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Book Review: Heart2Heart (Contemporary) Vol. 7
This post includes reviews of selections from the contemporary half of the 7th volume of Heart2Heart charity anthology. Brie Mine Charlie Novak I have a soft spot for book nerds, being one myself, and I loved that Sage and Benedict first connected in chat conversations over their love of books and reading, especially since they…
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Book Review: Spark of Wrath (Carnal Tower #4) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Carnal Tower series: Shades of Lust (#1) | Waiting on Forever (#2) | Taste of Greed (#3) As a firm believer that sex work is work, I adore the simultaneously realistic and aspirational world of the Carnal Tower. We’re now halfway through the series, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching…
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Book Review: Most of You (Beginning of Always #2) by E.M. Lindsey
Ready my review of the previous book in the Beginning of Always series, Halo. This book works completely as a stand-alone story, but putting this book together with Halo makes for a lovely duet. Emil wasn’t necessarily a villain in the other book who needed a redemption arc. The events in that book served as…
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Book Review: Sunshine (Trident Agency #1) by E.M. Lindsey & Kiki Clark
I’m a huge fan of open-world urban fantasy, so I knew ahead of time that I’d enjoy this new series cowritten by one of my favorite authors. Lindsey and Clark play with multiple romance tropes in this book while also stretching other limits with a setting completely different from our own world, while keeping everything…
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Book Review: Cover-Up (Irons and Works: Key Largo #12) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of previous books in the Irons and Works series: Free Hand (#1) | Blank Canvas (#2) | American Traditional (#3) | Bio-Mechanical (#4) | Stick and Poke (#5) | Scarification (#6) | Scratcher (#7) | Ornamental (#8) | Snakebites (#9) | Fine Line (#10) | Heavy Hand (#11) | To Touch the Light (follow-up novella) | Last-Minute Walk-In (follow-up novella) One of the overarching themes…
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Book Review: Halo by E.M. Lindsey
Victor and Oliver may come from thoroughly different walks of life, and exist in vastly different current lives, but this isn’t an opposites-attract romance. Instead, this is a story about love arriving when it’s least expected (and possibly even least wanted) for two people who don’t believe they deserve it but are still able to…
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Book Review: Affogato (BrewBiz #1) by E.M. Lindsey
I’m really sensitive to second-hand embarrassment, so while I was excited to read this book, I dreaded the inciting incident warned about in the description. Lindsey starts the story by dropping us right into the event, so at least I didn’t have to stress about when it would come. Even better, I felt that they…
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Book Review: Rapture by E.M. Lindsey
I figured out pretty quickly that my reading tastes don’t necessarily run to the typical mafia romance conceits, in which the suave, capable mob guy swoops in to save (in whatever capacity) the other main character. However, I was more than willing to take a chance on this subgenre in the hands of one of…
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Book Review: Heavy Hand (Irons and Works: Key Largo #11) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of previous books in the Irons and Works series: Free Hand (#1) | Blank Canvas (#2) | American Traditional (#3) | Bio-Mechanical (#4) | Stick and Poke (#5) | Scarification (#6) | Scratcher (#7) | Ornamental (#8) | Snakebites (#9) | Fine Line (#10) | To Touch the Light | Last-Minute Walk-In This book didn’t make me shed any actual tears, but it…
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Book Review: Fine Line (Irons and Works: Key Largo #10) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of previous books in the Irons and Works series: Free Hand (#1) | Blank Canvas (#2) | American Traditional (#3) | Bio-Mechanical (#4) | Stick and Poke (#5) | Scarification (#6) | Scratcher (#7) | Ornamental (#8) | Snakebites (#9) | To Touch the Light | Last-Minute Walk-In Though this book fits in the larger scope of Lindsey’s Irons and Works series,…
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Book Review: Taste of Greed (Carnal Tower #3) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Carnal Tower series: Shades of Lust (#1) | Waiting on Forever (#2) Though previous readers of this series have met both main characters beforehand, new readers should have no trouble with this installment as a stand-alone. In the prologue, Lindsey sends us briefly back in time to King’s…
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Book Review: Sins That Define Us (Madly Ever After #3) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Madly Ever After series: Sins That Find Us (#1) | Sins That Bind Us (#2) In another world, more of this trilogy delved deeper into the history of and relationships between the complicated dynamics between Kane, Phoenix, James, and Ari. I will never penalize an author in a…
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Book Review: Sins That Bind Us (Madly Ever After #2) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my review of the first book in the Madly Ever After series, Sins That Find Us. Lindsey doesn’t leave us hanging off the cliff they left us in the previous book for long. However, while Kane’s kidnapping is established, his rescue isn’t quite so straightforward. The guys go through a lot to find him,…
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Book Review: Sins That Find Us (Madly Ever After #1) by E.M. Lindsey
The first installment of this nontraditional fairy tale retelling has a lot of work to do. Multiple characters to introduce, both individually and their previously established dynamics, along with the politics of an underworld to set up. Lindsey pulls no punches by immediately showing how dark and kinky these guys are, already with each other…
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Book Review: Snakebites (Irons and Works #9) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of previous books in the Irons and Works series: Free Hand (#1) | Blank Canvas (#2) | American Traditional (#3) | Bio-Mechanical (#4) | Stick and Poke (#5) | Scarification (#6) | Scratcher (#7) | Ornamental (#8) | To Touch the Light (follow-up) | Last-Minute Walk-In (follow-up) I prefer longer novels in the romance genre because that gives the author so much…
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Book Review: Malicious Compliance & Instant Regret by E.M. Lindsey
This post includes reviews of the books in the Loose Lips Sink Ships duet: Malicious Compliance (#1) | Instant Regret (#2) Malicious Compliance (Loose Lips Sink Ships #1) Any book by this author is going to be packed with emotion, and this one hits us with it right away. Jules is coming out of a…
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Book Review: Rising Tide (Broken Chains MC #5) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Broken Chains MC series. This conclusion to the major conflict facing the Broken Chains MC and the final relationship we’d been teased was absolutely worth the wait. I wasn’t able to re-read the previous books, but I had no problem slipping back into this world with…
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Book Review: Safe and Sound by E.M. Lindsey
I had a feeling this particular Lindsey title would be chock full of angst, and I was absolutely right. This is not a complaint. Every bit of the pain these characters undergoes is directly relevant to the plot and affects their hard-fought and deserved happily ever after. It’s just the getting there that involved a…
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Book Review: Soft Hands (Sin Bin: West Coast #2) by E.M. Lindsey
Lindsey treats us to a few of my favorite tropes in the latest installment of their hockey romance series. Poly romance arcs are a particular favorite because it’s like getting multiple story arcs for the price of one, and as usual, Lindsey upends every expectation by creating a unique dynamic between three well-developed characters. Plus,…
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Book Review: Breakaway (Sin Bin: West Coast #1) by E.M. Lindsey
I enjoyed the two original entries in Lindsey’s cowritten foray into hockey romance, and while I have no idea when or whether that series will continue, I already knew I’d also be invested in the Western Conference version written by Lindsey alone. This book includes all of what I enjoyed about that series but with…
