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A trilogy of very nice contemporary romances

Beginner's Luck by Kate Clayborn

Luck of the Draw by Kate Clayborn

Best of Luck by Kate Clayborn

June 30, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

A group of three close-knit friends buy a lottery ticket together one night and end up winning a considerable amount of money. Not enough to never have to worry about money again, but certainly enough that they can fulfill some life-long dreams and still live comfortably afterwards. Beginner’s Luck – 3.5 stars Ekaterina “Kit” Averin is if possible the least risk-averse person there is. She’s very happy working as a research assistant at a university, co-writing the occasional article and generally happily hiding her technical […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Beginner's Luck, Best of Luck, cbr12, Chance of a Lifetime, Contemporary Romance, Kate Clayborn, Luck of the Draw, Malin

Malin's CBR12 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Beginner's Luck, Best of Luck, cbr12, Chance of a Lifetime, Contemporary Romance, Kate Clayborn, Luck of the Draw, Malin ·
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Games People Play

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

June 29, 2020 by Tracy Leave a Comment

There are a lot of games that Lucy and Josh have been playing over the past year. There’s the Mirror Game (mirroring each other’s movements), the HR Game (threatening to go to HR, and sometimes actually going to HR), the Staring Game (self-explanatory), and more. Lucy claims to hate Josh and is certain that he hates her as well. Their relationship dynamics start to shift as they begin vying for a promotion at work. I generally enjoyed the story. Lately I’ve been wanting to read […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Hate to Love, sally thorne

Tracy's CBR12 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Hate to Love, sally thorne ·
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Soap Operatic

Hate Crush by Angelina M. Lopez

June 22, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Angelina Lopez bowled me over with her debut novel, Lush Money. Hate Crush, is a worthy sequel. When I started reading romance, I didn’t like contemporary romance because it all seemed to be Judith Krantz and Danielle Steele – ridiculously beautiful people, at least one of whom was incredibly wealthy, with high glamour problems and preposterous plots. If I was going to read that I wanted it to be set in the past. In the last 30 years, contemporary romance has become less focused on the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advanced reader copy, Angelina M. Lopez, Contemporary Romance, Filthy Rich series, Hate Crush, Latinx, latinx author, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:48 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advanced reader copy, Angelina M. Lopez, Contemporary Romance, Filthy Rich series, Hate Crush, Latinx, latinx author, NetGalley ·
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Another Jackie Lau that made me very hungry

The Ultimate Pi Day Party by Jackie Lau

June 4, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Official book description: If there’s one thing that might get my dad, a retired math teacher, to visit Toronto and have a real conversation with me for the first time in seventeen years, it’s a big nerdy Pi Day party. And hopefully this party—and seeing the tech company I built from nothing—will finally be enough to impress him and make him forgive me for everything I did when I was a teenager. But it’s got to be a really great party. That’s where Sarah Winters […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, Baldwin Village, Canada, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, family issues, Jackie Lau, The Ultimate Pi Day Party

Malin's CBR12 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, Baldwin Village, Canada, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, family issues, Jackie Lau, The Ultimate Pi Day Party ·
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Her heart was a burning, brilliant thing lodged against her ribs.

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibert

June 1, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I have never been able to get into a Talia Hibbert book before. I wanted to. Ms. Hibbert seems like a smart and lovely person on Twitter. Get a Life Chloe Brown changed that for me. I have been reluctant to try another of her books, but multiple positive reviews and it’s free price on Amazon Prime made it more attractive. I liked it. It took me a while to get into it, but as Red and Chloe let go of their ticks, the humanity of […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: chronic illness, Contemporary Romance, Get a Life Chloe Brown, Talia Hibert

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:44 · Genres: Romance · Tags: chronic illness, Contemporary Romance, Get a Life Chloe Brown, Talia Hibert ·
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A cute premise but ultimately a forgettable book

Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

May 31, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

I love the Miss Fortune series by Jana Deleon. Seriously. Love, love, love it. I’ve recommended it to so many people. A few weeks ago, I got a notice from amazon that the latest book has come out. I quickly got tired of waiting for my library to purchase a copy, so I picked up Trouble in Mudbug, the first in the Ghost-in-Law series by Jana Deleon, in hopes that it would tide me over.  Botanist Maryse Robicheaux spends her days in the bayou hunting […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, cozy mystery, Fiction, Jana Deleon, murder, mystery, Romance

pixifer's CBR12 Review No:32 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, cozy mystery, Fiction, Jana Deleon, murder, mystery, Romance ·
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