A Love Catastropheby Helena Hunting(post may contain affiliate links) A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting is a contemporary romcom featuring cats and hockey. We alternate between the perspectives of our two main characters. Kitty Hart is social-media-famous thanks to her cat-sitting business, Kitty Whisperer. When Miles Thorn needs someone to look after his ailing mother's cat… Continue reading A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting is a contemporary romcom featuring cats and hockey (3/5 stars)
Leave it to the March Sistersby Annie Sereno(post may contain affiliate links) Leave it to the March Sisters by Annie Sereno is a contemporary romance loosely based on Amy and Laurie from Little Women. We alternate between the point-of-view of both main characters. Amy Marsden's career in education is on an upward trajectory, currently a professor and… Continue reading Leave it to the March Sisters by Annie Sereno is a contemporary romance loosely based on Amy and Laurie from Little Women (3/5 stars)
Big Gay Weddingby Byron Lane(post may contain affiliate links) Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane is a queer contemporary fiction novel with romance elements. Barnett Durang is coming home to visit his mother Chrissy at her farm for misfit animals in small town Louisiana. She thinks he's finally come home to tell her he wants to… Continue reading Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane is a queer contemporary fiction novel with romance elements (5/5 stars)
Hard Dough HomicideSpice Isle Bakery Mysteries, #2by Olivia Matthews(post may contain affiliate links) Hard Dough Homicide by Olivia Matthews is a culinary cozy mystery set in Brooklyn, NYC and the second book in the Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries series. Lyndsay and her family must solve yet another murder tied to their bakery after her mother's former… Continue reading Hard Dough Homicide by Olivia Matthews is a culinary cozy mystery set in Brooklyn, NYC and the second book in the Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries series (3/5 stars)
The Book Proposalby K.J. Micciche(post may contain affiliate links) (3.5 stars rounded up to a 4 on Goodreads) The Book Proposal by K.J. Micciche is a humorous contemporary romance, and the author's debut novel. We follow the dual perspectives of our main characters. Romance author Gracie was recently dumped by her fiancé just before their wedding.… Continue reading The Book Proposal by K.J. Micciche is a humorous contemporary romance, and the author’s debut novel (3.5/5 stars)
Dark SuccessionThe O'Malley's, #1by Katee Robert(post may contain affiliate links) Dark Succession by Katee Robert is a contemporary mafia romance and the first book in The O'Malleys series. This is a new reissue of a book that was previously published as The Marriage Contract. The book jumps between several point of view characters, including our two… Continue reading Dark Succession by Katee Robert is a contemporary mafia romance and the first book in The O’Malleys series (4/5 stars)
Games and Rituals: Storiesby Katherine Heiny(post may contain affiliate links) Games and Rituals: Stories by Katherine Heiny is a collection of eleven literary fiction short stories. Relationships in their many iterations form the heart of this collection. Found friendships, complicated relationships with exes, illicit liaisons, and the love between generations are explored with dry humor expertly… Continue reading Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny is a collection of eleven literary fiction short stories (4/5 stars)
Oxford StarRomancing Oxford, #2by Laura Bradbury(post may contain affiliate links) (3.5 stars rounded down to a 3) Oxford Star by Laura Bradbury is a contemporary enemies-to-lovers romance with some steam. It can be read as a standalone, but is the second book in the Romancing Oxford series. Jack, a member of a famous boy band, has… Continue reading Oxford Star by Laura Bradbury is a contemporary enemies-to-lovers romance with some steam (3.5/5 stars)
The Raven ThiefSecret Staircase Mystery, #2by Gigi Pandiannarrated by Soneela Nankani(post may contain affiliate links) The Raven Thief by Gigi Pandian is a contemporary cozy mystery and the second book in the Secret Staircase Mystery series. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at nine and a half hours and is narrated by Soneela Nankani.… Continue reading The Raven Thief by Gigi Pandian is a contemporary cozy mystery and the second book in the Secret Staircase Mystery series (4/5 stars)
Behind the Scenesby Karelia Stetz-Waters(post may contain affiliate links) Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters is a cute queer contemporary opposites attract romance. Rose Josten is the best business consultant in the biz, but though her job allows her to be financially stable enough to help out her three younger siblings, it doesn't fulfil her as… Continue reading Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters is a cute queer contemporary opposites attract romance (4/5 stars)
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