What happens when you fall in love with your best friend’s mother?
Review of Mrs. Middleton by Melissa Tereze If you like age gaps, forbidden relationships, angst and sexy scenes, Mrs Middleton is worth checking out. When they met at university, Emma Bradley and Lauren Middleton became best friends right from the start. Emma was twenty-one, Lauren was eighteen. Because her relationship with her own family can […]
Get ready for your heart to be bruised!
Review of Bruised by Tanya Boteju Bruised by Tanya Boteju really packs a punch with navigating the ever-bumpy path of grief, fear, and keeping guards up. After her parents’ death, Daya stays locked within herself, never really allowing others or herself to grow close for fear of losing them and getting hurt in the process. But she’s […]
I didn’t really enjoy it like I wanted to
Review of On the Rocks by Riley Scott I’m a bit on the fence with this one. I think it was a solid, slightly above-average story, but I didn’t really enjoy it like I wanted to. This is my third book read by Scott, and I have always liked her writing style. Her books flow […]
An impressive debut book by Kay Acker
Review of Leaving’s Not the Only Way to Go by Kay Acker This was a good one. After a busy week, that left me exhausted and falling asleep while attempting to read, Leaving’s Not the Only Way to Go was the book I needed to keep me awake. I heard good things about this book […]
This series will always hold a special place in my heart
Review of Monarch by Geonn Cannon Claire Lance is back! I honestly never thought I would say that again. This is book 6 in the Claire Lance series and book 5 came out seven years ago! After so many years, I never thought we would see Claire again so this was a real treat. While […]
This book was on my list of most anticipated reads of 2021
Review of Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley This was a good debut read. This book was actually on my list of most anticipated reads of 2021. Sapphic-YA-fantasy will get me just about every time. However, I do think my high expectations might have affected my enjoyment a little bit. I didn’t love this […]
This book was a hauntingly good time
Review of The Ghost of Emily Tapper by Nita Round This was a hauntingly good time. I’m a big Round fan so this book had actually been on my Kindle, waiting to be read, for a while now. When I heard a new version of this book -one that had parts rewritten, extended, and added- […]
A sweet debut novel about pregnancy and finding love while knitting
Review of Knit, Purl, a Baby and a Girl by Hettie Bell A drunken stroll down memory lane with her ex-boyfriend leads Poppy to a Planned Parenthood clinic for help and advice. Escorting her from the cab to the door through the mob of anti-abortion nuts is Rhiannon. The two young women meet again a […]
An enjoyable age gap debut novel
Review of Never Say Never by Rachael Sommers Never Say Never is Rachael Sommers’s debut novel and it’s a pretty good start, especially if you enjoy age gap celebrity ice queen romances. Between college and university, Emily Walker needs to earn money and has applied to be a full-time nanny. She’s new to New York, […]