by Olive | Dec 19, 2024 | Book Reviews
Barely Even Friends by Mae Bennett (2024) Contemporary romance. Standalone novel. Super cute and steamy Beauty and the Beast retelling. We’re off to a historic estate renovation with Bellamy who is in charge of the project because her father Maurice is ill and she...
by Olive | Dec 18, 2024 | Book Reviews
Always Remember by Mary Balogh (2024) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Ravenswood series. Ben Ellis is the illegitimate son of an earl who was raised in the earl’s family home after the death of his mother. While Ben has always been embraced as...
by Olive | Dec 17, 2024 | Book Reviews
Undercover with the Heiress by Alivia Fleur (2024) Historical romance. Victorian-era England. Book 3 of the Tales from Honeysuckle Street series. Rosanna is a hotel heiress who is almost about to be engaged to a younger son of a lord, but then gets caught in a...
by Olive | Dec 10, 2024 | Book Reviews
Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey (2023) Contemporary romance. Book 1 of the Vine Mess series. Hallie is the local florist in a vineyard town in Napa who’s basically walking catastrophe. And when her childhood crush Julian is back in town to write his novel, she’s out...
by Olive | Dec 3, 2024 | Book Reviews
Dalliance with the Duchess by Sara Bennett (2024) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Disgraceful Duchesses series. Widowed duchess Sophia is trying to move on from her husband’s cruel influence and his crony friends, but an investigator Nicholas...
by Olive | Dec 2, 2024 | Book Reviews
Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey (2023) Contemporary romance. Standalone novel. Melody and Beat are the offspring of a legendary rock duo who broke up for unknown reasons 30 years ago. They’re approached by a television network to team up and get their mothers back...