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April 21, 2020

REVIEW: Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / disordered eating / Edelweiss / interracial-romance / mental illness / multicultural / panic disorder / POC / POC author / PTSD5 Comments

CW: Emotional abuse. Depiction of mental illness, including panic attacks, flashbacks and nightmares. Disordered eating is also mentioned/suggested. Dear Alisha Rai, I loved The Right Swipe last year and ever since have been looking forward to Katrina’s story in Girl Gone Viral. Katrina King-Arora, a Thai-American, is a former supermodel ... more >

December 23, 2019

Kaetrin’s Best of 2019 List

KaetrinReading Lists / Top Ten ListsContemporary / Gothic / Historical / interracial-romance / sci-fi romance / Urban fantasy9 Comments

This year I decided to do my best of list a little early. I don’t have any new releases on my list until next year so I felt it was safe. I had a fantastic reading year; I met my Goodreads challenge with more than a month to spare and ... more >

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August 6, 2019

REVIEW: The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAthlete / Contemporary / dating / multiracial romance / POC / POC author6 Comments

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Dear Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe is the first in your new Modern Love series.  The heroine, Rhiannon Hunter, is the sister of the hero in your earlier book, Hurts to Love You (which is on my TBR) but there isn’t really more of a link between the two series ... more >

May 21, 2018

REVIEW: Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbartender / Chef / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / family feuds / family-reunion / POC / POC author / single mother6 Comments

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Dear Ms. Rai, Last year, I read and enjoyed Hate to Want You, the first book in your Forbidden Hearts series. This review is of the second book in the same series, Wrong to Need You. Jackson Kane has been in love with Sadia Ahmed, his sister-in-law, since they were ... more >

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January 24, 2018

Janine’s Best of 2017

JanineReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBoxer / Contemporary / erotica romance / escaped slave / Glasgow / Great Depression / historical romance / inspirational / knitting / LGBTQ / Literary fiction / Love-Triangle / magical powers / migration / Nigeria / novellas with romantic elements / Soldier / star-crossed lovers / suprise pregnancy / top ten lists / Urban-Fantasy / YA fantasy7 Comments

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I was a cranky reader on social media this year, so I was surprised to discover that like Jayne’s, my top ten list runneth over. In hindsight, I think some my crankiness was due to the difficulty I had finding satisfying reads in historical romance, traditionally my favorite genre. Please ... more >

September 4, 2017

REVIEW: Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCEO / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / family feuds / POC / POC author / psychological insights / Reunited Couple / star-crossed lovers / Tattoo Artist2 Comments

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Dear Ms. Rai, Every year since the decade-old rift between their once close-families opened up, Nicholas Chandler and Livvy Oka-Kane have met in secret on Livvy’s birthday, each time in a different location, to spend one night together. Every year but the last, when Livvy did not text Nicholas the ... more >

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