A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschild abuse / Contemporary / England / falconry / Ugly Duckling / Yorkshire9 Comments
Secrets, lies, carrot cake – and an owl called Skrillex! Amy Knowles has always been the plain sidekick to her pretty best friend Jules. And whilst the tearoom they both work in on the Monkpark Hall estate in Yorkshire is not exactly awash with eligible bachelors, it’s obvious where the ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / Australia / child abuse / Contemporary / domestic violence / police / RSPCA / Small-Town2 Comments
Raw and risky, a new rural romance that explores the dark side of small towns, and the people who put everything on the line to protect them… Kat Daily is excited to trade her Sydney airport quarantine uniform for an RSPCA inspector’s uniform and a job in the rural town ... more >
A Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / American historical / child abuse / guns / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Sutton Family / western / Widowed Heroine11 Comments
NOTE: The hero relates his abuse as a child and his nieces are rescued from implied abuse. In 1866 on the empty Kansas prairie, two children shared a few desperate moments that changed their lives. For years afterward, each nursed a secret dream – that the other had grown into ... more >
B- Reviewschild abuse / college students / Contemporary / New Adult / novella8 Comments
“Molly Young has a secret. To keep it she holds the world at a distance. Behind her lies a trail of dumped boyfriends who came too close to discovering what no one can know. When her estranged father dies of an unexpected heart attack he leaves an even deeper secret, ... more >
B Reviewsalcoholism / child abuse / enemies to lovers / redemption / Sarah Mayberry12 Comments
Dear Ms. Mayberry: I confess. This book made me teary at the end. I think it was because I became so attached to Gabby Wade and felt like she really deserved a happy ending. Gabby Wade fell in love with her boss, Ty Adamson. They actually dated for ... more >
Book Reviews / D Reviews / Ebooks / F ReviewsBDSM / child abuse / Dreamspinner Press / Lila-Dubois / Liquid-Silver / m/m romance / maledom / Samhain-publishing / torture108 Comments
As there are many ways to get romance wrong, there are exponentially more ways to get BDSM romance wrong. BDSM is tricky. If you’re writing it because it’s hot, but you’ve got no experience with it, you’re almost bound to get it wrong. Almost, but not always, I hasten to ... more >