Posts Categorized: Contemporary

Review: Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis

Chasing Christmas Eve (Heartbreaker Bay #4) by Jill Shalvis Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Blurb: Meet cute… Run for the hills—temporarily. That’s Colbie Albright’s plan when she flees New York for San Francisco. Wrangling her crazy family by day and writing a bestselling YA fantasy series by night has taken its toll. In short, Colbie’s so over it that she’s under it. She’s also under the waters of a historic San Francisco fountain within an hour of arrival. Fortunately, the guy who fishes Colbie out has her looking forward to Christmas among strangers. But she’s pretty sure Spencer Baldwin… Read more »

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Review: Curveball by Jordan Ford

Curveball (Barlow Sisters #1) by Jordan Ford Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Blurb: Maddie Barlow is used to being in control. So when her father uproots their family to the small, troubled town of Armitage, just six months from her high school graduation, she’s struggling to cope. Worse yet, he insists the coach makes room for all of his daughters on the boys’ baseball team. The close-knit Armitage Pitbulls don’t want three girls messing up their season, and they’re going to do everything in their power to make sure the girls don’t make them look bad…especially Holden Carter—the smooth,… Read more »

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Review: Dances Under the Harvest Moon by Joanne Rock

Dances Under the Harvest Moon (Heartache #3) by Joanne Rock Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Blurb: Chance of a lifetime It’s finally Heather Finley’s moment. After spending years looking after her mother in the tiny town of Heartache, Tennessee, Heather’s about to follow her dream of singing country music. She can nearly hear the audiences hollering…until the town’s handsome mayor, Zach Chance, comes to her with troubling questions about her late father’s past. Once again, Heather has to choose: protect her family or chase her heart’s desire? Zach is determined to help, and to convince Heather that she belongs… Read more »

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Review: The Irish Getaway by Siobhan Davis

The Irish Getaway (The Kennedy Boys #3.5) by Siobhan Davis Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Blurb: An optional short novel in the highly-addictive Kennedy Boys series by USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis. The Kennedy Boys go wild on vacation in Ireland! It’s the summer before they start college, and Faye and Ky are visiting her home turf together—it’s Ky’s first time in Ireland, and her first trip home since her parent’s tragic death. After a blissful three weeks on their own, they welcome the rest of the Kennedy clan when they arrive on Irish soil for the vacation of… Read more »

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Review: Second Chance Cowboy by Joanne Rock

Second Chance Cowboy (Road to Romance #2) by Joanne Rock Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Blurb: Dancer Larissa Martine is ready to start over and Las Vegas seems like the perfect city for a shiny new beginning. But first, to honor her pact with her girlfriends, she wants to make a quick stop in Cheyenne, WY to make amends with her first love, the guy she left to chase her dreams of Broadway fame. Except rancher Matt Briggs isn’t nearly as interested in her regrets as he is in keeping her in town for his sister’s wedding. It’s a… Read more »

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Review: The Royal Mistake by Erin Hayes

The Royal Mistake (A Billionaire Prince Romance #3) by Erin Hayes Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance/ Royal Romance Blurb: At twenty-five years old, Catherine’s only commitment was to her job. Until she saw those two pink lines. Catherine has buckled down to focus on what was really important in life. Like her career. So when her ex-boss Jessica Croft offers her a job she can’t refuse, Catherine moves to Dubreva, where she’s thrust back into race car driver and billionaire prince Henry’s life. And Henry won’t let her forget what happened between them one hot night. Even though she’s… Read more »

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Review: Loving Kalvin by Siobhan Davis

Loving Kalvin (The Kennedy Boys #4) by Siobhan Davis Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Blurb: A friends-to-lovers second-chance romance from USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis. Standalone with HEA and no cliffhanger. Lana I knew it would end in disaster, but I didn’t listen to reason. I didn’t care. Because I loved him so much. Kalvin Kennedy ruled my heart. Until he destroyed it. Shattered it so completely that I became someone else. Someone I loathed. Someone who repeatedly lied to her loved ones. So, I ran. From him. From myself. Desperate to hide my new reality. But I could… Read more »