Category: Contemporary

Review: Lost in France by Claire Ross Dunn

Lost in France by Claire Ross Dunn My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Women’s Fiction/ Contemporary Romance Age Category: New Adult and Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: The click of a button could change your life. A fresh start in France is just what this mother-daughter duo needs to transform their lives, perfect for fans of Under the Tuscan Sun. Dedicated single mom and overworked film festival staffer Marlow buys a house online for one euro—then finds out there are strings attached. To sort out the mess, Marlow decides to take an impromptu holiday in France. But when the impossible […]

Posted June 24, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Tea with Elephants by Robin Jones Gunn

Tea with Elephants (Suitcase Sisters #1) by Robin Jones Gunn My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Women’s Fiction Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Ever since they met as teenagers volunteering at a conference center in Costa Rica 20 years ago, Fern Espinoza and Lily Graden have shared a close friendship, even though they live in different states. They can hardly believe it when their teen dream of traveling to Africa together becomes a reality. It’s the trip of a lifetime–but life sure isn’t what they thought it would be back when they were young. Along with their suitcases, […]

Posted June 17, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review / 3 Comments

Review: Wild About You by Kaitlyn Hill

Wild About You by Kaitlyn Hill My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Two total opposites. One race through the Great Outdoors. In this grumpy-sunshine teen romance from the author of Love from Scratch and Not Here to Stay Friends, the trail to true love doesn’t always come with a map. Natalie Hart has always been loud, unfiltered, and unapologetically herself. But then comes her freshman year of college, when she loses her merit scholarship and gains one pesky little anxiety diagnosis. Hesitant to take out more student loans, Natalie decides […]

Posted June 10, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: The Mating Game by Lana Ferguson

The Mating Game by Lana Ferguson My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Romantic-Comedy/ Paranormal Romance/ Omegaverse Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Two wolf shifters reluctant to love discover there’s no fighting the call of the wild in this steamy romance by USA Today bestselling author Lana Ferguson. Contractor Tess Covington has spent her entire life as a regular non-shifter human, so after she lands in the Denver ER with flu-like symptoms, it comes as a complete shock to be told that, no, she’s not sick – she’s actually a late-presenting omega wolf shifter. With her family in dire […]

Posted May 25, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Flipping Hearts and Homes by Chris Zett

Flipping Hearts and Homes by Chris Zett My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: A heartwarming, low-angst lesbian romance about finding a home and family in unexpected places. Handywoman Rowan is rooted in her small-town community, accepting every odd job to keep her family’s hardware store afloat. When she inherits an old house, it’s the perfect opportunity to flip it to pay off her mom’s debt. She never intends to get tangled up with beautiful, adorably nerdy Maia, a visiting big-city radiologist, staying at her aunts’ place to mend a broken heart. […]

Posted May 8, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

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 / 4 Comments

Review: Willing Prey by Allie Oleander

Willing Prey (Feral Love #1) by Allie Oleander My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Erotic Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Anything goes in the woods… Drowning in student loan debt, Claire Collins is about to be made an offer she can’t refuse: spend thirty days indulging corporate lawyer Shane Underwood’s primal desires in exchange for $30,000. All she has to do is give him the hunt of his life. Claire’s perfectly happy to swap her boring summer serving job for wild, kinky sex. But once they cross the tree line, she realizes how little she knows about […]

Posted March 12, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Erotica, Review, Romance / 4 Comments