posts by Willaful:
D Reviewscontemporary gay fiction / fetish / m/m17 Comments
Dear Ms. Jones: I was intrigued by the premise of this novella because I often find reading about kinks fascinating — the intense excitement they create, and how seemingly random yet intricately developed they are. Who would have thought that a story about someone with a unusual fetish could turn ... more >
C+ ReviewsContemporary romance / Ireland / novella / vacation romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Her Best Laid Plans by Cara McKenna
Dear Ms. McKenna: During a vacation around ten years ago, I observed a couple of teenagers beginning a flirtation in the hotel pool. It made me wistful for those unexpected, thrilling crushes of adolescence, those miniature relationships that sometimes happened when two strangers around the same age wound up in ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAustralia / baby / Contemporary romance / single father6 Comments
Dear Ms. Mayberry: This story could have gone wrong in so many ways, and the fact that it doesn’t makes me appreciate it even more. Pretty much every time I feared it was going to go to a stupid or annoying or too obvious place, it didn’t. Her Kind of ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsclosed bedroom door / rake / reprints / Traditional Regency22 Comments
Dear Laura London (Sharon and Tom Curtis): When it was announced on Twitter that several hard to find Laura London historical titles were going to be reprinted and digitized, including The Windflower, you could probably have heard our squeals from space. I don’t know if any of the books will ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended ReadsEnglish Historical / Historical / Victorian / widower15 Comments
Dear Ms. Duran: Just the title is probably enough to clue in readers of That Scandalous Summer that this book will be about widower Alistair de Grey, who went spectacularly round the bend over his late wife’s betrayal in that story. And who else would he be paired with but ... more >
Dear Ms. Everett: This had two elements I normally loath in a Regency romance: a punning title, and a mystery. I love the title, which is both elegant and appropriate. The mystery… not so much, although my reasons may not apply to other readers. Lina, Lady Radbourne, is shocked when ... more >