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
Small Change by Roan Parrish (Small Change Book #1)
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
King Me by Lucy Lennox (Forever Wilde #7)
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
Mini Reviews: Royal Blue, Summer Blues and Union Blues
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
Acting on Love by Te Russ
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
Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
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