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#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…

Mermaid Inn by Jenny Holiday Dear Reader, Welcome to Matchmaker Bay! I mean, Moonflower Bay! A picturesque small town in Ontario on the shore of Lake Huron, where the seniors are adorably meddlesome and the second chance romance is hot. Eve’s great aunt Lucille has passed away and left Eve the Mermaid Inn with the… Continue reading The Human World? It’s A Mess. But Life On The Shores Of Lake Huron…

A Secret For A Secret By Helena Hunting Dear Reader, It’s no secret: I LOVE Helena Hunting’s A Secret For A Secret! This final book in the All In trilogy is my favourite; and that’s saying something because I am a personalized-jersey-wearing fan of A Lie For A Lie and A Favor For A Favor… Continue reading A Royally Good Hockey Romance

The Ultimate Pi Day Party by Jackie Lau Dear Reader, I want to introduce you to my new book boyfriend Josh Yu, and my new book bff Sarah Winters. And I want pie. Lots of pie. “But True North, it’s PI day not PIE day!” Oh, Dear Reader, I’m jealous that you get to jump… Continue reading Pi Puns and Pie Yums, and Love, Oh My!