“Single and Ready to Jingle” by Piper Rayne

Title: Single and Ready to Jingle
Author: Piper Rayne
Publisher: Self-Published
Year: 2022    
Genre(s): romance
Part of a Series: Yes

Why I read it: I wanted a Christmas romance to read.

Summary: Kenzie loves Christmas. Andrew does not. When they match on an app, it spells disaster even before they learn that Kenzie’s brother is Andrew’s best friend. However, fate throws them together when Andrew volunteers Kenzie to help plan his firm’s holiday party. Will the season work its magic on them? Or are they just too different to work?

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“Lights on the Sea” by Miguel Reina

Title: Lights on the Sea
Author: Miguel Reina, Catherine E. Nelson (Translator)
Publisher: Amazon Crossing
Year: 2018    
Genre(s): adventure, magical realism
Part of a Series: No

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Why I read it: Once Upon a Book Club pick

Summary: Harold and Mary Rose Graves are being forced out of their house due to how close it is to the edge of a cliff. The night before they need to leave, a terrible storm causes their house to fall into the sea below. It turns into a boat and they drift on the tide, finding an adventure they never imagined and the healing they’ve needed for thirty-five years.

That’s Amore: Some of My Favorite Romances

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Since it worked out that Valentine’s Day falls on my usual posting day this year, I thought it would be fun to go over some of my favorite romance that I’ve read and reviewed on this blog.

Let’s do a Top 10 List! 

Check it out below the cut.

Review Rewind: “Meet Me in Paradise” by Libby Hubscher

Happy Winter!

I don’t know about where you are but we’ve been dealing with a very cold winter this year. Cold enough to make me wish I was someplace warmer.

Since I can’t jump on a plane and fly to someplace tropical, I do the next best thing – I grab a book set someplace warm!

I’m currently reading The Maui Effect by Sara Ackerman but for this rewind, I’m revisiting a different book –Meet Me in Paradise by Libby Hubscher.

“Heard it in a Love Song” by Tracey Garvis Graves

Title: Heard it in a Love Song
Author: Tracey Garvis Graves
Publisher:  St. Martin’s Press
Year: 2021    
Genre(s): romance
Part of a Series: No

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Why I read it: Got it as part of Once Upon a Book Club’s 12 Days of Bookmas a couple years ago.

Summary: Layla and Josh meet at his daughter’s school where Layla works as a music teacher. Slowly, they form a friendship that turns into more. But they both have just gotten out of marriages for different reasons so they aren’t quite ready for love. Will they prove to be what each other needs right now? Or are they still playing with fire that could burn them all?

My Books of 2024

 

Goodbye, 2024!

It’s the first Friday of 2025, which means it’s time for my annual wrap-up!

So here we go!

If you missed it, I recapped the most popular reviews of the first half of 2024 in this post.

Let’s see what the most popular reviews of the second half of 2024 were.