Second Chance Romance (2025) by Olivia Dade is the second book in the Harlot’s Bay series, set in that small town along the coast of Maryland. It features the grumpy baker Karl from At First Spite, and the one that got away, his high school one and only friend, Molly. Molly is recently divorced, fromContinue reading “Second Chance Romance”
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A Crushing Walk in Cornwall
A Crushing Walk in Cornwall (publication day March 31, 2026) by Nicholas George is the third book in a series written by Nicholas George that follows retired San Diego detective Rich Chasen, who goes by Chase. He loves to go on walking tours of different parts of England in his retirement, and this one isContinue reading “A Crushing Walk in Cornwall”
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers and Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man)
Jesse Q. Sutanto has created an unforgettable (if sometimes annoying) character in Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (2023) and Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) (2025)! I so enjoyed the audiobooks, each narrated by Eunice Wong. Set in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Vera Wong is a widow, set in her ways ofContinue reading “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers and Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man)”
Rears & Vices
Rears & Vices (publication day March 17, 2026), by E.M. Caro intrigued me immediately–a pirate story beginning on Lake Ontario in Canada? Set in 1816, Everard Anderson de Anglada is the captain of a British 10-gun schooner stationed in the Great Lakes Service, just after the War of 1812 has ended. His friend and formerContinue reading “Rears & Vices”
Westward Women
Westward Women (publication day March 10, 2026) by Alice Martin is completely unique–speculative fiction, but in an alternate history way. It’s 1973, and an epidemic has gripped the United States at the same time as news of Watergate has broken. Women ages 18-35 are gripped with an itch that’s impossible to satisfy–both internal and external.Continue reading “Westward Women”
A Lady for All Seasons
A Lady for All Seasons (publication day March 10, 2026) by T.J. Alexander is so unique and cute! It’s 1820, and Verbena Montrose is in dire need of a husband of some means, as her father has done poorly in his business pursuits and an influx of cash is needed to keep the family afloat.Continue reading “A Lady for All Seasons”
Star Shipped
Star Shipped (publication day March 3, 2026) is Cat Sebastian’s first foray into contemporary queer romance, and it is like immersing yourself in the big warm hug that is two hot-mess actors doing the best they can and realizing that they fell in love despite themselves. Simon and Charlie are co-stars on a popular scienceContinue reading “Star Shipped”
Now I Surrender
Now I Surrender (English publication day March 3, 2026, original Spanish 2018) by Álvaro Enrigue, translated by Natasha Wimmer defies genre. It is historical fiction, set mostly in the 1800s during the Apache wars in the desert southwest where the borders between the United States, Mexico, and “Indian territory” changed often. But there are multipleContinue reading “Now I Surrender”
A Good Animal
A Good Animal (publication day 2/24/26) is Sara Maurer’s debut novel, and is set in the mid-1990s in the farmland around Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It is told from the perspective of Everett Lindt, a 17-year old boy who raises show lambs with his family-his mom works at a bank, his dad at the highwayContinue reading “A Good Animal”
The Garden of Small Beginnings
The Garden of Small Beginnings (2017) is Abbi Waxman’s first novel, full of her trademark humor and heart. I’ve read her The Bookish Life of Nina Hill (2019) and I Was Told It Would Get Easier (2020) before I started reviewing books here, and Nina Hill is the source of one of my favorite descriptions–“sheContinue reading “The Garden of Small Beginnings”
Reading While Fat 