Category: HJ Recommends


REVIEW: Embrace by Bal Khabra
11th Sep / 2 Comments

REVIEW: Embrace by Bal Khabra

Embrace by Bal Khabra: Kian Ishida has spent college enjoying hockey, parties, and everything that comes with being a star athlete. But with the NHL within reach, he discovers that he still needs a few credits to graduate. Joining a study group seems like a simple solution—until he meets Scarlett […]

REVIEW: Falling Into You by Jill Shalvis
9th Sep / 5 Comments

REVIEW: Falling Into You by Jill Shalvis

Falling Into You by Jill Shalvis: Hazel Pierce decides to come back to Star Falls when she learns her father has had a heart attack. They have not had a true relationship in a very long time, but maybe this will be a time to reconcile. She has a couple […]

REVIEW: Bonfire and Bliss Bookstore by Brittanée Nicole
8th Sep / 5 Comments

REVIEW: Bonfire and Bliss Bookstore by Brittanée Nicole

Bonfire and Bliss Bookstore by Brittanée Nicole: Penny Darling has had enough of real-life romance after a very public failed engagement. These days, she’s much happier surrounded by books at her bookstore, Bonfire & Bliss, and the fictional men inside them. Then Jake “Monty” Montgomery, her high school best friend […]

REVIEW: Have A Great Summer by Francesca Cocchi
7th Sep / 2 Comments

REVIEW: Have A Great Summer by Francesca Cocchi

Have A Great Summer by Francesca Cocchi was a nostalgic summer romance about first love, female friendship, career crossroads, and finding your way forward when you’ve spent a little too long looking back. After losing a journalist job with the downturn in newspapers, Lina Mariano ends up back in her […]

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.