Definitely Better Now

By: Ava Robinson Many thanks to Harlequin Trade Publishing, The Hive, and NetGalley for the ARC of this book! Emma is officially one year sober. She goes to work, goes to meetings, and goes home. She also hasn’t dated for a year. Her sponsor finally convinces herself to go out with her co-workers. The createContinue reading “Definitely Better Now”

Eddie Winston is Looking for Love

By: Marianne Cronin Many thanks to Harper Perennial and NetGalley for the ARC of this book! From the author that brought you The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot is another great story of Bella and Eddie. Eddie is 90 years old and he’s never been kissed. He loved once, but she was marriedContinue reading “Eddie Winston is Looking for Love”

Mr. Broody

By: Piper Rayne Many thanks to Valentine PR for the ARC of this book! In this second book of The Nest series we follow Jade and Henry’s story. Henry and Jade fell in love when they were young. But when he made it in hockey, they went their separate ways. Jade left Chicago only toContinue reading “Mr. Broody”

The Reading List

By: Sara Nisha Adams “Please try to remember that books aren’t always an escape; sometimes book teach us things. They show us the world; they don’t hide it.” Mukesh is a widower who is lonely. He shops every Wednesday, worries about his granddaughter Priya, and goes to Temple. He just misses his wife. Aleisha isContinue reading “The Reading List”

The Mistletoe Bet

By: Maren Moore “… I’m not letting you get on that plane without being mine. Be mine. F*ck, just, I need you to be mine.” Quinn goes home for the holidays but she just wants it to be over so she can go home to New York. Since her parents divorce, she’s hated the holidays.Continue reading “The Mistletoe Bet”

All The Colors of the Dark

By: Chris Whitaker “I just wanted to show you that sometimes things survive despite the harshest of odds.” In a small town in Missouri, girls are going missing. One girl, Misty, is targeted but she is saved by Patch. This story follows the lives of Patch, his friend Saint, Misty (a little bit), throughout theContinue reading “All The Colors of the Dark”

If You Give A Grump A Holiday Wishlist

By: Ann Einerson “You have captured my heart piece by piece, weaving your way into my very soul, and before I knew it, you had claimed all of me.” Presley gave her boss Jack Sinclair a years notice that she was taking two weeks off in December to spend Christmas with her family in Maine.Continue reading “If You Give A Grump A Holiday Wishlist”

The Family Secret

By: NJ Barker Many thanks to the author for the gifted ebook! This is another great book by NJ Barker. House of Marcham is a perfume company built from the ground up by the Marcham family. But now it’s under threat. After receiving a threat that the family must pay, an offer to buy theContinue reading “The Family Secret”

Comfort and Joy

By: Alexa Land “The world needs people who carry umbrellas, just as much as it needs the ones who dance in the rain.” I really need to learn to read synopsis before I read books! Jed is on his way to a lodge to see his brother and his “adopted” family for Christmas and getsContinue reading “Comfort and Joy”

Stories of a Harlem Resident

By: Javier Sarmiento Jr. Thank you to this author for providing me a gifted copy of this poetry book! This was a different type of read for me – I don’t read poetry often, but I do enjoy it. This book of poetry is about the daily experiences as a resident of Harlem. It isContinue reading “Stories of a Harlem Resident”