Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, May 31, 2022 Format: paperback Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): An irresistible story of a woman remaking her life after her husband’s betrayal leads to a year of travel, art, and passion in Paris, from the award-winning author of This Close to Okay. Vincent, having grown up as the privileged … Continue reading Book Review: Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith

Publisher: Atria Books, February 8, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 482 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows—including her ex and his fiancée—will be there and eager to … Continue reading Book Review: The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Aramas

Publisher: Disney Books, May 3rd, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 313 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. … Continue reading Book Review: By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

Publisher: Berkley Publishing, May 24th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 320 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): When Isabel Perez travels to Barcelona to save her sister Beatriz, she discovers a shocking family secret in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s new novel.Barcelona, 1964. Exiled from Cuba after the revolution, Isabel Perez has learned to … Continue reading Book Review: Our Last Days in Barcelona by Chanel Cleeton

Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing, April 26th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Cutthroat political consultant Thom Morgan is thriving, working on the governor of California’s presidential campaign. If only he didn’t have to deal with Clay Parker, the infuriatingly smug data analyst who gets under Thom’s skin like it’s his … Continue reading Book Review: Love, Hate & Clickbait by Liz Bowery

Publisher: Forever Publishing, April 19th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter who’s ten years younger than her and as casual … Continue reading Book Review: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, May 3rd, 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): 1957, France.  Florence and Lilli meet at finishing school in Lyon. Despite some differences, they forge a firm friendship that promises to last a lifetime. But a terrible betrayal prematurely tears them apart. Years later in England, Florence has … Continue reading Book Review: The Lost Chapter by Caroline Bishop

Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing, April 12th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 320 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Simmering with slow-burning menace,  Mrs. England  is a portrait of an Edwardian marriage, an enthralling tale of men and women, power and control, courage, truth and the very darkest deception.West Yorkshire, 1904. When recently graduated Ruby May takes a nanny position … Continue reading Book Review: Mrs. England by Stacey Halls

Publisher: Atria Books, April 5th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): The “sweet, sexy, and utterly fun” (Emily Henry, author of The People We Meet on Vacation) Regency Vows series continues with a witty, charming, and joyful novel following a seasoned debutante and a rakish theater owner as they navigate a … Continue reading Book Review: To Marry and to Meddle by Martha Waters

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, May 3rd, 2022 Format: Paperback  Pages: 288 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): In this decadent, deeply evocative novel, a young artist travels to Rome to heal a broken heart, where she ​confronts loneliness and intimacy, rage and desire: “Sensorial as hell . . . A stunningly cool and stylish debut" … Continue reading Book Review: Six Days in Rome by Francesca Giacco