Nineteenth in the modern-day police procedural series Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, A KILLING OF INNOCENTS by Deborah Crombie is a delight. This long-running series shows absolutely no signs of slowing or diminished quality.  Read more...
Book five in the science fiction romance series Ice Planet Barbarians, BARBARIAN’S PRIZE by Ruby Dixon is an alternate world romance between a giant blue alien and a kidnapped Earth woman. This was originally published as Read more...
NEVER A DUKEis the seventh in Grace Burrowes’ Rogues to Riches regency romance series. Many of Burrowes's books are gentle romances with older and slightly sexually Read more...
The standalone ALL MY RAGE by New York Times bestseller Sabaa Tahir leaps up and screams its message to the skies. This is a profound and moving book that I found hard to read Read more...
Greek mythology comes alive in this fantasy romance. A CURSE OF QUEENS is book four by Amanda Bouchet in the Kingmaker Chronicles series. The first three books in this series followed Cat Fisa, who is now Queen, and her husband Read more...
Nalini Singh brings us to book 15 in the Guild Hunter series aptly entitled ARCHANGEL’S RESURRECTION. This Guild Hunter series used to be one of my very favorite Read more...
Going strong in the long-running In Deathseries by NYT Bestseller J.D. Robb (who also writes as romance author Nora Roberts) brings us book 55: DESPERATION IN DEATH. The In Read more...
RAVEN UNVEILED is the third offering in the Fallen Empire series by marvelous author Grace Draven. Draven is one of my favorite paranormal fantasy romance authors. This series Read more...
Originally published in 2014 under the title THE CAPTIVE, THE CAPTIVE DUKE is the first in Grace Burrowe’s lovely series Captive Hearts. I read it in 2014, but much of Read more...
Celeste Ng's third remarkable novel, OUR MISSING HEARTS, is a chilling dystopian novel that nonetheless wraps us in familial love and a sense of hope. All three of Ng's books have been knock-outs, and OUR MISSING HEARTS is Read more...
BACK TO THE GARDEN is a sparkling new standalone police procedural from mystery maven Laurie R. King. I think King is probably best known now for her Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes historical mystery series, although she's also got another fine contemporary investigative series featuring Kate Martinelli Read more...
Book four in the Elena Standish historical mystery series, A TRUTH TO LIE FOR is another navel-gazing novel in this new WWII series by Anne Perry. Over the decades, Perry has become less concerned with the murder mysteries Read more...
SOMETHING IN THE HEIR is an unexpected story from historical romance author Suzanne Enoch. It’s billed as a “sparkling Regency romance” but I think that’s a falsehood. There is a faint romantic element in the story, but this is by no means Read more...
HUSBAND MATERIAL is a follow-up from the rom-com hit BOYFRIEND MATERIAL from genqueer writer Alexis Hall. This is Book #2 in the London Calling series, and hopefully, book three will be back to the joyous tomfoolery and Read more...
A CERTAIN DARKNESS continues Anna Lee Huber's historical mystery series, Verity Kent. This is book number six in the WWI historical series, featuring the intrepid former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent and her war hero husband Sydney. This series Read more...
KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE is a standalone mystery thriller from the indomitable Deanna Raybourn, whose writing I adore. She has written the Lady Julia Grey historical mystery series, which is an absolute joy, and is currently providing us Read more...
Ilona Andrews brings the Catalina Baylor trilogy to an epically wild closing with RUBY FEVER. RUBY FEVER is book six in the urban fantasy Hidden Legacy series overall and the third book in a row to focus on the Read more...
Space adventure meets romance in book 2 of Jessie Mihalik's Starlight's Shadow series, ECLIPSE THE MOON. ECLIPSE THE MOON takes off like a rocket from the point where the Read more...
Book three in the post-apocalyptic urban fantasy Mercenary Librarians series by Kit Rocha is the delightful DANCE WITH THE DEVIL. I will happily devour anything that Kit Rocha (the writing duo of Bree Read more...
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