Like a lot of readers, I spent 2020 looking for breezier reads but this gritty Las Vegas underground series unexpectedly took me in! Ante Up (High Stakes #1) Asha Davis’ sizzling one-night stand turns out to be none other than Kingston Whitfield, son of Black Las Vegas royalty. Asha has secrets which means she hasRead the Post
The Magnolia Inn by Carolyn Brown
This book is not my usual romance subgenre and I only picked it up because I wanted something on in the background while I was working. I was scrolling through Kindle Unlimited for books with Audible narration and got so frustrated with the mobile interface that I picked this book because of its bright purpleRead the Post
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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
The Wild One by Ruth Cardello
Unrated | 251 pages | Montlake | Contemporary | Release Date: 01/28/2020 On Ruth Cardello’s Amazon page she calls her books “bathtub reads” and that is the perfect way to describe this short, swoony, and adventurous romance about two Americans in Paris. In the midst of a quarter-life crisis, Wren takes a solo trip toRead the Post
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White Whiskey Bargain by Jodie Slaughter The Hawkins and Meza families have been dominating the moonshine business in the Kentucky mountains for generations. When an outside force threatens their livelihood, the families draw up a marriage of convenience between Hawkins family leader Hannah and Javier the recently divorced son of the Meza patriarch. Javier wantsRead the Post
Jess’ Review Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan
Rating: ★★★ | 460 pages | Contemporary | Self-Published | Release Date: 3/20/2018 TW : Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence Okay, I knew going in that this book was going to be a tough one. Kennedy was inspired to write Long Shot after watching the leaked Baltimore Ravens Player abuse video. Long Shot takes an extremely closeRead the Post