Believe the hype: Alisha Rai’s Hate to Want You is one of the most talked-about romances of the summer for good reason! Her Avon debut is excellent. I loved it and can’t wait for the second installment of this steamy duology. I’m also glad I picked up Charlotte Stein’s The Professor, on Sarah MacLean’s recommendation,… Read More Mala’s June 2017 Hot Reads
Disclaimer: Santino Hassell was revealed as a pair of husband-and-wife scam artists in early 2018. Their books have been deleted from my Kindle but remain on these reading lists as a reminder of how deep their subterfuge ran and how readers like myself were duped. I think all I did in May was read. Books… Read More Mala’s May 2017 Hot Reads
Baby and Johnny live happily ever after. Sure, it’s easy to write off the events of 1987’s beloved Dirty Dancing as a beautiful summer fling set to a kickass 1960s soundtrack — most people do — but I’m here to tell you that they make it. They survive past the credits and the last strains… Read More Dirty Dancing’s Johnny and Baby Last Forever (Fight Me!)
Something author Tiffany Reisz once said has always stuck with me — that, to her, the closest genre to BDSM romance is horror. Presumably because they both involve facing and conquering fear. As a horror movie junkie, I totally acknowledge that if there’s a shippable pair thrown together against the threat — or maybe it’s… Read More Horror’s Best Romances—Yes, You Read that Correctly
Maybe I should call this month’s round-up “Cold Reads,” because, damn, it was kinda chilly in April! This book-loving dispatch comes to you from beneath my ancient duvet…promptly cast off in May because things quickly heated up! Under Her Skin by Adriana Anders (erotic romance/dark romance) Prime Minister by Ainsley Booth & Sadie Haller (erotic… Read More Mala’s April 2017 Hot Reads
The seventh — and penultimate — season of Game of Thrones premieres July 16, and I’m telling you right now that the most important seats at this show’s table belong to Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen. Actually, scratch the plural on those seats. It’s one big ol’ chair with Jon in Dany’s lap (or the… Read More Are Jon Snow and Daenerys Endgame on Game of Thrones?
I made up for past reading droughts in March. I feel like all I did was hide in books — in GOOD books. I mean, Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give is one of the best novels of the year. Hands down. It is a game-changer. And Mitali Perkins’ You Bring the Distant Near spoke… Read More Mala’s March 2017 Hot Reads
badnecklace.com 