Bantam, $8.99, ISBN 978-0-553-57190-5 Historical Romance, 1997 (Reissue) In Mischief, we meet Imogen Waterstone, a 25-year-old newly minted heiress with a passion for all things Zamar&mdash… Read More

Bantam, $8.99, ISBN 978-0-553-57159-2 Historical Romance, 1996 (Reissue) Ah, Mystique by Amanda Quick! I’m ready to launch into my typical dramatic, sweeping review of this medieval r… Read More

Bantam, $11.99, ISBN 978-0-553-569407 Historical Romance, 1995 (Reissue) The tale of Mistress by Amanda Quick begins with our intrepid heroine, as per the author’s usual modus operand… Read More

Alaf 21, RM19.90, ISBN 983-124-029-9 Contemporary Romance, 2003 In the realm of Malay literature, Ombak Rindu (Waves of Longing) stands as a towering figure, much like its protagonist, Izza… Read More

Bantam, $8.99, ISBN 978-0-553-29317-3 Historical Romance, 1993 Oh boy, where to begin? There is one scene in Dangerous that is so cringe-worthy, it’ll make your toes curl. Picture thi… Read More

Bantam, $3.95, ISBN 0-553-20901-9 Historical Fiction, 1982 (Reissue) Trade Wind by MM Kaye, ah, a literary voyage that’s as spicy as Zanzibar’s famed cloves and as potentially p… Read More

Main cast: Naomi McDonald (Miquella the Kind), Jessica Rhodes (Saint Trina), Pip Torrens (Radahn the Promised Consort), Jack Barton (Messmer the Impaler), Connor Byrne (Midra the Lord of the… Read More

Bantam, $7.99, ISBN 978-0-553-56153-1 Historical Romance, 1993 Ah, Desire by Amanda Quick, a medieval romp that’s about as historically accurate as a knight in shining polyester. This… Read More

Bantam, $7.99, ISBN 978-0-553-56506-5 Historical Romance, 1994 (Reissue) Amanda Quick’s Deception promises a tantalizing treasure hunt, complete with mysterious maps and hidden riches… Read More

Bantam, $8.99, ISBN 978-0553-29315-9 Historical Romance, 1992 Amanda Quick, that purveyor of witty historical romances. I’ve come to appreciate her sharp dialogue and sassy heroines… Read More

Main cast: Amandla Stenberg (Osha Aniseya, Mae Aniseya), Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol), Manny Jacinto (Qimir), Rebecca Henderson (Vernestra Rwoh), David Harewood (Senator Rayencourt), and Harry… Read More

Main cast: Steve Valentine (Alistair), Corinne Kempa (Leliana), Claudia Black (Morrigan), Steve Blum (Oghren, First Enchanter Irving, Gorim), Mark Hildreth (Sten), Susan Boyd Joyce (Wynne)… Read More

JJ Rossanno, $3.99 Sci-fi Romance, 2023 Right away, my eyes narrow the moment I read the second paragraph of the opening chapter of JJ Rossanno’s One of My Kind. How could they forget… Read More

Main cast: Andrew Robinson (Larry Cotton), Clare Higgins (Julia Cotton), Sean Chapman (Frank Cotton), Robert Hines (Steve), and Ashley Laurence (Kirsty Cotton)Director: Clive Barker Once up… Read More

Sawyer Quinn, $3.99, ISBN 979-8201003869 Historical Erotica, 2022 Oh no, Isla Deveroux is fearful and worried because Caden Gallagher, the man she loves, is implicated in killing a bloke in… Read More

Sophie Barnes, $0.99, ISBN 978-1386639091 Historical Romance, 2017 My spider sense begins to tingle when I start reading the first few pages of Sophie Barnes’s The Earl Who Loved Her… Read More

Main cast: Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol), Jodie Turner-Smith (Mother Aniseya), Margarita Levieva (Mother Koril), Dean-Charles Chapman (Padawan Torbin), Joonas Suotamo (Padawan Kelnacca), Lauren… Read More

Main cast: Amandla Stenberg (Osha Aniseya, Mae Aniseya), Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol), Charlie Barnett (Yord Fandar), Dafne Keen (Jecki Lon), Manny Jacinto (Qimir), Rebecca Henderson (Vernestra… Read More

Main cast: Amandla Stenberg (Osha Aniseya, Mae Aniseya), Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol), Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol), Charlie Barnett (Yord Fandar), Dafne Keen (Jecki Lon), Manny Jacinto (Qimir), a… Read More

Scarsdale Publishing, $0.99 Historical Romance, 2018 One thing I have to say: Passion by Tarah Scott and April Holthaus isn’t structured like a super familiar Highland romance like I… Read More

Main cast: Timothy Balme (Lionel Cosgrove), Diana Peñalver (Paquita María Sánchez), Elizabeth Moody (Vera Cosgrove), Ian Watkin (Uncle Les), Stuart Devenie (Father… Read More

Cheryl Phipps, $0.99 Contemporary Romance, 2015 PSA first: Cheryl Phipps’s One More Kiss was once published as Seducing Megan. At least, that’s what it says on the copyright pag… Read More

Tirza Schaefer, $2.99, ISBN 978-3946011217 Contemporary Romance, 2016 The cover of Christmas in Montana screams “the hero is going to penetrate that dog on the cover”, or shapes… Read More

Farshore, £12.99, ISBN 978-0-7555-0200-4 Puzzle Gamebook, 2022 Regardless of how you may feel about present-day Dungeons & Dragons turning into this weird hugbox for overgrown chi… Read More

Main cast: Amandla Stenberg (Osha Aniseya, Mae Aniseya), Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol), Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol), Charlie Barnett (Yord Fandar), Dafne Keen (Jecki Lon), Manny Jacinto (Qimir), a… Read More

Main cast: Kristen Connolly (Dana Polk), Chris Hemsworth (Vaughan), Anna Hutchison (Jules London), Fran Kranz (Marty Mikalski), Jesse Williams (Holden McRea), Richard Jenkins (Gary Sitterson… Read More

Main cast: Martha Mackintosh (Melina), Anthony Howell (Margit the Fell Omen, Morgott the Omen King), Con O’Neill (Mohg the Blood Lord), Ramon Tikaram (Godrick the Grafted), Pippa Benne… Read More

Karya Seni, RM27.00, ISBN 978-967-4690526 Contemporary Romance, 2017 Anjell’s Dr. Alpha Male is a Malaysian romance novel that went viral on social media quite some time ago, and neve… Read More

Main cast: Chris Potter (Lev Valentine), Alex Reid (Loren Mercer), José Sancho (Dr Samuel Leon), Neus Asensi (Susana Gabriel), Ravil Isyanov (Henry Capri), Luis Lorenzo (Pablo Reyes)… Read More

Main cast: Sam Neill (John Trent), Julie Carmen (Linda Styles), Jurgen Prochnow (Sutter Cane), David Warner (Dr Wrenn), John Glover (Saperstein), Bernie Casey (Robinson), Peter Jason (Mr Pau… Read More

Main cast: Donald Pleasence (The Priest), Lisa Blount (Catherine Danforth), Victor Wong (Professor Howard Birack), Dennis Dun (Walter Fong), Susan Blanchard (Kelly), Anne Howard (Susan Cabot… Read More

Main cast: Kurt Russell (RJ MacReady), A Wilford Brimley (Blair), TK Carter (Nauls), David Clennon (Palmer), Keith David (Childs), Richard Dysart (Dr Copper), Charles Hallahan (Norris), Pete… Read More

Avon, $18.99, ISBN 978-0-06-330714-8 Historical Romance, 2024 (Reissue) Let’s talk about our royal lovebirds, shall we? Queen Charlotte is your typical fish-out-of-water protagonist… Read More

Constance Harman, $0.99, ISBN 978-0463912430 Historical Romance, 2018 Constance Harman’s A Giving Heart makes me laugh, although I’m sure I’m laughing in a way that is uni… Read More

Yolande Kleinn, $0.99, ISBN 978-1-946316-19-6 Contemporary Romance, 2020 Yolande Kleinn’s Not Much of a Christmas Miracle takes place on one Christmas eve, so I suppose maybe Eric can… Read More

Easily Distracted Media, $0.99, ISBN 978-1370765133 Fantasy Romance, 2017 Well, Rosa Swann’s Faking a Husband doesn’t have werewolves or other shifters, but it’s an Omegav… Read More

Blizzard Entertainment, $29.95, ISBN 978-1-956916-14-0 Media Tie-In, 2023 Book of Lorath, the tie-in to the Diablo 4, sees Matthew J Kirby dutifully adopting the persona of Lorath Nahr, who… Read More

Tricia Andersen, $3.99, ISBN 979-8201579678 Fantasy Romance, 2020 Tricia Andersen’s Corner is the fourth entry in her Hollow Brothers series, and it is the poster child of my issue wi… Read More

Camy Tang, $2.99, ISBN 978-1-942225-04-1 Contemporary Romance, 2015 Maybe they do things differently in America, but I personally have a hard time reconciling the fact that a story with a C… Read More

Main cast: Scott Chambers (Christopher Robin), Tallulah Evans (Lexy), Ryan Oliva (Winnie-the-Pooh), Teresa Banham (Mary Darling), Peter DeSouza-Feighoney (Young Winnie-the-Pooh), Alec Newman… Read More

Tricia Andersen, $3.99, ISBN 979-8201554637 Fantasy Romance, 2020 I’m surprised that Tricia Andersen goes ahead with the premise of Heavyweight. The current year dictates that you obe… Read More

Main cast: Harriet Slater (Haley), Adain Bradley (Grant), Avantika (Paige), Wolfgang Novogratz (Lucas), Humberly González (Madeline), Larsen Thompson (Elise), Olwen Fouér&eacut… Read More

Main cast: Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol), Jodie Turner-Smith (Mother Aniseya), Margarita Levieva (Mother Koril), Dean-Charles Chapman (Padawan Torbin), Joonas Suotamo (Padawan Kelnacca), Lauren… Read More

Main cast: Richard Yearwood, Lawrence Bayne, George Buza (Armstrong), Richard Chevolleau, Joel Gordon (Tim), David Hemblen (The Vault Keeper), Elizabeth Hanna (The Old Witch), and John Kassi… Read More

Tessa Carr, $4.99, ISBN 978-1393815648 Romantic Suspense, 2021 When Tessa Carr’s Danger in Shadow opens, our heroine Laurie Lancey is almost run down in the prologue by a speeding bla… Read More

Main cast: Amandla Stenberg (Mae Aniseya, Osha Aniseya), Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol), Charlie Barnett (Yord Fandar), Dafne Keen (Jecki Lon), Manny Jacinto (Qimir), Rebecca Henderson (Vernestra… Read More

Gemma Halliday Publishing, $0.99 Cozy Mystery, 2015 Just like with urban fantasy series, I tend to avoid cozy mysteries because of being burned out by the formula. There are so only many qu… Read More

Dimmare Press, $0.99, ISBN 978-1-7774062-0-2 Fantasy, 2021 Oh, that is a lovely cover. The color scheme, the intriguing motive… I don’t even mind that the font is the same one… Read More

Main cast: Bérénice Bejo (Sophia Assalas), Nassim Lyes (Adil), and Léa Léviant (Mika)Director: Xavier Gens Oh my, Nassim Lyes is one of the hottest men in cop un… Read More

Main cast: Amandla Stenberg (Mae Aniseya, Osha Aniseya), Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol), Charlie Barnett (Yord Fandar), Dafne Keen (Jecki Lon), Rebecca Henderson (Vernestra Rwoh), Jodie Turner-Sm… Read More

CJ Vincent, $0.99, ISBN 978-1386724285 Fantasy Romance, 2018 A long, long time ago, Zeus and his brothers would shag and knock up anyone and everyone, which led to the world in danger of be… Read More

Tricia Andersen, $3.99, ISBN 978-1393558897 Fantasy Romance, 2020 Middleweight is the second entry in Tricia Andersen’s Hallow Brothers series, and in this one, you just don’t g… Read More

Island Tales Press, $2.99, ISBN 978-1310563201 Contemporary Romance, 2015 Ric Costanza and Connor Ferguson were BFFs from way back, until they weren’t because Ric’s family for s… Read More

Main cast: Jennifer Lopez (Atlas Shepherd), Simu Liu (Harlan), Sterling K Brown (Colonel Elias Banks), Gregory James Cohan (Smith), Abraham Popoola (Casca Decius), Lana Parrilla (Val Shepher… Read More

Hardcastle Books, $2.99, ISBN 978-1-990115-34-9 Historical Romance, 2021 (Reissue) Will Forrest’s How to Rescue a Baroness was previously published under the name Tori Fehr, or so it… Read More

Cassandra Page, $0.99, ISBN 978-0648130215 Fantasy Romance, 2018 Cassandra Page’s Guardian Angel has one of the strangest second sentence I’ve come across in a long time: Jordan… Read More

Main cast: Guy Pearce (Father Peter Costello), Vadhir Derbez (Father Daniel Garcia), Brady Jenness (Charlie Giroux), Chris Galust (Young Peter Costello), Robin Bartlett (Helen), Heath Freema… Read More

Bree M Lewandowski, $2.99, ISBN 979-8201619336 Contemporary Romance, 2021 While this story has an official synopsis that suggests that it is a second chance romance between rancher Rhett an… Read More

Deep Desires Press, $0.99 Fantasy Romance, 2021 Charli Mac’s His Cautious Mate is set in an urban fantasy setting that reprises the spectacularly original premise of shifters versus v… Read More

Sand Dune Books, $2.99, ISBN 978-1-62237-475-5 Contemporary Romance, 2017 Now, I belong to a generation that predates 21st century feminism, but even I find myself narrowing my eyes at the… Read More

Main cast: Paul Rudd (Gary Grooberson), Carrie Coon (Callie Spengler), Finn Wolfhard (Trevor Spengler), Mckenna Grace (Phoebe Spengler), Kumail Nanjiani (Nadeem Razmaadi), Patton Oswalt (Dr… Read More

Main cast: Nathan Tymoshuk (Dallas Kyle), Chelsey Grant (Amy Matheson), Benny Barrett (Scotty Fontaine), Toussaint Morrison (Dallas’s Brother in Law), Ali Daniels (The Egg Girl), Chris… Read More

Main cast: Sydney Sweeney (Sister Cecilia), Álvaro Morte (Father Sal Tedeschi), Dora Romano (Mother Superior), Benedetta Porcaroli (Sister Gwen), Giorgio Colangeli (Cardinal Franco Me… Read More

Penelope Peters, $3.99, ISBN 978-1005906498 Contemporary Romance, 2021 Penelope Peters’s Hands-On Hanukah features another gay guy that walks around acting like a moping killjoy becau… Read More

M Pax, $0.99, ISBN 978-1465825698 Fantasy, 2009 There is a new guy in charge of Super K, previously known as Value Mart, and he’s far younger than most of the senior employees. Ba Rai… Read More

Elle Boon, $2.99, ISBN 978-1386721789 Romantic Suspense, 2016 In Elle Boon’s Wild and Dirty, our heroine Wren Mikaels has her best day ever when she leaves the club she is working at… Read More

Main cast: Bailee Madison (Chloe Albright), Jerry O’Connell (The Coroner), Anthony Turpel (TJ Albright),  Chris Butler (Sheriff Dugan), Chris Lee (Ross), Jorge Luis-Pallo (Mannix)… Read More

Dee James, $2.99, ISBN 979-8215144251 Contemporary Romance, 2023 In Dee James’s Spicy Love, we have Maya Roy, a hot shot entrepreneur and la-di-da, and she is pursued by Rishabh Khann… Read More

Main cast: Jason Scott Lee (Father Uffizi), Jason London (Luke), Alexandra Wescourt (Julia Hughes), Diane Neal (Elizabeth Blaine), Roy Scheider (Cardinal Siqueros), and Rutger Hauer (Dracula… Read More

Main cast: Jason Scott Lee (Father Uffizi), Jason London (Luke), Craig Sheffer (Professor Lowell), Stephen Billington (Dracula), Diane Neal (Elizabeth Blaine), John Light (Eric), Brande Rode… Read More

Main cast: Dakota Johnson (Cassandra Webb), Sydney Sweeney (Julia Cornwall), Isabela Merced (Anya Corazón), Celeste O’Connor (Mattie Franklin), Tahar Rahim (Ezekiel Sims), Mike… Read More

Joanne Austen Brown, $0.99, ISBN 979-8215163528 Historical Romance, 2020 (Reissue) Joanne Austen Brown’s A Patridge in His Family Tree was previously published as part of some digital… Read More

Main cast: Jared Leto (Dr Michael Morbius), Matt Smith (Milo Morbius), Adria Arjona (Martine Bancroft), Jared Harris (Dr Emil Nicholas), Al Madrigal (Agent Al Rodriguez), and Tyrese Gibson (… Read More

Main cast: David Dastmalchian (Jack Delroy), Laura Gordon (June Ross-Mitchell), Ian Bliss (Carmichael Haig), Fayssal Bazzi (Christou), Ingrid Torelli (Lilly D’Abo), Rhys Auteri (Gus Mc… Read More

Irish Ink Publishing, $0.99, ISBN 979-8215376102 Contemporary Romance, 2020 Alright, Drew Duncan’s Because I Need You is very reliant on the reader’s tolerance threshold for tox… Read More

Dee James, $2.99, ISBN 979-8215642528 Contemporary Romance, 2022 I have to admit, Dee James has quite the guts to call this story Cheesy Love. It has a fat, sorry, curvy romance heroine and… Read More

Zebra Heartfire, $4.25, ISBN 0-8217-3644-2 Historical Romance, 1992 In Robin Gideon’s Wild Caress, our hero Jason Riley has a mission. You see, he’s an ex-soldier who is now a l… Read More

Relay Publishing, $2.99, ISBN 978-1386425694 Contemporary Romance, 2019 In Leslie North’s The Billionaire’s Accidental Baby, Connie Bonner is having her boss Brian O’Leary… Read More

Main cast: Frank Grillo (General Eron Ryle), Bruce Willis (General James Ford), Brandon Thomas Lee (Specialist Braxton Ryle), Corey Large (Dash), Perry Reeves (Dr Lea Goss), CJ Perry Barnyas… Read More

Main cast: Nita Lei (Gong Lan Lan), Terence Yin (Jeff), Wang Xingchen (Ali), Ken Lok Tat-Wah (Zhang Tianshi), Wang Zirun (Jia Peng), Xu Shao-Hang (Gold Liang), Jiu Kong (Circus Boss), and Pa… Read More

Mead Hall Media, $0.99, ISBN 979-8224469703 Sci-fi, 2024 Okay, let me just get straight to the point here: I am giving Chuck Anderson’s Neon Salvation two oogies not because it’… Read More

Main cast: Zoe Tuckwell-Smith (Anja), Krew Boylan (Mel), Lindsay Farris (Chad), Rebekah Foord (Kris), Damien Freeleagus (Warren), and Wil Traval (Dace)Director: Josh Reed Primal is one of t… Read More

Amy Aislin, $3.99, ISBN 979-8201305864 Contemporary Romance, 2021 In Amy Aislin’s Chasing Sunsets, NHL superstar Dane Roxborough is back in his small town of Glen Hill, Vermont, havin… Read More

Main cast: Valentina Cardinalli (Camille), Marsha Moreau (Mildred), Kenneth Morrisey (Emmett), Karen Bernstein (The Weeping Woman), Elizabeth Hanna (The Old Witch), and John Kassir (The Cryp… Read More

Claire Marti, $2.99, ISBN 978-1-7333046-6-5 Contemporary Romance, 2020 Rafael “Mr Perfect” Cruz and Phoebe “Ice Queen” Hollingsworth are colleagues at Trident Wealth… Read More

Delilah Devlin, $0.99, ISBN 978-1513058122 Contemporary Romance, 2015 Delilah Devlin’s Love in Bloom is a hot contemporary romance between Dustin Fremont, hot stud, and Amanda Blakele… Read More

Midnight Tide Publishing, $0.99, ISBN 978-1393626268 Paranormal Fiction, 2021 Elle Beaumont’s The Spirit of You features kids in high school, but don’t worry, we all know that i… Read More

Inept Concepts, $2.99, ISBN 978-1386182467 Thriller, 2018 I give a sigh when I open Brad D Sibbersen’s Involuntary and realize that it’s about the evils of Nice Guys and incels… Read More

Soaring Hearts Press, $2.99, ISBN 978-1310149672 Historical Romance, 2015 Celia Swift’s The Lady’s Fortune wraps up a series of clean historical romance set in the Kellynch esta… Read More

Stark Publishing, $2.99, ISBN 978-1393106074 Horror, 2020 (Reissue) I’m surprised to discover that Mark Leslie’s Phantom Itch is actually a collection of a four short stories&md… Read More

Main cast: Malcolm McDowell (Martin), Miguel Ferrer (Dr Dan Critchley), Terrylene (Sandra McClinnon), Lombardo Boyar (Perez), John Finn (Malone), and Henry Rollins (The Host)Directors: Keit… Read More

Tabetha Waite, $0.99, ISBN 979-8201614690 Historical Romance, 2022 Tabetha Waite starts off A Jolly Little Scandal with the heroine Lady Araminta Bevelstroke and her sisters talking about s… Read More

Jaime Samms, $2.50, ISBN 978-1393358251 Contemporary Romance, 2019 (Reissue) Ever since I saw a larger version of the cover of Jaime Samms’s Model Christmas, I can’t un-see the… Read More

Main cast: Jamie Kennedy (Mark Stevens), Joanna Pacula (The Immigrant Woman), Philip Baker Hall (Captain Dennis Brascom), Natasha Gregson Wagner (Sydney Cregg), Pam Grier (Dr Lewis), and He… Read More

Main cast: Thora Birch (Susan Thornhill), Amanda Plummer (The Music Professor), Luke Edwards (Wes), Timothy Olyphant (Eli), Tracy Middendorf (Lucinda), Shirley Knight (Mrs Finch), and… Read More

Renee Dahlia, $2.99, ISBN 979-8201417598 Historical Romance, 2022 It’s 1812. Humphrey Dexington is very earnestly infatuated with his friend and long-time business partner David, who… Read More

Heatherly Bell Books, $1.99, ISBN 979-8201596507 Contemporary Romance, 2015 In Heatherly Bell’s Anywhere With You, Kailey Robbins and pilot Joe Hannigan were once friends with benefit… Read More

Cornelia Amiri, $2.99, ISBN 978-1386842576 Fantasy Romance, 2014 I know, the cover says The Brass Octopuss, but this story is referred to as The Brass Octopus in the title page as well as t… Read More

Amy Aislin, $3.99, ISBN 979-8215293867 Contemporary Romance, 2020 (Reissue) Amy Aislin’s The Play of His Life was first published in 2017. According to the author, she had tidied up t… Read More

Main cast: Chad Lowe (Andy Harris), William Atherton (William Price), Michael Rapaport (Harlow Winton), Ken Pogue (Henry Matson), and Henry Rollins (The Host)Directors: Thomas J Wright… Read More