Tag: book review
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Five-Star Reads for April 2026
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? Trust Goes Both Ways Aurora Crane (Third Time Lucky #2) The previous book featuring these characters didn’t need a sequel, but I adore Lake and Grady so much that I wasn’t mad when I found out about one! I…
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Five-Star Reads for March 2026
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? Breaking the Mold Kate Hawthorne (Club Rapture: Risk Aware #3) Hawthorne proves once again why she’s at the top tier of writing kink power exchange with this latest book. “Experienced Dom and inexperienced sub” is a bit of a…
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Five-Star Reads for February 2026
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? The Memories We Made Cara Dee (Remembering Us #1/The Game Series #16) As a long-time fan of this author, I was entirely unsurprised when a prologue meant to set up the conflict in the main story became a full-length…
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Five-Star Reads for January 2026
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? Ranger Onley James (Jericho’s Boys #4) James expands her fantastic world once again in this book with a closer introduction to the Conti family, setting up Enzo Contri as a perfect match to Seven and the greater Conti clan…
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Five-Star Reads for December 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? I’ll Tell You What You Are Cara Dee Dee delivers another short, sweet, and sexy take on the intersection of kink and real life as these two best friends finally give a relationship a shot…in the most intense way…
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Five-Star Reads for November 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? Mutinous Relations Abrianna Denae & Leigh Kenzie (Crimson Bonds #6) Even after these authors have continually surprised me by how the relationships between the characters in their individual series have evolved, part of me definitely assumed that some things…
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Five-Star Reads for October 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? Lines Drawn Abrianna Denae & Leigh Kenzie (Crimson Bonds #5) The authors kept warning that the worst was yet to come, that this might be the book that broke their readers…and they might be right. We tend to call…
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Five-Star Reads for September 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? The Fall Tal Bauer A surprise release by one of my favorite authors means that I dropped everything and read. And read. And then read some more, because while this book is a slow burn, it is also incredibly…
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Five-Star Reads for August 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? Xerxes Ascendant Adelaide Blaike (House Epsilon #2) I’ve been anxiously awaiting the conclusion to this story since I finished book 1 and screamed. A lot. Luckily, Blaike doesn’t draw out that particular cliffhanger for too long; instead, she hits…
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Five-Star Reads for July 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? Little Did We Know Cara Dee (Mclean Tales #1) After a dozen books in the primary Game series (and so many delicious cameos across probably a dozen more books set in the same world), I hope Dee isn’t surprised…
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Five-Star Reads for June 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? Remade Cara Dee (Hillcroft Group #3) This second half picks up immediately where we left the action in the first half, creating a complete romance and external plot arc by the end, but not without putting us through the…
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Five-Star Reads for May 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? Unmade Cara Dee (Hillcroft Group #2) Dee has lured her loyal readers into her latest romantic suspense series by promising (and delivering) a ton of the crossover potential that makes the sprawling shared world of her books so much…
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Five-Star Reads for April 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my reviews? Shifting Ties Abrianna Denae & Leigh Kenzie (Crimson Bonds #2) One of the authors in this co-write team told me before release that this was the “nice” book in this series. Either nice is a relative term, or we’re…
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Five-Star Reads for March 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Like my book reviews? Destruction Abrianna Denae & Leigh Kenzie (Crimson Bonds #1) What’s better than one sprawling, kinky, interconnected mafia family? Two, obviously. Though the individual series by Denae and Kenzie have distinct themes and vibes, these authors combine them brilliantly…
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Five-Star Reads for February 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Mutual Possession Aurora Crane (Nine Tenths of the Law #1) With this book, Crane not only sets a new record high for possessive characters, she obliterates the competition. The way Kendrick and Spencer think of each other isn’t necessarily sane, but that…
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Five-Star Reads for January 2025
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Juvenalia Jennifer Burke (Valerius Mystery #2) I was immediately swept into this book once again by Burke’s amazing talent at making the alien world of ancient Rome so incredibly relatable to a modern perspective. Valerius falls headfirst into another combination of mysteries,…
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Five-Star Reads for December 2024
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Livesuit James S.A. Corey (The Captive’s War novella) While the first full-length novel in this new series was well-written and had a fascinating premise, none of the point-of-view characters particularly grabbed me. In contrast, Karin fascinated me from the first scene as…
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Five-Star Reads for November 2024
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Christmas on Stardust Lane Garrett Leigh The best sorts of Christmas romances are those that could be set at any time of year and still read perfectly, because the depth of emotion is rooted in the characters and their connection rather…
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Five-Star Reads for October 2024
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Xerxes Descendant Adelaide Blaike (House Epsilon #1) The short version of this review basically boils down to “insert screaming and flailing here.” This author knows that I’m extremely picky about my speculative fiction, so I considered it an honor that she…
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Five-Star Reads for September 2024
Note: Reviews are listed alphabetically by author’s last name. More Than Need Aurora Crane (Better in Threes #1) Being familiar with these characters from other books by the author in the same shared world means I came at this story from a different perspective than brand-new readers enjoying Crane’s work…