Warning: This review contains some spoilers. I really enjoyed reading this book. I had never read this author before, but I was interested after hearing the author on the podcast with Elyse. This book was action-packed! It was an adrenaline-fueled read with lots of drama. A times it was almost too dramatic and really very dark. I am always a little surprised at how dark so many books and series that fold into the romance … Continue reading Facing Fire by HelenKay Dimon →
This year, RWA is live-streaming the festivities once again at 8:00pm PST (11:00pm EST) this Saturday, July 16th! Unfortunately, due to holy-cow travel and a death in the family, I won’t be able to be online during the RITAs, and I’m very sorry to miss the fun. I know the live stream is a blast to watch, and I hope that if you can, you’ll tune in. If you’d like to peruse the books up … Continue reading Heads Up: The 2016 RITA Awards Livestream! →
I didn’t receive a 2016 RITA® Reader Challenge review for this book, so I’m compiling quotes from reviews online and using the grade average from Goodreads as a substitute. This book has a 4.03 average, which I’m interpreting as an A-. Meli Mel *Ty and Zane’s Creeper* wrote: …This was the first book I have read where the dominant in this bdsm relationship is a woman. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about it, but … Continue reading Break Me Down by Roni Loren →
This book should have been my catnip. Brooding Egyptologist hero! Well-travelled curator heroine! Manorial espionage and mystery! I was there for that like you wouldn’t believe. Unfortunately, the book wasn’t really there with me. This is, again, a part of a series—the fourth installment by all appearances. The framing narrative is the presentation to a young woman of unspeakably judgmental shoes (they only fit if she’s worthy of true love?!) by a professional matchmaker (fairy … Continue reading Bella and the Beast by Olivia Drake →
Plot Summary: Ruby Wetherspoon is in Paris for New Year’s Eve. She gets separated from her friends (which seem to all be imaginary, save one) and ends up losing any way to contact them. She’s plucked from a crowd and stands on a wall with the mysterious Alex. They kiss—with fireworks—they eat food, they fall in love with each other in an hour or two. Then, a man in black emerges from a crowd, whispers … Continue reading The Prince She Never Forgot by Scarlet Wilson →
I didn’t receive a 2016 RITA® Reader Challenge review for this book, so I’m compiling quotes from reviews online and using the grade average from Goodreads as a substitute. This book has a 4.60 average, which I’m interpreting as an A. Julie wrote: …This story is one of the edgiest novels by Dana Marton I’ve read. It has all the elements that romantic suspense enthusiast, love- such as a hot ex-SEAL hero, a kick – … Continue reading Flash Fire by Dana Marton →
I didn’t receive a 2016 RITA® Reader Challenge review for this book, so I’m compiling quotes from reviews online and using the grade average from Goodreads as a substitute. This book has a 4.24 average, which I’m interpreting as an A-. ♥Rachel♥ wrote: …In the Waning Light was a second chance romance between soul mates, but front and center was the riveting mystery that will keep you guessing, and on the edge! Oh, the secrets held … Continue reading In the Waning Light by Loreth Anne White →
Oof. You guys. I apparently did not know what I was doing when I was picking my RITA review books. I honestly probably would have DNFed it, but I’d already DNFed my other pick and I was feeling weirdly self-conscious that the Bitchery would judge me for not being able to finish a book. So I pushed through. And now I just feel depressed and negative. Earls Just Want to Have Fun was never going … Continue reading Earls Just Want to Have Fun by Shana Galen →
I didn’t receive a 2016 RITA® Reader Challenge review for this book, so I’m compiling quotes from reviews online and using the grade average from Goodreads as a substitute. This book has a 3.95 average, which I’m interpreting as a B+. Rachael wrote: This was my first read by this author, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It follows a lady who came from a long line of midwives. She wished to become a doctor so … Continue reading The Mountain Midwife by Laurie Alice Eakes →
Trigger warning for emotional, psychological and sexual abuse. Searching for Beautiful was my second pick for the RITA© Reader Challenge because it had a friends-to-lovers storyline with a runaway bride theme. What I should have checked into was whether the book is part of a series (it is, Book #3). It actually ties into another series as well, so there are lots of gratuitous pop-ins from the other books. The story opens up with heroine … Continue reading Searching for Beautiful by Jennifer Probst →
I didn’t receive a 2016 RITA® Reader Challenge review for this book, so I’m compiling quotes from reviews online and using the grade average from Goodreads as a substitute. This book has a 3.73 average, which I’m interpreting as a B+. Sarah wrote: …The storyline in this started out okay, then it lost me a bit. I found the pace quite slow, and I really lost interest for a while. It did pick up a … Continue reading Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn →
