by Olive | Sep 9, 2026 | Book Reviews
Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick (2026) Contemporary romance. Standalone novel. The romance plot here is secondary to the personal growth that Phoebe has to undergo to deal with her anxiety. It’s a great setup: the ever-anxious Phoebe has a list to...
by Olive | Sep 8, 2026 | Book Reviews
You’ll Be the Death of Me by Holly Michelle (2026) Paranormal romance. Standalone novel. Cole is the afterlife clerk who accidentally takes the soul of a much younger Verdella Rodgers and gets the chance to go down to earth to fix it. Dell is the ultimate Type A...
by Olive | Sep 2, 2026 | Book Reviews
The Wallflower Win by Valerie Bowman (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 4 of the Whitmorelands series. Eliza is totally uninterested in marriage, so she basically tricks Christopher into a wager during a chess match, where he will pretend to court...
by Olive | Sep 1, 2026 | Book Reviews
The Wallflower Win by Valerie Bowman (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 4 of the Whitmorelands series. Eliza is totally uninterested in marriage, so she basically tricks Christopher into a wager during a chess match, where he will pretend to court...
by Olive | Aug 25, 2026 | Book Reviews
Mutual Discord by Liana De la Rosa (2026) Contemporary romance. Standalone novel. Look, I liked Sofia and her content, but her insecurities were driving me nuts. She basically gets laid off after her male co-worker steals her ideas, drunkenly rants about a historical...
by Olive | Aug 18, 2026 | Book Reviews
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan (2022) Contemporary romance. Standalone novel. Nora usually writes cheesy rom-coms for a cable movie channel, but has more recently written a script that recaps the breakup of her own marriage. And the movie studio wants to...
