Romance Book and Audiobook Reviews and Deals
Too Good To Be True by Kristen Ashley Standalone romantic mystery. Kristen Ashley has been my favorite author for about 12 years now. I have read *almost* all of her books except the last two in the Ghosts & Reincarnation series. Why? because I am so not into the fancy, stuffy British estates. So please know my preconceived opinions for… Read More
Fighting The Pull (River Rain Book 5) by Kristen Ashley Contemporary Romance. Can possibly stand alone, but WAY better if read in order. Thank you Kristen Ashley and Blue Box Press for sending me an ARC in exchange for an HONEST review. This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. If you know me or follow my reviews at all, you know… Read More
The River Rain Series by Kristen Ashley From Kristen: “This series was started with the help of you, my readers, during the pandemic crisis of COVID-19. The first book in this series is free, a gift to my Chicklets for their loyalty and support over the years, and a project we all banded together to produce during a challenging time…. Read More
Perfect Together by Kristen Ashley Standalone Second Chance Romance with Older Characters.Ā Kristen Ashley has been my top favorite author for about a dozen years now and I love her storytelling style, so I enjoyed Perfect Together. In fact, I thought I loved it as I finished with tears in my eyes. My favorite of her books feature older couples… Read More
The Girl in the Woods (Misted Pines 2) by Kristen Ashley Male POV Thriller with some romance. Early copy provided in exchange for an honest review. Affiliate Links included.Ā āThis town is f*cking crazy. Dead girls in the lake. Dead girls in the motel. Wives texting videos to everyone in town of their cheating husbands doing kinky shit. Naked guys… Read More
TOP PICKS: My Favorite Books and Audiobooks of 2022 This is my 11th list since starting Ana’s Attic, and 3 authors on this list have been on all of them: Tara Sivec, Colleen Hoover and Kristen Ashley. This year I had four 5++++ Star books and six 5 star books. After that are seven books that were almost 5 stars… Read More
Smoke and Steel by Kristen Ashley I was provided an advanced reader’s copy from Kristen Ashley’s publicist in exchange for an unbiased review. This post contains affiliate links. My reviews are NEVER influenced by ads or links. I got a very early copy of Smoke & Steel by Kristen Ashley and had time to read it twice. I needed that… Read More
The Chaos Series From Kristen:Ā The Chaos SeriesĀ is a spin-off of myĀ Dream Man Series, taking us on the journeys of the lives and loves of the boys of the Chaos Motorcycle Club. **(Itās recommended you at least readĀ KnightĀ of theĀ Unfinished HeroesĀ before you readĀ Ride SteadyĀ ofĀ Chaos, it’s also recommended you readĀ More Than Everything, a novella in theĀ Loose Ends AnthologyĀ before reading FREE)** MUST READ MOTORCYCLE… Read More
Making the Match: A River Rain Novel by Kristen Ashley I love when Kristen Ashley writes older older couples, especially ones with teen or adult kids. Making the Match, Book 4 in the River Rain series, satisfies both of those. Though the romance stands alone in this book, I do think you need to read the first three, or at… Read More
Gossamer in the Darkness by Kristen Ashley Fantasyland 5.5. Fantasy Romance. Can Stand alone but better if read in order. Though it took me a long time to finally try, The Fantasyland Series by Kristen Ashley is one of my all-time favorite series. So I canāt tell you how excited I was to hear that Kit wrote another book in… Read More
Taking The Leap by Kristen Ashley River Rain Book 3. Standalone couple in a series you should read in order.Ā āLeap, sister.ā I was excited and a bit nervous about Rix and Alexās book, Taking The Leap by Kristen Ashley. I really struggled with keeping all the characters straight and some of the long rambles and alpha-speak in Chasing Serenity… Read More
Top Books and Audiobooks I read in 2021 THIS IS MY 10th ANNUAL LIST! 2021 wasn’t a great reading year for me. I completely remodeled my house top to bottom and all the decisions fell to me. But I still managed to listen to a lot of books. Some were books I bought in 2020 but didn’t get to until… Read More
The Girl in the Mist by Kristen Ashley Romantic Suspense. Stands Alone. The Girl in the Mist is first in an all-new surprise series from Kristen Ashley. Itās being marketed as her first ever thriller-suspense novel. I re-listened to For You (The Burg Series) last month, and honestly, this was no more of a suspenseful thriller than For You. Donāt… Read More
Dream Keeper by Kristen Ashley Narrated by Susannah Jones Book 3 in the Dream Team Series. Stands alone but better if read in order. Dream Keeper by Kristen Ashley had my favorite element of a great Kristen Ashley novel, a child. I just love the way she writes blended families. The Dream Team Series is kind of like a big… Read More
Chasing Serenity (River Rain Book 1) by Kristen Ashley 2nd in a series. Can stand alone but better in order. After reading After The Climb, I was excited to read the books about the kids. Chloe is Imogenās (from After the Climb) daughter. But the first time I read Chasing Serenity I wasnāt in love with it. I thought it… Read More
Wild Wind by Kristen Ashley Narrated by John Hartley & Stella Bloom I wrote a whole review on Wild Wind by Kristen Ashley the first time I read it and somehow erased it. So I am going to just do a quickie (haha suuuure) review because I just canāt do it all again. I am completely torn on this one…. Read More
After the Climb (River Rain #0.5) by Kristen Ashley Narrated by: Stella Bloom, John Hartley, Lizbeth Gwynn, Teddy Hamilton, Joseph Discher Adult Contemporary. Start of a new series. Can stand alone. Kristen Ashley wrote After the Climb at the beginning of COVID with the help of the āchickletsā in her reader group. I read it then, but with all that… Read More
Dream Spinner (Dream Team Book 3) by Kristen Ashley Book 3 (kind of 4, see below) in a series. Contemporary Romance. I havenāt been reading or reviewing much over the past year, but I decided to catch up on a few reviews of books that Iāve read this year. I never miss a Kristen Ashley book. She is a guaranteed… Read More
Still Standing (Wild West MC #1) by Kristen Ashley 1st in a new Contemporary Romance MC series. Stands alone. I havenāt been able to read a book since the beginning of December. I was tempted to wait for the audiobook of Still Standing, but when a Kristen Ashley ARC lands on my Kindle, I canāt hold back. This is a… 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
Dream Chaser (Dream Team 2) by Kristen Ashley Contemporary Romance. Can stand alone, but better if you read the first in the series, Dream Maker. I am a huge fan of Kristen Ashley, and her books are like a warm cup of cocoa on a cold winterās day. I have been having trouble reading rather than listening to books lately,… Read More
Wild Fire by Kristen Ashley Part of the Chaos MC Series but can stand alone. I am a Kristen Ashley lover. Though not every book is a favorite (most are!), there is something about reading Kristen Ashley that just feels good. It soothes me. Itās like coming home. Wild Fire by Kristen Ashley definitely had that old-school KA feel and… Read More
Mathilda, SuperWitch and Mathilda, Superwitch Rise of the Dark Lord (Mathilda’s Book of Shadows 1 & 2) by Kristen Ashley Narrated by Susannah Jones Fantasy/Paranormal/RomCom Duet. As a huge Kristen Ashley fan, I always felt bad that I never read Mathildaās Book of Shadows: Mathilda, SuperWitch, Book 1. But the reviews were meh, and I knew it ended in a… Read More
My Favorite Books and Audiobooks from 2019 I am going to be mixing books and audiobooks for this list. Only four books I read rated 5 stars (or higher) in 2019, but there were a ton of great audiobooks. In 2019 my reading switched from 50-60% audible to about 80%. In most cases the same review would apply for the… Read More
