Contemporary Romance – Page 57

The Benefits of Properly Vibrated Concrete

He's Not My Boyfriend by Jackie Lau

April 23, 2019 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Deciding I would spend 2019 reading the books written by the women I follow on twitter is one of the best decisions I’ve made in a while. I’ve yet to come across a dud. Jackie Lau’s He’s Not My Boyfriend, is available for $.99 through the end of April. You should jump on this opportunity. Iris Chin is happily single and has no interest in being anything else. Her grandmother and mother are determined to find her a boyfriend. Alex Kwong is grieving the loss […]

New Adult Romance- this one is so, so good

The Deal by Elle Kennedy

April 13, 2019 by ctkat1 Leave a Comment

From Amazon: Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she’s carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush’s attention, she’ll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice…even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date. All Garrett Graham has […]

Look, country house parties are nothing but trouble

The Austen Playbook (London Celebrities #4) by Lucy Parker

April 12, 2019 by J Leave a Comment

Freddy Carlton is in a bit of a funk. The latest in a long line of a famous theater family, her career is going well, but she’s not really enjoying it. Like any British heroine, she heads off to the country to clear her head. It is a truth universally acknowledged that an actor in a rut must be in want of a spot of murder, mayhem, and true love.* And like any romance novel heroine, where there’s a country house, there’s a grumpy sod […]

Concussed Heroine for the Loss

Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen

April 9, 2019 by Mrs. Julien 10 Comments

Brooklynaire was my first DNF of 2019. The story angered me enough that I both jumped ahead and checked with a friend to see if its glaring blind spot was addressed. It wasn’t and I gave up. Long Version: Sarina Bowen is a strong romance writer whose work can be uneven and, more importantly, problematic, but I keep reading her books. The Ivy Years series is truly excellent and includes a classic novella, Blonde Date; however, the last novel (The Fifteenth Minute) is, at best, tone-deaf. Co-written with […]

A Mr. Darcy With Heat

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

April 7, 2019 by Classic 2 Comments

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Please note this book will be released May 7, 2019. Wow. What a wonderful retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Only the Mr. Darcy character is gender swapped and instead of being an upperclass nobleman, we have a young surgeon whose family is descended from Indian royalty (Trisha Raje) I initially didn’t like that Dev had focused on the Mark Darcy character first, but I get why she did […]

It’s Written in the Stars

Star-Crossed by Minnie Darke

April 7, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on May 21, 2019. Younger me would have been all over this book. A book about how your astrology sign rules you life? I loved reading all of that stuff and figuring out what aspects of being an Aquarius I had. My friends and I all loved tarot cards and fortune tellers. Heck, I had a best friend who would go on about […]

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