So many genres, so little time
"Always watch your step or you might land in something you can’t wipe off - Nanny James" Kansas at the end of the Civil War. It's her twentieth birthday and Cara Calvinia James is alone after the death of her family. Her wish is about to come true...to go to California and start a new… Continue reading Until Tomorrow by Jill Marie Landis
When lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? —Oliver Goldsmith The Vicar of Wakefield It had been 5 years since Sara Collier Talbot left Magnolia Creek, Kentucky, as a fallen woman who ran off with a Yankee… Continue reading Magnolia Creek by Jill Marie Landis
"You're dead already.... They'll all know about you in the whispering room." Jane Hawk is a rogue agent fighting for her and her son's life and avenging her late husband's murder. Silicon Valley billionaire David James Michael and owner of the biotech company, Far Horizons, is her target. His company is making nanomachines injected into… Continue reading The Whispering Room (Jane Hawk #2) by Dean Koontz
MOTHER AND WARRIORTallynd is a soldier who has already survived her toughest battle: losing her husband. But now she finds herself on the front lines of an invasion of giants, intent on wiping out the entire kingdom, including Tallynd’s two sons—all that she has left. The stakes have never been higher. If Tallynd fails, her boys… Continue reading Plague of Giants (The Seven Kennings #1) by Kevin Hearne
Kassidy Thomas' life was about to change forever. After losing a bet with her brother, Caleb, she is destined to meet Wyatt Hamilton, star quarterback of the Atlanta Saviors. She doesn't take risks and hasn't dated for 4 years. He is never seen with the same girl twice and his only commitment is football. Can… Continue reading Catching the Player (A Hamilton Family Series #3) by Diane Alberts
We all hold a beast inside. The only difference is what form it takes when freed. Aaron Ryland, aka Rain, lived on the streets of Houston assuming his "typical defiant, don't-give-a-shit teen thug persona", but all he wanted was to stay in one place and have a normal life. Regrettably, his chance came when his… Continue reading Haven (Haven #1) by Mary Lindsey
Another contemporary romance, this time featuring Ethan Roxburgh, a cynical and "fabulous" male millionaire, and Dee Nichols, a free-spirited, insecure yoga instructor. Both are beautiful, and both have emotional baggage, so can their two very different worlds work together? It's a fast-paced, funny, and sexy ride to see these two head-strong personalities manage their attraction… Continue reading Just Breathe by Janette Paul
Holland Bakker was a stalker. Not the scary type, but the music enthusiast type. She took the long way to work every day just to see the subway musician play his guitar with lovely abandon until a homeless man pushes Holland onto the subway tracks and changes her life forever. Calvin McLoughlin is a Julliard… Continue reading Roomies by Christina Lauren
It's amazing what you can keep buried when you want to. A body is found in the small Aussie town of Smithson. She was Rosalind Ryan, a local drama teacher and pregnant. Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock is assigned the case with her partner, Detective Sergeant Felix McKinnon. The detectives find out this is not a… Continue reading The Dark Lake (Gemma Woodstock #1) by Sarah Bailey
If you want to be the life of the party, this is your book. You can fill your brain with as much "useless knowledge" (my affectionate moniker) as you can fit and impress people with how fast a sand dune can move, explain what watermelon snow is, and give in morbid detail why a barbershop… Continue reading Who Knew? Questions That Will Make You Think Again by Sarah Herman