Red's Romance and Mystery Reviews

Even If It Hurts by Molly Barlowe is Now Live! My life and career have conditioned me to be prepared for—and desensitized to—traumatic events. Rather, they should’ve. But one phone call blindsided me in a way I never expected, and now there's a screaming eight-month-old in my custody. I would’ve done anything to ensure my niece didn’t enter the system, but I never wanted a family. I never wanted ties to anyone, period. But then my meddling office administrator forcibly hires a nanny for me, and all my resolute vows start crumbling when I come face to face with Lainey Pearson . . . again. She’s no one—should be no one. Just an oblivious girl I saved nearly a year ago. But she’s the only one who’s ever rocked me. Consumed me. I immediately want to fire her, but with the social worker breathing down my neck, I need her. Then again, now that she’s fallen back into my life, having a working boundary might be for the best. My life doesn’t allow for relationships, and last I checked, it w...

✨NEW COVER + RE-RELEASE✨ THAT GIRL by Jennilynn Wyer! *Rudy Award Winner and a Contemporary Romance Writers Stiletto Finalist* JD and I were opposites in every way. I was the girl from the wrong side of town, the one from a broken home who had a chip on her shoulder and everything to prove. The girl living a life full of too many struggles and too many dreams just out of reach. JD was the charismatic golden boy, a rising football star with the world at his feet and a charm that melted my defenses. I fell hard for his denim blue eyes, twin dimples, and promises of forever. But like most young love, it was a beautiful fiction. I once told JD that everyone leaves. He swore that he never would. He lied. Five years have passed since I last saw him. Five years I’ve spent painstakingly stitching together the broken pieces of my shattered heart and building a new life without him. And the moment I’m finally able to move on… JD comes back. He says he came back for me. Unfortunately, all the sec...

✨NEW COVER + RE-RELEASE✨ THAT GIRL by Jennilynn Wyer! *Rudy Award Winner and a Contemporary Romance Writers Stiletto Finalist* JD and I were opposites in every way. I was the girl from the wrong side of town, the one from a broken home who had a chip on her shoulder and everything to prove. The girl living a life full of too many struggles and too many dreams just out of reach. JD was the charismatic golden boy, a rising football star with the world at his feet and a charm that melted my defenses. I fell hard for his denim blue eyes, twin dimples, and promises of forever. But like most young love, it was a beautiful fiction. I once told JD that everyone leaves. He swore that he never would. He lied. Five years have passed since I last saw him. Five years I’ve spent painstakingly stitching together the broken pieces of my shattered heart and building a new life without him. And the moment I’m finally able to move on… JD comes back. He says he came back for me. Unfortunately, all the sec...

It’s cover reveal day for BOURBON HARMONY by Walker Rose releasing October 17! Rhys Kinkade was my everything. Then he was nothing. Now he’s the only thing that can save my career. Fifteen years ago, I was eighteen and Nashville-bound. I thought Rhys would follow; he knew he wouldn’t. Now, I’m one album shy of headlining my own world tour and the words have dried up. Too much betrayal. Not enough fresh mountain air. It’s time to come home to Bourbon Canyon. After Rhys plucks me off the side of the road in the middle of a thunderstorm, it’s clear the now-divorced single dad isn’t the boy I once loved. For one, his daughters don’t know he broke their favorite country singer’s heart after high school. For another, he’s grumpy. He stress bakes. And he can’t put space between us fast enough. And yet, one kiss later and I’m four songs deep into my new album. With Rhys as inspiration, I can achieve my dream. But when it’s time to go, that’ll be the end of us. He’s never leaving Bourbon Canyon...

The Release Tour for Sweet Southern Heat by Ashley Cade! Kissing your enemy is never a good idea, especially when he’s your ex’s surly older brother. But in my defense, he kissed me first. Landon Crawford has always blamed me for the accident that stole his brother’s future, but he doesn’t know what really happened that night. I’ve hidden the ugly truth from everyone for six long years, but in a small town like ours, secrets don’t stay buried forever. When I unexpectedly inherit my grandmother’s bakery, I find myself back in Magnolia Grove and Landon’s orbit. I try to avoid the grumpy mechanic, but fate is hellbent on throwing us together, and the more time I spend with him, the more the line between love and hate starts to blur. The moment we give into our feelings, tragedy strikes again, leaving Landon with an impossible choice: fully give his heart to me or cling to what’s left of his crumbling family. *Sweet Southern Heat is a complete standalone set in the Magnolia Grove Series. I...