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A grumpy architect and a sunshine wedding planner try to save a resort

Best Laid Wedding Plans by Karen Booth

October 5, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

I enjoyed the first book in the Moonlight Ridge trilogy so I was very much looking forward to this one, especially since it seemed to feature that sunshine/grumpy dynamic I like so much. While this is the second in the series, there’s enough backstory that it could be read as a standalone. Autumn’s bringing in the press for Moonlight Ridge, but not due to the amazing weddings she plans there. Her estranged father is a Hollywood hotshot who’s been accused of multiple cases of sexual […]

A mechanic, a doctor, and an enemies-to-lovers romance

Mechanics of Love by Meka James

October 3, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

From the moment that cover was released, I have been dying to get my hands on this book. The other two books gave hints that something was going on with Irene and I couldn’t wait to see what sort of sparks would fly between her and Remi. And oh boy I was not disappointed! This book is the third in the series and could probably be read as a standalone, though you’d miss out on the friendship development. Irene has spent her life being everything everyone […]

“Feeling cozy and loved and together is more important than scientific truth.”

The Lights on Knockbridge Lane by Roan Parrish

September 30, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

It’s another Garnet Run book! Like the previous books, there’s loads of pets in this one, but they’re not as cuddly as cats and dogs… This book is about family – the ones you choose to make, and how you can keep choosing them. While this is the third book in the series, it can be read as a standalone without any issue. “Adam’s mission was clear: In order to convince his daughter that they could still have a wonderful Christmas despite leaving Mason, their home, […]

“If we want something, we have to push back against everything around us and take it by force.”

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

September 29, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

Look, I am always down for demolishing the patriarchy with mecha. Maybe it’s my fierce dedication to Gundam Wing as a teen, but I have a deep and abiding love for mecha and especially female pilots, so of course I was anticipating this. And it’s exactly what it bills itself as – a fierce and brutal takedown of the patriarchy. In this version of China, the Great Wall protects Huaxia from the Hunduns, strange alien lifeforms that, once killed, can be transformed into Chrysalises, mecha that […]

A ridiculously gorgeous cover, a slowburn romance, and all the drama

You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria

September 27, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

CBR13Bingo: Gateway First off, wow, this cover. This is the cover that all illustrated romance covers aspire to be. Plus, it fits the book perfectly, steamy and romantic and steeped in the author’s heritage. In my eyes, it’s the mark of a good author to make me care about something in a book that I know nothing about in real life. I knew Alexis Daria was capable of it; I loved her Dance Off series, which was centered around a reality dance competition. So when I […]

Very sweet for something that has so much to do with, er, milking

Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta

September 25, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 3 Comments

CBR13Bingo: Rec’d by katie71483 I know I’m late to the party as literally everyone was talking about this last month, but, wow, this book! That cover does not do it justice. I mean, yes, there’s lots of milking of giant monster cocks, but there’s also millennial job angst, a sweet relationship buildup, and lots of coffee. Violet is pretty much your typical millennial: overeducated, underemployed and drowning in student loan debt. And it’s not like living in the city is cheap, either! Just as it […]

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