Romance

Broken Souls and Bones (Stonegate, #1) by L.J. Andrews

This is a great first book in a new fantasy series. Lyra lives a quiet life in a small village. It allows her to hide her magical abilities – abilities that are not allowed to exist outside the authority of the King. Roark, the Prince’s guard and rumored assassin for the crown, invades her village. In order to save her best friend, she reveals her rare ability, is taken captive by Roark, and taken to the King where she’s forced to use her magic on his behalf.

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April 12, 2026 0

Crown of War and Shadow (Kingdoms of the Compass #1) by J.R. Ward

This is the first book I’ve read by this author and enjoyed it. Sorrell is an outcast in the small village she’s lived in her entire life. She’s got magical abilities that everyone pretends she doesn’t. Events occur that force her to flee her small town and seek out a destiny she never knew she had. She makes a deal with a handsome mercenary, Merc, to help her on her quest. He’s got his own reasons for accepting her offer, and together they make a good team.

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April 12, 2026 0

Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser

4.5 stars

Fairytale retellings is not my thing, but I thoroughly enjoyed this Cinderella retelling through the eyes of the “evil” stepmother. If more retellings were like this, I’d read more of them. In this book, Etheldreda, or Lady Tremaine, is a twice-widowed woman left with no money and saddled with a decrepit house, two young daughters, a priggish step-daughter (Cinderella – who can’t be bothered to help the family in anyway whatsoever), and a razor-taloned peregrine falcon that helps her hunt to put food on the table.

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April 5, 2026 0

Kace (Pittsburgh Titans #20) by Sawyer Bennett

I love this book series and the author has done a fantastic job building a wonderful, supportive, and loving found family amongst the players and their wives and girlfriends. In this book it’s goalie Kace’s time to fall in love. His teammates don’t know it, but Kace is a genius in applied physics and his “side hustle” is working as researcher “William” for Dr. Laurel Kent, a fellow scientist at a university. They’ve never met, but work very well together and respect each other’s skills. They’ve formed a fun and flirty relationship and Kace wants nothing more than to take it to the next level, but Laurel made it very clear that she’d never date another athlete. So, when an opportunity arises for him to meet her, he decides he’ll try to date her as Kace and see if he can win her over, and if so, he’ll tell her about his William persona.

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April 5, 2026 0

Mistakes Were Made (Story Lake, #2) by Lucy Score

4.5 stars

I love this book series and reading how Zoey and Gage find their HEA was so fun. Zoey is broke and needs to hang on until her BFF and only client Hazel’s new book comes out. Until then, she hunkers down in Story Lake and tries not to go crazy. Ever since his brother’s engagement, Gage has not stopped thinking about finding the perfect wife to start the perfect family and life together. Zoey is pure chaos and Gage is as steady as they come. They could not be more opposite and are looking for completely different things, but sparks fly whenever they get close to each other and it’s hard to ignore.

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March 31, 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

Web of Vows and Vengeance (The Hirathean Path #1) by Aria Ashbrook

I listened to the audio of this book and LOVED it! The narrators did a fantastic job portraying the characters. They built tension and conveyed the emotions of the characters to bring the story to life.

This book is the first in a dark, spicy slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romantasy series, perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, The Serpent and the Wings of the Night, and Throne of Glass.

Tropes you’ll love:

Enemies to Lovers

Deadly Tournament

Slow-Burn Romance

Underdog Heroine

Brooding Royal MMC

Forced Proximity

Gods & Goddesses

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February 27, 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