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Illustrated cover with an orange background featuring a hot, white, brunette couple. He is on the left and wears a blue suit and white shirt and sunglasses, his body facing left, face to the front. She is wearing a slinky red sleeveless dress and her long hair is blowing across her eyes almost like a burglar's mask. She is facing right and looking back over her shoulder toward him with her eyes but face to the front
July 10, 2026

REVIEW: Spies, Lies, and Alibis by Natalie Walters

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsNetGalley / romantic adventure / romantic-suspense / second chance / spiesNo Comments

Dear Natalie Walters, Cybil Langford is working as a spy/informant for a private secret organisation, trying to get information about her employer, Earl Edmond. Bennett Bradley works for the FBI and is undercover as “Craig Miller” a shady financial expert who helps criminals move and launder money. He is after ... more >

Illustrated cover featuring a silhouette of a guy and a girl on the left and right respectively, their silhouettes are the night sky and the background is a daylight and slightly darker blue sky with a red sunset down the bottom. The foot of the cover is an ocean with a building in the middle of it, being splashed by waves.
April 8, 2025

REVIEW: Last Chance to Save the World by Beth Revis

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsEdelweiss / romantic adventure / SFF / space opera4 Comments

Dear Beth Revis, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the conclusion of the Chaotic Orbits trilogy which started in Full Speed To A Crash Landing and continued in How To Steal A Galaxy. I admit I was a little concerned when I opened the novella and saw it was only 77 pages ... more >

Illustrated cover showing a tanned white couple embracing and kissing while standing on the roof of a houseboat out at sea at sunset with seagulls flying around
April 1, 2025

REVIEW: Swept Away by Beth O’Leary

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / forced proximity / lost at sea / NetGalley / romantic adventure / UK8 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Beth O’Leary, I’ve had a banger of a reading month. The three most recent reads for me have been 5 star/A category experiences – My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein, Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone, and this one.  Probably the premise is a little on the ... more >

June 26, 2023

REVIEW: Capture the Sun by Jessie Mihalik

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsNetGalley / romantic adventure / romantic-suspense / SFF / space opera2 Comments

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Readers please note:  Series spoilers follow. Also, I’m going to assume those who read this review will be familiar with the series and the characters. Dear Jessie Mihalik, I’ve been enjoying your Starlight’s Shadow trilogy ever since Hunt the Stars first came out. In that book, readers got a taste ... more >

October 10, 2022

REVIEW: Into the Storm by Rachel Grant

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book Reviewsarchaeologist / romantic adventure / romantic-suspense / SEAL / survival2 Comments

Dear Rachel Grant, Into The Storm is the first book in the Evidence: Under Fire series, where your Evidence and Flashpoint series’ meet and make babies. Evidence is a lengthy series and while I have them all (or most of them) on my TBR I haven’t read them all, unlike ... more >

May 21, 2020

REVIEW: Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbodyguard / fake relationship / romantic adventure / SFF / space opera4 Comments

Dear Jessie Mihalik, I loved Polaris Rising and Aurora Blazing so it was with great anticipation I requested Chaos Reigning for review. Unfortunately, the third and final book in the Consortium Rebellion series wasn’t as successful for me as the first two. What I can’t tell is how much of ... more >

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