Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

An erotica holiday romance buddy read

Tempting Klaus by Ashlee Rose

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I joined another buddy read with The Ripped Bodice book club for Tempting Klaus by Ashlee Rose. The holiday pun title piqued my interest. I’m also woefully behind on my half Cannonball, so it was time for more novellas. In this erotic holiday romance, we are introduced to Belle. She lies in wait to seduce her father-in-law, Klaus. From that first page, it was a record-scratch moment. Beg your pardon? Did I read that correctly?!  We learn she married Klaus’ son nearly a year ago and […]

Sentient object romances are a thing

Unhinged by Vera Valentine

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Unhinged by Vera Valentine was recommended by the LA book club crew at The Ripped Bodice. A member heard about it on TikTok (see this hilarious video from Grapie). They suggested it as a just-for-kicks buddy read. It’s on Kindle Unlimited and only about 70 pages.  Back in August, I was boarding a flight and decided to give it a go. Apologies to my plane row for dealing with my reactions to my phone. The novella’s premise is bonkers. An apartment door falls in love […]

You don’t sail a thousand ships, you pulverize them

Possession by Adriana Anders

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I don’t know why I love marriage in trouble stories so much, but I do. Possession, a fake marriage in real trouble, is a nice twist on the trope. Possession is a book that I probably wouldn’t have read from a different author, but Anders takes all the elements that usually make me wary and deals with them very well. This is a kink heavy erotic romance with damaged man who is solely responsible for the marriage being in trouble. Really good kink is hard […]

A fun, sexy conclusion

The Don by Katrina Jackson

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It isn’t new to say Katrina Jackson is one of my absolute favorite authors and I hate that she made me love a mafia romance series, but here we are. The Don has been being set up since Beautiful and Dirty, and what a fantastic conclusion to the series! Now to wait for the spin-offs~ Shae and her cousin are sent to Italy by the Council of Aunties to retrieve her other cousin, but almost immediately she runs into Salvatore – a man she met […]

We’ve established that I can’t run in any of my shoes. So, pasta?

The Hitman by Katrina Jackson

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Katrina Jackson is so good. She is so good I’m thinking about taking up smoking just so I can have a cigarette in bed after I finish one of her books. Everything I’ve read of hers is funny, emotional, and scorching hot.  I really need more of you to jump on the Katrina Jackson bandwagon with me. At the end of Beautiful + Dirty, Shae is grappling with her memories of Salvatore as she gets ready for her cousin Zahra’s wedding. The Hitman opens with Zahra watching […]

Cannonball After Dark, Katrina Jackson Edition

Office Hours by Katrina Jackson

Grand Theft, N.Y.E. by Katrina Jackson

Beautiful & Dirty (The Family Book 1) by Katrina Jackson

Pink Slip (The Spies Who Loved Her #1) by Katrina Jackson

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Katrina Jackson has been one of my favorite discoveries this year. She is a college professor who writes high heat, queer, often polyamorous, diverse stories. Her stories are centered around black women and their desire. Very few of her interracial relationships involve white people. I would love it if someone smarter than me wrote a thesis on the genius of Katrina Jackson. I can see it, but I can’t explain it. Of the books of hers I have read, I would only describe Office Hours as […]



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