Shattered Review: Is It Worth Reading?

Shattered by Lee Winter book cover

Lee Winter’s award-winning sapphic superhero novel trades capes and fights for sharp dialogue, social commentary and an ending that splits readers. Here’s what to know before you start.

Breakpoint Review: Is It Worth Reading?

Breakpoint by Candi Tab book cover

Candi Tab’s sapphic pro tennis romance pairs a 35-year-old champion with a 20-year-old rival. Great court detail and a careful age gap, let down by editing and time jumps.

The Sugar Wife Review: Is It Worth Reading?

The Sugar Wife by Aurora North book cover

A sugar mama contract romance with a great hook and 5/5 heat, undercut by repetitive prose and the AI authorship questions half its written reviews raise.

Don’t Call Me Hero Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Don't Call Me Hero by Eliza Lentzski book cover

Verdict: A tense, steamy small-town romance between a veteran with PTSD and an icy prosecutor from her past, with a heroine readers root for and chemistry that crackles, undercut by a betrayal that a vocal minority feel is forgiven far too easily. Best for: Readers who love ice queens, damaged military heroines and explicit heat, … Read more

Bachelorette Number Twelve Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Bachelorette Number Twelve by Jae book cover

Verdict: A warm, funny ice-queen ER romance built on a charity auction gone wrong, with banter readers love and an ending that lands, held back by a slow burn so slow the first kiss comes at around the 80% mark. Best for: Readers who love ice-queen doctors, workplace banter and comfort-read Jae, and who are … Read more

Bet Against Me Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Bet Against Me by Fiona Riley book cover

Verdict: A hot, fast workplace rivals romance with off-the-charts sexual tension between two Boston realtors, undercut by a heroine whose cruelty outlasts most readers’ patience and an ending in which the wrong woman does the apologising. Best for: Readers who want explicit enemies-to-lovers heat, sharp-tongued banter and a competitive workplace, and who do not mind … Read more

Major Surgery Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Major Surgery by Lola Keeley book cover

Verdict: A well-researched, low-angst London hospital romance between an ice-queen surgeon and an ex-army trauma chief, let down by chemistry that many readers never feel and a fraud plot that wraps up too easily. Best for: Readers who love medical settings and workplace banter, who prefer adult conflict to miscommunication, and who are happy with … Read more

Soul Unique by Gun Brooke Review — Is It Worth Reading?

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Verdict: A tender, low-angst age-gap romance about art and acceptance: successful gallery owner Greer Landon visits a Boston art school and is stunned by the paintings of Hayden Rowe, an autistic artist living in a remote wing under her controlling mother, the headmaster. Readers call it sweet, respectful and a comfort read; some found the … Read more