Genre: Contemporary

Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

4.5 stars — I don’t know you guys, I seem to be having a string of good luck with books.  This one captured me, sucked me in, made me smile, and had me looking forward to more stories in Butterfly Bayou. I don’t remember what impression I had of Seraphina in the first book, but […]

Posted December 13, 2020 by lenoreo in Reviews / 0 Comments
His Holiday Crush by Cari Z

His Holiday Crush by Cari Z

4.5 stars — I seem to be on a bit of a roll!  This very much felt like a souped up Hallmark Christmas movie…by which I mean it might have had similarities to loose Hallmark plotlines, but the story was deeper and there was less cheese.  And since I’m personally not as interested in the […]

Posted December 11, 2020 by lenoreo in NetGalley ARCs, Reviews / 0 Comments
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

5 stars — Honestly, I’m not even sure where to start with this one, I feel like I’m still reeling…in a good way, but wow.  This book put me through SO MUCH, and I think it’s going to take a bit to recover, b/c I was seriously heavily invested.  I think the word I’m searching […]

Posted December 10, 2020 by lenoreo in Audio Books, Reviews / 0 Comments
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

4.5 stars — You know what?  This fucking delighted me.  I don’t even know why, but I just was completely enamoured with Maelyn’s bizarre journey, and I ended it with so much satisfaction. I think part of that delight was wholeheartedly the narration by Patti Murin.  Which is funny, b/c she wasn’t perfect.  But there […]

Posted December 9, 2020 by lenoreo in Audio Books, Reviews / 1 Comment
Holidays in Blue by Eve Morton

Holidays in Blue by Eve Morton

4 stars — This one went a lot better than I was anticipating in some moments.  I’m scurr of “litrature” as Eric would say.  I am low brow…so very far from high brow.  And I think I can be intimidated by books that have a more high brow feel.  This wasn’t quite that though…it was […]

Posted December 7, 2020 by lenoreo in NetGalley ARCs, Reviews / 1 Comment
Snowbound Seduction by Helen Brooks

Snowbound Seduction by Helen Brooks

2 stars — Oh dear.  I don’t know why I didn’t DNF this book.  I should have.  I think I just needed to see how it would all end up.  But I am so not the reader I used to be, and I can’t unsee some things.  BTW, this review is going to be spoilery…and […]

Posted December 6, 2020 by lenoreo in Reviews / 1 Comment
Cover Up by L.A. Witt

Cover Up by L.A. Witt

3.5 stars — So I just went back and reread my reviews for the first two books, and apparently I feel consistently about the books in this series.  There is a lot I LOVE, but I tend to have the same complaints.  I always end the book not entirely sure how I feel about it…which […]

Posted December 4, 2020 by lenoreo in NetGalley ARCs, Reviews / 1 Comment
Loverboy by Sarina Bowen

Loverboy by Sarina Bowen

4.5 stars — I got sweet, sexy, playful, intense, and drooling over both food and Gunnar.  😉 It was my first time listening to Vanessa Edwin, and she was a lot of fun.  I loved the way she narrated her “hormones”, and I have a feeling I enjoyed it more listening to her than if […]

Posted December 1, 2020 by lenoreo in Audio Books, Reviews / 1 Comment
His Christmas Pride by Renée Dahlia

His Christmas Pride by Renée Dahlia

2.5 stars — Well, that was disappointing on a few levels…bummer. First, this is not really a Christmas book, so if you’re looking for a *Christmas* book, this might not fit the bill for you.  Essentially the first chapter happens on Christmas day, and that’s the end of anything Christmas. Second, this is the second […]

Posted November 30, 2020 by lenoreo in NetGalley ARCs, Reviews / 0 Comments
Lennon Reborn by Scarlett Cole

Lennon Reborn by Scarlett Cole

4.5 stars — Well, that was another emotionally loaded book!  It was a fantastic end to what has been an emotionally charged series full of characters that make me feel so much. Lennon was both not at all what I was expecting, and yet made total sense at the same time.  I think that was […]

Posted November 27, 2020 by lenoreo in NetGalley ARCs, Reviews / 1 Comment