Review of Forever Strong

Forever Strong by Piper J Drake. Forever. 2020. This is book six in a series of romantic suspense novels, True Heroes, where working dogs are central to the story. This can absolutely work as a stand alone, but my reading experience was enriched by the prior books I had read, so I'd recommend starting at …

#RomBkLove: Geek Romances

This post is part of #RomBkLove, a month-long Twitter event where folks share their recs for romances that fit particular themes. For the purposes of this post, geek romance is a romance that centers characters who are enthusiasts of something, be it a special interest, a hobby, a subject, a fandom. "geeks are fans of their subjects, …

Review of Appetites and Vices

Appetites and Vices by Felicia Grossman. Carina Press. 2019 Content Warnings for review: discussion of ableism, Anti-Semitism, and sex.  I wanted to read this because it is a historical romance centering a Jewish MC, written by a Jewish author, and ownvoices romances with Jewish MCs are hard to come by, particularly historical romances. I was …

My A-Spec April Readathon TBR

@jellyfable is hosting an A-Spec April readathon (#AspecApril) from April 1-14, and this is my TBR! I like to have options for reading challenges, so I'm including a few for each category. These books lean to romance, YA and SFF as my reading does (esp romance). I am including some rereads because I often reread and I'd …

Review of Criminal Intentions: Junk Shop Blues

Criminal Intentions: Junk Shop Blues by Cole McCade. 2018. Content Warnings for review: Discussion of trauma and sex.  This is episode 2 in a contemporary police procedural slow burn m/m romance between homicide detectives on the Baltimore PD. It's incredibly queer and complex and I have been excited about it since I first heard the …

Alpha Recs: C

A few weeks ago, the wonderful Dahlia Adler did a thread on Twitter where she recommended five good books for each letter in the alphabet. She suggested I might do a similar set of recs, and that sounded like a lot of fun to me, so I have decided to do a weekly series of alphabet-based …

Review of Riven

Riven by Roan Parrish. Loveswept. 2018. Read by Chris Chambers and Iggy Toma. Content Warnings for review: brief discussions of addiction, trauma and sex scenes, with no specific details. One of the most striking things about Riven is how much it's about music, and how composing, performing, and collaborating on music is deeply central and …

Fave Romance Novels I Read in 2018

This year, I am splitting off my favorite romances into two posts: favorite romance novels and favorite romance novellas and novelettes. This post gives a rather long list of my favorite romance novels I read in 2018. (Not all of them were published in 2018, of course.) It only includes new reads.It definitely shows my …

My Romance Book Bingo TBR!

I want to participate in a few year-long reading challenges in 2019 and the romance book bingo created by Maria Reads (#RomBkBingo) is one of them! I generally list 3-4 options for each, so I have choices. This helps me as both a mood reader and as someone whose disability flares impact their reading choices …

Review of The Fixer

The Fixer by HelenKay Dimon. Avon. 2016.  Note: I do not recommend this book to autistic readers. I would advise trauma survivors to tread cautiously, & check out the trigger warnings before reading. I read this book looking for a strong heroine, a story about a fixer, and heat. (That's how it was recommended to …