Night Sweats and Hockey Nets by Marika Ray My rating: 5 of 5 stars Night Sweats and Hockey Nets is the third instalment of Marika Ray and Sylvie Stewart’s Hot Flash Hookups series, and follows Nikolai Drugov, a hockey player in the midst of a custody battle with his ex-wife over their young daughter, and […]
Productivity is Power: Five Liberating Practices for College Students by Hillary Rettig My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hillary Rettig’s Productivity is Power offers detailed tips for students to overcome problems that affect their productivity, such as procrastination, perfectionism, isolation, and self-sabotaging. Tips include time-management and self-care. I recommend this book because I found it […]
Forever to Fall by Libby Kay My rating: 4 of 5 stars Forever to Fall is the fifth instalment of Libby Kay’s Buckeye Falls series, and it follows childhood friends Beckett and Mallory, who reunite after the tragic loss of Beckett’s grandfather. I loved the previous book so I was really excited to read this […]
Finding Hope: A Small Town Beach Romance by Erin Brockus My rating: 4 of 5 stars Erin Brockus’ Finding Hope follows Hope Collins, ready to start over after losing a relationship and leaving her job. An exciting opportunity brings her to St Croix, where she meets Alex, reserved diver with a mysterious past. Both reluctant […]
Love Rinkside by G.K. Brady My rating: 4 of 5 stars G. K. Brady’s Love Rinkside follows full-time consultant and part-time amateur hockey player Drew, and Katie, who works with his sister. They meet properly at a Halloween party, talk about how they are both rinkside as they are close to professional hockey players but […]
This Time Around by Kimberly Packard My rating: 4 of 5 stars Kimberley Packard’s This Time Around follows forty-seven year old Josie in the midst of a divorce, and the potential loss of her company looming in the distance. Then suddenly she’s seventeen again and faced with two options; to make the same choices she […]
The Music That Ties Us: A Rockstar Romance by Nicolette Terry My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s funny how I keep picking up books that I end up massively relating to. Cadence is stuck in an unhappy, toxic, passionless relationship until her sister drags her to see a band and she can’t keep her […]
Salt Love: A Summer Romantic Comedy by Marika Ray My rating: 4 of 5 stars Marika Ray’s Salt Love follows newly divorced Kenna as she moves to Sunshine Keys, Florida to handle her late aunt’s estate and meets her next-door neighbour with a big secret, Dec. Kenna starts off a bit judgemental and Dec seems […]
Finding Love by Lacey Furr My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lacey Furr’s Finding Love follows Hailey, a healed woman running her own bed and breakfast, and Lock, famous musician and a broken man trying his best to heal. Hailey helps Loch in this process but she comes to realise he can help her just […]
The Ghostly Diva by Sandra L. Young My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sandra L. Young’s The Ghostly Diva follows museum curator Justine, plodding along in her home town with the odd visit from a ghost, and Jackson, grumpy and mysterious screenwriter from LA whose mother has recently passed and so he’s come to the […]
Mood Swings and Hockey Flings by Marika Ray My rating: 4 of 5 stars Mood Swings & Hockey Flings is the second installment of Marika Ray and Sylvie Stewart’s Hot Flash Hookups series. It follows Kaitlyn, hockey agent at the height of her career who, at the age of forty, is starting to think about […]
Charlotte’s Control by Maggie Sims My rating: 4 of 5 stars Maggie Sims’ Charlotte’s Control follows Charlotte, a widow in her late twenties who, when she attempts to rejoin society, meets William, who is almost a decade younger than her but very eager to spend time with her. Charlotte decides to form a relationship with […]
England: Cultured, Classic, and Charming: A Guide to Hidden England by Christy Nicholas My rating: 4 of 5 stars This travel guide explores the history and mythology or folklore of England, religion and photography, and food and sight-seeing. I’ve learnt about places and things such as Barter Books, the Banksy Street Art Tour, and the […]
Make Me Burn by Alicia Street My rating: 4 of 5 stars Alicia Street’s Make Me Burn follows Jinx, who has been in love with her brother’s best friend, Logan, for as long as she can remember. The problem is, her brother Victor now hates Logan for betraying him years ago. When Jinx and Logan […]
The Scottish Play by Phoebe Alexander My rating: 3 of 5 stars Phoebe Alexander’s The Scottish Play follows Molly, a bisexual polyamorous playwright, and Lachlan, the Scottish guy that Molly’s girlfriend finds to play the lead in Molly’s play. During their time together, Molly and Lachlan fall for each other, Lachlan learns more about polyamory, […]
Kingdom of the Oceans by Martin Ferguson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Kingdom of the Oceans is the sixth and final instalment of Martin Ferguson’s Relic Hunters series, and it follows Adam and Matt Hunter as they finally find the lost city of Atlantis. They learn about what happened to their father and one […]
Deja Brew All Over Again: A Runaway Bride Romance by Sylvie Stewart My rating: 5 of 5 stars Deja Brew All Over Again is the third instalment of Sylvie Stewart’s Love on Tap series, and follows bad boy Miller who falls for Maisy, the runaway bride who jumps in his car and tells him to […]
Betrayal of the Gods by Martin Ferguson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Betrayal of the Gods is the fifth instalment of Martin Ferguson’s Relic Hunters series. The majority of the book follows Adam, and his brother, Matt, who set off to finish the mission their father started: to find the lost city of Atlantis. […]
Sweet Dreams by Claire by Nanette Littlestone My rating: 4 of 5 stars Sweet Dreams by Claire is the second instalment of Nanette Littlestone’s Capture the Light series, and it follows Claire and Finn. Claire is passionate about baking, she wants to open her own bakery and create things made of wildly different ingredients and […]
Unexpected by Laylah Abrams My rating: 5 of 5 stars Laylah Abrams’ Unexpected follows famous Clair Morgan, who falls in love with waiter/artist Nick Holden. Despite their completely different backgrounds, they have more in common than either of them would have thought, and they’re the only people who see each other for who they truly […]
Doombringer by Marcel Liemant My rating: 4 of 5 stars Marcel Liemant’s Doombringer follows trans male lead, Oden, his daughter, Penny, his best friend, Tinnor, and Tinnor’s partner, Ivan, as well as side characters, Magdela the Wise, and the non-binary character Kimri. Their village, Shard Moure, has been and continues to be attacked, and most […]
Christmas Cove by Sarah Dressler My rating: 4 of 5 stars America Greene is pretty comfortable with her life in the city, her job as an editor, and her unrequited crush on a writer at her place of work. That is until she’s sent on a writing assignment to Christmas Cove. She expects a town […]
Faking the Fall by Libby Kay My rating: 5 of 5 stars Libby Kay’s fourth instalment of the Buckeye Falls series, Faking the Fall, follows Alice Snyder who has recently moved back to her hometown because she’s feeling a little lost. She’s highly educated and well travelled but doesn’t have a clue what to do […]
Wild Lavender by Nicole E. Kelleher My rating: 4 of 5 stars TW: Rape/Domestic Violence. The first instalment of Nicole E. Kelleher’s Heart & Hand series, Wild Lavender, follows Anna who is married to Lord Roger but secretly in love with a man she had a moment with years prior, Larkin. The story focuses on […]
Heart’s Rescue by Meredith Hart My rating: 5 of 5 stars Rowan and his brother, Phaedron, survive in the World’s End in the Land Below. That is, until Phaedron’s arm is cut off by a monster, which Rowan then drags to the King before setting out for revenge on all monsters for what happened to […]
When We Fell Again: An angsty, second chance rockstar romance by Julie Archer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Content Warning: Sexual Harassment, Drug Addiction, Drug Overdose. When We Fell Again follows Jordan, lead singer of rock band Idol Rev, and Alexis, Jordan’s ex-girlfriend and tour manager of Idol Rev’s comeback tour. It’s been five […]
A Rainbow Like You by Andréa Fehsenfeld My rating: 4 of 5 stars A Rainbow Like You follows Adrian ‘Jazzer’ Johnson, lead guitarist of famous band Size of a Scandal, on tour. He meets Hastings Sinclair, a thirteen year old with synesthesia who needs a ride to New Orleans and offers to help Adrian with […]
Conversations with the Tarot: Bewitching Meditations on Reading the Cards by Maria DeBlassie My rating: 4 of 5 stars Conversations with the Tarot is a series of poems representing each card Maria DeBlassie pulls from her collection. I like how she’s able to see a positive perspective in each of the cards and how both […]
Broken. by N.D. Jackson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Content Warning: child abused/paedophilia. Indigo is a girl with a haunting past but a bright future. Gideon is her best friends brother, who is new to town and living in her guest house. When Indigo begins to receive threats regarding a new contract with work, […]
Fetching Dreams by Mary Evanson Bleckwehl My rating: 5 of 5 stars Neyah from Kenya and Abby from Minnesota are unlikely friends. They become pen-pals through an assignment encouraged by their schools. Despite living in completely different worlds, they find that they have a lot in common, they develop a beautiful friendship purely through handwritten […]
