Romance and Sensibility

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Kat’s Girl With Glasses Readathon TBR

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I’m excited to participate in the Girl With Glasses Readathon being hosted by Amber (Du Livre) Lynell (Weekend Reader) and Zoe (Zoe’s All Booked). This readathon is leading up to the release of How To Catch A Queen by Alyssa Cole. I thought I’d share some of my TBR. You can learn more about the readathonRead the Post

Book Haul, Features, Review

McKay Used Bookstore Haul !

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McKay Used Books in Virginia is where I rediscovered reading and where the romance genre first piqued my interest! During a socially distanced visit to Northern Virginia, Jess and I stopped by McKay’s. We only had 45 minutes or so but I’m pretty happy with what I got. This is one of my better usedRead the Post

2.5 stars, 3.5 stars, 5 stars, Black Romance, Celebrities, Contemporary, East Asian, Erotic, F/F, FP, Interracial, LGBTQIA, Millionaires & Billionaires, Mini Reviews, Multicultural, Review

F/F Romance Mini Reviews

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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

3.5 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin Category, Review, Royalty

Audiobook Review: Delaney’s Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson

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This is the first book in Jackson’s sprawling Westmoreland series and, even though it debuted in 2002, be warned it has some extremely dated and problematic elements. Namely… the sheikh thing. I do think Jackson handles the sheikh element somewhat deftly. The titular sheikh is of mixed ethnicity from a fictional Arabic and African countryRead the Post