B Reviews / Book Reviewsbest friend's brother / Cancer / Chef / childhood friends / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / Harlequin / Indian American / Maryland / opposites attract / POC / POC author / sister's best friend1 Comments
He cooks for their customers…but he’d rather cater to her heart! One impetuous, slightly drunken kiss has turned up the heat on chef Amar Virani’s feelings for Divya Shah. He’s been in love with the sexy pastry chef—his sister’s best friend!—since they were teenagers, but a painful tragedy in his ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / Harlequin / Harlequin Romance / Istanbul / Muslim / nanny / POC / POC author / single father / Somalia / Turkey5 Comments
Escape to Istanbul, where a nanny may just tempt a bruised billionaire to give love a second chance in this heartwarming romance by Hana Sheik. A single dad’s greatest temptation? The nanny on his doorstep! Billionaire Faisal is anxiously awaiting custody of his little girl, who’s been living miles away ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / female friendship / First-Person / Harlequin / journalist / POC / POC author / second chance / Washington DC / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: The Shoe Diaries by Darby Baham
It’s never too late to put your best foot forward From the outside, Reagan “Rae” Doucet has it all: a coveted career in Washington, DC, a tight circle of friends and a shoe closet to die for. When one of her crew falls ill, however, Rae is done playing it ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / forced proximity / Harlequin / Indian American / Once Upon a Wedding series / POC / POC author / second chance at love / weddingComments Off on REVIEW: The Five-Day Reunion by Mona Shroff
They ended their marriage, but they never fell out of love… Law student Anita Virani hasn’t seen her ex-husband since the ink dried on their divorce papers. Now she’s agreed to pretend she’s still married to Nikhil until his sister’s wedding celebrations are over—because her former mother-in-law neglected to tell ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Diwali / friends-to-lovers / Harlequin / Holiday / Indian American / older couple / POC / POC author / short fiction / TexasComments Off on REVIEW: Second Chance Under the Stars by Tara Pammi
Devi Kolleru is about to say goodbye to her oldest friend, Kiran, but something has changed and now it feels impossible. Could this Diwali be the right time for these friends to become lovers under the stars? Dear Ms. Pammi, I’m catching up on some holiday fiction I didn’t realize ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsclass differences / Contemporary / cooking / gentrification / Harlequin / New-Jersey / POC / POC author / Puerto Rican / restaurantsComments Off on REVIEW: A Delicious Dilemma by Sera Taíno
It’s hard to remain enemies when you’ve broken bread together Val Navarro’s first mistake: going out dancing after a bad breakup when the chef should be focused on her family business. Her second mistake? Thinking the handsome, sensitive stranger she meets could be more than a rebound – until she ... more >