Fire of the Frost
by Darynda Jones, Jeffe Kennedy, Amanda Bouchet, Grace Draven
"Winter fantasy romance tales delight"
Posted February 8, 2022

FIRE OF THE FROST is a holiday anthology with a Frost theme - great fun as the temperatures where I live plummet.  This is a charming collection of winter fantasy romances from some of my favorite authors.  I greedily gobbled this Read more...

The Threadbare Queen
by Michelle Diener
"A magic-wielding queen and warlord fight for their new kingdom"
Posted January 6, 2022

A newly crowned queen is surreptitiously taken captive as her consort leads his forces off to battle invaders in THE THREADBARE QUEEN.  This is book number two in the Rising Wave series by fantasy author Michelle Diener Read more...

The Scoundrel's Daughter
by Anne Gracie
"Regency blackmail leads to love for two couples"
Posted December 3, 2021

Anne Gracie brings us a new series, The Brides of Bellaire Gardens.  THE SCOUNDREL’S DAUGHTER is likely to be a hit with fans of Georgette Heyer.  Set in the Regency era, Gracie gives us two unlikely couples who ultimately find love despite societal Read more...

Someone Perfect
by Mary Balogh
"Delightful mystery and romance wrapped up in a Regency bow"
Posted December 2, 2021

SOMEONE PERFECT is indeed a near-perfect offering from Regency Romance powerhouse Mary Balogh.  This is the ninth book in the Westcott series, which has run out of Westcotts Read more...

Archangel's Light
by Nalini Singh
"Previously inseparable best angelic friends finally heal and reconcile"
Posted October 24, 2021

ARCHANGEL’s LIGHT is Guild Hunter book fourteen in the indomitable Nalini’s Singh’s beloved PNR series that features a kickass heroine Elena, her Archangel lover Raphael, and their cadre of angels and vampires.  This series is Read more...

Dark Rise
by C.S. Pacat
"Rag-tag bands strives to defeat ancient evil threatening humanity"
Posted October 7, 2021

First in a mind-blowing new series, fantastic author C.S. Pacat leaps forward with DARK RISE. C.S Pacat has been a favorite author of mine since the outstanding Captive PrinceRead more...

The Vanished Days
by Susanna Kearsley
"Evocative tale of honor, hope, and love in the time of rebellion"
Posted October 2, 2021

Susanna Kearsley is drop-everything-to-read author for me, and THE VANISHED DAYS is no exception.  Part of Kearsley’s Scottish series, this is described as a prequel to The Winter Read more...

Forgotten in Death
by J.D. Robb
"Sassy homicide detective brings new and old killers to deserved justice"
Posted September 1, 2021

It’s always a delight to dive back into the world of New York homicide detective Eve Dallas, and author J.D. Robb brings us book fifty-three in the In Death series.  Robb keeps the series fresh by things such as varying how hard Read more...

Murder Most Fair
by Anna Lee Huber
"Murdered German maid is a knotty mystery in the post war English countryside"
Posted September 1, 2021

Wartime spy turned sleuth Verity Kent continues to captivate in MURDER MOST FAIR, book 5 in Anna Lee Huber’s fantastic historical mystery series Verity Kent Mysteries.  This delightful Read more...

Bombshell
by Sarah MacLean
"Aristocratic girl gang member metes out justice and saves her man"
Posted August 31, 2021

BOMBSHELL is the glittering opener for the new Hell’s Belles series by Sarah Maclean.  This is a Victorian historical romance inspired by a real life girl gang in late 1800s England.  Y’all, I am here for this girl gang!  A Read more...

Devil in Disguise
by Lisa Kleypas
"Widowed businesswoman and rugged Scots distiller find passion and danger"
Posted July 28, 2021

DEVIL IN DISGUISE is book seven in The Ravenels series by New York Times bestseller Lisa Kleypas.  It brings together characters from the Victorian Ravenels novels and the Regency Wallflowers series, which is a pretty Read more...

The Adversary
by Thea Harrison
"Dragon head of the Wyr shapeshifter kingdom must overcome an unseen and powerful adversary"
Posted July 24, 2021

THE ADVERSARY is the last big hurrah of Pia Giavonni and Dragos Cuelebre, in a novella of the Elder Races and also Chronicles of Rhyacia book number 2.  This is Read more...

A Void of Magic
by Sandy Williams
"Peacemaker for the paranormal has had enough!"
Posted July 19, 2021

A VOID OF MAGIC is book 1 in a new paranormal series, Kennedy Rain, by Sandy Williams.  Williams has done a sci-fi romance series, Anomalie, which I re-read this spring and greatly enjoyed.  She Read more...

Last Guard
by Nalini Singh
"Separated soulmates unite to save their world"
Posted July 17, 2021

Nalini Singh continues to take her Psy-Changling readers in a different direction in LAST GUARD, book 5 of the Psy-Changling Trinity series.  This is a long-running series by Singh overall, with Read more...

Someone to Cherish
by Mary Balogh
"Love brings two lonely and injured souls together"
Posted June 24, 2021

SOMEONE TO CHERISH is book eight in the Westcott Series by romance grande dame Mary Balogh.  Balogh has written more than 100 (what?!) historical novels and novellas, more than 40 of which have been New York Times bestsellers.  The mind Read more...

A Scot to the Heart
by Caroline Linden
"Vibrant widow and supportive captain tumble into love"
Posted June 24, 2021

A SCOT TO THE HEART is book two in the Desperately Seeking Duke series by author Caroline Linden.  Linden has become an auto-buy author for me.  She reliably brings her “A” game to historical romance Read more...

Incense and Sensibility
by Sonali Dev
"Yogi guru heals the heart and mind of her old flame and current nemesis"
Posted June 23, 2021

INCENSE AND SENSIBILITY is book number three in The Rajes series by the talented Sonali Dev.  I have a confession to make at the outset.  I don't like Jane Austen (please don't brandish your pitchfork at Read more...

The Promised Queen
by Jeffe Kennedy
"Former slave and isolated princess defy an evil usurper"
Posted May 23, 2021

The finale to Jeffe Kennedy’s Forgotten Empires series, THE PROMISED QUEEN, is here.  This is definitely a series that needs to be read in order; trying to jump in with this book would leave the reader very Read more...

I'm Only Wicked with You
by Julie Anne Long
"Dueling antagonists strike sparks from the fire of their hearts"
Posted May 13, 2021

Julie Anne Long brings us two dueling protagonists who fall in love in I’M ONLY WICKED WITH YOU.  This is the third in her Palace of Rogues series Read more...