Friday Bargains: Black Friday/ Cyber Monday deals

The Trouble with Magic by Patricia Rice is 1.99 right now. If you haven’t read her Malcolm and Ives novels yet, this a great price. ( Each book stands alone.) Google Play is having a sale this weekend, and a lot of bestsellers are steeply discounted.  Amazon is price matching some of them. Amazon is […]

Friday Bargains: A little bit of everything

  Midnight ink is 0.99 right now, and contains stories from 9 authors I think. I’ll admit it. I’m often wary of multiauthor bundles, but since all the stories are interlinked, I decided to buy it. TheDuchess warby Courtney Milan has been on my wishlist for awhile, and it is just 0.99 right now, and the sale […]

Friday Bargains: Mostly books on my wishlist

Like many readers, I have a long, and ever growing wishlist. I am getting better on putting books on my wishlist, instead of buying them directly. This week this pays off. Big time. I really liked Dance in the Moonlight by Raeanne Thayne, and I have had her books on my wishlist ever since.  This […]

ARC Review: I’ll be home for Christmas by Jessica Scott

The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, ForeverYours, available as e-book The Source: Arc from Netgalley The blurb:   There’s nothing in the world Army Sergeant Vic Carponti loves more than his wife and his country. Smart-mouthed and easy tempered, he takes everything as a joke . . . except his promise to come home to his wife, […]

Review: Turning up the heat by Laura Florand

The particulars: Contemporary Romance, AOS Publishing, available as e-book The Source: Purchased at Kobo The Grade: B The Blurb: After eleven years of marriage, Léa Laurier knew her husband.  Knew how he could take on responsibility for a world-famous restaurant, a wife, and her two teenage siblings at nineteen years old and never falter, never […]

ARC Review: Beguiled Again by Patricia Burroughs

The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Book View Cafe, available as e-book and in print The Source: e-ARC from the Author The Grade: B+ The Blurb: OrderJeff shook off Cecilia and her high school crush seventeen years ago, and he’s made an orderly, boring, safe, successful life for himself as an accountant. Just the way he wants […]

Review: Waiting for Love by Marie Force

The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Selfpublished, available as e-book The Source: Kobo The Grade: B- The Blurb: Sometimes the best offense is a good rebound…Adam McCarthy has had a really bad week. In addition to nearly losing his three brothers in a tragic boating accident, his now ex-girlfriend has double-crossed him right out of the successful […]

ARC Review: Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley

The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Forever Yours, available as e-book. The Source: Galley from Netgalley The Grade: C The Blurb: Lanie Heron isn’t looking for love—no surprise, considering her last serious relationship nearly got her killed. So when Lanie propositions Hop Kincaid, all she wants is one wild night with the hot-as-hell biker who patrols with […]

Review: When Summer comes by Brenda Novak

The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, available as e-book and in print The Source: purchased at Kobo The Grade: C+ The blurb: One day, Callie Vanetta receives devastating news… She needs a liver transplant. But her doctors warn that, in her case, the chances of finding a compatible donor aren’t good. Determined to spend whatever time […]

Hidden Gems: The Daly sisters novels by Lani Diane Rice

All Lani Diane Rich novels that I have read are good, but these two are my favorites.  Maybe because they were the first Lani Diane Rich novels that I read. Love on the rocks, with a twist. Flynn Daly’s a screwup. She knows it, but worse, her property tycoon dad knows it, and that’s why […]