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Dear Nalini Singh, It’s been a while since the last Hard Play release (Love Hard – I did in fact love it hard) and there have been a lot of books in between, so I’d kind of forgotten who Catie and Danny were and the various relationships in the Bishop-Esera ... more >
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She’s home for the holidays with her starchy fake boyfriend… Although she’s the fun and outgoing one, Julie Tam has always lived in the shadow of her older sister, Charlotte. Now Charlotte has a good career and a great boyfriend whom their parents love, and Julie has neither of those ... more >
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Dear Tashie Bhuiyan, I picked up your romantic contemporary YA novel, Counting Down with You, after it was nominated for the Goodreads Awards in the Young Adult Fiction category. It didn’t win but I am glad it was nominated because I wouldn’t have found it otherwise. Karina Ahmed is a ... more >
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This week we discuss Bridgerton in five posts. You can find the first two here: Part I is centered on the show’s worldbuilding and production values, on its treatment of race, and on Lady Whistledown. Part II focuses on the show’s matriarchs–the queen, Lady Violet, Lady Danbury, and Lady Featherington. ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / fake relationship / multicultural romance / POC / POC authorComments Off on REVIEW: First Comes Like by Alisha Rai
Dear Alisha Rai, I’ve read and enjoyed the first two books in your Modern Love series so I was very keen to read Jia’s book. Jia Ahmed is the youngest sister of Sadia from Wrong to Need You. At the end of The Right Swipe, Jia came to stay with ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsbaby / bad sex / Christmas / Contemporary / fake relationship / friends-to-lovers / NetGalleyComments Off on REVIEW: Their Christmas Baby Contract by Shannon Stacey
Dear Shannon Stacey, There are very few romance books where the main characters have bad sex but I appreciate every single one I’ve read. It helps balance the scale a little with all the simultaneous orgasms zinging about in Romancelandia. In the case of Reyna Bishop and Brady Nash, their ... more >