As Long as It Takes

 In this book review blog post, I reviewed Jill Francis’s As Long as It Takes, an enchanted romcom debut. For Loretta “Lora” Brooks, she had one thing on her mind: get her Italian citizenship to go to Switzerland. But at her arrival to Italy, everything didn’t go according to plan for her smooth sailing. She ran into Andrea Garibaldi, the local mayor of a small town. For Andrea, he didn’t expect to have any issues with helping Lora’s citizenship issues from the paperwork and beyond. But both of them didn’t seem to find themselves drawn to each other. And Lora didn’t seem to find out about the truth about her absentee father, Ivo Giordano, a well known rodeo handler and horse rancher.  As Lora learns Italian to cement her citizenship, and Andrea waffles on his decision to stay in Italy, they both learn what family means in every sense of the word. As they hit the crossroads in their worlds, they come to the same hypothetical question about their future and being together.

This heartfelt romcom would have you find your own amore and beyond. I instantly fell in love with Lora’s journey and struggles and Andrea’s new sense of obligations for the small town. They both discovered hidden truths about themselves.  I loved the loveswept romantic locations around Italy, and the mesmerizing scenery. The theme of the story is finding your true family, which comes in different forms and sizes.

If you love amazingly lovely romcoms with plenty of romance and sweet suspenseful drama, , you’ll love As Long as It Takes. This novel is recommended for fans who love Hallmark movies, Love and Gelato, and Smitten with Ravioli. .

The Impossible Us

 In this book review blog post, I reviewed Sara Lotz’s The Impossible Us. This romcom is unique and twisted with some hilarious moments in it. It all started when Nick Belcher accidentally emailed Bee Davis by mistake. And that started a chain reaction of incidental events in London. When they tried to meet each other, they found it was impossible, like something or someone was holding them back. Except for the fact, they shared the same interests, only time via a different portal in the real world separated them, until they discovered there’s an alternate universe with a future or present version of them. As they tempted fate to chase after those alternate versions of each other, fate continued to intervene and complicate things between them with a shocking ending.

This extraordinary romcom would have you gasping on every turned page. Told from both Bee and Nick’s POVs, I instantly connected with both characters, which they tried to make things work between them against all odds.  I fell in love with them every step of the way. They both discovered hidden gems within each other, though they couldn’t be together. I loved the English locations and settings, and the captivating scenery in both time periods.. The theme of the story is true love will find a way home against the twisted hand of time.

If you love compelling romcoms with plenty of intrigue and twisted turns, you’ll love The Impossible Us. This novel is recommended for fans who love Hallmark movies, the Outlander series, and British romcoms..

Accidentally Famous

In this blog post,  I reviewed Marissa Clarke’s Accidentally Famous, the second installment in the Hideaway Harbor romance series. This romcom novel is so exquisite with the tropes of fake dating and opposites attract to make this enchanted love story work. For Cassidy James, she’s been pining after her childhood crush, Tristan McGuffey, for years, when he hasn't really noticed her in her small town of Blink, Maine. She’s been doing home renovation videos on Youtube by fixing up on old homes. For Jack Winson, he’s a famous Hollywood action star. But when his assistant accidentally tagged her Insta posts, she traveled to her small town to fix the situation. And their stars are crossed and aligned, when they meet together, dealing with the press, and helping me increase her popularity online, they’d conquered any obstacles including his manager to make this romance work into great extremes.

This fascinating romcom would have you rooting and applauding Jack and Chelsea in every corner. I fell in love with them as an individual and a couple, who find their person in each other. They both helped each other from start to finish to find what they were missing and looking for together. I loved the small town feel in Blink, and the captivating scenery in Los Angeles for the settings.. The theme of the story is that love would sneak up on you when you’ll least expect it.

If you love enchanted romcoms with plenty of nail-biting romantic drama, and lots of sparking tension, you’ll love Accidentally Famous. This novel is recommended for fans who love Hallmark movies, Abby Jimenez, Talia Hibbert, and Ali Hazelwood.

Leave No Trace

 In this book review blog post, I reviewed AJ Landau’s Leave No Trace, the first installment in the Michael Walker National Park Service thriller series. This amazing thriller debut hits all the tight notes on what’s going on in the world today. For Michael Walker, he was assigned to Liberty Island National Park, when the Statue of Liberty exploded, and helped Danny Logan from the melee. With his help capturing the video on his phone, it clued him in on what was really going on. When he touched base with Gina Delgado, who worked for the National Park Service, they teamed up to discover the biggest mystery of them all. With a new brewing war of domestic terrorism on the homeland, it had solved a mystery of its own–who killed his wife and left him an amputee in the onslaught. From New York, Utah, and later to Ohio, it was a race of time to stop them before things got worse by an implosion.

This chilling thriller would leave you speechless and chilled with goosebumps with every turned page to keep you hooked with fast-paced action and dramatic suspense. I cared for Gina, who had an unlikely background, which made her suited for her current role. And I cared for Michael, who lost his wife, while his father-in–law hated his guts. I loved how this showed diversity, since Michael lost his leg, and didn’t stop him from doing a job he loved. I loved the various national park locations, which gave us some breath-taking scenic settings for every compelling setting. The theme of the story is that greed is a deadly sin, when you mess around with our country’s landscapes.

If you love adoring gripping thrillers with plenty of nail-biting drama, and lots of tension, you’ll love Leave No Trace. This novel is recommended for fans who love the national parks, Nevada Barr mysteries, Scott Graham, and Claire Kellis.

Till There Was You

 In this book blog review, I reviewed Lindsay Hameroff’s Till There Was You.This lovely and swoon-worthy romcom debut hits all the right notes for a delightful romance novel. For Alexa Berman, she’s a culinary student learning the ropes of being a chef, when she meets Jake Taylor at a dive bar in NYC. They’re both embarking on the start of their careers. After a fling, they haven’t seen each other in a year, when Lexi’s working in a restaurant and Jake’s a rising rock star. Things get complicated, when he arrives back in her life at her apartment unexpectedly. As they hook up again to pick up where they left off, she experiences what it's like to date a celebrity with gossipy tabloids and jealous encounters. But it becomes magical for Lexi as they spend lots of time together and face obstacles that stood in their way, until it became too much. After her break-up with Jake and being let out for her job, she found a new passion for food in her culinary career, and Jake removed his toxic manager from his life, until they can find their way to become together.

This amazing romcom  stirred all the heartfelt emotions for a lovely romcom to pit two people  who belonged together. I cared for Lexi on how she managed to let out of the past to focus on her future, and adored Jake for making promises to be there for her in spite of the press. I love the Atlanta and NYC locations which gave us some breath-taking scenic settings for day and night. The dual themes of the story are follow your bllss, and don’t believe the hype in tabloid news.

If you love adoring romcoms  with plenty of heart-stopping romance, and lots of comic bits, you’ll be reading TIll There Was You right away. This novel is recommended for fans who watch Hallmark movies, and those who read Emily Henry, Jill Shalvis, and Kristan Higgins to name a few.

Her Many Faces

 In this blog post, I reviewed NIcci Cloke’s Her Many Faces.This twisted psychological thriller is breath-taking and keeps you at the edge of your suspense. Told from various people who knew her and close to her from her father to the journalist, this thriller is riveting since it’s about Katherine Cole, who’s been charged with poisoning four prominent people in London for their deaths. We get to know her backstory and where she was today, standing trial for four murders. From each POV, you’ll learn more about her more closely to the shocking twist at the end that explains it all.

This captivating  thriller has all the right elements to keep you hooked from the first page. It kept me second guessing, and made me wonder if she had a multiple personality disorder of some sort, just by the title alone. I really cared about Katie Cole, and the personal hell she had been through since her adolescence to her adulthood.  I really liked the settings in London that set the scenery well for the location.. The theme is don’t believe the stories you read online and in print, because it might be considered as “Fake news.”

If you like complex thrillers with plenty of heart-stopping drama, and lots of intense psychological suspense, Her Many Faces will deliver. This is recommended for fans who read Tana French, Nicci French, Tawny O’Dell, and many others.

Keep Your Friends Close

 In  this blog post, I reviewed Leah Konen’s Keep Your Friends Close. This thriller will keep you in suspense from start to finish. It would deliver you goosebumps and gasping breaths in every turned page. For Mary Haywood, all she wanted is to move to Old Forge New York with her young son Alex. But her husband George is making it difficult for her to do so with vile threats and intimidating tactics. But when she meets Willa, her looks could kill, they would be more than deceiving when she befriends her, and later learns who she was, when she discovered her husband’s dead body at her home. At first, she’s a prime suspect, but she didn’t know who would be vindictive to kill him in cold blood. She later becomes hesitant and doubts Willa after she ghosted her for a time. In the end, she later discovered the shocking truth on who killed him and why… that would leave you breathless.

This nitty-gritty dark thriller has all the right elements of a psychological thriller. It has plenty of shocking twists and turns to leave you second-guessing everything. I really cared about Mary and how she wanted freedom with her son. I remained on the fence about WIlla, since the novel is turned in her POV and WIlla’s, back and forth. I really liked the settings in New York near Woodstock that made it picturesque for the location. The theme is be careful what you wish for and to who to trust in the end.

If you like twisted thrillers with plenty of non-stop drama, and lots of intense suspense, Keep Your Friends Close will send you shivers. This is recommended for fans who read Mary Lubica, Erica Spindler, Shari LaPena, LIsa Jackson, and many others.