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)
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)
One Night with the DukeBelmore Square, #1by Jodi Ellen Malpas (post may contain affiliate links) One Night with the Duke by Jodi Ellen Malpas is a Regency romance with mystery elements and the first book in the Belmore Square series. Eliza Melrose and her family are new money recently moved to London from the countryside. Now,… Continue reading One Night with the Duke by Jodi Ellen Malpas is a Regency romance with mystery elements and the first book in the Belmore Square series (3/5 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)
The Stolen ThroneDominions, #2by Abigail Owen(post may contain affiliate links) (4.5 stars rounded up to a 5) The Stolen Throne by Abigail Owen is a YA fantasy romance with paranormal elements, and the second book in the Dominions trilogy. Mereneith is the hidden twin, meant to die for her slightly older sister Tabra--the true queen of… Continue reading The Stolen Throne by Abigail Owen is a YA fantasy romance with paranormal elements, and the second book in the Dominions trilogy (4.5/5 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)
Ten Rules for Marrying a Dukeby Michelle McLeannarrated by Clare Staniforth(post may contain affiliate links) Ten Rules for Marrying a Duke by Michelle McLean is a charming historical romance featuring a marriage of convenience with some steam. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at eight hours and is narrated by Clare Staniforth. Arabella Bromley… Continue reading Ten Rules for Marrying a Duke by Michelle McLean is a charming historical romance featuring a marriage of convenience with some steam (4.5/5 stars)
The Foxglove KingThe Nightshade Crown, #1by Hannah Whitten(post may contain affiliate links) (3.5 rounded up to a 4) The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten is a fantasy romance featuring religion and court politics and the first installment in The Nightshade Crown series. Lore escaped a cult hiding in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire when… Continue reading The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten is a fantasy romance featuring religion and court politics and the first installment in The Nightshade Crown series (3.5/5 stars)
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