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Here Comes the Fudge
by Nancy Coco
"A mystery that mixes cozy charm with bigtime thrills!"
Posted November 15, 2021

HERE COMES THE FUDGE is the ninth book in Nancy Coco’s Candy-Coated Mystery. Mackinac Island, Michigan has a cozy small-town vibe, but things get very weird and very horrifying quickly. The story opens with good friends Allie and Read more...

Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist
by Codi Hall
"Amazeballs, with great characters and a double shot of sexy and sweet!"
Posted November 9, 2021

NICK AND NOEL’S CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST is a standalone romance by Codi Hall. I loved this book! This is a classic friends-to-lovers story. Nick Winters and Noel Carter have been BFFs since forever ago. This tale is told from alternating perspectives, so readers get a better Read more...

Jingle Bell Wolf
by Terry Spear
"A Christmas-themed bit of brain candy for paranormal romance fans!"
Posted November 8, 2021

JINGLE BELL WOLF is the second book in Terry Spear’s “Wolff Brothers” series that’s set in the werewolf-run Silver Town. I always enjoy a literary sojourn in the idyllic wolf shifter-run Silver Town. The town is quaint, the locals are fun Read more...

Holly Jolly Cowboy
by Jessica Clare
"A classic enemies-to-lovers romance!"
Posted November 4, 2021

HOLLY JOLLY COWBOY is the seventh book in Jessica Clare’s “Wyoming Cowboys” series. This story is a classic enemies-to-lovers romance. Readers should keep that in mind before starting this book. The story is told from alternating perspectives so that the reader gets the Read more...

The Twelve Jays of Christmas
by Donna Andrews
"Fabulous flights of fancy, chilling mystery, holiday cheer, and a few psychos!"
Posted November 3, 2021

THE TWELVE JAYS OF CHRISTMAS is the thirtieth book in the “Meg Langslow” cozy mystery series by Donna Andrews. I always look forward to the next book in this series because they are always amusing as well as an entertaining mystery. THE TWELVE JAYS OF CHRISTMAS does Read more...

The Meaning of Love
by Stephanie Laurens
"Sharp-witted and devoted hero and heroine foil mastermind's evil plans!"
Posted November 3, 2021

THE MEANING OF LOVE is part of Stephanie Laurens’ “Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Chronicles.” Melissa North and Julian Delamere became acquainted and fell in love several years earlier when Julian was just Viscount Dagenham. It was young love but, they were practical, and both realized that Read more...

Walking in a Witchy Wonderland
by Juliette Cross
"Super steamy romance, holiday shenanigans, and a dash of humor!"
Posted October 14, 2021

WALKING IN A WITCHY WONDERLAND is a collection of stories set in Juliette Cross’ “Stay a Spell” series. These stories are best for readers who are already familiar with this series, since each story takes place after or during one of the main books in the Read more...

Don't Play With Odin
by Cynthia Eden
"A charming love story with plenty of passion, a detective story, and an adrenaline high!"
Posted October 8, 2021

DON’T PLAY WITH ODIN is the second book in Cynthia Eden’s “Trouble for Hire” series. Odin Shaw, ex-Special Forces operative, is a tall hunk of Thor-like deliciousness. He’s minding his own business when Maisey Bright wants to hire the Read more...

Her Halloween Party
by Brooklyn Ann
"A haunted house full of horrors and two people who fall in love battling the baddies within!"
Posted October 5, 2021

HER HALLOWEEN PARTY is the fourth book in Brooklyn Ann’s 1980s horror themed romance. As with the previous books in this series, I consider this to be a New Adult romance. The main characters are young, in college, and figuring life out. Life would be a thousand Read more...

The Ex Hex
by Erin Sterling
"A curse, magical mischief, and a romantic yet chaotic reunion make for a fab story!"
Posted September 30, 2021

THE EX HEX is a standalone paranormal romance by Erin Sterling. In the prologue we learn how young witches Vivienne “Vivi” Jones, and the devilishly handsome and usually charming Rhys Penhallow met and fell in love. We also see how their three month-long summer of Read more...

The Secret Staircase
by Sheila Connolly
"A fascinating tale of past and present murders with a resourceful female sleuth to find the truth!"
Posted September 30, 2021

THE SECRET STAIRCASE is the third book in Sheila Connolly’s “Victorian Village Mysteries” series. I like a book with more than one mystery to solve – especially in one of them is something that happened eons ago. THE SECRET STAIRCASE has all that and Read more...

Judgment at Santa Monica
by E.J. Copperman
"Everything I want in a mystery – great characters, stellar storytelling, and a few chuckles!"
Posted September 28, 2021

JUDGMENT AT SANTA MONICA is the second book in E.J. Copperman’s “Jersey Girl Legal Mystery” series. Although this is the second book in the series, and only the first in the series that I’ve read, I really enjoyed this book and will Read more...

The Duchess Hunt
by Lorraine Heath
"Complex characters, emotional punch, a mystery to vex the heroine, and an enthralling love story!"
Posted September 27, 2021

THE DUCHESS HUNT is the second book in Lorraine Heath’s “Once Upon a Dukedom” series. Although this is part of a series, I think THE DUCHESS HUNT works as a standalone novel as well. The story opens with Hugh Brinsley-Norton, the Duke of Kingsland Read more...

Mile High with a Vampire
by Lynsay Sands
"A love story with a perfectly imperfect paranormal couple and a few horror film style thrills!"
Posted September 27, 2021

MILE HIGH WITH A VAMPIRE is the thirty-third book in the “Argeneau” vampire series by Lynsay Sands. When I first read the description for this book, I worried that there would be too much focus on the action and not enough focus on the two main Read more...

Miss Lattimore's Letter
by Suzanne Allain
"Complex characters, an engaging story, and a mix of the ridiculous and the sublimely romantic!"
Posted September 23, 2021

MISS LATTIMORE’S LETTER is a standalone historical romance by Suzanne Allain. Although this is the first book I’ve read by this author, I was thoroughly charmed by this story and these characters. Sophronia “Sophie” Lattimore is no ancient spinster, but she does seem Read more...

No Escape From War
by Cynthia Eden
"A fab second chance-at-love story mixed in with an enthralling thriller!"
Posted September 20, 2021

NO ESCAPE FROM WAR is the first book in Cynthia Eden’s “Trouble for Hire” series. I love the way that Cynthia Eden takes classic romance tropes and weaves them around a tale of suspense. In NO ESCAPE FROM WAR, Warren “War” Channing is Read more...

Death and Sensibility
by Elizabeth Blake
"Combines Jane Austen trivia, quirky characters, and a mix of cozy mystery fun and thrills!"
Posted September 17, 2021

DEATH AND SENSIBILITY is the second book in Elizabeth Blake’s “Jane Austen Society” cozy mystery series. Bookshop owner Erin Coleridge is getting away from it all, getting out of town, and attending and hosting a Jane Austen Society conference. This book will appeal to cozy Read more...

Coached in the Act
by Victoria Laurie
"A ruthless victim, a determined murderer, and some unlikely but lovable amateur sleuths!"
Posted September 10, 2021

COACHED IN THE ACT is the third book in Victoria Laurie’s “Cat & Gilley Life Coach” cozy mystery series. Cat Cooper is a woman of many talents, and she currently operates a business as a life coach. Having found herself wrapped up in two previous Read more...

Steph's Outcast
by Ruby Dixon
"A love story with a hot out-of-this-world single dad and the human woman he adores!"
Posted September 10, 2021

STEPH’S OUTCAST is the fourteenth book in Ruby Dixon’s “Icehome” series. These “Icehome” books are such a treat for me, and STEPH’S OUTCAST has my favorite type of hero – caring and devoted to the heroine. While Steph didn Read more...

Murder Most Fowl
by Donna Andrews
"Chock full of historical lunacy, Macbeth madness, and includes a suspect list a mile long!"
Posted September 8, 2021

MURDER MOST FOWL is the twenty-ninth book in the “Meg Langslow” cozy mystery series. There’s usually a lot of crazy in a “Meg Langslow” book, no matter how entertaining the crazy may be. In MURDER MOST FOWL, Meg’s husband is Read more...

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19 comments posted.

Re: A Crafter Hooks a Killer (11:24am July 22, 2019):

Nice collection of cozies :)

Re: The Desires of A Duke (1:50pm December 13, 2017):

Devil Cynster, Duke of St. Ives :)

Re: Undercover Attraction (4:17pm November 28, 2017):

Jennifer Ashley's Mackenzies, Mary Balogh's Westcotts,
Vivian Arend's Colemans, Stephanie Laurens' Cynsters

Re: Once Upon A Ghost (5:24pm October 10, 2017):

Sounds good!

Re: Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas (1:45pm October 6, 2017):

Love Terry Spear's werewolf books!

Re: Elliott Redeemed (12:25pm September 5, 2017):

Play by Kylie Scott & Wicked Beat by Olivia Cunning

Re: Brazilian Capture (2:12pm May 22, 2017):

My fav Almodovar film is Flower of My Secret. I liked the
adaptation from a billion years ago of the Anne of Green
Gables series. I loved the book version of The Shining
more than the film. I love just about any of the Jane
Eyre adaptations but the Fassbender version with it's
switched around format gets the mood exactly right.

Re: The Thief Steals Her Earl (2:58pm September 22, 2016):

Yes! This is what I live for - witty and intelligent
characters. Love Stephanie Laurens' heroines because they
are intelligent and look at the big picture. Love witty
dialogue like in a Celeste Bradley novel or Claudia Dain's
Courtesan Chronicles series.

Re: This Loving Feeling (1:36pm July 21, 2016):

Sounds good, and I love small town romance.

Re: Fire Danger (1:35pm July 21, 2016):

Always fascinated by banshees and Medusa. Heard of Wyvern
but never read a story with one.

Re: Torn (1:33pm July 21, 2016):

I have the Ward and Ione books but haven't had time to read
yet. In the Lara Adrian series - Tegan & Rio are my fav
heroes/books. :)

Re: Billionaire in Wolf's Clothing (4:33pm July 7, 2016):

So excited about this - love billionaires & love werewolf
books. :)

Re: Missed Connections (2:35pm June 14, 2016):

I never really understood the whole "step-brother"
romance phenomenon. I mean I guess there's no biological
connection so one level of ick is removed but....I don't
know. I read a story once by Red Garnier about a man and
woman who were not biologically related & didn't have a
"step-" connection, but the guy's family always looked at
the woman and her sister as family and tried to treat
them that way and force the future H/h to fit that mold.
They became friends in their youth and suppressed their
natural attraction that developed over time organically.
But to me, that's different.

Re: Test Drive (6:38pm June 8, 2016):

Yes to all of the above. This book is a lot of fun & I liked
Johnny's sweet/sexy mix. Really loo forward to next one.

Re: The Progeny (3:43pm June 2, 2016):

Sounds like an interesting topic.

Re: Bride of a Distant Isle (9:45pm March 25, 2016):

LOVE gothic romances. First I read was Juniper Hill by
Dorothy Daniels. :)

Re: Runaway Vampire (6:28pm February 25, 2016):

Nice interview! :)

Re: Secret Sisters (5:03pm December 8, 2015):

Great info & article :)

Re: The Secret Mistress (2:03pm July 31, 2012):

I love beta heroes as well as alpha types. One of my favorite beta heroes is Reggie from "The Pursuit of Marriage" by Victoria Alexander. He's a sweetie, good to his family, a loyal friend, and very easy going. After wearing his heart on his sleeve too many times, he invents an alpha alter-ego to try and win him love. His friends help spread stories of his supposed exploits to help him out because they want to help him since he's such a good friend and a good guy. Very funny story. My favorite beta hero.