Category: Romance

Review: Shifter’s Escape by Laura Greenwood and Arizona Tape

Shifter’s Escape (Purple Oasis #7) by Laura Greenwood and Arizona Tape My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Post-apocalyptic Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A princess in a tower, a daring escape, and a really annoying goose. What could possibly go wrong? If there’s one thing raven shifter Morgan wants more than anything, it’s to leave the Nest and the tyrannical rule of her father, even if it means cutting ties with the only family she has left. When Gus left Purple Oasis in search of the bird shifter paradise he’d been promised, he quickly discovered […]

Posted May 29, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: Her Son’s Secret Father by Casey Dawes

Her Son’s Secret Father (RV Park Romance #2) by Casey Dawes My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: She’s ready to reveal her biggest secret to her sisters. But her ex-lover’s sudden appearance threatens her plans, her stability, and her heart. Liz O’Sullivan has plenty of secrets. Now she’s decided to reveal the biggest one of all to her two sisters. She’s going to introduce them to the son she gave up for adoption over thirty years ago. When her son’s father, Walter Jackson, shows up at her son’s back yard, her […]

Posted May 27, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Under the Table by Layla Reyne

Under the Table by Layla Reyne My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Romantic Suspense Age Category: Adult Type of romance: nb/f Blurb: Chef February Winters hates Valentine’s Day. So much so she refuses to open her restaurant for it. Except now the critics say that she can’t—not, that she won’t—so of course she must. But planning the perfect V-day menu eludes her until her sexy new bartender mixes up a sublime concept. Jax Dillon is a hacker, but for the past three months they’ve been undercover at Under the Table, tending bar while on the lookout for a rogue spy. Truth […]

Posted May 24, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance, Suspense / 2 Comments

Review: Chef’s Kiss by T.J. Alexander

Chef’s Kiss (Chef’s Kiss #1) by T.J. Alexander narrated by Em Grosland My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: nb/f Blurb: A high-strung pastry chef’s professional goals are interrupted by an unexpected career transition and the introduction of her wildly attractive nonbinary kitchen manager in this deliciously fresh and witty queer rom-com. Simone Larkspur is a perfectionist pastry expert with a dream job at The Discerning Chef, a venerable cookbook publisher in New York City. All she wants to do is create the perfect loaf of sourdough and develop recipes, but when The Discerning […]

Posted May 17, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: The Broken Queen by Lidiya Foxglove

The Broken Queen (Court of the Last Dragon #1) by Lidiya Foxglove My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Born from magic, Atorra is an exquisitely lifelike living doll raised in the house of concubines, soon to be sold off as some man’s toy. Instead, a stranger walks in, with black horns and sharp eyes, radiating magic: the King of Dragons. King Harrai, a man with royal dragon blood, searches for the reincarnation of the dragon queen. He knows Atorra is the one he seeks. But she is not the one he […]

Posted May 15, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Honey Moon Murder by Dahlia Donovan

Honey Moon Murder (Honey Bear Cosy Mysteries #3) by Dahlia Donovan My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: Honey, Romance, and Danger… As August winds down, George Sheth and Murphy Baird are ready to put months of murder mysteries behind them. They hope for calmer days as they move in together. But it’s all for nought when his pug, Bumble, stumbles on the body of a new bride in the middle of the lane. It’s clear Bumble didn’t kill anyone, but someone did—and they may have set their sights on George. With […]

Posted May 10, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Mystery, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban

Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking #1) by Emma R. Alban My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed! Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea. It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be […]

Posted May 6, 2024 by Lola in Historical, Review, Romance / 2 Comments