KT Book Reviews

Releases March 28th ~ get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3mioWXl Oh, this was fun. Kicking off a new series by new-to-me author Melissa Cassera is Control . A book that introduces us to a young Natalie Covington and her life at an elite boarding school. Control is very much a PNR but it comes across in subtle ways. I wish we got to luxuriate with more intimate details of the character's thoughts and feelings. At times I wanted more insights and a deeper connection with these characters. That being said, Control is a fun read and I'm excited to see where this is headed. Warning: we are left on a cliffhanger but also with a happy surprise. ~Tanja From the Cover... For Natalie Covington and Henry Thorne, only one thing is certain: things are about to get out of control.18-year-old Natalie has big ambitions but very little control over her situation. She’s trapped at an elite boarding school on a private island, where cell phones are forbidden, militant guards line the iron gates, an

Ya'll... just do yourself a favor and buy the book. Are you lusty for a historical romance? Buy the book. Like an older woman and younger man trope? Buy the book. Love some high societal drama and decadence? Buy the book. Ready to be swept away with passion? BUY THE BOOK! ~Tanja Releases March 28th ~ Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3YfYeMf From the Cover... “My husband is a good man… just ask all the women he has bedded.” Wealthy society maven Lady Gertrude knows how the world works. If her husband is less than faithful, it’s an acceptable price to pay for her coveted position at the apex of London’s most fashionable set. No exclusive soirée or lavish ball is complete without her and her group of decadent, well-connected friends. And this Season promises more excitement than usual: Tru is launching her daughter into Society, helping her navigate the cutthroat Marriage Mart, complete with fortune hunters, jealous debutantes, and malicious gossips. As skilled as Tru is at playing t

Thank you Haper Publishing for sharing The Theory of Not Quite Everything by Kara Gnodde with me! I was overjoyed to discover this in my mailbox over the weekend. There's been such a buzz about it and I can't wait to figure it all out (math pun? maybe) :-) ~Tanja Out Now! Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3JKaRvf From the Cover... Meet Art and Mimi Brotherton. Devoted siblings and housemates, they’re bound together by the tragic death of their parents. Mathematical genius Art relies on logic, while Mimi prefers to follow her heart. When Mimi decides she needs more from life than dutifully tending to her brilliant brother, she asks for his help to find love. Art agrees, but on one condition: that she find her soulmate using a strict mathematical principle. Things seem promising, until Mimi meets Frank: a romantic, spontaneous stargazer who’s also a mathematician. Despite Mimi’s obvious affection for the quirky Frank, Art is wary of him from their very first encounter. As Art'

WOW. Total binge read and worth a sleep-deprived night! How I'll Kill You is surprisingly the first novel from DeStafano. I point this out to say I am utterly surprised by this. HIKY feels like a novel by a seasoned author. I was entrenched with her characters and the inner dialogue of Sissy/Jade. Think Netflix's You combined with the relaxed flow of Nora Roberts. It feels easy and natural. The juxtaposition between the sisters and their relations with each other was perfectly thrilling with an eerie undercurrent that took hold and forbid me to stop reading. I tried twice to put my kindle down but was denied via my need-to-know. I just couldn't bring myself to stop till I knew how it ended. I think this will be topping the book charts this spring! ~Tanja March 21st ~ Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3Jk3BG9 From the Cover... Your next stay-up-all-night thriller, about identical triplets who have a nasty habit of killing their boyfriends, and what happens when the youngest c

Okay book fam, I'm entirely unsure how I missed the kick-off to the Misted Pines series by Kristen Ashley. The Girl in the Woods is my first read in the series and I was only two chapters in when I stopped and beat feet to Amazon to snag book one, The Girl in the Mist. My god, there's nothing this woman can't do when it comes to character development and a well-thought-out plot. I found this to be a riveting read. I was entirely captivated by the case, the purpose-driven dialogue, and the all-around story. I'm excited to backtrack to book one and am invested in what's to come in this series. I have a feeling it's going to be one of Ashley's best. ~Tanja Releases March 21st ~ Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3Hf97Yk From the Cover... This body would be the last for Zachariah Lazarus… The Crystal Killer’s latest casualty was discovered in a sleepy town in the Pacific Northwest, Misted Pines. His years in the FBI, and tracking the Crystal Killer, have taken th

No matter what you do, who you become, or where you're going you will always be, in some way a part of who you were in high school. Ellie is going to discover that she is the sum of all her parts in Ellie Is So Coll Now by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren.  I loved the evolution and the throwbacks to her high school days. She's about to discover she's not at all who she thought she was and that the other kids weren't as great as they pretended to be. Ellie is definitely cooler now that she has an understanding not only of herself but of the people she once called friends and enemies. I truly hope this is just the beginning of a new series. There are so many characters that I am longing for a deeper look into. It really is the perfect setup.  ~Tanja Releases March 21st ~ Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3BMkCV0 From the Cover... Meet the girl who’s “Most Likely to Make Everything Worse.” TV writer Ellie Jenkins worked her butt off to put her nerdy, outcast teen years

  Lori Wilde is a queen of romance! There is just something so soothing in her writing. It feels like going home. She's one of my comfort read authors.  That being said...for me, The Wedding at Moonglow Bay will go down as one of her most angst-ridden romances. I don't want to ruin it via a review so I'll just say WOW!! Growth and yearning are powerful things. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did. ~Tanja Releases March 21st ~ Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3EMfqlS From the Cover... It wasn’t the wedding night she’d expected! When Samantha said “I do” to Luca Ginelli, she knew she’d found a reliable soulmate—a strong, sexy man who’d stand beside her through thick and thin. And so she’d started her wedding day filled with joyful expectation, only to have her dreams shattered when the man she married years before shocking, unexpectedly, reappears, insisting she was still his wife! Seven years before, Luca’s brother, Nick, had stubbornly set off in a sailing adventure, i

“What goes around comes around.”  “You get back the same energy you put out.”  “You reap what you sow.” So many quotes about karma can be applied to Midnight Duet by Jen Comfort. Erika Greene will learn not only about herself but what it really means to love. Released in January this play on The Phantom of the Opera is sure to please fans of broadway! ~Tanja Out Now ~ Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3ZRj1HC From the Cover... Self-professed diva Erika Greene has it all: a starring role on Broadway, legions of fans, spectacular natural talent. But after an accident on stage leaves her face scarred and her career in shambles, Erika retreats to Paris, Nevada, where she’s inherited a ramshackle opera house in desperate need of some TLC. Erika pours her savings into the building, but it’s not enough to stave off casino developer Raoul Decomte’s avaricious gaze. With foreclosure imminent, she leases the space to some unexpected tenants: a German hair metal band, fronted by glam rock god Chr

Thank you so much to Grand Central Publishing for sharing this amazing book by Dr. Li! Having a FOUR-week meal chart and the recipes included are beyond amazing. I don't eat for weight loss I eat for a healthy body and mind. These recipes do both. ~Tanja Out Now for Purchase ~ Get your today! https://amzn.to/3ZLHoGG From the Cover... The pioneering physician scientist behind the New York Times bestseller Eat to Beat Disease reveals the science of eating your way to healthy weight loss. In his first groundbreaking book, Dr. William Li explored the world of food as medicine. By eating foods that you already enjoy, like tomatoes, blueberries, sourdough bread, and dark chocolate your body activates its five health defense systems to fight cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative autoimmune diseases, and other debilitating conditions. Now in Eat to Beat Your Diet, Dr. Li introduces the surprising new science of weight loss, revealing healthy body fat can help you lose weight

Once more Rains has invited us in and bestowed a beautiful story filled with love, longing, and Empire State Building boxers! LOL! It's been a long time coming and I'm incredibly happy to finally have The Good Luck Cafe in my hands! It was released this week so grab your copy and cuddle up with the Somerset Lake series today! ~Tanja Out Now! Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3ZNqTKc From the Cover... Moira Green is perfectly content with her life. She has a rewarding career and plenty of wonderful friends, including the members of her weekly book club. Then everything in her life goes topsy-turvy when the town council plans to demolish the site of her mother’s beloved café to make room for much-needed parking. Moira is determined to save her mother’s business, so she swallows her pride and asks Gil Ryan for help. Moira and Somerset Lake’s mayor were good friends once, the kind who could laugh at everything and nothing at all. Until one night changed everything between them. And

Harlan Coben is the epitome of up-all-night reading! I was highlighting and taking notes from page one of  I Will Find You . Its fast and rhythmic pacing is done with the utmost respect to the genre. I know why Coben's work is on the screen and will continue to be. Fantastic work. And that ending??? WOW. ~Tanja Out Now  Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3F7lk0S From the Cover... Five years ago, an innocent man began a life sentence for murdering his own son. Today he found out his son is still alive. David Burroughs was once a devoted father to his three-year-old son Matthew, living a dream life just a short drive away from the working-class suburb where he and his wife, Cheryl, first fell in love--until one fateful night when David woke suddenly to discover Matthew had been murdered while David was asleep just down the hall. Half a decade later, David’s been wrongly accused and convicted of the murder, left to serve out his time in a maximum-security prison—a fate which, grieving

Exciting news!! We are excited to reveal the gorgeous cover for Fighting the Pull, the emotional fifth book in the River Rain Series from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley, coming September 12th! Pre-order your copy today! Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ZwfRsU B&N: https://bit.ly/3fJyKXy Google Play: https://bit.ly/3TgdwOu Kobo: https://bit.ly/3TcKoYI Apple Books: http://bit.ly/3ZzBbxa Add to Goodreads: http://bit.ly/3Zqew6D Hale Wheeler inherited billions from his father. He’s decided to take those resources and change the world for the better. He’s married to his mission, so he doesn’t have time for love. There’s more lurking behind this decision. He hasn’t faced the tragic loss of his father, or the bitterness of his parents’ divorce. He doesn’t intend to follow in his father’s footsteps, breaking a woman’s heart in a way it will never mend. So he vows he’ll never marry. But Hale is intrigued when he meets Elsa Cohen, the ambitious celebrity news journalist who has been

Releases March 7th ~ Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3SGlrWG A massive age gap isn't all that's massive in Sapphire Storm by C. Travis Rice! It's about massive friendships and how no matter what, real friends are on stand-by and will readily stand up for you. Fun, flirty, and heart is the best description I can give. I was left with a smile and a happy sigh of what's to come next in this lovely series. ~Tanja From the Cover... Under his new pen name, C. Travis Rice, New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice offers tales of passion, intrigue, and steamy romance between men. The third novel, SAPPHIRE STORM, once again transports you to a beautiful luxury resort on the sparkling Southern California coast where strong-willed heroes release the shame that blocks their hearts’ desires. Ethan Blake has dedicated his life to satisfying other people’s appetites. At forty-three, he’s finally landed his dream job—head pastry chef at an exclusive resort. Now he’s got a j

Releases March 7th ~ Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3YC3jjg Thoughts... It's the writing, the scenes, the exchange between characters, and the overall feeling of epicness. That's what this series gave me. As much as I loved this series, I am sad that it's over. It's rare to fall in love with the entire ensemble cast but it happened. What Estep has created within the Gargoyle Queen series will be long-standing. I hope we see this on screen in the future. It's just that good. High adrenaline, action, methodical thinking, and a camaraderie that surpasses most in comparable genres.  "Magic always seeks out like magic" and this holds true in so many forms. Thanks for the magic, Jennifer Estep. Your series has a forever placement in my bookcase.  ~Tanja From the Cover... Magic reigns, plots abound, and a new love might not conquer all, in this must-read finale to the epic Gargoyle Queen trilogy by international bestselling author Jennifer Estep. Time is runni

Releasing March 7th ~ Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3F4x3wt Wild and Wonderful is precisely that. The emotional and unexpected journey author Anita Kelly has taken me on is one of the best I've read.  Ben and Lex have stuck with me for weeks after finishing my ARC. I’m not sure if it’s the thought of a very sweet and heartbroken Alexei making his way across the PCT and struggling to find the words to make friends that really hit me in the heart or if it was the exuberant and joyful Ben who quietly understands him, that won me over. Nevertheless, this book has had a stranglehold on me. I can’t wait for everyone else to read it. Anita Kelly hit all the right spots with this. Absolute perfection. From the moment they meet, until the end of the trial, I was in love with each unexpected nuance. Told with love and grace, I expect it to be one of 2023's biggest hits. ~Tanja From the Cover... Alexei Lebedev’s journey on the Pacific Crest Trail began with a single snake. And it was

Releases March 7th ~ Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3ZwGw8r Small-town friends to lovers with a close family dynamic is what you'll get with  The House on Mulberry Street by Jeannie Chin. I found this to be one of the nicest romances I've encountered in a very long time. I'm not sure if it's the prose or the way Chin crafted her characters but I am firmly a fan. I'll be backtracking this series so that I can spend more time with these sisters. ~Tanja From the Cover... For these two small-town best friends, sharing a kiss might be the worst mistake of their lives—or the best thing that's ever happened to them. Between helping at her family’s inn and teaching painting, Elizabeth Wu has put her dream of being an artist on the back burner. But her plan to launch an arts festival will boost the local Blue Cedar Falls arts scene and give her a showcase for her own work. If only she can get the town council on board. At least she can rely on her dependable best fri

  Exciting news!! We are thrilled to reveal the stunning covers for A Soul of Ash and Blood, the captivating fifth book in the Blood and Ash Series from #1 New YorkTimesbestselling author @jennifer_l_armentrout, coming July 18th!Pre-order your copy today→ http://bit.ly/3SAEphr#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout revisits the first novel in her phenomenal Blood and Ash series. But this time…it’s Hawke’s turn to tell the story. Filled with new scenes, insights, and a few surprises, A Soul of Ash and Blood is a must-read for fans of From Blood and Ash and the love story of Poppy and Hawke. Cover Designed by: @byhangle