B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary romance / hockey players / New Adult / novellas5 Comments
The Legacy is a quartet of related stories that catches the reader up with the couples in the Briar U Off-Campus series three years after most of them have graduated. The blurb… “A wedding. A proposal. An elopement. And a surprise pregnancy.” …pretty much covers the central plots of each ... more >
Essays / Letters of Opinionbook-covers / Contemporary romance / cover model / guest-blogger / sexy / unsexy22 Comments
NOTE: Today DA commenter DiscoDollyDeb has a post for us on the sexy (and not-so-sexy) book covers of 2021. Enjoy! –Janine Dear Readers, When it comes to romance novel covers, I have opinions—mostly of the type that could be whittled down to “Bring on the shirtless cover models with the ... more >
Conversationsanticipated hero/heroine / Cliffhanger / Contemporary romance / Easter eggs / families / Friends / historical romance / m/m / mystery / paranormal romance / sequel / Series / series conclusion / SFR / shared world / standalones / Urban-Fantasy33 Comments
DISCLOSURE: In addition to reviewing for DA, I am a writer of romance manuscripts. I wrote a standalone in the past and my current project is part of a series. -Janine Janine: A while back Rose, who was once a reviewer here at DA, suggested that “series vs. standalones” might ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary romance / hockey / pro athlete / Series / stalkers / trauma / yoga2 Comments
Dear Kelly Jamieson: This is the fourth book in the Wynn Hockey series, a fact I was unaware of when I started reading it. I read the first two books, and when I saw that For the Win was available for review, I snapped it up. It was only after ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsadoption / Contemporary romance / Private-investigator / Secret-Baby / women's shelter8 Comments
Dear Molly O’Keefe: I think I got this as a freebie somewhere, though I’m not sure where – maybe Daily Deals? Anyway, it was on my Kindle for a bit before I started it. I’ve read four Molly O’Keefe books (all part of the same series, under the M. O’Keefe ... more >
Book Reviews / Reading ListsClassic Sci-Fi/Horror / Contemporary romance / Essays / Historical Biography / historical romance / History / non-fiction / Reading lists8 Comments
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft I’ve made it a habit over the past six years to try to read a “classic horror” novel around Halloween, starting with 2013’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and going up to last year’s The Fall of the House of Usher. Most ... more >