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Romance and Sensibility

From First Page To HEA

3 stars, Contemporary, Review, Small Town, Sports

Coming in From The Cold by Sarina Bowen

December 27, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★ | 208 pages | Self-published (formerly Harlequin) | Contemporary | 5/1/2014 A few weeks ago my power went out and I decided to read a few pages of each of the um…literally hundreds of books I had on my Kindle Paperwhite and Coming In From The Cold was one that took my attention. I’veRead the Post

3.5 stars, Contemporary, Review, Sports

Intercepted by Alexa Martin

November 29, 2018 Leave a Comment

  Rating: ★★★ +.5  | Playbook #1 | 308 pages | Berkley | Contemporary | 9/11/2018   When Marlee Harper catches her NFL wide receiver boyfriend cheating she calls it quits on the whole “football girlfriend” life to do bad all by herself. Unfortunately, she can’t fight her attraction to the team’s enticing new quarterback, Gavin Pope. ButRead the Post

3 stars, Contemporary, F/F, LGBTQIA, Low Heat, Review

Great Bones by Lynn Ames

November 11, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★ | 258 pages | Phoenix Rising Press | Contemporary Romance | 03/27/2018 Rachel Wallach’s career as a romance card writer is flourishing even though her own romantic life is DOA. Rachel is ready to give up on finding love all together but Goldie, her feisty grandmother, has other plans. Goldie hires matchmaker-in-training JuliaRead the Post

3.5 stars, Contemporary, Review

Asking for It by Lilah Pace

September 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★+.5| 336 pages | Berkley | Contemporary Romance | 06/02/2015 Trigger Warning: Rape as backstory and Rape Play I’ve been reading a lot of romance novels this year and sometimes it can all get a little same-y. I was looking for something more boundary-pushing and when I saw this in the library I decidedRead the Post

3.5 stars, Contemporary, LGBTQIA, M/M, Review

Permanent Ink by Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn

September 24, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★ +.5  | 256 pages | Riptide Publishing*  | Contemporary Romance | 08/07/2017 When Jericho McAslan, owner of Permanent Ink Tattoo, takes on 23-year-old delinquent graffiti artist Poe Montgomery as his first apprentice, Poe’s presence complicates Jericho’s life in more ways than one. The attraction between them is instantaneous but Jericho isn’t sure he’ll ever beRead the Post

Contemporary, Genre, Interracial, Multicultural, Review, Royalty, unrated

A Duke By Default by Alyssa Cole

September 18, 2018 Leave a Comment

Unrated | 320 pages | Avon | Contemporary Romance  | 07/31/2018  Portia Hobbs is done being messy. She is the “New” Portia; no more hook-ups, drunk nights and job hopping. What better way to start over than taking an apprenticeship in Scotland with world-class sword maker.Tavish Mackenzie? Tavish likes things the way they are andRead the Post

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