

Review of One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
The main male protagonist was off-putting to me in his arrogance at first, but Carley Fortune is the best at developing a lakeside...
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Review of Sunny Side Up by Katie Sturino
I loved Sunny's body positivity and her self-made-woman status. I didn't fully buy into one of her love interests but was hooked on the...
Jun 18


Review of Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage
I loved the premise, in which a golden girl and barrel-racer returns home to small-town Wyoming to figure out her future. I was looking...
Jun 17


Review of The Love Haters by Katherine Center
Katherine Center's sweet rom-com about a video producer and her reluctant hero of a subject is set against the colorful backdrop of Key...
Jun 11


Review of Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson
In Ava Robinson's debut novel, she offers an appealingly imperfect main character making missteps and forging a path forward while...
May 14


Review of Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me #1) by Abby Jimenez
Abby Jimenez layers tough situations and messy complications into her rom-coms, and here, her main protagonists must face and overcome...
May 8


Review of Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Henry's story-within-a-story adds a historical fiction element to her signature big-hearted, banter-driven, steamy, intriguingly...
Apr 15


Review of Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
Pony Confidential is a cute story of a bond between a pony and its long-ago owner. It's nominally a mystery, but it's mainly a...
Apr 9


Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year
More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads This is my second favorites lists of rom-coms and romantic reads from the past year. In my last list I...
Apr 4


Review of Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
In Kristy Boyce's young-adult charmer, high schoolers Riley and Nathan, coworkers who have nothing in common, end up in a fake-dating...
Mar 11


Review of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
Lula Dean focuses on the incredible power of books and truth-telling as characters discover their bravest selves and confront difficult...
Jan 22


Six of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year
My Favorite Rom-Com Reads This is my first of two favorites lists of rom-coms and romantic reads. I was just talking to my friend Martha...
Jan 17


Review of How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
This novel about the power of books takes a tough situation that ends in a death and allows for a fresh start--which might push the...
Nov 12, 2024


Review of The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Espach layers complex emotional challenges like suicidal thoughts, grief, and loneliness with funny, quirky, poignant moments in this...
Nov 5, 2024


Review of Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth
Booth cushions the blow of the main protagonist's early-onset Alzheimer's with a zany romp, lots of love for books, and heartwarming,...
Oct 29, 2024


Review of The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
The reality-show setting and LGBTQIA+ representation in Ever After flips the traditional fairy tale in satisfying, heartwarming ways in...
Oct 23, 2024


Review of The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
The Paris Novel is the first novel by food writer, memoir author, food critic, and James Beard award-winner Ruth Reichl. It's a...
Oct 8, 2024


Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
The Paradise Problem is the perfect light fiction read to close out the summer, with a high-stakes fake marriage, comeuppances for the...
Aug 29, 2024


Review of Ready or Not by Cara Bastone
Ready or Not is a light take on unplanned pregnancy. It felt so easy for Eve to plan to enter into single parenthood despite the many...
Aug 14, 2024


Six Romantic Novels Set in the World of TV and Movies
Lighter Fiction Set in Show Biz I love a peek behind the scenes, and each of the novels here provides a fictionalized version of a movie...
Aug 9, 2024