The Veracity of Lies by Anna Woiwood
A difficult but captivating story This is a hard book to read. It’s often discouraging and tragic. It’s also very good. I’ll start with content warnings so you can decide if you’re up to it. There’s a lot of abuse of all sorts: drugs and alcohol, abuse of power, men over women, sexual and emotional. […]
The Quarry by Kim Hunt
I’m glad I get to add Kim Hunt to my list of authors to watch out for I didn’t read the first Cal Nyx book, The Beautiful Dead, before I read this one and I wish I had. I don’t think I missed anything in this story because of that but I like learning about […]
Seeking Approval by Rachel Spangler
One of Spangler’s best Feeling seen is a rare and precious thing. We all carry the weight of expectations, some more than others. Emery Pembroke has to prove herself to be more than an impetuous heiress in order to take over as CEO of the family company after her father’s untimely death. Arden Gilderson has […]
A Love So Dark (Fatal Fidelity #4) by Rien Gray
The perfect ending for the Fatal Fidelity series A Love So Dark, the fourth and last book in the Fatal Fidelity series, starts with the perfect twist and proceeds to close on the best possible ending. I don’t often root for criminals, I’m not usually interested in amoral characters, I don’t look for stories that […]
Dear Ripley by Jacqueline Ramsden
A very charming, very angsty second-chance romance Some relationships end not because the love is gone but because the partners don’t feel on the same page anymore, believe they’re not going in the same direction. Alicia and Ripley were very good together until they weren’t and a divorce seemed like the only way to go. […]
Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
A wonderfully silly romcom with great disability representation It’s a classic in fake-romance novels: either the MC falls in love with the person they’re faking the romance with or they fall for their sister. Like in Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun (one of my favourite audiobooks), Haf meets the woman who will […]
Sixpenny Octavo (The Old Bridge Inn Series) by Annick Trent
This historical romance is a very good surprise Sometimes review requests turn out to be excellent surprises. Sixpenny Octavo is my first book by Annick Trent and, I believe, the author’s first f/f story (there’s an m/m book set in the same universe but both are standalone so far). I loved it and am looking […]
Never Kiss a Cowgirl by Ali Vali
An enjoyable second-chance romance This story takes place in rural Louisiana and the world of ranching and bull riding. I liked this part very much. The description of the landscape, Asher’s thoughts on how to move her ranching business forward, her love for the animals (I had to smile at the dairy cows looking like […]
Politics of Love by Annette Mori (#2 San Diego Trilogy)
Another thrilling story in the San Diego Trilogy Politics of Love, #2 in the San Diego Trilogy, is another thrilling and very exciting story with many familiar faces from the first book and the Asset Management series. Badass women, action and suspense guaranteed. The main story and romance revolve around Democratic Governor Sandra Murphy and […]