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Romance and Sensibility

From First Page To HEA

3 stars, East Asian, Multicultural, Review

The Bride Test By Helen Hoang

August 24, 2019 Leave a Comment

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

3.5 stars, Contemporary, Multicultural, Review, Southeast Asian

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

September 17, 2018 Leave a Comment

 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

4 stars, Contemporary, Interracial, Multicultural, Review, Southeast Asian

North To You by Tif Marcelo

June 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★★ | 300 Pages | Pocket Star | Contemporary | 6/5/2017 When food truck owner Camille Marino (literally) runs into her old high school crush, Army lieutenant Drew Bautista, on a wild San Francisco night their passion for each other re- ignites instantly. But when Camille’s food truck unknowingly becomes enemy number one of Drew’s father’s FilipinoRead the Post

2.5 stars, Genre, Interracial, Multicultural, Review, Reviews by Category, Suspense

Seconds To Sunrise by Nico Ross (Black Ops : Automatik #3)

January 31, 2017 Leave a Comment

200 Pages | Carina Press | Thriller| Black Ops : Automatik #3 | 1/16/17  April Banks won’t stop looking for the notorious hackers who took everything from her website that supported war widows. When the hackers take their antics offline and hire hitmen to take her out, April finds herself on the run. Luckily  Automatik,Read the Post

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Happy 5th Birthday Carina Press !

June 30, 2015 Leave a Comment

 Carina Press, the digital imprint of Harlequin. Carina is special to me because the first romance I ever read , Exclusively, Yours by Shannon Stacey, is a Carina Press book. Carina Press is a great example of how Harlequin Publishing adapts so well to new technology.  Because it is all digital the titles tend to be cheaper and youRead the Post

2.5 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, Review, Sports

Tell Me Something Good by Jamie Wesley (A One-On-One Story, #1)

April 29, 2015 Leave a Comment

Release Date: August 24th, 2011 Pages: 232 Genre: Contemporary Romance Series : One-on-One Story #1 Publisher: Entangled  ( Lovestruck) I started reading this in a waiting room and at first I couldn’t figure out why I had this book on my Kindle. As I started reading the book it hit me. Before I discovered podcasts I was really intoRead the Post

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