Another weird, page turning novel from Rachel Harrison. Her books, while usually labeled horror tend to be campier in nature than truly scary. Black Sheep which follows Vesper as she tries and fails to distance herself from her family and their eccentric religious group. After trying to make it on her own, she gets an…
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The Last Close Call
Romantic Suspense is my jam and Laura Griffin is one of my favorite’s at writing these easy, fun, and thrilling reads. Rowan Healy is one of the best forensic genealogist in Austin. She’s used to tacking down criminals and also helps people find their families. After years of no leads, Jack Bruner, an Austin Detective,…
Business or Pleasure
The only thing to make life worse for Chandler Cohen after a disaster of a one-night stand, is finding out her one-night stand (Finn) is her newest client. Even more awkward, after confronting Finn about how horrible he was in bed, he approaches her with a second arrangement. When she decides to take him up…
Love, Theoretically
I love a book, especially romances that focus on women in STEM. I’ve spent my entire career in the Technology arena, and I generally am the only female on my teams. I’ve been lucky to have always worked with a great group of engineers who treat me as an equal, but I know this isn’t…
Bear with Me Now
Bear With Me Now, is a cute read. While half the story takes place in New York City, the other half takes place in the wilderness and I highly enjoyed all of Darcy’s wilderness facts! However, for being a light romance, this has some fairly heavy topics such as mental health, death, and addicts. Shepard…
Happy Place
Harriet’s Happy Place has always been at her best friend family lake house. Every year Harriet along with her 5 best friends have spent weeks whiling away eating lobster rolls and lounging by the lake. Nothing could possibly ruin this year’s trip, especially not having to pretend to still be engaged to her longtime boyfriend,…
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Widower Vera Wong is fine. She might be lonely in her failing tea shop but there is nothing she can’t handle with a bit of gumption. When she opens the shop one morning and find’s a dead man, she’s convinced there is a murderer afoot. She’s seen enough crime shows to know that the murderer…
Best Served Hot
Calling all foodies! This is the perfect romance for any food loving readers! Julie Zimmerman is an executive assistant by day and an up-and-coming social media foodie influencer by night. When she misses out on a dream job, Julie is crushed. She’s even more upset about losing the job to Bennett, who’s mom is friends…
What the Hex
I so enjoyed the first book Go Hex Yourself in the Hex series last year, so I was excited to jump into the sequel What the Hex. But I always find the second book in romance series to be iffy. I think it’s a ‘me’ problem and I get to attached to the first set…
Ruby Spencer’s Whiskey Year
Ruby Spencer has quit her job, sold all her possessions, and plans to spend a full year living in Thistlecross, Scotland. She has dreams of spending the year writing her new cookbook while indulging in Whiskey and figure out her life. She does not have plans to fall in love with the brooding and bearded…