Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The dog on the cover is a bit of bait and switch, but the romance is warm cookies from the oven goodness.

Heartbreaker by Inara Scott

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This book made me do a little happy dance. We’ve got grown-up leads with great chemistry and actual character growth, and we’re all set up for a fun sequel. Mason Coleman, stunningly handsome San Francisco VC, is taking care of his sister’s very large, very lazy, very untrained mastiff and doesn’t have time for this because his job is being a stunningly handsome San Francisco VC. Tess Papion is a non-traditional student just barely hanging on with three jobs, one of which is being a […]

Slightly-better-than-average M/M romance

Fired Up by Riley Hart

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I wanted my first review to be for a book that I really loved, but everything I’ve really loved has already been reviewed here (makes sense, given they were all recommended by Mrs. Julien) so I decided my inaugural post would be for a book I liked well enough… So, “Fired Up.” This is the first book in the Fever Falls series, a shared universe between authors Riley Hart and Devon McCormack. Riley Hart wrote  “Fired Up”, and Devon McCormack wrote book #2, “#Burn” (currently […]

Time to move Sarina Bowen back on hiatus

Pipe Dreams by Sarina Bowen

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Lauren Williams used to love hockey, but after Brooklyn Bruisers goalie Mike Beacon suddenly dumped her without warning, she stays far away from the game, and is very grateful that her boss, Nate Kattenberger, has her running his office in Manhattan, so she can focus on moving on and building a life for herself on her own. She’s about to graduate from college, with a lot of bright career prospects in her future and she’s planning on having a baby, by herself. She’s none too […]

Thank You For Both The Best and Worst Date I’ve Ever Been On.

Clean Breaks by Ruby Lang

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Clean Breaks completes Ruby Lang’s Practice Perfect series and I feel like this series is going into my rereadathon rotation. Of the three, I think this one is my favorite. It feels the most comfortable. Sarah Soon is an Ob/Gyn who, prior to the book’s start, was diagnosed with melanoma. Treatment was successful and she is cancer free, but the diagnosis knocked her for a loop. While celebrating her cancer free status, she runs into her brother’s best childhood friend, Jake Li. Jake is newly divorced […]

You Never Needed to Redeem Yourself

Hard Knocks by Ruby Lang

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After enjoying Acute Reactions so much, I quickly moved on to Hard Knocks. I enjoyed Hard Knocks so much I am now 1/3 of the way through Clean Breaks. I forced myself to stop reading and write this review. There is a lot I like about Ruby Lang. She turns a mean phrase. Her romances are both realistic and romantic. She doesn’t invent bizarre stratagems to keep her MCs apart, she uses completely relatable fears and insecurities to keep them apart and then brings them back together […]

Empathy Served With a Slice of Pie

all that she can see by Carrie Hope Fletcher

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I finished all that she can see by Carrie Hope Fletcher on a plane, January 1, returning from a holiday trip to London. This review isn’t about the trip, but yes, it was lovely. I received this book as a gift while visiting my dear friend in Manchester. “This looked like your kind of read,” she said, “and you need to escape a bit” (or something along those lines, allow me some literary liberties). And it is! The first half, anyway. A deeply empathic baker, […]



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