Review: The Dead Come to Stay by Brandy Schillace

The Dead Come to Stay (Ardemore House #2) by Brandy Schillace My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A delightful new cozy crime novel from the award-winning author of the “twisty, engaging, and thoroughly unexpected” (Deanna Raybourne) The Framed Women of Ardemore House An amateur autistic sleuth. A wry English detective. A murder case that thrusts them both into the wealthy world of the rare artifacts trade… Jo Jones can’t seem to catch a break. She’d hoped that trading in her city life for the cozy, peaceful hills of North Yorkshire to […]

Posted August 6, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: A Purrfect Date by Alex Erickson

A Purrfect Date (Cat Yoga Mystery #2) by Alex Erickson My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Up-and-comer Ashley Branson usually aims to keep both feet placed firmly on the ground—unless she’s instructing a class at her trendy cat yoga studio. But she soon finds herself caught in a downward spiral when a stretch beyond her comfort zone leads to murder . . . Ashley Branson is sure of one thing after experiencing a disastrous blind date—she would much rather enjoy the single life and hang out with playful felines at her […]

Posted August 4, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Sunday Post #659

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? I struggled a lot with feeling anxious this week. It’s just far enough from the move that I am starting to feel a bit less stressed, but then there are still a lot of things not quite right yet and we still had the cleaning and painting of […]

Posted August 3, 2025 by Lola in Sunday Post / 14 Comments

Review: There’s Justice in Secrets by Laura Greenwood

There’s Justice In Secrets (Scales of Justice #2) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Alternate History Urban Fantasy/ Mythology/ Paranormal Romance Age Category: New Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Rera’s secrets are piling up and it’s only a matter of time before they start coming out. After her thieving crew’s attempted theft led to them all being arrested, Rera’s wits are put to the test – after all, she’s the one who betrayed them. But she’s got a job to do, and she’s going to do it, no matter what anyone thinks. And when the secrets mount […]

Posted August 1, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Starlight and Space Between by Alicia Haberski

Starlight and Space Between (Nova Moss Chronicles #2) by Alicia Haberski My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Scifi Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: A dark, frozen world. An old secret. A misbehaving meteorite. Life among the stars can change in an instant. In the second installment of this cozy f/f space opera, Cori and Aster find themselves at a crossroads unlike anything they’ve faced before. Five years after the events of Where Starlight Burns, doctor Cori Nova and botanist Aster Moss are enjoying married life on the beautiful Centauride Station. Cori has an exciting venture on the […]

Posted July 30, 2025 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 1 Comment

Review: What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon

What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon narrated by Elizabeth Lamont My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Dani Dorfman is looking for an escape. She’s not expecting to land a new job to take her from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, but after recently getting dumped and fired, she’s determined to make this a fresh start. But at the end of her first week, the big move is looking like an even bigger mistake. Especially when she crashes her bike into Wouter van Leeuwen, her handsome Dutch exchange student from ten […]

Posted July 28, 2025 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Sunday Post #658

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? This week was a lot. We moved to our new house last Saturday and the move was super stressful and took most of the day, then afterwards we stillhad to clean and sort a few things before we could go to sleep. The rest of the week has […]

Posted July 27, 2025 by Lola in Sunday Post / 10 Comments