by Olive | Sep 23, 2025 | Book Reviews
The Gingerbread Bakery by Laurie Gilmore (2025) Contemporary romance. Book 5 of the Dream Harbor series. Super fun second chance, not-quite-enemies-to-lovers romance. Annie and Mac have been sniping at each other in every previous Dream Harbor book and this book...
by Olive | Sep 16, 2025 | Book Reviews
The Honeycrisp Orchard Inn by Valerie Bowman (2025) Contemporary romance. Book 1 of the Honeycrisp Orchard Romance series. Super cute little small town romance. Ellie has a dramatic firing from her big city job and luckily has a place to land at her family’s small...
by Olive | Sep 10, 2025 | Book Reviews
Beyond Scandal and Desire by Lorraine Heath (2018) Historical romance. Victorian-era England. Book 1 of the Sins for All Seasons series. One of my favorite tropes is the revenge plot, and Lorraine Heath does it so well in this book. Mick Trewlove is the illegitimate...
by Olive | Sep 9, 2025 | Book Reviews
Pitcher Perfect by Tessa Bailey (2025) Contemporary romance. Book 4 of the Big Shots series. This book was quick and punchy and steamy and I loved it. Skylar is a college softball pitcher who is dragged to an impromptu ball game between her baseball player brother and...
by Olive | Sep 5, 2025 | Book Reviews
An Unforeseen Kiss by Alexa Aston (2025) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 4 of the Captivating Kisses series. Tragic backstory for Eden who’s mother is paralyzed after a horse riding incident when she was young, plus the sudden death of her father when...
by Olive | Sep 3, 2025 | Book Reviews
My Best Friend’s Earl by Bethany Bennett (2025) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 2 of the Bluestocking Booksellers series. If you’ve been looking for scenes with yearning, you need to read this book. First off, Constance and Oliver are total...
