A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / accountant / arranged-marriage / Asperger's / autism / California / Contemporary / immigrant fiction / matchmakers / Vietnam / waitress11 Comments
Dear Ms. Hoang, As I enjoyed The Kiss Quotient, I was eager to read your follow-up contemporary romance, The Bride Test (It is not necessary to read The Kiss Quotient first; The Bride Test stands on its own).
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / autism spectrum / autistic character / immigrant fiction / matchmakers / Vietnam6 Comments
Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions—like grief. And love. He thinks he’s defective. His family knows better—that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly ... more >
C+ ReviewsContemporary / Fighter / Harlequin-Blaze / matchmakers / MMA / opposites attract7 Comments
Dear Ms. Maguire, I decided to read “Making Him Sweat” because I like to try new-to-me authors at Harlequin, I hadn’t read a Blaze book for a while, and I wanted to see if a book about boxers could hold my attention. I mean no insult to boxing but it’s ... more >
B ReviewsCanada / Contemporary / demons / Fantasy / matchmakers / virgin hero8 Comments
Divorced, middle-aged Rachel Brinkerhoff, a Jewish matchmaker from New York who hopes to remarry, moved to Toronto for a fresh new start with her business and her love life. But no one told her that female-aversive Toronto was BYOB – Bring Your Own Boy. She partners with an Indian and ... more >
B Reviews Category / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Good-Dialogue / Hachette/Grand Central / Jane Graves / matchmakers / texas18 Comments
Dear Ms. Graves, Lately I’ve been trying to read more new-to-me authors and when your latest book, “Heartstrings and Diamond Rings” landed in my arc pile, it was fate. I had heard you have a good reputation for humor and this story certainly backs that up. That plus good hero/heroine ... more >
B- ReviewsFirst-Person / matchmakers / mystery6 Comments
Dear Ms. Weber: This is a cute mystery which I think readers of the “old” chick lit mysteries would enjoy. Like the chick lit books of old, this is told in the first person and features a heroine who is learning to be more sure of herself. Lucy Valentine is ... more >