Category: Contemporary

Review: The Impact Zone by Jordan Ford

The Impact Zone (Ryder Bay #2) by Jordan Ford My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A nomad. A wallflower. A riptide of romance… Savannah enjoys living in the shelter of her best friend’s shadow. But when a mysterious accident sends her BFF into a coma, Savannah is left adrift. In search of a hobby to distract her, she takes up surfing but can’t keep her eyes off the hot new guy hiring out surfboards on the beach… Griffin dreads the impending moment when the life he left behind washes up […]

Posted March 1, 2019 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Over The Falls by Jordan Ford

Over the Falls (Ryder Bay #1) by Jordan Ford My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: He’s drowning in rejection. She’s riding the waves. Can a rich boy and a surfer girl find love at the beach? Aidan isn’t used to losing. But when his popular girlfriend dumps him, and he tanks at the end-of-year swim meet, he’s not sure if his golden touch will ever return. Embarrassed and dejected, Aidan heads to the rough end of the beach and meets the surfer girl who’s about to change his life. Every […]

Posted January 22, 2019 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy

Him (Him #1) by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: They don’t play for the same team. Or do they? Jamie Canning has never been able to figure out how he lost his closest friend. Four years ago, his tattooed, wise-cracking, rule-breaking roommate cut him off without an explanation. So what if things got a little weird on the last night of hockey camp the summer they were eighteen? It was just a little drunken foolishness. Nobody died. Ryan Wesley’s biggest regret is coaxing his […]

Posted January 18, 2019 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Chasing Forever by Kelly Jensen

Chasing Forever (This Time Forever #3) by Kelly Jensen My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: M/M Blurb: Old wounds, new directions, and a forever worth chasing. Malcolm Montgomery was a history teacher and track coach until an accident left him with two broken legs. He’ll recover, but life has knocked his feet out twice now. He’s not sure if he’s ready to try again, especially when it comes to love—and slick guys like Brian Kenway. Still, he needs help mentoring the school’s LGBTQ society, so he asks Brian to take some responsibility. Brian […]

Posted December 10, 2018 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 8 Comments

Review: The Christmas Gift? by Jordan Ford

The Christmas Gift? (Barlow Sisters #3.5) by Jordan Ford My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemproary Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Rahn is counting sleeps until she gets to spend Christmas with her boyfriend Roman. But can she find him the perfect gift to make up for the fact her parents won’t even let him in their house? Rahn and Roman are in love. Her parents? Not so much. The last thing they want is their daughter dating the bad boy from the wrong side of town. For the first time in her life, Rahn is […]

Posted November 14, 2018 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Renewing Forever by Kelly Jensen

Renewing Forever (This Time Forever #2) by Kelly Jensen My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Frankie and Tommy once dreamed of traveling the world together. But when seventeen-year-old Frank kissed Tom, their plans ended with a punch to the jaw and Frank leaving town without looking back. Thirty years later, Frank’s successful career as a journalist is interrupted by his uncle’s death and the question of his inheritance—the family resort where his childhood dreams were built. When he returns to the Pocono Mountains, however, he finds a dilapidated lodge and Tommy, […]

Posted November 12, 2018 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Surreal Estate by Jesi Lea Ryan

Surreal Estate by Jesi Lea Ryan My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance with a Paranormal twist Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Sasha Michaels is a psychic with an affinity for houses. And he’s homeless. Go figure. After months of sleeping rough, he stumbles upon an abandoned house, and the lonely place beckons him inside. He’s finally safe . . . until someone comes blundering in to his hideaway. House-flipper Nick Cooper lost everything in the recession. Desperate to revive his business, he turns to a loan shark to fund his comeback project: flipping an abandoned house […]

Posted November 9, 2018 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments