Finished reading
Finished reading: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera 📚
I love Adriana Herrera’s Las Leonas series so much. This is a very hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Paris, Scotland, an awesome woman running a business and taking care of her sister. Top notch. Highly recommend.
Finished reading: Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet 📚
White wrote the first novels I remember reading: Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. This children’s biography had me tearing up several times. Highly recommend.
Finished reading: Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 📚
Finished reading: Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase 📚
The. Best. 🔥🔥🔥
Finished reading: Captives of the Night by Loretta Chase 📚
So good. Loretta Chase knows the job. 🔥🔥🔥
Finished reading: The Truth About Him by M. O’Keefe 📚
Finished reading: Everything I Left Unsaid by M. O’Keefe 📚
Finished reading: You Had Me at Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky 📚
Of course Timothy Janovsky can write a book that has incredible mental illness & neurodiversity rep, is adorable, and scorches, all at the same time. A very hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥, almost 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
Finished reading: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston 📚
I love it. I’m a sucker for a second-chance romance. Casey McQuiston always does a great job. This book made me want to eat and travel and love with my whole heart. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Finished reading: The Villa by Rachel Hawkins 📚
This is a modern gothic. I bounced off of it in print but audio worked beautifully for me, as there are different perspectives and time periods, plus documentary-style bits. Highly recommend.
Finished reading: The Lion’s Daughter by Loretta Chase 📚
An older book by a luminary of the genre. I love when romance includes a lot of adventure and boy does this ever. 🔥🔥🔥
Finished reading: If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens 📚
Finished reading: Operation: Cover-Up by Tate Godwin 📚
Finished reading: Hungry Bones by Louise Hung 📚
Full review coming soon!
Finished reading: Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean 📚
Whoo. This is a hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥 on the romance.io scale. Romance is unmatched and so is Sarah MacLean.
Finished reading: Bombshell by Sarah MacLean 📚
Sarah MacLean is just so good. This is like… A 3.5 on the romance.io scale? The language is slightly (but only slightly) euphemistic; it’s pretty clear exactly what’s happening where.
Finished reading: Love, Come to Me by Lisa Kleypas 📚
This has a steam rating of 🔥🔥🔥.
A very early Kleypas. Be warned: the hero is a Confederate veteran. Apparently, he opposed slavery but fought for the Confederacy anyway.
Finished reading: When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary by Alice Hoffman 📚
Full review forthcoming.
Finished reading: When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein 📚
Super cute, very hot. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 on the romance.io scale.
Finished reading: This Will Be Fun by E B Asher 📚
Full review forthcoming.
Finished reading: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins 📚
This is so good. I learned more about abolitionism from this romance novel in a more engaging way than any history class I’ve taken would be able to achieve. Highly recommend.
Finished reading: Hers for the Weekend by Helena Greer 📚
Loved it! This releases August 27. Expect a full review soon!
Finished reading: Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey 📚
Finished reading: The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler 📚
Read this to prepare for collaborating with teachers at work who want support finding books to work into our literacy curriculum. It’s especially interesting as someone who started her teaching career in the era of No Child Left Behind.