilarious mishaps, and twisty reveals that will make you gasp and laugh in delight. Diana Merriwell and Giles Sinclair only tolerate one another for the sake of… Continue reading Book Review: Never Rescue a Rogue (The Merriwell Sisters #2) (ARC)
Book Review: Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom #2) (ARC)
Expected publication: November 15th 2022 Author: Sue Lynn Tan The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyin—the daughter of Chang’e, and the mortal archer, Houyi—as she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, and hope. After… Continue reading Book Review: Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom #2) (ARC)
Book Review: Marlowe Banks, Redesigned (ARC)
Expected publication: October 25th 2022 Author: Jacqueline Firkins In Marlowe Banks, Redesigned, Jacqueline Firkins wonderfully captures the messiness of failure, forgiveness, and embracing a second chance on life and love. Marlowe Banks’s life has come apart at the seams. Her engagement ended abruptly. Her latest costume design was shredded by critics. Her student loans are overdue.… Continue reading Book Review: Marlowe Banks, Redesigned (ARC)
Book Review: Spells for Forgetting (ARC)
Expected publication: September 27th 2022 Author: Adrienne Young A rural island community steeped in the mystical superstitions of its founders and haunted by an unsolved murder is upended by the return of the suspected killer in this deeply atmospheric novel. Emery Blackwood’s life was forever changed on the eve of her high school graduation, when… Continue reading Book Review: Spells for Forgetting (ARC)
Book Review: A Merry Little Meet Cute (ARC)
Expected publication September 20, 2022 Author: Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone—a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love… Continue reading Book Review: A Merry Little Meet Cute (ARC)
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