• Home
  • ABOUT
  • Contact
  • Reviews By Genre
    • Black Romance
    • Contemporary
    • Cowboys & Westerns
    • Erotic
    • Historical
    • New Adult
    • Paranormal
    • Romantic Elements
    • Science Fiction/Fantasy
    • Suspense
  • Reviews by Theme
    • Celebrities
    • Harlequin Category
    • Holiday
    • LGBTQIA
    • Low Heat
    • Millionaires & Billionaires
    • Motorcycle Club
    • Multicultural
      • Black
      • East Asian
      • South Asian
      • Latinx
      • Interracial
    • Novellas & Anthologies
    • Royalty
    • Small Town
    • Sports
  • Reviews By Trope

Romance and Sensibility

From First Page To HEA

4 stars, 5 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, Millionaires & Billionaires, Mini Reviews, Review, Suspense

High Stakes Series by Christina C. Jones

December 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

3 stars, Contemporary, Genre, Low Heat, Review, Small Town

The Magnolia Inn by Carolyn Brown

November 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

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

October 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

Contemporary, Genre, Millionaires & Billionaires, Review, unrated

The Wild One by Ruth Cardello

September 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

3 stars, 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Genre, Interracial, Latinx, Mini Reviews, Multicultural, Review

Kindle Unlimited Readathon Mini Reviews

January 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

Black Romance, Contemporary, Genre, Review

Jess’ Review Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan

December 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

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

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »

Currently Reading

Kat
Jess

A spin-off of Books and Sensibility, this blog was created in 2015 to talk exclusively about romance novels--From the first page to HEA !

Follow Us on Bloglovin’

Follow

Subscribe !

Reviews By Rating

  • 1 Star
  • 2 Star
  • 3 Star
  • 4 Star
  • 5 Star
  • Unrated

Search

Book Blog

Blog Archive

Abou

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
@romanceandsensibility

I came across this trope a lot this year -Kat #spicybooks #booktok

♬ Still Into You Drill - ShoBeatz

Social Slider

  • Time for a cover reveal! Wall Street Journal bestselling author @kennedyryan1 is excited to reveal the gorgeous special edition paperback
  • The small town of Honey Hill isn’t big enough to handle the feud between Mayor Lunden Pierce and Quade Cannon—-the
  • Picked this up on a trip to 2nd & Charles . Can’t wait to dive into this series - J
  • Welcome to the snack / book pairing challenge! To enter, tell me what snack you are pairing with your current
  • Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you’re joining us tomorrow for the Black Friday Readathon. You can still sign up using the
  • I’m ready for the Black Friday Readathon! If you want to join us and read all day on Black Friday
  • It
  • It
Design by SkyandStars.co

Copyright © 2023