It’s July! And new books are on their way bookstores and e-readers! We have almost twenty books that we’re excited to get our hands on and start reading. But here are some other books that might be on your current TBR list: Trust by Kylie Scott is a standalone YA romance with some darker elements. Sara Beth Durst’s follow-up, The Reluctant Queen comes out. Julie Ann Walker continues her Black Knights Inc. series with Fuel for Fire . Accidental Sire by Molly … Continue reading July’s New Releases →
Searching For Disaster had a premise that I was excited for, but then everything spiraled into a disappointing into a pile of WTF and alphahole nonsense. I will put a disclaimer here – Searching For Disaster is the seventh and final part of the “Searching For” series so I’m sure there’s things I’m missing. That said, I’m not exactly tempted to go back and catch myself up. Our Hero and Heroine are Officer Liam Devine, … Continue reading Searching for Disaster by Jennifer Probst →
This novella would have been much better if I knew less about universities. Ella is….what sort of professor? Adjunct? Assistant? Associate? Is this a tenure-track job? Where was she before this? It really, really matters to professors. Really. The reality is that if she were an adjunct she would probably be teaching a ton of classes, maybe at other colleges, too, scrambling for work to make a living. Was that what she was doing before? … Continue reading Searching for Mine by Jennifer Probst →
Having devoured the reviews in last year’s RITA Reader Review Challenge, I was chomping at the bit to get involved this time around. What better way to discover some new authors? Hence “Searching for Mine” being my first pick, as I wasn’t familiar with Jennifer Probst before this. This book is a novella-length spin-off from Probst’s Searching for… series, which in itself is a spin-off from her earlier Marriage to a Billionaire series. …And it’s … Continue reading Searching for Mine by Jennifer Probst →
As I read Searching for Disaster, my thoughts about how the review would go changed dramatically. When I started, I thought that I would like the book a lot. The Prologue was well-written and set up the story well. Isabella (Izzy) MacKenzie is prowling a bar and she chooses the man she wants. She is confident, independent and strong. She picks up her chosen man, they go to her room and talk and then Do … Continue reading Searching for Disaster by Jennifer Probst →
Admittedly, this might be one of my favorite batches of Lightning Reviews we’ve done. There are princesses, Elyse taking photos of questionable objects in public, and a new romantic suspense from a contemporary romance author. Enjoy!
The second book in the Billionaire Builders series is definitely going to appeal to HGTV fans and lovers of hot contemporary romances alike. When Raven Stratton moves home to open a bar/ restaurant she’s got a dual purpose in mind: run a successful business and also avenge her father. He dad died in a car accident running off with an “other woman,” and Raven has never forgiven that woman’s family for making her father out … Continue reading Any Time, Any Place by Jennifer Probst →
Everywhere and Every Way by Jennifer Probst is $1.99! This is the first book in the Billionaire Builders series and features a renovation romance. Readers loved how the hero and heroine started out with an antagonistic relationship, while others found it to be slow in getting to the romance. If you take advantage of this sale, I made a cocktail to go along with the book!
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Roman Crazy by Alice Clayton and Nina Bocci is $2.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and the price is being matched elsewhere. This is a travel romance with the heroine uprooting her life to movie to Italy. It also has a second chance romance as well. Some readers say this is less of a romance and more like chick lit, but many found it to be heartfelt and humorous.
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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 →
My review takes a quasi-newspaper article type format, with each section being worth a point. Who/Why Genevieve, the Heroine: didn’t love her. I found Gen to be a largely ineffectual heroine in her dealings with her prick-weasel ex-fiancé (and with life just generally) ’til about halfway into the book. As often as the reader’s reminded of how educated and tough she is, and of how many people love and support her (her huge family, her … Continue reading Searching for Beautiful by Jennifer Probst →
