American Fairy Tale by Adriana Herrera. Carina Press. 2019. Content Warnings for review: References to trauma, intimate partner violence, overbearing behavior. I fell hard for Camilo in American Dreamer, and went into this really excited to read his romance. I loved him even more in this story. I wanted to be his friend. I felt … Continue reading Review of American Fairy Tale
@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 … Continue reading My A-Spec April Readathon TBR
Recently, 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 book recommendations. Here is … Continue reading Alpha Recs: F
Crashing Into Her by Mia Sosa. Avon Impulse. 2019. Content Warnings for review: references to sex scenes and controlling behavior from partners I really enjoyed this last installment in the Love on Cue series, which centers characters who are linked closely by family and friendship, where at least one of the MCs is involved in … Continue reading Review of Crashing Into Her
As you likely have guessed if you read this blog, I adore holiday romances, and read them all year long, but especially in December. Priscilla Oliveras writes wonderful contemporary m/f holiday romances; they are swoony, unputdownable, heartwarming, and a joy to read. In this interview, she discusses her two Christmas romances, His Perfect Parter, a … Continue reading Interview with Priscilla Oliveras
Her Christmas Cookie by Katrina Jackson. 2018. Her Christmas Cookie is the fourth book in the Welcome to Seaport series by Katrina Jackson. All of the books are wonderful. This book will be much more satisfying if you read it after reading From Scratch, which is a delight and definitely worth the read regardless. It … Continue reading Review of Her Christmas Cookie
I am thrilled to be part of a cover reveal for Wrapped Up In You, the sequel to Learning Curves that comes out December 14! It's always fun to revisit couples from romances I enjoyed, and I'm excited for another Christmas with these two awesome characters. (You may recall that I interviewed Ceillie Simkiss about Learning … Continue reading Cover Reveal for Wrapped Up In You by Ceillie Simkiss
I am thrilled to be a part of the Virtual Tour for the wonderful contemporary m/m romance A Tiny Piece of Something Greater by Jude Sierra. I fell hard for both MCs but particularly for Reid in this angsty NA story about a young man finding love in a time of turmoil and recovery. The … Continue reading Interview with Jude Sierra
From Scratch by Katrina Jackson. 2017. I found this contemporary m/m/f polyamorous erotic romance utterly delightful! It has so many things I love, all together in one fluffy package: a lovely meet-cute, a really sweet friends to lovers arc, humor, heat, heart, baked goods, queerness, excellent friendships, polyamory, stellar fat representation. I laughed out loud … Continue reading Review of From Scratch
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory. Berkley Books. 2018. I adored this contemporary m/f romance! It was exactly the book I needed yesterday, in pretty much every way. Mostly light, with a bit of angst, & a slow tender fall of a romance arc. This has the fake girlfriend so I'm not alone at my exes … Continue reading Review of The Wedding Date
