Tag Archives: Contemporary Romance

ARC Review: Just Like Starting Over by Deborah Cooke

In Deborah Cooke’s second entry in The Carpe Diem Café series, Just Like Starting Over brings us back to the small town of Empire where Sylvia Kincaid must deal with the lingering feelings for Mike, her 15 year old daughter’s father. Written in first person in alternating points of view between Sylvia and Mike forContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Just Like Starting Over by Deborah Cooke”

ARC Review: Give Me a Reason by Jayci Lee

Give Me a Reason by Jayci Lee is a contemporary take on Jane Austen’s Persuasion in which Anne is a Korean drama actress who has returned to Los Angeles after 10 years, and her former love, Frederick, is a captain in the Culver City Fire Department. There are many similarities to the original novel: AnneContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Give Me a Reason by Jayci Lee”

ARC Review: The Love Haters by Katherine Center

I found The Love Haters by Katherine Center to be one of the best rom-coms I’ve read in quite a while. It was such a fun, and also suspenseful story before the end, that I couldn’t put it down and was up until the early morning hours to finish it. Katie Vaughn is about toContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Love Haters by Katherine Center”

ARC Review: My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein

My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein is a steamy romcom that will have you laughing throughout the book. Connie/Hazel’s neighbour, Beck is a 37 year old virgin and has been hiding from his coworkers and boss the fact that is isn’t really married. When Hazel witnesses Beck’s bully torturing him at a party,ContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein”

ARC Review: Not Quite by the Book by Julie Hatcher

Not Quite by the book by Julie Hatcher is a contemporary romance about a woman who sets out to find herself after giving up on finding her own true love. Emma Rini decides to take some time for herself, after being made to feel like her family takes her for granted and no longer reallyContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Not Quite by the Book by Julie Hatcher”