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From First Page To HEA

3 stars, Contemporary, Review, Romantic Elements

The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli

July 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating:★★★ | 352 pages | Contemporary | Berkley Romance | Release Date: 2/5/2019 29-year-old Indian-Canadian Raina has met every expectation of a good Indian girl–except marriage. Raina’s secretly nursing a broken heart and isn’t ready for marriage but reluctantly agrees to let her grandmother start matchmaking. Thematically I liked this book. It’s about a womanRead the Post

3.5 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, Review, Romantic Elements

32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter

April 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★ +.5| 352 pages | Contemporary | Amistad (Harper Collins) | 6/8/2010   Ever since Davie Jones was a child she’s wanted a Sixteen Candles-style romance and a Jake Ryan of her very own. But John Water’s endings don’t happen to poor dark-skinned outcasts in the deep south–so Davie Jones sets out to get itRead the Post

3.5 stars, East Asian, Genre, Low Heat, Multicultural, Paranormal, Review, Romantic Elements

Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn

October 17, 2018 Leave a Comment

  Rating: ★★★ + .5  | Release Date: 7/05/16 | Paranormal Romance | 378 Pages | DAW Books When demon portals appear in San Francisco  Aveda Jupiter (aka 26-year-old Annie Chang) becomes the city’s resident superheroine. But when a broken ankle takes Aveda out of the game she turns to Evie Tanaka, her reluctant assistant, andRead the Post

4 stars, Millionaires & Billionaires, Review, Romantic Elements, Suspense

Conspiracy In Death by J.D Robb

October 14, 2017 Leave a Comment

After taking a break from the In Death series I decided to jump back in with #9 Conspiracy In Death. Next to book seven, Conspiracy In Death my second favorite in the series so far as it puts our heroine to the test.  Homicide detective Eve Dallas  finds herself in the twisted path of a talented serialRead the Post

4 stars, Contemporary, Review, Romantic Elements

The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy Reichert

August 24, 2016 Leave a Comment

The Coincidence of Coconut Cake is satisfyingly sweet novel about Lou, a struggling restaurateur who after a series of coincidental meetings (and an almost toppled cake) starts to fall for Al Waters, an uptight British writer biding his time in Midwestern America. This boy meets girl romance get turned on it’s head because Al is also the anonymous snarkyRead the Post

4 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, Millionaires & Billionaires, Review, Romantic Elements

Best Kept Secrets by Shelly Elllis

July 18, 2016 Leave a Comment

352 Pages | Kensington Publishing | Contemporary with Romantic Elements | 8/25/15 I debated whether to put this on the romance site or not because this Ellis series isn’t technically a romance. While there is a main romantic plot there are also some prominent storylines with other characters that go beyond the romance label. Still,Read the Post

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