Category Archives: Romance

Review: Faking Through the Snow by Meribeth Richards

Romance

Faking Through the Snow
Meribeth Richards
Publisher: Self-Published
Publication date: Nov. 6, 2026
Genre: Holiday Romance

Finding a fake boyfriend for Christmas was easy… until it turned out to be my ex-boyfriend’s dad.

Coming home for Christmas was bound to be chaos, but I only made things worse when I claimed the handsome stranger who helped me in the airport as my boyfriend. Why? Because he happens to be my ex’s father.

Now Beau and I are left to fake it through the snow, the holiday, and a Christmas competition that is making our fake relationship feel a little too real.

Will we be able to win the competition and survive the holiday? Will I be able to keep things fake and festive? No matter what, I’ll be a Christmas Eve that Beau Winters will never forget.

 

 

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Review: How to Kill a Guy in Ten Days by Shailee Thompson

Romance, Thriller

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates
Slasher Rom-Com, #1
Shailee Thompson
Publisher: Gallery Books
Publication date: Feb. 3, 2026
Genre: Rom-Com Slasher

When Jamie Prescott and her best friend Laurie attend a speed-dating event, Jamie expects to meet a roster of mediocre men and indulge in some street food afterwards. She doesn’t expect one of her dates to have his throat slit at their table during a blackout. After the lights come back on and there are more bodies on the floor, it becomes clear that dating can be a very dangerous pastime.

Armed with makeshift weapons and Jamie’s extensive knowledge of what NOT to do in a slasher, the remaining speed daters try to find an exit while the killer adds to their body count. As the night progresses and Jamie comes face-to-mask with the murderer, she begins to suspect they are committing the slayings to woo one of the daters and turn them into a real-life Final Girl. But Jamie has other plans, and as she fights for her life, she can’t help but find herself ensconced in a love triangle with two of the other survivors. Will she make it through the bloodshed to find her Happily Ever After? Or does this machete-wielding psychopath have another ending in mind?

 

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Review: Hunted by Lara Lorens

Erotic Romance, Sci-fi

Hunted
A Savage Galactic Entertainment Romance, #2
Lara Lorens
Publisher: Self-published
Publication date: Nov. 1, 2025
Genre: SciFi Erotic Romance

They survived the arena, but the fight for their lives has just begun.

Takkar must free the imprisoned Sam and Steve, inflict maximum damage, and flee the sector before they become just another casualty in a never-ending broadcast.

Amidst explosions, desperate escapes, and the thrilling rush of defiance, the trio’s bonds deepen. This time, they’re writing their own script while being hunted by the galactic reality show that abducted and paraded them for entertainment to the elite who could afford to watch.

The producers who enslaved them want revenge, and they’ll stop at nothing to turn their escape into the most spectacular show ever.

The lines between predator and prey blur as they race toward their freedom. But with no homes to return to, their only refuge is each other. Can their fierce connection survive a galaxy determined to tear them apart?

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Review: Willing Prey by Allie Oleander

Erotic Romance

Willing Prey
Feral Love #1
Allie Oleander
Publisher: Berkley Romance
Genre: Erotic Romance

Post-divorce and buried in student loan debt, Claire Collins eagerly enters a spicy business agreement with an acquaintance who wants to explore his primal desires. The deal is simple—thirty days as his sexual prey, $30,000 in her bank account. All she has to do is give Shane Underwood the hunt of his life.

Claire’s a physical education teacher and perfectly happy to spend her summer having wild, kinky sex instead of working her usual serving job. But once they cross the tree line, she realizes how little she knows about the corporate lawyer paying her to be his prey.

Shane is different in the woods. Brutal. Devastating. Feral.

That’s okay with Claire—she is, too. And she’s sinking her teeth a little deeper into Shane’s heart every time he catches her.

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Review: Love You to Death by Jenna Levine

Romance

Love You to Death
Jenna Levine
Publisher: Berkley
Publication date: Oct. 13, 2026
Genre: Paranormal Romance

A jaded grim reaper and a woman who wants another chance at life give ‘til death do us part a new meaning in this paranormal romance from bestselling author Jenna Levine.

Lucy McKenzie’s life has always been a disaster. So it should come as no surprise when one day she’s hit by an inconveniently-timed bus—and dies. Unfortunately for the handsome grim reaper who shows up to take her to the afterlife, Lucy is not about to go quietly.

Daniel is tired of his job collecting souls. While working for the Agency beats the heck out of going to Hell, he’s been doing this for literal ages. The drudgery has him yearning for more. Touched by Lucy’s plea for more time on earth, he convinces the Agency to make a Lucy can have six more weeks of life if Daniel can observe her and report back on humanity.

But as Lucy and Daniel navigate the chaos of life and afterlife together, they discover that a second chance at living might be their real chance at love.

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Review: Watched by Lara Lorens

Erotic Romance, Sci-fi

Watched
A Savage Galactic Entertainment Romance, #1
Lara Lorens
Publisher: Self-published
Publication date: Aug. 24, 2025
Genre: SciFi Erotic Romance

Criminal lawyer Sam Connor woke up naked on an alien livestream.

Now she’s a contestant on the galaxy’s most brutal reality show, where the only way to survive is to kill or f*ck your way to victory. With alien technology enhancing her body and a blob creature, she named Steve, as her guide, Sam discovers she has a talent for violence that surprises everyone, including herself.

But when the final trial pairs her with Takar, a deadly alien warrior who claims she belongs to him, Sam must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice for survival.

In a game where only one contestant traditionally wins, choosing love might be the most dangerous gamble of all. Let the galaxy watch. Sam Connor is about to redefine what it means to be human.

 

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Review: She Who Was Once the Sea by Dana Shea

Fantasy Romance

She Who Was Once the Sea
Dana Shea
Publisher: Self-published
Publication date: Sept. 29, 2026
Genre: Fantasy Romance

Once, Marella belonged to the sea.

She and her family were emissaries, not monsters, swimming the borders between sea and land, keeping peace between the merfolk and the human city of Rossaia. But when the humans turned on them, the mermaids sought salvation from The Stone Witch.

She kept her word, but she also damned them.

Now, Marella and her family exist trapped in stone at the heart of a dried-up city, freed only on the night of the new moon.

And with that freedom comes thirst. To survive, they must drink human blood before dawn seals them back into statues.

Garrett is living an unmoored life.

Looking for something to anchor him, he arrives in Rossaia haunted by emptiness. There, he joins the Fratelli di Sangue, an ancient brotherhood sworn to cleanse the city of the monsters haunting its streets.

Monsters like Marella.

When a chance encounter turns into a dangerous rescue on a moonless night, both hunter and hunted find their certainties unraveling. Drawn together by blood, secrets, and a forbidden pull neither can deny, they stand on opposite sides of a war older than memory, and to choose each other may mean betraying everything they believe in.

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Review: A Soul to Guide by Opal Reyne

Erotic Romance, Fantasy Romance

A Soul to Guide
Duskwalker Brides #4
Opal Reyne
Publisher: Self-published
Publication date: June 20, 2023
Genre: Monster Romance

All Raewyn ever wanted was to go home.

After accidentally creating a portal to another realm, Raewyn finds herself trapped in a world she’s struggling to navigate. Desperate to find those with magic who can help her, she sets out on a dangerous journey to another town.

Unfortunately, on her travels, she learns there are bigger and scarier monsters than the Demons she knows of – and one of them won’t let her get away.

All Merikh ever wanted was to escape.

For a hundred and eighty years, Merikh has been hunting for a way off Earth. He doesn’t care who he has to eat, kill, or maim to get what he wants. So, when his prey ends up being a lost Elf, he realises this is his opportunity.

She’s prettier than any creature he’s ever seen, and so damn perfect that it’s impossible to resist her otherworldly lure.

But Merikh destroys everything he touches. Will he be able to overcome years of hatred and anger to allow himself to get close to her, or will he lose her in the process?

 

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Review: A Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

Fantasy Romance

A Fate Inked in Blood
Saga of the Unfated #1
Danielle L. Jensen
Publisher: Del Rey
Publication date: Feb. 27, 2024
Genre: Fantasy Romance
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A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in this Norse-inspired fantasy romance from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.

Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back.

Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. It was foretold such a magic would unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath the one who controls the shield maiden’s fate.

Believing he’s destined to rule Skaland as king, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders Bjorn to protect her from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. The greatest test of all, however, may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she swore to protect.

 

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Review: A Malicious Menagerie by Josie Ryann

Fantasy Romance

A Malicious Menagerie
Fangs & Fables, #1
Josie Ryann
Publisher: Self-published
Publication date: Sept. 1, 2025
Genre: Fantasy Romance

Welcome to the menagerie, and please, mind the fangs…Twenty-two-year-old Anna Carmichael is down on her luck. Even juggling three dead-end jobs, she’s struggling to keep herself and her ailing grandmother afloat. When she’s offered a position as caretaker for an eccentric rich man’s collection of exotic animals, she jumps at the opportunity despite the ominous nondisclosure agreement. The reason for all the secrecy is revealed when Anna discovers that the residents of Mars Mathis’s Mystical Menagerie aren’t exotic—they’re mythological.

Her boss’s chilling warnings leave no doubt—these creatures are his property, and he’ll protect them at any cost. Anna’s moral compass shatters as she befriends the very beings she’s meant to cage. And an unexpected but irresistible passion ignites with Chase, the enigmatic wolf, as powerful and protective as he is trapped. Caught between her unwavering loyalty to her grandmother, the menagerie’s deadly threats, and a love bound by iron bars, Anna must decide—what is she willing to sacrifice?

 

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