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Feb

28

2023

Begin Again by Emma Lord

I’m a fan of romance any time of year, but I don’t want to let February go by without highlighting a favorite (or two, stay tuned for next week!). Emma Lord is on my must-read list since I devoured her PNW-set YA You Have a Match, and I was thrilled to see she had a …

Feb

21

2023

Powell’s Black History Month Display by Bookseller Katherine D. Morgan

Powell’s bookseller and writer Katherine D. Morgan  (@blktinabelcher) shared her Black History Month display on twitter earlier this month: My Black History Month display is up @Powells  A classic with a new favorite based on themes and subject matter? Sign me up!  Authors featured include Denise Williams (The Fastest Way to Fall), Jessica Pryde (Black …

Nov

28

2022

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

Abby Jimenez’s Part of Your World starts with a raccoon and a grilled cheese sandwich, carries you through the middle with some blazing sexual chemistry, and wraps up with an emotionally enriching resolution. This is exactly what you’re looking for when you come in and say, “You know, I need something with delightful characters, a bit …

Nov

2

2022

Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Wilde

This incredible debut brought music to my brain, sunlight to my vision, and such deep, vibrant, and yearning love to my heart. A simple kissing dare between Henry and his best friend Len opens up feelings of wanting and belonging that neither had realized until that night. With senior year wrapping up, so much is …

Aug

19

2022

The Wedding Season by Katy Birchall

The Wedding Season is a delightful book that will make you smile, laugh, cry, and feel all warm and fuzzy in side with its witty humor, slow-burn romance, unbreakable bonds of friendship, and the growing pains of rediscovering who you are. Freya is dumped the day before her wedding by her boyfriend of 12 years. …

Aug

1

2022

Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez

This was a fully immersive, young adult romance that takes readers on a cultural deep-dive….with DRAGONS where bulls (and bullfighting) would have been. You’ll taste and smell Hispalia. You’ll see the rich colors and hear music. With excellent character development, readers will finish the last page still itching for more Zarela and Alberto. Guaranteed. –Kathy, …

Jun

29

2022

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Perhaps you have read the iconic novel Red White & Royal Blue? If you’ve been craving a gay romance of the same caliber, you need to read Boyfriend Material! Luc O’Donnell, son of two famous (and divorced) musicians, desperately needs to save his reputation in the press to keep his job. He’s badgered by a friend into dating …

Jun

17

2022

A Marvellous Light

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

I ran across this book when it was described as “a himbo meets an archivist,” so of course, I had to pick it up. Two men are unwittingly caught up in trying to break a deadly curse that, if left unattended, may come to spell out disastrous consequences for all the magicians in Britain. A …

Jun

6

2022

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

In her first foray into Historical Romance, Adriana Herrera introduces us to Las Leonas–three Dominican best friends who travel to the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, the heiress of the title, has come to the Expo to find new markets for her rum. James “Evan” Evanston Sinclair is there to do much …

Jun

1

2022

Within These Wicked Walls
by Lauren Blackwood

This is a gorgeous, rich, romantic Ethiopian retelling of Jane Eyre. Andromeda is hired as a debtera, licensed exorcists hired to cleanse households and individuals of the Evil Eye. Andromeda is the latest in a long line of debtera. The previous 10 fled, or disappeared trying. The Evil Eye has a particularly strong hold on …

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