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  • Problematic Summer Romance – Book Review – Author Natalina Reis

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    Problematic Summer Romance (Not in Love, #2)Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood
    My rating: 4 of 5 stars

    Another great Hazelwood romance. Ali Hazelwood has quickly become a favorite rom com writer of mine because of how she balances humor with the more serious side of life in a quirky but very intelligent and feministic way. This book is no different.

    I loved almost everything about it. The setting, the banter, the extended family and friends, the dog (OMG, the dog), the slow-burn romance… I can’t tell you how much this book made me smile in almost every page. It’s as close to perfection as you can get.

    There were a couple things that I didn’t like, both very personal so don’t let that stop you from reading the book.

    One was the fact that I wasn’t quite sold on the “I-can’t-touch-her-or-let-her-touch-me” age gap thingy. Their age difference wasn’t really that wide for such a fuss and Conor’s weird “policy” of “no-touching” didn’t sit down well with me. That said, the story flows so well and the characters are so likable that in the end it didn’t really matter that much.

    The other thing was the use of a certain 4-letter word (that rhymes with punt) that has a very crass and honestly, disrespectful connotation for me. The fact that the FMC used it frequently to describe her own female parts really rubbed me the wrong way. Every time she’d say that, it made me feel that Maya really hated herself or thought of herself as filth, unworthy of respect. Hazelwood writes some seriously hot sex scenes with a lot of feeling mixed in (one of the reasons I love her books so much) but when Maya would use the C-word it just kind of ruined it for me.

    Again, personal opinions.

    In brief: the book is awesome, it will have you both laughing out loud and swooning, and both Maya and Conor are amazing together. Highly recommend it.

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  • A River Enchanted – Book Review – Author Natalina Reis

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    A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
    My rating: 4 of 5 stars

    I fell in love with Rebecca Ross’ stories after reading The Divine Rivals duology which I found to be fabulous: well written and so full of surprises it left constantly wondering what would happen next. So I was very excited to read her previous work, A River Enchanted duology.

    The positives first: again, she writes a beautiful, lyrical world well-developed and magical. The characters are also well developed and likable. The fact that Cadence mirrored the lands of bygone Scotland made me swoon. I also liked the fact that almost all her characters have flaws which makes them very human and therefore more relatable.

    Now the negatives: I got engaged pretty early on (this is a good thing) but after a few chapters I began to feel that something was off and I couldn’t figure out exactly what. Then I realized that there was a lot of passive voice throughout the story and frequent head-hopping. A lot of “she realized”, “he noticed”, that kind of thing. The dialogue was a bit stilted as well and at times it didn’t ring authentic to me. Now, my guess is that Ross did this to give the story a more “vintage” (for lack of a better word) feel to the story but for me it didn’t work very well.

    Don’t get me wrong I still enjoyed the story and will be reading the conclusion to the duology, but I was a bit disappointed after reading her amazing “Divine Rivals” which read so much smoother. Still a fan, Ms Ross.

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  • A Holy Pot Hole – Author Natalina Reis

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    Ever since I became a published author, I began not only reading but also watching shows and movies with a much more critical eye. Not to find flaws, but to learn and identify both what worked and what didn’t so I could hopefully apply it or not to my own writing.

    I’ve been a fan of the British series Grantchester since day one and loved each of the three vicars the series paired Geordie, the detective, with. The writing is always fabulous, the mysteries interesting, the found family tropes (one of my personal favorites) evident in almost every episode and the way the show tackled some not-so-comfortable cultural and societal issues such as it concerns women, the LGBT community, racial problems (normally done with grace and insight while staying truth to the historical times the show is set in) make this show one well worth watching.

    But, like everyone else, they made a terrible mistake toward the end of season 9, after they introduced the new, handsome vicar, Alphy. And it didn’t have anything to do with race, religion, or whatever other prejudice, but with a serious plot hole.

    **Warning** spoilers ahead. Don’t read if you haven’t watched and hope to do so in the future.

    Episode 8 of season 9 is the culmination of a mystery that has been deliciously breadcrumbed throughout the season, starting with the arrival of Alphy in the vicarage, a very different type of man the village is used to. As expected, the appointment of a man of color as a vicar causes quite a stir in that provincial vicarage and Alphy has to deal with the unfairness and cruelty of discrimination even as he is quickly “adopted” by the Grantchester main cast of characters.

    At a point in the season, a preacher (not associated with any organized religion) called Sam enters the scene. At first, his message of tolerance and love for oneself hits a nerve with everyone, especially with Lenard’s halfway house residents, who are seeking to forgive themselves and be forgiven by society. However, as time (and episodes) progresses, Sam becomes more and more radical under the guise of a benefactor and eventually creates a cult, with followers who are willing to do whatever he asks them to, including giving him all they material possessions, giving up on family and friends, and even kill for him.

    Daniel is among his followers, getting so involved in this man’s cultish philosophy that he ends up forsaking the love of his life, Lenard and putting his own house for sale to finance Sam’s preaching. Just like in so many cults, those who want to leave find that it’s not that simple and two of them meet their deaths trying.

    So far, other than Daniel’s flip as a character–which I personally thought it was too extreme–nothing is out of whack. We all know terrifying stories of cult leaders who convinced their followers to commit heinous actions against others and even themselves.

    It’s not until we reach the last episode of the season that the inconsistency happens.

    Things have taken a turn to the worse and the cult members now all live in a type of commune, including Daniel who blindly believes everything Sam tells him and has left his lover behind.

    But our friend Geordie and the new vicar are on to him, knowing he is to blame–directly or indirectly–for two murders they’ve been investigating. They both come to the commune and so does Lenard who is trying to rescue his lover from this cult. Lenard is taken prisoner and locked in a room to be “dealt with later” while Geordie arrives at the scene with his deputy, only to be fired at by Sam who also shoots Lenard through a window.

    Nobody witnesses this scene and Sam goes back inside and begins locking all the doors and shuttering all the windows, ordering every one to hide inside the house. Which of course, as brain-washed cult members, they all do without question. However, Daniel hears Lenard calling for help and finds him bleeding inside the room. Here, Daniel does another flip: he still doesn’t quite believe Sam is doing anything wrong, but the love he has for Lenard resurfaces.

    In comes Sam himself, holding Alphy at the end of a rifle and the truth about what the preacher has done is revealed in front of Lenard and Daniel. While he is boasting and trying to justify the horrible things he has done, Geordie sneaks through the door and manages to unarm him.

    Here comes the inconsistency or plot hole. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, in come a couple of members of this cult rushing through the door, looking totally disgusted at their leader, and turning their backs on him, not a word exchanged.

    Why?

    They weren’t witnesses to the conversation–at least that we know of. A couple of them come rushing around the corner as he is being handcuffed. All they see is their beloved leader being accused of murder by a policeman. It stands to reason that being such faithful followers, they would at least try to defend Sam. Maybe the writers had them overhearing the conversation, but the viewer doesn’t know that. If they were in the hallway, why didn’t they try to stop Geordie who was unarmed?

    Not sure if the film makers were rushed, but there was something important missing there. People who blindly follow cult leaders will not just casually decide to not follow them anymore. There has to be a very strong valid reason. In fact, earlier in the series, two cult members were murdered because they had discovered that their leader was stealing and lying to them.

    This of course reminded me as a writer to always make sure my content makes sense. It’s important for the reader to know why things happened in any genre. Even though Grantchester is still one of my favorite shows, this episode left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. We, the viewers, deserve a more satisfying resolution, not just a casual “by your leave” with no rhyme or reason.

    Have you read or watched something that made zero sense and left you wanting some kind of explanation? I’d love to hear it.

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  • Sapphic books set on an island (Sapphic Book Bingo #17)

    Sapphic books set on an island (Sapphic Book Bingo #17)

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    Sapphic books set on an island

    This week’s Sapphic Book Bingo features sapphic books set on an island.

    For this category, read a sapphic book where a significant portion of the story takes place on an island. It could be a tropical beach, a wind-swept, rocky archipelago, or a volcanic landscape with lush forests. Of course, you could also choose to read a book set on a completely fictional island.

    According to Wikipedia, an island is “an area of land surrounded by water on all sides that is distinct from a continent.”

     

    15 sapphic books set on an island

    Below, you’ll find 15 sapphic books set on an island.x

     

    When the Stars Sang by Caren J. Werlinger

    Nearly twenty-five years ago, Kathleen Halloran’s brother drowned during the last summer they ever spent with their grandmother on a remote island off Maine’s coast. Like a siren’s call she can’t resist, Kathleen is pulled back to Little Sister Island. She leaves her job and her girlfriend, packs up her few belongings, and moves into her grandmother’s cottage. Molly Cooper loves life on Little Sister, where the islanders take care of their own. Kathleen Halloran doesn’t belong here, and her arrival stirs up unwelcome memories for the islanders—including Molly’s brother. Molly is certain Kathleen will pack up at the first big blow. When she doesn’t, Molly begins to see maybe there’s more to Kathleen than she thought. Sometimes, before you can move forward, you have to look back.

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    Can’t Buy Me Love by Georgia Beers

    London Granger gave up her modeling career for investigative journalism only to discover no one would hire her to write anything but fluff. The only way to get ahead? Investigate something people will actually read. That’s how her next assignment becomes “What’s it Really Like to Be a Billionaire?” Her boss hooks her up on a glitzy getaway to St. Kitts undercover, as the totally platonic companion of media mogul Miranda Northbrooke.

    Tennyson Security protects the rich and famous, and Kayla Tennyson built it from the ground up. She has more money than she can spend, but sorting through the fakes and finding someone honest and genuine is tough. She tried with Miranda Northbrooke, and it ended in disaster. But the gorgeous writer she meets while protecting a movie star on St. Kitts just might be the real deal. Until she learns London and Miranda are at the resort together.

    London isn’t sure what she expected of Miranda’s ex, but it certainly wasn’t strength and beauty. And while Kayla would like to write London off as Miranda’s new plaything, she can’t get past how smart and funny she is. London and Kayla are perfect for one another, but if London reveals the ruse, she risks not only the opportunity of her career, but Kayla’s trust as well.

    Available at:

    Bold Strokes Books

    Amazon

    Apple Books

     

    Posing in Paradise by TB Markinson & Miranda MacLeod

    Margo Wells hates everything about Hollywood. Especially actors. But she loves her job as a wardrobe supervisor, until a spoiled film legend has her fired for an accident on set that wasn’t even her fault. Margo faces the real possibility of returning home to Minnesota in defeat. That is until a friend suggests a crazy solution: pose as his cousin’s fiancée for a family wedding in Hawaii and earn some cold, hard cash.

    There’s just one problem. It turns out the cousin in question is none other than Caroline Jacobs, the woman responsible for Margo losing her job. Unfortunately, there’s too much at stake to back out, especially after a desperate Caroline offers to triple Margo’s pay to go through with the charade.

    What could go wrong?

    How about three of Caroline’s most famous exes showing up at the same exclusive island resort at the same time?

    Now Caroline and Margo will have to turn in the performances of their lives to avoid being caught in a lie. But can Margo survive being trapped for two weeks in paradise with so many Hollywood A-listers without choking on her lines? Or worse, falling madly in love with the beguiling blond she’s sworn to hate?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    The Dating Countdown by N.G. Peltier

    Remi Daniels knows what she wants: Maxine King. She screwed up when they were teenagers, but now that Maxine is divorced and back on the island their chemistry can’t be denied. And Remi is ready to pick up right where they left off.

    Maxine King has only ever fooled around with one woman: Remi Daniels. And being back in each other’s orbits they can’t seem to keep their hands off each other. Maxine has enough to deal with as single mom to her gorgeous daughter and trying to prove herself at work. She can’t add lusting after Remi to that list. To prove that their relationship can be more than just sex, Maxine suggests they keep things casual and go on 10 friend dates. After all, if they can do that it would mean they’re serious about each other right?

    But their dates keep getting reset as they keep breaking their pact. Remi’s getting restless because not making it to the 10 days by their imposed deadline means failure which sucks because each date just shows her how much more she wants Maxine. As the two women try to navigate this budding relationship they both have to combat their Maxine’s of falling for a woman and Remi’s of worrying that Maxine will reject her at the end of their deal.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    See You Next Month by Jamey Moody

    Web designer Kelsey Kenny always dreamed of spending Christmas at the beach, but when her daughters make other plans, she is left on her own. A chance call from her client in the Virgin Islands has her packing her bags for an exciting stay at their resort while she views the property for a website redesign.

    After her divorce, the idea of spending her first Christmas without her two young sons had Isabella Burns anything but merry. To keep from ruining Christmas for the rest of her family, Isabella decided to put her energy into her work. Her newest client was a brand renovation for a resort in the Virgin Islands. There would be plenty of sunshine, tropical drinks and not a hint of snow.

    On their first night, Kelsey and Isabella realize they are the only singles at the resort and quickly become friends. While brainstorming ideas with the CEO they come up with a unique marketing plan that has them returning every month to highlight a specific vacation.

    As their friendship deepens, sparks begin to fly. Is this the island magic the locals talk about? Why does it feel like they’re leaving their hearts in paradise? Could they bring paradise home?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    No One But You by Catherine Maiorisi

    Having been abandoned on her wedding day, bestselling novelist Lily Alexander is understandably cautious about dating again. Wealthy tech entrepreneur and notorious playgirl Robin DiLuca, on the other hand, loves to date. She just doesn’t do commitment.

    When beautiful blond Lily and handsome butch Robin lock eyes across a crowded bar, the current flowing between this unlikely pair is more electrifying than anything either has felt before. Thus begins a long and sultry dance that will lead them to the altar and the promise of the perfect future.

    But when the premature birth of their baby awakens horrendous secrets from Robin’s long-repressed past, she believes the only way to protect Lily and their daughter is to leave. Her decision devastates both women and all those who love them.

    Can Robin’s unexpected encounter with a stranger on a beach be the catalyst for healing these two shattered hearts?

    Available at:

    Bella Books

    Amazon

     

    Calling Home by Jen Silver

    Sarah Frost enjoys her dream job as director of the Frost Foundation making her home at one of their writers’ retreats, The Lodge on the Lake. The general manager of The Lodge is Berry Fields, an old childhood friend.

    Galen Thomas arrives at the island to fill the post of handy person, taking an extended break from her vet’s practice to help her decide how to shape her future life and career.

    When the next group of writers arrives for their two-week retreat, along with Sarah’s grandmother, tensions start to surface. Magda Frost doesn’t approve of the appointment of the “vet” and still questions Sarah’s decision to hire Berry.

    The island idyll is soon undermined by the revelation of events from forty years earlier, threatening the lives and loves of Sarah, Berry, and Galen. Calling home and what they now call home—all are affected by the disturbing legacy from the past.

    Available at:

    Affinity Rainbow Publications

    Amazon

    Apple Books

     

    Paradise Lost and Found by K. Aten

    “Welcome to Paradise Island Resort, where we specialize in sun, sand, and self-improvement.”

    Jess Parker has entered middle age single, bitter, and emotionally wounded. Even her friends have noticed her downward spiral into anger and resentment. Then she wins a self-help vacation to the beautiful Paradise Island Resort. Despite spending the past few years with her emotions on ice, the warm tropical climate and hotter resort manager, Lucia Cruz, succeeds in thawing her heart. Jess falls for Lucia, even knowing that her island stay is limited. Four weeks is hardly long enough when love is on the line.

    Jess will need to make some tough choices about the rest of her life when her time is up. She’s vowed to be a better person and has started making positive changes, but it’s on Jess to put her heart and soul into it. She also holds onto the hope that some connections, no matter how unexpected, simply can’t be broken.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Lost in Paradise by Rachel Lacey

    When a Manhattan businesswoman and a reclusive French artist are stranded together on a deserted island, opposites attract…and sparks fly. But with love on the horizon, will they survive to claim their happy ending?

    Nicole Morella boards a private Mediterranean cruise with one goal: to reclaim herself after her divorce. When she sits next to a beautiful blonde in the ship’s lounge, she’s knocked off balance by the immediate attraction between them, and it’s not just because Nicole hasn’t found her sea legs yet. Fiona stirs things in Nicole that haven’t been stirred in a long time, but a fiery kiss turns dangerous when the ship is hijacked. The women launch a daring escape, leaving them adrift in an empty lifeboat.

    Fiona Boone has been adrift most of her life, but never in such a literal sense. She’s a survivor, though, so when they land on a deserted island, Fiona’s ready to do whatever it takes to stay alive until they’re rescued. In the meantime, she can’t get enough of the feisty woman she’s stranded with, despite her usual fiercely independent nature. Although they’re lost, Fiona finds something unexpected in the comfort of Nicole’s touch. But when an injury puts her life in jeopardy, they begin to worry help won’t arrive in time. If she survives their ordeal, Fiona might just face her biggest challenge yet: falling in love.

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Saltblood by TC Parker

    A remote island. A group of prisoners. And an evil as old as time.

    Robin didn’t mean to break the law. Didn’t know at first what law she’d broken. And now she’s on her way to Salt Rock – a new-model prison for a new kind of criminal, way out in the remote Northern Isles of Scotland. On Salt Rock, she’ll meet other prisoners like her – men and women from all over the world, spirited away from the lives they knew for crimes they didn’t know they were committing. She’ll uncover the complex web of conspiracy that connects them all, confronting some of the darkness of her own past in the process. And she’ll come face to face, finally, with an evil as old as the land itself.

    It’s hell in those waters.

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Between Boat & Shore by Rhiannon Grant

    When Aleuks arrives in Otter Village, she’s looking for shelter from a storm and somewhere to trade. In Trebbi, she finds much more: a beautiful, confident woman who is serving her community and making space for love – for Aleuks. As the people of Otter Village come to terms with the death of their previous leader and work to appoint a new one, Trebbi comes into her own strength and Aleuks, previously a committed traveller, begins to realise that this is a place where she could settle down.

    This is a gentle romance story with a happy ending. It’s set in the neolithic period, just as farming arrives in Britain and when people are building megalithic tombs, stone circles, and other monuments which survive to intrigue us today. The novel describes the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland, where the famous Ring of Brodgar, Maes Howe, the Tomb of the Eagles, Skara Brae village, and many other ancient remains give clues about what life would have been like at the time.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Islands of Mice by Lucy Jacobs

    Norway. 1942.

    The islands of Smøla are darkened not just by the long nights, but by blackout and Occupation. Solveig Eik dreams of being a hero. She’s bored of her everyday life, of tearing propaganda posters off walls, listening to hidden radios, and arguing with Liv Sunde – the islands’ glamourous schoolteacher and the girlfriend of the German colonel.

    Opportunity steps out of the shadows when she finds a man, hiding from the Germans in a cave. As Solveig navigates treacherous waters and her plans spiral out of control, she finds that all too often the line between patriot, hero and traitor is razor thin.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Broad Awakening by Mickey Brent

    After kissing at the Belgian coast, Hélène and Sylvie find ruts in their road to eternal bliss. In this sequel to Underwater Vibes, Hélène struggles to avoid Sylvie, her sexy Greek swimming coach. Attempting to shun her deepest emotions to save her marriage, inner turmoil makes Hélène react in bizarre, self-destructive ways. An intimate dinner turns sour as Sylvie’s tempting ex lurks nearby. When Sylvie heads to the airport with a mysterious, gorgeous woman, and a psychic reveals unexpected news, Hélène must face up to her feelings or risk losing Sylvie forever.

    Available at:

    Bold Strokes Books

    Amazon

    Apple Books

     

    Under Her Roof by Allison Temple

    My name is Gillian and I have three problems:

    A fallen tree through the roof of my family’s remote island cottage.

    A sister trying to sell said cottage out from under me.

    A dead body in the living room. Sadly, it’s not my sister’s.

    Actually, make that four problems: my ex, Amanda, just showed up uninvited. Apparently, she’s a spy, undercover to investigate the luxury wine auction hosted by my conniving sister.

    We’ve got no connection to the mainland and a murderer on the island, so tonight Amanda and I have three missions:

    Find the killer

    Stay alive

    Escape by sunrise

    Actually, make that four missions: Do not fall in love, because apparently Amanda and I are far from over.

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    Blade of the Crown by Cara N. Delaney

    When crown princess Zhenya’s father dies, she knows what her future holds. With weak magic of her own, she is expected to marry someone who will bring true power back into the bloodline. But before she can make her decision, Zhenya narrowly survives an ambush – and finds herself in a new predicament.

    Keryth has spent years fighting her way up the ranks of the royal guard, but her ambitions reach even higher – commander, or even the monarch’s personal entourage. When the king dies, she sees an opportunity, but before she has a chance to impress her new queen, she has to make a rash decision to save both their lives.

    Stranded on a remote island and trapped by a strange fog, Zhenya and Keryth are forced to work together to survive. In such close proximity, it doesn’t take long for the lines between royalty and commoner to blur, and feelings blossom that neither woman is sure they can afford.

    Their fragile peace is shattered when they make a harrowing discovery – their misfortune was not an accident. Now in a race against time, they both need to find their strength and unravel the mystery of the island to return home, or risk losing everything – and each other.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Encrypted Hearts by E.V. Bancroft

    Cam Langley, a sharp-witted codebreaker at Bletchley Park, dresses like a man and makes no secret of who she is. Gloria Edwards, eager to escape her domineering father, joins the war effort and is quickly drawn into Cam’s orbit.

    Cam feels an immediate attraction, while Gloria is caught off guard, having only ever been with men. As they work closely together, their connection deepens, but a spy within Bletchley threatens to destroy everything.

    Can they survive the chaos of war, or will secrets tear them apart?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Crowns & Swords by J.L. Meyrick

    Freddie, a runaway princess, is determined to elude her parents’ attempt to sell her into a loveless marriage.

    Grace, captain of the Sea Dragon, is trying to keep her crew out of trouble.

    Suddenly immersed in an alternative way of life, Freddie must weigh whether she’s ready to overhaul everything she was raised to expect. She’s introduced to an entire community of people just as they’re thrown into peril. Drawn into the war, she fought so hard to avoid.

    When the tri-kingdom war reaches the shores of their little hideaway, Grace must lead her crew and her people against the dangerous villain invading the community.

    Can they win against Valentine, or will their newfound romance be lost to the sea?

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

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  • Buffy and Me – Author Natalina Reis

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    If you’re an author I’m sure you’re used to people asking you what writer has inspired you the most and/or which author do you compare to. The last one is rumored to be very important because it basically dictates who your potential audience is.

    I could never answer that question (which most likely explains my very low readership). There are so many writers that have inspired, entertained, and wowed me throughout the years. Some are still very much alive while others have died many years ago.

    The problem is that none of the writers that I have read or read currently–no matter how much I absolutely love their books–write along the same lines as I do. I’ve always been sure that it’s not because I am particularly talented or original, so why have I never been able to find my comp authors?

    I think I have finally solved the mystery–or at least I have a possible explanation. TikTok, of all places, was where I found the clues to solve this conundrum.

    Let me explain.

    Apparently there is talk–rumors–of a Buffy, the Vampire Slayer reboot and with it there has been a flooding of posts from Buffy’s fans discussing all kinds of things from certain episodes to character arcs and everything in between. I am a huge Buffy groupie. Unlike some of you who might have been about the same age as Buffy at the time of the series, I was already a mature woman in my early 30s, a mother of two boys and an aspiring writer.

    After watching many interesting discussions about the series, it hit me; that’s my comp. And yes, it’s not a book but that’s where I get my style of writing and even many of my tropes.

    I’m not comparing myself to the screenwriters who were absolute geniuses. I have always been in awe of the writing behind Buffy’s episodes. It was a perfect blend of drama, humor, romance, and even social commentary. At least in my eyes.

    Without even realizing, almost every story I have written since my first book was published in 2016, has a definite “Buffy” imprint in them. If you’ve read a few of my books you know that the large majority of them are peppered with humor even sometimes amidst serious drama. Another thing I write into pretty much all my books is a scooby gang, a group of friends that are so much more than just company, they’re your anchor, a shoulder to cry on, your cheerleaders, your second brain. And most of all, just like in Buffy’s stories, in mine the underdog, the misfit, the rebel always wins at the end.

    I never wrote vampires into my stories though. But it so could happen…

    Now, the question is, how do I market my stories to those of you who, just like myself, fell in love with Buffy and her crew and that even after all these years still remember each detail of each episode with a fondness that very much resembles a bookish hangover?

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  • Watching fireworks together (Micro-Trope #7)

    Watching fireworks together (Micro-Trope #7)

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    Watching fireworks together

    It’s time for another Micro-Trope category: Watching fireworks together.

    For this square of the Sapphic Book Bingo, read a sapphic book with a scene in which two characters watch a fireworks display together, e.g., on New Year’s Eve or the Fourth of July.

     

    15 sapphic books in which the characters are watching fireworks together

    Below, you’ll find 15 sapphic books in which the main characters are watching fireworks together.

     

    Just for Show by Jae

    What happens when an overachieving psychologist with OCD tendencies and an impulsive, out-of-work actress start a fake relationship?

    Claire Renshaw thought she had it all: a successful career as a couples therapist, a publishing contract for her self-help book, and a happy relationship. But her perfect world falls apart when her fiancée calls off their engagement. Because of that, even her book deal might be off the table. After all, readers don’t want relationship advice from someone who can’t even make her own relationship work.

    So Claire sets out to hire herself a fake fiancée.

    Lana Henderson, the actress who shows up to audition for the role, is not exactly Claire’s ideal woman. Her frankness and the messes she leaves everywhere drive Claire up the wall. At least she won’t fall in love with someone like Lana.

    But soon, Lana starts to win her over with her big heart, tickle fights, and—gasp!—carbs after six. The longer they pretend to be a love-struck couple, the less fake their kisses feel and the more the lines between reality and role begin to blur.

    Once the book contract is signed, will they walk away or is their relationship no longer just for show?

    Available at:

    Ylva Publishing

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    Lexi’s Cup of Tea: A Worlds Apart Romance by Amber Perez

    Lexi Nichols thought she was on the verge of fulfilling all her dreams: a successful modeling career, one-of-a-kind friends, a degree in pediatric nursing, and a drop-dead gorgeous girlfriend. But when her job aspirations hit a dead end and she finds out her “girlfriend” may not feel the same way, her world comes crashing down around her. With nothing in life living up to her expectations, she runs to her sister in Tennessee in an attempt to find the purpose she’s lost.

    Van Astor, queen of one-night stands, thought she was content to spend her days at a nine to five, pursuing her passion of skateboarding on the weekends, and partaking in random hook-ups whenever the desire struck. But when her boss’s exotic sister visits for the summer, she finds herself rethinking her devil may care attitude.

    When the two cross paths at a party for Lexi’s sister, their chemistry is instantaneous and undeniable, even as Lexi insists Van isn’t her type. It seems life has offered them the perfect summer setup: friends with benefits and no strings attached. With Lexi’s unwavering insistence that she return home to prove she can make it without the help of her sister, the end of summer approaches and they find themselves struggling with feelings that weren’t part of the arrangement.

    Can they find a way to overcome their pasts and expectations? Or will Lexi decide Van just isn’t her cup of tea?

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    Amazon

     

    Whisk Me Away by Georgia Beers

    Whisk Me Away is must-see TV. When the famous host arranges a retreat for up-and-coming pastry chefs, Regan Callahan applies. Everything she’s been working for is served up hot and delicious right under her nose: recognition of her self-taught skills, learning from a master, there’s even been a secret prize hinted at that just might give her the means to buy her boss’s bakery when he retires. It’s not supposed to be a competition, but if it is, she’ll do anything to win.

    Ava Prescott has no intention of allowing that to happen. Not that she’s worried. Regan doesn’t have what it takes. Just like she couldn’t excel with Ava as her boss when they worked together at the high-end restaurant in New York City. Their rivalry sharp as a lemon tart, Ava’s going to win, then she’ll ditch the high-pressure kitchen and open a small restaurant where she’ll have the creative freedom to follow her instincts, and her unique desserts will blossom.

    Their styles are different. Their personalities are miles apart. Regan’s a gorgeous flake. Ava, a beautiful untouchable ice queen. Let the competition, and the ovens, heat up. Everyone knows the best recipes come straight from the heart.

    Available at:

    Bold Strokes Books

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    I Knew I Loved You by Amy DeMeritt

    Dani is an introvert and has more walls than a Roman fortress. Her – gorgeous – best friend, Taylor, is an extrovert and one of only two people who’s ever been allowed inside Dani’s walls. They’ve been best friends for over seventeen years, and Dani has secretly been in love with her for nearly just as long. For the past several years, life and people have caused them to somewhat drift apart.

    But when Taylor invites Dani to go on an all-expenses-paid trip to a luxury resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida, they get the space and solitude they need to hash out the reasons Dani has slowly closed her walls against Taylor and heal their friendship. And through the emotional reconnecting, something else blossoms between them, something Dani had always dreamed about and nearly lost hope of ever experiencing.

    As their relationship transitions from one of friendship to one of passion, romance, and commitment, Dani and Taylor reevaluate their career paths, both helping each other to achieve what they want for their future. To follow her dreams to become an artist, Dani will have to learn how to control her ego, overcome her fears, and tear down the walls she’d spent most of her life erecting around her mind and heart.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Partly For Love by Anne-Marie Pellow

    Life can change in a heartbeat.

    It happens to Kezia Pope when she comes face to face with a woman who reminds her of Hannah, the only girlfriend she ever had.

    Hannah was the one person who understood her. Hannah never judged her and always looked out for her. Until one night when a prank goes too far.

    Events of the past come flooding back to Kezia, and old addictions she thought she’d laid to rest creep up on her again.

    Olivia Cruz is eleven years older than her wife, Emma. At the end of a working day, all Liv wants to do is put her feet up or go to bed—exhausted and fragile. But Emma has other ideas, and the thought of a night out is too tempting after months of all work and no play. After all, you’re only here once and life’s for enjoying, right?

    The downward spiral begins. A chance meeting. A wrong decision. A sequence of events turns three women’s worlds inside out.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Treasure by Chance by Brenda Murphy

    Fire Investigator and legendary stud about town Mel Michaels is not looking for love. Raising her niece, Nicole, after her sister’s death is her full-time job. Who needs a potential heartbreak when Mel’s natural charm and swagger has opened every bedroom door she’s ever knocked on?

    Music teacher Sofia Ortega has spent the last three years putting her life back together after a bitter breakup. Back in her hometown she is content with her life and sworn off relationships. After their chance encounter ends in a torrid one-night stand, both women are forced to choose, protect their hearts or take a chance?

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Ready for Love by Catherine Maiorisi

    After watching the woman she’s professed to love for more than twenty years marry someone else, Renee Rousseau vows to free herself of the unrequited love before she and her friends meet the married couple in Paris. In ten weeks.

    Then Renee encounters Lady Constance Martindale—the only other woman she’d ever imagined a future with—and she’s sure the universe is playing with her. Sixteen years ago they’d agreed to a casual, time-limited relationship. But when it turned to love, they both panicked and Constance dumped Renee before Renee could dump her. A first.

    But the past is the past and sixteen years is a lifetime. Can passion be renewed? And what about her love for the woman who just got married?

    Available at:

    Bella Books

    Amazon

    Apple Books

     

    Reservations by Donna Jay

    When a mysterious stranger rescues Rose Collins from the date from hell, she’s intrigued despite her scepticism about fate. The last thing this curvy office manager expects is for her alluring saviour to reappear with a job offer.

    Alex Carpenter can’t stop thinking about the confident woman she rescued. Her dream of opening an exclusive women’s retreat with fantasy-themed suites finally feels within reach – if only she can convince Rose to join her business venture. But what started as professional admiration is quickly complicated by undeniable chemistry.

    Rose never imagined her next career move would involve managing a hotel where every room tells a different story, each more provocative than the last. Worse, her new boss seems more interested in her organisational skills than exploring their sizzling attraction.

    As they work in close quarters, maintaining professional boundaries becomes increasingly impossible.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Hoops & Heartstrings by Eliza Lentzski

    When a devastating injury threatens Lex Bennet’s dream of playing in the women’s professional basketball league, her world is turned upside down. Despite the setback, Lex is unexpectedly drafted by the new expansion team in Boston. Her jubilation is short-lived, however, when she finds herself on the same roster as Eva Montgomery, her long-time college rival and the woman responsible for her injury.

    Once adversaries on the court, Lex and Eva must navigate their new dynamic as teammates. As they confront their past and strive to find common ground, unresolved emotions and an undeniable attraction simmer between them, becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

    For Eva, the pressure of professional sports is compounded by her struggle with coming out. Her evolving relationship with Lex—from fierce adversaries to something more complicated—adds layers of tension and uncertainty.

    Can they overcome their past and build a future together, both on and off the court? With the scrutiny of fame threatening to expose their relationship, will Eva find the courage to embrace a future with Lex? And will Lex’s support be enough to guide them toward happiness?

    Old rivals, new teammates—will their unresolved past lead to love or disaster?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Novel Problems by Elizabeth Luly

    Hannah Taylor has some novel problems. The best-selling fantasy author, who writes under a secret pen name, is suffering from writer’s block after her long-term relationship collapses. With the deadline for her next novel fast approaching, Hannah flees Manhattan for Sapphire Springs, New York, planning to hide away until she finishes her book. But when she’s forced to visit the local cafe-bookstore, she accidentally finds herself with a new job and one very attractive new boss. Distractions she definitely doesn’t need with her looming deadline… or does she?

    George O’Grady worked hard to turn Novel Gossip into the cafe-bookstore of her dreams, but staff shortages are putting the normally unflappable lesbian under pressure. Hannah’s appearance is a godsend. Although it would be easier if her new employee was less distractingly lovely, because George has a strict rule against dating employees.

    Over the course of the summer, Hannah and George grow closer. But can the two book lovers overcome their novel problems, rules, and relationship baggage to write their own happy ending?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    A Troublemaker in Her Eyes by Genta Sebastian

    It’s a hot, humid summer on the island of Terceira in1969. Young Capt. Traf Mendes is vengefully bitter after her gorgeous gypsy girlfriend, Carmen, suddenly married a man. The original Troublemaker takes her sense of betrayal out on all the island femmes, creating mischief by starting a contest between the butches to see who can collect the most panties before the American long Thanksgiving weekend. Determined never to trust another woman, Traf becomes the Ice Butch, quickly collecting trophies, not girlfriends.

    But Capt. Betty Sullivan, the pretty blonde American nurse, keeps distracting her. Sometimes it seems like she’s setting Traf up, waiting to trap her into admitting she’s a lesbian to destroy her career. Other times, the guitar playing hippie from San Francisco seems to be only a lonely woman far from home, looking for a friend.

    Traf’s attraction is undeniable, but she keeps it under control through the trauma of a plane crash, the pleasures of showing Betty her island, and a festive American style Thanksgiving dinner. But when Betty asks Traf to set her up with a lesbian lover, what’s an Ice Butch Troublemaker with serious trust issues to do?

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    The Hues of Me and You by Morgan Lee Miller

    Arlette Adair has always done what’s right. From the day she was born, she’s lived the life her parents forced upon her. Now, she’s stuck in a sparkless relationship and a job she never wanted. Her father’s presidential campaign will forever root her in the world of politics that she’s trying to escape from.

    Brooke Dawson has always made her own rules. She’s a struggling freelance artist by day and a catering bartender at night, but her heart is full…almost. When she picks up a bartending shift at a high society party, she hopes to bring home enough money to pay her rent. She never expects to run into Arlette Adair: her former best friend, the girl she spent all of college secretly crushing on, and the one who got away.

    Now face-to-face with their unresolved past, Arlette and Brooke quickly fall back into their old ways while dancing around the biggest question: Why hadn’t they fallen in love all those years ago?

    Available at:

    Bold Strokes Books

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    The Forever and The Now by KJ

    Bron McIntyre, forty-two, has it all together. Terrific job. Loving family. No desperate need for a girlfriend but would be interested if one came along. Bron McIntyre is Teflon.

    Kate Agostino, forty-eight, is not Teflon. Yes, she has a terrific job. But a loving family? Not really. And her personal life is rapidly disintegrating and turning into dust.

    When her orange smoothie explodes all over her business suit while she’s on her afternoon walk, Kate simply shakes her head in resignation.

    Bron, having witnessed the smoothie eruption, races to help, and suddenly her life takes an unexpected turn.

    Falling in love is like watching the grandest sunset on the calmest ocean where the tiniest ripples wear silver sparkles as their hats. Kate and Bron find that sunset on that ocean with those ripples of love, but what happens when you take that love for granted? What happens when your person disappears? The answers are hard to hear and Bron chooses not to listen.

    After a relationship break, a family intervention, and conversations that rip apart seams, Bron and Kate eventually find themselves, each other, and their now. And what they discover is that love is the large and the deliberate, and the simple and the small.

    So when tragedy strikes, they call on its strength because, when you think about it, love can live on in the forever, particularly if it lives courageously in the now.

    A beautifully poignant story about life, love and a loss so tragic that sometimes even the grandest sunset on the calmest ocean with the ripples wearing hats is too heartbreaking to bear.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Halcyon Nights by MJ Duncan

    Emerson Riis has a job she loves, friends she considers family, and her goofy malamute Sasha for company. As far as she’s concerned, life in the small town of Mystic is pretty much perfect. Enter Mari Davenport, a Hollywood screenwriter with a dozen blockbusters to her name, who arrives in a car that is completely unfit for the north woods of Minnesota. Their paths cross in a way that could have been plucked straight from one of Mari’s romcoms, and though their attraction is instant and their chemistry off-the-charts, the fact that Mari must return to LA at the end of her six-month writing sabbatical looms ominously on the horizon. As Emerson and Mari’s feelings grow, will they find a way to rewrite the ending to their story, or are they meant only for this sweet but short-lived season of halcyon nights?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Back In Your Arms by Monica McCallan

    Seventeen years ago, Quinn McKinley left her small town of Kingsford for a shot at a happier life. Now a successful real estate agent in New York City, she’s brought back on behalf of a client, begrudgingly accepting her return home in order to close the deal of a lifetime.

    Coming back opens doors she’s done her best to keep closed all these years, namely, how she felt about her childhood best friend, Sawyer Kent.

    Sawyer’s spent her whole life in Kingsford, working at her family’s antique store and trying to make everyone happy. Quinn’s return is unexpected, knocking her routine existence more than a little off balance. She’s still frustrated at how Quinn left things between them, and even if she has all kinds of unresolved feelings, she’s got bigger problems to worry about right now.

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  • Characters with a strong initial dislike (Sapphic Book Bingo #16)

    Characters with a strong initial dislike (Sapphic Book Bingo #16)

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    Characters with a strong initial dislike

    This week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category features characters with a strong initial dislike. That animosity might develop into an enemies-to-lovers romance, but the dislike between the characters won’t always go that far. Sometimes, their personalities simply clash or they are rivals competing for the same goal. In any case, the two characters can’t stand each other in the beginning of the book.

     

    15 sapphic books featuring characters with a strong initial dislike

    Below, you’ll find 15 sapphic books in which the characters start out not liking each other.

     

    Bachelorette Number Twelve by Jae

    At a singles auction where no one was bidding on love, a warmhearted ER nurse finds herself dating a prickly doctor in this enemies-to-lovers lesbian romance.

    Ellie Fisher loves most things about being a nurse in the emergency department…just not working with Regina Novak, an icy attending physician who acts as if she’s God’s gift to medicine.

    The dislike is completely mutual. Regina thinks Ellie is a starry-eyed romantic with a sentimental attitude that has no place at work.

    When Regina gets talked into volunteering at a singles auction, Ellie accidentally bids on her—and ends up winning. Oops!

    Since the money raised is for a good cause, they reluctantly decide to go through with the dates.

    Thanks to a baking class that turns into a competition and a hot-as-hell road trip snack incident, the ice between them starts to thaw. Is it possible the ER isn’t the most unromantic place on earth after all?

    Available at:

    Ylva Publishing

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    Cabin Fever by Addison M. Conley

    Kate Minton’s life is collapsing. She’s fired, her estranged father dies, and her girlfriend dumps her. Her older half-brothers inherit everything, and all Kate gets is a remote, rundown Idaho cabin that no one knew existed. But if Kate lives there for a year, she’ll inherit half a million dollars. The move leads her to family secrets and an infuriating, and inconveniently sexy, contractor. She goes for the money, but will she stay for something deeper?

    Riley Anderson lives in rural Idaho, helping her aunt run the family store and maintaining her construction business, while also avoiding dealing with a past that continues to haunt her. When she takes on Kate’s cabin renovations, she’s not impressed with the city slicker. But as they’re forced to spend time together, they find they have more in common than either of them could have ever imagined.

    Will the pull of the big city be too much to resist? Will Riley find the strength to trust Kate, or will cabin fever be too much to bear?

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    No Shelter But the Stars by Virginia Black

    Kyran Loyal is the last heir to the lost throne of a forgotten planet, the figurehead of a nomadic people fleeing the galactic tyranny of a brutal regime. Davia Sifane is the unrecognized daughter of an imperial despot. When happenstance pits them against each other in battle, neither expects the outcome: they are the only two people to survive. Marooned on a barren moon, their only hope of survival is to rely on each other, but what they learn will either kill them or change the galaxy forever.

    Available at:

    Bywater Books

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    She Sings of Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things by Caren J. Werlinger

    Margaret Braithwaite was a rising Regency scholar and an acclaimed author. Thirty years later, she’s a one-book wonder, a fifty-something college professor with the dubious distinction of being an expert on Jane Austen, hidden in the shadow of her famous husband and his Civil War novels. “Too young to retire, and too old to start over,” Margaret feels as dried up and dead as the neglected gardens her husband took such pride in before he became ill.

    Wyck Fitzsimmons is the Asheville landscape architect Gavin Braithwaite hires to restore his precious gardens to their former glory. She learned a long time ago that plants and trees are safer and more reliable companions than other people.

    Under Wyck’s care, the gardens begin to come back to life, but the flowers aren’t the only thing blossoming. For the first time in decades, Margaret feels the stirrings of love, but those long-buried feelings frighten her more than the prospect of withering away alone in her ivory tower of academia.

    Gavin, more observant than most people give him credit for, sees the attraction developing between his wife and his gardener. Using every means at his disposal, he arranges things so that Margaret has no choice but to remain faithful to him, even after death.

    Margaret, confused and faced with losing everything that offers her any kind of security, flees to England – to Austen and Wordsworth country – where she tries to forget Wyck and all the feelings she has awakened.

    Back in North Carolina, Wyck must come to terms with her own past and somehow find a way to forgive before it’s too late to make amends.

    Love, it seems, can take root in even the most barren hearts, if only Margaret and Wyck can find the courage to let it grow.

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Apple Books

     

    A Calculated Risk by Cari Hunter

    Detective Jo Shaw has it all worked out. She’s good at her job, she has loads of mates, and she likes being single. She doesn’t need complications, but an emergency call to the stabbing of a young woman brings plenty of those. Jo has to risk her career to save the woman’s life, and a bad night gets worse when the trauma surgeon turns out to be Isla Munro, Jo’s only real love, who walked out on her fifteen years ago and never came back.

    With the victim’s children missing and the husband the prime suspect, Jo’s investigation is stonewalled by a community living in fear. As one dead end leads to another, she and Isla are forced to put their differences aside and work together. But the case is far more dangerous than Jo realizes, and her determination to sort the truth from the lies may put her own life on the line.

    Available at:

    Bold Strokes Books

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    Loser of the Year by Carrie Byrd

    Mattie Belman’s life has gone from dismal to desperate. After the loss of her acting career, her marriage, and her usual optimism, she’s back home teaching high school theater. Maybe it’ll be a fresh start.

    St. Rita’s arrogant soccer coach Jillian Reed sees Mattie’s musical as an outrageous distraction for her champion players. When Jillian declares war, Mattie is far too stubborn to back down.

    But as Mattie discovers there might be more to Jillian than spectacle, fire, and ego, she gets dangerously close to her iron-willed colleague. Can she avoid temptation? Or will the growing flame in Jillian’s dark eyes ignite them both?

    Available at:

    Ylva Publishing

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    Ready to Score by Jodie Slaughter

    Jade Dunn has spent years trying to climb her way to the top of the southern high school football food chain. Now, the only thing standing between her and that future head coach spot is years of small-town good ‘ol boy politics. When she scores an invite to a highly coveted monthly poker game perfect for networking, she jumps at the chance for a seat at the table. Only to find the one person with the ability to shake her there. An infuriatingly sexy art teacher who plays her cards like she’s gunning for Jade’s deserved spot.

    Francesca Lim never thought she’d be happy in a small town, not after living and breathing hardcore Texas football her whole life. But two years ago, the promise of forever love had her leaving behind a burgeoning coaching career for a new life – only for it to burst into flames. Now, she has a chance to gain back a piece of her life she thought she’d left in Houston. The only one standing in the way? The prickly assistant coach that Francesca can’t keep her mind or hands off of.

    Not wanting to risk losing out on a dream job, Jade and Francesca can’t afford to give in to the iron hot attraction that simmers beneath their biting interactions, so they try desperately to ignore it. Too bad their hearts don’t seem to be as on board with the game plan.

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    A Heart Full of Hope by Cheyenne Blue

    Smalltown handywoman Hazel Lee has learned to live her best life regardless of what the universe throws at her. But her patience is sorely tested when a bossy, big-city executive blows in and starts questioning Hazel’s motives for helping an elderly friend.

    High-powered businesswoman Imogen Alexander has her career all set. Then her elderly uncle takes a bad fall in his home. Imogen figures she can surely run his life as tightly as her work, but she doesn’t count on an annoying local woman being all up in his business.

    Hazel has one leg, two jobs, and a whole bunch of opinions. Worse, now meddling old Uncle George seems intent on match-making the women together.

    But what could an icy standoffish executive in hot skirt suits possibly have in common with a cute butch with charm to burn?

    Available at:

    Ylva Publishing

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    We Met in a Bar by Claire Forsythe

    Wealthy nightclub owner Erica turns undercover bartender on a mission to catch a thief. The ridiculous idea seemed comical when her brother proposed it. After all, Erica has never worked a day in her life. But when her pushy mother plays matchmaker with yet another woman Erica isn’t interested in, she escapes on a train to London, to a club she hasn’t set foot in since inheriting it. There she meets no strings, no commitments Charlie, who couldn’t be further from Erica’s type. Erica has never met anyone who gets under her skin so much, and that’s surely a bad thing, right?

    Charlie lives for the thrill of the chase. She loves women a little too much to imagine herself settling down. The very thought of a relationship is a terrifying prospect. It doesn’t matter anyway because she’s never met anyone who has held her interest for anything longer than a quick fling. All that changes when she meets the mysterious new bartender at her local club. Getting to know the obnoxious yet beautiful woman is a challenge she can’t resist. She just hadn’t bargained on her heart getting involved.

    Available at:

    Bold Strokes Books

    Amazon

    Apple Books

     

    For Love and Liberty by Eden Hopewell

    Abigail Caldwell never expected to inherit her family’s textile empire. Now, burdened by a legacy built on exploitation, she’s determined to make things right. But changing a system ingrained in centuries of tradition and prejudice is harder than she imagined. Especially when her heart yearns for something—someone—society forbids.

    Sarah Moore knows the mill’s harsh realities all too well. Every day is a struggle for survival, a battle against a system designed to grind down those deemed unworthy. When a workers’ strike erupts, Sarah finds herself leading the charge, her fiery passion igniting hearts and minds. But she never expected to find hope—and forbidden love—in the arms of the mill’s beautiful, enigmatic new owner.

    As their paths collide amidst the tumult of social unrest, Abigail and Sarah find themselves drawn to each other, their connection defying the chasm that separates their worlds. But the more they fight for a just future, the more their forbidden love threatens to unravel everything they hold dear.

    Will they risk their hearts—and their futures—for a love that could shatter the very foundations of Philadelphia society?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Reel to Real Love by Elle E. Ire

    Finding the right romantic partner is always a challenge—especially when your first spouse turns out to be a greedy, business-obsessed hardass who winds up on her CEO office floor with a bullet through her brain.

    After the murder of her first wife, Elaine is ready for a vacation and a solid relationship with a woman who only has time for her. Thanks to some found alien technology, Elaine can get what she wants… sort of. Okay, so a computer-generated tangible holographic image of a twentieth-century film star is about as far from “solid” as it gets. But as her themed pleasure cruise on a passenger starliner progresses and an additional plot to murder Elaine reveals itself, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to her fantasy companion.

    Ricky might be the result of exceptional programming, but she proves to be more than the sum of her particles. She shows Elaine more affection, and eventually more protection, than any so-called “real” woman in her life ever has, leaving Elaine to wonder—are Ricky’s feelings for her truly artificial? Or is this REEL TO REAL LOVE?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Apple Books

     

    Where the Waves Kiss the Shore by Iona Kane

    Kasia Wojcik has poured her heart and soul into running the charming hotel she now calls home on the breathtaking Irish island of Inishderry. If only the indifferent Walsh family who own the place shared her dedication.

    Enter Tierney Walsh, a free spirit who believes life is too short for commitments. She sees her family’s island home as a place for laughter and leisure, not responsibility and hard work.

    As winter’s chill sets in, Kasia and Tierney find themselves thrown together on the island. Can they bridge their differences to save their cherished hotel? And amid their struggle, will they also discover a love that can weather any storm?

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Score to Love by Johana Gavez

    Antonia Carvalho left her native Brazil in search of a dream: a professional soccer career and better opportunities for her and her brother. The plan is simple; score as many goals as possible with the Houston Starlight and become one of their top players. She won’t let anything get in the way. Not even Camila Sánchez, her attractive but annoying teammate.

    Camila Sánchez spent all her life in the shadow of her father, a former soccer star and coach. There’s no time for distractions as she fights to show everyone she deserves her spot on the team. Playing for the Houston Starlight is her opportunity to shine. She won’t let Antonia steal her spot on the team, no matter how much chemistry they have in bed.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    An Unlikely Partnership by Katie Trapp

    Rue Lovelace was not accustomed to change. She enjoyed her mundane life. So, when her mentor abruptly skips town leaving her in his place as Head Custos witch and new owner of a mystery ring, she doesn’t handle it the best, especially when she finds out part of her new role is to assist the police with Other-world issues. If it got out that she was working with the cops, her family business would be ruined.

    An uptick in Other-world crime has workaholic Detective Niko Moscato running on empty, or at least that’s what she’s telling herself. When a man is murdered, her whole world flips upside down upon meeting the sassy witch currently in the Head Custos position. She’s met with a wall of ice that doesn’t help the case. And neither do the new feelings fluttering in her chest.

    Both women struggle to navigate the new partnership while keeping a few secrets hidden away. But when the murders start getting a little too close to home, they have to begin doing something neither is good at relying on each other. The pressure is on to solve the case quickly before anyone else is killed. Or their partnership implodes. Either way, it’s going to get messy before it’s all over.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Tapping into Love by Monica McCallan

    Lucy Parsons wants absolutely nothing to do with the Westmoore family or the maple syrup they produce. When Sierra Westmoore blows back into town after her father’s death and tries to rent a room at Lucy’s family’s bed-and-breakfast, The Maple Inn, Lucy kicks her out on the spot. It doesn’t matter that Sierra hasn’t set foot in Maple Run in fifteen years—the Westmoores are not allowed.

    But small towns don’t leave a lot of room to hide, and Sierra and her brother, Drake, have set their sights on improving the town’s opinion of them now that their father is gone.

    Lucy doesn’t believe any Westmoore could have good intentions, and although she may have to play nice with Sierra, it doesn’t mean she’s going to like it.

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Hate to Love You by Shannon O’Connor

    Two unlikely roommates, hot summer nights & a forbidden sapphic romance.

    Ryleigh:

    When Alana suggested I move into the second house on the Lovers Estate, I took her up on it. Even though that meant sharing the space with Alana’s little sister, who happened to hate my guts.

    Wrenn:

    Of course my older sister just had to open her big mouth and invite her friend to stay with me. It was bad enough having to see her in my sister’s wedding, but to see her at my kitchen table? I thought after we hooked up that it might be the start of something, until the next morning when I woke up alone. Now all she wants to do is talk about what happened and I just want to avoid her.

    Ryleigh and Wrenn are sure they still hate each other but as the summer nights heat up, so do their feelings.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

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  • Dreadful- A Review – Author Natalina Reis

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    DreadfulDreadful by Caitlin Rozakis
    My rating: 4 of 5 stars

    I had stumbled on Rozakis second novel and bought it on impulse (such an amazingly fun title and cover) only to find out that it was a great book. I was so impressed in fact that I immediately bought her debut novel, Dreadful, and started reading it.

    The cover is equally awesome, the title appealing, and can I say, those sprayed edges on a softcover really “talk” to me.

    I really enjoyed the story and the wonderful message within all the comical (mis)adventures of Dread Lord Gavrax and his retinue of misfits. It’s a story of outcasts and underdogs doing their best to rise to the “expected” standards only to find out that they were better off accepting who and what they were and be proud of it. After all perfection does not exist. Just my type of story indeed.

    Good writing, lots of humor laced with great messages and heart, a totally insane world that strangely enough in many ways reflects our reality these days. Great and well-developed characters (OMG the chicken, sorry, the rooster!), unexpected plot twists, and a lot of heart makes this story an awesome one to read (and even reflect on).

    That said, the narrative was at times a bit winded. I found myself skimming through some parts when Gav is thinking things through as the ideas kept being rehashed with more words than were truly necessary. It took me out of the story sometimes (which otherwise has an excellent rhythm and flow).

    All in all a great book that I recommend to anyone who loves fantasy and humor, but not as good as her second novel. I guess that’s a good thing. As a writer, Rozakis is improving and I can’t wait to read her next book. I’m a fan for sure.

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  • Character rides a motorcycle (Sapphic Book Bingo #15)

    Character rides a motorcycle (Sapphic Book Bingo #15)

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    Character rides a motorcycle

    This week’s Sapphic Book Bingo features sapphic books in which the main character rides a motorcycle. Picture rumbling engines, sexy leather jackets, and that rush you get on a bike ride!

    Maybe the character is a proud member of Dykes on Bikes, or they just enjoy the freedom of the open road.

     

    15 sapphic books in which the main character rides a motorcycle

    Below, you’ll find 15 sapphic books with a main character who rides a motorcycle.

     

    Don’t Give a Nix by Ali Williams

    Being a Nix is bad enough, what with water pollution and the world’s aversion to river demons, but when the River Arun’s Goddess turns matchmaker, nothing will be the same again for the Nixes of her river.

    Kit

    Running a pub by a river isn’t easy for a Nix, but I’m determined to have an ordinary life. So what if my hands are covered in burns from accidentally touching steel kegs? It’s a small price to pay to see my best friend Marla every day. To be normal. But the river goddess Trisantona wants more from me, and I’ll be damned if I comply…

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Incendiant by Virginia Black

    War witch Joan Matthews wants little more than to build a life with Leigh Phan. Their hometown is rebuilding under Joan’s protection, but not everyone is happy with her solution to the most recent vampire crisis.

    Meanwhile, Leigh’s bloodling powers lead to unforeseen consequences, and Joan is forced to honor a favor owed to a dangerous foe. Neither knows a greater threat lurks behind seemingly unrelated attacks across the land.

    Together, Joan and Leigh once saved the town of Calvert. Now that they are separated, each must learn to save herself, or all their gains will be forfeited—and everyone they know will pay the price.

    Available at:

    Bywater Books

    Amazon

    Apple Books

     

    One Golden Summer by Clare Lydon & TB Markinson

    Would you trade fame for love?

    Saffron Oliver is the golden girl. Golden hair. Golden skin. Golden movie career.

    Only one problem: she hates it.

    She flees to her sister’s seaside town – where she meets the confident & charming Kirsty McBride.

    Kirsty is everything Saffron wants to be. Perhaps also, everything she wants.

    But Saffron can’t have it all. So now, she has to decide: does she crave Kirsty enough to blow up her golden life?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    For Better or Worse by Amy DeMeritt

    When Toni’s wife, Corinne, receives a mysterious letter that sends her flying out of their apartment without explanation, their once perfect and happy marriage and life become embroiled in doubts and fears.

    What was in that letter? Who was it from? Is Corinne in danger?

    Before Toni can learn the answers to those questions, she learns something about her own past that shatters everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. Her father and uncle didn’t just teach her and her brother, Nico, how to protect themselves against schoolyard bullies and street thugs. With distant ties to the Italian mafia in New York, they were always under a certain undefinable level of danger, even in Denver, Colorado.

    While mending their marriage, and preparing their minds and bodies for their new reality, the past catches up to them. Caught in the middle of a war between mafia factions, the promise of for better or worse that Toni and Corinne made to each other on their wedding day over five years ago, is put to the ultimate test.

    Can they survive the mafia assassins hunting them? And if they do, will their marriage survive?

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Last Chance by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Nora Brady has one last shot at the career she adores. After a devastating injury knocks her off the women’s football A-list, the tenacious midfielder accepts an offer to play for a struggling young team longing to compete in the big time. With matches to win and a reputation to prove, nothing can disrupt Nora’s laser-focus on her goal…except her ridiculously sexy new boss.

    Gabriella Dean will do whatever it takes to build a top-tier program. Even if it means signing the hot, confident player who awakens her long-slumbering passion. The more Gabby gets to know Nora, the more her attraction and feelings for the younger woman grow, but giving into her desires could lead to professional failure, public embarrassment, and the heartache she’s guarded herself against for so long.

    As Nora and Gabby’s connection deepens, it threatens their careers and the future of the lovable, motley group of young women they’ve both come to view as family. With the weight of the entire team’s hopes and dreams resting on them, will they risk everything to follow their hearts?

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Stormy Ink by Diana Jayne

    Art graduate Jade O’Connor is on a mission. She needs an intricate tattoo—something elegant and beautiful—to cover her perceived imperfections. Her search for the right artist brings her to a Hawke’s Bay tattoo studio and the surprising discovery that her crush from eight years ago owns it.

    Quiet, confident tattoo artist Taylor King is proud of her business and the life she’s built for herself. When Jade walks into her store, a spark ignites that goes beyond skin deep.

    As the women get swept up in each other, disaster strikes. Can Jade and Taylor’s newfound relationship survive the pressure of being forced into each other’s space? Is it all too much? Or is it true there are some things you can only learn in the darkness of a storm?

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Don’t Call Me Hero by Eliza Lentzski

    It’s been over a year since Cassidy Miller retired from the United States Marine Corps, but try telling that to her nightmares. She knew that coming back after eight years in a war zone wouldn’t be easy, but she’d underestimated the real difficulties of transitioning back to civilian life. War is hell, but the aftermath is endless. Looking for a fresh start, she’s left her friends and career in Minneapolis to be a police officer in northern Minnesota.

    It’s in the tiny town of Embarrass where she learns more about Julia Desjardin. The city prosecutor is cool, professional, and untouchable. But she and Cassidy have history, and Cassidy isn’t going to let her easily forget that.

    For all their surface differences, Cassidy and Julia have more in common than they first realized—both are reluctant to hand over their pasts to be judged and studied. But it might take someone just as damaged as the other to help each cope with the skeletons in their respective closets.

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Stunted Heart by Helena Harte

    A stunt rider who lives in the fast lane. An ER doctor who can’t take chances. A passion that could turn their worlds upside down.

    Taryn Taylor lives for adrenaline, on the bike and in the bedroom. Settling down has never been part of the plan. But when she meets brilliant, guarded ER doctor Cassandra Kennedy in Vegas, one night turns electric. Neither of them expects the spark to last… But what if this fire was meant to burn forever?

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    Loving Artemis by Janet Mason

    Artemis found the love of her life when she met Linda, but their passionate relationship fizzles when Artemis lands herself on the other side of the law. Pulling the pieces of her life together, Artemis rekindles her relationship with Linda, and together they raise a daughter.

    Meanwhile, Grace, running from her past, starts a life with Thalia. At a pride parade, Grace spots someone who reminds her of Artemis, who she was briefly involved with in her youth. Old feelings are rekindled. A lifetime of rejection, abandonment, and fleeing rears its head. Now she must come to terms with her past, put her relationship with Artemis to rest–or risk losing everything.

    Artemis and Grace embark on a journey of revolution, love, and marriage and discover that love finds us when we least expect it.

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    The Found Jar by Jaycie Morrison

    Horror fiction writer Emily Harris just wants to be left alone with her work. But plagued by writer’s block, she reluctantly agrees to join her friends at their luxurious beach house for the summer. Maybe a change of scenery will inspire her.

    Local housekeeper Beck Reynolds keeps her life simple—saving for a boat and avoiding the town bullies while she attends art classes. Meeting successful but prickly Emily leaves her feeling awestruck, and she wants to make a good impression, even though Emily seems determined to run her off. But Beck’s not the one who is just visiting.

    Emily knows all about loss, and guilt, and rejection. Opening her heart has always gotten her hurt, and she’s absolutely not letting anyone in, even someone good, or good-looking, like Beck.

    Available at:

    Bold Strokes Books

    Amazon

    Apple Books

     

    Straight Girls I’ve Loved Before by S.E. Chandler

    Sometimes one word is worth a thousand pictures.

    Perpetual player, Frankie, is dumped by her latest straight girlfriend for her serial philandering. But this time, Frankie knows Megan is worth fighting for. She vows to change her wandering ways to win her back. Her BF Sam encourages her soul-searching as Frankie pens letters to former lovers apologizing for how she hurt them.

    An online group of exes emerges revealing one of the very vulnerable letters Frankie sent. After it goes viral, Sam tries to help Frankie see the bright side. Frankie’s grandmother cooks up more than incredible Italian, and an unexpected revelation from an unrequited lover sends Frankie reeling…and right back to Megan.

    Will she earn her way back into Megan’s familiar arms with how much she’s changed, or will she take a chance on the woman who’s been there all along?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Starting Over by Jen Silver

    Ellie Winters, a successful potter, is living on a remote hilltop farm inherited from her parents. Her well-ordered life is shaken apart when her past meets her present. Robin Fanshawe, Ellie’s philandering long-term lover, has a fragile truce with Ellie. The arrival of women from Robin’s present threatens to break that tentative pact. Charming Dr. Kathryn Moss, an archaeologist and an old lover of Ellie’s, arrives on the farm searching for a new site to dig. When she discovers a previously unknown Roman settlement and ancient burial site on Ellie’s farm, Ellie allows her to start an archaeological dig of the area. Will Ellie also allow the rekindling of an old romance or will she stay with Robin? Can that long term relationship, albeit tentative, recover from this collision or will an old romance trump everything she knows? Will Robin, seeing the interaction between Ellie and Kathryn, leave her womanizing ways behind? Will she take a chance on giving herself wholly to the woman she loves? These questions and the mystery of whose royal resting place is disturbed at Starling Hill are answered in this classic romance of simmering passions, anguished loss, and the wonder of love.

    Available at:

    Affinity Rainbow Publications

    Amazon

    Apple Books

    Audible

     

    For The 1000th Time by Jen-Lea Mercy

    Years ago, Abi left Vancouver heartbroken. Now she’s back — older, wiser, and sexier. Tess won’t know what hit her.

    Abi Young is well acquainted with unrequited love and the void it leaves behind. While she had hoped moving to a different city would extinguish any residual feelings for her best friend’s older sister, it turns out absence really does make the heart grow fonder.

    As the maid of honor, all Tess Moore wants is to give her sister the wedding of her dreams. Even if it means stepping out of her comfort zone and organizing a pre-wedding bridal party adventure. To make matters worse, the woman whose heart she shattered years ago will be participating. A woman she’s never been able to forget.

    After what happened between them, two weeks in proximity to Tess should be hell for Abi. Instead, she deems it one last chance to show Tess the woman she’s become.

    Will Tess be able to relax her role as the responsible sister long enough to notice? Or will Abi forever be seen as the kid with a silly crush?

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Ignis by KJ

    Felicity Davis, principal of Rawson Girls Grammar School, is a passionate educator, an inspirational leader, some say even an ice queen, although she’s not sure about that last one. But one thing Felicity knows is that she is perfectly happy with her life. That is until the trauma, the darkness of her past, comes crashing into her present, revealing a deeply buried secret, and placing Felicity and those she loves in incredible danger. Inspector Tal Diamandis takes on the case, attempting to extinguish the flames of Felicity’s past before they consume her. Matters become complicated as Felicity and Tal realise their mutual spark of attraction but when they finally connect the shocking links, the explosive conclusion will leave everyone reeling.

    Can Felicity play with fire or will the fire become an inferno?

    Available at:

    Amazon

     

    It’s All About Bex by Melissa Tereze

    Ellis Patterson can’t lie, the unexpected visit of her best friend’s auntie could be the most exciting thing that’s happened since Ellis drifted to this small town several months ago. She pictures Bex Naylor as a typical favourite aunt: eccentric, childless, probably flitting about in flowered dresses, burning sage.

    But Bex defies every stereotype. Black leather on her long, slim body, motorcycle to match, Bex has been following the wind for a year. And when those bright green eyes lock with Ellis’, she feels like she’s died and gone to heaven.

    Bex’s attraction to Ellis is instant and electrifying. Despite the younger woman’s butch appearance, there is a softness to her that Bex finds appealing. When she discovers how easy it is to make Ellis blush, Bex suspects making those dimpled cheeks bloom pink could become her favourite hobby while she’s back in town. But being home again is…complicated. The last thing she wants is to let old grudges and tangled family emotions touch Ellis’ sweetness.

    Though Bex can forgive, certain people will never forget. And one of them would like to see her gone—permanently.

    Available at:

    Amazon

    Audible

     

    Coffee, Cars, and Necromancy by Neen Cohen

    Stuck in a perpetual nightmare, Lily just wants a break. But a dead body stands in her way of a good cup of coffee and a day basking in the sun. As a necromancer, this job wasn’t hers to take. But this time she can’t turn away as the dead leads to the living—the one living person Lily never wanted to see again.

    Detective Larissa Alanor has been a pain in Lily’s existence. Ever since her baby sister died, Alanor has blamed one person and one person only, Lily. But the connections can’t be denied, as the past and the present collide.

    Will these two enemies come together to solve the real mystery? Or will they stick to their guns while more lives are at risk?

    Available at:

    Amazon
     

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  • First Kiss Friday with Sara Adrien and Tanya Wilde – Sherry Ewing

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    Happy First Kiss Friday! I’m so happy to have you here with me on my blog. Today I’m welcoming back authors Sara Adrien and Tanya Wilde who have a first kiss scene from their upcoming novel How to Lose a Prince This Summer. It releases on July 15th and you can preorder it now for only $0.99! We hope you enjoy this excerpt and happy reading, my lovelies!

    Excerpt:

    Something surged within Alex, and it was stronger than ever before: the need to claim her. So beautiful and so precious. Draci, did she even know how he was clinging to her? 

    He was never the first son, the tallest, the best, but he was the only one here now and Sera was undoubtedly the most beautiful and intelligent woman he’d ever met. 

    Could she be mine? Wholely? Forever?

    Alex swallowed hard and took her hand in his. “I just don’t want this day to end.” He wanted to hold onto this moment, to find a way to make their time together last. How could he freeze time? The idea of losing her was unbearable. His hand tightened around hers searching for the right words to describe his feelings, to tell her how much she meant to him.

    “Then don’t let it.”

    “It’s not in my power to keep the sun from setting. Everything will be different tomorrow.”

    As a third son, he may have a title and responsibilities but hardly any political sway. He had no way to fight his future unless he rebelled outright.

    Turn a true rogue. 

    Except that nobody had taught him how to not follow rules. Uphold honor, laws, even draft and pass new ones—yes. But his heart led him another way now.

    “But you can control what happens right here, right now,” she said, shifting her body closer to him. 

    “Sera, surely you don’t mean—” his sentence cut off when he caught the glint in her eyes. But then she gently kissed the tip of his nose and lingered. It would have been the most innocent show of affection if she didn’t linger so close to his mouth. A reflection of his own longing. Alex knew he had to do something, anything, to bridge the gap that the dawn would bring.

    His future had been pre-written for him and signed with ink on paper. But how could anything matter if he was there in the moment with the beauty that plucked on the strings of his heart as though she owned them?

    The breeze swept into the alcove carrying the scent of the ocean—a scent of freedom and he’d only ever experienced with Sera.

    Draci! If he didn’t kiss her now, he might perish!

    Alex leaned in slowly, his lips touching hers with a feather-light contact that sent a jolt of sparks through his. 

    This only ever happens with you.

    Sera’s lips parted to welcome him. Her fingers found their way to the nape of his neck, threading through his hair. The heat of her body enveloped him, a flicker of fire amidst the cool air. The sound of the waves faded, leaving only the thunderous beat of his heart and the soft sigh that escaped her. He pulled her onto his lap. If he could have drawn her body into his, he would have. 

    “Alex,” she mumbled onto his mouth.

    “I never want this to end, Sera,” he repeated once more, this time with more conviction.

    “Just don’t let it.” She stared up at him and every point of contact between them thrummed with a startling energy. 

    The idea of her absence left a hollow ache he couldn’t ignore. The realization filled him with determination so profound it seemed to echo across the walls of the cave. She was his, and he was irrevocably hers. 

    All he had to do was move the heavens, the mountains, and the oceans if he acted on it.

    Alex’s resolve to take a gentle goodbye from Sera faded. It just wasn’t enough. It was time to tip his royal world upside down. 

    Consequences be damned.

    How To Lose A Prince This Summer
    By Sara Adrien and Tanya Wilde
    Releases July 15, 2025
    Preorder for $0.99

    They’re destined for duty. But will an impossible love on the Cornish Coast rewrite their fate?

    Lady Seraphina Lyndon treasures the wild beauty of her summers on the Cornish Coast. But this year is bittersweet—it’s her last taste of freedom before an arranged marriage to a foreign prince. Her father’s business depends on this union, but Sera’s heart is drawn to someone else. A handsome and mysterious stranger on the beach has stolen her breath with his tender kisses and unforgettable charm. Now, she’s desperate to find a way to lose the prince she’s promised to and stay with the man who makes her feel truly alive. And how can she do this before the end of the summer?

    Prince Alexander von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is a man of honor. Bound by duty, he knows he must head to London to complete his engagement to a woman he’s never met. But lingering on the Cornish sands is a captivating beauty who stirs his soul. Drawn to Sera like the tide to the shore, Alex gives his heart away, despite its forbidden risk. She believes him to be a simple man, and he’d rather keep his identity hidden than lose that treasure. He doesn’t want her to discover that he’s already promised to another. Not until he can break off his engagement. But even then, if she finds out all he’s been keeping from her… It might shatter the fragile bond they’ve built. So, how can he be with the woman he loves as just Alex and not Prince Alex?

    Bound by an arranged marriage and separated by hidden identities, Sera and Alex face a web of secrets and a scheming villain. Can love prevail over duty, or will fate keep them apart forever?

    Tropes/Themes:
    ✅ Arranged Marriage
    ✅ Hidden Identity
    ✅ Forbidden Love
    ✅ Summer Romance
    ✅ Love at First Sight
    ✅ Secret Royal / Royal in Disguise
    ✅ One Last Taste of Freedom
    ✅ Hero Falls First
    ✅ Scheming Villain
    ✅ Beachside Kisses
    ✅ Duty vs. Desire
    ✅ Swoony Prince
    ✅ Star-Crossed Lovers

    Don’t miss this summer’s most romantic adventure! The perfect beach read now in Kindle Unlimited!

    Note: This series is part of Dragonblade’s Flame line, so this is a scorching-hot read with open-door steam.

    Wedding Fever Series
    Book 1: Dare to Tempt an Earl This Spring
    Book 2: How to Lose A Prince This Summer
    Book 3: How To Seduce A Duke This Autumn
    Book 4: Ways To Kiss A Marquess This Winter

    Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCNGHDMZ

    Free Companion Scrapbook Download: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/4mrzm42ill

    About the Authors:

    Bestselling author Sara Adrien writes hot and heart-melting Regency romance with a Jewish twist. As a law professor-turned-author, she writes about clandestine identities, whims of fate, and sizzling seduction. If you like unique and intelligent characters, deliciously sexy scenes, and the nostalgia of afternoon tea, then you’ll adore Sara Adrien’s tender tear-jerkers. For more information and exclusive sneak peeks, new releases, and more books, sign up for Sara Adrien’s newsletter at www.SaraAdrien.com

    Award-Winning and International Bestselling author Tanya Wilde developed a passion for reading when she had nothing better to do than lurk in the library during her lunch breaks. Her love affair with pen and paper soon followed, after she devoured all their historical romance books! When she’s not meddling in the lives of her characters or pondering names for her imaginary big, white greyhound, she’s off on adventures with her partner in crime.

    Wilde lives in a town at the foot of the Outeniqua Mountains, South Africa. You can read a bit more about her at www.authortanyawilde.com

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