Anna K

This new release was one of the books I managed to grab on my last giant library haul trip before they shut down to the public (so like, two weeks ago or so?). I, like many other readers, thought this (the shelter in place/coronavirus distancing situation) was going to be a great time to read…

The Right Swipe

I have had this one on my TBR as a contemporary romance to pick up next time I’m in the mood for one (I love sprinkling these in for fun between heavier reads). And then I moved it up the list a bit because I won the Kindle version in a Goodreads giveaway. Woot! The…

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

I’ve had my eye on this one since before it came out (not that long ago) because the reviews, from the start, have been so glowing. Everyone who has read it has liked it. And I’m always in for a universally popular contemporary romance. Plus, as a bonus, it also checks a box for The…

Royal Holiday

I read The Wedding Date last year, Guillory’s first novel, and it was so good! I enjoyed the heat and the focus on food and the story in general, especially how strong and ambitious the female lead was. But when her second book, The Proposal, came out, I wasn’t as interested (sports based romance isn’t…

Well Met

The second I hear about this one, I knew I needed to read it: a contemporary romance set at a Renaissance Faire?! YES PLEASE. It took me longer than I had hoped to get my hands on it, since for some reason not everyone was as excited about it as myself, so it was slow…

The Friend Zone

I picked this one up because I was in the mood for a contemporary romance (this has been happening a lot lately and I’m not mad about it) and one of my favorite romance bookstagrammers (whose recs have never led me wrong yet), @diaryofaclosetreader, had raved about it. The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez Kristen…

Dating You / Hating You

When life gets stressful and I need reading to be a full-on escape, rather than a stimulating and educating experience, I turn to contemporary romance. It’s perfect. And Christina Lauren is a literary duo that I can always count on to deliver rock solid romantic escapism. This is a backlist title of theirs that I…

Say You Still Love Me

I have had The Simple Wild by Tucker on my TBR for a long time now and I haven’t gotten to it. But I’ve heard so many good things about it. So, when I saw this new release by her on the library’s new book shelf, I figured that it would probably be pretty good…

The Bride Test

Well, after reading and LOVING The Kiss Quotient last year, it was basically a no-brainer that I was going to pick up The Bride Test. I don’t really have anything else to say in this little intro, except that for sure Hoang is an auto-buy romance author for me! The Bride Test by Helen Hoang…

Intercepted

It’s the summer, so romance rules, as you know. Haha. Anyways, I have known about this series for awhile but hadn’t been totally sold on trying it. Mainly it’s because sports romances are just not my preferred sub-genre. I cannot give you a reason for that, as I do love sports in a general sense.…