I finished off my romance reading year with these two novellas featuring Black characters. I think we can forget there is so much diversity within capital D Diversity and these two novellas showcase the diversity in Black romance with each character being from a different part of the diaspora. Former exotic dancer Cinnamon “Cin” BradleyRead the Post
Nuts by Alice Clayton
Rating: ★★★★ | Husdon Valley #1 | 308 pages | Gallery Books | Contemporary | 10/20/2015 L.A. private chef Roxie Callahan begrudgingly returns to her Hudson Valley hometown to run the family dinner when her Mom gets accepted on The Amazing Race. Within a day she catches the eye of the hot farmer in town and decidesRead the Post
The Duchess Deal and The Governess Game by Tessa Dare
I cringed a little when I first heard this series was about romances between untitled women and dukes but Dare makes it work. Our heroes might be dukes, but these women bring them to their knees. These fun historical rom-coms aren’t afraid to bend the historical accuracy and even have a few fun anarchistic popRead the Post
A Match Made In Bed by Cathy Maxwell
Rating: ★★★ | The Spinster Heiresses #1 | 384 pages | Avon | Historical | 4/17/18 After getting caught in a compromising position at a house party with Soren York, Earl of Dewsberry, the bluestocking heiress Cassandra Howell must either marry Soren immediately or embrace spinsterhood forever. Deciding she doesn’t want to give upRead the Post
Enchanting Christmas by Beth Ciotta
This book showed up for .99 cents in my EreaderIQ alerts and since I was looking for a holiday romance I snapped it up. At first I couldn’t even remember why I had a price drop alert for Beth Ciotta, but I looked into it and I guess her Cupcake Lovers series was mentioned during NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour romance special, butRead the Post