My favourite Carsen Taite books are usually the ones with lawyers and courtroom scenes but this one comes close. Royal Scott is an FBI agent specializing in undercover operations. At the beginning of the story, she gets pulled from a job and immediately sent to another one, spying on the Mancuso family, and, more precisely, … Continue reading Her Consigliere – Carsen Taite
4.5⭐️ - In the mood for adorable characters, angst, yearning and fuzzy feelings? This book has it all. Becca swore she’d never date one of her teammates again after the debacle of her first year on the UNS Women’s Lacrosse team but she can’t get one of them out of her every thought. Hope is … Continue reading Catch and Cradle – Katia Rose
I’ve been reading several books with delicate topics in a row, I don’t know what happened. As children, Nev, her twin sister Viv and their best friend Kinsley were inseparable. The day Viv died, Nev lost everything. Nev and Kinsley meet again as adults, by chance. Years of families blaming and badmouthing the other have … Continue reading A Turn of Fate – Ronica Black
Swift Vengeance is a paranormal thriller with a healthy dose of romance. Months after a motorcycle accident that almost killed her, Brittany starts getting visions, terrifying, bloody visions. As much as she’d like to ignore them, she feels she’s getting them for a reason and follows them to Swift Island, in New England. A few … Continue reading Swift Vengeance – Jean Copeland & Jackie D. & Erin Zak
4.5⭐️ - The Murder Next Door is Sarah Bell’s debut novel and what a debut it is! A historical mystery with a sapphic couple investigating and so much more. Ada Chapman is a painter and a sketch artist for the police. She lives with Louisa Knight, officially as a companion but they’re really lovers. Ada … Continue reading The Murder Next Door – Sarah Bell
Belinda spent the last six years in a coma after falling suddenly and mysteriously ill. When she wakes up, she’s sixteen and locked inside her body. Her parents have given up on her ever recovering and it takes a particularly perceptive teenager to notice the small changes. Belinda seems to be reacting to Carly’s voice … Continue reading Locked Inside – Annette Mori & Heidi Bindhammer (narrator)
I don’t know what to think of this book. It’s well-written. There are feelings. Teenage angst. So much teenage angst. Andie has been in love with Ivy since forever. Ivy doesn’t do relationships and goes from girl to girl, which isn’t that surprising at nineteen. Andie is okay with it because she’s convinced that, someday, … Continue reading The Love Song of Ivy K. Harlowe – Hannah Moskowitz
4.5⭐️ - Fianna is a dragon with a mission. Along with her sisters Guin and Orla, she’s been sent to the human side to find a new hybrid shifter. A task she hopes will get her back in her people’s good graces after a mistake she can only blame on her impetuous nature. Abbie is … Continue reading Fianna the Gold – Louisa Kelley
I am, it seems, one of a few who enjoyed this book more than the first one in Olivia Waite’s Feminine Pursuits series (both books can be read as standalones). While I liked The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics a lot, I pretty much fell in love with Penelope and therefore with her story. Set … Continue reading The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows (Feminine Pursuits #2) – Olivia Waite & Morag Sims (narrator)
I love this book. It made me cry a lot because I got Pluto and I got her mom and they both try so hard. I don’t know if the fact that I started reading on a day when every little thing was already making me cry was a good or a bad thing but … Continue reading How to Become a Planet – Nicole Melleby
