Leah Rochelle’s Oenone describes the adventure of a sculpture of Oenone (of Greek mythology fame) that Aphrodite brings to life in the modern world. Oenone is searching for a reincarnation of her husband, Paris. This summary may have The Mummy vibes, but this book is not a horror offering. Instead, […]
Three greeting-card co-workers from different generations lose their significant other at the same time. Welcome to the premise of Rebekah L. Purdy’s romance: Greeting Cards for Exes. Piper is in her twenties and has recently caught her ex cheating on her. Kerrie is middle-aged with a husband and children, but […]
Common Ground is a ranch romance set in Michigan between the unlikely pair of city girl Melody Weston and senior ranch worker Jason Cole. The ranch hands think the great-niece of the owner is coming to take over and sell the ranch from the old man. Jason thinks he should […]
Fake Dating Adrian Hunter is a romantic comedy by Skyla Summers that brings the heat and the hilarity in equal portions. The premise is similar to the movie Anyone But You. Please note that this book was written before that movie. Two ex-lovers come to a remote wedding of their […]
From the blurb of Sophie’s Key, I don’t know why I expected this novel to be a PG-rated Time-Traveler’s-Wife-type adventure. This novel is strong on romance, light on time travel, and just the right amount of action. Sophie Sanders is a woman looking for a new start. After inheriting a […]
Eden’s Voice by Catherine Stein is a steampunk fantasy set in Ann Arbor, Michigan in autumn of 1904. It’s the advent of the 1900s with a bustling University of Michigan campus, a new invention called motorcars, and this odd sport known as “American football.” This isn’t, however, historical fiction, so […]
Meatloaf and Mistletoe, a novel set in the fictional town of Bells Pass, Michigan, is a romantic novel of lifelong friends who, try as they might to avoid it, are starting to have feelings for each other. The story is told from the perspective of both Susannah Ivy Lancombe and […]