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Review: Sundays with Oliver by Kelly Jensen

Sundays with Oliver (Hearts & Crafts #1) by Kelly Jensen My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Two empty-nesters. Two bruised hearts. One chance to make things right. Oliver expected to miss his daughter when she left for college, but he’s surprised by the size of the hole she leaves. Or maybe he hadn’t expected to spend his days watching grass grow and making sad cookies. Or to lose his job. Meeting Nick—the uncle of his daughter’s roommate—is a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy forecast. Nick is focused, talented, and as […]

Posted September 12, 2022 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: The Alien’s Zookeeper by Arizona Tape and Skye MacKinnon

The Alien’s Zookeeper (Aliens and Animals #1) by Arizona Tape and Skye MacKinnon My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: FF Blurb: The stars gave her a mate… and a rhino. Tilly doesn’t believe in aliens. At least, she didn’t, until she gets abducted along with half the animals of her zoo. When you and your rhino are stuck in a cage on a spaceship, it’s hard not to believe. One of them, an elf-eared female, seems ready to help her find a way back to Earth, but is that really what Tilly […]

Posted August 18, 2022 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 6 Comments

Review: The Phoenix Nest by Arizona Tape

The Phoenix Nest (The Griffin Sanctuary #2) by Arizona Tape My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Age Category: New Adult/ Adult Type of romance: FF Blurb: Now Charlotte is apprenticed with the Griffin Sanctuary’s vet, she discovers more about the other mythical creatures living at there and the dangers they pose to the public, the keepers, and each other. With the Sanctuary’s phoenix eggs about to hatch, the staff’s main goal is to stop the hatchlings from burning down their own enclosure. – The Phoenix Nest is book two in the modern fantasy Griffin Sanctuary series. It is packed […]

Posted July 25, 2022 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Adrift in Starlight by Mindi Briar

Adrift in Starlight (The Halycon Universe #1) by Mindi Briar My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Science Fiction Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: NB/F Blurb: When set adrift in the universe, some things are worth holding onto. Titan Valentino has been offered a job they can’t refuse. Tai, a gender-neutral courtesan, receives a scandalous proposition: seduce an actor’s virgin fiancée. The money is enough to pay off Tai’s crushing medical debt, a tantalizing prospect. Too bad Aisha Malik isn’t the easy target they expect. A standoffish historian who hates to be touched, she’s laser-focused on her career, and completely […]

Posted June 17, 2022 by Lola in Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 0 Comments

Review: Tide of Tricks by Ariana Nash

Tide of Tricks (Shadows of London #2) by Ariana Nash Narrated by Cornell Collins My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: A darkness runs deep beneath London… Reeling from recent revelations and forced to lie for Kempthorne, the unthinkable happens: Dom fails the latent competency test. One more strike and he’ll be deemed unstable, have his registration stripped, and the life he’s come to love at Kempthorne & Co will be over. If that weren’t bad enough, someone is stalking him, taunting him. Someone who knows what Dom did all those years […]

Posted June 9, 2022 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Love Lessons in Starcross Valley by Lucy Knott

Love Lessons in Starcross Valley by Lucy Knott My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Women’s Fiction/ Contemporary/ Contemporary Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: FF Blurb: With the recent breakdown of both her ten-year relationship and her parents’ marriage, thirty-five-year-old Marnie Barnes no longer believes in love. To give her life the shake-up it so clearly needs, she books a ticket to Canada. Thousands of miles away from her home and her twin sister, she struggles to have the life-changing experience she dreamt of – until she meets Nova, a dinosaur-loving space nerd with a penchant for living in the […]

Posted June 1, 2022 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 3 Comments

Review: Out of the Ashes by Jenn Burke

Out of the Ashes (Ashes & Dust #3) by Jenn Burke My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: Don’t miss the conclusion to this riveting and romantic spin-off series from Jenn Burke, author of Not Dead Yet. Some bonds weren’t meant to be broken. Vampire PI Evan Fournier has dealt with his fair share of danger and heartache, but nothing prepares him for the pain of a broken bond with his mate—especially when his mate is the one who severed it. Bond or no, he still loves Colin—fiercely. Trust, however, is harder […]

Posted May 18, 2022 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 2 Comments