Slaving Over Christmas by Allyson R. Abbott is a sweet and seductive tale of a couple experiencing a man’s natural diminishing arousal after years of work and marriage and the natural rise in a woman’s libido as she enters her thirties. Jill and Tom secretly...

Readers will be swept away by Montmartre Stairs: A Paris Love Story by Douglas Warren. A staircase, two characters, and an accident. The story opens with a meet-cute between John and Michelle during a midsummer night in Paris and from that moment on readers will...

Beautiful Wreck by Kasey Lane is about Bowen Landry and Gabby Alvarez. It seems as if only circumstances can bring these two together, since Gabby is completely guarded and Bowen is a recovering addict not wanting distractions. They are truly an unlikely pair. Only their...

Rescuing Lara by Lyn Horner tells the story of Lara Spenser. Currently Lara is in a wheelchair, hiding out in Ireland. She has something that a group called the “Hellhounds” wants desperately, but Lara is determined to keep her word to her deceased uncle. To...

Joe is a handsome young farrier who has fled England to hide from the world in a small town in Madeira. He works first in a bar and then on a farm accessible only by boat. The farmer, his wife, and their lovely but...

Leah's Choice is a contemporary fiction novel written by Patricia M Jackson. Leah Loven had gotten her masters and had begun doctoral work in micro-chemistry to follow her dream. She even spent two years at a prestigious school in Paris, but all the education and...

The Beast Within by Liz Cowan is a wonderful rendition of Beauty and the Beast. This is a second such novel that I have read and this one is by far the more modern and approachable story line. It is more believable and enjoyable because...

The Keeper: A Poignant Story of Love and Redemption by Kay Chandler is described as a contemporary romance and rightly so; a tale of love and redemption with a powerful emotional conflict and characters that are real and appealing. Mandy Gafford doesn’t enjoy her life....

Escape Clause by Mary Billiter is a nice vacation/beach read for contemporary romance readers to enjoy on a lazy day. Single mom Kelsey Donigan is just settling into her new life on the Oregon coast when news comes in that her job, and the hotel...

A Recipe for Love: A Lesbian Culinary Romance is a contemporary romance novel written by Lucy Madison. Danika Russo hadn’t expected to start her retirement by staring at the faded walls of her family’s home without an idea of what to do with herself. She...