joconklin Book Reviews, LGBTQ+, Uncategorized

I’m Reading: Gravity and Lies by C.G. Volars

I'm breaking my contemporary romance reading streak for a very good reason. Gravity and Lies, the first book in the Static Over Space series by C. G. Volars, is worth jumping genres. It's quirky, queer sci-fi adventure with a tough, trash-talking, bisexual Latino MC and a big cast of lovable and hateable aliens. Izo Lopez … Continue reading I’m Reading: Gravity and Lies by C.G. Volars

joconklin Book Reviews, Romance, Romcom

I’m Reading: Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens

Laura is a hopeless romantic and professional meet-cute reporter. Her own parents' story of being brought together by a broken antique coin across the sea has set high standards for her love life, and she's not about to settle for less than epic romance. As she travels to the island of Jersey to trace her … Continue reading I’m Reading: Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens

joconklin Book Reviews, Mystery, Uncategorized

I’m Reading: Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

Finlay Donovan's life is a complete mess. Her newly ex husband fired the nanny without telling her, she's behind on the bills, the book she desperately needs to finish to cover the mortgage is past due (and barely started), and her kid chose this morning to cut her own hair before school, then insists on … Continue reading I’m Reading: Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

joconklin Book Reviews, Romance, Romcom

I’m Reading: Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert

Chloe Brown is a chronically ill web designer who wants to experience life away from the hovering and smothering care of her family. So she gets an apartment and makes a list: Do something bad, ride a motorcycle, go camping, enjoy a drunken night out, have meaningless but enjoyable sex, and travel the world with … Continue reading I’m Reading: Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert

joconklin Book Reviews, Indie Books, Romance

I’m Reading: So Not My Thing by Melanie Jacobson

Elle Jones has learned the hard way that the Internet is forever. After a humiliating teenage rejection by her pop star crush went viral, it threatened to follow her forever. But she regrouped and rebuilt. She's now on track to a wildly successful career in New Orleans real estate...until the man who wrecked her life … Continue reading I’m Reading: So Not My Thing by Melanie Jacobson

joconklin Book Reviews, Indie Books, Romance, Romcom

I’m Reading: The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

Catalina Martín has a problem. When she discovered that her newly-engaged ex would be best man at her sister's wedding in Spain, she may have accidently let slip that she would be bringing a date. Not just a date, though, a boyfriend. A handsome, charming, non-existent boyfriend. It was that or showing up single (again) … Continue reading I’m Reading: The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

joconklin Book Reviews, LGBTQ+, Romance

I’m Reading: Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

Elle's blind date with the beautiful, snobby sister of her new business partner is a disaster, but she considers that emblematic of her life in general. It's for the best, really. Darcy strikes her as a particular kind of stick-up-the-butt snob who would hate everything about Elle and her chaotic life. But every time her … Continue reading I’m Reading: Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur