I love a good coffee shop–comfy seating, drinks in warm mugs, ambient conversation and that lingering smell of fresh coffee. It’s the perfect setting for a romance and this week I read two novellas about coffee shop owners who fall for the person delivering their baked goods. Lisa “Sully” “Sullivan may not have grown up inRead the Post
Great Bones by Lynn Ames
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
Misfits by Garrett Leigh
Rating: ★ | Release Date: 03/16/15 | Contemporary | 277 Pages | Riptide Publishing Tom Fearness and Cass Pearson are a young power couple taking over London’s urban food scene. With Tom on the business end and Cass as the chef, they’ve opened five successful boutique restaurants and are gearing up for their sixth whenRead the Post
Permanent Ink by Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn
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
Off Base By Annabeth Albert
Rating: ★★★★ | 8 hrs 9 min | Carina Press| M/M Contemporary| 1/09/2017 |Buy Now! Off Base is my first foray into M/M romance. I’ve been wanting to read M/M for awhile and I’ve been hesitant about non #ownvoices, because the idea of a subgenre that is generally accepted as being, written by straight womenRead the Post
Ruled by Elle Kennedy
Rating: ★★★★ | 354 Pages | Signet | Dystopian Romance | Release Date: 11/1/2016 25-year-old Reese is the highly respected and enigmatic leader of the outlaw town known as Foxworth. She’s created a safe place in the lawless wasteland for herself and her people but she has grander plans for the town’s citizen. Plans thatRead the Post