Posts Categorized: Contemporary

Review: Arctic Sun by Annabeth Albert

About the book Arctic Sun (Frozen Hearts #1) by Annabeth Albert My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Everything’s bigger in Alaska, especially the HEAs. Annabeth Albert kicks off the brand-new Frozen Hearts series with Arctic Sun, an opposites-attract romance between a rugged outdoorsman and a smoking hot former male model. He’s built a quiet life for himself in Alaska. But it doesn’t stand a chance against the unrelenting pull of a man who’s everything he shouldn’t want. Ex-military mountain man Griffin Barrett likes his solitude. It keeps him from falling back… Read more »

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Review: Counting on You by Laura Chapman

Counting on You (Amarillo Sour #1) by Laura Chapman My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Is love worth the risk? Math teacher Haleigh Parde has no desire to change her single status until she receives an invitation to her high school reunion. With her ex spreading rumors she needs a date and fast. Desperate times call for desperate measures and Haleigh finds herself meeting a blind date at a neighborhood bar called Amarillo Sour . . . After watching Haleigh crash and burn, app developer Ian Henning makes her a proposition…. Read more »

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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… Read more »

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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… Read more »

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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… Read more »

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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… Read more »

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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… Read more »