The Loudest Silence by Olivia Janae, narrated by Abby Craden
An opposites-attract romance featuring the world of music and deafness This story (as it happens with many books published by Ylva) was first conceived as fan fiction, more specifically, a Swan Queen alternative universe. Originally published in 2015, it’s been released as a book in 2022 and this year as an audiobook narrated by Abby […]
Shadow Series by J.E. Leak (books 1 & 2), narrated by Abby Craden
A very smart choice of narrator for this fantastic series I’ve been hearing great things about this series for a while now but I was hesitant to read it because I’m not a fan of historical fiction. The genre usually reflects the misogyny and homophobia that was commonplace in the past (and unfortunately, sometimes in the present too) […]
Another stupid love song by Miranda MacLeod and Em Stevens, narrated by Lori Prince
An entertaining celebrity romance While I’ve read quite a few books by Miranda MacLeod, writing either solo or with TB Markinson, I’ve never read anything by Em Stevens. I was curious about how they teamed up together and the narration by Lori Prince is a plus. Maxine Gardner is a rock and roll legend whose […]
Another Stupid Love Song by Miranda MacLeod and Em Stevens
There Are Never Enough Stupid Love Songs We always need Another Stupid Love Song. Miranda MacLeod and Em Stevens did a wonderful job in writing this beautiful romance, set in the music business. Just a few weeks ago I read another book (The Duet by Harper Bliss) that was also set in the music industry. […]
The Loudest Silence by Olivia Janae
Romance with handicap The Loudest Silence is the second revised edition. I have not read the first one which was published in 2015 so I don’t know what has changed beyond reducing the original 138,000 words to 89,000. Kate Flynn is a single mother of four-year-old Max, and as a cellist, the newest member of […]
The Duet by Harper Bliss, narrated by Abby Craden
This audiobook was right up my alley I love Harper Bliss’s books, they have all the ingredients that I enjoy reading in romance: superb chemistry, sweet romance, the right amount of drama, and hot sex. Add to that combination a group of endearing characters from other books, a vibrant music setting and a great narrator, […]
Queen of Hearts by Elna Holst
Sapphic fun under the Spanish Sun Queen of Hearts is Elna Holst’s first novella in a new series (From Sappho With Love) held together by a common theme: a chain of postcards sent from sapphic travellers across space and time. In the summer of 1972, twenty-one-year-old university undergrad Annette Thornton, aka Thorny Netty, finds herself […]
In the Shadow of the Past by J. E. Leak, narrated by Abby Craden
This book has the perfect summer energy I just finished reading In the Shadow of the Past and wow. This book has the perfect summer energy, sexy, sultry heat abounds. Jenny Ryan is a bright, high-energy reporter for a big city paper in NYC. The year is 1943 and she’s been pigeonholed into writing puff […]
Silent Night by Lily Seabrooke
A very sweet Christmas novella Coming home means different things. There’s the obvious, like Brooke Carston coming back to Mountain Crossing for a month, after being gone for over a decade and only back for a weekend here and there. The whole town is happy to see its very own celebrity again, but no one, […]