Romance Book and Audiobook Reviews and Deals
Make a Wish (Spark House Book 3) by Helena Hunting Narrated by Stella Bloom and Jason Clarke 3rd in a Series but I read as a standalone. I was so excited to get an Advanced Listening Copy of a Helena Hunting novel from NetGalley, that I didn’t notice it was third in a series. I noticed while reading the story… Read More
My Top Picks of Books and Audiobooks for 2020 2020 was obviously a rough year for all of us. I found reading to be so much harder! I couldn’t focus for months, but there were still some amazing books out there, even if I didn’t read as many. I also am gravitating more and more to audiobooks. The ones on… Read More
Handle with Care by Helena Hunting Narrated by Andi Arndt and Jacob Morgan Standalone in the Shacking Up connected series. I was looking at what I was reading last year at this time and saw I was reading Handle with Care by Helena Hunting, so I looked up my review to share it and realized I somehow never reviewed it!… Read More
A Favor for a Favor (All In book 2) by Helena Hunting Narrated by Erin Mallon and Jason Clarke Book 2 in a related Series. Can stand alone. Contemporary Romance/Romantic Comedy. (My reviews don’t reveal more than the blurb does. If you want a quick review, skip to the Down & Dirty) While A Lie for a Lie (All In… Read More
Holiday 2019 Book and Audiobook Reviews I only read holiday books in December. This year I decided to take most of December off to spend time with family, but I still managed to read some great holiday romances. Tara Sivec’s Christmas Cliche is now probably my favorite holiday romance (see my review), but there were some good ones this year… Read More
A Lie for a Lie: All In Book 1 by Helena Hunting Narrated by Stella Bloom and Jason Clarke Standalone 1st in a series. Hockey. Features Crossover Characters from Pucked Series. I listened to A Lie for a Lie by Helena Hunting back in October, but I didn’t review it right away because it was so similar to another book… Read More
Making Up by Helena Hunting RomCom. Standalone in a Related Series. I love Helena Hunting’s humor, so I was more than a little excited to read Making Up. I have read the whole Shacking Up Series, but it’s been over a year since the last in the series, I Flipping Love You, and quite honestly, I didn’t remember how it… Read More
Meet Cute by Helena Hunting Standalone Contemporary Romance (Don’t want to know about the story? Skip down to the Likes & Dislikes and Down & Dirty) I have been on a 6-week reading hiatus (though I have been devouring audiobooks), and Meet Cute by Helena Hunting was a good one to break my hiatus. Infinitely readable, I gobbled it up… Read More
The Good Luck Charm by Helena Hunting Standalone Contemporary Romance *While my reviews are spoiler-free if you don’t want to know more about the book, after the first paragraph skip down to likes and dislikes and the Down & Dirty review* I’m a big fan of Helena Hunting so I couldn’t wait to pick up her newest contemporary romance, The… Read More
Pucked Love (Pucked Series Book 7) by Helena Hunting Narrated by Stella Bloom and Sebastian York 7th (finale) in a series, standalone couple but shouldn’t really be read alone. Being the 7th in the Pucked Series, I don’t need to say much about Pucked Love by Helena Hunting because if you are a fan of the series you are going… Read More
2018 Summer Beach Reads While I could name a ton of books from previous months and years that would make for great beach reads, I’m going to focus this list of books and series that are released June – July -August 2018 that I have either read and loved, am dying to read, and ones that come highly recommended from… Read More
I Flipping Love You by Helena Hunting Contemporary Romance/RomCom. Officially third in a series but totally stands alone. The perfect summer beach read! I Flipping Love You by Helena Hunting isn’t quite what you normally expect from the author. It doesn’t have the over-the-top humor of the Pucked Series, but still has Ms. Hunting’s trademark wit in a bit of… Read More
My Favorite Books & Audiobooks from 2017 Since I have been blogging for 6 years (next month), I have learned to be pretty choosy about the books I read. While I felt like I tried a ton of new authors this year, so many on this list have been on a bunch of previous lists. In fact, 10 authors this… Read More
Hooking Up by Helena Hunting Narrated by Jacob Morgan & Muffy Newtown Romantic Comedy, Can stand alone but is related. I have been so excited to read Hooking Up after reading Shacking Up and then the short story in the Eye Candy Anthology. I liked Amie and couldn’t stand her fiancee, so I couldn’t wait for her story! Please note:… Read More
Eye Candy by Tijan, J. Daniels, Helena Hunting, Bella Jewel and Tara Sivec Halloween Anthology featuring characters and stories from favorite books by these authors. I was so excited to read Eye Candy! Helena Hunting and Tara Sivec are two of my favorite authors, and Tara’s Holiday Series needed a Halloween story badly. I loved J. Daniel’s Sweet Series, but… Read More
Shacking Up by Helena Hunting Romantic Comedy. Standalone. Ana’s Attic is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com Shacking Up is a new romcom standalone from Helena Hunting. Most of her Pucked books are favorites for me, so I couldn’t wait to meet some new characters she… Read More
Pucked Off by Helena Hunting Narrated by Rose Dioro and Jacob Morgan 6th in a series but can TOTALLY stand alone. Wow! Where the heck did this book come from? I love The Pucked Series by Helena Hunting, and the over-the-top humor of most of the series, so I wasn’t expecting the pure beauty and emotion of Lance Romero’s book,… Read More
I had a fantastic time in LA for the Fifty Shades Darker Premiere and Masquerade Ball! After numerous delays, we got to our cool hotel in West Hollywood to find a really great gift from Universal Pictures with Wine glasses, chapstick, a shirt, The Fifty Shades Darker movie tie-in edition book, a paper mask and virtual reality glasses. So nice!… Read More
Top Books and Audiobooks of 2016 As I go through my books to decide on this list, it’s not that hard in theory. I have very few 5++++ star reads and a few 5 star reads and a few more that were 4.75 stars. I must admit, some of my real favorites for the year were re-reads of favorites via audiobook…. Read More
Pucked Under by Helena Hunting Narrated by Rose Dioro & Jacob Morgan Romantic Comedy. Does Not Stand Alone. I love the Pucked Series by Helena Hunting. Randy and Lily were a hysterical couple, so I was excited to get some more of the silly couple with the “Vagina Emporium”. However, I think I made a mistake by switching from print… Read More
Every month I post a recap of all of my reviews from the previous month. For my full spoiler free review including Likes and Dislikes, click the review headers. I was traveling a lot in October, so I have about 5 books (3 on the bestseller list) that I have read and haven’t reviewed yet, but stay tuned for the reviews… Read More
Forever Pucked by Helena Hunting Romantic Erotic Comedy. Does NOT Stand Alone. Series order below. Pucked by Helena Hunting was one of my Top Favorite Books of 2015. So when I heard we were getting another Violet and Alex book, Forever Pucked, I did a happy dance. I thought it would be a cute wedding novella. Nope, it’s FULL LENGTH…. Read More
Felony Ever After: 13 Authors, 1 Story Romantic Comedy Standalone. 13 authors, a few already on my favorite list, writing a book together? YES PLEASE. #BestIdeaEver In my head though, I had some doubts. Some of the authors just didn’t fit! Such different styles! How would this work? The challenge was this: Pass one chapter to the next author with… Read More
Better late than never? I have had my favorite books of 2015 on the sidebar of my blog, but finally just got around to posting it so it can live on as my 2012, 2013, & 2014 lists do. Unexpected Fate (Hope Town Book 1) & Bleeding Love (Hope Town Book 2) by Harper Sloan 5++++ Stars are rare on this blog…. Read More
