Category: Romance

Review: How to Grill Our Love Vol. 1 by Shiori Hanatsuka

How to Grill Our Love Vol. 1 (How to Grill Our Love #1) by Shiori Hanatsuka My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Dating can be tough when you nerd out over barbecue. Kenta, a practical pitmaster, looks for a grill-friend in Chihiro, an aloof and faultless business babe…or is she? Scared of being rejected for who they really are, the two of them find comfort in food and each other…and all is well until Kenta must transfer away. With their developing relationship at steak, Chihiro proposes they tie the knot and […]

Posted November 4, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 1 Comment

Review: Markets & Mooncakes by Laura Greenwood

Markets & Mooncakes (Falhaven Castle #4) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A new arrival at Falhaven Castle brings unexpected challenges to the kitchen. With a new ambassador taking residence in the castle, Evie is given the responsibility of making sure his daughter is welcomed. While she’s not convinced she’s the right person for the job, she soon discovers that she has more in common with the ambassador’s daughter than she first thinks. But new arrivals aren’t the only change in the castle, and Evie finds herself […]

Posted October 30, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Sigh of Relief by Layla Reyne

Sigh of Relief (A Table for Two #6) by Layla Reyne My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: A vintage love worth savoring… Ingredients: One openly bisexual winemaker with a gruff exterior, a generous heart, and a quiet ache for forever love. One closeted FBI director who buried pieces of himself to climb the ladder, only to realize success is fleeting when the world’s on fire. A growing season overflowing with buried desires, second chances, and chemistry too intoxicating to resist. Directions: Blend together stolen days in the vineyard and a slow-burning […]

Posted October 28, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: Alpaca and Apparitions by Andi R. Christopher

Alpaca and Apparitions (Windflower #3) by Andi R. Christopher My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: Mildred Windflower – witch and successful fibre artist – has been touring the world, demonstrating her craft and taking up prized residencies. Now back in Aotearoa, she hopes an isolated farm cottage will give her time alone to work out what to do next. She expected quiet. Instead she finds strange noises in the attic, and signs of an old mystery, while across the fence the quirky, gorgeous Anneke has returned to the family farm […]

Posted October 23, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Rite of Poison and Whispers by Laura Greenwood

Rite of Poison and Whispers (House of Blood and Roses #9) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Being a princess comes with its challenges, especially when Beatrice is at odds with the Queen. Whispers are circling the court about Beatrice’s twin brother, and there’s very little she can do to stop it, especially when Bastian is acting without consulting anyone in House Rothorne. To make matters worse, the Queen’s dislike of Beatrice is only growing, and when a royal dinner turns into a disaster, things become even more […]

Posted October 16, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Evie Walters Takes the Wheel by Kathleen Fox

Evie Walters Takes the Wheel by Kathleen Fox My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Women’s Fiction Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: In this warmhearted and witty debut, a mysterious gift spurs a widow to take a cross-country journey to find its sender—and along the way, she rediscovers herself. Evie Walters has lived most of her seventy-one years according to others’ expectations. But on the day of her husband’s funeral, she receives an anonymous delivery: an egret orchid. The same flower a Montana ranch hand once gave her decades ago—Novel Daniels, the boy who thought she could do anything. […]

Posted October 9, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly

Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A tempting new romance from USA Today bestselling author Grace Reilly, in which a down-on-his-luck chef and a determined social media maven strike a reluctant deal to bring a beloved restaurant back to life. If you can’t take the heat…get out of the kitchen. After a public meltdown in the dining room of one of Manhattan’s most elite restaurants, Chef Jack Hartman is back in his South Florida hometown. Angry, grieving, and saddled with the unwanted storefront his late mentor […]

Posted October 5, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments