Fiction

The Danger of Small Things by Caryl Lewis

This is an interesting YA Dystopian book that will remind you of a less complex version of The Handmaid’s Tale. Honeybees have died out and the patriarch has taken control of the world. There is no art, no books, no joy. Girls are ripped from their homes and put into concentration-like camps and forced to pollinate crops by hand until their get their period, when they are matched with a man and forced into marriage and mandatory breeding.

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March 27, 2026 0

Most Likely to Murder by Lish McBride

This is a pretty good YA mystery/thriller about an alleged yearbook prank gone terribly wrong. Best friends Rick and Martina are outcasts and they’re ok with that. Labeled by the Principal as troubled for previous pranks they’ve pulled, when yearbook pictures are labeled with gruesome titles like Homecoming’s Cutest Corpses, he immediately tries to pin it on them. But they didn’t do it (this time) and their pranks have never been gruesome or cruel. When a guidance counselor is found dead in the same manner as his new yearbook label, police name Rick and Martina as their prime suspects. When another body turns up, the duo realize they need to find the killer before they spend the rest of their lives behind bars.

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March 27, 2026 0

Fire Line (The Griffith Brothers, #3) by Maggie C. Gates

I love this book series and am so sad to see it end, but I’ve had a great time seeing the Griffith brothers fall in love and find their soulmates. This time, it’s the last single brother CJ’s turn to meet his spitfire of a woman and fall in love. CJ meets Lennon in a bar where they have a steamy one-time encounter and never expect to see each other again. That doesn’t stop them from thinking back at their time together on more than one occasion. So, when CJ is introduced to Lennon as the executive chef of the restaurant at the lodge built on their land that he despises, he explodes with resentment.

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March 16, 2026 0

Top Shelf Stud (Chicago Players, #3) by Kate Meader

This is the third book in the Chicago Players series but can be read as a stand alone. Franky is the daughter of a hockey legend. She’s a member of a wonderful found family amongst the various hockey players and their spouses. She’s an academic expert in snails and slugs, seen as the “quirky one”, and doubts she will find anyone to settle down with and have a family. So, she puts in the science, creates a spreadsheet, and sets about doing it alone. With the help of some sperm from one of the men on the list of perfect candidates she’s created, of course.

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February 24, 2026 0

Dragon Bound (Dragon Rider Academy #1) by Sam Hall

Lady Fern is pressured by her family to marry to help the family, but the men gathered to “court” her are awful. She runs away and stumbles upon queen dragon Auren. She has her own family problems. Her father expects her to act as a breeding ground to mate with multiple dragons to add dragons to the family. They are both sick of being pressured and bond in their mutual desire for control over their lives. They go to the capital to get a plot of land from the King to live on, but are told they must join the dragon academy and serve there a year before they can be free.

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February 22, 2026 0

Flameborne: Fury (Emberquell Academy #2) by Aimee Lynn

3.5 stars rounded up to 4

This is the second book in the series and starts off right where the last one ended. Bren was set up to fail her last test and Donavyn charges after her knowing something is wrong. Their dragons are mated and turns out so are they. In the middle of the mission Bren’s dragon goes into heat, so when Donavyn and his dragon catch up to them, there is a lot of spice between the couples. A lot of spice. When they realize that what Bren observed was a real enemy camped out on the kingdom’s borders, they rush back to warn the King.

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February 22, 2026 0

Skate It Till You Make it by Rufaro Faith Mazarura

This is a fun Olympic romance that features Ari, a hockey player on the Great Britain’s hockey team, and Drew, an American that dropped out of graduate school, broke up with his girlfriend, and needs a fresh start. They bump into each other at a New Year’s Eve party and have instant chemistry, but neither is looking for a relationship. A couple months later they run into each other at the Olympics, where Drew has secured a position as a sports photographer. The combination of complicated exes, over-involved families, and stress-inducing teammates convinces them to fake date their way through the Games.

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February 8, 2026 0

Penalty Play (Boston Rebels, #5) by Julia Connors

I love this hockey romance series, and Aiden and Morgan’s story is another great addition to this funny, flirty, and steamy series. What started out as a one-night fling in Bermuda gets complicated when the duo discover they are new step-siblings. Thinking they will never see each other again, but secretly hoping they would, both are shocked when they walk into their jobs and find the other there. Despite their vow to be professional, they can’t deny the attraction and decide to have a secret friends-with-benefits arrangement. No feelings, no commitment. Like that ever works.

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February 8, 2026 0

When I Kill You by B.A. Paris

This is a twisty mystery thriller about a very private woman living in London that feels like someone is following her. And they are – and planning to kill her.

Nell has a secret past that she changed her name to hide. She limits her social circle and holds back her secrets from her new partner Alex. Nell can’t shake the feeling that someone is following her and she wonders if it has something to do with her past. Before she was Nell, she was Elle. She witnessed a student entering a strangers car who later turned up dead. She was convinced she knew whose car the girl entered and was obsessed with proving to the police, and herself, that she was right. Her obsession turned dangerous and she fled that life to escape her decisions.

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February 8, 2026 0