Author: Catherine

#CanLitRomanceReads2022 Ainsley Booth and Sadie Haller: Frisky Beavers series Prime Minister; Doctor Bad Boy; Full Mountie; Mister Hat Trick Dear Reader, This series is kinky, hot, deep-dives into divisive topics, and still manages to be a book hug every single time. And it’s set largely in Ottawa, Ontario! I was in one heck of a… Continue reading Sexy Book Hugs: The Frisky Beavers series (what more do you need?!)

#CanLitRomanceReads2022 Helena Hunting/H. Hunting: various series When Sparks Fly & Starry-Eyed Love; Pucked Off; Bitter Sweet Heart Dear Reader, Helena Hunting’s Pucked Off was the first CanLit Romance book that I knowingly read (Molly O’Keefe’s Never Been Kissed being the first, though I wasn’t aware she was a CanLit Romance author at the time), and… Continue reading Sparks Fly when you’re Starry-Eyed in love with Pucked Off (IYKYK)

I saw the post on Facebook and could not believe my eyes; yet they weren’t deceiving me. Jenny Holiday and Farah Heron were guests at gritLIT, a long-running literary festival in Hamilton, ON. Just forty minutes down the road from me, and my blog editor bff, Maria. gritLIT. gritLIT! A literary festival I consider going… Continue reading That Time Romance Came To gritLIT (Another Best-Day-Ever-Post)

#CanLitRomanceReads2022 ‘Nathan Burgoine: Little Village series Faux Ho Ho; Felix Navidad(Please click the link to view the author's content warnings) Dear Reader, I’ve read three of ‘Nathan’s books and each feels like a love letter to love. Every word on every page of every book of ‘Nathan’s that I’ve read feels like it was chosen… Continue reading Winter Holiday Romance is Cool For The Summer, too

#CanLitRomanceReads2022 Set In Stone by Lynn Camden Dear Reader, The way I smashed “Add to Cart” when I saw the body-diverse romantic snuggle in the snowy illustration that covers the, well, cover of Set in Stone. Had. To. Have. It. I don’t think I even read the synopsis until after I’d paid! And my impulse… Continue reading Set In Stone is Set In My Keeper Shelf

Dear Reader, Today I’m writing to you in regards to the About section on my blog, because that event that I desperately wanted to host Romance, the whole reason I started keeping an index of authors? It happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I need to record the experience; for myself and for the past, present and future of… Continue reading That Time Romance Came To The Local Litfest (A Best-Day-Ever Post)

Dear Reader; The last half of 2021 proved to be an especially busy time, and although I found lots of time to read, I didn’t find time to blog. I posted a series of tweets (@CanLitRomance) signal boosting the CanLit Romance books that I’d loved and hadn’t blogged about at the end of the year,… Continue reading I read some excellent books in 2021. Thought you should know.

Off Beat by J.C. Hannigan Dear Reader, Rock star romance is my jam. End of sentence. Pun intended. When Off Beat showed up on my radar I just about screamed like that fan in the front row whose BFF has smelling salts in hand. It’s taken me a very long time to write this letter… Continue reading Rock Star Romance! That’s it, that’s the title!

Newly Released novels by Romance authors in or from Canada, January-March 2021 After experimenting with highlighting new releases monthly on Instagram, it was quickly apparent that I can't keep up with that pace, and there isn't enough space to list them all (which is a great problem to have!), so I've moved on to this… Continue reading Romancelandia Canada has a book (or 10) for you!

The Chai Factor by Farah Heron Dear Reader, Do you remember the first book you dove into to escape Pandemic Life? I’ll never forget. Amira is on the brink of earning her master’s degree in engineering. There’s just one little thing in her way: the barbershop quartet taking up half of her basement apartment. Throw… Continue reading A Barbershop Quartet Walked Into Amira’s Basement…