Romance Rehab

Redeeming the Rogue Knight

8/31/2017

HISTORICAL ROMANCE

Title: Redeeming the Rogue Knight
Author: Elisabeth Hobbes
Publication date: 09/01/2017
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

I have a little confession, folks. I haven’t read historical romance in a really long time. And even back in the old days when I did read a ton of historical romance, my comfort zone was the Western historicals. (Nobody’s Darling by Teresa Medeiros is and will ALWAYS be one of my all-time favs) Why’d I give up on the category, you ask? Frankly, I got a little bored with rakish earls, viscounts, and dukes.

Drunk Dial

8/30/2017

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Title: Drunk Dial
Author: Penelope Ward
Publication date: 08/19/2017
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

I’ve read every book Penelope Ward has ever published. If you follow any of our “best of” Friday list posts, you know that I recommend her books ALL THE TIME. There’s a reason why, folks. Many of them, actually.

First of all, I adore a good meet-cute, and this author is a master of them. Drunk Dial is no exception. Rana’s drunken phone call to Landon was epically adorable. It’s really no surprise he fell for her without having any idea what she looked like.

The Rebellion

8/29/2017

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Title: The Rebellion
Author: SL Scott
Publication date: 05/10/2017
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

And so, with this book, my shitty luck with rock stars continues. No, I’m not talking about the fact that I never married Jon Bon Jovi, even though I had the whole wedding all planned out when I was 13. I’m talking about my craptastic luck choosing good rock star romances to read. The Rebellion, sadly enough, was not at all helpful.

If you’re a Kindle Unlimited subscriber, you NEED to read this

8/28/2017

If you’re a Kindle Unlimited subscriber, you NEED to read this

We want to make one thing perfectly clear. We love Amazon. Like, a lot. We’re firm believers that if something isn’t sold on Amazon, we don’t really need it. So, this post is not—nor will it ever be—an attack on Amazon. What it will be instead is a polite call for change to a policy that has recently been brought to our attention and troubles us deeply—and that policy is how authors are paid for their work that is downloaded through the Kindle Unlimited (KU) program.

Top 11 romance cops you wouldn’t mind surrendering to

8/25/2017

Top 11 romance cops you wouldn’t mind surrendering to

I speed occasionally. (OK, I speed mostly. Occasionally I drive the actual speed limit. But I digress…) But never have I been fortunate enough to get pulled over by a hot cop. The romance genre, on the other hand, is positively overrun with hot cops, and I love it! So, without further ado, here are our picks for the top 11 hottest romance cops you’d be more than willing to commit a felony for.

(Listed in no particular order)

Nate

8/25/2017

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Title: Nate
Author: Celia Aaron
Publication date: 08/25/2017
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

So, after reading and loving Dark Protector, then reading and developing a book boyfriend crush on Sebastian from The Bad Guy, I legit squealed when I saw the cover and blurb for this one. I probably would’ve read anything Celia Aaron wrote after Dark Protector and The Bad Guy, but Nate was a character I ADORED from Dark Protector, so I was especially eager to dig into this one. And man, as usual, this author doesn’t play around. She DELIVERS.

Wrong

8/24/2017

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Title: Wrong
Author: Jana Aston
Publication date: 10/07/2015
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

Unpopular opinion alert. Based on the Amazon reviews, looks like I’m in the minority on this one.

What the hell did I just read? Is it supposed to be romantic comedy? The first two chapters are certainly funny enough to qualify, but the funny dies an abrupt death when the heroine and hero hook up for the first time. Is it supposed to be young adult? The heroine is young enough to qualify, but the hero is thirty-six, so I’m not sure it can be considered a true YA novel.

Seeing Stars

8/23/2017

NEW ADULT ROMANCE

Title: Seeing Stars
Author: J. Sterling
Publication date: 03/13/2014
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

I’ve thought long and hard about this, and I believe that one word adequately sums up my feelings about the entire book.

Ugh.

Seriously, just...ugh. I might have to wear an eye patch from now on because I think I pulled a muscle in my right eye from too much eye rolling while reading. (My left eye is a little sore, too, but I don’t think I can pull off two eye patches. Making the one look good will be challenge enough. I definitely won’t look as good as Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill no matter what I do. But I digress…)

Royally Endowed

8/22/2017

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Title: Royally Endowed
Author: Emma Chase
Publication date: 08/14/2017
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

Holy crap this book is awesome. I was on an epic run of shitty reading luck, so when I saw there was a new Emma Chase release, I jumped all over it. I knew Ms. Chase would save me from my reading slump—and God bless her, she did.

I have absolutely zero criticism for this book. (And before y’all ask, yes, I’m feeling OK. The book is just that freakin’ good.) So, I’ll just go ahead and give you my top 10 reasons why you should be 1-clicking the crap out of this book, rather than reading any reviews:

Top 12 things we never again want to see in romance novels. Like, ever.

8/21/2017

Here Romance Rehab, we love the romance genre. Heck, we even wrote a defense of the genre to shut down all the small-minded critics out there who so enjoy slamming our choice of reading materials. But no genre is without its faults. With that in mind, here are our picks for the top 12 things we never again want to see in romance novels:

(Listed in no particular order)

Cry me a river! 10 Tear jerker romances that will break your heart, then put it back together

8/18/2017

Cry me a river! 10 Tear jerker romances that will break your heart, then put it back together

Women are complicated creatures. Sometimes we want a light-hearted romance read that will make us laugh after a tough day in the real world. And other times...well, other times we want the direct opposite. Sometimes we just need a good ugly-cry, you know? With that in mind, here are our picks for the best 10 tear jerkers that will break your heart, then put it right back together again.

(Listed in no particular order)

Tortured

8/17/2017

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Title: Tortured
Author: Nicole Williams
Publication date: 04/07/2017
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

I was skeptical when I read the blurb on this one. I’m super picky about how much angst I’m willing to tolerate in my romance novels, and this one seemed to have ANGST written all over it. But I picked up a sample and quickly discovered it was incredibly well written, so I thought, what the hell? I’ll give it a go. And it was good, y’all. Really, really good. It was so good, in fact, that we included it in one of our weekly “best of” lists featuring second-chance romances we loved.

Break Me

8/16/2017

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Title: Break Me
Author: Julie Kriss
Publication date: 11/19/2015
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

I’m super picky about my step-brother romances. I just feel like the whole thing’s been done to death, you know? (I mean, the whole trope is just setting up unrealistic expectations for young girls everywhere. Girls, if one of your parents remarries, chances are your new step-sibling will NOT be super hot. He’s most likely NOT your soul mate. Sorry to break that to you, kids. That’s why they call me The Crusher of Hopes and Dreams, though. I digress…)

Rogue Desire

8/15/2017

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Title: Rogue Desire
Author: Adriana Anders, Dakota Gray, Amy Jo Cousins, Emma Barry, Stacey Agdern, Jane Lee Blair, Tamsen Parker, Ainsley Booth
Publication date: 07/20/2017
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

I think by now you all know that I’m a huge Adriana Anders fan. I reviewed and LOVED Under Her Skin, and the author is a repeat offender on our weekly “best of” lists. So, at this point, I’ll pretty much read anything that has her name on without bothering to look at a blurb or cover. That’s what I did with this book, so imagine my surprise when I find out it’s not a standalone Adriana Anders book, but rather an anthology featuring a ton of other authors (some I’ve read before, some I haven’t).

Darynda Jones interview

8/14/2017

For reasons known only to the Big Guy upstairs, NYTimes and USA Today Best Selling author Darynda Jones won both a Golden Heart and a RITA for her manuscript FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT. But even before that, she couldn’t remember a time she wasn’t putting pen to paper. When she was five, she would pick up a pencil and notepad, scribble utter chaos onto the page and ask her mom to read her masterpiece aloud. Thankfully, her mother would play along. Later she wrote plays for the neighborhood kids, made up stories for her brother as he played cars, and fell in love with Captain Kirk. Those raging, seven-year-old hormones only fueled her imagination, prompting her to create fantastical stories for Barbie and Ken to enact. Ken was such a bad boy back then.

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