Honey & Spice

This was an ALC from Libro.fm a few months ago that I maybe wouldn't have gotten to quite as quickly otherwise. But sometime during the cold January weeks, the heat from this cover really spoke to me, and I decided to give it a go. Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola “…I’d been walking around…

Silver Under Nightfall

The publisher reached out to me about this one, to see if I'd be interested in a NetGalley eARC. While I actually normally do not say yes to too many of those offers, mainly because my NetGalley feedback percentage is already abysmal, and I have so many other things I want to read that I'm usually…

King of Battle and Blood

So, I read A Touch of Darkness (in one sitting) on Xmas Day, as I was (happily) home alone and relaxing. It was exactly what I wanted it to be. And I was in the mood for more like it as New Year's Day approached. However, I also had been good with where that one finished and…

A Touch of Darkness

This cold dark winter, heavy interact-with-other-people, Holiday time of year always makes me want to pick up this sort of book: a quick, fast, steamy, magical romance. This is around when I started the “Psy-Changeling” series last year, and I wanted something like that again (though potentially much less of a commitment than that 15-book…

A Dowry of Blood

Although I have been on hold for this one at the library since early October (ish), there was definitely some kind of delay in the process because our copy didn’t arrive/get processed til mid-December. And despite the fact that we are now deeply past the “spooky” season this read was meant to be for, I…

From Bad to Cursed

I read Payback’s a Witch, the first book in the Witches of Thistle Grove romance series, last year right around this time. And honestly, I loved it. So much fun. So much magic. So much bisexual lady love and a solid side of joined-together-in-righteous-vengeance female power. So, this next one has been on my “ready…

A Taste of Gold and Iron

This one came across my radar through one of my many book-related listservs that I'm on. I honestly cannot remember which one now, but I do know that the theme was along the lines of "upcoming steamy fantasy reads." And I am a sucker for those. Plus, sometimes I really do want a standalone adventure,…

Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble

I think I'm just basically at the point where I'll read whatever new thing Alexis Hall writes. I mean I know I'm behind by a couple, but the point it, everything has been amazinggggg. Now, my clear favorite so far is A Lady for a Duke, but I haven't read anything I haven't liked. I wasn't…

Count Your Lucky Stars

I find romances to be fantastic vacation reads, light and fun and easy to jump in and out of as you need. So, I was thrilled when my hold on this final book in the "Written in the Stars" romance series came in the week before I was set to travel for a long weekend.…

Drunk on Love

I always know that when I want a good contemporary romance escape, Jasmine Guillory has got me! I’m behind (and a little all over the place) on her “The Wedding Date” series, but I thought both The Wedding Date and Royal Holiday were great. This one is her most recently (just) published work, a standalone,…