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Reviews and other Musings


Equal parts edge-of-your-seat frustrating and adorable - An ARC Review of Kate Posey's Serial Killer Games
I don’t know that I should admit this in mixed company (or any company, really) but I’ve been on a bit of a serial killer romance binge....
5 days ago6 min read


The title says it all, for better or worse - a ARC review of Lynn Painter's Maid for Each Other
If you’ve read my reviews before, you’ve heard me sing Lynn Painter’s praises. I love her. It’s that simple. I love her so much that I...
Mar 234 min read


Romance, rescue-swimmers, and sibling rivalry in the Florida Keys - an ARC review of Katherine Center’s The Love Haters
I’ve got a confession: I love the Victorian novel. OK, maybe not a confession, as such, and certainly not controversial, but there’s...
Mar 16 min read


Cliches, clashes, and cleverness under the Florentine sun - an ARC review of Kate Mathieson's The Wedding Date Disaster
Throughout reading Kate Mathieson’s The Wedding Date Disaster I couldn’t help but feel that I found myself in the midst of a Regency-era...
Mar 14 min read


A Dark and Surprisingly Deep Rom-Com That’s Not For The Faint of Heart . . . But Totally Worth It - An ARC Review of The Art of Marrying Your Enemy by Alina Jacobs
I know. I know. I sing her praises every time I read a new Alina Jacobs' book but the woman just gets me. I read her, admittedly,...
Feb 124 min read


Why Revision Matters - An ARC Review of Lynn Painter's Accidentally Amy
I, presumably like you, read a lot. So much so that I’m often in the middle of a book when one of my friends will ask what I’m reading...
Jan 266 min read


Move over Meet-cute, the Puke-cute is Poised to Take Over the World! - An ARC of Camilla Isley's If the Ring Fits
You read that right. Puke-cute. Didn’t have that one on my bingo card for today, or ever. Come to think of it, though, I do have a hazy...
Jan 205 min read

“Coffeezilla” Meets “Hellcat” (NOT a Book About Monster Trucks and Their Subsequent Jams, if that’s what you were thinking . . .) - An ARC Review of Designed for Disaster by Leslie North
Despite my rather voracious appetite for contemporary romance, this was my first encounter with Leslie North. So many ladies writing...
Jan 193 min read
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