Category: HJ Recommends


REVIEW: The Paddock Club by Madge Maril
3rd Sep / 2 Comments

REVIEW: The Paddock Club by Madge Maril

In The Paddock Club by Madge Maril, Former fashion model Cat Cromwell might come from very humble beginnings but she’s working nonstop to make sure her beloved younger siblings don’t have the same worries she’s had. If it means she has to fake date wealthy men who have wronged their […]

REVIEW: Experiments in Offline Dating by Kat Mackenzie
1st Sep / 3 Comments

REVIEW: Experiments in Offline Dating by Kat Mackenzie

Experiments in Offline Dating by Kat Mackenzie: Maya heads to Ireland determined to make her second podcast season about dating without apps. She’s expecting awkward introductions, terrible dates, and plenty of material for the show. What she doesn’t expect is to meet Tadhg, have the worst date of her life, […]

REVIEW: The Good Parts by Evann Normandin
26th Aug / 2 Comments

REVIEW: The Good Parts by Evann Normandin

The Good Parts by Evann Normandin: Rose has erased the memories of the life that broke her. Landon can’t accept losing the woman he once planned forever with. So when he finds his way back into Rose’s life as a stranger, he makes a choice that changes everything: he’ll get […]

REVIEW: Love On The Shelf by Sheila Roberts
21st Aug / 3 Comments

REVIEW: Love On The Shelf by Sheila Roberts

Love On The Shelf by Sheila Roberts: Alice Willoughby and her mother run a bookstore focused on the romance genre. Of course, they named it HEA because happily ever after is what all romance readers expect. Alice has the knack to find just the right book for each customer. She […]

REVIEW: Let’s Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard
18th Aug / 3 Comments

REVIEW: Let’s Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard

In Let’s Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard, Lucy Reid is in a bit of a bind. She’s been writing for the online magazine, The Rue, for almost five years and has a strong following for her sex column. The issue? A lot of her readers are now settling down, […]

REVIEW: Just for the Plot by Meghan Quinn
17th Aug / 3 Comments

REVIEW: Just for the Plot by Meghan Quinn

Just for the Plot by Meghan Quinn: She sees him as her best friend’s little brother. He’s been waiting years for her to see him as something more. Add a romance book club, baseball, and a whole lot of tension… and we have a problem.

REVIEW: Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly
13th Aug / 2 Comments

REVIEW: Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly

Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly: After a very public meltdown ends his career in New York, chef Jack Hartman returns to his Florida hometown with little more than his late mentor’s abandoned restaurant and no idea what comes next. Poppy Winfield is determined to prove she’s more than the bubbly […]

REVIEW: See You at the Sunset by Susan Lee
12th Aug / 3 Comments

REVIEW: See You at the Sunset by Susan Lee

In See You at the Sunset by Susan Lee, Jia Chung thought she finally had a long-term job that, okay, while it didn’t feed her soul, it paid the bills and was respectable enough even for her discerning parents. But her hopes are dashed when she gets fired without any […]

REVIEW: Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon
10th Aug / 2 Comments

REVIEW: Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon

In Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Ramona Wilder has had her fill of traveling the world, singing and dancing on stages while her pop songs thrill crowds of adoring teenagers. She began her career as a child actress on the TV screen and has never actually chosen anything that’s happened […]

REVIEW: Love You More by Emily Giffin
20th Jul / 2 Comments

REVIEW: Love You More by Emily Giffin

In Love You More by Emily Giffin, Billie always knew in the back of her mind that she would leave Wisconsin someday to chase her dream of becoming a doctor. She just didn’t realize that it would come at the cost of her relationship with her college boyfriend, Mick. Now […]