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Happy Thursday, folks! I feel like it’s been ages since we’ve had a regular Kissing Books. Let’s get back at it!
Over on Book Riot
The Read Harder Challenge is up! I’m so excited to once again fail, but I might even manage to make it about halfway through next year lolsob.
As I mentioned last week, Beverly Jenkins is making history!
Do you use book apps? What do you think of these three romance-specific ones?
There’s nothing quite like estranged lovers, is there?
These non-illustrated covers for upcoming 2020 books are all basically fire. Which ones are you looking forward to picking up first?
Also, I am terrible at remembering to mention When In Romance. It’s getting to be a problem. I give you Recommendations Part Deux: Cozy with a Side of Crime.
Deals
Want to start a series? Home to Wickham Falls by Rochelle Alers, the first in the Wickham Falls Weddings series, is 1.99 right now. Rochelle Alers is a prolific author who I have only had the chance to dabble in, so I’m looking forward to checking out one of her Harlequin category series! This one seems to have several kinds of lovely people clutching in beautiful locations, and I would like to explore Wickham Falls, maybe change the connotations of that name in my brain 😉
New Books!
Oh man, have I got a hell of a list for new books! I managed a couple of pages over the short break, but didn’t do nearly as much catch-up as I’d intended.
Blitzed
Alexa Martin
This third installment in Alexa Martin’s Playbook series was a quick, easy read, and totally delivered—though in my opinion it was the third-best of the three.
Brynn, who we’ve seen at HERS since the start of the series, is a workaholic. She lives for her bar and the people who work there. So when football player Maxwell Lewis, in an un-Maxwell-like move, accidentally causes damage to the space while she’s prepping to host a high-profile event, she decides they no longer need to quietly flirt with each other when he regularly visits the bar. When he finally gets back in her good graces, they agree to be friends—which everyone but Brynn can see through as their friendship progresses between meals and sitcom episodes. The more general conflict is done well, but the Big Conflict is (while expected) a bit too melodramatic for the rest of the tone, and because it arrives so late in the book, is resolved too easily on both their parts. Even with this, it’s a hilarious book featuring lots of amazing characters that I wish we had more of. (Maybe we will, if that Starz project ever gets off the ground.)
I’m (still) in the middle of Neighborly, but here are some other books I look forward to picking up:
The Changeup by Nicole Falls (Big Pitch Feels on this cover)
Everything’s Better With Lisa by Lucy Eden
The Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard
Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters
The Dating Charade by Melissa Ferguson
Twelve Dates of Christmas by Rilzy Adams
The Working Elf Blues by Piper Vaughn
As usual, catch me on Twitter @jessisreading or Instagram @jess_is_reading, or send me an email at wheninromance@bookriot.com if you’ve got feedback, bookrecs, or just want to say hi!