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Romance and Sensibility

From First Page To HEA

3 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin Category, Review, Suspense

Seduced By The Badge by Deborah Fletcher Mello

May 30, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★| 288 pages | Harlequin | Romantic Suspense | 06/01/2018 | Pre-order  or Purchase now at Harlequin.com Fair warning, there are some mild depictions and mentions of child abuse and assault, so proceed with caution. Detective Armstrong Black and the Chicago P.D. gest a dose of Southern hospitality when Danni Winstead, one of Atlanta’sRead the Post

3 stars, 4 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin Category, Mini Reviews, Royalty

Mini Reviews: Kimani Romance

August 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

To Marry A Prince by A.C. Arthur When stylist Landry Norris  is flown  to Grand Serenity Island to dress the American fianceé of the crown prince she finds herself  in bed with the crown prince’s oldest son, Prince Kristian DeSaunters. Kristian and Landry’s lust-at-first-sight romance burns quickly with very little chemistry. I got whiplash at how they went from essentially Read the Post

Contemporary, Genre, Harlequin Category, Review, unrated

Public Affair, Secretly Expecting Audiobook

June 28, 2016 Leave a Comment

Public Affair, Secret Expecting I imagine I’m going to DNF a lot of these Presents category romances. I recently went through the stack I had from a library sale and found a few that were on Scribd audio!NGL, the audio performance for this book was really off. The voice the narrator does for the heroineRead the Post

Harlequin Category, Historical, Review, Science Fiction/Fantasy, unrated

Once A Rebel by Debbi Rawlins

May 11, 2016 Leave a Comment

This is the 2nd of the 46 Harlequin Series romances we are reviewing for a feature called The Romance Brown Bag Challenge. Jess bought a bag of random category romance at a library book sale and we plan to read and review every single one. Time for me to go into the Romance Bag Challenge !Read the Post

3 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin Category, Review

Heated Moments by Phyllis Bourne

January 28, 2016 Leave a Comment

I’ve been listening to theGirl, Have You Read podcast and I picked this book up so I could read-along with the ladies. I went into this book not knowing anything about it,  I thought it would be kind of soapy (as categories are want to do) but it’s actually a cute romantic comedy. When modelRead the Post

3 stars, 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Cowboys & Westerns, Ex-Military, Harlequin Category, Review, Small Town

Branded by Tori Carrington

January 25, 2016 Leave a Comment

 Honestly, I’m not sure how to review series romances because of how. . . trope specific they can be. I’ve read and book buffeted a few , most of which were Presents that I heavily side-eyed. So that was my litmus test with this.  How much side-eyeing could be done ? What I found isRead the Post

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