The Stars Too Fondly has queer romance, found family, diverse representation, multiple references to Star Trek, and space travel. I love all of these things. I should adore this book. But I found it to be deeply implausible, frustrating, and full of undeveloped emotion, ideas, and characters. A really bad book is fine – I can toss it aside with never a qualm. A really, REALLY bad book that delivers its badness exactly as advertised … Continue reading The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton →
In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton tells a tale of galaxy-spanning friendship, improbable love, and found family. So, here’s the thing: Cleo and her friends really, truly didn’t mean to steal this spaceship. They just wanted to know why, twenty years ago, the entire Providence crew vanished without a trace, but then the stupid dark-matter engine started on its own. Now these four twenty-somethings are en route to Proxima Centauri and … Continue reading The Stars Too Fondly →
All’s fair in Love and Football… Emily Hamilton doesn’t trust men. She’s much more comfortable playing the romantic lead in front of a packed house onstage than in her own life. So when NFL star and alluring ladies’ man Brandon McKenna acts as her personal white knight, she has no illusions that he’ll stick around. However, a misunderstanding with the press throws them together in a fake engagement that yields unexpected (and breathtaking) benefits. Every … Continue reading Blitzing Emily →
Heads up! Today only, there's a flash sale at AllRomance in response server downtime yesterday: 30% eBook Buck rebate on all eligible titles. Nice! Against the Ropes by Sarah Castille is .99 right now – or slightly less with the AllRomance 30% Rebate today. This is a MMA (mixed martial arts) romance, and it's on sale “in anticipation of the release of book two in the Redemption series, In Your Corner, which was picked as … Continue reading Books on Sale: Football and MMA Romances from Sarah Castille and Julie Brannagh →
All Lined Up by Cora Carmack is a newly released new adult romance. It's $3.79 at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and is $3.99 at All Romance. Set within a football-loving university in Texas, this book features a romance between a player and the coach's daughter. SCANDALOUS! Readers have praised the writing, though some found it a bit young for their tastes. Is this on your TBR list? Dallas Cole loathes football. That's what happens when … Continue reading Books on Sale: Sports-Themed Contemporaries for Your Catnip Cravings →
RECOMMENDED BY AMANDA: As Hard As It Gets by Laura Kaye is $1.99. This is book one of the Hard Ink series, which, according to GoodReads is about, “about four ex-soldiers who run a renegade operation against an organized crime ring out of the back of a tattoo shop.” Like you do. Amanda recommends this title, saying, “I actually just bought this book over the winter break. I took back some Christmas gifts to buy … Continue reading Books on Sale: Hard Ink, The Girl You Left Behind, and Blitzing Emily →
