SINLESS by Sarah Tarkoff | Spot Review

Sinless by Sarah Tarkoff 4 of 5 stars I don't feel even a bit guilty... Sinless grabbed me from the first chapter and didn't let go. I ripped through it in 24 hours. It's fast-paced, you can tell Sarah Tarkoff writes for TV. I worried at first it might be headed in the direction of Left Behind. NOT SO. It's…

ByMichelleMarch 16, 20180Comments

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BAD BACHELOR by Stefanie London | Quick Hit Review

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley 3 stars I usually love an enemies-to-lovers story, but I just didn’t buy the chemistry in this one… Bad Bachelor is a classic enemies-to-lovers story: Reed McMahon is Offender #1 on the Bad Bachelor app. He’s in PR, but his own reputation is going from bad to notorious as he racks…

ByMichelleMarch 6, 20180Comments

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BROOKLYNAIRE BY SARINA BOWEN | 4 star Review

ARC provided by the author's publicist for review The hero in Sarina Bowen's latest, Brooklynaire, is not your typical romance billionaire. Nate Kattenberger is not a type-A control freak, and you’re more likely to find him in a black hoodie than a bespoke suit. Granted, he may be wearing $800 sneakers. Though Nate made his…

ByMichelleFebruary 12, 20180Comments

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SHE REGRETS NOTHING by Andrea Dunlop | 4 star Review

Dirty. Sexy. Money. ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley Andrea Dunlop’s latest, She Regrets Nothing, is gloriously glitzy and glamorous. Laila Lawrence, newly orphaned, is the estranged daughter of a crazy rich New York family. When her beautiful, wealthy cousins meet her at her mother’s funeral, she’s a 23-year old hygienist in Michigan,…

ByMichelleFebruary 6, 20180Comments

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AFTER THE STORM by Katy Ames | Review

After the Storm ARC provided by the author's publicist for review You know when you read a book and you want to jump up and down and wave your arms to get people to notice it? That’s how I feel about Katy Ames’ Seven Winds series, including her latest, AFTER THE STORM. Not every book…

ByMichelleJanuary 25, 20180Comments

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THE ONES WHO GOT AWAY by Roni Loren | 4 Star Review

Copy provided by the publisher Sourcebooks Casa via Bookish First It's never been casual to write fiction touched by gun violence and school shootings, but given the current state of affairs in the United States, it's particularly tense. In The Ones Who Got Away, Roni Loren manages to do it with sensitivity, focusing on the…

ByMichelleJanuary 19, 20180Comments

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THE WEDDING DATE by Jasmine Guillory | 4 star Review

If You’ve Been Missing Rom-coms at the Movies, You’ve Got to Read Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley The Wedding Date, Jasmine Guillory’s debut novel is absolutely delightful. Alexa and Drew meet cute and get stuck temporarily in a hotel elevator in San Francisco. Luckily, she’s armed with…

ByMichelleJanuary 16, 20180Comments

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THE WIFE BETWEEN US by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen | 4 star REVIEW

ARC provided by St. Martin's Press for review As you read The Wife Between Us (yes, I’m already assuming you’re going to), you’ll have flashes of other books or movies. It might be the controlling husband in Sleeping with the Enemy, or the unreliable, alcoholic narrator in Girl on the Train. Greer Hendricks and Sarah…

ByMichelleJanuary 9, 20180Comments

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CHRISTINA LAUREN’S ROOMIES | 4 star review

ARC Provided by the Publisher for Review The moment you sit down in a theater, you can feel the energy. Whether it comes from backstage with performers rushing around just before the curtain goes up, or from the audience giddy with anticipation for the show, the air hums with electricity. That’s how I felt reading Christina…

ByMichelleDecember 4, 20170Comments

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WRONG TO NEED YOU by ALISHA RAI | 5-Star Review + Recipe

Alisha Rai’s Forbidden Hearts series is the contemporary romance we need in 2017 In WRONG TO NEED YOU (Forbidden Hearts #2), Sadia Ahmed is a widowed, single mother who runs into Jackson Kane, a man she hasn't seen or heard from in a decade. They were childhood friends, and he happens to be her…

ByMichelleNovember 28, 20170Comments

SINLESS by Sarah Tarkoff | Spot Review

BAD BACHELOR by Stefanie London | Quick Hit Review

BROOKLYNAIRE BY SARINA BOWEN | 4 star Review

SHE REGRETS NOTHING by Andrea Dunlop | 4 star Review

AFTER THE STORM by Katy Ames | Review

THE ONES WHO GOT AWAY by Roni Loren | 4 Star Review

THE WEDDING DATE by Jasmine Guillory | 4 star Review

THE WIFE BETWEEN US by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen | 4 star REVIEW

CHRISTINA LAUREN’S ROOMIES | 4 star review

WRONG TO NEED YOU by ALISHA RAI | 5-Star Review + Recipe

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