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REVIEW: Season of Us by Pamela Sanderson

Sunny. Sexy. Sweet.

Shelly Paige has never been one to take risks. Even less so since the loss of her husband. She’s content to stay in the town she grew up in, surrounded by the safety of family. A lost dog leads her to a handsome young athlete and the possibility of new adventures. Can she put the past behind her and take a chance on love again?

Zach Carrey is a professional soccer player still finding his way in the high pressure sports world. Unfamiliar town. Tough coach. And he’s had hear...

Veterans Day

I’m just listing an assortment of various articles I’ve read so far this morning. Thank a veteran today for their service.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – “For decades, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery has drawn crowds to honor unidentified service members who died in U.S. wars. But for the first time in nearly a century, the public was briefly allowed to walk on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Plaza and place flowers near the memorial.”

Families of service members s...

Review: A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske

Red White & Royal Blue meets Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell in debut author Freya Marske’s A Marvellous Light, featuring an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts, and conspiracies.

Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his life. He’s struggling to be a good older brother, a responsible employer, and the harried baronet of a seat gutted by his late parents’ excesses. When an administrative mistake sees him named the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society, he discovers what...

REVIEW: Broken Falcon by Rachel Grant

Dear Rachel Grant,

Broken Falcon is book 11 in your Evidence series. It features Chase Johnston who has been a fan favourite for quite some time now having first appeared in book four, Incriminating Evidence. He also had a pivotal role in book eight, Silent Evidence. While I think it’s possible to read Broken Falcon as a standalone, I did actually read Incriminating Evidence and Silent Evidence prior to jumping into this book and I think that benefited me. There is some recapping of what happene...

REVIEW: Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

Sophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is perfect. Everything is perfect.

It’s just that he’s away so much. So often. He works so hard. She misses him. And he misses her. He says he does, so it must be true. He is the perfect husband and everything is perfect.

But sometimes Sophia wonders about things. Strange things. Dark things. The look on her husband’s face when he comes back from a long business tri...

REVIEW: Resting Beach Face by Melanie Summers

Melanie Summers welcomes you back to Paradise Bay for a ridiculously romantic, laugh-out-loud tale of reluctant homecomings, lost loves, and second chances…

Yoga instructor, Hadley Jones, has loved Chase Williams since high school. Fifteen years later, she still does. And while he hasn’t popped the question yet, she knows it’s only a matter of time. Little does Hadley know Chase has been busy making wedding plans—just not with her.

Heath Robinson left the Santa Valentina Islands the first chan...

Open Thread for Readers for November 2021

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general?

REVIEW: Shadowheart by Laura Kinsale

And we’ve come to it…the end of my five-year, twelve-book reread and review of Laura Kinsale’s oeuvre. This is Kinsale’s second-to-last published book – it originally came out in 2004. My trusty book log indicates that I gave it an A- but noted that it was a “bit disappointing.” To be fair, highly anticipated books about beloved secondary characters are almost always a little bit of a letdown. And an A- is a great grade!

Let’s start with a blurb:

Dangerous and dashing assassin Allegreto wants t...

CONVERSATION: What Makes Hero Descriptions Work or Not Work for You?

Layla: I’m starting off this conversation about hero descriptions with one anecdote and two questions. The anecdote is about a book I recently picked up, Erin Satie’s Book of Love. Jennie did a fabulous review of it. I usually love Erin Satie’s books, but there was a description of the hero that just stopped me in my tracks. I could not continue reading the book! I started it and had a very visceral reaction which I have never had towards a hero— disgust. Even the opening description of what he ...

REVIEW: The Cowboy’s Christmas by Jeannie Watt

Christmas in Marietta, Montana, is a season of magic and second chances…

Wayward cowboy Quinn Harding doesn’t have a secret—he is a secret. Or he was until his rancher brothers learned of his existence and insisted on meeting up. But Quinn’s reluctant—he’s always been a lone cowboy, enjoying his quiet isolation and taking pride in his ranch work. He’s not a man who’s ever dreamed of a home or family, but when an accident forces him into temporary employment at a small family ranch, he begins t...