Based On A True Story

I’d seen this book around but hadn’t really planned on picking it up until I saw it listed on a Best Romances of the Year list. I was intrigued by the premise. Grace wakes up after an uncharacteristically drunk night […]

Jane is a woman who is looking forward to starting a new life. She was the famous girlfriend of the lead singer of an up and coming band. Then she caught him cheating and went into hiding. What the press […]

This is the story of renovating a run-down inn in a small British town. The current owners are nearing retirement and haven’t wanted to invest in the inn for a long time. It shows. The food is inedible and the […]

Amelia is a Chinese woman who was taken in by an English missionary when she was a child. She was raised to be a proper English lady. But she has always had lingering doubts about her worthiness because although she […]

I loved the premise of this novella. This isn’t a new romance between young people. This is a couple who are at another crossroads in their lives. He has been in the Royal Navy for his whole career. Now he […]

After reading the first few pages of this book, I wasn’t sure if I was going to go on. The main character is talking about her wealthy upbringing and how she always assumed elegant surroundings were normal. Who really needs […]

I love to find historical romance books that feature everyday people instead of nobility. It is even better if it is a foodie book.  This book combines both! So, ok, yes, there is a Duke, which I’m normally not fond […]

I don’t tend to agree to read historical romance books for book tours because I’m so picky.  I’m glad that this one worked out well for me.   There is a little bit of suspension of disbelief that I had to […]

The Extraordinaries Series   This is an unusual series.  It uses the tropes of Regency Romance but places them in a world where some people have Talents.  I would describe these more as historical fantasies with romantic plots. In Burning […]

AMAZON | BARNES AND NOBLE | ITUNES | KOBO I loved the first book in this series that is centered around four men who lived in the same brutal orphanage as children.  One went into the Army.  One became a lawyer.  One is living with the […]

I’d heard good things about this novella on Twitter and it seemed to be perfect for Foodies Read so I had to pick it up. Pinky got out of her small hometown but had to return to help out in […]

K.J. Charles is one of the romance authors that I found out about on Twitter and now is an autobuy for me.  I was thrilled when she offered ARCs of this book to readers. A lot of her books that […]

Alyssa Cole is an autobuy author for me for both her contemporary and historical romances.  This is book 2 of her contemporary Reluctant Royals series. Do you have to read the first book to read this one? Not really as […]

I don’t generally read contemporary romance but people have been raving about this book.  I’ve also liked Alyssa Cole’s historical romances so I decided to give it a try.  I’m glad I did. I laughed out loud to see that […]

I’m a big fan of Courtney Milan’s historical romances.  I wanted to read another one of her books for AsianLitBingo but they don’t qualify because they don’t have Asian main characters.  I decided to try one of her contemporary romances.  […]