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Illustrated cover with blue background, in the foreground 2 men sit crouched down before a body of water. One man is white and blonde and the other man is dark with brown skin. Illustrations of plants and animals (including a fox and a hare) are up either side of the cover with the title in the middle.
March 9, 2023

REVIEW: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / interracial relationship / Kent / NetGalley / queer / smuggling4 Comments

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Content warning: child abuse, neglect Dear KJ Charles, What a delight this book was! So cleverly and tightly plotted and so very romantic. There were only a couple of things I had questions about – but given that this is billed as “the Doomsdays book 1”, I’m hoping we’ll see ... more >

June 15, 2022

REVIEW: The Fossil Door by Celia Lake

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / alternate England / class differences / Fantasy / Historical / interracial relationship / Magic / Mysterious Powers series / POC / post WWI / ScotlandComments Off on REVIEW: The Fossil Door by Celia Lake

Enjoy this kind and gentle historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain after the Great War. Rathna has a gift for doorways. When a portal in the Scottish Highlands stops working, she is one of the only Portal Keepers able to travel to investigate. On the ... more >

June 8, 2020

REVIEW: Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews#metoo / boss/secretary / Chinese American heroine / Contemporary / f/f / friends-to-lovers / interracial relationship / Jewish heroine / Los Angeles / May-December / television show / workplace-romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

Trigger warning: Dear Meryl Wilsner, The setting of you debut novel, a contemporary romance titled Something to Talk About, was one of the first things that brought the book to my attention. Entertainment industry settings interest me, but I’m a little leery of reading about show business in romances because ... more >

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September 21, 2018

REVIEW: Intercepted by Alexa Martin

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Denver / football / interracial relationship / NFL11 Comments

Dear Alexa Martin, Marlee Harper is a biracial woman living in Denver with her NFL-player partner, Chris Alexander. Chris and Marlee have been together since she was sixteen and they were both in high school together – which perhaps explained a little of why she stayed so long with him. ... more >

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August 13, 2018

REVIEW: A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole

KaetrinB Reviews / B+ Reviews / C+ ReviewsADHD / Contemporary / Duke / grumpy hero / interracial relationship / Scotland / sword making32 Comments

Dear Alyssa Cole, I was so excited to read this book. The cover is gorgeous and the book itself had a great start – with lots of fun humour and strong characterisation. I was wearing out the highlighter function on my reader with all the quotes I wanted to put ... more >

A black man with close-cropped hair wearing a white shirt and a grey waistcoat embraced a shorter white man with fair hair in a dark suit from the side, in front of a Regency-type building lit by lamps
July 30, 2018

REVIEW: A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian

KaetrinB+ Reviewsblack MC / Historical / interracial relationship / m/m romance / queer / Regency7 Comments

Content warning: discussion of child sexual abuse Dear Cat Sebastian, I have the first book in your Seducing the Sedgwicks series, It Takes Two to Tumble, on my TBR but haven’t managed to read it yet. A Gentleman Never Keeps Score works well as a standalone however. Hartley Sedgwick is ... more >

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