This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A light, steamy, low-angst beach read about a TV star who comes home for her 40th and the former best friend who once kissed her — breezy and sexy, with … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A warm, feel-good debut about a 52-year-old Edinburgh teacher discovering she loves women — tender and well liked by its small early readership, though some find it predictable and the evidence base is still … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A warm, character-rich, extremely slow-burn romance between a Broadway star and her private chef, with midlife realism, a thoughtful take on addiction and great supporting characters — but it reads … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A short, sweet and sexy workplace romance between a bisexual Jewish widow in her early fifties and the Black police lieutenant she goes to work for — warm and refreshingly diverse, but predictable, told … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A short, snarky, sex-positive Seattle rom-com about a newly out divorcee whose sister makes her go on ten first dates before she is allowed a second one — light, quick and often funny, but … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A quiet, kind, almost angst-free late-bloomer romance between a 49-year-old empty nester whose marriage has run its course and the funny Chicago fire inspector who becomes her best friend — comforting and decent to … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A tender, character-driven slow burn about a widowed former prosecutor clawing her way out of grief, and the icy LAPD captain she used to clash with who keeps showing up … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A gentle, sincere second-chance romance about a woman coming out at fifty-one and the high-school girlfriend she let go, held back by flat stretches of prose and a late breakup that the few readers … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A hot, low-angst Hollywood romance between two Oscar-winning actresses around fifty, one closeted and one not as straight as she thought, held back by two first-person voices that too many … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A witty, warm and unusually honest later-in-life romance between two fifty-something rivals, held back only by a finale that leans hard on the two earlier books and a heroine some … Read more