Review: Break to You - Neal Shusterman , Debra Young, Michelle Knowlden - July 2024 There are books you finish and quietly set aside, and then there are books that stay lodged somewhere in your chest long after the final page. This is one of the latter. At its heart, this is an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love, no matter the consequences. And honestly? It wrecked me in the best possible way. Adriana is simply trying to survive. Seven months at the Compass juvenile detention center - her plan is to keep her head down, do her time, get out. Her journal is her lifeline, the one place where her feelings can spill out without consequence. Until they aren't private anymore. Someone has read her words. And written back. That someone is Jon, a boy living on the other side of the gender-divided facility, and from that first stolen exchange, something quietly electric begins to build between t...

Review: Lumberjanes: Volume Three - Various Contributors - February 2026 Oh friends, gather round because I have the most wonderful thing to share with you today, and I am barely containing my excitement as I type this! When the postie knocked on my door with a review copy from the absolute legends over at Boom Studios, I may have done a little happy dance in my hallway. Boom Studios honestly publishes some of the most joyful, imaginative, and downright brilliant comics and graphic novels out there, and being trusted with one of their titles for review genuinely made my day. But here's the thing  this wasn't just any title. This was Lumberjanes. My Lumberjanes. I fell in love with April, Jo, Mal, Molly, and Ripley over ten years ago when this gorgeous series first burst onto the scene, and that love has never once wavered. They feel like old friends at this point, the kind you'd want sitting round your kitchen table with a mug of tea and a warm biscuit. Book Three collect...

Review: Whiteout - Various Black Authors - November 2022 This YA book captured my attention after reading a review for this one and Blackout. Whiteout is written by a group of six black authors famous for YA novels. Each author has been given a specific character to write about. The book starts with Stevie and Sola having relationship problems as Stevie is very scientifically and logically minded whereas Sola is very romance-based. Now Sola has given Stevie an ultimatum which means that Stevie must bring her great romantic gesture forward. Stevie messages her friends to help her bring together their parts in the gesture from Lego flowers to billboards. Unfortunately what happens though is that a massive snowstorm has hit and now the roads are blocked, some of the team are trapped in the mall and this is one Christmas that our characters aren't going to forget. Whiteout is such a great diverse romance as not only contains multicultural characters but also a strong LGBTQA+ represen...

Feral Darlings: A Vampire Romance Anthology Ally Vance, Ariel Marie, Cassie Lein, Dana Isaly, Emery LeeAnn, Felicity Brandon, Yolanda Olson Publication date: February 14th 2025 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance Cunningly, delicious, lustful, and intoxicating. Fall through the Crimson Veil and Frozen Malice, while you spiral into Revelry. Let the Godd@#n Vampire make their Eternal Claim on your soul. Survive the immortals lurking in the Western Evil as they decide whether to Suck, Marry, Kill their prey or let them run for one more night. Feral Darlings is a collection of short stories from USA Today and internationally bestselling authors Yolanda Olson, Felicity Brandon, Ariel Marie, Cassie Lein, Emery LeeAnn, Dana Isaly, and Ally Vance. Western Evil by Yolanda Olson Frozen Malice by Felicity Brandon Eternal Claim by Ariel Marie Suck, Marry, Kill by Cassie Lein Godd@#n Vampire by Emery LeeAnn Revelry by Dana Isaly Crimson Veil by Ally Vance This sinfully, dark coll...

Pure Vengeance: A Dark Romance Anthology Felicity Brandon, Madden Kole, Maesha Stone, Raisa Greywood, Yolanda Olson Published by: GTB Publishing LLC Publication date: November 5th 2024 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance They’ll have their vengeance—and their pleasure, too. Revenge is like ice cream. Best served cold, and in bed. And nobody serves up revenge like the villains in these stories. Because there is no better way to exact your revenge than to make your target crave your touch. To make them beg you for their pleasure, to drive them to the brink of madness as they scream your name. To make them believe you might actually love them… Amazon — GIVEAWAY! Enter to win a paperback copy HERE ! —

Winds of Change: A Steamy Paranormal Romance Collection Publication date: October 31st 2024 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance An accident and a magical breeze will forever alter their destinies… Weird stuff happens in San Destino. Some accept it without question. Others know and protect its secrets. Cross the bridge over Starfall Bay to a town where the paranormally gifted live in peaceful anonymity. When ten couples are drawn together during the mystical time of Beltane, their hearts and minds will be challenged and changed. Whose magical world is threatened? Whose ordinary world will be transformed by magic? Find out in this limited-edition collection of steamy paranormal romances by established and emerging authors. Add to Goodreads / Pre-order —

Dangerous Allure: A Dark Romance Anthology Cole Denton, Dani René, Eden Bradley, Sara Fields Published by: GTB Publishing LLC Publication date: September 10th 2024 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Two’s company. Three’s a dangerously good time. This deliciously dark collection of stories is flying all the red flags – these men will hunt, stalk, and conquer their prey And leave them begging for more. Whether working together to claim their prize, or fighting to be the last man standing, it’s only when you find yourself trapped between them that you realize: there’s no way out. And maybe…that’s exactly the way you like it. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo — GIVEAWAY! Enter to win a paperback copy here ! —

Daddy, Take Me Away: A Daddy Dom Romance Anthology (Dirty Daddies 2024 Anthology Series, #2) Publication date: August 16th 2024 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Bags are packed, flights are booked. Time to grab your passport, and Daddy’s hand! The only thing Daddies love more than punishing naughty little girls…is rewarding good girls. And for these Daddies, that means a nice relaxing vacation. But being on the go won’t save these babygirls if they decide to test their Daddy’s patience. And if they thought a sunburn was bad, it’s nothing compared to the burn Daddy’s hand will leave on their bottoms. Goodreads / Purchase — GIVEAWAY! Enter to win a paperback copy here ! —

Pure Vengeance Felicity Brandon, Madden Kole, Maesha Stone, Raisa Greywood, Yolanda Olson Published by: GTB Publishing LLC Publication date: November 5th 2024 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance They’ll have their vengeance—and their pleasure, too. Revenge is like ice cream. Best served cold, and in bed. And nobody serves up revenge like the villains in these stories. Because there is no better way to exact your revenge than to make your target crave your touch. To make them beg you for their pleasure, to drive them to the brink of madness as they scream your name. To make them believe you might actually love them… —

Sin & Mistletoe Anthology Alison Mackenzie, Amanda Holly, Isabella White, Jade Marshall, M Kay Noir Publication date: November 1st 2024 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, Mafia, Romance This Christmas, forget about tinsel and trees. Get ready for dark & dirty, jealous and possessive. In the darkness, a tempting surprise waits for you. There will not be an exchange of gifts, only shadows waiting to claim you. This holiday season, forget about happiness and family. Instead, we welcome you to embrace the darkness. Add to Goodreads / Pre-order —

Breaking the Ice Whitney Dineen What do an entitled billionaire and small-town ice-skating coach have in common? Ellie My life is not turning out like I thought it would. My mom’s arthritis has gotten so bad that I had to move in with her. I’m making ends meet by giving ice skating lessons at the arena in Maple Falls. I’d be in serious trouble had the Harts not given me that job. Which makes it impossible to say no when they ask me to let Troy’s obnoxious billionaire brother stay in the cabin on my mom’s property during the charity hockey event they’re running. Zach First the tabloids call me out for being a cheapskate and then Yolanda Simms takes to national television to tell everyone what a vicious heartbreaker I am? Yeah, my life has been better. My brother thinks I can fix my bad press by coming to Maple Falls and donating big to his new charity endeavor. Too bad he didn’t mention the woman who owns the cottage I’ll be staying at hates me with a passion. He also ...