Category: Romance
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The Shippers
Katherine Center, 2026. 4.25 Stars. This is a true romp, a quick read abundant with the rat-a-tat back and forth volleying between childhood friends that are obviously meant for each other, when they are not holding each other in headlocks. Katherine Center is straight up playing in this novel, I…
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The Paris Match
Kate Clayborn, 2026. Five stars in every language. I re-read parts, I self-imposed speed bumps to not rush through this book, and I savoured every word. Griff is an incredible MMC that I’ve never seen before, which complements Layla as FMC, because we trust her as a well-composed physician who…
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Don’t Tell Me How it Ends
Adrienne Thurman, 2026. 4.25 Stars. Yes, absolutely yes. The heat between the two characters is really compelling, and we see Kaia in an absolute gutter of a life event, trying to find purpose and grit to figure out a job, city, and space within her family. A love life? She’s…
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Unbound
Peyton Corinne, 2026 4.5 Stars for tears, swoons and sworn commitment. This series is hockey romance with deep therapy to address issues that are rising up in their college setting. It’s much more personal than Off-Campus or the Icebreaker/Maple Hill books, with each character working to reconcile neglect and trauma…
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How to Write a Love Story
Catherine Walsh, 2026 Four big stars for this being a quiet but feisty escape read with a strong female lead who kept surprising me and making me laugh. This is the story of a daughter reconciling her father’s death by constructing the final missing book in his fantasy series opus,…
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Two Left Feet
Kallie Emblidge, 2026. 4.5 stars. This was absolutely delightful and reminds me of Cat Sebastian’s baseball MM romance series, because we spend most of the story in the inner life of the MMC as he works to unravel his feelings about remaining in the closet, while being tempted for a…
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The Fortune Flip
Lauren Kung Jessen, 2026. Four Stars. Well-written and well-paced novel less about romance build up and more about early relationships and the work we do on ourselves to become good partners, as life hits you with different events to weather. So often we get Romance novels that build for two…
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Epicenter of Forever
Mara Williams, 2026. 4.5 Stars. I devoured this in one sitting because it felt very real, very emotional and rooted in 30-something adult behaviour, my favourite sub-genre of romance. Mara Williams is a new author to me, but I was drawn into the story on the first page because we…
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Next Level Love
Shameez Patel, 2026 3.5 Stars for Nostalgic Play The premise and setting of this story are pure jellybeans and cinnamon candies – bite-sized, munchy, and bingeable. Lincoln is a grumpy engineering god, a singular talent who builds freeway structures and holds high standards for urban planning. In real life, he…
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Most Eligible
Isabelle Engel, 2026 3.5 Stars In the beginning, this book was delicious. It was chardonnay with an ice cube, starburst red and pink candies, and freshly laundered Roots sweatpants. For this, I recommend fans of dating shows read Most Eligible and have themselves a pj party watching her try to…
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