I was so excited to find Deborah Grace White has released a new series! Surprised that it wasn’t the one about mermaids as she had anticipated but I knew that it was going to be a treat. And Kingdom of Beauty was exactly that, a delightful treat! I thoroughly enjoyed […]
Reading Hope Between the Pages was such a pleasure! It is filled with some of my favorite things – books and book quotes, libraries and bookshops, faith and family, history and mystery and romance… I’d be hard-pressed to choose my very favorite character, though Oliver is way up at the […]
A reclusive single father, adorable, identical twins, and a lonely woman combine to create a sweet romance with nods to Beauty and the Beast in A Match to Call Ours. Parker was crushed when the people of the small town he lived in accused him of terrible things. Taking the […]
Liana had never felt like she could measure up. Her mother and sister were gorgeous models. Her father was a renowned plastic surgeon. And Liana? She was just a struggling event planner, hoping to finally make a name for herself. Bryan’s scars from the fire went much deeper than what […]
Have you ever been misunderstood? Either because someone read something more into what you were saying or because they didn’t read into it what you hoped they would? I’ve found that it is easy to second guess things people say. Some people hint around, hoping you will pick up on […]
I knew I was going to die. When the instructor said “Now we’re going to jump in and swim across the deep end of the pool” terror filled my heart. Up until that moment, my swimming lessons were going great. I was tall enough that I could stand in the […]
Author Victorine Lieske has a gift for writing witty dialog! I have so much fun reading her books and find so many quotable quotes – and have noticed that most of them are conversations. Christmas with the Recluse is a modern-day retelling of Beauty and the Beast with some twists. […]
Calysta and the Beastby Joanna Alonzo Series: The Sacred Scarred #1 Series Rating: Published by Paradoxa Press Publication Date February 17, 2018 Genres: Christian Fiction, Clean Romance, Fairy Tale Retelling, Fantasy Setting: New York, Virginia Contemporary Main Character Ages: 15-17, 18-24 Written for: High School/Young Adult, Adult Pages: 280 Synopsis: […]
Beauty and Her Bossby Jennifer Faye Series: Once Upon a Fairytale #1 Series Rating: Published by Harlequin Presents Publication Date March 6, 2018 Genres: Clean Romance, Fairy Tale Retelling Setting: California Contemporary Main Character Ages: 25-35 Written for: Adults Pages: 256 Synopsis: An innocent beauty, a scarred hero…Could she be […]
A Tale of Beauty and Beast: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beastby Melanie Cellier Series: Beyond the Four Kingdoms #2 Series Rating: Published by Luminant Publications Publication Date November 26, 2017 Genres: Action/Adventure, Clean Romance, Fairy Tale Retelling, Mystery Setting: Fantasy Kingdom Main Character Ages: 18-25 Written for: High-School/Young […]
Let There Be Love (Sled Dog #1)by Melissa Storm Published by Partridge & Pear Press Publication Date September 19, 2017 Genres: Clean Romance Pages: 194 Synopsis: Lauren Dalton’s world shattered the day her father died. Now she’s willing to move four-thousand miles away from the only home she’s ever known […]