tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571669532400407682024-03-19T08:57:07.913-04:00The Romance DishServing up our thoughts on books, romance and life.pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comBlogger5166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-63094726905094482702024-03-19T02:00:00.183-04:002024-03-19T02:00:00.135-04:00Review & Giveaway - - The Love RemedyThe Love Remedyby Elizabeth EverettThe Damsels of Discovery - Book 1Publisher: BerkleyRelease Date: March 19, 2024Reviewed by PJ
When a Victorian apothecary hires a stoic private investigator to protect her business, they learn there’s only one way to treat true love—with a happily ever after.When Lucinda Peterson’s recently perfected formula for a salve to treat croup goes missing, pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-45481957779705949072024-03-18T02:00:00.001-04:002024-03-18T02:00:00.125-04:00Review - - The CatchThe Catchby Amy LeaThe Influencer Series - Book 3Publisher: BerkleyRelease Date: February 13, 2024Reviewed by Hellie In a last-ditch effort to rescue her brand from the brink of irrelevance, Boston fashion influencer Melanie Karlsen finds herself in a rural fishing village on the east coast of Canada. The only thing scarier than nature itself? The burly and bearded bed-and-breakfast pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-64734548950413850642024-03-13T02:00:00.000-04:002024-03-13T02:00:00.239-04:00Review - - Lady CodebreakerLady Codebreakerby K.D. AldenPublisher: ForeverRelease Date: March 12, 2024Reviewed by PJGrace Smith has never been one to conform to society’s expectations. She flees small-town Indiana to seek adventure—and finds more than she bargained for when she’s hired by an eccentric millionaire to learn codebreaking. Soon she’s using those skills to help head the government’s fledgling cryptanalysis pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-4070674559187124622024-03-11T02:00:00.004-04:002024-03-11T02:00:00.241-04:00Review - - This Could Be UsThis Could Be Usby Kennedy RyanSkyland - Book 2Publisher: ForeverRelease Date: March 5, 2024Reviewed by PJSoledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. She designs everything. She fixes everything. She’s a domestic goddess who's never met a party she couldn't host or a charge she couldn't lead. The one with all the answers and the pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-89470708821344675112024-03-07T03:00:00.098-05:002024-03-07T03:00:00.138-05:00Tour Review - - Kilt TripKilt Tripby Alexandra KileyPublisher: Canary Street PressRelease Date: March 5, 2024Reviewed by PJ Ready or Scot...Globetrotter Addie Macrae always follows her wanderlust. As a travel consultant, she jet sets around the world—anywhere but Scotland. But when she’s sent on assignment to help a struggling family-run tour company in the Highlands—and save her own job—Addie packs away her pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-59887989382743354882024-03-06T22:30:00.001-05:002024-03-06T22:46:18.404-05:00Winners - - March Coming Attractions The randomly chosen winnersfrom the March Coming Attractions post are:Laurie Gommermann(Game On and The Love Con)Martha Lawson(The Duke's All That)Congratulations!Please send your full name and mailing address to:theromancedish (at) gmail (dot) compjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-65172481565480452242024-03-06T04:00:00.079-05:002024-03-06T04:00:00.134-05:00Review - - Every Single SecretEvery Single Secretby Christina DoddPublisher: Canary Street PressRelease Date: March 5, 2024Reviewed by PJNever whisper the truth. Never reveal the past.In an isolated lighthouse on the California coast, Rowan Winterbourne lives a solitary life with only her secrets for company. For she has a mission that drives her—to avenge herself against Gregory Torval, the powerful drug and arms dealer who pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-61135564444157374512024-03-05T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-05T03:00:00.152-05:00Review - - Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her ManLady Charlotte Always Gets Her Manby Violet MarshPublisher: ForeverRelease Date: March 5, 2024Reviewed by SantaLady Charlotte Lovett should have never run away upon discovering her betrothal. But when one has been promised to a man who, rumor has it, killed his previous two wives, one does what one must. The only thing that can get her out of this engagement is proving that Viscount Hawley is as pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-15579421175597069372024-03-04T10:00:00.004-05:002024-03-04T12:40:20.356-05:00Winner - - The Bookstore on Amelia Island The randomly chosen winnerof a print copy ofThe Bookstore on Amelia Island is:Amy HigginsCongratulations!Please send your full name and mailing address to:theromancedish (at) gmail (dot) compjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-76328689792918670692024-03-03T04:00:00.001-05:002024-03-03T04:00:00.142-05:00Coming Attractions & Giveaway - - March 2024 It's March! Wait, what? March? How did that happen? Somebody needs to slow this train down. Don't they know how many books I have to read? Pretty sure you can all relate!Here's what's happening on the blog this month. We launch the month on Friday, March 1 with a review of Hope Holloway's The Chocolate Shop on Amelia Island. This closed-door romance that's the fifth book in Holloway's pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-66709309653984861042024-03-02T10:00:00.001-05:002024-03-02T11:00:25.305-05:00Winner - - Waiting for the Flood The randomly chosen winner ofa print copy ofWaiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall is:GlendaCongratulations!Please send your full name and mailing address to:theromancedish (at) gmail (dot) compjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-36157764131700587122024-03-01T05:00:00.002-05:002024-03-01T05:00:00.129-05:00Review & Giveaway - - The Chocolate Shop on Amelia IslandThe Chocolate Shop on Amelia Islandby Hope HollowaySeven Sisters - Book 5Publisher: Hope HollowayRelease Date: March 1, 2024Reviewed by PJThe saga continues with secrets, surprises, and sweet temptations…Sadie Wingate has been keeping secrets...from her family and from her brand new husband. But once the truth is revealed, her whole world melts like a truffle in the sunshine. Can Sadie pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-82596225625167024482024-02-29T04:00:00.010-05:002024-02-29T04:00:00.158-05:00Review & Giveaway - - Waiting for the FloodWaiting for the Floodby Alexis HallSpires - Book 2Publisher: Sourcebooks CasablancaRelease Date: February 20, 2024Reviewed by PJQuietly heartbroken, Edwin Tully lives alone in the house he used to share with the man he once loved. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past. Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin's quiet pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-35851329838200415682024-02-28T03:00:00.004-05:002024-02-28T03:00:00.247-05:00Review - - Chasing a Highland DreamChasing a Highland Dreamby Lisa HobmanThe Highlands - Book 2Publisher: Boldwood BooksRelease Date: February 28, 2024Reviewed by PJSince having to drop out of her design degree, Bella Douglas has been unlucky in just about everything life has thrown at her.She’s lost more jobs than she cares to remember and despite her Granny Isla’s best attempts to set her up with every eligible bachelor in the pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-52979053689994693482024-02-27T12:15:00.001-05:002024-02-27T12:28:58.627-05:00Winner - - The Diamond and the Duke The randomly chosen winner ofa print copy ofThe Diamond and the Duke is:Annette NCongratulations!Please send your full name and mailing address to:theromancedish (at) gmail (dot) compjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-21753333923129731502024-02-27T12:00:00.001-05:002024-02-27T12:24:40.277-05:00Winner - - Love and Hot Chicken The randomly chosen winner ofa hard cover copy ofLove and Hot Chicken is:Patricia BCongratulations!Please send your full name and mailing address to:theromancedish (at) gmail (dot) compjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-3683723393841201062024-02-26T05:00:00.001-05:002024-02-26T05:00:00.161-05:00Review - - The Single Dad ProjectThe Single Dad Projectby Naima SimoneRose Bend - BookPublisher: Canary Street PressRelease Date: February 20, 2024Reviewed by PJHe’s the best mistake she ever made…Back in Rose Bend after a work trip that went wrong, Florence “Flo” Dennison craves the kind of distraction only a searing fling with a gorgeous stranger can provide. And she gets it—in an encounter hot enough to leave scars. But pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-15188648531051843092024-02-23T08:00:00.002-05:002024-02-23T08:47:52.272-05:00Review & Giveaway - - Love and Hot ChickenLove and Hot Chicken: A Delicious Southern Novelby Mary Liza HartongPublisher: William MorrowRelease Date: February 20, 2024Reviewed by PJ The Chickie Shak is something of a historical landmark. Red clapboard walls, thriving wasp population, yard-toilets resplendent with sunflowers. My best friend Lee Ray and I used to come after our softball games and snag a picnic table while our mammas pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-34523239140809453732024-02-22T08:00:00.003-05:002024-02-22T10:57:04.199-05:00Review & Giveaway - - The Diamond and the DukeThe Diamond and the Dukeby Christi CaldwellAll the Duke's Sins - Book 3Publisher: BerkleyRelease Date: February 20, 2024Reviewed by PJWhen a wounded soldier and self-proclaimed "beast" finds unlikely friendship with a headstrong and unconventional beauty, they quickly find themselves weaving a tale as old as time… Despite a hero’s return to England from the Napoleonic Wars, Wesley Audley pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-88065898454807339662024-02-21T02:00:00.032-05:002024-02-21T02:00:00.253-05:00Review - - In Want of a ViscountIn Want of a Viscountby Lorraine HeathThe Chessmen: Masters of Seduction - Book 3Publisher: AvonRelease Date: February 20, 2024Reviewed by PJAmerican Leonora Garrison has come to England in desperate search of investors to keep her family business afloat but instead finds surprising pleasure when she visits an exclusive ladies’ club and dares to kiss a stranger, who leaves her yearning for pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-54263249193892623482024-02-20T11:00:00.001-05:002024-02-20T12:57:45.077-05:00Now in Mass Market Paperback - - Forget What You KnowIf you missed this pulse-pounding thriller in hard cover, it's now available in Mass Market Paperback and on sale (today-not sure for how long) for only $2.99 in e-book. I couldn't put it down! ~PJForget What You Knowby Christina DoddPublisher: HQNRelease Date: March 7, 2023Reviewed by PJ (March 6, 2023)A submerged car is pulled from the bottom of the lake, and in an interesting twist, the driverpjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-77093302550624944912024-02-19T04:00:00.015-05:002024-02-19T04:00:00.318-05:00Review - - Catch and ReleaseCatch and Releaseby Tracy SolheimMilwaukee Growlers Football Romance - Book 3Publisher: Sun Home ProductionsRelease Date: February 19, 2024Reviewed by PJA second chance, enemies-to-lovers football romance.He’s the pro athlete everyone wants to be.Quarterback Trey Van Horn didn’t become the league’s MVP by accident. Years of self-discipline and iron-clad control have made him the envy of everyone pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-56071386717817151092024-02-17T09:00:00.001-05:002024-02-17T11:05:45.320-05:00Winner - - The Fake Mate The randomly chosen winner ofa print copy of The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson is:Nicole BCongratulations!Please send your full name and mailing address to:theromancedish (at) gmail (dot) compjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-10373007653593906792024-02-17T06:00:00.001-05:002024-02-17T11:01:55.726-05:00Winner - - At First Spite The randomly chosen winner ofa print copy ofAt First Spite by Olivia Dade is:Cindy_S Ev0lvinCongratulations!Please send your full name and mailing address to:theromancedish (at) gmail (dot) com pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-52780725615882114462024-02-15T03:00:00.005-05:002024-02-15T11:05:31.731-05:00Review - - Fish Out of WaterFish Out of Waterby Katie RugglePublisher: Sourcebooks CasablancaRelease Date: February 13, 2024Reviewed by PJWhen Dahlia Weathersby's sister disappears on what should have been a simple day hike, Dahlia immediately heads deep into the Colorado Rockies to find her. Knowing she'll never survive the mountains alone, she convinces the local hermit—adorably grouchy survival expert Winston Dane—to be pjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com4