5 Stars: Dating You Hating You by Christina Lauren | Review

Forget he loves me, he loves me not. In Dating You Hating You, it's, "I'll get the job, I'll get the job not." **Review copy provided by the publisher** In Dating You Hating You, Evie and Carter are talent agents who hit it off at a party and then find themselves competing for a single job.…

ByMichelleJune 6, 20170Comments

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BUNS by Alice Clayton | Review

ARC provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Alice Clayton’s brand of rom-com has always clicked with me and it’s particularly true with the Hudson Valley series. It’s the sassy heroines, the laugh out loud moments, the whoo damn <fans self> moments. The Hudson Valley Series adds in the no-holds-barred friendship between Roxie, Natalie…

ByMichelleMay 23, 20170Comments

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Pipe Dreams by Sarina Bowen (Brooklyn Bruisers #3) | Review

**ARC provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review** Pipe Dreams weaves hockey with heartbreak and hope, but can it deliver the hat-trick with a happily ever after? Let me say upfront that I don’t usually go for the single dad, second chance at love trope. But damn it, Sarina Bowen did it again,…

ByMichelleMay 2, 20170Comments

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Mister Romance by Leisa Rayven | Review

**ARC provided by author's PR in exchange for review** Mister Romance is a classic opposites attract story with a side of “will-they-or-won’t- they?” Straight up: it’s the ultimate beach read. 4 stars. On the surface, the premise might be a stretch for some readers: Clickbait journo Eden stumbles on the exposé of a lifetime and needs to…

ByMichelleApril 26, 20170Comments

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TV Review: Confess on Go90

Katie Leclerc and Ryan Cooper star in Confess on Go90. (Photo Credit: Awestruck) **THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS** The TV adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel Confess debuted on Go90 earlier this week. After watching the first two episodes that dropped early, I thought, wow, they’ve really done the novel justice. Confess totally pulls off a…

ByMichelleApril 8, 20170Comments

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April Book Deals on Kindle

It may be April, but this month's cookbook deals say there's still time to hunker down with bread and booze. On the romance side, there's a double deal for rom-com lovers with two Christina Lauren books on sale. Our April book deal picks on Kindle: Bourbon: the Rise, Fall and Rebirth of an American Whiskey Once and…

ByMichelleApril 1, 20170Comments

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3 Sweet and Sassy Reads for your Easter Bunny

I had THE best reading week. Some weeks you pick up a book, read a few chapters and then toss it aside. Others, you're devouring one book after another and hoping your library has an author's back catalog covered. This week was all about sweets and I must be still be riding the sugar high,…

ByMichelleMarch 26, 20170Comments

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Cover Reveal: Buns by Alice Clayton (Hudson Valley #3)

Today we're unwrapping Alice Clayton's Buns (the cover, anyway!), the third book in her foodie rom-com Hudson Valley series, coming in May. Check out the synopsis below -- this one's Archie and Clara's story. While we wait, get your own hot cross buns in shape or check out the first two books in the series, Nuts and Cream…

ByMichelleFebruary 24, 20170Comments

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Book Review: Nine Kinds of Naughty by Jeanette Grey

Jeanette Grey’s latest is a steamy, sexy, scorcher of self-discovery. **ARC won in a Twitter contest from the author/publisher** Jeanette Grey has a serious knack for bringing together gorgeous European locales, smokin’ hot sexy times and stories of self-discovery. Seven Nights to Surrender and Eight Ways to Ecstasy explored the theme with an aspiring artist and a…

ByMichelleFebruary 22, 20170Comments

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BOOK REVIEW: Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton (Hudson Valley Series #2)

   -  Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton (Hudson Valley Series Book #2) **ARC provided by the publisher for review** Let’s just say I’ve had brie on the brain for the last few weeks. Not unlike Natalie Grayson, the heroine in Cream of the Crop (Hudson Valley series book #2). In Cream…

ByMichelleJune 6, 20160Comments

5 Stars: Dating You Hating You by Christina Lauren | Review

BUNS by Alice Clayton | Review

Pipe Dreams by Sarina Bowen (Brooklyn Bruisers #3) | Review

Mister Romance by Leisa Rayven | Review

TV Review: Confess on Go90

April Book Deals on Kindle

3 Sweet and Sassy Reads for your Easter Bunny

Cover Reveal: Buns by Alice Clayton (Hudson Valley #3)

Book Review: Nine Kinds of Naughty by Jeanette Grey

BOOK REVIEW: Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton (Hudson Valley Series #2)

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