B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American / class differences / coming-of-age / historical romance / musician / Washington DCComments Off on REVIEW: A Delicate Affair by Lindsay Evans
Dear Ms. Evans, There’s an interesting story behind how A Delicate Affair came to be. In the early 1990s, Harlequin published a series of twelve romances each set in a different decade, mostly in the twentieth century, but featuring white authors and characters. More recently, romance author Wayne Jordan approached ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American / Boxer / Great Depression / historical romance / inspirational / racism / road trip5 Comments
Dear Ms. Huguley, Like your earlier historical romances, A Champion’s Heart, the first book in your new Born to Win Men series, features African-American characters and takes place during the Great Migration; in this case in 1935. As the story opens, Champion Jack Bates, a boxer who owes his name ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / African American / gangsters / historical romance / inspirational / Pennsylvania / Samhain-publishing3 Comments
The following review contains some spoilers. – Janine Dear Ms. Huguley, After reading your novella in The Brightest Day, I knew I wanted to read more of your work. The cover of book three in your Migrations of the Heart series, A Treasure of Gold, caught my attention and I ... more >
C+ ReviewsAfrican American / biracial / class differences / college / Dominican Republic / m/m romance / New Adult / queer / rowing2 Comments
Dear Amy Jo Cousins, After the success of The Girl Next Door, where I first met Denny and Rafi (short for Raphaelito), and the reveal of yet another gorgeous cover (forearm pr0n!) I had high hoped for Level Hands. Unfortunately, it was not as successful for me. Some of my ... more >
B- ReviewsAfrican American / Historical / inspirational / journalist / post WWI / Samhain-publishing / World War I2 Comments
Caldwell returned from the Great War with nothing to show for it—as in nothingbelow his left knee. Forget about the journalism career he loved. His story is over. Done. Yet he finds the strength to journey to Winslow, Georgia, to get Ruby Bledsoe Morson’s sister out of trouble. Before he ... more >
B- ReviewsAfrican American / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / Harlequin / road-romance / self discovery / Widowed Heroine4 Comments
Tricky curves ahead After three years of grieving, it’s finally time for widow McKenna Wellington to take that long-awaited road trip…though her adventure isn’t meant to include Parker Fordum. The stodgy, set-in-his-ways economics professor is the last person McKenna wants to accompany her across 2,400 miles of defunct highway. But ... more >
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