Contemporary – Page 3

3 stars, Contemporary, Genre, Low Heat, Review, Small Town

The Magnolia Inn by Carolyn Brown

November 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

This book is not my usual romance subgenre and I only picked it up because I wanted something on in the background while I was working. I was scrolling through Kindle Unlimited for books with Audible narration and got so frustrated with the mobile interface that I picked this book because of its bright purpleRead the Post

2 stars, Celebrities, Contemporary, Review, Reviews by Category

Book Review: Snapped by Alexa Martin

October 26, 2020 Leave a Comment

Alexa Martin burst into the romance scene with Intercepted, a frothy pop-culture fueled heroine-centric romance about a biracial woman finding her way. I inhaled it. But each of the subsequent books in this series wowed me less and less. In this one Martin takes on racism and player pensions which feels out of step givenRead 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

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

4 stars, Contemporary, East Asian, Ex-Military, Multicultural, Review

The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon

October 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

30-year-old computer engineer Samiah Brooks is dominating in her professional life but not so much in her love life. After a confrontation with a cheating date goes Twitter viral she and her friends decide they need to put off finding a boyfriend and instead do a boyfriend project–a special project just for themselves before theyRead the Post

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

Audiobook Review: Delaney’s Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson

October 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

3 stars, Contemporary, Harlequin Category, Interracial

Audiobook Review: An Honorable Seduction by Brenda Jackson

October 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

David “Flipper” Holloway is sent to the Florida Keys on a top secret undercover mission to prove Swan Jamison–the goddaughter of David’s boss–isn’t secretly committing treason in her jewelry store. This is part of the New Westmoreland series, which follows the members of Bane Westmoreland’s SEAL team. This book is so cheesy but it’s gotRead the Post