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Review: Lyrical Bliss in Tuscany by Cindy Irish

Lyrical Bliss in Tuscany by Cindy Irish, the third book in her Bel Homme Quartet Series, is a powerful and exciting love story embedded in the tale of a rising musical star. With vivid style and sanguine spirit, Irish explores themes such as pleasure, sex, and success, but she also touches on the discipline, self-discovery, and self-awareness that a true artist needs in order to fully express themselves.

While Nico is already a world-acclaimed singer, Gina, a local musician, is only starting to discover the full extent of her potential, and not only in her music. Since the first […]

SPR2022-11-01T19:44:44+02:00November 1st, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Romance Book Reviews|

Aren and Élise by Ettenig Sayam

The moving and drama-filled novel Aren and Élise by Ettenig Sayam brings two very different people into a post-midlife romance that finds each of them navigating very unfamiliar territory.

When 50-year-old Haitian foreign language teacher Élise falls during a hike in Vermont, she is rescued by Aren, a vibrant 63-year-old engineer of Armenian descent who seems to have found the woman he didn’t know he was looking for. Sharing little in common beyond a history of political violence, the confident and charming Aren woos the shy and reluctant Élise with persistence, romance, and erotic sexual adventure, until the couple encounters […]

SPR2022-10-21T16:12:01+02:00October 21st, 2022|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Romance Book Reviews|

Review: Brass (The Covid Chronicles) by Peter Moore

Steeped in steamy scenes and dynamic relationships, Brass is a wildly original novel from Peter Moore, the second part of his standalone series, The Covid Chronicles.

Delphine is the captivating protagonist of this steamy read – a fearless femme of the nocturnal economy, raking in duffel bags of dosh for her high-end erotic services. She keeps her income steady and her heart safe by avoiding emotional connection with her clients, but that begins to change when an Adonis-like footballer buys his way into her bed. He invites her to spend a week in Portugal on a pleasure cruise, to […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2022-09-09T09:08:03+02:00July 13th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Romance Book Reviews|

Review: Bad Girl by Vonne B

A compelling rich-romance drama, Bad Girl by Vonne B offers a surprisingly multifaceted novel set in the dual cut-throat worlds of strip clubs and the law.

Protagonist Abigail has managed to pull off a gig at one of the best strip joints in town, Secrets, working as a thick-bodied exotic dancer to provide for her little brother after her drug-addled mother made off leaving them to fend for themselves at a young age. A wealthy regular, Jones, has taken a shine to her, and she’s dancing for him privately one night a week to bring home the dough.

Meanwhile, Jones […]

SPR2022-07-05T10:05:40+02:00June 7th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Erotic Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews|

Review: That Which Remains: Rouse by M. Tess Ossenelli

Diving deeper into a deadly mystery and the tragic ends we go to for the truth, That Which Remains: Rouse by M. Tess Ossenelli is an impressive second piece of this thrilling series.

Evan’s grief at his sister’s murder has driven him to dark and desperate corners, places he had tried to leave behind, even as his life is lit up with the hope of new love with Laci. The foundations of this future are anything but stable, as neither can free themselves from the horrors of the past.

Evan is relentless in his search for a transplant option and […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2022-05-16T07:04:55+02:00April 19th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Romance Book Reviews, Thriller Book Reviews|

Review: The Golden Hearts Club by Cinda K. Swalley

An uplifting novel about two sisters who befriend a family on a California horse ranch, Cinda K. Swalley’s The Golden Hearts Club is a feel-good story about spreading kindness and finding love in the most unlikely of places.

Close-knit siblings Katie and Megan Summers decide to take an epic cross-country road trip following Katie’s college graduation. Katie is a little more nervous and hesitant to take the plunge; she’s a passionate romantic who’s just gone through a terrible breakup with a cheating boyfriend. She’s also struggling to determine the meaning behind the strange prescient dreams she’s been having – are […]

Michelle Hogmire2022-03-30T04:47:34+02:00March 29th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Contemporary Fiction Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews|

Secondhand Emotions by Will Entrekin

A romantic sojourn of an eager-to-please lover finding his way in the world, Secondhand Emotions by Will Entrekin is a steamy but unusual tale of sex and psychology.

Donovan Malone pulls readers through the personal experience of desire, depression, and “extreme empathy” of his collegiate years, but his hormonal throes of passion are anything but average. After discovering that he can sense the feelings and thoughts of his sexual partners, Donovan is driven to explore where this invasive power comes from, and how it can be controlled before it ruins his honest chance at happiness forever.

While many erotic-leaning reads […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2022-03-23T07:18:48+02:00March 23rd, 2022|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Contemporary Fiction Book Reviews, Romance Book Reviews|

Dark Blue Waves by Kimberly Sullivan

A young Jane Austen scholar travels back in time to Regency England in Kimberly Sullivan’s romantic Dark Blue Waves, a captivating story about finding love and discovering where you belong.

Janet Roberts is destined to be an architect because it’s the family business, but she would much rather study nineteenth-century literature. When she lands a spot in a prestigious seminar on Austen, she jumps at the chance to learn in Bath, England, far away from her father and his assistant’s prying eyes. However, her plans suddenly change: after a chance encounter with a famous painting and a nasty head wound, […]

Michelle Hogmire2022-03-03T09:42:02+02:00March 2nd, 2022|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Romance Book Reviews, Time Travel Book Reviews|