C- Reviews / D Reviewsabuse survivor / authors / betrayal / book research / Contemporary / Cult / genre divide / Michigan / neighbors / wager4 Comments
Dear Emily Henry, Your debut contemporary romance had what sounded like a fun concept and a great title, so I requested an ARC from the publisher. January Andrews is a newly down-on-her-luck romance novelist. January’s boyfriend, Jacques, has recently dumped her, so she doesn’t have anywhere she can afford to ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsauthor / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / enemies to lovers / family relationships / First-Person / Michigan3 Comments
A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsholiday novella / Michigan / novella / POC author / single mother / veteran / Widowed Heroine / winterComments Off on REVIEW: The Christmas Phoenix by Patricia Kiyono
Jess Tate is trying to make a life for herself and her teenage son after her husband’s sudden death. Running the family’s struggling landscape business in Northern Michigan has been hard work, and her son hasn’t been much help. She’s managed to get by, learning to run the big equipment ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAthlete / Contemporary / First-Person / fitness / MichiganComments Off on REVIEW: Fit for You by Cynthia Tennent
Small towns have the biggest hearts. In the split-second it takes to injure her knee, Lily Shue’s life goes from rising star to small town reject. Forced to give up her role as a trainer on a hit reality fitness show, she takes a job in tiny Truhart, Michigan. By ... more >
C Reviewsbad / Contemporary / Michigan / reunited-lovers / second chances4 Comments
Dear Ms. Stone: I tried to read, but did not finish, the first book in the Barker Triplet’s trilogy. When the second book came along, I wanted to give this self published series another chance. “Collide” is a re-united lover story. The primary problem I had is that it felt ... more >