Category Archives: Romance
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty-Akwaeke Emezi
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned I must admit that I’m not a romantic, and I very seldom read romance novels. That said, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Nigerian author Akwaeke Emezi takes this genre to … Continue reading
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Tagged Contemporary Romance, grief, love, Romance
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Songs by Honeybird – Peter McDade
(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) #CommissionsEarned “Find your focus and the story may write itself: music and drugs, race and gender, a tragic barn fire and a missing body. It’s all much more dramatic than one usually sees in a dissertation….” … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Our Best, Romance
Tagged friendship, history, music, philosophy, Romance, sexism
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Dangerous Conjectures – Brian Finney
(reviewed by JD Jung) “She couldn’t decide which was deteriorating faster—her life or the country. They were all in the hands of a president who was spreading misinformation as fast as the virus was spreading infection across the world.” “Even … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Political fiction, Romance
Tagged adultery, COVID-19, disinformation, drug addiction, emotion, facts, family, misinformation, QAnon, San Francisco
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200 Letters – Amy Watkins
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) 200 Letters is a romance novel written about Angela and Ethan. Angela comes from an abusive relationship that was causing great misery. Ethan is unhappily married, working at the same office as Angela. They meet, and … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Romance
Tagged coming-of-age, Contemporary Romance, forgiveness, Romance
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The Woman in the Park -Teresa Sorkin , Tullan Holmqvist
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Thérèse, residing in damp obscurity, in gloomy, crushing silence, saw life expand before her in all its nakedness, each night bringing the same cold couch, and each morn the same empty day.” “But inwardly, she lived … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Romance
Tagged mental illness, mystery, PTSD
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Renegade Pawn (Lucas Rocha Thriller Series Book 1) – Craig S. Wilson
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Most favelados are treated like renegades. In reality they are pawns in a much bigger game.” Rio de Janeiro, 2008 – Sixteen-year-old Lucas Rocha is suddenly faced with the responsibility of caring for his two younger … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Romance
Tagged crime fiction, poverty, Rio de Janeiro
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Bella Toscana – Nanette Littlestone
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Bella Toscana is a contemporary novel written about a woman who decides to take a trip to the beautiful land of Italy. As a married woman, she meets professor Flynn and that is when she begins … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Romance
Tagged Italy
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The Everything Girl – L.E. Maleki, Holly L. Lörincz
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Staring at the massive set of doors in the dark grey stone façade, I knew once I entered my life would change. I’d be moving away from regular, clearly outlined banking duties to what sounded like … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Modern Literary Fiction, Romance
Tagged contemporary culture, multiculture, romance. women's fiction
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Last Exit to Montauk – Phillip Vega
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Last Exit to Montauk is a romance novel about two people who meet and how their relationship affects each other. The love story is set in Long Island during the 1980’s. With that, comes everything we … Continue reading
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The Alien Diaries – Glenn J Devlin
(Reviewed by Dorothy Rendon) Colin Brayton is an old-book expert in a failing book store. Maddy Prentice is an expert linguist, still reeling from the defection of her fiancé. Both are hired by the mysterious billionaire, Asher Bradford, to live … Continue reading
Posted in Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mythology
Tagged aliens, Romance, science fiction
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