Overall Grade: A Tropes: professional hockey romance, opposites attract, spicy lessons, virgin hero, he falls first, he’s obsessed, doctor/patient, age gap, workplace romance, black cat/golden retriever, grumpy/sunshine Resilience. This word, woven throughout her novels, explains why Kandi Steiner's romances continue to captivate her readers. Steiner crafts characters who overcome personal emotional and mental struggles to reach beautifully rendered, emotionally grounded happy endings.

Overall Grade: A Tropes: second chance; forced proximity; cheating; 50s vibes in the modern day; past traumas = secrets “Sure. We’re all actors in this thing called life. We take on roles: spouse, parent, child, friend, boss, employee … lover. [...] We don’t even know why we’re here. To make the world a better place? To love? To procreate?

The Homemaker by Jewel E. Ann is now live! A romance inspired by TS “Fortnight” I was hers, but she was never mine. Alice Yates is the hired “homemaker” for the Morrisons, an affluent couple in Minneapolis. For Alice, it’s a dream job to dress up like a 1950s housewife and read romance novels to Mr. Morrison before his afternoon nap.

IF YOU CLAIM ME By Helena Hunting Toronto Terror #5 Release Date: November 6th Cover Designer: Hang Le Illustrations by Rosie’s Fables Hockey’s most hated player just asked me to marry him. Connor Grace is the league’s bad boy–and my best friend’s worst enemy. He’s the fallen prince of a famous hotel chain dynasty. Me? I’m the foster kid who grew up to be a librarian.

Overall Grade: B- Tropes: second chance; childhood friends to lovers; enemies to lovers; single mom; obsessed MMC; workplace romance; forced proximity; forbidden romance J. Saman’s Undeniably Corrupt brilliantly adds depth to her Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires series with the enigmatic, shadow figure of Vander. As the morally gray character of the extended next-gen group, Vander has stepped in to save the day in each of the stories in this series.