Category: Romance

Review: Love Across the Tabletop by Kait Disney-Leugers

Review: Love Across the Tabletop by Kait Disney-Leugers

Love Across the Tabletop by Kait Disney-Leugers My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Will love be a critical success or an untimely end to the campaign? Mika Levenberg is over relationships. After her ex-girlfriend cheats on her, all Mika wants to do is make good food and play the tabletop role-playing game Bargains & Battles with her friends every week. Ash Aguila is new to Washington DC. After escaping an abusive relationship, he’s looking to start over in the Capitol and try to rebuild himself. When his cousin invites him to […]

Posted November 6, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: Monster’s Past by Laura Greenwood

Review: Monster’s Past by Laura Greenwood

Monster’s Past (Blackthorn Academy for Supernaturals #5) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: The search for answers may lie in dreams of the past. Anja has never been able to answer the question of what she is, but now she’s at Blackthorn Academy, she’s determined to find out—even if it means facing the dreams that plague her nights. The moment Cethin meets Anja, he knows she’s more than just a classmate, he just hopes that she can see beyond his twisted lineage and won’t run screaming when […]

Posted November 4, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Back to Belfast by Emma L McGeown

Review: Back to Belfast by Emma L McGeown

Back to Belfast by Emma L McGeown My Rating: 2 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: When the opportunity of a lifetime comes knocking, Claire Brennan is ready for a break from responsibility and the stuck feeling that won’t go away. Move across the world to Vancouver for six months? Absolutely. Stacie Farran is a career-obsessed eternal optimist, so when the opportunity to trade jobs with a colleague in Belfast comes up, she jumps at the chance. That it gives her a bit of space from her girlfriend doesn’t hurt either. Living in each […]

Posted November 1, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: All For Knot Book One by Ember Blaze

Review: All For Knot Book One by Ember Blaze

All for Knot: Book One (The Packverse #1) by Ember Blaze My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Omegaverse Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Polyamory Blurb: It’s the night before my wedding, and I just found out my beta fiancé is cheating on me. When I receive a series of texts from the other woman, complete with photos and screenshots, I have to make a choice. Option #1: Roll over and take it, because that’s what everyone expects from people like me. Option #2: Maturely contact him before the wedding and call things off. Option #3: Show up at the church […]

Posted October 30, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: Her Texas Cowboy by Casey Dawes

Review: Her Texas Cowboy by Casey Dawes

Her Texas Cowboy (RV Park Romance #3) by Casey Dawes My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: After 40 years in a dead marriage, she yearns to be alone. Fate has other plans. Widow Kathleen O’Sullivan hungers for a life where no one makes demands, and she has the bathroom to herself. For forty years she shared the sink, toilet, and shower with a man who left the seat up and hairs in the sink. Once this year-long road trip with her sisters is done, she’s going to live the good life […]

Posted October 28, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Heartwaves by Anita Kelly

Review: Heartwaves by Anita Kelly

Heartwaves (A Greyfin Bay #1) by Anita Kelly My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f or nb/nb Mae uses She/ They pronouns and Dell uses He/ They pronouns. They don’t really specify if they identify as non-binary or not. Blurb: Mae Kellerman is content. After forty years of ups and downs, she has a meaningful job at a queer community center in Portland, Oregon. She has an apartment full of plants, a ride-or-die group of friends. Until the day her best friend actually does up and die. Leaving Mae with a hole in […]

Posted October 21, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Rite of Blood and Bonds by Laura Greenwood

Review: Rite of Blood and Bonds by Laura Greenwood

Rite of Blood and Bonds (House of Blood and Roses #2) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Learning how to be a vampire is only half of Beatrice’s problems. Adjusting to life as a vampire noble is harder than Beatrice thought it would be, even if she has a handsome and charming vampire to teach her history and help her understand the complexities of court life. As Beatrice and Linc grow closer, the tension between them begins to build and even though they know it’ll lead to heartbreak, […]

Posted October 16, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments