In this delightful but slightly flawed sequel to her When Dimple Met Rishi, Sandhya Menon takes us into the love life of Rishi’s basketball-playing hotshot brother, Ashish and his new girlfriend, the determined Sweetie. Self-proclaimed player Ashish Patel is grumpy about love. That’s understandable, because since the conclusion of When Dimple Met Rishi, he and…
One of the comforts of Romancelandia is that there is rarely anything new under the sun. Most books are exactly what they say on the tin and you know what you’re getting when you wade into the waters of that particular book. I don’t see this as a criticism, I see it as a strength….
Mitzi Taylor, Jody Andrews and Paula own a custom wedding dress shop for plus-sized women – the titular Perfect Dress – which is pretty ironic considering none of them have ever been married. Paula is a superstitious half-Cajun who believes in curses, Jody’s come the closest to actually achieving marriage – she’s been in a…
In Moonlight & Whiskey, Tricia Lynne aims to deliver spunky, funny little story about a one-night stand that turns into true love. The novel starts well, but unfortunately goes quickly downhill and ends up feeling like a beignet that’s been soaked in cinnamon sugar for too long. Medical engineer Avery Barrows likes sex and isn’t…
Two things up front: the title tells you everything you need to know about this erotic story and the cover model matches the character. You’re on board for both those things? Read on. Lord Ashcroft believes he was put on this planet for two reasons and two reasons only: to paint and to sleep with…
What happens when a bad boy becomes a man? Nate Davis didn’t plan on returning to his hateful hometown. But then, he didn’t plan on being widowed in his twenties, or on his mother getting sick, either. Turns out, life doesn’t give a f$*k about plans. Hannah Kabbah thought her career in childcare was over….
One of the pleasures of reviewing books for All About Romance is the opportunity to interact with readers. Recently, one of them recommended Melt for You by J.T. Geissinger. I’m familiar with the author – I’ve read two of her earlier books, including the Slow Burn novel that precedes it. I liked, but didn’t love,…
Penny Popplestone, size 16 chemist, has been cheated on. Again. What’s a girl to do except take a shot at the impossible – Hottie Barista Caleb, the silent-but-sexy coffee puller at her favorite spot? Susannah Nix’s Advanced Physical Chemistry was so hard to grade because the things I really enjoyed were in the A-/B+ range,…
I recently reviewed A Girl Like Her by Ms. Hibbert and raved about it. Since finishing it, I’ve read almost everything else she has written, and readers looking for a fresh take on familiar tropes will find much to love in her back catalog. In The Roommate Risk, she takes on the familiar ‘love ‘em…
Maeve Greyson opens up her nicely written but poorly plotted new series of time travel romances with Sadie’s Highlander, the first in what promises to be a series of stories about the MacDara clan – a tribe of Scottish brothers who can trace their bloodlines back to the ancient Druids, and who are destined to…