Romance and Sensibility

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4 stars, 5 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, Millionaires & Billionaires, Mini Reviews, Review, Suspense

High Stakes Series by Christina C. Jones

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Like a lot of readers, I spent 2020 looking for breezier reads but this gritty Las Vegas underground series unexpectedly took me in! Ante Up (High Stakes #1) Asha Davis’ sizzling one-night stand turns out to be none other than Kingston Whitfield, son of Black Las Vegas royalty. Asha has secrets which means she hasRead the Post

3.5 stars, 4 stars, 5 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, FP, Interracial, Latinx, Low Heat, Review

Mini Reviews: Firefighter Romance

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I randomly started binge-watching NBC’s Chicago Fire and it made me want to check out some firefighter romance. I still haven’t finished the show so no spoilers! Riding the Storm by Brenda Jackson (The Westmorelands #5) While on business in New Orleans the last person Fire Captain Storm Westmoreland expects to see is Jayla Cole–the daughterRead the Post

2.5 stars, 3.5 stars, 5 stars, Black Romance, Celebrities, Contemporary, East Asian, Erotic, F/F, FP, Interracial, LGBTQIA, Millionaires & Billionaires, Mini Reviews, Multicultural, Review

F/F Romance Mini Reviews

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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

3.5 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin Category, Review, Royalty

Audiobook Review: Delaney’s Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson

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This is the first book in Jackson’s sprawling Westmoreland series and, even though it debuted in 2002, be warned it has some extremely dated and problematic elements. Namely… the sheikh thing. I do think Jackson handles the sheikh element somewhat deftly. The titular sheikh is of mixed ethnicity from a fictional Arabic and African countryRead the Post