Category: Contemporary

Review: Echoes by Laura Tisdall

Echoes by Laura Tisdall Blurb: “There is truth to be shared. Let us begin…” Volatile mathematical genius Mallory Park is living two lives. In one, she is balancing senior year with looking after her little brother and troubled ex-Marine father; in the other, she spends her nights glued to her laptop, breaking into some of the world’s most secure systems as the hacker Echo Six. As part of a corruption-exposing cyber network called the Forum, Mallory is far more at ease among the codes and hidden identities of her online world than she has ever been in the real one, […]

Posted October 7, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Mystery, Review / 12 Comments

Review: Susceptible to Him by Lynn Burke

Susceptible to Him (Risso Family #1) by Lynn Burke Blurb: Lia Risso walked in on her fiancé and three other women on Valentine’s Day. Two celibate years later, her roommate creates a profile for Lia on a dating website—without her knowledge—and sets up a date. On Valentine’s Day. Ryan Walsh, a self-made millionaire and libertine, refuses to commit to any one woman. Tossed from foster home to foster home as a child, Ryan is on guard against becoming vulnerable ever again. One dinner…one night of dancing and flirting with the attraction between them, puts both Lia and Ryan in danger […]

Posted September 28, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 10 Comments

Review: Burying Water by K.A. Tucker

My To-Be Read List is a meme hosted by Because Reading is Better Than Real Life where at the beginning of the month visitors can choose which book I’ll be reading this month. On the first saturday of a month the poll will be up, then on the second saturday of the month I’ll announce the book that won and on the last saturday of the month I’ll post my review of the book. Burying Water (Burying Water #1) by K.A. Tucker Blurb: The top-selling, beloved indie author of Ten Tiny Breaths returns with a new romance about a young […]

Posted September 26, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, My To-Be Read List, Review, Romance, Suspense / 20 Comments

Review: Delinquent by Emma L Adams

Delinquent: An Alliance Novella (Alliance #0.5) by Emma L. Adams Blurb: Nineteen-year-old Kay Walker seems to have it all, including an assured future with the Alliance after he graduates from the prestigious Academy. But when he and his friends discover the lure of the Passages, the place between the worlds where monsters hide, they’re caught up in a contest with rival student Aric – which soon escalates into a deadly game. A perfect life hides lies, and Kay becomes a target for alluring yet deadly magic he has no way of understanding. Magic is a force on its own, and […]

Posted August 22, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Coyer, Fantasy, Review, Sci-Fi / 4 Comments

Review: The Good Girl’s Second Chance by Christine Rimmer

The Good Girl’s Second Chance (The Bravos of Justice Creek #1) by Christine Rimmer Blurb: The Littlest Matchmaker Of Them All Quinn Bravo is a committed single dad;emphasis on single. The millionaire bachelor is focused on his four-year-old daughter and his fitness business. So while he’s intrigued by his beautiful new interior decorator, Quinn resolves to keep the chemistry at a simmer. Until one night together causes their attraction to burst into flame. After her ex-husband betrayed her, local good girl Chloe Winchester returned to Justice Creek, determined not to risk her heart again. Still, maybe she can live out […]

Posted August 15, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Summer Haikus by SJ Pajonas

Summer Haikus (Happily Ever Asia) by S.J. Pajonas Blurb: “When it comes to fight or flight, I always choose to run like hell.” Isa planned the perfect summer: Tokyo and the Summer Olympics — check. Helping her best friend prepare for the marathon — check. Forgetting she’s in love with Masa — double check. But when Isa’s mother is hospitalized, she has to abandon her summer plans to run the family’s Tokyo business. Masa’s offer to help makes it impossible for Isa to ignore him — and the firecracker kiss they shared half a world away. Everyone expects the world […]

Posted August 5, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Release Day, Review, Romance / 12 Comments

Review: Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis

second Chance Summer (Cedar Ridge #1) by Jill Shalvis Blurb: RESCUE ME Cedar Ridge, Colorado, is famous for crisp mountain air, clear blue skies, and pine-scented breezes. And it’s the last place Lily Danville wants to be. But she needs a job, and there’s an opening at the hottest resort in her hometown. What has her concerned is the other hot property in Cedar Ridge: Aidan Kincaid-firefighter, rescue worker, and heartbreaker. She never could resist that devastating smile . . . The Kincaid brothers are as rough and rugged as the Rocky Mountains they call home. Aidan has always done […]

Posted July 22, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Coyer, Review, Romance / 14 Comments