Review: A Poisonous Pour by Maddie Day

A Poisonous Pour (Cece Barton Mystery #3) by Maddie Day My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Since moving from L.A. to California’s verdant wine country, widowed single mom Cece Barton has gone from Colinas wine bar manager to wine bar owner—with a chaser of sleuthing . . . It’s Memorial Day weekend and Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley is buzzing with activity. For Cece, business at Vino y Vida is going great, as is her romance with new beau, Benjamin. Meanwhile, Cece’s neighbor, Richard Flora, is stirring up controversy with his newest […]

Posted April 29, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 1 Comment

Review: An Introvert’s Guide to Life and Love by Lauren Appelbaum

An Introvert’s Guide to Life and Love by Lauren Appelbaum My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Women’s Fiction/ Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Inheriting a seaside cottage comes with strings attached in this touching romance where an introverted remote worker must leave her city apartment and learn to connect with others—and find love—in real life. Mallory Rosen loves working from home—minimum contact with others suits her just fine. Nothing could make her leave her comfortable Seattle apartment. Until she inherits her late grandmother’s seaside cottage . . . with strings attached: Take care of your grandfather. […]

Posted April 27, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 1 Comment

Sunday Post #697

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? This week somehow felt very busy, with some smaller things not going smoothly. I continued figuring out what I can eat and what not to lessen my gut symptoms and this week realized I kept having symptoms after eating sourdough bread, despite that being low-FODMAP, so the search […]

Posted April 26, 2026 by Lola in Sunday Post / 10 Comments

Review: The Truth About Justice by Laura Greenwood

The Truth About Justice (Scales of Justice #5) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Alternate History Urban Fantasy/ Mythology Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Rera knows it’s only a matter of time before her secrets can no longer be hidden… With more people learning the truth about her Ma’at Blessing, Rera has to decide whether to tell the one person she thinks will never understand, or to keep hiding it from him. But with no way of knowing how Zet might respond, she worries about the consequences. At least matters of the heart seem […]

Posted April 24, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Mythology, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Sailor’s Jewel by Celia Lake

Sailor’s Jewel (Charms of Albion #2) by Celia Lake My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Cozy Historical Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Enjoy this kind and creative 1901 historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain. Rhoe agreed to this trip for her own reasons. About to take up a new and challenging position as a healer, Rhoe agreed to a trip with her brother on a luxurious ocean liner. She plans to spend the voyage reading, relaxing, and ignoring the social duelling of the first class passengers. It’s not that simple. Nothing […]

Posted April 22, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 3 Comments

Review: Viscounts & Villainy by Allie Therin

Viscounts & Villainy (Roaring Twenties Magic #3) by Allie Therin My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: Don’t miss the conclusion to this spin-off series from Allie Therin’s acclaimed Magic in Manhattan universe! Love redeemed them, but the past isn’t done with them yet. New York, 1925 For jaded Lord Fine—Wesley, to the friends he’s surprised he now has—falling into his lover Sebastian’s world of magic and intrigue has changed everything. But when a plot to destroy magic is linked to Wesley’s own aristocratic world, he’s determined to root it out—especially […]

Posted April 20, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Sunday Post #696

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? I was still struggling a bit with my body aches after the migraines and pain from last week, but it slowly improved throughout the week. I also continued to figure out what I can eat and what not. I made a dish for dinner for a few evenings […]

Posted April 19, 2026 by Lola in Sunday Post / 14 Comments