E-galley Review:  Frosting and Flames (Aurora Bakery #1) by Allie Winters

E-galley Review: Frosting and Flames (Aurora Bakery #1) by Allie Winters

Blurb: Rachel is no stranger to responsibility—or heartbreak. As the eldest of three sisters, she’s the glue holding their small-town bakery together, juggling taxes, recipes, and endless layers of frosting while quietly nursing the sting of her boyfriend’s betrayal earlier this year. Love? Not on the menu.Her best friend, Jae, has other ideas, especially when […]

Posted June 19, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 12 Comments
E-galley Review:  Look Before You Leap (Miss Prentice’s Protegees #2) by Virginia Heath

E-galley Review: Look Before You Leap (Miss Prentice’s Protegees #2) by Virginia Heath

Blurb: The second hilarious and heartwarming novel in the Miss Pretence’s Protégées Regency romp of a series Nine years ago, Lord Guy Harrowby, Viscount of Wennington, was publicly humiliated when a reckless romantic gesture went very wrong. Despite that, his mother held tight to the promise he made her then: that she would have a […]

Posted June 16, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 14 Comments
E-galley Review with Giveaway:  Shopping for a Highlander’s Elopement (Shopping for a Highlander #3) by Julia Kent

E-galley Review with Giveaway: Shopping for a Highlander’s Elopement (Shopping for a Highlander #3) by Julia Kent

Blurb: I didn’t expect to fall for a Scottish footballer so annoyingly sunny you need shades to be around him. I didn’t expect to say yes to his heart-felt, if loopy, proposal while he lay injured on the pitch, blathering on about banana pudding and sparkly unicorns. What I definitely didn’t expect? For our engagement to explode […]

Posted June 12, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway, Review / 14 Comments
Review with Author Interview:  Always Be My Bibi by Priyanka Taslim

Review with Author Interview: Always Be My Bibi by Priyanka Taslim

Blurb: Clueless meets Jenna Evans Welch in this young adult rom-com about a spoiled American teenager who faces some major culture shock—and potential romance—when she jets off to Bangladesh for her sister’s wedding. Bibi Hossain was supposed to get her first kiss this summer. Too bad her father finds out and grounds her for breaking his […]

Posted June 10, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in author interview, Review / 10 Comments
E-galley Review:  A Girl Walks Into the Forest

E-galley Review: A Girl Walks Into the Forest

Blurb: Midsommar meets The Shadows Between Us in this alluring mash-up of horror and fairy tale from New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Roux, where a girl must embark on a harrowing journey through a deadly forest filled with otherworldly creatures, supernatural forces, and one maniacal villain who will stop at nothing to bring her down.  For as long as she can remember, Valla’s been […]

Posted June 6, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 14 Comments