B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian heroine / cats / Chef / diversity / forced proximity / New York City / POC / POC author / professor / second chance romance / self discovery / Uptown Book series2 Comments
ROOMMATE WANTED to share a gorgeous sun-filled apartment in Central Harlem. Must love cats. No ex-husbands or wives need apply. Seventeen years ago, different dreams pulled Simon Mizrahi and Lana Kuo apart. But when Lana takes a position as a chef back in Manhattan, her apartment search puts her right ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / art thief / boss/secretary / England / Historical / opposites attract / Paris / professor13 Comments
Lucille Abbey runs her London secretarial agency with utmost efficiency. When, therefore, a certain Professor Hallam rejects three girls sent by her to apply for the post of his secretary and they each pronounce him “impossible”, Lucille herself sets out to interview the Professor at his home in Hampshire. He ... more >
B ReviewsAcademic-Issues / authors / Bella Books / f/f romance / LGBTQIA+ / professor / road-romance13 Comments
“As a behavioral scientist, Professor Nicole Hathaway’s work strips away the foolish mystique that surrounds the human mating dance. When her academic tome is treated as a viral “love manual” her ecstatic publisher books her to appear all over the U.S. and Europe. Worse yet, her quiet, managed life has ... more >
A Reviewsmystery / professor17 Comments
Dear Mr. Crossman: You had me at “Your head’s on fire.” The first time I read Requiem for Ashes was under its original 1994 title, Murder in a Minor Key. I was working at the now-closed and much mourned Scotland Yard Books in Winnetka, Illinois, where I’d earned a reputation ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsArtist / coming-of-age / dreams / grieving / Italy / Maine / music / musician / mystery / Paranormal / professor / romantic-elements / Rome / twins / Womens-Fiction13 Comments
Dear Ms. Walsh, You don’t know me, but I sometimes lurk at your blog, Writer Unboxed, which is one of the best blogs for writers I know of. I’ve been following it since the days when you were writing this book, under the working title of Unbounded, so when Jane ... more >
B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsContemporary / good-description / journalist / Photographer / professor / romantic-suspense / Serial-Killer / Washington State23 Comments
Dear Ms. Stuart, ewlywed Rachel Chapman Middleton has been living in her husband’s hometown, the sleepy college hamlet of Silver Falls, Washington, for only a few months when the body of a young woman is discovered. It’s an especially unwelcome shock for Rachel because she married David Middleton, a respected ... more >