small town

Review: Firefly Lane by Riley Hart

Sep 10, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel At forty-five, Monroe “Roe” Covington has embraced small town life. He grew up in Harmony and his family is there, but when Roe wanted more, he left for the city. He made a life for himself...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: Briar County series, domestic abuse, family, kids, older hero, pilot, Riley Hart, self published, small town

Review: Life, Love and Other Inequalities by Argentina Ryder

Sep 9, 2021 | 13 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Matt Ruiz is a quietly gay, 30-year-old math teacher in a small Texas town. He teaches at the same middle school he attended as a child, and is well respected there. In addition to teaching,...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews
TAGGED: Argentina Ryder, Contessina Publishing, Reading Challenge Month 2021, Rio Riendo series, small town, teacher

Review: Impacted by Benji Carr

Sep 7, 2021 | 18 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Wade Harrell is a mess. At 16, he knocked up his friend, Jessa, moved into his mom’s basement with Jessa to raise their baby, and still has to deal with the normal teenage angst inherent in...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: age gap, Benji Carr, dentist, ephebophilia, high school, murder, Reading Challenge Month 2021, sexual abuse, small town, The Story Plant, violence

Review: You’re My Home by Katie Moore

Jul 21, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Zach Matthews and Brady Wellman meet at a turning point in their young lives. They are both about age thirteen and have had a lot of trauma in their lives. Zach’s mom is negligent and his...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: coming out, domestic violence, friends to lovers, high school, Katie Moore, PTSD, small town, young love

Review: Radio Static by Nicky James

Jun 10, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Nova is looking forwarded to getting out of the city and heading to the cabin by the lake that he went to as a kid. He needs time away and he needs time with his teenage son, Cooper. Nova...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: bisexual, kids, murder, mystery, Nicky James, self published, small town

Audiobook Review: Featherbed by Annabeth Albert

Jun 2, 2021 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 3.75 stars Audio Rating: 3.5 stars Narrators: Kirt Graves and Alexander Cendese Length: 5 hours, 23 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Harrison Fletcher has relocated from NYC to Vermont. He had a job as...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, 3.75 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: Alexander Cendese, Annabeth Albert, anxiety, farmer, Heart Eyes Press, Kirt Graves, small town, Tantor Audio, Vino and Veritas collection, World of True North universe

Review: Hot as Heller by Lucy Lennox

Jun 1, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Sheriff Declan Stone is not happy that there is a movie filming in his small town of Aster Valley, Colorado. Aside from the expected headache of all the added work for the Sheriff’s...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: actor, Aster Valley series, enemies to lovers, law enforcement, Lucy Lennox, self published, small town

Review: Haven by Morgan Brice

May 14, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Austin Williams’ “hunches” (fragmented visions of the past and present/future) helped him achieve an unprecedented close rate as a cold case detective (as well as the enmity of his...