Tag Archives: romance

Book review: ‘Breakfast In Bed’ by Robin Kaye

For Rich and Becca, it’s definitely not love at first sight — particularly when Becca’s first glimpse of Rich is as he’s stepping out of the shower. Her shower — the one in the apartment she just rented. Or so … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘The Girl On Legare Street’ by Karen White

Ghosts surround Melanie Middleton like cobwebs – present in the corners of every encounter, but typically just filling the background of her life, feather-soft and unintrusive. After almost 40 years of practice, she’d learned how to block out the voices only she can … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘The Lost Art Of Keeping Secrets’ by Eva Rice

No novel in recent memory has enchanted me more than Eva Rice’s The Lost Art Of Keeping Secrets. In fact, it’s going to be hard to even try and review it objectively — I just thought it was that magical, … Continue reading

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Why I’m a hopeless romantic, vol. 1: Craigslist’s ‘Missed Connections’

I’m a hopeless romantic. This has gotten me into trouble many, many times when, despite the fact that I tell myself to relax, be calm and just enjoy the moment, I inadvertantly find myself adding my first name to the last … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’

Reading this stunning work of historical fiction, it’s easy to feel the sun warming the beaches of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands between England and France — but much harder to grab your heart back when you’ve finished spending … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘Sweet Love’ by Sarah Strohmeyer

So I have this obsession with cupcakes. It probably started the day my sister looked me dead in the eye, frowned a bit and said, “Cupcakes remind me of you.” Not that I remind Katie of cupcakes, mind you, but … Continue reading

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