Tag: Contemporary
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To Sir, With Love (2021)

Lauren Layne. 3 stars. (9781982152819). Gracie has a connection with a man whom she has regular correspondence with but they have never met, except that they have and just don’t realize it. In person, they mostly despise each other, but there’s a bit of a spark that’s the complete opposite of hate.
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This Is for Tonight (2021)

Jessica Patrick. 3 stars. (978120757159). At a music festival, Andi enters a scavenger hunt for social media influencers. One of the competitors is an influencer she dislikes, Jay Bankar, but she finds herself attracted to him.
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Friends With Benedicts (2021)

Staci Hart. 3.5 stars. (B08HPD92F9). After five years of never seeing each other, Presley and Sebastian try to make the most of their time together before he leaves again.
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Romance Interlude 2.9

Mini-Reviews: Guarding Her Heart (2019); Summer Spice (2019); Sin With Me (2016)
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Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous (2021)

Suzanne Park. 3.5 stars. (9781728209425). Sunny Song is shipped off to a digital detoxing camp after a cooking video goes viral.
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The Summer of Broken Rules (2021)

K.L. Walther. 4.5 stars. (9781728210292). Although still grieving her older sister’s death, Meredith and her parents return to Martha’s Vineyard for a family wedding. When the family tradition of playing Assassin commences, she’s determined to win; however, she also unexpectedly becomes distracted by a groomsman.
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Heart & Seoul (2021)

Jen Frederick. 3 stars. (9780593100141). Hara Wilson, a Korean adoptee, goes in search of her biological father after her adoptive father’s death.
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Before I Saw You (2021)

Emily Houghton. 5 stars. (9781982149505). Alfie and Alice share a ward in St. Francis’s Hospital, both recovering from traumatic accidents. From disgruntled roommates (at least on the part of Alice) and then to becoming friends, their relationship begins to feel like something more, all without ever seeing each other.
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Happy Endings (2021)

Thien-Kim Lam. 2.5 stars. (9780063040847). Trixie is an independent sales rep for an adult toy company but has hopes to open her own boutique. While hosting a bridal party in a friend’s restaurant, she meets her ex again.

