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F/F Romance Mini Reviews

October 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

Something To Talk About by Meryl Wilsner This debut tells the slo-o-o-o-w burn romance between a Chinese-American showrunner in her 40s and her younger assistant. A Hollywood workplace romance with this kind of power dynamic may sound cringe but Wilsner navigates it effectively. Still, I could never fully engage with this one. I found theRead the Post

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Harlequin Category Mini Reviews!

September 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

I was fortunate enough to wether the beginning of the shutdown working from home and one of the things I did at lunch is read some books in my basket of category romances. Body Check by Elle Kennedy Elle Kennedy is a much-loved author on this blog and this is an interesting library sale findRead the Post

2 stars, 2.5 stars, 3 stars, Contemporary, Interracial, Mini Reviews, Review

Mini Reviews: Purple Covers !

March 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

IDK why all the romance novels I happen to read last month had purple covers…. Sweet Talkin’ Lover by Tracey Livesay  To get promoted at her company Caila Harris must find a reason to shut down the company’s low performing co-packing plant in the small town of Bradleton, Virginia. But Bradelton’s mayor, Wyatt Asher Bradley,Read the Post

2.5 stars, Contemporary, Genre, Review

My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren

January 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

  Rating: ★★+.5  | Gallery Books | Contemporary  | Release Date: 12/04/2018 I was browsing Overdrive and decided it was finally time to read my first Christina Lauren. I’ve always wanted to read them but I really wish I hadn’t started with this one because it did not work for me. I just couldn’t buy intoRead the Post

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Coffee Shop Romances: Small Town Secrets and Delivered Fast

December 30, 2018 Leave a Comment

I love a good coffee shop–comfy seating, drinks in warm mugs, ambient conversation  and that lingering smell of fresh coffee. It’s the perfect setting for a romance and this week I read two novellas about coffee shop owners who fall for the person delivering their baked goods.   Lisa “Sully” “Sullivan may not have grown up inRead the Post

2.5 stars, Contemporary, Cowboys & Westerns, Review

How The Cowboy Was Won by Lori Wilde (Cupid, Texas #6)

March 25, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★+.5 | 3/2/2018 | 384 pages | Avon | Contemporary | Cupid, Texas  #6 After a bitter divorce Ember Azalte is back in her hometown of Cupid, Texas where she’s fashioned herself into something of a matchmaker. Her current prospect is Ranger Lockhart, her childhood best friend now brother-in-law back in town from aRead the Post

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