B+ Reviews / Recommended Readscabin romance / forbidden-love / holiday setting / love story / m/m / virgin hero / World War II5 Comments
Dear Amy Lane: Readers have been expressing their dissatisfaction with the lack of depictions of religion or faith in romance, outside of inspirationals. The Bells of Time Square isn’t at all preachy, but religion is very much a part of the main character’s life. By strict definition, this is a ... more >
B ReviewsAmish / forbidden-love / m/m romance / Minnesota / New Adult3 Comments
Dear Ms. Andrews: Ah, star-crossed love. I adore romances in which “forbidden” isn’t just a buzzword in the title. After rumspringa rebelliousness left three teenagers dead, Issac’s family left their Amish community in Ohio to begin a new one with a much stricter Ordnung. (Regulations about every aspect of life, ... more >
B- ReviewsDark Fantasy / forbidden-love / Historical Fantasy / road-romance6 Comments
“When Lady Eloise of the Isle of Venn becomes betrothed to the King of Ystria, she looks forward to a life of luxury and status at the royal court. She certainly doesn’t anticipate being shipwrecked on the way to her wedding, escorted by the Kings assassin, Severin de Meynard, the ... more >
D ReviewsContemporary / dance / forbidden-love / New Adult8 Comments
Dear Elizabeth Finn: This book came up on a list recommending New Adult books. It features a young female protagonist on the cusp of her majority and a young male protagonist attending law school. Rowan has won a prestigious ballet scholarship to the University of Michigan which will free her ... more >
C- ReviewsContemporary / forbidden-love / New Adult4 Comments
Dear Ms. Carmack: After reading this book, I am starting believe that the professor/student kink is a real and popular thing. Not having any professors at my school that I thought were particularly lust worthy, it’s not one I understand given that the consequences to discovery of such an action ... more >
B+ ReviewsContemporary / forbidden-love / Harlequin / Harlequin-Presents / India Grey11 Comments
Dear Ms. Grey: Right before I received your book for review, a friend of mine told me she had a “meet cute” on a train. She ran into a guy who dropped a tux he was carrying. She later found out he was the best man and the tux was ... more >