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
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
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
Clean Breaks by Ruby Lang (Practice Perfect #3)
Rating: Unrated | Crimson Romance | Contemporary Romance | 2/20/2017 Clean Breaks by Ruby is book three in Lang’s Practice Perfect series, which centers around a group of close-knit friends in their thirties whose struggles lead to a lasting romance. After battling cancer with the support of her friends Sara Soon is ready to take backRead the Post
The Bride Test By Helen Hoang
Rating: ★★★ | 320 pages | Berkley| Contemporary Romance | 05/07/19 | For 23-year-old hotel maid, Esme what started out as just another day at work trying to support her mother and young daughter quickly turns into the proposition of a lifetime after a chance encounter with a matchmaking Vietnamese-American businesswoman looking for a bride for herRead the Post
Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn
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
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Rating: ★★★ + .5 | Release Date: 06/30/18 | Contemporary | 336 pages | Berkley I know this book needs no introduction, I’m not sure how it’s doing sales wise but the publicity for this book in and out of the romance community has been staggering. Autistic econometrician Stella Lane’s parents want her to finally settle downRead the Post