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Romance and Sensibility

From First Page To HEA

4 stars, Contemporary, Genre, LGBTQIA, M/F, Review

Small Change by Roan Parrish (Small Change Book #1)

December 8, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★★ | 285 pages | Self-published | Contemporary Romance | 6/1/2017  34-year-old tattoo artist Ginger Holtzman is intense, ambitious and a little rough around the edges–but she has to be to survive in the male-dominated tattoo culture. She’s the owner of the queer-friendly Philly tattoo shop Small Change. When she meets Christopher, the sunshine-yRead the Post

3.5 stars, Contemporary, M/M, Review

King Me by Lucy Lennox (Forever Wilde #7)

October 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★+.5  | 298 Pages | Contemporary Romance | Self-Pub | Release Date: 7/16/2019 For years FBI agent Dirk Falcon has been after notorious art thief Le Chaton, otherwise known as Kingston Wilde– an American expat studying art in France. When a priceless crown is stolen by King’s ex-boyfriend, Falcon recruits King to steal the crownRead the Post

Black Romance, Contemporary, Historical, LGBTQIA, Review

Mini Reviews: Royal Blue, Summer Blues and Union Blues

August 24, 2019 Leave a Comment

These books have nothing in common except they’re what I’ve been reading this summer but I think they really show the variety in the romance genre! This New Adult debut about a fake friendship turned pond jumping romance between the Prince of Wales and First Son of The United States has taken the book worldRead the Post

3.5 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, LGBTQIA, Review

Acting on Love by Te Russ

August 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★+.5 | 297 pages | Contemporary Romance | Self-Pub | Release Date: 4/3/2018 After a sex scandal throws a wrench in her career, actress Rocki Malone returns to her hometown with her childhood neighbor/bodyguard Seth Gardiner in tow. To keep her matchmaking mother off her back, Rocki tells her she and Seth are datingRead the Post

4 stars, Contemporary, LGBTQIA, M/M, New Adult, Review

Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy

July 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

  Rating: ★★★★  | 8 hours 4 min. | Sports Romance | Self-Pub | Release Date: 7/28/2015 I enjoy the occasional hockey romance even though my knowledge of hockey goes as far as this Chance The Rapper sketch on SNL and that Twitter thread where a Black guy discovered hockey. I was scrolling through AudibleRead the Post

1 star, 3 stars, 4 stars, Contemporary, LGBTQIA, Review

Mixtape: A Love Song Anthology edited by Laurelin Paige

April 13, 2019 Leave a Comment

I 1-click a lot of .99 romance anthologies…but I don’t ever seem to read them. When I saw my pre-order for Mixtape pop up I decided to sit down and read the anthology cover to cover. In this anthology each short story is based around a song; there were a lot of bops but alsoRead the Post

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