Synopsis: The Housemaid’s Secret begins with a warning. “Don’t go in the guest bedroom.” A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick’s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. “My wife… she’s very ill.” As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But…
A captivating romantic comedy, By A Thread from the pen of Lucy Score, fulfilled all my favorite aspects of modern romances. The story is recounted from the perspectives of two characters: Dominic, a suave and sour pussy who is resolved to be nothing like his awful father, and Ally, a fearless woman who works many…
The quick-witted romantic comedy Rock Bottom Girl by Lucy Score stumbles in a few different ways. The characters suffer from severe cases of emotionally arrested growth, which prevent this one from shooting to a high grade. They are also occasionally a little too mannered and over-the-top. It’s one of those small-town romances that, in many…
Pretend You’re Mine by Lucy Score starts with hometown hero Luke Garrison, a National Guard, prepared to deploy again. He’s attractive, charming, and strong; he doesn’t want a relationship. But he soon discovers that Harper, who is breathtakingly gorgeous, is the ideal ruse. A fictitious girlfriend to keep his family at bay while he’s out…
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score starts with a rugged, bearded barber Knox would rather spend his life alone. Waylon, his basset hound, is not included in this. Drama is unacceptable to Knox, even if it resembles a stranded runaway bride. Naomi wasn’t merely fleeing her nuptials. She was traveling to Knockemout, Virginia,…
Have you ever been pulled to a series’ supporting cast more often than the main characters when reading it? This is me with Lucian and Sloane from Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score. I swear to you, when I looked back at all the passages from the first two novels on my Kindle that…
The Obsession by Nora Roberts was a nominee for Best Romance, Goodreads Choice Awards 2016. When you first discover Naomi, you share her excitement that maybe for her birthday, she would receive the bicycle that she has been wishing for so long. You are right there with her, silently strolling through the dark and scary…
So, let’s talk Elin Hilderbrand’s best books – my absolute go-to for a literary escape. I can’t help but feel like I’m part of the Nantucket crew whenever I crack open one of her novels. Her characters become my temporary BFFs, and the stories? Pure magic. There’s this warmth and authenticity that makes it feel…
The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After – Book Review Choosing this book for review, I was only first aware of its author, Julia Quinn, and not that it was a compilation of short tales about the Bridgerton family. I put off reading it because I thought it was a book, but upon further inspection realized it…
The next part of Netflix’s epic Bridgerton saga has here. Queen Charlotte is a limited prequel series about the queen of the ton. It tells the narrative of how she became queen and about her romance with King George III. Queen Charlotte A Bridgerton Story Parents Guide Golda Rosheuvel is back in her role as…