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Travis Baldree Delivers Tales from the Territory
Fans of Travis Baldree will want to make room on their shelves for Tales from the Territory. With new glimpses of favorite characters, plenty of cozy vibes, and Baldree’s beloved themes of found family and community, this collection feels like a return visit to a world you weren’t quite ready to leave.
Enjoying This Book With All My Haunted Heart
With All My Haunted Heart may look like a cozy, witchy sapphic romance, but underneath the ghosts, crystals, and sigils is a surprisingly emotional story about abandonment, trauma, found family, and healing.
Oh, Say Can You See The Romance?
A cute hockey romance with plenty of chaos, but to be honest, the goats were the characters I was most invested in. 🐐🏒😂
From Romantic Suspense… to Thriller!
Katie Reus is known for mixing danger with plenty of heat, but this time, she’s leaving the romance in the background and letting murder take center stage in Neighbor Liar Killer.
Taking Cruise Crush Out to Sea
🚢 Cruise vacations promise sunshine, adventure, and maybe even a little romance. Cruise Crush captures the excitement of life at sea with immersive cruise details and unforgettable ports of call—but did this vacation romance leave me ready to book another sailing, or counting down the days until disembarkation?
The Disaster Gay Detective Agency Solves a Mystery, But Repeats Itself Along the Way
Lev AC Roseen delivers a fun queer mystery full of found family and humor, but repeated timelines kept this from becoming a favorite.
This Book Had Me Playing for Keeps
What happens when a bisexual NFL quarterback, a pop superstar, and two fiercely protective publicists collide? You get two romances for the price of one. Alexandria Bellefleur’s Playing for Keeps delivers a romance that is equal parts steamy, heartwarming, funny, and surprisingly emotional.
Without a Clue— and Loving Every Minute!
Without a Clue by Melissa Ferguson is a charming blend of mystery, romance, and found family aboard a reader convention cruise. Read my 5-star ARC and audiobook review.
Hit Me With Your Best Pot Shot
Sometimes the books we resist the most end up surprising us! I have to admit something before I start this review: I initially struggled to get into Pot Shot. The marijuana dispensary setting didn’t immediately appeal to me, and I wasn’t sure I would connect with a story centered around a cannabis industry. Because of…
A Parade of Horribles Had Me Laughing, Crying, and Wanting a Slug Plushie
If you’ve been following Carl and Princess Donut’s journey from the beginning, prepare yourself emotionally. A Parade of Horribles delivers some of the biggest emotional payoffs in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series while still providing the humor, action, and chaos that fans have come to expect. ⸻ A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman (Audiobook…
Evening the Score Balances Romance and Hockey Realism
If you love a hockey romance that’s equal parts humor and emotional depth… Evening the Score is going to be right up your alley. ⸻ Evening the Score by Lexi LaFleur Brown 🏒Get Your Copy Today! 💜I received this book as an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) and an Advanced Listener Copy (ALC) in exchange for…
