Genre: Chick-lit

#COYER Review: Come Home to Me (Whiskey Creek #6) – Brenda Novak

#COYER Review: Come Home to Me (Whiskey Creek #6) – Brenda Novak

*I received a free ARC of Come Home to Me from Harlequin MIRA via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* As usual, any book in the Whiskey Creek series is like catching up with good friends I haven’t seen in a while. Come Home to Me is the story where Presley and Aaron are the main characters, and I was very eager to learn more about both of them, as they have both had pretty difficult childhoods, and both have also had trouble with alcohol or drugs. Turning their lives around hasn’t been easy for either of them, but Presley has had a lot of help from Wyatt, whereas Aaron has worked hard at his family’s auto-repair shop to […]

Posted 18 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 18 Comments
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Review: A Matchless Romance (Aisle Bound #4) – Christi Barth

Review: A Matchless Romance (Aisle Bound #4) – Christi Barth

*I received a free ARC of A Matchless Romance from Carina Press via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* A Matchless Romance is the kind of contemporary romance novel that leaves you feeling good! There is romance, complications, a very sexy computer-game geek and a gorgeous matchmaker. Neither of them think they’re good enough for each other, and that makes for some cute scenes! Drew is a former Olympic athlete, and now he’s designing video-games full time. When he literally runs into Tabitha, they both have an instant attraction, but neither of them thinks the other has the same reaction. Drew has just started a new job, but he already has some trouble with his boss – who wants […]

Posted 9 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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Review: Finding Colin Firth – Mia March

Review: Finding Colin Firth – Mia March

*I received a free ARC of Finding Colin Firth from Gallery / Threshold / Pocket Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Finding Colin Firth is a surprising contemporary novel following three women whose lives become connected in a small town in Maine. A beautiful depiction about all the choices women have to make in their lives, and the social pressure for them to always do ‘the right thing’. And I really appreciated reading a contemporary romance that takes feminism and gender roles seriously, but just as a part of the story, not in a preaching or debating  way. Bea finds out that she was adopted a year after her mother died, she receives a letter in her […]

Posted 7 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 18 Comments
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Review: Unleashing Mr. Darcy – Teri Wilson

Review: Unleashing Mr. Darcy – Teri Wilson

*I received a free ARC of Unleashing Mr. Darcy from Harlequin HQN via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Unleashing Mr. Darcy is a sweet and humorous tale about the dashing über-British Donovan Darcy, dog-show judge extraordinaire and all-American beauty Elizabeth Scott. From New York to London, they try as hard as they can not to fall in love with each other. From different sides of the track (and the ocean) they don’t really seem to have much in common. Well, apart from the fact that they both love dogs, that is. Elizabeth has just lost her job as a teacher in a posh private school when Unleashing Mr. Darcy starts, and at her first dog-show with her Cavalier […]

Posted 21 February, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 15 Comments
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Review: Her Sexiest Mistake – Jill Shalvis

Review: Her Sexiest Mistake – Jill Shalvis

*I received a free ARC of Her Sexiest Mistake from Grand Central Publishing via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Her Sexiest Mistake has all the ingredients a fun and sexy contemporary romance needs to keep me entertained, and on my toes while reading. Mia thinks she has it all – she is far, far away from the trailer park she grew up in, she has a great job, and her life is nice and orderly – with no man to mess things up for her. That is, until Kevin moves in and she can’t help but flirt with him. She wants to keep it very casual, though, only sex and play, no serious business at all for her […]

Posted 7 January, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Tangling with the CEO – Annie Seaton

Tangling with the CEO – Annie Seaton

*I received a free ARC of Tangling with the CEO from Entagled Publishing via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Tangling with the CEO is a fun, quick read full of romance and some situations that are pretty unreal. From the first time Ana and Blake meet again, their chemistry is palpable, and it’s obvious that they have unfinished business. However, instead of telling Blake about her business proposition, Ana gets stuck helping Blake care for his five nieces and nephews for the weekend, while Blake tells her he’s upset because a business appointment fell through. Filled with both chemistry and fun moments, Tangling with the CEO is also a truly tangled story! Blake and Ana both have their […]

Posted 12 December, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 14 Comments
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Review: Playing Dirty (Stargazer #2) – Jennifer Echols

Review: Playing Dirty (Stargazer #2) – Jennifer Echols

*I received a free ARC of Playing Dirty from Pocket Books via Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review* Playing Dirty is a truly fun book to read! I couldn’t put it down and stayed up until 3 am so I could learn everything about Sarah, Quintin and the others. Intricate relationships, country stars who aren’t exactly the way the portray themselves to the public. The characters are fun and realistic, the storyline is captivating, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself all the way. I thought the band members were very clever in Playing Dirty, because that’s exactly what they are doing! And Sarah is playing dirty as well. Everybody wants to look out for themselves in the beginning, and it […]

Posted 22 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 11 Comments
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Review: Love Game (The Matchmaker #3) – Elise Sax

Review: Love Game (The Matchmaker #3) – Elise Sax

*I received a free ARC of Love Game from Random House Publishing via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Love Game is pretty silly and truly hilarious. It’s the third in the Mtachmaker series, but I still enjoyed it, and felt that the characters made sense. Of course, there are some references made to things that happened in prior books, but it did not make me feel confused. It did make me want to find out what happened to Gladie before the story in Love Game, though. In Love Game, there is a new matchmaker in town, and Zelda is afraid that all her perfect love matches will be destroyed by this strange interloper Luanda. Gladie is lusting after […]

Posted 6 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire (The Cowboys of Chance Creek #4) – Cora Seton

Review: The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire (The Cowboys of Chance Creek #4) – Cora Seton

*I received a free ARC of The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire from One Acre Press via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire is even more humorous than the prior installments in the Chance Creek series! Bella is truly at the end of her rope, her pet shelter is tethering on the edge of bankruptcy when her friend Hannah informs her that she has been chosen for a reality TV show – Can You Beat a Billionaire – where she has a chance of winning 5 million dollars. Evan has signed up as well, even billionaires don’t always have everything they want and need. And in order to keep the reins of his company, he […]

Posted 2 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Christmas at Cardwell Ranch (Cardwell Ranch #4) – B. J. Daniels

Review: Christmas at Cardwell Ranch (Cardwell Ranch #4) – B. J. Daniels

*I recieved a free ARC of Christmas at Cardwell Ranch from Harelquin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Christmas at Cardwell Ranch is a contemporary romance with some supsense / thriller elements as well. I thought the thriller part of the story was very well done. On Tag’s first night back in Montana, he sees a waitress leaving the bar, without a coat, and she seems drunk. She gets into a car and disappears into the night. And from that moment on, she’s missing. One of her female colleagues go missing as well, and those who could possibly shed some light on these disappearances are unwilling to share. Tag and Lily try to solve the mystery themselves, but […]

Posted 29 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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