DailyWaffle’s 2019 Most Anticipated Romance & Women’s Fiction List

As the year starts, I have 37 titles on my TBR across genres. I narrowed it to 11 in romance and women's fic that I'm really looking forward to this year. As you might expect, it's gonna be a busy summer reading season. While romance still has work to do on the diversity front, this…

ByMichelleJanuary 2, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

The One You Fight For by Roni Loren | 4.5 Star Review

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley The One You Fight For is Brave, Raw, and Chillingly Relevant It 2018, it was a risky proposition to come out with a romance series based on a group of friends who survived a school shooting a decade earlier. But Roni Loren’s The Ones Who Got Away…

ByMichelleDecember 18, 20180Comments

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MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND by Christina Lauren | 4-Star Review

Review copy provided by the publisher Christina Lauren Keeps It Sexy as Their Rom-Coms Evolve In MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND, Millie Morris and Reid Campbell are two friends in a group of academics on the faculty at UC Santa Barbara. With the commencement banquet on the horizon, the gang decides to dive into dating…

ByMichelleDecember 4, 20180Comments

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6 Can’t Miss Reads Hitting Shelves in December

This year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday book deals didn’t do much for me, which means hopefully I’ll have a few more dollars to spend on December new releases. Usually as the year winds down, I use December to catch up on books that I meant to read, but didn’t. The thing is, the…

ByMichelleDecember 3, 20180Comments

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HE’S NOT MY BOYFRIEND by Jackie Lau | 4-star Review

ARC Provided by the Author for Review He's Not My Boyfriend is Jackie Lau's Best Yet: More Laughs, Medium Angst. Totally Irresistible. Jackie Lau's previous books have looked to forced proximity to get hero and heroine together. In her latest, HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND, it's straightforward. An initial meet in a craft beer bar turns…

ByMichelleNovember 20, 20180Comments

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FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen | Book Review

ARC provided by the author's publicist for review FIREWORKS Is the Sweet and Sizzling Sixth Installment in Sarina Bowen's True North series They say you can’t go home again. In FIREWORKS by Sarina Bowen, Skylar Copeland left Colebury, Vermont 12 years ago and never looked back. But after an on-air gaffe at her TV job,…

ByMichelleNovember 13, 20180Comments

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Double Play by Maggie Wells | 4-star Book Review

ARC provided by the author for review Unafraid, Unapologetic and Unforgettable, Double Play's Heroine is a Woman For Our Times In Double Play (Love Games #3) by Maggie Wells, Avery Preston is a women’s studies and lit professor at Wolcott College. Avery moves through the world the way most men do — unapologetic, opinionated…

ByMichelleOctober 25, 20180Comments

Book Reviews Recipes

Butternut Squash Risotto with Charred Radicchio

Jasmine Guillory's The Proposal Inspires a Fall-Flavored Risotto Review copy provided by the publisher In Jasmine Guillory's upcoming rom-com, THE PROPOSAL (Berkley, October 30), Doctor Carlos Ibarra knows his way around a kitchen. He happens to be at the Dodger game when Nik Paterson is on the receiving end of the worst Jumbotron proposal of…

ByMichelleOctober 24, 20180Comments

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NOT ANOTHER FAMILY WEDDING by Jackie Lau | Book Review

Jackie Lau's Latest Romance Takes on Being Childless by Choice ARC provided by the author Jackie Lau makes a point of incorporating social and personal issues in her romances. In NOT ANOTHER FAMILY WEDDING, heroine Natalie Chin-Williams is a successful, single 36-year old climatologist who’s chosen not to have kids. Her sister…

ByMichelleOctober 15, 20180Comments

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FIGHT OR FLIGHT by Samantha Young | Book Review

Review copy provided by the publisher FIGHT OR FLIGHT is a first class, enemies-to-lovers story with deliciously bickery banter. The innocent looking cover, two people seen through airplane windows, fooled me into thinking FIGHT OR FLIGHT by Samantha Young was going to be a light enemies-to-lovers romance. I did not expect things to burn…

ByMichelleOctober 5, 20180Comments