In Margot Johnson’s Let it Melt, two greatly disappointed people have dealt with love’s failure in radically opposing ways. Jack, once an overweight child who was bullied by his classmates, became a joker. After the failure of his marriage, he made other radical changes. Taking...

Meet Polly the guitarist in the all-girl punk rock band Lovely Oblivion, and friend of the Late Nyght Smoke’s infamous Flynn Morgan, the bad boy in the rock industry. Lovely Oblivion: Polly by A.D. Craig follows our two rock stars Polly and Flynn as they...

Lovely Oblivion: Bex is A.D. Craig’s second novel in the Lovely Oblivion Series, which focuses on the story of the band’s lead singer and her high school sweetheart who went their separate ways once they started college. After receiving an invitation to her 10-year high...

In Life on a Mountain, the second book in Love is a Cabin Series by Jacque Jacobs, Bella Anderson, a retired professor, hopes to finally work on her novel in her tranquil cabin. It is the third week since she arrived. She still remembers experiences...

Phillipe Renault is a gentleman who has chosen to visit a New Orleans brothel. Renault wears a partial mask on his face to cover a disfigurement and believes nobody will be able to look past it. Madame Cheney attempts to provide Renault with several alternative...

Lily of the Valley, The Gents, #2 is a beautiful story penned by Sarah M. Eden. Kester Barrington is determined to create a place for himself in the Royal Society. His fiendish dedication to inventing has yet to give him the ‘in’ he has hoped...

Ladybird Adrift by Alison Downs will romance the reader with unexpected love between Claudia "Ladybird" Johnson and Victor Raines. As an unskilled worker, Claudia finds a job at The Met after many months of searching. Winning a raffle at work, she finally gets to sit...

Love is What You Bake of It by Effie Kammenou is a contemporary romance novel. It focused on Kallyope, a Greek pastry chef from a big family. Kally wasn’t popular with guys in her high school days, so she always looked down on herself in...

Love is a Filing Cabinet by Jeanne Kern is a beautiful contemporary romance novel for young adults. It follows the life of Minnesota Evans and her travails. Born to hippie parents and with a deliberately obtuse sister to boot, she couldn't wait to get away...

In Last Temptation, Sloane Virago challenges us with character evaluation. Each character is a troubling mixture of good and bad. With one exception they are twenty-somethings making their separate ways through finding careers and love. Each inspires and disappoints. Jacob, at first the seeming protagonist,...