In The Wayfaring Widow by Casey Cline, Victoria, an English widow with secrets of a painful past, is sailing to America in the 1850s. She’s hoping for a fresh start and time with her friend, Isabella Bird. Victoria is reserved, while Isabella is more gregarious....

The Unwritten Rule is the first book in The Racing Line series by Anne Nikolaiken. The story follows Formula 1 driver Sydney McKinnly as he fights to secure a third world championship. After a rough season filled with mistakes and pressure, his team demands he...

Holly M. Jenkins’ The Swan’s Arrow is a fairytale-themed story that enthralled me with its magic and thematic development. Princess Odette loses her mother to a terrifying curse. Now she is bound by duty to marry the one person she detests, Prince Derek, whose seemingly...

In The Widowmaker’s Bride by Diana Reyes, it is 1874 in the unsettled Colorado Territory, where Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Crawford tries his best to raise his lively daughter, Susannah, after losing his wife. When he realizes he needs a mother for his daughter, he...

The General's Gift is the second book in The Swans of Paris series by Giovanna Siniscalchi. The story follows Celeste Dubois, a dreamy and idealistic young heiress who believes in poetry and fairy-tale love. On the other hand, we have Alexander de Warenne, the stoic...

This Time by E.A. Coe is a captivating novel about Ty Harrell, a Marine helicopter pilot who returns to Tartan Springs to attend his ten-year high school reunion. He unexpectedly reconnects with his old high school crush, Siena Tyson, a small-town bookkeeper. What begins as...

To Love a Baron (Courting the Unconventional Book 3) by Laura Beers is a sweet, slightly unconventional romance set against the backdrop of Georgian aristocracy. Dominic Stevens has returned from war, for king and country, wounded and a little lost in his own mind. Rewarded...

Have you ever been told you can’t love something or someone because you don’t truly understand what love is? That’s the hurdle that Shawn, the main character in the unique romance The Sound of Violet, is facing. He’s a young computer programmer with autism who...

The Captain’s Cook by Victoria Vanransom is a sweeping novel that blends adventure, resilience, and personal reinvention with hints of romance on the open sea. Readers are introduced to Jessica Kline, a chef who trades her crumbling life on land for a chance to cook...

The Spilling of Secrets by Anastacia Hawkins is an absorbing contemporary romance. It is book two of the Bakery Bay series, set in two timelines: 2025 and the 1990s. It follows Freya, a young photographer, and her mother, who is burdened with uncomfortable secrets. They...