2 posts published by Miss Bates during September 2025| Miss Bates Reads Romance
Even though Julia London’s Everything Is Probably Fine is a misery-fest, I enjoyed it. Why? Because of the protagonist’s voice, the narrator’s interpretation, and lovable secondar…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
When I saw Center’s The Love Haters, I thought I’d get more of The Rom-Commers, that is, a romance as good. Because I really loved The Rom Commers, also Hello Stranger. There was much to love about The Love Haters, except it also had a saggy middle, too … Continue reading Contemporary Romance Leaning-to-WF Review: Katherine Center’s THE LOVE HATERS| Miss Bates Reads Romance
I’ve enjoyed every Matthews romance I’ve read and indeed, count Work of Art and Gentleman Jim among the best historical romances I’ve read. But Matthews’s traditionally publ…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
Jen Crusie’s Bet Me and Welcome to Temptation remain two of my favourite romances. Crusie is what the genre does best when it does it well. So, an opportunity to still experience a Crusie cannot be passed up…hence, why I nabbed the chance to listen to Crusie’s … Continue reading Audiobook Review: Jen Crusie and Bob Mayer’s Rocky Start series #1: ROCKY START| Miss Bates Reads Romance
In 2014, I read Emma Barry’s historical romance, Brave In Heart, and loved it. Last night, an insomniac’s kind of night, I finished reading Barry’s Bold Moves and loved it. What I…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
2 posts published by Miss Bates during August 2025| Miss Bates Reads Romance
I am here to say, again, how great this series is. And to say, again, don’t start with this latest, a very strong addition btw, but go to book #1, What Angels Fear, published in 2005, and continue from there. You will not regret it. … Continue reading Historical Mystery Review: C. S. Harris’s WHO WILL REMEMBER (Sebastian St. Cyr #20)| Miss Bates Reads Romance
I was enthralled by Moore’s Long Bright River and now I’ve read her latest, The God of the Woods, I can’t decide which one is better. I’ve spent long commutes and daily walk…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
Frankly, there was a time, when I first started reading romance, when Silverleaf Rapids would have been a satisfying read/listen. I certainly read plenty of “Thomases” and reviewed them…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
One of the things I love best about Holiday is how, with every series, she tries something different: setting, character, country, and I enjoy reading what she does with it. What doesn’t chan…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
I didn’t have any great expectations of Kanter’s first adult romance, maybe because, as a teacher, I’ve tired of the first-person teen narrator, which are Kanter’s previous …| Miss Bates Reads Romance